#5cps

[verchielmarch]

1 (one) Demoman

[skeletalheartattack]

was playing the new TF2 halloween event, and someone noticed that my avatar was a flamingo and complimented me on it. things are perhaps good, i think.

[awordbroken]

fighting for my life to draw one last church favour before my worm freaking GETS me

[girlwiththegreenhat]

the VSH gamemode makes me miss the Beforetimes, where you could hop into a game, play as long as you wanted, and leave when the hell ever. i like the casual system now but for some game modes the old way was better

[oc-cinematic-universe]

now that it's almost october and i've begun doing OCtober stuff i may,,,,, *looks left,,, looks right,,,,,* perhaps. i will share. a lil secret

[vaxxman]

What do you think about 5cp TF2 map Gullywash?

Getting autobalanced on Gullywash feels especially tragic.

More sketches and more impressions under the cut.

In order to draw this, I watched some highlander matches on Gullywash, due to finding no matches in competitive, and the aimbots going rampant in casual. I was only able to play 5 proper matches on casual, (2 of which my teams won purely due to team imbalance,) so some of this is based on what I saw other people were doing in competitive match recordings, as well as how it feels to play on community servers with AI train bots. No one was playing whenever I was queueing up :(

I learnt very fast that Gullywash is one of these maps where you will die a lot, or steamroll the capture points, and there is no in-between, because you either position yourself correctly or you don't. While this goes for every map in tf2, I never really felt frustrated when dying here. I could always find a reason for my mistakes and generally it turned out to be a very rewarding learning experience.

I think Gullywash is extremely fun and fast paced. I especially enjoy giving scouts and pyros overheal buffs, because of how much flanking you can do here. The symmetry of the map is immaculate and the amount of objects that just lie around allows demos to place a lot of traps and players to just hide in corners.

(Using Scouts as your Uber Driver here is also especially fun, so many near death situations!)

For some reason, the soldiers and demos who play on this map are really good at protecting medics? That's the impression I got, everyone knew when to retreat and not push, everyone turned around when they saw my health go down, everyone was shooting the spies for me when we were in the open and I was too focused with healing the people fighting death matches at the front so we could capture.

(My personal heroes who just rocket jump over to you just to shoot the spy 2m away from you, and then just rocket jump away again)

Snipers aren't much of a problem, since there are so many options for hiding properly while still being able to reach your team mates. The same sadly doesn't apply to spies and I think I have died more to spies on this maps than to sticky traps.

While I love the vaccinator, I think Stock and Kritz are the better options on this map. Nothing cries geneva convention war crime more than entering the door to the last capture point and ubering a soldier who starts spamming everyone with rockets in this rather crammed up room where everything can give you splash damage.

Shoutout to a pyro called Joey who carried the last game I played, it was a blast ubering you through the last capture point.

[patricia-taxxon]

when i was 14 or so, i joined a tf2 all crit orange 5cp and i started playing normally but i didnt know it was a friendly server and killing other players was a faux pas, so everyone else on the server started working together to spawnkill me including teammates cus friendly fire was on, and i just got stuck trying to beat all of them at once for hours and hours getting more and more upset until i started crying

[violant-apologia]

what's everyone's preferred hallowmas grinds?

briar is heading back and forth from marigold station where he stares at rose-stuffed corpses repeatedly. the option to scour the earth is 5CP of nightmares and 3CP of suspicion on a failure, which is ~11CP per action after menace items. pretty great i think

[sharkrad08222222]

GLOG CLASS-PLAGUE DOCTOR

Stating equipment: plague doctor mask, big hat,anti plague robes,Med Kit(3 charges)

Starting skill:1 Quatrinetine  2 Digaononse 3.Herbology

A Suppress Disease ,wound dresser B invigorating Vapors, Transfusion of life C Unbalance humors, Bloodletting D Confer Immunity , Grafting

Gain +1 on saves against poison and illness each template you own.

A:Suppress Disease and Poison 

Spend a Med kit Charge to Temporarily suppress the effects of a Poison or Disease for a Day.

