D&D 4e: This edition sucks edition - Games

[QUOTE=Vengeful Falcon;47141743]The city that he's duty bound to protect is burning around him and he's still torturing him.[/QUOTE] Hand him a fiddle.

[QUOTE=Vengeful Falcon;47141743]The city that he's duty bound to protect is burning around him and he's still torturing him.[/QUOTE] Sounds like the DM isn't doing their job.

Sounds like the DM is handing them rope hand over fist.

[QUOTE=Vengeful Falcon;47141702]One of my players captured a random enemy combatant and now he's been torturing them for an hour. Please help.[/QUOTE] Torture is an integral part of D&D. I've yet to play a campaign that didn't at some point involve torture.

Shadowrun is best. I'd write up a story about my sessions and my players, but I'm shite at story telling.

[QUOTE=Jax Strife;47142314]Shadowrun is best. I'd write up a story about my sessions and my players, but I'm shite at story telling.[/QUOTE] Our group is currently fighting a mystic adept Yakuza boss on top of a bus after him betraying us (kinda half-assedly really) and us shooting the fuck out of his restaurant. [editline]15th February 2015[/editline] [video=youtube;dEbE3fGfF-o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEbE3fGfF-o[/video]

[QUOTE=Rents;47142328]Our group is currently fighting a mystic adept Yakuza boss on top of a bus after him betraying us (kinda half-assedly really) and us shooting the fuck out of his restaurant.[/QUOTE] We just finished up roleplaying a big political gala event. Etiquette roles were made, and social faux pas happened. Four characters are an ex-politician looking for his wife, a big brute of a guy with 0 charisma and tons of prosthetics, a man living in Seattle after moving from the outback, and a ex-ganger decker youth. Mr. Outback was basically the suavest fucker with his 2d6 etiquette checks. All the big business men were handing him business cards while he wrote on a napkin with a pen. Corporate Ares contacts were made. [video=youtube;cISYzA36-ZY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cISYzA36-ZY[/video]

[quote]Dart jumps down from the table, runs over towards the samurai and licks him in the face[/quote] why

[QUOTE=elowin;47142469]why[/QUOTE] why you gotta make things weird I leapt down and punched him in the face with my MUSCULAR TOXIN-DRENCHED FROG TONGUE

[QUOTE=Jax Strife;47142314]Shadowrun is best. I'd write up a story about my sessions and my players, but I'm shite at story telling.[/QUOTE] okay let's see if i can summarise continuing on from last session, my character, whose wife has been dead for 6 years. only, last session he saw a woman on tv who looked just like her. married to the senator he ran opposite 6 years ago. so some stuff happens and surprise surprise, he gets a phone call from the senator in question, invited to a high class lunch, giving my guy the opportunity to question the senator, subtly at first and then overtly. of course, this is all well and good, until of course, he invites his fellow shadowrunners (because they're technically in the middle of a job). the problem however, arises when you take into account who exactly my compatriots are. a punk-ass decker, a dude who's spent the past few years in the australian magical outback, and of course, a crazy street sam who doesn't know table manners from killing manners. one of our players recorded the session so there'll be videos soon but a few snapshots, our street sam eating wasabi covered sushi because he has no tastebuds left and generally being unaware of how hated he is, our decker stuffing his face on the appetisers and soup because he doesn't understand the etiquette of fancy dinners and then ended up taking a magic shot that did not agree with his tech at all and he ended up puking everything back out. and then there was our outback guy, who shelled out 6k on a new freshly tailored suit, somehow ended up becoming that guy from american psycho and gathered several new high contacts in businesses. somehow. this'll all be funnier when the videos come out

[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;47141765]just have him executed afterwards it's his own fault, he had a city to protect[/QUOTE] He ended up exiled (He would've been executed if his father hadn't been one of the leaders of the city) but that's more to do with the fact he handled riots in a similar manner to how the American Revolution was handled but with more firepower and explosives. Also the guy he ruthlessly tortured survived and will probably be released now that the pc is gone. Since that was a 1 on 1 intro session my PC crew currently consists of - A War Criminal Grizzly Bear and a Psionically enhanced Werewolf. I've allowed players to make up their own race/planet and next up I believe I have a monkey who will be the captain of the Spaceship that will carry them throughout the galaxy on adventures.

[QUOTE=Rents;47142328]Our group is currently fighting a mystic adept Yakuza boss on top of a bus after him betraying us (kinda half-assedly really) and us shooting the fuck out of his restaurant.[/QUOTE] Plot twist: The Yakuza guy is both a vampire and a blood mage, and also biting a chunk out of Croguy's neck.

plot twist: we spent 5 hours playing 5 seconds of combat

[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;47137963]So today, I began my process of taking back NERV from the incompetent pit into which it had fallen It started with me calling the entire crew of the base into the main hall of the building. This alone caused a minor riot. I did not know we had so many literal clowns on staff. By the time we'd restored order, I'm pretty sure at least a few people were dead Anyway, I yelled a bunch about how we were going to destroy EVERYTHING the previous, incompetent Operations Director had been involved in, kneecapped a guy who objected, demoted everyone, promoted everyone who seemed competent, and everything looked to be going smoothly and then an Angel attacked but, to the surprise of just about everyone, we managed to figure out how to beat it pretty efficiently (It was basically a hydra, and one of the pilots uprooted a powerline to scorch it's severed heads with while the other chopped them off), and did so with almost no damage to the city. We even found an egg in the thing's remains, which I plan to study intensely so we can learn more about these things since this was, after all, the first angel our base has ever seen also, my speech in the earlier part was so good I got roleplay XP and literally ranked up simply by shouting a lot, just like how it works in the real world[/QUOTE] Also, you stole a lizard named chubs, don't forget that part.

