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Occupied Equestria - Into No Pony's Land
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.103001
Set six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where the Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures because of their encounters with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestrian Southeast, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and corrupt creepy politicians threaten the city. This role play is based in large part upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&d 3.5e mechanics

In the North, in Bales, Brie has just aquired a carriage with which he shall make the journey into the Changeling Occupied Zone, alongt with Spark and Onyx. In Baltimare, Dark Star recouperates from injuries sustained in a near fatal encounter with a Changeling opperative. Silver helps treat two traumatized orphans, and Iron examines ancient secrets in the Jungles
1847 replies and 158 files omitted.
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104577
104578
>>104576
Before commiting to hiding the pots, he decides to listen a bit more closely to try and recognize the sound.
(It could be that the temple is falling due to those other two ponies, though I doubt it was made on purpose.)
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104578
104579
>>104577
The clopping of hooves, and a few subtler sounds that cannot be recognized
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104579
104580
>>104578
Nodding to himself, he simply unlatches the pots and places them on the floor
(Seems I will need to speed up)
During this process, he scans the area for any chokepoints to ambush these menacing hoofsteps.
(If they are Pear and Grant, the fact that they are making this much noise means there is trouble.)
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104580
104581
>>104579
>Choke points
The cavern itself is sort of a long choke point, with the width of the cavern mostly not exceeding 23 feet/7 meters, and the part of the ground traversable by hooves sometimes less than that because of the uneven ground. While neither perfectly straight nor consistent in width, no area stands out as a choke point outside of the treasure room
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104581
104582
>>104580
Not even walls to take cover and jump from in order to effectively get the first hit?
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104582
104583
>>104581
Jaged walls may be used for half-cover against ranger weapons, but nothing will perfectly cover his pony in the natural cavern outside of the apex or the treasure room or creek. Iron’s old friend, the darkness, naturally provides cover and protection, but it can be expelled by a light
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104583
104584 104585
>>104582
Alright, time to act sneaky!
With over 300lbs of sound-inducing weight.
Iron, after safely taking out the pots, motions Cauldron to lay low and be ready to fire with her the moment somepony else fires.
With that, he steers towards the edges, moving towards the noise with no pots on him as sneakily as possible.
Anonymous
KnZni
?
No.104584
104585 104586
>>104583
Taking off the pots itself takes time and makes sound. But iron can hear the approaching
“Oh Mister? Would you like to reconsider?”
Anonymous
KnZni
?
No.104585
104586
>>104583
>>104584
If it wasn’t clear, the voice is in a raised pitch, and sounds taunting
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104586
104587
>>104584
>>104585
Darn. I expected as much.
Iron attempts to continue the process in a slower fashion to try and gauge her current motive.
He glances at the sound of the voice.
"What should I reconsider?"
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104587
104588
>>104586
“My offer for your services”
It’s obviously a Grant. The voice is coming either from the apex or beyond it, hard to tell. There is no light, and he can neither see you nor be seen unless he has done way of seeing in the dark
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104588
104589
>>104587
Iron simply attempts to rid himself of the last pots on his back.
"What do you mean?"
KnZni
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No.104589
104590
[1d20 = 15]
>>104588
Iron makes sound
“Your finder’s fee. You’ve had a bit of down time to think about it.”
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104590
104591
>>104589
I'm scared of that roll there. I'll assume my pot disposal will be done no matter if I'm spotted or not.
"I see. What exactly should I reconsider? Your offer was not equal to the work I did."
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104591
104592
>>104590
“No no. 20% of the whole treasure. Deep sea divers usually only get 10% for sunken treasure”
I1WRg
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No.104592
104593
[1d20 = 19]
>>104591
Iron decides to slowly move around to try and mix his speaker up by changing his position. Roll Move Silently.
"Why should I stick with a measely 20 percent? I was an integral part to even reach this place."
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104593
104594
>>104592
Success, but where does iron move from and to relative to the wall and in his position on the trail?

