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Occupied Equestria - 23 Jump Street
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.149000
Dark Star starts has embarked in a new venture - infiltrating cells of leftwing radicals at a local university.
1263 replies and 27 files omitted.
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150676
150677 150680
>>150674
Her ears perk up
“That is true” she says

>>150675
She moves her head back in mild displeasure, and after a momentary pause, opens the door wider, allowing Virgin Flame to enter
Anonymous
d8abbc3
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No.150677
150678
>>150676
She recognice the gesture of being velcomed. This brings up her mood and she nods back at the mare.

She takes a step just to enter but not really further.

"Ugh, you know, right? Or, why would you," she says and lets out a few laughs to herself. "But there was this universalist church in Canterlot, called Sss-un sunnnn sunnn... I can't quite put my hoof on it."

She seems annoyed by this.
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150678
150679
>>150677
“Sunrise?” She asks, lowering an eye and raising a hoof up, as if in offer.
Anonymous
d8abbc3
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No.150679
150681
>>150678
Virgin's eyes go wide and she smiles. She wagles a hoof in the air.

"Yeah yeah, Sunrise. I grew up there in the orphanage."

Virgin is ecstatic.
Shimmering Spark
1c89fb5
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No.150680
150681
>>150676
"And poems can even inspire a way to make the world the way it could be. And I think your insight can provide just the right words to do it."
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150681
150683 150915
>>150679
"Sunrise on the East Slope? I.... think I've seen it on a map? Maybe. Uh... that's nice. What brings you here now though?"

>>150680
She smiles
"Maybe. Maybe I'll try to do that. Being away from the city might help that."
Anonymous
d8abbc3
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No.150683
150684
>>150681
"Uhh... I wanted to check out the church and uhhh..."

Virgin gives the mare a inquisitive look.

"Do you know what uhh..." She pulls off her hood and starts to scratch the back of her neck with the same hoof. "What Sunrise teaches some of the sisters?"
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150684
150685
>>150683
"They..." She takes a step back

"Uh, are they the ones that, uh... No. I don't think I do."
Anonymous
d8abbc3
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No.150685
150686
>>150684
Virgin body sways like a tree in the wind. She shakes her head again and refocuses.

"Well, you see, some of the old hags-" She shakes her head and gives the mare a sheepish grin. She then does a playful roll with her eyes. "I mean elder nuns taught a style of martial arts called, Dawnbreaker to willing sisters and to the ones they wanted to pest..."

She looks off to the side with first an annoyed look but that then turn sad.

"One nag taught me the dawnbreaker basics so to cut to the chase. I'm all about turning the other cheek but sometimes you gotta run the merchants out of the tempel, if you know wha' I'm sayin'. There are always some ponies who just has to bother us sooo if you ever need a bouncer or something like that, you can call me."

She flashes the mare a smile and nod before emptying the rest of the bottle's contents down her throat in one long swig.

*[/i]Glug glug glug.[i]*
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150686
150687 150689
>>150685
"What? Hehehe." She moves a hoof to cover her clearly smiling face

"Alright, I'll see who needs a bouncer. Is that what you're looking for? A job?"

How old is Virgin Flame?
Anonymous
d8abbc3
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No.150687
150688
>>150686
I think 23.
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150688
>>150687
The filly is unambiguously younger than Virgin Flame
Anonymous
d8abbc3
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No.150689
150690
>>150686
She smiles and nods as the mare laughs. She holds out her hoof in the air and starts to rock it like a boat on the sea.

"Nah. I don't really need any job. Maybe a meal and a place to stay when there's a real downpour but otherwise I'd just wanna help. I even know some healing stuff. So if ponies get sick, ah can help treating themmm..."

Suddenly, Virgin sees the two fillies just like this filly in her place. In fact, the whole room seems to have multiplied.

"Oh ooh," she says and immidately sits down on her huanches to regain her balance.
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150690
150691 150697
>>150689
The floor is probably porcelain, but it certainly looks like marble.

