Not so much [I]any[/I] form, just that their appearances do vary quite a bit.
[QUOTE=Alsojames;47436175]Not so much [I]any[/I] form, just that their appearances do vary quite a bit.[/QUOTE]
I still want to know what the limits on that are, but I guess I'll just wait 'till the book rolls out.
So, new campaign, shiny new character, got myself a snazzy-looking tricorne (even said so on my character sheet), went to a nearby tomb...
...and died.
So we started Princes of the Apocalypse. We run into a ghost. My brother, Sir Whoopsalot, decides to punch said ghost (he's a monk). Said ghost retaliates, hitting him for 11 damage.
He has 11HP.
He fails the saving throw.
The ghost deals Necrotic damage lowering his max HP by 11.
This is the [B]FIRST[/B] hit the ghost did, in the [B]FIRST[/B] fight this session, and his [B]FIRST[/B] attack on said Monk. :v:
Memorable quotes:
Deep Gnome Rogue: "I'm from down. No, not that down."
"What's the AC on the dress?"
Deep Gnome Rogue, after sneaking into a room with 2 little kids, asks the little girl: "Have you ever gone down?"
Said rogue also stole money from the kids and cheated when gambling against them. "Morally questionable" doesn't even begin to describe him. :v:
Also we were wailing on a Zombie, knocked him down so he had to do a DC 21 Constitution saving throw. Fucking natural 20. :v:
[QUOTE=YogiTheWise;47435758]Speaking of that, Drones can be of pretty much any shape or form? Like, can I be a rolling ball that unfurls into a murderbot with a shitload of machine guns, kinda like that thing from Star Wars prequels? What are the restrictions on Drones to not make them OP?[/QUOTE]
Hey Yogi, Konrad here. I'm Lead Editor for Shattered, and James told us some folks over at the facepunch forums had questions. So let's get to it!
To balance Drones we kept it pretty simple. You Drone may look like whatever you wish, leaving aesthetics unlimited. Mechanically, however, to add more functional parts- like arms or legs or mounted 45mm shockwave cannons- you must add prosthetics to your character. This will cost them extra, and there's a limit to the number of prosthetics one can apply.
I'd love to give you a more in-depth answer, but prosthetics are currently under review so anything I may say could be wrong thirty minutes from now. Hope that helps!
[editline]1st April 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=elowin;47341527]whats the magic like[/QUOTE]
Glad you asked. We call it Arkäna and it comes in three flavors: Primaltheurgy, Necromancy, and Illusionism.
Primaltheurgy is channeling the elemental energies of the world into pure force. Primaltheurgists wield the power of nature to destroy their foes in ways that you might expect such as throwing fireballs or creating pools of acid.
Necromancy has two foci: Curses and Stitches; the former is used to weaken and debilitate one's foes while the latter is the act of piecing together-- stitching, if you will-- a corpse and reanimating it. Blessed with some of your character's blood or mental fortitude, the Stitch is a Necromancer's completely obedient servant. They come in a large variety, everything from hulking brawlers and Arkäne savants to mobile bioreactors and psychics. The catch is that you may only have one at a time.
Illusionism comes in three forms: glamours, projections, and concealment. Glamours are used to move personnel and items of intrigue past others without scrutiny; you might use this to disguise that rifle slung over your shoulder as a simple canvas tube, or alter your face to appear like that of a famous politician. Projections are illusions you create, and a skilled Illusionist can create nightmarish creatures to paralyze their enemies with fear, perfect blinding darkness, or even lithesome succubi to thwart the unwary. Their third skill, concealment, is the act of hiding someone or something from all five senses. Masters Illusionists could place a ten pound bag of rotting meat in your hands, and you would not see the maggots in the meat, nor feel the weight, nor smell the repugnant odor. More traditionally, however, this is used by the less lawfully inclined to sneak about undetected.
[editline]1st April 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=cyclocius;47342460]Really liking the look of it. If I could pick your brain on classless a little?
What sort of archetypes does the game support? It looks so far like players will be able to play a fairly standard fare of melee fighters, Rogue/Thieves and Casters, is there an engineering capability? There's been extensive mention of an industrial revolution of sorts alongside airships, can players tinker and build themselves mad-science devices?[/QUOTE]
As previously stated, we do have a crafting system for weapons, armor, and gear as well as talents for Alchemy. Like prosthetics this is still in flux, so the best I can promise at this point is that we definitely want to and will include as many possibilities as is feasible.
