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OP here.
Getting new starter pics would be nice, so could someone put up the gdg logo as its own file? Unless the original creator wants to keep claims on it, of course.
I tried to crop and separate it myself, didn't go too well. A master of photoshop I am not.
I have a new health system brewing, does someone care to comment?
The idea is to have three separate damage bars for Physical, Social and Mental damage, and then have one health bar.
The idea is that when someone attacks successfully, the opponent receives X damage, where X is something like 1 for small weapons, 2 for medium weapons, 3 for heavy weapons. On non-physical health types, the damage depends solely on the roll, unless they use magic.
These damage bars (I'm probably gonna just make them like pic related) are cycling, meaning they fill up again...
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>>48117652
Those status effects are just examples, of course there are more.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Please could you pass the following on to the design team:
A Rebalance of Power:
While I do not want Chaos Space Marines to perfectly mirror Space Marines, I do think that there is a desperate need to tweak CSM in order to claw them back to parity. What must be remembered is first and foremost is that CSM are after all Space Marines, the majority survivors from the Horus Heresy era. Therefore they should have rules and options to better reflect this.
Here are some steps that will go a long way towards achieving this goal:
Artificer...
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>>48116882
>CSMfags are beyond pathetic
says the guys that's so butthurt about some fanwank on a garbage blog, he had to post it on an anonymous image board.
>>48116882
I'm a CSM fag and even I think this is pretty lame. He is literally asking for them to mirror SM, in addition to shit SM don't get like Assault Marine or Termie troops. Its just silly.
The way to make CSM good is to make their unique options more efficient for their points and to make getting to close combat less of a chore.
>>48116882
>What must be remembered is first and foremost is that CSM are after all Space Marines, the majority survivors from the Horus Heresy era.
Are you delusional?
what features should a team oriented roleplaying videogame should be?
i was thinking in having the 4 basic classes: Fighter, Wizard ,Rogue and Cleric
and have 4 players clear a dungeon, but i was thinking that this is just making another diablo like game, if there are only monsters and the game is balanced around combat, it will be not different from any other games
Making more specific roles for each class, like there is a locked door that only the rogues can open, they will have to team work to complete the dungeon fast, but i can think other feature from...
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>>48116189
Get rid of the wizard and cleric.
Replace them with a Knight, a Barbarian, an Archer, and a Rogue.
Fill a randomly generated dungeon with deadly as fuck horrors and traps and see who lives.
>>48116340
Knight:Swords
Barbarian: Axes
Archer: Bows
Rogue: Knives
I just though in making it competitive instead of team oriented, like see who can take more treasure and live
>>48116189
Diablo does not have clerics, so that's one problem right there. Even if you insist on a 4 player composition, you could have only three categories, but allow 2-3 splits for each class.
For example, warriors can go barbarian or knight, thieves could go assassin or archer, wizard could go battlemage or some kind of debuffy status type caster.
Whether or not you include a support type caster like the cleric, a good way to enforce mandatory cooperation is to provide buffs from each class. Warriors...
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Do you enjoy pissing off your players?
Be honest
>>48116089
I enjoy causing them entire spectrum's of emotional trauma.
Sure. Well I would if I was the GM, but I'm not, for good reason.
>>48116089
Yes, I like it better when they thank me for a job well done but it happens so rarely that I settle for the next best thing
>Game box contains silica gel packets
>Into the trash it goes
Fuck cancer
>order game books online
>come in
>no silica gel or anything, have traveled across the country through humid areas
>book pages are warped all to hell and back
>>48115111
What are you doing? Licking the contents? No one is spending 100+ times as much for food grade desiccants when shipping books, or anything that they don't have to.
>>48115111
>Fuck cancer
I don't know if you're using "cancer" disparagingly or if you actually suggesting that silica gel is a carcinogen.
It is not carcinogenic. It's just silica rust.
How do we improve this?
>>48114893
Well, removing those soap opera looking fuckers from the cover would be a start.
nazi hunters looking for the evil expat nazi who murdered the wealthy hebrew man.
jewdo.
