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>>53967084
>What do you do if you're playing the non-flood timeline and one of the players really wants to be a bird?
I use a good (read: non-D&D system) that isn't hamstringed by all PCs having to fit into the Str-Dex-Con-etc straitjacket.

Preferably one designed to accommodate different types of PCs. Maybe based on the Oz RPG.

>>53967192
name it

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>>53967084
>non-flood timeline bird

here you go

>>53966719
>doesn't need sleep
I'm pretty sure that they would require some sort of rest getting porked by orcs all day.

>>53966719
Just because they don't require sleep doesn't mean they don't require rest.

>>53966719
>Why is this almost never pointed in fantasy games and novels?
Probably because very few of them have humans directly go against elves in warfare.

>>53966510
Pic not related?

>>53966510

I don't know. Would any Female Overlord suddenly feel like collecting males of every species to "try out"

Sure! Just get yourself checked afterwards for scarabs

>>53966485
>1. Why do the Eldar persist in being such assholes? They share similar enemies with the Imperium and could evenly benefit by sharing their technology with the humans.
Imagine if there were only about a hundred of us humans left and most of the world was filled with like billions of monkeys that have barely managed to learn how to use simple stone tools. We'd keep to ourselves and refuse to ally with them out of sheer spite.

>2. Why do the Eldar believe they are superior when almost everything they do seems to result in failure?
It's a common theme with all sorts of elves, and 40k deals with it especially badly.

>3. Why does the Imperium not make attempts to form some kind of Alliance with the Eldar?
See point number 1. Imperium is a bunch of violent stupid monkeys, with a great dose of religious indoctrination and racism added on top of it all.

>4. Why are the Eldar working to create Ynnead when their entire goal is to avoid becoming extinct.
I think some worked on that, others didn't, but it was always there as a kind of a backup plan. Like, they -could- all be dead, but at least they'll be avenged.

>5. Explain the Void Dragon.
The Emperor put it in Mars and enslaved it for technology.

>>53966588

>Imagine if there were only about a hundred of us humans left and most of the world was filled with like billions of monkeys that have barely managed to learn how to use simple stone tools. We'd keep to ourselves and refuse to ally with them out of sheer spite.

I can't reasonably accept 'spite' as a logical response when faced with extinction considering the great lengths the Eldar go to preserve themselves.

>It's a common theme with all sorts of elves, and 40k deals with it especially badly.

This I can accept.

>See point number 1. Imperium is a bunch of violent stupid monkeys, with a great dose of religious indoctrination and racism added on top of it all.

I can partially understand this but I wouldn't equate the imperium with being so basic. They do seem to care for one another and their collective survival. The Emperor was willing to ignore the worship of the Omnisiah so why not do the same for Eldar when their entire Pantheon is already dead. Realistically I believe the Emperor might attempt to form a treaty at least with them in exchange for technology considering he was already working on creating a webway.

>I think some worked on that, others didn't, but it was always there as a kind of a backup plan. Like, they -could- all be dead, but at least they'll be avenged.

A lot of them worked on it and are still working on it. If it was just a backup plan I don't believe they would be as heavily invested in it as they are now but it contradicts the whole 'preservation' thing and makes the infinity circuit pointless.

>The Emperor put it in Mars and enslaved it for technology.

Can you elaborate more on this?

>>53966485
1.
They don't trust the humans. And why would they? You have an extremely xenophobic fanatical regime that is not exactly united in purpose. Entrusting such potentially dangerous technology to humans would be a phenomenally stupid move. You wouldn't give a loaded glock to a 5 year old to play with would you?

2.
Because they are superior. Their technology is significantly more advanced, they live longer, the average citizen beats out most imperial commanders in battle skill. The farseers really do see future events, and they have a superior means of space travel. They build worlds without polluting and destroying them. What humanity has is significant numbers and irresponsibly destructive firepower.

3.
They just don't trust each other. While the Aeldari did create slaanesh, humanity is essentially responsible for her widespread proliferation, as well as the creation and spread of the 3 other chaos gods. Even before humanity was xenophobic, it was still very brash, quick to irrational decisions, and really short sighted.

