Does the plane fly over water to get to Manehattan?
>>179002REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>178992 →Based.
>>178989 →Pilot:
"Oh yeah, it's definitely safe."
>>178993 →The pilot opens and looks into the suitcase, looking specifically for explosives, and more to the point, explosives that are attached to timers or remote detonators.
>>178995 →Pilot:
"Oh no, I'm not talking about them flying over the border to come to us. I'm talking about us accidentally flying into Stalliongrad if we get off course. I've never done that before. Not with Stalliongrad, anyways."
He looks down
"Pre-flight checks... uh... yeah, let me get to that."
>>178997 →Pilot:
"Oh yeah. In fact, the journey to Manehattan is almost entirely over water."
>>179004"Yes"
>>179002Based
>>179000While everyone gets settled, Silver and Kira start conversing with each other, getting to know more about each other and sharing stories about each other's cultures. Kira especially is interested in asking Silver all about Equestria, both its history and recent events. None of which will be roleplayed unless any characters are really all that interested, since it would be kinda weird me talking with myself.
Okay, everyone can post freely now
Mala cautiously gets on the plane.
>>179005Ngl, there is a hoof grenade
He returns to his conversation with "Rosey" as they board and stow their belongings. "Miss Ring, you mentioned your interest in religion and philosophy. You never told me what your personal beliefs are regarding it."
>>179005>YesPassing over running water is one of Posey's phobia's that I voluntarily gave her from Terrors Of The Deadlands (no offset; it's just an RP flaw, like her compulsion to knock on doors before entering homes)
Her expression warps as soon as the plane moves over the ocean, and her face grows green
I am going to roll Fortitude against my own charm DC (19) to see if Rosey Ring can avoid vomiting her guts out
Fortitude (no Constitution, but thank Orcus for spellstitching)
[1d20+3 = (12+3) = 15]
Shoal Water says, "Good luck. Please bring them back" and folds the stairs back into the plane. Another pony from the flight crew locks the door and goes to the cockpit. The engines rev up as the plane begins to taxi.
The plane is loud. If characters wish to have semi-secret conversations with each other, it's not a terrible time to do it.
>>179009He inspects it, then places it back. He says
"This can go in cargo" And places it in the back.
>>179011The pony who locked the door hoofs over a paper bag to Posey.
>>179011Rosey Ring seemingly turns inside our from the shower of gore she was unable to contain
"SLRRRRAAAAGHHHHH-WWWWAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH-GLOOORRPPPSSHHHHHH-KERCHHHHHWOOOONNNGGHHHHH-KRREEEAAAKKKHHHH-PLLOOOORRRRRRRPSSSSHHH-HHHRRRRGGGHHHHHH-BLOOORRRRRPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH-WRIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHHH-THHHHRRROOORRRRRRRRR-RRRRRAAAAAGGGHHHHH-HHHHHRRRAAAAGHHHHH...."
>>179012Theres also a revolve,... and 8/10 slots of throwing knives, with twi fine blades. And a composite bundle, a smol space for earplugs,....
>>179011I really hope someone in this party can cast Prestidigitation, otherwise this is gonna be a really messy and really gross flight.
>>179012As said before, Silver and Kira use the opportunity to learn more about each other and their respective cultures.
Use Rope: Kira sees if she can use the netting from cargo as a seat belt to keep her from sliding about everywhere in the passenger section. Her body should as a result also help to keep the cargo from sliding into the passenger section, and she'll still be available for the creatures to sit on like a comfy bench.
[1d20+7 = (8+7) = 15]>>179013Uh...Silver feels like he should perform a Heal check on Posey...
>>179013>tfw she was literal"Sweet Boreas, get this mare a doctor!"
"And ponies say I'm weird
Zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb, zeeb!
Anyways.
Dust settles into his seat on tge plane, making sure his carry-on in stowed firmly under his seat, and not poking out. He then ensures his seatbelt is fastened, his tray table is stowed, and his seat is in the full upright position.
He then closes his eyes, his breathing and mouth movements give away that he's definitely not sleeping, but whatever he's muttering to himself is so quiet that it's lost in the noise.
The plane rotates, and takes off.
They are only over land for a few minutes before going over an endless blue ocean, with periodic white clouds beneath.
>>179014But does Brie have any liquids over 100 ml?
Or god forbid...
A bottle of water>>179013Mala does not like this.
pls use the paper bag
>>179015She does
Mala is absolutely terrified, and grabs onto Silver with his paws, clinging onto him like he were a floating log adrift in a raging river.
>>179018Dude. No way he's
that good of a flier. Roll concentration, or will, or wisdom, or
something.
