Red_Mage posted:

I'm looking for someone easy-going. Preferably someone who is as geeky as me - that would make a nice change. It would also be nice if that person was into video games - not necessarily an obsessive like me, but someone who at least understands the appeal. Ideally, someone who can play drums or vocals on Rock Band..

Leperflesh posted:

Meanwhile, I spend all my time and energy in mock combat with nerf medieval weaponry.

Seftir posted:

my god

Etherwind posted:

Here would be better.

h_double posted:

TG Discussion: Camping Out for Star Wars Tickets, Laughing at the Guy with the Lightsaber

Seftir posted:

I attack with my dagger!
*skin ruptures

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Welcome to a world split in two, where women live in harmony in their own country while men live across the sea in a society of their own. The society of women seems perfect, but what is the true cost of their luxury and peace? There is a war going on, but it is a war of secrecy, hidden from the public view. And if that doesn't draw you in, how about this: all of the PCs must be female.

This setting, designed for use with the QAGS 2nd Edition rules, is the perfect choice for players who want a role-playing challenge, crossdressers, and transsexuals, as well as GMs who want to mix it up a little or force their players to be a little more compassionate.

Herland includes detailed descriptions of the Greater North American government and society, as well as the Underground rebellion, rules for playing both sides, tips and optional rules for playing an all-female campaign with male players, plot ideas for your campaign, an introductory adventure, sample Words and GMCs, and hilarious generalizations about the fairer sex.

Ambivalent posted:

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There is a war going on, but it is a war of secrecy, hidden from the public view. And if that doesn't draw you in, how about this: all of the PCs must be female.

blurry! posted:

Next up, a RPG where black people drive like this and white people drive like this.

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June 1954, Lady Liberty and Mister America premier as government sponsored "Capes"

July 1954, Anya Kolov begins her training in the KGB when her power to form a sword of pure light manifests

September 1955, Lady Liberty and the newly minted Bogatyr, Anya, meet and in time become great friends

October 1956, Anya is found dead in her apartment in Moscow

December 1956, Lady Liberty at a press conference on her deployment to the Korean conflict announces her resignation and flies away before an awe struck crowd

June 1962, a specially broadcast radio message is sent out by a woman calling herself Columbia, this message outlines her philosophy for the "New Womyn" (the spelling of which she repeats through out the broadcast), which states that superpowered womyn-kind must found a new society one which is tailored to suit them

August 1969, the raising of the island of Haven from the Indian Ocean almost eclipses man's first landing on the moon

April 1973, the government of Haven is given a seat at the United Nations

May 1976, the Feminist terrorist group SCUM rampages through Northern California which is stopped by Columbia herself along side many members of the Womyn's League of Justice

March 1984, Captain Atlas, a powerful cyborg wielding a prototype rail gun, is created by the Starkweather Corporation. Along side him is his team made up of Kymera, a parasitic creature, Death Whisper, an expert assassin trained by the Institute, and Spectre, a man wielding a powerful staff that controls electromagnetic fields.

June 1994, Captain Atlas' group disbands after Kymera kills and murders one-hundred people only being stopped by the combined forces of Atlas and the WLJ
October 2010, Columbia passes away at the age of 83, her funeral is attended by the current membership of the WLJ and is buried on Haven

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In the background the Starkweather Corporation is trying all it can to create a man with superpowers; the closest they got was Kymera a horrific creature that could take on the traits of anything it ate.

They have attempted every hormone and genetic therapy to either turn a man into a superwomyn or turn a superwomyn into a man. The former resulted in an unpowered, and soon dead womyn, and the latter created a man with no powers and a resulting short life. What really is driving them nuts is the fact that there have been documented cases of Male to Female transexuals that have gained powers.

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Yeah there is a major reaction against the superwomyn, represented by the eruption of "masculinist" organizations. The two largest of these organizations are the Sons of Hercules and Thor's Hammer. They were once one organization but they had a split over homosexuality in their ranks. So those that felt that being gay did not diminish them as men formed the SoH and those that were anti-gay formed Thor's Hammer.

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The government is a republic with a Prime Mistress at its head (there have been numerous discussions as to what to name the head of state but with no real good alternatives). You got to understand Haven was founded primarily to be an international safe house for women around the world. Unwanted daughters from China, girls from Africa seeking better educational opportunities (thanks to a large number of super-intelligent womyn)

Ambivalent posted:

Meme Emulator posted:

Why are there children on the cover?

Seftir posted:

Actual question: In 4th if you slide/push/pull someone through an area effect it doesn't hit them? I'm actually surprised if that's true.

Mikan posted:

Other people corrected the dude and made fun of him.

h_double posted:

If I'm going to play an RPG with all female PCs, it's going to be Macho Women With Guns.




(the original version, not the d20 Mongoose remake)

namesake posted:

Boy do I have the URL to beat that:

http://www.hotchicksthegame.com/

Ambivalent posted:

Poser art is inherently horrifying.

Etherwind posted:

groups like Marvel and DC, supposedly big on art

lastexyle posted:

I take it you don't actually read comics.

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I was thinking of creating a fantasy setting based on the premise that several real world gaming geeks were magically transported to a fantasy world and somehow gained great power over that world and ability to influence it. The geeks divided up the world and eventually each became the center of his or her own nation made that nation the epitome of what that geek sees as awesomeness. For example, from just a few gamers I know in person - one is really into feminism and the idea of strong women along with left wing politics, he designed a setting that had a nation which was kind of a nature focused socialistic matriarchy. Another gamer I know really thinks that eugenics and a harsh Darwinian struggle for survival of the fittest (yeah, I know, I hang out with a diverse crowd) is cool and he once created a game setting where the dominant culture had some of those qualities.

So basically, each of the geeks transported from the real world has a number of ideas (both styles and ideologies) that they really like and think are cool and the nation they form in the game world is basically the result of that wish fulfillment. This, of course, has the potential to get weird or campy with nations made up of lesbian ninja catgirls (I think maybe that is how the Drow came to be) but for the most part I think it would be slightly more well rounded, at least the majority of nations.

Anyway, what I need help with is ideas for different sorts of nations that would exist - what represents the wish fulfillments of various gamer geeks here on this site? So as not to have strawman ideas with people creating caricatures of what other people might like, I want to see the nation ideas that each poster thinks is cool.

So, what is your ideal fantasy nation? What do you think is awesome and cool? What would be your own personal wish fulfillment nation that you would make for yourself given great power in a fantasy-esque world? I would ask that the ideas be kept generally to the realm of fantasy without too much incursion into modern or science fiction, but other than that go all out even if it includes lesbian ninja catgirls.

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All trees and women would be made out of bacon. You would never go without a meal! Everyone would look like an anime. Religion and government would be banned. The women would find my rolls of fat incredibly attractive.

Mikan posted:

In three short months, the army has laid siege to the Dream Castle, destroyed the Rainbow bridge to Butterfly Island, pillaged the villages of the Dream valley, assassinated Queen Rosedust, and captured her adopted human daughter Diana.

Together your ragged rebel herd of Pegasus ponies, and magical ponies, led by Princess pony Twinkle Bloom must brave the Rollypolly Wood to save Lucky and rescue Diana from the clutches of Kareena before all of Ponyland is destroyed.

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Lucky is now a ditzy Paladin of Freedom stud. Although really, playing a healer might not be as fun as playing a Paladin of Freedom stud in a party of mares. Might have to work on that angle.