A:Wound dresser 

Remove a Fatal wound without rolling. You can spend a Turn to whip up a mini Field hospital that will add a +1dX  to any healing done to the whole party during down Time, at the cost of one Med Kit Charge. 

B:Invigorating Vapors 

Spend a Med Kit charge to give someone a +1dX to their next attack's damage.  

B:Transfusion of life

You can transfer a number of hp equal to half of cha to another party member. How you do it is up to you, Blood Transfusion, Bile stuff, Blunt rotation, ETC

This does not revive dead party members 

C:Unbalance humor 

Via spending a Med Kit Charge, deal 1dX damage, and cause an Condition of you Choice(stun, Blinded,posioned maybe), the target still get a save for the condition

C:Remove the Bad blood(Reflavor as you see fit)

Using leeches, a sharp blade, or some other blood letting apparatus you can have them remove a single illness or poison.

It takes 3 turns to pull off, and inflicts 2d8 damage.

D:Transfer Illness

Once per day , tell an illness to leave a body, but you have to put it into a new body. To put into an unwilling Target , it would be a test of Con against the Plague doctors Cha. Can use your own body for this.

D:Grafting With a Med Kit charge you can Graft a different creature's limb to someone with a Missing Limb. Giving it a non Humanoid limb(A spider leg instead of a human leg) They gain a Muntion related to it. 

Med Kits

Improvised Cost 5cp per charge, but could be made in the feild +1d4 healing Crafted form Forged Herbs, Improvised bandages, and whatever else seems useful Common Cost 5 sliver piece Per Charge, but could be made in town for cheaper +1d6 Healing Crafted in a city with access to good(for Medieval and Fantasy standards) Medical supplies Rare Cost 5gp Per Charge, good luck making it. +1d8 healing The top of the line medical supplies

[asleepinawell]

Roasting Chestnuts For A Snack: 10 Rostygold

Rubbery Lumps For Insatiable Appetite: 50 jade fragments per -2UP

Spyglass Knife For Carving Flesh: 12.80 echoes

Consuming Own Teeth: 18 pennies, sudden death

Starveling Cat For Cuddles: MY PIE!!!! Wounds +5CP

Self Cannibalism By Pie: Free(?)

1% chance on The Seeking Road Drown Your Secrets: 5896936978777787469757777777.7777 Appalling Secrets

someone who's good at the neath economy help me, my family is unaccountably peckish

[lusifernocturne]

The Lazy Bowl tavern and inn

A smaller building with three floors; one for the tavern, two for the guest rooms(4 small single rooms[5sp], 2 small rooms with double beds[1gp], and 4 moderate rooms with 2 double beds[8cp]). The innkeeper lives in a moderate room on the first floor. The food is made with local produce, spices, and meat.

Innkeeper: Pyre(earth genesi woman)

Menu (or average price of a room/meal): Fish stew(10cp), Buckwheat Porridge(3 cp), Mug of Cider (3 cp), Stewed Pork and Mushrooms with a Tankard of Cider (7 cp), Boiled Mutton and Rye Bread with a Tankard of Beer (9 cp), Boiled Eggs and Dried Beetroot with Tankard of Bitter (11 cp), Tankard of any drinks on the menu(2cp), Fresh salad and Boiled Mutton(2sp), Fresh salad(12cp), Tea(2cp), coffee(2cp), sweet rolls (4 for 7cp), crab cakes(2 good sized for 5cp), and a dish of the day.

Dish of the day by day of the week-

Monday: Atolla sea chili; made with crabmeat, shrimp, and sea scallops, tomatoes, celery, corn, green onions, kidney beans, and colorful bell peppers. It's a very spicy dish with a hint of sweetness at the end. It's served with sweet rolls and a drink of your choice.(5sp)

Tuesday: Grilled bass or trout and mixed vegetables(made up of mushrooms, beets, yellow squash, brussels sprouts, and asparagus). Served with either Rye Bread or a side salad and a drink of your choice.(10cp)

Wednesday: Fish of the day(up to you) with garlic sauce and noodles. Served with mixed fruit(also up to you) and a drink of your choice.(6cp)

