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So, /tg/, my Pathfinder DM had a breakdown recently because of the absolutely horseshit characters that one of the players in our group of regulars decides to bring to the table every time. Let's just TL;DR - Female minotaur with giant tits, loli dragon riders that constantly make sexual innuendos and wear not-enough clothes, kitsune mammoth riders, a dragon-kin magus with way-too-edgy Katanas that have six demon souls and were bathed in the blood of virgin teenagers. (It was a flavored version of Blade Bound Magus.) You get the idea. We humor him because it's never really disruptive, but the last time he did it, it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
So, finally, our favorite DM broke down and has refused to DM anything... Yet, in all his grace and wisdom That Guy has so kindly decided to host a campaign for us until our regular DM can 'get a grip'... one that he told me to build a character for "Level 40" and "don't worry about money, get whatever you want"... But fuck it, I want to humor it so I can see it crash to the ground and burn.
I'm not so alien to the concept of going above 20th level in this shit, but what the fuck do I even do with this? He said to take any template we wanted, but asked that we run thrid-party material past him before playing it. I thought about doing something like Living Monolith + Grave Knight but I don't know where to start designing this absolutely dogshit character.
Should I do something to fuck with the game? No mythic, apparently, but I've got literally everything else in the Pathfinder tool kit available.
Don't level 40 literally can not have balanced encounters.
If you really want to be a wizard 20/cleric 20. Use your infinite money for infinite wishes. Use your 40 HD to make infinite hyper power simulacruma from your bubble base full of whales on the sun. Also kill the That Guy. Not his campaign. Like actually murder him.
>>47148117
It's tempting. The 'kill him' thing. On the other hand I was considering just rolling up a 20th level dwarf commoner, since we can use 'any class'.
>>47148169
Do it anon. He makes the absurd. Make the absurdly dull. Roll 1 thousand peasants and throw them at his campain
So, why haven't smaller scales become a bigger thing in wargaming? Gamers clearly have a love of aircraft, mechs, and massive gribblies on the table, but for some reason games like Warmachine and 40k insist on doing it in 28mm, a scale that is absolutely terrible for it. You end up with massive parking lots and barren tables because otherwise they can't fit anything on it.
Obviously there's games out there like Flames of War, Dropzone Commander, Epic, etc. that have embraced smaller scales and as a result can fit a lot more action in on the table, I'm just confused why smaller scales haven't been more widely embraced. The new Halo game seems to be giving a ray of hope that not all game companies are crazy, but just by watching some people's reaction you'd have thought somebody had shot their dog.
Is there something I'm missing here? I mean, you want to throw down with a goofy apocalypse game because you own 4,000pts of models like what used to happen back in 5th ed 40k, I understand. However nowadays with 40k as an example, you're regularly seeing models released that are 6+ inches tall, have massive footprints, and require massive gaps in terrain just so they can move around being considered "standard" units to be used in normal games. I just don't get why when you're trying to push that kind of game, you wouldn't drop down to 15mm (if you want infantry models that still have personality) or smaller like 10mm (if you just want to focus on kickass vehicles and mechs like DZC does)
I get why GW does it, after all they make more money per player that way, I just don't get why gamers gravitate to 28mm scale for battles of that size when they work so much better (not to mention become much cheaper) to drop down to a smaller scale. Are people just scared to try it because of painting or something?
>>47147263
Bigger models can have more detail and are more fun to paint.
You just can't get as pretty a models, and huge games are more expensive. Newcomers look at a table full of little models and want something with less.
>>47147273
I guess I can see that, but is that really true though?
I know a lot of people are scared to try painting anything smaller than 28mm but after painting everything from 28mm to 6mm I have to say the smaller the model gets the easier it is, especially if the model is good quality.
Hell, DZC is a good example. This is the BOTTOM of a walker that's barely 4 inches long and the size of a small apartment complex. It has more detail than most GW 28mm infantry models have just on the bottom.
>>47147283
>just can't get as pretty models
Eh, I don't know about that. Again, this is opinions and all that, but I've seen some stunning small scale armies. Those horus heresy epic armies I see on here occasionally are stunning for example.
>huge games are more expensive. Newcomers look at a table full of little models and want something with less.
Kind of confused what you mean by this. Are you saying smaller scale games are more expensive or less expensive? It sounds like you're saying the latter but I've never seen a 2,000pts Flames of War or DZC army that is half as much as a 2,000pts 40k army.granted some flames of war armies can be the same price if you were insane enough to collect metal and resin conscript tank hordes, never seen one in person though
Of course there's the old "opinions and assholes" saying, its just I feel like people refuse to give it a try because of misconceptions. I never get the "it's harder to paint/more expensive/doesn't look as good" because I play these games and none of those hold true to me I guess. Especially not the price thing.
>armor made out of metal, like steel or bronze, cannot be enchanted well
>however, armor made out of wood or stone is easy to enchant and can boast stronger enchantments
>>47146571
Hmmmmm stone would be no good, too heavy and brittle. Super enchanted wood armor could be legit, but it has a real druid/elf lord of the forest type feel
>>47146571
>toughness enchantments on balsa
>>47146619
Stone wouldn't be great for armor, but obsidian counts as stone, right?
>>47146916
Obsidian shatters into razors. Obsidian is great for weapons, but you would have to be retarded to make armor out of it, evendors if its enchanted you couldn't pay me to wear that.
Here is a challenge for you guys.
How would you run a campaing in which all the player characters are blind?
And no, no tremorvsense and all that "blind, but can still see" bullshit.
>>47146541
FATAL.
Blindfolds.
>>47146541
Sit in a dark room and talk.
Either I as the dm am the friend who can see, or they all have seeing eye animals, and I come up with a complex system of rolls for their ability to make use of said animals. Im assuming this isnt high fantasy or most combat oriented games or they would be fucked.
