Become The Vampire 38
As Catherine's dream fades away around you, you focus on Andrea and try to direct yourself towards her dream. A few moments pass, full of dim, ethereal light and faint sounds, and you find yourself outside a coffee shop. You can see Andrea inside, sipping a cup of coffee and glancing around nervously. Athena is just down the road, walking towards the door and skipping as she goes, though she's in her older body. Everything a few blocks away fades away into nothingness, unimagined and incomplete.
Somewhere in the back of your mind, you think you know how this dream is supposed to play out. Athena walks in, Andrea gets excited, and just as she thinks everything will be fine Athena turns back into her younger self. Then you walk in, along with a bunch of other people she knows, to taunt her for falling for Athena. It's a fairly straightforward nightmare, and if you relax yourself your body will just go with the flow of the dream and let it play out.
>Character sheet
http://pastebin.com/4Z1StvHC
>Rules
Same system as Become The Dragon Quest. If you don't know what that is, it's best of three d20 rolls. I name a stat that sums up what you're trying to do, and if I don't name a relevant skill, you try to fill in the blank based on what you're trying to accomplish. “Break open the door” might be Strength based, but if you've been playing baseball after school and there's a lead pipe nearby, you could apply your Baseball skill to the roll. A 20 on the die is a crit threat, and if either of the other two rolls is 20 or higher after mods, it's a critical. A crit fail is when you have two or more 1s. So far this system has worked out well enough. We'll get into combat rules as needed, but in basic terms you have wounds, not HP, and the worse the wounds, the more penalties you accrue while doing other things.
Most Important Rule:
Have fun.
>Let it play out, Andrea's clearly having second thoughts about all this, and with good reason.
>Interfere with the nightmare, try to give it a happy ending
>Interfere and try to get Andrea lucid to talk to her
>Let everything else happen, but don't get involved with the taunting
>Other (write-in)
>>45256943
>>Let it play out, Andrea's clearly having second thoughts about all this, and with good reason.
Sammy won last time boss
>>45257028
And lo, a mistake I made reading the thread a week ago has finally come to light. I don't know if I should do a rewrite and start the thread anew or keep on trucking and hope for the best.
"Marie wasn't going to take Aiko and leave this time. Marie is after something." Ken'ichi searches the brick masonry. What's he looking for?
"Namely." Ken continues, his finger slides into a tiny hole in the brickwork. "Marie is after you."
I am Itsukuma Masami, and things just keep getting worse!
I did it! I captured Asai and stopped his evil plan!
Which, has opened the door for more villains and their evil plans! Oh no! Evil works faster than I could have imagined!
Next villain up to the plate: Marie. Marie is the worst! I'm not sure if she beats Asai in jerkiness, but she's up there!
Her evil plan now appears to be stealing Aiko and then coming after me!
I'm not sure why!
I thought we had this all worked out!
Uh oh, there's a text message on my phone.
It's from Aiko!
Quickly, I take it out and tap the tile.
"Run." are the only letters on the screen.
Oh no.
"Ken, Ken!" I tug at his shirt, he seems too pre-occupied to notice. "Look! Look! It's from Aiko! She says we need to run! Hurry!"
"Stop tugging, and let me concentrate."
"Concentrate on-"
I hear tires squealing in the distance.
Headlights peer down the alleyway I've found refuge in. Two high-beams pierce the safety of the darkness.
I don't know by who, but I've been found.
>RUN!
>Wait for whatever Ken is doing!! He seems calm!
>I-It's probably not who I think it is! Just stay here!
>DON'T MOVE A MUSCLE!
>Use a card!
>Other?
>>45255659
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>>45255659
>Wait for whatever Ken is doing!! He seems calm!
>>45255659
>I-It's probably not who I think it is! Just stay here!
Y-y-yeah.
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> QM question
How do you portray terrorists or guerrilla fighters in your Quest? If you have neither, how would you?
> Player question
What cause would the MC of your favorite quest lay down his/her life for?
>>45249984 → #
Why doesn't YOUR quest setting have an order of reverse trap lesbian knights, WQDG?
Mortal Kombat Konquest is still up and going for this weekend.
>>45236090
>>45255636
Terrorist in a loose sense have appeared working on contract for a rival nation-state. They were marching through the countryside raiding villages and taking slaves.
Guerilla fighters haven't really made and appearance but they will soon.
SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD BABY
http://imgur.com/a/Ztvm8
>>45255621
>Nahihi being cunt
what a surprise
>>45255621
>Werewolves still have the same flip clauses meaning they'll still only ever be vaguely useful in limited while going directly against the cards inherent aggressive nature
You had a chance to fix it. To make them playable, and you pissed it all away.
I'm not even surprised and yet I'm still mad.
>>45255621
>Wizards is going to be super butthurt again
I love when people slowly start to realize what a terrible company they're supporting. Stick with eternal formats, boys.
>Shadows over Innistrad
>The homogeneous white villages of the previous block are now full of black people
Can a flavour analysis explain this? Why the large scale migration of humans? Why the ready acceptance of dark-skinned foreigners by suspicious and embattled humans?
