/vx/ - Videogames and Paranormal

>>37374
kek

>>37373
Well, I'll probably lurk for the next couple hours.

>>37379
Kek. I just saw that one on my watchlist.

>>37381
???

>>37382
free memes

gtg for a bit

>>37295
I tried cleaning up her face and making the hair look a bit less terrible.

Desaturated this Wood Elf

>>37386
>>37387
Awww, thanks

>>37388
You're welcome.

Shameless Blogpost:
I'm going to go to a movie with my family for the next couple hours. They want to watch the new (((Star Wars))) film; i hope it's half-decent this year.

>>37389
Good. Good. Blog post with us

I honestly believe it's not a bad movie. I watched it a couple nights ago with a friend when we went to see it at midnight. It's definitely better than the other two disney Star Wars films and any of the prequals,
although it drags on for way too long - it should have been shorter.
But I think it's a solid film

So I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday, allow me to get meta for a moment.
I've kind of painted myself into a corner. This was supposed to be the point at which the party becomes aware of certain aspects of the world through a lengthy villainous monologue/description, but Liches don't do that. In fact, in this context all they would do is attack. No explanations or dialogue, just a throwing of themselves and their resources against their opponent. Liches revive after a short period of time, and there's always more corpses to animate, so who cares? So, in the conclusion of the immediate situation, I'm going to introduce a new NPC to give convenient explanations. In this way, we can still meta as needed, but in a very tongue-in-cheek gesture it will enable characters to know stuff by way of convenient explanations. Pic related is convenient eplanation man

>>37391
>Implying Thez shouldn't already know all of this shit
That's okay, it's very easy to imagine the lichs have human lackeys that are taken alive

I'm finally making some plans for world building after the war is over.
The lack of international commerce has been putting a hold on my world building for a while, but hopefully I can get back in the game
Um... I got a few things I want for my Fae after the battle is over...

Merry Christmas Faggots!

>>37393
Merry Christmas
>>37390
>>37389
IMO the new one is mainly hated because of the guy who dies at the end. I feel most people can't look over that detail, and hate the rest of the movie because of it. The only film I personally won't sit down and watch is the Phantom Menace. I like how (((disney))) is doing with it, but I still prefer the books.Go ahead, shit on me

>>37396
Do I redeem myself by currently reading The Art of the Deal?

>>37393
Merry Christmas modanon.

>>37397
Yes. Absolutely. I've felt kind of lonely here making references to it, but no one gets my references because I am the only person who has read it

>>37398
D'aww, thanks. Merry Christmas Dixie

>>37399
Prepare to have your references understood Donny
>>37400
Mein Kampf is next on my reading list don't worry

>>37391
Well, I assume the liches didn't go down without a fight. How many spell slots did it take to fell them? How much energy did we expend?

>>37402
Oh certainly not, and the Liches timed their arrival. At the same time they're arriving (there's three) a mix of screams of alarm and panic can be heard from within the port.
For those at the bridge, there's Ruth Bader Ginsberg. For those at the port there is Nanci Pelosi, and for those at the sewer (is there anyone even?) there's Dianne Feinstein.

>>37403
Infernius was supposed to be at the sewer, but we can kill Fienstien after The Notorious RBG is semi-kill

>>37402
Do you not want to play out the combat sequence?

>>37405
Why do you assume we are not going to kill the licks in combat? They need a chance to kill us, after all

>>37404
Infernius left the sewer.

>>37403
Can we start the charge soon?

>>37407
I am aware. He should head back

>>37404
I had planned to play it out a bit, as players are able. The biggest risk to players is human resources, reputation, and immediate adversary.
>>37405
Thats the the thing about liches, you can kill the image/presence all you want and it'll b back in some days; one must kill the phylactery, also for swag.
>>37408
Allyps, vargouilles, shadows, and other base undead lunge at Trump, each dying in rapid and often continuous succession when coinciding with Vandereium's abilities. Maintaining a perimeter is pretty easy. Trump can turn undead, say "Football" (1x/day) or move (incurring attacks of opportunity, aside from attacks or item use.

>>37403
I am in the sewers.

>>37410
Well fuck me. Where is RBG relative to me? Where am I? Am I unmounted again?

