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I've heard you can die from swords.

There's a whole lot of shit that's bulletproof. Never heard of anything being swordproof, though.

>>43835332

Breastplate.

Hell, most hard, rounded armors are far more swordproof than modern body armor is against bullets.

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>>43835105

I don't, I play for keeps. Bitch.

>>43835105
Is there a way to play this not for laughs?

>>43835094
In my opinion, if a game has dice rolling mechanics for overcoming combat scenarios and exploration challenges, it should have dice rolling factor into social conflict as well. Furthermore, if any social challenges involve dice rolls, ALL social challenges should involve them. I'm defining challenge as a situation where failure is a distinct possibility and would have consequences for the character.

I don't think it would be fair for one player to have to roll for attack and/or damage in battle, while another simply describes their character's awesome attack expecting it to succeed without rolling any dice. In the same vein, if one player has to roll a Bluff check to talk their way past some guards, another player should not expect that a sufficiently good lie at the table should let them succeed automatically.

Part of my reason for supporting this style of gaming and GMing is the fact that players can't and shouldn't be expected to have the same capabilities as their characters. When you swing a huge axe in combat you don't have to demonstrate real-life strength in order to succeed. When you play a scholar of monsters you don't need to have memorized the monster manual in order to make a Knowledge check about them. In that same line of thinking, you don't need to actually be charismatic in real life in order for your character to be persuasive.

The reverse, naturally, is also true. If your character is a Charisma 6 Orc Barbarian with no social skills, being a charming person in real life won't (and shouldn't) make your character more charming or successful in social situations.

>>43835286
Thank you for putting this into words. I have had pretty much the same thoughts for a long time, but have never really been able to articulate them so effectively, possibly because I have no GM experience.

>>43835690
It's no trouble. I've recently been working on some social combat rules for my game, mainly because my players think that making a good argument should let them automatically succeed.

I should mention that a GM would do well to require at least SOME effort from their players. Even if a player is introverted or has poor social skills, they really should say more than just "I make a Bluff check." A GM can also give a small bonus or penalty for particularly good or bad arguments, but I stress that they should be -small-.

>>43835026
Music is inefficient and therefore has no place in esper

>>43835053
I guess that's that

>>43835026
Esper the color combo? Some cringy nerd poser song about "superior intellect".
Esper the shard? Evil Devolution by Ayreon.

>>43834886
Did you make this yourself?

Otherwise go on

hi

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THIS IS NOW AN [ ARBITER * APEX EXCITER * AUSOS * OPALINE EMANATIONS ] THREAD

from this point on i will only get drunker.
i will post my own notes on a variety of settings and systems.
i will post art from whogives a a fucccck
lets do it

its my thread so its not highjacking, right?

food as a worldbuilding topic is big with me, its one of my pillars, a fundamental. food defines a culture, it says what they make, what they survive on, what they labor at and toil, its their back bone, but more than that. food is what they love, talking about food means both the work a person does and the reason they do it. good food means every thing.

lets talk food.

in before totally ignored and talking to myself.

>>43834451
NPC interactions, make sure to FADE TO FUCKING BLACK DURING THE ACTUAL SEX, then have pillow talk be a fantastic way to get plot hooks in. Also remind your players that prostitution doesn't make much cash.

>>43834451
You could always say no.

>>43834501
I did kind of have the thought of introducing some plothooks about troubles in the local temples through pillow talk, but I was kind of afraid that might come off as a bit odd.

Because cleric is Greek and priest is Latin.

>>43834337

But why'd that matter?

>>43834387
IT'S TRADITION

Don't.

>>43834247

/ thread

>>43834247
Why's that?

>>43834159

Magical Girls or FATAL. There is no middle ground.

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I guess it would be a Tit-illating experience. if your image is anything to go by...

>>43834159
Boring.

How do you slay anything big and stupid?

Scare them with fire so they back up off cliffs.

The actual answer is bigger arrows. Ballista would help. Also traps and men with pikes. Just think of how people hunted elephants

I would say spears in lots but when arrows are useless what chances do close combat piercing weapons have?

>>43833912
Punji pits and archers.

First off... I don't understand your image OP. Is that... Prussian? Crushing a horse under their combined weight? And was she just standing around nude for him to abduct?

Second, GURPS has a book on social conflict, but it isn't that great. I know a really badass homebrew system for White Wolf though.

http://www.darkmontreal.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=13

Exalted 3e has a neat enough one. Everyone is socially built around Minor, Major, and Definining Intimacy especially to represent their principles and the people, places, and objects they care about, and you can only convince people of things (without using bribery or intimidation) of things by utilizing a powerful enough intimacy of theirs. Thus, social combat becomes a game both of discovering what a man cares about to base your argument on, and instilling him with intimacies that you want him to possess. The stronger the intimacy, the greater the thing you can convince him of, but he can use his other intimacies to defend. And since you can't reuse an intimacy to defend when it's already been defeated by an argument, you can whittle people down by smacking down whatever ideas would oppose what you want them to believe.

