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I broke up with one of my groups tonight, /tg/.
I joined them back in April to try out DnD5e. We had some good times: 3 GMs, rotating game schedule, couple of homebrews, general fun.
A couple of months ago, I stopped having fun. A couple of the players had started to just come across as obnoxious, the games became increasingly uninspired and railroady, and the gameplay seemed to devolve into an arms race of oneupsmanship.
And yet it seemed like everyone else was still having a blast. I still don't know if anyone else feels the same way.
Tonight...
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>>44437915
We have players do that pretty frequently in our group. Nobody really holds it against them. Sometimes you just need a break to appreciate the game.
I have friends that I can talk about /tg/ stuff with, but not game with. Just like I have some friends I would go to jail for but would last two weeks with as a roommate.
Just figure out the boundaries and work from there.
>>44437915
Man, I know this is going to happen to me at some point, because I've been a ForeverDM for nearly 3 years straight now, and I've been with my current main group for 2, and while they're awesome people and I love playing with them, I know that I'm gonna start losing the touch as a DM and their interest in the campaign will slip.
I know that at some point, I'll get burned out on the lack of any sort of recognition or thanks for the work I put in, as ungrateful as that sounds.
Mostly...
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Alright boys. I'm LARPing soon, and Jim Beam is the only way I'm making it through. Need help coming up with rules for a LARP drinking game to play on site. Because it's a scout camp, alcohol isn't alowed, so naturally the goal is to blackout.
Every time someone casts magic missile
>>44437772
Every time you see a mismatched character.
>Behemoth of a grill playing a noble instead of an ogre
>Scrawny paleshit playing fighter instead of peasant with wasting illness.
etc.
Alternatively any time you involuntarily cringe.
What's the specific larp?
Also, you do know that by drinking on a BSA camp, you will get the entire organization kicked off the site and blacklisted from getting to use any BSA camps in that conference, right? I'm not saying that can't be a deliberate goal, but know what you're doing before you do it, yeah?
Assuming this is an American fantasy larp like NERO:
>Any time you see modern clothing
>Any time you see a "hot dog" sword instead of something that actually looks like...
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How would you intoduce/use the concept of Haki in your setting?
For those who don't know what it is, it's a special ability that can be learned that allows the use of various high level abilities such as empowering your body and strikes to allow you to strike individuals who would normally be immune to normal damage (such as people who can turn their bodies into insubstational substances). This ability can also be extended to any items held by the user such as swords. Another abiliy is the sense Haki which allows you to "feel" the presence of people...
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>>44437568
Make the Barbarian so angry he can punch ghosts, elementals, and extra-dimensional super beings. Pure unstoppable rage.
The fuck did you just say to me?
>>44437602
This guy does things right.
>want to play a class that uses charisma as it's primary stat
>don't want to play the party face
Help.
Just convince the barbarian that he is literally a god.
Play a class that doesn't use charisma then?
You're fuck ugly, got a grating personality and you're not much for conversation.
But when you speak, people *listen.*
Alright /tg/, be honest
How heretical have you been this year?
>>44437506
Extra.
>>44437506
I went on Disney Channel's website without my parents' permission.
>>44437506
Not very.
Fapped to xenos. Lots of xenos.
Couldn't find any witches to burn.
No heretics to purge either.
Did honor the Machine God and also fapped to android porn however.
Honestly feel pretty bad for disappointing the Emperor.
I did enjoy and contribute to the Ice Wraiths thread though, so there's that.
You're now in charge of designing a moderate quality, mass producable spacesuit for people to wear outside in the generic space opera setting in which you live. What qualities will you prioritize in said spacesuit?
We talkin' spacewalks? I'd make that shit durable and easy to repair.
But if I'm making standard uniforms, the first thing I'm putting on that shit is pockets.
>>44437264
The skintight suit making dat ass look as amazing as possible.
>>44437264
How many times are you going to make this fucking thread?
Let's talk classes for a bit, shall we?
What are your thoughts about them? Do you prefer them as strict guidelines where you can move around in, as starting points where you can do anything you want after receiving the starting bonus, maybe very vague columns of progression that let you enter a certain skill tree but still allow customization?
Maybe a myriad of very specific jobs? Or perhaps no classes at all?
hearty bump
I feel like this was asked earlier today, but I don't see it, so let's take a swing anyway.
For what it's worth, I dislike class systems, personally. I feel like D&D-style classes are far too constricting. You're shoehorned into "fighter swings sword really good, ranger shoots arrow really good (and light magic), paladin smites evil really good, bard fucks you're waifu really good," et cetera. There's some variance within those- 5e has made strides in the right direction, from what I've seen- but they're still restrictive.
I'd...
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>>44437120
I've also got an NPC who's a chromed-up street samurai, all "metal and machine guns", but has a few points' worth of being an aspected mage left over. He's able to toss in a fireball on occasion instead of a grenade. Being a wizard doesn't mean you're ONLY a wizard.
Any archetype can overlap, you don't have to fully fit within one. Social face/rigger? Sure! Mage/samurai? Sure! Purely within whatever you want- say, a dedicated hacker? Not a problem. Gives you the...
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Is it immersion-breaking and verisimilitude-shattering to include a revolving/repeating cannon in a setting that otherwise has standard 18th century technology?
if you feel it is
>>44435464
Hello, did anyone ask for a revolving/repeating cannon from the 18th century?
>>44435634
Commercial failure and the caliber's too small for it to be a cannon.
Can anyone explain forum-based role playing to me? (Play by post? Online rp? Whatever it is called?)
Is it still a thing?
Where should I start looking to join a good one?
I always made fun of those kids but now, alone with only a shoddy internet connection and shoddier laptop, I am considering giving it a shot.
