Song of Swords: HUGE edition

Previous thread >>51874788

>>51898333
>wikia
DROPPED

battle recaps when?

>>51898526
That's nice.

Why?

>>51898643
I hate the format and it loads like ass sometimes.

>>51898526
Consider rustling Jimmy for that

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Are there any rules for skirmishes? At least something to keep track of a unit's morale?

>>51898802
I tend to do so narratively.

>>51898819
That's what I was going to do, just wanted to make sure I didn't overlook some skill test or something in the rulebook

>>51898802
Not yet but we can hold hands and make them together

>>51898849
Can we just hold hands instead?

>>51898889
Sure, if you don't mind perverted boy like me

>>51898889
You can't just hold hands and not do something productive.

>>51898972
Well, I draw maps sometimes

>Song of Swords doesn't have skirmish rules, mass combat, naval rules, fortress/castle design and siege rules, economic systems beyond the very most basic, or even social/political rules
>Jimmy and the boys are all talking about adventure paths, magic compendiums and monster manuals
>not a whisper of a lord and liege type book
It's like they have no idea what niche they've carved out for themselves.

>>51899304
>It's like they have no idea what niche they've carved out for themselves.
You have to understand Jimmy and his boys are Pathfinder players.

>>51899304
Stances never

>>51899304
Song of Sword was a game made so you can knock people prone then stab them in the dick

>>51899304
Well we know the ship system for Balled was being played with, they can probably turn that around when it 's done by nerfing the guns a bit.

>>51899304

maybe that's the secret stretch goal .v

>>51899304
I want a castle design system so I can make my master /comfy/ and have fun designing the perfect home that's also 10/10 #defensible.

>>51899327
>pathfinder players
>without *greater teleports you into the sun*

>bwaaah I need rules for absolutely everything

>>51900154
I don't need rules to slap your bitch face

>>51900279
I bet you fucking do

>>51900154
If it weren't for rules, I couldn't even post in this Thracian mosaic board

>>51899304
One thing at a time, dude. I can imagine supplements coming out. Now that they've Kickstartered they want to focus on getting the core game out, which is perfectly understandable.

And we're on /tg/. If you want house rules, welcome to the thread. What are your ideas?

Anyone have the BotIT rules?

>>51900640
Why do you need them? It's basically TRoS besides magic and some attributes.

>>51900660
Magic is the part I want to look at though.

>>51900674
http://www.mediafire.com/file/dbug84mn9ipz7mv/Blade-of-the-Iron-Throne-v01.pdf

>>51899304
Here's the problem with sociopolitical rules
Most of those things are roleplayed, with the appropriate period-specific knowledge. There's really no special mechanics appropriate to represent being the Archduchess, besides things better expressed through dialogue anyway.
Furthermore, under a lot of cultures, there's no such thing as "lords" and "lieges". Imperial China's a pretty good case for this - they might have people with TITLES, they might have had really rich people, they have governors, but they didn't have true nobility beyond the Imperial Family. Everyone answered, in theory, to the Emperor. Everyone else is just a shitty bureaucrat or an adviser, to be replaced at will and rotated at random (and often were replaced at will).

As for the rest, I agree.

>>51900754
Thanks mate

>>51900918
>There's really no special mechanics appropriate to represent being the Archduchess, besides things better expressed through dialogue anyway.
There's really no special mechanics appropriate to represent being a mercenary, besides things better expressed through swords anyway.

But yeah, explicit rules for playing Crusader Kings in SoS would definitely go amiss.

>>51899304
>mass combat, naval rules, fortress/castle design and siege rules
I think rules for sieges would be easier to develop from existing mass combat rules. Something like fortifications providing bonus to defense rolls against missiles and restricting targets for attacks. Stone walls and elaborate citadels provide huge defense bonus while camps, Napoleonic era field fortifications and trenches provide weaker defense but can be built much faster.

>>51901118
Sieges have a very different character from field battles, though. While simple defense bonuses would work at the strategic, hex-and-chit level, at the tactical level where you're moving around individual blocks of pikemen and batteries of cannon you'd need more than that.

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Day 2 of the tournament is underway!

>>51901118
That's if we're talking about assaulting the castle. For the siege itself, it would be easier to develop from economic rules, since you need to look mostly at resource consumption and any outbreaks of disease.

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Maybe I've been on 4chan too long, but this guy seems preposterous to me. He pops up, explicitly asks for people to shill to him, and then announces that the shilling was successful. Is this really how normal people feel about marketing?

>>51901445
It's typical for RPG.net

>>51901445
Why not support things you want to succeed?

>>51901445
>>51901522
Now somebody's gone and written a six paragraph essay in that thread.

Is that also typical to RPG.net? Are they seriously going to read all of that shit?

>>51901791
Where do you think you are?

/tg/ has had storytimes, quests and world building. Writing huge walls of text is what we do.

And people read it all.

Unless it's some unfunny meta rant or personal blog post. Nobody has time for that shit.

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The sixth fight of the first round is about to begin!
>#16 Sjornn Anfallare, Sea Raider vs #19 Zabaz - Izagoni “Duelling-Priest”
These are two of our latecomers!

>>51901322
>>51892389
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2XGp5ix8HE

>>51902044
And the first blows! Khopeshfag manages to hool the Raider's shield, while the Raider lands a blow to the knee that does nothing. Disappointing.

