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Post fictional characters that you think would be a This Guy
>>48179392
>implying Durden wouldn't go fucking bananas just to prove that the system is broken
I think he would play a LG Paladin.
>>48180078
Explain
How do you come up with names to your PC's and NPC's?
>>48179091
Name generators, mythology, occasional memes...it takes all sorts.
Artistic plagurism. We've had Dangalf, the wise wizard. Lorax, the ent. And Parnald Almer, an STD where you piss half and half for the rest of your life, doesnt hurt until your 40 or so, kills at 60.
>>48179091
Find lists of babynames, preferably from a country that fits the setting and character. Sometimes I'll take a name straight from the list, sometimes I'll combine parts of multiple names, sometimes I'll create an original name inspired på something from the list.
So which system would you recommend for someone who wants a game with a Final Fantasy Tactics/Tactics Ogre feeling to it? Could be one that does the political stuff right, or the tactical combat stuff right, or whatever you think fits a setting like it.
D&D 4e or Strike! would work for something with a tactical combat focus. Fuck, Savage Worlds does tactical combat extremely well too, if you don't mind it being a bit more low-key and lethal.
>>48178578
Those figures creep me out. Why do they have such weak cores and so powerful limbs?
>>48178631
I didn't know about Strike! I've been looking into Savage Worlds and it seems really nice for tactical combat, so I may well go with that. Thanks for the recommendation.
>>48178736
I don't know why they chose to make the characters that way, it's pretty odd indeed.
I am looking to upgrade my Daghatar the Adamant deck. I know there are better commanders for a +1/+1 counters and enchantment deck but it is the first deck I built. I am hoping to not have to pay through the nose to make the deck a little more competitive. Here is a link to the current deck list. I already plan on removing some of the cards but suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
forgot to put in the link. http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/daghatars-army/
>>48178060
You're gonna want more dual lands always helps
Some board wipes, white is infamous for them
And maybe some BIG abzan creatures like Rhino and Ivorytusk fortress
You have no excuse to not run every card that does the same thing oblivion ring does
Some enchantments that fuck with artifacts, like aura of silence (I forget the exact name but it might be that)
Removal is important, vindicate or anguished unmaking
And finally some golgari cretaures help out a lot: Varolz, corpse jack menace and...
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How do I play her? Like a toolbox plus MLD and board wipes? Warrior tribal?
I've been thinking of how one would go about creating a D20 Modern system using 5e. Because Why not? This is only Speculation, but here's what I've gotten so far:
Skills, Proficiency, Hit Points and AC remain the same mechanically, with Tech replacing Arcana.
The Race system doesn't really make sense in Modern, so I found this:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ViqLSEN67mmd2Lo_OJ-H5YX0fccsfI97kFaqx7V1Dmw/edit
Instead of giving players races, they instead use 5-6 Aptitude points to purchase features and background traits from...
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It's a terrible fucking idea just like it was when WotC tried it, that's what I think
>>48177890
My thoughts exactly.
>>48177890
I agree.
Mass appeal is all the rage these days.
What's the best ttrpg for someone who wishes to venture away from mass appeal and explore more challenging ideas?
Any of the 40k RPG games, that should be alternative enough for you.
>>48177773
Nechronica.
Hipster: The Obscuring
ITT: Magical Realm stories. I'll start.
>be me last night.
>MCing Session 1 for Apocalypse World.
>Two players, a Hardholder and a Battlebabe
>Hardholder is a sleazy Don Draper type who enforces the Prima Nocte law over all his settlers, so he gets first dibs on banging all women on their wedding night, even before the husbands. He's the alpha male who cucks literally every man in the settlement to maintain dominance.
>Hardholder's...
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You're like... ten pounds of cringe stuffed into a one pound sack.
>be me
And dropped.
>magical realm general
How about we fucking don't have this thread.
What did she mean by this?
>>48176802
Emrakul is in/on the Moon. Or rather will be when Jacetice League is done with him. Any similarity with Power Rangers or MLP is coincidental.
>>48176824
>him
>let's see how many times we make the same dank reference
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>>48176135
Currently working on it, after a fashion.
Or a bunch of other 4x games, really, like Endless Space or Sword of the Stars. These settings have enough fluff to provide a solid base, have enough going on in so many different levels of scale that you can put the party in basically any social role, and the sandbox nature of their campaigns means that you can come up with places and events on the fly with no rigid structure limiting you as long as you don't break the setting.
