Anyone know about that "sword world" game?
Apparently it's "D&D but Japanese". I tried reading the rules, but they're so oddly explained (and split into THREE core books) that I got lost instantly.


>Sword World 2.5 - Core Rulebook I.pdf: File too large (file: 30.2 MB, max: 8 MB).
Well, fuck me.

>>95991336 (OP)
To learn the game and play you only really need the first one.
Add the Standard Combat Rules from the second book and that's it

The rest in those books are mostly reference tables for item and abilities for the players when they grow beyond certain levels in the different classes

>>95991336 (OP)
>op is a stupid fag who cannot read
Pottery.

Is this book suggesting that God doesn't exist?

>>95991707
No, that "gods" exist. A pantheon, rather than the one true God. Because it's a fantasy world.

>>95991412
>you only really need the first one
Thank you, I checked it real quick and got really overwhelmed.

>>95991336 (OP)
Aren't these "games" meant to follow the text of the campaign 1 to 1, with even characters' actions and words pre-defined for them?
How is this different from just acting?

>>95992040
There are campaign books and regional books for the general setting of the continent
The campaign books are meant to be played alone or in group.
That way you can make use of the material even if you're alone or test the scenario yourself before bringing it to the table.
Some have randomized map generation and events and they're certaintly not a walk in the park

>>95991336 (OP)
Why would I play d&d weeb edition?

>>95992118
Because I want to put my peepee in Deedlit's ass.

>>95992126
Deedlit was created for D&D anyway.

>>95992138
Wrong. She was created for slavery and daily whippings.

>>95992118
>Why would I want to play a better version of D&D?

You're right, just keep on consooming WotC slop. I bet you even give them money for it too, like a good paypiggy.

>>95992176
Explain how it's better instead of repeating the same buzzwords you do every time like a bot.

>>95992184
If you would rather have pic-related than glorious anime, I don't know what to tell you. It's pretty hard to cure shit taste.

>>95992251
I'm asking about the system retard, how is it different, how does it play, the fuck does your shitty Photoshop have to do with anything.

>>95992267
This is a retarded bait thread the last 10 comments were about boomers having sex with record of lodoss war uncs

>>95992285
We accept your surrender, shitposter.

>>95992295
You should use thread tools instead of bumping faggot

>>95992267
>how is it different
Lot more non-combat skills encouraging a balanced party and more interesting roleplay, as opposed to D&D where everyone is a seasoned adventurer. Also a character is required to multiclass, otherwise they suck.
>how does it play
Kinda like D&D, with dices, pens and papers.

>>95992334
That's very unclear, how does being forced to multiclass encourages more balance? Is it a d20 system? how long does a combat take? how does non-combat encounters play?

>>95992354
Mmm.
Because classes are extremely specialized, like a swordsman only know how to swing a sword, and will have no idea how to scout an area, look for traps, or even identify monsters, which is required to use their weaknesses (like fire and the like).
I don't remember, been a while. I think they're d6s, but I'm checking.
Heh, depends, of course. When I played it a few months ago, fights were very short and bloody.
Dunno, haven't got time to try any.

>>95992374
You run it? Any interesting bit about how it plays? Is making a character hard?

>>95992354
NTA and haven't gotten to actually play but:
>2D6 based system (no platonic solids in japan)
>"Classes" are really "skill kits" that each get leveled separately, non-combat tasks are 2D6 + attribute + class level
>"flat" progression (spending XP to increase a class from level 2 to level 3 does not affect how much XP other things cost)
>feats
>3 different combat systems with increasing complexity, first seems fine to me
>damage is done by rolling against a table for your weapon's power, rerolling on criticals
>rules mainly focused around combat and dungeon exploration, there's a non-combat expansion but that's clearly not where the heart of the rules are (this makes it feel very D&Dlike to me)
>rabbits are unloved by gods
>dwarves are immune to all kinds of fire damage

>>95992397
>rabbits are unloved by gods
I feel I should ask more about this

>>95992267
2d6+modifiers
Multiclassing is a must. You build getting skillsets from different classes
Lots of classes and races to choose from.
Very interesting to mix and match
Combat is a bit weird
Critical damage can explode
Physical armor reduces physical damage but not magical damage
There are lots of magical classes (4 in the first book alone) and many non-magical classes with magic-like habilities

>>95992388
Correction: I RAN it. It was months ago, and it only lasted 3 sessions before my workplace fucked me over and set me to work whenever sessions happened.
It's all about buying skills, and because so many non-combat skills are still mandatory for combats and non-combats, losing anyone is a big loss. I played a tabbit hunter modelled Ernest Hemingway, an old humanoid bunny hunter who tried to write a compendium of all the monsters around to restore his reputation. It relies a lot on the "frontline", which is a rectangle on the map where all melee-oriented character will rush in. If you're in it, anyone can target you. That's how Ernest Nessingwary got a nasty wound from a dire wolf.
Not really? Making a character is easy, but balancing the party is a lot harder. If you don't have anyone with an identify skill, you're forced to brute force your way through encounters.

>>95992419
How do you deal with magical damage

>>95992417
>I feel I should ask more about this
Knock yourself out.
I HATE reading pdfs, I'd take a physical book over a pdf anytime.

>>95992439
Well, I'm impressed they look like actual rabbits instead of girls in bunny costumes,

>>95992419
I forgot about armor = damage reduction, that's a fun different from D&D
>>95992434
There's spells that give damage reduction for that too but I guess not getting hit is probably good.

>>95992457
That is why I played one.
You still got the elves and the grassrunners if you want the coomer races.

>>95992464
So you're forced to get spell class for that or do all classes have defensive spells?

>>95992479
I don't think so, you could just power through and soak the damage
Some spells also can be resisted for the entire or half damage with a willpower check
It's not like damage reduction from armor is going to fully negate things either anyway
>>95992471
>grassrunner
> Even when fully grown, they can easily be mistaken for Human children. Regardless, they reach physical maturity at the age of 15, and their lifespan is said to be about 200 years. In many cases, curiosity ends their life before reaching old age.

>>95992496
Yes.

>Most become adventurers at the premature age of five and remain adventurers until their deaths.
TOO YOUNG

>>95991412
The 2 and 3 books do also add new races and classes along with some extra skills, feats, and the like. You're all good to use book 1 only, but having the others does give you more to go longer if you want.

>>95992577
Book 1 is for someone learning the game. And it's already full of options, classes, feats and items

Book 2 and 3 will come naturally when that anon becomes familiar with the system

>Three corebooks here.
I'm a newbie, is that normal?

>>95992645
no, but in this case it's more
>core
>medium level content + optional advanced combat rules
>high level content + more optional advanced combat rules
also new races/classes in each book

>>95992040
Like DND.

>>95992397
>2D6 based system (no platonic solids in japan)
The irony is that plastic d20s (and associated dice) originally had to be imported from Japan.

>>95992657
Oh,.I see. That sounds reasonable. This game looks interesting.

>>95992645
Also, the three corebooks are small like a manga volume
We're not talking fullsize small print books

>>95992753 (me)
Also, the corebooks are very very cheap.
1000 yen each, about 7 usd

>>95992753
What world do you live in that mangas are 445 pages?

I don't understand anything!
But it looks fun. How do fights usually go?

>>95992802
4.17 x 0.87 x 5.87 inches
I was talking about table space
The three small books are thick, that's for sure

A shame I don't know Japanese, I would like to try this.

>>95991336 (OP)
why are you reading 2.5 and not the original COMPLETE edition?

>>95992862
What's the difference

>>95992859
It's translated, they have a wiki with links and everything.
https://swordworld.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

>>95992903
Thank you.

