>Several clades of spiders whose females evolved giant sizes are known for extreme sexual behaviors such as sexual cannibalism, opportunistic mating, mate-binding, genital mutilation, plugging, and emasculation. However, these behaviors have only been tested in a handful of size dimorphic spiders. Here, we bring another lineage into the picture by reporting on sexual behavior of Darwin’s bark spider, Caerostris darwini. This sexually size dimorphic Madagascan species is known for extreme web gigantism and for producing the world’s toughest biomaterial. Our field and laboratory study uncovers a rich sexual repertoire that predictably involves cannibalism, genital mutilation, male preference for teneral females, and emasculation. Surprisingly, C. darwini males engage in oral sexual encounters, rarely reported outside mammals. Irrespective of female’s age or mating status males salivate onto female genitalia pre-, during, and post-copulation. While its adaptive significance is elusive, oral sexual contact in spiders may signal male quality or reduce sperm competition.
http://www.nature.com/articles/srep25128
I think I'm starting to understand why Drow philosophers are so feared. Modeling every aspect of your life on that of the spider can lead to some shocking extremes.
>>47392042
>plugging
?
>>47392042
Pretty much what real life would be like if femnazis got their way
>>47392084
It is the term for when the female rips the males genitals off, and jams them into her genitals, allowing her to extract the seed on the go!
>The King has tasked us with rescuing his daughter from an evil warlord
>Said warlord does the whole "TAKE ANOTHER STEP AND THE GIRL DIES!" thing
>"I crossbow him in the face!"
>7 damage
>Warlord doesn't die
>Kills the Princess
>We kill Warlord
>"Well good job asshat the Princess is dead now. I'd be suprised if the King doesn't execute us let alone pay us."
>Wizard pauses for a second "Wait I got an idea."
>Keep in mind, the GM has made some BS clause about how reviving people's actually a huge risk of having a demon or another spirit posess a body unless you explicitly go find the soul and we're level 6
>So the wizard fucking revives her as a zombie
>"What the fuck man"
>"Look we'll just heal the throat wound with some inflict wounds- she's undead now it'll work- and then we return her to the castle"
>"She's a zombie!"
>"Noble's are always wearing white powder makeup we'll just say she touched herself up before she came home."
>"She's mindless!"
>"We'll just say she's under stress from her harrowing experience and command her to give some random responses to questions."
>"FOREVER!?"
>"Till we get our money! She drops dead in the castle, we run away and are never heard from again."
We're all gonna die next session I can tell
I'm not a big fan of when player take necromancy lightly. Out of all the schools of magic, the one that involves working with people's souls should be the last one considered for casual misuse.
This will end well, OP.
I like it.Tell me you have an escape plan.
>>47432477
Our escape plan is "the moment things get too hairy we compel the princess's corpse to set itself on fire as a distraction and run"
no really that's our wizard's suggestion
So Ive been looking at new(well to me anyway) systems and worlds to DM, and I ran across Cthulhutech. The lore seems fun and flexible, and has enough opportunities to be sufficiently lethal to punish silly mistakes to fit in with my play group. What do you all think?
>>47431709
OK, so what makes it so? I'm genuinely curious now.
>utter insignificance of human endeavour in the face of unimaginable vastness
>giant robots and teenagers who save the future with significant human endeavour
sometimes mixing several opposite themes can make for cool stuff
this is not one of those times
Tell me about your first tabletop session, /tg/.
>>47418073
You first.
>>47418092
All right. I was 15, it was 3.5 and I was a druid. At the time, I had no idea about the murder hobo tendencies of the tabletop fandom. After clearing some kobolds out, we found eggs. I naively attempted to save them on the grounds that they weren't yet sentient and deserved a chance to live and choose. My more experienced friends disabled me, tied me up, and decimated the nest in front of me.
>>47418073
>system is a small 3 class system using d6s.
>play a thief with two daggers, female shorty.
>friends are a cleric (a magic users who chooses holy magic), a fire wizard and a knight.
>dm uses the two adventures in the book.
>we walk around small shithole village, trying to figure out what to do (gm didn't start us with a hook)
>he makes up a few random things "a tall mountain is infested with goblins", "a local well is corrupted" and the actual adventure "the graveyard is said to be haunted".
>for some reason we all agree that ghosts aren't real and ignore the actual adventure.
