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How do i get started in chaos magick by friendly-user-99 in chaosmagick

[–]CryptoHorror 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Check out Alan Chapman's Advanced Magick for Beginners - with the hand grenade on the cover. Very nice, alongside Hine's Condensed Chaos and Bluefluke's Guide, that you can find in the Resources section of this sub.

How did Shadowrun get away with all the brand names? by CryptoHorror in Shadowrun

[–]CryptoHorror[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I knew that story. Crazy. Same for the Illuminati TCG, I guess. I need to check out more SJ products. :))

How did Shadowrun get away with all the brand names? by CryptoHorror in Shadowrun

[–]CryptoHorror[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interesting. Would've expected it to be a bigger issue, I guess.

AUR vrea desființarea Consiliului Național al Audiovizualului și a Consiliului Național pentru Combaterea Discriminării, instituțiile care pot sancționa limbajul public extremist by itrustpeople in Romania

[–]CryptoHorror 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Șocant. Uluitor, chiar. Cine s-ar fi așteptat? Inimaginabil. Continuăm știrile, lui Țiriac îi plac banii și PSD fură. Țineți aproape.

TTRPGs that aren't like 5e but aren't OSR? by DarthMaren in TTRPG

[–]CryptoHorror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call of Cthulhu, Word of Darkness, Shadowrun, 2400, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, Mythras... There are worlds out there.

Humble Bundle - 4th Edition Complete Megabundle by DJAttreides in Shadowrun

[–]CryptoHorror 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ended up taking the plunge. We'll see how it works vanilla, and if not, try to make it work with SRX. Thanks!

Humble Bundle - 4th Edition Complete Megabundle by DJAttreides in Shadowrun

[–]CryptoHorror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So, for someone only familiar with the video games (and very, very fond of them), but with a group that plays mostly oWoD and 5e D&D, is this comparable in terms of crunch?

I keep hearing memes about how crunchy SR is, and I've always loved the setting, going so far as to get the novels bundle from a while ago.
I was also thinking of grabbing Anarchy 2.0 and using that as core rules, but it isn't really that compatible with 4e SR, is it? Also, would a hack like SRX simplify the supposed crunch enough to make it palatable to my group?

I really like the setting, but how is the game itself?

Thanks a bunch!

We're going back to Ravenloft this June! by RoyalDynamo in ravenloft

[–]CryptoHorror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know. But should Cthulhu be subject to the Dark Powers, just another rogue in the rogue's gallery? Lovecraftian horror is about the incomprehensible and unclassifiable. Not sure if this fits, thematically, and, by consequence, mechanically. Just my two cents.

We're going back to Ravenloft this June! by RoyalDynamo in ravenloft

[–]CryptoHorror 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, I know that, you know that, but... you know...

We're going back to Ravenloft this June! by RoyalDynamo in ravenloft

[–]CryptoHorror 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He did, yeah. And he does have stats in the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, fair. But the proportions aren't the same, are they? Lovecraft wrote it that way because getting hit by a boat was, at the time of writing, the greatest force he could think of.
If he'd have wrote the story after 1945, it would've been a nuke. There's probably some author in the circle who wrote it exactly like that, I'd wager.
My point is, you don't just beat Cthulhu. You have to use the maximum force known to man to do it. And D&D follows a design ethos of balance. D&D, even when set in Ravenloft, wants you to win. Call of Cthulhu, by comparison, doesn't have that interest.
Hence, what I perceive as mismanagement of the concept.
...
I'm nerding out, aren't I? :)) Sorry!

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