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I got a question regarding firearms.

If you have a firearm with the Revolver quality, is the firearm's Load the number of successes required to reload one round in, or all of them? I feel like the former would make more sense, but I just want to be sure

>>51901791
>Now somebody's gone and written a six paragraph essay
>it's Cruxador
Of course it fucking is.

>in the roll20
>playing a jazz remix of TTGL music
huh

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>>51902555

>>51898333
First AAR from last thread
>>51895412

ENworld needs more shilling to keep the threads up. RPG.net has got critical mass, it looks like, but more posts are always good.

>>51902396
As a result of the Hook, the match has ground to a halt as the shield now exists in a state of quantum uncertainty. The Orredin are contemplating time travel to resolve the situation.

>>51903041
Time is reset, causing the shield to vanish in a shower of neutrinos. Suddenly bereft of its coverage, the raider takes a hit to his forearm, causing no damage but shocking him.

>>51903071
While the raider is still reeling in shock and confusion, Khopeshfag lands a brutal level 4 blow to the left forearm, nearly severing it entirely! The crowd cheers at this unusual display of exotic physics combined with brutal bloodshed.

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>>51901322
Updated Giot Vaneleaux a bit, since I realized after the noncanon fecht yesterday that he had too many points in proficiencies and needed some reshuffling

>>51903103
Khopeshfag apologizes to the fallen raider, before finishing him with a clean, decapitating strike to the neck. His head rolls off the platform to the sea below; his body shortly follows.

>>51902044
The sixth fight is over!
>#16 Sjornn Anfallare, Sea Raider vs #19 Zabaz - Izagoni “Duelling-Priest”
Victor: Zabaz!
Method of Victory: Decapitation with a dane axe through a metal gorget.

>>51903175
Wait, not a Khopesh?

>>51903193
Think of it as a twin-linked khopesh on a long stick.

>>51903193
I was pleased by how in many ways the Dane Axe was mechanically just a very long Khopesh.

Also I need a can-opener have you seen those Burds?

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The second fight of Round 2 is underway!
>#7 Isaac Lambert vs #6 Gunther Alder
Isaac progressed directly to Round 2. This is his first combat! Will he pass this trial by fire?

>>51903350
Well, he's got a Ruthlessly Fashionable crest, so that's a point in his favor.

>>51903363
And in the very first exchange of blows, Isaac's spear is shattered, leaving him unarmed. Not a completely hopeless situation, but I think we all already know what will happen.

>>51903403
You mean quater staff

>>51903403
And Gunther allows Isaac time to draw a dagger, because honor. He then subsequently manages to parry Gunther's poleaxe with it.

>>51903497
He does not pull off that miracle a second time. First blood is last blood, a level 5 wound with a reverse spike to the neck.
Sadly, his snazzy hat will be consigned to the waves with him.

The second fight of Round 2 has ended!
>#7 Isaac Lambert vs #6 Gunther Alder
Victor: Gunther!
Method of Victory: A level 5 pollaxe spike through metal armor and into the neck.

>eighteen hours into a saturday, and the additional money per day on the kickstarter is in the negative
Looks like having a tournament and showing people what the game plays like wasn't a good idea after all.

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Another match is beginning now!
>#18 Giot Vaneleaux du Galli vs #17 Ozziah the Oathless, Ohanedin
One's a gallant knight with sword and shield. The other's an elf with a grutte zweihander. Who will survive?

>>51903766
The battle starts off with the two awkwardly shuffling their feet as they go blue/blue. Somebody in the audience coughs to break the silence.

>>51903781
And after a successful riposte, the Ohenadin inflicts a level 3 wound to Giot's neck with the counterstroke! Well that was fast.
I mean, he's not actually dead yet, but we all know how this goes.

>>51903901
Ozzie tries to finish Giot off with another blow to the head, but only inflicts a second level 3 wound. Looks like this will draw out another round.

>>51903766
This battle is over!
>#18 Giot Vaneleaux du Galli vs #17 Ozziah the Oathless, Ohanedin
Victor: Ozziah!
Method of Victory: Two level 3 cutting wounds: one to the neck, one to the lower head.

If 19 wins, I hope the commissioned art is a train with buff arms

+2 backers today, -$39. :(

Someone with a high pledge must have jumped down, and marketing didn't make up for it.

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A very important match is about to begin. The winner of this match will proceed to the finals!

>#17 Ozziah the Oathless, Ohanedin vs #19 Zabaz - Izagoni “Duelling-Priest”

The winner will be one of three finalists. They will fight each of the other two finalists from the original roster to determine an ultimate winner.

Ozziah the Oathless is an Ohanedin who refused to offer an oath he was expected to give. Retreating from Ohanedin society, this immensely strong swordsman adventures across Vosca in search of worthy causes to pledge himself to. As one of the late entries to the Panoptica tournament, he fought fellow latecomer Gio Vaneleaux du Galli. The proud knight's great helm did little to save him from the vicious blows of Ozziah's grutte zweihander. After slaying his opponent, Ozziah ritually licked his blade, to age himself a second. If he persists with this behavior, he will die a natural death. But will Zabaz let him live that long?

