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>Hollow Die
I wish death upon he who hath created this monstrosity.
Wouldn't that be unbalanced?
>>43712380
Is that shit even legal? That either seems like it would be loaded or useless.
That looks like it would bounce like crazy. What are your gripes with it?
You had a happy smile all day that morning. Not only was it the weekend and you had no classes at your university, today was also a day you promised to go out with Ruri. She was a long time childhood friend of yours. For as long as you can remember you have been together. "I wonder if Ruri made lunch today..." You thought to yourself as you get ready that morning.
Although the two of you promised to go to the same university, an unfortunate accident happened and she had to stay behind a year in high school. "She'll be joining me next year, our promise...
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>>43712290
>[ ] You had no time to help.
>>43712290
>[ ] You had no time to help.
>>43712290
>[ ] Introduce yourself. Help her out.
Dungeons and Dragons, Yahtzee, and a huge number of other games all rely on throwing dice--from the 4-sided pyramid shape to the familiar 6-sided cube and the monster 20-sided variety. The dice are meant to introduce an element of chance to these games; we expect that the outcomes of the rolls will be truly random.
However, new theoretical models and high-speed movies of dice rolls of numerous shapes and sizes confirm this is not strictly the case. They show that dice thrown with a 1 on the top are slightly more likely to land as a 1 than as the other values for every type of the various kinds of dice they studied. But at the same time, it's usually too hard for someone to predict the outcome of the throw of a single die--you'd have to know the starting conditions of the throw and its environment so precisely that for all practical purposes, the result could be considered random.
Exploring a question that was debated in the 17th century by scientists and mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, and many others before and since, doctoral student Marcin Kapitaniak at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland and his co-authors created a sophisticated theoretical model of the die throw in three dimensions. They considered how the effects of gravity, air resistance, friction of the table, and other factors influence the outcome of the roll. In addition, they observed the fall of the die with a high-speed camera that could capture the die's trajectory at a rate of 1500 frames per second. What did they find to be the most important factor?
"The initial position of the die," Tomasz Kapitaniak,of the University of Lodz in Poland, wrote to me in an email. Small changes in the position can significantly affect the outcome. Other factors are less significant. "The air resistance can be neglected," he said.
However, he quickly added, "friction is important."
https://www.insidescience.org/blog/2012/09/12/dice-rolls-are-not-completely-random
With a high-friction table, in which the dice can't slide across very easily, the dice tend to bounce around more times, tumbling and twirling, and making the results harder to predict. With a smooth, low-friction, or soft table, the dice tend to bounce fewer times.
Even bouncing doesn't always mix things up. The high-speed video showed that dice frequently did not change their face even after a bounce.
Could gamblers use the knowledge from this paper to their advantage, by placing the desired value of their roll as the highest-lying face of their die?
"I don't know how to use it practically in casino," Kapitaniak wrote. Players would have to know everything so precisely--most importantly, the exact position of the die--to be able to predict the results with certainty.
On the other hand, casino operators won't ever be able to achieve 100% random rolls with dice. They often drill the pips--the little dots in dice--and fill it with uniformly weighted material in efforts to make all sides of the dice equally probable to come up in a roll.
"Drilling the pips...gives the symmetry in the die but symmetry is not enough" to make it random, he said. "[The] top face will always be more probable."
If not random, is the die roll chaotic--the popular concept that originated in the second half of the 20th century, in which small differences in starting conditions can lead to large differences in end results? The most common example is the hypothetical picture of a butterfly flapping its wings in South America changing air circulation patterns to influence the weather halfway around the globe. The end result is knowable only if you have precise knowledge of the starting conditions of the world's weather.
A die roll is chaotic only if it bounces on the table an infinite number of times, according to Kapitaniak. But this is far from attainable, due to the fact that the die loses energy with each bounce due to friction.
With the high-speed camera images and the new theoretical treatment, this paper provides a new contribution to the question of the true randomness of dice throws and coin tosses. It contributes to an increasingly sophisticated understanding of what can be considered fully random in everyday life.
And in a more practical vein, if you're playing Dungeons and Dragons tonight, it probably wouldn't hurt to start your roll with the coveted 20 on top--it may occasionally give you the desired results, while Dungeon Masters could insist on playing on the roughest, highest-friction table they can find.
in a yahtzee cup, we have schrodinger's die
it is simultaneously 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6-up at the same time before it is thrown.
You are randomly approached by a group of representatives from Games Workshop and TV Tokyo. They've chosen you to create a Warhammer 40,000 anime. Aside from having to be 40k-related, the anime can be whatever you want.
What do you make? A Yu-Gi-Oh-esque series about playing actual 40k games for the fate of the world? A canon-accurate adaptation of the Horus Heresy? A slice-of-life about a group of moeblob Sororitas?
Slice of life high school Horus Heresy.
>>43711786
HBO style Horus Heresy mega series.
From the Unification Wars to The Battle for Terra and everything in between.
>>43711786
Space Piracy adventure staring a Rogue Trader and his merry band of exotic waifus.
Let's try to have an items thread. Mundane, magic, whatever. I don't necessarily mean weapons and armor, but there's no way I can stop you from posting that!
So let's talk about this game. Got it myself recently and so far I'm really getting into the fluff, even if the way it's written is not conventional to usual RPGs.
Favourite cultures/cults so far? I'm getting a big boner for the Paler cult, love their fluff and atmosphere.
Haven't seen an english pdf yet. Difficult to talk about it any further than "I think this is neat and want to get my hands on an english copy".
>>43711590
Well I'm glad you contributed to the thread.
If its going to keep getting shilled this hard, you're going to have to accept that it will get pirated.
>An inexperienced rock thrower from the Stonegash tribe
Assuming this man lives long enough to become a a high-level warrior, what kinds of weapon upgrade might we expect? What would a rock upgrade path look like?
