This thread is dedicated to all kinds of solo games.

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Thread Question: How can you make horror and mystery work well when playing solo?

How's everyone's solo games going lately?
I've been doing a lot of IRL errand BS lately, so I haven't had time to play... My fantasy world in my notebooks calls to me. It says, "Bro, where are you? There's dungeons to explore, nations to conquer, and buxom women to plunder. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

>>95860512
I stopped playing since I joined a group game, somehow the motivation to play solo just isn't there right now. Although I am enjoying some worldbuilding (or more like setting designing? since I'm focusing more on the gameplay aspects rather than just flavor).

Asking again if anyone has a system to simulate political relations between nations/nation states. I'm looking at a solo blackpowder era ultra low fantasy game, and I need something to determine political relations and alliances between the major(ish) players.

Any new or upcoming solo stuff?
Looking forward to Broken Empires but thats only in October.

>>95861769
Miku...

>>95861769
Usurper 2nd Edition has mechanics for simulating political shifts and events between play sessions that happen both in and between realms of the world, but it is quite abstracted and somewhat presumes a sparsely populated and mostly untamed world.

>>95861769
>and I need something to determine political relations and alliances between the major(ish) players.
Among the stars is interesting in that in both solo and regular play there is a secret GM session where all major factions (relative to the player in the fiction, so a gang, to a nation, to a interstellar government) all roll dice to resolve grievances with each other or react to what you or the players did in your game session. This can be as minor as the disposition changing slightly to war to having a bounty put on the player's heads, etc.
The point is to make a world seem like its living and breathing to players because by the time they sit down for the next session, things have changed unbeknownst to them.
You could probably rip that system and then revamp it to be political, maybe find or invent a couple of political issues and let them develop over time via those in-between sessions rolls.

Imagine playing this SOCIAL activity alone.

lol. That's it, not even an lmao

>>95860439 (OP)
Thread question: is solo to TTRPG what masturbation is to sex?

>>95864939
more like GMing is to TTRPGs what masturbation is to sex.
Solo is more like cooking your own (hopefully delicious) food.

>>95863486
That's Anchovy.

>>95860512
Going good! While delving the dungeon, my thief has met an orc who he released on good behavior, and they have joined forces; she's going to help him clear the dungeon of kobolds in exchange for half the take, and he's going to help her as she searches for wondrous item, a flute that can summon herd animals. After defeating a kobold patrol and having their (goblin) interpreter question the last survivor, they've learned that the kobold chieftain definitely has the flute. They came across another patrol of Kobolds, dispatched swiftly, and a gang of grimlocks that they snuck around because they were big and beefy compared to the two of them, before confronting another gang of kobolds. Last I played, they stopped to take a breather after the thief jumped in front of an attack to keep the orc from getting killed.

>>95864989
>Nigga missing reference this big

>>95863569
Can you link the game you are talking about? all i can find is some tvs show and a board game

>>95865254
I don't give a shit about references, I just played a group TTRPG with zoomers and fucking everything was a damn reference, why do people talk like everything needs to be a reference anyway?
Shit even when I get the reference there's more value in replying as if it weren't a reference than just spilling whatever prerecorded sentence is the supposed best answer.
Yeah I'm tired of people

I've been thinking of ways to use ai to help me play mystery scenarios in my games recently. I was thinking of asking it to create tables of possible scenarios, then pull 5(4 maybe true and 1 hard fact) from there and generate it as coded message i can decode seperately when i think i have a lead. Then i use playing cards and use the mechanics of nine steps and a bloody heart to determine when and what scenario should i decode. I like the idea of nine steps and a bloody heart but the fact that i still know the possible answers to the mystery rubs me the wrong way.

>>95865088
>That's Anchovy.
Miku...

>>95865353
>I partake in a social acitvity
>I'm tired of people
I guess this explains why you delude yourself that playing with your organ is the solution to the problem, and not, you know, getting players that fit your own tastes and time schelude
>inb4 impossible
You didn't even tried, and you already gave up

t. spend 4 fucking years assembling the right crew, one player at a time

>>95865256
Sorry, that's because I completely mixed two games up. The game I was talking about was Stars Without Number by Kevin Crawford.

>>95865815
>I guess this explains why you delude yourself that playing with your organ is the solution to the problem, and not, you know, getting players that fit your own tastes and time schelude

I am sorry that your social life is so dead that you have to use RPGs to get anyone to interact with you. But we won't stop playing solo just because you are (perhaps rightfully) afraid you'll be replaced with an oracle.
>t. spend 4 fucking years assembling the right crew, one player at a time
Uh, good for you, I guess?

>>95860512
mostly trying to get a Usurper game off the ground as it's really easy to start up again. I'm trying really hard to play the "roll when the story requires it" way like he mentions in the book, which is coming out different than I normally would. also need to roll up some characters for a space exploration game I've been wanting to go autistic on for a bit. but not really a ton of actual playing right now

I just rolled up a fighter (battlemaster) / thief (assassin) to run an ACTUALLY evil campaign. He just straight up murdered a noble for a mere payday.

Because he's about to pay the waif he's been fucking pregnant to fuck off to some village somewhere to raise his kid.

Then he's going to pick some other waif and make her his bed wench and deflower her real good.

Because EVIL. Duh.

Always with the 'evil' campaign its just players being murderhobos. Never actual hired killers. Or doing something with the money thats also evil. Like turning poor girls into pregnant wealthy girls shipped off to the countryside.

People are fine with buckets and buckets of blood and gore. But doing anything ELSE evil. Nope big uh uh.

>>95867137
>I'm so evil that I give love to poor women, get them pregnant, and give them enough money to comfortably raise the child
>I'm 1 BADD DUDE
>I killed a noble once
>and I'll do it again if I have to in order to give these other people a better life
>just SUPER evil

>>95867137
>Like turning poor girls into pregnant wealthy girls shipped off to the countryside.
You don't have a really good grasp of a class system if you think merchants and nobles would want to marry some poor girl. Most likely they would if slavery was legal or to make her a secret mistress that still has to be a scullery maid or some similar position.
The only times wealthy men would marry down their class is if:
>she is unnaturally beautiful
>they are criminals who are newly noble and were rejected by the noble class for w/e reason
>they were desperate and unwilling to wait as travel was hard, even in IRL medieval times
>they were knights or just an extremely lucky peasant that somehow got favor from a king to be promoted but not enough favor to get any nobles to marry their daughters off to them.
Historically, any time a new noble family was made, the noble class would reject them from decades to centuries for being "new nobles". Almost always nobles are against the induction of new nobles as it dilutes their power.

>>95867247
to be fair, most feminist see marriage as evil, regardless if it's by consent, tradition, purchase, or force. So in this day and age, being forced to live in a mansion and give birth to a child and living a life of comfort is considered abuse by the average person in this day an age. Hence the 50% divorce rate.

>>95867638
>women see rape, sex slavery, and falling in love to raise a couple kids as the same thing
I get the temptation to complain, but you sound like a crazy person

>>95867638
>marriage
but the situation described isn't marriage, it's just turning retarded bitches into single mother. That's breeding future low level thugs for new adventurers to grind.

>>95865815
>playing with your organ
?
Dude I didn't mean tired as in "waaah I give up, everyone sucks!" But as it "today was a shitty, exhausting day".

>>95867975
>Dude I didn't mean tired as in "waaah I give up, everyone sucks!" But as it "today was a shitty, exhausting day".

I suspect that the reference from the poster you refer to...

>>95865815
>playing with your organ

...is a reference to your apparent interest in solo RPGs as masturbation. In other words, yet another person scared at the prospect of being replaced by a Solo RPG, and therefore lashing out at the prospect of Solo RP as an option. Apparently they think many years of cajoling people into their circle is somehow better.

I started reading about Gurps it isn't as abtruse as I thought. I'm understanding it quite well.

>>95867795
>I get the temptation to complain, but you sound like a crazy person
60% of women in the western world between the ages of 18 to 54 will be single and childless, its not crazy its actual reality.
>>95867821
Oh, well if that's the case he is just speeding up modern degradation, even the Romans before their collapse complained about the rise of single mothers.

Nothing surpasses the beauty of a d6.

>>95868231
>>>>/pol/

>>95868290
Numbers or dots?

>>95868360
Pips (the dots) always.

>>95868290
Wholeheartedly agree.

>>95868369
Wholeheartedly disagree.

>>95868369
Objectively correct (I happen to share this opinion)

>>95868290
>>>>/pol/

>>95869499
hearty jej

>>95868290
for me it's the d12

>>95872425
From d20 onwards, it gets uglier.

>>95868208
GURPS as a system is not difficult to grasp, I think it is just the work it takes to make custom settings with it that filters people a lot.

>>95872502
the 20 is stinky. fuck that thing
but the d12? mm-mmm. stunning. beautiful. perfect
the ideal combination of rollable shape and large faces. look at the way it tumbles when you toss it. not for too long either, like that fat fuck the d20. the elegance of the d12 roll is unmatched and unmatchable
it's divisible by 2, 4, and 6, functioning as those dice by just splitting the ranges, vastly increasing its versatility. no more trying to roll a fucking piece of shit floppy retard idiot moron d4 that just plops onto the table like a turd from an ass and never moves again. we hate the d4, we do. just roll a d12 and split it into 3s.
12 faces is the perfect number for making a quick table. TWO d12 tables? 24 total results but 144 combinations. more than you could ever need. 2d10 has a mere 100 combinations and you only need 4 more sparks to round out 2d12. absolutely sublime
need to roll a d66? that's 36 results, you know. you could just roll 2d12 and treat one of those d12s as a d3, corresponding to 11-26, 31-46, and 51-66 respectively
nothing beats the d12. if I could bear the children of a d12, I would do it

Any gamebooks besides Fighting Fantasy?

>>95868290
I like the d6, but Scarlet Heroes has got me converting the d20 system's skill checks with 2d8. That bell curve and the simple conversion of scaling difficulty of things between 10 to 15 is simply sublime.

>>95860439 (OP)
It looks like /tg/ itself has just about become a solo game now.

>>95868309
You misquoted me, you should be quoting the people who were replying to me.

>>95873816
no, I quoted you correctly.

>>95873541
What happened?
It has always been a slow board, if I remember it correctly.

