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GM's/DM's - how long have you been DM/GMing? What is your favorite system to run and what is the best advice you can give for a first time GM/DM.
I've been GMing for... Throne, 9 years? Seriously?
I've been having a lot of fun running my current Only War game. Because who doesn't like hellish urban combat that tends to leave at least one character in Critical Damage per combat?
I'd say my most important discoveries GMing were that planning is only good in moderation and that cheating is okay if it makes the game better. Too much planning leads to inflexibility, which can lead to railroading. Too little leaves things disjointed and confusing. And as the GM, if a situation is harder than...
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>>43079039
I've been GMing for about 30 years now (jesus!), with large gaps in there of non-activity. I pretty much make my own systems these days.
It's kind of hard to give advice to somebody without knowing anything about them. It's sort of like me asking you how I could improve my basketball game without telling you anything about how I play. But with that said...
Talk to your group beforehand about the tone and etiquette of your game to make sure that everybody's on the same page. How serious or silly is the game? How much table talk and joking around is okay? How much are people expected to actually role-play their characters? What's the focus of the game? Is it okay to try to kill other players or leave the group (hint: no)?
You can save you so much heartache and trouble if you do that, and it's something that it took me decades to figure out. I always assumed that people would naturally pick up on things like this, but it's not all obvious, and some people are completely oblivious.
I started GMing around 8 years ago. Since then, I've run the wide majority of my group's games, my latest being a 1 on 1 with a close friend. Savage Worlds has been my favorite at the moment.
All of >>43081009 is very handy advice that I have only recently been putting to work. Having a list of appropriate names for NPCs can help alot when you need to create one on the fly. When needed, slap like two characteristics on them quick (kind, eager, greedy, cowardly etc), think of their profession and you'll have...
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>players journey into Hell
>see enormous towers made of glass and steel
>a sky of choking black clouds, acid rains
>the devils use strange devices and ride iron beasts
>players start to piece together the bizarre truth
>Hell is actually a distant future of an alternate material plane
Could it work?
>>43078875
More likely they'll just assume you're making some social commentary by making Hell like a twisted version of our world. Making the jump to "this is the future" is unlikely.
So Hell is our modern world? Hmm, that would explain all the invasions Hell commits to the material planes. The question then becomes why the heck are the material planes not nuked to oblivion?
>>43078939
Hell is post-apocalyptic, and nuke knowledge is lost?
>you will never play a robot in a fantasy setting
I played a Warforged for TWO SESSIONS then the group disbanded! fml
Well for what it's worth OP I just probably wouldn't have let you without a pretty compelling reason, so take what you can get I guess. I'm really not a fan of warforged
>>43078902
Good reasons, you say?
>>43078956
>transform into dildo
>finally understand the strange human emotion you meatbags call "love"
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It's been a huge pain in the ass for me to even get 3-4 people together on days when no one works, and it's been at least 2 weeks since our last session. Do you guys have similar issues?
Also ITT: I've been playing CoC, should I try D&D? I grabbed a bunch of 5e shit from a thread awhile ago but never read any of it.
>>43078042
With players of working age you will have trouble scheduling regular sessions. About every other months is what my players manage.
In the US you will certainly have an easier time finding players for DnD than for CoC. The question is what kind of players are going to show up. Beer & pretzel games are easier to set up than narrative character stories, people can wind down for a few hours of combat encounters instead of cranial exertion.
>>43079493
I don't have a huge selection of people to play with so it's more or less going to be the same people playing so it's not like they won't come if it's DnD or vise versa. It seems like there's a lot more work that goes into setting up a DnD game though.
Seems like there are a ton more rules and setting up an adventure takes longer. I've only ever played CoC so it's not like I can compare the two.
>>43079560
DnD is cluttery. There's detail rules for every greedy player and they don't follow any inner logic while also being distributed over countless splatbooks. The game is much harder to get into than BRP and chargen can take sessions while only delivering combat stats.
That said, setting up an adventure is much easier because all you have to do is present somewhat balanced combat encounters for which there is a rating to compare. You can just take a map, put loot and monsters in every room, and tell...
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any good systems for rustlin?
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>>43076660
Off the top of my head, there's an old Official WWF RPG from the early 90s, Know Your Role, Squared Circle, Wild World Wrestling, World Wide Wrestling, Kayfabe, Luchador, splats for All Flesh Must Be Eaten and HERO System, and probably some others too. What exactly are you looking for?
