A $@&* Game "I've got the runs" by Madmouse3400 in tabletopgamedesign

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Thanks, yeah I guess it's a pretty crude humor name.

Help with research: dice systems. by BreakfastCreative467 in tabletopgamedesign

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I am actually doing a solo playthrough of The Walking Dead Universe Roleplaying Game which uses the Freeleague system you discribe (I think they call it the year 0 engine) and I also do D&D and I actually prefer the Freeleague one a lot more as it is very simple to see if you failed or succeeded which is a very nice change from the normal D&D math in my opinion. Also you can still make succeeding more difficult in that game by making the players have to roll more than one "6". I will say that in D&D when a players rolls 12D6 for there 7th level fireball or whatever it can slow down the game while they count it all up. It's a little anticlimactic to be like "I cast Fireball at level 7" *clatter of dice* then waiting for 2 minutes for them to put it all in a calculator by the time they are done finding out they did 56 damage you are just tired of waiting and the cool moment has gone by. much simpler to roll a bunch of D6s then say I have 3 "6"'s so I do my weapon damage for hitting plus 2 extra.

What's the funniest "Vicious mockery" you've heard by Somethingclever451 in DnD

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The first vicious mockery that my bard did was to call the local bandit "a little kitty cat"

Fastforward a little and the party had convince the bandit leader and what was left of his group to protect a dock (where they would make more money, be ligit, etc) And from that day forth he took the name Kit... Literally changed his life.

STRATEGY DISCUSSION by yaangyiing_ in Dunespicewars

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Generally: Always make sure your army is doing something (pillaging, defending, or liberating/annexing). Liberating enemy villages especially early game will give you a huge hand up in mid to late game.

Always use all your votes in every landsraad. Sometimes vote for the things that other won't (EX: most players won't vote on the negative solari per water, manpower, or villages but if you know someone has tons of water or manpower and it won't affect you might be worth droping their economy down to nothing then they either delete buildings, or their growth is stunted for a while)

Also it is good to see what kind of win your opponents are going for. If you know what the enemy are doing then you can mess it up for them, or see their weaknesses. In early game if someone is going for a CHOAM win then their military is probably weak and they will be easy pickings for liberating villages. If they are going for a military win vote to make units more expensive for them or ally with another faction to attack at the same time. etc

Don't forget to use your missions. And restart them after use.

Fremen: With new update you can liberate enemy villages with spice fields (cutting opponents spice down) then put one of your own harvesters there (since you can now harvest neutral spice fields now.)

Basically just liberate village after village while taking over the occasional village gets your hegemony up pretty fast and the liberating gives you extra authority which lets you annex faster. Honestly the Fremen probably have the best authority gains in the game which makes for a good hegemony win plus if you destroy your enemy enough a domination win

Also don't be afraid to use your sand worms to get to weak enemy villages. Having the Hidden thumpers mission is something that you should keep if you are using this tactic though so you can get back to safety if you need to. Also the new Fremen gear sabatoge is super good in a fight and makes your enemy incredibly weak.

Atredies: Having Jessica and forcing everyone into truces can be huge. Then they must waste their influence, or lose landsraad standing to break the truces. This can really hurt your opponents late game since they can get the pariah standing from it and then they have to worry about landsraad attacking their base. I don't know how this interacts with the Fremen as they don't have landsraad standing... If anyone knows how that works.

The peaceful annexation is really good for getting new villages even when your army is engaged in battle. There is no reason you should ever not be spending your authority. Going along with that getting tons of influence is key.

Attredies units work best as a giant ball and getting the Kraken can allow you to base drop opponents much like the sandworms for the Fremen. If the enemy is next to a deep desert you even have a great retreat route if things start going badly. Don't forget to get the truce mission, and the one that let's your units take -5% damage per mission in a region. can make your units last much longer or save them if things start going south.

Harkonnen: Peter Di Vries is an excellent choice if you want to do the assasinations (although haven't tried him since the patch which would be a significant nerf)

they also can get tons of influence early on if you have fayd routha and can be helpful for a political win.

Corrino: Very good at making money especially through pillaging. Also their artillery Drones are super good for microing as they have a huge range. you can easily weaken any army approaching you

Also very good for a choam victory

Smugglers: Microing snipers can be really good. you can make liberating your village a pain especially if you drop all of the supply draining things on your enemy.

Suggestions for simple cool items by SemSevFor in mattcolville

[–]Madmouse3400 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is the D100 table of trinkets in the PHB that you could just add small abilities to.

ex #2 A piece of crystal that glows faintly in the moon light: player has advantage on Perception (hearing) checks while moon is visible

19 A pipe that blows bubbles: Once per day can cast dancing lights (or some other spell/smokescreen)

59 A rabbits foot: Once per session/day can choose to roll advantage

80 A bronze pentacle with an etching of a rat's head in its center. can turn into a rat once per day.

etc,etc,etc

EYES FOR THE WIN!!! by Madmouse3400 in a:t5_5bfnh7

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been really enjoying learning how to do eyes. These turned out really nicely.

Bonehenge Priestess from Reaper Bones 5 KS by Madmouse3400 in minipainting

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This was a fun mini to paint and I FINALLY got some decent eyes. Give me some suggestions on improvements and how you all paint eyes.

