Elder Scrolls legends was finally revelead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKtxbAmkCtU
It's very much a hearthstone clone with a twist.
In Other news
MTG DECLINES IN Q1 2016, this marks further decline in Magic The Gathering.
http://www.thestreet.com/story/13534209/5/hasbro-has-earnings-report-q1-2016-conference-call-transcript.html
we'll call it face-to-face gaming was up a bit, but MAGIC was down in the quarter.
180 revealed cards from elder scrolls legends
http://imgur.com/a/3nATj
You can train cards or something. Not sure, but you can upgrade them.
>>46829134
Why would I not just play Hearthstone? Its a digital and watered version of MtG just like Legends professes to be... Except Blizzard have been making games far longer than Bethesda and it's third party developers. Look that the flop that was ESO.
Magic is still far more complex and diverse than Legends has the potential to be.
>>46829134
Shovelware appreciation thread?
Your BBEG is now Wu Tang Clan
Can your players overcome their shaolin mastery and skills?
>>46829129
No idea who they are, but I'm really tempted to make some kind of /pol/ level joke upon seeing your pic, OP.
You know what they say, Wu Tang Clan is not a group you want to annoy or pester.
I win by choosing not to annoy or pester them, preventing a conflict entirely.
>>46829129
>atomic bombs that are so indescribable that philosophy and rationality cannot describe them.
No. Their skills are too great.
How do you name your characters /tg/?
>>46828971
I always use my real name for PCs because fuck you.
For random NPCs I have a baby book of names and I just flip through it.
I use misspelt names of obscure historical writers, artists, heroes and villains for plot relevant people. Sometimes it relates to their characters, sometimes it's an ironic name, and sometimes I just liked the sound.
>>46828971
>Go to UESP Elder Scrolls Wiki
>Look up race closest to the race I'm playing
>Scroll through the list of names from that race
>Tear pieces that sound cool and re-combine them into character name
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Altmer_Names
I string together sounds.
How do I make steampunk work?
It's a decent enough idea.
Just glue some gears on it.
>>46829690
I don't think that's how it's supposed to work
>>46829724
this is what the refrance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA
Starting this since someone from the Modern General suggested it.
Let's be shitte and try to git gud, judge etc...
Any experienced players are more than welcome.
Just learnt to play 2 days ago, played half a dozen games with one of the store's deck against the owners and a old guy who says has been playing for 18 years only with the objective to learn (they were actually pretty nice to me, took a considerable amount of their time and had a lot of patience) though ofc they still won easily without trying, then they let me chose (oldguy helped me choose) a beginners deck (those with 30 cards in them of which 13 are lands) and sold me some cards from their common box to compliment it, told me to go and play whenever i want since there is always someone to play with and if i want to, get into the free beginner's tournaments they organize almost every day.
Pic related what i bought, costed me 9USD.
I chose all the cards except 7 the oldguy gave me for free as a gift.
Im looking for suggestions on how to play, what to get and which cards to discard to get a 60 cards deck and anything else anyone may say since probably everything is going to help me in one way or the other.
Gonna organize a 60 card deck from the ones i bought and see what happens playing a couple casual games tomorrow.
I've learned how to play a few months go, but I don't get to play often. I'd say I've only played about 2 dozen matches thus far. Haven't one a single one yet. One of the friends who got into it the same time as me is already a master at it, he was big into other card games in his youth, and he's also an asshole when it comes to playing them. For weeks now I've been trying to counter his black zombie deck with a splash of white for healing. I think I got the right idea with my white green deck but it's still missing something. Any ideas?
>>46828696
I'm no expert, and I'm out of date with a lot of my knowledge, but I've been playing for over a decade now. I'll give some general advice.
First, land. 22 is a good number for a beginner I thing. I run 20-22, but generally play casually. Most people (and statistics) recommend 23-26 for the average deck, but those include fetches, utility, etc.
In general, cards that cost too much aren't worth it. If it costs seven or more mana and doesn't immediately win the game, or you're not ramping mana, don't use it. That being said, I'm basing that solely on speed and efficiency. If you want to play something, put it in. Any data you find online on mana curves should be taken with a slight grain of salt. They're probably right, but in a calculated vacuum.
Look into cards like Duress, Distress, and Despise. These are cheap ($) black cards that let you look at your opponent's hand and get rid of things you don't like. Black can't deal with enchantments and artifacts easily, so these can help.
Dead Weight is fine for casual play. Removal that does -3/-3 or -4/-4 for one or two mana is better, but if you're not looking to win money or local events yet then don't spend $5 a card on a single piece of paper.
Lightning Round!
Don't bother with kill spells that cost more than three mana.
Deathtouch creatures for two or less mana are your friends (offensive and defensive).
Defender is dumb unless you have a deck based around it.
Cards like Read The Bones and Sign In Blood are great for black.
Creatures that cost two mana are your friends.
Look up the rules for regenerate.
Play different cards and see what you like.
You've been sent by your King to recover a long lost Relic. You must enter the Trolls cave and search his three treasure piles to find the Relic. Choose a Dwarf and Move!
