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I got bored /tg/, let's roll a warband.
Somebody roll a d100 for our chaos Allegiance
Rolled 64 (1d100)
>>45234434
C'mon Slaanesh
Nope Nurgle, now d100 for frequency of our blessings from de gods
Rolled 61 (1d100)
>>45234479
I CAN FEEL THE WARP OVERTAKING ME
Larp question - I am 197 cm tall and quite muscular. But mostly have interest in "peaceful" professions like healer. Could that occur strange?
>>45234203
>could that occur strange
No, but it will seem odd if your fellow larpers are english speaking. :^)
>>45234203
You want to be a healer eh? Tell me how do you feel about being bullied by big strong dominant fighters?
>>45234203
Dress up as a gnome or so such being carried by a construct/servant.
Is it possible for a PC to be someone who's royalty without it jacking the campaign?
Sure. Intro is the PC's family being deposed and now he's formal royalty.
Or he's a young, arrogant man who wants to go out and experience the adventurer his sword instructor would tell him about instead of staying cooped up in the castle.
There's like, a million ways a PC could be royalty without the campaign centering around them.
>>45234371
Easily. Just takes a non-shitty GM.
>>45234474
>formal
Meant former. Sorry.
Whats the absolute worst experience you had at a tabletop game?
>>45234348
Some ago a buddy invited me over to his house for what would be my first game of proper dnd. Until that point I had never known enough people who played or showed interest in playing and I wasn't willing to dive into it alone, so I never touched it until then. A mutual acquaintance who was rarely in town was DMing, and helped me set up my first character, a sorcerer, in a game of 3.5. The game itself was fun, but this is just the explanation for the story I am about to tell.
Some time after, that DM moved...
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>>45236455
It was the week of christmas, we started the night off with secret santa. The party consisted of a my best bro paladin, an autistic elf ranger, a cheating playboy fighter, and myself as a thri-kreen psion who wore disguises to seem human. We exchanged our gifts. The fighter gave the paladin a 12 pack of sprite he found in his trunk, and the DM unveiled a bottle of "Jack Daniels hard Eggnog" that he claimed was delicious, but actually tasted like an old milkshake with gasoline in it. He then claimed that he had a special christmas event planned for us, and with that, we began.
The party had gotten a house early in the campaign, a lovely estate from which we could adventure. We look out to find that the land is covered in snow as a blizzard has blown through, and learn, somehow, that the land is under siege by not!Jack Frost and his army of frozen bullshit. We exit our mansion and walk about fifty feet before we are beset upon by a group of ice golems, who all promptly charge up and perform two slam attacks that nearly wipes out the martials in the party. The DM is already drinking quite a bit from the gasoline eggnog, and eventually requests help running, so our old DM, who was in town for christmas and had made a temporary character for the night, I think a bard if I recall, starts sub-DMing, something I have never seen before or since, which essentially involved him running all the bad guys while the actual DM just made up the plot.
We defeat the golems, and discover that Jack Frost's fucking massive spire of evil Carolina Cocaine covering the land is quite literally right down the fucking block from the party's house. We move in, and are attacked by a pair of ice giants where we have another long and drawn out battle because the actual DM is drinking himself under the table and the acting DM doesn't know what is supposed to happen.
>>45236736
> mfw drinking novelty liquor
>that guy who wants to make a non-religious or atheist Paladin
Can you be any more autistic? Just play a fucking fighter
>>45234273
fighter can't fall
>>45234273
Fighter ain't got no spells.
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> QM question
How often do you think about going on hiatus? If you took one, would you continue to work on your quest or "let it breathe"?
> Player question
What do you like in a magical girl quest?
>>45234061
>How often do you think about going on hiatus? If you took one, would you continue to work on your quest or "let it breathe"?
Always, but I keep on coming back around this season
>>45234077
Why is that, anon? Is it for the players or for you?
>>45234061
>What do you like in a magical girl quest?
Rape
You have one minute to come up with a class gimmick that's never been done in PnP before.
Uses reaction images as power
>>45233757
Olfactory Warrior. The dirtier and smellier they are the stronger and tougher they become. They can heal by eating trash or drinking stagnant pond water.
>>45233757
All actions taken by the character must be physically recreated by the player, and their efficacy is solely based on the group's rating of how believable the pantomime was.
>Join a tabletop game with an existing party, developed campaign
>Learn all the rules through the hundreds of pages in the books
>Set up a character with a history, motivation, and pretty good stats
>Have to roll outside the game for work duties and salary
>If work roll fails, penalty roll must be taken for relevant categories
>Critfail 4d10 rolls in a row, contract AIDS and die before I ever see the playing field
So /tg/, how was your week?
>>45233646
Well damn but my week >pic related
>>45233676
I do dare.
>>45233646
What are the chances?
>>45233646
This pretty much sums up my week.
So my DM just announced that we're doing a 60 point buy for our next d&d 3.5 game.
But not a regular point buy. We start at 0, and the stats are one for one.
In other words, I can do 10 points in all stats, or go a bit crazy.
Thoughts on how I should build my rogue with this system?
>>45233622
18, 18, 15, 3, 3, 3 or go home
>3.5
>rogue
don't, go full caster - CoDzilla for permanent wildshape ideally.
>>45233651
I already decided to go rogue, sadly.
How badly am I fucked with stats that low?
>>45233622
Jesus Christ, that's going to kick martials in the dick.
