>>12101416
thas p cool

>>12100941
>Slavic mythology is severely underutilized in the fantasy genre.

It think it's perhaps because it's just... weird. Weird is because a strong word, off would be more accurate. Why? Because it's where most of now well known fantasy elements originate from when folklore is involved, but it has that original flavor that has become lost over time in favor of "generic fantasy" aka its dark as hell, magic is always evil and insidious, world of men is the least of your worries when folk tale horrors are walking at night, etc.

>>12101512

OP here. I was just listing the names/images most people stereotypically associate with "wizard."

I'm aware of the differences, but in this case their names are useful shorthand for a specific concept. I think most folks got the idea.

Non-human species:
-Dragons: old as fuck race that cohabitates with human due to the fact that while they are sapient, quite intelligent, and can shapeshift into humanoid form, they are massive pricks to each other. Constant trolling between dragons has made the chances of dragons ever unifying beyond immediate family (mates and children) almost 0.
-Steel Demons: a bunch of demons from Hell who have escaped and built a steampunk society. They are distrusted by humans, but they have proven to be honest and reliable so far.

Horde:
-The Isopodic Legion: XBOX HUEG giant isopods that come from the deep to terrorize humanity and all other sapient races. They worship some sort of Lovecraftian entity that compels them to fuck shit up.

Magic:
Everyone has it, but they need to train so they can use it effectively. Better training = better skill and abilities.

>>12101512
>Uses actual "magic" like three times. He makes his stick glow and he soothes the hearts of Men. He also tries and fails to unlock the gate at Moria using "subtle arts".

He has inspirational auras and overall more subtle stuff, like almost all magic in LotR.

>>12101329

(cont.)

Players with characters are like small children in that if you don't set boundaries, they WILL run amok, and you will at best spend your time picking up after them. Sadly, some of them see doing this to you as a challenge, and that's its own problem. Also, lay down the law in terms of things, and reserve the right to "overrule a rule in the interest of common sense or to make it mesh with your world." You may -have- to do a full break/rebuild from the start if you want this group to work - if so, simply start working on a new campaign and tell the players "look, I'm totally not feeling this anymore, we will start new campaign in a few weeks, here are the parameters" and set up your new "this is how we roll from now on" and go from there. It sometimes is just necessary.

>>12101354

This is good advice

Also: BLUFF is you friend. They forget to put points in sense motive? Thier problem. Have the villans go 'He went that way' and watch the adventurers go screaming away.

>>12101049
>Use traps and terrain powers. Use them constantly.
Thiiiis. Even if you're not dealing with powergamers, this. Five turns of powergamers following their perfect game plan on an empty 10x10 field is boring; five turns of powergamers trying to pull off their plan in a burning forest where the trees keep collapsing, or on a boat in a storm, or with a fast-flowing river and enemies with swim speeds, or on the edge of an unstable cliff road, or in a trade caravan being shot with burning arrows that's full of all their supplies and/or an important NPC...
If they're powergaming they're probably also not well set up to handle skill challenges or wilderness adventures as they'll have sunk all their money into +Bonus items and not have the useful "Move faster" or "Magical food making" rituals and wondrous items.

>>12101401

Exactly. The game I'm currently running (3.5e, even if I do like 4e), I made a chart of all the spot/listen/hide/sense movite/etc. skills for my own quick reference... about busted a gut when I saw that the average "Bluff" roll bonus across seven players was roughly 1.4. Sense Motive was a whopping 2. I flat told them "you guys are screwed if someone tries to pull a fast one on you."

Proved it too. Three game sessions in, the party needed to get a boat. The party mage went to the harbormaster's office, which was being robbed by a dwarven thief. Thief quick-talked her way into making the mage think she was the harbormaster, then mugged him, took his gear, and stuffed his unconscious body in a locker. The game's adventure that day became "where the hell is the mage, and now how do we get his stuff back." One rogue. One Level 3 rogue. Yes, you can insert trollface here.

>>12101503

YOu think that's bad? I've been the player on the recieving end of that.

1 level...something EXPERT, not even a PC class. Old age. Max bluff and a high charisma. He made a joke of the group as they burst into his lair, defeated his guards and then he just sat their saying her was a legitimate buisnessman and they had not proof of who he was. The DM handed us a +10 'Unbelieveable' bonus to sense motive and he was still passing ever one by a good margin. It was just embarrasing.

>>12099770
Long story short: Both.

Also, your LGS owner is an actual criminal, and is likely to get busted. Selling/providing copied materials is >actually< piracy, as opposed to downloading it somewhere, which is inappropriate but not technically a crime.

>>12101396
>not technically a crime.

Yes it is.

>>12101396
This, nothing wrong with downloading a bit here and there.

But selling copied stuff? That can piss right off.

>>12101440
>>12101396

you guys do realize that from a corporate perspective, it doesn't mean jack shit if you download a pdf versus buy a second-hand/used copy?

to anyone who buys used books - har har fiddly-de-dee, motherfuckers. you're a pirate.

