Topic: Any tabletop gamers around? (Read 15677 times)

Dalillama · « **on:** 20 Oct 2014, 16:41 »

I've been playing various tabletop RPGs for 20+ years now, starting with Original D&D, although lately I've mostly been playing In Nomine and GURPS. I thought I'd start a thread for discussion of tabletop games and things related to them.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #1 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 17:31 »

Hiya. Big time RPG player here, even since I was introduced to D&D back in the 80s. I haven't been doing a lot of it the last few years, mostly due to a lack of people to play with and transportation. But I enjoy all sorts of games. Also, kudos for including Feng Shui on the poll. It's not a well know but awesome game.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #2 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 18:37 »

Hardcore table top player here, I've even worked in the industry! Not playing much right now sadly. D&D, FFG Star Wars and Warhammer 40k... I really want to play a World of Darkness mod called "Princess: The Hopeful" because the idea of playing magical girls in a dark setting appeals to my fucked up little brain OH! And Eclipse Phase! Feng Shui is really good too! And Shadowrun!

...*coughs* ahem... so yes I game a little.

NemoX · « **Reply #3 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 19:30 »

Relatively new player here. I never got around to doing it until maybe a year and a half or so ago. Currently trying my hand to DMing for the first time. Problem here is mostly finding groups, or finding groups that actually want to play without any drama getting in the way (other than the make believe one of course).

All in all tho, it's a great outlet, glad I finally played it

Akima · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 19:32 »

I used to play Traveller, but I haven't for years because I lost touch with other players after I left uni.

Dalillama · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 Oct 2014, 19:37 »

I have fond memories of Feng Shui, although I haven't played in years and haven't got the books. I've been doing a lot of playing via chat for lack of a face to face group, and I had to end the game I was GMing in meatspace last year due to a new job interfering. I've also had a bit of luck with virtual tabletops; there's a new GURPS game I've just gotten involved in on Roll20.

Lines · « **Reply #6 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 00:31 »

My group is taking a break from a 4e game to learn the mechanics of 5e (which we like a lot), I've played Shadowrun and Pathfinder, and I hear all sorts of funny stories about the GURPs games my husband plays. I'm relatively new to RPGs (less than 10 years), but I don't see myself stopping any time soon!

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 06:18 »

My company helped WoTC release 5E, everything I've heard indicates it's a superior system to 4E and 3E

Fig · « **Reply #8 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 06:19 »

I've always wanted to be a part of a tabletop campaign but I could never seem to find a group that would fit with scheduling. My one board game group tried some Pathfinder (I made a druid

) but a couple of people in it just weren't into the game and our schedules just made it impossible to keep it going.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #9 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 07:25 »

*squees* So many Feng Shui players.

Lines · « **Reply #10 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 08:53 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 21 Oct 2014, 06:18

My company helped WoTC release 5E, everything I've heard indicates it's a superior system to 4E and 3E

Very much so. Our group doesn't want to go back to 4e because 5e is too awesome.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #11 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 08:58 »

Gooood. Gooood.

sitnspin · « **Reply #12 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 10:23 »

My gf sent me a PDF of DnD5. It's an incrediblely well put together system. Simple, elegant, and fast. I haven't had a chance to play it, yet, though.

I've mostly just played D&D, WoD, and Shadowrun.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #13 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 17:04 »

I need to get the D&D5 books, but I'm waiting till I do my next bulk Warstore order/hoping my company hooks me up with a comp set. I do have the Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle D&D Next Preview that Wizards released at Gencon last year, and I was super fucking impressed with that, apparently in the 8 or so months from Gencon 2013 before the books started the proofing and printing processes it got even better. All the good stuff from 4E (giving all the classes something more to do besides swing a sword) was kept while jettisoning the rubbish and getting back to D&D's roots.

Dalillama · « **Reply #14 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 18:06 »

As it turns out, the game I mentioned above is seeking players, if anyone's up for a fantasy GURPS adventure.

Grognard · « **Reply #15 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 21:42 »

My Primary Addiction....

and I played

and

during college

Dalillama · « **Reply #16 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 22:12 »

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to learn that someone with your nym is a wargamer.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #17 on:** 21 Oct 2014, 22:28 »

I need to finish painting my assault star... and get to work on my Germans, and Brits for Flames of War... then there's the Dark Elves...

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 06:18 »

Imperial Guard, Space Marines, Eldar, start my Dark Eldar assembly, Undead Legion, my Malifaux Crew, my Deadzone miniatures... To many games, not enough paint.