>>95992862
Because it's the only one I could get, and it's the one my friend made me play. I'm just trying to return to it but I feel like I forgot everything.

It's Basic D&D repurposed so the Lodoss guys could publish their stories without TSR getting on their case which was then turned into it's own thing.

>>95991336 (OP)
>Sword World 2.5 - Core Rulebook I.pdf: File too large (file: 30.2 MB, max: 8 MB).
You can't upload PDFs anymore ever since the sharty raid

>>95992978
Well, fuck.

>>95992913
Here is also a link to the other 2.5 focused wiki (it also has 2.0 content on it):
http://sw25.wikidot.com

>>95992434
Most spells can be resisted for half damage or negated completed with a Willpower check, and in case you fail, you get full armor piercing magic damage (or just whatever the spell does). There are some consumables, equipments and accessories that helps mitigate that type of damage or increase Willpower during a check.
...But again, the best solution would be to just kill the wizard first.

>>95992439
> Needgames, the Fabula Ultima publisher just got the rights for Sword World 2.5 on Italy
> They plan to release the first core rule book early next year
> Chances for an actual english release just increased with this.
Soon™

>>95992959
>It's Basic D&D repurposed
Isn't it almost entirely d6 based?

>>95993711
So what?

>>95992831
The game combat is fast in general, as Mob fights often take less than 3 rounds to finish (sometimes even 1), this for a few reasons:
> Initiative and action is team based, so if players win initiative, then the whole party goes first before the enemy team can act.
> Enemies can either roll with their standard values or use default values (Standard values + 7). This makes it easier to fight enemies around the party level, as you literally just have to roll average to hit/evade
> All this not considering the buffs the party can have, and as this is a 2d6 based system, even a +1 is enough to make your character strong enough to take on higher level enemies.

That doesn't mean all your fights will be that fast, as it really depends on your luck, your party build and whatever you are fighting against.
> You are a single marksman on the back with 3 muscleheads on the frontline
> You are fighting a few kobolds, with a Goblin Shaman as support on the back
> This should be easy
> Wait, nobody took scout class
> You lose initiative because no scout
> Goblin shaman uses Nap on everyone in the frontline.
> Everyone too dumb to pass the Willpower check
> They fall asleep
> Meatshields are gone
> You are now facing a horde of angry dogs alone, while their greenskin leader laughs at you from the back.

>>95993555
Thanks a lot.

>>95993862
Yeah, I remember that. The game is surprisingly tough because you need all the skills to survive.

>>95992705
D&D isn't required BY RULES to be a railroad. JTRPGs give players out "replay" booklets to play through writer's gay drama, no deviation allowed.

>>95994005
Same issue with FFXIV TTRPG, it's very linear.

>>95991707
Japan doesn't believe in a God in general. The only notion of God that makes any kind of sense is the Demiurge from Gnosticism which is why killing God is a common theme in a lot of Japanese works.

>>95994111
The what from what? Sorry, I'm Catholic, so I know only one god.

For the one who wondered how hard it is to run a character, here's how it goes:
You roll different dices depending from your race, and you add preset numbers. Dwarfs have higher Body than Tabbits, for example.

>>95994205
A false god that imprisons the cosmos and pretends to be a creator. Cast down the Demiurge and become the deity!

>>95994005
Replays are just people's games that they played previously written up to be read by people to give a feel for the game and setting, with official ones occasionally having some extra optional rules or the like thrown in just as a bonus. Basically they're just /tg/ game storytime threads but printed out.

>>95994005
>goblin slayer
>writer's gay drama

uh huh, so you're a faggot

>>95994668
see: goblin slayer. explicitly a campaign of the author and friends homebrew'd sword world setting campaign

>>95993711
So is most of Basic.

>>95991336 (OP)
Try the Goblin Slayer TRPG to see if you like. It's literally Sword World light.

>>95996115
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/1975318315/?ref_=cm_wl_huc_item

>>95996115
Does it have rape mechanism?

>>95997346
nope.

>>95997387
Then I might actually check it.

>>95992471
Acting like Cummingway isn't living up to their name

>>95991707
It's telling you there's no ambiguity about the existence of the gods so you can't do some faggy atheist fantasy shit if going by RAW, illiterate retard.

>>95992040
How do you retards keep managing to convince yourselves this is true?

>>95992118
Because unlike DnD it's a fun game

>>95992457
>I'm impressed they look like actual rabbits instead of girls in bunny costumes
Don't worry they have kemonomimi too (lykants) and even horny bunnygirls as a subrace (herbivorous lykants)

>>95994005
Replays are published storytimes, not scripts you're supposed to play out you complete retard. Record of Lodoss War is an animated replay. Fucking Chronicles of Riddick is a replay.

>>95991336 (OP)
>split into THREE core boooks
You mean like D&D?

>>95997511
It's Critical Role: 1980s Edition, and the game was their Daggerheart.

>>95997585
I don't know, I never played D&D.

>>95991336 (OP)
Is this really based off D&D BX or BECMI D&D?

>>95998304
??????????????????????????
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>>95998304

No, it iterates on the first edition. The first edition though is based on old school dnd, and it is actually kinda neat. I recently read through the complete first edition and it seems really nice. Old school with a giod amount of crunch but also more tidy that the actual BECMI without turbing into modern "rules light" slop

>>95998388
I heard the first edition lore was weird. Like, elves are both a class and a race weird.

>>95998392

That's dnd. Sword coast separates class and race. The basic character creation is that you roll dice for stats, and then you use experience to buy levels in different classes. Experience points works sort of like a currency and every class you buy into levels independently (so a level 3 fighter pays the same amount as a level 1 fighter to take a level of sorcerer).

Scaling-wise you can improve your skill at evading by leveling fighter or thief, and you can also buy stat increases for HP. You don't get HP just by leveling up though, but you do get a little bit of damage resistance.

Classes are overall very specialized. Kike mentioned you need to level fighter or theif to improve evasion in battle. Only fighter can fight with heavy armor and full sized weapons though. Some classes improve specific skills when leveling up, while spellcasting classes basically only get access to better spells when leveling.

As for spells, the actual selection is very similar to your usual dnd fare, but the system uses mp and metamagic is a built in assumption.

A final quirk to mention is that the system avoids having the GM rolling dice. GM basically never do it unless they are running an npc using as a character or if they have opted into an optional rule.

>>95998441
I did mean D&D first edition. There's a game I like, Chronicles of Mystara, who is apparently based on it.

>Experience points works sort of like a currency and every class you buy into levels independently
Ha, I see. Sword WORLD kept a similar system. And so did Warhammer, which is why I like it.

And it seems to fit, fights don't feel "fair" in the meaning that monsters and characters seem to follow different rules.

>>95998464

Yeah Chronicles of Mystara is based on actual dnd rules.

And I'm talking about sworld world rules. In original dnd you are stuck in only one class that you level automatically as you get experience.

As for Sworld World monster rules, even though the monster use different stat blocks from player characters and the GM doesn't need to ever roll for results because of this, the stat blocks just extrapolates the monster's stats if it had been a player character. Instead of making the GM roll 2d6:s, they just add +7 to the monster's stat and call it a "rating" instead which the player rolls against to avoid getting hit or taking damage. It is surprisingly elegant thanks to how Sword World leverages the 2d6 and its one "rating table" that you often refer to during combat.

>>95998491
Wait, so are you mixing up D&D, Sword Coast and Sword World, or did you made a mistake and called it Sword Coast when you meant Sword World?
And Chronicles of Mystara was surprisingly fun.

>>95998502

I mistakenly wrote Coast instead of World. Didn't notice it before now haha.

As for Mystara, it's fundamentally a Capcom arcade beatemup, so it doesn't have that much in common with dnd.

