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NGDBSS posted:The funny thing about topknots is that not only do they look doofy on most people, but they were not actually a Mongol thing in the first place. If you're going to dress for the steppe, complete with fur hat, how does a topknot fit there? I'm guessing that topknots became a thing solely due to the early art being in the style of 80s metal album covers, and afterwards things just kinda stuck as they often did in 40K lore. Wasn't Mongol hair fashion closer to "fringe and sideburns, nothing up top"?
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Hexenritter posted:Wasn't Mongol hair fashion closer to "fringe and sideburns, nothing up top"? 
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Aug 15, 2015 00:27
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There's only so much you can do with human hair so, with the exception of the tonsure which will always be ridiculous, you can imagine Mongols in whatever hairstyle you want and you will be correct given how long they ruled such a vast empire I'm on my phone right now but somebody post that ponytail height in regards to intelligence and find a picture from 40k that matches the theoretical zero point, I'm sure one exists
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Aug 15, 2015 00:32
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 This one? I don't know that any 40K art has ponytails in front of the head, but I guess anything's possible 
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Aug 15, 2015 08:30
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Thought I'd pop in and post about the Rogue Trader game my group has going on Sundays, the sessions are split up and posted every few days here. Featuring: *A xenophilous Rogue Trader prone to unreasonable demands who nevertheless tries to keep everything in one piece. *An Actual Dark Eldar as first mate because That Is How We Roll. *A backstabbing, cowardly Seneschal who attempts at least one mutiny a session. *A crazy(ier than usual) religious Astropath who is secretly an Inquisition informant. *A mutated, wyrdling Explorator who's takes the Quest for Knowledge to new and exciting heights (this one is me! The mutations happen in the most recent episode when I fix a character creation mistake I made) *A newly joined Arch-Militant who has no idea what he's getting into. Last session Our Glorious Captain failed 4 skill 50 piloting tests and now our ship has crash landed on a Necron tomb world which we have to raid for parts because the ship's half xenotech. Warning: We're bad at rules.
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Aug 20, 2015 14:54
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I see a fairly standard Rogue Trader party there, nothing weird there. RT who fiddles in things he/she shouldn't, random Xenos, rear end in a top hat Seneschal, crazy Psyker, Explorator who probably should have been declared a Heretek instead of an Explorator and the straight man.
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Aug 20, 2015 15:56
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We're also a bunch of clowns and I wouldn't be surprised if the raid on the pyramid is going to be Temple of Doom style with a giant necron technoboulder.
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Aug 21, 2015 02:41
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EthanSteele posted:We're also a bunch of clowns and I wouldn't be surprised if the raid on the pyramid is going to be Temple of Doom style with a giant necron technoboulder. Did Temple of Doom even have a boulder?
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Aug 21, 2015 04:02
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Ablative posted:Did Temple of Doom even have a boulder? Nope, that was the unnamed temple at the start.
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Aug 21, 2015 10:11
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EthanSteele posted:We're also a bunch of clowns and I wouldn't be surprised if the raid on the pyramid is going to be Temple of Doom style with a giant necron technoboulder. Correct, except instead of a boulder, its necron versions of this dude: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4s6v1hWAw
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Aug 21, 2015 21:25
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So my players in the CYOA have burned through all their Fate points, and would like to buy more. We have just gotten to Magos 12 and bought Favored by Fate (for +1 Fate). Are there any other ways to get more? (Aside from heroics.) Are there any other classes that provide them, or can Favored by Fate be taken multiple times, or something?
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Aug 23, 2015 07:26
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They are usually awarded for MAJOR deeds rather than bought.
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Aug 23, 2015 07:43
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You mean they've burned all of their fate points to stay alive? Unless they've done some crazy great roleplaying or heroics, that's all they get. If they've gone through all their fate points they're either shockingly unfortunate or very high level by now and death should be permanent.
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Aug 23, 2015 07:50
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Pharmaskittle posted:You mean they've burned all of their fate points to stay alive? Unless they've done some crazy great roleplaying or heroics, that's all they get. If they've gone through all their fate points they're either shockingly unfortunate or very high level by now and death should be permanent. Yeah, they have 38,000 XP. We're almost to the end of the line I think.
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Upon ascension you can get more Fate but that's the only other way I can think of RAW. Maybe you can run a story around doing some really great deed, like reclaiming some major Saint's lost relic to replenish burned Fate, perhaps at the expense of a possession of great value. Edit: or make it a challenge to see if you'll die before you become a Hero of the Imperium.