Thursday: Fish and chips or Rum-Glazed Shrimp, batter scraps , and rye bread and butter. Served with a drink of your choice, and if wanted lemon wedges and/or a sauce(Tartare, Salt and vinegar, or curry). (3sp)

Friday: Baked Salmon with lemon and garlic, cabbage and rutabaga Slaw, and mixed berry salad. Server with rolls and a drink of your choice.(3sp)

Saturday: Beef stir-fry made with bell peppers, snap peas, carrots, water chestnuts, and green onions. It has a delicious scent and taste combination.  Served with a drink of your choice and either sweet rolls or crab cakes.(5sp)

Sunday: 1. Garlicky Lemon Mahi Mahi, seared scallops, ruby red beet & apple salad, and baked potato. Served with a drink of your choice and either sweet rolls or rye bread & butter.(8sp)

2. Seafood Jambalaya made with shrimp, two buttermilk cornbread muffins, collard greens, and corn on the cob. Served with a drink of your choice and either crab balls, hush puppies, or rolls.(6sp)

Rumors: Small jobs, gnoll attacks, places that may need help, crime, and local gossip.

[nothingrpgzone]

Dungeon Crawl Meshi

I am a large fan of the manga dungeon meshi. I have been able to read it through my local library. I decided to write up a few things I have seen in it for use with dungeon crawl classics. Never been play tested or anything these are straight out the oven.

Food

Ration Types

Food is essential for proper adventuring, how is one to win gold and glory on an empty stomach.

There are 6 types of rations, categorized into fresh and preserved. Dire and Delightful meals have special effects. A ration counts as enough food for a day.

Rations are expressed as Type| Cost| How long it lasts| special effect

Dire Fresh Rations| NA| 1 week| The consumer must make a DC 12 Fort save or become sickened, suffering a -2 penalty to all rolls for the following day. 

Fresh Ration| 8cp| 1 week| No affect

Delightful Fresh Rations| 15cp| 1 week| Luck rolls made while recovering the body are rolled with a d16, the consumer gains a +2 bonus to all physical rolls for the following day.

Dire Preserved Rations| 1cp| 3 months| Luck rolls made while recovering the body are rolled with a d30, and the consumer is sickened, suffering a -3 penalty to rolls for the following day.

Preserved Ration| 5cp| 3 months| No Effect.

Delightful Preserved Rations| 10cp| 3 months| The consumer gains a +2 bonus to all physical rolls for the following day. 

Making Food

Making fresh rations from foraged or butchered materials requires a Skill check. A judge determines what an appropriate DC for making the meal would be, with a traditional meal made with the highest quality ingredients being a DC 4 and scrounged together meal made from unappetising monster scraps being a DC 17.

Failing the skill check results in a Dire Fresh Ration. Succeeding the skill check by more than 5 results in a Delightful Fresh Ration.

At the judge’s discretion a failed skill check means the ration is standard instead of dire, such as in circumstances with extremely high quality ingredients. Additionally a failed check can also have worse outcomes, such as incomplete removal of a poison sack, or parasitic infection.

Making preserved rations ingredients can be turned into preserved rations via the use of various methods such as sun drying, salting, honeying, dry aging, and pickling. The various methods take various amounts of time as determined by the judge. The quality of preserved rations be them Dire, Delightful, or standard is determined by the judge based on the quality of the ingredients used.

Going Without Food

Day Effect

1 The adventurer does not naturally regain any Ability Score Damage.

2-3 The adventurer does not naturally regain any HP.

4 The adventure begins suffering 1 Stamina damage per day.

5+ As above, but the adventure also suffers 1 point of Strength or Agility damage (determined randomly) per day.

Feeding Hirelings

A hireling’s Morale rolls are modified by the type of meal they last ate.

Dire Fresh -1

Ordinary Fresh +2

Delightful Fresh +5

Dire Preserved -3

Ordinary Preserved +0

Delightful Preserved +2

Spells

Dazzling Lights

Level: 1 (wizard and elf)

Range: 50’

Duration: Instantaneous

Casting time: 1 action

Save: Fort

General: The caster makes a dazzling display to confuse their foes. This spell counterspells Darkness. Sightless creatures are immune.

