>An ancient good has awoken

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>An ancient evil has slept

>>50477153
>the ancient evil wakes up 50 years behind schedule

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>>50477134
And thus, No Fun Allowed became Law.

Worshiping the wrong deity, swearing, missing holy days, ignoring your parents, murder, cheating on your wife, theft, lying, and merely desiring another man's wife or belongings leads to punishment.

>>50477153
God bless that Finn baker.

>an ancient good has awoken
so, Doomguy/the Doom marine/THE DOOM SLAYER

>>50477232
He didn't say an ancient Lawful has awoken.

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>>50477134

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>>50477134
An ancient good has awoken!

>>50477232
Ancient good, not ancient lawful.

>>50477303
>literally anyone in 40k
>good
Pick one.

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>an ancient titan has rolled over restlessly in its sleep

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>>50477134
>it means something very, very bad is about to happen

>>50477195
>the ancient evil is late for work
>this is the third time this aeon

>>50477345
I'd say the Lamenters are unironically good to a suicidal extent.

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>>50477406
>half life
>happen

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>>50477134
>An ancient good has awake

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>>50477134
>an ancient cute has awoken

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>>50477134
Goldarn it! I worked hard to ill-get those gains!

>>50477134
>the young evil assembles a team of misfits prophesied to be the chosen ones who will fight the ancient good

>>50477345
>Salamanders
There, I picked one.

>>50477134
Does this mean all adventurers and heroes lose their jobs?

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>>50477134

>An ancient neutral has awoken.

>>50477942
Shoot it.
I want its head!

>>50477959
A chaotic neutral has awoken

>>50478002
Kill it.
I want its head!

>>50477425
>An ancient evil has been fired
>An ancient evil gets a low paying, entry-level job.

>>50477607
Hoo. Sounds like a nice idea.
>>50477907
No, ancient good hires them to be its mooks

>>50477959
I suppose this is okay I guess.

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>>50477959
>>50478005

Are you TRYING to bring forth the god of death? Because that's more or less what'll happen if you stay this course!

But eh, what do I care?

>>50478247
The God of Death has a head, right?

>>50477134
>its social reforms are out of line with your interpretation of what a bunch of warmongering slaveowners who wrote their disdain for 90% of humanity into a document thought profitable.

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>An ancient neutrality has awoken

>>50478058
>An ancient evil gets a low paying, entry-level job.
Someone took a swing at this one if you want to see it.
The Devil is a Part Timer.

>>50478384
Demons aren't evil in that setting

>>50478384
>The other ancient evil has awoken for a looong time now
>It's a really efficient salaryman now

>>50477609
>we can't kill those civilians following the dubious orders of the inquisition
>planet becomes a demon world

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>an ancient evil does jack shit

>An ancient Law has awoken

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>>50478379
>Neutral deity manifests in the physical realm.
>Just sits there.
Huh...

That kinda gives me an idea of a BBEG

have an ancient evil actually awake when the party is unprepared and go all Lovecraftian mythos on the world causing indescribable chaos, inflicting permanent changes into the world, and be so powerful that the PCs can't do jackshit about it. Then have it go to sleep.

Then have the rest of the campaign all about the PCs preparing the world for when it wakes up again.

>>50478340
*tips ushanka*
Well said comrade.

>>50477134
>An ancient good has awoken
So... Santa?

Today I learned that neutral now means completely apathetic.

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>>50479163
Basically, yeah. Lesser creatures that are neutral still do things because they have needs and wants that push them to do things. Creatures and lesser elemental forces that are strongly attuned to neutrality still have built in instincts and drives that cause them to act in certain ways. But pure and elemental neutrality being free of needs and most wants would probably be pretty apathetic if it wasn't created to have instinct or desire that it must satisfy.

>>50479163
Good and evil assume some kind of advancement of good or evil things. Neutral can still be about something but just saying neutral doesn't imply anything itself.

>>50477153
I'd love a campaign about rebuilding the world after a bunch of heroes manage to seal an ancient evil away.

>>50477250
>>50477292
kys

>>50479306
Assuming d&d, wide reaching constructive behavior has little support in the rules. Hunting down the vestiges of the bbegs forces has promise, however.

