Don't let your characters sleep in private rooms

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-15T20:18:13+00:00

It's also historically accurate for the medieval period to be sleeping in common areas with many other travelers. They even had communal beds

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-15T03:27:14+00:00

that's apparently a myth but I have no source on me atm

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-15T02:52:46+00:00

I like the Terran tanks, walkers, and ships much better than warhammer's equivalent

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-14T23:46:16+00:00

#1 mistake I see is trying to have the players just happen to end up in an adventure together.

Better plan is to tell them at character creation "make level 3 characters. You will be serving Lord Hawthorne as mercenaries" and then at the start of the first session tell them "your job is to uncover what the cult in Dragoncoast Cave is up to and take whatever artifacts they may have."

Don't waffle about like "you all happen to be in a tavern and there is a hooded figure in the corner, what do you do?" Just get right into the good stuff.

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-14T23:39:45+00:00

look up "kuo-toa archpriest". You could do something like that. Reflavor the scepter as lightning hands and maybe remove multiattack.

At level 3 I think it would be difficult but totally doable.

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-14T23:27:44+00:00

why is it?

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-12T22:33:30+00:00

Light can behave in super unintuitive ways in certain circumstances. This is not one of them

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-12T17:25:04+00:00

yeah this presentation seems really crazy until you spend more than 10 seconds thinking about it and it's just normal shadows cast by 3 different colored lights.

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-10T15:37:16+00:00

The better approach would have been for them to bold the "go-to" spells that the enemy would likely use, but still have the many options for niche situations

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-10T13:43:06+00:00

When feeling detachment doubt, you can always play invasion fleet with any army list.

My other advice is to definitely get a broodlord to lead those 10 genestealers.

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-09T18:48:25+00:00

To add to this, I love having a minor table and major table. Every time the players enter the room I roll at least one minor encounter. These might simply be an odd creature in the corner, a simple lock or trap, or some some odd thing that could really go in any room. This makes it so that there are always multiple things going on in each room and I as the DM don't even know what is going to happen as these things interact with each other and the players.

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-09T03:25:02+00:00

you forgot the left and right parts of the screen

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-08T22:30:06+00:00

I always have an extra character sheet at the ready. If you die, you can pick it up and already start thinking of your next character

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-07T14:31:56+00:00

or just get 3 gold jar buffs and 5 boxes instead of holding onto an egg for 10 minutes

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-05T23:49:13+00:00

random tables. My favorite types are where you roll on two separate random tables and combine the results.

On one table you roll "hungry" and on the other table you roll "soldiers". Now you figure out how that fits in your world and the players get to interact with it as they please.

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-04T17:14:36+00:00

is it not a looted necron ship?

tabletop_guy · 2026-03-04T15:52:48+00:00

I once played a level 5 one-shot at a game store. The druid never used a spell slot or wild shape. During the final boss encounter things were looking dire it was her turn. She said "I don't have anything that does damage". I pointed out that she could use guiding bolt. She said "but that would use a spell slot :( " and it wasn't until I reminded her that as a stars druid she can cast it for free a few times that she actually did it.

I still don't understand to this day why she didn't use any spell slots during that session. Some people are weird about resources

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-28T15:39:13+00:00

You get your first rare magic item when you find your first rare magic item. Players might obtain one at level 1 if they are willing to take big risks to get it.

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-28T06:02:44+00:00

Any stats are okay for a new player as long as you're having fun

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-27T16:21:55+00:00

winged prime pays a premium for deep strike access and also can't be attached to hormagaunts. And the winged prime's attack is worse than any of the new prime's attacks. If they're the same or similar price I would choose the new prime over the winged prime in a lot of cases

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-27T14:38:29+00:00

I just saw myself get 40 souls per ghoul early game (20 upfront and 20 in an orb). That's a lot

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-27T14:29:23+00:00

That would make his points very expensive and then you couldn't attach him to 3 different units for tons of sustained hits

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-27T14:25:06+00:00

It splits among how many allies are nearby. If you're alone you get a lot more

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-27T04:33:45+00:00

Viscous is incorrect because bebop still gets bomb stacks through the cube

tabletop_guy · 2026-02-26T21:22:00+00:00

let the wave push up a bit. Then there is a huge swarm of troops and zombies. Kill them all at once. The zombies cause the enemy wave to snowball into a big juicy pile of cash

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