Fig · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 06:27 »

I have a Tau army that I could get to close to 2000 with, but I haven't played in about a year in a half. The interest just fell off for me, for some reason. (Probably the fact it costs me $70 for a pack with three models in it.) To be quite honest, if I could find a buyer, I'd be more than happy to dump my Tau army, the codex for it and even the bit of SM I have for it.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #20 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 06:49 »

Tau you say.....

Fig · « **Reply #21 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 07:14 »

Yep. Going from memory here as to what I have for it: (keep in mind my skills as a model builder and painter suck and everything I have is unpainted except for a few things, and everything is glued. I'll note the exceptions.)

x1 Riptide (With Ion Accelerator and Twin Plasma Rifles)
x1 Hammerhead (Turret is not glued and can be freely swapped with a Sky Ray missle array or the Railgun can be replaced with the Ion cannon)
x1 Devilfish (This is primed and basecoated.)
x6 Crisis Stealthsuits (These are also primed and basecoated. Two have fusion blasters. )
x6 xv25 Crisis Battlesuits (3 have twin plasma rifles and these are primed/basecoated and 3 have twin fusion blasters which are neither)
x1 Tau Ethereal w/honor blade
x2 Broadside Battlesuits (Both have their twin-linked High Yield Missle Pods and one has a seeker missile)
x1 Broadside Old Model w/shoulder mounted railguns (This has a crappy Ebay paintjob)
x10 Tau Pathfinders (8 w/carbines and markerlights and 2 w/rail rifles. All three drones are also available)
x12 or x24 (Can't remember if I have one or two full squads) Tau Firewarriors (At least 12 have a rudimentary paintjob and all would have their pulse rifles)
At least x12 Kroot (warriors only, no hounds or riders. All basecoated and primed.)
x1 SM Librarian (Got second hand in a trade. Painted and metal)
x1 SM Tac Squad (Also Got second hand in a trade. Painted and a few models need reglued.)

I did enjoy playing the game, though it tended to frustrate me at times because I can't roll dice very well. My fondest memory would be the time I dropped a friend of mine's daemon prince on the first turn with my old broadside (before the new Tau dex that nerfed the railgun on it.). Nothing like reaching 6 ft across the table to put a magnetically accelerated slug right into something's face.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #22 on:** 22 Oct 2014, 08:03 »

I can relate to the dice rolling thing. As my room mate says, I can roll 1s on dice without numbers. That is one of the reason I love Eldar. So many dice to roll, and so many re-rolls.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #23 on:** 24 Oct 2014, 22:14 »

Most evil thing I've ever read:
"I ran a campaign once where the darkest, most terrible secret was kept from the players until the end. It was a Monty Haul campaign. Evil characters, for a year and a half, eventually reached level 24. They conquered the entire continent and divied it between themselves. The ruled all the land with an iron fist, and laid waste to everyone that stood in their path. The Necromancer, a Human named Rah'Shied, had five liches and two Deathknights swear fealty to him. Unfortunately, this was a Dragonlance campaign, and the Balance must be Restored. By any means necessary.
After they had each spent a year creating the most powerful villains they'd ever seen, I them made them turn in their character sheets and roll level 1 heroes. I'd been planning this from the start."

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #24 on:** 24 Oct 2014, 22:19 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 24 Oct 2014, 22:14

Most evil thing I've ever read:
"I ran a campaign once where the darkest, most terrible secret was kept from the players until the end. It was a Monty Haul campaign. Evil characters, for a year and a half, eventually reached level 24. They conquered the entire continent and divied it between themselves. The ruled all the land with an iron fist, and laid waste to everyone that stood in their path. The Necromancer, a Human named Rah'Shied, had five liches and two Deathknights swear fealty to him. Unfortunately, this was a Dragonlance campaign, and the Balance must be Restored. By any means necessary.
After they had each spent a year creating the most powerful villains they'd ever seen, I them made them turn in their character sheets and roll level 1 heroes. I'd been planning this from the start."

My god.

It's full of stars.

Orkboy · « **Reply #25 on:** 24 Oct 2014, 22:56 »

Pathfinder is my go-to. It's basically D&D 3.75. I started with 3rd edition, though, and my greatest adventuring team was in 3rd. We were playing an evil party. it started off, oh, we're adventurers, in it for gold and glory, we just happen to be evil, but it quickly got more ambitious. I was a tannaruuk, a demon-orc crossbreed. I roleplayed the Leadership feat. Every time we met some orcs, I would yell at them, asking who the chief was, kill him in one hit with my 24 strength power-attacking greataxe, then ask again. Before long, I had hundreds of orcs following me. The cleric, a demon-elf thing, suggested that we needed a better way to get around, and told our slightly crazed gnome wizard to get on it. The gnome had previously made himself a floating iron sphere to keep him safe, decided that a mobile fortress was the next step.

