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Pollyanna posted:The more and more we have our biweekly D&D sessions, the more I’m convinced that playing TRPGs immediately after a full work day sucks. I need to be drat well rested for this poo poo. I'm convinced this is because after 8 hours of client interaction, meetings, etc I'm sick of pretending not to be myself. It was fine when I used to labour.
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# ? May 17, 2019 00:21 |
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 13:27 |
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What is the best trpg of the last 10 years and why is it Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish Granting Engine?
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# ? May 17, 2019 03:04 |
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Splicer posted:Used the first three classes as input (then fed the last few lines back in as input to see where it went) Yeah, it took a lot of tries to get interesting classes out of it and not just rules, items and generic rogue/paladin/wizard descriptions. Items are even harder since it's more likely to just give crafting lists or switch to something else. I didn't get as many as a result. quote:Lucky Seed - A lucky seed.
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# ? May 17, 2019 07:31 |
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Coolness Averted posted:Pretty sure it's the same character, but it's the typical thing that happens where a neat gimmick in a very silly or specific context gets readapted for -and probably by- folks who didn't 'get' the original, or don't realize that something worked well as a very limited thing. Ok found it, it's Batman the Merciless: (Fear) Batman who Laughs: (Death) Still no Mortis or Fire tho.
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# ? May 17, 2019 08:15 |
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moths posted:Ok found it, it's Batman the Merciless: Should post the rest of the Dark Knights(and their boss Barbatos) while we're on this topic to highlight just how edgy Metal was as an event
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# ? May 17, 2019 09:48 |
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moths posted:Ok found it, it's Batman the Merciless: I now want another Batman/Judge Dredd crossover. Mostly because they could re-use That Panel.
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# ? May 17, 2019 10:49 |
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Judge Dreed v Batman: I AM THE LAAAAW!
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# ? May 17, 2019 15:00 |
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It's just so goddamn absurd and 3edgy5u, and honestly the main Justice League line just made me not care at all about him with all the tell-don't-show 'brilliance' on display that just loving realllllly drags every time Lex and Batjoker are on the page. Ooooh bondage batman is soooo insightful and wiiiiiiise talking like a sitcom motivational speaker.
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# ? May 17, 2019 17:11 |
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Covok posted:What is the best trpg of the last 10 years and why is it Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish Granting Engine? From everything I've seen, Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish Granting Engine is one of those perfect games that, is, indeed, so perfect that it hardly ever sees play. Much like games like Castle Falkenstein, Unknown Armies, or Spellbound Kingdoms, its star is too hot to actually touch. (Full disclosure: I'm in an Unknown Armies game right now.)
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# ? May 17, 2019 17:19 |
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Cracking up at Dread Emperor Norton batman in the middle there
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# ? May 17, 2019 17:40 |
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lmao at psycho mantis up there
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# ? May 17, 2019 17:48 |
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Darwinism posted:
Uhhh those look epic as hell dude
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# ? May 17, 2019 18:04 |
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Plutonis posted:Uhhh those look epic as hell dude My inner 14-year-old might agree but he's too busy pointing out how dumb that their entire shtick is "other character mashed up with Batman, but eeeeeeeeeeeeevil"
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# ? May 17, 2019 18:12 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:From everything I've seen, Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish Granting Engine is one of those perfect games that, is, indeed, so perfect that it hardly ever sees play. I played 1 Chuubos game with three goons who I probably shouldn't name without permission. It was awesome. Then a one shot of it when my Burning Wheel group had three missing members one day. It was awesome. Its sad I can't play it more.
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# ? May 17, 2019 18:27 |
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Darwinism posted:
The one-shots for these guys sold like funnel cakes covered in powered crack. The Red Death was hard to find for a while. This was the last story during DC Rebirth, funny enough, and technically started the New Age of Heroes, which went nowhere.