Resources
FAQ thread where you can ask to Joseph A. McCullough, Frostgrave designer (forum handle joe5mc)
http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=80477.0
Online warband creator
http://www.battletortoise.com/frostgrave/roster.html
Rulebook:
https://mega.co.nz/#!CVF3GTIS!i0V9IaACpjj1s1Bq2wqvZII5T5ad8UULZYWW3mpefc0
Lich+Golem+Sellsword:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1e68645496dga//Frostgrave
Warhammer Townscapes: old school Warhammer Fantasy print buildings
https://mega.co.nz/#F!OgpwzAKS!a5eVE6pOagTTOWEr5tEaEQ
Official...
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>>45233503
Alright. First warband is... Orcs. Apologies on the potato quality for the wizard and apprentice.
The orcs are from the WGF orc warband, with their crossbowman, apprentice, and pack mule being kitbashed. Frostgrave soldiers sprue for the crossbow, and a few spare parts from a WGF viking box, for the others. Their leader is a Reaper mini.
>>45233863
>>45233880
Back when you were young, did any of the cool kids ever play at your table?
What character did they use, and how well did they do?
>>45233098
This is the most alpha, American high-school picture I've ever seen.
I literally cannot think of anything that could be added to the picture to enhance the stereotypes.
>>45233098
His name was Dan, he played a human ranger and was always really chill, he enjoyed talking in char and always brought a load of beer for the table, one of the best players I've come across.
>>45233126
>alpha
I don't that word means what you think it means
Let's talk about board wipes today.
>Best ones?
>Worst ones?
>The ones that get rid of all permanents?
What's the best hybrid one-drop for a Boros deck that's not Boros Recruit
>>45233826
There are only three in Boros colors and Figure of Destiny is far and away the best.
>>45232870
Best one so far for me
You are Tsukuda Ryouta, a Shinigami of the 12th Division with the unique role of an investigator of abnormal occurrences.
Your mission is over. The human Kido user has been dealt with; all that remains is the backlash from his disposal. The Hollows he was controlling regained their free will and now seem intent on satiating their hunger with the locals. At the very least, there aren't as many Hollows as the would-be mage claimed he controlled - only three instead of five, and all scattered around town. Moeka's - your Shinigami partner's - Denreishinki is showing off quite clearly that the trio is in no rush to unite with one another: two of the dots are going in completely opposite directions, while the third one is moving somewhere inbetween.
You've decided that, together with Kirino Moeka, you'll slay the Hollows, as many of them as you can before reinforcements arrive. But before that, you need to retrieve your Denreishinki, which is still in that apartment on the fourth floor. The redhead nods, her ponytail bobbing a bit, and you run off, hopping on air to make it quick.
Inside is the body of Erwin Kramer, bleeding on the carpeted floor. His blind sister, her hands and clothes red with blood she didn't shed, has crawled over to a nearby table with a phone on it. A few things - books, a cup, and a lamp - have been knocked off of it; the receiver looms over the floor, hanging by its cord. Seems that it was used to call someone. The young woman, sitting on the carpet, her knees kept close to her chest, is quietly crying.
You walk on over to where you've dropped your cellphone. The device has been snapped in two. You're certain that this kind of damage couldn't have been caused by just a drop. You didn't step on it, either.
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>>45232609
You pick up the remains and hide them in the pockets of your black uniform. You dash through a wall and leap, softening your fall with your spiritual abilities.
"Are you ready to go?" The girl asks, tapping her foot impatiently as she watches diligently over her Denreishinki's radar.
...
>"Did you break my Denireishinki, Moeka?"
>"I'm ready. Let's hurry."
>"Do...
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>>45232627
>"I'm ready. Let's hurry."
Confront her later I guess?
It's annoying because we definitely missed something big but we're out of time.
>>45232627
>"I'm ready. Let's hurry."
Be wary of Modka. She's not trustworthy. She's making sure we can't call reinforcements, probably because she wants all the bounties for herself but maybe for something more sinister.
Hello /tg/
I want to start a mature and calm discussion with you guys about powergaming.
As a broad definition, I mean min maxing where the system permits it, competitive mindset in what it is set as a cooperative game, and character building around a set of skills and stats way more than around a character concept.
I don't like that. As a GM, my games tend to privilege the story, and the relationship between chars and the world. I don't see powerful, high level, or well built chars as a problem per se, I just see them as a problem the moment they stop...
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>>45232421
>mature and calm discussion
>on /tg/, about badwrongfun™
DICK BUTT
>>45232421
>it ultimately creates bland and uninteresting characters
Blatantly false. For someone who wants a "mature and calm discussion" you're using an awful lot of bait.
>>45232464
>blatantly false
I did explain my point of view, you have a lot of space to do it yourself.
Please do, I want to know, I'm not interested in baiting or other memes.
Also, I already stated powerful characters are not a problem as for themselves. They become a problem under other circumstances.
To clarify it more on "bland characters": if all I do in game is hunting for the best bonuses, or the best in slot gear, or whatever this means in your setting,...
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It's finally here!
Interesting points:
>Basic mechanic is completely revised. Surprisingly, NOT into a version of the Houses of the Blooded system! John Wick can actually do MORE THAN ONE THING! It's still kind of similar but I think it's like the first time in a decade it hasn't been the EXACT FUCKING SAME!
>Mechanically speaking, characters get MORE powerful as they get wounded. That's... actually genuinely interesting. I don't remember seeing this being done too many other...
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Anyone got a download link?
>>45232257
/tg/ supports pdfs, anon-chan~
>>45232269
... Oh. Thought it was just an image.
Just failed a Spot check.