>>95872829
based d12 appreciator

>>95860881
>Although I am enjoying some worldbuilding (or more like setting designing? since I'm focusing more on the gameplay aspects rather than just flavor).
Same. I'm making a cyberpunk campaign for Cities Without Number that I know I'll never play with a group, but I might run a few character through solo someday

>>95873256
The Lone Wolf series is FREE online!

https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books

>>95873256
The Tolkien Quest / Middle-Earth Quest gamebooks. They were really ahead of their time too, Rescue in Mirkwood is a full-blown hex crawl sandbox.

>>95873823
>>>/b/
Obviously you have impulse control problems.

>>95873256
Call of Cthulhu has a couple of "Alone Against..." books.
Tunnels and Trolls received a lot of stuff over the years as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_%26_Trolls#Solo_adventures

>>95868290
The d6 with the pips are the traditional roman dice that we know today. I prefer casino style dice where the pips are filled into make all sides of the dice as fair as possible but you'll never see me buy or willingly use a d6 with numbers on it unless I have too.

>>95873256

Destiny Quest
Fabled Lands
Both more modern and less linear than older books

And you just reminded me I bought Rider Of The Black Sun but havent actually looked at it yet.

>>95873256
Lichdom isn't gamebook but a journaling solo rpg, but imho it can feel like a gamebook in a good way.

>>95875302
Doesn't Lichdom also have a 2 player mode as well? Kinda like an rpg 1 v 1 kinda thing?

>>95875337
yes, I haven't tried it though

>>95867247
>>95867623

You seem to misunderstand. He enjoys 'breaking'-in virgins. Emphasis on the breaking. He uses 'waifs'. That is street kids he's gr00med as a 'gang'. When the current peice of fuckmeat starts showing she is pregnant, he buys them off and packs them off to the countryside.
Old enough to bleed, old enough to breed, and all that.

I am failing to see how you guys misunderstand child 'struggle snuggling' as NOT evil.

>>95875440
It is retarded that he'd "buy them off and pack them off to the countryside", he could just drug them of punch their bellies to force them to abort if he's so evil

>>95875440
unless you mean he's just killing them and pretending to send them somewhere, but that contradicts >>95867137

>>95867137
>Because he's about to pay the waif he's been fucking pregnant to fuck off to some village somewhere to raise his kid.
>Then he's going to pick some other waif and make her his bed wench and deflower her real good.
Pussy, if he were really evil he'd dispose of them once they started to show.

In addition to his murder of a 'noble' merchant(poisoning the guy so he looked like he died of a drug OD in the middle of a speech at a party the guy threw), i just had Gr0k generate a bunch of contracts on offer.

So he went and took a couple. At night he snuck aboard one ship in the harbour, using the 'harbour forest' of masts and yardarms to gain access. Snuck into the ballast and put acid on the rudder chain. (so that the next day, when they tried to set sail, the rudder broke, and the ship, rudderless in harbour, caused mass chaos and delayed its sailing)

Snuck back out and up a mast, to sneak to another ship. Steal into it. The ship's magazine was guarded, so he shanks the poor fool, picks the lock and drag the corpse in before they can be discovered. Set's a long fuse to the magazine, relocks the door behind him and flees.

Watching from a dockside tavern, he watches the second ship explode, killing all aboard.

While all three crimes are not suspected of being such, three such events so close together means the guards are out in force, suspicious.

So assassin battlemaster has to lay low until the heat is off.
Which means his current fuckmeat, Zynna the little red tiefling girl's ass of thirteen summers is going to get a solid workout.

See? I wondered, what if the protagonist of the 'story' wasnt a hero.
We already have shit like goblin slayer, were the protagonist 'not a hero' totally still is.

But what if the protagonist was an actual fucking scumbag. Irredeemable.

>>95875448
>>95875456

Except he wants them pregnant. He wants them raising his kids off somewhere.

>>95875474
If you're not raising the kids for child sacrifice then I'm still calling Weenie Hut Jr on you.

>>95875474
that's not an evil campaign, that's a coomer campaign

>>95875479
Except for all the paid murder. And hired mayhem.
>>95875476
You fundementally misunderstand the alignment axes. You're running with the 'evil' being pants on head retarded baby eating faggots.

Go to your chaotic evil faggots for that shit.

>>95875139
what about the chinese style d6?

>>95875487
>Except for all the paid murder. And hired mayhem.
then it's an evil and coomer campaign where you emphasized the coomer aspects more than the evil ones

>>95875487
>You're running with the 'evil' being pants on head retarded baby eating faggots.
Man I once played a lawful evil bard whose MO was driving ex-virgins to suicide through social manipulation alone.
Lower your tone when you speak to me, you low tier hench.
You wouldn't even be good enough to give a last name in most campaigns, you'd be 'Thug with a distinguishing feature 37', one rank above Faceless goons.

>>95875520
Ok, critical role fan and theatre kid.

>>95875528
>That's the best he can come up with
Weak as a kitten.

>>95875520
>whose MO was driving ex-virgins to suicide through social manipulation alone
lmao truly the types of characters you'd expect a solo RPG player to enjoy.

>>95875562
>Solo
Actually that was in a group game. The Way of the Wicked AP for Pathfinder 1e.
>B-b-but you're a solo p-
One of the major signs of autism is black and white thinking
>How could you play that with other people around!?
By not being a little bitch I suppose.

>>95875550
Ok theatre kid.

Only very recently I've come to realize that whenever I'm stuck, I should stop trying to make oracles work and just go with what I want to happen next.

>>95875493
Earliest dice we've found are in Egypt, so what about them?

I love Four Against Darkness but the rules are just janky enough that I'm getting impatient for a second edition. Anybody here know how far they're coming along on it? Apparently he's putting out previews of new classes and stuff on Patreon

>>95875440
>I am failing to see how you guys misunderstand child 'struggle snuggling' as NOT evil.
You... You know that child marriage is one of those things that was kinda normal in medieval societies right? Sure in a fantasy setting it doesn't exist for very obvious reasons, but saying "Oh my character is evil cause he fucks kids in a time where everyone was fucking kids" makes him fairly normal and only really evil in our time.

>>95875440
I think people would take you more seriously if you didn't self-censor like an absolute cuckold, honestly.

>>95875571
whew you're schizo as fuck
>B-b-but you're a solo p-
>How could you play that with other people around!?
that's just you talking to yourself

>>95875811
bro you can't say "groomed" on 4chan or the jannie censor paratroopers will bust down your door and take you away
WAIT, oh fuck oh shi

>>95875579
>the picture
>scientists discover a "problem"
>femcel whale
>"Should we fix it?"
>"No, lets just track her and catalog her existence to make other people sad."
I get you don't interfere with nature and let it take its course but at the same time I kinda feel bad for the whale and I would at least try to "push" her or other whales to her.

>>95875801
It was still deemed evil to rape rich girls or using them for a long time only to abandon them when pregnant.
But this "evil" anon is fucking street kids and even giving them money to raise his kids.

>>95875579
Unironically there is an indie visual novel where you play as a whale on an alien planet that the Space BBC is making a documentary on and it was inspired by this baleen whale.

>>95875824
>>95875440
this anon is probably underage.

>>95875841
Eh, at this point it's a solo ttrpg, let him do w/e degenerate shit he wants to do. I generally think mixing cooming and ttrpgs is a bad idea, you can have sex scenes and sex appeal in your games if you want but making it goonercore is just... ...Very empty to me, also kinda weird if someone finds your book and reads it while you're alive, let alone if you die and someone reads it. Somethings are meant to be carried to the grave.

>>95875869
goon ttrpgs should be no longer than 45 page one-shots that are then burned after use to prevent maximal embarrassment, its why having a fireplace, fire pit, or grill is always a good idea.

>>95875869
>let him do w/e degenerate shit he wants to do
I'm not telling him what to do or not do, but rather that it's silly for him to be all about how evil his character is emphasizing the sex stuff yet the sex stuff doesn't seem all that evil for some "ancient" era

>>95875887
Could be "evil" in a comical or ironic kind of way. Like a saturday morning kid's show kinda way.

>>95875896
It honestly reads like an anime: "The Dark Overlord Isn't Really That Bad of a Guy!"

>>95875787
>so what about them?
They're slightly different, and very widespread. You looked like a fellow die autist but I see now you're just retarded.

>>95875493

savage, uncouth

>>95875913
If I wanted cheap chinese plastic that would give me cancer after 1 year of use I would just go to Walmart...

>>95875909
Exactly!

>>95875887
Agreed, it's less evil and more, and I hate using the word, cringe.
And it's mostly cringe because he came here to tell us how evil his character is and how he's edgy as fuck and has black nail paint and, ect, ect, so on, so forth.

Shit, last session my Starforged character murdered 3 guards who were just doing their jobs in cold blood, you don't hear me banging my bollocks off the bongo about how hardcore he is.

>>95873256
Tons, but my favorites are:
Forbiden Gateway (2 books)
Fable Lands (6 original books + a new modern one. It's the closest to a freeform solo ttrpg)
The Way of the Tiger (6 original books + two moderns + 6 shitty new editions with awful artwork. Get the originals)
The Saga of the Demon Spawn (4 books. Very verbose and with complicated rules, but really great fro that Conan-esque feel)
The Cretan Chronicles (3 books. Ancient Greece with gods and shit)
AD&D Super Endless Quests (best books are The Soulforge, it's a Raistlin/Dragonlance book about a magic user's quest/test to become more powerful, and Test of the Ninja. Escape from Castle Quaras is also good. You play a thief)
Golden Dragon also has good books. The Egyptian one is really hard. The Mayan one is easier.
What else? Call of Cthulhu Alone Against the Wendigo is good. It also has some solo oracle-like rules in the adventure itself. It's not great, but I have a real fondness for it.
There's lots of D&D solo modules, published and in D&D magazines like Dragon. Tunnels and Trolls has a lot more. There's even a Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes (similar rules as T&T) solo module called The Adventure of the Jade Jaguar (really good).
Some books have too much humor or are too tongue in cheek for me. Like Grailquest and Horror Classics.
Some are less known. Car Wars has some good gamebooks, but you must like the setting.
Some are too well known and overrated a little. Like Lone Wolf/Freeway Warrior/Grey Star.