>>50479323
Less hunting down people and more taking care of opportunistic criminals, saving civilians, etc

>>50477457
Actually, yeah. Then again, they'd still blow Liivi's brains out for heresy.

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>>50477134
>An ancient good has awoken
>Intent on wiping out all evil, it leaves behind a trail of destruction sparing only those it deems good enough to deserve to live
>In their fear, the mortal races band together to supress the ancient good once more.
>Where will your PCs stand?

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>>50479429
I see only another evil to be smote.

Villainy has many faces, and that is one of them.

>An ancient evil is repeatedly awakening as it cannot locate the Snooze artifact

>>50479341
Yeah maybe, depends what exactly the evil guys threat took the form of. Seems more fun for the players if the shit was a wee bit more complicated, it's easier cleaning up after an invading army than vast tracks of cursed and despoiled land infested with abberations.

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>>50479464
>Would unironically allow undead to roam the countryside and terrorize the innocents because killing them would be mean
Villainy has many faces, one of them is weakness.

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>>50477134
>An ancient good has awoken!
>Fight demons!
>Help people!
>Cultivate the land!
>Inspire heroes!

Now go, let the legend come back to life!

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>>50479495
Watch your tone with me, boy.

>>50477134
> It's really fucking judgemental and puritan
> It's moral code is also ancient
> It burned a dozen people last sunday for wearing mixed fabrics
> And shut down the docks because eating shellfish is wrong
> Noble adventurers, I bid of you, PUT IT BACK WHERE IT FUCKING CAME FROM.

>>50477244
The nation of swastika-shaped yule tarts and overpriced alcohol.

>>50479495
>Villainy has many faces, one of them is weakness.
Lashing out in fear against others is a sign of weakness, not of strength.

>ancient evil awakens
>takes a leak, farts and then goes back to sleep

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>>50479535
And what do you call the refusal to strike against evil? Friendly reminder that France could've prevented WW2 in 1936 and Britain could've prevented WW2 in 1938. Neither did so.

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>>50477345
>Our King
>not good

>>50479570
>bitching about that instead of the western betrayal in 1945

>>50479570
>Friendly reminder that France could've prevented WW2 in 1936 and Britain could've prevented WW2 in 1938. Neither did so.
They were more afraid of causing a second great war than they were of Germany. In hindsight that was foolish, but you can't blame them. WW1 was really fucking awful.

>>50479570
>And what do you call the refusal to strike against evil?
Caution.
Some problems are solved by force. Others are fanned by it.

>>50479600
I can blame them for allowing a militarized nation led by a genocidal maniac to grow as large as it did. I can blame them for allowing the violation of sovereignity of many formerly independent nations because maybe if we spread our buttcheeks far enough they'll play nice. That is weakness, and that's perhaps the greatest form of evil: weakness in those who can and should do good.

In fact, at Nuremberg the Nazi high command admitted that French intervention in 1936 was their biggest fear.

>>50479592
Operation Unthinkable was full retard and you know this.

>>50479570
Easy there tiger. France and the UK didn't stop Germany because they had just gotten out of the biggest war the world had ever seen, and they knew that pushing against Germany was likely to cause another one with somebody like Hitler at the head.

>>50479517
>OR SO HELP ME
>so help me!

>>50479624
>and they knew that pushing against Germany was likely to cause another one with somebody like Hitler at the head.
So they just gave Hitler whatever he have gained in such a war. That's not trying to maintain peace, that's shoving another man into a lion's mouth hoping he'll be too full to consider mauling you.

>>50479570
It's really easy to say things like that with hindsight.

So tell me anon, what's the best solution to Putin's aggression in eastern Europe? Is he going to escalate by himself and need western intervention to stop him, or will western intervention simply cause him to escalate?

>>50479622
>That is weakness, and that's perhaps the greatest form of evil: weakness in those who can and should do good.
You can blame the German people for the same thing in allowing a tyrannical dictator to come to power in their own country.

Blaming WW2 on a specific group doesn't answer any questions or help to explain why it happened. History is a long series of causes and effects, no single event makes sense outside of context.

>>50479647
Yes. That is what they did. Because the horrors they saw in WW1 were bad enough to warrant it. Going to war again would effectively have just killed more people earlier, nothing would have changed.