As for currently supported "Archetypes" we have talents for:
*Martial Artists
*Warriors
*Thrown weapon experts
*Archers
*Gunmen
*Marshals, a Paladin-esque groupwho are blessed by a particular element and can perform Miracles
*Psykics
Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, but there's a lot of room for unique fighters within each Archetype, and there are also race-specific talents that emphasize the traits of each.
[editline]1st April 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;47434548]Your artist is incredible, really, all of the stuff you've got there looks amazing
I definitely might put some money into this once my birthday rolls around, even if my group never plays I love owning pretty books like this
out of curiosity though, do the versions with the physical book have a download for the digital one as well?[/QUOTE]
Yes, they'll come with the digital copy as well. We had a slight oversight in regards to putting that information in the pledge levels.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;47438884]So we started Princes of the Apocalypse. We run into a ghost. My brother, Sir Whoopsalot, decides to punch said ghost (he's a monk). Said ghost retaliates, hitting him for 11 damage.
He has 11HP.
He fails the saving throw.
The ghost deals Necrotic damage lowering his max HP by 11.
This is the [B]FIRST[/B] hit the ghost did, in the [B]FIRST[/B] fight this session, and his [B]FIRST[/B] attack on said Monk. :v:
Memorable quotes:
Deep Gnome Rogue: "I'm from down. No, not that down."
"What's the AC on the dress?"
Deep Gnome Rogue, after sneaking into a room with 2 little kids, asks the little girl: "Have you ever gone down?"
Said rogue also stole money from the kids and cheated when gambling against them. "Morally questionable" doesn't even begin to describe him. :v:
Also we were wailing on a Zombie, knocked him down so he had to do a DC 21 Constitution saving throw. Fucking natural 20. :v:[/QUOTE]
I was running that myself. My own monk player kicked the shit out of it, but then the following Flying Sword messed up the party. 18 AC is no joke at level 1! Are you doing the Adventurer's League version or the full one, by the way?
[QUOTE=Chronische;47439344]I was running that myself. My own monk player kicked the shit out of it, but then the following Flying Sword messed up the party. 18 AC is no joke at level 1! Are you doing the Adventurer's League version or the full one, by the way?[/QUOTE]
We had both at the same time because aforementioned Deep Gnome opened the sarcophagus. :v:
League version only, I believe.
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;47438884]So we started Princes of the Apocalypse. We run into a ghost. My brother, Sir Whoopsalot, decides to punch said ghost (he's a monk). Said ghost retaliates, hitting him for 11 damage.
He has 11HP.
He fails the saving throw.
The ghost deals Necrotic damage lowering his max HP by 11.
This is the [B]FIRST[/B] hit the ghost did, in the [B]FIRST[/B] fight this session, and his [B]FIRST[/B] attack on said Monk. :v:
Memorable quotes:
Deep Gnome Rogue: "I'm from down. No, not that down."
"What's the AC on the dress?"
Deep Gnome Rogue, after sneaking into a room with 2 little kids, asks the little girl: "Have you ever gone down?"
Said rogue also stole money from the kids and cheated when gambling against them. "Morally questionable" doesn't even begin to describe him. :v:
Also we were wailing on a Zombie, knocked him down so he had to do a DC 21 Constitution saving throw. Fucking natural 20. :v:[/QUOTE]
PotA is out already? How is it?
I've considered doing a module but my players are psychopaths and will probably kill all the important NPCs, how on rails are they usually?
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill;47439402]We had both at the same time because aforementioned Deep Gnome opened the sarcophagus. :v:
League version only, I believe.[/QUOTE]
Bahahaha! I also have a deep gnome rogue, he tried to keep an Earth Genasi barbarian from opening the coffin but NOPE. So they ALSO fought the specter and sword at the same time. That's a pretty nasty fight too, and for really small gain.
New, thread relevant avatar.
[url]http://www.shadowruntabletop.com/2015/04/new-free-shadowrun-adventure-released-line-developer-assumed-drunk/[/url]
ever wanted stats for bronies?
wait no longer!
[QUOTE=FetchingToaster;47325911]Okay so in honor of our Rogue Trader's motivations, I took the liberty of making a picture.
[t]http://puu.sh/gATBo/529ee443bd.png[/t][/QUOTE]
Mission Accomplished.
