TG September Chat Thread: Back To School Thread

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Bedlamdan: Apr 25, 2008

Evil Sagan posted:

otoh pet play is extremely the poo poo

what have i done

# ? Sep 26, 2015 21:33

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 00:29

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Bedlamdan posted:

what have i done

Don't ask me, you're the one living in a shotgun shack.

# ? Sep 26, 2015 22:42

Bedlamdan: Apr 25, 2008

FactsAreUseless posted:

Don't ask me, you're the one living in a shotgun shack.

Same as it ever was :smith:

# ? Sep 26, 2015 23:32

sexpig by night: Sep 8, 2011; by Azathoth

Evil Sagan posted:

otoh pet play is extremely the poo poo

burn it all

# ? Sep 26, 2015 23:54

Elfgames: Sep 11, 2011; Fun Shoe

It's october already in my heart.

# ? Sep 27, 2015 00:26

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

Elfgames posted:

It's october already in my heart.

Halloween this year is all about the blood orphans.

# ? Sep 27, 2015 00:30

Ningyou: Aug 14, 2005; we aaaaare
not your kind of pearls
you seem kind of pho~ny
everything's a liiiiie

we aaaare
not your kind of pearls
something in your make~up
don't see eye to e~y~e

Evil Sagan posted:

otoh pet play is extremely the poo poo

i KNOW RIGHT

Elfgames posted:

It's october already in my heart.

is this one of those double leap years where we just skip over the second half of september because who cares

# ? Sep 27, 2015 01:51

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

late september has wonderful weather

# ? Sep 27, 2015 01:53

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

Not in California. Not this year, at least. :argh:

# ? Sep 27, 2015 02:01

01011001: Dec 26, 2012

Countblanc posted:

late september has wonderful weather

It does.

# ? Sep 27, 2015 02:27

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

What in the Lord's name is Pet Play?

# ? Sep 27, 2015 02:36

FactsAreUseless: Feb 16, 2011

TheLovablePlutonis posted:

What in the Lord's name is Pet Play?

# ? Sep 27, 2015 02:41

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

FactsAreUseless posted:

Jesus. These deviants need Sharia law ASAP.

# ? Sep 27, 2015 03:01

Bedlamdan: Apr 25, 2008

Tatum Girlparts posted:

burn it all

Tell me about it

# ? Sep 27, 2015 03:45

oriongates: Mar 14, 2013; Validate Me!

I say, what's the point of having a horse if you can't solve lovecraftian mysteries with them:

# ? Sep 27, 2015 05:28

The Deleter: May 22, 2010

I'm very upset that the Shadowrun contact option of shark lawyer isn't a shark who is a lawyer.

# ? Sep 27, 2015 09:38

Ratpick: Oct 9, 2012; And no one ate dinner that night.

A few days ago there was some discussion in another thread (can't remember which) about the old trope of women dressing up as men to disguise themselves as knights and soldiers. Last night after my Burning Wheel game I got to talking to one of my players about the game and how Burning Wheel's dwarves kick rear end, and he told me that he'd heard Luke Crane saying that dwarven women are extremely rare to the point where a dwarven PC would be very exceptional. Anyway, long story short, I now want to run a campaign where the pitch is all the PCs being dwarven women who have disguised themselves as men to join the host.

# ? Sep 27, 2015 10:25

My Lovely Horse: Aug 21, 2010

I'm picturing Monstrous Regiment, but starring the stoning crowd from Life of Brian.

# ? Sep 27, 2015 11:05

bowmore: Oct 6, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Is there a Dresden Files RPG thread? failing that are there any Dresden Files adventures you can buy written by people

# ? Sep 28, 2015 07:29

paradoxGentleman: Dec 10, 2013; wheres the jester, I could do with some pointless nonsense right about now

There is a Fate thread that covers that as well, since it is powered by Fate.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 09:44

Stormgale: Feb 27, 2010

Ningyou posted:

_{for some reason i can't bring myself to care about using or upgrading d-walker when i have cute murderpuppy and cool+slightly embarrassing gal pal}

D-walker wierd, it's kinda like the jack of all trades buddy, it can move fast and quietly (its run is about the same noise as snake crouch walking) and can either scout or engage targets at will.

