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>>211381

In the grand scheme of fiction t's conceivable a ghost might prefer puppeting its old shambling corpse around instead of being purely ethereal.

For example, there are magic barriers that are extremely tough for spirits to cross, but as long as you're a soul in a meaty shell, it's no big deal at all. Combine that with something magically deadly to normal life, like a super high-powered negative energy wall, and you've got a situation where only a ghost in a zombie body can pass. And it must, or we're all doomed!

This is especially relevant if you go with official D&D fluff, which states that ghosts are the only type of undead that isn't either inherently Evil or will eventually succumb to Evil. The ghost-zombie combo would be the one corporeal undead that you could trust to stay devoted to Good. Which would be great in that previous double barrier scenario.

>>211955

There are good undead. They're called "Outsiders."

>>212130

>>211955

Good Undead are not only possible 3.x RAW, but there's an entire type for them: Deathless.

>>212137

Deathless are even more retarded than the undead type.

>>211959

>>211959

>Humans have pretty bad digestive systems.

This is very, very wrong. We have legendary digestive systems. We eat many, many things.On top of that, we can survive on a singular diet. A person could live on potatoes and little else. (They wouldn't be too happy though)

>Restrictive diets = fitness

No, it's arse. Adaptability is survival. We eat a larger variety of foods than anything else on the planet, buy a massive margin. We live anywhere and eat the local plants there. There is nothing we absolutely need, unlike say, the koala, which MUST eat eucalyptus leaves, or the Panda, which requires bamboo.

Ever wondered why people get nauseous on rollercoasters and aeroplanes?

Well, that's due to a certain mechanism in the brain. There are some optical illusions that occur in planes, that make it seem like things are moving in directions that they aren't, or vice versa.

Rollercoasters spin the fuck out of your inner ears, and often have little point of reference.

These combinations, when you can feel movement but can't see it, or you see movement but your inner ear tells you something different, didn't happen much in nature. When it did happen it was usually due to one thing:

Ingested toxins.

So that reaction evolved as a defense against toxins.

What's the first line of defense against eating something bad? Well, not allowing it to be digested. So the body forces it out, vomiting. This mechanism has served us extremely well; humans could try and test a far greater range of plants and other things, than any other animal. There is no one feed we absolutely need.

DESIGNATED

SHITTING

ORIFICES

>>212051

>First pic

>Going well

>All of a sudden, 'pursuit predators'

Fuckin lol

>>210881

Or he's just baiting like a motherfucker, and you took the bait, you dumb shit?

>>209549

A dragon born who, since he was a baby, raised by hobbits. He thinks he just has a skin condition and a bad case of big bones.

just imagine

>I'm a hobbit, I swear! what, never seen anyone with eczema before?

>Check out how many pies I can put away!

>watch me bench press the plow, Then make fun of my big bones.

>I guess I'll take bottom bunk…

I'm considering playing a Lantern Archon Samurai.

>>211500

>I make my players have fun by passive aggressively GMing against choices I don't like.

You sound like a real winner.

>>211564

>don't hate the game, hate the player!

>>211627

>no system is perfect, guys!

>>211646

>the smart thing to do is hold back

>actually using your abilities to expediently resolve a situation is just showboating

Spoken like a true paizo apologist. This is a load of bullshit and you know it.

>>211144

>How do you encourage your players to play characters to not play classes that can't contribute to the party

>players to play characters to not play

I demand proper grammar training before someone can enter my basement and eat my moms hot pockets.

If someone is just starting out I tell them to use the dice to find his class.

"The dice will show you your destiny" or some bullshit.

Then I knock them out with peyote and anally violate them in the garage.