>>95873256
>>95876239
cont'd
Some are very niche, but great, like the Falcon series (time travel by the guy who wrote Way of the Tiger).
The Virtual Reality series has some great ones. Necklace of Skulls (Aztec-like setting. Best book of the series. You can do more than in lots of other books, even become immortal during play), Twist of Fate (Arabian nights) and Heart of Ice (ice age future).
You can get most of these for free as pdf on the internet archive. Or for a cheap price on amazon. Like less than 10-15 bucks for a brand new book in most cases.

>>95873256
>>95876239
>>95876259
As for FF, there's the Warlock magazine with some good adventure. The original House of Hell is in it, a sequel to the good superhero gamebook Appointment with FEAR, and a modern Egyptian tomb raiding adventure.
In the FF seires itself, Demons of the Deep is great. It's an underwater adventure and you get magical gills. Appointment with FEAR is good.
Oh, if you read French and are lucky enough to get copies, La Saga du Pretre Jean and Superpouvoirs are really, really good gamebook series.

>>95876298
Superpouvoirs is a really underated serie (2 books).
Building a hero is great. A major power, 2 minor ones (3d6 tables), and origin (human, modifid human, mutant, alien), how rich you are, etc.
The stats are good too. Charisma for how liked you are as a hero (2 if you're a bounty hunter, need at least 5 to be an Agent), Ego is how much you think of yourself. At 6 you're an asshole. At 0 you quit the hero business like Spider-Man seems to do every 5 years in the comics.

>>95876328
In book 2, if you fail a roll at some point you fall in love with a Soviet enemy hero and you follow her to Russia lol True Love and all that. If you succeed, she follows you.
It was the 80s, what can I say?
The powers in the books were great. I lost my books ages ago and still remember so much about them.
Here's a good site to check out the recs you will get in the thread:
https://gamebooks.org/
And, of course, there is also gamebooks in comic book form. There's original stories and some from IPs like Judge Dredd. Most have simple rpgs rules and are not just choose your own page adventures. Most are not medieval fantasy, they are mostly modern or sci-fi.

>>95876376
Last post.
Lot of older ttrpgs have solo gamebook modules. Runequest has 3, I think. Gamma World has at least 1. There's also some multi-rrpg solo gamebook modules. One for Call of Cthulhu/D&D/James Bond/Runequest is Thing in the Darkness (1983). Easy to find on Google as a pdf.
And James Bond has a solo gamebook adventure full of actual solo tools. That game is great. I don't really care for JB, but the game is one of the best I know.

Thanks for the answers, anons. Much appreciated.

>>95867975
>playing with your organ
>?
Nta, but that's masturbation in boomerspeak

>>95877254
It's shuffling the quantum gear in zoomerspeak.

>>95877611
I'm partial to squeezing the hog

>>95877254
You've never slicked the polecat?

Ok. New evil bastard. The classic death knight. Oathbreaker paladin, lawful evil, with a pack of skellies thanks to animate dead. He can handle 12 of the things.
>you can give them weapons and armour to wield...
>12 skellies in half plate(they aint strong enough to wear full plate, boo) with shields and warhammers or longbows for ranged.
I am become army of darkness.
>You're good ash, I'm bad ash!

>>95875665
>https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books
I've mentioned it before but I've been working on this with Usurper. It's kind of grating against me but also once I get into it it's really nice.

as an example, my barbarian got trapped in a magical dark room and completely failed his attacks against some monsters. he faded out and I wasn't sure where to go with it after that. So, I decided he was captured by the wizard who lives in the dungeon and now they're talking. This is when I can roll during conversations to see if I make it out alive, team up, piss off, etc. So relying less on oracles for ideas, but still rolling in uncertainty.

>>95877254
sure and why would anyone use boomerspeak here

>>95879823
>evil bastard
>giving the unemployed a purpose and a place in the world
so fucking 3V1L. literally a demon. the baddest dude around... watch out guys, he's serious now

>>95866493
>You need TTRPGs to have a social life!
>Unlike me, who has no social life AND no games!
Pottery

>>95868041
>yet another person scared at the prospect of being replaced by a Solo RPG
Do you work in IMAX?
Because if not, you are wasting a great projectionist talent.
Solos are the easiest self-righteous group on /tg/ to mock. Not even OSR fags are this sensitive about ANY kind of critique
And in 9 out of 10 cases, it all boils down to someone being so fucking incompetent when it comes to looking for players - any players, not even the good or fitting ones - that they just shut in with a piece of papers, and, wait for it, pretend to be playing a game of pretend. Which is still fine and dandy, but then there are asshats like you, who try to carry that as a badge of merit.
Merit of what? That you failed so hard, you need to play with yourself?
I'm here to laugh. Not even to feel better about myself, because it's a devastating how inept people behind solo are, but laugh about their "hurrr we are taking over, quake in fear!" attitude you so neatly encapsulate

what's the longest you've played solo in a campaign?

>>95879823
>evil bastard
>doesn't describe anything particularly evil
eh. Have fun.

>>95882300
To be fair, if your a Paladin it's not hard to be an oathbreaker, like being a compulsive liar, especially if they were disciplined multiple times or if the lie was actually bad or important enough to warrant an oathbreaker.

>>95882434
>To be fair, if your a Paladin it's not hard to be an oathbreaker
breaking your oath is easy, but becoming an oathbreaker is hard
Oathbreaker is the dumbest name for the subclass, but WotC fucking up is the default by now.

>95882247
>admits he's only here to draw aggro
Really should've just taken the dying breed L

So many systems, so many tables columns, dices, supplements,.rulebooks, so many oracles and resources. My head whirls. I'm kinda paralyzed.

>>95884284
There's simple ttrpgs, so simple that they take up a page, start there.

>>95879823
Now that's more like it.
If I can make a suggestion?
Use ACKS. You can build up to having a true Kingdom of Evil to rule over

>>95884284
Do something small and simple to start with.
Barbarian Prince or Thousand Year old Vampire are both very narrow in scope.

>>95884608
>>95885762
I was thinking about that. Seems like the best course of action.

>>95886165
Don't forget to post about it afterwards/do a write up and share it.

>>95886176
Reading the rules right now.

If you are interested, my Barbarian got 6 in Wits and Wiles, which is not good at all if I want to make deals and sense surprise attacks. Strong start.

>>95885685
is there an ACKS trove somewhere

>>95887558
Yeah, ACKS is considered OSR.

Things keep getting better, I was drop on a bunch of ruins, get some treasure, eat something, and get some mild case of Mind-Madness. My Barbarian genes protect me from the worst of it, next morning I'm fine, crossing a river swimming, better don't get lost.

I crossed the river, which demanded all of my strength, I thanked my ancestors for the good Barbarian genes. Don't have time to dry when two Amazon's come to my encounter. Perhaps, I may get them to join my quest with my Barbarian charm actually, yes, kinda, I hired them. But I don't have much money, just for one day of pay. Need to make some fantasy dough, quickly.

>>95888040
they're amazons, pay in dick

>>95888105
But the rules...Unless...

>>95888108
>barbarian
>rules

>>95888154
Look at this retard who fell for the memes
Are all your bards walking piles of dragon STDs?

>>95860439 (OP)
>feminist 45th birthday

>>95888373
>happy
>looks way younger than 45
>thin
sure, the cat doesn't seem to be enjoying it, but other than that it seems more like that you're praising old feminists.

>>95876425
>And James Bond has a solo gamebook adventure full of actual solo tools. That game is great. I don't really care for JB, but the game is one of the best I know.
There is a copyright neutral retroclone of the James Bond RPG named Classified. It is set in modern day instead of Cold War, but does not adhere to any specific kind of modern day setting.
It also does not have solo adventures made for it, but it has the same ruleset that is at it's best with one PC to begin with.

>>95882434
'Insatiable carnal lust' is right there in the noble / knight background's flaws.

>>95888154
Barbarians have rules... Sometimes very strict rules, which is why heir cultures all died out.
>>95888786
Yeah, but it's stereotypical and/or kinda unrealistic for a Paladin to have in a setting where Gods are confirmed real, if you ask me. Even if the God is inactive in a traditional sense, I doubt someone that lustful wouldn't be thrown out during training.

>>95888868
>stereotypical and/or kinda unrealistic for a Paladin to have in a setting where Gods are confirmed real, if you ask me. Even if the God is inactive in a traditional sense, I doubt someone that lustful wouldn't be thrown out during training.
That's retarded, most settings do have some some sort of god or goddess of sex (even if they tend to be named something else, such as good aligned ones being deities of "love")

>>95888877
Generally when I talk about Paladins I talk about the OSR/"historical" fantasy version of a Paladin. So a chaste Paladin, it would make sense that a literal Paladin to a God/Goddess of pleasure would be lustful but it also makes even less sense that a hedonistic deity would have a ascetic martial side.
It's like if the Cult of Dionysus had a weight loss club in Ancient Roman times.

>>95888900
yeah but you know what they say about nuns
and paladins are like male nuns, in a way

>>95888928
>yeah but you know what they say about nuns
I don't and I doubt it's true anyway.

The Barbarian Prince is much better by imagining everything as if it was a Cave Dwellers sequel, with Miles O'Keefe as Cal.

>>95887850
thanks

in other news I used an oracle while talking to my wife and it didn't go so well

>>95888928
idk, I've known many nuns and a high school classmate became a nun and I also don't know "what they say about nuns" other than possibly some variation of "all women are whores".

Having the same Combat Skill as your enemy can be a lousy experience in Barbarian Prince.

My Barbarian and his opponent are on a bridge hitting the air, fighting like pansies.

>>95892725
it's a desperate back-and-forth of close dodges, expert parries, and footwork. they're on a bridge, give em a break! or push!

>>95893264
>rocks fall
>everyone dies

Combat in Barbarian Prince may not be the best combat system in rpgs.

Am I doing something wrong? Of ten rounds both characters could connect a hit two times. What am I doing wrong?

>>95893760
>>95893789
Nah, Barbarian Prince combat is a bit of a pain in the ass.
Personally if I ever do it again I'll use a dice pool or something. But the game itself is baller outside of that.

>>95893799
Yes, it was interesting till that Bridge Knight decided he was the main character. Thankfully, the beauty of this, one can use creativity to move the game forward..

