Oh, am I going to have to get some Tau or something again? Small squad action sounds real fun.
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Having flash backs to playing a necromunda campaign. My one close combat dude lost a leg in the first fight (I remodeled him to be using a crutch) and spent the next few months hobbling toward the enemy until his side won or bottled out.
edit- I think the same dude also got horribly scarred, meaning he caused fear. As soon as he (finally) got close to the enemy they'd get frightened and run away
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I had a similar thing happen in Gorkamorka.
I had a dude that lost an eye. Sent him to the Mad Doc, ol Bonesaw must have got distracted and instead of giving him a cool bionik eye he swapped out his legs for mechanical ones.
Ok, fuck it, let's roll with it. Next fight he dives off a truck to tackle a Nob and gets his arm ripped off. Back to the mad doc and he not only replaces the missing arm with a big blade but swaps out the other one with a power klaw. At this point he's more metal than Ork, and I decided he was going to challenge da Boss to be the new Nob. Gorkamorka had rules for that, you literally had to do an arena fight.
Second round of the brawl, he gets his head ripped off by the Boss.
Bonesaw didn't quite have much he could do about that one, unfortunately.
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fuck I am excited about Kill Team. Gotta wait until after PAX before I can get it, but dang it looks so good.
They got a new CEO and I think there was a decent changing of the guard. They've completely flipped their online policies, they put out regular youtube videos, run a stream, have a facebook page, communicate with their fanbase, put out previews, etc.
Over the last year their stock has gone up like 170% and they made a huge profit and paid out a bunch to their workers and whatnot. So, they've seemingly turned a new leaf and it seems to be working well for them. But ultimately they still sell pretty darn expensive plastic and paints and stuff, but, arguably they have some of the best quality out there too.
(Take this all with some grain of salt as I may be working for GW soon.)
I only kind of half pay attention to this stuff but as I understand it they have a new CEO who's trying mightily to turn the ship around. They're bringing out new versions of all their beloved old boardgames, they've gone from never licensing video games to lending their IP to any developer with two nickels and a copy of Unity, they're advancing the metaplot of 40K for the first time in, like, decades.
As I say, I'm only half-paying attention to this, so someone might come along and be like "but Jacob, none of that excuses the fact that they still feed women and interns to the giant snake god at their corporate HQ", but at a casual level it sure seems like there's a lot more excitement around 40K and GW in general than I've seen in years and years.
That makes me really happy to hear. I've had a fondness for Warhammer Fantasy and 40K for, oh my god more than 20 years now what happened, but I always found the properties and the company kind of intimidating (let alone the fanbase which can be kind of ... yikes sometimes). Very cool to see the efforts paying off for them.
I would be excited about Kill Team if I could have people to play it with regularly. Being able to play with only a small squad of my Chaos Pretty Marines would be satisfying in the Necromunda way I think.
"Go down, kick ass, and set yourselves up as gods, that's our Prime Directive!"
This is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the five or ten very best RPGs ever made and possibly the best RPG adaptation of a fictional property. Every page drips with theme. If you play this and aren't bodily transported to a world of hairy feet and adventure I'll give you your money back.
The gladiator died! But luckily, having rolled 8, they instead woke up after the fight with a gnarly scar, indebted to two tricky fey spirits.
Previously on Glory Hearts, the rebels, joined by the Bowatchese, become lost deep in the heart of a sandstorm and spot a figure hovering in the air!
It turns out to be a Crownag! A kind of shape-shifting person, who found and mended a "Gigan", an huge clockwork machine. This one can create tremendous winds!
The archer's arrows kept getting blown away, and as the rebels advance they are ambushed by golems made of sand and stone. Some are quick and slink back into the sand, others are huge with seemingly impenetrable hides.
Above the Crownag would attack with a sling between changing form from man to monster to a swift bird, darting between the heroes, mocking them all the while. The thief got a good hit in, and the golems momentarily dropped prone. The thief called for everyone to focus their attack on the sneaky bugger, and soon had them retreating to the Gigan.
Standing behind a shielded platform on the Gigan, then directed it to blow the party away. In a display of fantastic athletes the gladiator lept from rock golem to rock golem, using them as cover from the wind, and eventually clawed their way to the leg of the Gigan.
The gladiator tore the ancient machines leg off and fell back, the full weight of the Gigan smashing into her, trapping her underneath! (with a barbarian move "Spend courage to: topple and shatter—rip from the earth—grasp by the horns.")