He had covered the window in his floating sphere with a cone to make it harder for people to shoot into, unintentionally making a flying teapot. This tells you a bit about the gnome in charge of making our fortress.

Much of the funding came from our thief, a murderous little halfling who spent every coin he had making a ring to be permanently invisible. Once he did, we never saw him again, though people would often die of unexplained throat slittings. He had the wizard slap silence spells on him and then cleaned out entire bank vaults on his own.

When the tower fortress was done, the gnome revealed that it wasn't just mobile. It could burrow. We asked why burrow instead of fly. He said because shut up. We immediately went about collecting more orcs, then surfaced in the middle of the kingdom's capitol city. About a thousand orcs set about killing everyone, while we went straight for the important people. The city fell in about 30 minutes. So we went from city to city, until finally all the heroes of the world banded against us. The cleric told us he could summon an avatar of his god if we held them off long enough, so he went to the top of the tower and started the ritual. The orcs fell quickly, and the heroes eventually killed my barbarian, the gnome wizard, and even the invisible rogue. They surged up the tower, and reached the cleric just as he finished.

It was at this point that we finally learned who our cleric worshiped. He followed an elder evil, the Devourer, an entity of pure destruction, banished at the beginning of time to the space between the worlds, and if it was ever released onto any of the planes again, it would instantly snuff out all of existence.

The last words to ever be uttered before the universe blinked out were, "Gentlemen, meet my God."

Dalillama · « **Reply #26 on:** 27 Oct 2014, 12:46 »

Orkboy: That is pretty epic.

Orkboy · « **Reply #27 on:** 27 Oct 2014, 22:18 »

In the Pathfinder game I'm running, they met one of the primordial forces. Chaos. Chaos was a chill dude. I intentionally underwhelmed them. Chaos was just some scruffy guy who played with a knife the whole time he laid down the exposition about how Order was fucking shit up. Short version: Good creates, Evil destroys, Order keeps them in balance, and Chaos is just sort of there. He's Chaos, he doesn't have a role in the cycle of the universe, because that would be boring and predictable. He prefers making the wheel of creation and destruction wobble a bit as it goes, but he understands that if he makes it fail, then there won't be any hilarious mortals any more. Order decided to keep Good and Evil balanced by taking power for himself, which may unmake everything. Seriously, everything. The universe, the past, the future, time itself.

Chaos being a chill dude was intentionally underwhelming. I'm setting them up to be expecting something low key for the other three, when in fact, they're going to have to make fortitude saves to stop from vomiting themselves to death when they meet Evil. He's depicted as his greatest servant, the Tarrasque, when he's actually much, much more horrifying. Good, on the other hand, may strike them blind just by being himself, like looking at the sun. Order is posing as a god of Law, and also as the general in charge of the armies of his own church's empire.

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #28 on:** 28 Oct 2014, 02:20 »

Aww, you mean he wasn't a milkman called Ronnie?

Orkboy · « **Reply #29 on:** 28 Oct 2014, 23:26 »

I'm not as awesome as Terry Pratchett.

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #30 on:** 28 Oct 2014, 23:48 »

No one is as awesome as Terry Pratchett. This includes Terry Pratchett.

sitnspin · « **Reply #31 on:** 29 Oct 2014, 07:29 »

Terry Pratchett has a long standing bitter rivalry with Terry Pratchett. They can't even be in a room together, that's why you never see more than one of them at a time.

Fig · « **Reply #32 on:** 29 Oct 2014, 12:20 »

Marvel Dice Masters: Uncanny X-Men releases to day and my FLGS has their supply in stock. I have my starter set and a full gravity feed already pre-ordered and I can't wait to tear into them. There's a few of us that have pre-ordered and we'll be doing a trading circle between us.

