I hate monks.
Now, don't get me wrong: there are ways where "hitting shit with your fists" works. Exalted has the whole Greek Myth-meets-anime thing going on, and the martial arts make sense because they bend reality to make it work as well as swords and crossbows and shit. And since the setting is so Asian, and the only important martial artists story-wise are Immaculates and Sidereals, it ends up more-or-less working.
But games like D&D? Absolutely not. Putting aside that they clash thematically with the obvious Tolkien/Western-inspired design of every class (before you say "psionics," know that I think they clash as well, though for being too sci-fi rather than too Asian), there's the fact that there's a reason why pre-gunpowder armies used spears and swords and shit and NOT fists: they have inferior range, they have no leverage to increase power, and they aren't sharp. This applies to far more than D&D, by the way.
Monks shouldn't be a viable class to anything that makes even the pretense of realism. "Oh, anon, but it's fantasy! Dragons and shit!" No. Willing suspension of disbelief allows you to stretch what's allowed by reality, but not throw the rules of reality out the window. It doesn't give you a free pass. There's a distinction between "vampires" and "sentient colors that sail between dimensions singing to the fabric of the ether in order to keep it vibrating at the right frequency and prevent the metaphysical anthropomorphic manifestation of Pop-Tarts from stealing Nikola Tesla from his crib while still an infant."
That is what I consider monks to be in any setting with even a pretense of realism.
>>46267224
First of all...
>games like D&D
>pretense of realism
And second of all, you provided your own solution in first part of your post.
>and the martial arts make sense because they bend reality to make it work as well as swords and crossbows and shit
>>46267224
Next time you play a Monk, make it a Western-styled monk who worships a god and gains power from his faith. Like an ascetic hybrid of Cleric/Paladin but instead of using magic, they channel their faith and discipline inwards.
And instead of having your Monk-stuff called "Flying Crane Kick" or whatever, have them be called "Shepherd breaks the asshole's jaw" or something.
>>46267224
Fuck your bait Post Monks
How important is it for a character's appearance to reflect their stats?
Would you accept something like a little girl with 20+ Strength or Constitution?
>>46266253
Depends on your group sempai
>>46266253
Stats are a combination of knowing how to use what you have, your actual physical capability, and so on.
I know how to safely lift something that's 50lbs and carry it. Someone of my strength who would try that without experience and training would have their backs snap in half.
>>46266253
If she's magical or has SF tech backing her up, then sure.
>>46266283
> I know how to safely lift something
Roll it up your back? I can lift and carry thing more than twice my weight that way, it doesn't really have much to do with strength.
Hello and welcome back to Mortal Kombat Thief Quest, a continuation of Mortal Kombat Konquest.
When we last left our ill-fated hero, he travelled into the Ashlands with his vampire companion, Nitara. There they met Khameleon and found themselves dealing with the priests of the ancient Dragon King who guarded the Lava Shrine of the last dragon egg. Despite their efforts, the prophecy of the return of Onaga came true due to Reptile willingly bringing about the return of the former Emperor of Outworld in his own body. After escaping with what they came for, Cao can only wonder what fate is coming for his realm now that the Dragon King has returned...
Thread Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAwWPadFsOA
Outworld Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78sBDa5yWrs
Past Threads: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Mortal+Kombat+Konquest
Official Thread Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PLAW-jnJlb_JDSYtuC2xFzXdLJr1VgyRSRoWRZSXN8Q/edit?usp=sharing
Protagonist: http://pastebin.com/e4tKFPzr
Rules of Kombat: http://pastebin.com/xtgE60XZ
Damashi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/DamashiKonquest
Official Novelization (New!): http://archiveofourown.org/works/6325183/chapters/14492272
Our story continues now!
Cao looks over at Khameleon. "Well, I wish you luck on your... quest," he says to her before turning. "I have to go find my sisters."
"Well, I'm not in a hurry," she says, changing back into her normal, grey-colored clothing and appearance. "The Dragon King is all the way across the sea. I'd actually like to see what has become of Z'unkahrah in my absence."
"Kotal Kahn has changed the city quite a bit," he tells her as they walk along. His thoughts stray to the Emperor, who undoubtedly will not be very pleased to hear that the Dragon King has returned. He also thinks about Skarlet, whom he sent to retrieve the Portal Stone, and wonders if she returned while he was crossing the sea. It certainly seems as though it was long enough for her to get back---he makes a mental note to go there and check, but first he wants to find Sanra and Hua.
