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Onyx, Spark and Brie settle down for the night in a cabin in the woods along with a set of recently rescued ponies, saved from Changeling cocoons, as well as the changelings who sought to take them captive, who are themselves locked away as captives.
In Baltimare, Silver, Dark Star, Iron, and now Midnight Lily do their last preparations before seeking to take on a creature smuggling operation in a port-side neighborhood
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>>112858
>>112875
>>113168
The two enter the church.
A speech is ongoing, and the speaker looks at the Zebra and the fluff ball entering the sanctuary - they are directly opposite him.
“And thus the Aramaspi tore through the gates of Griffinstone and entered the King’s chamber”
He looks to his audience, places a claw up and grape into a fist as if to emphasize the lines in a pause. Then he looks up to the entrants.
“It seems we have some visitors”
Creatures in the crowd look back to the entrants. Some clearly do not like the entrants, other have more bewildered or neutral expressions
>>112875
>>113168
The two enter the church.
A speech is ongoing, and the speaker looks at the Zebra and the fluff ball entering the sanctuary - they are directly opposite him.
“And thus the Aramaspi tore through the gates of Griffinstone and entered the King’s chamber”
He looks to his audience, places a claw up and grape into a fist as if to emphasize the lines in a pause. Then he looks up to the entrants.
“It seems we have some visitors”
Creatures in the crowd look back to the entrants. Some clearly do not like the entrants, other have more bewildered or neutral expressions
>>113195
Silver steps into the church and pauses at the sight, acting as though he were about to give his friend a tour until noticing the current occupants. "Oh! Apologies, I did not mean to interrupt. We were in area, and I wanted to show my zebra friend here my place of worship when I was young."
Silver steps into the church and pauses at the sight, acting as though he were about to give his friend a tour until noticing the current occupants. "Oh! Apologies, I did not mean to interrupt. We were in area, and I wanted to show my zebra friend here my place of worship when I was young."
>>113200
"Yes, we..." Silver looks down, in what seems to be a gesture of sadness. "...do not have much else we can go to, anymore."
"Yes, we..." Silver looks down, in what seems to be a gesture of sadness. "...do not have much else we can go to, anymore."
>>113204
"Are we all not looking for something in our lives, друг?" He looks up to meet the griffon's eyes, his own being that of a tired, old stallion, with nothing left in his life. "Meaning. It is all we can look for, now."
"Are we all not looking for something in our lives, друг?" He looks up to meet the griffon's eyes, his own being that of a tired, old stallion, with nothing left in his life. "Meaning. It is all we can look for, now."
>>113205
His feathers are a grey coloration, and his lion coat a darker shade of tan and brown. The unidentifued model of cap is blacken wool, as is the coat he wears. The little hook at the top of his beak is a little sharper than jay be average, and his eyes - equally meeting Silver’s are a dark red, almost burgundy, like partly dried blood or a dark rose.
“Then you understand me. Tell all of us, where are you from?”
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His feathers are a grey coloration, and his lion coat a darker shade of tan and brown. The unidentifued model of cap is blacken wool, as is the coat he wears. The little hook at the top of his beak is a little sharper than jay be average, and his eyes - equally meeting Silver’s are a dark red, almost burgundy, like partly dried blood or a dark rose.
“Then you understand me. Tell all of us, where are you from?”
\r
>>113207
"I was born here in Red Heart after my parents moved to Baltimare from St. Petershoof, but after I became adult I moved to outskirts of city. It was quiet, serene, minus occasional wildlife. I found love, had three foals with my late-wife...now, I am old stallion, I do not even know if my foals are alive, my house and everything I owned is gone...I have nothing left, not even purpose. I came back to Red Heart, hoping I could find something to keep me going, and still nothing, still stuck in this meaningless existence. If it was not for my friend here...I am not sure I would even be here to talk to you."
"I was born here in Red Heart after my parents moved to Baltimare from St. Petershoof, but after I became adult I moved to outskirts of city. It was quiet, serene, minus occasional wildlife. I found love, had three foals with my late-wife...now, I am old stallion, I do not even know if my foals are alive, my house and everything I owned is gone...I have nothing left, not even purpose. I came back to Red Heart, hoping I could find something to keep me going, and still nothing, still stuck in this meaningless existence. If it was not for my friend here...I am not sure I would even be here to talk to you."
>>113210
Silver has that look of sadness and loss again. "This place...it is all I have left. Perhaps I hoped I would find something that could put me back on path, something to maybe...I do not know. I have nowhere else to go."
Silver has that look of sadness and loss again. "This place...it is all I have left. Perhaps I hoped I would find something that could put me back on path, something to maybe...I do not know. I have nowhere else to go."
