>You are a young man named Lloyd from the frozen Northern mountains of Tordo, on the continent of Teege. After a youth spent learning magic, you and your girlfriend spent some time as bandits after your home was destroyed, but have recently taken a chance to escape that life into a legit one... As sellswords, admittedly, but it's better than nothing.
>Your exact goal will change from thread to thread, most likely involving some job or another you've been sent on.
>The questmasters are Octoling (myself), and Grandflaw. There's no particular rhyme or reason to who posts when, and sometimes one of us might not appear all.
>Character Death is always a possibility and sometimes an inevitability (this is Fire Emblem after all), but your actions can very easily influence who lives and who dies.
>Voting periods will last an average of ten to fifteen minutes, but this may be increased, decreased, or generally changed at any given moment based on voter turnout.
>The previous threads are archived on suptg. A link to the most recent (coupled with summary and a handy list of names) is pasted http://pastebin.com/9ubm8wmb
>Our update twitter is https://twitter.com/qmgrandflocto and you can shoot us questions at http://ask.fm/qmgrandflocto
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On the way back to Elza, your company crossed paths with two men, one apparently garou and younger, one somewhat older and fully human, with medium-length brown hair and a dulled red coat. Swordsmen, by the looks of it, both of them.
To be more technical, at the time, it was night, you were camped about a day from the city, and you and Ansi were on watch.
"You two here to start trouble?" Ansi says, wary of potential bandits and tired. "Just keep moving, both of you."
"Don't talk to us like that!" The wolf grumbles, snarling.
"H-hey, wait," the human says, holding up his hand, "stay your hand, would you?"
"You say that now," Ansi says, suspiciously.
>A. Instruct these two men to back off
>B. Tell Ansi to back down
>C. Ask what they need
>D. Write-in
>E. Be silent
>>43797034
>A. Instruct these two men to back off
>>B. Tell Ansi to back down
>>43797097
"Look, all of you back off."
The human responds, "but... I wasn't-"
"Listen to him," Ansi says, "we're just getting back from one hell of a mission, and we don't need any trouble."
"You too, Ansi, gods! Two guys just happen by and you assume they're out to rob us?"
"Father, these two have an attitude," the (half?) Garou says.
The father shakes his head. "Romulus, this is..." He turns towards both of you. "Sorry for starting trouble. We'll just... Be on our way now."
"That's right," Ansi says, "'the hell away from us' is that way, gentlemen."
The men nod, Romulus turning to glare and growl at Ansi once more before they head off in the direction you two were coming from.
"Hmph... I could've taken them," Ansi grumbles.
>A. Wait a minute...
>B. Ansi, the hell's your problem
>C. Tell the men to come back!
>D. You probably could have
>E. Write-in response
>F. Be silent
Good evening/morning/afterlunch/wherever it is you are, /tg/.
So here's the situation: my playgroup comprises the gamut of "I want to create a flufftastic character with really cool social interactions and RP!" to "I want to be the biggest badass who ever lived and I will munchkin the system until I do so."
I need a system that straddles the line between mechanical and narrativist; something which blends dice-rolling and RP. We've tried Savage Worlds, the powergamer broke it almost immediately. We've tried FATE, I can't get my head around it as a GM.
Any suggestions?
>>43796866
i liked Exalted's flair for "crunchy as shit yet rewards players actually roleplaying"
plus there's actually statistic values applied to things characters care for! so you can really turn battle tides, either arguments or fights, by pinning said values.
Threatening a man's wife is a great way to invoke a feeling of hatred toward you that will blind their ability to act rationally, for example.
Or, as a good liar, you can imply someone means his wife ill harm and must be stopped, so they'd redirect said hatred toward your target. It's fun times.
But if you can't get your head around FATE, aka "more points and i win without question: the system," Exalted might be sort of impossible, friend
>>43797265
bonus round: the default power scale for every single player Exalted is "the absolute biggest baddest motherfucker this side of the continent, utterly unmatched in skill in what they're good at" AT LEVEL 1
it's a game where you cruise through all challenges until something really fucking legendary appears. That might be the one time you fail.
