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Southern Cassowary
Jan 3, 2023

are there owls

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Valko
Sep 18, 2015

I got my lore WH40k lore from 1d4chan. A website that has been down for over a year. I don't care if it was made by channers it has some real funny content - this isn't 40k related, it's d&d. Still funny.

The ARSEPLOMANCER
Gather up enough 3E books and you can jump into someones rear end, then explode out of them all while having onlookers cheer you on for your gruesome act of murder.

quote:

According to the Epic Level Handbook an escape artist check of 80 is:

"the DC for getting through a space when one’s head shouldn’t even be able to fit; this can be as small as 2 inches square for Medium-size creatures. Halve this limit for each size category less than Medium-size; double it for each size category greater than Medium-size. If the space is long, such as in a chimney, multiple checks may be called for."

Basically, like that killer boneless guy from The X-Files.

The arseplomancer uses this DC to rapidly crawl through the victim's anus. The Skill Master (escape artist) allows the arseplomancer to take 10 on this skill check. The Persuasive Performance allows the arseplomancer to also make this escape artist check act as a diplomacy check for improving attitudes as long as the onlookers are within 30 ft. A sufficiently high diplomacy check is able to turn onlookers into fanatics (the difficulty varies depending on the starting attitude), thus turning ordinary people into (sadly temporary) devoted disciples of this mighty super-man who can leap into assholes.

Once the arseplomancer is inside the victim he can activate his size-changing power in order to grow, exploding the victim from within. In order for this to work, the arseplomancer needs to pass a DC to burst through the victim. To determine if you are successful, you require to perform a Strength check. The DC is calculated by reducing the damage by the Hardness of the material (in the case of leather this is 2) and if any damage remains, deducted it from the object's hit points (5/inch of thickness in the case of leather). Because flesh is weaker than leather, the DC for the flesh would be lower than that. Although since the victim already has actual hit points, it'd be better to use that than a formula based on how to determine leather's hit points.

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

well. hmm. that's not very Redwall

ChickenHeart
Nov 28, 2007

Take me at your own risk.

Kiss From a Hog
40k, like many "cool space war" science fiction settings, smashes together a bunch of stuff from various works that came before it to make an interesting universe that you can tell a bunch of stories out of and make entertaining games with. And like the other "cool space war" science fiction settings, the cool parts of the universe are being crushed by the property owner's monetary interests and their communities are rife with fans who just can't shut up about how neat the space-fascist are.


Man I hope Discount Bees is doin' alright, wherever he is



cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

:tootzzz:

hot cocoa on the couch
Dec 8, 2009

being fascist in space is the ultimate evolution of humanity. mad?

Eclipse12
Feb 20, 2008

These people REALLY like skulls.

cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

Martin the Warhammer, standing tall at 1.2", released his paw sized grip of the Cleansing Chaingun. the battlefield had turned to a cemetery, corpses of neon rat and techno snake littering the field as frequent as the flowers. even a honeybadger had been caught, but it was no matter to Martin, cheeks full of blueberry scone as he reached into his rucksack for another

Nooner
Mar 26, 2011

AN A+ OPSTER (:
Helldiver's is pretty fun too, so yeah checks out

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




you can knock fascism all you want but i don’t see any human worlds where democracy or socialism are keeping the ruinous powers in check

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

hot cocoa on the couch posted:

being fascist in space is the ultimate evolution of humanity. mad?

someone’s begging for a visit from the ASSMAGICIAN

BAGS FLY AT NOON
Apr 6, 2011

A Soft Nylon Bag
Borehammer 40 winks

Eclipse12
Feb 20, 2008

Bad Purchase posted:

you can knock fascism all you want but i don’t see any human worlds where democracy or socialism are keeping the ruinous powers in check

Deptfordx
Dec 23, 2013

Eclipse12 posted:

Look, these 100 books about the Horus Heresy ain't gonna read themselves.

Who is this fool, this simpleton, who resorts to such ridiculous hyperbole.

