So my regular group has decided to give vampire a go, I've never played it before so I thought I'd turn to you lovely lot so I don't make a fool out of myself. The setting is 14th century Romania and I've decided to go for Tremere because blood magic sounds fucking cool.Is there anything specifically I should be aware of? Anything to watch out for? Vampire general as well I guess.
>starting a medieval campaign after the Salubri are already extinct
baka desu senpai
>>44444046
I have no idea what the Salubri are.
>>44444539
The Healers and the Warriors.
Clan Salubri, descended from Saulot, universally seekers of Golconda.
Since their purge, they either walk with caution or with fury.
>stuck in an mmo plot
>no NPCs, just other players sucked in
>idyllic fantasy land with a gleaming castle
>series of dungeons that must be beat to stave off the apocalypse Majoras Mask style
>fighting gives xp which can level up physical attributes
>skills are trained the old fashioned way
>world isnt held in vidya stasis though
>all the food quickly gets eaten because no one is farming the fields
>the monstrous animals that got genocided early cause a food chain collapse
>all the PKing ends up destroying the city irreperably
>within a month the fantasy land is reduced to a wasteland populated by super powered assholes convinced the next guy will kill him for the xp
Could this be a good campaign?
Pic unrelated, on phone
>>44442499
Oh, and this would be a Die in the Game Die in Real Life kind of deal.
>>44442499
It is an interesting setting.
But how would you compose a party out of paranoid superpowered assholes?
>>44442625
Isn't that what high level D&D/Shadowrun/GURPS/anything is anyways?
In a setting where the supernatural exists (hidden) and many countries have at least a token organization dedicated to fighting it, how might Israel/Mossad's look?
>>44442368
They would be the vampires.
>>44442368
They always want to have the last word.
Following a similar thread from a few days ago; what are some genres/themes/settings that you feel are under represented out there?
Always looking for inspirations for projects, I'm looking for things that stand out and aren't just your Tolkien fantasy or 40k rip-offs. Personally, big ones I'd like to see is stone age/bronze age fantasy and science fantasy stuff. Stuff other than soft sci-fi, although it sounds hypocritical since complaining about 40k rip-offs, but more that line, where magic and fantasy tropes aren't hand-waved as nanobots or psychic powers.
>>44442297
My dream game and pet project for some time is:
Small scale (6/10 mm) fantasy mass combat with a focus on giant ass monsters.
Like titan battles in epic but with motherfucking wizards and dragons.
>Your earthquake spell just killed 100 knights.
>Your behemoth can't slow down fast enough and steps on your skeleton horde.
>>44442297
Source for that mini, please?
>>44442297
Westerns. We need Westerns. We can make Westerns, right here, right now, but not one fuck will be given. I know it.
Playing a Metal Gear game here pretty soon and I'm playing a brain in jar piloting a pretty convincing exosuit/robot body to do my dirty work (imagine Metal Knight from OPM to the extreme). Time delay and all that has been figured in (I'll be botching perception saves left and right).
I'm looking for neat and convincing exo or robot suits which'd lead you to believe there's a person inside, or it is itself a person. I'll be dumping what I've got.
Bonus points for concealed face by any means. It's the hardest part to get right.
Could someone recommend me some Rpg that uses a deck, i heard that dust devils is a good one but i cant find a pdf of it
>>44441625
Castle Falkenstein.
I think the Malifaux RPG uses a deck. Through The Breach.
Savage Worlds uses a deck for initiative.
Now that its part of casting costs... how long til chroma/devotion to Colorless?
http://tabakrules.tumblr.com/post/135539909699/does-stuff-like-kozilek-the-great-distortions
>>44441282
but why not? devotion I understand, but chroma fits perfectly mechanically with eldrazi stuff.
Question for dipshits who think C is a color:
Would a creature that cost 2CR and did not have devoid be a colorless creature?
No. It wouldn't.
new codex when
>>44440779
You don't need one.
>>44440829
>shit against necrons, tau and nids
i'd say they need a new one
>>44440843
>shit against Tau
So is everyone but Eldar.
>shit against necrons, and nids
Wait what? What the fuck are you doing that your a losing to nids and necrons?
Witch thread.
Lets talk all things related to the practitioners of the dark arts. post art and ideas from your world.
Questions for the thread
>Your most powerful witch?
>Do witches use magic differently from other magic users?
>What witch covens do you have?
>Are there witch hunters in your world?
>Any legends ot stories about witches?
>>44440598
Dumping art.