My play group (me) really seems to enjoy sandbox play. I'm going to mix things up next session by surprising them (me) with something spontaneous. That's all I'll say for now, they might see this post.

>>95888868
oathbreaker, dude. he's lawful evil, "worships" asmodeus for power, and works for a vampiress.

>>95882300
he's currently raped a bitch until she broke. turned her into his cocklusting little fuckslave who will do anything to get him to screw her silly again. he gave her some gear and sent her back to the gutters to be his spy.

oh yeah... and the 12 skellingtons he murders things with in their full-robes, half-plate, shields, warhammers and longbows.
while he rides around on his skelly horse (in caparison and plate barding). the other prisoner he 'liberated' from the bandit camp (whose bandits he just slew as they attacked his lady's lands) is DINNER. he's trussed up and slung over the skellyhorse's saddle, punched out. and the knight is about to ride back to his lady, the Vampire who runs the estate. whom our death knight works for.

Azrathiel Elarion
Race: Elf (Variant)
Class: Paladin (Oathbreaker)
Level: 12
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Background: Noble
Appearance:
Azrathiel Elarion, the elven death knight, is a towering and formidable figure, radiating a blend of elven grace and raw power cloaked in calculated discretion. Unusual for the typically lithe elves, he is supremely masculine, his thickly built frame brimming with fit and muscled strength. His broad shoulders, powerful arms, and robust chest speak to his exceptional physical prowess, honed by both his elven heritage and the dark forces that fuel him. Standing at nearly six feet tall—his imposing height amplifies his commanding presence, making him a striking anomaly among his kind.
His face is a chilling masterpiece of contrasts, both regal and menacing. His deathly pale skin, as white as bone bleached by time, gives him an almost spectral appearance, glowing faintly in low light. Against this stark canvas, his bright, cold blue eyes burn with an icy, unrelenting intensity, piercing through the gloom like twin shards of frost. His long, jet-black hair cascades past his shoulders in a sleek, unbroken flow, as dark as a moonless night, framing his angular features. An aquiline nose, sharp and aristocratic, lends him a predatory air, while his thin, blood-red lips stand out vividly against his pallor, often curled into a grim line or a subtle, sinister smirk that hints at his ruthless nature.

Azrathiel’s attire and armaments are deliberately understated yet unmistakably ominous, designed to conceal his true nature while projecting authority. He wears black plate armour, its surface a deep, matte black that absorbs light rather than reflects it. The armour is unadorned, free of ostentatious engravings or symbols, its plain design masking the necromantic power of its wearer. It fits his muscled physique perfectly, accentuating his strength while offering formidable protection. In battle, he wields either a ghostly glowing longsword, its blade shimmering with a pale, ethereal light that flickers like a restless spirit, or a blackened lance, its shaft as dark as coal, with a spear tip that glows a faint, ominous red, pulsing with an inner fire. Both weapons are unembellished, their supernatural aura subtle enough to avoid drawing undue attention yet potent enough to promise death. At his side, he carries a black shield, its surface equally plain and unadorned, a slab of dark metal that bears no crest or sigil, further shrouding his identity in mystery.

Mounted astride his skeletal warhorse, Azrathiel completes his guise as a dark, enigmatic warrior. The horse’s true nature—bare bones animated by necromancy—is entirely hidden beneath its black plate barding and black caparison. The barding, crafted to match Azrathiel’s armour, covers the skeletal frame in a seamless layer of matte black metal, obscuring any hint of its undead form. Under this, the black caparison drapes like a shroud, flowing down to conceal the horse’s legs and body, its dark fabric blending with the barding to create the illusion of a living, albeit grim, steed. The caparison moves with a ghostly grace, masking the telltale clatter of bones, while the barding ensures no skeletal glimpses betray the deception. To the casual observer, the mount appears as a heavily armoured warhorse cloaked in shadow, its true nature revealed only in the heat of battle or under close scrutiny. The horse’s eyes, if visible, glow faintly red beneath its helm, but the plain black design keeps such details subtle, aligning with Azrathiel’s intent to avoid openly advertising his Infernal allegiance.
Together, this tall, thickly muscled elf and his concealed undead mount form a vision of restrained dread—a death knight whose plain black garb and gear veil his true power, allowing him to move among mortals as a dark enigma, his honour-bound, evil nature cloaked in secrecy until the moment he unleashes his foul might.

Ability Scores
• Strength: 16 (+3)
• Dexterity: 10 (+0)
• Constitution: 16 (+3)
• Intelligence: 10 (+0)
• Wisdom: 10 (+0)
• Charisma: 16 (+3)

Hit Points
Total HP: 94

Armour Class
AC: 18 (Plate armour) or 20 (with Shield)

Proficiencies
Saving Throws: Wisdom +4, Charisma +7, Constitution +7 (Resilient feat)
Skills: Athletics +7, History +4, Persuasion +7, Religion +4
Weapons: All simple and martial weapons
Armour: All armour and shields
Tools: Gaming set (playing cards)
Languages: Common, Elvish, Infernal

Feats
Mounted Combatant (Level 4): Advantage on melee attacks against unmounted creatures smaller than mount (Large); redirect attacks targeting mount to self; mount takes no damage on successful Dex saves, half on failed.
Resilient (Constitution) (Level 12): +1 Constitution (to 16), proficiency in Constitution saving throws.

Paladin Features
Divine Sense: Detect celestials, fiends, undead within 60 ft., 4/day (1 + Cha modifier).
Lay on Hands: Heal 60 HP/day or cure diseases/poisons (5 HP/level).
Fighting Style: Duelling (+2 damage to one-handed weapon attacks when no other weapon wielded).
Extra Attack: Two attacks per Attack action.
Divine Health: Immune to disease.
Aura of Protection: Allies within 10 ft. gain +3 to saving throws (Cha modifier).
Aura of Hate: Self, fiends, undead within 10 ft. gain +3 to melee weapon damage rolls (Cha modifier).
Improved Divine Smite: Melee weapon attacks deal +1d8 radiant damage.

Oathbreaker Features
Channel Divinity (2/day):
Control Undead: Command one undead (CR 2 or lower) for 24 hours if it fails Wisdom save (DC 15).
Dreadful Aspect: Creatures within 30 ft. make Wisdom save (DC 15) or be frightened for 1 minute.

Equipment
Weapons:
+1 Lance (magical lance, rare): +1 to attack and damage rolls.
To-Hit: +8 [+4 prof +3 str +1 mag]
Damage: (d12 piercing +d8 radiant +7 [Duelling, Str, magic, AoH] [reach, 5’ disadvantage])
+1 Longsword (magical longsword, rare): +1 to attack and damage rolls.
To-Hit: +8 [+4 prof +3 str +1 mag]
Damage:
(1d8 slashing +d8 radiant +7 [Duelling, Str, AoH, magic] [d10 versatile])
Armour:
Plate armour (AC 18), Shield (+2 AC, total 20).
Mount: “Binky”
Skeletal Warhorse (Undead Mount)
AC: 18 (plate barding)
HP: 22
Speed: 90 ft. (Horseshoes of Speed)
STR: 15 (+2)
DEX: 11 (+0)
CON: 13 (+1)
INT: 2 (-4)
WIS: 8 (-1)
CHA: 5 (-3)
Damage Resistances: piercing (non-magical), slashing (non-magical)
Damage Vulnerability: Bludgeoning
Damage Immunities: Poison
Condition Immunities: Exhaustion, poisoned
Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 9
Attack: Hooves
+4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
2d6+5 bludgeoning (includes AoH).
Special:
◦ Horseshoes of Speed: Advantage on Dexterity saving throws.
◦ Mounted Combatant: No damage on successful Dex saves, half on failed.
◦ Saddle of the Cavalier: Azrathiel cannot be forcibly dismounted, has advantage on checks to stay mounted.

Other: Adventurer’s kit, unholy symbol (Asmodeus amulet), 50 gp.

Magical Items

Saddle of the Cavalier (uncommon): Cannot be forcibly dismounted; advantage on checks to stay mounted.
Horseshoes of Speed (rare): Mount’s speed increases by 30 ft. (total 90 ft.); mount gains advantage on Dexterity saving throws.
Bag of Holding (uncommon): Holds up to 500 lbs., ideal for gear or corpses.

Spells
Spellcasting
Spell Save DC: 15 (8 + 4 proficiency + 3 Cha)
Spell Attack Modifier: +7 (+4 proficiency + 3 Cha)
Slots: 4 1st-level, 3 2nd-level, 3 3rd-level
Prepared Spells: 9 (Cha modifier + half Paladin level = 3 + 6), plus Oathbreaker spells
Always Prepared Spells (Oathbreaker)
Hellish Rebuke (1st): Reaction to taking damage, target within 60 ft. makes Dex save (DC 15) or takes 2d10 fire damage (3d10 for 2nd slot, 4d10 for 3rd), half on save, instantaneous.
Inflict Wounds (1st): Melee spell attack (+7), deals 3d10 necrotic damage (4d10 for 2nd slot, 5d10 for 3rd), instantaneous.
Crown of Madness (2nd): Target humanoid within 120 ft. makes Wis save (DC 15) or is charmed, must use action to attack creature you choose before moving, 1 min. duration, concentration.
Darkness (2nd): Creates 15-ft.-radius magical darkness, blocking non-magical light, 10 min. duration, concentration.
Animate Dead (3rd): Creates 1 skeleton/zombie from corpse, or reasserts control over up to 4, obeys commands, lasts 24 hours, instantaneous.
Bestow Curse (3rd): Touch target, Wis save (DC 15) or choose effect (disadvantage on ability checks/saves, disadvantage on attacks against you, extra 1d8 necrotic damage when hit, or lose action), 1 min. duration, concentration.