Zabaz is a priest from Lost Izagone, the fabled island in Vosca lore. Armed with the legendary khopesh (and a dane axe made of two khopesh heads), this warrior has proven he has strength enough to cut through even Burdinadin armor. The mail armor of his first opponent in the round, the sea raider Sjornn Anfallare, was no match against his powerful blows. Speed backs up this warrior's strength, a lethal combination that has nearly brought Zabaz to the finals. But if there is any race in the world that exemplifies the virtues of alacrity and brawn, it's the Ohanedin. Will the Izagoni be able to cut down Ozziah, or will he join his homeland in the forgotten pages of history?

The truth shall be revealed! The fight begins now!

>>51902403
one round at a time, extra successes carry over as part of the load rs for the second round
its also possible to load more than one round per reload roll if you get enough successes

>>51904272
>Ohanedin

Literally all we need to know to realize who's going to win

>>51904326
The thinnest of ice my friend, watch your tongue.

>>51904265
I'm on my way back from a wedding, don't worry. We're like mid-campaign now, a slowdown is entirely normal.

>>51904278
Thanks senpai

>>51904265
Yeah, a Visionary Noble is open again, guess that's the one who jumped off.

>>51904367
there's a murderelf behind you now

>>51904433
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/

>>51904433
Where's that GiantITP thread you made?

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Update from the fecht room!

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Okay so what's this fucking meme then

>>51904272
The latecomers semifinals match is over!
>#17 Ozziah the Oathless, Ohanedin vs #19 Zabaz - Izagoni “Duelling-Priest”
Victor: Zabaz!
Method of Victory: After several Rules of Nature attacks halted by needing to Roll With It to avoid Zabaz's urumi, Ozziah lost too much blood to resist being cloven in twain by a level 5 shoulder cut from the urumi!

Zabaz is going to the finals!

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>>51905095

>>51905122
Experts believe that Zabaz praising Kek at the start of the match was also a major factor in his victory.

>>51905122
Rip good guy Ozziah.

>>51905173
Would having to canonise Khopeshfag make you happy or sad?

>>51905173
I'm considering making him or Ikesander one of your dumb Adventuring premades

>>51905122
Holy shit if Khopeshfag actually gets enshrined in the SoS corebook I will have to start beliwving in Kek.

BEAT THE BLADE HOOK THE LEG BEAT THE BLADE HOOK THE LEG BEAT THE BLADE HOOK THE LEG BEAT THE BLADE HOOK THE LEG

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One of our two remaining fights from Round 1 is about to begin!
>#11 Lorea Mendoza vs #14 Theodore Grey
Can an unarmored swordsman defeat a power-armored Burdinadin?

>>51905327
Someone other than Khopeshfag using a Khopesh! Will wonders never cease.

>>51905452
I hope Theodore makes it to the finals To fight Khopeshfag with his own Khopesh. MAY KEK WILL IT

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>>51905538
Is it gay if the khopeshes hook each other?

>>51905642
It's not gay if the hilts don't touch bby

>>51905452
And Theodore Rolls With It to avoid a level 5 to the hand, rendering himself prone in the process. We've already seen how this turns out.

>>51905095
Hook the leg, beat the blade
Bash the face, let blood be sprayed
Stab the crotch and break the speaaar
Beware when the jobber's near!

>>51905746
Oh! He managed to stand back up! This is new.

>>51905787
And he goes right back down again, taking a level 1 to the chest despite rolling with it. First blood.

>>51905877
We've been here before it's this kind of war

>>51905877
Theodore attempts to Flee by rolling away very fast, but is saved from having to answer the question "Where to?" by a level 5 halberd straight to the chest. The German Longsword Jobber calls him from the sea far below, inviting Theodore to join him.

>>51905327
This battle is over!
>#11 Lorea Mendoza vs #14 Theodore Grey
Victor: Lorea!
Method of Victory: A level 5 cutting halberd swing to the chest.

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>>51898333
Is there a character sheet on roll 20 for the public? looking to gm a game with this system for some friends, depending on how things go will probably buy into the kickstarter within the first few sessions.

>>51906228
If you look at this one it's a form fillable sheet it's only missing a place to write in your Combat pool and it's not the greatest but hey it exists
>>51903155

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The final fight of Round 1 is about to begin!
>#8 Jean-Grant vs #12 Regrótimo Formosa
After this, we will be on Round 2 and later fights!

>>51906370
Formosa's first strike clangs uselessly off the Rhodok's helmet. In response, he hooks Formosa's shield and sends it flying away, causing him to lose his balance and fall over.
Isn't it great how you can always tell who's going to win after the first round?

>>51906369
I think he meant one of those in-built sheets that Roll20 has.

What's the projection for the SoS kickstarter? Is it on track for the final stretch goal?

>>51906663
Just barely, I think.

>>51906635
Rather than put the doomed Formosa out of his misery, Jean-Grant decides to prolong the pain by breaking his trident instead.

>>51906635
>Isn't it great how you can always tell who's going to win after the first round?
lol
you haven't seen enough fights, my friend.

>>51906801
Just end it you bastard

>looking at audio files in in the mega
>Jimmy pronounces "Zhzhdhzh" as "Zhizhadizha"
James, what the fuck is this shit?

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>>51902902
>>51903175
>>51903621
>>51904086
>>51904272
>>51905122
>>51906022

>>51906875
There are literally no vowels in that word.