And for all they knew, Germany was making the land grab purely for resources and was ignoring the people so long as they didn't interfere.

>>50479647
No, it's trying to make the best of a very complicated and unstable situation.

>>50479656
>It's really easy to say things like that with hindsight.
Not really, considering all foresight had by those politicians was based on naiveté. The idea that anyone will ever get tired fo getting free shit, especially when that someone's speeches and internal policy has been dripping with militant behavior. Pretty sure Daladier and Chamberlain would consider acknowledging the Islamic State a good idea, because maybe they'll just limit themselves to Syria and Iraq.

>So tell me anon, what's the best solution to Putin's aggression in eastern Europe?
NATO. If we really care about limiting Putin's agression in Eastern Europe, then the best thing to do (especially for those nations in the region) is to learn from Ukraine, join NATO and uphold all its norms (including the 2% requirement). Any further move by Putin will be deterred (if he's sane) or reacted to with the combined might of the industrialized world (if he's insane).

In other terms, the first thing that should've been done after the Anschluss (and that's assuming the French tolerate the remilitarization of the Rhineland like a bunch of spineless cowards) would be seeking alliances with countries like Czechoslovakia, Poland and other countries that could potentially end up on Hitler's list, including the declaration that war with one means war with all. And they would not refuse, knowing very well they could be next.

>>50479666
Western Allies not pushing to Germany while it's forces were busy in Poland was pretty big fuck up desu.

>>50479683
Stop trying to argue with Satan.

>>50479306
What is this, Nobledark? Grimbright? Vaguely uneasy mood lighting?

>a kinda old "ok" has sort of awoken I guess

>>50477475
10/10

>>50478340
>yfw it votes trump

>>50479656
>Putin's aggression in eastern Europe?
>Putin's
Putin is being pushed back. It is the NATO that is being aggressive. O well, topic for /pol/ or possibly /news/.

>>50479622
>I can blame them for allowing a militarized nation led by a genocidal maniac to grow as large as it did. I can blame them for allowing the violation of sovereignity of many formerly independent nations because maybe if we spread our buttcheeks far enough they'll play nice. That is weakness, and that's perhaps the greatest form of evil: weakness in those who can and should do good.
>In fact, at Nuremberg the Nazi high command admitted that French intervention in 1936 was their biggest fear.
you need to go to pol, stat
this is so wrong it's painful

>>50477232
Ah, so a better world, eh?

>>50478257
Not when you removed it from the god of life.

Then it's just a jelly-like mass of death.

>>50479868
https://books.google.nl/books?id=sY8svb-MNUwC&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=nuremberg+france+rhineland&source=bl&ots=FIEmYW95f2&sig=l7IaNgndIuaEpmqJ4VeOPp-G3Pk&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwis6eXj79LQAhVG7hoKHYUpBbkQ6AEIYjAJ#v=onepage&q=nuremberg%20france%20rhineland&f=false
>considering the situation we were in, the French covering army could have blown us to pieces

Straight from the horse's mouth. Now go ahead and explain how an anti-Nazi opinion is somehow /pol/.

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>>50477134
>The next morning everyone around the world wakes to find treats next to them.
>The evildoers find notes with the treats that say "please reconsider"
>Those with allergies find that their treats were made with said allergies in mind.
>The ancient good is all about love and friendship.

>>50479680
Chamberlain was buying time while the country built modern weapons. There were not enough Spitfires or Hurricanes in 1938 to fend off the Luftwaffe. In 1939, there were. Just. If we patched the broken ones up ASAP. And even then it was only a narrow victory. Bombing Berlin took the pressure off the airfields.

>>50479909
>explain how an anti-Nazi opinion is somehow /pol/.
wat

>Middleaged neck has stopped shaving

>a relatively old evil has awoken, but he's taking his time and he doesn't care about your kingdom as much as you think he does

>an ancient evil has awoken
>the ancient good pulls it back into bed to cuddle for the next century

>a lazy evil has awoken.
>it finds that the prospect of actually torturing and killing innocent people is a lot less appealing than staying at home and writing stories about torturing and killing innocent people
>the adventurers have gained an unbidden pen pal who keeps sending them creepy letters

>an ancient evil has awoken
>opts to spend most of his days by sitting in tavern with other ancients and bitch how modern evil can't do anything right

>Primordial mediocrity doesn't give a shit

>>50480527
>he's still going to destroy it though
>back in his day people took pride in getting the job done right

>>50480744
>the Paladin's offer of redemption is rebuffed with complaints about how young people change careers too often nowadays

>>50479789
You could play it either way, I suppose. Grimdark would involve the ruination from the conflict near impossible to completely mitigate, but the only alternative is to allow civilation to fall apart even worse. Requires that the big bad pulled out some nasty and enduring evils, and likely did a number on the population in general.

