I've made a setting recently that I'd need a generic system for. which is the better system, GURPS or Basic Roleplaying System?
>pic related to setting
>>44289150
Pic related will not work in either.
Gurps is for autists, BRP is for GMs who know what they're doing. You might want Wushu. Fate could work. But I will venture a guess that your setting is ten pages of fanwankery without structure or genre, so it really doesn't matter. Use D20.
>>44289638
well so far the setting doesn't even fill 1 page. it's a vague idea.
>>44289748
Well without so much as even a vague idea of your vague idea there is no way we can help you.
What powers the undead?
Vampires don't have hearts, for instance. That's why they drink blood.
So, what force is keeping them alive?
inb4 "undead aren't real"
>>44289139
>Vampires don't have hearts, for instance.
Then what is it you pierce with a stake to kill them?
>>44289139
Vampires totally have hearts. They just don't produce any new blood while they're living blood deteriorates after death. They drink blood to keep their bodies functioning and their dead heart beating.
Also magic.
>>44289139
Being undead is magic, not a fucking medical condition.
Welcome one, and I welcome you all to the tale of a world called Thespia.
Here is the odyssey of one that clings to this world with no face of their own! In a place where magic is fundamental to all of creation, all who live wear their lives upon their face, where a fire might wish to be the cooking fire of an inn!
Previously the Faceless set boundaries with a clingy Protean foxwoman, letting her know of his role's status as a widowed man. Bereft with guilt, she had begun to flee yet the faceless urged her to stay.
Feeling that the rebels could potentially become a greater fighting force with the right "Allies," The Faceless incites them to seek out pacts, finding the old innkeep, Valce a friend in a simple campfire while the Huntress, Oddette, made do with a far more vicious partner.
As she performed her trial, The faceless assisted Mira in getting her two pacts to work together and let the girl train on her own as he fell into slumber and saw visions of his Face's past.
His old allies and friends under the cloak of night and a young Hylon King by the name of Acer...
What trials shall we overcome? We shall see.
The Twitter!
> https://twitter.com/Faceless_Quest
If you have questions...
>http://ask.fm/Dranzy
And a log of the quest!
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Quest%20Of%20The%20Faceless
And The Faceless!
http://pastebin.com/dDstf0SN
>>44289069
Meditation is a fitful slumber as you struggle with Dramir's sorrows, hatred, and thirst for revenge. As you awaken in your claimed bedchambers, you hear the sounds of a waning day as the Concerto Crickets tune their instruments before their nightly performance. The hustle of the liberated Guisi dies down as you can see through the window, fires built up to burn away the chill of the night and allow the many freed to celebrate as well as remember those that have returned their threads to Thespia.
A deep breath fills your lungs with the crisp smoke of burning wood, uttering a slight cough.
Dramir's gone silent in your heart once more, waiting and watching for the resolution you've offered to his grief.
There's a creak at your back as the door opens, the red-furred ears of Eko peeking in before the rest of her head follows. She looks at you with a vacant animalistic stare for a moment until her eyes come into focus. “Hello there Reaper. Are you feeling well?”
“As well as I might.” You say just a step above a whisper. Her ears flick as they catch your words.
“I'll be leaving tomorrow morning to face the Lord of Bikanel Manor. I've been told that he's a naive, insufferable prat, but we'll see.”
The fox woman meanders further in, her footsteps as gentle as they might be stepping over the freshly fallen leaves of autumn. She starts to reach out as she nears, but she catches your gaze and falters, keeping to herself rather meekly, “It is not the business of we Proteans to interfere in affairs with Thespians in such a way. At best, we like to stay out of the limelight... If I were to accompany...”
>>44289089
“I do not believe that I even began to ask you to ask that you come with us.” You turn more fully, and stare at the fox woman as her ears droop under your scrutiny. “You assisted me, and you saved those children... However you let the others die. I am not sure what to think of if you call that avoiding Thespian disputes.”
“I... am sorry.” Eko nearly mumbles before raising her volume, “Magic of the Thread may be imposing to some, however to a PoP magician like yourself, I am nothing. If only you could smell the concentration of Fate that you pacted Thespians command. If I'd intervened with that Murderer, I'd have died as well. Who would've...”
“I do not need excuses Eko.” You turn away from her, clenching the rim of the window as you consider your choices throughout her imposed silence.
>[“I would have you with us. However, do not expect us to forgive that.”]
>[“As mad as I am, I understand. You're free to come with us if you wish.”]
>[“Do what you will, however I will not tolerate it if you follow us.”]
>[Write in.]
>>44289104
>[“As mad as I am, I understand. You're free to come with us if you wish.”]
Only 40 minutes delay.