>>95998527
Man, I got so confused. But to your credit, I thought you were answering >>95998385 so I thought Sword Coast was one of these weird thinjimagicks. Sorry.
But yeah, I was asking about how weird D&D 1E is, since Mystara is a beat 'em up, but it seem to use some of 1E's quirks, like how elves and dwarves are just that, instead of being elves priestesses, or dwarf bards or whatever else.

>>95998527
Mystara is a setting for old time DnD like Dragonlance, Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms
It had lots of supplements during its time
The Capcom games are made using that setting

>>95998544

Yeah, that's right. The only one missing is halfling, who was also a race-as-class. Old school dnd was really jank.

>>95998551
I wish there was some content for Black Sun, I watched a youtube video about it, and the idea of a setting where magic siphon life from the very land itself is sick.

>>95998568
Yeah, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to introduce Japan to the loli race.

>>95998568
fyi the race as class was only in the basic d&d line set (sort of like the essentials line in 5e) which simplified things, because the optimal choice as an elf in original and advanced d&d was to always play a fighter/magic user, so they just made that be the only option in the beginner set

>>95998656

I've read multiple versions of the different editions of early dnd and I am fairly certain this is factually incorrect.

>>95998721
then you are mistaken

>>95998656
odnd has race as class as well anon. Basic dnd is a rework of odnd and keeps most of it with Adnd being a lot of new extra rules, ruling compiled and taking a new stance on things like race and class.
Stop misinforming people

>>95991707
If God was real people wouldn't be afraid of death

>>96001223
If God had wanted you to live, he wouldn't have created me!

>>95992184
Instead of making different worlds for different campaign themes the world have different continents and kingdoms for the different flavors of campaign. This mean there is a low fantasy edgy continent or a dragon rider kingdom.

Races and classes are mechanically different. Not everyone is a different favor of human, instead you have weird races like midget shotas who become hulks.

The combat mechanics are inteded to be a game and not a simulation of real life combat, so its focused on been fun instead of retarded.

Multiclassing is a de facto. There is no "Men I dont want to waste my levels on another class but I want x feat for them", instead is more like "so next adventure is gonna be around the same level right? I want to branch out to a different class".

There is no aligment faggotry. You are civilized or barbarous and both can be good or evil.

You can play as monsters. From vampires or lamias.

Instead of skill like acrobatics or sleight of hand everything is concentrated into minor classes like range, scout or sage.

The big con is that the book are explained like shit.

>>95997497
Can agree to that.

>>95998304
BECMI.
though, the players were more proficient with aD&D1e, they opted to go for BECMI just for the replay.

>>95998602
ye say that but...

I gotta say that Sword Coast 1ed is a really elegant system. I can see how it beat dnd in the japanese market. I'm actually loving the table they use for damage and damage reduction. With the advanced rules for weapons it leads to some really neat ways to express your character in choice of arnament without you having to gimp your character for a concept (the changes to attack, strike and crit rating in the advanced rules kinda maths out to everything being equal). The way characters develop will also keep everything relatively grounded even as you hit the high levels. I assume that means spellcasting might become incrementally stronger, but since spellcasting classes get 0 defense development I assume that kind of keep them in check (compared to dnd 5ed where a level of spellcaster gives you a not insignificant hp increase)

>>96001865
Oh, they're going to have to glue you back together... IN HELL!

>>96004190
Small.

>>95998602
>I'm not sure it's a good idea to introduce Japan to the loli race
t. Gobpedo gooner

>>96005147
Wrong. Loli elf master race here.

>>95992802
3-in-1 manga omnibuses are that long. Ex the azumanga daioh omnibus volume 1 is 686 pages

>>96005312
Fucking hell.

I dont understand the artificer class. It state you also have to pick the marksman minor class, but could you make a wrestling artificer instead without picking marksman?

>>96006966
Marksman is all ranged weapons, including bows, blowguns, crossbows, arbalest, bolas, darts, cannons, hand ballista, shit thrower.
Artificer is magisphere and only the "right" gun.

>>96006966
Marksman just help with the aiming if you decide to use a gun, but I don't think you're forced to get Marksman if you never use guns. You'd deprive yourself of a big boon if you don't, but you can just use the magisphere instead.

> Magitech enables the use of a special weapon called a gun. A gun is a ranged weapon that attacks the enemy by shooting bullets, but it can only be fired by putting magic power into the bullets using Magitech
America, a land of magic.

>>96006966
You can have an Artificer and not use guns at all
You can get some levels just for the utility spells
But if you want to use guns, you'll need the Marksman to operate the gun and the Artificer to load it with magic
Yes, it's very weird but remember that the classes are more like skillsets.
You need to combine them

>>96006966
>Attacks with guns are Shooting Attacks, and Accuracy checks should be made using the Marksman class. If the Accuracy check fails, the shot is missed, and no damage or effect can be applied to the target.
Marksman is only to buff your accuracy, otherwise you can have a healing bullet that also enlarges your penis, but you'll miss your shit and hit the Gazebo, a terrifying creature.

>>96007065 (me)
Artificers have no restriction on armors so you technically could build a Fighter with some levels of Artificer and some Marksman and fight in the frontline or shoot bullets
A healing bullet is just level Artificer Level2, for example

>>96006966
you wouldn't be able to use most of the Artificier spells, but you "could" do that.
You can still use the sphere/gadget/grenade type spells, but any of the shots that target an enemy would be a waste of time w/o marksman.

>>96004190

That's a dwarf tough.

(I think overall loli dwarves are still better than sideburn female dwarves)

>>95995828
nah. you need other die for rolling HP from HD, damage, percentile thief skills, saving throws, encounter/reaction rolls, etc.

>>96007246
Same. Tired of the bearded women acceptance movement trying to ruin our dwarfs.

>>96004904
>smol
>highly fuckable
>easy dress lift
Perfect.

>>95998602
>Yeah, but I'm not sure it's a good idea to introduce Japan to the loli race.
Sword World already has a few of them

>>96008288
The elves are the best. Always.

>>96008419
I'm partial to Runefolk myself, but Elves are good too

>>96008494
Runefolks are incompatible with my fetish, so...

>>96007173
Yeah, even one level of Artificer will allow you to use any level of gun.
Fun note too, by RAW you can take as many weapons as you want, and since holstering and unholstering one-handed pistols/swords is a free action, you can swap between a sword and pistol with a shield freely. You avoid reloading too by carrying enough pistols to compensate.

>>96008288
>Minotaur Weakling
>Tannoz Weakling
>Basilisk Weakling
>Garuda Weakling

>Lildraken

Apparently, you don't call the dragon-breeds weaklings.

>>96008524
Broken Drakes?

>>96008524
Lildraken are a civilized race born with normal not fucked up souls, the weaklings are basically monster races born without as fucked up of a soul as they otherwise should have had that get bullied out of their barbarous societies.

>>96008517
The same poster, but it's worth noting that shooting from frontline combat zones also has a significant benefit in avoiding the aiming feat taxes.

>>96008524
The weaklings are mixed races between humans (formed from the first sword) and Barbarous (formed from the second sword)
Lildraken, despite being dragon-people, are considered humans in the setting since they are aligned with the first sword.

>>96008536
Broken drakes are full Barbarous (the most powerful barbarous even) but have lost their magic sword and with it much of their strength.

>>96008288
Leprechauns are cute! CUTE!

>>96008554

And a tiny bit underutilized. I kinda like them, big chill lizard merchants.

>>96008604
they are?

