Speaking philosophically, can you have free will if prophecies work? Or does a sort of "reality inertia" not violate free will?
>>44577607
Prophecy's don't usually have a guarantee of success anyways so their existence does no mean free will does not exist. Even then who cares. If your divinely ordained to behave or act a certain way it'll still mostly feel like your in charge so whats the difference?
>>44577607
You can still have free will. Fate just knows everything you'll "will" to do, though.
You could even call fate a product of collective wills, and that the power to see your fate would change nothing, as working to try and undo it more often than not ends in an M Night Shyamalan style "trying to stop it is what caused it to happen" ending.
Fate's a bitch, but it also makes for good tragic stories of people desperately fighting to work against it.
>>44577704
That gets me thinking. If King Laius didn't try to kill Oedipus and raise him as normal, would he have grown up normally and the prophesy would be bust? Or would Oedie and his mum have developed a forbidden love and Laius would be fucked anyway?
How do you cheat in Magic:The gathering?
How do you cheat in any card game?
Hide cards in your ass/screwshuffle opponent
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Scientology got me thinking. Tolkien and Robert were way better writers than Elron Hubbard, why does HE get a cult, but no sick Cohan/Silmarilion religion.
Those honestly sound way more fun
>>44556186
Because no one took the initiative to start them.
>>44556186
>Scientology got me thinking
If that's the case, you're using it wrong.
>>44556198
This.
Plus: Fuck you for thinking we need a Conan/Silmarilion cult. Fictionkin are bad enough.
What are spellcasters like in your campaign? Are they respected? Feared? Hated? Are they trained centrally or by individual apprenticeships? How much do they abuse their power?
>>44551898
I did the "magic is science" thing, so "mages" are just scholars, machinists, and alchemists making use of fantasy chemicals and technology that muggles just can't understand without the same number of college credits. Much of the setting revolves around applications of monster blood, such that it's the primary ingredient of my fantasy black powder and critical to all explosives and firearms. It also factors heavily into miraculous potions and alchemical concoctions. Some mages are fusiliers and grenadiers, some are medics and doctors, and some try to do both or something different entirely.
Respect, fear, hatred, and training conventions all depend on location in the world. Some countries don't trust or like magic, some love it, and most are selective about what sciences they approve of and what they don't. Magic plays a very important role in adventuring and monster hunting due to monster blood being so important to scientific progress. Mages abuse their power just as much as anyone else. Some go to great lengths to achieve scientific marvels beyond the status quo, while others are very responsible.
So, as far as your standard "read a book, shoot fire out of my hands" wizards, no I don't have any of those.
>>44551898
>What are spellcasters like in your campaign? Are they respected? Feared? Hated? Are they trained centrally or by individual apprenticeships?
Yes to everything.
>How much do they abuse their power?
All the fucking time.
>>44551898
>What are spellcasters like in your campaign?
Subby little casterslut bitches
>Are they respected? Feared? Hated?
Ha ha no
>Are they trained centrally or by individual apprenticeships?
Varies, but most of their training is at the hands of the first martial to defeat them
>How much do they abuse their power?
No but they get plenty of abuse
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I plan on introducing my group to the gameworld by playing. My idea is an adventure similar to In 80 Days around the World. Something about a rivalry between two Neolybians wich involves lots of traveling. But where do they start? What are the objectives of the players? How can I involve them?
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Been reading the rule book sooo good. I want to play so much. Thing is half the people I play with are D&D players so they don't understand subtlety and other half are shadowrun players .
I want too run a short campaign thats basically a Scrapper gathering people to find an artefact. A group of angry Neo-Lybians are also aiming to get the artefact. Its a race against time, Neo-Libyans and other scrappers. Its supposed to be quick and introduce the players to the world.
>>44545564
A point to point race around the Mediterranean coast could work. The players are gathered, by one route or another, in Gibraltar and are paid to race between pre-arranged checkpoints that take them all around the coast till they get back to the other side of the Gibraltar land bridge
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It is busy and quiet in the dark of the night as you explain what you’ve scouted ahead within the bowels of the under construction Ellis building in Adachi City. Flanked by your Knights, with the Guardian of the Sun standing a slight ways back, you carefully regard the assembled soldiers and civilian collaborator. Captain Osaka of the JSDF Paranormal Incident Task Force listens with rapt attention as you point out along the maps provided by property owner Jonathan Ward Chau of the underground complex and described exotic materials testing planned with the operational particle accelerator.
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>>44543526
In truth you are Mikage Chiba, second year highschool student fifteen years old. Formerly you were the third woman to carry the mantle of Sailor Moon, after your mother and older sister. Now you secretly support the new magical Guardian of Love and Justice, your younger sister Koyomi.
“The undefined ones probably the projection type, but the specialized ones have a chance of being fully transformed civilians,” Captain Osaka reasons once your explanation is finished, “We can’t just go in with incendiaries or close the accelerator off and turn it on,”
She hums to herself a moment as you glance to either side, at both your Nephrite Knight and Jadeite Knight.
“We can use expanding foam rounds to keep them all in check and contained for transport,” she reasons, “Or we can remove the sample they’re attracted to and lead them into a containment ambush or an ambush into the Senshi once they arrive,”
~The other Senshi are coming?~
“Cooperative protocol, and we’ll probably need Sailor Moon’s purification powers for this operation one way or another,” she sighs.
“I would advise against trying to contain them inside of the accelerator. They’ve proven capable of forcing their way in,” Dr Chou comments while pointing to the entryway area you didn’t explore on the schematic.
You consider your opinion on the matter.
