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>>43844846

I just don't see the point of most of the modules, really.

>>43844846

It makes Basic playable.

But the monsters and overall philosophy behind the module and adventures is gay, and the spell lists are godawful.

If there was a more 'core' fantasy set of rules to fix it, it'd be great, though.

It's too goddamn edgy.

>>43844869
Quite a few of them are really good dungeoncrawls? I'm not a fan of LotFP's edgy aesthetic but stuff like The God That Crawls or the redone Death Frost Doom have a lot of mileage in them.

Of course there are a lot of dross adventures too.

>>43844275
So looking to do a "nonstandard classes & races" campaign.

I know I'll be allowing the PoW and PoW E classes, and a couple of the PoW E Archetypes.

I know I'll be allowing Ult. Psionics and a couple Psionic Archetypes.

I'm undecided on regular magic.

I'm thinking I will either go Spheres, or go WordCasting. I know some 3PPs have supposedly drastically expanded the wordcasting options, do they make it any good? Or should I just stick to spheres?

So, lads, I've been talking to a friend who dislikes the ranged PoW stuff and I'd like to know your opinion on it. The damage is garbage compared to full attacks, the AoEs are useless because three enemies at 75% HP are three enemies at 100% capacity, and the debuffs are single-target. Thus, the best route is just to snatch counters and boosts, which feels weird to him and stops him from enjoying that. Does anyone agree with this and are there any ranged strikes you feel are better than full-attacking?

Reposting for more opinions, although now that I think of it Thanksgiving may not be the best day to ask for feedback:
Hey /pfg/ I wanted to make a "good" dex-based version of the Brutal Stalker. I realize the flavor text is dumb, but I'm more interested in the mechanical side of things. Thoughts?

Graceful Slayer
While other stalkers may use agility and finesse, the graceful slayer is an exemplar of such techniques. Wielding light or one-handed weapons with blinding speed, the graceful slayer is a paragon of the light.

Disciplines: The graceful slayer loses access to Broken Blade, Steel Serpent, and Thrashing Dragon. The graceful slayer gains access to Mithral Current, Silver Crane and Sleeping Godess. This alters the stalkers discipline list.

Maneuver Recovery: The graceful slayer may recover maneuvers in one of two ways. He may spend a standard action to recover a single maneuver of his choice. Alternatively, he may spend a full round action to reinforce his presence on the battlefield, recovering a number of maneuvers equal to his initiation modifier (min. 2). If he does so, he gains temporary hit points equal to twice his character level and DR/- equal to his initiation modifier for one round. The damage reduction and temporary hit points stack with other sources of temporary hit points or damage reduction. This replaces the stalker’s standard maneuver recovery.

Graceful Strikes (Ex): Whenever the graceful slayer successfully scores a critical hit against a creature, he gains a +4 sacred bonus to his Dexterity score for a number of rounds equal to his initiation modifier. This bonus increases to +6 at 8th level and to +8 at 16th level. He gains this bonus only when using a light or one-handed weapon in one hand. This replaces deadly strikes.

I made a fucking stupid Combined list for lolz the other day
>the Avatar 137 pts 2.5 swc
>the Anathematic 82 pts 0 swc
>Charontid 79 pts 0swc
4 regular orders a turn what could go wrong

>>43841508
Give it a try in a friendly game, for gits and shiggles if nothing else.

>>43841508

You're running an MGS miniboss squad, you say?

>>43840760
>Homebody

Sounds perfect to me.

>>43840760
>Have no creative and imaginative ability
>Make a world-changing breakthrough

Methinks the author of this thing has no idea how science works.

Honestly I'd pick "none of the above" here, because while I'm not 100% happy with my life nothing here would change that and those drawbacks are way nastier than the perks.

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>>43840893
>methinks

>>43834975
I'm looking to get into 40k, what do you recommend as a starter?

>>43835009
Which army do you like the look and or fluff of?

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>>43834975
I wonder why Cyrus couldn't have just climbed over the fence instead of blowing it up. Hairgel could have chopped it down with his axe. Why does this guardsman have so much health?

>>43832922
>Roast bantha with mashed tubers

Only fucking thing on here that sounds Irish.

DON'T FORGET TOO ACHIVE EAIL.

>>43832922
-Dewback Steak with a vegetable medely

>>43832922
Fuckin' alien mystery meat "steak"? You bet.

>>43829017
And yes, that is a Chestnut Wash at the top left of that rack. Trade me a 2000pts army and it's yours!