Brie draws the 2 hidden throwing daggers from his vest (of course he did/was)
"SLRRRRAAAAGHHHHH-WWWWAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH-GLOOORRPPPSSHHHHHH-KERCHHHHHWOOOONNNGGHHHHH-KRREEEAAAKKKHHHH-PLLOOOORRRRRRRPSSSSHHH-HHHRRRRGGGHHHHHH-BLOOORRRRRPPPSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH-WRIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHHH-THHHHRRROOORRRRRRRRR-RRRRRAAAAAGGGHHHHH-HHHHHRRRAAAAGHHHHH...
PAHHHHHHHSSSSTT... HUUUURRGHHHH... GLOOOORRRRGHHHHH-PLRRROOOOOSH-HRRAAAAGHHH... GGGHHH-WRRRRRGHHHH-HHHH-GHHHAAAAAGH!
BUURRRPP... HUHHH... GLLLURRRGHHH... HHRRRRAAAGH!... GHUUURRHHH... HHRRRGH!... HAAH-HAAH-HAAH!"
There's so much blood!
>>179019>>179022Heal: At this point it's basically common courtesy that Silver does his damnedest to make sure that Posey
does not die on the plane ride. He's not sure he has room enough to take in Gloomy as an orphan.
[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
>>179020Sadly, I don't think that will protect Brie from the mess
>>179021Ah. Okay. He's good to fly with that in the cabin, then
>>179018pls heal our mage. She's vomiting blood
>>179022pls use the paper bag
>>179023It isn't clear how you stop internal bleeding, but sure.
>>179019Oh what do you think he's muttering? He's praying that he doesn't start puking his guts out as well and that he doesn't have to practice swimminf again. But if you insist, I'll roll fort for not losing his lunch.
[1d20+6 = (10+6) = 16]
>>179023"This is expressly why I wanted to speak with the quartermaster. Silvrt, what assistance do you need?"
>>179019Rosey Ring feebly reaches for the bag.
>>179016"No.. this g-good vomit bloo- huuurk!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAGHHHHHHH... GLOOOOOORRRRRGHHH... KRRRIIIIIIIIIIPPPSSSSS-HHHRRRRRGHHHHH-SSSHHHHHRRRGH-SSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... SPLUUURRRRRRKKK-HHHHRRRRRGHHHHH-HUUUUURGH!! KRRRRRRRRAAAGH-HHHHHRRRAAAAGGHHH!! BRRRRREEEAAAAAAGH... HHHHRRRAAAAGH-HOOOORRRRKKK... BUURRRRRRRRPHHHHH... FFFFFFFFTTTT.... SHHHHHHHHSHHHH!
GLLLLGGGGRRRHHHGGHHHHHH-PPPPPPPPPLSSSHHH... SSSSSSSSSHRRRRHHHSSSSHHHH... HHHHHHHHHH-HRRRRRROOARRRGHHHHHHH!!">>179024Rosey Ring wretches into the bag and pukes her dissolved entrails out as the evil spirits that knit her flesh together are startled into rebellion.
"But I'm sus," Brie ventures to think
>>179027Cavaliere has backed into a corner as he witnesses an apoplectic fit that could easily kill any living creature short of a hydra. He has already counted the mare off as lost.
>>179027Surely there is no way there's that much blood in a pony. Silver pokes the poor mare dissolving before them to check how fleshy and/or blood filled she feels as he tries his best to combat her chronic internal bleeding.
>>179023"I... I'll be fine... This is just what happens when I trav- glblurr!
SSSSSSHHHHRRRRKKK-PLLOOORRRGHHH-SHRRRAAAAGHHHH... KRRRAAAAGH-HHHRRRAAAGHHHH-PPPSSSHHHHH-SSSSSSSSKKKKHHH!
HHRRRRGRRROOORRRGGGHHHH... FFFFF-SSSSSSHHHHHRRRRRRGHHH!!
KKKRRAAAAAAAAAGH! FFFFFFSSSHHHHH... PLOOOOOORRRRRSSHHH... HHHHHRRRRRRGHHHHHH!!!
RRRRRRRAAAAAAGGHHH-THHHHHRRRRRAAAAGHHH-HHHRRRAAAHHH!!
FSSHHHH... SSSSSHHHH-AAAAAAGHHHHHH... KRRRAAAAAAAHHH-SSSSSSS... HHHHHRRRRGH-HHHHHHHH!
WSSSSSSHHHHH-SSSSTTT... GRRRRRR-THHRRRRRRRAAAAA... GLOOOORRRRRRGHHHSSSSHHHH!"She's going to need a new paper bag.
>>179030She feels ice cold, but is shaking as if with a fever.
>>179031She's going to need a full-body transplant before this is done. Silver looks around for something to staunch the flow, and with an "Ah-ha!" takes a towel he finds and stuffs it in the mare's mouth like he's trying to stop a nose bleed.
