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Are there any urban fantasy role-playing games about witches? I mean like TV shows such as Charmed, Witches of East End, The Originals... etc.
>>44033882
First thing that pops to mind is The Dresden Files RPG.
>>44033882
There's that Teenage Witch thing, but I don't think that's supposed to be taken seriously.
You could do a witch-coven themed game in Monsterhearts, using The Witch and maybe the Fae, the Infernal, the Mortal, and/or the Queen. Perhaps the Fury or the Anansi, too.
I can't think of any games built around witches specifically, though.
Just do World of Darkness.You can custom literally everything to fit any show you like, and play with Core rulebook alone. You can add Mage and maybe Hunter books for functional rules and avoid customization.
WoD, any system really, can be used for practically any theme of game, just change descriptive words, keep alterations within similar rule parameters. Generally, make alterations less or equal to the original rule and never more. This is why people say, in a good game, the GM spends 10x more time preparing than playing in-game, even if it's just mentally reforming a book.
I'm talking rules from the game. Never got into it but what is the most OP'd chapter, old rules or current. I notice SW and Smurfs get a lot of hate and was wondering if it comes from this.
>>44033714
>Never got into it but what is the most OP'd chapter, old rules or current.
Every time a new SM codex drops, they become "the most powerful" or nearso until the next codex.
Gray Knights and Blood Angels (before flying land raiders became passe) held this title
Black Templars, they outnumber the others 10 to 1.
>>44033803
Oh whoops, didn't read in relation to the actual boardgame. Then yeah, this >>44033801
The first rule of going to war is bring a weapon that you know how to use. The second rule of going to war is bring a helmet. If it's a choice between having a shield, a second weapon or a helmet, ALWAYS TAKE THE HELMET. If you get a cut in the arm you can still fight, even if it hurts like hell. You get an arrow in the leg you can still give em hell even if you can't run. Even if you take a sword in the chest you generally have a few seconds in which you can strike back against the guy who stuck you. But if they get you in the brain that's it, your done and dead....
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>>44033712
Of course, when you're the hero of the story, you might have to forgo that kind of protection to make sure people can see your pretty face. It's not like fate's going to risk scarring it, anyway, when you have to look your best for your date with destiny.
>>44033712
Wasn't there a thing with some soldiers ditching helmets because they screwed with hearing and then got bonuses to spot checks and initiative on ambush?
Swear I read it somewhere. And books would never lie to me. Might as well say people put lies on the internet.
>>44034361
I wouldn't be surprised, a bad helmet is worse than no helmet
Why do imperial guardsmen not have capes?
It makes propaganda so much better for what is effectively a cheap piece of cloth.
>>44033411
Some regiments may. There's more than "Cadian Standard" out there.
>>44033411
because you can trip over them
Capes are a nuissance. They're better off not wearing them.
What if written spells weighed ten pounds?
>>44032863
Do spellbooks count? If so, muscle wizards.
Scrolls see a lot less use in favor of wands and staves.
>>44032863
Fantasy set far enough back in history that people wrote shit down on stone tablets?
The planet Nirn and Earth are now connected by a portal in Switzerland. (CERN fucked up.) The Portal leads to an area on the border of Cyrodiil and Marrowind. Assume that it is 2 years after the Events of Skyrim and Deadra can't cross the portal.
How do things go down? How does everyone on Nirn react to Earth?
presumably by both sides dying to foreign disease
All the "refugees" to Europe are sent through to Nirn.
>>44032872
kek.
If they brought guns they could take over a nice new home.
Why are Sons of Horus so cute?
>>44032648
Because you're a faggot?
Is OP the 'how do I get Kurze senpai to notice me' faggot?
>>44032648
because you find 28 mm minis attractive? if thats your bag man i dont judge.
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Hey chummers. I'm fairly new to SR, playing my first runner, first run. I want this guy to stick around long enough to retire, any experienced runners out there with tips on how to avoid getting geeked?
I haven't read a rulebook in ages, did we ever get magitech guns?
>>44031965Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, ever, cut a deal with a dragon.
What went wrong?
>>44031732
Everything.
