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The Boer's Cape Republic established in these alternate Napoleonic Wars is eventually sold out by France to the Zulus to create a strong counter to British interloping in South Africa.

The weakness of the rump Anatolian kingdom (after losing European Turkey to the Byzantines and the Khedivate of Egypt to the French sphere of influence in the makings of the recent Suez Canal) makes the Persian Empire the strongest force in the Islamic world by default, which has ramifications in terms of religious sectarianism and what language is used for printing most commonly in that part of the world.

The Firanji Raj in India and the French protectorate of New Holland compete with the Anglo-Americans' New South Wales and East Indies, with Louisiana eyeing Spanish Cuba and Puerto Rico and now the Philippines (from their purchased territory in Alaska and their satellite, the Japanese Shogunate). Pacific conquest will be difficult if the Anglo-Americans don't let them take on coal in Hawaii, of course.

China has, as Napoleon predicted, astonished the world and is modernizing and securing its tributaries into a stronger imperial structure in Indochina and Korea (after having defeated the Anglo-Americans there).

Insurgency is a constant problem. The French in Canada were outbred and that language nearly eradicated there, but the Irish Question is an eternal problem for Anglo-America. Protestant rebellion in the Kingdom of Holland is a similar situation for Franco-Italy (as is the island of Sicily's continued failure to peacefully accept Italian law under the Bonapartes).

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That sounds fuckin cool.
Im glad that the americans saw sense.

The Franco-Italians (with the Bonaparte main branch being both emperors of France and Kings of Rome, personal union between France and Italy was natural) control much of the territory that was British in our world's history (Egypt and the Suez Canal, India) with the British having the Dutch East Indies in addition to Malaya/Singapore and North and West Africa instead of the French (with their perpetual ally Spain as a staging area), but this has made the 1890's new imperialism and scramble for africa rather less of a shrinking of the relative size of the world in terms of travel than it was in real history.

Franco-Italy is less interested in good rail networks that run on time than the British (Anglo-Americans in this world), and the Anglo-Americans are less willing to think of Algeria as part of their core territory than France was in our world. So most of the empires are less built up than they were by this time in actual history. And with an outright cold war between two (three with the Byzantines) major empires rather than a great game between Britain and outmatched Russia, the intrigue and reliance on loyal local princes is increased; meaning there is even more regional autonomy and hodgepodge diversity of law and custom in the colonies than there was in real history. The French don't care if some Indian principalities burn the wives of the dead princes, and Anglo-American capitalism is a more chaotic master than the White Man's Burden of our world.

Also here's the twitter, where updates and recaps can be found:
https://twitter.com/AvpQuest

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Nothing? Ok bloody time zone differences, I bet half the posters are asleep

Very bored very quickly, PAG (with tutoring from CHP) plays a magic card game against LXW. Roll to vote who wins

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As nothing happened.....again....we'll say PAG wins by default of burning all the opponents cards. How does LXW react, given that neither of them really knew how to play?

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"If Rankar hasn't gotten rid of the servants in the palace, there's a few you can trust for information. Also... a few influential people in the Sun Market and the Sunken Bazaar, Nerus Dell, the captain of the Ashen Guard, and the old man of House Arbani, mister Halan". You inform them, handing them some of the notes and directions you prepared for this occasion. "I also drew a sketch of the main roads of the city and the layout of the palace... though it's from memory, so I can't promise anything."

Radiant takes the sheaf of papers, looking rather surprised. "...Wow, you're being thorough."

"You weren't expecting this?" You smile.

"No comment." She replies with a tactful smile. "How do we get this people to trust us? Is there a password or a sign?"

"Unfortunately, not that I know of. Maybe my dad would have something like that, but I don't know about anything. Also, I don't know if these people are still friendly to my family. The treasury of Gem is fantastically rich. That can change quite a few allegiances, and I don't doubt Rankar has been using it to consolidate himself into power."

"We'll be careful." She replies as she leaps onto the Azure Chariot, the last one from the group to do so. The small chariot is quite crowded now. It's not going to be a comfortable trip for them.

"Anything else?" Zareen asks.

>Thank you. And good luck.
>Remember, this is just a scouting mission. Check the situation and report back.
>If you find my family in Rankar's prisons, break them out immediately.
>Do your best to undermine Rankar's position while you're there.
>(Other?)

