You can hardly keep your body awake. The morning is already hot from the burning sun, and your meditation will soon be over, but you must last a moment more. You graduated from the monastery of Sa'migel the Arcangel yesterday, and have been in quiet contemplation since. The monastery of Sa'migel is not prestigious or famous, no Stanford or Berkli or Yusielei, but it is the best your parents could afford. The life of a monk is hard, but far better than that of a fourth son of back-country peasants.
The sun is beating against your half closed eyes, and despite all your training, all you can think of is food. You remember the burritos your mother would make before your family went out to tend the fields. You can almost taste the ingredients in your mouth. What were they?
A. Potatoes, eggs, cheese, and when we were lucky, sausage.
B. Fish, noodles, greens and beans.
C. Avocados, hot peppers, rice, beans, and chicken
D. Squash, re-fried beans, cheese, rice, and when it was a good year, ground beef.
E. We always preferred tamales.
(This will decide where you are from. Most votes in an hour wins. In case of a tie, answer with the highest d100 roll wins)
>>44271863
E. We always preferred tamales
Vegan tamales to be specific. The first four options all have meat in them, which could attract unwanted attention from inquisidores de pisi.
>>44271863
Atomicist kublai Khan when
>>44271996
(gimme a roll, just in case)
Silmarillion movie: yay or nay? Which of its story threads would you include?
>>44271716
It's happening, like it or not. Too much money left in the Tolkien's legacy to let it lie unviolated.
All of them. Each as a separate movie.
>>44271759
INTO THE PITS WITH YOU, MAGGOTY SNAGGA!
>>44271759
Post yfw the first movie will deal with the creation of the universe up to the destruction of the lamps
There is a flash of void energy as the Eyegore appears in a new distant system. Even before shaking off it's satellites like fleas from a hound it could see the conflict that raged around the medium blue star.
Turning it's gaze inwards to a large planet and the fleets engaged in a deadly battle. Dozens of capitol ships trade weapons fire with each other as swarms of fighters tear at each other in near melee range while flocks of sub-capitols rain death on their enemies. Multiple explosions mark where craft are sundered and destroyed in the pitched battle.
The Eyegore keeps a far distance several lightminutes away, the cluster of eyes drinking in the battle. Osjiic craft fight with militarized precision while the other fighters, a rather motley collection of shifts fight with an almost suicidal zeal. A jagged cruiser shaped like a massive beetle trailing atmosphere from a shattered hull rams itself into the side of an Osjiic Battleship before detonating in a ball of fire that engulfs both.
And then the Eyegore spots it. Twisting in the void of space is a pale white monstrosity, bolts of brilliant blue lighting raking across Osjiic ships and shattering their shields. A massive snake longer than a cruiser brings destruction among the Osjiic ships, the dozens of wings spaced along its body glinting with gossamer light. It's massive jaws snap down on a dropship and shred it to pieces scattering the doom crew into the void.
Your Eyegore found quite a spectacle. The Osjiic Empire hard at war with the forces of the Ahkam with one of the fabled serpents present for the battle itself.
