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24 Adversaries and counting!
I'm not going to be adding any Adversaries until tomorrow, so try to focus on downloading the new ones, playing some matches and getting your names on the player list.
Adversary is a new, custom format for Magic: The Gathering intended to be played over Cockatrice.
>How is it played?
In Adversary, players select an Adversary card from an existing archive, or create their own. These Adversaries enter play from turn one, and possess abilities that change the way the game is played. If you've...
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First for postan Shiramon
>>44360536
>OP pic
This card is quite a bit more blck than it is red. AFAIK, there's only two cards in the game that give -1/-1 counters in red without also being black.
Ignoring every red card with Wither
Merry Christmas fa/tg/uys and ca/tg/irls! Dump some seasonal /tg/ pics, stories etc, and share if you got any /tg/ gifts!
>>44379950
This guy really is a pc worthy Santa
To our Battletech Bros!
Talk to me, /tg/. What was your favorite roleplaying moment with another player's character? Did they fight? Did they befriend each other? Did they get drunk and wake up next to each other with matching tattoos and a wedding ring on their respective fingers?
Probably my favorite was our characters sort of getting separated from most of the action. My character had the ability to teleport but only to random locations, so for a long time it was just our two characters traveling together through strange lands and getting to know one another since they were strangers to each other upon getting separated. Also kind of cool since the other character was a villain. I think I liked it because in contrast to most of the game, very little combat happened while they were together, it was simply just trying to find their way back to places...
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Reposting mine from >>44380563
It can be difficult, but it depends on how the system handles combat and its consequences.
One of my best experiences ever in a roleplaying game was in Legends of the Wulin, when my PC and another character finally came to blows. It had been brewing for a while, they'd gotten off on the wrong foot and never really seen eye to eye, even their Elemental associations were different, as were their methods and approaches to almost everything.
The battle...
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>>44379782
>start group 4 years back
>of original six, only myself, Dm, and one other left
>DM is DM so naturally he can only be so palsy when we play
>but other guy and I are more or less playing on the same level since the beginning
>fuck shit up, enjoy the storyline, constantly try to get each other killed for shits n giggles
>He has successfully murdered me (directly or otherwise) 4 times
>I have reciprocated twice (once arguably being his own doing)
>now playing with an old friend of mine
>he's a liberal
>Really, liberal
>I mean, CALIFORNIA liberal. It leaks in-game pretty hard
>bitches non-stop when we even joke about in-game child abduction or domestic terrorism
>so attached to his character he won't shit if there's a risk of death
>makes his combat turns long as fuck and the game ultimately boring
>really starts to fuck up our vibes
>so now we just spend the whole game fucking with him
>making awful decisions
>spending money on stupid shit (read: whoring and gambling)
>trusting blatantly evil NPCs
>insisting we take on absurd and suicidal odds
>one time he actually got up, walked around the table, and hit me in the face
>I was laughing too hard to care
>and he hits like a California pussy
he won't admit it but he actually seems to enjoy working us out of these scrapes. He's almost started to loosen up, shame we're probably gonna push him too far one day and make him rage quit the whole campaign
Okay so I risk like sounding like more of a fucking retard than I already am fa/tg/uys, but I'm legit wondering:
>Why does everyone hate Horus Heresy?
>What's so bad about GURPs?
>Why is there such a defined split between people who are crazy about 4e and people who absolutely hate 4e?
>What even is up with the Eldrazi? On a related note, what the fuck planeswalkers??
>Why is there always, undoubtedly, INEVITABLY...
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>babbys first troll
Here is your reply
>44379322
>Why is there always, undoubtedly, INEVITABLY a That Guy in a ttrpg group?
something about human psychology demanding a whipping boy in any given social group probably
>>44379344
Read the subject asshat. I have a bit of experience with ttrpgs, but I'm still clueless on some stuff, so if you wouldn't mind just answering a question instead of jerking yourself off atop your high horse?
