I've passed last 2 weeks studying a campaign for Pathfinder
Pretty standard setting with nothing special, stealing ideas here and there.
I manage to form a group with Game Finder players.
Everyone has got their sheets and we're ready to go
After 2 hours we're into it, one of the players (call him good player) leaves, but then explains he has a family urgency the day after.
I believe him since we spent a lot working on his character and he seems to like my way of GMing, but he can't stand two other player going full powerplay and repeating rulebook word by word.
After he quit another one leaves for work, even if I specified the session would have lasted at least 3 to 4 hours.
After good player calling out, the group tears apart, I didn't want to play with 2 powerplayers and a player that would always be available for no longer than 2 hours.
I manage to keep 2 of the old good players and look for more to reform another group.
We all set once again, 2 hours before the first session one of the player calls out because he didn't know it wasn't text only.
One doesn't show up, we still decide to start with 3 players only.
As I start introducing the setting one of them says "I'm not playing this campaign" and flakes.
Now, I can understand him not finding the setting interesting and such, but I had already introduced them to the main story when recruiting them for the campaign.
Now, is it my fault? Is it him being an asshole?
I feel like shit for even thinking of putting effort in something that involves people from the internet.
Good player told me that he's still playing whatever I feel like running, but I don't think I wanna try anymore, I'm too demotivated for this shit.
Tl;dr are players shit for flaking or am I shit at GMing
>>43925479
That's how finding groups online works mate. You keep sifting through shit, keeping the good players until you have a full group.
Then again, you should make sure everyone are on the same page before you start a campaign. A player should know that a game isn't text only, and the general gist of the setting so that he wouldn't leave the moment he sees it. That was your fuck up.
Now, it's always possible you're also just a shit DM, but that's impossible to tell from the information you've given us. It's also possible that except for that fuck up you're god tier.
>>43925524
Players who actually play usually like me, of course I can't give you any proof in a 4chan thread.
I supposed it was obvious since in the Game Finder post I mentioned roll20+skype voice call.
Any suggestion on how to read players? I try to ask them a couple question, but they always do the same answers "Yeah very serious here i like the game of where you play the role not le rolls" but then are always a bunch of murderhobos
>>43925479
Focus on what KIND of campaign you want to run, what sort of mood, is it dark and serious, upbeat and silly? Silly and dark? And so on.
Be specific with what kind of players you need, how long and how often they need to be available and any other relevant info, like voice vs text, time zones, minimum session length, rules for being absent, what system to use etc.
Kick people who don't obey the rules. The good players will see that they don't have to put up with disruptive players for long and be more inclined to stay if they know you're going to boot the bad apples instead of sucking their dicks because you desperately want to keep the gang together.
Be a little flexible. If all you really have is a specific setting you made up, there's bound to be people who'll be turned off by some aspect of it, so work with them if they seem good.
Honestly, most of my campaigns start by me telling people a bit about myself and what I enjoy as a DM and then brainstorming stuff together with the people who are on the same page.
Oh, and do yourself a huge favour and just pick some free rules-light system to run your game in. It serves the dual purpose of attracting people who might be awesome but didn't have the PF books or felt like the wouldn't have time to learn it etc, and it scares away the powergamers who always start shit.
You don't get any "muh system mastery" autists if you're running Barbarians of Lemuria or Lasers and Feelings.
Have you seen... this?
Basically for the very cheap price of52€Chaos have 12 stories and 12 supplement.
I don't even know what to think about it, but it's good news for Chaos players... i guess.
There is the equivalent for Chaos in Age of Sigmar, but who gives a shit.
>>43925306
Yep.
More interested in the 40K Chaos stories. The first ebook doesn't look promising.
>>43925306
>Path to Glory
Fuckin yus.
>>43925306
They're bringing chaos back
All them imperials don't know how to act
Hey guys, I need your help here. I have this roleplaying game going on and I'd need a image to represent my character (we're playing online most of the time so an image is nice).
The game take place in the Naruto universe, in a place far away from where we know the manga story (the story from the manga or anime doesn't affect our game at all). The players are in a three man squad and the GM is the team captain (who never helps in combat, talk about a captain :P).