Dungeon World

>>43833837
The fuck is e card?

>>43833853
It's something from Kaiji.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH8wio2y2uI

Basically it's a game where each person has 5 cards. Each person has 4 "citizens", and one person has a 5th card of the "emperor" and the other a "slave". Emperor beats citizens, citizens beat slaves, and slaves beat emperor. It was one of the final, and in my opinion, the biggest gamble he went through season one. For reference Kaiji is a gambling anime

>>43833906
Sounds dumb. Can I shoot the other guy?

Oh, a new thread's been made. How do I delete the one I made?

>>43833445
So are we running through the wastes or playing a spanish guitar?

>>43833468
If someone tells me how to delete the wastes one we can play Spanish guitar.

YOU CAN'T DESTROY THE EMPEROR'S FINEST.

FOR THE EMPEROR AND THE IMPERIUM

BLESSED IS THE MIND TOO SMALL FOR DOUBT

>>43832889
>How can I kill an army of venerable dreadnought and terminators with necrons
Shoot them with guns

>>43832889

Literally the worst possible marine list you could make. Even a bunch of vanguard veterans and assault marines would be better.

>>43832670
Looking up, Eobard stared at his face in the mirror, too blurry to actually see many details. A wadded up sleeve scrubbed it, trying to sharpen the lumpy features into something discernable. Grey.

His eyes were grey.

First Choice [Species and Ethnicity]
Species:
>Humans are biologically similar to those you see around you in our world, but their cultures have been shaped by hardship and dread. Instead of being born free, and living in their world as it’s masters, ever man and woman for a thousand generations were born into servitude. Beneath the heal of the Kreen they existed, as pets and toys, as soldiers and labored, as concubines and entertainers. Though theirs was an easy servitude no less was the yolk against them. Then came the pure, and the world changes, and now humanity live in the bones of what was before.
Ethnicity:
>Orthrian, pale skin and fair hair mark these people as descendants and inheritors of seat of Orthron, the pale spire of salt guarding the end of the world. Nearly albino, they are forced to wear heavy clothing in any conditions that could cause sunburns.
>Forlish, what marks the Forlish are their diversity. Not of hair and skin, but of body. Deformities permeate the people, manifesting as extra fingers and double jointed limbs. Said to have been twisted by the passing of Kreen in the time before the pure.
>Thilidine, an empire spanning since the pure’s founding. Their speed glacial and their vast networks of offices and clerks stretching as a spider web back toward the old world. One of Thilindian descent enjoys the sharp features and olive skin stemming from the capital.

>>43832689
Species:
>Yelvin
Ethnicity:
>Yelvin do not have creed, nor culture. They merely exist as expressions of the world around them. One may be working one day, and think how their job would be easier with someone to help, and someone will thus appear. Their skin range from slate grey to parchment white, and their eyes black as pitch. Little is understood of their coming and going, and unless killed they will not seem to age, merely exist till their disappear. Though their emotions are similar to humans they are stunted, dulled to the world around them.


Species:
Pek:
>Pek, like man, were creations of the Kreen. However they did not exist as moving servants. Instead the Pek lived as art pieces. In cages they lived their lives, twisted and bent into what ever shape their master chose. Many Kreen existed purely as aesthete, creating ever more decadent expressions of their craft. Now however, the Pek live free, taken from their cages. However that which binds still exists. Physically they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, as during their adolescence they may shape their body to their will, most choose to be roughly human in stature.
Ethnicity:
>Crovian descend from he who first sought freedom, Crovar. In their legends he is said to have taken from his cage a stone, and won his freedom in three trials set before him by his masters. As such the Crovian try and emulate his form, however different sects can not agree on what this form is. The only agreed upon features are bulbous heads, and a disproportionately muscled left arm.

>>43832712

> Aesthete do not exist as a single culture, instead an ideal. Unlike their fellows they do not seek to emulate humanity, and change themselves into new forms. Some go so far as to render themselves incapable of movement, planting their feet in the ground and swaying in the wind. One can normally find at least one Aesthete in the city, marked by their delicate beauty.
>Greveir pay homage to a Kreen who is said to have taken pity on the Pek and hasten their rise of civilization. This Kreen, in their legends, died long after the pure arrived, hidden away from the world to guide the Greveir people. The Greveir as such take on forms more similar to the Kreen than humans, their features somewhat insectoid.

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