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A small Explorator fleet finds what they believe is a dormant STC on an abandoned Dark Age of Technology facility. As they power it up they come to realize that they have awoken a aincent AI. How would the Admech react to this news?
>>46626928
KIll it with fire, then plasma, then melta, then some orbital bombardment
>>46626928
PUUURGE!!!
>>46626928
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I was wondering, are there any tips out there on how best to roleplay a lowly Imperial Guardsmen?
Mostly relating to Only War and perhaps playing a Krieger but any tips to play a Guardsmen would be appreciated
small victories count. Killing a genestealer is a big deal. Taking a ridge from heretic autocannon emplacements is a big deal. Embrace regimental culture, propaganda, life back home. Know that you're going to die on some world you cannot even pronounce for a culture of humans that seems backward to you. Learn to ahte bureaucracy. Learn to fear your leaders.
If you are a Krieger, read Dead Man Walking, the best black library book I ever got through. It will show you that to be a Death Korps man/woman, you are already dead. Your world is gone, and you are as soulless...
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>>46626441
You could also look at Eagle Ordinary for inspiration.
>>46626441
Avoid Krieger, as that is a very extreme personality type. Kriegers are the most fun when contrasted with a team, they are not great as pcs or as pc squads.
Anyway, a Guardsman is
>Aware that he is the BEST OF THE BEST
>Aware that about 60% of what he has heard about the front is lies.
>Firmly believes in the Emperor, and that his sacrifice, whatever it is, will not be in vain.
>Misses...
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Characters you've always wanted to play.
Hopilite foot soldier/merc who's not just looking for the next battle but trying to become a philosopher.
Old man who used to be crew on a ship until a mutiny went wrong and he was on the wrong side.
A electrician in a metro 2033 setting.
I never take frogposters earnestly.
>>46624074
An older man who has grown adventurer children.
His wife died of old age and he's going out to kick the bucket in glorious fashion, like the 'good old days'.
He carries a sketch of his family that he never. Ever. Shuts up about.
>>46624100
It was that or the machine spirits humping each other.
Have you guys read this comic? It was unfortunately discontinued last I checked.
>>46623822
Never read it, but...
...Totally could see the /d/elder 'corrupting' the eldar into being her lesbian sex slave. Magical realm is a go.
>>46624192
You might want to consider never posting again.
>>46624417
Everyone has their preference, anon. We all have disgusting habits, in the end.
Do you ever have the party just miss what is going on?
My party was investigating some mines that were supposedly haunted. They're all level three, so I'm not about to throw anything hard at them. When they first entered the place, there was a casting of Magic Mouth that warned people off. Further in, there were other signs of illusion spells. When they get to the main chamber, there is an ancient silver dragon waiting for them. It does only two things: 1. Roar at them, and 2. Tell them to leave. So clearly, an illusion. Instead, they spend half an hour trying...
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>>46622288
Should've asked for will saves to disbelieve once they started interacting with it
>>46622452
This. This is where you failed as a DM.
Hell you could have even just rolled a die behind the screen and regardless of the outcome picked a player and told him his character saved against the illusion and is now aware of what it was.
A good DM knows when to bullshit.
>>46622452
I did forget to mention that. I did, and they all did terribly. No one rolled higher than a 10. And they then proceeded to forget that I made them make a wisdom save.
Now that this is FINALLY ending, what do you guys feel would be a good system for the a SBURB session? Or for a campaign playing as members of the Alternian Empire conquering planets across the void?
So far a system I felt could be a good way to run it would be Godbound, an Exalted style RPG with OSR lighter mechanics. Also has faction and GM turn mechanics, which I'm a huge fan of.
Any thoughts?
>>46623145
He's asking a /tg/-related question
>>46621366
GURPS
>>46621366
It's been awhile since I was reading MSPaint, so pardon if some of the advise is not too relevant.
And sort of open, make-your-power system should work. Fate and HeroQuest immediately come to mine. What I remember of Tri-Stat and Mutants & Masterminds seems like it would make sense in acquiring and using new powers. I've not played the system, but what I hear about Nobilis might make sense, with the ability to just do anything you want within your sphere of power.
Other than that, the...
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What sort of historical tweaking would be needed to make For Honour a viable (and fairly even) setting?
> Geography (obviously)
> Availability of siege weaponry to Vikings
> Development of Viking arms and armour
> How would the faiths interact in the setting? Historically the spread of the Christian faith was prolific.
> What's the main reason behind the conflicts?
>>46620407
Remove Vikings entirely because they are so fucking out of place there compared to high medieval knights and samurai.
Replace them with a culture actually on the same level, like Sipahi, Mamluks, Mongols, etc.
>>46620466
>implying samurai are on par with medieval knights
>>46620466
>Mongols, Mamluks
Sure, that faction wouldn't be fucking broken or anything.
>MFW the DM wants us to build characters before telling us about the setting.
>>46619817
>MFW the DM wants us to build a setting before telling us about our character options
I did that once but only because the setting was a bunch of toys saving a little girl from a nightmare.
Yes it was during that whole Nightlight fad.