>>12101511
That's not how piracy works, idiot.

However, companies don't care if you download something without selling it. THAT is still piracy, and still a crime.

Even on the tiny stool, hunched over and staring at the floor, Ronny towered over the hospital bed. The IV line nearly touched his ears as he sat by the bedside. In one huge, gloved paw, he held fast to a wrinkled, blue-veined hand laying over the covers.

"Ronny on the Railroad" was Dave McMann's first masterpiece. Ronny, swinging his sledgehammer into railroad spikes and burglars with a smile on his face, graced theaters for the first time December 4th, 1931 and was an instant success. When Dave returned to the studio the following day and saw the huge bear sitting next to his drawing table, smiling warmly, he couldn't believe his eyes. There was his creation, exactly as he had drawn it... no, not 'it'. 'Him'.

>>12101454

Dave treated Ronny like the son he never had. They talked like old friends, bouncing ideas off of each other for the next picture, and were rarely seen apart. The studio approved of the friendship, as Dave's skills only improved after Ronny's arrival.

Then, in the late 40's, Dave was let go. He had become an addict in the past several years, originally taking Ink only to get past a particularly tough art block, to the point where he couldn't think an original thought without the stuff. Gossip claimed that Ronny was the one who got him started on the drug, but McMann publicly decried these accusations numerous times from rehab.

Well, thanks to you guys I went out and rented Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I haven't seen that since I was a kid.

>>12101480

Now Ronny held Dave's hand for what was surely the last time. He had been prevented from seeing his Animator for  decades, but when Dave went into emergency care last week, the doctors and lawyers finally allowed Ronny into the hospital. His trademark sledgehammer was absent, and his lidless black eyes were cut off at an angle from the top- the way human eyes looked in a sorrowful expression. No one said a word as he was led down the halls, a huge bear in monochrome overalls, to the room his creator was sleeping.

"Ron..."
Ronney nearly jumped. He leaned close to the prone figure on the bed. 
"Dad?"
"It is you... I wish I could see you, Ron..."
The man's eyes slowly opened, revealing solid black irises in fields of perfect white.
"I'm so sorry to put you... through all this..." said Dave.
"I'm okay, dad." the bear answered. 
"No... You're not. You've... been all alone since they took me... never took another picture... the nurses said...

>>12101525

"Listen to me now-" said Dave, as he suddenly coughed. Flecks of Ink stuck to Ronny's overalls. "...you've got to do something with the rest of your life... Make the world a bit brighter..."
"The way we used to- at the studio?" Ronny asked, black eyes wide.
Dave nodded. "Don't let others end up... the way we did..."

"Give them something... to laugh about..."

The hand slipped from between the white-gloved fingers, and landed softly on the bed.

>>12101488

Nwn 2 looks fine. Nwn is the one that looks like the Patton Oswalt of rpgs.

We're not butthurt to have to fap in private, we're butthurt that we have to fap on /b/ (or /d/ for the most butthurt).

>>12101492
So praising them is fine? In theory if I started thread about how great /tg/ is and how much I wish to give Moot a blowjob it won't be considered metathread?

>>12101487
thanks.

I liked NWN somewhat, best thing was the witches wake of course.
mostly all of D&D is kill monster / gain loot anyway.

What is this PRC pack and how does it work with the OC and the expansions?

>>12101273
old version, fucekr

OP if your refering to me

Holy shit someone remebers that!

Sadly PC sex'ploded and I lost all the work.

More than willing to work on it again if people are interested I still got all the notes written on dead trees

>>12101457
>>12101273
>>12101050
>>12100981
samefag

>>12101491
it's prbably you!
dammit, I'm leaving to the movies, hope this thread's still alive when I'm back!

I would kill to play a Hanar or an Elcor. Shit would be so cash

>>12101412
After one of these, stare at him a moment and say "you must feel so alone".

>>12101502

Actually, he lives with his girlfriend.

Which is weird because they seem to hate each other. Every time I hang out with them they fight. She's also a complete cow. Over weight, nagging, etc.

It's almost like he just decided to ask her out one day and she just settled.

>>12101412
Either he's a THAT GUY(read: neckbeard with Aspergers) and he's being a complete cunt
OR
he's just joking with you(even if he's doing it poorly) and you're taking it too seriously.

Try ribbing him back and see how he responds. Just make sure you don't accidentally(or "accidentally") make passive-aggressive "jokes" laced with piss and vinegar -- you have to make an effort to be genuinely chummy.

If he gets defensive even when you're clearly just joking around with him, then you can safely move him to THAT GUY-tier.

>>12101412
Only you know your tolerance level for someone treating you in a negative way. If you really feel like it's a problem, call him on it when he says it. Do it each and every time he does it, especially if people are around. Random bad statement can slip from anyone. Nobody here can tell you your tipping point.

>>12101517
Then he does feel alone.