>>44440607
>>44440638
Hey /tg/, so I've been working on a system for a while now and it's gone through so many iterations and changes in the past year so I'm looking for some opinions and fresh advice. It's a lot to explain so I'm just going to give general explanations for key features and if you have specific questions, feel free to ask.
(I'm going to start by explaining the lore so that the scope and scenarios that are presenting in games makes sense.)
The current lore for the world that the game is built into is that some cataclysmic event triggers a mass evolution in the planet Earth and all types of flora and fauna evolve/mutate at accelerated rates. Humanity says, "Nope, screw this, I'm out." and retreats to fallout shelters, bunkers, caves, pretty much any place where they can hide while the chaos surges on.
After about 80-100 years after the tides of evolution seem to stagnate, humanity has reverted to tribal groups for most with only few settlements reaching positions of high culture. The natural world is impossibly dangerous at every turn with most predators enjoying the additions to their food chain while humanity continues to hold their ground thanks to members of their community who stumble unwittingly into a method of triggering evolution in themselves.
Ancient buildings and technology litters areas where cities once were. Finding rusted weapons or decayed clothing is common. While spoken language has remained somewhat consistent (different colonies may have developed different words or dialects but the whole of speech is still understood) written language become almost entirely butchered with some colonies lacking the concept entirely. Reading "ancient" language is like trying to decipher a toddler's terrible handwriting and spelling x1000.
Hunting parties are considered some of the most dangerous groups to join but the prestige and materials earned off of a successful hunt keeps the profession with a steady supply of volunteers. Aside from assisting in population control, these hunting groups train some of the most powerful individuals a colony has to offer and provides groups with food sources/materials that can't normally be grown in agricultural facilities.
In more civilized settlements, expeditionary groups form often in order to search for relics from an ancient age, study the creatures in the wilds, or for personal glory. The expeditions are often in direct competition with each other and act closer to nomadic tribes or gangs depending on their group. Thanks to these groups, more and more colonies are being discovered and tribal systems that are too weak to explore themselves are able to establish contact with other humans through the expeditions.
Having one or two recruiters in an expedition is a must as you are in direct competition with other expeditions so having more manpower (and disposable troops) is a must when competing with rivals.
The creatures that inherited this new world are animals that have grown larger, smarter, and more aggressive in most cases. While the exact types of evolution vary from species to species, one feature to take note of is differences in their species' history compared to similar species.
Domesticated dogs grew alongside humans for most of their life so when the evolution began, household canines started to adopt more human features (such as a bipedal stance, limited thumb movement, communication skills, and minor tool use) while wild wolves grew large and brutish (closer to a gorilla/worgen than the sleek canine form they had before).
Trees have grown massive and cluttered with some of the smaller trees closer to full grown redwoods than saplings. Some vegetation has gained limited mobility, the ability to use some senses, or have a sense of self preservation.
Weather patterns and other strange phenomena have been sighted such as violent earthquakes that throw large rocks into the air at the fault lines, strange lightweight glass falling from the sky leaving visible cracks in the skyline, tidal waves of frost crossing over tundras as if they were the waves of an ocean over seaweed.
That's pretty much covers the bases for the lore.
If anyone is lurking, I'm going to move onto gameplay. If nothing comes up I'll just end thread to save time.
The system was originally meant to be a way I could play a high-speed, action-based game with friends and was built around the mentality that it could be used to run sessions of Monster Hunter, RWBY, or Dark Souls (with some small tweaks). Over time though, I wanted to have something that was more my own so I built this world to house the system.
With this in mind, many of the mechanics are built around an idea of accelerating the flow of gameplay, simplifying rolls, and making user customization key.
Character creation actually begins at Level 0 and the level cap is set at 5. The reason for this is that many stats scale directly off of your current level and it was difficult to come up with meaningful differences in levels for larger level ranges.
Character stats start pretty low with scores of -2 to 3 being your range at level zero. Level 5 stats can potentially reach 12 through min-maxing but about 7-9 is the average for your best stats.
The stats are split up as:
>Spirit:
Acts as the main stat for rolls dealing with willpower or most things dealing with an evolution in your character. It also scales into a barrier that a character can learn to project that acts like a pseudo-health bar.
>Fortitude:
It's the basic measurement of how hardy your body is. It scales directly into your HP and can be used to see whether that fall that you took broke all of your bones or just a few.
>Knowledge:
Deals with your accuracy for ranged weapons, perception, and comes into play for a type of blood magic called "Arcanes". It mixes Wis and Int for all intents and purposes.
