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I'm tired of games that like D&D and GURPS that prolong combat to be like twenty times longer than the fight actually takes place. What are some systems that significantly streamline combat and also allow for meaningful narrative freedom in how you attack?
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>>52357917
>What are some systems that significantly streamline combat and also allow for meaningful narrative freedom in how you attack?
shit systems
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>>52358886
What makes you say that?
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>>52357917
Blades in the dark
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What's a good length for backstory on a level 1 character?
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>>52360369
Autism
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>>52361209

Go for relatively simple. Level 1 characters are raw greenhorns in most games, and so they're inexperienced, but have talents honed by their childhood and training under a master.

Here's an example.

This young man grew up on the outskirts of a small town, working alongside his father as a woodcutter. One day whilst on the job, a tree fell wrong and crushed his father's leg. Drawing upon previously untapped wells of emotion, he was able to summon the strength to lift the fallen trunk, and carry his father home to safety.
Unfortunately, his father's leg would never heal properly, leaving him unable to work and support his family. So, this young man turns to mercenary work and sends money home to his parents and siblings to help support them, knowing he wouldn't be able to do so on a woodcutter's pay.

That's a short, simple backstory for a Level 1 Barbarian who uses Axes. It provides his history, his family, and his reasons for turning to the very risky business of adventure.
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>>52361209
That really depends on the GM's preference and how much detail you'd want to put in. I'd say a minimum of one paragraph, maximum of two,, since there isn't much to detail in the first place.

>>52361365 has the right idea. It's simple, and leaves a lot open for the character to grow.
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>>52361209
I'd say around 125 words (including a brief description of the character's personality, their fears, and their hobbies) should be good. It depends on the nature of the adventure, so ask your GM.
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Is it worth mentioning I'm a girl when applying for a game online? Specifically ones using voice, I'm not retarded enough to mention it if it's text only of course. I assume not.
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>>52361719
If the people you're playing with aren't autistic basement dwellers, they really won't care. The most you'll have is an initial shock.
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>my previous campaign
>PCs brought together by circumstance (refugees in same city), end up becoming friends in pursuit of common goal, twist was the organization they thought was friendly was actually run by BBEG's minions, climax was huge battle scene
>current campaign
>PCs brought together by circumstance (students at same school), end up becoming friends in pursuit of common goal, twist was the organization they fought for was infiltrated by the BBEG's minions, climax is looking like it will be a giant battle scene
I can't write more than one type of plot. Wat do?
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>>52361784
Read more books and watch more movies. All types of genres except capestuff. Just absorb all sorts of stories and take notes, eventually you'll be able to get out of your comfort zone after seeing what works and what doesn't.
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>>52361784
Read more. Pick stuff that you think is cool from previous plots that have been used before, and smash it together. Also take time to run some smaller adventures to test out concepts. I'm sure your players won't mind occasionally doing a short adventure so you can see what kind of plot devices work properly with each other.
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>>52361365
>>52361398
>>52361410

Assuming the premise is Adventurers Must Find a Lost Group of Locals, does this work?

>This morose girl was raised alone by her seamstress mother in [VILLAGE]. As a child, she endured much teasing for her pallid complexion and near-constant shivering. As a teen, she lashed out enough to put an end to the jabs. A chance encounter with a shrine in the woods while on a solitary walk changed her forever. Now, whether she likes it or not, she carries the Light of Life within, and it just so happens that some of the cruel children of her youth have grown into hapless buffoons that desperately need help. Her feelings aside, if she succeeds, she can help her mother live a better life with the money she earns, and that's certainly worth the bother.
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Which book/supplement/magazine was Melf's Minute Meteors first released in?
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>>52362066
She has a clear motivation, some sort of origin, and a mild struggle/conflict in her character background. I'd be okay with this, personally.
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>>52361719
If they'd have a problem playing with women then why would you want to play with them? I say tell them in the interview. Otherwise you might be wasting your own time on a game that would rather not have you. The problem with >>52361764 is that there are autistic basement dwellers and there's no way of knowing someone might have a problem. If you tell them and they go "ah, we're full" then good riddance. If your concern is that people might think you're coming off as attention whorish, know that anyone petty enough to be upset by that isn't someone even I would want to play with. Just tell people.