So your munchkin players will be so gratified in their ability to destroy entire armies in fair combat that they probably won't even notice certain things are more broken than others.
>>43796866
With Savage Worlds, it's normally not that difficult to circumvent a power gamer's min-maxing. Aside from not making everything about direct combat, if somebody is strong in melee, you have a bunch of people shoot at him (where you can't just build up your parry to protect you; you can even have some enemies take a round to aim if necessary, or blindside him with unexpected area effect attacks) and just generally use tactics against him in particular (since it should be obvious that he's the real threat in the party once combat gets going)--shoot from cover, draw him into an ambush, or just plain gang up on him.
But to address your question, what you're asking for is very difficult as seem to want mechanics that cater to your powergamer and let him be a real badass, but without being too powerful, while also being narrativist by mechanical design (rather than just GM fiat). Honestly, my solution would be to go for a rules-light game where you can give the badass a statistical advantage (high combat stats) without being able to exploit a bunch of loopholes, and leave yourself free to improv your way around his strengths if necessary (by giving the enemies situational bonuses and so forth). And, of course, with a rules-light system, you don't really have any mechanics to get in the way of your role-playing social interactions (if you feel a roll is necessary, just make it an attribute check with whatever modifier you think is appropriate, or just decide based on a character's background and stats what you feel like his percentage of success should be, and then roll against that percentage).
How much power should a "community manager" have?
>>43796766
Depends entirely on the needs and attitudes of the community he manages.
>>43796766
All of it.
>>43796873
>US president
>power
I don't think you understand how much of a quagmire that system is.
What's /tg/'s opinion on R. A. Salvatore? I remember really liking his books when I was 12, but I doubt I have the attention span for them these days.
>>43796532
Passably good fantasy fiction. Better if you like DND, worse if you hate drow. Some highpoints, some lowpoints. Overall slightly above average but you might want to avoid the barbarian in hell drama.
>>43796532
Mixed feeling on my part.
Liked them for the most part when I was a kid, now get slightly pissed at them for being what so many players have copied to make characters.
>>43796579
Oh shit barbarian in hell part was godawful.
The books about assassin in some desert city or something were cool.
Good evening, Imperial denizens.
May I interest you in some purity seals? They are guaranteed to work. If not, you get a refund. Promised.
>>43796283
I take 10!
>>43796340
Most excellent! You will not regret your purchase, rest assured!
Previously, a journey through the swamps and getting kicked around a bit. Continuing on directly from last post.
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>>43796066
You hold back a groan as Hiss pats you on the head in what could be construed as a patronizing fashion. She probably doesn’t mean it though. Hiss doesn’t mean a lot of things. Your gut still hurts.
Aashenpreet stays back, observing this with a mixture of confusion and worry.
“Is it wise to antagonize the person who holds all your wishes, Hiss?”
“It’s okay, Cennen loves me and he knows that even if I get a little mad and carried away, I don’t really mean it.”
She helps you to your feet, holding you close. She’s very cold.
“And besides, he always makes cowardly wishes. It’s really nothing to fear.”
It is at this point that Oster returns, a stack of kindling in his arms. He looks at all of you and shrugs, dumping the firewood on the ground.
“I’m not going to ask.”
Before long, he’s got a nice fire going. You’d question why you would need it just yet as the sun has not yet gone down but Hiss and Aashenpreet are already crowding around it. Maybe they’d grown too accustomed to the heat of Quedesh.
Oster sits further back, whittling at a chunk of wood with a thin knife. Another mask?
“Hey Cennen, what are you doing? Come sit here.”
Hiss beckons you down to sit beside her, having apparently already forgotten about her momentary violence against you.
>Sit and talk with her
>Go brew instead.
>Make sure the Bunyip is doing fine instead.
>Sit down but not near her.
>Use a Potion (Specify)
>Make a wish (Specify)
>>43796097
>Sit and talk with her
Tell her that the physical abuse seriously has to stop. It's time to really stand up for ourselves here.
>>43796097
>>Make sure the Bunyip is doing fine instead.
