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>University
>Not the best
>not tipping your fedora in pursuit of knowledge and logic

Also, before autists, newfags, or mods (and any combination thereof) throw a fit, SMAC is /tg/ related because of the GURPS supplement. Deal with it.

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Is going on a grand adventure possible anymore in the cold world of today? Was it ever possible?

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Hey /tg/. Picked this game up on sale. I assume that its content is psuedo relevant here? I would love to create material for this game, but I see a lot of mods for it that have no feedback or response, so I would want to know what people would *want* to play

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I've been lurking for quite a while, yet there are some things about this board and it's subgroups that still remain unanswered.
Mostly because these things are too overwhelming to really get into.
So, answer me /tg/, what's the deal with:

>GRUPS-fags? What is grups like, who does it appeal to and why do these people keep suggesting it everywhere?
>40k? It's such a huge part of this board and all I can see is very grimdark lore, a number-crunching game and huge money sinks. What am I missing? Why does it have so many fans?
>CYOA-threads? What do you do with those? Lot's of charts to make characters or stuff for.... What exactly?


I'm honestly, honestly not trying to flame a huge shitstorm. I don't want to hear people talking shit about other peoples interests, I'm just wondering what makes them interesting

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>Wake up, wake up, wake up!
A squeaking voice wakes you from your dreams. Actually... not dreams. You don't remember a thing. There's only dark.
A little... something is leaning over you.
>You're alive! Alive! Alive!
And it's damn annoying.
>What the hell are you, anyway?
you ask.
>I'm a...
>choose one of the following:
>Goblin
>Gnome
>Sahagin
>Other (write in)
the creature presents itself. You start to wonder what you're actually doing here.
>You are my overlord. Mine and of my tribe. Well...
Whatever happened here, it is pretty damn confusing. Overlord? Weird creatures? You must still be dreaming or something. The creature seems to notice your confusion, so it explains.
>You were an evil overlord decades ago. You ruled these lands, until some so-called heroes stepped in here and decided to overthrow you. They ruined the castle, slaughtered your subordinates and in the end slew you. But now you're back. Back to bring these lands back under your rule.
You seem to have drunk massively before going to bed. There is no other explanation for this.
>The sleep changed you, I see...
the creature again proclaims.
You look down on yourself and see
>Write in the way you look

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On one side, you brought this entirely on yourself. On the other, it was for your friends' sake so you can't really say it wasn't worth it. Besides, it's just one day of being a pretend familiar, Astreya doesn't really have any actual magical power over you or anything, you're not even a demon (being half of it doesn't count, right?).

Still, she's probably so used to having had the same familiar for all these years that she can't quite really realize she's giving plenty of things for granted. Like the fact that you know where her stuff is.

Because you don't. Her house is deceptively small, but damn it's hard to find anything in there. The fact that she's tremendously messy doesn't help either. You can't help but wonder where that damn book might be, you're quite certain you've looked everywhere you could short of starting to turn the furniture over. And the worst part is that you suspect it might have worked.

Regardless, you have another apparently simple task: to find someone in town who knows anything about oils or other compounds useful to prevent the premature rusting of iron, since the tropical weather is quite inclement to that material. Astreya doesn't seem to be particularly affected herself as her only reasons for concern are pieces of jewelry, but you can guess how it could be a problem, especially when iron is being used to build. It could be a problem if all nailed boards were to warp and come off just because the builders didn't take the local weather into account.

Well, while you suspect almost nobody is actually used to tropical weathers around here, you don't think everyone is completely clueless on the topic. There are other similar climates in the known world, plus the Shadow Marches were already colonized some time ago.

>Go see Luna. She's an architect, she might know something.
>Go see Agnes. She wears iron, she has to know something.
>Go ask the local artisans. You're certain they've faced the problem already.
>Other?

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new thread time!

warmachine/hordes general.

Warmachine/Hordes Books, No Quarter, & IKRPG
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Abridged Lore
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The Chaos Gods are boring antagonists.

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Alright, /tg/

A 12th level Wizard has been given a quest to cause as much destruction as possible. Assuming that the wizard has access to any spell or feat, and that items that need purchasing can be purchased. The obvious answer is considering just raising an undead army, but the wizard is more enamored with the idea of doing the damage personally.

The actual mechanics of the spells are somewhat important, since there will likely be a chase scene with the party running away from these damaging effects. Before I go to the standard fireball and summons route, is there any way to spice this encounter up some more?

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Why doesn't /tg/ like feys?
In the tales I was taught, feys like to make human dance to death (or at least make them skip some years doing so) but that's pretty much all of it. Distracting them with riddles is enough to calm them until the sun rises again.
And if you bring drinks, treats or something they'll party less hard.
Of course you shouldn't eat food from them until you're in the human realm and not at night. But I'm told most of the fair folk are beneficial.

I'm from brittany, is your folklore just different or are you just hating on the fair folk?

Why not enjoy a party with the korrigans instead of warding them with nails?

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Help me out here /tg/. I want to play a pnp rpg today, I don't care which one. I just need a group. I checked Roll 20, applied to the games that weren't already full, which was only 1, and that one should have started an hour ago, no word from the one who posted the campaign.

I know there are others on here with free time on Mondays, so if you want to start a campaign post in this thread.

TLDR; Post here if you want to start a Roll20 Monday campaign.

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>ban computers during the campaign
>"but anon, you're using one for ambient music! That's unfair!"

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You are one of the 4 characters. Pick between:

>The lovable xeno drone
>Big tiddied predator huntress
>Colonial marine number 12762
>Lizard-gird assassin in the wrong place

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My good friend told me about the time she went to a fortune teller in Long Island. She went in sat down and then the psychic told her that she will not tell her what she sees, she wouldn't tell her own daughter what she saw, and then told her to leave and not to go to a psychic again. So 4chan.....what creepy stuff have you been told? bonus points if it has happened already

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AVE SENATORES! I bring exciting news.

Firstly, I have been granted permission by the Administratum to begin using the e-herald named "Twitter". I can be found here: https://twitter.com/SenatusSimia.

Secondly, and of vastly greater import to this august body. By the grace of the Emperor and under his leadership and yours, I have the food fortune to inform you, the Senate of the People of Earth, that we have located our first Jump Point, a mere few weeks after the launch of our survey vessels.

My report follows:

21st October 1757 IVC: Acting on the orders of the Senate I have instructed the Militarum to begin the training and arming process to produce two new Mobile Infantry Battalions.

1st November 1757IVC: While our initial reports from the survey fleet were not promising (in particular, predictions that Luna would show reserves of Trans Newtonian Elements proved ill-founded), on this date the GEV Scipio II under Trierarch Qunitus Attius Hirpinius reported that it had successfully detected the presence of 30,462 tons of high-quality Duranium ore on the comet Reinmuth.

16th November 1757 IVC: While asteroids and planetary bodies continue to disappoint, comets appear to be good potential sources of minerals. The GEV Scipio I, under Trierarch Aulus Caristanius Arcadius, has located reasonable quantities of Duranium, Neutronium, Corbomite, Boronide and a small amount of Mercassium on the comet Chernyhk. These are at quality levels comparable with Earth.

18th November 1757 IVC: A date that shall be remembered for some time. GEV Scipio I discovered some small amounts of Mercassium, Corundium and Gallicite on the asteroid Klio.