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>>50477475
after all we got duke nukem forever

>>50479608
this

>>50477350
literally the plot of Call of Cthulhu

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>>50479495
. . . so, why not just smite the so-called 'Ancient Good' and the evil undead?

This isn't mutually exclusive, you stupid faggot.

>>50477345
Tau

>>50477959
>>50478002
10/10

>>50477134
>An ancient good has awoken
>He is disgusted with what the world has become, and is preparing a great crusade to purge the world's filth and rebuild it on the ashes of the old world.

>>50483795
The Ethereals manipulate all of the 'lesser races' using chemicals
The 'Greater Good' is just ensuring the Ethereals have a cozy life style.

>>50477134
>>50477477

>an ancient good has awoken
>its awesome majesty is too much for mortal minds.
>women weep and men wail in its coming, half of them die from shock alone.
>ancient good apologizes and politely excuses itself, but it must fly off and rescue a cat from a tree. Good never sleeps nor allows you to sleep.

>>50481493
Forever should've really meant forever. That game is a train-wreck. If Valve even remembers that it's a company that makes games they'll just make Half-Life 2 episode 2: Chapters 1 & 2: Electric Boogaloo.

>>50479944
>mfw my endless grueling grind of Flonne to 9999 finally pays off
It's all I really want

>a new evil has fell asleep

>an ancient god never went to sleep but rather kicked back and relaxed as the world progressed technologically
>he keeps an eye out for any threats the world can't beat on its own

>>50477134
an ancient good has awoken, it is bored and is attempting to wake an even more ancient evil!

>>50477345
Lamenters.

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>An ancient evil has awoken
>A brave warrior is going to bash it with a hammer until it submits

>>50479163
>>50479242
Like how Dr. Manhattan fucked off when his last links with humanity broke

>>50485875
We should outlaw hammers.

>>50477345
Night Lords

>>50485897
Stop oppressing my proud dwarven heritage.

>>50485975
Stop being so small.

>>50485875
>An ancient lawful has awoken
>An ancient evil presses charges for assault

>>50485995
Stop being shitty smiths.

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>>50477134
It turns out ancient definitions of good are very different from those of today.

Divine SMITE targets include:
>Anyone wearing mixed-fiber clothing
>Anyone who has touched a menstruating woman
>Widows who failed to marry the brother of their dead husband
>Anyone who worked on the holy day
>Anyone who has eaten pork or shellfish

>>50486384
So what is a hero supposed to do when he's trying to save the princess from the dragon but she's menstruating that day?
Or, more generally, can the hero trust her word that she isn't menstruating?

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>>50486408
I imagine that would be an awkward conversation. This morality system was made for small tribes where everybody knew everybody, right down to menstrual cycles.

It's not a death sentence, hero will just be cursed and can't get into heaven if they die.
Curse is easily lifted by bathing in that god's sacred river, a mere 2000 miles away.

>>50478632
The road to hell is paved with good intentions but those are still GOOD intentions.

>>50477134
I've always thought it would be fun to run a campaign about being the apostles of some kinda divine being, following them around and doing good deeds. It raises the question of how you make the players feel significant, however.

>>50486483
I keep on forgetting how terrifying reality actually is.

>>50477232
>And thus, No Fun Allowed became Law.
so you're saying... boredom is the root of all evil? that makes surprisingly much sense.

>>50477345
Sanguiniois

>>50486986
The root of all evil is that it's virtually impossible to get people to agree on what's allowed and what's not in every case, so resolving nearly any moral argument is a horrible clusterfuck.

>>50479680
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Entente

>>50479622
>I can blame them for allowing a militarized nation led by a genocidal maniac to grow as large as it did.
they didn't know he was genocidal
hell he wasn't genocidal until later into the war.