>>96008604
Leprechauns can also apparently be cool

>>95993636
> Chances for an actual english release just increased with this.
;^)

>>96006966
So long story short, Raxia (the SW2.5 setting) doesn't have blackpowder, since they can just use magic to shoot their bullets (i.e. the Artificer "X Bullet" spells). However, just 'cuz you know how to make gun go bang, doesn't mean you can hit the broad side of your mom with a shot, which is where Marksman comes in.

*However*, because you need magic to shoot, guns deal magic damage, which bypasses Defense. That's a BIG FUCKIN' DEAL, so there's gotta be some tax in order to balance that shit out (i.e. having to level both a major and minor class).

If you don't wanna shoot, there's still enough utility with the various artificer spells to be useful, you just won't get the most out of the class.

>>95991336 (OP)
It's okay. Mid.

>>96001223
Tell that to the people who underwent NDEs.

>>95992156
why did you let porn rot your brain?

>>95997511
>Fucking Chronicles of Riddick is a replay.
Wait, which system did they use?

>>96011051
Myth GURP.

>>95994005
Is it a kink for you to reveal publicly that you're completely retarded or why do you do this?

>>96011051
DnD. Riddick is just a retooled drow ranger/barb

>>96008744
>>96009773

smol
cute smile
great legs
kemono ears
third hand

There's also the recent supplement which TECHNICALLY adds in rules for Miakis for SW2.5.
a Race of cat people, not native to the Alframe continent, but some can show up as travelers from the Terastier Continent. As such, they are a rare race that if you can find one, usually in the city of Harves on the rare of occasions.

>>96013945
So many fucking books, I'm lost.

>>96014011
this book in particular.
they are labeled as "Nekomata", but can be used in the main game as Miakis.

>>96014090
How many bloody books are out?

>>96014570
for Sword World 2.5 or Sword World in general?

>>96014679
Just 2.5 please. Starting with three core books is already tough enough...

>>96014687
Don..don't worry about that

>>96014776
I got the Warhammer 4E rulebook months ago and I'm STILL figuring it out.

>>96014687
Here's a big-ol'e list.

Core game:
Core Rulebook 1 (lvls 1-6, Human, Elf, Dwarf, Tabbit, Runefolk, Lycant, Fighter, Grappler, Fencer, Marksman, Sorcerer, Conjurer, Priest, Artificer, Scout, Ranger, Sage, Burlight Region)
Core Rulebook 2 (lvls 7-10, Grassrunner, Lildraken, Enchancer, Bard, Dorden Region)
Core Rulebook 3 (lvls 11-15, Tiens, Leprechaun, Rider, Alchemist, Ursyla Region)

Rulebook supplements:
Epic Treasury (Equipment, Work Skills, Advanced Combat)
Character Building Book (Enchanced character creation)
Monstrous Lore (Monsters, Druid, Warlock)
Outlaw Profile Book (Vagabond Rules, Alv, Shadow, Soleil, Garuda Weakling, Basilisk Weakling, Minotaur Weakling, Tannoz Weakling)
Magus Arts (Magic, Tactician, Geomancer)
Battle Mastery (Schools, Arena Combat, Battle Dancer)
Arcane Relic (Abyssborn, Spriggan, Newman, Flourite, Rare Variants of Core Book Races, more items)
Raxia Life (Extended Work Skills, NPCs, simple scenarios)
Barbarous Rage (Drake, Basilisk, Diablo, Scissorscorpion, Dark Troll, Baba Yaga, Arbor, Centaur, Dawn, Kobold, Ghauntte Region)
Barbarous Saga (Broken Drake, Lamia, Dhampir, additional Ghauntte Region data)
Abyss Breaker (Shallow Abyss Expansion, Abyss Gazer, Dark Hunter)

World Guides:
Land of Adventure, Granzale (Introductory city guide in Burlight Region)
Kingsfall, The City of Railroads (City guide in the Dorden Region)
Constellation of Colonies, Cyrecode (City guide in the Ursyla Region)
The School of Wiardry, Eusisz (City guide in the Burlight Region, currently untranslated)
Natural History of Burlight (Schools, Burlight information)
Natural History of Dorden (Schools, Dorden Information)
Our Travels in Alframe (Various blubs of other areas around the continent, currently untranslated)
Bubble World - Monochromatica (Grid Combat, Alternate world lacking of colour)
Natural History of Ursyla (Schools, Ursyla Information)
Bubble World - Dragon Remains Blade (Small-scale combat, Miakis, Alternate World of Honor)

>>96014909
Isn't that just the translated ones too?
Though you really only need Core I to play and Core II and III to extend out for a while honestly. The other books are cool, useful, and have fun things but aren't strictly required.

>>96014909 (Cont.)

Campaigns and Scenarios:
Vice City (Campaign set in eastern Korgana, a city of Barbarous, Humanoids and Daemons)
Daemon's Line (Campaign set in Northwestern Korgana, use of Shallow Abysses to alter the fates of various heroes)
Griffon Road (set in the Aurelm Region, a year-long adventure with a caravan, currently untranslated))
The Princess of the Sparkling Sun and The Prince of the Dazzling Moon (A stand-alone campaign book where you can play as one of two royals seeking the crown.)
Ancient Blue (A campaign set to the southwest of Burlight, an archipelago where you play as two characters simultaneously.)
GM Warlock's Adventure Record (A series of scenarios published in magazines, some of the scenarios have been translated)

Replays and Novels (Translated):
Land of Curses and Blessings (A series of short stories that add to the setting of the Alframe Continent)
Train Travelers (An adventure in the Dorden region)
Swords, Wilderness, and Vagrants (Vagabond adventures in the Aurelm region)
Savage Song of the Misfits (A Barbarous adventure set in the Ghauntte region)
Those Who Cross the Abyss (A mini-supplement, replay, and novel exploring the Abyss Gazer and Dark Hunter classes)

>>96015497
THAT IS A BIG RELIEF BECAUSE I AM VERY INTIMIDATED BY THE MASS OF BOOKS THERE ARE

>>96015497
That's probably because almost all official rule books are translated. Not counting replays they are only missing like 5 books on 2.5 (1 supplement, 2 world guides, 1 campaign book and a scenario magazine). This month another supplement releases, so 6 books total and they should be up to date.
People can complain about the translators and all, but fuck do they work. I wish more games had autists as dedicated as those

>>96014909
>Core game:
>Core Rulebook 1 (lvls 1-6, Human, Elf, Dwarf, Tabbit, Runefolk, Lycant, Fighter, Grappler, Fencer, Marksman, Sorcerer, Conjurer, Priest, Artificer, Scout, Ranger, Sage, Burlight Region)
>Core Rulebook 2 (lvls 7-10, Grassrunner, Lildraken, Enchancer, Bard, Dorden Region)
>Core Rulebook 3 (lvls 11-15, Tiens, Leprechaun, Rider, Alchemist, Ursyla Region)
Oooh, okay.
So I can start with the core rulebook 1, okay.

>>96015912
yeah, Core Rulebook 1 is pretty much everything you need to play. the other books just add more stuff to the mix. Hells, the recent Bubble World Book only NEEDS Core Rulebook 1.

Also, the Duo Adventure Campaign book (The Princess of the Sparkling Sun and The Prince of the Dazzling Moon) can be played stand-alone by itself. It has some simplified rules included.

Surprised nobody has posted http://sw25.wikidot.com/ yet.
It's a wiki that simply collects all the "data" from the books - you've got all the races, classes, spells, items, etc available in a more easily browsable format here.
There are also APIs for querying spells and monsters

use core rulebook 1 and play a campaign book like vice city with it. all of the campaign books are written to be played gmless almost like a gamebook so you can easily get a feel for the game in action. you can solo a campaign to familiarize yourself with it and then gm a spiced up version of it later for a group of players.

so yeah, the only Daunting thing about Sword World is that there's a lot of "Stuff"

>>96017659
smoll

>>95997489
Lots of anons go for the gold and engage in Olympic level mental gymnastics if it means hating something from Japan.