>>44271638
Welcome back folks. Terribly sorry for the late start. Been a busy day
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Stockpile:
>50851B (100 Catoblepas: 3000B daily, 10 Herds: 190B daily, Hunting outposts: 150B 110 Kelp Vats: 1100B)
>22649M (100 Diggers: 2000M daily, Miners: 290M daily, Scorched planet mining outpost, 5 Entropic Excavators 750M Daily, 15 Harvesters 900)
Troop Totals:
>2 Voidknight Disciples
>389 Talons (195 w/ Necroflensers, 194 w/ Sting Whips)
>200 Aquatic Talons (100 Shardspitters, 100 Sting Whips)
>60 Cyclops: (Venomous, camo)
>70 Aquatic Cyclops (Venomous, camo, chemo)
>295 Stingers (Bone Rifles, Thumpers, Bone Repeaters)
>80 Gargoyles (20 Aquatic)
>Trolls: 109 (all ranged, 10 Jumppack)
>35 Crit Crawls (35 Zapper)
>80 Stalkers (1 Alpha)
>100 Think Tanks
>25 Cauldrons
>15 AA Towers
>5 Advanced AA Towers
Enslaved Minions:
>Jor (loyal)
>110 Osjiic Crew members
>225 Dagger Pirate members of various races
>30 Colonists
>1 Voidsinger (loyal)
>1 Stonestar
>1 Plainsrunner Osogo (In mental contact)
>4 Ructu
Vehicles/Ships:
>80 Chariots
>26 Coffins
>195 Nails
>16 Corvette
>12 Frigates (10 in construction, 5 Osjiic disguised)
>4 Light Cruisers
>1 Heavy Cruiser
>7 Eyegores
Completed Research:
>Sunscale Books
Current Research
>Crystal Tech: Slow
>Capitol Ship Research: Slow
>Combat Telekinesis: Very Slow
>Dagger Powersuit: Medium
>Razor-Wire Traps: Medium
>Old Confederacy Star Charts and Files: Medium
Working Dagger ships:
>1 Clanship Battlecruiser
>>44271857
Completed Research:
You had assigned the task of reading over the books gathered from the Sunscale Divers camp to a handful of Think Tanks. They spent the night with Cyclops turning the pages as they decoded the runic language and odd writing style.
What they learned was that most of the books were religious dogma. They spoke of the Mother in the Void and the Father from the Solar, divine entities that created the Sunscale to be their hands and mouths in the universe. The duty of all Sunscale was to spread the good word about the protective embrace of the Mother and the nurturing warmth of the Father. There were several chapters concerning the vileness of the undead, the Grand Necrotic Armada spoke of as an ancient evil and test for the Sunscale and their allies, mentioning Crystalline beings and Wasps only in passing.
Their holy texts reveal that the Sunscale have no homeworld, the planet long destroyed. The stone hulls and mountains that made up the Sunscale Flotilla and it's children fleets a reminder of their ancient home. It spoke of bringing aid and peace to the troubled and weak while dispensing righteous justice onto the wicked and sinful.
The other books are a collection of personal logs from Divers. The Divers appeared to be the Sunscales answer to wetwork (sometimes literally) and sabotage. There were brief entries in a log detailing raids and observation missions on Osjiic, Ahkam, and even Confederate worlds.
In one personal journal they discover a small packet of round seeds and a list of instructions for their growth in alien waters. The strange dried plant discovered in the Divers belongings a seagrass believed taken from the ancient oceans before the loss of their world. The findings are sent to the Think Tank experimenting with the plant helping with its research.
There was a short list of coordinates, your Voidsinger believing them to be possible safe-houses or supply caches but the list was likely to not remain accurate for long.
>>44272164
Nekris focuses on fortifying his outpost, the underwater and underground bunker shored up and reinforced to protect the Cauldron at it's heart. The waters of nearby islands team with patrols of Talons and Stalkers, Gargoyles in both the air and water keeping vigilant watch for anymore potential threats.
The hurricane still rages nearby but the worst of it passing by daybreak, rains and wind raking across the choppy water. Coffins and Cyclops use the cloud and rain cover to search and investigate the environment, Stalkers and Talons chasing down native fauna or rooting up strange plants.
Similarly, Punisher Agona inspects her fortified bunker built into the heart of a sturdy mesa. Walls of dark metal support patrols of Reconstructed, Cyclops and Gargoyles perched atop towers unmindful of the heavy warm rain. Her own survey searches the large moon, mindful to avoid the continuing conflicts of the Stonestar natives. Most of the life on this world seemed to exist below ground, brave Talons crawling into tight passages to flush out bizarre creatures that only moments before looked to be mere stones.
It almost disappointed Agona, the creature of living magma not making an appearance since it had driven off the Ahkam worshipers. The still faithful locals congregating around the altar the beast had manifested at the base of the massive volcano still rumbling and belching flame and lava. When Agona had told the captive Stonestar of the beast it had shown the first signs of excitement since it's capture, claiming it to be a champion of the Lavaborn, the spirit that dwelt in the volcano.