>>37410
Can't Tracy just fly over all of the grunts and charge straight for Ruth?

>>37413
All three listed enemy types are flying...

>>37412
High in the air, appearing as a dense dark cloud or fog, a disgusting mask of decayed flesh is stuck half-assedly out one side on a broom handle as a "recognizable face"

>>37414
Fuck it. Trample Attack while attempting to Overrun them, while Trump keeps swinging his sword, and continue the charge. Tracy is Huge and has 31 Str, so she can Trample just about anything that doesn't choose to get out of her way.

>>37415
Alright, is it possible to move forward without more than normal attacks? What about using the generals to shoot arrows to clear a path?

Can cute sex horse use the grape-shot type effect of the Trebuchet fire to clear a path?

Does daylight scare them away?

>>37416
>>37415
Um... Trumpaladin re-kills anything undead that comes in range

>>37419
It's not a weapon and it's not in range

Now should we use NPCs with range attacks to help clear the gap, proceed forward at risk, or use the holy word to clear a circle?

>>37420
I meant Disarm, and a broom could count as a weapon.
Anyway, can Tracy knock the old "lady" off the broom with her 60 ft chain?

>>37417
Yes, the trebuchet.<WHUDDDD> sounds off from the rear. "What are you aiming at? No seriously, what? The giant is meta-kill, what else is there?" Slovenia demands, showing visual cues that she had most enjoyed fing the toys. "Sound off targets!" her voice somehow cuts through the din of hundreds of undead spoops clamoring around.

>>37415
To Fae

>"Second enemy wave appears to be proceeding from the same points of attack as the first. Send all combat personnel back to the walls, and engage via ranged attacks. You yourself shall engage in flying targets that come too close, or assist the ground troops"

>>37422
"Target this dense horde of flying and grounded undead! It is absolutely impossible for you to miss. Target the mass between us and the cloud!"

>>37421
>>37422
And... My parents are making me eat dinner. Be back in a few minutes

Tracy is using her free-action smoke cloud every turn, btw.

>>37424
Tracy continues plowing straight towards Ruth, crushing bones beneath her fiery hooves as she charges, reading her dancing chain to lash at the old caster once she gets withing 60 ft.

>>37424
I too must eat. Not now, but soon. Go forth and nom good paladin. This part upcoming is where we take all the cards and resources we have been hiding/stashing/cultivating and throw them - almost literally - against the undead hoard context.

>>37426
60 feet is one third of her charge speed. She gets that close, unless there are too many undead to make a charge, she really ought to charge

>>37428
How many squares away is she?

[1d20 = 2]
As Tracy dashes forward, often leaving a ruined opponent in her wake, a shrivelled voice calls out from the darkened cloud with the stupid broom puppet-head sticking out. "Hold," it shrieks

>>37430
Shit. Was that a save?

>>37431
How high-up is Tracy? It'll fucking suck if she drops Trump...

Tracy shrugs off, was that a compulsion attempt? Oh well, that dark cloud clearly needs to die cuz it sounds like spoopy talking.
>>37429
She was more than one round away, but her dice roll side-stepped the efficacy of her action.
So Tracy hovers-ish across from Ruth Bader Ginsberg along(?) with,....
Thez and the Fight club secured aspects of the town, while Infernius observed the giant pile or poo divide and segment into a few dozen piles of poo, which quickly and angrily look at him.

>>37433
>along(?) with
Trump has been riding her the whole time.
>>37433
>her dice roll side-stepped the efficacy of her action
Does that mean she still has more rounds until she can attack with her chain?

>>37431
The Horse Shoes of the Peerless steed, combined with the already high bonus from being a Paladin's mount or Cauchemar, make Tracy basically immune to compulsion spells even from God-tier spell casters.

>>37433
All personel with ranged attacks - spartan, generals, and cute sex horse - who are not essential to hold the line, are to target undead between RBG and Trumpacy, as well as around them. Fae is to engage undead on the bridge, as reasonable to hold the line

>>37434
Charge if possible. If not possible, I guess do ranged attacks, but you're in range of her spells, so you're basically waiting for her to kill us while we can't attack her with melee

"Get me closer. I want to hit her with my sword.

