I'm enjoying Edge of the Empire, it's my first time trying out a system with dice pools and the advantage system seems pretty cool.
That reminds me: Last week, in our Dark Heresy game, which was supposed to be about xenos, the psyker tried to heal our assassin (who didn't hit a single thing and suffered more damage from opening doors and being trampled on by Guardsmen...literally) and rolled Perils of the Warp: Daemonhost. We killed it only because 1)I'm playing a Battle Sister, and 2) our tech-priest managed to convince the Necron we were trying to kill to help us. Accurate to lore? Doesn't matter since our GM simply doesn't care about the lore.
And then next session we accidentally piloted a Necron ship to Maccrage VII. Our GM began to use non-Warhammer words like "elevator" and "car" and there were things like secretaries and servo-skulls asking me, the Battle Sister, what my age, gender, and sexual preference is. So we spent the rest of what time we had in the session inventing outrageous-sounding names for these seemingly mundane things.
Elevators became Fast Shafts. Cars became [I]Explosionis Chariotis[/I]. Also everyone on Maccrage VII has New York accents. Also the hive city was called Nova New Neo York.
Did I mention the player playing as the assassin is addicted to Warhammer 40k lore and hates our guts for not really playing up the grimdark aspect of Dark Heresy? We call him Edge Lord because his backstory is super grimdark (his character was not born of a loving union, let's put it at that). Oh yeah and he's a Necron player too, and starts grinding his teeth whenever the DM has the Necron Lord we're semi-enemies of start talking like a 21st century person rather than a 4-billion year old entity.
We're all loving the shit out of it. Even Edge Lord. Kind of.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;44259470]That reminds me: Last week, in our Dark Heresy game, which was supposed to be about xenos, the psyker tried to heal our assassin (who didn't hit a single thing and suffered more damage from opening doors and being trampled on by Guardsmen...literally) and rolled Perils of the Warp: Daemonhost. We killed it only because 1)I'm playing a Battle Sister, and 2) our tech-priest managed to convince the Necron we were trying to kill to help us. Accurate to lore? Doesn't matter since our GM simply doesn't care about the lore.
And then next session we accidentally piloted a Necron ship to Maccrage VII. Our GM began to use non-Warhammer words like "elevator" and "car" and there were things like secretaries and servo-skulls asking me, the Battle Sister, what my age, gender, and sexual preference is. So we spent the rest of what time we had in the session inventing outrageous-sounding names for these seemingly mundane things.
Elevators became Fast Shafts. Cars became [I]Explosionis Chariotis[/I]. Also everyone on Maccrage VII has New York accents. Also the hive city was called Nova New Neo York.
Did I mention the player playing as the assassin is addicted to Warhammer 40k lore and hates our guts for not really playing up the grimdark aspect of Dark Heresy? We call him Edge Lord because his backstory is super grimdark (his character was not born of a loving union, let's put it at that). Oh yeah and he's a Necron player too, and starts grinding his teeth whenever the DM has the Necron Lord we're semi-enemies of start talking like a 21st century person rather than a 4-billion year old entity.
We're all loving the shit out of it. Even Edge Lord. Kind of.[/QUOTE]
B-but elevators do have a grimdark name in 40k.
They're called Elevatus.
[QUOTE=ElTacoLad;44257843]The justice system in Rokugan is pretty fucked. It's all a big "he said she said" and evidence literally doesn't mean anything. All that matters in the end is what the guy with the highest status says.[/QUOTE]
well as it turns out, the guy who murdered the guy we were looking for was his brother and did it because he was dishonorable as shit (we knew this)
and he left a letter with an imperial seal stating this dishonor, which was more than we would have got from the guy anyway so fair dos
It finally happened. After like three months we got those fucking characters married in my D&D game.
For the bachelorette party we got wasted and killed an elsewhale on the plane of water and then continued drinking in a hot spring. Featuring a dwarven swordsage, an awakened clay golem, the psion twins, and the changeling druid. He got to come because he saved the groom's ass the previous week, but changeling so it worked out. You can feed so many people with a whale.