>>48114893
Throw out that shit and play Clue.
>DM lets a player retcon their character a day before the game
>Player makes a new PC who has pretty much the exact same party role as you
>Lets them roll for attributes while everyone else used point buy
Why do people think this is okay?
>>48114803
>Using a system with both rolling and point buy
Why do people think this is okay?
>>48114803
A combination of favoritism, wanting to please everyone, and not wanting to cut into game time.
>>48114909
A combination of not knowing there are options and not wanting to learn a new system because of the sunk cost fallacy.
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>>48114803
>DM lets a player retcon their character a day before the game
>Player makes a new PC who has pretty much the exact same party role as you
>Lets them use sum-to-ten while you use karmagen
Why do people think this is okay?
The last character you've played comes across a button with a Do Not Push warning.
What do they do when faced with this timeless dilemma?
>>48112638
Wow don't spoil me butthead
Disconnect button, press button.
Carlos is love, Carlos is life
Believe in Carlos
So, I came back to my hometown for the 4th of July weekend, and caught up with some old friends, including my former tabletop group.
Last night, we got to reminiscing about old campaigns, and I was mentioning to my then-GM how some of the tips he gave me have really helped my own GMing. But then the conversation turned to a particular game we played, with a homebrew system, and I remembered a lot of the early part seemed to be randomly running around fighting monsters of the session and coming back for cash, which he always said (and I tend to agree) is a bad model, which prompted the inevitable question as to why he did it then, and his answer, with a shrug, was
>Well, we were trying Rick's system, remember? I had originally planned it to be just a short meaningless thing, get some system mastery all around, and then we'd move on to a real campaign. But you guys got attached to your characters, so I sewed it into the ideas I was tinkering with at the time.
I mean, it makes sense. Something I'd do if I was GMtesting someone's new system. But I can't help but feel annoyed and betrayed over it, even if overall it was one of the better campaigns I played in, certainly one of the most I've felt vulnerable in.
>>48111374
You were in a campaign that you had fun with and admit is one of the better ones you've played in, and that makes you... angry? Because the GM adjusted his campaign plans since you guys liked your characters?
Take a deep breath, Anon.
This isn't worth getting angry over. You all had a fun campaign from the sounds of it and finding out that it began from a series of one-shot should not diminish that enjoyment. You sound like you and your former GM are in agreement and the situation arose naturally. Being mad at your younger selves is not something that should affect your current selves negatively.
Also, this is why they tell you not to look behind the curtain.
>>48111435
More like the illusion of story was broken for a mechanical reason.
Hey /tg/, I was looking around for systems for running a Legend of Zelda campaign and I couldn't quite settle on anything.
The /tg/ homebrew doesn't seem finished, and I'm not really looking for a D&D/Pathfinder system, so I was hoping someone could suggest something I could work with.
I would like something that could support different races at the very least.
>>48110600
To add on to this, I can go either way on a class system, but I'd rather have something that didn't run on levels.
>>48110600
What does a Legend of Zelda game entail in your opinion?
Because discovering a map tile by tile and solving puzzles and fetch quests, all while avoiding enemies or devoting all attention to beating them in combat... It doesn't translate well to tabletop gaming.
So you're going to have to pick what makes it Zelda: the kawaii factor?, the fast character progression?, the well concealed railroad?, the SNES charm? What sets it apart from Adventure Time?
Then you come back here and ask for a system that delivers that.
>>48110823
Well, I'm not looking for something that exactly fits the game. What I want to do is tell a story based in the Legend of Zelda universe for some friends. It's why I'm looking for some systems I could tweak and poke at to start with.
Spellbound Never Edition
Noteworthy points:
>Drastically reined-in magic system putting casters on equal footing with non-casters
>Classes and the game as a whole designed to ensure everyone can contribute in a wide range of circumstances, even outside their primary niche
>Separate cash and Reputation economies keep mundane gear relevant and magic items special
>Custom monster and NPC design is a breeze
>Optional...
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Would Lancer or Assassin make a better base class leading up to Gallant?
>>48110576
Depends on the character. What are you envisioning?