>Containment within the accelerator
>Lead them into a PIT Ambush
>Lead them into an Ambush of the Senshi
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>>44543543
Good morning! One moment please.
>>44543543
>Lead them into an Ambush of the Senshi
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>>44469372
I love the thread image. Good choice.
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>>44469372
>Not RIP sweet prince, Lemmy Killmeister edition
YOU HAD ONE JOB
>>44470596
He can have the next one
>It's fair and balanced!
>I just chose the strongest options available within the rule set! That means it's legitimate!
>>44584137
How are minmaxing and netlisting not legitimate? One of the things that makes them so bad is the fact that they are legitimate.
>>44584137
I love it when my players do this. I always make them not the only people who have discovered this power. Or, if they are, they begin attracting adherents. Disciples who want to learn the skills which make the PC so powerful
Imagine that the Sith was started by some power gamer
>holy shit, if I combine these two feats, I can draw on my anger AND use telekinesis to choke someone to death
>fuck yes
>>44584154
Netlisting I'll agree with; it's making the best of what there is, often with the goal to win prizes/money.
But TTRPGs? You're basically playing cooperative make believe. Most people grew out of the "nuh-uh I have super special anti-bullet shield I can deflect anything" by 5th grade. Minmaxing is like inheriting a fortune, then berating all your friends for being poor. Like sure, you got the money through legitimate means, but that doesn't excuse your behaviour.
Continuing exactly where last thread left it: >>44561259
Crew, our shields can't hold against those plannetary guns any longer, we're withdrawing out of orbit until they are dealt with, good luck down there Guardsmen.
>>44582659
"Good luck yourself Captain, I'm not sure who'll need it more."
>Alice sighs and continues walking, rather preoccupied with her current dilemma to pay the Captain's own much mind.
Rolled 58 (1d100)
>>44582735
>Decides to rather try to sneak past her than to face a punishment before she can even help the Somerians out.
>Preoccupied with setting up defenses in the square
>Further away tanks and stormtroopers are fighting furiously against the heretics
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>>44577934
I like the Bodyguard -> Take the Blow featline, since you already have Combat Reflexes.
You may wish to take Seize the Opportunity from the PoW:E playtest, but I think my reading of things is that you can already use most combat maneuvers (trip, disarm, etc) as an AoO.
If you're going full Intimidate, then I suggest taking Signature Skill (Intimidate). Combine that with Grim Guard's Laughter and you stand a decent chance of making your opponents run away while peeing their pants.
>>44578262
Which Skinwalker heritage is best for Magus-ing?
I want to marry a drow!
How invulnerable were knights in armor, lets say around the high medieval age? I know they got butthurt and tried to ban crossbows as being 'unchristian,' but did platemail and a horse really make you some unstoppable juggernaut in ye old times?
Also, general arms and armor thread.
>>44577621
Unstoppable juggernaut? Fuck no.
Depends on the time for level of protection.
But generally you would be lucky to have armor. Mistakes are not as deadly, and you are invulnerable to blades in most areas. Maces hurt you the same, but they are slow weapons compared to the sword you would probably carry, so you still have advantage.
>>44577621
You're asking in the very wrong place. Try /his/ or something, instead. That said, full plate armour was effective enough for knights to reliably survive on the front lines of battle. Nobles sons and hiers would vie for glory by participating in major battles, and the plate armour they wore give them very little chance of actually being wounded or killed.
Really, the effectivness of plate armour was the primary influence for people adopting bludgeoning weapons, and the rise in popularity of long, thin, straight swords in the late 1600s, such as the estoc, rapier and the smallsword.
Basically, all parts of your body covered by the metal are totally impervious, except to powerful bludgeoning attacks. You still have to watch out for bladed weapons finding their way into the gaps in your armour, however, but as you can see in your picture, armour became very proficient at preventing that.
>>44577621
the crossbow thing is untrue>>44578670
fuck yourself with a oddly shaped stone penis this is the correct place
Storm?
It's translated.
>>44577034
storm only plays two spells in a turn on the turn they go off, triggering this only once
>>44577034
>4 mana for something that doesn't do anything the turn it comes down unless you have extra mana
>only counts for the second spell for the turn vs every other spell triggering it
Not really making the cut for storm, but are there more "second spell matters" cards coming out? Could be cool
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Alright fuck me I'm having trouble figuring out what to do with the Manifestations.
I wanted five Unlocks for each Key, but even ignoring the more difficult Keys, that seems harder than expected. Meanwhile I could do like Werewolf and each one is one and one, but that seems a bit too low, since most of the Manifestations couldn't be covered in just one power.
Maybe I should scrap the existing Manifestations and try to break them out into different ones? Werewolf has like 20 Gifts with 5 powers each.
The other option is some Manifestations with two or three powers each and some with six or seven.
>>44575353
>What would you want to see out of a World or Chronicles of Darkness video game?
Focus. As much as one splat varies from another splat, the goals and methods of a video game for that splat should also change. What genre best supports the themes?
>>44575164
>One of their cult has to make the ultimate sacrifice and be ritualistically murdered. Their body becomes the Arisen's new Sahu, and the sacrifice's memories and mindset integrates with the Mummy's. This can be a problem in future risings.
This happened with one of the PCs in Dave's AP before the game began, IIRC.
>You spot a young woman climbing the castle wall
>>44575346
>knees on wall, no foot support
Shit climbing desu senpai
>>44575346
FELLOW AESTARTES! MY SENSORS HAVE PICKED UP A HERETIC AT BEARING 129! RANGE 20 METERS, ON THE WALL! OPEN FIRE!
>>44575346
I snipe her down for interrogation.