The bachelor party involved literally 50 strippers, obscene amounts of hallucinogens, and the use of lesser restoration to keep the groom going and consuming more drugs.
On the big day itself I used fabricate to do a fabulous magical bride transformation with my wedding gown at the end of the aisle. We were wed by a sentient skeleton. The bbeg teleported in a minor image of himself congratulating us and being passive-agressive about not being invited. I used true strike to make sure the bouquet went straight to the hands of the dwarven swordsage.
I love d&d
So which version of Shadowrun is the best for new players while considering we've played 3.5 dnd and pathfinder before.
I do want to run a Shadowrun, I'm thinking the fifth version is that an okay choice?
[QUOTE=Cl0cK;44267068]So which version of Shadowrun is the best for new players while considering we've played 3.5 dnd and pathfinder before.
I do want to run a Shadowrun, I'm thinking the fifth version is that an okay choice?[/QUOTE]
I'm not really the best person to be answering this question, because I haven't actually played all that much D&D/Pathfinder. But, I have played my fair share of Shadowrun, and based on what little D&D I have actually played they're not really all that similar to be honest. I mean, there's the whole 'roll dice to do x' dealio obviously, but, they're very different systems.
If you've never played Shadowrun before you'll probably want to play 5th Edition. It really is just a better choice all around. It streamlines a lot of things, and once you get your head around the priority system for character creation (not that difficult) you'll be screwing over your players, and tricking them into making deals with dragons in no time.
[QUOTE=Cl0cK;44267068]So which version of Shadowrun is the best for new players while considering we've played 3.5 dnd and pathfinder before.
I do want to run a Shadowrun, I'm thinking the fifth version is that an okay choice?[/QUOTE]
5th is fine but has no supplements or anything, 4th is also fine and has a ton.
The main difference between the two is 5th's character creation is a lot simpler, and that 5th put accuracy limits on weapons, and physical/mental/social/astral limits on characters, which put a limit on how many successes you can get on a roll.
[editline]17th March 2014[/editline]
Oh, and they're nothing like D&D, so any experience there doesn't help.
So, two years of making a homebrew, and after some basic play tests, I'm coming to FP to round up a party.
Things you need to know, you're going in blind, I'm just going to give you the rules needed for character creation, so you can't sneak peaks at anything in say, the GM section. Two, while set during the time of today, you could, in theory, play any sort of character, with any sort of weapon, within reason of course. Three, come in expecting to be surprised, trust me :v: PM me if you want in on this mystery game.
Transhuman makes NPC generation so easy, I honestly don't know what I'd do without it.
[QUOTE=Dwarfy77;44268738]So, two years of making a homebrew, and after some basic play tests, I'm coming to FP to round up a party.
Things you need to know, you're going in blind, I'm just going to give you the rules needed for character creation, so you can't sneak peaks at anything in say, the GM section. Two, while set during the time of today, you could, in theory, play any sort of character, with any sort of weapon, within reason of course. Three, come in expecting to be surprised, trust me :v: PM me if you want in on this mystery game.[/QUOTE]
does within reason include any of the following
-laser guns
-nukes
-miniature suns
-black hole generators
-anti matter rocket launchers
-satan's cock
-jesus christ
[QUOTE=elowin;44268800]does within reason include any of the following
-laser guns
-nukes
-miniature suns
-black hole generators
-anti matter rocket launchers
-satan's cock
-jesus christ[/QUOTE]
Funny enough, yes to the first five, the last two are hopefully jokes :v: Though don't expect to start with any of those (Maybe a small laser gun, again, has to be reasonable to start with.)
[QUOTE=Dwarfy77;44268827]Funny enough, yes to the first five, the last two are hopefully jokes :v: Though don't expect to start with any of those (Maybe a small laser gun, again, has to be reasonable to start with.)[/QUOTE]
fuck you
i want to play in this game but i know there is 0% chance i could possibly do it
i hate you and i want you to die!!!!
(implement satan's cock as a weapon please)
[QUOTE=elowin;44268838]fuck you
i want to play in this game but i know there is 0% chance i could possibly do it
i hate you and i want you to die!!!!