>depart from village and travel for a few days, no events but the fire wizard burned down a bush.
>make it to a tall fucker mountain, pierces the clouds, no obvious entrances but a lot of small lavines.
>we go explore it a bit, knight shoots a few goats from impressive distances
>fire wizard burns dead goats, we get angry at him
>we're getting pretty far up the mountain and most of us are exhausted because climbing was harsh in that game
>rest, forgot to bring food, gm says there's berry bushes everywhere up here
>fire wizards goes down to drag burned, dead goats up to us.
>he gets ambushed and dragged away by goblins.
>we go to eat from the bushes, goblins come up from holes beneath the bushes!
>goblins are very weak, so we defeat them, eat some berries and crawl down there.
We sort of metagamed here, because we knew the wizard was captured.
>simple cave systems, a few goblins here and there and some trashy furniture.
>at one point there's an arrow trap, which I disable.
>we get to the big room, there's a huge door over to the side which are barred. The wizard is there and two burned goblins (and a couple of burned goats)
>turns out the goats were the goblins' pets.
>we're the bad guys.
>goblins are trying to break down the door.
Why the goblins didn't use their small tunnels, nobody knows.
>cont...
How might we reform the pit trap trope?
What is the pit trap trope, OP?
I don't understand the issue. It's a pit. You fall in, and sometimes there are spikes.
>>47412297
Why do we need to? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Okay so, my plan is to make my players roll normal military guys, give them a normal mission to understand the system and suddenly launch them into a fantasy world as members of an expeditionary force.
Do you guys know if a system is already doing that (I don't doubt that this idea as already been thought trought)? Or have you some ideas/experience to share? I also live in a no-weapon country and I am not much of a /k/ guy, so I would love some thought on how military would likely react.
Also, modern military forces against med-fan world discussion.
Could be doable with WH40K: Only War, though it might require a bit of cross-referencing with the warhammer fantasy rpg
>>47408018
Hum. i'm not a great fan of 40K systems. I mean, I do play Dark Heresy and even a trained guardsman needs to be lucky to reliably touch something.
But if Warhammer fantasy have the same system it actually could be interesting.
Will they have to adapt to martial weaponry or still have ammo and whatnot?
Other than Frida Kahlo, on what unconventional historical figures could you base a BBEG on?
>>47393770
Frida Kahlo BBEG? Explain.
>>47393770
Thatcher
Merkel
Dali
>>47393935
Many of her designs were innovative but impractically demanding in terms of resources and materials. As such they were rejected by various nations. But she wanted to build and thus ended up working for dictators who wouldn't care about expenses as long as they can show off.
>>47393935
Pretty much exactly the same just replace painting for magic, Diego's role is particularly interesting
>Trove -- https://mega.nz/#F!3FcAQaTZ!BkCA0bzsQGmA2GNRUZlxzg!jJtCmTLA
>Useful Shit -- http://pastebin.com/FQJx2wsC
Previous thread: https://boards.4chan.org/tg/thread/47321633)
Question: Do you use metallic dragons in your game? How do you use them?
>>47368098
>Question: Do you use metallic dragons in your game?
I'm actually considering the same question right now, since i'll be running my first D&D game and the only requirement one of the players had on it was that "there should be dungeons and there should be dragons".
The only thing i've got in mind so far is that, even if I end up having several spread out in the campaign (not sure yet), that each and every dragon should be treated as "the Dragon" and not "a Dragon".
>>47368892
I'm always a big fan of using dragons as either (a) big political movers, (b) big bad evil doers, (c) maniacal isolationists only to be encountered deep in their extremely complex (read megadungeon) lair).
If you want to retain a feeling of 'The Dragon' while have multiple dragons, make them hard to reach, influential, pivotal, legendary, truly majestic or any combination of this.
For example; the dragon in his swamp lair guarding a nice treasure horde? He is mighty Ilfurix, scourge of the Black Mire. His lair is within a sunken temple of a legendary serpentine god, and he is said to be the direct descendant of that god. His army of snake-men minions guard and revere him. Although cheesy as hell, it allows you to have a different dragon further down the road with a similar grand setting so as not to lose the 'The Dragon' feeling.
In case anyone is interested, I'm wanting to run a S&W game in an hour or so.