>>52362066
Ya gotta write down something about the characters personality. I know that's not strictly backstory but when I think of people thinking of backstory, I want them also thinking about how they're going to roleplay and that means actively considering what the character is like and how they talk and how they walk. You get it.
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>>52362167
Yeah, coming off as an attention whore was the big concern. I try to be pretty grounded and sane, since I've heard horror stories. I just wasn't sure when was a good time to mention it, if at all. I didn't want to be sort of... "Btw im a gril" kind of thing.
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>>52362167
>>52362141

How about now?

>This morose girl was raised alone by her seamstress mother in [VILLAGE]. As a child, she endured much teasing for her pallid complexion and near-constant shivering. As a teen, she lashed out enough to put an end to the jabs. As a young adult, she led a solitary life, too shy and resentful to fraternize with others, and too insecure to trust that she could ever know love’s touch. A chance encounter with a shrine in the wood changed her forever. Now, whether she likes it or not, she carries the Light within, and it just so happens that the cruel children of her youth have grown into hapless buffoons that need her help. Feelings aside, if she succeeds, she can help her mother live a better life with the money she earns.
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>>52362288
Own it. Doesn't have to be at the start or at the end of your introduction-- just throw it in somewhere. It's only three words.
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>>52357917
Is GW writing really getting worse and worse or am I'm just being a grouch?
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How many nipples do bats have? Didn't want to make like a whole thread on /an/ asking, and need to know for a game.
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>>52362572
Google answered it quite easily...In fact the first link provided a very in depth answer. You should try it sometime.
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If a player is inexperienced at a given system, would making one of their first characters an old man or old hag be a bad idea? Would any specific traits make said character more playable?

I know this could fall into the "can non-elf players play as elves" category of question. But it feels like age in a character would suggest some level of familiarity with the setting - which novice players might lack. And crunchwise, in systems using levels, it feels it might be odd to have an experienced character who's only at level 1, an character with baseline adventuring skills gain sudden motivation to improve at an old age, or to have a newb player start off at a higher level.
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What's a henway?
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>>52362510
As someone who has observed, but not participated, various GW games, it seems to have always been crap. Also, you may still be a grumpy butt.

>>52362572
It seems that bats have 2- 4 nipples depending on species.

>>52362794
You could make them an older person and use them as a channel to inform everyone about the setting. I.E: "Your character knows X, Y, Z" Or, you can make them a young naive person and achieve the same effect by teaching them about the system and setting.
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>>52362866
About 6 pounds
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My BBBEG is gonna open a portal in a small village and I've been thinking of having a Hydra pop out from the other side. I have 4 level 4 PCs in my game.

Is this a terrible idea? Or is this just gonna be a TPK? Should I throw in a NPC to help them?
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Numenera really does.

One dice roll per action, one number per action. Only one kind of die per game. Player side only.

After the generic learning curve that all humans seem to suffer from the only thing tying this in speed was a custom game my friend made.

Of course be ready for the onslaught of "Numenera is bad" from this board
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>>52363021
>Of course be ready for the onslaught of "Numenera is bad" from this board
This board is also full of people that prefer to play D&D and GURPS. So those opinions are weighted properly.
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>>52363006
Run a test combat to see if it'd be too much. You can always scale the Hydra back a little if you need to.
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>>52363006
Depends on a couple of things, like the number of starting heads, the actual strength of the party members, etc. I would take a page from an early hydra boss fight from Dragon's Dogma. It's a tough low level fight, but once you cut off one head, the rest of the body leaves.

Start off smallish, then ramp it up depending on how well it's going for the PC's. Evebtually, you'll find a sweet spot where it can be defeated after exhausting an adequate amount of pc resources.
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Regarding Warhammer models, is it feasible to create an orc wielding a leadbelcher cannon? I'll place it on the orc's back, even.
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I want a generic system that isn't BESM, Tristat, GURPS. Mutants and Masterminds, Savage Worlds, Fate, Freeform Universal, or Mini Six that isn't rules heavy and doesn't go into wishy-washy narrativist mechanics.
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What are some tips to play a low Wisdom, low Intelligence, high Charisma character? Generally speaking, how does one pretend to be a ditzy yet persuasive person?
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>>52363115
Jump to conclusions readily, read shit into your environment that isn't there, and don't think too hard about your actions; back all this up with iron clad conviction.
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The first descriptions of Drow say that they worship Demon Princes. We know Lolth is chief among them, but what other Demon Princes do you think the Drow would worship, provided Lolth allowed it?
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>>52363169
Grazzt, Malcanthet, maybe Demogorgon.
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>>52363113
Then you're probably out of luck.