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>Who are we?
Maka, an exiled noble Exalted as a Zenith-caste Solar. Queen of Gem, now ruling the western island of Tianna. You

have gathered a vast amount of allies and friends, and defeated every threat to Tianna up to now.
You recently discovered that Tianna is actually an artificial island, built around a First Age Titan: an almighty

flying fortress. Your forces have crushed the Bodhisattva Anointed by Dark Water, a Deathlord who tried to usurp

its power for himself.
And now, on the day of your wedding, the Unconquered Sun Himself appeared to you and crowned you Princess of

Creation, asking you to be an example for others in these dark times.

>Solar? Zenith? I don't know Exalted...
This quest is as newbie-friendly as possible, and I want it to work as a newbie's intro to Exalted. If you have

ANY question, ask in thread. For the setting, google "1d4chan exalted".

>Archive?
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Solar%20Quest

>System?
Dicepool-like system. When performing an action, everyone rolls 1d10 when posting. the first X rolls are

considered, where X is equal to attribute + ability.

>XP?
Attributes cost [current score x5] xp. Abilities cost [current score x3] xp, except Zenith costing [(current

score x3) -1]. Charms cost 10 xp, except for Zenith-based charms (related to charisma and physical/mental

fortitude) which cost 8 xp. At the end of every "session" (thread) you will be presented with a list of possible

acquisitions.

>Twitter?
@exaltedfag

>Any questions?
http://ask.fm/Exaltedfag

New System Info: http://pastebin.com/pvAZpsJ6
Characters info (player-made): http://pastebin.com/5WnD47jp
Quest in ebook format (player-made): https://www.dropbox.com/s/0wl5obxcwuakgdj/Exalted%20Quest%20-%20Threads

%2001-101%20%5Bpdf%5D.rar?dl=0

>>44089388
>My family is more important than Rankar or other Exalted business, but any info on these topics is also good.

secured

>>44089186
Read em and weep

this seems like it'll collapse fast
but you've put a lot of thought into it so fine

>>44088997

Luminarch Ascension is such a bitch tier card. ESPECIALLY multiplayer. You're telling me not one of the 4-6 people playing are willing to wipe a shitty two drop enchant, or deal damage to him?

This is such an unfathomable non-issue for me that it hurts my brain. All of you should fucking kill yourselves. Luminarch Ascension is such a shit low-powered $3 card that my playgroup would laugh at him until he cried and then take turns running a train on his boypussy.

GET THIS SHIT OUT OF HERE.

>>44088997
Have you tried running enchantment destruction?

>>44088997
Get used to it, those cards exist and people will play them.
If it's causing you problems, either fight through it, or structure your deck to deal with it.

I would remove OP from the real world for making stupid threads

>>44088755
REMOVE KENDER

I mean if nothing else they're just a sort of gnome.

>>44088774
I'm still not convinced gnomes and halflings need to be two different things.
Or gnomes and dwarves, to a lesser extent.

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Why can't Paladins just be pure and goodhearted people? Stop trying to make them fall constantly.

If you want moral conflicts, roll up a Fighter/Cleric

They're just a fighter-cleric gish.

> Being a Paladin is not about your weapons, fighting style, personality or background. It's about determination and will. The will to do good

Nah, none of this shit. It's a job class. JOB CLASS.

This is like a Plumber saying

>Being a plumber is not about your tools, your repair style, personality or education. It's about determination and will. The will to fix pipes

I imagine in 99% of the game settings where humans have made everything mundane (much like in our own world), all of the peasants/nobles/most adventurers start groaning and rolling their eyes when someone starts identifying more as their job than as a person.

>>44089009

But you don't become a Paladin like you become a cobbler or a sellsword or a mayor. You become a Paladin because you're called, because you have a just heart and a righteous soul. Right?

>>44088640
+10 slut.

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>>44089130
That would be quite an achievement for an 11 page board.

>>44088542
> cohesive enough structure
Assuming its possible, selectively manipulated form that is solid due to water tension. If seperated into small enough pieces, it will puddle, but in large groups it forms a solid shape.

> neural-like network
Particularly conductive passages which transmit from a central mass of circuitry operating the other areas by telling them to expand and contract and such,

> Alternately
Its magic, I aint gotta explain shit, on both counts.

>>44088542
Magic

>>44088542
your a fagot but I like your pic

Do which ever you are more comfortable with.

Real world

I think it'd be more interesting to make a city of your own but have some real world influences in it.