>>179032Yeah, that definitely ain't good.
Silver: "You really should not be travelling, then. What is Gloomy going to do without you?"
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/man-63-dies-after-blood-gushes-from-his-mouth-nose-mid-flight-on-germany-bound-flight-5029846>>179025I'mma say that checks out, since he's stronger than Posey
I was going to say that Dust was going to join the Mile High Club but... considering other things that have happened, I don't think that's on the table now.
>>179027Mala looks concerned
>>179030Kira feels something grab her. Something uncomfortable. It is the gnoll, Mala, grabbing on for dear life, with terror in his eyes.
>>179031A white pegasus pony comes out and gives Posey another paper bag.
>>179034Kira: "Awwwwww...it's okay, Mala. I'm here for you." She takes a hoof, and pets the poor gnoll between his ears. Her hoof feels nice, like Silver's. She feels strong, like him.
>>179033That towel be like
[YouTube] dexter gets forcefed a burrito.mp4
[Embed]>>179034Dust does look concerned now that he isn't puking himself, and assists silver in the healing process
[1d20+13 = (20+13) = 33]
>>179033>"You really should not be travelling, then."You should have seen me on the boat ride here..." She replies
At this point, her eyes have begun to glass over. They cross and swivel in different direction, completely unfocused.
>>179034"SSSSSSSSSSHHHHH... FFFFRRRRROOOOOSHHHHHH... KRRAAAAAGH... GLOOOORRRRRRRGHHHHH... PLLOOOOORRRRRRRRPSHHHH... KRREEEEEGHHH-KRRRSHHHRRRRGH... SSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHH-KRRAAAAAGHHH...
SHHRRRRRRRRRRRHHHHHHHHHHH-PPPPPPPPPRRRRRRRRRRR... KRRRRGGGHHHHHH-HHHRRROOOORRRRRKHHHHH! HSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHH... PLOOOOORRRRRRRGHHHHHH... KRRRRAAAAAAGH! FFFFSSSSHHHHHH-SSSSSSSSSSSHPH!
SSSHHHRRRRGH... GLOOOORRRRRGH!
SSSSSSHHHHHH... FFFRRRROOOORRRRRRRSSSSHHH... GLOOOOORRRRRSSSS..."
>>179028sussy baka>>179037"We need to land the plane. She will die in minutes from blood loss."
>>179036I think a nat 20 for a modified 33 is enough to help heal a dead horse.
Posey stops vomiting, for now.
>>179039Being forced to deep-throat a towel probably played a part too
>>179039Is it safe now for Silver to remove the towel he basically made Posey deepthroat?
>>179041Dont make it weird
>>179042Sure
>>179038"I'll be.. f-fine...."
One of her glassy eyes swivels and droops in its socket ever so slightly, the other seems sunken.
The cyst of godly Atropal flesh where her heart used to be throbs in her chest erratically, pounding from the inside like a burrowing beast trying to escape.
>>179035Mala looks up at her, with fear in his eyes, and at least his forelegs wrapped around her. What is not so pleasant is that he has claws that dig into her.
>>179038"We are over the sea. There isn't really anywhere to land... Maybe I can ask the pilot to divert? Or go back to Baltimare? I'm not sure if it would make any difference though in time."
>>179044>>179034Silver: "You need fluids. Let me see if there is anything."
After removing the now thoroughly ruined and bloody towel from Posey's mouth, Silver gets up to look for medical supplies, specifically plasma or blood. Kira helps as well, since she's basically a retaining wall right now between the passenger area and cargo.
>>179045Hmm...would the Mala like it if Kira wrapped around him like a weighted security blanket?
"So Im supposed to just be "okay" with that?"
>>179046Rosey Ring reclines on the floor of the plane, with her hooves crossed over her chest, and meditates deeply. This seems to prevent her condition from worsening.
Brie makes for the rear most seats on the plane
>>179047Mala seems to believe that if he doesn't hold onto Kira, he will fall out of the plane and to his death.
>>179046And then Kira, just like Silver before, gets up and leaves him...
Who's the closest character to Mala?
>>179049White Pegasus Pony, who totally isn't supposed to be navigating the plane right now and making sure they don't all just fly off over the ocean MH370 style:
"Is she dead?"
>>179046Wait. Did Silver smuggle
liquids into the cabin of an airplane?!?!?!?!?!?!
>>179050This was a mistake. Mala grabs onto Brie, clawing him with his paws, and generally holding on as if he will fall to his death if he doesn't.
>>179045"If we must land in Manehattan, she has to be taken to a hospital. Could you radio them in advance?">>179046>>179051Doesn't blood and plasma have to be refrigerated?
