I have a really bad habit. All but one of the five characters I have made that are involved or were involved in long campaigns share a hatred of elves. I don't know what to do about it. How do I deal with my inexplicable hatred for those tree hugging prancing la la fruits?
I almost called another character "Luthandriel" instead of their name. I never mess up the names of other characters.
My hatred of elves is tearing me apart.
[QUOTE=Nerts;49852855]Yep, although despite my bitching I think the only things I've actually outright removed/banned is possession magic for being a combination of unclear, extremely powerful and difficult to counter without having a shitload of magic stuff the rest of the team can't interact with, and the wireless bonuses on trauma patches that makes it automatically stabilize people instead of it being a roll based on the character's body stat, since every other method of stopping method of stopping someone bleeding out requires some pretty good skills, equipment and/or spells, being able to to smack a cheap patch on someone to make them not die really lessens the importance of having medical skills on the team and makes getting shot a lot less deadly as long as someone can drag you away.[/QUOTE]
My only real change, in the interest of not short-changing the people who didn't put ten billion bucks into initiative, is that it doesn't decrement and give high-initiative people extra turns (although in exchange full defenses and suppression fire work a lot better on high-init people so they only thing they're really losing out on is broken action economy) and actually giving people aside from the sammy a chance in combat. Which is mostly a moot point because the only person who can even remotely keep up with the sammy in a fight is the mage, and only because he can cast AoE's for days
but at least it gives a chance for the rigger, the face, and the decker to contribute when it all devolves into shooting instead of making them wait half an hour for their turns then another hour while the sammy and mage take all of theirs
but initiative increases are easy to get and help literally everyone
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;49852916]but initiative increases are easy to get and help literally everyone[/QUOTE]
It's also just a simple matter of it's more of a pain in the ass than it's worth with roll20's initiative tracker
and absolutely nobody is hurt by it so whatever, first-shot bonus is already so high in Shadowrun that people getting extra actions for being fast is just insult to injury
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;49853098]It's also just a simple matter of it's more of a pain in the ass than it's worth with roll20's initiative tracker
and absolutely nobody is hurt by it so whatever, first-shot bonus is already so high in Shadowrun that people getting extra actions for being fast is just insult to injury[/QUOTE]
What the heck are your rigger and decker doing that the street sam gets more turns? I can understand the decker being on-par if they're being careful in coldsim and the sam has jacked their init up to about as high as possible, but riggers can just throw more drones at the problem.
[QUOTE=Nerts;49853176]What the heck are your rigger and decker doing that the street sam gets more turns? I can understand the decker being on-par if they're being careful in coldsim and the sam has jacked their init up to about as high as possible, but riggers can just throw more drones at the problem.[/QUOTE]
The decker prefers AR because more often than not they're on-site, and he likes to be able to shoot back, the Rigger usually was engaging in his 'shoot back manually' thing whenever he's not in the van and just has his drone on autopilot
Though now his drone is also basically a mini-mech so that might change
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;49853203]The decker prefers AR because more often than not they're on-site, and he likes to be able to shoot back, the Rigger usually was engaging in his 'shoot back manually' thing whenever he's not in the van and just has his drone on autopilot
Though now his drone is also basically a mini-mech so that might chance[/QUOTE]
seems more like a case of the rest of your party not doing it right than the rules fucking them over
Deckers and Riggers both have their own extremely useful ways to contribute in combat besides shooting manually, if they also want to shoot manually then obviously they will also need to invest in combat augs to be effective. No shit, Sherlock.
More or less the same goes for the face. Social skills aren't exactly useful in a fight, but being a good face doesn't take nearly as much investment as any other archetype, so you're in a perfect position to branch out into combat.
Ironically, the mage is usually the guy who falls behind in initiative, since the only way a pure mage has to boost initiative is to keep a spell sustained all the time. A few ways to get around it but they all some sort of catch.
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;49852887]I have a really bad habit. All but one of the five characters I have made that are involved or were involved in long campaigns share a hatred of elves. I don't know what to do about it. How do I deal with my inexplicable hatred for those tree hugging prancing la la fruits?
I almost called another character "Luthandriel" instead of their name. I never mess up the names of other characters.
My hatred of elves is tearing me apart.[/QUOTE]
become a BBEG and cleanse your world of elves
can't hate what doesnt exist
[QUOTE=Nerts;49852855]Yep, although despite my bitching I think the only things I've actually outright removed/banned is possession magic for being a combination of unclear, extremely powerful and difficult to counter without having a shitload of magic stuff the rest of the team can't interact with, and the wireless bonuses on trauma patches that makes it automatically stabilize people instead of it being a roll based on the character's body stat, since every other method of stopping method of stopping someone bleeding out requires some pretty good skills, equipment and/or spells, being able to to smack a cheap patch on someone to make them not die really lessens the importance of having medical skills on the team and makes getting shot a lot less deadly as long as someone can drag you away.[/QUOTE]
500 nuyen for a single use item isn't exactly cheap boyo!!!
[QUOTE=elowin;49853309]500 nuyen for a single use item isn't exactly cheap boyo!!![/QUOTE]
No karma, no rolls and a simple action though.