You sit on your throne in the dark, contemplating your next move
>Assist research
>Create troops
>Create ships
>Speak to minions
>Speak to Generals
>Control Generals
>Other
I managed to convince my group to switch from AD&D to 3.5e, admittably not much better but it's low level play so I don't think it matters much. How should I convince my group that stats mean a whole lot more in 3.5 and we should re-stat our characters using point buy?
Just go back and convince them to play 5e
>>44271405
>from AD&D to 3.5e
Why would anyone in their right mind do that?
>>44271468
Because it's gotten to the point where everyone wants to have more options with their characters and have become annoyed by the glaring system flaws in the game, like how only clerics get bonus spell slots from a high wisdom.
Rolled 17, 5 = 22 (2d20)
BEST MARINES COMING THROUGH
>>44271311
>Best
>Get BTFO by everything
Suuuuuure
>>44272088
YOU CAN'T GET RID OF US, HERETIC
>>44272410
You're dying out
evolution moves on without you
Memento mori indeed
favourite chapter thread
Which is your favourite non first founding chapter and why?
I'm trying to figure out what to do with my BaC box and while I've considered legions, I want ongoing campaigns that don't have a pre determined end.
Space Sharks.
Everything I love about Night Lords but they're loyalist.
Also, Black Templars. I hate their fans but no other chapter gets shit done like them.
>>44271133
Crimson Fists
(ai dios-emperador mío!)
>>44271133
Blood Ravens
The only chapter that makes my deathskulls blush
>Oh, so you want to join my game? Hurr hurr hurr...
>Our group has a vetting process
>Here's a 20 page questionnaire to fill out
>Then we'll give you a quiz to gauge your knowledge of the rules and fluff
>We'll also have to do an interview
>Give us a role-playing resume during the interview
>Your character sheet is not your resume
>But we want you to bring your character sheet, too
>Then you have to contact each individual player and they have to give you the thumbs up
>But you're not in yet, you have to sit through a couple of sessions first
>You're not allowed to play, just watch us and see how we do things
>Also your character sheet will be passed around and will have to meet the approval of all the players
It's a fucking social game full of fun and adventure, not a job interview for Manager of the engineering department.
>>44270974
Where do you see yourself in three levels?
>>44270862
Remember when games were about having fun? What happened?
Its that time again. Dusting off this chestnut, lets see how it goes. You guys know the drill.
How to play:
• Open an image of a species in MS Paint, or your editor of choice
• Make one evolutionary change to that species
• Save as .PNG!
• Post your new species in the thread with a description of what evolution you've added and why
Notes:
• Unless stated explicitly, no species ever goes extinct. Old species can still evolve, even if they're not on the latest "chain"
• Try to make your evolutions gradual and realistic
• Have fun
We've all experienced and have our own opinion over various space opera like settings such as Mass Effect and Star Trek, where a wide majority of the Sapient species are also Hominid in shape, stature and function (e.g. the "Rubber Wrinkle Aliens" you see people mock Star Trek for)
Most of these space opera setting exclusively rely on there being higher life on other planets, yet also always fall into humanoid structure for the purposes of having "relatable aliens" yet it seems somewhat fallacious and conflicting to have both of those assumptions.
Let's say we truly are alone in the Universe and we are the only sapient and higher intelligent species that there is:
Now, 200,000 years of human evolution over barriers such as mountain ranges and even rivers has caused massive phenotypal differences in the human genome as witnessed by today's various human races. Mountains and rivers are extremely insignificant population barriers compared to the massive chasms of empty space, gravitation differences, and time dilation.
That has me wondering, are there any settings that exist, where humanity IS all of the alien species. That various conditions of the human colonies along with inherent self-segregation of cultures caused humanity to diverge into significantly different species. It would make sense that such scenarios would cause these kinds of "Rubber Wrinkle Aliens" like you see common in these veins of Space Operas. That humanity is the common ancestor to the hominid species that make up the higher species of the universe.
There aren't many I know for sure, but hypothesizing what kinds of features humanity would develop in different environments would be an interesting discussion to have, as well as which systems would be most suited for this kind of setting. Rouge Trader seems like it could be adapted very well for this.