On Joint Thrusts
No "weak point" is mentioned as being part of the requirements for the maneuver to activate
But a "weak point" is explicitly mentioned in the Success text

If this implies that *only* "weak points" can be targeted, can I ask why the hell? If I can aim with precision at the elbow with a couter on it at the cost of power and agility, then why wouldn't I be able to aim at a completely unarmored elbow for the same cost?

>>51906801
Finally, the first wound- level 4 piercing injury to the shoulder. "Collarbone cracked, nicked artery, lots of blood."

>>51906892
So? You don't need vowels to have syllables. And that kind of shit can be difficult for speakers of Indo-European languages to work with, but Jimmy didn't even fucking try.

>>51906663
>>51906687
Kicktraq's projection is $33k-50k. Don't know about the log projection.

>>51906808
Yeah but this is how fechts with +4 and +3 weapons and 8 strength goes

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>>51906913
It's also explicitly mentioned in the Maneuver text, which says what you actually do
just saiyan

>>51906947
A second blow, to finally put Formosa out of his misery- blocked, by a 2d arm parry. Is it noble, to struggle in the face of the inevitable?

>>51907005
A moot point, either way. A level 2 wound to the lower head finally renders Formosa unconscious, despite one last feeble attempt at an arm parry. Jean-Grant finally kills him for good with a coup de grace.
The cruel laughter of the Orredin follow his body down to the waves.

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>>51906370
This battle is over!
>#8 Jean-Grant vs #12 Regrótimo Formosa
Victor: Jean-Grant!
Method of Victory: Multiple war pick punctures leading up to a final slit of the throat.

This concludes our Round 1 combats!

The two bouts in Round 2 remaining are:

#9 Kal Desar vs #11 Lorea Mendoza

#4 Florock Germak vs #8 Jean-Grant

>>51906663
Yep.

>>51906964
We had a bad day, but there's enough data points that the log projection isn't going to change that much unless something astronomical happens. As of right now, if I pretend that today's numbers will remain unchanged by the end of the day, we're looking at still comfortably above $25k. And the log projection is probably an underestimate.

>>51907101
Florok and Jean-Grant prepare for battle. An air of doom hangs over both contestants; both know that the winner will have to fight Gandicze Subject 19.

>>51907210
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP15lRprPs

Theme song of the tournament?

>>51907239
Quite possibly!
Meanwhile, Jean-Grant's very first action is to Flee, the filthy coward. He hasn't even meet Subject 19 yet!

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We're now going to determine who will fight 19 in Round 3.

>#4 Florock Germak vs #8 Jean-Grant

We've just seen Jean-Grant in action. His first round opponent, Regrótimo Formosa, used bulletproof armor and a bulletproof shield, but he had one weakness: his trident was made of mere wood. Using great precision and strength, Jean-Grant cracked his opponent's sole weapon in two and landed a flurry of blows that left Formosa unable to continue. Even then, Jean-Grant wasn't accessing his full potential. His real talent lies in the several varieties of spear he carries with him into battle. Fast, lethal, prepared - these traits carried Jean-Grant through the first round. Will they bring him to the third?

His opponent is Florock Germak, a three-time winner of Dace's Craziest Actual Names in Taphonomy (Bay) (CAN IT). This bounty hunter made one too many errors in Dace, and eventually found himself staring down a Burdinadin in Round 1. Following up a bear-piercing spear throw, multiple effective thrusts to the inner thigh devastated his opponent. The elf went into the sea, and Florock himself went into the second Round. Florock's success lies in his ability to hurl his weapons like thunderbolts. Will this miniature Zeus muster enough power to defeat an opponent who's ready for anything?

The one-trick pony is easy to ride! The fight is underway!

>>51907265
Jean-Grant continues to prove himself filthy and dishonorable by blinding Florock with his scarf! This cur truly knows nothing of honor or justice.

>>51906978
yes
but what the fuck

>>51907454
Jean-Grant moves to Disarm after blinding Florock, but fails and receives a stab to the chest in return. It bounces off the armor, but Florock has still seized the initiative!

>>51907726
An all-in stab to the chest!... bounces off, again. Four rounds in and nobody's managed to leave a mark.

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All these spears, man.

>>51907819
Another all-in stab to the chest!... bounces off. God dammit somebody just die already.

>>51907848
We need statistics on weapon usage and performance after the tournament.

>>51907819
Just push someone off the disc already. Knock him down and kick him out.

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>>51907972

>>51907972
Jean-Grant flees again, disengaging from combat and forcing another red/blu/yel declaration. This is getting interminable.

>>51899469
If it's that or ballad I'm going to buy that shit.

fatigue penalties also apply to players and all observers as well, apparently

>>51908139
After an exchange of hits that once more does NOTHING, first blood is finally scored with a level 3 thrust to Florock's face, apparently upgraded to level 4 by some talent. At last, our long nightmare of no bloodshed is over.

>>51908373
This could have been avoided by a total block

>>51908399
The lethal attack was declared against Florock's own. There was no opportunity to defend.

>>51908399
That just goes on forever then. If he does a normal block or parry then he can get initiative to attack next round otherwise.