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# ? May 17, 2019 18:29 |
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I'm looking forward to people getting to play Glitch which is basically a combination of Nobilis and Chuubo with a brand-new conflict system, based on playing as Excrucian Strategists. I usually describe it as "a game where you play someone who has unbelievable cosmic powers but can't reliably hold a job or dress themselves." Then people say things like "very relatable." So yeah, we're making "hot mess epic fantasy" the new "isekai."
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# ? May 17, 2019 18:44 |
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Who put that bat mask on Doomsday?
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# ? May 17, 2019 18:46 |
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Wait why is Aquabat a girl instead of the Wonder Woman batman
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# ? May 17, 2019 18:48 |
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Rand Brittain posted:I'm looking forward to people getting to play Glitch which is basically a combination of Nobilis and Chuubo with a brand-new conflict system, based on playing as Excrucian Strategists. Awesome! Got any more deetz or place to follow the development?
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:02 |
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Covok posted:Awesome! Right now it’s in closed beta, but there should be a Kickstarter sometime this year.
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:07 |
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Rand Brittain posted:I'm looking forward to people getting to play Glitch which is basically a combination of Nobilis and Chuubo with a brand-new conflict system, based on playing as Excrucian Strategists. I'm super looking forward to this game just because I look forward to everything -- but I have to admit that queer Pastoral with occasional dips into Techno is exactly my speed, while playing a Strategist is only fractionally more appealing to me than playing a Warmain. (gently caress Warmains.) So I'll mostly be looking for tweaks to Chuubo's rather than planning to play Glitch as written, I think.
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:14 |
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Plutonis posted:Wait why is Aquabat a girl instead of the Wonder Woman batman Her world is a gender reversed one Darwinism posted:
Yeah it is ridiculous and edgy, though 8 year old me would have wanted action figures of all of them Also I bet that the next Batman cartoon we get will have a more kid friendly version of Metal happen cause it's the sort of thing that would be perfect for animation
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:20 |
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Plutonis posted:Wait why is Aquabat a girl instead of the Wonder Woman batman The Merciless is a Batman from a universe where he worked with Wonder Woman to defeat Ares. The Merciless ended up putting on Ares' helmet, taking his power, and ended up becoming the new god of war in the process of defeating Ares.
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:23 |
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Otherkinsey Scale posted:Who put that bat mask on Doomsday? So, from left to right here, we have: The Drowned! This Batwoman (Bryce Wayne, because that's how you name women versions of existing male characters) loved killin' metahumans after her boyfriend got killed by one, and ended up in a full-scale war against Atlantis that saw her become that which she hated in order to more effectively murder people underwater. The Devastator! When you fight monsters, you must take care not to become a monster. When you fight Superman, you must take care to become a monster because only a monster can beat Superman! Especially if he's a murder-crazy Superman. The Murder Machine! When your butler and father figure dies, the best way to honour his memory is to create a super-powerful artificial intelligence to replace him. Then that artificial intelligence goes crazy and uploads itself into your brain, turning you into a cyborg who kills all his friends. The Batman Who Laughs! Turns out the reason that Batman doesn't just kill the Joker is that the Joker's body is booby-trapped with a potent The Merciless! This alternate Batman was dating Wonder Woman, and their idea of a good time was battling the god of war Ares, who'd gone and built himself a suit of magical armour that enhanced murder-powers a hundredfold. In order to beat Ares, Batman put on the murder armour and you know exactly how this ends. The Red Death! Tried to jumpstart the Batmobile into superfast mode by strapping the Flash to the hood. It promptly explodes and Batman gets speed powers. This is literally what happens. The Dawnbreaker! Young Bruce Wayne saw his parents shot in front of him, and due to circumstances this makes him eligible to be a Green Lantern! But when he tries to use the ring to revenge-murder Joe Chill, he gets told that's against the Green Lantern code. You know what else is against the Green Lantern code? Being so angry that your brain overwrites the ring's programming and lets you take control all of the entire Green Lantern energy in the universe to do murders. Which is what happened. Featured in background: BARBATOS, THE BAT-GOD, CONSUMER OF UNIVERSES. Feature in foreground: BABY DARKSEID doo doo doo doo doo doo
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:25 |
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You like Batman, do you? Well then, I'll give you all the Batmen in the world! *massive sales success* I don't understand it. Spider-Man fans went mad in fifteen minutes.