See: >>47368816
You are Takashi Wakui, a sixteen year old Japanese high school student. In your world, half of humanity possesses a Persona—the corporeal manifestation of one’s personality as a supernatural entity. You had been an unlucky ordinary at first, lacking the potential to summon your Persona. Then the application AETHER was forcibly installed on your smartphone. It sucked you into the nightmarish realm of the Blackened Void, where you fought monsters and awakened your Persona in the process.
You are now the Wild Card of the 22nd Century. You possess the Fool Arcana, giving you the power to draw strength from bonds and wield multiple Personas at once. Already this places you in great danger, as the Fool Arcana is seen as an impossibility by the common masses. Revealing your newfound power to the common world would immediately land your head on a dissection table. To make matters worse, you and several others have been cursed as the Void’s Chosen, fated to traverse the wastelands of the Blackened Void until the end of the game. For what purpose does AETHER exist, what mysteries lie within and how is victory achieved?
Previous Threads: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Persona%202129%20Quest
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TwilightThorn
Mechanics: http://pastebin.com/Eq9mum2X
Spell/Skill List: http://pastebin.com/5NYivMQd
Part One Recap: http://pastebin.com/i1VjfnyX
Character List: http://pastebin.com/CtjpDzAc
Persona List: http://pastebin.com/MDQzgiku
Takashi's Stats: http://pastebin.com/nMVCCZ4E
Blackened Void Info: http://pastebin.com/tuUPn59L
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEJ8QR-PSj8
Countless miles away, in the midst of an alternate reality where the Void’s Chosen originate from, Aria von Wittelsbach rises from her unconsciousness. Her delicate eyelashes flutter as she forces her eyelids open. She cringes mentally as tentacles of fluorescent light assaults her vision. She tries to raise her hand to shield off the rays—a little unnecessary considering she could merely shut her eyes again—and fails. A powerful weight has tied itself to her hands, her arms, every limb of her malnourished and frail body. It is the grogginess that comes with too much rest. Leave it alone, and it shall spread and make her numb. If only one’s emotions worked that way, part of her wonders.
“Oh, you’re awake.”
She still has enough energy to roll her head to the side. There is an android nurse in a snow-white uniform standing next to her bed. Thus, she concludes, she is in a hospital. Where else could she be? Certainly not at a classmate’s house. Any ordinary person would be surprised at suddenly being relocated from their school dorm to a medical facility. Aria the German girl is not an ordinary girl, not even an ordinary Persona-user by any stretch of her or anybody else’s imagination.
This is not the first time events in her life have played out in such a fashion. It is most likely not going to be the last.
Her arm twitches. Something is attached to it. An IV drip, full of precious nutrients. One of the many facets of medical science magic has yet to replicate.
“You’ve made quite a fuss around here, young lady.” The android nurse scolds. Her tone is motherly, warm. Disgusting unfamiliarity washes over said young lady. “To think you were neglecting to eat properly and not taking your medication…catching influenza on top of that! How you were granted permission to live alone is such a mystery! Why, there are certainly a few choice words I would like to give to your guardian…”
>>47428404
>This is not the first time events in her life have played out in such a fashion. It is most likely not going to be the last.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. No more hospitalizations under our watch, young lady.
With instinct, not conscious effort, Aria tunes out the voice. She lies in her bed. She stares at the ceiling. It’s all she can do. Despite the central heating, her body is cold. Not the outside, which is snugly wrapped in the white hospital sheets, but the inside, whispering to her of the personal transgressions she made, replaying her mistakes over and over again like a sick theatre. She shivers, but makes no move to wrap her arms around herself. The simulation, in this case, cannot hold a candle to the reality.
“You were very lucky, young lady. A friend of yours came to your rescue. He called an ambulance for you and the good men here picked you up—”
“Pardon?” Aria asks.
The android nurse blinks, then resumes her speech with that same, almost infuriating pleasant smile. “A friend called an ambulance for you. There are a lot of selfish people these days, especially now that magic has segregated humanity in two, so that friend of yours must be very good for him to come to your aid in—”
“Wrong.” She doesn’t need to think. She interrupts without giving the nurse’s words a single thought.
“Pardon?”
“Wrong. You’re wrong. I…” Aria whispers, her voice raspy, “I don’t have any friends…”
“Really?” The android nurse says, opening up a holographic screen on her tablet. “The boy who called the ambulance for you made a statement that said otherwise.”