>>52363115
You're the charismatic everyman. Speak in simple terms everyone can understand, ask obvious questions that everyone is thinking. Convince people that the simplest and easiest solution to a problem is the one worth doing (partially because it's true, and partially because yoy have a hard time understanding complex scenerios.) And remember, low intelligence does not mean you're completely retarded.
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>>52363115
By "low wis, low int" do you mean a crayon eater? If so, be loveable and swanky as if it came naturally to you. Instinctively likeable. All flash no substance. Lots of confidence.
If you mean average/below average intelligence, be a Gilderoy Lockhart. Charming, dashing, tenacious, but deceitful.

>>52363209
>low intelligence does not mean you're completely retarded.
Depends On The System(TM)
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>>52363227
I mean 7,7,17. Whatever the logical ramifications of a -2 penalty on those ability scores should be, coupled with fairly high charisma.
The character herself is a member of nobility, relatively young (~20), physically fit, and a fairly skilled physical combatant.

>>52363157
>>52363209
I'm digging these tips.
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>>52363049
>>52363063
Thanks anons, this eases my mind.
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How do you find a game when you don't have friends, don't want to make friends, and don't want to play with anyone who isn't a friend?
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>>52364119
vidya
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>>52364119
Board camaraderie is a friendship already formed. >>52270186
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>>52364119
Either the second or last quality need to change.
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>>52363182
Graz'zt I can see, Malcanthet I don't think i'll use. Demogorgon is also a weird one that could work.
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>>52361209
It's less about length and more about what questions you ought to answer and how.

>What was your daily routine before the story started?
>How did you come into whatever your character's shtick is?
>What are your characters immediate/long term goals in the story?
>What changed recently to put you on that path?
>Who do you know (both in and out of the party) and how?

Are usually a good start. Give your GM an idea what you want to do in game, and maybe a handful of vague setting elements and/or NPCs to use later.
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>>52364255
>Malcanthet

I can't fucking blame you. It's almost impossible to get good use out of figures associated with lust in gaming. That's part of why I always base mine at least somewhat on Ishtar, since battle and passion are easy to work with.
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Got two:
1. How to organize ideas in a nice way?
2. How to make investigation quests not shit?

Please advise.
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>>52364886
>2. How to make investigation quests not shit?
http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule
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>>52364886
>How to organize ideas in a nice way?
Folders in Google Docs
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>>52364938
Thanks! Will give it a read.
>>52364955
I was thinking maybe using some mind-map thing? You know, like things that come out of the things with things related to things.
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>>52364974
>I was thinking maybe using some mind-map thing

The tool I use for something like that is yEd Graph Editor.
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>>52364998
>yEd Graph Editor
Thanks! I'll give it a go!
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What's with Orcus and being a fucking ladies man? He's a brooding fat gross fuck but he has tons of chicks. Like I think he's sired a whole bloodline, and has had sex with many of his subsequent female descendants.
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Does Escalation work with Raise Dead?
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>>52365992
I don't know what Escalation is.
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>>52366992
Escalation Mage.
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>>52365498
Gary Gygax States in Slayer's Guide to the Undead Orcus was a Fat bastard who cast a Dweomer that killed everyone on his native plane and caused the fucking Undead to show up, also causing the reason for Souls to trot on down to the Abyss for The Obrityhs to play with.

It's presumed once upon a time, when he was Human, he was a phat-papu-papu war-chief with many bitches, and this is the motivation by his constant garnering of faith and power and why his end-goal is godhood, and why he's highly melee.
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What's a recommended mainstream system that has quick and simple combat? D&D5E interests me but the combat looks so time-consuming.
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>>52357917

When it comes to your complaint, I could understand D&D, but GURPS? Most fights in GURPS are over in ten seconds/turns or less.
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Lacquer based varnish or polyurethane based varnish for metal miniatures? I have two varnishes that I like in terms of look and ease of application, but which protects better?
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>>52364886
>Organize Ideas
I work almost entirely with physical notes, so I will usually take a page and write a broad topic (races, weapons, history) and just shove everything down that fits under that topic; when I want to write something unrelated, I'll either start from the back or (if I've already done that) skip a few pages. Having two "fronts" to the book allow you to leaf through it more easily and big titles will allow you to find any given piece of information with a quick flip-through. Pages of space allow you to add more info later.

