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How do you play a character that's smarter than yourself?
have a person smarter than you write a script and follow it even if it doesn't make any sense. after all, they are smarter than you and clearly know more than you do.
Use the wonders that a turn based game provides. You have time to sit and think on stuff between turns and between sessions.
So your ability to think on the fly is much better than most people's would be.
>>47342514
>You have time to sit and think on stuff between turns and between sessions.
Wait, do you mean some people DONT do this?
hey there, I've always loved necromancers and necromancy, and i was curious about some of tg's favorite necromancers, either from a game they were in, a game they ran, or from popular stories.
tell us about them. good, bad, dumb, genius, or heartfelt, doesn't matter, just share your favorite.
oh inb4 Millennial King
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Millennial_King
>>47342009
"Minions, servants, soldiers of the cold dark! Obey the call, of Kel'Thuzad."
>>47342009
Sandro from heroes of might and magic and Kel'Thuzad, especially from w3
Is it bad if a fantasy religion strongly resembles a real religion?
>>47341974
It depends. If it is done well and doesn't generally try to force the tenets of the ACTUAL religion in your face then it should be fine. If it goes thinly veiled excuse for Sunday School, then you have a problem.
>>47341974
Literally every fantasy setting has a form of christianity.
>>47341974
Nope. Crib away.
Don't shy away from adapting reality to your game.
I find purely non-combat roles frustrating, especially faces.
It's not that I necessarily think it's a bad thing to have a party member that acts as a face. It's just that when they focus on it more or less exclusively, players tend to try and use it in a gamebreaking way to get the best deal. And that's not taking into account how many players are not as charismatic as they put in their character sheet, so they're not giving any reasons to justify why the king should give them a larger payment for the job they're doing, or why the wizard...
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>>47341708
Ok.
>>47341708
That's why they should have a role in battle.
Take bards. They are the less combat-focus classes of all (especially if you're going at it in the claissical way or with core only), but their buff make them still relevant. And sometimes vital.
Then, it depends of the party, as always. But the face should, most of the time, fill the gap that the other players couldn't.
So yeah, there shouldn't be pure non combat roles.
System like Shadowrun gives you enough space to do so.
>>47341783
And at least in Shadowrun, a face is really critical for setting up jobs. I'd question if you'd want to make a PC a face, especially since you probably won't also bring them on runs, but at least you can't deny their importance.
But to take one recent example of Pathfinder for me, I had a player who made a halfling rogue that, thanks to a good roll and bonuses, ended up having 18 charisma. And he almost instantly tried to set himself up as the boss of the party, even making contracts with...
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How do you guys handle the existence of God in your setting? I mean with a capital 'g'. Do you try to keep both the Fedora-Tippers and Puritan-Fags happy? Or do you dump one in favour of the other?I say this as someone who wants to do some high-level "God is Evil and must be stopped by any means" stuff, but has players who would be, at best, profoundly uneasy with that idea
>>47341015
When you say God as in capital G, I'm assuming we're at least on the same concept of a monotheistic deity with a Christian theme.
As such, why would any race created by this deity ever be motivated to fight and or rebel? Unless the deity is about to outright delete the race from existence, the people would be hard pressed to fight it.
Help me understand.
>>47341015
Capital-G god is unfortunately omnipotent, so if he wants to do evil, he cannot be stopped at all, no matter what. In other words, if he can be stopped, he isn't the real thing. So maybe have "god" actually be an usurper or something? Like in the bible. Fighting someone who usurped God would probably be something your players would like.
>>47341015
So what your saying is, that you are a fedora tipper and you want to stick it to your puritan buddies, and you want us to tell your how to do it without having it blow up in your face?
Sure, i can help you with that problem here is the solution, it's really simplefind other fedora rippers who would enjoy the idea, or don't try to force your preferences on your players if you know they won't like it.
/tg/ I realized something, how come there is no chaos god of death? I mean Nurgle is technically one of life, but what about one of death?
>>47340995
No one dies in the 41st millennium.
Why do you think the Emperor is still technically alive?
>>47341023
Believe me, a lot of people die.
The emperor as we knew him in life really is dead, all that remains is the insanely unravelling psychic essence of the hundreds of psyker shamans who once formed his mind.
>>47340995
Each one represents different aspects of it.
Nurgle is death through neglect, slow decay, disease etc.
Khorne covers all violent deaths
Slaneesh is death by excess, when you od or whatever
Tzeencth is death as a result of accidents (fate)
How do I play a dwarf who's not a hairy, alcoholic, jew, who has nothing better to say than "Get out of me way, you knife-eared faggot."
>>47340831
So you just want to be a miner?
>>47340849
I want to be a buff midget.
>>47340831
by playing it literally any other way
Is it good, /tg/?
I've read reviews, but would like to hear opinions from other sources.
(Also, are there any better systems for playing in Middle-Earth?)