>>51908426 Not so Partisan had the initiative

>>51908431
He would have had dice left but it's alright fuck that one has been going on forever

Florock´s player here, my internet went out, so im posting this on mobile. I concede the fight, that or allow someone else to play as me

>>51908551
I know your pain. Internet problems are the worst.
>>51907353
This battle is over!
>#4 Florock Germak vs #8 Jean-Grant
Victor: Jean-Grant!
Method of Victory: A level 4 thrust deep into the face.

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As the fighters are both here, we're beginning one of the semifinal fights! The winner of this match will progress to be one of our three finalists!

We've been seeing a lot of Jean-Grant tonight. We may be doing all of his fights in one sitting! But do you know where the man comes from? He's a leader of men, the head of a rebellion in France (or its Vosca equivalent). Unfortunately, the rebellion failed, and he had to flee to safer lands. After a while he made his way to Helion. He's already taken down two opponents. Regrótimo "Bulletproof" Formosa fell quickly. His second opponent, Florock Germak, was the longest fight we've had so far in the tournament! It lasted over 8 Rounds, long enough for fatigue to take its toll. Many blows were traded back and forth. Steel blades clashed against plate armor with enough force to send sparks flying. After a long struggle, Jean-Grant came out ahead, landing a telling blow into Florock's face. After such a desperate struggle, Jean-Grant faces his toughest challenge yet. He'll need every bit of his mastery of the partisan to overcome the odds! Is Jean-Grant going to be Man who Stops the Train?

It would be quite a feat! Gandicze, 19, the Train, take your pick of the names. This Burdinadin has earned the name use for him. Jean-Grant thinks he has a chance? 19 plows through his opponents in minutes, not hours. Jean-Grant is a master of the partisan? The Train's power armor is thicker than party lines. The elf within possessed the skill and strength to utterly humiliate the Purple Guardsman Akaklios without breaking a sweat. After doing that, he casually defeated five jobbers in a row while the Orredin watched. For all the steam, though, 19 isn't invulnerable. Jean-Grant's byword is preparation, and he knows how to tackle an enemy decked head to toe in metal armor.

It's come to this. Will the Train run out of steam? Will the disgraced rebel leader face the same fate as his underlings? The fight begins now!

>>51908982
Wait. Could it be? The Train has been thrown prone! Will his armor defend him long enough to regain his feet, or will he never get up as so many others have not?

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>>51909045
Go train go!
Jimmy's asleep post lewd trains

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>>51909045
Yes. Yes, it did. Looks like prone is getting a bit less significant as we get into the more formidable fighters.
Anyway, it looks like Jean-Grant attempts to close to grapple with a Shoulder Charge, but 19 took the opportunity to deliver a counter-blow to Jean's neck! Doing nothing, 0 successes, but this is still some serious fighting.

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>>51909118

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>>51909118

>>51909118
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOoaplaAW-Y

>>51909129
And the Train has shattered Jean-Grant's shield! He takes a moment to enjoy the sight of flying woodchips.

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>>51909118
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EvGn22Mplg

JIMMY ADD FIEF MANAGEMENT SO I CAN HIDE IN MY FIEF FOR THE ENTIRE GAME AND FUND THE REST OF THE PARTY

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>>51909205
Naracia is for _____

>>51909208
I'd rather we get overpowered mages in a supplementary book.
Finally I can live out my dream of nuking entire armies because lol magic.

>>51909208
Just get GURPS Fantasy Tech 3.

>>51909149
>MENACING
>>51909153
And Jean-Grant attempts to flee instead of take his sword blow like a man! It doesn't work, forcing him to Roll With It instead. Their positions from the first round have been reversed; will Jean be able to rise again like the Train?

>>51899304
>>51899327
Black pilled so hard. Time to drop my pledge~

>>51909246
And the Train indulges his love of chopping wood with a chop to the groin, inflicting a level 2 cutting wound! "significant cut to the groin" "miracle surgery v sterility"

>>51909283
I wouldn't do it. SoS is the best TRoS successor we have and it has its own unique quirks.

>>51908982
This battle is over!
>#8 Jean-Grant vs #5 Gandicze, Subject 19
Victor: 19!
Method of Victory: A level 2 pollaxe cut to the groin.
That's right. A level two. That's how powerful groin wounds are.

>>51909309
t. Jimmy

>>51909296
With no dice left thanks to crippling pain, Jean-Grant is helpless to stop the Train from scooping him up and dumping him over the edge.
A brief salute from the Train is the only gesture of respect he receives. He quite likely was still alive, if not conscious, when he hit the water.

>>51909338
This game is so metal.
We need super strong codpieces.

>>51909336
I love you too, anon

>>51909338
If it wasn't for falling damage rules, the wound on it's own is very survivable.

>>51909336
I wish I got called a man with a successful kickstarter. It'd be a step up in life.

So which of the Burdinadin murderhobos do you want to be added to the setting, guys?

>>51909401
Subject 19 has the best token, so I vote him.

>>51909380

>already crippled due to pain and thrown into the ocean while wearing heavy armor

nah, even without the falling damage they're fucked.

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>>51909420
I dunno, the competition's pretty fierce.

>>51909435
That is a fucking hideous abomination of a token that begs for death. Except it has no mouth, or eyes, or really anything that can express how awful every second of its existence is, so it has no way to beg and can do nothing but suffer.