This feels basic and probably minimally organized, but I find it best to keep things loose and simple for ideas.

If you already have the ideas and want to organize them, you can apply the same approach (broad topic headers jammed with whatever is relevant) but without the spaces in between.
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What separates Crossbows, Bows and Guns in D&D 5E?
They all seem extremely similar to me, with little to no difference aside from fluff.
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So a few campaigns down the line, I plan to run an "all-stars" game- basically, all my campaigns take place in the same multiverse with a shared afterlife, and exceptional people (like, for example, player characters) can become angels. So the idea is to have my players pick their favorite character they've played from any of my games and all of them will form an angel team and go have adventures that way.

My question is this: what system works at a very high level of power that isn't setting-specific? Power level here is roughly between that of a level 20 D&D character and a god. I asked the Exalted thread and they told me that charms were too setting specific and hard to get rid of, and the Pathfinder thread ignored me because I wasn't taking about kitsune girls.
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>>52372073
Fluff is everything though. Unless you're a hard rollplayer fluff is what makes tabletop tabletop, regardless of system.
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>>52369278
simpler than 5E, which is rules-medium? you're looking at rules-light systems then
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>>52372394
no, crunch is what seperates RPGing from freeform collaborative story-telling. there is a G in RPG, you know?
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>>52363021
Ah hells yeah dude, I accomplish so much more in a Numenera session then I I do in any other game, because shit moves so easily.
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How does someone with no experience in traditional games pick up the hobby?
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MTG ruling question.
Let's say an opponent in EDH is at 1lp and casts Death Cloud for X=11 as a final FU
If I cast Gut Shot in response does the death cloud resolve or is it removed when the player dies?
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>>52365992
Seriously though?
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>>52379209
Any spell a player has cast is removed from the stack the moment they die.

So it does not resolve.
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>>52364938
>http://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1118/roleplaying-games/three-clue-rule
I see people (or same one man) constantly advise this method. Does anyone seen at least one good mystery made by those rules?
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>>52363113
BRP is probably the only thing left gor you
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What is the connection between evil as a metaphysical quantity and negative energy?
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>>52363115
Donald Trump
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>>52382175
>I've got a very secret plan to smite Demogorgon
>When Many-Arrows sends us his people, he's not sending us his best.
>etc.

It could totally work
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>>52357917
Open Legend.
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Next month I'm going to be running a game in a highly lethal system for players who are used to tanking hits from dragons and the like.

In order to underscore the lethality of the game and make sure the players know what they're getting into, I was planning on introducing a strong, mentor-like NPC into the party for their first encounter and then kill him off early on due to a mistake he makes, like failing to properly take cover or rushing ahead.

I've had bad experiences with GMs introducing DMPCs into the party before, so I'm wary of doing that.

Does this sound like a good idea? Anything I should be mindful of when doing this?
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>>52384498
could work really well since a high lethality system should make it easy for any DMPC to get nuked. It's also not really "that DMPC" territory if you plan to have him die immediately

Could also go hilariously wrong if the PCs see this "wise" mentor talk down to them then get his head blown off and immediately decide to do the exact opposite of what he said.
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>>52357917
I'm a huge fan of Dungeon World.

The whole game works on a system of 2d6. If you roll less than 7, you fail. 7-9, you succeed but something bad happens. 10+ you just succeed.

The consequences of rolling a 2-9 are often left up to the DM, but combat has guidelines as well. Classes have abilities which straddle the line between mechanical and narrative. For instance, one of the Fighter's high level abilities is

When you go into battle, roll+WIS.

On a 10+, name someone who will live and someone who will die.

On a 7-9, name someone who will live OR someone who will die. Name NPCs, not player characters. The GM will make your vision come true, if it’s even remotely possible.