>>50485274
Don't forget leveling her items and getting friendly residents capped.
Or lovers/dual specialists in 2.

>>50477506
See, this implies that the world was much cuter in the ancient past. Is that her plan? To bring back that world?

What would that do to the current inhabitants?

>>50479944
>inb4 it can't figure out what to do if someone hates themselves

>>50477153

>An ancient evil won't go to bed because it fears there are adventurers in the closet

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>An ancient chaotic good has awoken

>>50477134
>There are several ancient evils.
>They keep getting in each other's way

>>50477134
>An ancient good hits the snooze button.

>>50477134
>Heroes are hired to kill this ancient good and were told that it's brand of justice is too extreme.
>Everyone talks of how extreme it is and its code of good is too barbaric for a modern age.
>Turns out the problem is it hates several common practices, but actually isn't doing anything but saving the day and preaching against said practices.
>People talk likes its an out of control monster.

>>50477506
>an ancient lewd has awoken

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>>50486384
I've heard that a lot of those seemingly arbitrary rules were medical guidelines of a sort. This was before people understood medicine or biology--so they just figured if you were sick it was some divine curse--but even if they didn't understand biology, they could still piece together cause and effect. Do X, all kinds of horrible things happen to your body, so the obvious explanation is that the gods have forbidden mankind from X.

Still not sure what's so dangerous about pork, though.

>>50489732
Your moms awake?

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>>50489732
>the heroes are commissioned to give it a cold shower and some sturdy, concealing clothing

>>50489781
>Still not sure what's so dangerous about pork, though.

Literally the easiest thing on the list, trichinosis will end your day.... slowly, and painfully also, pigs are an unnecessary risk of resources due to their water/mud requirements as compared to goats or sheep.

>>50477134
That would be interesting actually

>ancient evil wins
>heroes are sealed away by a Goddess to keep them safe and await a thousand years until the ancient evil has weakened before awakening to save the world

>>50479680
Please, god, don't let me ever become this stupid.

>>50488147
Hell he wasn't even genocidal, he just had poor logistics and his enemies slandered him massively after his death.

>>50489923
>>the heroes are commissioned to give it a gold shower and some sturdy, concealing clothing
Dare you?

>>50487026
This a really irrational moral relativism. Yeah, there are always going to be disparities but there is enough in common between most people that we can get a general idea of what is good.

>Generally people don't like the threat of being killed, raped or robbed
>Generally people don't want their friends and family to be killed, raped or robbed
>Generally people want to feel a meaning level of control over themselves
>Generally people want to feel satisfied in the things they do

There are exceptions but most people want some version of this for themselves and their friends and family.

The problem isn't the morality but the loose ends, things like pride and fear, tribalism and hastiness. People can agree to a point where it is useful, they just can't be bothered too because it will make them and their traditions look weak. Or because they are afraid of betrayal and violence is easier.
Or, in some cases, people are just assholes because they find it's fun.

The problem isn't finding goodness itself, it's making goodness work in world with all kinds of extra flak.

>>50477153
>an ancient mother will die in her sleep tonight unless you reply to this post

>>50491623
What?

>>50491623
w-who's mother?

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>>50493301
Whoops.

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>an ancient neutral has drunkenly stumbled into the tavern

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>>50477134
>An ancient good has awoken
>Its Dionysus and everyone gets shit faced

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>>50477232
>And thus, No Fun Allowed became Law.
>Worshiping the wrong deity, swearing, missing holy days, ignoring your parents, murder, cheating on your wife, theft, lying, and merely desiring another man's wife or belongings leads to punishment.
Got got rekt by some desert farmer in a wrestling match and his powers seem comparable with modern day air forces.
>Soddom and Gommorrah were just MOABs or tactical nukes
>Angels blinding people with "lightning" were really using flash bangs

Pretty sure we could take on the heavenly host with just the USA and her allies.
And I'm pretty sure Uncle Sam wouldn't take too kindly to some middle eastern superpower telling him to stop drinking beer, listening to country western music and stop eating hot dogs.

>>50477134
Unfortunately it's decided the newest generation are degenerate rubbish and has a decidedly "old testament" way of handling things. It's up to five sinners with attitude to team up with the disembodied head of o Jesus Christ to help put his dad back to sleep in YHVH: Revengeneance.