(implement satan's cock as a weapon please)[/QUOTE]
Preferably as a laser gun that shoots nukes that explode into black holes.
[QUOTE=elowin;44268838]fuck you
i want to play in this game but i know there is 0% chance i could possibly do it
i hate you and i want you to die!!!!
(implement satan's cock as a weapon please)[/QUOTE]
I don't even know how that would work, as like, a melee weapon? Anyways, come on, at least three players needed, but I like 4 for my parties usually.
[QUOTE=Dwarfy77;44269042]I don't even know how that would work, as like, a melee weapon? Anyways, come on, at least three players needed, but I like 4 for my parties usually.[/QUOTE]
nah m8
timezones are wack
Having read the Glory adventure module for Eclipse Phase, all I can say is what the fuck
And all six slots are filled, unless someone drops for time reasons, any PMs I get now, will be backups.
Today in L5R: One of our players was missing, we went to stop an unauthorized fight between the Lion and Crane clans from breaking out, someone was apparently sabotaging our efforts(killing a Lion commander and leaving blue-tipped arrows in him, firing arrows from the Lion side at the Crane commander while we were talking to her), the fight happened anyways, we got to safety then stopped by a geisha house, then got attacked by ninjas who knocked our Lion Courtier unconscious/almost dead and left me(Phoenix Shugenja) 9 wounds away from the same fate. Then our Crab Bushi chased them away and stabbed one of them.
I just gm'ed by first session of Black Crusade, holy shit.
My tzeentchian psyker was telling a group of children some dark boogeyman stories when my khorne worshipper bursts through the door and uses a flamer on all but the youngest.
When the mother bursts in in tears, the tzeentchian blows her head off with a shotgun.
My slaanesh apostate then drugged that four year old into having sex with a sheep.
A sheep which my nurgle worshipper gave AIDS.
Black Crusade everyone.
*Disclaimer: The lady was nice enough to give them a place to stay... I wasn't expecting... THAT
[QUOTE=Rats808;44283690]Today in L5R: One of our players was missing, we went to stop an unauthorized fight between the Lion and Crane clans from breaking out, someone was apparently sabotaging our efforts(killing a Lion commander and leaving blue-tipped arrows in him, firing arrows from the Lion side at the Crane commander while we were talking to her), the fight happened anyways, we got to safety then stopped by a geisha house, then got attacked by ninjas who knocked our Lion Courtier unconscious/almost dead and left me(Phoenix Shugenja) 9 wounds away from the same fate. Then our Crab Bushi chased them away and stabbed one of them.[/QUOTE]
For all that people go on about the lethality of L5R combat I swear to god none of the fuckers I attacked the entire session would just die already
In the opening battle, the enemy lion commander took 3 arrows before he finally died, and despite being slashed with my daisho repeatedly none of the fucking ninja were killed either (Not even the one whom I threw my wakizashi through the leg of then shanked with a tanto)
Like seriously, unless you get major luck with exploding dice the combat is nowhere near as lethal on the default health level system as people seem to make out
granted that one time out of twenty where you one-shot someone spectacularly is always possible, but it's hardly every single attack
Would you guys say that d&d 4e is more 'easy mode' or casual than 3 or 3.5e?
So after downloading some of the nWoD books the other day, I kind of want to play it.
Mostly just because I've loved urban fantasy shit since I was a little kid, though.
[QUOTE=Rats808;44285378]So after downloading some of the nWoD books the other day, I kind of want to play it.
Mostly just because I've loved urban fantasy shit since I was a little kid, though.[/QUOTE]
nWOD is... not as fun as it should be. Mostly because the kind of people that play WOD are usually not the kind of people you want to play tabletops with.
Granted organizing a game over FP kind of removes some of that problem but still. Which system were you looking at in particular. I always thought the Mage line looked fun.
[QUOTE=Vinh255;44285463]nWOD is... not as fun as it should be. Mostly because the kind of people that play WOD are usually not the kind of people you want to play tabletops with.