It's pretty useful for some boss fights while waiting for supply drops.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 13:57

fool of sound: Oct 10, 2012

paradoxGentleman posted:

There is a Fate thread that covers that as well, since it is powered by Fate.

It's powered by an early, rough version of FATE. Some advise: don't let everyone be a full wizard, the system can't really handle it. Make everyone a focused practitioner or mild supernatural of some kind.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 14:00

Serf: May 5, 2011

I really want to like D-Walker, but I can't justify sacrificing either my dogfriend or Quiet, Snooze Machine. If you could deploy D-Walker as a vehicle I'd always take it but as it stands D-Dog is best for recon and Quiet is awesome for taking out a whole base while I Fulton dudes. Heck, give Quiet the Sinful Butterfly and there's nothing she can't wreck. If I could take them both I would. Heck, just give D-Dog his own sniper rifle and we'd be gold.

D-Horse should just be standard. Dunno why it is a buddy at all since it's only good for messing with guards and pooping shenanigans.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 14:27

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

bowmore posted:

Is there a Dresden Files RPG thread? failing that are there any Dresden Files adventures you can buy written by people

no, only horses

# ? Sep 28, 2015 14:35

Plutonis: Mar 25, 2011

I take Quiet so I can stare at her rear end on the helicopter

# ? Sep 28, 2015 14:38

Zereth: Jul 9, 2003

Serf posted:

D-Horse should just be standard. Dunno why it is a buddy at all since it's only good for messing with guards and pooping shenanigans.

Isn't Snake sprinting with the sprint upgrade faster than D-Horse, too?

# ? Sep 28, 2015 14:55

Serf: May 5, 2011

Zereth posted:

Isn't Snake sprinting with the sprint upgrade faster than D-Horse, too?

I actually don't know, but it would make sense. You move pretty drat fast when sprinting. I never get tired of six million dollar manning dudes from out of nowhere with the sprint + bionic arm.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 14:59

Bedlamdan: Apr 25, 2008

Zereth posted:

Isn't Snake sprinting with the sprint upgrade faster than D-Horse, too?

Also, bringing captured vehicles with you on missions or free roam has zero deployment cost, unlike D-Horse itself. :psyduck:

Basically D-Horse is irrelevant as soon as you get the cargo Fulton

Bedlamdan fucked around with this message at 17:33 on Sep 28, 2015

# ? Sep 28, 2015 17:26

Ningyou: Aug 14, 2005; we aaaaare
not your kind of pearls
you seem kind of pho~ny
everything's a liiiiie

we aaaare
not your kind of pearls
something in your make~up
don't see eye to e~y~e

Serf posted:

I actually don't know, but it would make sense. You move pretty drat fast when sprinting. I never get tired of six million dollar manning dudes from out of nowhere with the sprint + bionic arm.

real talk I kind of want to get the precision/mobility upgrades so I can run (and reload and crawl and etc.) faster but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snake

like i like kiefer sutherland but ever since i found out how to deploy as whoever you want i can't not play TPP as the batshit adventures of Judy the perpetually blood-drenched Ｈｏｒｓｅ� Ｉｓｌａｎｄ President-for-Life and Quiet, Best Gal Pals

meanwhile i guess i found Peak Blue Rose dot jpeg and it is AMAZING

# ? Sep 28, 2015 18:30

Serf: May 5, 2011

Ningyou posted:

real talk I kind of want to get the precision/mobility upgrades so I can run (and reload and crawl and etc.) faster but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh snake

like i like kiefer sutherland but ever since i found out how to deploy as whoever you want i can't not play TPP as the batshit adventures of Judy the perpetually blood-drenched Ｈｏｒｓｅ� Ｉｓｌａｎｄ President-for-Life and Quiet, Best Gal Pals

Wait until The Boss DLC comes out and you can dress up your lady soldiers as The Boss. Definitely gonna have to get my S+ combat solider Flaming Buffalo out and go gently caress some poo poo up as the greatest soldier that ever lived (this could only be improved by having Buffalo be an S++ for the true Boss experience but I'll take what I can get).