>>44435349
also I was inspired by the classic story
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/26565579/
Which is also the extent of my knowledge on the subject.
>>44435349
what kind?
like complete freeform,what you might call "collaborative writing" or d20 and post?
It's kind of like playing by text on something like roll20 or skype, except slower and the better ones usually expect you to put out about a paragraph per post.
As far as I'm aware it's still very much a thing, the hardest part is just finding the good forums to play on. Sure shit like gaia is still around, but there's a reason it's considered a joke. There's a handful of other private forums out there, but good luck finding them through google.
My players are about to encounter the BBEG for the first time in our campain, only had two sessions which has been them traveling upriver on a ship, having to stop once to fight some beastmen who ambushed some crewmen while hunting, (Its a long fuckin river) and once to raise some drawbridges. The BBEG is a lich, dressed ... fancifully... think italian renassiance and he leads this doomsday cult or whatever, so really what I guess I'm asking is, what do you as GM do to make your BBEGS particularly memorable, or as a player when did the BBEG make a particularly big impression...
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>>44435309
Is this Heart of Darkness with a Lich Kurtz?
>>44435357
Thats actually amazing, and a surprisingly accurate comparison save for they aren't trying to get him, they don't even know he exists yet, he just happens to be in the way.
I like to make it personal. Make the bbeg take a big shit on them, directly. Burn down their hometown. Steal the necklace their dying mother gave them. Kidnap their girlfriend or whatever. Cast a curse on them. Just give them a reason to hate him besides "he's evil and is doing evil things"
During the war, a terrible event has befallen your nation!
Word has reached the capital that the kingdom's army, yes the ENTIRE army has been wiped, the scattered survivors fled, and the nation now utterly defenseless.
This was the responsibility of, and this is true beyond a shadow of doubt, five.
A party of five monstrously powerful persons sent by the rival kingdom. Somehow, this party of individuals have utterly bested the army in combat with terrible power. Supposedly comprising of a Soldier, a Cleric, a Wizard, a Ranger, and a Barbarian.
They...
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>>44435142
>the ENTIRE army has been wiped
What Kingdom?
Serving as a beacon of hope, the frightened, scattered and defenseless masses of the kingdom take up arms, and rally behind the five heroes.
Either scream, beg for mercy, or worship them as gods. If that doesn't work, pray to whatever deity you happen to worship that the wizard will land a crit for damage, but a crit fail for accuracy, thus killing themselves by suicide.
Was there ever a time rules wise when the tactical marine was good?
>>44434435
Yes. Necromunda.
>>44434435
Always?
3rd an 4th i know tactical was good. 5th was okay? (i dunno I was always too busy hacking filthy xenos scum usually to notice how "good" regular tac marine were). Haven't played since then.
>>44434500
>Always
No.
>>44434435
4E during Rhino Rush, but only because Scouts can't take Rhinos.
7E because they unlock free transports in Gladius. With bolter scouts at BS4 it's arguable whether or not a CAD with Librarius and Centurions or straight up bikers are superior to battle company.
Maybe in 2E when they had different rules for armor saves and when Guardsmen cost like 14 points.
For 90% of...
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Use their guts to grease the treads of our tanks edition
Hello everyone and welcome to ShitterNormie's Machine Civ part 10!
>What's happening in the civ Shitter?
Excellent question anon! We are the head AI of a group of drones and multi-purpose machines. Remember anon...if the main AI is destroyed the civ is lost!
>Where are we Shitter?
We are located in the side of a volcano. Our base (which can be given a new name) was built by our old masters: The gnomes. They're dead now because...
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IMMEDIATE UNIT CHECKUP INITIATED
>Drones: 15 advanced grabber drones (3, base 1)(5 base 2)(5 SU), 16 gunner drones(16 Orc camp), 3 maintenance drones(3 base 1), 1 eye drone (1 base 1), 1 #6 (master bard, adds +1 to all rolls he is associated with) (1 Orc camp), 12 inferno drones (12 Orc camp), 1 #11(1 Orc camp), 30 laser drones (30 Orc camp), 15 dirty bomb drones (15 Orc camp)
>Machines of Burden: 2 Trade Caravan Machines of Burden (1 base 1)(1 base 2)
> Humanoid Machines: 4 multi-purpose...
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YAY!
IMMEDIATE STATUS UPDATE INITIATED
>Power supply: amazing
>Weapons we can produce: Laser pistols and rifles
>Moral: Your bots are relishing in their victory (#6 is proud of himself)
>Religion: The Mechanical Mother
>Allies: Gnolls (The Gnolls are honorary machines) (4/5 are armed with laser pistols and rifles) (Gnollbots have some pick axes), Skaven (Skaven trade available) (Skaven military help available) (Skaven follower...
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What did you guys get this holiday season?
>>44433095
headache
>>44433095
Indigestion, I also ran out of pepto bismol and had to spend Christmas night on the toilet.
screwed up my neck
What are the most general categories of magic? I'm thinking about how to make a magic system and for that I need to figure out what the general categories for magic would be and then specialize downward. Here's what I've got so far
Attack: Simply any spell that is designed to cause direct damage to the target. Lighting bolt, fire ball, that sort of thing
Enhancement/buff: Any spell designed to confer positive attributes or effects to the target. Stone skin, healing, etc
Curse/debuff: Any spell designed to confer negative attributes or effects...
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>>44432799
not a single reply.
Depressing.
>>44432799
Try GURPS thaumatology and GURPS powers. Both give a wide array of different options for categorizing your magic.
>>44435161
Probably because they can't think of anything that falls under those categories. I, personally can't.
Or they just aren't interested, I'm not one to judge.
