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So, I'm thinking of picking up Ars Magica on the basis that it supposedly has the best magic system ever written, and it was the system that inspired M:tA, which I enjoyed.
That said, I don't know that much about it beyond you play as wizards in wizard towers doing wizard shit and playing politics in fantasy medieval Europe.
What am I in for, what should I expect, and what else can you tell me?
>>44315426
What is the magic system like in this game? I think I'll look up a copy of the PDF, but if anyone would be kind enough to give me a brief description, to see if I'd even be interested, I would appreciate it.
The setting is where certain elements of the WoD got their start. Namely the douchebag Tremere of VtM and the hermetics of MtA, both of whom were under one Order of Hermes originally. This is also Rein (splat) Hagen's first "look at all the factions!" game, as the Houses of Hermes come from differing origins and are united in the Dark Ages in the face of extinction as Christianity rises in power. Forward to the 1200s as their fears are being realized, and the various Magi worry that even their traditional isolation won't be enough to preserve the Order or...
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>>44315937
The verbs are, in English: Create, Destroy, Change, Control, and Detect.
The nouns are: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Body, Mind, Illusion, Plant, Animal. and Power.
Spells are typically one noun and one verb, expressed at a power/skill level. Some spells will have more than one noun or verb, making them harder to cast and research.
Just curious, but how would someone go about creating an undead paladin for a game session? It seems most settings make them almost impossible.
>>44315310
Depends on the setting and the deity.
If it's a setting where positive energy harms the undead, then the paladin would have issues. If the deity hates the undead unreasoningly, then the paladin would have issues.
If neither of those things are true, so long as the paladin is sentient and faithful enough, why not?
>>44315497
Well, paladin could just get brought back to life to continue.
A undead paladin seeking justice on his murderer so he can rest. I like it.
>A device can convert someone's entire body into data, to the point where they are literally just data with a physical form.
Assuming this digital body could do everything the old one could, what would be the advantages?
>>44315248
In silico cloning
>>44315248
Effective teleportation?
The ability to physically modify your body as desired?
People literally stepping onto the internet?
Electric viruses becoming an even bigger problem?
Cybersex becoming literally true?
>>44315306
Does this mean monster girls?
Morgoth in Warhammer Fantasy.
What happens /tg/?
Gets soft retconned.
>>44315176
WHFB already has a UBBEG.
Morgoth nor Nagash share power.
>>44315176
He besmirches the good name of bludgeoning weapons
How much would you spend on full portraits for your characters? Say for something of similar level to pic related
>>44315172
>far right
would fuck
>>44315172
for just a pencil and pen, like $10. With color, maybe $20
>>44315185
Holy fuck dude control yourself.
>>44315172
$10/character for something really nice
Thanks to the airing of Digimon Tri I've recently gotten back into my love of digimon, and because of that I've been trying to think of the best way to incorporate it and my love of tabletops. Right now the idea I have is to use Monsters and Other Childish Things and fluff it to digimon, letting the players make their own digimon. I'm looking to see if anyone has used MaOCT for a Digimon game before, how it went, or for suggestions for any other system to use.
I'm afraid I can't help you there. I've roleplayed in a Digimon setting before, but not with that system, though it seems like a great choice to me.
Got any questions regarding story, or do you have that all figured out?
>>44315264
Not sure on the story yet, I figured I would try to find a system before I start looking for plot hooks. Thought I'd might like to set it in a Digimon World 2 setting with the guilds and shit.
>>44315079
Previous thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/44275097/
Character sheet and NPC list: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17bda_sEoN2i6M06aOBVm5uYpL5KYNgUjVDAonYi3rKA/edit
Before I actually tally up the votes from last thread and write up the new update, I'm going to answer the questions that were asked last time, so expect a slight delay before the proper start of the quest.
Mechanical questions first.
1. There are, in fact, dice rolls for taking shots. I dunno why this wasn't clear, but here's how it works: Suggest a general course of action, roll a d100 for each shot you want to take, and any non-contradictory plans will be used. The result, followed by any modifiers, is converted to a percentage value rating how well it worked.
Post numbers can contribute to this, with varying effects.
2. Reloading USUALLY does not waste ammunition. Your rifle has an internal magazine, so as far as I can determine, you load in...
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You nod shakily, managing to make your way over to the wall before you collapse on the ground, facing away from both corpses. You've seen people die before, but getting chopped in half with a sword? That wasn't something you were prepared for. The adrenalin rush you're just now starting to come down from doesn't help - your hands are cold, trembling, and you still feel like you need to throw up. Sometimes coming out of a fight is worse than being in one, and this is one of those times; it's just now starting to hit you that Sam died screaming her life...
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>>44315699
That done, you look over your rifle, reloading it in the process. There's no way it should have left injuries like that in whatever it was you just killed, not with its sheer bulk and the obvious armor underneath the naked muscles and fat. But despite the clearly unusual results, it doesn't seem any different. Maybe the thing had some kind of freaky magic lead allergy or something? But Davey's shotgun was doing almost nothing to it. Still, you don't have any real way to test it properly (aside...
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You have always wanted to be an emperor. That ambition has burned dimly in the past, tempered by reality. Now the opportunity to realise your ambition has arrived and you are determined not to let it slip. Now is the time to build your empire and become an emperor.
Last Thread: You are the mercenary spellblade Saul Waise, in command of a mercenary company that is currently seizing a large amount of territory in the hopes of forming an empire. Last thread you infiltrated a tower in Vitria in order to kill a vampire and then turned her into paste.
Previous Threads:...
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>>44313927
End of last post was
That just leaves the daywalker in the centre. Who is no longer there.
Where did they go?
There’s no power to be found in the dressing room, which makes you worried. You…
>1. Check the dressing room.
>2. Leave the tower now, before much more attention arrives.
>3. Ignore the dressing room but interrogate one of the nightwalkers that Lynn and Gnome didn’t kill (yet), they might...
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>>44313984
>1. Check the dressing room.
>"You know, you're supposed to keep the blood IN you,Waise. You'd make a shitty vampire"
Blackwater after Saul destroyed half of the vampires in Taour