>>45255055
>Can a flavour analysis explain this?
No. It's reverse racism time at WotC.
>>45255055
Flavor Text of Moonveil Dragon (DKA):
>Their hearts beat, their lungs draw breath, and they have one true form. I count them as allies of the living. - Thalia, Knight-Cathar
If the citizens of Innistrad accept a giant flying lizard as an ally, why wouldn't they accept another human, regardless of what they look like?
Why do we give a shit?
>inb4 muh masserrace
They've hinted at going in a Lovecraftian direction.
The mongrelification of Innistrad could be a sign of its decline in the interim?
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You are Brianna la Croix, journeyman necromancer, and these stairs are a lot harder to climb drunk. It's a good thing you've got Amy and Jewel on hand, 'cause this was a /poor idea/.
>>45254458
Somewhere along the way, while Nathan was catching his breath, Amy put Sir Fetch on her head and your familiar keeps fixing Jewel with the most over-the-top looks at random. The assassin stifles her giggles whenever she looks up to see the bird's exaggerated expression of shock.
"Hey Nate," you slur, gesturing. "Just one more flight of stairs to the top."
"So," Fetch intones, with deep gravity. "It has come to /this/."
Jewel loses it laughing.
Though everyone's having a good time, you're fairly certain that going to see Cherry drunk ranks somewhere in the region of using someone's dead sibling as a marionette in front of them, so the four (living) members of your band decide to find a clearing in the Lichyard and camp out. Fetch and Kat sit on watch while you enjoy your pipe and Amy sets about making food.
This hangover's gonna suck.
> Tell a story
> Talk to someone (who?)
> Go to sleep
>>45254549
> Tell a story
>>45254549
> Tell a story
>What is Exalted?
An epic high-flying role-playing game about reborn god-heroes in a world that turned on them.
Start here: http://theonyxpath.com/category/worlds/exalted/
>That sounds cool, how can I get into it?
Read the 3e core book (link below). For mechanics of the old edition, play this tutorial: http://jyenicolson.net/exalted/. It'll get you familiar with most of the mechanics.
>Gosh that was fun. How do I find a group?
Roll20 and the Game Finder General here on /tg/. With the new edition, though, chances are more games will crop up.
Resources for Third Edition
>3E Backer Core https://mega.nz/#!E1dRBBIa!ZbQG4IasYCJRli2bhgE2MOdWeFAeV3N1rqL9kAIGbNE
>Character Sheet & Init tracker: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByD2BL6J89Nick41YUk0RUt3YlU
>Online charsheet:
http://howsfamily.net/Exalted
>General Homebrew dumping folder: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByD2BL6J89NiQzdCWWFaY0c5Mkk&usp=sharing
>Collection of old 3e Materials, including comics and fiction anthologies https://www.mediafire.com/folder/t2arqtqtyyt28/Exalted_3Leak
>Charm Trees:
>Solar Charms: https://imgur.com/a/q6Vbc
>Martial Arts: https://imgur.com/a/mnQDe
>Evocations: https://imgur.com/a/TYKE4
Resources for 2.5 Edition:
>All books with embedded errata notes, as well as some extras: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/253ulzik1j9s5/Exalted
>Chargen software: http://anathema.github.io/
>Anathema homebrew charm files: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/pka3nz3vqbqda/Anathema_Files
>MA form weapon guide: http://www.brilliantdisaster.net/dif/ExaltedMA.html
>http://www.mediafire.com/view/ua7tanepy2jfkdp/Exalted_2nd_Ed_-_Return_of_the_Scarlet_Empress.pdf
Resources for 1e:
>https://www.mediafire.com/folder/9vp0e9id3by6m/Exalted_1e
Nigramancer Edition. Anyone tried converting Necromancy to 3E yet? Interesting ideas for Necromantic Initiations?
Pic only marginally related, mah nigras.
>>45253667
Ah, "The Saddest Clown in Mexico".
Yes, he is very weepy looking, isn't he?
>>45253667
>converting Necromancy to 3E
I thought the plan was that it would be Sorcery, but using a different environment's Essence. No need for new rules, but feel free to add a new Shaping Ritual or two.
>>45254274
>I thought the plan was that it would be Sorcery, but using a different environment's Essence. No need for new rules, but feel free to add a new Shaping Ritual or two.
official intent is to make it something similar but different to sorcery. But yeah, it's a good approximation until necromancy comes out in 2158.
What's the worst thing that a player's ever said to you out of character? What's the worst thing your character's ever been told in character?
>>45252939
OOC: "Oh we're getting evicted on thurday." My roomie that apparently hadn't been paying our rent like he was supposed to. Nor told me this more than 3 days in advance. He'd known for months.
Game related? I found out mid-game.
IC: "I hope you die as lonely as you've lived." The groups paladin to the assassin after he let her fiancee die.
>>45252959
Storytime?
>>45252959
Well, that's gonna be a tough act to follow
So Humanity has conquered the Galaxy, exterminated all hostile xenos, all humans live like philosopher kings and queens over lesser races, and everyone can have a harem of sexbots and aliens. Also immortality and biomancy are things now and everyone is Emperor tier. Now what?