Orkboy · « **Reply #33 on:** 29 Oct 2014, 19:30 »

In my Pathfinder game, they found their first cache of Mythic items, but they're going to have to give them up pretty soon. In keeping with the theme so far, it was a knife for destroying things, a druid's club for healing peoples, and a ring that helps spellcasters be balanced. The knife ignore object hardness, meaning it cuts through plate armor like paper, the club can be planted like a tree to make it sprout healing potions in the form of fruit, and the ring powers up a damaging spell whenever the wearer casts a beneficial spell, and vice versa. They only figured out the knife through trial and error, and they're in for a surprise as soon as the rogue tries to sheathe it and has to make a reflex save to avoid losing a toe as the knife cuts through the sheathe and buries itself up to the hilt in the floor. A few levels down into the dungeon, they'll have to use the items like keys to open the doors to meet the primordial forces of Good and Evil. Order used to be down there too, but he's a dickbag.

Grognard · « **Reply #34 on:** 29 Oct 2014, 22:04 »

Robotech RPG Tactics arrived today.
Once I get it put together, I get to teach myself how to play.

Orkboy · « **Reply #35 on:** 02 Nov 2014, 04:34 »

Starting a new campaign today as the DM. Low fantasy, Conan-style. The first enemy is going to be a small cabal of necromancers and their skeleton horde, encountered in a crypt. Sooo many skeletons. I hope one of the PC's brings a hammer, since it's so hard to stab a guy with no flesh.

ChaoSera · « **Reply #36 on:** 04 Nov 2014, 03:19 »

Today is D&D Day. Still stuck at work for 3 more hours and then I have to take my cat to the vet first. I hate responsibilities!

Orkboy · « **Reply #37 on:** 09 Nov 2014, 17:27 »

Made characters for a battletech game today. Made a mech pilot with a military background, and kept rolling Promotion and Vehicle traits. Ended up with 6 promotions, and I have my very own personal heavy mech. Rolled for it, got a Grasshopper. Not bad, middle of the road laser-y heavy mech. One of the guys ended up with the Wealth trait 8 times, and we decided that he owns the mercenary company, while I'm the second in command and just yell at people to make things happen.

Alex C · « **Reply #38 on:** 10 Nov 2014, 10:07 »

I used to play a ton of shadowrun and D&D back in the day and I still have some misplaced affection for oWoD. The way nWoD collapsed on itself was also hilarious.

Dalillama · « **Reply #39 on:** 14 Nov 2014, 12:47 »

First session playing the the new game earlier in the week. Nearly killed another PC by accident. My character is enormous, has a high Health score, and has a further resistance to toxins of all kinds, including alcohol, due to fiendish ancestry. She therefore can, and does, put away soursop brandy by the pint without any ill effects. What she didn't realize when pouring toasts was that her fellow burly warrior in the group has a specific weakness to booze, but didn't want to alienate her new employer by turning down the refills. The squishy wizard and squishier scholar had the sense not to even try matching her drink for drink, and only sipped for the toasts, thus preserving their heads and livers.

Schmee · « **Reply #40 on:** 14 Nov 2014, 15:35 »

Was playing a rogue in a DnD game a while ago, and I needed to escape the guards for, uh, reasons. I was doing well, almost out the gates in fact, when one of them spotted me and I was forced to use my Pocket Sand^TM to blind him and make my escape.

Seriously, if your DM allows it, Pocket Sand^TM is one of the cheapest and most useful things you can carry.

Dalillama · « **Reply #41 on:** 14 Nov 2014, 16:05 »

Quote from: Schmee on 14 Nov 2014, 15:35

Was playing a rogue in a DnD game a while ago, and I needed to escape the guards for, uh, reasons. I was doing well, almost out the gates in fact, when one of them spotted me and I was forced to use my Pocket Sand^TM to blind him and make my escape.

Seriously, if your DM allows it, Pocket Sand^TM is one of the cheapest and most useful things you can carry.

I prefer to put the sand into a tightly sewn leather sleeve, myself.

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #42 on:** 20 Nov 2014, 13:58 »

Akima · « **Reply #43 on:** 20 Nov 2014, 14:10 »

Quote from: Dalillama on 14 Nov 2014, 16:05

I prefer to put the sand into a tightly sewn leather sleeve, myself.

Eggshells full of blinding-powder is the traditional thing where I come from.

Fig · « **Reply #44 on:** 20 Nov 2014, 15:23 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 20 Nov 2014, 13:58

That was an incredible read.

Dalillama · « **Reply #45 on:** 20 Nov 2014, 15:38 »

Quote from: Akima on 20 Nov 2014, 14:10

Quote from: Dalillama on 14 Nov 2014, 16:05
I prefer to put the sand into a tightly sewn leather sleeve, myself.
Eggshells full of blinding-powder is the traditional thing where I come from.

