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I've been with my group for about a year now
and none of my party's pcs have died, why most of my players get pissed when there pc is close to death, the wizard says she'll quit if her pc dies, now I'm fine with a less lethal game but its no fun with out any real danger
so what should I do?
>>48007301
>you're
>there
>what should I do?
Stay in school
>>48007301
You make it so that losing a fight doesn't always result in death.
Getting beaten unconscious to wake up in a slaver camp or find yourself being held for ransom by bandits sets the stage for some pretty fun escape plot-arcs, especially if you've got a rogue or other crafty character (or someone with alot of charisma to convince the other prisoners to revolt).
>>48007472
I have something similar planed with a really tough enemy later in the campaign but my players have a habit of leging it when the shit hit the fan
How do you deal with planar cosmology?
>follow the default?
>modify it a bit?
>homebrew your own?
Which are the steps to create a senseful cosmology?
I started with a tesseract and the number 24 and worked from there.
>>48007100
I generally use Great Wheel cosmology and do some studying on the levels of each plane to see what extraplanar creatures go where. Sometimes modification is needed to give life to levels with little information on them (Carceri for instance), and I'll occassionally homebrew big creatures to go in them, such as an Altraloth for Gehenna.
Just remember that funny names can get you far.
World Axis > Great Wheel
The "upper planes" and "lower planes" being Lawful and Chaotic respectively makes more sense than being Good and Evil.
>Point buy is terrible, it feels cheap and actively encourages minmaxing and powerplaying
>Random scores is terrible, it tends to be wildly unbalanced
Please tell me I'm not the only GM that comes up with systems that generate scores randomly but keeping their sum fixed.
explain
>>48006671
>Point buy is terrible, it feels cheap and actively encourages minmaxing and powerplaying
Not unless your system/adventure blows dicks. Proper point buy should scale up costs the more someone invests in a single stat, so that you trade a lot off to max out one thing. And a good system/module overall should reward people for having multiple strengths to their character and hold some things out of reach of characters who sacrifice a lot to excel in one thing.
In short, point...
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>>48006692
Well, the last I used was for a system with four abilities where the absolute minimum score in any ability for a human would be 7, 10 would be an average, 15 being pretty high and the limit for a normal human being and 20 the absolute limit for a superhuman (like the PC themselves).
I made each player roll 13d4 and sort dice by their results: the number of dice that gave 1 was the first score, the 2's would be the second score and so on. They'd add 7 to each score and then assign them as they wished....
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Say /tg/, let's say the powers that be introduced a new rule to EDH. It says "A non-legendary creature may be your commander except it gains(becomes?) legendary while under your control."
Do you think any interesting decks would arise or are too many build-around-me abilities locked behind the Legendary gate?
Pic related: Flashback a card on demand.
>>48006406
the legendary rule keeps edh in check, imagine sfm and deathrite shaman decks.
>>48006406
The banlist for EDH just became longer than the list of men your mom has slept with.
>>48006460
Let it burn then. Also, damn son.
How does anyone have any time to have kids in the 40k universe? Where are humanity's great numbers coming from? The hive cities have such crushing labour hours and poor nutrition no pregnancy would survive, there's no fucking healthcare as it's apparently cheaper to hire more people than to build fucking railings and safety gear, and outside of the hive worlds that supposedly are the bulk of humanity's manpower either very few people actually live there or the world is such a shithole there wouldn't be any children.
Where do the kids come from, /tg/?
>The hive cities have such crushing labour hours and poor nutrition no pregnancy would survive
You devastatingly underestimate the efficiency of human pregnancy at bringing a child to term.
>>48005882
From faith in the God-Emperor. If you pray hard enough a baby spontaneously appears.
>>48005882
Did you know that the highest rate of childbirth tends to be 9 months after a serious disaster?
People love to fuck and the worse their life is the more they fuck.
I was reading an article about trait distributions and found myself wondering what the shape of the ideal curve for gaming was.
I have heard people complain about flat distributions before, and I can understand why they're not ideal.
So what is the ideal shape for RPG probability?
I've goofed around with the idea in the past before, and ndX take middle seemed kindof neat. The n has to be an odd number, and the more dice you add, the more it skews toward the middle. Additionally, if you are using enough dice you can shift the probability left out...
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>>48005764
>I have heard people complain about flat distributions before, and I can understand why they're not ideal.