Manifestation: Roll 1d4 1) the caster’s hands begin glowing before a sudden flash; 2) motes of dust suddenly appear before all bursting into light; 3) a beam of light emerges from the mouth of the caster; 4) the world suddenly becomes bright as if lit from all directions but without a noticeable source.

Corruption: Roll 1d5 1-2) Minor corruption; 3) light begins emanating from the caster’s eyes at all time, illuminating what is 5’ in front of them; 4) any candle the caster touches automatically lights; 5) The caster becomes blinded in one eye.

Misfire: Roll 1d4 1) The caster forgets all passwords they have; 2) The caster lets out a small electronic pulse bit flipping and corrupting all storage within 10’; 3) The begins transferring their thoughts over both radio and bluetooth for 1 turn; 4) The caster accidentally uploads visuals of an embarrassing memory online.

1 Lost, failure, and worse! Roll 1d6 modified by Luck: (0 or less) corruption + patron taint + misfire; (1-2) corruption; (3) patron taint (or corruption if no patron); (4+) misfire.

2-11 Lost. Failure

12-13 A dazzling display flashes in the face of a single target, disorienting them, dropping them to the bottom of initiative order and inflicting a -4 penalty on their next attack.

14-17 Light hits directly into the eyes of a foe, they drop to the bottom of initiative and suffer a -6 penalty to all rolls until the end of their next turn.

18-19 In a flash a single foe must make a Will save or be blinded for a turn. If a creature is blinded it suffers a -5 penalty to Reflex saves as it is disoriented, in addition to a -4 penalty to all other actions for a turn.

20-23 Light explodes all around the caster CL creatures closest to the source of light must make a Fort save or be blinded for a turn. If a creature is blinded it suffers a -5 penalty to Reflex saves as it is disoriented, in addition to a -4 penalty to all other actions for a turn.

24-27 The light is overwhelming, CL + 4 creatures closest to the source of the light must make a Fort save or be blinded for a turn. On a successful save the creatures are only blinded for CL minutes, and suffer a -7 to all rolls in their disorientation for a turn.

28-29 The light burns, CL + 5 creatures closest to the source of the light must make a fort save or be blinded for a day. While blinded the creatures suffer -10 to all checks for the remaining day.

30-31 A single and overwhelming light bursts forth, CL+ 6 creatures of the caster’s choosing must make a Fort save or go blind for a month, only going blind for a week on a successful save.

32+ A wall of blinding light 30’ wide manifests, anything on the business side of the wall that can see is blinded permanently, and passes out.

Warp

Level: 2 (elf only)

Range: Varies

Duration: Instantaneous

Casting time: 1 action

Save: Fort

General: The caster can teleport themselves to places they are familiar with on the same plane of existence. At higher levels the caster can teleport one additional creature and at greater and greater distances. Unwilling teleporters are afforded a Fort save to avoid being spatially displaced.

Manifestation: 1d3 1) The caster simply vanishes from where they are and appear at their desired location. 2) The caster melts into a shadow before their shadow rushes off at hyperlight speed to their desired location. 3) A light mist suddenly surrounds the caster and their desired location, they fade in and then back out of the mist.

Corruption: Roll 1d6) 1) Greater. 2) Major. 3) Minor. 4) The caster becomes slightly translucent, each time this result is rolled the caster becomes more and more translucent until the 6th time and they simply fade some existence. 5) The caster loses their sense of direction, any future attempts to cast this spell has a 25% chance to teleport to the wrong location. 6) The caster becomes spatially unstable, any critical hit scored against them causes them to teleport to a random spot within 60’ of their location, this can include into walls.

Misfire: Roll 1d4 1) A caster shaped chunk of ground or other such material appears above their head and begins falling towards them, DC 14 Ref save to avoid it landing on them. 2) The caster is teleported to a random location within a mile that they are not familiar with. 3) The caster’s memory of the location they wish to teleport to is wiped 4) The caster teleports themselves to where they stood, lying prone and suffering 1 damage from the trip.