I meant to make a cosh, and then hit someone with it.

kryptoknight · « **Reply #46 on:** 20 Nov 2014, 16:18 »

Longtime gamer here myself. I've played:
D&D
2nd
3rd
3.5
Exalted
Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Vampire: The Masquerade
D20 Modern
Star Wars: Roleplaying Game
Saga Edition
7th Sea
The Transformers RPG
Pathfinder
Dresden Files RPG
Call of Cthulu
Champions
Various Homebrew

One of my favorite gaming moments though came during a very rules light game I played with friends back in high school. If we thought something was awesome of hilarious we let it stand, even if it didn't quite work with the rules.

Our party was exploring a cave system being used by a cult as their base of operations. It was far larger than we had believed it to be, so in the interest of saving time, we split up to search. I took what had appeared to be a vacant barracks to search. At first nothing unusual happened. I looted the room a bit and looked for clues about the cult's numbers and motivation.

I turned to leave just as a guard entered the room. This set off alarm bells for me because I was a low-level sorcerer at the time. With no useful spells left and no other way out I have no choice but to try and fight my way free. I attack and of course I roll a Natural 1, causing my dagger to break.

My dagger is gone, and after the guard takes a couple swipes at me my hp is low. It's just me, my rat familiar, and no way out. Out of desperation I cry out "I throw my rat at the guard's nuts." DM sputters and stares. "Huh?"

"I throw my rat at him, using our empathic link convey the sense that there is delicious cheese in his pants."

Stares again. Finally he says, "Okay... First roll a strength check to throw the rat, then roll against AC to see if you hit what you aim for, finally roll a skill check to see if you can manage to convince the rat the guards nuts are food. If you can actually make all these I'll allow it."

He does some math behind a screen and tells me to roll. First is the Strength check. I make a quick prayer to anyone listening and roll. The DM raises an eyebrow and informs me I barely made it, but the rat is successfully lobbed.

Next is the to-hit roll. I cross my fingers and roll again. Natural 20! The DM blinks and tells me to roll to confirm for a critical. I roll again. Another nat 20! The DM informs me I am a lucky S.O.B. and that I need to look into the Lotto later.

Now that my noodle-armed sorcerer has not only managed to hit what I aimed , for critical damage, all I had to do was roll to see if I could convey my impressions to my rat. I crossed my fingers again and prepared myself for the likely possibility that I'd be rolling up a new character soon. Then the die shows 19!

The DM blinks a few times, looks at something behind his board and I can see him scratching out some kind of math on scrap paper. He looks at me with a grin and a raised eyebrow and says, "Congratulations. You've not only managed to fling your loyal trusting familiar into your enemy's crotch, but you've also convinced him that there is lots of yummy, yummy cheese within. The rat immediately starts to tear into him, the poor bastard. The guard is running around attempting to dislodge the offending rodent. Given the location and nature of the attack go ahead and roll 4d4, times 2 for the crit.

I did so and I reported the results. The DM shook his head and informed me the guard is, to his own sweet relief, dead.

So proud of that familiar!

hedgie · « **Reply #47 on:** 20 Nov 2014, 17:31 »

Yeah, getting better of the DM is fun. One time during a prolonged fight, I actually managed to get hit in combat. I tell the DM that I drop. Next round, when my turn comes up, I tell him "I get up and stab that vampire bitch in the back with both daggers". He gave me a look, and I replied "dude, I said I dropped, not that I was out of HP".

Edit: That was a fight that the PCs were *supposed* to lose, and with everything I pulled out of my arse, we won. He would have got 90% of what he wanted if he hadn't insisted on one of the baddies demanding a tissue sample from my PC (she was rather vain, 25 appearance). She would have totally let the last standing super-mook take samples from everyone else. Still got beat up hard enough that my last actions were to heal the cleric up to being able to fix up everyone else, at the cost of all but 5 of my HP and half my con, and turn myself invisible so I could pass-out in relative safety. Then again, I do tend to power-game a bit, but here my weak spot was having a lousy con score, which, as a mage, I had to burn in order to heal others.

Fig · « **Reply #48 on:** 20 Nov 2014, 22:10 »

One of these days I'm going to just make a bunch of characters and start hunting for a group. May even settle for an online group.

hedgie · « **Reply #49 on:** 21 Nov 2014, 06:19 »

Online groups aren't as fun. You can't pull tricks like passing a note to the DM that says "just scribble something on a piece of paper, roll a few dice, and pass the paper to me". It's a lot of fun for inducing group paranoia. Of course, at least the DM can still say roll a $whatever check/save out of nowhere to freak the players out.

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