>>48176135
Sounds like an enormous amount of cannon fodder with occasionally an elite. I question how the Improbability Drives would work.
Gm is letting me take leadership feat in a way that my followers are binded to a summoning item, like a horn if valhalla. In this way they can die and ressurect the next day without penalty.
But how do you justify a group of people willingly signing up to be immortal servants to the owner of thia item. Me.
Who is "me"...
>>48176045
>devoted followers of the non-immortal persuasion
>followers who recognize they have more use to the cause as semi-immortal beings who could theoretically fight for their beliefs for eternity
>vanquished foes
>battle hungry bastards who like the pseudo valhallan lifestyle that lets them die and be ressurected in what to them will be one unending always varying battle
>those...
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>>48176116
That seema like a good idea. The valhalla one. I imagine there must be some kind of cool house they reside in when not fighting.
How many fucking times do you people have to be told that "enforce spell components" doesn't fix anything?
>>48175746
It fixes some things if you make the components hard to get, instead of just letting them buy 5000 gp worth of diamonds from the grocery store.
Casters are still OP as fuck but enforcing spell components helps if you're not a shit gm.
It can be fun.
>>48175746
Have you tried not playing 3.5/Pathfinder? Maybe give 5e a try sometime?
So I have been playing roleplaying games for years. I have played with D20s and Dark Heresy, however the only fantasy I have played to this day is D&D 3.5e
Now before everyone flames me for playing that edition, I have been playing 3.5e ever sense it came out. Its really old and I feel the need to buy a more modern RPG.
So shall it be Pathfinder? Which took a road similar to 3.5 Or D&D 5e because it is still a D&D game?
I usually a DM, and based off that my friend keep pushing me to lead another game, I can only assume I am decent at it. Either...
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They're both shit. Pathfinder is 3.5 with a slightly different coat of paint. 5e is 3.5 with most of the numbers filed off.
>>48175774
For a fantasy themed RPG, what do you recommend? I am genuinely curious and looking for a new books.
>>48175597
5e is fine. Most of the people that hate 5e are Pathfinder drones, or people who hate Pathfinder and think 5e is the same thing. That or they're memesters just spewing the same uninformed opinions on repeate ad infinitum.
I really want to do a Mass Effect themed game with a few friends who really like the series and kinda want to move away from the simple D20 system.
So far I've only really found this pdf, does anybody have any suggestions or better rule sets?
Any opinions of this one?
(Unfortunately its too big to upload as a pdf.)
Doesn't matter what system you use, so long as you railroad the hell out of it.
>>48175214
This. Only prep for the "main" planets if you want a video game experience.
>>48175214
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Would anyone play a tabletop version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Powerful independent characters, massive hordes of troops and a whole load of tactics sounds good to me.
Wei, Shu and Wu would obviously have full rulebooks whilst Yellow Turbans, the forces of Ding Yuan and Nanman would also make an appearance.
The game would revolve around what generals and special characters you fielded, with the average troop being the ones capturing objectives and providing the "meat" of the armies. This would allow for a less bloated game as normal troops wouldn't have many, if any, special rules to note except for there weapon stats. The specials would come from the generals and leaders; this would help on a competitive scene as load outs would centre around these independent characters rather than the whole army.
Campaign books would be great and a campaign system for playing the RotTK over an amount of time would be awesome to see too.
Overall I think RotTK would be perfect for a tabletop and you should too.
>>48175076
>Would anyone play a tabletop version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
Only if you stat up Lu Bu
>>48175076
Is there any system that does mass battles well?
>>48175090
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBBVPSsFCUc
WS:10 BS:7 STR:7 T:6 W:3 MUSOU:9 LD:11
"Can anybody provide me with a decent challenge?" - when another general engages in close combat with Lu Bu you must enter a dual, they must take a LD test or suffer d6 wounds.
"You insects dare to oppose me!" - when Lu Bu charges a unit of troops they must take a LD test or the unit is wiped out.
"I am the Greatest Warrior of the Three Kingdoms!" - if Lu Bu wins a dual with...
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Who would win in a fight between a Guardsman with power pack fully charged and six milion Tyranids?
>>48174694
No one. Because it's 40K.
depends, if he's cadian he'd probably stub his toe straight away and die. If he's a glorious catachan he'd throw away the las rifle, pull out his knife and just go to town
Whoever the plot demands to win.