The direction of the wind changed with the fall, and the rebels used this time to sprint to the Crownag. The astrologer knocked them out with a flying kick to the head.
Still unconscious, the Crownag changed into a bird again. It such a weak state, and one mysteriously convenient for being carried, they decide to take them back to the city for questioning.
It turns out the ex-bandit has a knack with mechanics, and before they leave they shut down the Gigan, and he reports that it was running on a weird fuel he's never seen before, and its about to run out.
Okay, I'll snip the return journey, but needless to say they're back in the city, and next up is a rematch against the very people they've just fought alongside. Should be tense!
After that they're to find out why the crow bro was trying to harm the city, and just why shape-shifters are so rare...
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Have you ever wanted to read 1% of a game system?
This is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the five or ten very best RPGs ever made and possibly the best RPG adaptation of a fictional property. Every page drips with theme. If you play this and aren't bodily transported to a world of hairy feet and adventure I'll give you your money back.
God dammit
I resisted your siren song the last time you waxed lyrical about The One Ring, but $15 is too tempting
I guess I have my holiday reading sorted out
[Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
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Yeah I broke down and bought it even though I have like three or four other systems I've been wanting to check out first
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I'm just shaking with excitement waiting for them to announce BFG coming back. I'm currently working on my genestealer cult kill team from the box, there's so much stuff I want to buy now damn you GW and your clever marketing strategies, you've made a game type that requires less and all it does is make me want to buy more
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. - Lincoln
I would like some help shaping my barbarian's personality a little better.
I've been basically playing him like tormund giantsbane so far, except maybe a little more self centered and a little more cunning/deceptive maybe even a tad conceited given my bonkers high stats and the chaotic neutral alignment. he's really only interested in making sure that his tribes name (name TBD) goes down in history forever by doing amazing feats.
Anyone got any more ideas?
Oh I also imagine his battle stance is basically frieza's, daring the enemy to attack, which is good because when I get his heroforge mini I have him in that pose basically. (though the arms are not as far back.)
I would like some help shaping my barbarian's personality a little better.
I've been basically playing him like tormund giantsbane so far, except maybe a little more self centered and a little more cunning/deceptive maybe even a tad conceited given my bonkers high stats and the chaotic neutral alignment. he's really only interested in making sure that his tribes name (name TBD) goes down in history forever by doing amazing feats.
Anyone got any more ideas?
Oh I also imagine his battle stance is basically frieza's, daring the enemy to attack, which is good because when I get his heroforge mini I have him in that pose basically. (though the arms are not as far back.)
If he wants to make sure his tribes name goes down in history I would start trying to think of things that define the clan as unique. Customary greetings, superstitions around luck, how to treat guests, strangers, etc. Have him act within the accordance of the tradition of his tribe, which he values if he wants their name to become known.
I'd lean towards making them all about strength and the recognition of it I guess. but I don't want to run into the trap of making them basically klingon or some kinda proto fascists. he's just kinda a dick, not evil for one, and the warrior people thing seems a bit played.
I guess it could be a broader definition of strength? about the tribe nurturing individual talent so that everyone can contribute in a way that's unique and personal?
Still he's the last of his tribe. with the setting being at the early emergence of personal firearms I figure maybe desire for minerals to make gunpowder drove some neighboring kingdom to displace and destroy their way of life. I guess he just wants to prove to any other surviving tribes that though they are being supplanted by civilization they don't have to give up all of their identity.
I'm just shaking with excitement waiting for them to announce BFG coming back. I'm currently working on my genestealer cult kill team from the box, there's so much stuff I want to buy now damn you GW and your clever marketing strategies, you've made a game type that requires less and all it does is make me want to buy more
Wait by BFG do you mean battle fleet gothic, and is that an actual possibility?
If i could play out a space battle to ship battle, to full army ground battle I might have a real problem on my hands
I'm just shaking with excitement waiting for them to announce BFG coming back. I'm currently working on my genestealer cult kill team from the box, there's so much stuff I want to buy now damn you GW and your clever marketing strategies, you've made a game type that requires less and all it does is make me want to buy more
Wait by BFG do you mean battle fleet gothic, and is that an actual possibility?
If i could play out a space battle to ship battle, to full army ground battle I might have a real problem on my hands
I mean, they've been bringing back all of their other specialist game lines, including ones which don't overlap with other miniature lines. They brought back Blood Bowl, and there have been rumors they would bring back Titanicus and now Titanicus has been released, so the rumors about BFG are at least not unreasonable. BFG was also always very popular. Some rumors I've heard is that it'll be Horus Heresy era this time, and there will be base stuff from GW with upgrades from Forgeworld like Necromunda which... I am less enthused about. I'd want an up to date setting to start with and I'm dubious of forgeworld given their incredibly high prices.
