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Well, if Frank's gonna nag me to take the conversation seriously... Here is a very simple question, and before I bother taking you seriously you're going to have to answer it: is race the only way you can think of to simply and clearly designate the setting's white hats and black hats? No. Of course...

And who said racism doesn't exist, tussock? I'm white and have relatives over 60. I sure as fuck know that racism exists. Hell, I'll even point out a clearly racist monster in D&D: The Athach. They're big thugs who wear as much jewelry as possible, and I think we all know what that big third arm...

Anyway, my Orcs are war. Like, how human babies are made when a man and a woman are very much in love (and also any other time they fuck) while Orcs just spontaneously pour out of mountain caves as armies muster and land is left undefended. If you have war, you have Orcs, and after it's over you ha...

@DSMatticus, Orcs are a different fucking species created by an evil god. Finding white/black race comparisons in regards to orcs is a game for SJW's with too much fucking time on their hands. Your refusal to answer the question is noted. And while I'd normally just ignore your tantrum and chalk th...

@DSMatticus,

Orcs are a different fucking species created by an evil god. Finding white/black race comparisons in regards to orcs is a game for SJW's with too much fucking time on their hands.

So, this seems to boil down to two possibilities: 1. Let's make a game with clearly designated white hats and black hats so we can conveniently vanquish the forces of darkness in four hours with Doritos. We'll call it something catchy, like "Dungeons & Dragons." 2. Tolkien = BAD! Twili...

I always played with spell memorization. I never actually knew in 2E that there was a difference for how a cleric got spells compared to how a wizard received them. We always pretty much played it as when you got a good night's sleep, you picked new spells in the morning. This was my experience as ...

Infact, I don't think thath the gold box games let you duel class either. I think that didn't appear until Baldur's gate. Duel du·el/ˈduəl, ˈdyu-/ Show Spelled [doo-uhl, dyoo-] Show IPA noun 1. a prearranged combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons according...

I seem to recall the Priest's Handbook having a spell called "Feat." The spell allowed you to successfully complete ANY ACTION YOU SPECIFIED. It came with a little bit of DM fuckery stating that the cleric casting the spell need not actually survive the task (You want to walk through the l...

I have to object to the idea that the tsochar are redundant with dopplegangers. Once you know that the doppleganger is a doppleganger, you are free to kill it. Also, the majority of "possessing entities" in D&D exert complete control if they succeed at possession. Tsochar can command o...

In my new game, the players elect a representative, who plays a single round of RPS with the MC to see if they win. MC wins ties. The MC then tells a story that may, if the MC desires, have some relation to the RPS round. Or not. Whatever. My game is the best, because the rules are super short, the...

I don't understand where this comparing of nazis and thalmor come from. Thalmor want to rule everything, they don't really talk about annihilation. the other guys just want talos... Neither side really says nazi. The Thalmor want to bring on a glorious future through genocide, while the Stormcloaks...

What gets me is you don't get to kill the Thalmor. I forget which one it was, but one of the gods calls themselves the "nine divines" instead of the "eight divines". Which means the gods themselves accept Talos as one of their number. Which means the Thalmor are in serious denia...

AndreiChekov wrote: If you prefer religious freedom, pick the stormcloaks.

Of course, I rather doubt Daedra worshippers would feel particularly welcome once the Stormcloaks consolidated power.

As someone who had played Morrowind and Oblivion (some Daggerfall), I was a bit put off by the "crapsack world" nature of Skyrim's Tamriel. In the previous games, it felt like the continent was enjoying an imperfect Pax Romana, with the Empire providing a decent degree of stability in spit...

the two mane factions https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ5dvzHdSRelGK0wkHDIV704hoMHs-mC6mSIQ-bJAt3Eo4W2s4-wI24KYFV To answer your question, no. Essentially, you can lore dive through various books to get a general idea of the two sides. In brief: Imperials - Enforcing unpopular ...

silva wrote:*ressurrecting*

So, anyone tried this ? Im about to begin an Eclipse Phase game and would like to test the “only Players roll” and “no-null results” resolution with it.

You got a 9 on your resurrection roll. The thread is now an undead abomination. Also, bears...

Cabelas D20, by rasmuswagner.

Hero powers are built and priced using game mechanical elements, and the fluff can be whatever. When the Fire Mage builds an attack power and slaps modifiers on it to turn it into a DoT, he names it "set a dude on fire." When the Ice Mage does the exact same thing, he names it "freez...

Things that disappoint me: "Special" Magic Items - Talking swords are generally DMPCs designed to make your fighters feel small in the pants when they aren't blowing the DM to make Stormbringer go Super Saiyan and kill all the bad guys with bullshit handwavium powers. Point Buying Friends ...

Lord Cecil Floptopus: Cecil (pronounced SEH-sill, never SEE-sill) is an elderly remnant of an unremarkable noble family that did passably well at a number of banal business ventures. Cecil will happily, if aloofly, begin reciting one of his family's many accomplishments, but is invariably disrupted ...

I find personality mechanics to be useful f?or one-shots/short games with pregen characters.

I don't like them in long campaigns, since they lead to one dimensional characters.

Every single person who says that Apocalypse World is "good" or even not that bad needs to actually shut up and accept they are fucking wrong if they haven't actually read this piece of garbage. -Username17 Frank, you're looking at this from the wrong perspective. Cyberzombie essentially ...

I find it tragic that someone missed the opportunity to be "Dark Bob."

Is there some 'narrow niche' that you're looking for that is precisely between a tactical miniatures game and an RPG? What exactly would that look like? It's not that I don't think it exists - I just don't know how you would define it differently from either an RPG or a Tactical Combat Game if they...