Well met again teegee. I come to you for a very specific reason. I draw, /tg/, drawing is my life, quite literally. And I of course am a not-quite-elegan/tg/entleman, or I wouldn't be here. So those things happen to mesh in a very specific way: you think, I draw. It is easy, really: I will, in the next post, give you what we call a "skeleton" (not that kind) and you will tell me what to do of it. Of course, as long as it is /tg/ related. Elf ears, tails, horns, armor of all kinds, a giant d20, a meltagun, robe and wizard hat, all goes. For you it is a test of creativeness, for me, a test of skills. Dare you enter this magical experience again, /tg/?
>>43795732
And here is said skeleton. Blank canvas all for you, /tg/. What will it be?
>>43795769
Male
>>43795789
Forgive me but no males this time. When I tried male character we didn't reach the end, while it always works on females. Besides I have this one ready and it is a fucking 30cm x 20 too. No bully, pls.
>you will never be a loyal slave serving the astartes warrior gods onboard a strike cruiser or a battle barge
Why even live?
>>43795333
I think that the status of the normal people aboard Space Marine ships and planets should be expanded upon.
Like the Iron Hands just use servitors, the Black Templars have zealot slaves, the Ultramarines have a mix of servitors/guardsmen with some sort of Ultramar flare.
Fuck, now I want a Roman/Byzantine themed Guardsmen army as the garrison of Ultramar.
>>43795535
I'm currently rereading the Night Lords Omnibus and the segments describing the everyday life of the slaves on the Covenant are just pure crack.
>>43795614
Yeah, but that's a Night Lords ship, ain't it?
Can't imagine it'd be too great.
Post your current character, post their theme song, then tell us about them.
>>43794892
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQUeQOIlcDM
Ace Vanderly, ace pilot of the Ace Squadron, a true American hero and an upstanding citizen of the glorious nation of United States of America. A fighter for right, just and freedom.
He's also a selfish prick, but he doesn't know it himself.
>>43794892
Smack by bitch up
>>43794892
My Rogue Traders theme song is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQeud5on3mY
He's basically a Mexican General-turned-businessman with the Machismo turned up to 11, who was forced to become a Rogue Trader because of rivals vying for Lord Commander of his homeworld Guard regiments, and now he goes out of his way to fuck with the guy who removed him from the picture (who is now Lord Commander) by fucking him over at every possible time while still making his homeworld and himself wealthy, and banging basically anything with a vagina (organic and mechanical), including pretty much all female members of his crew.
He also has an elderly woman who acts as his aide, whom he calls "Abuela," and she is the only person who can berate him and scold him on the entire ship (which she often does). Nobody knows how old she is, but she's been around for at least as long as he's been a RT, and that's been 110 years, and everybody remembers her only being old.
God save El Presidente-Generalissimo Manuel Constantino Reynaldo Corono-Modelo de Tecate.
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Announcement, a retcon, and a fix.
Most immediately, I answered the pile-up of questions in the ask.fm but I want to clarify regarding cats and dogs; dogs are definitely rare, cats are less so but feral populations do persist. Cats have a decreased life span and a number of parasites and predators compete with or openly attack the feral populations but as cats themselves represent such a good evolutionary template that pseudo-cats exist in places with no actual feline population I think it is reasonable that they would survive into the future.
Pic related: A mongoose that has evolved cat-like features.
As for the first retcon, the Elevon definitely has a back seat. I know the picture I posted lacks one but there is a small backseat that I referred to several times since it first appeared. It was always intended to have one and I apologize for any confusion the image may have caused.
The second retcon is that a gas mask and taser that were missing from your inventory after you picked them off the body of the dead Scyth in the vets office have been restored. To make up for this, I also added a single taser grid to your stock.
An exterminator, a little girl, and a pedophile get into a car. Your situation is the punchline.
Robert sits beside you in the passenger seat, head lolling back and forth with the motion of the car. Silver line of drool drizzles on his bare chest, his shirt having again been tied around his wrists. His daughter is in the backseat, laid out on her side. She hasn’t been conscious for several hours now but her breathing seems steady enough.