“What?” Aria gasps.
“Let’s see here…what was his name…ah, that’s right. Wakui! Does that name ring a bell, young lady? His name was Takashi Wakui…”
Dumping random images of magic items or cool looking places. Feel free to join in.
A thread for posting of CYOAs.
Last thread: >>>>47410965
>>47425599Gluttony is best choice (at least to me)
Hi. This should be
>OC
Consider enjoying it.
>>47425599
You're supposed to post a picture, not a thumbnail.
Also, you forgot the pastebin: http://pastebin.com/vrqYhnpu
>Google Drive
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>Jumpchain IRC Chat
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>Rules
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>>47411784
>>47423479
Stop posting stuff Demonbane destroyed all the multiverses. It's over. No more Jump Chain.
>>47423530
Leave old drama in the old thread.
>>47423479
What is there to worry about in dinitopia?
Previous Thread: >>47407816
Post any art requests you have ITT. Keep in mind, the drawfriends are doing this for fun, so do not be surprised or upset if they gloss over your post. The artists are here to draw what they WANT to draw, not what you THINK should be drawn.
Be patient, and bump your request one time every 24 hours from the time you posted the request. There is no exception to this rule, it doesn't matter if you "have work" or "are going to bed".
DO:
Provide good, detailed references (pictures are better than verbal descriptions), so the artists know what you're looking for as best you can.
Hold off on additional requests after receiving a delivery from an artist, and be mindful of the other requests that might deserve attention.
Mind your manners and say thank you! We appreciate our artists and their amazing work!
DON'T
Don't be an asshole and immediately repost your request because you don't like the FREE art you received.
Don't be a shitposter. Don't respond to shitposters.
>Artists and Artists-to-Be:
Feel free to drop your tumblrs/websites/commission/etc information drawfriends.
Books and Tutorials:
https://mega.co.nz/#F!2RARFaLA!VTiQb6eRXfV4V6mYQ6FJTA
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kno4yv719g88pol/Tutorials.zip?dl=0
Figure Drawing:
http://www.quickposes.com/pages/random
Beginners Guide to Drawing:
https://archive.is/GNIq1
The w/ic/i art guide:
https://sites.google.com/site/ourwici/
>Reminder that nobody is entitled to a delivery under any circumstances within these threads.
Plague Lord VS beastlord OR here, just letting you know you can reply to this post when you feel like sharing your amazing work with me (us?)
MIGRATING >>47408196
Requesting Ironflask Adelaide (reference pic related) sitting at her campfire, eating a large ham with a jolly expression on her face.
Reposting from the last thread and edited:
Would any one be interested in drawing a short haired fit wai- I mean character? I know it's somewhat taboo in a way to reach out to drawfriends who've posted but I just need to take the gamble.
The character is a female elf who has a hairstyle like the pic related with her ears sticking out of her hair, she's tall and look athletic and fit, but not body builder level. Bust size isn't that important, to choose what you want to draw,
She wears baggy pants with lots of hanging metal rings tacked on, a long sword sits at her belt, the scabbard is a very plain and white looking one with several scratches on it. She wears a way too big tank top which is rolled up a bit so you can understand that she's fit, like if she's just come from morning exercise. She has bandages on her upper left arm, from the shoulder/arm joint to the elbow, a bit stained.
She's wearing sandals that look well-used.
As for her general body type, other than being fairly tall, she has wider hips and developed thighs though nothing extreme, She would be more of a mild pear shape I guess.
Everything that isn't 75 cents is EDH fodder edition
Gamble's a nice reprint, though if you're trying to build Lands you've got bigger problems than a playset of Gambles. A lot of cool commander 1-ofsthat should be in fucking precons, but I'll admit I'm a little turned on at the thought of a foil Worldly Tutor
Hooray for better Daze art
>>47406797
Old thread here, I'm a faggot and can't OP for shit
>he fell for the Eternal meme
>Someone out there
>An actual mtg fan
>Used up his money
>His non-disposable money
>To go up to the internet
>and preorder Eternal Masters
>But not 1 booster box
>Not even 2 booster boxes
>A whole set of 6 booster boxes
>Which is called a Booster Case
>Of Eternal Drafters
>At $1350
>Without shipping
>or taxes
lul
Old one had reached the image limit. Fresh start, shall we?