1 Lost, failure, and worse! Roll 1d5 modified by Luck: (0 or less) corruption + patron taint + misfire; (1-2) corruption; (3) patron taint; (4+) misfire.

2-11 Lost. Failure.

12-13 Failure, but spell is not lost.

14-15 The caster warps to a place they can see within 60’.

16-19 The caster warps to a place they can see within 60’. If they wish they can trigger this teleportation up to 1 round after the spell was cast.

20-21 The caster can warp themselves and one creature they are touching up to to a place the caster knows within 100’. If they wish they can trigger this teleportation up to CL rounds after the spell was cast.

22-25 The caster can warp themselves and one creature they are touching to a place the caster knows within 140’. If they wish they can trigger this teleportation up CL minutes after the spell is cast.

26-29 The caster can warp themself, and/or a creature they are touching yo a place the caster knows within 140’. If they wish they can trigger this teleportation up to CL + 2 minutes after the spell is cast.

30-31 The caster can warp themself, and/or a creature they can see within 10’ to a place the caster knows within 160’. If they wish they can trigger this teleportation up to CL + 10 minutes after the spell is cast.

32-33 The caster can warp themself, and/or a creature within 20’ to a place the caster knows within 200’ of their current location. The caster can teleport the other creature into the ground or walls if they wish, displaying the matter 1 for 1 to where the creature once stood. If they wish they can trigger this teleportation up to CL turns after the spell was cast.

34+ The caster can warp themself, and/or a creature they can see to a place the caster knows within 400’ of their current location. The caster can teleport the other creature into the ground or walls if they wish, displaying the matter 1 for 1 to where the creature once stood. If they wish they can trigger this teleportation up to CL turns after the spell was cast.

In addition the caster may spellburn to keep themselves spatially fluid, 1 point per 3 turns of fluidity. While spatially fluid the caster may make a luck check to teleport directly behind the source of a would be successful attacker.

Water Walking

Level: 1 (cleric) 2 (wizard)

Range: 10’

Duration: 1 hour.

Casting time: 1 action

Save: Will

General: The caster is able to walk on the surface of water as if it was solid ground, at higher casting the spell is able to bring things from the depths to the surface with a great speed. Unwilling creatures can make a will save to avoid the effects of the spell.

Manifestation: Roll 1d3: (1) water freezes directly under the target and turns back to water as soon as they move away (2) the water underneath the target gently molds and wraps itself to support the creature (3) a faint light shimmers in a hard plane right above the water just where the target stands.

1-11 Failure.

12-13 The caster is able to walk on water at normal speed.

14-17 The caster is able to walk on water with a +5’ bonus to speed.

18-19 The caster and CL allies are able to walk on water with a +5’ bonus to speed.

20-23 The caster and CL allies within range are able to walk on water with a +5’ bonus to speed.

24-27 The caster and CL creatures within range are able to walk on water with a +5’ bonus to speed. In addition any target under water begins rising towards the surface at a speed of 15’ per round.

28-29 The caster and CL+3 creatures within range are able to walk on water with a +5’ bonus to speed. In addition any target under water begins rising towards the surface at a speed of 15’ per round. While rising the targets are encased in a bubble of air preventing them from drowning.

30-31 The caster and CL+5 creatures within range are able to walk on water with a +10’ bonus to speed. In addition any target under water begins rising towards the surface at a speed of 30’ per round. While rising the targets are encased in a bubble of air preventing them from drowning, and are unaffected by decompression.

32+ The caster and CL+7 creatures within range are able to walk on water with a +10’ bonus to speed. In addition any target under water begins rising towards the surface at a speed of 100’ per round. While rising the targets are encased in a bubble of air preventing them from drowning, and are unaffected by decompression. In addition the cleric can raise up medium sized human constructions (eg longboats) to the surface.

Magic Items

Adamantine Cook Shield

+2 AC, -1 check penalty. D8 fumble.

The Adamantine Cook shield is incredibly good at distributing heat, any ray of fire (e.g. dragon's breath, scorching ray) has a 50% chance of leaving the wielder unharmed.

When used by a dwarf for shield bashing an Adamantine Cook Shield deals 1d4 damage, and mighty deeds to push people with a shield are twice as effective.