[QUOTE=Vengeful Falcon;47440577]Mission Accomplished.[/QUOTE]
You have no idea how much fun I'm having GMing this it's unreal
[QUOTE=Konrad;47438904]-snip-[/QUOTE]
Anything that is in this post is 100% factual, so defer to this post over mine. I'm going to snip my previous post on the subject and redirect it to this one.
goddamn what a session
the party set up a whole colony, finally retrieved the cruiser they captured in the third session from the repair dock because they finally got all the bloodstains out of it, talked down another rogue trader whom was convinced that the party and said RT's sister were in some sort of conspiracy to destroy him, oh and then the RT totally went and banged his sister and they're now engaged to be married, which the RT proceeded to announce to all 90,000 people in his fleet at once and there was an immense 7-hour booze-fueled party immediately afterwards. Also the reveal that the entire past six months had been one big long quest for the booty happened, which was hilarious
and aside from salvaging a crashed light cruiser within the next half a year or so, plus eventually having the wedding at some point, the party actually has no immediate timetable anymore
goddamn though. What a session. No prep, no real plan on my part, just improvising
also totally had expected the RT to book it when I brought up the marriage thing, which made it even more hilarious when he didn't
We're playing Maid RPG as an April Fool's game.
I rolled a 24 (on a scale where 10+ is considered "Difficult even for a pro") to chase after someone who purchased all the clocks that Master wanted.
Tackled the bitch, stole the clocks, took them to the mansion without any of the other maids tagging along.
Master shall praise me alone.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
While I was getting praised by Master for returning the clocks, everyone else was busy performing an armed heist of a little Asian convenience store to rob him of a third of a ton of imitation crab meat.
This is the result.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/n3Fhcx9.jpg[/t]
"Maid RPG was a mistake."
[QUOTE=Aperture fan;47441849]We're playing Maid RPG as an April Fool's game.
I rolled a 24 (on a scale where 10+ is considered "Difficult even for a pro") to chase after someone who purchased all the clocks that Master wanted.
Tackled the bitch, stole the clocks, took them to the mansion without any of the other maids tagging along.
Master shall praise me alone.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
While I was getting praised by Master for returning the clocks, everyone else was busy performing an armed heist of a little Asian convenience store to rob him of a third of a ton of imitation crab meat.
This is the result.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/n3Fhcx9.jpg[/t]
"Maid RPG was a mistake."[/QUOTE]
So, Maid RPG for April Fool's was fun, kinda thinking of running it part/full time, though I need half a new party, anyone up for shenanigans :v:
How do you guys play this stuff anyway? I mean, like what website? Or just Skype?
[QUOTE=Banned?;47442058]How do you guys play this stuff anyway? I mean, like what website? Or just Skype?[/QUOTE]
Steam chat text for the game and Skype for OOC.
[QUOTE=Banned?;47442058]How do you guys play this stuff anyway? I mean, like what website? Or just Skype?[/QUOTE]
Roll20 for everything except OOC, which we tend to use Mumble for.
Last session of Black Crusade featured a decently planned heist with awful executio. The Face burnt infamy, the Psyker gained a warped appearance and the Khornate fighter gained Dimensional instability after showing a hive city the inside of a Bankers skull and neck on a live broadcast. Wheeeeeee
I wish I was having fun.
My current progression plans for my SR character is buying guns that weigh more than she does and becoming a huge nerd.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Oh, and causing a Japanese 9/11 on principle.
[editline]2nd April 2015[/editline]
Gonna be like the third thing the group's done that could be considered a terror attack.
[QUOTE=Rats808;47442158]Roll20 for everything except OOC, which we tend to use Mumble for.[/QUOTE]
the superior format ^^^^^
anyone who doesn't play like this plays WRONGGGGGAROOOO
srsly mumble is so nice
[QUOTE=Konrad;47438904]Primaltheurgy is channeling the elemental energies of the world into pure force. Primaltheurgists wield the power of nature to destroy their foes in ways that you might expect such as throwing fireballs or creating pools of acid. [/quote]
Does that include, say, shooting beams of vague undefinable wizard energy, or just normal everyday things like fire and lightning.
I'm gonna be dm'ing for the first time this Tuesday.
May God have mercy on me.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;47443356]I'm gonna be dm'ing for the first time this Tuesday.
May God have mercy on me.[/QUOTE]
Make sure no-one escapes alive, and I don't just mean in-game.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;47443356]I'm gonna be dm'ing for the first time this Tuesday.
May God have mercy on me.[/QUOTE]
There's no gods or mercy where you're heading.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;47443356]I'm gonna be dm'ing for the first time this Tuesday.
May God have mercy on me.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry, the doctors say it's terminal. You only have until Tuesday left to live.
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;47443356]I'm gonna be dm'ing for the first time this Tuesday.
May God have mercy on me.[/QUOTE]
Once you pop they'll never let you stop.
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