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>>43798998
>>43812214

Here are my other two WIP Daemon Princes of Tzeentch.

--LEFT--
User-name:
Reapermaul Timewinder
True name:
FOLANQ'PPPHAAHLIOEUZULTLDHOWCCQ'ABLBHILPHOWKWEG'GEREPH

--RIGHT--
User-name:
Warpeye Buboreum
True name:
GURHOASHN'DEIRG'NAN'NIRCHZI'IKSARFOLTHLQ'CHEN'NU'UDHAOLLKS'TLILZAOFLDEBH'DEBHDEDACHILERTH

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>>43829175

Old Thread: >>43804180

FAQ: http://pastebin.com/MhAQAJiw (embed)
Here's a dropbox with a LOT of CYOA's:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9ijwopa42ke49q1/AAA40vUS2BzstD9eHyyBLTr8a?dl=0
IRC Chat Channel
https://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?url=irc%3A%2F%2Firc.rizon.net%2Fcyoa

You forgot all of the OP

>>43826208
i knew it looked empty

>>43810774
>Purchases 'The Immortal', 'The Witch', and 'Spellbook'
>Performs Body-swap ritual with 'The Immortal'
>Proclaims utter invincibility to the heavens.

Any problems with this plan?

.....well, aside from the very last step.

What cards are the best things to search off Dimir House Guard in B/G? The fact that meren can recycle transmute creatures is neat, so besides Damnation and Solemn Sim what other good cards sit at 4cmc

Can blue do that?

>>43824220
Syphon Mind
Birthing Pod
Crypt Ghast
Diabolic Tutor
Leyline of the Void
Alot of ramp/creature tutors in green

There's a ton others, but those seem like the best staples at that cmc in b/g

Define 'cyberpunk'.

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>>43823317

>>43823345
futuristic setting like blade runner, but with a bit more advanced technology (no XBOXHUEG interface) doesn't have to be all white and slick, pic related is fine too.

>>43822424
We knew that. Common sense really. Only problem is the side-effects.

>>43822433
Well every potent medicine has side effects. Could be worse however. At least excess body hair is manageable.

Could've been Anal seepage.

>>43822424
the next logical step is harnessing a series of these gods and siphoning as much blood out of them as we safely can, boxing them up by god and by proportional mixture for discerning clients and clergy.

was it me or was the fight against Logarious overly difficult for a 'Souls' game?

>>43821561
Jesus Christ...

I dont have a story to top that man...

Im fucking showing this to my group right now.

>So what's the worst set of houserules you've ever had to deal with, /tg/
Pathfinder 45pt buy "Homebrew Gestalt" (basically every level you gain all the benifits of 2 different classes. features, saves everything) with all 3rd party and 3.5 dnd material allowed but Gunslinger still banned

>roll20 horror stories
being late to a game that was advertised as "serious roleplayers only", and jumping into the skype call just in time to hear the DM describing in detail the effects of the wizard casting unnatural lust on a rhino. that was the first player death.

>>43821561
>roll20 horror stories
Well i GM'ed for a group of Players once because they needed a GM and i thought to myself "Why the fuck not"
The Charakters were more than horrible and 2 of 4 Players where Meme spewing Madman that thought Chaotic Evil is the Best Aliginment

>>43821860
>Saw a group looking for a GM to run a published adventure
>listed 15 published adventures thye would be interested in
>offer to GM, tell them i'd like to run Serpent's Skull since it is on this list
>guy #1:'awe well we were really hoping you would run rise of the runelords'
>me:'I read rise of the runelords and thought it was a poor adventure personaly with far to much handholding'
>guy #1'I didnt get that impression when I read it'
>guy #2 'neither did i'
>me: "so you guys have read it already. Im def not gonna run an adventure you have both already read, where is the fun in that?'
>guy #1 'well we really want you to run rise of the runelords, we both already rolled characters'
>me: 'I dont do rolling, I use point buy'
>silence
>guy #1: 'well we already made chars'
>me: 'if im going to run for you im going to run what I want, and it isnt gonna be an adventure you have read, and you will need to generate new characters in front of me if you insist on using rolling instead'
>silence
>guy #2: ya this inst going to work out
>me: no shit

why do people make game listings if they arent going to run them themselves?