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I'd lean towards making them all about strength and the recognition of it I guess. but I don't want to run into the trap of making them basically klingon or some kinda proto fascists. he's just kinda a dick, not evil for one, and the warrior people thing seems a bit played.
I guess it could be a broader definition of strength? about the tribe nurturing individual talent so that everyone can contribute in a way that's unique and personal?
Still he's the last of his tribe. with the setting being at the early emergence of personal firearms I figure maybe desire for minerals to make gunpowder drove some neighboring kingdom to displace and destroy their way of life. I guess he just wants to prove to any other surviving tribes that though they are being supplanted by civilization they don't have to give up all of their identity.
I dunno about the other minor details though.
Cultural identity is often tied to language (hence why imperialists and colonisers always seek to suppress/demean native languages). Have them be very proud of their mother tongue, to the point of constantly using and trying to teach the rest of the party words that don't have a common analogue (eg. schadenfreude).
That way you can reflect their tribe's unique point of view and play up what is important in their culture.
I fucking hate party conflict. Why can't this person just make a character who isn't a flaming asshole?
I think players can construct certain kinds of conflict intentionally and make it work, but in practice it’s usually just the person next to you fucking with you incessantly while going “hey it’s what my chaotic evil kender cleric’s religion would tell them to do”
And you’re like why am I even bothering
Also if players are constructing a conflict I would want have a sense of where it’s going — is there an end state or resolution pending at some logical point
I'd lean towards making them all about strength and the recognition of it I guess. but I don't want to run into the trap of making them basically klingon or some kinda proto fascists. he's just kinda a dick, not evil for one, and the warrior people thing seems a bit played.
I guess it could be a broader definition of strength? about the tribe nurturing individual talent so that everyone can contribute in a way that's unique and personal?
Still he's the last of his tribe. with the setting being at the early emergence of personal firearms I figure maybe desire for minerals to make gunpowder drove some neighboring kingdom to displace and destroy their way of life. I guess he just wants to prove to any other surviving tribes that though they are being supplanted by civilization they don't have to give up all of their identity.
I dunno about the other minor details though.
Cultural identity is often tied to language (hence why imperialists and colonisers always seek to suppress/demean native languages). Have them be very proud of their mother tongue, to the point of constantly using and trying to teach the rest of the party words that don't have a common analogue (eg. schadenfreude).
That way you can reflect their tribe's unique point of view and play up what is important in their culture.
This is a good idea, maybe I can figure out how to make it work, I dunno how yet though.
I know he's a human who speaks common and elvish, maybe I can ask the dm about also having some kind of tribal language that shares roots with both common and elvish. Could also say his tribe had close relationships with tribes of wood elves and even some intermarriage. So maybe the tribe are usually living around creek beds in forested areas.
As far as his individual personality goes, again I think he's kinda a self important dink, and maybe being off on his own on a counter attack raid against the invaders is why he is the only known survivor of the final massacre of his people by their neighboring kingdom. He feels really guilty about it maybe, and is trying to make it up to them in spirit by inspiring others to recognize their culture and his talents through honestly reckless feats (or die trying) along the lines of the labors of Heracles.
I've been playing through Shadow Tactics and holy crap am I getting lots of good character ideas
like, the game instantly starts connecting the characters in various ways, whether it's by skills and interests, history, or plain ol' geniality
really sets in stone that RPing an antisocial asshole is hugely overrated
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I decided that for my Forest Gnome 'Mastermind' Rogue I'm going to ask the DM if I can improv' my own death experience whenever I have to start making death saves.
I want my character's perception of the world to get darker, like it suddenly turning to dusk, and for him to see the roots, weeds, ect.. start pulling his spirit out of his body towards the ground.
I also want him to spot an arch-fey who will be inviting him to dance eternally in the Twilight Forest, for failing to pay back his debt.
I fucking hate party conflict. Why can't this person just make a character who isn't a flaming asshole?
My experience is that it's typically a result of a player who doesn't understand how to capture spotlight time organically or they're only really interested in conflict as their avenue to role-playing. Sometimes it's both because they've gone years in that rut and no longer have any interest in changing.
It's a cheap and easy way to snag the spotlight; I have a player who will do it whenever he feels like his particular story lines are being ignored. Which is frequently because he's really awful at setting goals that are party-friendly.
