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Why does /tg/ have such a deep hate for people who want to play japanese culture? Anything other than that, such as African, Arabic, European etc seems to be just fine, but once someone mentions they want to play in an asian setting/as an asian character (Or one inspired by their culture), everyone's sperging out and goes "FUCK OFF YOU WEEABOO". What's the deal with that?
>>47593444
Yall ever been on the Internet for an extended period of time?
Shit. Son. You dun goofed.
>>47593444
Largely cuz it seems to be less actual japanese shit and more "wow, anime is cool"
You can tell because every fucking weeb whines about how guns were bad when japan fucking loved their guns.
Also, are those guys doing the olympic ball toss thing, but with grenades? That's p. cool.
Same reason Fedoras and trench coats are considered bad now. They're associated with shitheads even if the individual things aren't bad.
If you want to run a Not-Asian campaign go for it man. Nobody will care after you start rolling the dice.
>elves are arrogant bastards who consider humans to be beneath them!
Where does this meme come from?
I've always thought that elves view humans as their wayward children.
Elves might lose patience with humans from time to time and they might think that they lack refinement and culture, but ultimately they treat humans with kindness as long as the humans are respectful towards them.
Elves like humans and view them as allies against the forces of evil.
>>47592033
Because it's what we would be like if we lived thousands of years.
The origins of that meme are obvious. They hardly need to be stated.
But, there's millions of elves, in thousands of types and subraces, in hundreds of different games and settings, so you are free to decide whether they are seen as arrogant or not, whether they actually are arrogant or not, and whether it really makes sense to ascribe that kind of personality trait to an entire race.
I tend to view it as a very case-by-case concept, where while elves that actually are arrogant bastards are relatively rare, there will always be those sorts of non-elven miscreants...
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>>47592033
It stems from different interpretations of elves. If we're going back to Tolkien as source material, the where the peoples of Middle Earth could be seen to represent different social classes in some interpretations, the elves would be representative of the nobility and royal classes. In that context, snobbiness makes a bit more sense. Elves do act with some snobbiness and tend not to keep themselves removed and distant from other peoples, living in beautifully tended places, much like royalty or nobility.
Consider Galadriel, who is often treated with as much reverence as The Queen of England, especially since Tolkien was British himself. Even the Mirkwood elves, who can be seen as more backwards and simple than others, make wine and sell it to support themselves, which is still seen as a luxurious and acceptable venture for nobility. So they tend to represent nobility whose estate has fallen into decline. The elves as a whole are departing from the world, symbolizing the diminishing importance of royalty as the modern age came into its own.
Anyway, it's theory and interpretation of the books, but the parallels make sense in the context of Tolkien, a British writer who had seen war and times of great societal change and wrote a fantasy epic. I mean, writers don't write in influential vacuums, and Tolkien could have easily taken from his own historical, societal, and personal experiences to pour into his writing. Given how much these books are adored, I'd say he had to.
Anyway, tl;dr elves might take influence from snooty nobility and that's why they're many times pricks.
Every time I see an official artwork, I'm inspired to devise a character just like on that cool picture, only to find it is horrendously impractical.
Valeros, iconic fighter, always depicted using two weapon fighting, slick stuff right there - yet the worst type of melee tactics you could choose mechanic-wise.
Amiri, iconic barbarian, always depicted swinging oversized sword, any rager would love that - sadly, only attainable with a horrible fighter archetype, or with a horrible weapon and a wasted feat.
Any picture with gunslinger - always shooting akimbo with...
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>>47587900
It has been established that the standard heroes in Pathfinder are some of the most poorly built sons of bitches you could ever witness.
Attribute it to a combination of Paizo not knowing 3.5 and Paizo not knowing their own system.
>>47587900
People who complain about Pathfinder are like people dying of thirst in the desert who refuse to drink from an oasis right in front of them because water tastes "different" than the sand they've been eating for the last 3 days.
Seriously, play anything else. Even 5e is better than Pathfinder, and that's fukken DnD.
>>47588381
It's not just iconics, even. There is no iconic antipaladin, for example, yet there is one that always floats up and he is also sword and board.
It's okay, actually, it is not a matter of optimization - I always tend to go for aesthetics mainly. But it upsets me when every cover is basically a scam - you won't be slightly behind if you're trying to recreate those in your builds - you will have a really hard time playing.
I'm currently watching at "Armor Master's Handbook" and there is a TWF samurai on the cover - you probably know how it works on the table.
Why the fuck did Wizards decide to make this cancerous, fetish-tier meme race one of the core races in D&D.
Does Hasbro own a dragon dildo company or something?
Like, what the actual fuck? Where did they even come from? How am I supposed to even explain their existence in Faerun or any setting that existed before 4e?
Fuck that. I don't care if they're in the PHB, you're not playing a fucking dragonborn in my game.
Same goes for tieflings.
>>47572219
Because it appeals to casuals.