It's really good.
Captures the sense of "adventurous journey" instead of "string of combat encounters"
>>47340365
I have played a little bit of it 2 years ago. And it is pretty much the best way to play in Middle Earth.
Just don't do murderhobo shit and you should be good.
Rules are good, fluff is just okay.
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I am working on a generic system that is meant to be rules lite but crunchy.
I am thinking of using a d12 mechanic. I know that is more "random" but I don't really like the predictability of 2d6. Plus 1d12 has the number handle stat plus skill well.
Stats will go -1 to +3, you get Vitality (basically hit points) equal to 10 plus Strength, or 5 plus strength for really lethal games. Average people have 5 plus Strength hp.
A dagger would deal 1d4
A one handed weapon deals 1d6
A two handed weapon deals 1d8
A pistol deals 1d8
A...
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How would you make a game with 5 to 15 range stats like DnD and GURPS without resorting to derived bonuses or roll under system?
Are derived stat bonuses like DnD has, an acceptable sin?
>Pendragon Corp
>Makes cybernetic arms named after the Knights of the Round Table
I think this is a badass idea. Who doesn't want to strap on the Gallahad and throw down with robots?
Let's Have a Traveler thread
What are your best stories?
>>47339358
GMing a Traveller game right now.
>regional police is after the party for transporting goods without a license
>the party is about to jump into hyperspace
>they have no pilot
>ohfuck.jpg
>the corporate agent (who got recently injured in a gunfight) runs out from the back of the ship where he was resting
>slams his hand on a random...
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>>47339358
Not mine, but found it pretty entertaining.
>>47340149
Nice. Gotta love those close calls.
>>47340282
The party is now investigating space aids/HIV afterwhich they will be going to anabandoned space station, Aliens styleand then after thata prison break out. I love think of new jobs for the party. It's so much fun.
What's the best system for a more light-hearted heroic fantasy? Something like Belgariad, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Dragon Quest, and so on.
I'm currently considering Ryuutama, but I haven't looked into it much. D&D 5e is also on the table, as is Dungeon World and Savage Worlds.
>>47339313
Bump for interest.
A simple TRPG that plays like an old JRPG would be great.
Savage Worlds does a good job at this, because of the notoriously whacky shit that tends to happen.
Depending on how capable you want your players to be, you might want to start them off with a few XP or tweak the combat a bit, because especially early on fights can quickly turn into stunlocks for one or two players.
>>47339342
I don't necessarily want it to -play- like an old JRPG, but just to feel like one. (Unless that's what you meant.)
Basically, I want players to be skilled and capable and to not get easily killed or crippled. I want exploration and adventure to be a big part of the setting, alongside combat and roleplaying.
That's why I was leaning towards Ryuutama, it really seems to capture the old JRPG / classic fantasy feel.
>>47339380
I'll...
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Recently I aquired books for the Degenesis: Rebirth and after reading the first reading of the fluff and the crunch I am very pleased on the setting and how flexible it is for different types of games.
So I started planning a skeleton for a campaing and wanted to ask if anyone else have ran games with the system and how they went in general.
Meanwhile live action trailers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tw3KaMr8wk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCARC91yyw
>>47339304
Planning to run one soon, thinking of starting with a trek across Franka not sure how to keep it interesting though. Might start with everyone being brainwashed by Pheromancers and becoming aware through Will/Faith rolls, but that could be tedious. Eventually planning on having a hub campaign building a new outpost. Any suggestions?
>>47340066
You could have everyone becoming aware as their pheromancer controller is killed, everyone waking up in the middle of a battle that's a total clusterfuck and they're trying to escape together and figure out what happened. Gives them a reason to be together; mutual protection against who they were fighting while controlled, and against being taken in again. Gives opening direction in a few different ways, they coujld try to get home, could go for revenge, could try to make amends to whoever they attacked.
I want to make a super hero themed campaign.
Probably using the fate system. Any ideas /tg/?
bump
Use hero system. It's specifically designed for super hero games of different power levels. From expert humans to super heroic feats of superman.
>>47339316
heh I'll look into it.
I really hope it is just because 4chan is full of retarded people, but the amount I read on here about awful sessions and people is astonishing at least. I live in Germany, have been roleplaying since 15 years or so, attended several conventions and have never met a real "that guy". I've met annoying people, cheaters, people who are difficult to argue and reason with but it was always still possible to play with them, and if I didn't like them, guess what, I didn't play with them after that anymore. I didn't meet people trying to include their magical...
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Ok
>>47338965
Most of it is fiction or greatly exaggerated.
>>47338965
tl;dr
Next time, try using the Enter key.
>In hopes of getting rid of monotonous and seemingly infinite "save the princess" quests, the knightly orders of the realm have overthrown the monarchy and created a republic
>>47338670
what is the real world?
>not a Knightdom
And now you have to save the president every goddamn week.
