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Chernobyl Peace Prize posted:pretend its an acrostic
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LongDarkNight posted:got my hands on secret DMG. from rules for converting from older editions. Come on, come on, where's the Thac0? 
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Aug 5, 2014 05:50
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Covok posted:So, what games are everyone in/running right now? I do a weekly small-press night at my FLGS. No campaigns, just one-shots. Two weeks ago was Our Last Best Hope, last week was Atomic Robo, tonight was Microscope, next week is Dungeon World, week after is A Penny for My Thoughts. Got a two- to three-month rota going.
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Aug 5, 2014 06:12
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LongDarkNight posted:...much more stringent framework for creating adventures, monsters and magic items... I'm don't understand what this means. Are you suggesting that Next is going to have strict guidelines for creation? That seems to run completely counter to the game's whole philosophy.
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Aug 5, 2014 06:41
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DalaranJ posted:I'm don't understand what this means. Are you suggesting that Next is going to have strict guidelines for creation? That seems to run completely counter to the game's whole philosophy. By "much more stringent", Mike Mearls means "better", "more well-defined", or any number of adjectives/descriptions that convey the superiority of 3e to its groggish base.
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Aug 5, 2014 06:45
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Chernobyl Peace Prize posted:pretend its an acrostic 
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Aug 5, 2014 07:59
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Aug 5, 2014 12:17
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secret DMG is from 07/30, this turd is so fresh the flies haven't showed up yet. no magic items sadly. highlights: costs to construct building costs for hirelings downtime activites (most of which have a 20% chance of going to jail for 5d6 days) domains (kingdom builder rules) using miniatures!!! travel hazards diseases poisons madness traps puzzles modifying races creating new races monsters as characters modifying classes optional rules: training to level up trading in magic items flanking attacking cover morale action points called shots alternate skill systems (13th age backgrounds are an option) vitality spell points skill points single strike (1 attack roll, cumulative damage) second wind rest variants proficiency dice massive damage marking facing cleaving through the horde automatic success chases cantrip slots action points (again?) group initiative weapon speed passive initiative gestalt characters
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Aug 5, 2014 12:59
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eh ill play a fif ed camp once its available why not
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Aug 5, 2014 13:03
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LongDarkNight posted:secret DMG Thanks, this is good stuff to know/see. It actually doesn't look that bad, but I guess plenty of opportunity to ruin it in the execution.
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Aug 5, 2014 13:11
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LuiCypher posted:By "much more stringent", Mike Mearls means "better", "more well-defined", or any number of adjectives/descriptions that convey the superiority of 3e to its groggish base. I thought he meant "the Next DMG contains" not "following this last image the book also calls 4th these other things"
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Aug 5, 2014 14:31
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Covok posted:So, what games are everyone in/running right now? Dungeon World remains my go-to game for short campaigns and one-shots, but I recently started a Burning Wheel campaign that I pitched as "Game of Thrones but everyone's a dwarf," so politicking and backstabbing in the mountain holds of the dwarves. We've only played one session of said campaign, and most of that was character creation. Character creation in Burning Wheel is really intensive and fiddly, but the basic rules of the game aren't all that difficult once you've got characters ready. Also managed to throw in a couple of Duels of Wits, just to demonstrate how the scripted combat systems work in theory. Next time we'll start the game off with a duel between the Axe Bearer and his rival, and we'll probably use the Fight rules for that. We'll see how it goes.
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Aug 5, 2014 15:56
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Covok posted:So, what games are everyone in/running right now?
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Aug 5, 2014 16:03
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Covok posted:So, what games are everyone in/running right now? I'm two sessions into DMing our 4e dnd campaign I'm basing (loosely) off a mish-mash of settings. One player has never played at TTRPG before, two others have never played DND before, the other two have played it plenty with me. We're having a blast! Even though I'm a tad rusty with running combats, they're approaching things in a "how do we get by" instead of charging in head first each time. Lotta good RP so far through the bard and rogue. My buddy is also running a IKRPG game and I'm playing a trollkin fellcaller/man at arms (troll dude that dragonshouts and hits things). I'm by far the weakest member of the group combat and social wise but it's still really fun to play.
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Aug 5, 2014 20:24
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I'm running a regular SR5 game with two regular players and some rotations. I'm currently deep in the Shadowrun mines and we're all enjoying it very, very much. It's the first game we've really had the opportunity to sperg out about, gun-porn and all, and it's really a nice setting/system for that kind of thing. I'd been playing some lite systems lately and it's been a nice departure from Dungeon World.