Terran Campaign I:

> Start as new commander in Dominion army

> Be super cool then make Arcturus be jealous of your accomplishments and be thtreatened

> Arcturus shanghais crystals from the Protoss and pins it on you

> You become a fugitive and first part ends with you joining Raynor and his Raiders

Protoss Campaign I:

> Be Executor from previous game

> Have dual responsibility of following Artanis to find Zeratul and consolidating the Protoss forces

> latter becomes harder as Terrans attack with Protoss specific Psionic Disruptors

> using it to kill each Protoss causes a small schism in the Khala

> Find Zeratul, but Golden Armada fractured by infighting

Zerg Campaign I:

> Kerrigan awakes from her slumber

> She has some precognitive idea of what to do to become the most powerful being in the universe

> You play as the Cerebrate, as you collect Psionics from humans, and Protoss artifacts

> Kerrigan wonders if she should go after Mengsk or Protoss first

> Decide instead to go after the scent of Duran

> Xel'naga

> Duran awakens several newly born Xel'naga

> while trying to ferret out Xel'naga

>>212107

fuck last sentence is supposed to be

*Zeratul

>>211743

terrans were gritty because they build their shit from debris

Now they have a semblance of society they dont need to

>>211798

>planned as a gookclick cybersports game

fuck does this even mean

Just because you're too retarded to play a game made for the master race you have to call it names?

Kill yourself pigskin

>>212107

No

>>212123

Lol their space stations were floating punktowns of metal with neons here and there

Now they're an actual civilization

When was the magic supplement supposed to come out, again? I want more /tg/ cringe.

>>211801

For cringe:

>>209546

>>209546

Why are they wearing masks?

>>211974

Because would you want to be recognized as having featured in promo material for this piece of shit?

From the website:

VTNL is built entirely on its own mechanics. In some ways it is, of course, it is similar to a classic crpg. But the system of calculation of parameters and characteristics of the hero, the creatures and things are not borrowed from elsewhere. They are proprietary. I think the new system is always interesting to learn, or at least try.

Is there a bestiary?

I bought a box of the cultists. I'll probably give them 40K weapons, paint them red, and make a Redemptionist band out of them… eventually. The figures are cool, but I have no clue what the game is like. I'd love to try it, but my gaming buddies don't like miniatures anymore, and I'm way too antisocial and avoidant to go play with random game store people.

>>211741

Good choice. I used to be an alcoholic and it was great; then I weaned myself off it and I got sad again. Now I drink a bunch and I'm happy again.

>>211911

>This is the truth, when exercise is found to be more effective then the 'psychiatrist's best friend' you know the majority of whats peddled is shit (peddled by jews, hi from /pol/).

Exercise broke my knees and I was under constant supervision because I'd come so close to an heroing that I woke up in the ICU.

Pills stopped that.

So, TMMV

>>211905

If your urine isn't completely clear, you're not drinking enough water. You should be able to take a glass, and pee in it, right infront of someone, then tell them it's filtered water. If they don't believe you, you're not drinking enough water.

>>211901

Dude he's SPAMMING it's the same thread letter for letter all over again ban him

>>211903

I think he should just shoot himself that will teach him

>>211983

I took some mr Olympia photos as reference, they're eventually above the norm. Isn't really bad to have exaggerated anatomy if I want to print and paint the model (I'm sure printing will lose some details) but the pects need definitely to come down a bit. Also I decided I dislike the hair and will probably redo them (the crest is too thin).

>>211977

The top line of pex are too small compared to the lower lot.

>>211690

>>211885

>>211977

It looks like a good model, if I could say one thing though, it needs more beard.

I would suggest learning, or reinforcing proper anatomy in a 2d plane first. There's a couple of things going wrong with it.

What's with that untextured area in the center of the crest?

>>206800

After witnessing world devastating events take place, our party decided to jump from the train. //we had failed to save the neighboring city from an Archconjurer, and the city of our current hideouts from a demonic cult working beneath it. We had lost so many limbs and party members there that we had had enough.

>three missions to the temple; first one leads to demonic parasitism and quick escape, second one leads to a burning magical library and witnessing all kinds of horrors; I manage to find a hidden path to a tomb and I'm the only one stealing a mighty crown. We leave. Third time and orc fumbles and hits our scholar to the head during a fight with some demonic beasts. He loses a leg and is bleeding - we have no healers so he is a goner. We do not kill him nor do we attempt to save him, instead we blame him for everything and leave him to die.