>>113216
"So many ways to put it, that I am unable to do so properly...enlightenment, I suppose..." His own ears droop, as he thinks of other ways he could put it, to make him understand.
"So many ways to put it, that I am unable to do so properly...enlightenment, I suppose..." His own ears droop, as he thinks of other ways he could put it, to make him understand.
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Eh... maybe having an NPC intrude on the prerogative of the player characters was a bad idea
>>113251
You could've added Skies said that in your post. Unless it really was from a random churchgoer.
You could've added Skies said that in your post. Unless it really was from a random churchgoer.
“I’ll just.... I see there is something else going on here. I’ll leave you all be.”
The griffin awkwardly leaves
The griffin awkwardly leaves
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I don’t know.... Do you want the NPC there active and doing things, or do you want to tackle it yourselves. Yes or no. Any more flakey answers that fail to fall into either camp will mean more inserts that will be quickly retracted
>>113268
Yes. You should know this by now with my speech about liking having Cauldron in the jungle mission after you complained Ash's comment about 'NPCs shouldn't appear in quests'.
Yes. You should know this by now with my speech about liking having Cauldron in the jungle mission after you complained Ash's comment about 'NPCs shouldn't appear in quests'.
>>113268
I sort of figured she'd be at the warehouse with the others.
Also, are you alright? You need sleep or something?
I sort of figured she'd be at the warehouse with the others.
Also, are you alright? You need sleep or something?
>>113270
I’ve never felt secure in the way in which this particular character relates with the player characters
I’ve never felt secure in the way in which this particular character relates with the player characters
>>113274
I would recommend that you approach her as you would your own player character and come up with an answer from there.
Anyways, apologies to Dark Star, but the bed is calling my name, and I've got a very busy day tomorrow. Gonna have to call it a night.
I would recommend that you approach her as you would your own player character and come up with an answer from there.
Anyways, apologies to Dark Star, but the bed is calling my name, and I've got a very busy day tomorrow. Gonna have to call it a night.
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*is nudged*
I still feel off about whether a DMPC is a good idea
I still feel off about whether a DMPC is a good idea
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>>113305
I'd say it's a good addition so long as it doesn't cover a base a PC player in the party has.
Sure, it might feel railroady and the DMPC's suggestions may be accepted unilateraly due to the OOC ties with God itself, but it makes the party more powerful and able to take on harder foes.
As long as the NPC Skies, in this instance does not jerk away the PC crafted plan it should be absolutely fine. If a PC asks her , she can answer. If a DMPC figures she must step in, and if not the three of them will face negative consequences, she can do so, since she doesn't want to die/take a reputation hit.
Although Cauldron's participation could be seen as minimal, I do admit she was the most helpful asset in the mission, always covering Iron's back. But perhaps she's not a DMPC, so I might be wrong with my assessment.
I'd say it's a good addition so long as it doesn't cover a base a PC player in the party has.
Sure, it might feel railroady and the DMPC's suggestions may be accepted unilateraly due to the OOC ties with God itself, but it makes the party more powerful and able to take on harder foes.
As long as the NPC Skies, in this instance does not jerk away the PC crafted plan it should be absolutely fine. If a PC asks her , she can answer. If a DMPC figures she must step in, and if not the three of them will face negative consequences, she can do so, since she doesn't want to die/take a reputation hit.
Although Cauldron's participation could be seen as minimal, I do admit she was the most helpful asset in the mission, always covering Iron's back. But perhaps she's not a DMPC, so I might be wrong with my assessment.
>>113305
It's not a bad idea, depending on how it's implimented. If the DMPC exists to simply railroad the party along a predetermined plot path, then it's a bad idea, but when it's used as a way to cover one of the party's weaknesses and help out as a normal PC would, then it's a good idea. So, ultimately, I would recommend you use her as a normal PC, detatched from the fact that the god of this universe is controlling her.
It's not a bad idea, depending on how it's implimented. If the DMPC exists to simply railroad the party along a predetermined plot path, then it's a bad idea, but when it's used as a way to cover one of the party's weaknesses and help out as a normal PC would, then it's a good idea. So, ultimately, I would recommend you use her as a normal PC, detatched from the fact that the god of this universe is controlling her.
Okay, we can probably do something tonight
>>113308
>>113308
This reminds me of a particular battle I tried to construct.