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I just got into Rogue Trader in the past year, but what I've discovered is that I apparently like orderly presentation of information way more than FFG does (also editing). Designing a ship is a pretty big pain in the rear end with material spread over four or more books and hunting down personal-scale equipment is no better, so I created a couple of online resources for my gaming group. I figure I might as well post them here in case anyone else might find them useful. My Rogue Trader Ship Design Worksheet contains information on all of the Ship Components I am aware of, lets you filter by hull type, and autocalculates basic ship stats and SP/Space/Power costs. Just save a copy to your own Drive (File > Make a copy...) to use the autocalc functionality. My Rogue Trader Equipment Database is basically just a list of every item I am aware of sorted by type, again with filters to narrow items down further. Feel free to save your own copy of this as well, but it shouldn't be necessary since none of it depends on editing the document. If you use either of these and find an error or something that's too confusing, please post here or leave a comment on the document and I'll try to address it when I can. OpenlyEvilJello fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Aug 24, 2015 |
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Aug 23, 2015 18:21
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LowellDND posted:Yeah, they have 38,000 XP. We're almost to the end of the line I think. Yeah, it's totally time for the endgame big job where some characters don't survive.
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Aug 23, 2015 18:33
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If you aren't reading Lowell's CYOA, do so. It's very well written and fun. Although we readers do seem to have a deathwish.
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VanSandman posted:If you aren't reading Lowell's CYOA, do so. It's very well written and fun. Although we readers do seem to have a deathwish. We did literally vote between "die" and "don't die" and chose to die. Pharmaskittle posted:Yeah, it's totally time for the endgame big job where some characters don't survive. It's a CYOA. There is only one player character.
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Aug 24, 2015 00:14
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VanSandman posted:If you aren't reading Lowell's CYOA, do so. It's very well written and fun. Although we readers do seem to have a deathwish. I started reading it after seeing this post, and I just read the end of arc 1. Totally enthralled by it, the writing is great, and Flours 2.0 as a ballistic weapon was loving brilliant.
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Hexenritter posted:I started reading it after seeing this post, and I just read the end of arc 1. Totally enthralled by it, the writing is great, and Flours 2.0 as a ballistic weapon was loving brilliant. Thank you!  Always good to have more readers
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LowellDND posted:Thank you! You're totally welcome. That thread has stolen my entire evening and promises to devour so much more. I hope to get in on the ground floor of your next one.
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Hexenritter posted:You're totally welcome. That thread has stolen my entire evening and promises to devour so much more. I hope to get in on the ground floor of your next one. Yessss... I hang out in the #madgod irc chat a fair bit if you want to chat with the other readers
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LowellDND posted:Yessss... I'm guessing synirc?
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Yep.
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So how would you make the War Boys from Mad Max Fury Road in Only War?
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feral worlders, maverick commander, the dunebuggy regiment type. hold on, I made one (they were more down to earth agriworlders) earlier. Found it Change those up with more spiky/feral choices as needed. Ronwayne fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Aug 29, 2015 |
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Aug 29, 2015 18:33
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Ronwayne posted:feral worlders, maverick commander, the dunebuggy regiment type. hold on, I made one (they were more down to earth agriworlders) earlier. Needs a special regimental ability called WITNESS ME
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Hey guys anybody have some hints for killing a Necron Lord as a bunch of rank 2s thanks
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Is your regimental basic wepaon the melta gun, do you have like three weapon specs with it? (or lascannon if heavy). Multilas with Sentry should work.
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call in super heavy tank regiment support, you have that right?
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Her'es the thing, with sassy newcrons, a Necron Lord is less of a physical threat to you than he is going to troll the poo poo out of you. More Jigsaw meets David Bowie than skynet.
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No it's just the 6 of us in the tomb with about 30 murder servitors. The Rogue Trader just got instagibbed by the Staff of Light but fated his dodge and survived. The murder servitors are holding off the necron warriors for now but are being slowly overrun. Edit: The Seneschal is riding on my back because he's at 1 wound and trying to reload his inferno pistol so he can wildly fire at the Lord as it chases behind us. I'm holding the macguffin so I can't shoot. Necrons murdered our shuttle guards and now there's flayed ones running around outside. GruntyThrst fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Aug 30, 2015 |
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GruntyThrst posted:No it's just the 6 of us in the tomb with about 30 murder servitors. The Rogue Trader just got instagibbed by the Staff of Light but fated his dodge and survived. The murder servitors are holding off the necron warriors for now but are being slowly overrun.
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I guess it's time for diplomacy and explain how this all was just a huge misunderstanding
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Zereth posted:Can you run and collapse the entrance behind you and leave the planet? This is the plan but half of us are in the temple still.
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Aug 30, 2015 20:45
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A SCARAB ATE MY SERVO SKULL NOOOOO
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Aug 30, 2015 20:47
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This is an especially weird remake of pac-man.
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Okay we survived (other than Frederik the servo skull, alas). Now we just have to install the macguffins on the ship and fly back into orbit before the Necrons catch up. Luckily we have the rest of the murder servitors and tore out some of the macrocannons to make gun batteries because we're down to about 20% crew after crash landing on the tomb world.
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GruntyThrst posted:Okay we survived (other than Frederik the servo skull, alas). Now we just have to install the macguffins on the ship and fly back into orbit before the Necrons catch up. Luckily we have the rest of the murder servitors and tore out some of the macrocannons to make gun batteries because we're down to about 20% crew after crash landing on the tomb world. If you literally crashed there, how did you even get back to orbit?
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