How far apart can the Troll's feet move?
come on this has absolutely nothing that isn't ambiguous
how do the feet move? must they alternate? does lancing a foot to the ground actually stop it from moving? how does poison work? how far do the spiders move? do you have to stand on the differentiated tile to search treasure, or be adjacent to it, or stand on any tile of the mound? how does the club work? how much health do the spiders have? what about the feet, how much health do they have? having damage on the dwarves implies we can kill them. do we deploy three dwarves a turn, or must dwarves die before more are deployed?
>>46827347
LANCER TROOPER ALPHA REPORTING IN.
Orange Please.
Play the best class in the world, or I'll eat your soul!
>>46827313
So we played the first class that came to our mind, just so happened to be, the best class in the world, the best class in the world.
Well, what game are we playing first?
>>46827913
>the /tg/ answer
How does /tg/ feel about pirate campaigns
>>46826964
I think you should pay for your campains instead of illegally downloading them off the internet
>>46826964
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1HICfXbFBM
I have a player who believes thinks that a Bard and/or Cleric can't be in a low to no magic campaign. He has a habit if being a rule Nazi. He also gets on /tg/ all the time so maybe he'll listen to you guys
>>46826797
What system?
>>46826797
Literally the definition of up to the GM. But if I was running the campaign I would agree with the guy unless you had a homebrew low magic version of those classes.
>>46826797
Kick the guy, get somebody new instead.
Players are dime a dozen, DM is in the right to cull the chucklefucks as necessary.
Found this at a local thrift store for $20. What's inside, and was it a good deal?
Well, all we can say is that a good camera is something you haven't found yet.
>>46826733
I know. I blame apple, but the phone was free.
Here is the first of it. I have no idea where any of these are from.
Should the Athletics skill use Strength or Agility as its linked statistic?
Why?
"Athletics" is way too broad of a skill. It should be broken down into smaller skills.
>>46826941
> 2010+6
> penalizing the skillpoint starved classes even further
>>46825795
The higher of the two when going for cinematic heroism.
The lower of the two when going for gritty realism.
Why the hell do so many Pathfinder published adventures give exposition only to the GM, with no way for the players to ever find out?
For instance, in Crown of the Kobold King, there is this little piece of info: "The refuse on the eastern shelf conceals two potions of owl’s wisdom, stashed here by a kobold thief after a successful raid and then forgotten when the thief was cap- tured by the forge spurned in area 19."
Ok. Now I, the GM, know that this happened. How in the hell will any of the players ever know?
This wouldn't be such a big deal if the adventures weren't crammed full of stuff like this. Little fun facts about the world that the players will never ever find out about in any way imaginable!
>>46825791
maybe you should use your imagination to give them this information
>>46826049
Sure, but it gets tricky for some of the information, when there are very few methods for the PCs to come across it.
It's just an extra annoying thing for me to worry about as GM and would ultimately require a lot of work just because the writers of the modules got lazy.
>>46826049
Actually, now that I think about it, coming up with the ways that I could give the PCs the information would have to be done in advance, and hence would increase prep-time.
Like if I had them enter that potion room without foreshadowing the missing potions in advance, and then had to somehow come up with a way to give the information to them on the fly, well I don't think there really is one.
It could work if I foreshadowed that during a previous kobold raid, two potions of owls wisdom went missing, but it would be too late if I hadn't done that by the time they get to the room.
And like I said earlier, this isn't just this one scenario. They do this like over a dozen times per adventure. Don't just give me the exposition! Describe to me how the players can find all of this out! I actually pay for these!
i am thinking about getting into dungeons and dragons how should i start?
>>46825721
I recommend looking into the most popular kinds of Dungeons and Dragons around right now. They are:
>Pathfinder: For people who like mechanics-heavy games.
>D&D 5E: For those seeking a good, versatile system.
>Dungeon World: For those focusing on narrative and story.
1. Get some friends.
2. Buy the 5e Starter set. It has everything you need to start, but you might also want to buy some extra dice.
3. Play it.
4. If you like it, buy/download the 3 core books, and continue on from there.
This is also useful for new players.
https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop/players-basic-rules
>>46825844
this, basically. If you're the person who's most excited about getting a group together, you'll probably end up DM'ing. If so, google "tips for running lost mines of phandelver," and you'll find lots of helpful message boards and such
Your party just finished putting down a vicious band of roving orcs when this guy slaps your Good aligned party member(s) on their ass(es)!
What do they do?
>>46825625
Have my augurs examine it for the signs of strength, fitness of limb, and intellect- and if the portents are good give it to one of the camp followers to raise until it can fight.
Otherwise- it is unfit to serve alongside true freemen regardless of it's origins- and we throw it off a cliff like the rest of the shit-tier babies.
>>46825965
You know a sage itself doesn't do anything. ignoring the thread has the same effect.
>>46825965
>sage as downvote
Announcing is against the rules.
Are choice threads /tg/?
Seriously, help me out. What's the best board for these?
Part 1 of 2.
>>46825289
Theyre caslled cyoas, Go on the cyoa thread, your the guy that posts on r9k right?