No really, almost all of our ways of harming her require us to get within ten feet. I could probably kill her in a single round with a buffed enough Paladin's lay of hands, but I need to touch her"

>>37436
Spirited Charge. Attempt to knock her off of her broom with the dancing chain once she gets within 60 ft.

>>37433
Ready Attack with Vanderiem and Smite Evil when in range

How be the docks?

>>37440
True. I went through a set of threads last night and discovered GM did not apply my Int modifier when calculating my Skill points, so I have more than realized that I can put into Ride and Concentration

>>37441
It's being visited by friendly undead senator Nancy Pelosi. See >>37403

\r

>>37442
Can Torc drain the swamp?

>>37443
Drain the Ocean?

>>37446
More like get rid of these fuck ass zombie senators, but on a scale of 1 to "orbit of pluto" how far would draining the ocean launch my sides?

>>37449
Uh... Target the senators if possible

>>37450
Oh wait, why did I think you where GM?
I'm gonna wait and see what he says

>>37442
Also, Don't use-up Death Ward. Cast Eagle's Splendor. You have high Char and Divine Grace. Save that Spell slot for Holy Sword to finish off the biggest boss.
>>37452
Merry Christmas.

>>37452
easy now, I insisted on those buffs long ago

>>37453
Good point on Death ward. Be advised it lasts 16 minutes though, so probably more than one encounter

I want to use eagle's splendor to buff a lay of hands attack though. How many more waves do you think are comming?

>>37453
Tracy also has an odd numbered Dexterity score, meaning she gains +1 to her AC, +1 to her ranged attack score, and +1 to her chain attack score/rapier attack score if she gets the weapon finesse feat, if just one more point is allotted there

>>37452
>Torc's charisma isn't odd
>can't get a bonus to make fucking random things easier
Sad
>>37454
What would drain the swamp do against the zombie senators?

>>37456
I thought she had Finess by now? She was training to finess her chain this week in the holodeck.

>>37456
Why did you want a Spell Resistance Cloak instead of a Cloak of Charisma? It would've been better for saves against spells.

>>37458
It's been less than a day in game time since they came back from the hunting trip. And a lot of that has been spent talking or feeding birds or killing ponimaru [-]but not having sex reeeee and all the other things Tracy does in a day

>>37460
Handling those huge birds should count towards Dodge training...

>>37459
Because a cloak of charisma adds from +2 to +6 to a Cha score, whereas a Cloak of resistance adds from +1 to +6 to savings throws. Basically he could get the same bonus from a +3 resistance cloak as an epic tier cloak of charisma

>>37461
Maybe. It's one solid week of training per feat though. Doesn't come cheap. I do know a few feats I want to give my Fae though...

>>37462
>Basically he could get the same bonus from a +3 resistance cloak as an epic tier cloak of charisma
Yeah, so why not just go for higher Char, and use that bonus to also count towards Lay On Hands, Diplomacy, Leadership, etc? Tracy made one for him, but she just dyed it black and used it on herself after she saw he got another one.
>>37462
>give my Fae though
Can we just give feats to our animals? I thought it takes a year to train a magical beast to do one thing?
Can Tracy give feats to her birds?

>>37463
Aww. That's sweet
Can he's still use it for the Paladin's Lay of Hands attack? A +2 cloak would do 16 HP damage.

I think I asked for both a Cloak of Charisma and a Cloak of Resistance, so maybe both?

>>37463
Well, Fae is a magical beast, which should help her. I'm going to try to advance her as much as GM will let me. There are Feats specific to monsters that Fae can take that I want for her

>>37463
I believed and continue to believe that that Rapier of Puncture is perfect for Tracy. With the weapons Finesse feat, as well as the 5e version of the shape shifter's armor or a skillful placing of ability points, Tracy could have a +5 dexterity bonus to attack as well as the sword's +2 bonus for +7, besides the sword's special attack.

Apparently Infernius already promised the sword to someone else. But Tracy is a neutral evil thief. She doesn't give a shit about any promises to anyone, with the possible exception of her betrothal, and she certainly wouldn't care for an agreement she wasn't party to.

>>37464
>which should help her
Shouldn't it be the opposite? It takes a whole year to train a magical beast, while it only takes one week to train an animal. Animals may have low Int, but they're trained to exploit those slots much more easily than magical beasts; that's really the only excuse for giving them such low Int in the first place.