You’re descending once more from Tai Mo Shan, trying to concentrate as you struggle not to get too involved in the turns. Robert represents a major ace for you now that you’ve holo-recorded his confession and, if you turn him over to Crusty you’ll have given them the leverage they desire over Vice Administrator Shan.
On the other hand, an innocent man goes on trial this Saturday for a crime the Shans commited. If you handed over Robert to them, they might be able to set the record straight. Alternately, you could try and use Robert’s knowledge to get some evidence exposing Mrs. Shan herself…
Regardless, you need to satisfy Mrs. Shan’s call for the death of her husband before she blows the bomb in your neck.
None of these choices seem very good…
>call Crusty
>call Lopez
>call Amanda
>Kill Robert, bring his corpse or some other trophy back for Mrs. Chan
>write-in
>>43794899
>>call Crusty
This is the only option that buys back sonfu.
Also, might Shan be helicopter-ing over Vince's current neck-GPS is?
does GW hate factions because they have the Fleur-de-lis as their symbol?
>>43794788
Can't copyright it.
>>43794788
well, GW is british and the fleur is french...
really, that may be all...
>>43794788
They bloody well should
Fuck France
And no, I'm not British
Played my first ever "Real" DnD session as a bard named Captain Rainbeard. Anyone interested in my story?
Just post it homo.
Sure friend. It's always nice to hear someone's first experience. Tell us about Rainbeard.
I M so happy to hear that. Do you want hear it from my or Rainbeard's POV?
Fantasy food thread!
Players, what is the favourite meal of your characters?
GM's, what dishes do you create, and how do you make them up?
Also post pictures of tasty fictional/medieval food
Also, does anyone here use random generators for their dishes? I use this one a lot
http://chaoticshiny.com/mealgen.php
>>43794397
There's dinosaurs in the region of Eberron that my character hails from, and in one of the guidebooks it says that longneck type dino bacon is an extremely popular export.
She's probably pretty sweet on slow smoked, maple cured, peppered dino bacon.
And brontosaurus burgers.yabba-dabba-doo, bitches.
>>43794397
We're always talking about basilisk tongue this and terrasque steak that..
What do sci-fi people eat?
The /btg/ is dead, long live the /btg/!
13 years later and they are still butthurt
Old thread: >>43763894
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>/btg/ does a TRO.
http://builtforwar.blog(not spam) spot.com/
>The Happening has Happened and it was glorious:
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>Can I get an overview of the major factions?
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/great-houses/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/the-clans/
http://bg.battletech.com/universe/other-powers/
>How do I find out what mechs a faction has?
http://masterunitlist.info/
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>SSW Mech Designer
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>Battletech IRC
#battletech on irc.rizon.net
>PDF Folders
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https://www.mediafire.com/folder/sdckg6j645z4j/Battletech
>>43794041
haha, butte hold
DHS ruined battle tech.
>>43794174
The change from BattleDroids to Battletech ruined Battletech.
>siding with Chaos over Law
>ever
Do you respect a murderer's freedom to murder?
It is possible for a lawful society to have a decent quality of life throughout, various protected human rights, and a consistent way to resolve disputes. It's not slavery because you can leave, you can vote, and you can run for office. All civilized beings recognize that morality does not begin and end with "but I wanna".
Everyone being brainwashed and identical is only one way the cosmic ideal of Law can manifest, but having no laws at all? That's always just kill or be killed, and the only people who want that are the ones who naively assume they'd be on top of the food chain.
>>43794039
>siding with law
>siding with chaos
This isn't good vs evil where one side is objectively better than the other. Both law and chaos need to be taken in moderate amounts and not go overboard, or things go to shit. Too much law? Stagnation, restriction, burecracy. Too much chaos? Lawlessness, incohate knowledgekeeping, general craziness.
Laws are a means to an end, just as innovation, freedom and freethinking is.
You shouldn't side with law or chaos, any more than you should side with time or space or art or science.
Use them, but remember that they aren't something of themselves, they're goddamn tools.
>>43794268
>This isn't good vs evil where one side is objectively better than the other.
Found the evildoer.
>>43794039
> thinking D&D alignment system ever worked
> 2015
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