Fuck terminus edition
>>44288871
Miracles: best deck ever
Just bought Entombs and other misc. Burning Reanimator stuff, it seems like a cool deck. You don't get that blue consistency, but you have 10 tutors, 10 discard effects, and 10 reanimation spells in the main, along with a pretty solid wishboard. It's been pretty consistent from what I've seen so far, I like it more than Tin Fins.
PLAY THIS IT'LL PUT SOME HAIR ON YOUR CHEST
Age: 735
Location: Unknown planet
Information: After successfully defeating Zarbon and Dodoria, and receiving a warning of the possibility that Frieza would send his most powerful men, Daikon and his team engaged in training, and, in the process, Daikon's power shot up to a level the scouters were incapable of reading. Word came in of a world under attack, and Daikon ordered the ship to go there. As the ship travelled, Daikon tested his new ability of energy sensing, finding he was quite skilled at it. Unfortunately, an attempt at energy suppression ended in disaster, and caused the ship to crash on an unknown world. Now, with the ship heavily damaged, several crew members dead, and no idea where they are, Daikon and the others must find a way to escape.
Welcome to Saiyan Quest. This takes place in the years Frieza controlled Planet Vegeta, as the Saiyans grow in strength and try to find a way to free themselves.
Voting will operate on a first to five system, at least for the time being.
Dialogue is allowed to be added to votes, as are actions (though I'll ignore what I consider shitposting)
During battles, options will usually have a number assigned to them. After that vote has won, players will roll a d100, and have three chances to match or beat that number.
If a 100 is rolled, it is considered a crit success (unless 100 was the number you had to match).
If a 1 is rolled, it is a crit failure, regardless of whether or not the other two rolls are high enough to succeed.
If, during a battle, players want to attempt a writein action, that is allowed, but I am the one who will assign the number to it, so use caution
You're a young male Saiyan who fought in the war with the Tuffles. You've become one of the most powerful Saiyans in the universe, but there's still potential for you to grow stronger.
Previous threads
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=saiyan+quest
https://twitter.com/qmdralo
Power Levels (as of the start of this thread)
http://pastebin.com/JvPqwvaU
Toma is with you. Soko and Totapo are safe in their healing tanks, and Kamatsuna is on the bridge. That leaves the others for you to find.
You can sense a pair of fairly substantial power levels somewhere on the ship, and some others somewhere in the distance.
>A. Try to raise everyone on the scouters
>B. Go find the two on the ship
>C. Search for the powers outside of the ship
>D. Return to the bridge
>E. Something else
>>44288756
>B. Go find the two on the ship
Previously, you tooled around with your new alchemy before making something that lives only to suffer. Hiss eventually pushes you out of your alchemy hole and forces you on an adventure.
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Thing where you ask questions: http://ask.fm/OuroQM
>>44287726
The familiar township of Lesser Arlinton looms in the distance as you and your companions trek ever onwards. You have left the forest and its slowly dying trees behind you and have struck out along the river which should lead you straight to the town. You remember walking this path not so long ago as just an apprentice alchemist with a snake princess in tow. An intractable, bossy snake princess who you couldn’t go five minutes without getting into a fight with.
Funny how some things stay the same despite all the change.
Hiss isn’t accompanying you this time however. She’s back in Snakehome, absorbed in a job that gives her little time for you and even less for adventure. You suppose that’s she wanted but still, walking by the river can’t help but make you feel a little nostalgic for when it was just the two of you on an ill-defined quest you didn’t know the meaning of and every waking hour was spent in the other’s presence.
But the lack of Hiss aside, you are far from alone. Aashenpreet walks by your side, much better at long-distance travel than she was when she was climbing the mountain with you. Zigzag lags behind the two of you with a dazed expression upon her face. She’s still wishbound to you and has a dazed expression upon her face, still sobering up. She’s been getting slower and slower, completely unused to walking long distances.
And your third and final companion is not walking beside you at all, hidden away inside your pack instead. Hom is still in his bottle and you hope to find him a body before your journey is through. You probably owe it to the disembodied homunculus after the recent fiasco.
>Talk to Aashenpreet.
>Reminisce to anyone who’s listening about your last trip here.
>Promise Zigzag some Oil when you reach Lesser Arlinton if she keeps up the pace.
>Arrange some other means of transport for Zigzag besides walking.
>Just get to the damn town.
>Other
>>44287735
>>Talk to Aashenpreet.
>>44287735
>Reminisce to anyone who’s listening about your last trip here.
>Arrange some other means of transport for Zigzag besides walking.
We can carry her in snake form or her tiny human form I guess.