They are adequate if you build your game on binary pass/fail mechanics.
Of course, binary pass/fail mechanics kinda limit your design space which sucks.
Also, on top of curve you need to keep in mind the ease of use.
Yes, maybe your d6+d8+d10+d20 rolling mechanic has the "ideal curve" but it's a bitch to roll and add 4 dice every...
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>>48005809
Hmm.
Is being suited to physical dice that important?
I'd be quite happy with a digital solution that did any math for me and just sit out a result. Everyone I know has a cellphone, and is be just as happy with a cellphone app as I would be with dive, possibly more so if the app somehow makes things better than dice, such as factoring in all your modifiers you and making things really convenient.
>>48005833
Yeah, and even if you prefer physical dice, you could still just calculate your ideal curve and then make custom dice that have that distribution.
That said... the ideal curve depends on the game you are trying to create, what and when the character's roll for. If you only roll for binary results ("can I jump this cliff? Can I pick this lock?") a flat distribution is fine (d% and d20 systems use this, for example). If you want more degrees of success (or failure) you'll _probably_ want...
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What's the difference between Human and Elf magic and which one is better?
Elf magic comes from their relation to Fae. Human magic comes from wits and study.
One involves having pointy ears.
>>48005361
In most settings it's either.
A:elf's are bestest at everything(magic included), humans are only par because of some shitty gift like "they know what's in hell, when elves become pampered pets like gods fav kitty; Tolkien did this
Or
B:elven mages are more populous, human mages are rare but have eclipsing skill by comparison but are also unhinged
C:there is no difference, but that which is found in a nurture/nature cultural clash.
What would a fantasy version of the Mechanicus look like?
>>48005256
Wizards
>>48005256
Empire wizards and priests combined with dwarves.
>>48005256
gnomes from dragonlance
Fuck is it just me or is creating a campaign seriously the most confusing shit ever. I can do world building just fine, there are no rules or limitations on what I can do. But whenever I go to make a campaign it feels like I'm missing something or I'm doing something incorrectly and my players will pick up on it.
Let's start with outlining, how do you guys start with outlining? Plain piece of paper and do a bubble chart of different possible outcomes that kind of follow a loose plot? Or do you just wing everything in your campaign and get really good at...
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>>48005172
Okay, right. Don't bother doing a flow chart for your plot or anything. You'll spend hours and hours doing that, and your players will either miss it and come up with the ONE thing you didn't think of, or just go down a fairly predictable route.
The best way to do it is to come up with an idea for the adventure you'd like to have your players go on. Do a list of bullet points for the main encounters/highlights in the adventure. Then create characters that can act as catalysts to that adventure, be they NPCs/villians etc. Then sprinkle those motherfuckers over your list of bullet points in the appropriate place.
What you then have is a story, the events of which are dictacted by character interactions. So in essence "my players can do XYZ when they meet this guy, who will introduce them to this woman who will give them this quest" and so on. Make sense?
tl;dr - don't do a flow chart. create a story you want to have your players star in, and then come up with the supporting cast and have them be your tools for getting the players to join the story.
Also yes, you will need to become VERY good at improvising stuff on the fly. Have a couple of characters/short quests in your back pocket ready to go at a moments notice.
>>48005209
What about pre planning encounters? I ran a campaign before and it just seemed like I was trying to spoonfeed them plot points to get into a certain pivotal interaction or combat and they just end up fucking turning on their heels and running making all the work I put into that encounter worthless. Should I even bother designing monsters or should I just rip out of the Monster Manual.
>>48005219
>Should I even bother designing monsters or should I just rip out of the Monster Manual.Yes.
Seriously tho, depends on the group. My group is apparently fine with fighting groups of monsters that have like a single special ability (if that) and the basic strategy of "move close->attack", + maybe a caster (but they bitch about the caster being unfair). Hence, I have stopped trying to make anything unique. Just grab the MM, maybe some adventures (PotA...
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Would it be possible to invent primitive potato chips in a medieval setting? Would they sell well if a merchant tried selling them?
People fried potatoes as early as the 17th century in Europe. And theoretically, all the materials are there. Cast iron cookware, liquid fat or oil, thinly sliced potatoes, a heat source. That's all you need.
>>48004971
Medieval peasants were afraid of eating potatoes, but historical accuracy is one of the absolute worst things you can have in an RP setting.
>>48005062
That's because they looked like nightshade which was deadly.
