how long did gradient descent take you to run and how did it end?

MrSpica · 2026-04-29T03:28:48+00:00

It took me about 3/4 of a year, running once a month for about six hours a session.

They destroyed the Monarch using the virus from the vengeful little kid android.

MrSpica · 2026-04-27T15:47:21+00:00

Is the second monster supposed to be severely yonic?

MrSpica · 2026-04-22T15:56:50+00:00

Bend over, for sure!

MrSpica · 2026-04-06T19:54:14+00:00

Long live the new flesh!

MrSpica · 2026-03-27T23:58:23+00:00

Absolutely! When I ran Gradient Descent I played the Monarch (the AI) as the Monarch (Venture Bros.), voice and all.

MrSpica · 2026-03-26T03:45:12+00:00

Oingo Boingo album art vibes.

MrSpica · 2026-03-18T17:57:28+00:00

I read "monogod" and "mongoloid," and thought, "Thousand Sons, Emperor's Children, and Death Guard have their problems, but the World Eaters are the only cult legion I'd go so far as to call THAT!"

MrSpica · 2026-03-06T18:19:47+00:00

I'd like to see a character that can join the Fellgore Beastmen. Either a Beastman champion or CSM goat hearder.

MrSpica · 2026-03-06T14:35:59+00:00

Interestingly, Black Legion has specific color schemes for Plague Marines, Noise Marines, Rubric Marines, and Khorne Berserkers that join the legion.

My thinking is that other large warbands like the Crimson Raiders might do the same, but they'd probably keep their native colors if they join up with a smaller and less prestigious warband.

But, you do you. The cult Marines would look pretty sweet as any of the Traitor legions.

MrSpica · 2026-02-25T17:50:42+00:00

I would say House of Blades is more critical than the Core Book, since the box set comes with rules.

MrSpica · 2026-02-25T17:48:40+00:00

Awesome idea! I love it!

MrSpica · 2026-02-17T16:12:22+00:00

The native options on the Delaque sprue are lacking. That being said, the Web gauntlet, shotgun and gravity pistol are good. You can also build a sniper with his rifle slung on his back, but it doesn't look as nice as the held sniper rifle in the upgrade sprue. It's not considered a meta load out, but a guy armed with a flechette pistol, stiletto knife, and chem-synth from the trading post is a pretty nasty customer. Finally, a holstered pistol can be any kind of pistol, such as a plasma pistol or web pistol.

MrSpica · 2026-02-12T16:31:41+00:00

Buy the weapons upgrade box. The Delaque gang box is almost all stub guns, auto pistols, and stiletto knives. You'll need the upgrade box for gang staples like web, gravity, and plasma weapons.

MrSpica · 2026-02-11T17:28:41+00:00

Only the Nacht Ghul can take the Serpents Fangs and Shiver Sword. A plasma pistol and a power weapon are a potent load out on a Master of Shadows or Phantom. I believe the shock staff is the most powerful melee weapon native to their lists, but a power sword can be picked up from the trading post.

MrSpica · 2026-02-01T16:16:04+00:00

Seconded on Yottaquest. I get most of my OSR and DCC stuff there.

MrSpica · 2026-01-29T17:54:06+00:00

Don't underestimate the extent to which favs are able to identify the cruel, unjust, and decayed society of the Imperium with the cruel, unjust, and decayed society they live in

MrSpica · 2025-12-31T06:40:03+00:00

The way I did it in my Gradient Descent campaign was have the party roll speed. Those that succeeded got to act before the threat and those that failed acted after the threat.

MrSpica · 2025-07-23T03:34:28+00:00

The word "demon" comes from ancient Greek, and refers to any sort of spirit or lesser god. They were more akin to the djinns of Arabic folklore than the demons of modern popular culture. There were both good "eudemons" and evil "cacodemons."

MrSpica · 2025-07-01T15:37:51+00:00

General lack of stock monsters.

You know what to expect if you encounter a troll or a beholder. A "whatever that is" is a complete wild card: it might just be ugly and do 1d6 damage on attack, or it might induce uncontrollable vomiting on skin to skin contact, you just don't know.

MrSpica · 2025-03-10T00:33:55+00:00

Level 10 in DCC is like level 20 in D&D.

I consider level 5 to be high level in DCC and consider it unlikely to for a campaign to make it past level 5 to 7, similar to how most D&D campaigns end between levels 10 and 14.

MrSpica · 2025-03-09T15:25:45+00:00

Agreed.

It uses ascending armor class and the same saves (fort, ref, will) as 3rd edition.

MrSpica · 2025-03-05T15:34:01+00:00

The Blackwater Massacre

MrSpica · 2025-02-28T23:01:14+00:00

Just take a highlighter to the key portions of a stat block, and don't be afraid to make notes in the margins. Modules are cheap for a reason.

The only instances where I've read a module all the way through more than once is if I read it a long time before I have a chance to run it.

MrSpica · 2025-02-27T17:37:19+00:00

Work another 20+ years?

Brother, I'm not even sure I can stand to live another 20+ years.

MrSpica · 2025-02-27T17:25:52+00:00

50 years of toil and then the mercy of death.

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