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>GM or player
GM
>System
Fate
>Time
Every other Friday or Sunday, 6:00 PST.
>Text or voice
Voice
>Contact Information
HelicoShift#5511
>Additional Information

I ran a few sessions of Fate years ago, and this will be my first attempt at running a campaign in earnest so there might be a few hiccups along the way. I started DMing with 3.5e, and and I've also run CoC, Savage Worlds, Into the Odd, Stars Without Number, and Dungeon World. My games tend to be a mix of light-hearted bits peppered with some serious parts.

Fate Core wants game creation to be a group process, so I don't necessarily want to fix the game to a specific genre/setting yet. Going into a game with strangers and making a new setting from scratch might not appeal to everyone, so I have some ideas listed below. New players are more than welcome! All I ask is that you be enthusiastic or curious about Fates approach to gaming (collaborative storytelling that embraces the metagame a bit, player agency, etc)

Here are two ideas I've been tossing around. Contact me via discord if you're interested. Hell, contact me even if these ideas don't appeal to you. I want to run a game that everyone at the table is excited about. These are just suggestions, we're ultimately going to make the setting together.

>A low fantasy subterranean world similar to the underdark in that it's a massive network of caves, some of which are large enough to contain small tribes and settlements. Gameplay would be about exploring and surviving in this world, interacting with the ecology, establishing relationships with other tribes, and perhaps finding out why the surface is inhospitable.

>Gonzo sci-fi adventures inspired by The Fifth Element and Futurama. I would most likely be using parts of Bulldogs! combined with all the wonderful sandbox tools in Stars Without Number. Gameplay would be pretty open ended. It could be very local, or you could have a ship and hop from world to world.

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>GM or Player
Player
>System(s)
5E
>Time availability
Late in the day PST
>Text or Voice
Text
>Contact Information
VitaminC#0297
>Additional Information
I'm a slut for making characters so I'll fill in literally any role

>>54303541
>A low fantasy subterranean world
>Fate
Would totally play but
>PST

>TFW no GMs in Eurocukzone only immigrants.
TFW you live in a place where even starved immigrants don't want to emigrate to.

>>54285014
Drawthread buddy. We don't get drawfags outside of the thread unless we manage to create a new meme or attempt to create a waifu.

>>54285059
not even asking for something custom, just any pics you have lying around that seem to fit close to that. this isn't an exact science and she's an NPC so its not like we're invested in details, just need help

>>54285014
switch the before and after. it would be much more interesting. a story about domesticating a strong powerful warrior woman into a doting waifu

Neat! Never saw a triple deck in air pics. Were they any good?

>>54282969
Just started reading the article on it. Apparently no.

I'm surprised they didn't try using catapults for the lower decks since they weren't long enough for heavier aircraft to take off from.

>>54283053
Like hangar cats? Could work, but, how you recover the aircraft? Using the upper deck? That would overwhelm it

>>54406528
Specialization. Magic is often implied to be very time-consuming or require a lot of focus to practice, and in general, the main benefit of living in a civilization where not every member of society has to devote all of their time to making food so they won't die is that others can specialize and therefore become more efficient/developed in those fields. Essentially, it's for the same reason that most PHD astrophysicists aren't FBI or SWAT. They just have spent their time and attention on a different field.

That said, there ARE clearly exceptions, and people with overlap. For example, most editions of DnD allow for multiclassing or swordmage/gish type classes. Do you have trouble grasping these concepts or do you just want a character who is the best at everything all the time?

>>54406528
from classic western folk stories? do you even live in a western country or are you from the middle east?

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ENCHANTED SWORD MOTHERFUCKER

The real question is why dont wizards use their swords AS magic staffs

>>54406323
Play with players who know the rules.

Use a timer, they get 1 minute to announce what they are doing then it's over.

Play games where combat is either brutal and short, or designed to be fast.

get them to play Strike! is what I'm saying

>>54406323
Use tools or one of your players to keep track of initiative.
Don't have every enemy fight to the death.
Know the rules.
Don't reference the source books for every question. Make a quick decision when a problem arises, then check between combats or sessions.
Have fewer combats, especially random encounters.

>>54406323
Play one of the many systems in which combat is a one or two roll affair.

>>54406105
One Page Rules are a thing that exist.

Sure. Play 40k. The rules are made up and the points don't matter.

>>54406105
Explain your reasons for not using the actual rules and we'll be better able to advise.

>>54405248
Oh, so that's why nobody speaks of him.

>>54405261
They dont speak of him because the emperor forebade it

>>54405248
Did he specialise in radical BMX tricks?

>>54404214
Working under a few assumptions of how each of these factions play, I'd choose Forest Spirits. I'd imagine that:
Soldiers are a more defensive, direct faction that focus on surviving their opponent's plays to deal with their opponent's creatures while keeping their own numbers up
Forest Spirits focus on manipulation/control of your opponent's creatures, while being made up of mostly weak creatures (fairies, gnomes, etc.) with trickery-based effects, possibly with a few larger, stronger but less tricky creatures to act as guardians (ents, dire wolves, something like that)
Steampunk Machines focus on direct, offensive strategies based around stronger monsters that maybe have some kind of revival/repair mechanic but are otherwise a one-and-done kinda thing, and,
Evil monsters would be the counterpart to the Soldiers, focusing on revival of their weaker "minion" creatures/turning defeated enemy creatures into minions to apply pressure to the enemy, while having a few stronger units that act as "bosses" of some kind, maybe enabling revival/conversion in the first place.

As for what faction to add, maybe Elementals, maybe with Earth elementals being durable guardians, Fire elementals being the main source of direct damage, and Wind and Water elementals focusing on manipulating single-target enemies?

>>54404214
Steampunk machine, but then again, im a skub loving idiot

>>54404596
fuk u and ur skub

>>54404020
Too much combat gets boring anon.
I always start the party in a social gathering.

>>54404091
I agree, that's why I'm looking for more situations. Basically just want to avoid the players standing around not knowing what to do at all costs.

>>54404111
Throw the odds so hard against them that they have to find a non-combat way to solve a problem.
This keeps my games fresh.
Maybe they will die but it will be a lesson for future games.

Not a huge fan of the way Heinsoo and Tweet use sidebars to argue with each other.

>>54403905
>DnD is bad memes
Stupid shitposter.

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The Icon system is a good idea badly implemented. It's not a bad idea at the start, but rolling ~12d6 every session, and having ~4 of them come up in play, is overly complicated and narratively fucked.

>>54403829
Because they play with people who aren't complete spergs.

At least, that's usually the plan.

Hot take: Paladins should be a fighter subclass with access to holy spells.

Probably because they want to play as paladins.

>Hey DM I'm inflexible please target me.
If your DM's an asshole, maybe you should find a new one.

>>54402410
Skub

>>54402410
"peace" after a successful colonial war of independence

Mars or Jovian Moons vs Earth seems about right for that

>>54402427
An entire nation comprised of the Jupiter moons is a cool idea.

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>>54402420

I thought it was obvious that the Alpha Legion had stolen Mark X armor and disguised themselves as UMs.

>>54401416
I think they are just undercover ultramarines. I mean look at their armor and that exposed face. They are all pristine and don't show signs of Chaos mutation or warping. Those are not CSM.

>>54401416
meme aside they did say 1 loyalist will turn chaos and 1 chaos will turn loyalist.

AL legion and DA are both the sole contenders of the switch

>>54400913
Terminate, colonize and exploit planet, rinse and repeat. It's the safest option.

>>54400913
>Softcore
delet

It sounds like they just presented whatever was lying around their room. Things certainly aren't looking good for them.