>a mage from a distant land enrages the locals by referring to potions as "elixirs"
>>43927348
>And he says it in a really weird way.
>>43927348
>that little soda spot in Texas
>it's Austin
Fucking Californians.
Magic vs Magick?
General sci fi art thread for worldbuilding and character art
post yer spaceships and robots here lads
Im currently looking for mega structures eg dyson spheres/swarms
>>43927152
cyberpunk also welcome
I'm heading to the book store today, and I was wondering if you guys had any recommendations on what I should get. Right now I'm slowly working my way through pic related, but I'd like to pick something else up. What are some good reads?
>>43927115
Fritz Lieber (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series)
Michael Moorcock (Eternal Champion series)
Patricia A. McKillip (Riddlemaster of Hed trilogy)
Joe Haldeman (Forever War)
Robert E. Howard (Conan)
Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master by Raymond E. Feist
The Godfather by Marion Puzo
When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scot Lynch
Furies of Calderon by Jim Butcher
Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Tales by H.P. Lovecraft
Avoid:
Anything by Terry Goodkind
Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
I'd give more details and will later if thread is still alive, but have to head to work four minutes ago. Sorry.
>>43927115
im 90~ pages into the dark tower (first book of the 7) and its pretty good
Fans of 'roll %, try to get under your skill'; How does the defender effect what I need to roll? Does a big bulky dude have the same chance to be hit as a nimbly dodgy guy?
>>43926836
A fair amount of systems give a bonus to hit larger targets. As an example, Rogue Trader gives +10 to shoot large targets.
>>43926836
Depends on the system. Usual response is a bonus to hit easier targets and modifiers dependent on what your target is doing.
>>43926974
>>43926995
These. RQ6 gives you a bonus, if I remember correctly, and if you get it you'll probably need it.
In real life, and as such in many fantasy settings, it's pretty common for crooks to have all manner of tattoos and shit to display others their status and deeds. But in what manner would other races and cultures perform this kind of marks? How would you know that elf over there is a real badass humanslaying ranger boss?
I'm particularly curious of the more hairy monster races - bugbears, gnolls, minotaurs, dwarves, etc. - because all that fur obviously makes it impossible to tattoo them at all.
>>43926573
I'd guess elves could have tallies or notches on their ear for every kin slayed. As for hairy races, patches of baldness with tattoos or magic-ing their hair to grow in a color pattern could work. That Bugbear with yellow stripes on their mane might be a professional vault cracker.
>>43926573
They shave shapes and symbols in duh.
Braids, dyed fur..there are plenty of ways
>I'm particularly curious of the more hairy monster races - bugbears, gnolls, minotaurs, dwarves, etc. - because all that fur obviously makes it impossible to tattoo them at all.
Y'know, that's a really good question
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Last night, you slept little and dreamed even less.
Your name is Mia Vespucci, and you found that second part far more agreeable. Although your dreams, recurring things of darkness and impending suffocation, have been far less traumatic of late – strangely enough, the knowledge that they were dying memories from a past life made them far easier to cope with – you still tend towards waking suddenly and violently. A habit, formed early in life, is not easy to break in later years. Regardless, this is one morning that remains undisturbed, to your great relief. You've got other things to think about.
Things like finally rescuing Marco, your father, from the clutches of his demonic captors. Tonight, the night of the full moon, will be the moment you've been waiting for ever since this whole ordeal began so few days ago. You sooner you're ready to move, the better – it's just a shame that nobody else feels that way. It was closer to noon before all of your companions had assembled, each one bearing excuses of their own. Joseph had blamed the strong painkillers he had taken for his damaged face, while Leon was in a drunken stupor. Laziness and nervousness accounted for Petra and Cassandra respectively, while Elliot kept his silence.
Fine. So be it.
>>43926486
“Well!” Amelia announces, the cheerful lilt in her voice betraying the frustration beneath, “You all seem well rested this morning!”
Afternoon, you add quietly, this afternoon.
“Right,” Amelia still sounds distracted as she nods in your direction, “So I don't want to see anyone napping off. Now, Mia, why don't you run us through the plan?”
The plan, of course. The same plan that Cassandra told you last night, in a quick rush of words before she retreated into her borrowed bedroom. You're not quite sure why she isn't the one giving the orders here, but you don't have the time to worry about it. Instead, standing, you run the group through the plan. Meeting up with Sati in the demon world, you would all enter the tunnels beneath the auction house and march to the Lady's domain. When she is out of the way – defeated, forced to surrender or otherwise removed from the equation – you can use her portal to enter the Intoxicating One's fortress. From there, Marco. After rattling that off, you ask if there are any objections.
“Actually,” Cassandra says slowly, “I don't think we should commit all of our forces to one path. A diversion could draw a lot of attention away, maybe you could slip in and out without being noticed.”
A feint, in other words. Biting your lip as you think, you then ask Cassandra if, perhaps, she has some kind of ulterior motive – some other motivation to attack from another angle, perhaps?
“I want the guardian beast dead,” she says simply, “There – it's not ulterior any more, is it? We should divide our forces, half down the tunnels and half above. That way, if something happens – some delay or anything like that – we won't suffer too much.” With her point made Cassandra falls silent, gazing around with defiant eyes.
>We're all taking the tunnels
>Alright, we'll try a feint
>Other
>>43926492
>Alright, we'll try a feint
>>43926492
>Alright, we'll try a feint
But Leon gets to go with Cass. Bastard might end up killing Marco, at this rate.
Petra goes with us. She's not very subtle, but that fire sword means business. Joseph's packing some fire too.
I don't suppose we can item that ice oni into a null ice item for the tunnel team, or just lend it to someone in said tunnel team?