The filly moves a little closer
"Are you okay?" She asks
Anonymous
d8abbc3
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No.150691
150692
>>150690
I need to go to bed, like forever ago. I'll grow bald like a monk if this continues. I had fun.
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150692
>>150691
Yay!

Goodnight
Anonymous
7509d7c
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No.150693
150699
>>150667
27? Are you sure? That's a weird number.
28 is considered to be "average", although most games go higher than that.
>goiyyo
*going
>>150668
Bonuses to Diplomacy, bonuses to saving throws, bonuses to attack and damage rolls vs evil creatures, etc.
But imo the best benefit is potentially having an "official" title of Saint, which should mean your character could qualify for the Saint template, if you wanted to be exalted.
Anonymous
ed4d6c6
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No.150697
150698
>>150690
She looks over at the filly but her eyes are a bit unfocused.

"Yeah, I *hiccup* Can I ask for something too eat or like some water? I think I drunk too much and eaten... Well, nothing, lately," she says and looks a bit disappointed in herself. Her cheeks turn pink and she hangs her head-

So yeah, I have decided to stop being up during the night since yesterday. Not sayin' you did anything wrong. Just an individual decision. So I can only play early in the morning or in the evening. Just a btw.
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150698
150710
>>150697
“Uh… sure” she says

“This way”

The filly turns around, her big, bushy tail partly covered by her cloak. The difference in color between her white cloak and ever so slightly grey coat is present, but subtle enough you could almost make a game of guessing where her cloak ends and the coat begins. She takes her towards the back.

For all of the unorthodoxy of the exterior appearance of the modern-style cathedral, the interior confirms more to tradition, even if the hoof-crafted art of half a millennium that can be found in even the minor churches of the Heartland, are conspicuously absent here.

Passing under a high vaulted ceiling with beige mortar roof and wooden beams, the sanctuary is in a giant, hexagonal shaped room under a large dome, with sections off to the left and right, and a large altar in the fore. In these sections, some stained glass artwork can be found, depicting ponies of Hearthswarming, the Pillars, the Elements, and the Princesses in various acts, though some of these windows are gone and replaced with wood.

The most conspicuous work of art is a large statue in the right section of a Diamond Dog wearing a cloak and holding a pony in his right arm, and a staff in his left.

The fillie says,
“In the back, we should have some water.” Still taking Virgin Flame along
Anonymous
ed4d6c6
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No.150699
150700 150701 150707
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>>150693
>27? Are you sure?
>>150454
>Points, I tentatively want to say about 27.
Yes, I am. I suppose that when you say avarage, you mean games in general and not according to the DMG because they have pic related as their ruleset.
I can't say I have an opinion on either case. I assume some campaigns can be more high-powered and some more low-powered but I know I'm new to all of this so I don't wanna dismiss a perspective.
>Saint stuff
While it wouldn't fit Virgin to be a saint in this stage of her story, I do find it intresting. Might not sound like I think so because I have nothing to add though. I like that you almost turn into a paladin, which is a fantasy archetype that has a special place in my heart, with bonuses on damage rolls against evil creatures.
>the Saint template, if you wanted to be exalted.
What does that mean exactly, like in dnd terms?
Anonymous
ed4d6c6
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No.150700
150701
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>>150699
Doesn't post the second pic.
Anonymous
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No.150701
150712 150755
>>150699
You can get bonuses on damage rolls vs evil as a Monk too. Holy Ki Strike ACF replaces your lawful Ki strike with good, and adds 1d6 vs evil.
You can get it as a Shadow Sun Ninja too, even with only one level in Monk, since it advances Ki Strike.
>What does that mean
It would change your type to Celestial, grant you fast-healing and AC bonuses among other useful things. If you don't know what that is, it doesn't really matter anyway. Roleplay and mechanical requirements are steep, although you only need to be lvl 6.
>>150700
>22
>15
Idk what kind of sadistic DM would want to run something like that... It would mean a party full of single-stat casters, and maybe one or two martials who don't want to be alive.
Most games I've played have been 36, although I've played as high as 54.
Anonymous
7509d7c
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No.150707
150709 150755
>>150699
>I like that you almost turn into a paladin, which is a fantasy archetype that has a special place in my heart
Paladins and monks have a lot in common as far as aesthetic is concerned. They're both supposed to be devoted ascetics who practice a monastic lifestyle. A lot of the crusaders that the fantasy archetype is based on were themselves temple monks.