On a 6- you see your own death and consequently take -1 ongoing throughout the battle.
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>>52384657
It's a modern game and the PCs are a sort of a traveling infiltration and wetwork team.

I was planning on setting up the NPC as the leader of the squad for the first mission, and then set the mission in the NPC's hometown. During the final stages of the mission, when combat is happening on a sort of a plaza outside a church, I was planning on having some of the NPC's family or an old friend or something be there and get shot, causing the NPC to disregard his training and run out to them, likely getting himself shot in the process, even without me fudging any dice.

That's the general plan, anyway. How does that sound?
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>>52384763
sounds good, perfect setup for a game about mercenaries.
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>>52361319
>Autism
Should be answer for:
>>52361209
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>>52357917
Check out MYFAROG man the combat is awesome and the game itself is fucking fantastic.
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>>52357917
Gimme some neat alien ideas for a game with a Stellar Neighborhood connected by a Gate system.

Only thing to keep in mind is that in the setting in question, humans are put into the "warrior race," slot.
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>>52361209
My name: John Goodman.
My quest: Do good.
My reward: Gold and ale
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Is it worth me learning GURPS well enough to GM a game for bunch of GURPS noobs (who are DnD veterans). Is the system flexibility worth sticking out through this rough start?

Not asking in the GURPS thread as I want less biased responses.
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>>52387077
Tiny squid colonies wearing durable little mechsuits. Only about a meter tall, but with bonus shenanigans to make up for it, and more mechanical tricks than a season of Mythbusters. Frame type varies.

Spindly pack hunters, with a little creepy level of collectivism who tend to go catatonic if left alone too long, but make excellent buddies. Super pale, and too many limbs. Usually find work as secretaries or organisers. Automatically keep track of the social situation instinctively.
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>>52387220
Read some of this >>52303741
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>>52371101
>Lacquer based varnish or polyurethane based varnish

First up lacquer and varnish and polyeurethane are two or three different things. Certainly lacquer and varnish are not the same.

Oil based polyeurethane will discolour your paint job. Water based polyeurethane is slightly less durable than oil.

Lacquer generally affords very good protection but will probably discolour over time.

Water based polyeurethane can be applied to oil paints and acrylic paints so that's probably the best choice as it won't discolour.
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>>52379182
Start playing. Simple as that.

Either find people who alread play, buy some games and find people who play. But you really need to get in touch with people who are willing to play with you unless you go for solo games.
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So... are there torrents for the latest rising storm stuff(nothing on PB)? I just want the lore.
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What are some non-combat-related applications of high dex?
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>>52388465
Catching a ball
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>>52388588
So, ball sports? What about playing video games? Sleight of hand tricks? What about dancing or playing an instrument? Is anything that can be considered a performance charisma, even if it's something that requires physical dexterity to do it?
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Are there any special origins for vampires in D&D?
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>>52361209
About 4 lines.

You start with little more than a high concept and develop it with the DM and other players as the campaign progresses. Do have a hook or a prop that leads into a personal quest.

Here's one of my players: he's a pirate, and he has a magical flag that will somehow lead him to a hidden treasure. That is his seafaring dynasty's way of handling inheritance. But first, he needs a ship.
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>>52361719
Generally not. If you do mention it and get auto-accepted it's probably a game that will turn out horribly because everyone's going to fawn and fight over you.

If you mention it and get auto-denied it's because people think mentioning you're a girl means you believe it's a super important fact and you want to be above them because feminism. While they may be more secure than other games female stereotyping can be strong in their groups.

I'm a ca/tg/irl too and that's just what I've noticed in the few years I've been playing
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>>52357917

If you want all that but still have some gamey tactics involved, Strike! is pretty good for that.
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>>52374299
If you need to believe in your silly dichotomy, go ahead, but let the rest of us have sense.
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>>52357917
Barbarians of Lemuria is pretty quick and easy, as long as you don't let armor get out of hand (I'd recommend dropping the separate bonus that comes from helmets, and either making heavy armor extremely rare, or dropping it entirely and renaming medium armor "heavy" -- this will allow you to use the static protection numbers without bottoming out damage, which will make the game quicker and easier).
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>>52361784
>I can't write more than one type of plot. Wat do?
Steal.
Take one of your favorite plots, replace the supporting characters with the cast of another source, and plug your PCs in as the protagonists.
Then adjust it to fit in your setting and make sense internally.
Boom.

