How often do you or your players forge their own nations and empires anon? I don't mean usurp or inherit a kingdom, I mean outright create one from scratch.
>>56855870One thing you might try is have the looming threat be not just one BBEG, but an entire army of bad guys, and if you kill the leader they'll just replace him with a new one.However, the local kings and republics are all apathetic to the threat at hand. Thus it becomes a matter of the heroes gathering their very own army to take down the BBEG and destroy his army. And, after you've finally destroyed the BBEG and his army, there's all the lands that were occupied by nothing but oppressed slaves. You have an army loyal to you, a freed population loyal to you, and unclaimed lands that you've just liberated. Why not form your very own nation out of the dust and ruins of the old BBEG's horde?
>>56855885You sound like a good DM anon, don't give up. I wonder how detailed the customization of a fortress like that would be? Drilling the troops, fixing up walls, assigning patrols and gate guards, etc.
>>56855885>honestly confused as to why they would want somethingYeah, your players sound like shitheaps. I love, though tend not to request, a base. But on the rare occasion I obtain one in a party, I am typically left to fluff it out and make it seem real. Once I was given bonus exp for fluffing it out really well in a manner the GM really enjoyed. The other PCs bitched and moaned.Every attempt was made to bring them in to do side roleplay in between sessions. Myself and another did, we turned the keep in to a thriving hub, we invested time, money and effort and would you believe we were rewarded for it?Some players are just shit, they should be dropped.
>>56853911Prefer working up the ranks and trying to maintain it. Nothing like a good bureaucracy. Fun times of oath of crown.
>>56861107I wonder if oath of the crown still makes sense when you ARE the crown...
GMs/DMs out there, list some big flaws you have.>terrible at improv. I need to spend a shit ton of time with plans and side quests in case the players get off the rails or I'm fucked>I fudge rolls in favor of the players at times and it feels pretty cheating man>I detest high magic and super heroic settings and refuse them>I have some kind of autism where I feel like my NPCs are my children and feel odd about making them go in to a relationship with the players. I have no idea why, it's just a weird feeling. I still let them of course.
>>56859260most of these I also have.but generally:>I stutter. I don't have a stutter in real life, but sometimes I just fucking start stuttering when describing stuff without realizing. This one I always feel as really bad but my players don't seem to mind as much>Names. Names made up beforehand are fine, but on the spot somebody who just crept up is gonna be called Augustus Creeper and the guy they met on the bridge is going to be Larry Rivermeet. This one my players pick up on more readily than I'd have hoped.>occasional railroading. I like setpieces and while I always resolve to just let them happen if they happen, I often look back and think: I probably pushed into that direction more than is seemly.
I can't describe what things look like to save my life. This is true for me in rl too though. Fortunately I have some players hooked on my storytelling and I'm gifted mechanically so games still happen. ("Fortunately" - Have to forever GM though)
Playing in games that use rules I wouldn't, or don't use ones I would, now bothers me more than I am willing to admit non-anonymously. The group I've been a player in for a year and a half now is great but I get the occasional itch to say "5e flanking is overpowered and invalidates a bunch of class and racial features, as well as making strength in numbers even stronger" whenever flanking comes up. And don't get me started on hitting allies on natural 1s in a different group that mercifully fell apart quickly. Level 1 is miserable enough as it is.
>>56851793>can't handle combat for shit, even with simple system like Barbarians of Lemuria or Atomic Highway>don't know how to properly track initiative, HP and turns>I just end up winging everythingIt doesn't seem to bother my players as they don't notice it but I feel like it removes all the stakes from the fights
>>56860366I like those names. You're fine, anon.
>setting tries to be unique>ends up as a thinly veiled typical fantasy settingPic related.
Literally nothing about OFF! is a typical fantasy setting- "thinly veiled" or otherwise. I assume this thread is a meme and is merely here to start arguments over literally nothing, and I have just been meme'd by responding. This is why I saged it since it isn't worth a real reply.Do elaborate on your point next time, OP, otherwise people will simply assume you're baiting by posting such a weak argument that seems contrary simply to be contrary.
>>56860965>Implying /tg/ would pass up the chance at biting on to bait, whether it's subtle or otherwise.There was a guy who posted an empty fish hook and it still managed to get more replies than most threads that were trying to be on-topic.This fucking place blows, nothing here but bait and generals.
>>56860965>Literally nothing about OFF! is a typical fantasy settingExcept for the setting being built around four elements, a corrupt queen who oversees a realm of chaos, the hero gaining magical artifacts named after the Judeo-Christian God, and the fact that you end the game by killing the creator of the world you reside in.
Post 'em, /tg/. Doesn't matter how crude or how rushed, I wanna see what's going on in your game.
>>56839223How long has this game been going?
>>56858744another player in that game hereIt was our first real session. We started an encounter after building our characters together. Our plan was to make a "super hero team" because the GM said our campaign would be about a city defense. I THINK we're all based on characters and archetypes (not sure about Dohn).As for Dohn, he only says "Hi, I'm Dohn," because Common is his second language and he's a little socially awkward and doesn't know what to say for certain situations, so sticks with "Hi, I'm Dohn."seems to work for him so far.