Now, in my mind it was the coolest construct ever. Dr. Grant is clearly pissed at Iron for stealing half the valuables at the archeological site, and while Iron is.... I guess resting, or otherwise not really taking the threat seriously, Dr. Grant gets the sub machine gun Cauldron discarded for lack of ammo off the ground, goes outside, findsthe body of the bandit leader, and takes the ammunition out of his 9mm automatic and puts it in the magazine of the sub machine gun for 15 bullets or half a magazine. Now, he’s not normally inclined to violence, but he’s lost it with how badly everything has gone for his trip. He knows that Iron is still in the half of the cavern beyond the trail’s apex because Pear is by the stream doing her own thing with the idols, and answers Grant’s basic questions.
So he goes to the apex, and stands there being hard to see because it’s so dark. Then he starts taunting Iron by talking about how Iron stole what belongs to him. Now, Grant is doing this partly to argue, but really what he’s doing is getting Iron to talk back to him, and thus get Iron - who otherwise is pretty well hidden - to reveal his approximate position. As he’s doing this he’s cackling in laughter showing that he’s had a mental break down, and he’s making statements about Iron that, true to Grant’s role in the story more generally, show himself to be an entitled selfish asshole, but also occasionally contain valid criticism and moral point. Black Cauldron, meanwhile, knows that Grant has already made up her mind to attack, so she’s sitting silently in the corner trying to hide her position, and execute an attack when he shows himself. I figured that Grant would light a flare, toss it to where he heard Iron, then maybe either either shoot at Iron or Iron would punch him.
And then it didn’t happen that way, and the whole fight was anti-climatic. Grant rolled a 1, and the flare hit the ceiling and stayed near him. Then Iron failed to land a hit on Grant. Then Grant got a chance to shoot at Iron, and landed so many hits that realistically Iron should have been reduced to “dying” with how low his HP was before the battle. The shit that kills (disables) Grant doesn’t even come from the PC, it’s Cauldron’s shot. The whole battle is over in one round with the PC failing to even land a hit. Designing encounters is hard
>>113308
>>113308
This reminds me of a particular battle I tried to construct.
Now, in my mind it was the coolest construct ever. Dr. Grant is clearly pissed at Iron for stealing half the valuables at the archeological site, and while Iron is.... I guess resting, or otherwise not really taking the threat seriously, Dr. Grant gets the sub machine gun Cauldron discarded for lack of ammo off the ground, goes outside, findsthe body of the bandit leader, and takes the ammunition out of his 9mm automatic and puts it in the magazine of the sub machine gun for 15 bullets or half a magazine. Now, he’s not normally inclined to violence, but he’s lost it with how badly everything has gone for his trip. He knows that Iron is still in the half of the cavern beyond the trail’s apex because Pear is by the stream doing her own thing with the idols, and answers Grant’s basic questions.
So he goes to the apex, and stands there being hard to see because it’s so dark. Then he starts taunting Iron by talking about how Iron stole what belongs to him. Now, Grant is doing this partly to argue, but really what he’s doing is getting Iron to talk back to him, and thus get Iron - who otherwise is pretty well hidden - to reveal his approximate position. As he’s doing this he’s cackling in laughter showing that he’s had a mental break down, and he’s making statements about Iron that, true to Grant’s role in the story more generally, show himself to be an entitled selfish asshole, but also occasionally contain valid criticism and moral point. Black Cauldron, meanwhile, knows that Grant has already made up her mind to attack, so she’s sitting silently in the corner trying to hide her position, and execute an attack when he shows himself. I figured that Grant would light a flare, toss it to where he heard Iron, then maybe either either shoot at Iron or Iron would punch him.
And then it didn’t happen that way, and the whole fight was anti-climatic. Grant rolled a 1, and the flare hit the ceiling and stayed near him. Then Iron failed to land a hit on Grant. Then Grant got a chance to shoot at Iron, and landed so many hits that realistically Iron should have been reduced to “dying” with how low his HP was before the battle. The shit that kills (disables) Grant doesn’t even come from the PC, it’s Cauldron’s shot. The whole battle is over in one round with the PC failing to even land a hit. Designing encounters is hard
>>113319
You can't predit how rolls are ever going to exactly go. For all intents and purposes, it was an excellent encounter with a lot of buildup. I thought it was satisfying to watch, at least.
You can't predit how rolls are ever going to exactly go. For all intents and purposes, it was an excellent encounter with a lot of buildup. I thought it was satisfying to watch, at least.
Ah let's see, Midnight had just opened the door to a kitchen, no?
"Buck, this is not it"
She looks around for a sign of where she came from.
"Buck, this is not it"
She looks around for a sign of where she came from.
>>113343
"Well there is a door up front, but my escort went to grab a guard to unlock it which might be bad. And there is where we came in."
"Well there is a door up front, but my escort went to grab a guard to unlock it which might be bad. And there is where we came in."