Hear ye, hear ye. I hereby call to order this meeting of the most illustrious Mages' Guild! It seems that that special time that comes once a year where we can get drunk and take as many suggestive chemicals as possible. The gift giving begins now, and whoever is the one who gave the apprentices snake hands as a present, please only give it to those who actually need the punishment. And please report those who have been egging my room in such a order that the yolk spells out the holiday we are celebrating now. They will be put in my, uh, personal collection. The feasts...
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Eh? All guilds coming..here?!
We invited all the guilds?
Well, I've heard worse plans.
>>44378754
>Emilia enters wearing a far more regal outfit than normal
Phew, after a rambunctious year, a break is something we really need.
>>44378733
It says "OP is a faget".
Rolled 12 + 3 (1d20 + 3)
OK, rolling INT
more text pls
Hey, /tg/.
Let's talk game design. There's hundreds and hundreds of PnP/tabletop game systems out there. If someone wanted to make a new one, I think it'd be in their best interests to tackle something not over-saturated.
Medieval fantasy is already beaten to death with D&D, Pathfinder and a swarth of others. "Why would I play System X when I can just play Pathfinder/Fantasycraft/etc".
For futuristic shit (of varying degrees), you've got Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2020, Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader, Traveler, and some others. You *might* be able to make an oddball title for this genre but I think the interest is small enough and already covered.
For 'modern' gothic horror stuff, you have basically the entire White Wolf catalog of games, Call of Cthulhu, AFMBE, Don't Rest Your Head, etc.
I'm not the most versed guy when it comes to tabletop systems, but how much stuff is out there for like, modern day? I don't mean modern day with magic, or vampires and shit. I mean modern day like Grand Theft Auto/Army of Two/etc.
I know d20 Modern, and that's it. I know GURPS can do anything, but that's not what I'm asking. Are there any tabletop games that were made specifically for a contemporary modern setting?
Don't even give a fuck about genre. Unless you innovate your mechanics your game will just be added to the long list of shit games nobody cares about.
Look at Dungeon World. It goes out of its fucking way to ape D&D's trappings while doing so with flavor of the month's PbtA's mechanics. And it's hot shit as far as the idiots who eat that shit up are concerned.
People who want trad are already up to their eyeballs in it. Trad games are dead. The only thing that generates buzz is mechanically interesting games.
>>44378633
I think genre is important as well though. I agree 100% that the mechanics have to be new and interesting, and also simple enough for 'tardos.
I don't want Lamentations of the Flame Princess or Dungeon World II though.
>>44378481
Feng Shui is probably the most popular "modern" game that people actually play. There's Fiasco, which doesn't really fit the image of pnp RPG in my opinion.
Spycraft and Ninjas & Superspies are both good but dated. That's the real problem with making a modern/contemporary game. Depending on what you use/do, things that are "modern" now can be laughable in just 3-4 years.
Just because they are the most reasonable race and don't send their soldiers into meatgrinder and use diplomacy doesn't mean they aren't dark as they are a totalitarian system disguising itself as a union Soviet Union style. So fuck you. Tau best race.
>>44377916
Eat shit,Tau cunt.
The Imperium endures.
>>44377916
>reasonable race and don't send their soldiers into meatgrinder
>not feeding the meatgrinder
fuck off you goddamn cowards
IRON WITHIN IRON WITHOUT
>>44377916
I don't know how anyone can not see the shades of dark in the Tau. They're a full on propaganda machine that uses gunboat diplomacy and their whole angle offers a perspective that hammers home the utter horror of the universe better than any other faction.
"His mind appeared to work on an entirely different plane. While humans had to stumble through their choices, hoping the one they made was the best possible, the angel simply knew. He was capable of total mercilessness, of deceit and exquisite cruelty, but the results of an action commanded by Sabathiel would always be better than any alternative course of action could have brought. The angel, however heartless and wrong he seemed at the time, was always right."