>>51909435
What are the arms supposed to be? A second nose?

>>51909435
It represents that Lorea Mendoza nose train arm wrestle.

I really hope the izagoni wins the tournament, just so that we get an izagoni in the game

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>>51909559

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>>51909582
Meanwhile in the roll20

>$159 to next stretch goal

>>51909761
what!?!?!

>>51909228
Cuddling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiFSgDswZIM

>>51909761
Nani?

http://challonge.com/7p349uay
Current brackets.

This is a strange art style for the subject matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKPzv1wA8lE

>>51910590
>Not declaring what you aren't throwing
Of course, Jimmy doesn't actually know how his game works.

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SOMEONE please take that Visionary Noble that became free before my willpower breaks and I do.

>>51910659
Did they ever actually televise the Time Commanders episode with Easton and Lloyd, or did they axe it after they demolished the normies too hard?

>>51910590
I love it

>>51911015
It looks a little like yours.

>>51911124
Too cute.
I only draw uglies.

>>51911146
There's a new open visionary noble.

>>51910703
This

I really hope that the train doesn't win the tournament, I hate him as a character.

>>51911568
Fear not, if one train doesn't win the tournament other train will

>>51911534
Thanks, friend. trying to pledge it now.
BUT I CANT FIND MY FUCKING CARD!
WHERE DID I PUT IT!?

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Artwork HYPE

>>51911568
It is good then that 19 is just the champion of another idea.

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>>51911807
>when there's only one stretch goal and $4,000 between you and the mystery stretch goal but the people running the Kickstarter still won't tell you what it is

>>51912033
I really hope it's not Ballad. That's going to need a kickstarter of its own.

>>51912033
I hope it's maneuver and orientation cards. Or more army decks.

>>51912033
I hope it's a King daki

>>51912033
It's a Jimmy Rome vs John Galt rap battle-fecht

>>51912033
Because they don't fucking know yet. They never expected the game to do well because somehow they missed that it's actually a good game that people want. That's why Bones had to survey us for stretch goal ideas.

>>51910590
>intro to combat
>it ends in one hit
Who thought this was the way to market the system as good at combat?

>>51911980
It is, what idea?

>>51912716
It's a good way to show the lethality of the combat system at least. What is unforgivable is their failure to declare what they aren't throwing.

>>51910603
Goddamnit, JimJams.

>>51910590
>Arming Sword: +1c
>while wearing a cuirass and barbute

Someone's got an antique.

>>51914092
>What is unforgivable is their failure to declare what they aren't throwing.
That's actually an optional rule

>>51914835
S-since when?

>>51914092
Yeah, but they could have included a bit more. As it is, it makes combat look way TOO lethal, and doesn't actually demonstrate the combat system well. They should have had the defender throw an attack, and succeed, against the player's armor, and then had the player finish off his enemy after that. Still very lethal, but it gives a chance to show a more full view of combat, and it allows them to have a round go much quicker - the full explanation provided was clear but made the round take a while, showing potential backers that once you've got that down it flows fast would be a substantial boon in itself.

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>>51914841
Since the combat update in December

We reached the $21k stretch goal.

Open up the chest, Jimmy.

>>51910603
>>51914477
loving every laugh
>>51914975

>>51914975
Holy fuck, sorry Jimmy.

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The last match of Round 2 is about to begin!
>#9 Kal Desar vs #11 Lorea Mendoza

>>51915770

go get em, kal!

>>51915770
can anyone explain to me what the fuck is that token supposed to represent?

>>51915936
A Burd rapetrain.

>>51915985
Yeah that I get, but what about the nose?

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>>51915770
Lorea Mendoza holds the dubious honor of being this tournaments most homeless hobo. With the highest 1 BS damage rating of all combatants - even higher than her fellow power-armored Burdinadin Gandicze - this supersoldier crushed her first round opposition, the unarmored swordsman Theodore Grey. Theodore's skill at arms couldn't stop Lorea's halberd. Should she defeat her next two opponents, Lorea will enter the finals with the other steaming Burdinadin supersoldier. What a trainwreck that would be! She barely needs to graze her enemies and they explode into a fine mist. Will Lorea conquer her opposition like her compatriot before her, or will this train be stopped well before reaching its destination?

Kal Desar fought a near mirror match in the first Round. He and his enemy both used the Chinese Ge as their primary duel tool. But when it came down to brass tacks, Zeyaad Sulakir couldn't cut it. Indeed, he was the one cut, pierced, and sent plummeting to the Inner Sea below! This Kal is now up against a Burdinadin, but he's no stranger to this elven race. His left leg from the shin down is a Burdinadin prosthetic. No expense was spared in preparing this soldier to make it to the finals for the glory Kar-Karthack. But Lorea is like no enemy Kal Desar has faced before. Will it be his turn to fall into the sea?

The dark side of the moon shines just as bright! The fight begins now!

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For some reason my attempts to download Ballad from the Mega folder always fail. Would a kind anon be willing to repost the relevant pdfs in the thread for me?

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>>51916114

>>51916008
She's Argentinian.