>Strength:
It's your bread and butter beat-em-up stat. Hit harder with increasingly large objects until it dies.
>Speed:
Affects anything that would be related to Dex. Affects base move speed, number of actions, and your ability to dodge.
You were in your mid 20s and working as a junior associate in a modest company. It might not be the most glamorour job that someone could have but it was the best you could do straight out of college. "Izumi, can you get this data to me by the end of today?"
"Yes!" Unfortunately, ever since you got the job you've been busy. Your life has revolved around pleasing your bosses to hopefully move up the company faster.
"I... I have to endure this for her." The only one that pops up into your mind was your beloved girlfriend. You've been with her for almost three years now and she was the only reason you can still smile at work. "I have to do this for Mai."
You knew that if it wasn't for your girlfriend, you would've quit this job a long time ago. However since you had big plans this year you had to show yourself worthy of her. "I'm going to ask her to marry me this year!" You made up your mind and your heart was motivated.
"Izumi, get this to me as well." The requests start pouring in especially after lunch.
By three in the afternoon, all you wanted to do was finally go home and relax. "Ah... Mai... I want to see you already..." You sigh out. However, the picture of Mai on your desk would have to do for now. Just then, you receive a text from her.
"Hey Izumi! How are you doing today? Are we still on for dinner after work? It is our anniversary tonight"
"Ah! That's right it was our anniversary today..." You thought to yourself.
[ ] "Yeah we are still on!" Try and sneak out of the office without anybody seeing you.
[ ] There's no way your boss will let you go early tonight. "Ah I can't." She usually drags you out to drink at the nearby bar.
[ ] Custom
>remember that you forgot to take your very important psychological meds this morning
Let's give it a "nice" start.
>>44439839
[ ] "Yeah we are still on!" Try and sneak out of the office without anybody seeing you.
So yuri quest, third attempt?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The weekly updating continues!
Commissar Holt is a bad-ass motherfucker.
>>44439589
>Commissar Holt is a bad-ass motherfucker.
I mean I don't read this but he doesn't really seem like one for beating up a kid.
>>44439621
Who's a kid?
Link to the webcomic: http://eagleordinary.smackjeeves.com/
So if Age of Sigmar is just WH:FB later in the timeline, how are they going to advance the story/create new material for normal Warhammer Fantasy?
>>44439111
Protip, they aren't
>>44439111
The old world is gone and ended. Everything is continuing in AoS now.
Black library may still sell the old books in digital, but no new content.
Age of Sigmar is the continuation of the story, with End Times bridging the gaps between the 2. And instead of doing a stagnant setting with AoS, they plan on doing a continuing story with it. Something different.
40k and old warhammer were stuck in their timeline, but with AoS it is supposed to be different.
>inb4 veritable shitstorm over aos
So I picked up some WHFB stuff a while back (a starter kit like thing of some kind) because I was going to try and get into minis gaming. Assuming I ever figure out the rules, does this mean that it basically won't be a thing anymore? Or would it still be something people will be selling? And if I have to get Age of Sigmar instead, does it play the same way and have all the same rules?
A friend and I recently created a game type for magic. So far its extremely fun, we've named it "Luck of the Draw" It's based off of the card Worldfire. Our gamer-tags are TheLuckyPotato and Var Tris
>>44438622
what
Rules:
-20, no repeats except for basic lands.
-Monocolored decks
-No instants
-Max handsize is 2 cards
-Players start at 1 life
-Players play best 2/3 with different decks each time
-Opponent chooses order of decks
-Must only take creature damage (attacking and abilities only)
>>44438741
And yes I know my handwriting is shit
tried making a thread on /b/. didnt last long. basically i bought pic related and i have the expansion coming on the firt of the month. i also ordered some heroscape tiles. my family and girlfriend love it. what i want to know is is this game catching on? i read up on the discontinuation of heroscape and the rebranding and it seems like that will help. lets just talk about this wonderful game.
should i but a second base set?
do you play alot of this?
lets talk
>>44438131
any former heroscape players who have an opinion on this? any cheap terrain places? this shits absurdly expensive
>>44438218
Ebay and flea markets, pray you're lucky. Otherwise, buy some pieces, get some resin, start casting your own.
It's a fun game, but I figure it'll be dead by the end of 2016. WotC isn't really pushing it very hard.
>>44438412
that sucks. if i could just get like one more expansion and maybe some official tile packs id be so happy. i just want decent replayability.
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