If that pic is unrelated you're playing wrong.

>>314810
But I only play berserker manly men!

>>314810
Their are lots of cool things that can be played that are not female King Arthur.

>>314812
That... isn't Saber. It's Agrias from Final Fantasy Tactics.
>not sure if trolled

Anonymous 2010/10/07(Thu)18:29 No. 4821 ID: 620bfb
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>mfw people confuse mai waifu for Saber

http://quest.lv/kusaba/questdis/res/325680.html
read that thread.

Thank you very much! I appreciate it!

Do not use photoshop for lineart. Especially not the pen tool, what are you doing?

Polygonal tool. Yes.

Hehe. Bewbies.

The Last Bro-Viking Elf?
Much as I hate to toss on another elf subrace, it sounds sound.
Also, Ranger-Knight of Furyondy, and take out the setting-specific details. Should be in an old Dragon magazine.

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>>314752
DM gave me 5*HD as a stat mod for it, was originally the 25 from the shark entry and didn't know what to change it to.

>>314759
Try an keep in mind armor is 4x times as expensive for her. Savage species specifically says attacks that deal martial weapon or less tend to be worth nothing on LA because they don't scale. both swallow whole and constrict are also abilities that require grapple checks since the race doesnt have improved grab I think those ones are pretty fair.

Large and the AC are give or take though, I'm not sure just how effective either really become. anyway if you still feel its over +1 LA try to give a more detailed explanation of why. especially since I've been getting alot of feedback to the contrary.

I almost feel a swim speed is too much, Since it negates drowning basically, Not sure A dm would go for that. and I'd almost rather have a higher hit point total in her interior than swimming (since at start someone can just toss a caltrop inside her stomach and escape. 9/10=1 for my HP)

Seems pretty fair, but I think large things usually have a higher strength bonus and level adjustment. Maybe go with Powerful Build?

>>314763
Large on its own doesnt count for LA according to SA but reach does, they don't get any str bonuses but they do get bonuses to grapple and can carry significantly more than a medium creature

Large is unfortunately a requirement on this race, if people agree its too unbalanced i'd have to add penalties not remove it.

>>314764
If that's the problem...
Just make a different version of Powerful Build.
If the humanoidish part is roughly human sized, no reason they should be using larger weapons anyway.
I know that always cheesed me off about driders.

Something like
Tauric- This creature is treated as a size larger for grappling and Hide penalties, but not weapon size or reach.

Maybe throw in some racial feats to spice things up, or some substitution levels, like an order of monks that idolise a marilith that turned to law or a spear technique that gets you all the force of a charge by striking like a snake.

>>314767
snakes have good reach
and the increase cost isnt just from size, you have to cover your body with body armor, including your other half so to speak, hense the barding.

Anonymous 2010/06/09(Wed)19:15 No. 3926 ID: 2a421d
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I had an feral world huntsman (Assassin) who eventually gained psychic powers due to a series of horrible and unlikely events. He wore an eyeless bronze plague doc mask covering a horribly scarred and equally eyeless face.

He was a melee monster with 4 attacks a round (although only a 35% chance to hit with each.) If he couldn't close with an enemy he used some witchunter's repeater crossbow from one of the Dark Heresy supplements.

I later offhandedly mentioned that he was engaged to what was likely the descendant of a shipwrecked Navigator family from his haunted swamp homeworld. I don't think anyone caught the reference despite RQ running at the time and all the players being /tg/ frequenters.

<related shoop was supposed to represent said character.

Different types of kobolds

Rainbow of goblins

Sergals

2010/06/09(Wed)19:52 No. 3928 ID: 68b807
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My players now refuse to enter ruins that are dwarven.
They'll seriously spend a week in-game calling in experts to make sure it's not dorfen craftsmanship.
Seriously, you trap them in a city full of ghosts and insanity ONE TIME...

Before /tg/, I didn't give two shits about dwarves. They were melee and generic and kind of uninteresting.

After /tg/ (and 4e making melee not only viable, but downright good), dorfs have become one of my favorite races.

I love cutebolds, but haven't incorporated them into any of my games. In fact, I can honestly say that /tg/ has given me nothing I've used...

Wait, no. There was a thread that had the "pictures to base campaigns on" thing going on. I've used that thread. I've used that thread three times. Giant demonic chicken, post-post ragnarok, and adventuring insects.

>>231713
Ghost moves White King to G1

2600 !!MxA2V1BJRk 2010/09/19(Sun)10:34 No. 5107 ID: 67c611
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Black Moves bishop to G7

[Fixed the white king position.]

