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>A barbarian is traveling the kingdoms, fighting people for no real reason.
MAKING MOVIES
MAKING MUSIC
AAAAAND
FIGHTING ROUND THE WORLD
There's always a reason
Oi, ya wanker !!
Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony, but everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the Avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished. The world slowly smoldered as the Air Nomads were eradicated by the Fire Nation, leaving nothing but empty homes in their wake. The Fire Nation has already started a full-scale campaign on the Southern Water Tribe, beginning the cycle of death anew.
Fifty years this war has raged, scorching the forests and destroying lives....
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You wake up more than a little groggy from your late night activities, the sun already high in the sky, to a quick rap on your door. You open the door and it appears to be a summons to the War Room, so you put on the robes you call your own now, grab a bunch of the worthless books on culture and tactics, and check the mirror. You see yourself, Kuo, a look of conviction in your eyes, staring back at you. You grab the small spectacles of a scholar off the desk and place them on your face, feeling like they have a home there. Staring back at you now is Dong Rock, a nervous scholar...
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>>43543686
>>Ask for specific Intel (What?)
How many soldiers are station at the outpost, whose in charge of it, any info on positions, patrol ect
>>43543686
>Assassination
Send them into disarray, I think.
Which RPG has a deadly and tactical combat system?
GURPS
>>43543721
/thread
>>43543558
What kind of combat are we even talking here? Shooty or stabby?
Anyway, Riddle of Steel and its derivatives like Song of Swords are pretty deadly.
We're studying literature, and we're at that annoying point where we've been told to make something creative inspired by a work we've read. We've spent some time going over the themes of Don Quijote de la Mancha, and I had the idea of making my creative work a short, very simple roleplaying game. The idea is to unwittingly put the person experiencing the "work" (i.e. playing the game) into Don Quijote's mindset of absorption into fantasy, showing people that as easy as it might be to make fun of a sad old Spanish coot riding around pretending to be a knight, all you need to do is coat the fantasies with something like "a roleplaying game" or "an artistic experience" and suddenly it's all socially acceptable.
Now, I'm not going to ask /tg/ to do my homework for me, but I do want your advice on matters of mechanics. I want the system to be very simple, but also very intuitive to people who may have never even heard about the concept of roleplaying games in their lives. This is why I can't use something like Fate or a highly narrative system - while they might sound simple to US, the ideas they present are not really intuitive to a complete landlubber, so to speak. Conversely, more complicated mechanics would be exactly that.
Ideally, the system should be simple enough someone with no experience at all could create a character and go through an "adventure" (preferably one themed around fantastic ideas of knighthood) in about an hour, but robust and flexible enough that it wouldn't lose all its appeal after one play.
Thoughts?
>>43543479
You could base it off Everybody is John.
>>43544253
Isn't that kind of avant garde, though? I'm looking for something really intuitive.
>>43543479
Have the players LARP but pretend not to.
Welcome to Academy City. The time is morning, the weather is drizzly, and the date is January 27.
You are Kyril Torikov, Level 3 telekinetic ‘superhero’ and you had not seen this coming. Yesterday you had been tasked with assassinating a Russian Code M political dissident. The kill had been confirmed even. Their body had been practically sawn in two from the passage of several anti-materiel rounds. Autopsy had put their death at near instantaneously. So you were surprised when you checked in for work the next day to find them contacting Academy City for a bodyguard....
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>>43543205
Wait are we guarding the russians or the russian dissidents?
>>43543371
We don't know for sure.
>>43543205
>Play along for now, guard the Russian envoy
I have no idea what I'm doing
PREVIOUSLY ON MAGICAL GIRL LIBERTY: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?searchall=Magical+Girl+Liberty
“Who is she?”
“Her name is Baroness Ermintrude von Streucker.” Operator #5 presented the three of you a picture of Ermintrude von Streucker. “Our agents in Germany have kept close tabs on her due to her prominent position in the Thule Society and the Ahnenerbe Organisation. She’s not exactly as much of a people person as say Colonel Engelhardt was, and indeed the picture we are showing you was taken over a month ago. She hasn’t been...