>>50493721
/k/ please

Your fedora is too loud

It will wake neighborhood

>>50491623
Is it the Necron's mumsies?

>>50489781

>Still not sure what's so dangerous about pork, though.

Because long ago in those days the pigs were used as garbage disposals. Their strong constitution allowing them to consume almost anything no matter how foul or rotten the food had become. It was a good way of not letting foodstuffs become huge piles of rubbish and the manure could be used for farming. However as a result of the pigs eating such bad foods their bodies contained many diseases and germs that came about from ingesting so many rotten or spoiled foodstuffs.

These days your modern pork sources are very clean and the pork industry in certain first world nations tend to be very strict and careful of what they consume. Trichinosis is almost non-existant these days in modern pork production though it will still be somewhat of a concern in poorer or less developed industries of other nations.

>>50477134
>An ancient good has awoken
>It doesn't quite get modern values, but sees the same foundation for them and tries his best to understand the new world

>>50493702
Party Sorcerer: "See? I told you fuckers Bacchanalia was not far off! But noooo, we gotta do this lame-ass quest about some zombies first, Jim, Bacchanalia can wait. Fuck you guys, I'm going to go get shit-faced and plow me some dryads and a few Satyrs!"

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>An ancient evil awakens, hungry.

>>50491561
Logistics were fine until the railroads got destroyed.

>>50478485
They aren't necessarily evil by character, but kinda evil by nature, seeing as they feed on conflict and negative emotion and without a war going around to generate enough energy for them to gather on, they are doomed to a slow extinction.

>>50479495
Your waifu is shit.

An ancient confused has awoken and doesn't understand where he is

>>50495522
Didn't DC make this canon?

>>50499111
They did, IIRC. Lex Luther's first ever crime was stealing a bunch of cake from a bake sale and selling it on his own later or something like that.

>>50477134
>The ancient good is upset at how many people are suffering
>The ancient good begins interfering in the world - making lands bountiful, making regions more hospitable, and interfering with wars
>Is this something to fight back against?

>>50499931
>the party fights back, but they're not necessarily villains - just folks who don't see a place for themselves in the world this thing is creating

>a construct designed to kill masses of enemies with its stone fists - a living weapon with no home in a world without war

>an ancient undead knight who volunteered for his condition on the basis that he could await the final battle againt Evil that way - if the world has no need of him, he has damned himself and watched the world he knew crumble to dust for nothing

>an ordinary guy who can't live a quiet life in a world where everyone's expected to go out of their way for everyone else all the time - without any real skills, he just serves as the encyclopedia and face for all these entities who are far older than he is and far less in touch with society

>the prince of a barbarian tribe which makes its home in a harsh land - he believes it is their suffering that makes his people strong, and that his father will be proud of him if he prevents this thing from giving them incentive to be weak

Or something like that.

>>50500163
Exactly the kind of stuff I was thinking of

>>50477134
>a coven of cultists are making 1000 orphans happy in order to gather the positive energy and unseal the ancient angel king

>>50500447
>implying the situation isn't incredibly desperate if they're unsealing ancient angels

>>50477134
>an ancient (but now politically incorrect) good has awoken

>>50477232
>worshipping the wrong deity
Hey if you're not worshipping the Good God, who are you worshipping?

>swearing
eh

>missing holy days
It's like missing your mom's birthday

>ignoring your parents
Actually missing your mom's birthday? Cmon son

>murder
>cheating on your wife
>theft
>lying
>No Fun Allowed

>merely desiring another man's wife or belongings
Wanting to take what does not belong to you leads directly to cheating and theft.

>>50500675
>country is suffering from starvation and lack of resources, the cultists still have steal their meager stocks of food to make sure the 1000 oprhans are happy enough for the ritual to succeed

>>50501095
>if you're not worshipping the Good God, who are you worshipping?

Only works in a monotheistic setting, and even then you'll have those who worship nobody. Not even necessarily out of spite - some don't know and aren't willing to guess either way (which risks being wrong), and some just don't pay that sort of thing any heed and are too busy growing crops.

>>50501095
>who are you worshipping?
another good deity?