>>96020957
oh yeah, Grassrunners... ...may not have originated from Raxia...

>>96022387
They're cute!

>>95992156
No, she is for head pets, ear rubs, and nice bedtime cuddles.

>>96023111
Headpets? For Deedlit?
Isn't she too old?

>>95998464
old school did it the best. later editions have so many fucking archmagi shitting up the settings that its impossible to swing a cat without hitting 20 fucking khelbun's or what have you

with OG DnD, it was so much faster and easier to level thieves and fighters etc it explained why the mage was such a rare class, why high level mages were so vanishingly rare. especially since GP was everything.

all the GP loot fighters etc used on fancy cool magic gear...

was GP the magic-user had to blow on spell components or spell research.

>>96005364
Have you not heard of the musashi volumes? each is like 100 USD because they're super manga, with utterly fucktardedly beautiful traditional japanese ink painting watercolour art, telling the story of miyamoto musashi.

and just for shits and giggles, beserk released a series of ultra manga volumes where, again, each volume is like 100 USD and HALF of the original volumes, doubling the run count, thanks to insanely high detailed super-art.

some manga can get downright fucking crazy with the 'lets just do art and call it a story later'

>>96008105
the dwarf race has been latched onto by the trannies who insist all female dwarves acshully have beards. because if the men are massively sexually dimorphic and super masculine... then the women... must also be masculine and not feminine in any way because
>Just suck the female penis you bigot reeeeeeeee!

>>96023719
GP?

>>96023739
Yeah but I hate Berzerk. I prefer Jojo, Monster (but art isn't that good in there), or a Chinese one a friend suggested, pic related. Don't ask me what the English name.

>>96023747
>the dwarf race has been latched onto by the trannies
Wait for real

>>96023773
Gold Peices.
GP is XP in OG DnD. you slay some monsters, cool, you get some xp, but their loot is also xp.

so you kill the evil dragon? your party survivors get a gorillion xp from the dead dragon and its hoard. hence why that was commonly the end point of a campaign.

>>96023799
>GP is XP in OG DnD
Wait, wait. So like, was gold hard to come up with, or did you need gold to level up or something?

>>96023794
yes. literally because of an(one, singular) IN UNIVERSE joke a dwarf made ONE TIME about a bearded dwarf woman. so now trannyfaggots are all MUH DORFS ARE TRANNIES WWEEEEEEEEE

>>96023773
Ha, English name is The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

>>96023814
ADnD had the mean income of a peasant farmer who was well off be about 100 gp annually.

then the adventurer's come along and survive fighting some goblins lead by an orc, and now have a bunch of armour and crap to sell worth about 500 gp.

it was all about who even HAD currency. so instead they had the worth of shit in GP, and earning gp also translated directly to xp.

so if your party, cased a rich merchants place, the fighter takes out some guards, the magic user sleep's others... then the thief breaks in and steals all the merchants gems.

instead of only getting the xp from the guys you killed, you split the GP as XP and get it.

it allowed you to earn xp with non combat far better.

>>96023837
>>96023794
>>96023747
play with fire. get burned

>>96023814
In theory getting a larger treasure means you had to fight harder or overcome harsher obstacles
Bigger treasure = more challenges and experience = leveling up
Another way to do it is more treasure = better teachers, training resources to learn = leveling up (but you need to left time pass between adventures to invest training time)

That means the GM should scale treasure with difficulty ALWAYS.
It's more direct and sincere in a way
But from a roleplay and campaign building standpoint, it's very limiting in what you can put on the table

>>96023863
>>96023922
I see.First Edition was really, really weird.

>>96023924
nah, it came out of chainmaille and hex and chit paly. so it incoporated shit like actual MONEY not being a thing. since WHO THE FUCK carries around 3000 gold peices? it incoporated the early banking systems of moving small gems etc instead. which still happens to this very day throughout asia, jews and muslims still do it too, avoiding the modern magical 'banking system' entirely if they can.

>96024160
Alright. Now go back to /pol/.

>>96027285
not even a (you), harsh.

'side from that, the PC-98 game has been translated.

>>96028242
i was actually shitting onthe fucktarded awfulness of the 'modern' banking system, what with only 10-13 % of 'currency' actually being 'real' anything, with almost all of it being purely fucking imaginary fucking numbers.
this >>96027285 faggot is just a retard who went MUH JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOZ despite the fact i made no judgement upon their banking practices, nor the many cultures of asia that still do things the old way, nor the muslims. I merely fucking observed that that is how THEY do things.

but faggot cunt has to REEE like the fucking tard he is.

so much for a somewhat peaceful Sword World thread...

creating an elven killteam

Elf Party


Therendruil
15
Man
languages: trade common, elven.
Class: Fencer 1, Fighter 2

Dexterity 23 (+3)
Agility 23 (+3)
Strength 11 (+1)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 20 (+3)
Spirit 20 (+3)

[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

Janassyndera
15
Woman
languages: trade common, elven.
Class: Fencer 1, Priest 2

Dexterity 23 (+3)
Agility 23 (+3)
Strength 11 (+1)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 20 (+3)
Spirit 20 (+3)

[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

Annakalla
15
Woman
languages: trade common, elven.
Class: Fencer 1, Sorcerer 1, Sage 1
500 xp

Dexterity 23 (+3)
Agility 23 (+3)
Strength 11 (+1)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 20 (+3)
Spirit 20 (+3)

[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

Mirriennelle
15
Woman
languages: trade common, elven.
Class: Fencer 1, Marksman 2, Scout 1

Dexterity 23 (+3)
Agility 23 (+3)
Strength 11 (+1)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 20 (+3)
Spirit 20 (+3)

[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

it would fucking help if the example in the book was a legal fucking character.

the elf priest is missing the level of fencer you have to pay fucking 500 xp for in order to actually buy the classes you want.

>>96030020
Now these blokes are attacking your party in three weeks. Good luck.

>>96030220
nah, they're only half built.

>>96001223
If you didn't fear death, you wouldn't need God.

Elven Lords


Therendruil
15, Man
languages: trade common, elven.

Class: Fencer 1, Fighter 2

Dexterity 23 (+3)
Agility 23 (+3)
Strength 11 (+1)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 20 (+3)
Spirit 20 (+3)

Fortitude: 4
hp: 22
Willpower: 5

Racial
[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

Combat Feats
[Power Strike]

28 g
[Sabre]
1H, min str 10, power 10, crit rate 10
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 7
[Soft Leather-Armour]
def +3, min str 7
[Round Shield]
Def +1, min str 8
[boots] [adventurer set]
[4 person tent] [tableware set]
[preserved food 1w]
[Healing Potion (3)] power 20
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12

Janassyndera
15, Woman
languages: trade common, elven.

Class: Priest 2

Dexterity 20 (+3)
Agility 20 (+3)
Strength 11 (+1)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 23 (+3)
Spirit 23 (+3)

Fortitude: 4
hp: 22
Willpower: 5
mp: 29

Racial
[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

Combat Feats
[Metamagic/Targets]

18 g
[Holy Symbol]
[Warhammer]
1H, min str 11, acc-1, power 16, crit rate 10
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 7 8

[Soft Leather-Armour]
def +3, min str 7
[Round Shield]
Def +1, min str 8
[boots] [adventurer set]
[tableware set] [preserved food 1w]
[Healing Potion (4)] power 20
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12

>>96030595
>[tableware set]
Wat.

>>96030599
gotta have your KFS set my guy.

Annakalla
15, Woman
languages: trade common, elven, arcana, sylvan.