2C to 4C

>>231923
eh, I dunno. biggest appeal for that was encouraging the rook to get off that pawn and leave it open. The bishop is there defending it now.

how about B3 to B4?

>>231934
I see what you're doing there I think... I think E1 to E3 would be a better way to do it.

Why are you using CoC for this?
Classroom deathmatch was designed specifically for this.
here, its even free over the internet. http://www.atarashigames.com/ghostshark/Classroom%20Deathmatch%20retail%201.pdf

>>1555
Because CoC is a table top game and I really don't need to add that much to make it fun for the players. In the sixth edition book they have a ton of guns, poisons, and everyday objects. It's also a system me and my friends are familiar with and overall its well worked out. I also enjoy the sanity system because killing someone should take a massive toll on someones psychy.

And the system that Classroom deathmatch has is mainly a role-playing one CoC provides players with more options than just having one simple skill like intimidation.

Fair enough. Guess its all about where you want to focus on. CoC will definatly give you a more visceral experience. I wish you the best of luck with it.

I actually had a plan for doing this with d20 Modern, before I basically gave up on the system. Maybe I'll post it later to 'share the love' and all that.

Obviously, I'm going through ALL the old threads to see if any are to my interest.

>>314240
Yeah, it's been almost a year and a month. I doubt OP is still around.

Obviously stick with pic related. Bravura Warlord is basically Kamina.

I'm actually playing a Kamina-style inspiring warlord. He may not go full retard in combat as much, but he heals and buffs the fuck out of his friends with manly speeches.

I do wish our /tg/ were more active. Near everyone here is a traditional gaming fan and this is a nearly derp free zone. By all rights the game stories thread should be packed for instance. Hell, I'd even listen to DH and "my awesome paladin" stories.

Ok, that last is a lie.

>>314221
Silly Stranger, Quests are what we do here.

So many quests, good god.

>>314229

Go away, Gnome. Let people discuss what they want. The world doesn't resolve around quests.

>>314229
Why don't you put the whole world in a quest, Gnome?

Though, thanks of course for bringing me here. I still haven't made any real plans for that ONE quest I talked about.

GNOME IS THE RIGHTEST AND SO AM I

Fuck yes, I play a crippled, blind Domina of Sound who is durant, immutable and dedicated to the wild.

We had a group all set up, plans on characters, settings, and even some pretentious styles of game play going - like removing the usual table and using the empty space as as stage and try to personalize the chairs and stools with our characters and so on. I wish we actually got the game going. Magic Tea Party (free form) would indeed fit the bill and it all felt like the perfect game for embracing all our pretentious urges.

Been trying to get a game going for two or so years now. Still little to no hope.

I have no idea what this is but it looks pretty.

Anonymous 2010/08/29(Sun)23:46 No. 4207 ID: 2ecb93
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Every time I see the OP I think of this.

>Races in the world of Five songs
Humans are the only race to which all classes are available. There are four kinds of human: Savage, City, Noble, and Rural.

Savage humans are stronger than average, and have a greater fortitude. They are less capable and patient in society, though.
>+2 STR, +2 CON, -2 CHA

City humans are not neccesarily smarter, but are almost universally taught some sort of magic as they grow up, surrounded by wizards, sorcerors, and bards.
>+2 INT, Choose 1 0-level spell from any Arcane spell list. This can be used as a spell-like ability. caster level is based on character level.

Noble humans are born and raised in ivory towers and castles, distant from society as a whole. They are mentally trained to be great spellcasters, so that they may properly rule over the 'lesser people' and 'protect them'. Some Nobles in fact live up to this obligation, using their bearucratic power to help those below them. Most, however, do not.
>+2 CHA, +2 INT, -2 STR, +2 racial bonus to Diplomacy and Bluff

Rural humans live far and away from cities, but with more structure and civility than their barbaric savage brethren. They learn early on the power of money and a tight purse, and are hardy from their work in the feilds all day, every day.
>+2 CON, +2 STR, -2 CHA, +2 Racial bonus to Profession and +30 to starting gold

>>314071
>This can be used as a spell-like ability 1/day.
hurr



Dwarves are people of the earth, animated when Farnle and Oosa had a contest of song in a rocky chasm. Farnle's song gave birth to the Dwarves from the ore-filled boulders. They have eyes of gold, silver, or copper, and flesh of a stone similar to marble. Thir beards are similar to steel wool, and their blood is like very hot sand.
>+2 CON, +2 STR, Damage reduction 2/magic. This damage reduction increases by 2 every third level, capping at 10. Dwarves are always provicient with Axes, Maces, and military picks, regardless of class.