>>43077171
>splats for All Flesh Must Be Eaten
I believe you mean "Unisystem".
Hi guys, how much do you think does this model can cost????? Picks next.
$7000 dollaridoos, and it'll come with the mold lines still on
another
>>43074846
>>43074815
That sword looks like a fucking bionicle.
>near future sci-fi
>All "established" corps using latin to name things
>All "new" corpse using japanese to name things
>Because they're the two best known dead languages in setting
>Breakthroughs in Graphene have brought swords back
>Wakizashi's are the current sidearm of choice for police and self-defense
>Guns were outlawed,...
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Common phrases like Coitus non circum.
>>43074192
I'm all for Neuromancer-esque Japan shit, as long as there's some in-universe reason for it. Shadowrun does this *somewhat* well by giving an alternate timeline bullshit reasoning for it. But no way would katanas come back unless WWII Imperial Japan took over the world or some shit
>>43074192
>near future
>Japanese is a dead language
>The local lady is actually an old Silver Dragon posing as an elven woman. She is obssessed with the aesthetically pleasing and frequently spends too much on overblown festivals she can attend in mortal form. From the shadows she intentionally manipulates the socio-economic and political state of her lands to produce heroes and villains, subtly working them against one another and intentionally making every encounter as dramatic as possible. She does this entirely for entertainment and to make her lands seem like some sort of legendary crucible where stories...
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The Silver Dragon dies to a poisoning, and reverts forms in the middle of the festival.
>>43071789
that actually sounds interesting to me. might steal if i ever do start to DM
>>43071789
>Lawful Good Dragon
>Doing this
No.
I'm sure that she would instead use her draconic magic to set up an elaborate tournament with the money she spends on the festival for wannabe heroes in a sort of mass LARP-ing, once she got the cooperation of nearby governments of the nations she wants to draw on..
Like a Tournament of Heroes taking place once every ten years.
As for adventure hooks:
>One character has...
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How have you been using mini-splat characters in your game?(Ghouls/Proximi/Wolf-Blooded/etc)
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so I have this homebrew, I want to run it in WoD. I have most everything now except stats (http://i.4cdn.org/tg/1444841955858.pdf
) I didn't manage to stat anything before because my library was woefully out of date. My collections up to date now, but I misplaced the list of books to source my monster-statting...
>>43070703
So far the only Wolf-Blooded in my werewolf game that's gotten any attention(that I know of) is a friend of our Rahu, an actor on a soap opera-type show filmed in the city we're in, who wants to fuck a werewolf.
We've got 3 others, but so far I don't think we've actually interacted with any of them.
>>43072109
Is there a specific individual he wants to have sex with who just happens to be a werewolf, or is he specifically looking for a werewolf to fuck?
Hi /tg/,
I am in the progress of creating my own RPG, and I would like to implement some tabletop influences in there.
I am not very experienced in tabletop games, but I enjoy the D&D boardgames amongst others.
What I would love to know is what tabletop elements do yoy find interesting in games?
My attack for instance will be calculated by the attack/strength of a player+a dice roll(depending on the weapon) then subtract the defense (AC) of the enemy.
Of course there is a chance to evade too, and a roll that doesn't exceed the def of the enemy will count as a block.
Will it be good to use as an example;
Atk+roll-def=X damage
Or is it better with
Atk+roll-def. If hit > def = 1 damage (or 2 or etc depending on the type of attack)..
TL;DR:
>What tabletop elements work good on PC?
>What attack systems are the best?
>Is low damage throughout the game an acceptable formula?
>questions if you got them!
Pic related, working on my own fantasy world since 7 years back. Just made this base of a map.
Bump for halp
Last bump.
The bump for freedom
>>43069428
>I am in the progress of creating my own RPG
>I am not very experienced in tabletop games
Sounds great. I plan on building a car this weekend. I have no mechanical background, and can't even change my own oil, but I'm sure I'll figure it out.
Do you think it would be better to paint it blue or red?
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So /tg/, first time on this board for me so I apologize if Im breaking any rule here.
I just found this game and I want to hear opinions on it.
I like the concept of a warhammer-like game of WWII and for what I see is historicaly acurate too.
I want some feedback and info before I dump a ton of money on it.