Lather, rinse, repeat.
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>>52361719
Nah.
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>>52361719
Let them figure it out on their own. If you're lucky they'll take it in stride.
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>>52365498
>be deity
>see Orcus chillin' with his swarm of hot honeys
>roll up and ask him how a pig like him attracts such beauties
>he looks at me, licks his eyebrows, and says he has no idea.
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>>52357917
How's the 2nd edition of 7th sea? It's soon going to be traduced in my language and I thought it might be an interesting game to run
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A player/a DM dies. After everyone recovers from the shock, now what?
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>>52394290
Keep playing? He'll get better eventually
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>>52394290
roll up a new character for 'em
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>>52361719
Speaking as a gamefinder GM, I'm always hesitant with chicks purely because I've yet to have one that actually shows up to the fucking games.

IDK why it is, but every single chick I've GM'd for or played alongside online has had almost exactly the same slightly-unhinged hyperflirtatious personality, a sideline in ERP, a Tragic Backstory and a tendency to flake the fuck out of every game they're in while giving no hints beforehand.

I keep giving another chance because my monkey brain says that it's just a highly unlikely chain of individual nutters.
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>>52394290
Roll for loot
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>>52394504
>A highly unlikely chain of individual nutters
It probably is. Or at least for my sake I hope it is. I know I show up for game day just fine, at any rate, and I don't *think* I'm too edgy.
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>>52394539
I also hope you're right, current chain is 5 people unbroken.
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>>52394560
Christ.

I hate feeling like women who aren't serious about TTRPGs are ruining it for those of us who are, but it seems like everyone I talk to has terrible luck with them.
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Can anyone please advise if there are rules in 4E D&D for social status by tier? Like, Heroic, Paragon and Epic.
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>>52394290
Keep playing.
Most sessions don't last long enough for the body to start smelling.
Smelling worse, anyway.
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So I guess a thread like this would be a good place to ask, how in the fuck does create undead work in pathfinder? I get that I can make Ghouls at CL 11th, but are they just the shitty base Ghouls or can I make Ghouls with a higher HD? If not is this spell not worth it till later levels?
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GMs who have advertised their campaign in Game Finder threads: On average how many responses do you get? Be sure to mention if the system you run is a popular game or something niche/homebrew.
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>>52398375
I run GURPS from gamefinder semi-regularly. I usually get 1-3 hits per gamefinder post, depending on the campaign I'm advertising.
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>>52379182
Find your nearest hobby gaming store and ask the employees. Any FLGS (Friendly Local Gaming Store) worth anything has space and time set aside for gaming. Most have a dedicated D&D night, as well as an open gaming night, a wargaming night, and a board gaming night
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>>52387220
I think so. GURPS is a very flexible system, and one of the best on the market for fairly realistic games. It has rules for everything, with the explicit expectation that you ignore the ones you don't need for the game. It also scales well, with the rules staying consistent across genres, themes, and power levels.

If you decide to run it, here's my advice as an experienced GURPS GM. These are the two biggest newbie GURPS GM mistakes:
>Statting out every monster
Don't create monsters, enemies, etc as PCs. you're perfectly capable of doing so, but it's horrifically time-consuming. Just figure out their basic combat stats, and bullshit their abilities. With experience, and maybe some guidance from /GURPSgen/, you'll learn where stats should be for the threat level you're looking for
>Not helping the players make their characters
In GURPS, making a character is a two-way street between player and GM. In a system where you can do anything, the player needs to know what's not allowed. If the player wants to add something that doesn't fit with the game you're running, you have to tell them so, or the game will fall apart
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>>52399477
gurps is *burps*
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>>52398375
I have only posted in a Game Finder thread once. I got 10 responses. However, I was extremely flexible: I offered to run any of 5 different games; one was D&D, two were pretty big names, and the other two were more niche. I was also able to run any weekday night. 5 of the players ended up sticking around and we've been playing for over a month now.
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Is Basic Roleplay the same system used for Runequest and Pendragon. If there are any differences what are they?
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>>52398375
I got one hit for a proposed World of Synnibarr game, and that was to say they'd be interested if it was voice, not text. I blame a combination of it being WoS and my timezone New Zealand.
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