"Perhaps you could give me a tour," Khameleon suggests.
"I'm not sure I have the time," he replies as he rounds a corner. "There's a lot going on."
"Oh, yes, it's all very exciting," she says in a bored tone. "Personally I never cared too much for Outworld. I think I'll leave at the first opportunity."
'Me too,' Cao thinks to himself.
Upon reaching his home, he discovers that neither Hua nor Sanra are there. Their home does not look like it was attacked, so panic doesn't immediately race through him, but he is worried by this. It's been enough time for Sanra to recover, so it's plausable to think that she could be up and about, but it's also the middle of the night. Surely they would be home...
"Something wrong?" Khameleon asks from the hallway.
>A) Search for your sisters in the tunnels
>B) Search in the streets
>C) Head to Skarlet's meeting place
>D) Check in with Kotal Kahn at the palace
>E) Other
>>46265327
>>A) Search for your sisters in the tunnels
>>46265327
>>C) Head to Skarlet's meeting place
We know they were not attacked or anything. Let's try and find Red because without the portal stone we can't return to kotal
OFFICIAL BOOKS
>Eclipse Phase PDFs
http://robboyle.wordpress.com/eclipse-phase-pdfs
>Zone Stalkers
http://www.mediafire.com/view/d0hpgo776xpx50p/Eclipse_Phase_Zone_Stalkers.pdf
>Morph Recognition Guide
http://www.mediafire.com/download/j4bjbba89kw8v0y/Eclipse_Phase_Morph_Recognition_Guide_%286098716%29.pdf
>Million Year Echo
http://www.mediafire.com/view/f53f1c5yq777tpk/Million_Year_Echo.pdf
>Firewall (Updated):
http://www.mediafire.com/view/9jg6q9d9kqa59qu/Eclipse_Phase_Firewall_(7029562).pdf
>Transhumanity's FATE (FATE Conversion)
http://www.mediafire.com/download/ae113ujgd3hggpl/Transhumanitys_FATE.pdf
PLAY AIDS:
>10 things you should know about Eclipse Phase
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qnrh0w7H0Jl2_CSsySRxcs4ugw27xsBIk5MYwXq2nDQ/edit
>Advice for new players and GMs
http://pastebin.com/e0EErN6X
>Online character creator
http://eclipsephase.next-loop.com/Creator/version4/index.php
>Eclipse Phase hacking cheet sheet
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?axe1vs35muk4juh
>Eclipse Phase xls Character sheet
https://sites.google.com/site/eclipsephases/home/cabinet
HOMEBREW AND COMMUNITY CONTENT:
>3 new adventures for your use in convenient PDF form
http://awdaberton.wordpress.com/about/
>Various Eclipse Phase fanmade resources, and links to more
http://www.aleph.se/EclipsePhase/
>An Eclipse Phase yearblog full of items, locations, NPCs, and plot hooks
http://www.mediafire.com/download/dhqd1m83xc1wmpj/Farcast_Yearblog_2013.pdf
>Community homebrew document
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19Gy02gp6-WPQ3SoN_24kLPTUu5EjFO8qh_9pjJSVrrY/edit
>A metric shit ton of additional guns/ammo/weapon mods
http://eclipsephase.com/sites/default/files/UltimatesGuideToCombat11a.pdf
Tell me about your corporate plots and hypercorp bullshit, anons.
>>46265066
Jovians did nothing wrong.
>>46265066
>Hypercorps pumping up their profits through selling bonds based on defective morphs, as well as shorts on those bonds
>Sentinels tasked with either saving the Inner System economy, or accelerating its collapse
>>46265100
Why would sentinels even meddle with that? Aren't they are not supposed to be political operatives, they handle x-threats.
Lazy day ahead of me, so I don't have any plans of suddenly being kill. I purposely didn't upload a chart because even though I'm totally down for gnolls, machines, and yetis, it's not like you have limitations. Just pick a reasonable race and location.
I don't think a savannah or aquatic civ's been done yet.
>>46264729
Human in the foothills of the northern mountains, around a fertile valley.
>>46264879
>>46264895
So far we have two conflicting votes. Lets wait for more players.