My friends like it better than fow for sure. Haven't played it so I can't give informative opinion.
I find the game really enjoyable. One of my favorite aspects is how units are activated by each player after pulling an order die from a bag instead of separate turns. I feel this system helps alleviate the monotony of having little to do during your opponents turn and the randomness can lead to some suspenseful situations.
>>43069359
Their French troops are fantastic looking. Guy at our FLGS uses them as the core of his IG army.
The trap building rules in D&d have a glitch (or feature) which enable the crafting of the "wish trap."
What things would you wish for if you could wish once per round?
>>43068830
More Wishes.
For OP to die.
>>43068867
Wish Granted
>Otto Schmidt, a local hotdog vendor dies
So I've been looking to get my players to try out a new system, Lamentations of the Flame Princess. We've been playing 5e for a year now and my players are wholly unwilling to even consider something that isn't DnD 5e, so I'm hoping to rope them into something a bit more interesting by using a system that seems a little familiar. What do you guys think? Any suggestions for transitioning from special snowflake adventure time to A more old school "Brutal" system? Also if anyone has any experience with the system and has some tips for house rules and...
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GURPS.
First, why are you trying to get them to try something new if they're perfectly happy?
Second, if it's just because YOU'RE unhappy with 5e, have you tried explaining this?
>>43068099
Probably should have explained that. Yeah I hate 5e, to many options so every character ends up being this hyper exotic snowflake half dragon/elf/orc/tiefling thats also an aasimar. I've tried homebrewing the rules a bit to make it a bit more fun to play for me, I am the DM but I can have fun to right? Players don't like the changes because it makes combat and encounters harder. I feel like this is more an issue of Happiness = Reality - Expectation, They expect to be demigods and if they aren't...
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okay, mystery and wonder time. in this map (1), we can see talismans of vaul to the galactic north, naogeddon to the east, moon of the night mares to the west. There are also dark gates of rhidal in the centre of the map, lyriax sphere in the south and pavonis to the south-east.
ath ethon in the south. 'There can be no peace while alien feet still tread on Ath-Ethon.' nothing more, but clearly a xenos planet. also monitored by eldar, and lies within nihilakh dynasty
cursus of alganar is an ancient portal to the warp
shrine of elronhir- a shrine dedicated...
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on the map (2) which shows the webway gates of the eldar, we can again see the nightmare moon marked in the same location, just as the talismans, pavonis and naogeddon. all of these are marked with same rune and are a 'monitored site'. the ymga monolith is also marked but with a different rune indicating that it is not related to the other objects, or it might not be even of eldar origin. rune used is the same as rune used to mark the hadex anomaly.
in the centre of the galaxy there is infinity spiral. i guess that it is a massive infinity circuit that eldar use....
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map (3). gates of varl are marked near the centre of galaxy. probably the same thing as gates of rhidhol. ymga monolith is marked with the 'unknown' symbol. the same symbol is used to mark XCV-104 in the north. this location corresponds to the location of talismans on map 2
map (5). noageddon is near atun necron dynasty and is/was home of the deceiver, just as pavonis was home to nightbringer and is located close to sekemtar dynasty. lyriax is avoided by the tyranid swarm and most likely is the location of the outsider, which also is near aroptek dynasty. moon of nightmares is located somwhere near thokt or sarnekh dynasties, and most likely is related to necrons, just like most of eldar monitored sites. ymga monolith is close to sautekh dynasty which also is most powerful and most influential. the theory i have is that ymga monolith was constructed...
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Tell me, what's death like in your game?
I'm going to play Dungeon worlds soon. There's a system where you make a roll for death: you either live, die or get to live on a certain condition. I've decided I also want 3 variations of death:
>When player gets to live, the twins come.
>These are two almost-skeletal beings wearing simple farmers clothes.
>They have a nihilistic world view
>You get to live, but they will first...
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>>43066543
I have several Deaths.
My most classic/oldest version is Chernabog/Neith, a giant skeleton wearing a cloak of crow feathers that wields a scythe. He is one of the oldest gods along with light, time, and destruction. He is actually tied with Aurelia, goddess of the sun, for being the most powerful god. He actually controls the afterlife and usually gives the dead an everlasting euphoric dream to live in.
My setting had the God Wars and Death was a harvest god before, hence his iconic scythe and common name, the Grim Reaper.
>>43068087
oh well that's nice of him