“No no, Hahaha! You don’t understand. See, we found the location. We opened the treasure room for you. We did the work. You merely cane here later. You should be grateful, really, that I am offering you this opportunity. It’s not very often a... less advantaged pony has the serendipity to stumble into such a find.”
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104594
104595
>>104593
Iron goes to his right in a diagonal parabolic curve, away from the wall.
"What? You did not open the treasure room. I had to swim underwater and clear away rubble to even reach it. Your 'help' was barely helpful to reach the room. Your boss even attracted a bunch of bandits here through the imcompetent crew you were in opening their yaps when they should not have done, and him, along with most of his crew, paid the price."
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104595
104596
>>104594
“HahahaHA! My boss? Is that what you think? Is it? Very well, hehehe. I tell you what. I’ll give you a flat rate of 5 bits for moving the rocks, on top of the finders fee. That’s as much as Quarrymares make in 10 hours of moving rocks, so be grateful for the windfall, hehehehe”
I1WRg
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No.104596
104597
[1d20 = 1]
>>104595
Iron shakes his head, continuing to move in a semicircular motion, focusing on his surrounding and spotting any sort of enemies around.
"No, I am not going to comply with such bad offers. I risked me and my partner's hide to even get here. You have all the history you will need of this place. Things like currency used are simple footnotes in the grand scheme of things."
KnZni
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No.104597
104598
[1d20 = 16]
>>104596
Okay, I have to ask. What is the dice for?

“Hahhehehaha, you lost? You lost? You risked?!! No. No no.... No. Let me tell you. Peer Review. He lost. You know we were on the faculty together for nine years? We would have the annual alumni meeting over at his house. Mr. Loans... I didn’t know him well. But I know that he lost. And Extra Pair. He lost. He lost big time. He was in my class on Archeological excavations of the Little Hoof ruins. He took a risk running from bandits trying to protect an ancient cultural relic. Unlike you you coward. Hiding in Darkness, hiding behind rocks. Making your Zebra marefriend do all the work for you. Pathetic. If you think that after that, after all of that I’m going to go back empty hooves to the university... hehehe... you’ve got something else coming for you.”
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104598
104599
>>104597
That last roll was spot, since I tried to look my surroundings for any foes apart from Grant. Previous roll was move silently.

Iron's mind vine snaps at his line of text.
"Oh yeah?! What did they do, apart from dying needlessly for the mistakes of some 'intern'? Why should I care for their actions when all they did was die needlessly for some mistake your group did?! Did you expect me to shed a tear from my eye for wasting lives due to negligence on your companions' part?!"
Iron exhales harshly.
"I kept me and my partner alive. I endured countless barrages of metal to protect my partner as much as I could. What do you know about risk, colt?! Should I follow your example of surrendering to a bunch of armed bandits to save your hide, even though they would have killed you and thrown you in a ditch later, in the off-chance some random pony would come save your sorry flank? You did nothing more than be a decoration in this whole affair! At least Pear showed some courage, unlike you!"
Metaphorically blinded by rage, he gets ready to pounce at anything.
"Show your face, then, unless you are scared to get your teeth broken!"
Anonymous
KnZni
?
No.104599
104600 104601 104603
>>104598
Dust gets in Iron's eyes, leaving them irritated and Iron momentarily blind. Not that he would have seen much anyways. The cavern is black

"Hehahaha!"
These last laughs echo and reverberate around the cavern. "haha, haha, haha" can be heard in vague echos
KnZni
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No.104600
104603
[1d20 = 5]
>>104599

Silver "The Floof" Sword
7MBpK
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No.104601
>>104599
Whelp, he's lost it.
I1WRg
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No.104603
104604 104605
[1d20 = 5]
>>104600
>>104599
Iron quickly blinks the dust out of his eyes, moving backwards in a straight line.
He growls in anger.
(No mercy. This pony's bones will crack.)
Deciding to play offensively, he stops and carefully listens for any sort of clue of where the cocky pony is to blindly lunge at. Rolling listen instead of spot.
"When I find you, I will break your bones!"
KnZni
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No.104604
104605 104606
[1d20 = 9]
>>104603
Removing the dust is a little more complicated than blinking, requiring wiping his eyes with the fur on his ankles. It still requires only a standard action. Unfortunately, Iron's perception is not quite enough to overcome the echoing effects of the cavern to determine precisely where the sound came from, although previously it was determined to be in front of him somewhere