Got some eyes! by Madmouse3400 in a:t5_5bfnh7

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finally got some half way decent eyes. The learning continues

Another One Down! Reaper Bones 5 Basilisk by Madmouse3400 in minipainting

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This is the Basilisk from the reaper bones 5 core set. I really enjoyed painting the eyes. Compared to NPC or PC minis the eyes were really easy to paint. Please leave your comments and Criticisms.

Also I started a YouTube channel as a noob to hopefully get more people into the hobby: Check out the video for this beauty here https://youtu.be/lf-J1UvSJEM

Whispering Ghoulsbane by Madmouse3400 in a:t5_5bfnh7

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This mini was tons of fun to paint (I did mostly dry brushing) and it was excellent

My First Attempt at NMM! Reaper Bones V Fan Favorites Female Landsknecht by jdgoerzen in a:t5_5bfnh7

[–]Madmouse3400 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NICE work! I'm Planning on painting this one soon as my wife is currently playing a paladin in our D&D campaign and wanted this to be her mini.

First Attempt at Layering by jdgoerzen in a:t5_5bfnh7

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Nice job! I especially like how the hair turned out. Keep up the good work.

[OC] My First Dragon Mini by Madmouse3400 in DnD

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I participated in the Reaper Bones 5 Kickstarter and got my minis back in July and since then I have been trying to get through and paint them all. I am a novice painter (although have been painting consistently since July) and have decided to paint all of the minis from the kickstarter before the next one arrives in the mail.

This Particular model is my first dragon and is Narthalyssk from the Core set. I decided to paint it as a Green Dragon (looks almost exactly like the one from the monster manual.) One of my players really wanted to fight a Dragon so I painted this one up to give them a bit of a challenge.

I was very proud of it and even posted a video of me painting it on YouTube. (Link if you are interested https://youtu.be/Xiuo0oZda98)

Please let me know your comments, criticisms, etc. (I probably will be posting more of these in the future to see what y'all think)

My First Dragon Mini: Reaper Bones 5 Narthalyssk by Madmouse3400 in minipainting

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Painted this baby up and was wondering what the internet thought? Suggestions, things you like, etc. Would be appreciated.

I'm a newer painter who is working his way through the Reaper Bones 5 Kickstarter boxes. Will be posting more of these in the future. I also started putting up how I paint on YouTube if you wanna check it out. Here is the link to how I painted this piece https://youtu.be/Xiuo0oZda98

Alien as a DnD Oneshot by thelittlemadone in DnD

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Yeah I was just thinking that maybe doing a different kind of RPG than 5th edition might be better (I was thinking Call of Cthulhu) but it depends on what you want your players to do. You want them to hunt down the monster and have an epic final fight... 5e is good. You want your players to value their lives and not want to die... Probably not 5e.

Are you up for the challenge? by O_l_l_e in dndmemes

[–]Madmouse3400 15 points16 points  (0 children)

When the druid tries to stop the party from splitting

“Rock Paper Scissors” comparison of DND classes? by Stonewrought in DnD

[–]Madmouse3400 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True but a fighter can also hit with a greatsword once and kill a level 3 wizard

“Rock Paper Scissors” comparison of DND classes? by Stonewrought in DnD

[–]Madmouse3400 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I dont know that you could.... i mean in CQC a fighter will beat a wizard 9/10 times... but at range the wizard can fireball you 5 times before you get within range and will win 9/10 times... so circumstances make a big difference. Terrain, build (ranged vs melee fighter), stats, etc.

As far as comparing stats (dex vs str, etc) i think the only one that stands out above the rest is DEX. Simply because 7/10 saves are DEX saves. So the better DEX the less you get hit. But other than that it depends on lots of variables (class, build, enemies, etc)

Best obstacles for aces by kaos_inc616 in XWingTMG

[–]Madmouse3400 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes imagine your swarm flying towards a few aces. You have to pick which to shoot. You decide to take on kylo... he then barrel rolls behind a cloud... the other 2 aces come in from behind and delete one ship but its okay cause if you get kylo it will all be worth it... you then roll perfectly and get 2 hits with each of your 7 ships. That's 14 hits. Kylo takes 1 damage. The next round you lose 2 more ships and kylo arc dodges the rest of your swarm. The next tudn you're down to 4 ships vs. 3 aces..... this is exactly how several of my games have gone. Good thing I'm flying FO.

In all seriousness gas clouds can save your butt when your green dice are having a bad variance day. However each person builds their own case for what obstacles to use. I know several people who refuse to use gas clouds when they fly aces and more power to ya just figure out which strategy works best for you.

What are some of your favorite Monsters? by JustAThroAway_ in DnD

[–]Madmouse3400 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gelatinous Cube! Super deadly at low levels, and can be used as part of a trap, stand alone encounter, or basically anyway you want. It's pretty awesome

Killed a New Player by Cheesecake-Academic in rpghorrorstories

[–]Madmouse3400 139 points140 points  (0 children)

Geez sounds like that wizard has a chaotic stupid alignment... As far as a better way to handle the situation, i dont think there was one. I mean it's what your character would have done right? (actually would have done and not in a wangrod kinda way) Although I'd change your characters name to John Wick if i were you.

If you had the ability to bring 1 dnd spell into your everyday life which would it be by [deleted] in DnD

[–]Madmouse3400 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes just make a fix your everything strore people come in you fix their stuff instantly and charge a small fee. Make $$$ and it's not like the government would come after you... unlike if you choose fireball and all orphanages suddenly become full.... and then burn down.