>>37466
Fuck if I know. I just know I'm putting Fae in the holodeck and having her train towards a monster feat until GM tells me not to

>>37465
>that Rapier of Puncture is perfect for Tracy
Yeah, but it belongs to Darkie.
>She doesn't give a shit about any promises to anyone
True, but I'm not about to take my chance with stealing from the higher-level thief. I'll just murder other NPCs for their shit.
>>37467
It also requires an Epic Check in Handle Animal. How many ranks did you put into that? Paladin's (and Blackguards) have that skill for the sake of training their horses, which only require a 15-20 DC to train.

>>37468
Oh fuck off. Do you want to tell me how you're keeping animals exactly? You don't get an animal companion, you don't get a familiar, and it's only GM haxxor that's letting you get not one but two animals that are not mere animals But giant fucking animals that should eat Tracy, not listen to her

Now let me advance my NPC mount the way you normally advance an NPC

>It belongs to Darkie
Are you playing a lawful Good character? If yes, then please cut the "kill the unicorn" bullshit. If no, then please stop being a hypocrite and moralizing

>Not taking a chance with a higher level thief
Then will you please make Tracy not take her chances against a higher level Wizard, a Higher level Cleric, and possibly a god-level monk while trying to kill a demi-god unicorn?
\r

>>37469
>higher level wizard
Techinacally Torc is lvl 16 too.

>>37470
The point is that the odds of success of Tracy against the entire party at once is much lower than Tracy versus Darkemeter

>>37469
>You don't get an animal companion
Animal Companions are special NPCs, like Paladins's mounts.
You can own/train as many creatures as you have time to Handle, although it takes time to manage them. Rearing them from birth makes it easier.
I'm not trying to give you a hard time, I'm just wondering if that'll work, since I'll gladly jump on that opportunity if it's allowed.
>tfw Rocs count as Animals
If I can give these birdies feats, I'll buff them into gods.
>>37471
When did she say she was fighting the entire party?

>>37471
Fair point

>>37472
I call Sam
Well, the Holodeck I think requires an intelligent creature. Birds could be trained, but probably can't train themselves

>Entire Party at once
Infernius always white knights, always, and now Torcuil is joining the mix Thank you Torcuil, she deserves someone to fight for her. I'll believe that Tracy can fight Torcuil, snek, and Trollestia all at once and win if Trumpaladin and Fae are fighting on her side, but throw in Infernius and it's no longer a fair fight.

She'd be much smarter to give it up, to delay a week, or to make a deal

>>37472
Well, I have been sadly, and unintntionally projecting myself a bit on the Troll/Torc relations.
I didn't really understand the point at first, so I blew it off. In reality, Troll has shown if a somewhat strange and perverted affection for Torc. This would lead the hermity old Torc to fall head over heels for Troll, because of his solitary background.
>>37474
TLDR, I've been fucking up my RPing

>>37474
>Holodeck
Can feats be acquired outside the Holodeck? Some feats feel better off being acquired on the road.
>make a deal
That's literal cuckoldry. Also, didn't I say she was irrationally angry in character?
I don't like spoiling character intentions through meta.. Let her get there first.

>>37475
Torc doesn't know that Troll cheated on him too though.
We'll get to that point later. Discussing it now just spoils shit. Let's kill these liches first.

Is GM here?

>>37476
>Outside of the holodeck
I would say yes, but the point is that it takes a literal 40 to 100 hours of doing something in order to get the feat. It's not super cheap, it's just obtainable

>Literal cuckholdry
How is that literal Cuckholdry? As I understand the meaning of the term, it means "a person whose partner has had sex with someone else besides the person while in the relationship." No one is having sex in most possible deals, so where is the cukholdry?

>Let her get there first
You know he'll try to talk her down long before she gets there, right?

>>37475
Nevermind the romantic aspect. If a demi-god unicorn agrees to be your "steed and ally," you say yes

>>37477
Yes he does. The character talked to Tracy after Tracy found out. Also, Torcuil cheated on Trollestia

>>37478
>where is the cukholdry?
Cuckoldry involves consent or inaction of the other partner, otherwise it's NTR.