Iron's words are met with silence
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104605
104607
>>104604
>>104603
Roll a move silently check
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104606
104607 104608
>>104604
Growling, he decides that taunting him to come to him or at least make a noise in retaliation should should help out, as well as trying to retrace his steps back to the pots just in case they are being stolen from him.
(Cauldron should have kept an eye on them, after all. I told her to guard the area.)
"I knew you would not show your face. Seems I will simply take the pots and leave! You cannot stop me by quivering in fear, coward!"
I1WRg
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No.104607
[1d20 = 8]
>>104605
>>104606
Whoops. Rolling
KnZni
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No.104608
104609
[1d20 = 12]
>>104606
Silence

Also, for the record, this is why I have been hesitant to advance Iron's story. Iron is involved in quite a few scenes that it doesn't really seem appropriate to break up, yet we don't really have time to conclude this scene tonight
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104609
104610 104612
>>104608
Understandable. If you wish to continue later in the morning it shouldn't be a big issue.
I think.
Should I let you do a Grant action or post as Iron now if you want to proceed?
KnZni
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No.104610
104611 104612 104613
[1d20+3 = 4]
Actually, you know what? Let's do this

>>104609
From round about the apex, a blue glow that radiates. It's not strong enough to illuminate the area, but it casts a blue light upon part of the floor. Then a twisting chick, and a brighter red light glows in the apex, briefly illuminating the silhouette of a pony in the Apex. The red fire is itself surrounded by a duller blue glow that moves it through the air, back a little, then, it is tossed forward
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104611
104613 104614
>>104610
So basically, he revealed himself with that flare-like thing. Well hotdamn, what a nice way to start for me.
KnZni
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No.104612
104613 104614 104615
[1d20+5 = 7]
>>104610
>>104610
>>104609
The stick goes high up... hitting a stalagtite, and falling to the ground near the pony, illuminating him fully

BANG
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104613
104615
>>104612
>>104610
>>104611
A gunshot echoes through the cavern, but the pony is not harmed. He is fully visible on the apex
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104614
>>104611
>>104612
By the red light, Iron can see what the pony intended to keep secret: a coat shredder, identical to the one previously carried by Cauldron
I1WRg
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No.104615
104616
[1d20+8 = 10]
>>104612
>>104613
Fucking Christ. Now I feel bad. Break the low roll streak Iron!
Iron, seeing his opportunity to release his pent up anger, charges straight into the light, going for a swift blow to the revealed pony's head at full power. Non-lethal for now. No reason to antagonize Pear more by killing her partner or anyone else.
Although those rolls are quite unexpected for a seemingly posh stallion. Seems we have more ponies to fight.
Anonymous
KnZni
?
No.104616
104617
>>104615
The distance between Iron and Dr. Grant is rather great. Great, but this is Iron we are talking about. Iron lunges forward, galloping at great pace towards the pony until he is right up to him, lunges forward, takes a great swing... and just barely misses the pony's nose
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104617
104618 104620 104625
>>104616
All around me are familiar places~
Worn out faces.
Worn out face-ees~

KnZni
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No.104618
104619
[8d20 = 74]
>>104617
With a blue glow, Dr. Grant raises his menacing metal instrument

POW POW POW POW POW POW POW POW
https://youtu.be/tPGjuiZTuKA?t=29
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104619
104622
>>104618
That's... a lot of hits there.
5 hits, rolls 5 damage dice.

KnZni
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No.104620
104621 104622
[2d8 = 7]
>>104617
Dr. Grant is not much of a gun pony and has clearly never used one before, judging by the way he holds it over his head behind him, and how he awkwardly holds the magazine. That does not stop him from gaining a solid hit, and several grazing blows
KnZni
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No.104621
[1d6 = 6]
>>104620

KnZni
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No.104622
104623
[1d20+5 = 16]
>>104620
>>104619
Another BANG, loudly and behind them
KnZni
?
No.104623
104624 104625
[2d8 = 14]
>>104622
Blood spouts out of Dr. Grant
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104624
>>104623
He shouldn't be dead with that shot, right?
Anonymous
KnZni
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No.104625
104626
>>104623
>>104617
And the damage of this single, well placed shot is enough to make Dr. Grant drop his gun, and fall down to his knees.
Anonymous
I1WRg
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No.104626
104627 104628
>>104625
Iron swats the gun away from him and calmly walks over to Grant's almost prone form.
He crouches to see his face.
"Would you look at that? How willing are you now to badmouth me, huh?"
KnZni
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No.104627
104629
[1d20 = 6]
>>104626
He looks up at Iron, and slowly smiles with a bloody mouth