Prepared Spells (9)
Compelled Duel (1st): Target creature within 30 ft. makes Wis save (DC 15) or has disadvantage on attack rolls against creatures other than you, must save to move more than 30 ft. away, 1 min. duration, concentration.
Protection from Evil and Good (1st): Target touched gains protection against aberrations, celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, undead; such creatures have disadvantage on attacks, can’t charm/frighten/possess, 10 min. duration, concentration.
Searing Smite (1st): Next melee weapon hit deals extra 1d6 fire damage (2d6 for 2nd slot, 3d6 for 3rd), target takes 1d6 fire per turn until Con save (DC 15), 1 min. duration, concentration.
Wrathful Smite (1st): Next melee weapon hit deals extra 1d6 psychic damage (2d6 for 2nd slot, 3d6 for 3rd), target makes Wis save (DC 15) or is frightened, must use action to save, 1 min. duration, concentration.
Branding Smite (2nd): Next melee weapon hit deals extra 2d6 radiant damage (3d6 for 3rd slot), target glows (no invisibility), 1 min. duration, concentration.
Lesser Restoration (2nd): Touch target, end one disease or condition (blinded, deafened, paralysed, poisoned), instantaneous.
Protection from Poison (2nd): Touch target, neutralise one poison, grant advantage on saves vs. poison and resistance to poison damage, 1 hr. duration.
Crusader’s Mantle (3rd): Friendly creatures within 30 ft. deal +1d4 radiant damage on weapon attacks, 1 min. duration, concentration.
Dispel Magic (3rd): End one spell of 3rd level or lower on target within 120 ft., higher-level spells require Cha check (DC 10 + spell level), instantaneous.

Ritual Spells
Detect Magic (1st): Detects magic within 30 ft., identifies school if visible, 10 min. duration, concentration, cast as ritual (10 min.).
Detect Poison and Disease (1st): Detects poisons/diseases within 30 ft., identifies type, 10 min. duration, concentration, cast as ritual (10 min.).
Purify Food and Drink (1st): Purifies non-magical food/drink in 5-ft. radius, instantaneous, cast as ritual (10 min.).
Locate Object (2nd): Sense direction to familiar object within 1,000 ft., or specific kind if nearby, 10 min. duration, concentration, cast as ritual (10 min.).
Magic Circle (3rd): Creates 10-ft.-radius cylinder protecting against celestials, elementals, fey, fiends, or undead, 1 hr. duration, cast as ritual (10 min.).

Spells Known
1st Level: Bless, Command, Cure Wounds, Detect Evil and Good, Detect Magic, Detect Poison and Disease, Divine Favour, Heroism, Protection from Evil and Good, Purify Food and Drink, Searing Smite, Shield of Faith, Thunderous Smite, Wrathful Smite, Compelled Duel
2nd Level: Aid, Branding Smite, Find Steed, Lesser Restoration, Locate Object, Magic Weapon, Protection from Poison, Zone of Truth
3rd Level: Aura of Vitality, Blinding Smite, Create Food and Water, Crusader’s Mantle, Daylight, Dispel Magic, Elemental Weapon, Magic Circle, Remove Curse, Revivify

The Black Cadre
Lord Azrathiel Elarion, a fearsome 'death knight', commands a cadre of 12 skeletons. These undead minions, clad in dark armour and wielding deadly weapons, serve as his personal ‘murder squad’—enforcers of his will and harbingers of doom. Infused with the infernal essence of the Nine Hells, they are both a mechanical asset and a chilling extension of his power.

Appearance
• Armour: Each skeleton wears half-plate armour (AC 15), painted matte black.
• Robes: Beneath the armour, black robes flow, lending an eerie, wraith-like presence as they move in silence.
• Shields: They carry plain black shields (AC +2)
• Helms: Their skulls are encased in black helms with narrow eye slits, creating a uniform, menacing visage.
• Weapons: Each wields a longbow for ranged assaults and a warhammer for close combat.
• Quivers: Black-fletched arrows fill their quivers.

Equipment and Stats
Armour Class (AC): 17 or 19
(Half-plate 15 + 2 dex [Shield +2])
Hit Points: 13
Speed: 30 ft.
Strength: 10
Dexterity: 14 (+2)
Constitution: 15 (+2)
Intelligence: 6 (-2)
Wisdom: 8 (-1)
Charisma: 5 (-3)
Damage Vulnerability: Bludgeoning
Damage Immunities: Poison
Condition Immunities: Exhaustion, Poisoned
Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 9
Languages: Understands all languages known by Lord Azrathiel Elarion but cannot speak

Weapons
Longbow: Ranged Weapon Attack,
+4 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target.
d8 + 2 piercing damage.
Warhammer: Melee Weapon Attack,
+2 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.
d8 + 3 [AoH]bludgeoning damage [d10 versatile].
Ammunition: 20 arrows per quiver

Control and Management
• Control: Using Animate Dead (3rd-level spell), Lord Azrathiel Elarion maintains control over 12 skeletons. He reasserts dominance after his 1st elven trance, leveraging two 4-hour periods (8 hours total) to sync with a human long rest, ensuring no additional spell slots are needed daily.
• Trance Synergy: This unique use of trance maximises his undead army, allowing him to command a full dozen minions even after casting other spells.
• Commands: As mindless undead, they obey simple orders (e.g., "shoot that enemy," "guard this position," "charge forward") and can perform basic tasks like carrying gear or standing sentinel.

Lady Isolde Nyx
Vampire
Medium undead (shapechanger), lawful evil
Armor Class: 16 (natural armor)
Hit Points: 144 (17d8 + 68)
Speed: 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
18 (+4) 18 (+4) 18 (+4) 17 (+3) 15 (+2) 18 (+4)
Saving Throws: Dex +9, Wis +7, Cha +9
Skills: Perception +7, Stealth +9
Damage Resistances: Necrotic; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Senses: Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 17
Languages: Common, Elvish, Infernal
Challenge: 13 (10k XP)

Description
Appearance: Lady Isolde Nyx, a human turned vampire at the apparent age of 16, is a vision of deadly allure. Her jet-black ebony skin gleams with a silken sheen, stark and captivating under moonlight. Lambent amber eyes burn with predatory hunger, their glow both seductive and menacing, framed by long, dark lashes. Her golden blonde hair is woven into a tight, thigh-length braid, shimmering like spun gold, swaying with each calculated step. Her muscular and curvaceous build exudes power and femininity, with large, voluptuous breasts, wide, flared hips, and a plump, shapely rear, her curves a lethal lure that disarms the unwary. At 5’6”, she commands attention without towering, her presence amplified by her supernatural grace.

Outfit: Isolde’s attire is both daring and discreet, designed to entice while concealing her vampiric nature. She wears a saucily revealing black leather corset, laced tightly to accentuate her voluptuous form, over a billowy, loose white silk blouse with slits that reveal tantalizing glimpses of her skin. A flowing black skirt, loose but slit high to showcase her curves, sways with her movements, maintaining an air of elegance. Her tall, brown soft leather doeskin boots are practical yet stylish, their muted tone grounding her otherwise provocative ensemble. The outfit balances seduction with subtlety.
Predatory Vibe: Isolde’s warm smile and sultry charm are a masterclass in deception, luring prey into complacency before her amber eyes flash with ruthless intent. Her nature is unyielding, governed by a strict code of honour that demands loyalty and obedience. She views Azrathiel Elarion, her elven lover, as both a knight in her service and an ever-eager consort, binding him with her lusts and their shared ambition. Her voice, honeyed yet commanding, ensures her will is obeyed, and her presence dominates any room, a supreme predator cloaked in youthful beauty. Able to play the coquette or ingenue as needed, she can pass as a shy bashful debutante or a wanton social ladder climber through 'noble' 'high society'.
Background: Born a human noble 136 years ago, Isolde was transformed into a vampire at 16 through a dark pact with a fiendish entity, granting her eternal youth and power. Over the years, she has carved a domain for herself, a luxurious but small manor house and estate a day's ride from Waterdeep. Her nature drives her to maintain order, albeit for her own gain, and she has forged an alliance with Azrathiel, recognizing his prowess and honorable code. As his superior, she commands his loyalty, using him as her enforcer and consort while pursuing ambitions of dominion and eternal pleasure.

Traits
Shapechanger. If Isolde isn’t in sunlight or running water, she can use her action to polymorph into a Tiny bat or a Medium cloud of mist, or back into her true form.
Bat Form: Can’t speak, walking speed 5 ft., flying speed 30 ft. Statistics (except size/speed) unchanged. Worn items transform, carried items don’t. Reverts if she dies.
Mist Form: Can’t take actions, speak, or manipulate objects. Weightless, flying speed 20 ft., can hover, occupies hostile creature’s space. Passes through spaces air can, not water. Advantage on Str, Dex, Con saves; immune to nonmagical damage except sunlight. Reverts if she dies.
Legendary Resistance (3/Day). If Isolde fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.
Misty Escape. When reduced to 0 HP outside her resting place (not in sunlight/running water), Isolde transforms into mist (as Shapechanger) instead of falling unconscious. If unable to transform, she is destroyed. In mist form at 0 HP, she can’t revert and must reach her resting place within 2 hours or be destroyed. In her resting place, she reverts, incapacitated until regaining 1 HP (1 hour at 0 HP restores 1 HP).
Regeneration. Isolde regains 20 HP at the start of her turn if she has at least 1 HP and isn’t in sunlight or running water. If she takes radiant damage or holy water damage, this trait doesn’t function at her next turn.
Spider Climb. Isolde can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down, without an ability check.

Vampire Weaknesses. Isolde has the following flaws:
Forbiddance: Cannot enter a residence without an invitation from an occupant.
Harmed by Running Water: Takes 20 acid damage if she ends her turn in running water.
Stake to the Heart: If a wooden piercing weapon is driven into her heart while incapacitated in her resting place, she is paralyzed until the stake is removed.
Sunlight Hypersensitivity: Takes 20 radiant damage when starting her turn in sunlight, with disadvantage on attack rolls and ability checks.
Actions
Multiattack (Vampire Form Only). Isolde makes two attacks, only one of which can be a bite attack.
Unarmed Strike (Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) bludgeoning damage. Instead of dealing damage, Isolde can grapple the target (escape DC 14).
Bite (Bat or Vampire Form Only). Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one willing creature, or a creature grappled, incapacitated, or restrained. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage plus 10 (3d6) necrotic damage. The target’s hit point maximum is reduced by the necrotic damage taken, and Isolde regains HP equal to that amount. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. If reduced to 0 max HP, the target dies. A humanoid slain and buried rises the next night as a vampire spawn under Isolde’s control.
Charm. Isolde targets one humanoid she can see within 30 ft. If the target can see her, it must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed for 24 hours. The charmed target regards Isolde as a trusted friend, is willing for her bite attack, and takes her requests favorably. If Isolde or her companions harm the target, it can repeat the save, ending the effect on success. The effect lasts until Isolde is destroyed, on another plane, or ends it as a bonus action.