>>45248735
You have the Culture.
>>45248735
The birth of Double Slaanesh and the Eye of Terror 2.0?
>>45248735
Race war now.
Then, I'll have a coke.
>resources
pastebin.com/P7jvSR5p
Skarbrand the Best edition
>>45246163
Unknown.He dies hilariously messily and then Archaon rapes his soul, but what's left does discorporeate back to Azyr.
I assume that he will live but will be tainted deeply. Combined with the sinister hints about the Anvils of Heldenhammer I hope Chaoscast are on their way.
>>45246209
Second for Memes
>>45247136
more memery
Could an empire survive in such a position? Tend to break it up into smaller kingdoms.
>>45239519
YEs.
Could survive depending on arrangement of the EMpire.
If Golden HORde anD and the Ilkhanate can count as Empires then so can this.
People will do exactly what they are told provided you don't ell then to do something they don't what to do.
Provided they see the Emperor as at least sort of on thier side. Or at least not against them when the getting is good.
YOu have a Khanate and a Republic among t kingdoms. For this implies that each unit political/social beneath and within the Empires aegis is free to do as it wants with in its own bounds.
Tjhis implies a nebulous empire. More of a protection racket and a common call to arms as needed with a bit of taxation. Nothing intensive or culturally domineering about that. Nothing wrong with that.
Mongolian Empire was like that and they were unmatched in terms of Earth's surface covered until Britain went critical.
This is not accounting for any possibility of incompatible and fanatical religious nutteris in authority.
>>45239519
Empires don´t survive long. There´s very few exceptions, like the Byzantine Empire. Most die within 2/3 centuries, if not earlier.
It would depend on:
-how and why did the empire come to be
-how different are the people within
-how are the people within, in general
-how are the neighbors
-how decent is live in the area
People revolt when they´re hungry or bored. No matter how pissed off they are, as long as they´ve got bread and circus they´ll keep going. The French Revolution didn´t explode until a series of bad harvests caused a big famine.
If the people are well fed, then it´s the nobles (if they exist) what might cause a division on their quest for personal power and glory.
An empire of content enough people and nobles that, for one reason or the other, can´t or don´t want to make a rebellion will survive. Russia´s so big because the nobles were all so far away that they didn´t even know each other, so there was no point in making a rebellion because nobody would support you.
Long story short, it depends how the society and the world itself is.
>>45239519
History is full of anomalies so we can't make hard rules about what can and can't survive, but...
>Landlocked
>Only natural borders are with the Ryaniem league and the Badlands
>Open plains and nothing else
A few rivers might help their survivability, as they're generally easier to defend than just open plains. As it is now, they're in a horribly vulnerable position against enemies who almost all have a much better position. Compare for example the Ryanien league. They have a nice, cozy mountain range defending them against the Atharien Empire, another one against the Kingdom of Vergan and naval access.
What systems take a more realistic approach to weaponry and armour and differentiate between piercing, slashing, and blunt damage (and resistance)?
>>45239211
All of them, if you decide they do
>>45239211
Isn't piercing just really focused blunt damage?
GURPS.
There's cutting, piercing, crushing and impaling. They all have advantages and disadvantages. Generally crushing is good against soft armours but its killing power is limited, impaling has a big damage multiplier when used on the torso, cutting deals bonus damage to limbs and is good for hacking them off, piercing has a high base damage making it good for other armours.
Also certain armours dont work well against certain types. Arrows fuck up modern bullet vests pretty good.
Life fibers are added into 40k.
How does this change the setting?
>>45239161
Space Marines wear the most clothing and so would be the most powerful. Nothing changes.
>>45239264
That's not how life fibers work.
If they did then the most powerful would be a hot chick in 18 jackets like a Final Fantasy character.
The fuck is a "life fiber."
EDH will be used for example, but the situation can be generalized.
>3 player EDH
>Player A resolves a wincon that comes into effect his next turn
>Players B and C both have sorcery speed removal to it
>They also know this about the other player's hands
>If neither of them remove it, they both lose
>But both of them want to play their own wincons instead
>Player B resolves his wincon instead of removing A's
>He passes to C
>C is forced to remove A's wincon
>C gets salty about this
Should C be invited back?
No. But he can demand a different player order next game.
>>45240862
Welcome to game theory, be sure to check out the panel on making your opponents do your dirty work. Don't forget your free Sun Tzu t-shirt and button on your way over!
C is rightly justified in being salty. You cannot kick someone because they were forced to lose.
I'm about to advertise for a game I want to run for Roll20. What should my tolerance level for flakes (people who don't show up) be? Should I kick people on the first game they miss without notification? Or should I give them two or three more chances?
Everyone gets one. Two or three is too much to give some rando on the Internet.
>>45238916
Say you get ten players interested in joining. Of those ten, five will flake, two have never played a tabletop game in their life, two will flake after the first session, and one will insist on having a character who learned the exquisite art of the samurai sword.
What system?
>>45239092
Also, this sounds tragically accurate.