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>>51916114
>>51916163
>1.6
Here's 1.7, the latest as far as I know. The only loose pdf that's relevant for CotV will be posted next. Though It may actually already be included in 1.7

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>>51916312
From skimming over it, it seems the stuff from here is already in 1.7. Still posting, just in case

>>51916104
And the first round ends with first blood, when Lorea counters Kal Desar's Hook attempt with a level 4 cutting wound to the hand! Fingers fall to the ground, and Kal Desar quickly follows them.

>>51916454
And Lorea ends it with a clean decapitation. gg no re

>>51915770
>>51916104
This battle is over!
>#9 Kal Desar vs #11 Lorea Mendoza
Victor: Lorea!
Method of Victory: Severing the hand, then severing the head.

>>51916377
Thank you for your help kind anon!

When we are going to get a Song of Swords shirt add-on for the Kickstarter? It's almost a staple feature of game-related Kickstarters!

>>51916854
>"oh hey anon you're a game of thrones fan too?"
>...

>>51916854
I'd only want this if it has a train with biceps on it too.

New pledge level is up, for those who want to shove their donut steel into every adventure.

>>51916902
>don't even have to win the tournament to get the slot
Supply and demand do not favor us

>>51916870
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little jobber? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Noble School, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on zellislava, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in hook warfare and I’m the top beater in the entire Dacian armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with accuracy the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me in the Schwarzvald? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across Vosca and your Flame is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my pugilism proficiency. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of Dace and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

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>>51916946

>>51916946
What is this "Flame"? Is there some burdinadin/pyromancy internet going on in Vosca?

>>51917061
I had to come up with something related to IP. The Flame of the soul or whatever it's called was the closest I came up with.

>>51916943
A bit difference. Best slots were for Lore. This is for iconics at the back of Adventure Paths. So you're in more shit but you don't get lore.

>>51916902
Admittedly this was a really smart pledge tier to open up. It costs more and it gives you less freedom, but the characters will probably keep appearing in stuff.

>>51905774
You bastard

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Hook the blade, beat the leg?

>>51917854
beat the meat

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>>51917868

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>>51917891

>>51918023
Shadilay, brother

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Jimmyyyyyy!

What are the new races?

Or are you planning on adding back the star vampires and antediluvian elves?

>>51919704
>the star vampires and antediluvian elves?
Aren't they already going to be in there?

>>51898333
>As it's a little more difficult to know how many international Backers plan to purchase add-ons, we have requested a flat USD$10 rate for EACH individual printed add-on.

Wait, so If I want Gamemaster Plus, I have to pledge 129+10 per printed item?

>>51920001
I think it's per-add on you get beyond what comes with the GM+.

>>51920001
No, that only applies for add-ons, and only for international backers.

Wherever you're from, when you get a backer tier that's the only cost (shipping is factored in when you pledge). Nothing additional unless you're getting add-ons, and then only if you're outside of the US.

>>51912854
A dramatic irony.
The idea that, in the shithole of dace, in the worst of the polluted wastelands left over from the mining operations, there is a small camp of burdinadin - perhaps the foundation of a colony - living in relative exposure to the world at large. Because the environmental destruction created an environment "safe" for B-din.
And that the leader of this little camp is something between a yogi and an anarchist rebel.

It's a work in progress, this idea, but that's the jist.

>>51920001
He has also mentioned he may allow people to combine things for shipping in the comments, I believe.

>>51910590
>no Not declarations
>no mention of where the attack is going before the roll

>>51920661
They said upper leg a few times.
>not thigh

Meh. It's for normies.

>>51914921
I think the problem was that both of them were so poorly armed and armoured that the fight could only end in one hit. Why were the mostly unarmoured and without shields. Honestly, they both should've had mostly average stats 4's and maybe a 5/6 and two separate non fully armoured statblocks, maybe a Roman Legionary sans pilum versus some guy pulled from an osprey book.

>>51920708
My bad. Still no 1d10 for hit location but they may have omitted it for time.

>>51920661

>>51914975

>>51921502
The O-din had a racial ability that meant they never declared their nots. What'd they get to replace that?

>>51921807
Fat cocks

>>51920740
Guess we'll have to do a balanced thread fecht at some point to show off the system.

>>51921807
A competent GM that realizes using nots is the way to go in SoS, or one that makes characters use nots when fighting ohanedin.

>no rules explaining how Pugilism/Wrestling proficiency access works when a weapon is in hand
>no rules explaining how Pugilism/Wrestling defaulting works in regards to selecting superior maneuvers

>>51923954
>no rules explaining how Pugilism/Wrestling proficiency access works when a weapon is in hand
You just use Pommel Strike instead of Punch?
>no rules explaining how Pugilism/Wrestling defaulting works in regards to selecting superior maneuvers
What's the problem here?

>>51924640
Are you an absolute idiot, mate?

>sword in one hand, locked in sword proficiency
>have training in pugilism
If I try to punch with the other hand, does it superior? Does arm parry superior? Im locked into sword proficiency which doesnt have access to that, by RAW, but I have all the necessary training to do so. What gives?

>when you default, it creates a temporary proficiency at the designated level that your character then uses
So, when you rank up Pugilism/Wrestling, you select maneuvers from a menu to superior rather than having a standardized list. When defaulting, what determines those selections?
Do I choose it each time? Do I get nothing at superior because fuck me?
By RAW it seems to be that I pick them each time I am forced to default, which hilariously, means that an average sword fighter can adapt to his opponent when disarmed more effectively than an average boxer or wrestler can standing up, because they're locked into their selections while the swordsman can cherry pick whenever he is disarmed.