# ? Sep 28, 2015 18:37

Ningyou: Aug 14, 2005; we aaaaare
not your kind of pearls
you seem kind of pho~ny
everything's a liiiiie

we aaaare
not your kind of pearls
something in your make~up
don't see eye to e~y~e

wait can you not rank up yr soldiers past A/A+ or something

speaking of flaming, i am sorely disappointed i haven't literally found soldiers named FIRE WHALE yet

_{really i'm disappointed with a lot of mgs5 but THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING UGH}

# ? Sep 28, 2015 18:58

Serf: May 5, 2011

Ningyou posted:

wait can you not rank up yr soldiers past A/A+ or something

speaking of flaming, i am sorely disappointed i haven't literally found soldiers named FIRE WHALE yet

_{really i'm disappointed with a lot of mgs5 but THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING UGH}

Maybe? I've seen S and S+ soldiers appear as volunteers or by extracting them, but I've never seen one get to S++ with medals yet, but maybe I just haven't played enough. If I can get Buffalo up to S++ then I'll be all about tearing through whole bases with just CQC while dressed as The Boss. Unless I can get a Patriot in this game which I sincerely hope I can.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 19:03

LaSquida: Nov 1, 2012; Just keep on walkin'.

Serf posted:

Wait until The Boss DLC comes out and you can dress up your lady soldiers as The Boss. Definitely gonna have to get my S+ combat solider Flaming Buffalo out and go gently caress some poo poo up as the greatest soldier that ever lived (this could only be improved by having Buffalo be an S++ for the true Boss experience but I'll take what I can get).

Hey, I got an S+ Flaming Buffalo too! Guess she's an autojoin after Chapter 1.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 19:05

Len: Jan 21, 2008; Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!

LeSquide posted:

Hey, I got an S+ Flaming Buffalo too! Guess she's an autojoin after Chapter 1.

Same. She's my go to when I play as not Snake.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 19:45

Serf: May 5, 2011

Yeah, pretty sure she's guaranteed. Makes me super-excited for that Boss skin, I just wish it was the version with her sneaking suit still zipped up and not the cheesecake nonsense version from the final fight.

# ? Sep 28, 2015 19:47

Helical Nightmares: Apr 30, 2009

Cross posting from the Kickstarter thread.

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PST posted:

The Delta Green Kickstarter has gone live:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcdream/delta-green-the-role-playing-game

On top of the base game, an extra $50 gets the hardback of 'The Fall of Delta Green' being written by Ken Hite. It's not a stretch goal but I'm going to guess will come out some time after the main book.

It went live about 30 mins ago and is already over $10k which isn't bad for an 18 year old roleplay setting.

Delta Green Kickstarter update. :cthulhu:

Funded to 40K in less than four hours.

New objectives to unlock!

quote:

Stretch Goals

This project is moving fast! Here are some of downloads and books you'll be able to get as Add-On Rewards (see below!) when we hit these new funding targets...

FUNDED! THE AGENT'S HANDBOOK: Everything you need to play Delta Green: The Role-Playing Game.

FUNDED! "VISCID": A new Delta Green scenario by Dennis Detwiller, wherein the agents find that even magic has a half-life. ADD-ON COST: $5.

AT $50K, "OBSERVER EFFECT": A new Delta Green scenario by Shane Ivey. Most physicists think a new lab's experiment to study the nature of reality won't reveal a thing. Your Delta Green agents might learn otherwise. ADD-ON COST: $5.

AT $120K, THE EXPANDED CORE BOOK: This big, color hardback will have everything from the Agent's Handbook plus a Game Moderator's view of the setting and ton of new material for running Delta Green campaigns, customizing the setting and the threats, and keeping your players surprised and scared. ADD-ON COST: $70.

And we have a lot more to come....

quote:

Developers and Key Personnel

DENNIS DETWILLER�WRITER, EDITOR, ILLUSTRATOR: One of the co-creators of Delta Green and co-owner of Arc Dream Publishing, Dennis also created or co-created the tabletop roleplaying games Godlike, Wild Talents, Nemesis, and Insylum. Currently design director at Harebrained Schemes (Necropolis), he was previously VP of Creative at Warner Bros. International Enterprises and produced bestselling mobile and console games for Nickelodeon, Hothead Games, and Radical Entertainment (Prototype). He's still asked to autograph cards he painted in the early years of Magic: The Gathering.

