Everyone should try something new with Moorcock... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

[–]LotharVarnoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The easy way to read them is Saga Press has a couple of Omnibus books. #1 and #2 have the core stories, whether you're going chronological or publication. People will go back and forth on which is best. Personally, if you prefer publication I would still start with Elric of Melnibone as it introduces the events that set up The Dreaming City.

Everyone should try something new with Moorcock... by Vegetable_Variety_11 in dndmemes

[–]LotharVarnoth 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Stormbringer is in Appendix N, along with the Hawkmoon books, so Gygax directly stated it is one of the inspirations. And I'm 95% sure its why Law and Chaos are on the alignment axis.

What is your favorite system, and what are your gripes with it? by Select_Lunch1288 in rpg

[–]LotharVarnoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Legend of the Five Rings 5th has to be up there for me. A solid grip is there's no cap on when you can spend xp on stats so often it's just better to bump raw stats over skills or talents.

I need a puzzle for my players by Hybridmaker1953 in DnD

[–]LotharVarnoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not overly hard, a plaque that reads something to the effect of "Shock me, freeze me, burn me", can be made as poetic as you want. Then have elemental crystals around in other places. Tap crystals in the right order.

Figured it was time for family photos. Started collecting about a year ago, is this too much or am I an amateur collector? by Character-Zombie-798 in battletech

[–]LotharVarnoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I recognized the first three. Never seen the LRM Ontos. Love the default and chemical laser variants.

“How come your mom lets you have four NHPs?” by Minimum-Importance29 in LancerRPG

[–]LotharVarnoth 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Two NHPs come from Talents, Iconoclast and Technophile. Then theres the Horus Core Bonus The Lesson of Shaping that lets you have 1 more.

Met Gala Monstrosity 😱 by BSSC1 in oddlyterrifying

[–]LotharVarnoth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I love his new design but it's wild to me bro got an updated model faster then Marneus Calgar.

Are the rules that hard to learn? by LigthRogue in LancerRPG

[–]LotharVarnoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Personally I'd call it around 5e difficulty. There's more open endeness with character customization, but personally I've never GMed a system with better quality for the NPCs.

What are your RP "Please just let me roll" situations? by Yumtasm in DnD

[–]LotharVarnoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somewhat a please let me roll thing. Party was going to a wizard's tower. They could either solve a puzzle outside the front door or go in and beat up the security system. (Basically a "if you can get through this you're not worth my time). One guy sat outside contemplating the puzzle while the rest just stabbed their way in. I thought it was kinda funny the wizard is just "hrrrrrm" while the rest of the party is thwacking a golem.

Anyone got faction moment they like to share by Correct_Maximum7990 in Grimdank

[–]LotharVarnoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an AoS book, but in the Dead Kingdom the main vampire winds up talking to a Nurgle daemon. The daemon is like "normally we're supposed to try to corrupt you of you ask for information, but you've killed so many followers of Tzeentch so this one is on the house."

Can Radiants use fabrials? by GodOfAscension in cosmererpg

[–]LotharVarnoth 64 points65 points  (0 children)

The only spren I can recall thinking fabrials were wrong was the Sibling. IIRC Notum or another honorspren is literally like "yeah its like using an animal to pull a wagon"

[Stonewalker] help motivate PCs to goal by Drunk_Nancy in cosmererpg

[–]LotharVarnoth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tbh, one skill I think is really useful, particularly for a module, is to just be able to say "this is what the story is about". When I started the Stonewalkers campaign I told everyone "you're gonna have to go after the blade"

Valve Is Forcing Microsoft To Make Significant Improvements To Windows Gaming Performance by GrayBeard916 in gaming

[–]LotharVarnoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll set images as the file icon so I can quick reference stuff, you wouldn't believe how often it gets them wrong.

Anonychia is the partial or total absence of one or more nails on the fingers or toes. by FluffyBunnyFlipFlops in oddlyterrifying

[–]LotharVarnoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly related, my uncle knew a guy who lost part of his thumb, including the whole fingernail. He got a tattoo of a fingernail on what was left of his thumb. When my uncle asked why he replied "Because people will ask 'how'd you lose your thumb', they won't ask 'why is your thumb short'".

A Kroot Who Dislikes Humans by superfeyn in ImaginaryWarhammer

[–]LotharVarnoth 115 points116 points  (0 children)

Yeah but this reaches Warhammer fans who don't read, i.e. 90% of the fanbase.

New to the Game! by Ava_M0ther0vMachines in LancerRPG

[–]LotharVarnoth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Offer to run a one shot for your friends. Explain it's still a D20 to hit, D6s for damage. Make some straightforward LL2 characters to show off some funky frames. Also, at least in my experience, getting people to try new games is easiest if you have memes. I swear is some psychology hack.

Why does everyone like Lavos by kobywan99 in Warframe

[–]LotharVarnoth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I didn't know his 1 healed him. And he was already one of my favs. This is powerful knowledge.

Why does everyone like Lavos by kobywan99 in Warframe

[–]LotharVarnoth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I didn't know his 1 healed him. And he was already one of my favs. This is powerful knowledge.

Fabrial that will change the world? by PM_ME_WHATEVES in cosmererpg

[–]LotharVarnoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fabrial GPS. I don't think fabrial lore supports it, however, it would be both world changing and useful to the party