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Could I run Banner Saga campaign in SoS, and if I do, should I report my campaign here?

>>51924728
>which hilariously, means that an average sword fighter can adapt to his opponent when disarmed more effectively than an average boxer or wrestler can standing up, because they're locked into their selections while the swordsman can cherry pick whenever he is disarmed
Nonsense, the pugilist can simply choose to default to pugilism from the wrestling proficiency for a lesser CP penalty!

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>>51924795
>the pugilist can simply choose to default to pugilism from the wrestling proficiency for a lesser CP penalty!

>>51924791
>Could I run Banner Saga campaign in SoS,
yes

>and if I do, should I report my campaign here?
Are you
>a) willing to come back with autistically thorough enough reports to make it useful playtest data
or
>b) artful enough to my your reports entertaining to read?

If at least one of those answers is yes, then yes you should. If they are both no, then no.

>>51924728
>If I try to punch with the other hand, does it superior?
Nope, until you switch to Pugilism/related Proficiency you don't benefit from superior maneuvers unless other rules (school or specific weapon proficiency) give you access to them.

>>51924870
So I have to put my sword away to remember how to punch good.
Got it.

>>51924881
You have to give your muscle memory 2 seconds to switch gears and change active Proficiency to Pugilism/whatever next refresh.

>>51924916

i dont think thats how muscle memory works

>>51924927
I don't think you know much about fighting, angry anon

>>51924916
>A character must use a Proficiency of the type of weapon that they are holding.
>Ex: If a character is holding a sword in their dominant hand, then they must use the 1H Sword Proficiency
By RAW I need to sheathe or drop my sword entirely before I can use Pugilism or Wrestling, unless I am clinched. Unless we want to make the argument that I am always holding my own fist at all times.

Just another benefit of Beating the blade, I guess. It stays in the hand.

>>51924952
>Unless we want to make the argument that I am always holding my own fist at all times

I mean, obviously you are.

>>51924952
Tournament rules say if you have the unarmed profs trained in a school you get use them with the other profs in your school.
Actual Song of Swords rules?
Still in editing lel.

>>51924989
But if I'm holding my fist, how am I holding my weapon?

Actually,
only melee weapons list a Hand requirement, and that left alone as "common sense" without elaboration.
Bows, crossbows, and firearms presently have no explanatory text and no handed requirements are listed or noted upon. Disarm Maneuver also doesn't make any comment on needing to have hands free to "retain" the disarmed weapon.
I wonder.

>>51924791
Talk about it on the subreddit.

>>51924942
I don't think you know much about fighting either.

>>51924942
That's legitimately not how muscle memory works. Now, if you were to claim that you can't really use northern longfist as effectively when you're holding a heavy bar of metal in your hand, that's more reasonable.

>>51925705
Whatever you say, anon

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>>51925759
t. pro fightan man learning from animu
I'm literally /a/ and I'm not delusional enough to think that people "switch gears". Why are you reluctant to just say that carrying a mace in your hand is going to throw off your balance (it is)?

>>51925778
>t. pro fightan man learning from animu
Nope, just doing judo in highschool, /a/non

>>51925894
You're a senior high entry-level judofag, talking about striking. Now, judo technically includes strikes (just not in competitions), but you're
1. Entry level
2. out of your field of expertise and
3. E N T R Y L E V E L

>>51925910
Okay, anon

>>51925894
>high school
>implying not b&
None of you know much about fighting

>>51925922
I'm not the best, but I've done taiji (derived from northern longfist), bagua, and baji for a decade and a half, so I'd say that in hand to hand at least I'm not too shit.

>>51925922
Maybe you're right

>>51925922
>>51925910
I bet you're all McDojo kiddies who think they could like totally take on a guy in an alley.

>>51926004
Oh yeah? Well I bet you're a McDojo sensei who thinks he could totally fight four guys all at once

>>51926018
I see we've got the whole McDojo crew. I'm the parent who just drops his kid here.

>>51926057
This will be the next OP

>>51926045
>>51926018
>>51926004
Always relevant for /sos/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyXhysmMNhE

If a tin can murderhobo wins the tournament we riot

>>51927361
Like there was any chance not a murderhobo could win a murder tournament.

>>51927361
I thought it was a given from the start

>>51927533
Gunther still has a decent shot. He's also a murderhobo though, just not of the burdinadin persuasion.

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>>51924791
Where do I sign up?

>>51927361
Almost everyone that wasn't a murderhobo got murdered by a hobo in the first round

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>>51924791
Do it faggot

>>51927361
I don't need this kind of pressure.

>>51928091

HOOK THE LEG

BEAT THE BLADE.

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>>51928091
what will Kek think if you fail?

>>51928017
I thought that that was the bunnyboi from CoC for a second there.

Jesus, why did I just assume that it was a guy? Been around JimJams influence too long I guess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMHjq7Pw6tY

Jesus Christ, is this what it's really like in California? Jimmy, I need you to comment cunt.

New thread

>>51928779
>>51928779
>>51928779

>>51925090
No no no, this is the line of thinking that gave us the Worm. Bad anon, stop that.