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So are mercenaries supposed to start conflicts to stay in business? I mean sellswords with no wars means they have no jobs.
>>47919647
I wouldn't expect it, as a general thing. People are perfectly capable of conflicting with each other on their own. If you want to cast them as big villains, though, then sure.
mercenaries tend to only appear in times where there is war. Even then, there needs to be a demand for them. If you have plenty of quality soldiers, you're wasting money on mercenaries.
In order for a mercenary company to survive, there needs to be: 1)demand for mercenary fighters, 2)wars to fight, and 3)money or goods to be exchanged for services.
But yes, I suppose a very powerful or influential mercenary force could attempt to instigate a war or continue to prolong a war for their profit.
>>47919647
>So are prostitutes supposed to incite lust to stay in business? I mean whores with no johns means they have no jobs.
I'm making a Fallout PnP campaign for my chumps to play and I need an idea for a Vault. I need something big and interesting, not a little thing-a-magig. It'll be taking place up north so it'll be cold and snow, all that shit.
Any ideas or references would be great. Was thinking of making it a non-VaultTec Vault, since it takes place in the far north. We are using the Fallout Pen and Paper game, the Operations Handbook version.
>>47919429
A vault to test the extremes of human endurance.
>>47919429
How far North? Alaska? Canada? Maybe a leftover resistance bunker from the American Annexation
999 Niggers
1 White Woman
Vault Number Ooga Booga
>Extra Credits
>Errant Signal
>Super Bunnyhop
>Gamemaker's Tool Kit
I've got a ton of subscriptions of people who will wax philosophically about how this or that video game mechanic is important, but why are the only Youtube channels for tabletop games people reviewing board games or playing games. Sometimes explaining how to play or set up board games.
Why aren't there any channels talking about different game design theories? Why do I have to link a video about video games when I want to explain to someone how mechanics can create emotional weight?
And I don't just mean RPGs, either. Sure, RPGs are great, and there are a lot of RPGs that have really neat, interesting mechanics that shape the kind of games they are (M&M's Toughness, MtAw's Creative Thaumaturgy, GURPS' blandness), but there are a lot of board games and even Magic cards where you just get this sense of the mechanics doing a lot to sell the theme of the game.
I've actually heard that as the biggest divide between "Euro" and "Ameritrash" board games: One has tacked on themes and the other is all about...
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>>47919295
>extra credits
I deleted my fedora meme folder, but that's what I'd post there. Really, they're not as smart as they think they are.
>>47919509
I was hesitant to add that one because I knew there'd be posts like this.
Really it doesn't matter how smart they are, they're still a channel for the thing I said they do, and there are a ton of those channels for video games but not for tabletop mechanics.
I've even seen blogs about this or that gameplay mechanic or game style (West Marches blogs and How2DM blogs come to mind), but never any Youtube channels.
New Lili.
They managed to do a worst liliana of the veil
Fifty zombies sounds cool at first, but the more I think about it, the less useful it sounds.
Fake as fuck.
Well, here comes the Valkyria Chronicles spoilers
>>47918266
Valkyria Chronicles Spoilers Tomorrow at 2am EST
>>47918266
Where?
Is this game worth getting into?
Is there an RPG where I can poz negholes?
>>47917358
FATAL
I don't think there are many RPGs where you can actively disrupt a true black hole, let alone "turn it" into a white hole.
All that, of course, assuming white holes are real.
>>47917556
He's a bug-chaser not a sci-fi geek you nonce.
