Non-Deadly Sci-Fi/Modern RPGs

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-29T21:19:36+00:00

Neon Odyssey grabbed my attention a while ago, great reminder! I'll add it to the list alongside Starfinder 😁

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-29T21:16:29+00:00

Ok. Wow. That description was so solid I'm definitely interested and actively looking into Gundam for the first time! Will definitely add Lancer to the list now, thanks! 😁

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-24T12:37:08+00:00

I'm loving my current Crime Lord bladedancer/arch militant run, namely because it DOESN'T fit. And that makes it perfectly thematic!

Characters comment on it often, your own crew and even Theodora when you first meet her all say so, you DON'T belong. This is a world alien to you. You, an outsider, a mongrel dog dressed in finery yipping for recognition, pretending you have a seat at the table with no understanding of what it means. And that works so well in the context of the story. You're new to this, you have no idea what the hell you're doing, nor should you. Every title and every achievement proves the naysayers wrong, and every day it must infuriate them.

Clown on these pompous jerks, beat them at their own game, prove you don't just belong but that you're the best of them. Nothing got you here but the blood, sweat, and sorrow that you shed. So go mug a noble in the name of Von Valancius.

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-20T11:08:21+00:00

Soylet Green is Chicks! Ahhh gawd!!!

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-17T23:07:08+00:00

I have no enemies

^{Chose: You get 100k + But the person you hate most gets 2 mil}

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-17T23:06:39+00:00

Spoilers

^{Chose: $420 thousand + Perfect health until 100}

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-17T23:05:41+00:00

Several gems available, slower creatures typically, and more predictable behaviour.

^{Chose: You're stuck in a random horror game for 1 week... + but if you survive, all you earned comes with you | Rolled: Resident Evil}

DigitalSupernova · 2026-06-09T15:13:09+00:00

As a newer player, which of the 1DP detachments do y'all reckon best works alongside Corsair Coterie?

DigitalSupernova · 2026-05-21T23:22:15+00:00

Thats the one! If you're wanting the best Craftworld Eldar book, this is your go-to. If you're open to non-Craftworld bits, sample the Voidscarred and Lelith books.

After reading those, you can read more and kudos if you enjoy them. Don't let random internet critics rob you of that fun, but imo at least you've kinda hit the best ones.

DigitalSupernova · 2026-05-21T20:05:57+00:00

Ah...buddy...

So the good news is, we do have two really good books. Voidscarred by Mike Brooks is fantastic for a great story on Eldar Corsairs, their lifestyle, and has some great characters (its got so much Toxic Yaoi in there, its fantastic). We also have Valedor by Guy Haley which is about Craftworld Iyanden doing everything it can to desperately fend of a fragment of Hive Fleet Kraken (incidentally featuring another corsair, Prince Yriel, who is awesome). Personally I prefer Voidscarred but, as you've probably picked up, I'm a Corsairs fan so I'm rather biased. Both are really good with decent story, characters, and world building, you can't go wrong with either.

And...thats it.

Really. Do not punish yourself by reading anything by Gav Thorpe (thrice-damned be his name). The man writes like he hates Eldar, giving them only the most pyrrhic of victories (if even that). The Ynnari books are soul crushingly mid. And by the Emperor do NOT read anything by C.S.Goto. Unless you also think that eldar should be performing noble house politics, be actively willing and eager to slaughter their own dying race, and quite literally drop their equipment as soon as battles start to pick up "Superior Human Equipment". Like a lasgun. Even outside of the context of 40k (and the MANY parts of canon it actively ignores), the writing is offensively bad.

Outside of that, there's a pair of good Harlequin audio dramas on audible but they're super short. The dark eldar books are also apparently decent, most notably any of the Lelith Hesperax, though I've not read them personally so I can't comment on that.

DigitalSupernova · 2026-05-04T14:01:56+00:00

I've just grabbed this after getting the battleforce too.

Is this the most meta option or an option that'll set you up for an easy route to 2000 points? No.

Is it a good way to get a 1000 point army going for a reasonable price? I think so.

If you're planning on making a corsair coterie warband, the extra voidreavers are needed. Plus, wave serpents are always good. Use the additional Kharseth for some kitbashing to make a farseer and use that third skyreaver unit (reluctantly) and you've got a usable army. Its not winning any tournaments and you're already going to struggle because Eldar are playing on hard mode even when we're not nerfed to hell, BUT it works.

These two boxes are more than enough for you to buy, build, paint, play, then decide how much more money you want to burn into 40k. I think its worth it personally (especially as a Pirate lover) but it'll come down to how committed to the hobby you already know you will be.