A little of the backtory of the character might help figuring what I'm looking for. He and his clan are pretty dark characters, cursed hundreds of years ago because of the greed of the clan leaders who were too proud of their ocular powers. The result of the curse was that every child related to the clan would be born blind and that anytime someone would look into their eyes, both would suffer an horrible and painful death. With this curse going on, nobody wanted to deal with them, as their condition inspired fear in people, leaving them to live as refuge in a great ninja city. Still, they survived, some of them lucky (or skilled) developped a new sense, giving them the ability to ''feel'' their surrounding, allowing them to ''see'' the world while not really seeing it (kind of like the Miralukas in the Star Wars universe). The clan stayed united even with the separation made by this ability, but it allowed to some of them to take part in the village, getting the most skilled one to enter the ninja academy and eventually becoming ninja of the village. Many people disliked the fact that these ''monsters'' were allowed the same rights than the ''normal'' citizens, but the village leader decided that this was the best way to take the cursed clan out of their misery.
That's the background.
Now, for the character itself.
The character is a 16 years old male from the described clan. Having developped his ''seeing skill to an unexpected level, he is the ''eyes'' of his team and a huge part of the sensory devision of the village. He's been lonely his entire life, his parents disapearing from his life at a young age (ninja life), he's not good socializing with others. He's grown into a cold blooded killer, using water style ninjutsu to anihilate his opponents. His lack of empathy irritates his team members, the people would want him to be more on the bright side, but being constantly tormented by his curse, he's just not open to being a good helping little ninja. He fights with a scythe if he need to take a weapon, but he usualy only uses his ninjutsu.
Anyone have ideas for a picture I could use for him ? Ask questions if i'm not being clear in this little description (the game has been going on for three years, with a game every two week, so I can't put everything in here)
>>43925211
>>43925252
The first picture was a poor selection for a younger version of the character
The second one is the actual picture, but is too childish (even if the character isn't a representation of masculinity)
>>43925211
>>43925252
>>43925274
You aren't serious, right?
This is a joke, yes?
Please be a joke. If this isn't a joke, you need to kill yourself.
What sorts of privileges does the king of the homeless have?
A network of hobo spies, stockpiles of drugs and alcohol in a storage unit.
The biggest shack in a shanty town.
>>43924987
White cis-male privilege, obviously.
He has more societal power than all women combined
Shares of whatever other hobos managed to beg during the day.
Somewhere in the future, I want to run a solo campaign about Byzantine/Romanelvesas a sort of "prequel" to a campaign I'm running right now. This game would also include a few battles with the PC acting as some sort of centurion, commanding a small group of men as we zoom in on a small portion of the battle field.
The system that will be used for most of the game is D&D 5e. Is there a way to do the above with it? If not, what system could be used exclusively for these battles in some two-system hybrid monstrosity game?
Pic related: guaranteed replies.
>>43924978
>roman
>elves
>>43924978
DnD can't do mass battles without it being 90% DM rolling dice against themself or just straight up fiat.
Look at how Fate or Savage Worlds does mass battles.
>roman elves
It probably wouldn't change much. Emporeres would still get murdered, barbarians would still flood the empire
>pic related
Would slap my dick on the scales and say vae victus\10
I'm running a game with byzantine elves present.
They never shut the fuck up about being superior to everyone, how ossum their empire was ruling the known world and how their capital is the city of the worlds desire. They also betrayed and killed their best general who came THIS close to restoring their old glory because they are a bunch reactionary, backstabbing fucks who splintered into themas. All vying to be Empress, completely oblivious how their even their rump empire is crashing and burning around them, getting invaded by humans ostensibly en route to fight the orcs.
Would you vote for a dragon president?
Depends, is he pro gun? Because guns are awesome.
>>43924046
Yes, because I trust a dragon to be smarter than a dumbass human.
>>43924046
No because we have a Prime Minister.
But also yes.
What are some good non-GURPS systems for playing as vikings? Low or no magic preferred.
D&D 4e. Inherent magic item bonuses, martial classes only. Shit rocks. Have the GM sprinkle the DMG2 boons in as needed.
>>43923109
GURPS with slightly different rules.