When used as a wok the shield imparts a +3 bonus to cooking skill checks

Living Staff

A magical staff imbued with life that connects all things. While in the possession of the staff a caster gains a 50% bonus rounded down to spellburn. For example if a caster burns 2 points of strength to cast a spell they gain a +3 Bonus. Additionally the staff has an internal Stamina score of 5, the caster can spellburn this Stamina on a 1 to 1 basis for bonus, the staff regains 1 Stamina per week without spellburn. A caster can utterly decimate the staff, turning it into dust in exchange for +25 to any single spell check.

[skeletalheartattack]

You should play tf2 more

i've been playing a lot of it as of late actually, mostly been trying to practice playing pyro better, though i just don't really talk about it. really been trying to master the detonator.

my only real exposure to the game currently through playing it is just playing casual, i don't really play any community servers these days.

[oozingantfarm]

YOU SEEM FREAKISH I LIKE THAT IN A TROLL

(@garbledsaphrophyte )

Ddog your pinned po5t read5 like a fukcing Troll 5CP document. Llike I appreciate the compliment but you, of all troll5, are le55 than fit to call me freaki5h.

[wiisportslesbianism]

Feeling inclined to talk about the TF2 summer update so uhhhh here's my lil review:

~Cosmetics & Warpaints~

Overall I think the new cosmetics and warpaints are a tad underwhelming but they are still very much appreciated. There were a few cosmetics of note (like the halflife one for medic) and I'm always happy to have more warpaints to choose from. As for unusuals I haven't checked them out. I don't trade much or spend a lot of money on the game so I don't have many unusuals and that will likely remain the case for the foreseeable future

~Maps & Modes~

God damn, fourteen new maps, four of which are an official version of Versus Saxton Hale. Fucking wild. Now the obvious elephant in the room is that the VSH maps are currently only able to be played through community servers, as they were bugged in casual. While I'm disappointed I do have faith that they will release a patch soon so everyone can enjoy the mode! As for the rest of the maps:

Most of the new maps tend on the larger side, with long, exploitable sightlines. This is most evident on Venice, a map that has sightlines so absurd they give me flashbacks to Wutville. With that said, Venice is an absolutely stunning map, and it's not the only one. All of the map makers really knocked it out of the park in terms of the artistry. Unlike a lot of the classic TF2 maps, all of these feel incredibly visually distinct and are frankly gorgeous.

With the large number of maps in the update, we ended up with a large spread of game modes. There were a few of note (in addition to VSH)

Player Destruction made it's return in Selbyen, a seemingly New England inspired tourist trap fishing town in which you collect chum (via killing enemies) and then feed it to chubby little seals.

Sulfur is an attack/defense map that seems to play similarly to cp_steel, but with a twist. Simply capping the last point isn't enough to net the win for BLU, they instead have to hold the point similarly to koth.

Lastly, if I remember correctly Pelican Peak is the first original Capture the Flag map released in quite some time, making it noteworthy enough for me to point out here.

My favorites:

Selbyen (player destruction)

Player Destruction is always one of my favorites, and combining that with the vibes of a coastal New England town and it's an instant favorite. Here's hoping it becomes the first pd map to be playable year round in casual!

Reckoner (5cp)

From my first couple games, Reckoner feels like a genuinely well balanced 5cp map, and the Japanese city aesthetic really ties it together. That's all, no gimmicks or anything. Just some solid 5cp. I would love to see this added to the casual map pool after the summer event ends.

~Final Thoughts~

Okay it's time to wrap up this stupidly long post that no one will read. All in all this is a pretty good update, and there were a bunch more maps that I didn't even mention that are still pretty good. I know a lot of people are complaining about this update, and I admit that a lot of the complaints are valid, I'm just glad they've given us anything, let alone 14 fucking maps lol. Part of me accepted that Valve was done TF2, but I'm glad I was wrong about that.

Anyways this has purely been self indulgent for my ADHD so uh thanks if you somehow read this far

[jinxpologist]

i miss all the 2cp maps so bad. i hope 5cp comes through