>>swearing
>eh
are you so saintly that you never swear? at all? not even a "damn"?

>like missing your mom's birthday
you know that stuff like sunday factors in that? So you're saying that everyone who works on sundays, regardless of intent, deserves to be punished?

>ignoring your parents
okay, that one I give you. Still, what if you have a very bad relation to your parents?

>lying
and you are so saintly that you've never lied, not even a white lie?

Oh, and have you ever seen your neighbor getting something new and thought "Man, I wish I had that"? You're getting punished

>captcha:saints hyam
Saints I am? captcha you can't be a saint

>>50501263
>another good deity?
A good deity wouldn't fighter with worshipers of another good deity because they're both good and thus allies

your deity is probably lawful evil trying to pretend to be good

I bet you're a Pelor worshiper

>>50501428
it said "Worshiping the wrong deity"
this MAY mean "worshiping a non-good deity"
It may ALSO mean "worshiping a deity other than that deity". Just because you are good doesn't mean you tolerate the other gods

>>50501263
>thinking something is wrong means you think you're innocent of it

>>50501601
I was going more for the fact that normal people do it and are punished for these things

The bigger problem with this: Uncertainty
How big is the punishment?
Are there grades of it?
is one thing punished more than the others?

>>50501506
>Just because you are good doesn't mean you tolerate the other gods

But what if you know none of them will ever be as good as you?

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>The ancient evil was awake the whole time

>>50501695
>I was going more for the fact that normal people do it and are punished for these things
>normal = fine and good

>>50502040
Ancient Evil was already here

>>50485875
>mfw no follow up to this boss Lore or Game play wise any game afterwards

Make Nintendo Amazing Again

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>>50477232
>worshiping the demiurge
>current year

>>50479789
There are actually ways to do both in post-apoc.

>Nobledark
>The ancient evil left all sorts of nasty monsters and shit roaming around
>Most defensive fortifications are in ruins, but magic still allows communication between pockets of humanity
>Are you bad enough dudes to reunite the forces of Good and push the darkness back once more?

>Grimbright
>There aren't really many monsters or undead or other life-hating things roaming around
>Most physical fortifications, farmland, factories, etc., are unharmed
>There weren't even that many casualties
>But the great heroes all died, magical communication isn't working too well, and most of the surviving authority figures are not very good people
>It's a golden opportunity for men of ambition and little scruples to become the new tyrants
>Will the recovering world's society rot from the inside as it grows, or can your party cut out the cancer before it spreads?

>>50502040
>>50502383
>The ancient evil is us

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>>50503537
Gnostics please leave

>>50477134
>An ancient evil has awoken
>It is effortlessly outcompeted by efficient, innovative, modern evils.

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>>50479464
This.

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>>50504377
>This horrible flying wheel studded with eyes
>Yes I shall make it my god

Christians confirmed worst ghostbuster.

>>50477942

What is it that makes a man turn neutral?

>>50504718
the flying wheel studded with eyes is an angel (ophanim) not god, and the visions Ezekiel saw of the angels were merely what he interpreted from the forms they allowed him to see.

God himself is infinite and unknowable. to assign him any form is a mistake. he is I AM not an old man and not any other thing.

>>50486003
>An ancient chaos has awoken
>It makes all water taste like chocolate milk, swaps newfoundland and hawaii, makes public smiling mandatory in russia, and alters the verb structure of the mandarin language, then goes on vacation in newfoundland

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>>50479499

>The ancient good wants to take a nap in the flowers, and get head pats.

:3

>>50504829
An unwillingness to go out of his way to interfere with the lives of others, either positively or negatively.

>>50503537
>distorting the face of your opponent beyond human limits and representing their argument simplistically
>expecting to be taken as unbiased

>>50504630
WELL MET

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>>50505385

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>>50505385
>An ancient evil is wide awake
>An ancient good's got shit to do

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>>50477607
Reminds me of pic related.

>>50505612
>An ancient evil awakens
>An ancient good awakens
>They debate philosophy and play poker on thursdays

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>>50477232
>Punishment
>No Fun

>>50504829
Like Switzerland, having everybody lawful and chaotic, good and evil, raping, looting and taking food on their way through.

>>50504829

So that way you can play both sides to your advantage.