>>56861269Cool.Does he speak it with an accent?How does the city seem so far?
>>56853019It was something that developped as the game went on. The party didn't know each other at the beginning of the campaign. The sorceror saving the paladin's life at the risk of his own played an important part in it.
>>56858701Oh that's a different campaign :P
Let's try this again edition!Welcome to the Basic Roleplaying System general, where we talk about everything BRP related!Games include Call of Cthulhu, Runequest, Stormbringer and more!
>>56860562If you cannot back up your claims then let competent players answer the question.
Just started playing BRP 4e recently. Surprised at how easy it is to learn. I was able to teach it to a group of five with 0 knowledge on the hobby. I actually keep thinking I'm overlooking some rules or something I am used to slightly crunchier systems thoughCouple of questions I guess just because:Is there a GM screen for BRP? Or should I just find a suitable one from CoC or other?Why is the core rulebook so damned expensive? Even the quickstart is pricier than I'd like for what it is.
>>56862152BRP 4eWhich is that? I only know of the big gold book.
>>56860298Someone’s salty that Chaosium told you how to run it successfully in the rules.
>>56862649I can't tell if you're being facetious, but I'm referring to the book in the OP image. I've always read it as "BRP 4th Edition." I believe the rulebooks came originally in box sets of RuneQuest or some such, and the "Big Gold Book" was the first standalone product, but like I said, I'm not an expert on this system.
What's /tg/'s opinion on this system? I'm cautiously excited about it, because I like the idea of a dedicated cosmic/angelic/Gnostic system, which I don't think is done well in any other system.
god i hate the "success with drawbacks" shit. an example for combat is, honest to god, "you run out of ammo"setting seems pretty cool tho
>>56852916Any before the most recent PBtA one but second edition is the last one I knew anything about so maybe third sucked too, no idea.
>>56855160I hate to see someone wallowing in ignorance by choice. That's no way to live.
>>56849809>The new system lets you chose a class and then you chose a "dark secret" from a list which is determined by your class.The "list which is determined by your class" is literally a list of suggestions. You're free to make your own.
>>56860261Anything after the shitty unformated piles of printouts distributed to GMs at LinCon 1991 is shit. (Seriously, I like 1ed, didn’t even try to read those “rules”)
The Defining trait of the Orcs is Insecurity.
Huns/Mongols orcs. How they would work?
>>56862607They stay the same except you put them on mounts 9 out of 10 times and make them good at archery or throwing things
>>56862607just as regular orcs but LE.
>>56857569Nobody was against Russia after Soviet's fall, Putin created that scenario so that he'd have an outside threat to craft a public persona as "the strong leader" in opposition against. Don't fall for his KGB bullshit.
>>56862607They fight internally for centuries until they unite and steamroll everyone for awhile, until their lack of civilized culture (tent nomads as they are) sees them absorbed and broken up by the various cultures they annexed.
I'm thinking about running a post-apocalyptical game set after the eruption of yellowstone. I have grey planes, southern states forming a confederation, frozen northern states and a neo-apache empire in mind. Any ideas on that?Are you pro real (native) american folklore or should there be no fantasy in your opinion?Also post Mad-Max like cars here.
>>56862035how do I view threads older than three days in the archive?
>>56862092just search up "ashlands /k/ archive" on google
I see there is a lot of interest in this on this board
I did this (Yellowstone Caldera Eruption) as a goto for pickup games. I’m not a fan of fantasy in my post-apoc.Some things I did that I thought added a bunch - Stole from Champions the notion of a destroying Detroit, allowing a rebuilt city resilient to natural disasters to the center of civilization.US pop culture and brands bleeding into the local culture (Dorito as a viable surname for example).Ubiquitous franchises off the interstate being moved into (for example, the gang of raiders claiming all Cracker Barrels as their turf.Pretty much embracing American trash culture.
Is there a system that has magic where your caster needs to pick a theme (like fire mage, illusion mage, etc) and then stick with it without ever becoming good at other types of magic?
I'm sure there's plenty of room in the PDF for all the runner-ups.>heh, nothing personnel, kid
>>56861161"He would make us Ultramarines in red armour"Fuck you, Guilliman.
>>56861616>MFW when I do blood angels better than Sanguinius
>>56861671Your new jet back boys don't even do close combat you big girls blouse
>>56862460Don't be mad that your space marinelets have to compesate for something
Primarch fucking shits
Admit it. The Stormcast are badass.
>>56862250There is also this problem
>>56851384>They even put mould lines on the statueI must say I'm impressed.
>>56851384>that complete lack of detailThat's just fucking shameful.
>>56849279They are not bad but, they too alike.It's as if Blood Angels had nothing but Sanguinary Guard.
>>56862106Skaven confirmed to be squatted in the futurethey did this to Brettonia with the 8th ed books where bretonnians seemed to be in every piece of art work being slaughtered
Favorite nontraditional instruments? Need inspiration for my bard
>>56845482...are there rules for damaging inspiration?