You could even combine the two with Devoted Ascetic, and the Argent Fist prestige class, which lets you add your Wisdom bonus to AC even when wearing heavy armor, among allowing you to light your fists on fire and stack your paladin and monk levels for most abilities. You can change your charisma-based Paladin abilities to Wisdom-based abilities using the Serenity feat.

I made an Argent Fist once. She was named Sister Joan: the Half-Orc Paladin/Monk Argent Fist of the Silver Flame. I dipped Shiba Protector to effectively add wisdom bonus to everything (AC, attack rolls, damage rolls twice, saving throws, grapples, etc). She was silly because she was effectively a Paladin who dumped Cha and a Monk who dumped Dex.
Tier 5 build, but still good at what she did.
Anonymous
7509d7c
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No.150709
>>150707
>Devoted Ascetic
*Ascetic Knight
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150710
150713
>>150698
Virgin Flame makes sure to keep her eyes mostly fixed on the filly leading her as not to stumble and break something. She does, however, glance around at times and takes in the interior of the church. Even in with her blurry gaze, she's smiles at what she sees.

Images of stained glass with similar artwork flash through her mind but she quickly supress them.

She sees the diamond dog and makes knowledge (religion) check:
[1d20+6+1]
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150711
I just noticed that I have skill synergies (+2) for some of my checks. Will just list them here:
>use Rope checks involving bindings
>Tumble checks
>Balance checks
>Jump checks
<(religion) checks to turn or rebuke undead (class feature)
Last one doesn't matter cause I don't have that feat anyway but wanted to include it here to have all of them in the open.
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150712
150717
>>150701
>Celestial, grant you fast-healing and AC bonuses among other useful things.
>If you don't know what that is, it doesn't really matter anyway.
I know D&D catalogize different creatures based on their type and that it has mechanical gameplay effecting properties with it. But what properties a Celestial has compared to, for example an aberration, I have no idea.
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150713
150714
>>150710
>Reroll
[1d20+7 = (14+7) = 21]
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150714
150715
>>150713
Virgin Flame recognizes the statue as Saint Christopher, an indigenous Diamond Dog from the early days of Equestria, who is the Patron Saint of travelers and river crossings.
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150715
150716
>>150714
Oh, cool thought it was a more local thing.

Virgin gives the saint a nod.

Thanks, Saint Doggie. It's been a long journey to get here and I bet'cha help me along the way. Virgin thinks to herself.

She turns back to the filly.

"You're church is beautiful."
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150716
150722
>>150715
The filly turns back
"Uh, thank you."

However, at this point the filly seems a bit distracted by the approach of a beige mare with orange mane an beige coat, wearing a black cloak.

The fillie says
"This is... Virgin Flame? She says she's a nun or something from Canterlot." She whispers something to the mare, who moves past the filly and towards Virgin Flame

She speaks to her
"Hello. My name is Mother Heather. Do you need water? A bed?"
Anonymous
7509d7c
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No.150717
>>150712
You would cease aging, not need to eat, become proficient in all martial weapons, gain darkvision, and be immune to attacks that effect humanoids only.
https://www.realmshelps.net/monsters/templates/saint.shtml
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150719
150720
>>150437
"Oh, that's a decent haul. I don't know if it's worth much, but it's worth something, surely. Does anything still work?"
Silver "The Floof" Sword
6dd3633
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No.150720
150721
>>150719
"We did not get chance to test them yet, we had to hurry to bring them up before waters returned, but it is very possible that all of firearms are still in working order, or just need minor maintenance. Ammunition is definitely done for, but arms did not look like they had rusted or degraded significantly."
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150721
150726
>>150720
She twists her lips
“All the same, show them to me. There may be some value still.”
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150722
150723
>>150716
She nods towards Heather and takes the opportunity to sit down. She has begun to see double again.