Granted organizing a game over FP kind of removes some of that problem but still. Which system were you looking at in particular. I always thought the Mage line looked fun.[/QUOTE]
Mostly VtR. I'm kind of eh about mage, because I've heard the magic system is complicated as hell, and a little about everything else except VtR and DtD right now, since I'm more familiar with the GMC rules at this point.
[QUOTE=Rats808;44285474]Mostly VtR. I'm kind of eh about mage, because I've heard the magic system is complicated as hell, and a little about everything else except VtR and DtD right now, since I'm more familiar with the GMC rules at this point.[/QUOTE]
I like complicated systems honestly because it tends to give more room for creativity (like Eclipse Phase's 1000 point generation. Love that shit.) but I understand why a lot of people don't like complex stuff.
I think I remember reading both the VtR and VtM books an deciding that I thought VtM was cooler but its been a long time.
[QUOTE=Vinh255;44285525]I like complicated systems honestly because it tends to give more room for creativity (like Eclipse Phase's 1000 point generation. Love that shit.) but I understand why a lot of people don't like complex stuff.
I think I remember reading both the VtR and VtM books an deciding that I thought VtM was cooler but its been a long time.[/QUOTE]
I'm not averse to complicated shit, either, but what I've heard about MTAw's magic is that even after several books to try and simplify it, it's still confusing.
From what I've heard VtM is more "superheroes with fangs", while VtR is more "welp, you're a vampire. good luck kid."
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44284163]I just gm'ed by first session of Black Crusade, holy shit.
My tzeentchian psyker was telling a group of children some dark boogeyman stories when my khorne worshipper bursts through the door and uses a flamer on all but the youngest.
When the mother bursts in in tears, the tzeentchian blows her head off with a shotgun.
My slaanesh apostate then drugged that four year old into having sex with a sheep.
A sheep which my nurgle worshipper gave AIDS.
Black Crusade everyone.
*Disclaimer: The lady was nice enough to give them a place to stay... I wasn't expecting... THAT[/QUOTE]
Give them time (and some harsh lessons) and they'll realise that Chaos is more nuanced than mere murderhoboing... Those who just slay and slay are mere pawns in the hands of the Gods. Those who can see the big picture get to shape their own fate.
[editline]19th March 2014[/editline]
Also that Khornate was a double idiot. He killed those children by flame, letting their blood boil away instead of freely flowing in torrents upon the thirsty ground- and the skulls of weak children do not please Khorne either. If anything, Khorne would be pissed at him for being such a fuckstick that he gets even the basics wrong.
dont tell them that they did chaos all wrong though, i wanna see the stories of a group of chaos guys who don't know what the fuck they're doing
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;44285001]For all that people go on about the lethality of L5R combat I swear to god none of the fuckers I attacked the entire session would just die already
In the opening battle, the enemy lion commander took 3 arrows before he finally died, and despite being slashed with my daisho repeatedly none of the fucking ninja were killed either (Not even the one whom I threw my wakizashi through the leg of then shanked with a tanto)
Like seriously, unless you get major luck with exploding dice the combat is nowhere near as lethal on the default health level system as people seem to make out
granted that one time out of twenty where you one-shot someone spectacularly is always possible, but it's hardly every single attack[/QUOTE]
Tell that to the corpse pile:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Gu5kITE.png[/img]
Though, in all seriousness I've seen a Forest Killer with Earth 5 (130 Wounds, and he was a PC) go down in one hit. All it takes is one unlucky attack and you're dead.
What really makes the system lethal isn't getting one-shotted, however, it's the fact that even if you [B]can[/B] take a couple hits, you essentially can't hit anything anymore after 2-3 because you're so fucked up. Average damage with a Katana and strength 3 without raises or voiding is about 20~. After 2 hits without voiding to reduce damage a Samurai with Earth 2 is already dead, Earth 3 you're in Cripplied with +20 to all TNs, Earth 4 is fairing a bit better in Hurt with +10. Most people will be voiding to reduce however, so you'll last a bit longer. But you can't void forever, especially in a prolonged fight.
That luck goes both ways though, I once fought 7 Rank 2 Samurai alone and killed them all without taking so much as a scratch. (They don't call me Kazuma the Untouchable for nothing, you know)
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