Children of the Night (1/Day). Isolde magically calls 2d4 swarms of bats or rats, provided the sun isn’t up. Outdoors, she can call 3d6 wolves instead. The creatures arrive in 1d4 rounds, acting as her allies and obeying her spoken commands. They remain for 1 hour, until Isolde dies, or she dismisses them as a bonus action.
Legendary Actions
Isolde can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one can be used at a time, at the end of another creature’s turn. She regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.
Move. Isolde moves up to her speed without provoking opportunity attacks.
Unarmed Strike. Isolde makes one unarmed strike.
Bite (Costs 2 Actions). Isolde makes one bite attack.

Personality and Relationship with Azrathiel
Lawful Evil Code: Isolde adheres to a strict code of honour, valuing order, loyalty, and mutual benefit. She expects obedience but rewards service, ensuring Azrathiel’s loyalty through respect and seduction rather than fear alone. Her ruthlessness surfaces when her authority is challenged, but her charm maintains alliances.

Predatory Nature: Isolde is a supreme predator, using her sultry charm and warm smile to manipulate mortals and undead alike. Her amber eyes and curvaceous form are weapons, disarming prey before she strikes with lethal precision. She savours the hunt but prioritises control over chaos.
Command over Azrathiel: As a CR 13 vampire, Isolde is more powerful than Azrathiel (Level 12). She views him as her knight, valuing his necromantic army (12 skeletons, skeletal warhorse) and martial prowess, and as her consort, drawn to his supremely masculine, thickly built form and bright cold blue eyes. Their shared lawful evil alignment ensures a stable alliance, with Isolde as the dominant partner. She commands him with a mix of authority and allure, binding him to her service while fostering his ambition.
Dynamic: Isolde and Azrathiel operate as a dark power couple, their partnership rooted in mutual respect, lust and shared goals. She is the velvet glove, He is the iron fist, both working hand in glove to advance their shared cause. Their lawful evil codes align, but Isolde’s superior power ensures she leads, with Azrathiel as her devoted Knight, Retainer and lover, eagerly indulging his lusts for her at any available hour.

Tactics and Lair
Combat Tactics: Isolde uses Charm (DC 17 Wis save) to disable foes, Children of the Night to summon allies (bats, rats, wolves), and Multiattack (unarmed strike + bite) to grapple and drain. She employs Shapechanger (bat/mist) and Legendary Actions (move, bite) to evade and strike. Regeneration (20 HP/turn) and Legendary Resistance (3/day) make her resilient, but she avoids sunlight and running water.

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Lair: Isolde maintains a shadowy manor house, disguised as a noble estate, with a hidden crypt as her resting place. Charmed and paid mortals servants in her employ attend the estate and its grounds, while Azrathiel’s skeletons stand guard hidden around the house. She uses Misty Escape to retreat if threatened, relying on Azrathiel to crush pursuers.
Weaknesses: Sunlight (20 radiant/turn), running water (20 acid/turn), and staking in her resting place are threats. Azrathiel’s Aura of Protection (+3 saves within 10 ft.) bolsters her saves, while his Dreadful Aspect scatters foes to protect her.
Notes
Age: 120 years old since vampirism, turned at 16, ensuring decades of cunning and power.
Sources: Stats from Monster Manual (2014, p. 297), appearance/personality per user description, background inspired by Curse of Strahd (2016, p. 24–27).
Aesthetic: Outfit is saucy yet discreet, balancing allure with subtlety to match Azrathiel’s plain black gear, avoiding overt vampiric advertisement.
Alliance: Isolde’s CR 13 and Cha 18 ensure dominance over Azrathiel, reinforced by her lawful evil code and seductive charm.

>>95896980
technically its 2 character sheets plus a kill team of souped of skellies.

and now you can use them or ideas generated from look at them in your campaigns.

maybe the dickass knight is someone your characters slaughter in their campaign?

or maybe the vampire bitch gets turned into your characters' prisoner in their campaign.

>>95892725
Rephrase it from misses to your target dodging and blocking attacks. You didn't miss, the enemy parried the attack.

Unless you like your characters whiffing a stationary target. Your choice.

>>95896336
Cute post. I hope your group appreciates all of your hard work.

Has anyone here tried the Pocket Lands cards? and maybe the traveling system included with them?

My Barbarian and his Amazon pals have to fight eight wolves. It's all worthy if we get to the mysterious land of Cumry.

I love sexy vampire bitches

>>95898480
Looks pretty neat. I just use a hex grid map for overworld and a graph based map for dungeons.

>>95901408
If it helps he is using her abusive super powered vampire sex (training him to pleasure her) and using it in turn to make bitches into his cumslut fuckslaves.
So far he raped a cute peasant women crazy for his D. She's a little spy, hiding in plain sight throughout the city. And he just broke a Watchknight's brain with his dick. So now she is his little spy amongst the watch.
He needs to learn how to fuck better before he can think about raping a merchant or noble into being his spy. Can't have too many spies though, since they have to be paid in fuck too. Gotta keep the numbers small.

>>95902201
The lewd general would probably appreciate this sordid recounting more than here

>>95902624
Its Not JUST lewd.

First he slaughtered some bandits attacking a farm on the vampiress' estate
Tracked them to their camp. Thats where he got the male prisoner as dinner for the vampire, and the female prisoner to turn into his little spy. put the map from the camp together with the journal from the bandit leader and tracked some zhents. Then he went and stomped all kinds of arse at the hidden zhent safehouse. Uncovered a bunch of hidden zhents and such after torturing the zhent agent. Up to and including total castration. Gotta love how healing magic just heals, it doesnt regrow shit whats been hacked off. I do have to admit stabbing the guy through the knee and then healing it just to stab the fucker all pver again fresh so he can feel it raw all over again was a bit of fun.

He may have slaughtered some bastard peasants who dared to interfere with his duty. They may or may not have been waterdhavian guards.
That was where he kidnapped the Watchknight. Honestly, i blame grok for generating a watchknoght babe who was tall and strong with big bouncing tits barely restrained by her breastplate and hips and ass pulling her unifom breeches taut.

>>95902683
nta but yeah, just go to the lewd general and post your stuff there instead.

Thinking of a neat name for a universal currency in my space opera setting, I realized how many franchises just use credit as a name for money. One would have thought so many writers after all these decades could have come up with something better.

>>95875474
How a 14 year old think chaotic evil works
>>95875520
How a 16 year old think chaotic evil works

>>95903173
for me it's spacebux but if you wanted to go really fuckin dystopian it could be starbux

>>95903327
>How a 16 year old think chaotic evil works
Lawful evil actually, he was a follower of a LE devil version of Sifkesh: https://pathfinder.fandom.com/wiki/Sifkesh
For a 'Way of the Wicked' campaign.
All we did was reverse her backstory and have the heresy be she went from being a demon to a devil.
Markul was great fun, completely impractical in any fight because I decided to gimmick him by having him wield a whip and razor and whips are, sadly, shit in pathfinder.
But great fun none the less.

>>95903786
>https://pathfinder.fandom.com/wiki/Sifkesh
"ow the edge" intensifies

>>95903786
>patroness
what the fuck kind of ESL shit is this

>>95902201
>>95902683

take your meds you fucking wierdo.

>>95904244
>>95903810
he's just a tryhard child

>>95904268
>>95904244
Cry moar.

Although...
Oh i get it!
You're those faggots who religiously shitpost any actual content. The faggots who shitpost any game session posts.

>>95903173
Tallies. Probably been used before.
>>95904268
You're not a proper tryhard unless you've played a tiefling/aasimar hybrid with the personality of a wooden plank and a nebulous "epic destiny" that they're oh so burdened by
(I've gotten better, I swear)

My guy also has a panchant for denying his opponents a proper burial. Keeps beheading the corpses to display the heads, on stakes etc, and then burning the bodies. No rest for the wicked and all that. The more namby pamby goody two-shoes nocs and such dislike that.

Penchant* npc's*

>>95904571
Just keep enjoying your game, nobody is telling you to stop.
Most of us know what it's like to be a kid and go through that phase.

To be a little bit cringe is to live

>>95903173
Currents (generic name)
Bits (digital)
Strips/Rods/Bars (physical of different values)

Is ACKS II any good for solo campaigns? I'm kinda intimidated by the giga-autism of the rules...

>>95905231
I've done a campaign with it and honestly? I had fun.
Don't be afraid to lean into the idea of playing an entire group though, make the focus a movement or party rather than an individual. Think Star Trek or that kind of thing, focal characters, but not afraid to turn the camera towards others.

Somehow, I defeated the pack of eight wolves (that was pure ass). My adventure continues. The Amazon's did great.

>>95882276
Not nearly long enough. Hundreds of thousands of words, but rarely beyond the first few levels in any system.

>>95905231
Yes, but play a Thief/Explorer if you don't plan on having Henchmen, otherwise you'll be easily killed at 1 LV just moving between places (outside of Town/Cities).

Is anyone here a Dishonored-head? I have a question which pertains to a character I want to build.

>>95908316
A little, what you need my dude?

>>95908375
I want to play as a member of the Abbey, but I want him to be a know-it-all busybody that always has a counterpoint. My question, do the Abbey look down on Natural Philosophers? I think an Abbeyman Natural Philosopher could be a really cool character, but I don't know if it would be permitted from a lore perspective.

>>95908471
https://dishonored.fandom.com/wiki/The_Academy_of_Natural_Philosophy

The Abbey has its own historical libraries, otherwise it's outside of Lore mostly I'd say.
More importantly, I don't see any cops around here do you? You can draw on Christian Science as a source.
Hell, play into that tension even, of being both curious and deeply inquisitive but also part of the abbey.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science

Sounds cool as fuck to me man. Go for it.

>>95908535
First of all, thanks for the wiki link, second, I like what you're thinking with the curious and inquisitive while also being part of the Abbey.
Appreciate it anon, thanks a ton.

>>95908628
No big, let us know how it goes. Dishonoured actually makes perfect sense as an Ironsworn type setting now I think about it.

