Hey guys, I wanna base my setting on sci-fantasy ideas, themes and existing settings.
Do you have any inspirational series/movies/books or stuff I should read about?
I'm all for post-apocalyptic science fantasy, heroic science fantasy, not-so-heroic ones, anything really.
Pretty much anything that looks vaguely sciffy and is from before 1960-70. It's a treasure trove out there.
>>47761001
Nothing from 2000 onwards?
Not even TV-shows or stuff like that?
Endless Legend
Treasure Planet
All right lads, let's create an imperial guard regiment.
First, roll 1d10 for their classification
Rolled 3 (1d10)
>>47760429
>>47760483
A proper regiment of proud Guardsmen, wonderful !
Now, what's your recruitment criteria, soldier?
>roll 1d100
Rolled 95 (1d100)
>>47760511
Would people continue to use personal computers in the post-apocalyptic future? If so, what kinds of computers are people more likely to use?
https://youtu.be/0wDtxYeJdzg
>>47760396
Whatever happened to survive and you can get power for.
I imagine Raspberry Pis and Ardunos would be worth their weight in gold in some instances.
>>47760396
Sturdy African-shithole-ready laptops.
Now, say you have a Mad Max: Fury Road sort of future.
What do you imagine people would use computers for?
Anti-lock brakes on their motorcycles, of course.
Maybe a primitive internet with small networks.
What else?
What causes groups to play what I call "DM chicken?"
You know, you describe something as explicitly dangerous or unworkable, and then the players seem to go out of their way to try it, even when there's no clear upshot to be gained, like provoking a powerful NPC.
As far as I can tell, it seems created out of an expectation that you, the DM, won't actually cause the consequences to happen to them, that you're bluffing. Is this on the ball?
And how can you curb these tendencies? The obvious, of letting them suffer the consequences...
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>>47760087
I find that the thing that works best is bringing the hammer down HARD. I found that every time I went easy on my players for doing something stupid, they would just up the ante the next time.
Spending 30 minutes rolling up a new character is enough of a pain in the ass that its a disincentive to doing stupid shit.
Don't tell them how dangerous something is and they won't see it as a challenge.
>>47760207
Of course, dropping the hammer down on somebody for something stupid just makes you look like an ass.
I've had friends who do that, they get tired of all the baiting players do and just say, "Lightning stikes and you die."
In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium there is only war. Imperium of Man, once strong and proud, now is slowly crumbling, whole regions of space are lost to the horrors that lurk in the darkness of the void. Sector Deus is just one of the thousands of Imperial provinces that form the front line in the war to defend Humanity itself. Corruption from within and aggression from without threaten it. But the Emperor sends us hope. High Lords of Terra commissioned a Chapter of Adeptus Astartes, finest warriors Humanity has ever seen, to defend this region of space. They are the...
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Chapter Chronicles and starting point for the initiates:
http://chapterquest.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_Quest_Wiki
Datalogs from the previous thread:
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/47662245/
Battle voxcaster frequency:
https://client02.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=%23RisingSons&server=irc.Rizon.net
+Thought for the day: We value things more when we lose them.+
>>47759952
Okay, here are some background stuff, I want to have done: thoughts anyone?
-Investigate every and all connections between the GoR, including serfs, and the honor guard of Ursus, I am searching for friends etc.
-Have Targos screen people, including chapter serfs for being spies (Kest Ursus etc.), if he does not do so already
- Lord Admiral Hagen should have a list of combat ships that were damaged/could have defected to the triachy for an initial guess of their strength. Also more up to...
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+Current situation+
Chapter has no ongoing open conflict operations. You've just retrieved Belisarian heirs right from under Sector Governor's nose. At the moment you are on the Aspera Dominus, course is set for your homeworld - Mormark.
>>47760019
Which one of these tasks do you identify as the main priority? I see three intentions:
1) Chapter counter-intelligence
2) Preparations for the invasion of Styrian Triarchy
3) Contra-Ursus intelligence
>For 35 characters, levels 24.
So, how many of you will be able to run this?
>For 35 characters, levels 24.
>>47759803
>We got this.
>>47759844
What's wrong, Boreale, are you not TUFF ENUFF?
Okay, I really want to do Darkest Dungeon RPG now. Distant and isolated city-state; dark and corrupted forests around; warrens, ruins and coves teeming with darker things. I've got image in my head, have ideas and storyhooks. All I need is the right system for this work. My requirement on system are those:
- should not be setting-specific.
- because fighting is going to be main pastime, combat system should be detailed and present players with a good number of tactical and strategic choices. It also should be fast and deadly, with mistakes ending up in gruesome injury...
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>>47759696
Some light rules should also be presented.
>>47759696
LOTFP, free art-less rule book on their site. a B/X retroclone with a horror bent and some modern touches (ascending AC etc)
combat isn't all that detailed but it is deadly.
no rules for fear or insanity to my recollection though
>>47760213
>no rules for fear or insanity to my recollection though
That's kind of requirement. I need them and I want system with them; without the need to homerule them in.
Can everyone be a game/dungeon masterCan everyone be a good game/dungeon master with enough preparation?
>>47759495
It has more to do with improv acting I think. A good gm is good on his feet, not meticulously planning. Although planning doesn't hurt.
>>47759495
No, but a lot of people can.
Some people need prep, some need practice, some have natural talent.
Some people will never be to DM effectively.
It's not a rare ability, but it's not a universal one.
>>47759733
>Be able to DM effectively
What are some good plot hooks involving Golems?
>The Golem is on a mission from a long dead king to destroy a lich. The two have been dueling for centuries.