Joined a Pathfinder group. We had a Vday themed adventure where we killed cupid. It was pretty great. I stabbed an NPC with one of cupid's magic arrows and turned him into my companion. Unfortunately the arrows didn't work on Cupid so we just obliterated him in about 3 turns. After we took his magic bow, we had to go back and give it to a cleric that originally asked to retrieve it. Instead, we made a bluff and gave the cleric a regular bow and still got our huge gold reward. After we finished that short adventure, they helped me set up a character for myself. I am now a Kobold Barbarian.

holy fucking shit I just have no words for our mutants and masterminds session I gained and lost a mother figure in one session. I helped the villains. I fought the party. I cried. I cried so much. I am emotionally devastated. But by god. It was amazing. I think in one session I developed a character more than I've done in almost any other game I've played in. Any words I have for it really won't do it justice it was incredible and insane and one of the greatest roleplaying experiences I've ever had

First time I learned to enjoy doing things on the fly and going with the flow with improv here and there when needed. Every one of my players did an awesome performance and heavy shit occured in a superhero RPG. Especially to Siberys who I broke in half with emotional artillery strikes. Ended with a good chunk of the party having goals and things to strive toward, including good ol' vendetta quests. All in all it was mind-blowing to GM that session. I'm hoping the rest of the campaign will continue this sort of momentum.

My character believes in helping people but I couldn't even help a party member My robot brain wasn't meant for this kind of engagement

[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;47142863]plot twist: we spent 5 hours playing 5 seconds of combat[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Rents;47142833]Plot twist: The Yakuza guy is both a vampire and a blood mage, and also biting a chunk out of Croguy's neck.[/QUOTE] It wouldn't be as bad if he didn't teleport and from multiple sources of gunfire, soak up several shots, [I]crash into the restaurant with a bus,[/I] and turn into Senator fucking Armstrong after he bit me. Why the hell does he need to use runners if he's a weeb, Mary Sue and Draco Malfoy crossbreed?

So yesterday in D&D I managed to bone the mayor. At least my character got some on Valentines day.

[QUOTE=ElTacoLad;47144719]So yesterday in D&D I managed to bone the mayor. At least my character got some on Valentines day.[/QUOTE] Too bad every mayor in history is ugly as sin.

[QUOTE=elowin;47144727]Too bad every mayor in history is ugly as sin.[/QUOTE] What if she was a major, and one from Crimea at that? She'd be hot as fuck 20 year old qt but absolutely shit stats and obviously the lil' bitch of a 60 year old LE overlord.

Yesterday I found out that Chimeras can't turn on the spot in Only War. :v:

[QUOTE=EXPLOOOSIONS!;47145227]Yesterday I found out that Chimeras can't turn on the spot in Only War. :v:[/QUOTE] Unrealistic In the real tabletop tanks pivot for free give me back my strafing land raiders

[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;47145413]Unrealistic In the real tabletop tanks pivot for free give me back my strafing land raiders[/QUOTE] As someone who plays Death Korps of Krieg Armored Battalion as my army of choice, if the hilarious vehicle movement rules made it into Only War, I'd play it in an instant.

[QUOTE=EXPLOOOSIONS!;47145227]Yesterday I found out that Chimeras can't turn on the spot in Only War. :v:[/QUOTE] They're still amphibious though, right?

[QUOTE=DarkMonkey;47146798]They're still amphibious though, right?[/QUOTE] Yeah, meaning they can cross bodies of water as open ground. To clarify for anyone not familiar with the Only War rules, the rules for vehicle movement state that in order to turn, a vehicle must move forward at least it's length before making a 90 degree turn. So, if you want to turn around, you have to do a full U-Turn. Even if the vehicle is tracked. Now while I know the Imperium is receding technologically, tanks being able to turn on the spot has always been a thing they can do, so somehow, someone forgot to mention that in the rulebook (or at least, I didn't see anything mentioning it.) Eventually, the GM decided to amend that, because otherwise it would mean a Basilisk would have to actually drive forward then turn to aim it's Earthshaker.

Gonna try out Call of Cthulhu for the first time! I wanted to be a teacher (we're playing modern day) but my stats were slightly against me, so I compromised: I was a college student who was studying in Syria, then the civil war hit. Cue two years of fighting in a vicious conflict and eventually fleeing to America when things really turned bad. I have doubts about this game because I've always heard that going insane is inevitable and you will lose and nothing you do matters, per the whole "cosmic horror humans are insignificant" shtick. Which I find highly uninteresting and too impersonal. The GM assured me that going insane is only a good possibility but is not guaranteed. In other news: all of us but one player rolled really high on starting funds. The piss poor player took a good half hour buying really practical but cheap items, while the other two players spend millions of dollars on useless shit like night clubs, strippers, and cars. Then both turned to the poor player and said, "I buy everything that's on his sheet". Poor player was not amused. I, meanwhile, had a million dollars to play with. I had no idea what to get or how a Syrian refugee got a million dollars so I just went with "she won the lottery" and the GM was fine with that. Bought a good laptop, a pistol, a good apartment, a library's worth of books, and other stuff that isn't worth marking on the sheet. I have $998,650 in the bank and I still have no idea at all what to spend it on that isn't stupid useless shit "for da lolz".

how the fuck did you buy an apartment with a budget of $1.3k?

[QUOTE=lintz;47147005]how the fuck did you buy an apartment with a budget of $1.3k?[/QUOTE] You're forgetting the good laptop, which will take a sizable chunk out of that. Well, unless his character has already gone insane and thinks his trailer is a mansion.