>>44031749
40k in a nutshell
>>44031732
BL authors got overexcited and shat the story up, turning a simple but compelling epic into a convoluted tardfest.
In non-dice-pool-based systems, do opposed rolls actually do anything other than clutter up the game with more and more rolls?
One of my players is seemingly obsessed with opposed rolls and balks at the idea of a PC vs. NPC contest being just the PC rolling against a static NPC defense (in this system, it is normally up to the GM which way to handle it for any given ), to the point of outright threatening to leave the game because I wanted to handle a certain PC vs. NPC roll as "PC rolls against static NPC defense."The player has been in this game for 20+...
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>>44031445
Yeah, some of them do. It's irrational and dumb, but some people think they're great. I'm with you, though, they're a big waste of time.
It sounds like you've got a guy who's going to sperg about it, though. If you want to irritate him, do a coin flip and if it's heads, add +5 to the NPC's defense.
It does allow for a (very rare) chance for success/failure in cases where there is a large powergap and there otherwise would not be such a chance.
For example your PC has a +4 in stealth, while this high level guard has a +15 in perception. Were you to just use a passive perception, the PC couldn't beat the guard, since the guards passive would be 25, and even if the PC nat 20'd he would fail with a 24nat 20 auto-succeeding skill rolls is a common misconception/house rule, but not RAW in any D&D.
However, if you both rolled, the guard could...
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>>44031445
>outright threatening to leave the game because I wanted to handle a certain PC vs. NPC roll as "PC rolls against static NPC defense
You're better off without them if they're this prissy, honestly.
That said I don't think a few more rolls takes up much time. They roll, you roll, you compare. Vs, They roll, you look up the stat, you compare.
So, I've seen various Civilization threads pop up over time, and I was wondering if any of you knew how to play it? If you have spreadsheets or other online resources, sharing them would be nice.
These Romans are crazy
>>44031044
I'll take conquering Gaul for 58 BC
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You are Urist Twelfthbay, the moe personification of Dwarf Fortress, and are a short, sturdy creature fond of drink and industry. 'Course, since you're a Gamindustri native, you just look like a little beardless girl, rather than a proud bushy-bearded dwarf.
Sure,...
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>>44030732
You straighten back up, working out the kinks in your neck. If she isn't getting off this damn island, then you'll just /tow/ her along, 'cause she'll die a horrible death if she stays out here on her own. Besides, it'll kill two birds with one stone, dragging along an ungrateful adventurer AND patching up your ride- you jerk a thumb back to the hollow asteroid, which is missing a third of its mass.
You're not sure how you /forgot/ that detonating the back end to propel you all...
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>>44030764
The three of you retreat into the hollow asteroid and its uncertain protection from space debris and/or catastrophic existence failure, and prepare to blow up /another/ bunch of firearms and explosives to propel you back toward home.
Tiff licks her lips nervously, pulling out another old-fashioned detonator- the type with an unfolding antenna. "Three, two, one-"
>Urist Twelfthbay blows something else up!
ROLL d100! (dice+1d100 in the email field)
Taking...
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Rolled 55 (1d100)
>>44030888
for the entertainment of Armok!
In what situation, if there are any, is it reasonable to flip a table, literally or metaphorically. I'm curious about your answers.
You know those folding tables that have the hinges you need to mess with to get them to work?
Lot easier to flip the table and get them then it is to crawl under.
When you're really angry and want to make a point.
>>44030332
If the opponent is cheating and all the models are his.
Give me advice, /tg/.
>Setting is a fantasy world but with slightly better than modern technology
>GM announces political campaign set during a war where we're all important people (nobleman, high priest, general, etc)
>I make a news reporter in the style of Fox News
>Due to political shenanigans, everyone defects to the enemy except me
>Smear the party, making them out to be traitorous pedophiles into interspecies...
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Just look up Nazi propaganda and use that for inspo. Gotta keep the anger flowing.
>>44030179
False flag terrorism.
>>44030179
Hire some Jews to help
What's a good CR 1/4 monster for an urban adventure, /tg/?
Level 1 party, all tier III classes.
>>44029892
Unless you want to edit templates yourself, I'd say your best bet is something like a lapdog... very pathetic really.
What edition?