>>44270645
House of Suns.
>>44270645
It's Rubber Forehead Aliens, not Rubber Wrinkle Aliens.
>>44270723
Potato Pohtahto. I got the point across regardless. I was more into Star Wars then Star Trek when I was younger, so the term was only on the tip of my tongue.
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You lean slightly toward Meiya. “You’re nervous.”
“No I’m not.” She shoots back hotly.
“So you weren’t practicing your chops?” You point to her arm stiffly waving in the air.
With an angry blush, she quickly tries to adjust how she waves, but her fingers are still too rigid.
The throngs of cheering people from all over the planet deafen your small procession. Thankfully you can take ease in knowing that their not focusing on you at all.
“You’re playing The Innocent, no one will mind if you make a mistake.” You look toward the endless crowds lining the procession route. “But someone will absolutely notice if you make one.”
She’s careful to only shoot daggers at you with her eyes. “And you’re here to help me make sure that doesn’t happen, so stop playing around. This is serious.” Meiya’s smile focuses on a young group of enthusiastic children. “Wait.” Her eyes widen. “Are we even supposed to be talking right now?”
[1/2]
>>44270563
You look up and recall all the etiquette you know for this event. “There’s nothing that says we can’t.”
“Even if that’s true…” Her voice clearly showing that she doesn’t recall all the minor customs. “We should still show our respect.”
“Stuffy tension isn’t the one of the ideals they show us.” You wave nonchalantly to the crowd. “Except for maybe The Sovereign, of course.” You turn back to Meiya to see her face starting to sour slightly. “Ready for your speech?” You ask, changing the subject.
Meiya lets out an anxious groan. “It’s so short, I still don’t know why they picked me this year.” She actually turns to you. “You’ll be right there, right?”
“Probably.” You begin to grin, but quickly stop to keep her brow from furrowing anymore. “Of course I will. Let them try and stop me, not like I’ll be around for any punishments.”
Your sister is silent for moment. “Just when are you leaving exactly?”
>Evade, change the subject.
>Tell her you don't know yet.
>Tell her the truth.
>Write in.
>>44270595
>Tell her the truth.
>>44270595
>>Tell her the truth.
https://youtu.be/HMnrl0tmd3k
Welcome back to Sigil Café, elegan/tg/entlemen and ca/tg/irls. Please, relax among your fellow adventurers and tell us a story about your voyages.
First round is on the house!
>>44270541
It has been quite a while since I last ended up here. Was a tad more lively though.
>>44271088
You sure it's not a seasonal migration thing? I hear traveler sorts tend to favor different taverns in the sigil depending on the season.
No idea if it's "Sigil Seasons" or "material plane" season. But it's definitely one of those two.
>>44271160
Entirely possible, Maybe Its I who am at the wrong locations, Tends to happen I suppose.
No magical realm edition
Hello everyone and welcome to ShitterNormie's Machine Civ part 6!
>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 of orcs. But here we are! We are a large super computer that is position in the center of the main room of the volcano-side base. So far the current rooms we have are 1 door leading to the outside world, 1 drone building facility, 1 machine building facility, 1 steel mine, 1 generator room, 1 Machine of Burden building facility, 1 Copybot building facility and 1 locked room. We only have one current ally at the moment: the gnolls who we are planning to turn into machines.
>Did anything happen last time?
Why do you keep asking? Something always happens. The research for the Trade Caravan Machines of Burden was completed, we built a shitload of gnoll assimilation tickbots, a huge collapse happened in our mine which unlocked a new mineral: platinum, research on a mobile suit for S.A.L.L.Y was finished, #6 played a prank on us and was swiftly punished.
>How do I get started!?!?!?