>>43923109
Whenever you want to ask what system would be best for [setting/idea], rather than making a thread, just ask 12 people to say the word 'GURPS' to you
/tg/, this is a code blue.
Outsider has updated not once, not twice, but three times this month with a note that more may follow tomorrow.
This is not a drill.
>Berserk was seven years on a ship
Any bets on how long this little voyage will take?
My god, it's almost like a regular webcomic.
If he keeps this up, I'll throw patreon dollars at him.
What is your PC's personal hell and how would they escape from it /tg/?
>>43922538
A temple city where everyone is unified in their faith of a god who makes regular public appearances.
He'd escape by doing the same thing he plans on doing in the material plane, convincing everyone that he's a god in mortal form so he can draw power from their worship.
A firing range stocked with every weapon ever, but no ammo.
>>43922538
>IhavenolimbsbutImustfight.exe
Anyone know how Knights Errant will work? I mean, aren't they too few in number during the Heresy to be able to field any significant force of them and still remain true to lore. From what I can recall, there were around 10-15 total mentioned in Vengeful Spirit. Who would their commanders be(besides Garro)? Saul Tarvitz? Loken? Malcador himself? Would they rely on auxiliary forces to boost their numbers?
>>43922348
Rubio and Varren are the only other Knights Errant who comanded their own missions.
Personally, a DIY Knight Errant would be sweet.
>>43922348
>Malcador
is about as likely to get his own model as the Emperor is.That is to say, not at all.
I am expecting an Inquisition like faction here mechanically. You can pick only HQs and Elites and it has to be a detachment with one of the other Imperium factions.
Does playing with attractive people instead of gross neckbeards make games more enjoyable?
>>43921909
The kinds of people who skimp on personal hygiene and appearance are generally not the most sociable or enjoyable kinds of people.
>>43921909
Attractive people make everything better.
>>43921909
I wouldn't know, I've never played with gross neckbeards. Contrary to popular opinion, alot of people who are intonon-warhammer 40kRPG games aren't actually basement dwelling grognards. I happen to play mostly with a college gaming group, and they're pretty chill.
Why is he so based bros?
Im not your bro, you dog.
He'd be better with a haircut that Skrillex doesn't consider fashionable.
>>43921830
Because you're only 12
What if the Emperor is, in fact, a perpetual? What if he communicated to the Imperium that he wanted to be cut off from the Golden Throne so that he could die and properly reanimate?
In the few minutes that he needs, if the Imperium brought the GREATEST of their warriors to defend the warp rift against incoming demons, took all of their ships out of warp storms, could they hold the line until he resurrected?
>>43921538
Who cares. The setting isn't going to progress anyways.
>>43921538
The Emperor suggesting that they pull the plug would be a Heresy-paradox for most people. On one hand you're supposed to obey the Emperor but it is heretical to even think of killing him.
>>43921563
no fun allowed.jpg
>You approach the thrown of the Demon King, ready to slay him once and for all
>He simply sits there, watching you with his burning eyes
>You hear a faint murmuring under his helmet, clearly his demon speak
>But as you listen closer, you begin to make out common tongue
>"Get me out of this thing!"
>You remove the demon king's helmet to reveal that he is a pasty faced human teenage with acne
>He was exploring this abandoned temple with some of his friends due to a dare, and was told to dress up in that armor he is wearing now, as they found it just lying on the ground
>He did so, but the armor was incredibly heavy and he sat down on the nearby thrown
>The temple suddenly became full of demons, and they slaughtered his friends
>The demons mistook him for the Demon King, and not being able to understand him under his helmet, simply went about destroying the land to please him
>The armor is so heavy that he hasn't been able to get up from the throne
>He fears that if he were to go back to his village and tell them what happened, they will execute him.
What do
>>43921471
So he's been pooping in his armor the whole time?
>>43921471
Teach OP to spell throne.
>>43921504
He has been pooping in this armor the whole time. You assumed the stench was gaseous evil when you entered the temple.
Last time: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/43902969/
>>43921283
YES.
YES.
YES.
HYPE.
Ring dorf's doorbell, leave Bare outside. Observe reaction.
>>43921302
>>43921283
Let's get us some Dorfs!
You approach the entrance. Seems like someone is hanging around out front.