Class: Sorcerer 1 Sage 1
500 xp

Dexterity 21 (+3)
Agility 21 (+3)
Strength 9 (+1)
Vitality 14 (+2)
Intelligence 24 (+4)
Spirit 24 (+4)

Fortitude: 3
hp: 17
Willpower: 5
mp: 27

Racial
[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

Combat Feats
[Guided Magic]

88g
Equipment
[magical implement – Quarterstaff]
min str 4, 2H, Acc+1, Power 14, Crit rate 12
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 4 4 5 6 7 8
[Soft Leather- armour]
def +3, min str 7
[boots][Adventurer Set]
[tableware set] [blank book] [parchment]
[ink] [quill] [preserved food 1w]
[Healing Potion (5)] power 20
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12

Mirriennelle
15, Woman
languages: trade common, elven.

Class: Marksman 2 Scout 1
500 xp

Dexterity 23 (+3)
Agility 23 (+3)
Strength 11 (+1)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 19 (+3)
Spirit 19 (+3)

Fortitude: 4
hp: 22
Willpower: 5

Racial
[Darkvision] [Sword’s Grace-Gentle Water]

Combat Feats
[Precise Shot]

8 g
[Normal Bow]
min str 7, 2H, power 17, crit rate 10.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 5 6 7 7 8
[Soft Leather-Armour]
def +3, min str 7
[boots] [Adventurer Set]
[arrow case] [arrows (12)]
[arrow case] [arrows (12)]
[scout’s tools]
[tableware set] [preserved food 1w]
[Healing Potion (7)] power 20
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 12

>>96030605
What the fuck do you even need your tableware set for?

>>96023924
>>96024160
Most of the time you didn’t level up instantly either, and it was assumed to take a week with both training and carousing

The party was also assumed to by the mid levels have a warband similar to mount and blade, that they led in the overworld
It was hard to bring all of them into the dungeon or similarly tight spaces

>>96001223
The good aligned gods of the natural order of the universe are actually against resurrection in sword world
And every time a character is resurrected from death they get a soulscar
To get resurrections you have to go to the evil or neutral gods

>>96030711
to eat food with.
>>96030753
yes. don't get me started on the henchmen as hp.

>>96030813
Just use your fingers.

>>96030815
someone wants to die of dysentery.

so the only way to get less pathetically weak is to level up a fucktonne and magically always roll for str growth dice

>>96031731
That or get better equipment and other classes to buff yourself. Most of your standard value comes from your class level at higher levels, rather than your character stats, but you can totally compensate bad base stats with good equipment and buffs.

>>96031731
you get to roll at the end of each session (not just when levelling up), and you're rolling two dice and picking one so there's a 11/36 (~30%) chance of increasing your strength each time.

>>96032552
>>96031868
Cool. In just 20 easy sessions of trying not to die the characters might be usable.
Time to hunt rats. Or a few goblins only at a time.
In just a year or two my characters might be strong enough to wear actual armour.

>>96034908
Sorry to say it anon, but if you need 20 sessions just to learn how to build a decent character, then i think you may just be a retard

>>96034908
Maybe you just don't have the temperament to be an adventurer anon. Or at least a warrior type class. An adventurer is supposed to take some risks in life.

>>96034908
A) Have you tried not being a bitch?

B) Better than D&D, where if your stats suck, well, sucks to fuckin' suck, might as well an hero and reroll. At least in SW you have the possibility of being useful.

C) It's a 2d6-based system, the numbers aren't fucking crazy until you yourself are equally as fucking crazy.

tl;dr calm your tits, fucker.

>>96036057
suck all of the wangs, chang.

>can't make muscle elf in full armour
Boooooo!
Boooooo!

I don't WANT to be a scantily clad whore/manwhore elf!

>>95991336 (OP)
Put not so simply...

TSR released a book called the Rules Cyclopedia in the west to end cap the Basic system.

The Japanese translation of this book got overly simplified made into 3 separate manga sized booklets. Finding any dice other than d6s in Japan was almost impossible. So the books converted everything to d6.

These books became pretty popular and so the Japanese TTRPG scene sort of spun off from there instead of AD&D.

Sword World in one form or another has been going for quiet sometime now and is kinda like their own variation of D&D (like The Dark Eye in Germany).

But is it good?
Yeah it's pretty fun. It's a rules light system with a focus on constructing custom combination clases and loot hunting.

The translations that are available now for Sword World 2.5 are actually really good (on the level of the Double Cross translations) so it's much easier to pick up than it was 5 or so years ago.

>>96036139
This is actually something I really like about the races, they impact things pretty heavily instead of just being small adjustments to ability scores.
Napkin math, best case is 5 + D6 for your starting strength so probably 10 since you three rolls for your base stat as per character creation rules suggestion. Would take an average of 17 sessions to get you up to STR 15 for the most basic metal armor, so definitely a struggle. Another 30 to get you up to STR 24 for the highest requirement armor. Your elf would definitely be pretty unique at that point.

>>96037604
An elf could actually start with 14 Strength, by grabbing a Body 6 Background, rolling max on the d6 for Strength, and buying a Super Strong Bracelet (+2 Strength Ability-Enhancing Bracelet) for 1,000G. But more importantly, they could actually just grab Armor Proficiency A
/Metal Armor as their starting combat feat and be able to wear Steel Guard which has a Minimum Strength of 12.

>>96037679
Oh, I missed the Body 6 background.
You do only get 1200 GP starting out (and do need things like a weapon) so the 1600 Steel Guard is a bit out of reach, but probably within one adventure.
Would definitely be an interesting character

Don't worry. I got a dwarf fighter 2. an elf sorcerer 1 sage 1. a human priest2 ranger 1.

probably gonna do an elf/human marksman 2 scout x to finish off a classic party.

Tharvald
Race/Sex/Age: Dwarf, Man, 15.
Languages: Trade Common, Dwarven
Class: Fighter 2 AL: 2

Dexterity: 21 (+3)
Agility: 10 (+1)
Strength: 22 (+3)
Vitality: 21 (+3)
Intelligence: 11 (+1)
Spirit: 23 (+3)

HP 27
Fortitude 5
Willpower 5

Racial Abilities
[Darkvision]: Can see in the darkness as well as they can during daytime.
[Sword’s Grace/Body of Flame]: Cannot be injured by fire attacks or magic and receive no damage from fire-based effects or spells. They also cannot be burned or hurt by flames.

Combat Feats
[Power Strike]:Your melee attacks do +4 damage. When you use [Power Strike], you suffer a -2 penalty to Evasion until your next turn.

Equipment:
[Bastard Sword]
*4chan ate the stat box and formatting. Boooooo*
[Kite Shield] 500g
min str 13, evasion +1, defence +1
[Chainmail] 760g
min str 18, evasion -1, defence +6

Janassara
Race/Sex/Age: Elf, Woman, 15
Languages: Trade Common, Elven, Arcana, Barbaric
Class: Sorcerer 1, Sage 1 AL: 1

Dexterity 21 (+3)
Agility 22 (+3)
Strength 9 (+1)
Vitality 13 (+2)
Intelligence 23 (+3)
Spirit 23 (+3)

HP 16
MP 26
Fortitude 3
Willpower 4
500 xp

Racial Abilities
[Darkvision]: Can see in the darkness as well as they can during daytime.
[Sword’s Grace/Gentle Water]: Can move as freely underwater as on land. Also, while underwater, they can hold their breath for one hour (outside of water, their breathing rate is the same as other races). After spending 1 hour submerged, they must spend one minute breathing normally. Elves can also speak normally while underwater.