>>48110721
I'm aiming to make a character for an intrigue campaign dealing with a succession crisis, who can handle themselves both in combat and social scenarios effectively, acting as a champion/agent for whatever faction they choose to align with. I'm aware both Lancer and Assassin are decent at this, though I'm not sure how effective some of Lancer's abilities would be outside of a battlefield/formal duel where they're able to don full armor/arms astride a horse.
Happy Fap of July, /tg/.
Here's my dilemma:
>Wanna design a city-state in a fantasy setting
>Can't decide if it should be on the water like Venice or way up in the mountains like Macchu Pichu
>Decide to combine both
Now how do I put a large body of water way up in the mountains and why would anybody build a city-state there?
Floating mountains.
A caldera lake in a dormant volcano.
Said lake is home to some highly valuable/sought after species of rare fish.
>>48110143
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Titicaca
This, but maybe a smaller lake?
Howdy. I'm looking into running a game using Glorantha as a setting, but it appears as though it's now jointly supported by both RuneQuest and HeroQuest as systems.
Can anyone who has experience with both or either let me know which one they'd recommend using, or give me a rundown of the broader differences?
One of them is more narrative and the other rule based, I know that.
>>48109131
If you want gritty, King of Dragon Pass type stuff, use Runequest. If you want esoteric, King of Sartar type stuff, go with Heroquest
>>48109131
>I'm looking into running a game using Glorantha
Pls be in Brno
PF/3.5 Edition
"Low/no magic campaign, human only, high intrigue"
>>48108551
>I don't know any other systems
>and recently watched too much Game of Thrones
Your GM has bad taste.
>>48108551
>"Sandbox" campaigns.
It always translates to one of two things:
A.) The GM is too lazy to actually come up with even the barest thread of plot direction or story arc
B.) The players all decide to do different things and the sandbox becomes a WTF mess of random bullshit that's worse than Skyrim with mods.
>Evil Campaign
So basically you and everyone in this game is still 16 and listens to Linkin Park?
>(Anything)punk
(Anything)punk...
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>>48108551
>I'm running this exactly like a standard D&D campaign, with all the typical assumptions. Mages are rare, commoners hate and fear all non-standard races, just like all my games set in Not!Greyhawk.
>even though we're playing FantasyCraft. Or Earthdawn. Or Eberron. Or some other fantasy game that explicitly starts from totally different assumptions.
In this thread post the pros and cons of your current GM or GMs, or critique your own GM style. If that is not applicable, post the pros and cons to certain players in your group. Also, please post the games played and if the GM is strictly an online presence, or if this is at a real table.
Real Life GM (Normally running versions of D&D, GURPS, or Pathfinder)-
PROS:
He's a professional fantasy/science fiction writer
Always comps free soda and food with no questions asked
Level headed and narrative minded
Can houserule and homebrew game elements in a balanced, professional way
Has run ten player games in the past like they were nothing
CONS:
When he says "2:00" he means "3:30 and time to pick up pizza"
Almost always runs a GM character
The official rules don't mean shit to him, you end up having to memorize his notes and changes like a patch log
Does not like beer at the table
Errata:
His games have the distinct feeling of a higher fantasy "Game of Thrones"
He has no problem involving younger players at all, so sometimes we are running games with younger end teenagers at the table
>Pros:
I am the GM.
>Cons:
I am the GM.
ForeverGM, please send help.
>>48107859
PROS:
Super enthusiastic in his work
Hosts every time, without fail (also comping sodas and snacks)
Wants to make sure everybody's character feels valid, without nerfing anybody else to match them
Has awesome sound setup
CONS:
SUPER reluctant to run anything not DnD
Will NOT take criticism
Likes to include super powered DMPC's (except this time, I fucked the current one from an all powerful arch mage, capable of slaying armies, to a housewife who dotes over our child)
Doesn't...
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>>48108207
>If he doesn't want you to kill a character at a point he deals inconvenient to his plot, that character will fucking turbocharge his powerlevels to survive. Not kill us mind you, just survive.
I fucking hate this shit with a fiery passion