4.
The problem with eldar is when they die, slaanesh eats their soul. Ynnead was created to intercept that. Keeping the life force of all eldar within the eldar. Each death strengthens the rest of the race and will eventually starve slaanesh, leading them to a future period of prosperity and growth. Having a demonic god slowly sucking away everyones will to live can really put a dampener on a race as a whole. Craftworlders deal with it by storing the souls of the dead and dedicate themselves to discipline. Drukhari deal with it by replenishing their soulstuff thats being drained away by sucking it from others. The ynnari want to make it so neither is necessary and bring the eldar back to how they were before the fall.

5.
No idea.

cont.

>>53966370
Let that be a lesson to the guy who thinks the threads are CYOA dumps instead of builds for and discussions about CYOA's!

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Alright last chance, if you have anything to say say it now.

>>53954172
Still accepting builds anon, just nothing more is going into the CYOA as companions.

>>53954484
I actually got three Xenomorphs, two of whom are named Dave.

>>53954709
Collected.

>>53954932
Adira actually got in in an earlier update to the Companion PDF.

>>53954983
Yes the thread will be voting on it.

>>53955053
There's been a few Fulcanelli kids running around actually.

>>53956615
Going to cover that in the 2.0

>>53957315
I have about twenty detectives of similar gait and fashion and I decided to humble-bundle them all together.

>>53958694
Nice.

>>53958645
Write them as a living creature with wants, interests and flaws. Just give me a base to work with and I can.

>>53958745
I actually got him in a lore bit.

>>53959572
Ranks first but then that entire PDF is going to get rolled into the main PDF eventually.

Snyone have the comfy urban unease cyoa?

>>53964898
>not including D&D?
Can derivatives count? If so:

>Dungeons: the Dragoning
>13th Age
>FATE
>Fantasy Craft
>Savage Worlds

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Dark Heresy, Rogue Trader, Eclipse Phase, WFRP 2e, and Mongoose Runequest.

Right now, I'm sad Dark Heresy and Rogue Trader are dead. I'm missing two OEF rulebooks (The Lathe Worlds and Faith & Coin), and now there is no-where to buy them! Can't find a pirate version, either, except for really bad scans.

>>53964898
Why not include D&D?

>>53964696
That makes sense, and it's also more interesting than just attacking head on. Thanks.

>>53964693
>All the candidates for artificer mechanical servants with enough INT to activate infused spells don't have the CON to make double concentration spells worth it
Zounds, foiled again.

>>53964756
Well played kobolds are cunning cowards. I really like your setting. From Volo's Guide we know that kobolds accept their place as minions. Therefore being pushed by a dragon who they respect as some kind of demi-god to attack the goblin tribe would ultimately put the kobolds in a classical aversion-aversion conflict.

Depending on the urgency of the dragon, they will have to improvise their cunning tactics and have to rely on traps which are shoddy even compared to kobold standards.

Long sieges punctuated by pitched combat in gigantic caverns.

>>53964301
All interspersed with skirmish warfare in tunnels that lead to Dwarf forts.
or one dwarvf per fort running with two cat carriers at the rival fort.

>>53964276
A drinking contest.

>>53963406
bump

>>53963406
bump.

>>53963507
>>53963406
No one know?

>>53962415
Assuming this is real, nobody would ever team up with a runner with that reputation. Should have ditched him after the first harmful prank.

>>53962458
The DM is sort of keeping us all together for narrative's sakes, the only way out of it is if he dies, I'm going to try and convince the rest of the group to lead an all out attack on him

>>53962415
Choke him in his sleep.

No. In my setting I call the elves "elfborn" and they're basically humans with pointy ears and the elf stats. Everyone knows the fairies are still out there and have creepy kings and hunters and whatnot. They're not remotely the same.

Only with race-as-class.

Fey basically behave like kender, so yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmmXd8r4YQ

Nids or daemons, maybe orks.

>>53962235
My first thought, but my point is, that the characters are humans, peoble from the Imperial Society that meet each other random and could have discussions from their perspecitve.

>>53960856
You could say no

>>53960856
>Tl;dr
I'd just say you're really not feeling up to running a campaign in [system] right now.

Alternatively, assuming they want 5e, I run AD&D.

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>>53960856
Tell him what you just posted and run the game you want to run.

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>>53960106

>>53960106
Good system, hard to get into (mostly cause the book is bad).

There's some fan material that helps, and we have a resident LotW expert. Keep the thread bumped, he'll be around.