Why aren't more outsiders like this in tabletop games? This one in particular is Sabathiel, the leader of the Bannor (Paladins who accidentally got sent to hell and broke out) from Fall From Heaven. Just reading that text made me really reconsider how to use angels and fiends in my games.
>>44377525
Nobody likes Mary Sues.
>>44377540
Calling that a Mary Sue is like calling Asmodeus one. This sort of stuff is definitely something an Archangel or Empyreal Lord could do.
Also IIRC in that universe the Angels and Demons weren't really good or bad, they were just locked in an eternal dick measuring contest with eachother and using the mortal races as pawns to fight eachother.
>>44377525
1. Such characters frequently overshadow the players
2. 'Perfect' characters can easily be seen as boring
3. >>44377540
4. Many, many games don't work at a power level where such outsiders are appropriate
5. Many other games simply don't have outsiders in them
So really, you need a high powered D&D-like game, where you manage to make the Angels flawed or are happy (and your players are happy) with your perfect angels, and...
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>fishlike sirens
>furry kobolds, either reptilian or mammalian
>snake or lionlike lamia
>archer gorgon; gorgons with the lower body of a snake
>female angels
>female centaurs and satyrs
why is so hard for people to do some research instead of perpetuating misconceptions?
Why is it so hard for OPs to not be faggots?
>>44377115
It's in their blood.
But without Archer Gorgon, what Myth Unit would Hera give you? She's already a poor second to Hephestaus with the Plenty Vault and Colossus.
>wanna test out my Vintage Terra Nova deck because I made a few new changes to it
>Go on cockatrice to try it out
>Start a room
>First guy shows up with Modern Tron
>Second guy with Modern Elves
>Third guy with some Standard deck.
It's really a shame there's not death penalty anymore.
>>44376628
Non-eternal player genocide WHEN.
>>44376846
not soon enough brother.
>>44376846
>tfw Wizards of the Coast won't start the day of the rope.
I'm tired of them not supporting eternal players.
Hey, i've been playing with my group for quite some time now and I really love our adventures together. But lately I and some of the other players noticed that everyone is getting their fair share of personal Plotlines and tradegies except for me. All NPCs are pretty indifferent to my Character and although i've really tried to either fuck their shit up or befriend them, i've never had to suffer any consequences or gotten anyone to interact with me without me starting the interaction. Everyone else has had a lot of personal drama, we play a game that thrives on...
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Aaah, just to clarify what I meant by Personal Plotlines i'll post an example: One of the other Players had a romantic interest for like a session and a half and she immediately got kiddnapped by the main villain resulting in lots of personal drama. My character had a l.i. for like two years and nothing happend. The other Character broke up with his girlfriend and she went nuts, faked a pregnancy and tried to kill the whole party. My Character broke up and nothing happened, the NPC was sad then moved to another country.
>>44376466
If you have a problem, talk to your group about what that problem is. That's called being an adult.
Doesn't take a genius.
>>44376556
Sounds like you are getting your personal plot line anon.
You're on the naughty list
>>44376453
Piss of you glass jawed "I was only pretending to be retarded" dog fucker.
>>44376470
that's why you're on the shit list bitch
>>44376453
How was I supposed to know the Emperor wasn't a fan of Sword Art Online!?
What is the second most popular army after Muhreens and which is the least popular one?
Currently Eldar because BUHROKEN!!!!
As for the least popular, stick around here for a day and you should be able to make an educated guess
>>44376261
Sororitas are the least popular.
Sure they get some loving here, but if that would be reflected in their sales, we would be swimming in new models.
>>44376261
Most likely Eldar or Tau
Least popular Sisters or Black Templars.
If we are talking real armies, probably Orks.
Are there any RPGs that let me play as a high powered occultist like Yakub?
>>44376246
What assclownery am I looking at?
I can't tell if it's background material fora a straight comedy game or badly done parody.
>>44376447
The Yakub thing was made up by The Nation of Islam, as the supposed created of white people 6000 years ago.
>>44376460
Bronze age people had access to genetic engineering.
Again I have to ask.
Wat?
