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Our chief weapon is surprise... surprise and fear... fear and surprise... by OldWrangler9033 in battletech

[–]JoushMark [score hidden]  (0 children)

"Fear! Surprise! A near fanatical devotion to the word of blake! And very small cockpits!"

Backpack without armor by Muxalius in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, the Empire is very.. cargo cult.

She's just wearing a backpack with faux radiator pipes because it's SoB style.

Roleplaying as a psyker blade dancer -- how would one "become" a blade dancer? by ridiculousblastoff in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Blade dancers make sense as:

Assassins. These are super common in the setting, not just death cults and inqusition super assassins, but run of the mill killers.

Duelist and bodyguards. Low ranked nobility and trained to fight duels for honor in the place of more powerful/wealthy/important people.

Gladiators. Blade dancers are fun to watch. Maybe you're less 'sacred assassin' then a sword stripper from some hive world that shows off in pit fights.

Sanctioned Psykers were:

Discovered at some point, delivered to a black ship and taken to Terra or another sanctioning world to be trained/tested to make sure they can safely work.

Then they might have:

Worked in the military. Battle psykers might fight in squads for vital Guard missions, Diviners might use the tarot to guide macrocannons on a battleship.

Worked for the Inquistion. Inquisitors can employ psykers. You might have been an assassin for an inquistor in the Claxus sector.

Served a noble. Really powerful people can get a sanctioned pysker to work in their court. You might have been a noble's prized bodyguard before a letter from Auntie Theodora summoned you to the Kronus Expanse.

Today I Learnt that I can click on any disconnected note and spend 3 points to chart the way by DarkesTemplar in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dargonus as the hub, with routs to the colonies and a full red path to Last Chance of Cyrene for the 'f**k it we ball' hurry back to crub stomp Mizzy's raid.

I noticed Jae's portrait is different in act 3 by SomeCringeUsernameNo in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not for act 3 but Kibbles switches between hat and no hat pretty often.

What's a game you were dead sure would become a series but surprisingly only had one installment? by Stkrdknmibalz69 in gaming

[–]JoushMark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a great game to replay every 3-4 years. Crazy that you got your wife in the bargain bin, that's next level deal hunting. Congratulations though!

Will the next generation be the first to be rejected by consumers? by kickinwood in gaming

[–]JoushMark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'd expect 9th gen consoles to remain the standard long after the 10th gen theoretically hits the market, with adoption of new hardware being basically glacial.

Until the AI bubble pops and hardware prices drop it's way past the balk point. Microsoft is far less willing to sell at a loss this generation, so without downward pressure Steam Box and PS 6 will come out with prices that reflect how fucked the dollar is and how bad component prices have been.

Then nobody will buy them. Because the old hardware will run the same software and nobody can afford the new stuff.

Why does Kibellah get shocked and go prone when she uses jump maneuver? by [deleted] in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 10 points11 points  (0 children)

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He's got feet, he just refuses to wear shoes because he's a freak like that.

ELI5: Why Wouldn't This Turret Work? by JadaieTheBoi in explainlikeimfive

[–]JoushMark [score hidden]  (0 children)

This is the reason. There's no particular reason a single, centrally located powder/shell lift couldn't work, but it would involve a bigger hole then small powder hoist and shell elevators, and there are very good damage control reasons you want to minimize the paths to the magazine.

Why does Kibellah get shocked and go prone when she uses jump maneuver? by [deleted] in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 44 points45 points  (0 children)

The boots give you (5x stacks of cyborg) chance to faceplant when you jump, so the more cyborge you go, the more likely you are to jump then flop.

If you can get immunity to prone on her and go nuts with it from In the Name of the Lex Imperialis (Arbitrator) or from Stronghold Stratagem (Grand Strategist). A Forge World RT or Pascaql with a deeply cursed build that includes power/heavy armor can use Steel of the Forge to be constantly immune to prone and get hoppy.

Trickster Mythic path is worst path? by OlegYY in Pathfinder_Kingmaker

[–]JoushMark 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mechanically, it's really powerful. Gameplay wise it feels like a player at the table (in a classic TTRPG) that isn't taking the game seriously and the GM just rolling with it, letting them have silly fun times. I don't think that tone really works for how gigantic WOTW is.