>>44088441
The catch: shields require a full body exoskeleton to work, and an immense amount of energy.

They're also highly susceptible to EMP weaponry, to the point of being useless if the enemy has the right ammunition in his weapons.

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>Far future
>lazers, gunpowder, and melee

Lame. Why not get more creative?

>propellants, metallurgy, and ballistic science have advanced so far, your typical pocket handgun fires projectiles at Mach 2+. Rifles greatly outclass them.
>they are still considered "quaint" compared to the average Gauss gun

>magazines and pre-packaged cartridges are the stuff of yesterday. Guns are now fed solid blocks of metal and explosive (or batteries), and 3D print your payload on the spot.
>the level of detail of your printer determines the complexity of your bullet: the shitty stuff will print you regular, SP, or AP ammo. The expensive ones can get you scramjet-boosted guided micromissiles.

>all that was the low-power stuff available to civilians. Military weapons are often hyperspace-based. The typical assault rifles draw ammunition and energy from pocket dimensions. The AK47 of the 33rd century fires 120mm tank shells and needs reloading once a week.

>Space warlords often employ mad scientists and engineers in their ranks. There's no way to predict what weapons you will face if you pick a fight with these crazy motherfuckers. One crew is infamous for employing grenades that flash-clone swarms of flying piranhas upon impact.

>you better install some sturdy countermeasures in your exoskeleton and/or cyber implants. Although they were banned by the 5th NeoGeneva Convention, the Toolbar Installer Gun still sees extensive use among non-compliant nations and irregular troopers

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>>44088860
>Toolbar Installer Gun

Deadliest weapon known to man

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>>44088182

>How do I like my Kobolds

Not really a fan of the race.

>What roles do lizardmen and similar creatures play in your games?

Generally fodder for when I need to pad out encounters in swamps or rivers.

I'm writing up a new campaign, though. And in it, I'm going to give them a more prominent role, and give them a caste-based society. A society that has Dragonborn, Lizardfolk, and Kobolds in it.

I just need to figure out how to incorporate Nagas into it.

>>44088182
I like them as diverse. There have been, or perhaps currently are, kobold-dominated kingdoms with respectable magic and technological levels.
At the same time, there are also kobolds who are slaves to dragons and dwarven lands who toil in mines with little knowledge of science or magic.
Same as humans really. You've got primitives with no metalwork who serve in a dark cult serving their demonic master, and polytheistic artisans in the center of commerce and technology creating works of art. You can really go to either extreme and it works.

Species doesn't equal culture after all. They're linked, and heavily influenced. But there's no monoculture across a species.
The "stereotypical" kobold lives apart from humans in a kobold warren though. Practical technological levels approximately the same as humans, but they lack trade links or theoretical underpinnings. So you get complicated traps and impressive subterranean architecture for the materials available, but things like their magic is largely sorcery and instinct-driven.

Same again for lizardfolk basically, except they're marshland and swamp dwellers rather than warrens. More martial. more nature magic than arcane or draconic.

>>44088242
Nagas being magically superior to many other ancient races like them usually ruled over and built vast societies. In the pathfinder settings they even magically created their own race of lizardmen to be their slave race.

You might be able to put them as some sort of higher level aristocratic group.

Is that a template? Any chance you could share it with us? I'm currently working on a rewrite of the current Chaos Space Marine codex, and that would save me a bunch of time spent formatting.

>>44088419
what are your plans for your csm homebrew?

>>44088797
In my dreams, I'll disseminate it online and use it in friendly games. In reality, I'll probably just post it on 4chan and wish Chaos Space Marines had better rules.

>>44087187
Because they planned it when the universe was still around, but GW didn't tell them about the end times, I think, or if they did they both were planning to squeeze out every last tears covered cent from the fan base.

Not that I'm complaining, honestly, the fact it ignores the bullshit that is the end times and is set in a time when azhag is still alive is definitely a plus.

>>44087187
What's even more bizarre, that they have licensed a bunch of other games based on Old World and their old, OOP games. Thought Bloodbowl vidya was weird? How about Mordheim or fucking Man 'o War.

>>44087239
One of the games has End Times in the title

Bumping for a good idea, since I don't really have anything to contribute.

>>44087013
Really, what's there left to do? It's a good setting, could be used with most systems, but there's not much left to develop.

>>44087783
What about all the actual details? Places? People? Organizations? The stuff that makes a setting a setting? Let's begin pouring in the ideas...