Welcome to The Lost Island Quest. Last thread our hero, Alan Rodain, theory crafted about his powers, accidentally gave Gabby an unpleasant experience. Now, Alan spends his free time mastering the art of disciplining his mind and body.
http://pastebin.com/W5vqnRBU (Character Sheet)
http://pastebin.com/3LPDLd9u (NPCs)
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=lost+island
You've spent the last six or so days attempting to drill discipline into yourself with Gabby mentoring you. You've actually been living a rather austere lifestyle. Waking up early in the morning to meet with her by the beach to meditate until lunch. Eating a rather plain meal afterwards and then moving on to very slow, graceful, fluid movements of the body in sync with each other. Reminding yourself that the body and the mind is all one system, as Gabby told you a month prior when The Skipping Stone was coming in to dock at Seaside.
Then you move on to sparring. Not the hard, dirty and brutal fighting you and Gabby do in “real combat”, but one comprised of very simple, technical strikes and kicks that Gabby demonstrates to you beforehand. She also shows you how to use the quarterstaff you have, making sure to knock you off your feet with her own large stick many times until you figure out how to defend yourself with it.
At dinner time, she retells hard lessons she had to learn from her own instructor back on the Mainland. Tending his garden, feeding his horse, fixing his wagon. It sounds like he just roped her into doing chores for him, but she tells you each one provided a significant breakthrough she learned in terms of concentration or combat style. Thankfully, rather than making you do these things she just tells you the crux of the lesson because, in her words, 'it was a lot of tedious bullshit'.
Each day she has the two of you meditate closer and closer to the shoreline, until by the fourth day you're being hit by the tides as you focus. It is a minor distraction, compared the the life or death struggles of combat and you quickly overcome the disruption with practice.
You notice throughout your training that Gabby has grown much quieter in the passing days since you began. She spends much more of her time in what you guess is quiet contemplation. She's been drinking less, talking less, swearing less. She even managed to avoid an argument with Dolah despite a disagreement over some insignificant detail. You also see that pained look on her face much more frequently. The one you first saw during that spar on the beach that night a while ago. She is quite able at pretending everything is normal and keeping her thoughts to herself.
>Ask her about it
>Don't pry
>>44287317
>>Ask her about it
is DMing on the fly and making shit up as you go a terrible idea?
>>44287128
The first 10 sessions of my last campaign were completely off the top of my head, and they were the best 10 sessions of the game
Once I started planning ahead, it because less fun.
It depends how good you are at it. For me personally if a DM is able to keep interesting and build on it IDGAF, but I also hate /reddit/-tier memefests where it's just whatever the wackiest, most random thing is that the DM goes with.
I personally use a lot of random tables when I run and build campaigns, which I suppose is something of a halfway point between structured and totally on the fly. I would advise more people to use random tables, honestly, I think people really underestimate their usefulness as a session and campaign tool.
>>44287128
No it isn't, as long as you take enough notes as you go to keep within hailing distance of internal consistency later on in the campaign.
What do you think about torture and when should it be used?
Did anyone of you utilized torture in a game of yours?
I feel like newer players are always ready to torture shit at the drop of a hat for some reason, but usually mellow out
>>44287117
>Did anyone of you utilized torture in a game of yours?
Players do regularly. I play 2e, so it's mostly them describing their interrogation, me giving a plus or minus and then having the interrogator roll Cha with those adjustments. Doesn't work? They'll keep describing until I let them roll again.
It doesn't happen very often, because I make bribes work better, most of the time. Also this is true >>44287145
One player I meant was kind of autistic and made a intentionally evil torturer in a noble bright LG CG and NG group.
>Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B20r6rsFLOg_Zk5RdVdya3hJNnc&usp=sharing
>IRC
http://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?server=rizon.mibbit.org&channel=%23JumpchainCYOA
https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.rizon.net/?#JumpchainCYOA
>Rules
http://pastebin.com/Gqj3iKyn
>Last Thread
>>44266524
>>44286762
Yamaguchi dictated the rest of his intended plot and ending for Familiar of Zero before he died so it could be finished by another author.
What's the most mundane thing you've ever wished for?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKTjh_ykQY
>>44286887
I wished for more beer.
Your name is Thomas Cairn, and you are finally starting to get your life figured out. You were on a track to mediocrity when your dad was murdered in cold blood. After finding his hideout, you were changed forever, inheriting his legacy as the Red Rider. You could control electronics with your mind and soak up knowledge like a sponge, allowing you to graduate near the top of your class from a prestigious college of engineering. You climbed your way up in life with innovations concerning wireless energy, nanotechnology, and cold fusion (albeit almost blowing up the city at least once in the process) to create Cairn Industries. But the various achievements that adorn your wall hide a secret.