ADAM SCOTT GLANCY�WRITER: One of the co-creators of Delta Green, Scott is president of Pagan Publishing, where the first Delta Green books were produced. He oversees its line of Call of Cthulhu sourcebooks to this day: most recently Mysteries of Mesoamerica, Bumps in the Night, and the forthcoming Horrors of War.

JOHN SCOTT TYNES�ADVISOR: One of the co-creators of Delta Green, John founded Pagan Publishing and the seminal Cthulhu Mythos gaming magazine The Unspeakable Oath. He led the production of the first few Delta Green game and fiction books: Delta Green, Countdown, Alien Intelligence, The Rules of Engagement (collected in Strange Authorities), and Dark Theatres. He co-created Atlas Games' Unknown Armies, which is soon getting a long-awaited new edition of its own. For years he designed PC and console video games. These days he manages the Imagine Cup for Microsoft.

SHANE IVEY�WRITER, EDITOR: Co-owner of Arc Dream Publishing and a former newspaper copy editor and magazine editor, Shane has managed and edited the last few Delta Green game and fiction projects: Eyes Only, Targets of Opportunity, Through a Glass, Darkly, Strange Authorities, Tales from Failed Anatomies, and Extraordinary Renditions. He's editor-in-chief of The Unspeakable Oath and has spearheaded game lines including Godlike, Wild Talents, Monsters and Other Childish Things, and Better Angels.

GREG STOLZE�WRITER: A contributor to past Delta Green books (Alien Intelligence, Targets of Opportunity, Extraordinary Renditions), Greg is also co-creator of Unknown Armies with John Scott Tynes, Godlike with Dennis Detwiller, Wild Talents with Detwiller, Shane Ivey, and Kenneth Hite, Nemesis with Detwiller, Ivey, and Adam Crossingham, and author of Reign, Better Angels, the Wild Talents setting books Progenitor, eCollapse, and (with Kenneth Hite) Grim War, and the almost-but-not-quite Delta Green novel Mask of the Other.

KENNETH HITE�WRITER, EDITOR: A contributor to past Delta Green books (Targets of Opportunity, Extraordinary Renditions) and the author of the upcoming Gumshoe game The Fall of Delta Green, Ken is the creator or co-creator of Trail of Cthulhu, Night's Black Agents, The Dracula Dossier, Ken Writes About Stuff, Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff, and many other award-winning works.

Q: What does a Delta Green game sound like?

Look no further than "The Lover in the Ice" :http://actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/2011/05/systems/call-of-cthulhu/call-of-cthulhu-delta-green-lover-in-the-ice/

Q: What is the Delta Green world like?

Here are three excellent short stories written by one of the authors and professionally narrated.

http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/2014/11/unspeakable-episode-16-intelligences-a-story-by-dennis-detwiller/

http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/2014/12/unspeakable-episode-17-philosophy-a-story-by-dennis-detwiller/

http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/2014/10/unspeakable-episode-15-drowning-in-sand-a-story-by-dennis-detwiller/

Q: Is there a podcast where I can listen to what's new in Delta Green moderated by the authors?

Why yes there is!

quote:

News about the upcoming Delta Green book!

http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/...t-gen-con-2015/

Featuring:
-Less math in rolls!
-Fewer skills and a concomitant shift to using basic stats! For example: Want to take a picture under duress? Might take a Dex x5 roll rather than the Photography skill.
-Your skill level actually matters more than a roll! Have a 50 in Archaeology? You may get further insight into a scene automatically without rolling Spot Hidden!
-Combat is more lethal! Introducing Kill Chances! Grenades and mortars are loving deadly!
-Combat is more dangerous! You can be shaken and lose sanity!
-Gun fondling!
-Greg Stolze! Integrating the Sanity mechanics from Unknown Armies into Cthulhu!
-Bonds as sources of stability! Be like Martin Hart and take out your frustrations on your family to gain a small respite from the horrors of the Mythos! Who is the real monster now!?!