There are only 64 books in the series. :colbert:

numberoneposter
Feb 19, 2014

How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

Nooner posted:

I like the orks
zub zub

Arbite
Nov 4, 2009





Rottgob, Ork Strategist posted:

Get 'em boyz!

Dakka dakka dakka!

WAAAGH! THE ORKS!

WAAAGH!

Eclipse12
Feb 20, 2008

If orks reproduce via spores, do they have dicks?

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003

Eclipse12 posted:

If orks reproduce via spores, do they have dicks?

reported

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

No. It's why they're so.angry all the time

sugar free jazz
Mar 5, 2008

I’m teh horney type of space demon

Smugworth
Apr 18, 2003

sugar free jazz posted:

I’m teh horney type of space demon

reported

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




orks live in an egalitarian society free of discrimination and prejudice. they organize under local collectives rather than a central authority, falling in line under a warboss only when necessary in wartime

an ork’s currency is his teeth, and his teeth regrow, ensuring no ork remains in poverty forever

vibes are the driving force of ork society and positivity creates its own reward.

titty_baby_
Nov 11, 2015

Bad Purchase posted:

orks live in an egalitarian society free of discrimination and prejudice. they organize under local collectives rather than a central authority, falling in line under a warboss only when necessary in wartime

an ork’s currency is his teeth, and his teeth regrow, ensuring no ork remains in poverty forever

vibes are the driving force of ork society and positivity creates its own reward.

so are grotz not part of this society orr....

Bad Purchase
Jun 17, 2019




gretchin are tools to be used and discarded

Springfield Fatts
May 24, 2010
Pillbug
This man not even acknowledging the Snotling under-under class

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?
Otters are all rogue traders

titty_baby_
Nov 11, 2015

Springfield Fatts posted:

This man not even acknowledging the Snotling under-under class

Eclipse12
Feb 20, 2008

sugar free jazz posted:

I’m teh horney type of space demon

Papa Nurgle?

Valko
Sep 18, 2015

Springfield Fatts posted:

This man not even acknowledging the Snotling under-under class

Not a class, they are ammunition.

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011


There's a robot monkey

Harald
Jul 10, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

There are planets where it's always nighttime. I bet you would find owls there. Also I would wager that the owls are psychic / explosive / will gouge out your eyes.

Inexplicable Humblebrag
Sep 20, 2003

They would be called GRIMSTRIGOI or something equally trademarkable

Poohs Packin
Jan 13, 2019

I was at the mall with my wife and she had to buy some clothes and suggested I go "hang out at the warhammer store or something".

Ive never played or shown any interest in WH40k.

Valko
Sep 18, 2015

Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

They would be called GRIMSTRIGOI or something equally trademarkable

They changed Elves to Aelves in WH Fantasy for this exact reason. Games Workshop also tried to copyright 'Space Marine' - which was like trying to copyright 'plasma rifle' or some poo poo.

hot cocoa on the couch
Dec 8, 2009

Poohs Packin posted:

I was at the mall with my wife and she had to buy some clothes and suggested I go "hang out at the warhammer store or something".

Ive never played or shown any interest in WH40k.

lol devastating. shes got your rear end made

Computer viking
May 30, 2011
Now with less breakage.

I vaguely recall WH40k as being yet another case of someone writing an over the top "look at these dumb space fascists in a setting where everything is hilariously bad and dumb" and it taking roughly fifteen minutes before the majority of the readers were unironic fans of the space fascists?

sharknado slashfic
Jun 24, 2011

hot cocoa on the couch posted:

lol devastating. shes got your rear end made

Yeah you can't come back from that

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

lol

flubber nuts
Oct 5, 2005


Inexplicable Humblebrag posted:

the emojis are saying the words

woah

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May 27, 2004



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Poohs Packin posted:

I was at the mall with my wife and she had to buy some clothes and suggested I go "hang out at the warhammer store or something".

Ive never played or shown any interest in WH40k.

Powerful wifeown.

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