Combat Feats
[Guided Magic]: You can target an aimed spell at any enemy who is behind incomplete cover or blocking. Also, you don't risk a Stray Shot if you cast an aimed spell into a skirmish
Equipment:
[Magical Implement, Quarterstaff]
*ate the statblock to fuckery again*
Spells

Energy Bolt Cost 5MP
Target 1 Character Range/Area 30m/Shot Duration Instant Res. Half
Sum. Attacks by firing a bolt of energy. Type Energy
Effect: Deals Power 10 + Magic Power magic damage.

Dull Weapon Cost 2MP
Target 1 Character Range/Area 30m/Target Duration 3 minutes (18 r)
Res. Neg
Sum. Uses mana to weaken the power of a weapon or claw.
Effect: Reduces the damage of a target's melee or ranged attacks by 4. This cannot reduce damage to 0.

Light Cost 1MP
Target: 10m Radius Range/Area 30m/Target Duration 3 hours
Res. N/A
Sum. Creates a mote of light to illuminate an area.
Effect: Removes penalties due to darkness within the area. The mote can be carried and moved.

Lock Cost 1MP
Target 1 Object Range/Area Touch/- Duration Instant Res. N/A
Sum. Uses mana to close a lock tight.
Effect: You lock any object that can be locked. An object locked with this spell behaves as if locked normally. Anything with a lock can be affected.

Mary Beth
Race/Sex/Age: Human, Woman, 15
Languages: Trade Common, Zalts
Class: Priest 2, Ranger 1 AL: 2
Dexterity 18 (+3)
Agility 17 (+2)
Strength 19 (+3)
Vitality 16 (+2)
Intelligence 18 (+3)
Spirit 17 (+2)
HP 22
MP 23
Fortitude 4
Willpower 5
500 xp

Racial Abilities
[Sword’s Grace/Change Fate]: Once per day on any Skill Check (see p.97), Damage Calculation, or Loot Determination, you can switch the face on the rolled 2d to the opposite side. A die roll of [1] becomes [6], [2] becomes [5], and [3] becomes [4]. Conversely, this might also switch your result to a lower number, but you cannot choose to switch only one die. For example, if you roll [1] and [4] on 2d and use [Sword’s Grace/Change Fate], the dice become [6] and [3]. If you have an automatic failure with [1] and [1], you can change this to an automatic success of [6] and [6].

Combat Feats
[Metamagic/Targets]You increase the number of targets a spell can affect. Multiply the MP cost by the number of targets (2x for two targets, 3x for three targets, etc.). You cannot use [Metamagic/Targets] on a spell with a range of Self or Touch. You can select the targets one by one, or all at the time of casting if you prefer. You can activate this feat on the same turn as any other [Metamagic] Combat Feat.

Equipment:
[Holy Symbol] 100g
[Heavy Mace]
*statblock retarded the F up by fuckchan*

[Kite Shield] 500g
min str 13, evasion +1, defence +1
[Chainmail] 760g
min str 18, evasion -1, defence +6

Spells
Sanity Cost 3MP
Target 1 Character Range/Area Touch/- Duration Instant Res. Neg
Effect: Dispels all Psychic-type spells and abilities on the target. If the spell or ability you are trying to dispel had a roll, make a contested roll against it.

Banish Cost 3MP
Target 3m Radius/5 Range/Area 30m/Target Duration Instant Res. Neg
Effect: For each Undead or Barbarous in the area that fails to resist, roll 2d6 and consult the table below to determine Banish's effect.

Banish Effects

2d Effect
2-4 The target panics and goes berserk. For 30 seconds (3 rounds), it receives a +2 bonus to Accuracy and a -2 penalty to Evasion. If the target has an intelligence score, it cannot use actions that require a reason or cast spells.

5-9 The target is consumed by fear, slowing its movements. For 3 minutes (18 rounds), it receives a -1 penalty on all Accuracy, Evasion, and other Skill Checks.

10-12 The target flees. If it cannot flee, it cowers in fear and cannot take any actions for ten seconds (1 round). After that round, it can act normally again.

Field Protection Cost 2MP
Target 3m Radius/5 Range/Area Self/- Duration Instant Res. Neg
Effect: The targets take -1 damage from all physical and magical sources. This effect lasts for 3 minutes (18 rounds). [Field Protection] has no effect on Poison-, Disease-, or Curse-type damage.


Awaken Cost 5MP
Target 1 Character Range/Area 10m/Target Duration Instant Res. N/A
Effect: A sleeping or unconscious character wakes up. If their HP is below 0, it is set to 1. The affected character can take action immediately. Prone characters wake up still prone.

Cure Wounds Cost 3MP
Target 1 Character Range/Area 10m/Target Duration Instant Res. Neg
Effect: Heals Power 10 + Magic Power damage. This spell has no effect on creatures of the Construct category. If the target is Undead, this spell deals Power 10 + Magic Power magic damage instead. This spell cannot be critical.

Detect Faith Cost 4MP
Target 1 Character Range/Area 10m/Target Duration Instant Res. Neg
Effect: This spell informs the caster of the target's Priest class level and what god he follows. If you don't know his god, you also learn the god's domain, symbol, and the names of his granted Specialized Divine spells. A target of this spell knows the spell has been used on him.

Zaiya, God of Knights
Oath Cost 2MP
Target Caster Range/Area Self/- Duration 10 seconds(1 r) Res. N/A
Effect: When you cast this spell, choose one PC or NPC within 10 meters of your position. You must uphold an oath to defend that character. The target's Adventurer Level or Monster Level must be within 2 of yours. Other oaths are subject to the GM's approval. All of your actions for the spell's duration receive a +2 bonus. Casting this spell is a Minor Action. You cannot swear to defend a Barbarous, Undead, Mythical Beast or Daemon.

>>96037994
>>96037999
What's all this? A character's sheet?

>>96037949
pretty sure you have 1500 free exp there anon, not 500. Also are you using 2.0? [Guided Magic] isn't a thing anymore on 2.5, just get [Targeting]

>>96039240
2000 xp. sorc 1 costs 1k, sage 1 cost 500 xp.
so just 500 left over.

>>96039251
Anon...you start the game with 3000 xp total, not 2000. That's why the background table has a remaining XP column, its what you have left after getting the class from the background.

>>96037843
>>96037679
That background is a Jockey too, good start to being a mounted heavy knight instead of a puny twink elf

>>96037843
>>96040341
There's also a Tactician Background for Elf with Body 6. Either one is a great choice for the armored elf. Buy a cheap weapon and your first adventure should provide enough extra gamels to afford the Steel Guard.

>>96040601
Booty 6?

>>96040601
well, if it works for ye.

>>96023848
Well yeah, it's based on the original wuxia book

>>96052567
Weird, French name is "Legend of the Eagles-Hunting Hero", while the English name is something totally different.

>>96053930
Interesting naming sense.

>>96060781
Apparently the French one is more accurate: it's extremely hard to hunt eagles when you have a bow.
And there are no condors in China, so...

>>96023814
Gold that you got back out of the dungeon was equal to your exp earned AND you needed gold to pay trainers to level up. (gold you didn't retrieve from dungeons/challenging wilderness adventures doesn't count toward your exp)
Sometimes you had a Thief quickly get the required exp to level from a good score but they didn't actually have enough gold to pay for trainers so you'd sell off off magic items or get a 'friendly loan' from your local thieves guild to get there.

>>96062449

>>96015589
Nigga how are you on /tg/ if you're intimidated by reading.

>>96062754
Because you can talk with people on /tg/ and ask them if you understand the game right or if you misunderstand it, and you can ask which books to read first.
You cannot talk to a book.

>>96062775
You can, it's called schizophrenia.

Regardless, that list seems half official adventures and you can just start with corebook 1 and look up what you want to build in other books like GURPS

>>96062796
I hate GURPS because it's got one setting for everything, even Myth that I love as a setting.