And she goes, "I just gotta say Mother that you're church is sooo beauitful." Then she gazes upwards toward the ciling and other directions. She seems to have a hard time to focus on the mare in front of her.

She lifts the empty bottle up to drink but notice upon attempting to drink it that it's empty now. She place it on the floor a bit away from her.
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150723
150724 150731
>>150722
There is no art on the ceilings, though there is a wood carving of Princess Celestia high along the western wall.

Heather whispers something to the filly, who picks up the bottle.

Heather:
"Follow me..."
She attempts to pick Virgin flame up, and carry her to a doorway at the end of the sanctuary. She enters into a narrow hall, and then up a set of wooden stairs, which leads to another small hallway, and an austere bedroom.
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150724
150725
>>150723
>She attempts to pick Virgin flame up, and carry her to a doorway at the end of the sanctuary.
Does she pick her up or does she just help Virgin up on her hooves and lets Virgin lean on her on the way?
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150725
>>150724
Not very hooves on, except perhaps to help her stand up. Maybe she takes one leg
Silver "The Floof" Sword
6dd3633
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No.150726
150727
>>150721
"It was bit too heavy to carry while trotting here today. I can bring them here in near future, I just wanted to know if there was interest before I brought heavy chest of firearms all way here."
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150727
150728
>>150726
“Well, the big question is just how useable they are. If parts are ruined and if is unusually, then parts can probably still be used. There’s a market for parts, but they aren’t as valuable.” She says
Silver "The Floof" Sword
6dd3633
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No.150728
150729
>>150727
"Nothing about them looked ruined."
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150729
150732
>>150728
"Well then. Either way, get back to me" She says
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150731
150733
>>150723
She uses the support of Heather till they reach the bed, whereupon she tries to sit down but basically fall into it.

She looks up to Heather with a slight blush but still blurry vision.

"Uhh... Sorry about this."
Silver "The Floof" Sword
6dd3633
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No.150732
150733
>>150729
"I will. There is one more thing: I was wondering if you or Iron had anything coming up you could use another set of hooves for? I am in need of new job or mission to bring in some Bits."
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150733
150734 150735
>>150731
“That’s alright. You get the rest you need. I’ll have little Flowercup get you some water.”

After a delay, the filly returns with with a large glass of water.

>>150732
“Well…” she says, looking up

“I’m not sure. Things are a bit, well, uncertain.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
6dd3633
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No.150734
150736
>>150733
Silver tilts his head at her, in evident curiosity.
Anonymous
e020d32
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No.150735
150736
>>150733
Virgin sits up on the bed and takes the glass of water in her hooves. She drinks half of it in one go and then place either place it on abedside table or gives it back to the filly.

She tries to remain sitting but she feels sick so she lies down.

"Uhh, could I aks for sum bread?" she says and shuts her eyes as she feels a headache comming on.

Is Flowercup the filly from before?
Anonymous
7badb07
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No.150736
150737 150741
>>150735
“Sure. Flowercup, get her some bread.”
The filly gets up, and leaves the room.
Which probably answers that question

Heather remains in the room, and places a hoof on Virgin Flame, possibly on her back or belly.

“What brings you here, dear?”

>>150734
“Well, something about the moon looking blood red and full, instead of waning gibbous. I don’t know. It’s spooked my, well, my parents snd has caused some disruption.”
Silver "The Floof" Sword
6dd3633
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No.150737
150738
>>150736
Silver has an odd look on his face after hearing this.

"When did you see this?"