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:27 |
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Other than the Batman who Laughs and the Drowned those are all Monster Truck names.
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:49 |
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Fuego Fish posted:Feature in foreground: BABY DARKSEID doo doo doo doo doo doo Congratulations on being the first person I have ever seen quote the Baby Shark thing with the correct number of 'doo's. It's a small thing but it drives me up the wall.
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# ? May 17, 2019 19:58 |
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super sweet best pal posted:Drill - The drill's power is immense. When it's fully charged and used, it will destroy rocks, stone and stone debris Plutonis posted:Uhhh those look epic as hell dude Covok posted:I don't understand it. Spider-Man fans went mad in fifteen minutes. And high five Potatocubed for accurate Baby Sharkin' importance
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# ? May 17, 2019 20:01 |
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It's like half of me knows it's edgelord and probably very bad, but the rest of me can't help but think they look rad af. And it's probably easier for me because I don't give a solitary poo poo about comic books, but yeah The Drowned, The Batman Who Laughs, and The Dawnbreaker are the coolest. The Murder Machine and The Read Death are both hard to like, though Punkinhead fucked around with this message at 20:12 on May 17, 2019 |
# ? May 17, 2019 20:09 |
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Those do indeed look very dumb and rad. at the same time I never want to read anything with them in it.
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# ? May 17, 2019 20:30 |
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Elector_Nerdlingen posted:I'm convinced this is because after 8 hours of client interaction, meetings, etc I'm sick of pretending not to be myself. It was fine when I used to labour. Wanting to be energetic about RP is definitely an issue. It’s one of my sticking points. “Hey, want to try X? It’s a bit unusual and I’d be getting used to it too.” “Nah then, don’t bother dude, D&D is fine.” quote:Tried to jumpstart the Batmobile into superfast mode by strapping the Flash to the hood. That is simultaneously brilliant and ridiculous.
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# ? May 17, 2019 20:48 |
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Fuego Fish posted:So, from left to right here, we have: Not even the only time Batman has used a baby version of a villain as part of his plans, let me introduce to the thread the majesty that is Jarro;
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# ? May 17, 2019 21:26 |
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This also happened (Grodd mind controlling a baby supervillain to gently caress over the Flash) so someone just really is stuck on the concept of using superpowered children as tools
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:44 |
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Is that a starfish with an eye? Anyway, I was forwarded an interesting forum post on the history of RPGs in Brazil. Vampire made a big splash; Call of Cthulhu is not even mentioned. https://rpgista.com.br/2014/07/04/history-brazilian-rpgs/
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:46 |
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Helical Nightmares posted:
On the flipside I've heard Call of Cthulu is very popular in Japan. Kinda unexpected, I think.
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:48 |
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Vampire and the World of Darkness as a whole were the real hegemonical systems here instead of D&D since the 90s yeah. Strange enough Exalted and Scion never got localized though.
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:50 |
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I really wish the new Tormenta RPG books had an english translation because I absolutely love that silly setting that was a big part of my teen rpg player years and had all the d20 version books and want to run a forum/discord game set on it
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:54 |
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Darwinism posted:
It's a classic, if dumb, plot concept: What happens when you're not allowed to punch the tool-child, because they're innocent? It's about as thrilling, in concept, as the 'you can't punch me, paladin, my armor is made of BABIES' D&D cliche. On the other hand, Jarro seems amazing, so, there's different ways it can go.
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:55 |
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PinheadSlim posted:On the flipside I've heard Call of Cthulu is very popular in Japan. Kinda unexpected, I think. Yep. https://twitter.com/IHeartFargo/status/1129161553809498113
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:56 |
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The head of marketing for Chaosium said that the Japanese version of CoC outsells the English-language version.
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# ? May 17, 2019 22:59 |