Because they were too lazy to make a not evil Lizard race, so we got Dragonborn.
>Same goes for tieflings.
Why though. It's literally the same thing as being a sorcerer, but with fiends, but your physiology changes.
What's your problem with it, anon? Is it just that its new? Because lizardmen have been a thing since for-fucking-ever.
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>>47598230
"None of that should be possible," Vert muses, the older woman's voice sounding somewhat skeptical. You muffle a snort; oh, she ain't seen nothing yet. "But as long as Mojang and the rest are alright..."
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>>47598254
... shit, you can't even chew her out for standing so close behind you. Poor girl's got this aura of kicked puppy-ness or something. You shrug and look past her- where's everyone else?
"Um, oneechan and her friends left already," Nepgear replies, referring to her /literal/ big sister. "They're waiting down at the Sharicite node. So..."
It takes you a moment to process why she's holding her hand out to you. You blink at her big, guileless eyes before gingerly...
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>>47598284
[ ] [PLANEPTUNE] Ask Nepgear's opinion of her home country. She's one of the goddesses of this place, right? How's that working out?0-4
>Enchanted Shovel
What does it do?
Creates holes, fills in holes.
You may use it to dig holes in reality.
You can dig trenches in frontal lobes
we all know that the reason every dwarf now has an axe is because of Gimli. but realisticly wich one would be more useful to a dwarf? the axe or the hammer wich both seems to be quite used depending on the setting.
The Pickaxe is the true and proper weapon of the Dwarf, being both tool and weapon fitting for their underground mining lifestyle.
Other than that it's pretty much down to personal taste.
>>47595684
This
War pick or mattock are true dwarf weapons
>>47595724
i guess. then again hammers are also quite useful for dwarves more interesting in smithing than mining.
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>>47593539
Gaft mutters something under his breath. It's clear that Wren is not one of his favorite person. You narrow your eyes at him and he shuts up and presses his cloth closer to his face.
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>>47593565
>> Ray's right, we should set up an ambush to rescue Wren.
>>47593565
> Ray's right, we should set up an ambush to rescue Wren.
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If you have /tg/ related stories to post, post them here, and hopefully some kind anon will give you feedback (or at least acknowledge that someone did actually read it, which let's face it is what writefags really want).
If you don't have a story ready then I and other anons will be posting pictures throughout the thread for you to test your writing skills on. This is, more or less,...
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Are there any large mechanical, or thematic differences between Western made table top rpgs and Japanese ones?
I've been looking for something a bit different to play.
Thematically, they're all very animey. Heavy influence from JRPGs and such.
Mechanically, 90% use d6s only and they're often VERY gamey. Not necessarily crunchy, but very "rules centric" if it makes any sense, even the rules-light systems.
>>47587253
We have d20. They have SRS. Both are shit.
As for differences, it's rather difficult to evaluate, since only a scarce few JTRPGs have been translated.
From what I can tell, there is more of a focus on structured sessions, with less emphasis on player agency and more on everyone fulfilling a more or less predetermined role. So it's less about the "what" and more about the "how".
The JTRPGs we have are all very different, so it's hard to find any commonalities.
Tenra...
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Not played most of these games, but I've read most of them.
Tenra Bansho Zero - Set up sort of like a kabuki drama and has an interesting thing that if you care "too much" about something, you go full on Darth Vader and turn to the Dark Side. So eventually, you're going to want to decide to "not care" about getting revenge on someone who killed your father. Meant to be OTT super anime awesome bullshit. I'm into the world, not so hot on the rules. One Shot did a game of this that's meant to be great.
Golden Sky Stories - I have a hard time thinking many people on /tg/ would be interested in playing this "properly". It's basically "My Neighbor Totoro: The Game". Probably great if your group was into anime and/or you might run games for kids and wanted something "safe".
Ryuutama - My personal favorite of the translated games. It's specifically created to help newbies learn to GM/play, so if you have friends who want to learn to GM or are turned off by your standard fantasy games, this would be a great one to introduce them to. Though it's "kid friendly", it's not a "kiddie" game. If you want to emulate something like Spice and Wolf, Final Fantasy (Crystal Chronicles and FFX are particularly on-point), or even Oregon Trail itself, this is perfect. The game is absolutely brutal in that sense. It's nicknamed "Miyazaki's Oregon Trail" for a reason. Even assuming you're not really into anime or JRPGs, it has no set-setting, so you and your group can build something more fitting of your taste - even if that ends up being grimdark.
Maid - Pure slapstick anime bullshit. (Lewd optional.) Random tables 5ever. Fun if you're in the mood for it, but it's generally KEK oneshot material. Pitch it as such.
Meikyuu Kingdom - Lots of random tables. Don't expect pure player agency, but if you don't mind the tables taking away your agency, it's somewhere between a parody dungeon crawl and a kingdom sim. Fun, but you have to know what you're getting into.
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