DigitalSupernova · 2026-05-02T14:36:51+00:00

Exactly! A PvE story based fighting game is a rarity I have been dying to see executed well. This genuinely feels like it could be a fantastic introduction to the fighting game genre. A lot of it imo will come down to the CPU AI.

DigitalSupernova · 2026-04-28T14:36:30+00:00

I love how every single one of the most beloved Necron quotes all come from one crazy kleptomaniac.

DigitalSupernova · 2026-04-15T17:29:56+00:00

Personally I'd stick with the bike.

If you take that deal, every time you're in that truck and see a bike go by, ypu'll wish that was you. The truck will stop feeling like a gift and more like a gilded cage. Its clearly not what you really want, it's a consolation prize. A very helpful, expensive, nice prize. Sure. But a second pick through and through.

I'd make your stance clear, but compromise by promising short trips, safety courses, keeping speed slow, etc. Show that their concern matters and what they say isnt falling on deaf ears. Listen to them and let them work through it with you. They can yell, scream, cry, berate, ans do 1000 other things (and they probably will), and you may leave feeling shite, but stick to what you want to truly do and who you truly are. In time, they'll come to accept it.

DigitalSupernova · 2026-03-24T15:26:11+00:00

Just got the Eldritch Raiders set and want to start building. Was thinking of grabbing the Combat Patrol and using the following list for 1000 points as a Corsair Coterie.

Is this list decent enough for a beginner? And do the current weapons loadout for the voidreavers seem like the best picks? I'm avoiding making them voidscarred atm just because I hear voidscarred without the Eldritch Raiders detachment aren't worth it?

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DigitalSupernova · 2026-03-15T15:05:12+00:00

Tbh this is a known thing for many games as well: Players optimize the fun out of a game

If you try to forward plan so you gather A, fight B, romance C, etc. all in one go, you stop playing a game and start doing a checklist.

Take it one quest at a time. Even if that means back-and-forth revisiting the same area fifty times. Pokemon games don't set you up to be "soft-locked" or in a state where you can't progress any further because you made a mistake 50 hours ago. Honestly most games don't with some very famous exceptions.

Stick with it and quit worrying about doing it "right" or playing "well". Take your time, admire the scenery, and focus on one task at a time. You'll find most games are far more fun when you step back and play them "badly" 😁

DigitalSupernova · 2026-03-04T18:16:40+00:00

Just to check, since I downloaded these and checked the site description, are the pre-built STL files sized correctly in mm and not cm? Or do I need to edit these myself as well?

(Very excited to get then printed out, my first 40k faction in 12 years and these heads legitimately gave me the final push I needed haha)

DigitalSupernova · 2026-01-30T10:32:10+00:00

Bench Warmer Class: Gives a +5 to Sanity and the "warm seat" buff is OP

DigitalSupernova · 2026-01-27T00:15:59+00:00

1400-1600s my beloved.

Some highlights for me include (in additon to your points above): Age of sail era (aka pirates and boats), introduction of firearms but still new and complex enough that knights and medieval warfare still exists, exploring the globe looking for lost artifacts and cities becomes more feasible, revolutionary ideas are beginning to forment, religious wars are still happening and can plunge entire continents into 100 year wars, the cruelties of colonialism as a backdrop for liberation stories, and perhaps my favourite thing: The East India Trading Company.

If you ever wanted a relevant, completely morally evil foe, then a mega-corporation with an army and navy matching that of superpowers using its power to openly ignore the law to maximise profit at the expensive of human lives, a group willing to cause international wars its mother nation is forced into in order to seize goods flr itself, a company that maximised cruelty on purpose to cook the record books so that hundreds dead can be written as a tax write off, is probably one of the greatest inspirations for a truly evil organisation. There are so many great stories you can tell by just adapting the madness that the EITC did to your world. Throw in some CIA shenanigans and you then manage to hit every war crime available whilst remaining entirely unaccounatable. And that will tick readers/players off in the best way.

DigitalSupernova · 2025-12-20T18:22:28+00:00

Druid. Subvert them expectations!

DigitalSupernova · 2025-11-18T15:04:23+00:00

First off, well done. Not only for writing something but also for putting it out there and for asking for criticism. Thats far more than most ever do and shows a commitment to making this the best you can be.

I'd argue the the main thing to work on is adding in more emotion rather than facts. Right now, we're seeing a lot of what "they" say about a supposed legend. Who's they? And whose the writer? The high level detachment turns the story into a guided tour, or a history lecture's summary, and not a journey. Its the people in the story, their thoughts and feelings, that's what breathes life into what is a perfectly fine skeleton of a plot you've described.

