Your party was just awarded a run-down old castle by the king to do whatever you want with. It's very old, uninhabited for centuries, ruined and might or might not be haunted by a spirit of indeterminate origin. What is the most sensible way you would make use of this place?
>>47828007
Leave it dilapidated to use it as bait for wandering monsters, evil wizards and stuff to set up shop in so we can kill them, take their things and get xp.
>the entire dungeon is a trap for monsters
>>47828007
Well I mean where is it? Is the land fertile? Is it strategically important? Could we rig it up as a tourist trap?
I mean otherwise >>47828081 seems on the right track
>>47828007
I need an old priest, a young priest, a team of engineers and architects, and as many scrolls of Make Whole as they can carry.
Hey I've gotten into a group of 4, I only know one other person will be a dwarf fighter and we're all going to be noobies, and I'm itching to play a Paladin. We're going to be playing Lost mines apparently.
I want to try and avoid lawful stupidness, being THAT GUY and being edgy / brooding in a corner, as a foremention.
So essentially, this guy lived in a small farming village, I was hoping for greek-like land but I couldn't find any near Neverwinter so I chose a little north of Amphali, which is 3 miles north of Waterdeep.So at 13 his father gets sent to hell via succubus. The paladin wants to get his father back, and at first tries the Bard College of Valor as he's heard the myth of Orpheus, but he fucking sucks at being a bard so after 3 years he quits and returns to his farm village, his mother has remarried and doesn't really seem to care about pally's father's disappearance, and with the help of the two little brothers of pally they keep a small farm.
He stays in village for 4 years, and in that time reads up on mythology and the Gods at the church either in the village or at Amphali, and has gotten I'd say in shape as he's been working the fields.
At 20, he sets out.. and I'm not sure how to connect this to becoming a paladin and being at the mines. I'm not sure how one becomes a paladin, how would a deity recognize him? How strong would my character be? I know you're supposed to be essentially luke skywalker at the beginning of 4, so does he only have leather armor on? Or would he already have plate mail?
Also is this backstory edgy? I didn't want to be generic hurr durr i've always been good, but I also hate feeling like I'm being an edgelord. Anyhow, what Deity would he follow, that would allow him to get his father out of hell? Also what if a CE rogue shows up? I don't want to just be an asshole and follow him around saying he can't do this or this, would I just try and offer peaceful methods of approach?
Also I know that a paladin doesn't have to be LG in 5e, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to be following one. Also again, suggestions to make the backstory more interesting would be very appreciated, thank you friends.
Just bumping my own post, don't mind me.
Final, or maybe just one more, bump.
>an ancient evil awakens
>it just had to pee, and goes back to sleep
>>47827700
>An ancient evil seduces your mother
>He becomes your step-father
>Aniki
>not the Ancient Good
>implying
Stat me
>>47826429
The worst candle I've seen in my life.
>>47826429
The hell is that? Rasputin's withered penis?
>>47826466
Galileo's middle finger, actually.
How do you effectively pull off a dark plot-twist?
>>47825839
The same way you pull off any plot-twist: drop enough hints, however subtle, to set it up beforehand--preferably so that a certain narrative starts forming in your audience's minds which you can then subvert--and then pull the shocking swerve at a moment of high dramatic tension.
Foreshadow Subtly
Make the players attached to the character.
Make the event happen quickly focus heavily on the aftermath, do not describe the event itself in detail but be sure to describe the aftermath in plenty of detail.
>"You pull back the sheet, the mortician has removed Susies clothes as part of the autopsy and her torso is held closed by only a few loose staples. Her skin is cold and pale save for her neck which is ringed by deep brown bruises. "
What's the grapeshot of traditional games?
I don't understand the question
>>47825482
uh, a splatbook?
>>47825482
GURPS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZmc0q8dHuY
You are Harry Potter, and you have a wild ride over the last three years. Three years ago, you were attacked and tortured by Death Eaters to the point that your magical core was permanently damaged and your right arm and leg maimed. A year ago, you woke up from a coma with a prosthetic arm and leg of brass and steel and animated by your magic where you were trained by Professor Snape – or Itachi Uchiha, his secret identity – in the ninja arts.
You are running for your life in what is supposed to be your final exam to begin undertaking ninja missions to ready yourself to bring the fight to Voldemort. The great oaks of the magically expanded forest in the basement of Snape’s vintage Charleston house flash before you as you jump, tumble, roll, and run vertically up the trunks of trees. Your task for this test was to take a bell from the pagoda in the center of the forest to the entrance to the basement. Of course, your teacher was guarding it and his proficiency in both the wizard and ninja arts made him a formidable opponent.