Never been OP before edition
>Where can I find the rules?
http://www.forum.specialist-arms.com/index.php?topic=5203.0
>What the FUCK? What rules books do I actually need?
http://pastebin.com/6AGsum1s (Updated again)
(Short version: 2007 edition of the rulebook, 2010 Update, and Armada)
>Where can I find physical miniatures to use/proxy with?
http://pastebin.com/jC96JeMV (Updated, but still incomplete: feel free to chip in with others in-thread)
>Paper ship Proxies:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/h6zp53
http://imgur.com/a/MhFcj
(uploading more)
>Boarding action rules
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/fw_site/fw_pdfs/Warhammer_40000/Zone_Mortalis_Expansion.pdf
See the physical models link for some appropriate options for Navy troops
>Tactics and strategy resources
[Still coming soon] [ish]
Marine Tactica underway.
>BFG:Armada beta is now live
>Battleflee/tg/othic Steam Group
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bfgtg
>Anon is hosting a campaign, you can find the forums and info here:
http://tg-gothiccampaign.freeforums.net/board/1/general-discussion
I appreciate you guys for being active enough to keep a general going with good content and only minor shitposting.
Thanks mates.
So how's Armada?
Is it worth picking up now or waiting for release?
>>46264813
Buy now it's good
Shadows Over Innistrad full spoiler is up. What are you going to play?
Ps4
EDH until the eldrazi bans come through. Really tired of 75% of the modern decks in the local meta being eldrazi. Playing fundamentally the same deck over and over again gets boring fast.
>>46264518
I'll be trying Sin Prodder and Scourge Wolf in Mono-Red. If that goes well I'll put them into Naya
Pathfinder General - /pfg/
"Why respect metamorphs, when my extracts can do ANYTHING that you can" edition
Unified /pfg/ link repository: http://pastebin.com/XehJXVjp
Current UI class leaks (missing: 20-25, 28-31, 40-53, 66, 68-69, and 71+): http://imgur.com/a/t3zlP
Old Thread: >>46255330
>>46264485
Chad Thundercock is a dank meme from robots and foreveralones on 4chan to reference the clean-cut football stars who fucked a dozen girls in High School and never knew what it's like to even be remotely lonely. The female equivalent is Stacey.
Thundercock is a reference to his mighty hammer-like penis, which slays many maidenhoods throughout his life.
What are some good fighter archetypes?
>>46264500
>Be 20th level Alchemist
>3rd level Cavalier comes into your shop, dirtying the pristine floors with his muddied boots
>he arrogantly boasts he is to enter battle, and demands your strongest potions
How do you respond?
Is Age of Sigmar now a flop or not?
it looks stupid
>>46263977
>goy on The ribbon
Seriously?
Were it a new franchise I'd like it. I like the aesthetic at least, but not as the cost of good old Warhammer.
Welcome back, boys and girls. I apologise for the delay, real life got in the way, as it tends to do. But I'm here now, so let's do this thing. It might be a bit early in the day to start this thread, but it worked out fine last time so whatever.
Previous thread: >>46176765
Let's start with another quick recap of what we have so far.
>We are the Unseen. A race living in a massive underground cave. While physically weak and poor combatants, we're gifted diplomats and have a natural talent for learning illusion magic. Our cave opens up to a dense jungle, from which we can harvest many materials. We've fortified the entrance to our cave with a primitive earthen wall, and camouflaged it with leaves and illusion spells.
>Early on a group of cultists, worshipping the sun, escaped from our caves to live on the surface. We've since tracked down their location. Though they don't seem to be any threat to us, we decided to keep a close eye on them nonetheless.
>Though we suffered some early setbacks in developing our magic potential, we've nonetheless managed to train a reliable, if not overly powerful, group of illusionists to help us in many way. One of our mages even discovered the secret of pyromancy, though nobody else has been able to learn it so far.
>We've discovered one other sapient race so far, the Scorpion-People. Through our skills of diplomacy, we've managed to learn their language and make them our friends, and got them to help set up an orchard near their village. However, we've been relying on illusions to interact with them, and letting them see our true form might make them less happy to work with us. In time, these powerful two-legged, six-armed warriors could become useful allies, valuable slaves, or terrifying enemies.
I'll put the game rules and our current stats in the next post.
We're playing this fast and loose, so I'm keeping the rules simple:
>Everyone is free to call out suggestions on how to spend the next turn.
>The first suggestion that gets three votes will be used.
>If there are several suggestions that appear to be equal, I'll either chose one at random or call for a tie-breaker.
>There's no need to roll for actions unless I ask for it. So please don't.
>When I do ask for a roll, a single d100 will usually suffice. If not, I'll specifically mention what to roll.
>We're all in this to have fun. Try to stay civil, even when you think people are making dumb choices. Bad behaviour is more disrupting than bad decisions.