>>46619817
I remember one anon from Japan said that that is very common in Japanese tabletop gaming. People already built their own characters prior, and will convert it to whatever setting/system the GM had in mind. This is because gamers tend to 'crawl' FLGSs to find a new game, with new GM and new friends. Playing weekly with the same people/friends is not unheard but uncommon. And then said anon linked us to the 2ch's equivalent of /tg/.
![Chris_Cocks_Headshot[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6dGAyC7.jpg "Chris_Cocks_Headshot[1].jpg")
> http://newsroom.hasbro.com/mediakit/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=964479
I wonder what caused this and what changes we can expect.
Let's just hope he doesn't suck.
>>46617509
>Chris Cocks
This just invites too many damn jokes.
>>46617509
hopefully he fixes WotC's retarded digital department.
>>46617531
I hope he won't be too cocky
What does tg think of this series? Too edgy? Kinda grimderp fun? Miserable shitfest?
>>46616948
Not a fan of rapists, much less having them as protagonists. The series is about as edgy as 4chan. In other words: it's a 14 year old boy's wet dream.
>>46616948
Never heard of it before. Artwork is nice enough, though certainly does seem to suggest 2edgy4u setting and characters.
I'm interested to see what it is actually like if someone has actually read it.
>>46616985
Series revolves around a denounced prince who's gone full edgelord, leading a pack of raping, murdering bandits around for shits, and inevitably trying to take over the worldI like it because it's actually post apocalyptic scifi thats grown into a fantasy world and magic comes from freak mutations and science fucking with reality
Hear ye, hear ye, I call to order another meeting of the Mage Guild. On the agenda for today: diversity.
We all know that the Warrior Union has been making very good PR inroads by hiring people of all races. Centaurs, halflings, half-orcs, the works. Meanwhile we're sitting around on our asses training mostly humans, elves, and gnomes. This new liberal crowd is calling us intelligence-centric and arguing that we need to lower our hiring standards from minimum 13 in intelligence to minimum 8 to make it easier to include half-orcs. I have of course tried explaining...
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>>46612043
Fuck affirmative action. So what if some races are hardly ever smart enough to qualify? At the least the rich ones can buy headbands of intellect.
>>46612043
What if we implement a eugenic program aimed at breeding more individuals among the lesser races that qualify to be members of our guild?
>>46612043
Polymorph! Polymorph the whole guild! That will show those left bastards!
Sup /tg/, so funny story I went to a Con over the weekend and on the Saturday I wandered over to a stand in the dealer's hall I hadn't seen get much attention that day or the last. It was a little skirmish wargame that I feel in love with in about ten seconds because you can play as Napoleonic rag dolls.
Point being I went and bought a starter set, the rulebook and a blister of extra troops before actually knowing anything substantial about it and I want to know if any of you have played the game and if it's any good. If I have just blown some cash on adorable...
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>>46611309
I haven't played it but I had some friends pick some up last year.
>>46612207
Do any of they play the ugly orc/troll faction? They were the only models I couldn't bring myself to like.
>>46611309
Little bump.
What'd the smuggest race?
>>46608446
Anime girls.
>>46608446
Fuck off Anomen.
Kender
>Player/GM
>System
>Time available (Incl. Timezone)
>Voice or Text
>Method of playing (Roll20, IRC, Skype)
>Contact info
>Additional information
>Player/GM
Player
>System
DnD 3.5e
>Time available (Incl. Timezone)
Flexible
>Voice or Text
Voice
>Method of playing (Roll20, IRC, Skype)
Any.
>Contact info
Skype:jaso111111 (Picture of a guy in an orange shirt)
>Additional information
I would like to test out some of the necromancer classes that 3.5 offers, but im flexible...
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>Player/GM
GM
>System
Dragon Age RPG
>Time available (Incl. Timezone)
Weekdays after 2 PM EST
>Voice or Text
Text only
>Method of playing (Roll20, IRC, Skype)
Skype and Roll20
>Contact info
Skype: BloodyGuts
E-mail: [email protected]
>Additional information
Looking for two more players for a sandbox...
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I've only got a couple of hours this evening, so this will not be an incredibly long session. This Civ will take place in a modified high middle ages setting, with fantasy pulled in. Expect to see Half Elven Mercenaries fighting for Goblin Merchant Princes in the Holy Roman Empire, to have the Dwarves defending Constantinople (Or Karak-Constan, if you prefer) from Hobgoblin Ottomans.
With that housekeeping done, lets get down to business, first three votes for race, and for location. Add any other details you'd like when requesting race/location. Are you a...
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>>46591291
Duergar Siculo-Normans.
>>46591291
I'm very disappointed to see not only have Skorpionfolk been added with none of the trait suggestions we made in the Civ general, but Chaos Dwarves and Chaos Harpies got added but not Loxodons, a race long overdue for adding to the civ chart.
On a second note I abhor how slow /tg/ is most of the day, so I guess ill be first vote on what should be a busy thread
Crystalid Mercenary company, I suppose a Valley as a starting point, as it has bonus to mining and it's where we'd find our valuable...
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>>46591291
Harpie Nomad Horde.