So did GW secretly become kind of a cool company again? I remember back when I was trying (and failing) to get into playing 40K and it feels like the GW of 5 or 6 years ago never would have put out stuff like this.
They got a new CEO and I think there was a decent changing of the guard. They've completely flipped their online policies, they put out regular youtube videos, run a stream, have a facebook page, communicate with their fanbase, put out previews, etc.
Over the last year their stock has gone up like 170% and they made a huge profit and paid out a bunch to their workers and whatnot. So, they've seemingly turned a new leaf and it seems to be working well for them. But ultimately they still sell pretty darn expensive plastic and paints and stuff, but, arguably they have some of the best quality out there too.
(Take this all with some grain of salt as I may be working for GW soon.)
There are several videos that explain the positive change
Basically it comes down to the new CEO and the public relations rep that only reports to him
I couldn't sleep yesterday and read through my backer copy of Scion 2E.
Scion 2E is pretty cool! One really neat thing that they did was offer different origins for PCs.
So you can be Born, which is the classic child of a god story.
You can also be Created, formed by the will of a god, Chosen by a god to be their scion regardless of parentage, or Incarnated, an avatar of a god that was sundered when the god was killed, or a reincarnated Hero or Demigod seeking to reclaim their power.
And there's even support for just playing a straight up mythical creature, in case you wanna be a centaur or some shit.
It's very very cool, and way better researched, less racist, and MUCH less sexist than the original books. Highly recommend.
I tried to banish the character so we could just leave and continue what we were doing without him (if he wanted to follow after the minute was up fine, but we were just sitting there arguing about nothing), but he has a magic belt that cancels spells cast onto him or something.
When we're finished here my character is teleporting us home and he is not going to be one of the targets of that spell.
The inspiration behind the character was Cable, from Deadpool. He's a future alternate universe version of the character that left the party because of family responsibilities. Got a metal arm and a scarred up face. He's a berserker instead of a paladin. Apparently in this alternate universe future my character was the leader of Menzoberranzan, because he knew that my character would hate him constantly calling her "matron mother".
I hate it so much.
It was cool at first when he appeared and I imagined Immigrant Song playing because his appearance was very Thor in Infinity War, but as more and more shit of his personality and backstory got piled on I just checked out entirely.
I'm bad at roleplaying at the best of times, but when I hate things that are going on I can't deal with it. I just check out and don't say anything because i've completely lost the drive to be involved at all.
hmmm, the second bit of your post makes me wonder if maybe you or he are misreading the room?
Also why would anyone want to RP as Cable. Cable is boring as hell.
I couldn't sleep yesterday and read through my backer copy of Scion 2E.
Scion 2E is pretty cool! One really neat thing that they did was offer different origins for PCs.
Mechanically it's stripped down, very light compared to other Story games, with an emphasis on narrative engagement mechanics. It plays well.
The primary issue it has is that those narrative engagement mechanics are going to trip your players up. My players took almost three months to figure out how to set deeds I can actually address more than one at a time. (After I actually took time to talk about it and explained how I was looking for linkage in their deeds.)
I tried to banish the character so we could just leave and continue what we were doing without him (if he wanted to follow after the minute was up fine, but we were just sitting there arguing about nothing), but he has a magic belt that cancels spells cast onto him or something.
When we're finished here my character is teleporting us home and he is not going to be one of the targets of that spell.
The inspiration behind the character was Cable, from Deadpool. He's a future alternate universe version of the character that left the party because of family responsibilities. Got a metal arm and a scarred up face. He's a berserker instead of a paladin. Apparently in this alternate universe future my character was the leader of Menzoberranzan, because he knew that my character would hate him constantly calling her "matron mother".
I hate it so much.
It was cool at first when he appeared and I imagined Immigrant Song playing because his appearance was very Thor in Infinity War, but as more and more shit of his personality and backstory got piled on I just checked out entirely.
I'm bad at roleplaying at the best of times, but when I hate things that are going on I can't deal with it. I just check out and don't say anything because i've completely lost the drive to be involved at all.
I'm definitely not saying he's not an asshole but this is 100% the worst possible way to handle this
if you don't want to play with him anymore, just leave the group
I'm not going to throw away a group I've been playing with for two and a half years just because one of them made a shit temporary character near the end of this campaign.
I'll talk to the others about it, see how they feel.
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edit- I think the same dude also got horribly scarred, meaning he caused fear. As soon as he (finally) got close to the enemy they'd get frightened and run away
I had a dude that lost an eye. Sent him to the Mad Doc, ol Bonesaw must have got distracted and instead of giving him a cool bionik eye he swapped out his legs for mechanical ones.