>>113345
Crap.
Iron hopes the griffon doesn't go to the door he just entered, closing it with Midnight on the other side.
Iron is utterly lost.
(They have a dining room, too? How big is this building? I see why they lasted so long.)
Crap.
Iron hopes the griffon doesn't go to the door he just entered, closing it with Midnight on the other side.
Iron is utterly lost.
(They have a dining room, too? How big is this building? I see why they lasted so long.)
>>113349
>>113348
Evidently the door is closed behind the two, leaving both inside of the room. It has white tile floors, is very large across (50 feet by 50 feet, or something like that) with long wooden tables. Half of them have chairs turned upside down on top, and half have the chairs in position at the table. A wall is colored white - albeit a different shade than the tiles (a bit off white) - and it is occasionally populated with posters or something on it, but there is not enough light to make out details from this area. The room is not perfectly rectangular, with a reduced width near the hallway wall a few feet over to the left that must be the stairwell that goes down to the laundry room
>>113348
Evidently the door is closed behind the two, leaving both inside of the room. It has white tile floors, is very large across (50 feet by 50 feet, or something like that) with long wooden tables. Half of them have chairs turned upside down on top, and half have the chairs in position at the table. A wall is colored white - albeit a different shade than the tiles (a bit off white) - and it is occasionally populated with posters or something on it, but there is not enough light to make out details from this area. The room is not perfectly rectangular, with a reduced width near the hallway wall a few feet over to the left that must be the stairwell that goes down to the laundry room
>>113351
Iron moves to a corner of the room and unlatches himself from the cart, followed by positioning himself on the door where the hinges wouldn't lead it slamming on Iron's body in case the possible two griffons may have seen the doors open.
>>113349
"Move to the other side of this door in case they follow at a respectable distance," he whispers to the bat. "We may have to clobber them."
Iron moves to a corner of the room and unlatches himself from the cart, followed by positioning himself on the door where the hinges wouldn't lead it slamming on Iron's body in case the possible two griffons may have seen the doors open.
>>113349
"Move to the other side of this door in case they follow at a respectable distance," he whispers to the bat. "We may have to clobber them."
>>113352
Oh yeah, he’s pulling a cart. Roll dexterity for going through the door without alerting the guard
Oh yeah, he’s pulling a cart. Roll dexterity for going through the door without alerting the guard
>>113360
Her eyes shoot open as she mouths to Iron
"Hide, and stay quiet"
She then readies her blindness spell to cast against the griffon when it opens the door.
Fort save negates, DC 15
Her eyes shoot open as she mouths to Iron
"Hide, and stay quiet"
She then readies her blindness spell to cast against the griffon when it opens the door.
Fort save negates, DC 15
>>113361
Iron does as instructed, hiding under the table as there's no other options.
[1d20 = 16]
<Cowering for the sake of the mission
Iron does as instructed, hiding under the table as there's no other options.
[1d20 = 16]
<Cowering for the sake of the mission
>>113363
Iron peeks the door while still hiding.
(Does she have a plan? Get escorted to the exit while I follow? Has she even heard anything?)
Iron peeks the door while still hiding.
(Does she have a plan? Get escorted to the exit while I follow? Has she even heard anything?)
>>113363
"I think they are gone."
Midnight barely whispers these words as she backs away from the door.
"I think they are gone."
Midnight barely whispers these words as she backs away from the door.
>>113372
Iron uses this excellent opportunity to appear out of nowhere, charging at the beaked opponent to deliver a powerful strike to the right side of his head.
Of course, full power attack bonus.
[1d20+8 = 18]
<Charging Hoof to Beak
Now has Iron's Barbarian Patch been implemented yay or nay?
Iron uses this excellent opportunity to appear out of nowhere, charging at the beaked opponent to deliver a powerful strike to the right side of his head.
Of course, full power attack bonus.
[1d20+8 = 18]
<Charging Hoof to Beak
Now has Iron's Barbarian Patch been implemented yay or nay?
>>113374
K.
Iron delivers a nice, rough stroke to the offending guard for his or her troubles.
Damage.
[1d3+12 = 13]
<Who needs weapons with hooves like these?
K.
Iron delivers a nice, rough stroke to the offending guard for his or her troubles.
Damage.
[1d3+12 = 13]
<Who needs weapons with hooves like these?
[1d2 = 2]
[1d20+3 = 11]
>>113375
The griffin recoils back, clearly stunned and with a possible broken beak
He stabs out at what attacked with his long knife
[1d20+3 = 11]
>>113375
The griffin recoils back, clearly stunned and with a possible broken beak
He stabs out at what attacked with his long knife
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