>>56826472>Taiko drum but for combatgot you covered, senpai. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5ISwIqUetgthis is an entire show of combat Bards
>>56859739Broken link, anon.
>>56827106wouldn't that make it a xyloBONE?
>>56826240Nightmare engine https://youtu.be/1lTYPvArbGo
This thread is for discussing D&D 4e and the games it inspired, such as 13th Age, Strike!, Valor, and any others that I don't know about.4e Repository: https://rpg.rem.uz/Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons/D%26D%204th%20Edition/Nentir Vale locations: http://web.archive.org/web/20130520012550/http://community.wizards.com/nentir_vale/wiki/Nentir_Vale_LocationsPoints of Light timeline (ignore everything else on this mostly-fanon wiki): http://nentirvale.wikidot.com/worldD&D 4e Compendium (for those who still have Insider subscriptions): http://www.wizards.com/dndinsider/compendium/database.aspxCompendium: http://funin.spaceGuide compilation: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?472893-4E-Character-Optimization-WOTC-rescue-Handbook-GuideOffline compendium: http://www.mediafire.com/download/xuf1a608bv05563/Portable+Compendium+New.rarOffline character builder: https://mega.nz/#!IclTgDrS!ZvoRfm1yIjWTrcQHgNDLIPocd6cEO1a8B5oHjs4FV3EOffline monster editor https://mega.nz/#!5dUG3Axa!u0NSNPy2q4V-WzJg4Jy4BTM2ln-ygbpVswuJyJzjD_4 (install in chronological order)this pasta https://pastebin.com/asUdfELd (embed)Let's discuss Roles today. What do you think was done well? What do you think could have been done better with Roles?
>>56861611It peaked with the CBLoader before it got scoured from every community and site. Personally I just wish there were a third party at all, but no OGL.
>>56800715Why would you homebrew a shield based barbarian, instead of doing a fighter/barbarian hybrid or fighter-berserker multiclass?
>>56801373Why would you use a mainly defensive item if you want to be a striker?Especially if you want to be a brute force striker like a barbarian.
>>56861670Especially since some of it just seems to be lost forever. There are some homebrew .part files that can be found, but a considerable chunk of them are just gone forever.
>>56856525I kinda like the idea of a ranged weapon using psionic class who makes the arrows change direction to hit someone else/curve around corners.
So are these guys actually Space Nazis or is that just a meme? They only seem like Nazis from a distance but when you research anything about actual National Socialism it doesn't seem like the Space Marines are even close, they're just fanatical. Is any fantasy race actually like Nazi's or is it just always from a hollywood perspective?
>>56862176You're right, but visually they were alluding to Nazis and fascism. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH37mWhE288&t=3m16sThe black, the eagles, it's fairly apparent.
>>56862279And my exact time code didn't work. Skip ahead to 3:17 and they'll talk about the Nazi elements incorporated into his design. Obviously it's more than "Dredd=Nazi commentary", but it's there, just as in 40k.
>>56862279Its also heavily based on Roman symbolism
>>56862302Yeah, the eagle is a fairly ubiquitous symbol, I'm painting with broad strokes. A more concrete example would be 40k borrowing heavily from Starship Trooper's imagery, particularly in the early IG designs. The book was written by a guy with a hardon for a military state, and Veerhoven's adaptation poked and prodded at the fascist parallels so much that mouthbreathers assumed he was endorsing it.
>>56862412Hell it seemed like Veerhoven thought Heinlein was endorsing it.
>The Beast is an unsettling erotic game for a single player. During the play you will imagine engaging in sex acts with the Beast—an alien and inhuman creature—and then write a diary describing your erotic encounters, your fears and your anxieties.> The game is meant to be played over the course of 21 days. Every day you will draw a card with an event or a question and write down your reaction or answer in the diary. The cards are meant to stimulate associations and invite you to visit unusual and perverse regions of your imagination.So, I randomly stumbled on this polish "erotic single-player card based RPG". The basic concept is that you're having a secret sexual relation with this alien/unnatural creature (what it is it's completely at your discretion, from rabid animal to hyper-intelligent gaseous alien life-form) and you pic a selection of cards (19 over 28, I think), draw one each day and then take fifteen minutes to write down something based on the card prompt. Which goes like, for example"How do you make the beast orgasm?"or"What does the beast provide you with, apart from sex?"It has probably spawned an unsettling amount Magical Realm fanfic-tier shit but hey, can't say I'm not curious about it.Has anyone else heard of it?And, do you think it exists somewhere on the internet? Seems like one of those things one woulnd't throw money at, but would check out if given the opportunity.
>>56857181>space of sendingCan someone tell me which one that is?
We should gather together and share our writing after, at least those who feel they did a good job and want to share.Does this game works for males too or one should use a female persona if one was not gifted with the vaginas?
>>56857412>>56861770Sendspace dot com
>>56861802The beast can be a he, she, it, they, whatever.It's, basically, a writing prompt for smut
>>56854077>>56857181This too hilarious to be creepy. And not all that dissimilar from OPP's Beast.