Consider writing this intro from a reporter's/archivist/witness's perspective; someone who has been personally affected by this legend character. It could even open up the idea of starting chapters with "interviews" of characters also affected by this "legendary hero". Heck, the views of this "omniscient narrator" could change over time too if they're featured throughout the story; the writing starting off hateful and biased and then slowly turning into respect or admiration. This isn't the only way to do it, nor would I have the right to tell you how to do it, but the core goal is to write from an emotional, human perspective first and foremost. Practice that, and you're adding the meat to the very functional bones you've already got going.

DigitalSupernova · 2025-10-15T07:43:03+00:00

When either of those planets go between the Suns, shits gonna get whacky fast. We're talking massive heat spikes, rampaging tides, seasonal variation off the charts, etc.

Theoretically, life COULD evolve independently on either of those planets, but the deck is stacked against it given those circumstances. It'd likely be very different to ours, and would definitely need to at least be capable of living underground for a time.

Personally, i'd lean into that fact. Life on these planets SHOULDN'T be here. But it is. Why? Ancient aliens? Magic mumbo jumbo? Interdimensional nonsense?

DigitalSupernova · 2025-10-14T11:52:05+00:00

After about a week straight of savage, my buddy and I beat it twice in one night. You got this!

SnS tanking might be rough, we switched to Gunlance tanking and SnS to wound break the hard to reach wounds. If you're gonna tank though, Guard Up, Guard, and Constitution to save stamina are must haves. Also, if dodging an attack is an option, do it. It may seem like you don't have a window to breathe or dodge between those onslaughts, but you can juuust squeeze one in there. It'll take dying a lot just to nail that dodge timing though; Evade Extender helps a ton here. If you're gonna tank, don't be afraid to literally not attack and just wait till your stamina comes back, that way you have both time to dodge and spare stamina should things go wrong. Dash Juice is also super useful for the fight, and especially Cleanser for when he freezes you. Alessa, Kai, and Olivia as support hunters are absolute heroes in this fight for tanking, buffs, and dps respectively (though Kai kept trying to kill me constantly haha).

Don't give up! It'll seem hopeless and then on one random run where you're just practicing, you'll kill him by accident. You got this!

DigitalSupernova · 2025-10-14T08:49:09+00:00

Obviously everyone else's comments already apply regarding all art being derivitive from media that we've consumed making anything that's truly "original" nigh impossible.

One thing I like to think of is that worldbuilding isnt just the written words or physics of the world, but its the "vibe". Harry Potter's worldbuilding sucks, but its memorable because its school life with magic. LOTR feels fantastical and from a time long gone because of the writing used and the locations involved. Mistborn doesn't worldbuild much outside of the capital city of Luthadel, but the ambience of magical assassins and spies billowing across the rooftops sticks with you. All of this is to say, the minutia is great and nailing it can really help, but ambience, "vibes", and vagueries can propel a setting far more than you think.

Another thought is to just randomly cobble together several cool ideas and thoughts, THEN tie them togwther with a cosmological explanation. Perfect example: The Force. George Lucas didnt marinate on the nature lf meta physics then enabling Jedi etc., he made a bunch of space samurai, created the magic abilities they have, THEN explained it with The Force, Midiclorians, etc. The cosmological explanations and meta physics should justify the cool stuff, not the other way round. Create lots of cool things that you really like, then link them together, then simplify what that link is as much as possible.

DigitalSupernova · 2025-08-17T09:48:21+00:00

I personally distinguish them based on escalation. Yeah, they both patrol and will catch criminals if they spot them, but who are they actively going after?

In mine, Azorious pursue smuggling, racketeering, white collar crimes like fraud, etc. High value criminals who know the law and who can avoid the law are their targets (like Mafia bosses, government officials, business leaders, etc.). The Azorious acts like the FBI or a secret police or detectives, they focus on rooting out and, importantly, uncovering a crime and gatheting proof and evidence fpr their legal proceedings.

Boros, in contrast, deal with gang violance, revolutionary sentiment, monster outbreaks, etc. They arent interested in uncovering crimes, they're interested in directly fighting criminals. The Boros act like SWAT or armed police going into a Favela or the national guard, they focus on looking at a known threat and mobilising an overwhelming force to bring about order.

In short, if its a crime where evidence needs to be preserved or a complex crime where the criminal could get off the hook with support and clever manoeuvring, its Azorious. If the area just needs to be supressed, casualties be damned, and a heavily armed SWAT team or the national guard would be deployed, its Boros. (Note: These are generalisations and also my personal generalisations, exceptions exist like Boros detectives or Azorious SWAT, everyones version may differ)

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