Let me ask you DM's a question. It might get a bit /pol/y

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The slavic reason is my worlds get more dystopian as tech advances and i love the idea of slavs getting rekt.

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Not OP but
>100% focus on SCIENCE!
>Dress in creepy weird robes
>Barely 100 left in the world
>Used to be the big mysterious fallen kingdom
>Magic is pure poison to them
>Isolation tend to make them weird or eccentric
>Offer tech to other races in return for whatever they need

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>>43900859
Tech cultists? Not bad not bad

>>43899748
My main group of humans are based on Silicon Valley futurists because the game is actually set in dystopian post-apocalyptic America.

That said, I like to have variety in all of my fantasy races. So there are roving bands of barbarian humans based on juggalos, for example.

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>>43901303
Pretty ballin, as a history buff i base everything off of what happened in the past and my preferences. Slavs get screwed, germans do good romans are best, and slavs get screwed again.Also jews, sometimes i dont even hide it.

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>>43899748
I'm currently running a short horror game based vaguely on The Conqueror Worm and the King in Yellow. The world outside the playhouse where it takes place isn't really that fleshed out but it's fairly low fantasy and based on renaissance Europe. The PC's are in the totally not-Hanseatic League, the play was written by a not-Venetian and the totally mundane and not evil at all orchestral accompanyment was written by a not-Englishman and is conducted by a totally normal not-Turk.

Point is, the human nations aren't homogeneous but it's more to feed into the lovecraftian trope of 'the other' and slightly racist barbarism than because of good world building.

>>43899748
>an empire it is Always roman
There's more range there than people think, as the roman empire was very different at different points in history. Of course you're probably just going with the pop-culture digestion of what a roman empire is like. Not antagonising, that's how most people understand history and actually playing things historically-accurately isn't going to appeal to many players.

>Do you base them off of a certain culture or race of people?
For naming schemes, definately. Having a solid list of consistent names for NPCs is a must. I then usually pick a couple of traits I want to reinforce about the society, simple cliche stuff. I love going through folklore and history to find interesting tidbits to use for characterisation.

>space
I like to go with political or economic rather than ethnic traits when designing space factions\societies. So you have the cyborgs, the terraformers, the asteroid miners, etc. But I like futures where nations have pretty much broken down into corporations that places less emphasis on physical proximity and cultural concerns.

>humans
I usually do human-only settings, as I hate humans-but-with-gimmick races. If you have a nonhuman race, there's no reason you should imagine them any less in depth and diverse as humans. After accounting for whatever biological difference you have, of course.

>a bit /pol/y
Racism, imperialism and aggression and intolerance in general makes for great settings and characters. Using make-believe as a platform for pushing ones political views is usually not fun though

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>>43901509
Actually My roman empire is. Well think if Pompey had won, more agressive but a lot more local autonomy. Way more client kingdoms. Luckily most of my players are actually history buffs like me so thats way nice.

>>43901735
>most of my players are actually history buffs like me
I'm jelly

>>43901889
Not that anon, but this can also go horribly shittily. I've seen sessions devolve into debates about the linguistic realisim of elvish. It got dark.

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>>43901889
It is, we had a legionaire a hoplite and a viking battle once on the same team. >>43901994
One time we were going to play and got in a four hour long arguement over who was responsible for ww1 (russia btw)

>>43902014
>russia
>not Germany for provoking the UK and backing Austria against Russia

>>43902014
>>43902192
>One country is responsible
>Not a perverse system of incentives built up by individual actors behaving rationally in the absence of a higher authority designed to deal with the tragedy of the commons

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>>43902192
>Russia wanted it
>Russia needed it
>Russia was prepared for it
>Austria had a valid cassus belli
>Russia was being a prick.
All other countries responded appropriately
>>43902424
>Russia the uncaring lumbering beast was responsible, with a healthy dash of princep..

>>43899748
Human culture in my setting is based off a mix of Celtic and Norse folklore, Gothic literature, and shonen anime

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>>43903294
How do you fit shonen in all that. Elaborate

>>43903350
Bitch, shonen goes with everything

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>>43903431
Only war guilty slavs could respond like that

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>>43903943
oh fuck i didnt realize that was edardo sorry pals

>>43900859
Hey man that's a pretty damn cool idea. I might just be borrowing that one.

>>43903350

>People still think this game actually exists

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>>43904662
>Slavs still exist

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>>43904662
> there are still some people on /tg/ who haven't played this game

Questfags and other people who don't actually /tg/ ruin /tg/. I have to filter half the fucking board.

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>>43904662

You dingbat, I've even played it.

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>>43905193
>>43904932

Of course, there are about 5 contradictory draft versions of the rules floating around...

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>>43905202

Pretty sure this is the second to the one you posted.

>>43905202
As expected of LOS MAGOS DE TIEMPOS

>>43905575
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsDgKk-iBDY

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>>43901366
>germans do good

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>>43911073
I also speak terrible french

>>43903943
>>43910414
You have some pretty shit taste.

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>>43912427
I save everything. I am in no position to judge. At least i didnt post the dragon academy

>>43912464
Ooh that's a good one. Kord don't fuck around

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>>43899748
>What are humans like in your game?
Like your average human civilizations generally.
Only in a fantasy or scifi setting.
Very rarely do I play in realistic settings.

>Do you base them off of a certain culture or race of people?
Sometimes they are somewhat obviously flavored by one real world culture or another, but living in a scifi or fantasy world changes how cultures behave and act.
Interacting with other races alone would change culture.
I first figure out what features I require to exist to play the game I want, then I build the setting up organically around it.
I do my best to make everything consistent and make sense, even if the scifi is as scientifically sound as the Core and the fantasy is Harry Potter level handwaving.
Building a culture around the production of unobtainium is more fun for me than just saying, they're Spaniards.

>If there is an empire it is Always roman
If you're going to go monochromatic, Roman is a fine color to choose.
Actually, I do tend to have culture archtypes:
>Evil Empire
>Corrupt noble oligarchy
>Noble but poor kingdom
>Rebellious underground
>Simple farmers
>Skilled crafters
>Pretentious artisans
>Struggling survivors
>Grizzled warriors
>Devoutly religious
>Lazy prosperous
>Brave primitives
>Refined nobility
>Cannibalistic savages
>Nomadic hunters
>Fucking Gypsies

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>>43901366
>Slavs get screwed, germans do good romans are best, and slavs get screwed again.Also jews, sometimes i dont even hide it.

Do you mean Germanics, or actual Germans? And where do Celts fit into this?

>>43901366
>that story

Laughed out loud for the first time in I can't remember when