>>95908633
I'll be sure to chim in with anything interesting that pops up :)

Forgive me for the dumb question, but Rpgs have corebooks, followed by rulebooks and supplements, these supplements can be like new stories to experience in a setting, lists of items, lists of monsters, etc, is that correct, that's how the sequence goes?

>>95908856
...Yes.
Core Books tend to have the core mechanics and the base of the game. Rulebooks tend to have additional optional content for adding more complex rules. Supplements do the same but usually have a theme or a specific purpose (Like a bestiary or a Gazetteer for example.) And adventure modules are specific stories and missions for characters to undergo.

So... how's that Power Rangers RPG? I've been on a nostalgia kick.

>>95872502
d20 is the best oracle dice, however

>>95865562
You have to ask this in /aicg/.

The Dice were on my side today in Barbarian Prince, not only the PCs defeated the wolves, they encountered an Elf who accepted to join the party, then we entered a wizard's tower, which was enchanted to make it look a boring old cave near a mountain pass, and the wizard and his servant may be in agreement with the Prince about the justice of his claim to the throne of the Northlands. A good day indeed.

Any good systems for bank heists on the more realistic side of things? Researching the security systems and personnel, taking hostages, varying levels of police response depending on violence used etc., negotiating with the police, negotiating and talking to media, this sort of thing. Think Dog Day Afternoon instead of Payday.

Do you guys improvise or write adventures yourself?

>>95917857
Yes, you can use an oracle system for that.

>>95917857
I set character goals, aims etc, and then let events develop naturally which might derail his attempted path entirely.

>>95908316
Based + bump

I got the Wizard and his servant to join my cause, for free! He told us there was a treasure around there, we travelled for two days, a troll attacked us, we defeated the troll and got a valuable troll hide. The treasure hunt was a failure, the wizard felt really bad. The Prince entered a twin in the mountains and now is talking with some caravan guys. One thing I noticed of this game is how lean it is. I was wizard joined my party, does he have spells, equipment, armor, an amulet? The game doesn't tell me. I have also an Elf, does he use bow and arrows, nobody knows. This game is too laconic sometimes.

>>95923803
I meant the Prince entered a town.

So having trouble to begining the rp and thinking of prompts for plot lines or random quests. Any suggestions or good charts to use.

>>95925072
I picked up this book a while back, it's been good for my needs.

>>95925185
My thanks I will look into it

>>95925072
Sure. You just survived a judicial hanging for charges that may or may not have been true. You wake up in an enormous pit full of bodies with scavengers feasting on the remains. The pit is too deep to escape but there's a fissure in the wall you can escape through that leads down a long shaft that opens up into a dungeon. Find your way out.

I just stole most of that from Ker Nethales because it's my absolute favorite opener. Just Oracle your way though the dungeon, I'd recommend something like juice Oracle or whatever.

>>95925364
Not that anon, but Juice Oracle?

>>95872829
>24 total results but 144 combinations
23* results

is there a site or tool that I can use to import existing map images and cover them with fog of war before I actually see the layout, while still starting at an entrance?
I'm fine with generating room contents as I go but generating dimensions/exits is a major boner killer, but it also feels wrong to not care about those things and skip them entirely

>>95926347
You need an image program with layer support and then paste over your map with a layer that you delete to reveal underneath.

>>95925185
I've seen that book before. I'm curious how good it is.

>>95931372
It's pretty good. Like a long, long table of story elements, ordered by theme. So in the action table you've got shit like
>man with a gun
>snap-second decision
>the chase is on
While in Horror you've got
>a foreboding presence
>the natural becomes unnatural
>a hopeless situation
With some crossover between the two. Honestly it's worth getting as a general oracle, even if you don't use it as intended. Like having a diet tvtropes on hand.

>>95931422
It can be used with most games, right?

>>95931591
I'd give a round to anyone who could name a game it wouldn't work with

>>95925072
Personally I just think of a general theme/tone, generate 3 random words from randomwordgenerator.com for inspiration as needed, then work out the details with X-in-6 chance rolls. Example follows.

I'm looking for modern horror stuff, disturbing, kinda small scale.
>Speculate. Gear. Separate.
I'm thinking small-town paranormal researcher, not badly equipped, been into this sort of things for a while. How do I earn a living?
>Escape. Supply. Triangle.
Sketchy stuff... Scavenging and reselling equipment from a nearby abandoned military base seems interesting enough. I clearly have a higher goal, though...
>Soprano. Studio. Premature.
A ghostly apparition of a woman in my bedroom scarred me as a child, and ever since, I've become obsessed with the occult and paranormal.
It seems obvious for me to live alone on the outskirts of town. That's about all the characterization I need for now. What's the problem at hand?
>Explain. Favorable. Greet.
The police are at my doorstep! I have a... creature... in custody in the basement, 3-in-6 chance they heard odd noises when passing by.
>1
Darn, they did. Etc.

As you can see I interpret prompts very loosely, and when something just "clicks" I don't even roll for it.

I wonder how much fun iron valley could be.

I'd like to take a post to say the tools you use to record and play are just as important as the system.

I've been using Ironsworn Companion for a game and switching between tabs is such a pain in the ass that I realized it was actually putting me off continuing, as nice it is as a free tool.

Moving everything to Obsidian has me hyped for the game again.

>>95938588
I don't get why people jerk themselves off so hard over virtual notepads, maybe I'm just an old man yelling at clouds at this point, but the tactility and customization of just a regular dot-ruled notebook is insane.

>>95939230
I would argue hyperlinks and copy pasting make it superior.

I just use pencil, paper and eraser, not to brag about it, but it's the best system for me. I can't do it digital.

>>95939818
Copy-pasting, sure but... Hyperlinks...?

>>95940141
Yes, it looks like Wikipedia if you've ever seen that.

>>95940187
Oh you mean local linking within the notepad themselves, right?

>>95940200
Yeah, I'd show you an example but I'm not at my PC. Documents can be embedded in the notes too so you can have a PDF page displayed or images in your notes.

>>95940222
You can do that with a regular notebook, but if it's sounding like your saying it, then yeah I can see how it could be useful.

>>95939230
Just now I had a thought that "barons of fire" might be a cool unique title for the lords of a certain area. Just to double check I hadn't used that before, I searched the term baron and found every instance I've used it in the last decade. If you're anal about consistency, it's indispensable. Obviously not everyone is.

>>95940255
Fair point, honestly if you have literally a decade worth of lore for 1 place.

>>95940255
If I ever reached that point and it wasn't a solo game, I'd start shelling out for a wiki-style website.

Regarding Barbarian Prince, some guy told the Prince Baron Drogat was actually a monster, so now they go to a wizard in a mountain town who knows how to fight monsters, but in the meantime the Prince and his party ended up in an underground Dwarf city and they are asking the dwarf king for an audience. Expect more quests for the quests that will lead to the quest.

>>95939230
My hand writing is so slow and ugly that doing anything by hand is torture.

>>95941293
Oh that game looks cool. Would I have to play Barbarian Prince using hexes? I'm not too fond of hexes.

>>95941552
You do, but the hexes are basically there for 'You can move this far each day'
I'd recommend Barbarian Prince, someone did a play through write up of it here a while back:
https://archive.4plebs.org/tg/thread/94261002/#94262068
Give it a nose and see if it's your kind of jamboree.

>>95940305
That's essentially what I use (Obsidian), just without the online bit

>>95938001
I like the idea of a slice of life game like that but just can not get it going
>>95939230
Looks better too

>>95938588
I like to record my notes on random tables so I can roll on them during play. It can be short phrases, words, longer bits, etc.
I can record name/characters/locations/events that way in chronological order and get some follow up to these things if I roll on them later. I use a simple oracle and questions to determine if the thing I roll is positive, negative, important or not, etc.

>>95942761
can you post one? I wish to see

>>95942743
Watch more anime or Seinfeld.

>>95942743
>I like the idea of a slice of life game like that but just can not get it going
There's a ton of JTTRPGs and some indies that do an adventure and "rest" period where you go on an adventure and have a "filler episode" where you do more mundane tasks. There's a mecha game inspired by Evangelion that does the high school slice of life part really well to the point my players had more fun doing that then the actual missions, mainly because the game uses the slice of life part to fuel the tension and conflict between players during the action/mission parts.

>>95945550
I've actually been hungry for a subsystem to handle things like that, because the system I solo in is heavy on downtime and "I spend 3 weeks training" with no texture at all isn't all that fun

>>95945620
I normally use those periods for allowing the creative process to take over and do less rolling. For instance, maybe my cleric is struggling with getting her armoring to fit quite right, and so she spends 2 days simply making little adjustments and trying to do things in the adjusted armor like skipping a stone 6 times.

>>95945657
personally I like rolling during them. not a lot, but I can't really consider it play unless I'm interacting with some kind of mechanic
a spark for a minor event or vignette, a run-in with an NPC, "what annoying shit happens to you at your day job you have between adventures." did your character accidentally booze too hard by spending his hard-earned gold? what happened as a result? etc. unless something's outcome is guaranteed or circumstances are plainly evident, I am not a fan of just making a decision about what happens without any context
it's also the only time I'd ever actually like to use something like a progress track

How is it called the slice of life rpg?

>>95947280
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slice_of_life

>>95947294
Oh, that's smart naming.

>>95947309
Unless you live in a warzone or somewhere scary.

>>95947672
I thought that was the name of the rpg about playing slice of life scenarios that was mentioned some posts above.

>>95947855
I don't think there is a rpg named Slice of Life.

>>95947855
It was Iron Valley, which is a fairly mediocre Ironsworn hack

is ironsworn stuff not in /SoloGames anymore? or was it never actually there and I'm just having an alzheimers moment?

>>95948168
1) This isn't the place to ask this
2) regardless if you are having an alzheimers moment or not check the pbta bin

To any that might give even the slightest shit:
Going to be throwing the next arc of Veiled & the adventures of Jaasim up soon as I've pdf'd it.

>>95949126
Wait, I thought 4chan didn't support pdf uploads anymore. How are you going to link it?

>>95951851
Mega. They're too large to pop on 4chan anyway most my write ups. So I always just give people a mega link.