Question for Magic The Gathering players. I'm looking to create a deck that can defeat or at least fare well against a blue-control deck. I'm thinking lots of aggro, not sure if there are any pre-built deck examples I can look to or any ideas from anyone else on here as to specific cards needing to be added. Thoughts?
Elves. Black/Green.
>>47146446
Interesting, what element do you think makes them capable? Aggro, early game control, counter-spell?
what format?
Share advice, share suggestions, share stories.
Wrapped up a year long campaign recently, next semester I'm doing SWN for the first time (far cry from Space 1889).
I'd love to run the system for a group of my friends that are much more familiar with Pathfinder, but first I want to do some worldbuilding. Whenever I run a game, I always use an original setting.
I want the game to focus more on the interactions of various alien races rather than human cultures. Since there are so many species with different environmental needs, you can pretty much find one or two different intelligent races on almost any planet or star or whatever.
There are Ringworlds, Dyson Spheres and all sorts or artificial environments besides huge ships...
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>>47146228
I recently started a campaign with my internet buddies. Right now it is full sandbox, and I don't think that will change. The Core Rulebook is your friend, as it has almost anything you could need to build a sector, worlds, and aliens. Don't be afraid to have some worlds hidden or forgotten by the sector at large. Militaries are small, fleets even smaller. It isn't rare for a large hegemony that isn't at war go have a dozen ships, only two or three of which would be cruisers. Aliens could be a...
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After reading the prelude on the Suns of Gold campaign book I am absolutely now deadset on using this setting. System? Whatever. I'm hooked.
rate my space marine. I think i did a good job
check out my badass highlights
heres a close up shot of my carefully painted details
This is a troll thread isn't it.
Why aren't you playing a hero of justice?
>>47145733
>mfw I am
>mfw Toshinori is one of my favorite characters
I even make my characters yell out their smash attacks. Mine are all West Coast locations though.
CALIFORNIA SMASH!
>>47145733
because I'm DMing
>>47145733
Because I haven't convinced my players to buy into a Marvel Heroic campaign.
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The changes as listed below shall promote more dynamic, fun gameplay: memeraiding is nerfed, while isolation is also heavily discouraged.
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>Rome pushed the Huns out of Italy
>Kirishit chooses to let XDA1 and his buddies cheat the system
>Rome tries to attack Scandia, fails because of no one listening to orders
More tomorrow. Come and join the fray my friends. We liked you guys in 4chab, come roleplay with us here.
Also, do /leave g if the autism in global is too tough on you.
Bumping with a 1.0 meme
Posting a few memes.
Can't remember the iteration on this one, but it was pretty fun.
>I just started playing d&d5e with two friends
>one is a neutral/good Druid
>other is a neutral warlock
>I'm playing a NG life domain Dwarf Cleric
>10 cha to start 19 con 19 wins and 14 str
>specialty medicine and religion with high perception
>kind of an asshole to people but all the healing makes up for it
>warlock...
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>>47144194
Pass your DM a note, say your character reports him to nearest paladin gestapo, warlock gets desu vult'd in his sleep one night when your character is out wrenching. No one is the wiser.
>>47144194
Detect Evil and Good
"For the duration, you know if there is an aberration, celestial, elemental, fey, fiend, or undead within 30 feet of you, as well as where the creature is located. Similarly, you know if there is a place or object within 30 feet of you that has been magically consecrated or desecrated."
So is book a fiend, and undead, or desecrated?
>>47144194
I know i'm crazy for suggesting it but,talk to your friend about it and work it out
Hey, I'm new to magic. A bunch of my friends and I are all getting into it casually, but fuck that I want to kick their asses. I've had some luck with some aggro decks, but I want to play something completely different.
I saw this: http://magic.tcgplayer.com/db/article.asp?ID=13246 And it seemed interesting, but how would I even go about playing something like this? I feel like I would quickly get swarmed by creatures.
MTG newby help thread or something I guess.
>>47144056
To add: I would be playing the budget version of that deck that doesn't have jace.
>>47144258
I figured this, but I'm stupid so I'm not gonna.
>>47144298
OP just play pauper with your friends, common only.
Also if you are net-decking for kitchen table, you are just going to run otu the who has the biggest dick contest fast and you and your friends will waste money for decks that play shitty games that end on T3 with zero interaction. Fuck that shit.
How do you include intrigue elements in a dungeon crawling campaign where you barely see any other intelligent characters?
This is like asking how to include aquatic creatures in a desert setting.
>>47145473
And yet both seem to have the same answer.
>an oasis
>>47145473
Fish tanks?
Need Help. Can not decide who should be the wife of the top god.
>Goddess of Time, Fate and Prophecy
or
>Goddess of Water, Family and Fertility
>>47142464
So.. you're trying to pick, between being Zelda, or Ruto?
>>47142522
>>47142464
Pick Ruto.
>>47142464
Do the most logical thing.
Have a war over it.
What has been Germany's biggest contribution to all things tabletop?
Catan
>>47142343
Nazis as villains.
Germany's biggest contribution to the world at large.
I don't remember the name of it, but I think they have some sort of fantasy rpg that's relatively big there that has a lot more outdoor survival elements to it. I've heard shadowrun is also sort of big there
Otherwise no idea
Between Jago Sevetar and Lucius I have read that both of them were superb swordsmen. Who would win in a straight up swordfight?
Jago
Lucius was a cocky asshole who fucked around too much. Jago was space punisher and got shit done
>>47141584
Lucius has a habit of getting killed so Sevetar probably wins. Now who would beat Corswain in a 1 v 1
>>47141671
Fair fight would be relatively even but Sevatar fueled Sisigmund to a standstill until he self-DQed with a dirty headbutt