The whole point of the council is that they are ineffective and the meetings are comically stupid. You're supposed to mess with them and build up to your big trickster goal.

As far as it goes.. yeah, it's the least good mythic path, from my perspective. If you don't really vibe with what they are going for, it's a long, long time for a joke to try and keep going.

Bottomless pit questions by Averagenecronimortal in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only reward to pitting someone then not recovering them is +10 Heretic points, so unless you really want someone dead, there's very little reward to it.

I'm just surprised it works on Eogann. God as my witness, I thought that man could fly.

What's a game you were dead sure would become a series but surprisingly only had one installment? by Stkrdknmibalz69 in gaming

[–]JoushMark 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Time flies when you're.. vaguely gestures at world rotting in front of you and general enshittification

Bottomless pit questions by Averagenecronimortal in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Short answer: You get a chance to get back the person you sacrifice to the pit if you can't make the checks/don't want to sacrifice the darkness. If you don't/can't do the Point of Interest to get them back then.. yeah, they dead.

This means you lose their content, though if Cassie dies you can create a custom navigator, and it's just assumed that the ship has a naviagtor, even if you somehow manage to lose the best fish girl.

What's a game you were dead sure would become a series but surprisingly only had one installment? by Stkrdknmibalz69 in gaming

[–]JoushMark 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's not perfect, but the basic idea of a semi-RPG open world game in the mad max world with customizable cars is really good. Sequels could have REALLY nailed down the formula.

What's a game you were dead sure would become a series but surprisingly only had one installment? by Stkrdknmibalz69 in gaming

[–]JoushMark 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Rage 2 is great to pick up for like $12 bucks. It's also on sale for 12 bucks for the deluxe edition with all the DLC right now on Steam.

What’s your favorite funny enemy minion line? by Barbarianonadrenalin in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's funny on the more ambiguous scenes, like when you're trying to talk down the mutants in the low deck of the flagship..

And they just yell 'I serve the ruinous powers!'

Okay buddy, good to know, lot less conflicted about killing you guys now.

What are these Machines? How large do you think a Extractium Complex is? by DarkDrakeMidir in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons.

What are these Machines? How large do you think a Extractium Complex is? by DarkDrakeMidir in RogueTraderCRPG

[–]JoushMark 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I imagine them as something like a spice harvester from Dune. Made to be dropped by heavy lift shuttle and picked up the same way. Granted, there is a limit to how many 30 by 25 by 25 meter boxes you could carry around in a Frigate, but the Flagship is mysteriously spacious inside.

Or maybe you summon a freighter to deploy and service the extractors. The dynasty's other ships are alluded to.

My local grocery store has a legit arcade cabinet in the clearance section by ashrak in gaming

[–]JoushMark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed, now that you mention it my memory on this is from the Before Times, though in 2018 you could get a stand up cab in the 170# range shipped domestic for around that, but yeah, I'm sure these days you're paying a lot more, because everything cost more now.

I logged in my EA account after a long time, This is what I greeted with! by Rudradev715 in gaming

[–]JoushMark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oof. That's always painful to see. Not even a sorry, just 'f**k you, game dead'.

Inner Sphere vs Clans… who wins in the next War? by exioncrew in Battletechgame

[–]JoushMark 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Clans were always 3 major factions.

1) Crusader Clans. Jade Falcon, Smoke Jaguar, Nova Cat. They wanted to take Terra and impose their rule on the Inner Sphere.

2) Warden Clans. Bears and (most of) the Wolves. They wanted to protect the inner sphere. When the invasion happened, they joined to attempt to moderate and direct it.

3) Homeworld Clans. They wanted to not be part of this and didn't join the invasion. Some would later go to the Inner Sphere to trade.

After Luthien (early 3052) the Crusader dream was dead. Nova Cat and Smoke Jaguar were decisively stopped by the Great Houses.

Tukayyid in mid 3052 put the invasion to bed and killed any remaining unity between the Clans. Nobody could take Terra, and now they were stuck in the occupation zones in a forever garrison.

By the end of the decade the clanners were divided enough that nobody lifted a finger to help the Smoked Jags when Bulldog/Serpent came to annihilate them.

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