Solo tabletop RPGs are the only experience I've ever had that's made me feel how lonely it can be at the top. I have a 5e solo game that I've been playing regularly (weekly) since about 2019, and playing that character made me feel the emptiness of what comes with being the man whose seen and done everything he set out to do. He reached level 20 long ago, got involved with conflicts between world altering powers like gods and superfaction leaders, and in a way he's kind of met with nothing in the end. I've started new games and spinoff games since then, but that sensation was truly interesting while it lingered... I don't think that it's something I could have experienced with a group, as I don't think anyone would play a campaign to it's true end, and I can't imagine anyone taking the realization of true power seriously in that setting.

>>95951851
In fact, have the so-far
https://mega.nz/file/HBIxCLBL#yEZJu7sYuba21WfoRus2EEE6rQQ1ze_SuoUGMYvErCM

>>95949126
Hey its me Shokol, the guy who was talking with you a few months back, excited to hear that you are going to post the next part soon. I'm gonna re read the entire thing again so i can be fresh on everything that's happened. Glad you are still here

>>95952588
Ayy, glad to hear it. And honestly, I've got another 2 games I need to write up sooner rather than later.
So stay tuned for content I'd say.

>>95952239
>as I don't think anyone would play a campaign to it's true end
Why would level 20 be "the true end"?
Campaigns can perfectly end at level 7 or so and still be a "true" end just like they can also start at level 10.
Not everything needs to be a shonen where you start as a worthless loser and end up defeating gods.
Ofc if you enjoy that, well you're not alone, isn't that the whole point of the xianxia genre?

Barbarian Prince: I got an audience with the King of the underground city, met his daughter the princess. She could had fallen in love with him, and add 200 gold in jewels to his coffers and horses for the party to move better and faster through the land, if I only had got a 6. But the Dice thought otherwise, I got 1. They kicked Cal and his buddies from the city. Some other campaign, Dwarf Princess you and Cal will be reunited.

It wasn't so bad after all. The Barbarian went to a temple, the priestess fell in love with him, both escape, and she brought with her a lot of money for the cause, of course. But that is a secondary detail, what matters is that love blooms. Also, Cal's wizard got the means to fight against the evil Count Yorga, or was it Drogat? The Dice rewarded me tonight.

>>95953661
>>95954683
you know, in a way it's kind of a shame that it's been what, 40+ years? and still nobody's managed to put out a game that surpasses Barbarian Prince

>>95956777
It's quite fun, even if the combat is not stellar, you can always tweak that aspect. But yes, I'm enjoying Cal and his merry band's adventures.

>>95956777
I'll fully admit, the combat in Barbarian Prince is the weakest point.
If that were streamlined then it'd be fucking 10/10.

>>95875579
Well if her notes become deeper as the years go by she might be able to drop below 25 hz

Are there any female solo roleplayers?

>>95961322
there's that one nice grandma on youtube
other than her, no

>>95961385
Oh cool, I want to watch comfy grandma play solo rpgs. Link?

>>95961385
on youtube its more like 50/50
irl who knows

>>95961409
@GeekGamers01

It's Amazon vs Amazon here in. Barbarian Prince. Who will win? Exciting match, kinda.

I'm trying to play a barbarian. And the ai dm filled a tavern he stays in with characters. And decided some were nobles slumming it.

So now my barbarian has taken on 20 hunts to avoid a noblewoman who decided savage man meat was irresistible.
He does NOT need the headaches of noble sluts cjasing after his dong.

So he's fled into the sewers to hunt a basilisk.

>>95962401
lame & gay

>>95962401
Post this shit in the lewd thread man, this is not the place for it

>>95962555
eat all of the penis. i have included None of the /lewd/ here.

Instead. i shall report my barbarian's sahuagin hunt.

with a combination of investigation and survival our mann tracked the beasties to the correct cave. and snuck in. getting to a good spot behind their baron boss. he runs in and shanks the fool stab stab stab stab. putting good sneak attacks to use. raging, reckless. he's also unaffected by the other sahuagin rounding on him and trying to kill him, so he (mobile) breaks loS, (bonus action hides) stealths and (second story work, fast movement + mobile =50' move) fucking clamers over sneaky sneak behind the sahaugin. and starts plying Shank away. they keep failing to spot him through his absurdly high (stealth rolls) so he keeps abusing sneak stab stab.

much heroing.
such brave.
ah!

>>95963416
Are you playing Dungeons and Dragons?

>>95964178
yes. 5e. nice and simple. but none of the 2024+ 5.5 dnd as a live service wannabe shit.

surprisingly the ai is rather great at running the DM shit. sometimes I have to remind it, catch a mistake here or there. remind it of a pertinent rule. but by and large the fucking thing
>Just Works (TM) (R) (C) (Pty. Ltd.)

>>95964178
lik,e right now. I'm running a few hunts. and I have got so much information fed into it, in a pattern, that the ai can run the whole fight exactly how I want my character acting. I literally just have to check it. its fucking sweet.

>>95961322
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-WrvAUIW-c

>>95961322
me
why the hell would it be any special to be part of half the world's population?

>>95965054
maybe anon is a girl and wants to see what other female players are doing

>>95964282
>>95964310
5e means the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons, right? Is that edition particularly well suited for solo play? Sorry for the annoying questions, anons, but I'm a total greenhorn.

>5e means the fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons, right? Is that edition particularly well suited for solo play?
nta but honestly, 5e isn't great as a system, fundamentally. And the higher level you get the more it chugs and cracks start to appear.

>Sorry for the annoying questions, anons, but I'm a total greenhorn.
No problem my dude, everyone starts somewhere.
I'm going to be equally annoying by answering your question with a question:
What do you want from your games? I mean what kind of vibe do you go for, how heavy crunch wise do you like things, ect.

>>95965088
what an insecure faggot she'd be

>>95965054
Maybe he wants to share his explicit and pornographic solo games then jack off to the fact someone without a penis might read them.
Who knows

>>95965615
The few attempts I have are mostly narrative, a story with dice roll numbers, questions and results in brackets. I like fantasy but I'm.more interested in sci Fi, capeshit and cyberpunk, I want to go on more crunchy games like Gurps, but I think I'm too much of a newcomer to try that now. Eventually I want to do more complex games.

>>95965577
nah. its just super simple, which means you can toss all the woketarded shit aside.

>>95965688
then just go to the lewd thread

>>95965712
>I like fantasy but I'm.more interested in sci Fi
Check out Starforged, it's pretty light while still having decent depth to it.
>GURPS
Man I've been doing tabletop for more than half my life and I still don't get GURPS

>>95965712
Honestly you might have fun with the Traveller lifepath system. It's where you create a character for the full system, but it kinda plays almost like a journalling game so you kinda get a feel for the base mechanics without all the massive overhead of such a crunchy system. It's pretty fun even if you don't take them into a full campaign.

>>95965054
>why the hell would it be any special to be part of half the world's population?
What does that even mean?

>>95965803
How is Traveller? I'm a little curious about it as a system

>>95965813
that there's no reason to specifically seek out female solo players as if there were anything special about them.

>>95965958
Ohhhhhhh, yeah, agreed

>>95965054
what game are you playing sis?

>>95966065
Savage Worlds, I first used Gold&Glory: Seven Deadly Dungeons as it's OSR styled and easy enough to play solo, but I also combined it with tarot cards to use as oracles since the original books leave some story implied but incomplete.
Now I want to continue using Savage Worlds, but I'm homebrewing a fantasy/post apocalyptic setting instead and plan to use PUM as GME.

>>95966335
>Tarot cards
Well holy shit, an actual woman.
Let us all know how PUM works out. I've never used it but it looks a bit too railroadish for my tastes.

>>95965752
>>95965803
Thanks for the answers.

>>95966346
>Well holy shit, an actual woman.
First solo game I played was Lichdom, and instead of using regular playing cards I used pic related and it felt much more suitable to the tone of the game.
I don't care about the mystical or self help bullshit associated with the cards though, so rpg oracles are some sort of use besides just staying in the box.

>Let us all know how PUM works out.
Sure

Are two decks of playing cards asking too much for a solo rpg?

>>95966455
what do you mean?

>>95966467
Instead of using dice game uses two decks of playing cards, but is two too many? I can see using one deck, but two feels kinda bit much.

>>95966493
Two decks feels a bit much but it's still doable, I guess it depends on what exactly you do with each deck.
I used two decks when playing a Savage Worlds setting that used cards for dungeon generation + cards for initiative during combat (which is default for SW). During the combat itself, I could just ignore the dungeon generation deck, but I guess it'd have been messy to use two decks that interacted with each other in some way.

why do women like tarot cards so much?

>>95966754
the art is pretty
but probably the real reason is just that many want to believe they have some sort of magic power that's not quantifiable or verifiable in any way. As in, a power fantasy that cannot be denied by "no you're clearly not strong/smart/beautiful enough for that".

>>95966754
also, the first time I encountered Tarot was in the game Ogre Battle for SNES and it felt cool there.

>>95966754
Marketing, it's the lazy, retard's shorthand for women to be spiritual, quirky, and unique while also apparently not understanding that it makes them a stereotype. It's a low IQ female hobby.

>>95967041
that's only if you actually believe them to have magic powers. But yeah, that might as well be the majority considering how many women believe in shit like horoscopes, "positive energies" and similar trash.

Barbarian Prince, my party is still fighting the Amazon's, I keep getting 9s, 4s, 6, which are numbers that don't entail any damage to the opponents. Sometimes, the Dice are capricious. Gotta tweak the battle once more. Call me a simpleton, but the Fighting Fantasy combat system is not that bad in these circumstances.

>>95965889
I wouldn't know, I've only played the chargen lol

>>95967201
>that's only if you actually believe them to have magic powers
I've never met a woman interested in tarot cards who also said "It's just fun, I don't believe in it." If they did I wouldn't have that opinion, lol. Not because I hate spirituality or "magic", but because a lot of the women into it just wear it as a fashion statement and are as shallow as a puddle when it comes to their actual depth and understanding of anything spiritual.

Since wizards in Barbarian Prince don't have much magic in them, so far I have only encountered wizards with Combat Skills and Endurance and that's all (just like everybody else), I decided to give them some of the basic spells in Final Fantasy. Let's see what happens.

>>95966455
Plenty of games use two decks or even more, and new ones are cheap. So no.
>>95966754
Divination is /tg/ for girls. More relationship drama, less rules.

>>95970244
>>95970244
>>95970244
new bread