[QUOTE=Nerts;49853659]No karma, no rolls and a simple action though.[/QUOTE]
Someone else has to waste an action in the middle of a firefight, and get over to you if they aren't already by you. It doesn't heal at all, it just stops you from bleeding out further, you're still incapacitated afterwards, and the wireless needs to be on for it to be automatic.
And it still costs 500 nuyen for a single use patch.
Guys how hard is it to start GM'ing games? Me and a few friends of mine are hoping to start a pathfinder game with the humble RPG books bundle and I was hoping for a few hints and tips if possable.
gming is a lot about creativity and how well you can kindle the imagination
[QUOTE=DeeCeeTeeBee;49852887]I have a really bad habit. All but one of the five characters I have made that are involved or were involved in long campaigns share a hatred of elves. I don't know what to do about it. How do I deal with my inexplicable hatred for those tree hugging prancing la la fruits?
I almost called another character "Luthandriel" instead of their name. I never mess up the names of other characters.
My hatred of elves is tearing me apart.[/QUOTE]
Elves should be destroyed at all costs, they are nothing but a pestilence on the world.
[QUOTE=lintz;49854229]gming is a lot about creativity and how well you can kindle the imagination[/QUOTE]
You do also need a solid grasp of the rules, and good fucking luck having that for pathfinder if you've never played D&D before at all.
So theres a new humble bundle out
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[QUOTE=Jrose14;49854464]Elves should be destroyed at all costs, they are nothing but a pestilence on the world.[/QUOTE]
how dare you
i'll fokkin smack ye in the gabber m8
then i'll kick ye in the shins
and i'll fackin punch ya in the jerk if ye don't stop bein a dick to ma elfs
I have never been more upset than I have at this very moment
[img]http://puu.sh/nsJS3/8ca536edf6.png[/img]
in real talk though, productive session. Fucking weenie-ass mage got a girl, the face and GMPC sammy went and got high due to the second coming of BEE ACID, and the rest of the party stopped a gang of first-time shadowrunners from doing their job
[QUOTE=elowin;49853272]seems more like a case of the rest of your party not doing it right than the rules fucking them over
Deckers and Riggers both have their own extremely useful ways to contribute in combat besides shooting manually, if they also want to shoot manually then obviously they will also need to invest in combat augs to be effective. No shit, Sherlock.
More or less the same goes for the face. Social skills aren't exactly useful in a fight, but being a good face doesn't take nearly as much investment as any other archetype, so you're in a perfect position to branch out into combat.
Ironically, the mage is usually the guy who falls behind in initiative, since the only way a pure mage has to boost initiative is to keep a spell sustained all the time. A few ways to get around it but they all some sort of catch.[/QUOTE]
thankfully we're all playing characters we enjoy and have a specific niche to fill, while Siberys runs what I'd consider to be a greatly enhanced Shadowrun game for us
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;49855080]I have never been more upset than I have at this very moment
[img]http://puu.sh/nsJS3/8ca536edf6.png[/img]
[/QUOTE]
:^)
[QUOTE=elowin;49855010]how dare you
i'll fokkin smack ye in the gabber m8
then i'll kick ye in the shins
and i'll fackin punch ya in the jerk if ye don't stop bein a dick to ma elfs[/QUOTE]
Leave it to the elves to resort to violence when threatened with total annihilation.
[QUOTE=Jrose14;49854464]Elves should be destroyed at all costs, they are nothing but a pestilence on the world.[/QUOTE]
There are two kinds of Elves I absolutely adore.
Aen Elle, Imperialist Space Elves like from The Witcher, and Slavic Elves like from those /tg/ stories.
If you're playing your elf like a tree-hugging hippie then you're doing something wrong.
We played paranoia and blew up a military base with a black hole unplanned within 2 turns of starting
For some reason I always get stuck with a snobby noble elf ranger with charisma as a dump stat. Whether or not they're actually mean has been varied, but it seems to be a running trope. I like to attempt to stick some personality into my characters, most of the other guys seem to take a backseat on the whole roleplay thing. Except the guy who came to the local gameshop looking for LARP and found us, he is GREAT at roleplay
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;49855080]I have never been more upset than I have at this very moment
[img]http://puu.sh/nsJS3/8ca536edf6.png[/img][/QUOTE]
pomf
[QUOTE=TectoImprov;49855908]pomf[/QUOTE]
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All the talk about elves reminded me of something I found funny.
The image is referring to /tg/, but I feel like it possibly could apply here:
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SbDOUlV.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=ASIC;49856366]All the talk about elves reminded me of something I found funny.
The image is referring to /tg/, but I feel like it possibly could apply here:
[IMG]https://1d4chan.org/images/1/19/You_Is_An_Elf.jpeg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Your image is broken.
Copy Image/Image Address->Go to Imgur->Ctrl+V
Use that link instead, when it comes to anything from 1d4chan or 4chan. :dog:
[editline]2nd March 2016[/editline]
For everyone else's convenience until he has a working link: [URL="http://i.imgur.com/SbDOUlV.jpg"]You_Is_An_Elf.jpeg[/URL] :dog:
[QUOTE=Jrose14;49855364]Leave it to the elves to resort to violence when threatened with total annihilation.[/QUOTE]
What are you, some kind of hippy rock hugging dwarf
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