Just suggest two actions at the end of the IMMEDIATE CHECKUP. All choices' success will be determined by a 1d20 roll that I will do on my desk and tell you guys. (Rolled 15,2)
Pic related is what S.A.L.L.Y 2.0 will look like (unless any design changes are requested and supported)
IMMEDIATE CHECKUP ENGAGED
>Power supply: decent
>Drones:20 advanced grabber drones, 16 gunner drones, 3 maintenance drones, 1 eye drone, 1 #6, 14 inferno drones, 1 #11
>Machines of Burden: 2 Trade Caravan Machines of Burden
> Humanoid Machines: 4 multi-purpose machines (these can be changed with upgrades and research)
>Copybots: 150 Gnoll parasite bots (The Copybots require natural research and technological research)
>Turrets: 1 Heavy Machine Gun Turret
>S.A.L.L.Y. 2.0: current form/upgrades: blueprint
>Special characters: Drone #6, Inferno drone #11, S.A.L.L.Y's mobile form
>Moral: All are happy and amused (#6 is an Orc fuckboi)
>Allies: Gnolls (We are honorary gnolls)
>Building facilities: 1 steel mine, 1 machine builder, 1 drone builder, 1 generator room (barely average), 1 machine of burden builder, 1 copybot builder (mass production unlocked)
>Memory files: Pretty good (memory files research 50%) (this can be fixed with dedicated research which will unlock lore and blueprints)
>Locations unlocked: Home base (wellhidden), Outside world, Gnoll village, Troll lair (cleared), Trading outpost
>Locations that we have heard about: The elves to the eastern forest, The Orcs to the northern plains, The Crabmen to the south that apparently live in some fortified, seaside fortress
>Inventory: 3 spears, 2 shields, 165 steel, 125 copper, 50 platinum, troll organs, 1 Santa troll
What would you like to accomplish now (2 actions)?
>>44270317
Checking in
>Oh boy I sure do love GABs. Let's make more
>Improve our power supply. Hopefully by somehow finding a way to power it off of #6's torment. (Research/Improve our power supply)
>>44270565
>Oh boy I sure do love GABs
I guess I should say something about this. Once a gnoll is fully transmuted into a machine it can pass nanobots into other gnolls through sexual activities or other liquid exchanges. Think of robo-AIDS
Greetings /tg/!
I will be spending most of the next 24 hours painting and cleaning.
While doing so, I'd like to work on rpg ideas in my head, but all my own have reached a research and require more input stage.
If you have any unpolished ideas, or ideas that bring up more questions than answers, I'll whistle them out while I work.
Damn it.
I put the subject in the options field I think.
Rough rpg ideas explained or explored.
I'm thinking fluff more than crunch.
Also, other anons are more than welcome to toss in their two bits.
>>44269988
I've been thinking about a steampunk setting where the industrial revolution never happened, but technology advanced by about as much. Airships are fucking amazing, Guns and cars take a skilled craftsman years to make and are kept for generations, The Amerindian confederacy lives in a neutral zone between the rival superpowers of Albion and The New World. The Law-wheel cult has taken over everything east of india and south of Mongolia, and is sending out missionaries which superstitious monotheists are calling 'the Meek'. 'The Meek' are anti-technology but develop their natural 'magneto-metabolic' powers to a greater degree than anyone else.
Typical classes: Sky privateer (Albian), Scout (Amerindian), Tinker (New Worlder), Falun initiate (Oriental)
Some questions I'm unsure of...
What's happening in Africa? How about the middle east?
Where is technology ahead of ours? Anything where a few products can employ a lot of people would probably be more advanced - so submarines, zeppelins, maybe even rockets, could be more advanced than ours. Meanwhile daily conveniences that require a lot of uniformity, like transistors, would probably be too expensive for all but the wealthiest. How would that play out?
Anything else the setting suggests?
>>44270899
Okay, some questions before I go too far into it.
>industrial revolution never happened, but technology advanced by about as much.
I can interpret this a number of ways:
You do mean that they have roughly the same level of technology as the industrial revolution, 1700's to 1800's, only where those events never happened, and instead "steampunk" events happened?
If so, at roughly what time period did this reality shift from our own?
I imagine steampunk settings diverging at the beginning of the renaissance, with a steampunk renaissance.
>Amerindian, Albion and The New World.
Two big powers, one smaller one in between gotcha.
>The Law-wheel...
Interesting faction, where is India and Mongolia in regards to the other three?
