Countblanc posted:

Fortunately for us no one plays Strike, so we're in the clear

Comrade Gorbash posted:

Pretty much the only pantheon that's anywhere near as clearly delineated as the typical TTRPG example is the Greek one. And even that is largely due to two layers of obsessive categorization and rationalization (first the Academy and then the Romans) that came in long after the basic structure of the mythos was laid out.

ProfessorCirno posted:

The first disk is the best part of the game and the whole game would've been better if it all took place in Midgar, anyways.

But yes, it's cyberpunk. Select parts of FF6 would be far closer to dieselpunk.

Capfalcon posted:

I can see the Houses as burgeoning Megacorps angle, since one of the big things in Eberron is that the fracturing of the Five Nations strengthened the power of the Houses versus the Nations. During the war, none of the nations could really stand up to any given House, as that house would just threaten to cut them off from their vital war services if they did anything funny. After the war, House Scions are openly flouting a lot of the pre-war laws on what Houses are and aren't allowed to do, and basically daring the nations to do something about it. On top of that, most of the houses were happy to work as war profiteers, especailly Cannith and Deneith, the literal "Private Law Enforcement and Mercenary House." They even have their own private representative body in the Twelve where the houses deal with grievances internally, largly cutting out the justice system of the Nations.

So, yeah, I don't think Houses as Megacorps is much of a stretch.

Bringing this back around to TG industry, I wonder if DND would ever do something like a "Historic D&D Settings Primer" book, which had, say, 25 pages on a D&D setting and another 15 pages on setting specific rules. You could package... let's say, Eberron, Birthright, Planescape, Spelljammer, and Dark Sun.

Nuns with Guns posted:

Technically, House Deneith is the only dragonmarked house that has a full, open standing army since that's their whole deal is. It was part of the agreements set up after the War of the Mark that no other houses would maintain their own military force. The big issue is that those rules have started being bent by the other houses over the period of the Last War. House Tharashk has started offering up mercenary groups of monstrous humanoids thanks to their ties to Droaam, and a few other houses are quietly but obviously building up forces, too. The houses are also supposed to be slightly distanced from the royal families of the continent of Khorvaire, and if there's any intermarrying then one side is supposed to give up all claim to their family's fortune and political ties, but people are also doing that a lot less. Like a lot of other elements in Eberron, they're clearly right on the precipice of transforming into full-blown international megacorps, and will probably go that way without PC intervention.

Rand Brittain posted:

If not GUMSHOE, the upcoming Ars Magica game based on GUMSHOE.

Rand Brittain posted:

I think it's called Tales of the Quaesitores, or something.

Countblanc posted:

Xelkelvos posted:

Trying to convince people to play a fantasy RPG that isn't D&D or Path is like trying to convince a child than some off brand superhero toy is just as good as their Superman or Iron Man action figure.

Subjunctive posted:

Unstoppable?

canyoneer posted:

Uno has sold 150 million copies despite being Crazy Eights with a few other cards added

FordCQC posted:

Yeah but Bleach is like a whole 'nother level of anime tits.

Mors Rattus posted:

Side note, if you think the big issue with Myfarog is 'it's not very good' as opposed to 'it is written by a literal Nazi and murderer' you got some problems.

Loomer posted:

Whole lotta nazis gonna be horrified when they rock up at Valhalla's gate only to find that most of the dudes inducted there over the last 40 years are African, Asian or Middle Eastern, and Odin only had 'em brought over so he could laugh at them for being little bitches.

Terrible Opinions posted:

They absolutely shouldn't be, but they are also literally the only people it could possibly appeal to. Well them and adults who haven't grown since middle school.

Mors Rattus posted:

Yeah, Pendragon has support for diversity; it just wants you to, like, play Arthurian stories, and won't really support you if you want to play things that...aren't Arthurian stories.

Ettin posted:

This is why I prefer shonen that plans things out and shows its work, like Bleach

LeSquide posted:

Fascinating! Could you give an example? How about Cu Lancer?

theironjef posted:

Just to be clear, that's the anime that made Alexandre Dumas look like a checkerboard-teeth Niles Crane white dude, right? It's like, straight up some racist poo poo?

Angrymog posted:

Going back to Shonen fight stuff, suprised there's been no mention of Saint Seiya.

Each character has a set of themed powers, and fights against evenly matched (or the generally protagonists vs. anyone) opponents tend to turn into power loophole vs. power loophole.

Countblanc posted:

He did answer the person's question at least, presumably honestly

gradenko_2000 posted:

if we're signing posts can we also bring back userbars

Sion posted:

y i k e s

I kind of wish there was a gothic game like vampire that I could support that wasn't made by people that were real fuckin' lovely. What's the cross over with Onyx Path on this? Am I gonna have to feel bad about giving them money for Scion?

edit - answered at the bottom of the post, thank gently caress.

sexpig by night posted:

Sam Haight is back.

Sam Haight's new catchphrase is 'blood and soil' and 'the wolves will not replace us'.

Kai Tave posted:

Yes, but in this version instead of being really mad at werewolves he's mad about immigrants.