>>47758890
>The golem is a lecherous pervert, and wants to fuck the goblin princess, who is herself interested in the applications of stone penises.. You must save her virtue so she can be married off to the neighboring tribe and not create an incident, while your charge is quite unwilling to have your "protection".
>>47758890
Golem mechas made by gnomes threaten the power balance of the region. Your job is to acquire as many maces of smiting and anti-construct spells as you can to help fight the rising tide of diminutive world conquerors.
>>47758890
>A golem's master dies and he goes rogue, recalling all of the Master's fleeting wishes and curses. The first of which is to obtain the sacred gem of Phawn which ends in a number of dead guards and a traumatized little girl that was the sole survivor and witness to the incident. It is not apparent that this is the work of a golem at first and must be coaxed out of the girl over a number of days. During this time the golem continues to fulfill the petty, and sometimes odd, fleeting...
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Which is the superior resolution method, /tg/?
>>47758790
Depends on the setting.
>>47758790
How is this a "great" debate, I have never ever heard of some kind of conflict between these two arbitrary dice, what even game are you talking about?
Unreal.
>>47758790
Neither really. It depends what you want from the dice, which is more a matter of theme and play style.
Hey /tg/, dunno if you remember me, but I was looking for advice on how to deal with cowardly players a while back. If you need a refresher, here's some of the shenanigans they pulled previously.
>Running back to the dungeon entrance if one of the thieves fails a listen roll
>Everyone checking for traps all the time, despite insistence that it doesn't work like that
>Fleeing from any fight against ranged attackers.
>Going all the way back...
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>>47758505
>Decide to implement two choice bits of advice. Give them a timed quest, and trap them in the dungeon.
>Before they set out, a messenger runs into town
>Proclaims that the local baron is deathly ill, and that the only thing that can cure him is a rare herb that conveniently grows in the dungeon.
>Anyone who can find it will be granted titles, land, and gold!
>Players...
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you cant polish a turd OP find a new group
>>47758628
>they just decide to clear it out themselves
THIS COULD ONLY GO WELL FOR YOU
IN A FANTASY DUNGEON
FULL OF MONSTERS
WITH EARS
WHO HEAR YOU WORKING AND SMELLING TASTY
>Decide I want to try playing or DMing a naval campaign one day
>"In what era should this take place?"
>Pre-modern era
>Ships are glorified rafts
>The entire crew spends days, if not weeks, on those ships
>They have to fucking sleep on the deck or right below it, on the floor
>Surrounded by nothing but the endless ocean
>Age...
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>>47758493
To get away from fags like you, OP
Savage.
>47758493
>Pre-modern era
>Ships are glorified rafts
They travelled to North America and back in those. They also colonized all of Southeast Asia and America in them.
>Age of sail
>slaves on every ship
Are you planning to play Ottomans?
But yeah, the ocean is a harsh mistress. And a Nympho. And always smells like fish.
>Start a game
>Ask players to make their chars all at the same time, but you tell them to first pick a concept and write it down their sheets in 3 words.
>Now they must pass their sheets to the player at the right of them. Tell them this could be their new character, they should pick their nation, physical appearance, ager and gender, but no mechanics (except those given by race/nation as approriated).
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>>47758440
I like the idea of everyone writing a short concept and then passing those around, maybe writing 3 just so someone isn't stuck with something they hate.
Outside of that, I think you get too many hands in it and it'd end up messed up. Having the general background picked out for you is one thing, but having all the details essentially be decided by committee is offputting
>>47758440
No, not really. It's one of those ideas that seem fun at first, but after a while will get me thinking "I don't like this and that" and make me want to kamikaze the character and create a new one.
It also doesn't help that my experience with premade characters was with a man that couldn't understand that a GM isn't a film director.
It'd be fun for a one-shot. Some of my favorite gaming moments were times that a DM tagged me to play an NPC or "fill" a one-shot with a plot-heavy pre-made and it was up to me to make it work for an hour or two.
Beyond that, though, you're going to have a real lack of sticky. People will be trying to play character's they don't have much skin in with options they wouldn't have chosen with a personality designed by committee. At best they'll throw away the fluff they don't like and try to make something out of the crunch, at...
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Any tips for gaming on the cheap? I have no qualms with torrenting PDFs or just playing fast and loose using SRDs, but I was wondering what I should prioritize money on, or ways to save a bit of cash.
>>47757687
If you get a game that uses d6s, you can salvage dice from your old childhood boardgames if they're still laying around.
>>47757687
You can play most free tabletop games (such as Microlite20) entirely for free. There are online dice-rollers, most of it is in the minds eye, hell you can even use microsoft word instead of paper. So long as you can afford to make this post, you can afford to play tabletop games :)
>>47757687
Prioritize books with monster art in them. Print out pictures at work.
Hey there /tg/ I'm bored so I started looking for real-world places that sound like they should be found in /tg/ related materials. Bonus points for cool backstory.
Here's a couple to get started:
Lichfield: name translates literally as "field of bodies/ the dead" legend has it that 1000 villagers were massacred here for reasons unknown
Isle of Wight: random island stuffed to the gills with high-level undead beasties, dungeons, loot and, bizzarley, a sailing competition
Cat's Ash, (Wales) where after the burning of witch has a disturbing increase of black cats...
When someone tries and kills one, it dissapears in a puff of smoke and leaves ashes behind.
>>47757619
There is actually a field in england called "battle".
It was used as a place to perform tournaments during the medieval period and It is said that when english knights challenged each other to combat "on the field of battle" they were specifically referring to that one field.
Aokigahara, a forest in Japan where a lot of people commit suicide