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But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
But now the dream is over. And the insect is awake.Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
Torchbearer is the latest roleplaying game from the folks at Burning Wheel HQ. If you've ever played D&D, you know what to expect. Kill Kobolds, collect loot, rinse repeat. Torchbearer is a little different. The game combines Beliefs, Instincts, and Goals for your character with hard rules for resource management to create drama. The game is lovingly referred to as a "misery simulator" since, rather than losing HPs, you accrue conditions: Hungry and Thirsty, Angry, Exhausted, Sick, Afraid, and Dead. You still kill Kobolds, you still collect loot (if it fits in your pack), and, if you can afford to pay your bills, you might even become a hero. But probably not.
The game uses a simple d6 dice pool system. When you roll, you count the number of success (success being a roll of 4+ on each die) and try to get more than your opponent or higher than the obstacle (DC in Torchbearer terms). Each time you roll the dice, you advance the turn clock. Torches and other light sources only last a certain number of turns, and you accrue a new condition every four turns. Before long, your character will be starving, down to their last few torches, but maybe you found some coins. Maybe you drove off some Kobolds. Either way, time to make camp and start over again. A few more trips to the Keep on the Borderlands and you'll head back to town to pawn off your loot.
You should play this game if you want a game focused on dungeon crawling.
You should play this game if you want a game where what YOUR character wants matters.
You should play this game if you want a challenge (it's a VERY hard game).
Basically, you should play this game.
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I am literally quivering right now
I AM ALL OVER ZIPPING TALKING 60 miles A MINUTE
BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS
YOU CANNOT STOP ME AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
SUGAR RUSSSSSHHHH
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Usually, if you spray a cat when they are being bad, they will run off. OCCASIONALLY they might destroy the water bottle in the future (as my best friend's cat did), but USUALLY it gets the job done.
My cat, though? He just stands still and starts hissing and growling at me, then continues on about doing whatever he was doing that got him sprayed.
Mine runs away, only to come back later to finish what he started. He's big on the "lose the fight, win the war" mentality.
I'm pretty pale like my avatar but with some freckles.
Red annoys my mom and I'm going to go see her next week so it might be a good idea to go red again. Hrrrmmmm.
I know! Purple and pink streaks! Woo!
lol
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Really stop it.
Stop.
Don't make me get the bottle!
I REALLY want to dye my hair red, but all my friends say that color would look atrocious on me.
If I want to get some minor gains in a simple basic fashion should I just eat all of the chickens?
Like I can easily eat 1lb of chicken in a meal but I usually don't because that shit gets expensive. But if that would actually b make for some good (lean) gains I will up my chicken intake.
I just don't wanna be doubling my chicken intake and getting fat or having nothing happen.
It seems like it would be good because it's like... no fat and shit tons of protein. But I don't know how this works. Maybe there is no simple answer or maybe I should just eat all the fatty fat foods until I gain the weight?
Its like one of the few modern MMOs I can think of that actually doesn't have one at all.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Hahaha
I still love my memory of watching my friend's cat destroy the water bottle. It was high up on a rail. He jumped on top of it, looked at all of us to make sure we were watching, and then knocked it over onto the tile floor. And then he walked away in his casual "I AM A CAT" walk.
I loved that cat so much...
All Spark brand Cigars
flaaaaake
Yeah... I think a very dark red would work for me, honestly. My friend used to dye her hair like that, and she always looked awesome! (She still does, of course, but she doesn't dye her hair anymore)
Did you stall on one of your main lifts or something?
Because when they introduced it, they called it a cash shop.
purple is best always and forever
Because of news articles like this before it came out.
Casual: Secretly a Roman Emperor? That is also a dog?
I'm just a tiny babby man and I want to be less of a tiny babby man.
Not a lot mind you just a bit. I used to have a few extra lbs and I felt I looked much better. Just having trouble getting them back.
There's been so many articles about ESO's cash shop that I'm surprised to find out that there isn't one.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
diddly diddly
Where you can sit and look at your ridicilous steamlist and feel like nothing really interests you at the moment.
$1000 hearthstone machine
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
yeah that seems to be repeated a lot. I thought it had a cash shop too until you told me otherwise.
well I suppose it technically does have a "cash shop" but the only thing you can buy is the game itself or an upgrade from standard to collectors edition.
What is their current state of orderliness?
That had better be a Junkion.
@casual is fancy
Oh, then just eat until you cant anymore. Cleaner is better but good luck with that.
Also, if you are doing it right you will get fatter. That's part of the deal.