So today I made a character for an upcoming Eclipse Phase game. I'm the party face, with 30 savvy, a Sylph biomorph, and a skillset that generally makes me Lando Calrissian, smooth gambler rogue and all. I actually got a 90 in Interest: Gambling by taking Expert, even.

This game looks retardedly rules-heavy and complicated, and I noticed some pretty serious balance issues in the biomorph list (like how Remade is almost strictly better than everything else, even considering its cost). I only stayed away from Remade because it didn't fit my character concept, but we collectively convinced our GM to ban Remade and Fury as biomorph options because they're WAY too good for their cost.

Am I in for a bumpy ride here? Because it looks like Eclipse Phase doesn't know when to stop attaching rules to shit and doesn't really know what's balanced and what isn't.

Noting the one nugget of gold out of the shitfest that >>26006535 devolved into, I would like to talk about this link.
>http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/magic/
>Approaches to having a more "mythic" style of magic in RPGs, as opposed to scientific. It goes over some common traits of most fantasy RPG magic systems compared to myth, folklore, and fantasy fiction.

This seems really cool to me. How do we get away from the modern concept of flashy magic like throwing elements around, and have characters with magic more like you see in Conan? Is there a system that would be good for this?

Which do you prefer? Ridley Scott's sexual rapist sinister space rapist Alien which stands upright or James Cameron's hive instinct behavior, zerg rush Alien?

/btg/ - Battletech General
The old General is dead. Long live the new General!

>Someone picked a fight with Ranna Kerensky edition - or - How to find out if your DM wants you dead

old thread
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Never heard of Battletech?
>Read this to get a brief overview of the game and the fluff
http://bg.battletech.com/?page_id=400

Battletech: Alpha Strike book?
>BT too slow for you? AS has simplified rules based on Quick-Strike and Battleforce. Aimed for miniature play, fast games and newcomers.
http://bg.battletech.com/?p=4890

How Battletech works?
>A summary explaining a little of everything. Read this if you stopped playing a long time ago or if you are a newcomer
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,7783.0.html

Sarna.net
>Battletech Wiki
http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Main_Page

Megamek
>computer version of Battletech. Play with AI or other players
http://megamek.info/

Rookie guides
>strategy and tactics
https://benhrome.wordpress.com/category/gaming/battletech/strategy-and-tactics/
>movement
http://pastebin.com/shuP5PVB

PDF links
>Want a book? Almost everything is here. We accept requests
http://www.mediafire.com/?zvnybkfdgwmnm
http://www.mediafire.com/folder/sdckg6j645z4j/Battletech
http://www.4shared.com/folder/7HQXfTDn/BattleTech.html

You are Lord William Bordain, Lord of Morderengrad and the Norther Valley. Some call you the Iron Lord, as your wealth flows from the arms and armor you sell, and your demeanor is as unflinching and cold as castle-forged steel. Other have taken to calling you “The Grey Giant”, in reference to your great size, less-than-warm demeanor, and your recent marriage to House Tollett of Grey Glen.

You are a Lord by right of Murder, having slain the Targaryen children in the Sack of King’s Landing. After years of solitary brooding, you have decided to rejoin life, You have wedded the lady Alyssa Tollet, meaning that in time the lands of her father, lord Tollet of Gray Glen, will also be yours. Further, your wife has just announced that she is with child.

Which means that you have a legacy to create. You will not leave your child without care or resources, and so you have dived into the management of your lands and holdings, to procure a bright future for yourself and your children. But storm clouds darken the horizon. Tywin Lannister has asked that you seek to supplant Jon Arryn, your liege lord, as Hand of The King. Further, Oberyn Martell has crossed you, and this you will not let go unpunished.

For now, though, your mind is on your armies, lands, and peoples.

You’ve just hired a passel of men to begin organizing and arranging your Land’s funds. Walter Janks you have appointed to be your Foreman at the Gold Mine, while Alphonse Reitt begins to establish a bank in your lands. Ilwin Meadows shall be your accountingman, while Doma Toceri is to be your representative in distant lands. But Doma has a secret you wish to hear. One about your new adversary, Oberyn Martell.

Alright, /tg/. We do knights vs. Samurai all the time. That shit's got real, real old.

But you know what we haven't done? Light cavalry battles.

Like all Americans, I love the idea of Asians and Europeans fighting to the death. So that's the subject of this thread.

A 16th century Hungarian Hussar versus a 16th century Ming Dynasty cavalryman.

Both are light cavalry from the early gunpowder era. They can be assumed to have common equipment from their time.

Who wins, /tg/? Is it the west, or is it the east?

When is the best time to start a quest?

Some friends who LARP just told me I should too as it's a great way to get laid with nerdy girls. What's the deal here, /tg/?

>Pic only marginally related.

Any body have that shadowrun 5th edition pdf that got released today? Could you share if you do? ... Please.

STAR WARS EDGE OF THE EMPIRE!
It's this new Star Wars RPG that just came out made by Fantasy Flight Games. It uses a bunch of weird-ass dice. Let's talk about it.

I think I like it better than Saga so far, but I am confused that Gand is a core race. Who gives a shit about the Gand? I certainly don't.

Also, I can't figure out how many starting Credits a character is supposed to get for gear at chargen. The only reference I can find is that tiny chart at the bottom of p.31 (in the Beta version, too poorfag and flabby for ALPHA), which seems to say it's 500 Cr. That seems like a very small amount!