Ok, fuck it, let's roll with it. Next fight he dives off a truck to tackle a Nob and gets his arm ripped off. Back to the mad doc and he not only replaces the missing arm with a big blade but swaps out the other one with a power klaw. At this point he's more metal than Ork, and I decided he was going to challenge da Boss to be the new Nob. Gorkamorka had rules for that, you literally had to do an arena fight.
Second round of the brawl, he gets his head ripped off by the Boss.
Bonesaw didn't quite have much he could do about that one, unfortunately.
That makes me really happy to hear. I've had a fondness for Warhammer Fantasy and 40K for, oh my god more than 20 years now what happened, but I always found the properties and the company kind of intimidating (let alone the fanbase which can be kind of ... yikes sometimes). Very cool to see the efforts paying off for them.
Yup, I think starting next month is when they get their organized play stuff.
Also is gameplay mostly just traditional 40K style stuff or is there some more flair for the scale?
Just a pure Kroot mercenaries team
This is, as far as I'm concerned, one of the five or ten very best RPGs ever made and possibly the best RPG adaptation of a fictional property. Every page drips with theme. If you play this and aren't bodily transported to a world of hairy feet and adventure I'll give you your money back.
The gladiator died! But luckily, having rolled 8, they instead woke up after the fight with a gnarly scar, indebted to two tricky fey spirits.
Previously on Glory Hearts, the rebels, joined by the Bowatchese, become lost deep in the heart of a sandstorm and spot a figure hovering in the air!
It turns out to be a Crownag! A kind of shape-shifting person, who found and mended a "Gigan", an huge clockwork machine. This one can create tremendous winds!
The archer's arrows kept getting blown away, and as the rebels advance they are ambushed by golems made of sand and stone. Some are quick and slink back into the sand, others are huge with seemingly impenetrable hides.
Above the Crownag would attack with a sling between changing form from man to monster to a swift bird, darting between the heroes, mocking them all the while. The thief got a good hit in, and the golems momentarily dropped prone. The thief called for everyone to focus their attack on the sneaky bugger, and soon had them retreating to the Gigan.
Standing behind a shielded platform on the Gigan, then directed it to blow the party away. In a display of fantastic athletes the gladiator lept from rock golem to rock golem, using them as cover from the wind, and eventually clawed their way to the leg of the Gigan.
The gladiator tore the ancient machines leg off and fell back, the full weight of the Gigan smashing into her, trapping her underneath! (with a barbarian move "Spend courage to: topple and shatter—rip from the earth—grasp by the horns.")
The direction of the wind changed with the fall, and the rebels used this time to sprint to the Crownag. The astrologer knocked them out with a flying kick to the head.
Still unconscious, the Crownag changed into a bird again. It such a weak state, and one mysteriously convenient for being carried, they decide to take them back to the city for questioning.
It turns out the ex-bandit has a knack with mechanics, and before they leave they shut down the Gigan, and he reports that it was running on a weird fuel he's never seen before, and its about to run out.
Okay, I'll snip the return journey, but needless to say they're back in the city, and next up is a rematch against the very people they've just fought alongside. Should be tense!
After that they're to find out why the crow bro was trying to harm the city, and just why shape-shifters are so rare...
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God dammit
I resisted your siren song the last time you waxed lyrical about The One Ring, but $15 is too tempting
I guess I have my holiday reading sorted out
I've been basically playing him like tormund giantsbane so far, except maybe a little more self centered and a little more cunning/deceptive maybe even a tad conceited given my bonkers high stats and the chaotic neutral alignment. he's really only interested in making sure that his tribes name (name TBD) goes down in history forever by doing amazing feats.
Anyone got any more ideas?
Oh I also imagine his battle stance is basically frieza's, daring the enemy to attack, which is good because when I get his heroforge mini I have him in that pose basically. (though the arms are not as far back.)
If he wants to make sure his tribes name goes down in history I would start trying to think of things that define the clan as unique. Customary greetings, superstitions around luck, how to treat guests, strangers, etc. Have him act within the accordance of the tradition of his tribe, which he values if he wants their name to become known.
Something like that.
I guess it could be a broader definition of strength? about the tribe nurturing individual talent so that everyone can contribute in a way that's unique and personal?