Simply leave down south - the jungle would protect us, and their cities. Now GM couldn't prevent that - and he didn't force us into the ongoing civil war. However, we received invitations for recruitment from both sides. The side we picked won, and now we were respected as not only warheroes, but as noblemen. Us who survived the suicide mission, that is.

However, the northern situation had escalated. Despite the Cthulhu conjurer and the demons fighting for turf, the tentacle invasion would march down south.

It seemed like a worse than death mission- and to some it was.

>(We had a laugh about it not only in meta level, but in-game as well; some nawb decided to run Khajit because of nightvision and got raped to death by tentacle monsters as we left him to die).

However, when we were asked assist by the greatest known pyromancer of the lands, we saw an opportunity to get richer and more powerful, so why not.

Sneaking up into monster horde territory isn't easy, and is less easy with a burning beacon, so we divided, he took his own retainers with him and we were to assassinate the boss iPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

>>211861

>However, we received invitations for recruitment from both sides.

Did the party know anything about either side before hand? Or interact with them? Because I've found that invitations from groups the party has reason to believe are enemies really throw players for a loop. Wondering if it's a trap, or they just don't understand the situation and those guys aren't really enemies at all…

Once I got the players tricked by an invitation so hard they ended up personally arranging a mob hit on themselves. To the benefit of their new "allies," the mobsters.

I guess I have a soft spot for making them. Or at least attempting to.

Normally, I set the possible discoveries in layers:

Following the most basic of clues, the PCs will have the shallowest ending.

Digging a little deeper, they will find out more juicy plots.

Being real attentive and following even the most subtle clues, they will get the whole thing.

Nothing ever is done without at least a few clues alluding to it, but deeper info has more subtle leads, and getting the full scope of happenings recquires some really good and dedicated and thoughtful PCs. Hasn't happened yet - but then, I tried to running an investigative game on disinterested, unactive players way too used with railroading. Tragic mistake.

Maybe we'll all have more luck this next time. Me with my players, and my players with me.

5 players is gods in a sort of discshaped realm. Players can do anything. Realm gets invaded by weird illuminated figure. Forces the gods from their realm into the mists beyond. Long and weird journey to a great door guarded by a dwarf. Beyond the door there is a dungeon that leads to a blinding light. Scene shifts. Players slowing realizing they are sharing the same body, in a psych ward. Their shared character has split personality. Dice rolls to determine which character controls the body. Then begins the real story, an occult mystery. This is the best plot in a tabletop i´ve played.

>>212028

Harem-kun 2.0 "This Time With More Neckbeard"™

do it. probably the best thing ever (says me, the grog in his 40s who has a group aging down in their early 20s and into their 30s).

>>212071

Would you like a focused player who roleplays and has no red flags? I'm not offering I'm just asking because I am curious what kind of gamers are attractive to an older player / GM.

>>212029

>>212028

Don't worry, I'm sure we'll have sex eventually :^)

Looks like OP is in love

>>211049

Traveller or the System That Shall Not Be Named are my first suggestions.

If all else fails, use SilCore.

Depends on what you want to do play wise more than setting.

Do you want a narrative game on exploring the unknown and need a system with harsh resource management?

Do you want a Flash Gordon esqe adventure serial IN SPACE?

Do you want a tactical game of humans removing aliens?

>>211356

Not Op but what system did you have in mind for removing xeno scum?

>>212102

>>>/pol/

>Mary Sue

No one gives a fuck. /r/ing bumplock.

>>212102

I knew this one was coming, and to be honest I advise not caring. Not caring is a win/win for us. The Tumblrettes don't really care for diversity they only care about our reaction to proposed diversity, by not caring, we rob them of it. Not caring also means that it wont hurt as bad when Geedub eventually shits all over 40K in terms of both setting and game like they did with AoS, and will drop their stockprice so low as to hand it over to a competant company to do something with. Again, a win. But then again maybe I'm out of touch for thinking the argument for bitchtits on Spacemarines is moot when you consider Blood Angel Nipple Armour.

>>212118

>AoS

Don't remind me, anon. The wound is still too fresh.

>>211932

Black/blue control with a few fatties and lots of hand disruption / reveal

>>211932

Telepathy