Vorpal rocks.
>>43711316
Bigger rocks.
This is Boruto Quest, a quest set in the universe of Naruto. It is during the generation of Naruto's son, shortly after everyone has graduated from their Genin exam. I haven't kept up with the series beyond the end of the original one, so this one is intended to recapture the feel of that time of Naruto. I will not be incorporating the main show or the Boruto movie's plot into the quest, although some recognizable characters will be present. You play as a 12 year old Genin graduate named Takeshi. You have been assigned a Jounin squad leader named Hanto, and your...
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>>43711253
Same time as Laze again. Wow you have to plan this.
>>43711269
I really don't
also FUCK the fucking thread posted even though I aborted. The title is missing again, oh well.
First post incoming.
Shikadai vs O.
The names overhead come to a stop, and you hear a weak groan echo in the room nearby. Inojin laughs while Chocho steps forward, next to Shikadai. "C'mon, get your head in the game! Go down there and kick his ass! You're the son of the smartest shinobi in the whole village, that's something no one can deny!"
Shikadai groans and starts to walk down the stairs. "Yeah yeah, I get it. Let's see how this thing goes, I guess.."
Across the balcony, you can see his opponent moving. The Grass village headband...
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>This is a quest taking place in an alternate version of the Naruto world during the same time period as the story, with a few notable differences. You will be playing as Kon Karagowa, a young Leaf Jonin. Your character is defined by your choices, so write-ins are always encouraged. And remember to have fun!
>Quest Info:http://pastebin.com/fAM8Rsaz
>Previous threads:http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Leaf%20Ninja%20Quest
>>43711177
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS
>>43711177
PRAISE THE HOKAGE!
And there's Boruto quest, right on time
Would you agree that the titles listed here are the most popular RPG series?
>>43710609
I'd agree that they're the most popular titles on Amazon, if that's what Amazon states are the most popular titles on Amazon.
http://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/32097/top-5-roleplaying-games-spring-2015
This lists:
1 Dungeons & Dragons Wizards of the Coast
2 Pathfinder Paizo Publishing
3 Star Wars Fantasy Flight Games
4 Shadowrun Catalyst Game Labs
5 Iron Kingdoms Privateer Press
Per spring 2015 sales.
Trading Card Games is the best RPG
>>43710609
>Trading Card Games
Shit nigga, Trading Card Games™ is the best RPG series
Are your PCs still slaves to materialistic pleasures, or have they transcended earthly desires for a higher purpose?
Money is a higher purpose.
>>43710078
Vow of poverty, every time.
My purpose is to get money, then to spend it on MORE MONEY.
How would one update the mythos to the 21st century? Tentacles are boring. "muh inscrutable angles" is hard to pull off and underwhelming, and the idea that humanity is not the center of the universe is not really a big deal for most people.
You go back to the core of Lovecraft.
You see the shadows of Eldritch shit
You gain wisdom from seeing it.
But it also slowly drains you insane.
Bloodborne would be a pretty good game is Insight scaled to 99, instead of 30-40(and barely that)
>>43710066
But HOW?
Not OP, but what wisdom should they learn? The idea of other worlds and strange elder gods is old hat now. What knowledge is maddening?
>>43710165
Modern humans already go insane over the horizon of doom.
It doesn't take a lot.
Time to answer the one question that have plagues fantasy roleplaying since the dawn of time:
What do you do with your captured high-ranking lieutenants/BBEGs?
Or if you play a evil character, what do you do with your captured heroes?
err on the side of spoilers if your plans involvelewd
As a GM, my players have historically tortured/maimed them for info, then left them for dead. Recently though, one of my players has decided that murdering prisoners is in fact evil and is trying to reign the group in.
>>43710020
We tend not to have survivors.
>>43710020
If I'm DMing a game and I want an evil character I'd have them mind controlled and sent out to attack the kingdom, making them look nasty and giving them a nice bit of room to get free and take a break from the main story or come straight back for revenge.
If I'm playing an evil character I find out what I want then kill them. I don't bother with torture since firstly I hate roleplaying that shit and secondly torture is obsolete in most systems.
If I'm good I kill them after...
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Spooky thread?Erma gerrrrrd.
>>43709993
Too cute.
Your relaxing stay at the island resort has taken a turn for the strange when some of your friends seem to have fallen under some kind of amorous spell that causes them to become obsessed with you. Well, even more than they already were. Normally you wouldn't mind, but you can spy a possible disaster on the horizon. You need to fix this, and fast.
Whilst you haved some from the Burning Heart spell, Yui Oomura and Hiroko Shimada are still afflicted, and obsessed with you. Shun disappeared into the jungle with them, and you can only hope for her safety. The rest of...
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>>43709968
"Shun!" You shout out into the jungle. Your voice doesn't travel far in the thick foilage, and with the day starting to reach its end, your vision ian't terribly useful either. Still, you persist.
"Shuun!" You call out.
"She's not here." You hear Saito mutter behind you, searching just as you are. About an hour ago, Saito was just obsessed with you as Yui and Hiroko are now. Thanks to Shun distracting them, you managed to alleviate her heart and restore...
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>>43710021
Suddenly, Saito pauses and feels around in her jacket.
"Uh, hello?" She asks. "...Oh, Umeki? You're fixed too?" She comments, holding her phone. You stop and look back at Aoi. She turns to you and hands you the phone. "She says she tried to call you first."
"My phone is back in my room." You reply, taking it. There wasn't exactly pockets on that string bikini...
"Hello?"
"Oh thank goodness, Makoto!" Umeki answers...
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>>43710041
>> Get Yuuki on the phone.
Hopefuly we can bribe him to keep him in place while we deal with the other two.And Umekia can act as a soft distraction