40k tokens anon is back and i have just finished painting the Space Wolves tokens so i'm taking scheme requests for anything that isn't skitariii have yet to figure out how to pixel art the missing skitarii parts i needbut don't ask me for custom non lore units, i'm not doing it, anything else i'm willing to reedit and/or create.
I will be uploading next version on Friday (Luckily) including this last request.
>>48004780
Do you have a list of already done/requested models?
If you could do some arbites (a judge, a cybermastiff, an enforcer in light armor, and an enforcer in riot gear if that's not pushing it) or an imperial mob of zealots or regular citizens, it would be perfect.
>>48004974
>Do you have a list of already done/requested models?
i have all the main factions covered using one base color scheme, much wich was made by the Vassal community, i'm just continuing their work. Most things i've done is just recolor with minor details'minor' like the masks for the IG krieg, chapter symbols for the SM, etc.and only a few completly new tokens.
>a judge, a cybermastiff, an enforcer in light armor, and an enforcer...
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>>48005044
Could you share a link to your token stockpile?
>Howdy Guys and Girls :)
>A white raven appeared today and brought me a message - winter is coming ...
>Warhammer 40k turns 30 years old next year. The new edition is due. The clock will be taken from 5 minutes to midnight to 1 minute to midnight with the return of the Daemonprimarchs - or will they return alone? This is the theme of the new setting - think along the lines of 13th Black Crusade - but this time, it's serious. They want to get the same excitement as the community...
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>>48004404
>but this time, it's serious
the eye of terror campaign WAS serious
>They want to get the same excitement as the community had during the End Times
that just raises like a thousand red flags in any sensible person's mind
>>48004404
Sure push the clock a little closer, but for fucks sake keep the primarchs out of this. I'm a huge chaos fag, but seeing magnus, pertrubo, mortarion, angron, lorgar, and the rest on the table is going to be stupid. Leave the guys with name tags to the fluff since the game is about your guys, not named character and friends.
>>48004404
>The clock will be taken from 5 minutes to midnight to 1 minute to midnight with the return of the Daemonprimarchs - or will they return alone?
yawn
>This is the theme of the new setting - think along the lines of 13th Black Crusade - but this time, it's serious.
yawn
>Chaos fans - this is your hour. Stop beeing grudgy, there will be lots of love for all of you - renegades, former legions, daemon lovers.
yawn
Ten...
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How do you deal with a reluctant BBEGrill
She's basically been forced/manipulated into her position by her father/close relation. They convinced her that what they were doing is pure and good, and then they died, and now she feels responsible to see it through.
>she doesn't ping evil.....yet
>>48004384
You drag their ass out of their Ivory Tower and make them see the devastation and death they're causing with their own eyes. You make them look the homeless and starving and orphaned and maimed in the face and tell you that what they're doing is still "right".
If they answer yes, then you leave, and let the mob do what they will. I can promise you they won't give a fuck what "detect evil" pings.Alignments are a fucking garbage mechanic that needs to die and stay die anyway.
>>48004384
so that's how he does it
>>48004384
Is she actually doing Evil? If so, smite her ass. If she's actively interfering with my activities but not really doing Evil shit, use whatever means are necessary to compel her to fuck off.
>yandere elf who obsessively loves humans, and demand to spend as much time as possible with them because of their short, pitiful lifespans
>yandere elf who eventually gets into necromancy and high level magic, keeping her human companions alive, long after their lifespans by turning them into monsters or keeping them in a state of undeath
>>48003361
is that Inferno Cop with Simon's Spiral Power glasses
>>48003571
Yes. Space Patrol Luluco was basically a love letter to the Trigger crew's works. And justice.
>>48003571
No, but Inferno Cop does actually show up.
Am I the only one who struggles with class indecision? I love Rogues and Rangers and I'll go for a super long time playing one but then suddenly I'll just want to play as the other.
Rangers have essentially become wilderness Rogues.
Ask your referee if you can just be both.
>>48002798
i have that problem. i always wana try a wizard or summoner but i just love paladins,clerics, barbarians, and rogues way to much. i always have a hard time picking between my favorite 4.and then you got the different RP styles for each one. i never regret my decision but i would always love to play another class.
i can pretty much only play rogues and fighters, but i really want to try a barbarian.
yeah maybe i'm boring idk.
i'm playing a thief right now, and i just think up other thief characters i'd like to play half the time...