>'magneto-metabolic'
I imagine a sort of telekinesis based on electromagnetic properties. Like a baby Magneto.
If that is right then your name works, if not then what is it?
How common are these powers and what is there scope?
Could, say, underdeveloped African tribes lacking technology utilize their weak powers with great numbers, to achieve greater feats, thereby supporting their false religions with rituals that work?
>Sky privateer (Albian), Scout (Amerindian), Tinker (New Worlder),
I think I get these.
>Falun initiate (Oriental)
Falun is a city in Sweden, so I'm not sure what this is.
>What's happening in Africa?
Tribal shamans vs. Colonists wearing pit helmets with gears?
>How about the middle east?
Old, fanatic religions would be resistant to The Meek. Plus desert applications of steampunk tech.
>transistors
Transistors are huge. Watching Stargate SG-1 made me realize how epic walkie-talkies are for combat. If the Jaffa had used them, Earth would have lost many time over. Of course not all radios use transmitters and crystal rectifier detectors just scream steampunk.
Heretics get coal and mark 4.
>HHG FAQ - http://pastebin.com/iUqNrrA8 (embed)
>HHG RULES - https://mega.nz/#F!pFgm0RKR!J06C1gVYcjzNGsF8YNLsjQ!EVh0GZZS
>>44269807
Lorgar did nothing wrong.
>>44269807
Horus for best primarch
Anyone have any good pictures of Cataphractii? Especially heads?
"Hello, this is the NMPD, what's your emergency?"
"The noodle shop across the street has been closed for over a week now"
"That doesn't sound like an emergency, Ma'am, I'm gonna have to ask you to--"
"But they keep getting deliveries! And they're big boxes, y'know? Like all kinds of things! And I don't think no noodle makers ever wore gasmasks! There's something right fishy about it!"
"[Sigh], Ma'am, we're understaffed as is because of the Annual Charity Speedster Rally and the Aegis Order is having their end of the year ceremony. The one on Mars. I don't really have time to deal with noodles right now"
"But this is important! The Chopstick Emperium And Noodle Delivery Service is a neighbourhood hallmark, it's been there since forever!"
"I'll open the case to the usual Vigilante pile, how about that? If anyone feels like checking it out, they'll go knock on the door. Now I'm going to have to hang up Ma'am, merry Christmas"
"But wait !"
---
Last time the local C-listers defended Christmas and show-cased proper seasonal spirit!
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/44173628/
But what strange things lie in store in the NOODLE SHOP OF HORROR?! What spandex wearing champions of justice and proper asian cusine is ready to find out? Chop chop!
That's, err, a pun--because of... the chopsticks, see?
[Superhero]
Plot Armor : 4
Movement : 5
Offense : 2
Resistance : 0
Prestige : 10
Power Rating : 8
[Origin]
[Archetype]
Stabilized powers :
>>44269489
Now with even -more- words for the really special among us!
>>44269489
Ah, a good day to dispense justice, is it not ?
Kamen Raider
Plot Armor : 4
Movement : 5
Offense : 2
Resistance : 0
Prestige : 6
Power Rating : 8
>Origin : [Heroic Spirit]
>Archetype : [Techniques]
>Stabilized powers :
Raider Kick (Power rating 14, damage +)
Dash (Power rating 14)
>>44269489
>Buying a stabilized power named [Ghost Leg] after the asian ladder lottery game.
[The Gambler]
>Plot Armor: 4
>Movement: 5
>Offense: 2
>Resistance: 0
>Prestige: 3
>Power Rating: 8
>Origin:
[Magical Gift]
[Control/Techniques]
>Modifiers:
[Pact]-Lady Luck
>Power Types:
[Luck]
[Change Fate]
>Stabilized Powers:
[A Roll of the Dice] - Straight up reduces or enhances the luck of another figure.
[A Twisted Fate] - Steal the Luck of others in an area and transfers it to another target
[Ghost Leg] - Target of the ability either has an easier time finding routes to places, or a harder time. Allows access to normally inaccessible places due to sheer luck, or denies access by the same token.