>>96062775
You'd get more stimulating conversation out of a book than /tg/. Or a brick wall, for that matter.

>>96062884
I dunno, this very thread is quite good. I saw threads on /b/ that had less stimulating conversations.

Oh yeah. Elf Warrior Lord is coming along great.

you CAN put weak races in heavy armour in goblin slayer ttrpg. you need to buy the adventurer skill [encumbered action] as each rank adds to your strength and endurance so that your strength endurance score against the heavy armour's 'Heavy X/Y' property is bigger. +10 at legend rank. and if you're wearing a strength +2 ring, well now you're much much more able to wear heavy armour easily.

IF your strength endurance is less than X, you double all fatigue. and if it is at least Y, you can halve the dodge and move modifiers from it.

>>96062945
Can't tell if that's a complement or just a jab at /b/ in general.

>>96007246
They're definitely better than beardfaggotry.

>>96069031
I'm just salty about that fucker who hijacked a Caturday thread to spam cringe shit involving an industrial rock crusher and a horse.
And also it's a completement for this thread, people are actually talking about the game.

>>96071158
this makes me both confused yet intrigued.

>>96070378
for those who don't want that child-like looks, there is Forcelian Dwarf Women, whom don't have beards and look older.

>>95991336 (OP)
>>96037424
Thanks for the overview, rthat is what I was looking for in this thread.

>>96072845
yes. man dwarves are hyper masculine and traditionally manly. female dwarves are hyper feminine and traditionally feminine.

although a female dwarf crafting an intricately jewelled and gorgeous crown for some human kingdom's newly minted king (at great profit to her family and clan) as a craftswoman is still totally feminine.

in honour of this dwarf talk i am building an all dwarf party for 'sword world lite' GobSlay TTRPG

>>96073428
Strike the Ground...

>>96076616
Noble Dwarf
Priestess Dwarf
Scout Dwarf
Fighter Dwarf

are ready to take on the four-cornered world. minions of chaos beware.

DUMP TO FOLLOW. this is FOUR characters. mmkay?

so that's just one character. and fucktard chan is being a cunt. because i went and moved these pictures to my pc and rotated them so they should be fucking upright.

>>96077599

>>96077981
I know. don't blame me. i fucking purposefully moved the images and rotated them so they're supposed to be right.

fucking fourchins is just being a cunt for some reason.

>>96078021
>don't blame me
Sorry but I'm part of a minority so I can blame you all I want.

>>96078021
if it helps, you can grab the character sheet here:
https://yenpress.com/uploads/Goblin-Slayer-TRPG-Character-Sheet_1.pdf
It's an official resource at that!

>>96037949
you also don't have to post the spell list. A thing to know is that you can instead just replace it with what spell level you have available to.
In the case of this Elf Lady, it's Truespeech 1, and in the case of your Human Lady below, it's Divine (Zaiya) 2. But if you want to jot down the spell list, then go ahead.

I just want to say, i love the gobslay book. its so perfectly laid out. holy shit.

>>96084201
That's Group SNE Quality for ye.
Shame we'll have to wait for something like an animated adaption of Daikatana for even the chance of the Supplement to be brought over.

>>96084279
it just makes so much logical sense. you know where to find shit. and then you look up something like the BMM (battletech) etc and you have to look through like ten different rulebooks for the rules on ONE fucking action / event. fucking madness.

but here's these guys, whose language is not even english, and their book is just so fucking well designed and set out. so legible and readable. it just flows. there's good whitespace, topics are organised sensibly. and whenever something is referenced, it never just assumes you know where to find it, it ALWAYS fucking tells you the page to go to when it references something.

>>96023773
Based Jin Yongfag froganon.

>>96085777
Art is top notch.

>>96085782
I'll have to see if there is an English version. I watched a drama of it back in 2009 or so. When I told a Chinese guy in one of my clubs about it he got real excited and told me some version from the 80s was better. I go over to his dorm to check it out and it's in fucking Chinese, I had to tell him I was watching the newer show subtitled. I don't know what either of us was thinking.

>>96085861
Look for "attack of the condor hero"

>>96030576
I don’t fear death and I don’t need god.

>>96086651
Stop bullying my waifu.

>>96017947
>you can solo a campaign
Is it assumed I am controlling a full part of (4?) characters? Is it balanced to work with a single character?

>>96086804
The campaign books have settings for each encounter depending on how many PCs there are (enemy count and type, extra conditions like support damage, enemy buffs, etc). You totally can play the books with a single character, but its recommended to use a character that atleast has some points of evasion (a Warrior class) and hopefully some class for Initiative (Scout or Tactician, tho tactician is kinda useless solo).

>>95992251
I have no hope for WOTC yet I had a hard time accepting that this was real, Jesus Christ.

>>95992251
>>96086973
This is rejected art for shadow of the weird wizard, or whatever they named the !not poop setting they created for shadow of demon slop. Let this be a lesson is how 90% of the posts here are made by retards that know absolutely nothing about what they are talking about and speak exclusively in blatant falsehoods. I hate wotc to but being retarded about shit like this just gives the wotc paypigs ammo.

>>96087900
least it's not A.I. gen schlop and more a bad photoshop job.

>>96086651
>>96086658
all I can think of looking at that is just "......DRAKENGARD!"

>>96097970

>>96100554
Bless...

>>96084870
course, Sword World and GobSlay isn't the only Group SNE games that have been translated. There's also Scrapped Princess and Dragon Half (which are just Sword World with small changes), and also Embryo Machine. (The board game was brought over here by Lion Wing and the TTRPG was translated, you can find it in the mecha monday threads)

Is it just me who feel 2ed is a direct step down from 1ed? 1ed is actually goated, the way npc and player rules are perfectly exchangeable is fantastic for GM economy and the damage/defense rating table is actually a genius way to get more nuanced results out of a 2d6 roll. Your damage resistance being a roll is also really unique and actually solves a lot of the funkiness that the flat damage resistance tends to have (where it makes it pointless to attack for some weaker attackers)

>>95998464
Chronicles of Mystara, and the Mystara setting, is based on Basic/Expert D&D. "First Edition" usually refers to AD&D1e.

After the first publication of Dungeons and Dragons ("OD&D" is usually the term nowadays), TSR forked the line in two - "Basic" Dungeons & Dragons, released ostensibly as a clean-up of the original D&D rules, and then a forthcoming "Advanced" Dungeons & Dragons to be written by Gygax. The demand for Basic was so strong that TSR ended up releasing an "Expert" set to follow up the Basic line, and Gygax's Advanced ruleset ended up being significantly different enough that this essentially split D&D into two separate games.

WoTC combined both lines back together in 3rd edition after they acquired the D&D brand from TSR's bankrupt husk.

>>96115310
I see. Funny, I never heard of normal D&D, only Advanced.
No wonder I never heard of Mystara if it's AD&D's "sister" game.

>>96115310
>>96115757
There was also some well know politcing behind the scenes you can look up. Gygax changed writers to stop royalties so you have variations in boxsets and stuff even inside OD&D, Mystara kept getting changes and updates that delayed it until years after modules set in it and AD&D had already released so a lot of people played AD&D set in Mystara and remember it being officially that way (TSR was aiming to deforest the amazon by printing setting books for AD&D).

It's an interesting thing. You can ask the osr general for people very angrily explaining their biased takes and slowly getting mad at each other or look for some articles.

>>96115814
Heh, if I'm curious, I'll probably look for some tabletop historian article. /tg/ already has enough issues with modern release without digging into old stuff.

>>96115874
Yeah, sometimes you'll find some people biased towards a certain game or two.