Itachi suddenly appears before you in a small copse of the woods and launches a volley of shuriken and the red bolt of a stunner spell at you. You tuck and roll through the air, around the barrage and swing from a branch to dodge the next volley. Though you doubt you could defeat him in an extended engagement, you might be able to distract him in brief exchange to make your escape. Ikken hisatsu.
You have a variety of options at your disposal. From the smoke bombs and shuriken in your belt pouches to the Chinese jian on your shoulder to the rocket concealed in your robot arm to your Snake Fist kung fu. And a few magical adaptions of the jutsu your teacher once practiced in another life, namely the Substitution.
[1] Pop the smoke bombs and disappear into the shadows
[2] *teleports behind you* *unsheathes jian*
[3] Fire your wrist rocket to create a diversion
[4] Other
>>47824681
[kill self]
>>47824768
That's pretty edgy. I like the imagination
>>47824681
>>47824768
Kill self but fail, you lack the edge to overcome your inner edginess.
Why are there so many half-elves running about? Where are all the half-dwarves? Surely there's quite a few humans in fantasy realms with a shortstack fetish.
Are the two simply incompatible?
Elvenoids:
>Orc
>Human
>Elf
Dwarfoids:
>Dwarves
>Gnomes
>Halflings
>>47824539
>Where are all the half-dwarves?
Darksun
>>47824568
Are goblins dwarfoids?
is anal sex heresy?
Only if you enjoy it.
It's not called 'the little doorway to the warp' for nothing.
Only if you don't recite the litany of lubrication
Was there ever an official printable/downloadable SRD covered by the OGL for Fourth Edition Dungeons & Dragons?
Google results suggest there wasn't.
If there's no SRD, how does one confirm what does/doesn't fall under the OGL?
Played the Redbox with some friends and came to realize I really do like the base mechanics, and I want to work on a house-ruled/revamped version for us; trim some fat and retool some of the weaker elements.
>>47824029
There IS no ogl for 4e. It's all proprietary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_System_License
>>47824080
>>47824052
So how do games like Open4E and The Sacred Barbecue exist?
>What are you playing?
>What are you building?
>Thoughts on the current meta?
>Will Blue Eyes make Yu-Gi-Oh great again?
this game is hot garbage
>>47823602
first post best post
>>47823602
it is
but its the kind of hot mess i can get behind.
A player in my superhero rpg has a 'Power Mimicry' ability; copying the powers of the superbeings around her.
What fuckery can I pull without being too blatant?
eg I'm tempted to see if she'll chase after a flying hero and find herself powerless 80ft in the air.
I'm not playing with the Champions system: I just needed
Woops, posted with a fucked up last line.
I'm not playing with the Champions system: I just needed an image and start arguments is what I wanted to say.
The main one I can think of is pitting her against enemies with the power to change or alter their bodies in uniquely unusual ways, and then allowing those enemies to die while she is similarly altered. Without their power to mimic, she's effectively stuck like that, at least for a while.
>>47822255
Are there any limits on what types of powers can be mimicked? Like, she thinks someone can fly but it's really magnetoboots or something.
Share your favorites! Whether it be funny flavor texts, beautiful foils, stunning art or maybe all combined!
Posting one of my favorite cards of all time
>tfw you will never be this smug
>>47822085
Lhurgoyf4lyfe
>>47822085
all others need not apply
Anyone else feel like /tg/ hobbies are their only real reason for living? I feel like they are the only thing keeping me from an hero'ing.
Sounds like you got an addictive personality.
Everyone on my Dad's side of the family is an alcoholic or a drug addict...
I collect warhammer minis
>>47821570
I have a session that gets me through the week. My entry into the group was probably the luckiest thing to happen to me last year.
>>47821570
Nope. The only point in life I've been going on with a sole reason was back in early teens.
How would you run a system based on the Mass Effect universe?
>>47821190
>How would you run a system based on the Mass Effect universe?
Depends on the system.
>>47821190
I have before.
I used Traveller but each character had a fourth layer of Health representing Kinetic Barriers their suits or Biotics generated.
Biotics I mostly based on Psionics since they're really just a slightly-more-plausible stand-in for space magic anyway.
>>47821190
there's a pretty well fleshed out fanmade Fate hack for it. It's too big for me to post the pdf here, but i'm pretty sure there's only one mass effect Fate system. It's given a lot of satisfying crunch to an otherwise kind of light system, while maintaining Fate's emphasis on narrative. I ran it for about a year and never once regretted it. Only trouble is that the pre-made enemies aren't quite properly balanced. It's generally better just to stat up your own after a while so your encounters aren't just piss-easy all the time.
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