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>>43543089
[2/2]
“No. I already have agents tracking her movements, what little they are. She isn’t vulnerable to assassination just yet, but if she is, I’ll know who to call.” You roll your eyes, crossing your arms. You hate assassination. “As for the former Magisch Korps, we still have not yet heard word from them regarding where they may be as if yet. Their trespass on Australia combined with ‘horrific violations of human liberties’ have given them few allies. We have to assume that they may have retreated...
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>>43543104
> “I’d prefer if the Atlas stayed in safe storage.”
>>43543104
>“I’d prefer if the Atlas stayed in safe storage.”
Hello. I am The Gamemaster. And I've brought another game for you, the readers, to play. To begin, I'll need someone named "The Player". It is highly recommended to also have a tripcode so you can be distinguishable from everyone else.
Once I have my Player, I can begin.
>>43543091
I am a massive faggot who doesn't know what a tripcode is, please rape my face.
>>43543073
More quests? Prepare your shitstorm cloak.
>>43543122
I don't need no tripcode
The wind in your hair, the speed of the Tokyo streets you cruised in your Audi R8. They all hit you like a brick as you take a corner at a neck breaking speed of 180 KM/H. cops chasing your tail as strange shouts oblige you to pull over.
As you look back in your rearview mirror, about 3 cop cars try to weave in between the traffic to hopelessly try to catch you, sirens blasting like some sort of impromptu orchestra, desperate to accompany the roar of your engine.
As you look towards the beautiful neon lights that shower the Tokyo skylines an almost 90 degree curve...
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>>43543051
>>You pull the handbrake like a proper maniac, making the car start to lose control, yet with the finesse of an artisan you make the rear end point towards the outside of the curve as the front of the Audi gently kisses the wall in front of it. With a surgeon's precision you move the steering wheel, making the car straighten itself up towards your goal
>>43543969
You pull the handbrake like a proper maniac, making the car start to lose control, yet with the finesse of an artisan you make the rear end point towards the outside of the curve as the front of the Audi gently kisses the wall in front of it. With a surgeon's precision you move the steering wheel, making the car straighten itself up towards your goal.
The cop cars try to keep up with you but there's no avail, just as you head for the final straight, a Mercedes Benz SLR appears in front of you, it's...
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>>43544360
>>you position your car towards the lower right part of the SLR and with terrible bloodlust perform a police takedown
Previous thread: >>43478595
Last time on /SoS/:
Ratko Abuslav mini-fecht
Tanks in Ballad
Ballad 0.5
Song of Swords is a realistic fantasy tabletop RPG that draws inspiration from historical fechtbuchs, weapons and armor. Its combat system is fun as balls and it can be used for both fantasy and historical/mundane settings.
Call of the Void is a pulpy sci-fi tabletop RPG about fighting space-nazis and hunting giant whales with harpoons made out of the moon. Ironically it also has a very realistic combat system based around modern firefights, and can handle mundane or magical settings.
Here's a .rar archive with the newest version of the rules as well as all related current working documents: http://www.mediafire.com/download/12xqm1p2q69m392/Song_of_Swords.rar
Here's Ballad of the Laser Whales' latest version: https://www.mediafire.com/?rtbjk51jnm2wv8a
Here's a wiki detailing SoS's fantasy setting, getting filled up bit by bit as Jimmy reveals more details. Its worth a look before asking for lore questions in the thread: http://tattered-realms.wikia.com/wiki/Tattered_Realms_Wiki
There's also a roll20 room where new players are encouraged to try the rules, test new rules, and find game breaking issues: https://app.roll20.net/join/346755/hRKd4w
Roll20 Note: The Room might be empty, but the people who teach the game still browse the thread frequently. If you're looking to learn and can't catch us in the Roll20 leave a request and we'll get to you as soon as possible.