Still he's the last of his tribe. with the setting being at the early emergence of personal firearms I figure maybe desire for minerals to make gunpowder drove some neighboring kingdom to displace and destroy their way of life. I guess he just wants to prove to any other surviving tribes that though they are being supplanted by civilization they don't have to give up all of their identity.
I dunno about the other minor details though.
Wait by BFG do you mean battle fleet gothic, and is that an actual possibility?
If i could play out a space battle to ship battle, to full army ground battle I might have a real problem on my hands
I mean, they've been bringing back all of their other specialist game lines, including ones which don't overlap with other miniature lines. They brought back Blood Bowl, and there have been rumors they would bring back Titanicus and now Titanicus has been released, so the rumors about BFG are at least not unreasonable. BFG was also always very popular. Some rumors I've heard is that it'll be Horus Heresy era this time, and there will be base stuff from GW with upgrades from Forgeworld like Necromunda which... I am less enthused about. I'd want an up to date setting to start with and I'm dubious of forgeworld given their incredibly high prices.
Cultural identity is often tied to language (hence why imperialists and colonisers always seek to suppress/demean native languages). Have them be very proud of their mother tongue, to the point of constantly using and trying to teach the rest of the party words that don't have a common analogue (eg. schadenfreude).
That way you can reflect their tribe's unique point of view and play up what is important in their culture.
I think players can construct certain kinds of conflict intentionally and make it work, but in practice it’s usually just the person next to you fucking with you incessantly while going “hey it’s what my chaotic evil kender cleric’s religion would tell them to do”
And you’re like why am I even bothering
Also if players are constructing a conflict I would want have a sense of where it’s going — is there an end state or resolution pending at some logical point
But I live for interparty friction.
Games Workshop's community site has an overview over all the current factions with the units they can take:
https://warhammer-community.com/2018/07/06/kill-team-faction-focus-index/
Also they already announced the first proper expansion to the game, Rogue Trader:
And I totally forgot that the game actually has its own page, too.
https://warhammer40000.com/kill-team/
This is a good idea, maybe I can figure out how to make it work, I dunno how yet though.
I know he's a human who speaks common and elvish, maybe I can ask the dm about also having some kind of tribal language that shares roots with both common and elvish. Could also say his tribe had close relationships with tribes of wood elves and even some intermarriage. So maybe the tribe are usually living around creek beds in forested areas.
As far as his individual personality goes, again I think he's kinda a self important dink, and maybe being off on his own on a counter attack raid against the invaders is why he is the only known survivor of the final massacre of his people by their neighboring kingdom. He feels really guilty about it maybe, and is trying to make it up to them in spirit by inspiring others to recognize their culture and his talents through honestly reckless feats (or die trying) along the lines of the labors of Heracles.
like, the game instantly starts connecting the characters in various ways, whether it's by skills and interests, history, or plain ol' geniality
really sets in stone that RPing an antisocial asshole is hugely overrated
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I want my character's perception of the world to get darker, like it suddenly turning to dusk, and for him to see the roots, weeds, ect.. start pulling his spirit out of his body towards the ground.
I also want him to spot an arch-fey who will be inviting him to dance eternally in the Twilight Forest, for failing to pay back his debt.
It's a cheap and easy way to snag the spotlight; I have a player who will do it whenever he feels like his particular story lines are being ignored. Which is frequently because he's really awful at setting goals that are party-friendly.
Also it's just a stupidly fun game.
There are several videos that explain the positive change
Basically it comes down to the new CEO and the public relations rep that only reports to him
Scion 2E is pretty cool! One really neat thing that they did was offer different origins for PCs.
So you can be Born, which is the classic child of a god story.
You can also be Created, formed by the will of a god, Chosen by a god to be their scion regardless of parentage, or Incarnated, an avatar of a god that was sundered when the god was killed, or a reincarnated Hero or Demigod seeking to reclaim their power.
And there's even support for just playing a straight up mythical creature, in case you wanna be a centaur or some shit.
It's very very cool, and way better researched, less racist, and MUCH less sexist than the original books. Highly recommend.
hmmm, the second bit of your post makes me wonder if maybe you or he are misreading the room?
Also why would anyone want to RP as Cable. Cable is boring as hell.
The primary issue it has is that those narrative engagement mechanics are going to trip your players up. My players took almost three months to figure out how to set deeds I can actually address more than one at a time. (After I actually took time to talk about it and explained how I was looking for linkage in their deeds.)
Satans..... hints.....
I'm definitely not saying he's not an asshole but this is 100% the worst possible way to handle this
if you don't want to play with him anymore, just leave the group
I'll talk to the others about it, see how they feel.