Halflings are cousins of the Dwarf. When Oosa and Farnle had their musical duel in the chasm, Oosa's song animated the loam and pebbles and jewels, giving birth to the Halflings. Halflings are nomadic, clever folk, who are happy to help others and just as happy to relieve them of their wallets. Thier philosiphy is that if one cannot keep an eye on their money, they do not deserve it, and the same generally goes for everything: Women, belongings, land, cities, and even kingdoms, the last resulting in a centuries-long fued with the Kobolds.
>+2 DEX, +2 CHA, +2 to pick pocket and bluff. Halflings also blend in with natural surroundings, allowing them a Hide bonus equal to their highest class level when in such terrain.


Elves are split between the children of Hrya, the romantic, poetic, artistic elves, and the children of Nysta, the happy, outgoing, and passionate elves. The two are always at peace and rarely squabble, united as they are against the constant encroaching of the Orcs and Goblin tribes on their massive forest.

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And thus far is everything I have written down. I'm going to stop here and see what others can add or feel is mechanically unsound. I should note that the basic races should retain their normal racial traits unless a trait is different in this setting. So different kinds of vision, preferred classes, etc, are the same.

No one has any input? :<

Nope.

You know those dice you roll to see how many Hit Points you have? Those are your Hit Dice. The number of Hit Dice you have is the number you've rolled to determine your maximum HP total. It's usually 1 per level.

I love that image.

Mostly because I imagine the retard being in horrible pain after it tries to fire an arrow like that.

Or the bow just flying out of its hands. Feet. Claws.

Ech. Lawful doesn't neccisarily mean the laws of the land. A pirate with a moral code could be lawful. A lawyer could be chaotic (though I doubt they'd get many clients).
It's all about order on that axis.

Adept!!MvMGOwL2H3 2010/07/21(Wed)21:00 No. 4057 ID: f4963f
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>>314050
>A lawyer could be chaotic (though I doubt they'd get many clients.)

Nicolas would like you to know that he gets plenty of clients, thank you very much.

>>314043
Actually, it was because he tried to seduce royalty when she had an arranged marriage. Took the arm for 'stealing her heart', and the legs for 'breaking a contract and skipping town'.

>>314058
Sounds like what a Lawful Evil cleric would do.

Sounds like what a lawful evil GM would do.

Anyway, my story begins with an insane were-rat druid. Yes I make difficult characters. The whole focus of her character was that if her fellow druids discovered she was an abomination and an affront to nature at any time, they would tear her to ribbons. So I joined a group with this character, and I'm playing it up, dangling my dark secret around like it were a handkerchief with just the barest hint of blood on it. One of the other characters (a sorcerer) bluntly demands to know what my secret is. I forget exactly how he worded it but it wasn't the sort of thing my character would tell anyone ever at pain of death or worse. Also he was being totally meta, and I suspect he snuck a peek at my character sheet before that.

So I refuse of course. And the GM is all "Oh, well, I think you need to roll to see if he intimidates you or not." Intimidate being a Charisma battul. The players had been cool before, but now with this sudden rules flinging I was beginning to wonder. So I ask what his Charisma is.

It's a natural 20.

The GM let him start his Charisma at a natural 20. That's God tier Charisma. That's Anubis balancing your heart to take you to the afterlife or leave you to be eaten by Ammit the gobbler. Okay so it's not 25 but OH HELL HE HAS A CLOAK OF CHARISMA +5

He had a natural Charisma of 20 and the GM gave him a cloak of +5. Basically I was looking into the eyes of Set himself. Oh and guess what ability score is behind a Sorcerer's powers? Charisma. So the GM said that to stay in character I had to tell my secret. I'm not sure if the other players looked on sympathetically or curiously as I shut my little binder and went home.

It seems as though your problem would be best solved by using one of the many systems that use non-vancian magic.

Anonymous 2010/07/17(Sat)13:19 No. 4031 ID: 383547
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Fuck anyone who says it's "too sciency."

Fantasy can have just as much Science as it damn well pleases.

Pic related. The Witcher has heavy implications of there being genetics in the setting that actually function somewhat like real genetics.

I've seen the vancian wiz/sor spell list changed to model the psionics system, it looked pretty good.

I've used psionics to replace sorcerers, but somehow I like the arbitrary weirdness of the vancian system for wizards.

One of my friends always forces the use of Spell Points from Unearthed Arcana, I think, when he DMs 3.5. As for Psionics, I just think of it as a different kind of Magic. Divine casters take energy from some greater power and channel that, Arcane casters use the energy of the world around them, and Psions use their own personal energy. At least, that's the way I think of it so I can blissfully ignore how the flavor is different.

zombies and brains...
cool stuff