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>Wargaming Compendium
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cghxf3475qy46aq/Wargaming+Compendium.pdf
>Saga
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/alj31go19tmpm/SAGA
>Black Powder
http://www.mediafire.com/download/o5x6blwoczojmfr/Black+Powder.pdf
>Bolt Action
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/n7jmdnlv1n0ju/Bolt_Action
>Hail Caesar
https://mega.nz/#F!s9xTTDpQ!CasEjRETeqZsJ5LOzYrJdg
>Warhammer Ancient battles 2.0
http://www.mediafire.com/download/uttov32riixm9b0/Warhammer+Ancient+Battles+2E.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ta7aj1erh7sap1t/Warhammer+Ancient+Battles+-+Armies+of+Antiquity+v2.pdf
>Warmaster Ancients
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cifld8bl3uy2i5g/Warmaster+Ancients.pdf
http://www.mediafire.com/download/3emyvka11bnna1b/Warmaster+Ancient+Armies.pdf
>Advanced Squad Leader
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/d9x0dbxrpjg48/Advanced_Squad_Leader
>Impetus
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/28i9gevqws518/Impetus
>Ronin
http://www.mediafire.com/download/m8xke04pc3hne2k/Ronin.pdf
>Battleground WWII
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/cb83cg7ays4l1/Battleground_WWII
>By Fire And Sword
https://mega.co.nz/#!jxgCWTYD!FCp52DAqIUc-EM-TsRsWv7fB92nJ3kkzKsNcD_urI5Q
>Modelling & painting guides
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/7b5027l7oaz05/Modelling_%26_Painting_Guides
>Twilight 2000/2013 RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!C9sQhbwb!NVnD4jvUn5inOrPJIAkBhA
>Phoenix Command RPG
https://mega.co.nz/#F!b5tgXRwa!mzelRNrKPjiT8gP7VrS-Jw

Desired scans :
Black Powder supplements
Rank and File supplements
Harpoon 3 & 4 supplements
Hail Caesar! Late Antiquity to Early Medieval Army List
Force on Force supplements
Hind Commander
At Close Quarters
War and Conquest
Germany Strikes!

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25th of November in military history:

1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control.
1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
1795 – Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
1876 – In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
1940 – World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends as UN forces abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
1970 – In Japan, author Yukio Mishima commits ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

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It is 838 years since the Battle of Montgisard was fought between the Ayyubids and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The 16-year-old King Baldwin IV, seriously afflicted by leprosy, led an out-numbered Christian force against the army of Saladin. The Arab force was routed and their casualties were massive, and only a fraction managed to flee to safety.

Saladin had planned and invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem from Egypt. Learning of Saladin's plans, Baldwin left Jerusalem with only 375 knights to attempt a defense at Ascalon, but was stalled there by a detachment of troops sent by Saladin who had 26,000 men. The true numbers are impossible to estimate, since the Christian sources refer only to knights and give no account of the number of infantry and turcopoles, except that it is evident from the number of the dead and wounded that there must have been more men than the 375 "knights". It is also uncertain whether the so-called knights included mounted sergeants or squires, or whether they were true knights. Just as uncertain are the numbers of their opponents. An 1181 review listed Saladin's Mamluk forces at 6,976 Ghulams and 1,553 Qaraghulams. However, there would have been additional soldiers available in Syria and elsewhere, while auxiliaries might have accompanied the Mamluks. Whether these would have added up to a total of 26,000 reported by William of Tyre is impossible to say.

Saladin left part of his army to besiege Gaza and a smaller force at Ascalon and marched northward with the rest. Accompanying Baldwin was Raynald of Châtillon, who had just been released from captivity in Aleppo in 1176. Raynald was a fierce enemy of Saladin and was King Baldwin's second-in-command. Also with the army were Baldwin of Ibelin, his brother Balian, Reginald of Sidon, and Joscelin III of Edessa. Odo de St Amand, Master of the Knights Templar, came with 84 Templar knights. Another Templar force attempted to meet Baldwin at Ascalon, but they remained besieged at Gaza.

>no news
>forums dead
>factions solved
>nothing to discuss
>threads dying
>scheduled releases taken down
Is game dead

>>43821407
As for that last one, PP has said that the schedule was originally for retailers, and it's been taken down to lighten the load on their website team, since they have more infrastructure in place to inform retailers of what's coming out.

I can almost believe it, if it weren't for their poor timing with the arguments and snarking between the forum-goers and some of their staff about the release schedule.

>>43821407
>no news
>forums dead
>factions solved
>nothing to discuss
Are you high?