>>43542954
>tfw the OP is too full for my arms and armour mediafire archive
https://www.mediafire.com/#1x1a2xw3qgvs8
Can we receive some information on the Alandi and the Berkukhans?
>>43542954
>that fucking horrible "ye olde Englandland" grammar
Kill me now.
Okay, so I need your guy's opinion and probably help with something, so here goes:
>group has armed escort by Mercs described as "thoroughly disinterested and probably underpaid"
>travel with them until night
>one of the group goes off to hunt, the mercs let them go with no fuss
>all mercs gather round the campfire while one of them cooks
>the paladin hatches a plan
>tells...
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>>43542889
Sounds like the first paladin just flipped his shit and murdered every single one of their escort, who hadn't done anything wrong to them, as far as I can tell.
Your Paladin #1 is a That Guy, make his Paladin fall and boot him from the group.
What edition is this?
>>43542889
Is there, uh, any reason Paladin #1 decided to chimp out and kill them all? Anything that prompted it at all? Because based on what you said, he just decided to murder them all for funsies. Literally chaotic evil.
>>43542963
It's first edition, but mostly a homebrewto make it worse, the paladin is the usual dm's character, with full dragon plate jet black, etc
Hell, if the assassin found his behaviour abhorrent then chances are you've done something wrong
>>43543059
Nothing promoted it, they let one of the party wander off
I'm playing a Call of Cthulhu game that takes place in the 50's.
How do I stop the milkman from bedding my wife while I investigate gruesome crime scenes?
>>43542855
Do not play with or be a kekold fetishist.
>>43542855
Feed him to a shoggoth.
>>43542855
>believing that is your wife
/tg/ can I get some recommendations for podcasts? Preferably those with a comedic bent.
>>43542839
One Shot
Adventure Zone
>>43542931
Echoing One Shot, I also like Campaign.
Little pathfinder actual play by the name of the Glass Canon Podcast is pretty entertaining too.
>>43542839
Don't know of any /tg/ related podcasts, but Sleepycast has me cracking up a lot.
Anyone ever done a good campaign based around aquatic enemies? Maybe a Dagon-esque campaign focused around island trekking and fishing villages?
Also, general sea monster thread.
>>43542807
No-one? Will bump with sea monster pics.
>>43542807
Sort of hard to do as the majority of them turn into railroaded TPKs.
Fishermen along the Massachusetts coast complain about freak black algae blooms destroying and contaminating their catch. A young research biologist from Miskatonic University in Arkham is dispatched to investigate. He sets up a small lab in an Innsmouth barn while going out on boats with the fishermen to gather samples. After a few weeks his reports start becoming erratic and disturbed. At the same time fishermen start to vanish and whole boats are lost or found adrift and empty.
The PCs are gathered by their old professor/friend who is the head of biology at Miskatonic....
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>You are Maple Son-Mahogany, one of two young Tuffle twins thrown at Earth starting in early Dragon Ball by your "father," Dr. Raichi
>"Canon" had already taken a sharp turn from the "norm" when you began, and through your actions, choices, and dialogue, took even further turns from the "norm," and will probably continue to do so
>Stats and dice mechanics are used, and can be explained again as needed
>Let's...
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>>43542623
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asyO6tonbLQ
The tall figure gives a respectful bow to you. "I am Jiya, a member of the Galactic Patrol."
Jaco crosses his arms and shakes his head. "Agh, you still have no sense of style! I told you to practice after that poor introduction you gave to her brother!"
You frown, Acer walking up to you and mumbling "Don't ask."
The Jiya fellow simply continues after the interruption. "...in any case, that is indeed what...
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>>43542645
>B. Wait, you repelled them? Then how did they end up with the tech? Unless...
>C. Do you have any information on who tried to take it?
"How'd you guys get your hands on Tuffle tech?"
>>43542645
>B. Wait, you repelled them? Then how did they end up with the tech? Unless...
>C. Do you have any information on who tried to take it?
I wonder if Jaco made Jiya practice the pose outside of his suit?