We stare down the hole that just swallowed Kara, easily deep enough that the thin lights in the woods doesn’t penetrate to the bottom.
My master is peering down the whole, and testing its depth by kicking a rock in. He listens for the impact, as it strikes soft dirt. “Twenty feet, at least.” He sighs. “More than enough to snap your legs from the fall.”
I peer down into the dark as well. “We have to get down there somehow though.” I reply. “That thing- that man took her.”
I notice the corner of his mouth twitch at that. “Funny that.” He remarks dryly. “You heard what he called her.” His grip tightens on his staff as he kicks another rock in. “He called that girl ‘honey’. Rather a familiar title to be used between our little friend and this person who nearly killed us, don’t you think?”
I catch the sound of soft nickering and tramping boots. Ashwyn and his pikemen are approaching slowly, still marching to his poorly timed “One-Two!”s.
“Honey implies a very few specific relationships. Either familial or romantic.” The spook continues. “Either way, evidence points to her being a bad egg.”
“HO!” The squire calls, spotting us through the trees, he directs his men towards us. “Found another entrance have you?” He asks, a playful grin on his face. “We’ll need to find this beast, and sharpish!” The men roll their eyes, fidgeting with their nets.
>Look around for another entrance, there’s got to be one
>Ask to tie their nets into a rope, quick way down.
>Ashwyn, ride back and get more men, this is serious.
>What should we do now, master?
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>>43926470
>Look around for another entrance, there’s got to be one
>>43926470
>Ask to tie their nets into a rope, quick way down.
>>43926470
Look around for another entrance, there’s got to be one
How did you get into Warhammer 40K brothers?
>>43926358
Choose any army then spend all your money
Dawn of war: winter assault. And the books.
>>43926408
Try reading again.
>>43926358
DoW Dark Crusade. Never owned any miniatures nor gave a fuck about TT rules outside of the RPGs.
Right right shitty anime quest from a shitty qm. I should go kill myself but I'm bored so ere we go.
The Pokemon rap starts blaring from your alarm as you try to bury your head in your pillow. Then Professor
>Elm
>Birch
>Oak
comes on an starts talking about the new trainers starting their journey today! Wait a second, isn't today when you where going on yours?! Crap gotta get dressed! Do you throw on your
>Skirt
>Shorts
>>43926175
>Oak
>Shorts
We're going original, mate.
Oak and Shorts
>>>/vp/
They do pokemon quests there.
What would be the advantages and disadvantages of being immortal in a modern world?
>>43926098
You ever read this book, OP?
>>43926098
Mercury poisoning and other accumulated heavy metal toxicity, enjoy being a twitching mess old man!
No retirement.
>vikings IN SPACE
>vampires IN SPACE
>mongols IN SPACE
>lizards IN SPACE
>romans IN SPACE
>native americans IN SPACE
Why is this allowed?
Because space is awesome.
Because that's kind of the point of the setting.
>elves in space
>orcs in space
>dwarves in sp
>greeks in space
>batman IN SPACE
>gladiators in space
>jehovah's witnesses in space
>tomb kings in space
>german WWI infantry in space
Space make everything better.
So, tell me anon why hasn't your gaming group set aside Dnd and picked up torchbearer?
>>43925955
Because it's Burning Wheel complicated and nobody is willing to play it, just like Burning Wheel.
Also we aren't playing D&D.
>>43926120
I play Burning Wheel...
>>43926120
>complicated
are..are you really say roll Xd6's and see how many are fours or better is complicated? Do you need a helmet?
What does the Imperium consider to be "heretical" when it comes to porn? Is there any "big no nos" for that kind of stuff in the Imperium?
Whatever Lorgar said so. True father of the Ecclesiarchy and the Imperial Cult.
Depends. Everything feeds a chaos God in one way or another, but some have more of an effect than others. For example, porn of a human having consensual sex with another human might be a minor boost, but a human, sheep, and Eldar doing Warp Dust off a dead Tau's face while masturbating on each other would feed Slaanesh more.
>>43925724
You don't understand what Slaanesh is about.
If it's not excessive, slaanesh couldn't give half a flying fuck.
Consensual sex would mean nothing unless it went on for like a full week, not stopping.
The kinkiest BDSM where you fuck seven midgets and a horse, while children are being skinned in the background and their screams are being autotunes and mixed into a live DJ set would probably attract slaanesh's attention, but there isn't a half a chance that slaanesh cares about your minor kinks or you masturbating twice a day.
>D&D
>player wants to play Orc
>not Half-Orc
>wants to be good aligned
>in D&D
Why do players do this every time?
>>43925678
>Why do players do this every time?
Same reason they want to play non-evil Drow.
Because they understand the alignment system is shit and should be ignored entirely?
Because racial morality a shit
The break is over. I'm back!
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Summary so far: You don't quite get why you're here and if this is not some kind of weird dream, but there are these goblins, this castle and you're referred to as the new 'overlord'. You already got your first set of armor and led your first expedition into the forest, hoping to find something of interest there. And you kind of did. Also you started rebuilding your caste.
Now rallied your troops, momentarily consisting of nine goblins, and left your castle, heading towards the A'Kash Mountains outside your castle. You hope to find something or someone interesting there.
After only a short march you find a good spot to set up camp. Kislax, your sergeant, asks you for what to do now.
Good question. What do you want to do now?
>Find food for your army (2 weeks of food left)
>Find building (or other) materials (maybe specify if you want to look for something special)
>Scout for possible recruits
>Find something to train fighting on for you/your army
>Other (write in)
Bump.
>Summon players
>>43925515
>>Scout for possible recruits
>>43925515
>>Scout for possible recruits