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Aug 5, 2014 20:46
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Covok posted:So, what games are everyone in/running right now? running the pokemon tabletop game (lol) and playing on a shitload of systems online irl i'm trying to keep a gurps post-apoc game alive
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Aug 5, 2014 20:48
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i don't play games in real life because people can't stand to be around me
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Aug 5, 2014 20:50
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stoutfish posted:i don't play games in real life because people can't stand to be around me im more popular irl than on the internet
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Aug 5, 2014 20:51
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:im more popular irl than on the internet but you're lovable!
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Aug 5, 2014 20:51
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Covok posted:So, what games are everyone in/running right now? I currently play 4E on Wednesday, Dungeon World on Saturday, and have been playing a bit of Gamma World lately. I just got invited to a Dresden Files game every other Sunday. This schedule makes me look like a learned and broad gamer, but most of the time my group has been strictly 4E. Sometimes I run my own homebrew Lovecraftian zombie apocalypse game.
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Aug 5, 2014 20:53
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I DM a 4E campaign that started with the Reavers of Harkenworld adventure, but I plan to completely derail it and turn it into some kind of Saturday Morning Cartoon thing where I start the session with the villains plotting some ridiculous thing and then having the players thwart it basically.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:03
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:running the pokemon tabletop game (lol) Like for real, how is that going?
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Aug 5, 2014 21:30
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Covok posted:Like for real, how is that going? still planning to do first session this weekend
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Aug 5, 2014 21:33
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:still planning to do first session this weekend Are you doing it straight or some custom setting shenagians? I know little 'bout the system I should mention.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:37
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Covok posted:Are you doing it straight or some custom setting shenagians? I know little 'bout the system I should mention. sorta, i made a custom setting and going to add a gym administration homebrew mechanics for the pcs to make their own gym/base
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Aug 5, 2014 21:40
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:sorta, i made a custom setting and going to add a gym administration homebrew mechanics for the pcs to make their own gym/base So your PCs want to be the big movers and shakers instead of being hobo-children trekking across a dangerous world to have the video game/anime equivalent of cockfighting?
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Aug 5, 2014 21:42
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Covok posted:So your PCs want to be the big movers and shakers instead of being hobo-children trekking across a dangerous world to have the video game/anime equivalent of cockfighting? It's more like being their city's official cockfighting team for the national cockfighting league.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:43
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i play d&d and vampire and am running mage
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Aug 5, 2014 21:48
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TheLovablePlutonis posted:It's more like being their city's official cockfighting team for the national cockfighting league. So, is it a dick move in a game like that to have the opposing team have pokemans that your player's pokemans are weak to?
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Aug 5, 2014 21:48
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Covok posted:So, is it a dick move in a game like that to have the opposing team have pokemans that your player's pokemans are weak to? 
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Aug 5, 2014 21:49
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Lovely
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Aug 5, 2014 21:53
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I wish tabletop games would just run themselves.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:57
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Well, if you are interested in that, Scarlet Heroes has rules to play with one player and no GM. I tried it...I felt insane doing it. Maybe I shouldn't have voiced the NPCs and PCs. Also, I believe there are a few games (like Tokyo Brain Pop) that has the players GM the game themselves.
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Aug 5, 2014 21:59
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Nihnoz posted:I wish tabletop games would just run themselves.
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Aug 5, 2014 22:04
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Nihnoz posted:I wish tabletop games would just run themselves. they are called video games and are better than nerdo board games
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Aug 5, 2014 22:07
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Covok posted:So, is it a dick move in a game like that to have the opposing team have pokemans that your player's pokemans are weak to? Our loving GM in the other Pokemon game I'm playing does that with every gym leader. Custom team for each player for their gym battles, specifically designed around the player's weaknesses. Also scaled against their highest level Pokemon, but add ten or twenty levels.
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Aug 5, 2014 22:09
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board games are better than rpgs. true stuff.
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Aug 5, 2014 22:09
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pokemon rpg ahahahahahahaa
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Aug 5, 2014 22:10
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remember when wc3 had those sweet rear end rpg maps i miss that, does sc2 have those roleplay maps? can there be a tabletop game that is basically just that?
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is the pokemon tabletop game less brokedy-poo poo than it started out as or is it still some horrible d20-based monstrosity or is this a different one
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