Three years ago, you built an AI and a suit of power armor. Taking on the persona of the Red Knight to carry your father's Legacy, you fought many a villain and crook, some more effectively than others; all in the hopes of one day finding the villain that killed him. Under the tutelage of your father's acquaintances, you helped clean up the streets. You even opened a covert shop from your hideout to supply other like-minded vigilantes with gadgets. You also kept your life in check.
Your girlfriend Jeana, a student in architecture at the college you attended, has helped keep you sane over the years. You probably should have mentioned that first, you have rather large mental problems. Your powers seem to fry your brain a bit, occasionally leading to violent outbursts, schizophrenic breaks, and overall psychosis. You were prescribed an anti-psychotic, but it only serves to highlight your behavior. Sometimes you see things that aren't there, you've even been trying to integrate "magic" in your designs, and that's only the stuff you know about.
Cont. (1/2)
On a whim, you decided to visit your grandpa, a retired Supervillain named Dr. Genesis, who is unusually spry for being just over a century old. The trees shivered in the summer wind as you touched down outside his estate, where he greeted you with a smile and a handshake. It was great, until you found out about another guest he has, Francis Kelson, and his son Adrien. Francis used to go by the name of the Pied Piper, and his son inherited it from him to wreak havoc on Comet City. Grandpa looks at you with a Cheshire grin, probably expecting a reaction.
>"Well I'll have to say hi then."
>"Why is his son here?! He's in jail!"
>Turn 360 and get outta here.
>Write-in
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Plot Points: http://pastebin.com/q8wm3Lr3
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Armor Loadout: http://pastebin.com/Jta4cNfX
Researched Tech: http://pastebin.com/CN3UaTbN
Cairn Industries Summary: http://pastebin.com/mWGEHHwC
>>44286820
>>"Well I'll have to say hi then."
Fuck yeah! I love you Lost.
>>44286820
>"Well I'll have to say hi then."
>Run game online
>One of the players wants to play a skeleton
>Fine, it's kind of a lighthearted and silly game anyway
>He sends me his character sheet
>The picture of the character is a skeleton with a bandanna, shades and a gold chain holding a pistol in a gangsta grip (pic related)
>The character is called OG Bonez
>Backstory is that he "was such a gangsta muthafucka he straight up jacked death"
I don't know if this is the greatest thing I've ever seen or the absolute worst.
>>44286458
You'll find out during the first session.
The absolute worst. He's probably gonna play it like a gangster too. Meaning complete disregard for the lives and belongings of others while trying to get rich and bang women.
>>44286505
How is that not like every other PC in the history of RPGs?
"Flak yourself before you Krak yourself" Edition
Old thread reached bump limit
>>44279240
>Rules databases
https://mega.co.nz/#F!pFgm0RKR!J06C1gVYcjzNGsF8YNLsjQ
https://kat.cr/warhammer-40k-pdf-library-t9575373.html
>FAQs
http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Rules-Errata
>40k 7th edition quick reference sheet(s)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4104995/Games/7edRef_V6.pdf
>Forgeworld Book index
http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Forge_World_and_Apocalypse_Rules_Index
On a side note, has anyone gotten a hold of the "Gamer's Edition" Codices yet? You know, to add them to the Mega or something.
>>44286443
>On a side note, has anyone gotten a hold of the "Gamer's Edition" Codices yet? You know, to add them to the Mega or something.
They're interactive iBook apps or something, I'm not sure it's worth trying to translate them to screencaps and scans since it'll end up being a mess in .pdf form.
>>44286527
Wouldn't they still be .epubs? The only thing I imagine would make them hard to get is some good ol' fashioned DRM.
Seraphim Sepia v. Nuln Oil?
Greetings my brothers and sisters.
I am looking for a recommendation for a system to use to tell the glorious tales of our lord and master Kane, and to a lesser extent that of the GDI scum.
One vision, One purpose.
Peace through power!
>>44286243
Gurps, also KANE LIVES IN DEATH!
>>44286243
Only War might work.
Shadowrun might work, maybe. It at least has bunch of Cybernetics and stuff. Plus, you could use the meta abilities as mutations. But this would be a stretch, in a big way.
Delta-Green too maybe.
The weapons of peace!
>>44286374
IN THE NAME OF KANE!
Connecting to Shadowlands BBS...
>Verifying Biometrics...
>Identity Verified...
>Opening /srg/...
Books:
http://pastebin.com/SsWTY7qr
Chummer 5:
https://github.com/chummer5a/chummer5a/releases/latest
Issue tracker:
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>>44285919
There is literally nothing in the rules that prevents Top Gun fantasies, shitty or otherwise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHNJPsCDSqo
Has anything like this happened on a Run?
>>44286033
I was about to say that guy was a NFA buzzkill.