>>50477475
>1
>2
>2 and a Half
>...

Fuck, what comes next?

>>50479570
>Nazi Germany
>Evil
What is evil? What did they do that was so much worse than any other nation, especially at the time?

>>50489732
Ur-Succubus has awaken, can you stop her
She was once a fertility goddess of good, will you save her

>>50506268
>can you stop her?

If by "stop" you mean "be the one living thing she refuses to pursue sexually," then yes.

>>50506322
Anon, virgin energy is the most powerful

>>50488886

Does she wear underwear or what? Having watched the show, I'm still not sure.

>>50493702
>tfw suddenly remember reading this a few years ago
What's the name, again?

>>50506671
Don't bet me on this but Lackadaisy I think

>>50506688
>>50506671
Yeah, it's Lackadaisy.

I find this trope criminally underused. Personally, I always wanted to run a game like this in the Forgotten Realms or my own homebrew setting, and I did find a way to work it into the quest I ran here many years ago , but I think it's easy to do this wrong if you don't plan it out.

>>50506494
Anon, you don't understand.

There's 'anything that moves' and then there's 'no redeeming qualities.' How can she pursue that which she is not even capable of desiring?

>Universal indifference continues

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>>50505545
I'm so shocked to see Aang get posted again.

>>50505648
I heard that game was something of a stain on the Overlord name.

Fuck I want another one.

>>50489781
In the climate of Judea/Arabia pork goes rancid like snap your fingers, as well as >>50490993 point about water and mud needs in an arid climate. You can tell that it's climate-based because it wasn't adopted into colder climates (whereas e.g. menstruation taboo is pretty universal), notably in the Nordics pork was historically always considered the best meat.

>>50477345
(You)r spiritual liege.

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>procrastinating evil will get around to it

the kingdoms aren't sure whether or not they should be preparing

>>50491623
Not the ancient Momma!

>>50510624
Just wait until Procrastinating Evil's mother sees her son slacking off and kicks him into action.

>>50510855
>earth is the parents basement
>procrastinating evil leaves to do bad elsewhere

>Several ancient goods awaken
>Several ancient evils awaken
>The ancient human naytheist masturbates to the thought of killing them all and freeing his race from their interference forever.
>Anima's Metaplot in a nutshell.

>the ancient evil awakens
>it is a pro-human supremacist that loves humanity and will eliminate all possible threats to mankind, even if said threats wouldn't pose a threat for the next million years

>>50479864
0.5₽ have been added to your account, comrade.

>>50506204
>Portal 2
>Team Fortress 2
>Dota 2
>Left 4 Dead
>...
>Left 4 Dead 2

Valve can't count to three. This has been a well known fact for almost a decade.

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>>50513598
>Valve can't count to three.
Techies disagree on that.

>>50503537
Mah bon homme.

>>50506204
1
2
2.1
2.2

I'm betting on Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Chapter 1. Then, two games later, Half-Life 2 Episode 2 Chapter 2 Act 1.

>>50513912
I'm actually expecting Half Life 10 to be next.

If they can't count to 3, it's likely they're working in base 3.

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>>50499111

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>>50477134
>>50499931
>The ancient neutral awakes
>The ancient neutral stretches its innumerable limbs, gets an incomprehensible bite to eat, takes a non-euclidian piss and goes back to its eons long slumber.

>>50515146
>takes a non-euclidian piss
Now what mortal races would do with it

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>>50477134

>an ancient evil prowls the infirmary

>>50515750
The piss just goes in really crazy directions, extinguishes a few suns, grants life to a few desolate planets, and makes puddles on others.

Other than that, it's just regular piss.

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>>50506215

>>50488886
>Aqua
>Good

>>50515750
Let's be real, somebody out there will drink it.

>An ancient neutral awakens
>a wave of apathy washes over the land

>An ancient Chaos awakens
>fahlkrvbalraslkjdfbalruyvb akfjb

>>50479789

Possibly post-apocalyptic.

>>50504630
WELL MET

>>50516024
Go back to redd!t.

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>An ancient Goof has awakened

>>50486483
ancient jews didn't have a concept of damnation. Everyone got into heaven.

>>50477134
>GRRRRIIIIIIIIIFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITH

>>50515828
bird-fuckers go and stay go