CURRENT STATISTICS:
>Population: Small
>Army: Insignificant
>Magic: Minor
>Religion: Minor (Spider Cult)
>Important sites:
> > The Cave-Homes
> > 1 Orchard
>Important people:
> > 1 Illusionist (lvl3 illusion magic)
> > 1 Pyromancer/Illusionist Trainee (lvl2 fire + lvl1 illusion magic)
> > 8 Illusionists (lvl2 illusion magic)
> > 1 lllusionist Priest (lvl1 illusion magic)
> > 1 lllusionist Farmer (lvl1 illusion magic)
>Technology:
> > Sharp Sticks Technology
> > Sharp Stones Technology
> > Basic Trap Making
> > Basic Spear Making
> > Basic Illusion Training
> > Basic Pyromancy Training
> > Poison Plant Knowledge
> > Basic Scorpion Language
>Food:
> > Basic Cave Food
> > Sweet Jungle Fruit
>Trade Goods:
> > Pet Monkeys
>Diplomacy:
> > Scorpion-People: Friendly
> > Sun Cultists: Unknown
LINKS
>Thread 1: >>46160322
>Thread 2: >>46176765
>Civ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IdiotOP_DHqenRe
>>46263623
maybe its a bit early for your regular players?
>Official /5eg/ Mega Trove, contains all official 5e stuff:
https://mega.nz#F!UVkTnT5b!FJ34UZ98BMY2mEtexenS7g
>Pastebin with homebrew list, resources and so on:
http://pastebin.com/X1TFNxck
>/tg/ Character Sheet
https://mega.nz/#F!x0UkRDQK!l-iAUnE46Aabih71s-10DQ
>We're not mentioning the discord server on purpose because it sucks edition
>>46262757
>Based Edition
It's even got that new thread smell.
>>46262757
So what exactly is the discord server? I've heard it mentioned here but I've never bothered visiting the site.
Also, I have a general thread question. What is your main "role" in your group, or main group if you play in multiple groups? Does your group tend to mix up who plays what role in a party a lot or does everyone tend to stick in a similar role in each campaign? In my groups, though I mix it up from time to time, I generally find myself taking up the tanky melee role. I've played a lot of fighters and clerics, and recently picked up paladin because I actually like how they made paladins in 5e. Even my casters I try to make a bit more tanky than some of my other tablemates.
>>46262833
I personally just make a character and fit in with whatever role is left over. For example, in the first 5e campaign I played in, I rolled a paladin of vengeance, and ended up being the party's face (because I was the only one with a set of ethics or a reasonable goal and a decent charisma) and the party's healer (because no one else rolled anything that could actually heal). In the second campaign I made a monk, and ended up being the main source of damage since I could attack things more than once.
In both cases I made my character based on an idea rather than a set of stats, and in both cases I essentially led the party through the campaign. That monk was basically made as a psychotic bitch, a woman who loved nothing more than the heat of combat, and somehow I still led the campaign along sheerly through the strength of roleplaying as an actual person rather than a set of stats.I'm beginning to think my group is incapable of actual roleplay
ITT cool alternative designs for fantasy races.
>>46262438
Aaaand...what the fuck is that supposed to be?
>>46262499
An elf
>>46262438
I dig the drawing, but man the reddit worldbuilding subreddit is so, so bad.
Is it just me or does Shadows Over Innistrad have a terrible art direction and writing to match, especially when compared to the original Innistrad Block?
There seems to be so many women featured on the majority of cards I swear Innistrad is havind a male population crisis, not to mention Blacula and other out of place ethnicities in a European setting.
Also MtG Art & Writing Discussion General I guess.
>>46262348
So you mean like everything Magic's produced in the last few years?
Who would have thought.
>>46262348
It's just you.
You aren't wrong about the female thing, its much more apparent this time around and you can definitely see the bias in showing women in strong positions while the men are either rabid, mad, or ghosts in most depictions.
You're absolutely wrong on the art direction though, most of it looks fantastic and the odd case like in your picture are few and far in-between.
You're also wrong about ethnicity thing considering they were already there in original innistrad.
I summon the Celtic Guardian in Attack Mode
How obnoxious.
>>46261382
Forester Bob?
I set 5 cards in my spell and trap card zone, then I end my turn.
If something is made by Elves, is it Elven or Elvish?
>>46259769
Elvish.
>>46259769
Elvenish
>>46259769
Elven.
>>46259818
It's Elven.