>>179051Oh no, GM pone seems to be mistaken, Kira isn't getting up to go anywhere, she can search cargo right from where she is. Or, at least, the cargo that's within reach of her current position. And Silver didn't smuggle any liquids besides the ones in his body already, he's just checking if there are any medical supplies with which he can replace the diminished bodily fluids in Posey's body.
Kira wraps around Mala as best as she is able, and holds him tight without constricting him. It's really like a firm hug, more than anything.
>>179052shrugs>>179048It's rude to speak ill of the ill.
>>179050The rear most seats on the plane are, actually, the ones provided by Kira's body, as she's held up by the netting separating cargo from the passenger area. Her tail is available as comfortable bench seating, as opposed to the uncomfortable seats.
>>179051Nonchalantly walks to back of plane while gnoll claws and bites
>>179051Rosey Ring does not respond. She remains perfectly motionless, frozen in rigor mortis.
>>179052White Pegasus Pony who totally isn't supposed to be navigating the plane right now:
"Okay. I'll radio for a morgue."
>>179050>>179054Okay Kira hasn't moved. Brie is saved from Mala's clinging.
Also he isn't biting.
>>179053Mala is less afraid of Kira than he is of being in the aluminum can hurling through the air, trapped with a mare dying of some kind of viral hemorrhagic fever
Cavaliere approaches Silver, though not too close since he avoids the foul blood all over the floor. "Do you know what her condition is? What can I do to help?"
>>179056>viral hemorrhagic fever"It's hereditary!" Posey gasps, with the last air in lungs, before going back to being fucking dead
>>179056Kira gently pets the gnoll to reassure him. She makes "ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh" noises to him, telling him that everything will be okay.
>>179057Silver: "Well, it is clearly worst case of internal bleeding I have ever seen. Difference in pressure must have caused multiple ruptures, she really should not be travelling. We need to get her fluids as soon as possible, plasma or blood either one. If neither are here, then we need to find way to fashion makeshift IV drip and put her blood back in her."
>>179059>>179060The White Pegasus gently kicks her
"Pretty sure she's dead."
>>179060Mala whimpers
>>179060He turns to Defiant Dust.
"Unfortunately I am not a healer. We need your help."pls be active
>>179061Silver: "ЕБАТЬ!"
Heal: Silver attempts to resuscitate Posey using CPR.
[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12]Kira, meanwhile, continues to console the poor scared gnoll in an almost motherly fashion.
I'm going to go to bed now.
Posey remains dead at least until the plane is no longer over running water.
>>179063Something like a heart is "beating" (Throbbing? Squirming?) in Posey's chest, but she's not breathing....
>>179063[YouTube] Dr. McCoy - He's dead Jim
[Embed]>>179064It's okay. We've got a cleric and a paladin on hoof to help.
>>179065>We've got a cleric and a paladin on hoof to help.No, wait, please don't do that...
>>179064>>179065Silver: "SHE IS STILL ALIVE!"
Well, not exactly how Silver wanted to spend the trip. He wanted to keep talking with Kira and teaching each other more about their cultures. But, I suppose there's nothing to it other than to keep giving Posey mouth-to-mouth to keep her alive.
>>179067Posey was looking to be kissed, but probably not in this way
>>179066I mean, if a nat 20 adjusted 33 doesn't do it, there's no logical next step but lay of hoof and healing spells. Thank Celestia we have
both a paladin and a cleric.
>>179067>Mouth to mouthShe's been vomiting blood extreme-eww
>>179069Yeah, not pleasant for Silver. Nothing to it, he supposes...
Is everycreature going to focus all of their attention to the mare dying of viral hemorrhagic fever on the floor?
>>179071Wouldn't you, tbh?Posey stole the show, but at what cost?
>>179071Rosey Ring looks peaceful. She's be fine, probably.
Don't let me steal the show. I was only making things interesting and RPing my flaws a bit.
Carry on.
Actually sleeping now.
>>179073Sleep well. But I don't know how she can participate in the mission now. Even if she dodges realization of being undead, which is highly likely, she just had a medical emergency that logically would bar her.
>>179074We'll figure something out, don't worry.
Whelp, can't describe the plane coming in for landing in Manehattan if no one looks out the windows. Hell, can't even bring a plane in for landing if the co-pilot radio operator/navigator is busy in the cabin
>>179067>>179062The white pegasus pony looks down gravely at the corpse
"Honestly, at this point, I would be more concerned if she
did wake up.
I'm from White Severyana, from a village outside of Kobilkyno. My father tells of a story... well, he didn't experience it himself, but he heard the rumors from his foalhood. There was an old peasant, not in the good graces of his community, who caught a fever and died. He was buried in the cemetery, behind the church. Then a few days later, another caught fever, and died. Then another. And another. A perfectly health stallion or mare complains of a stabbing pain, becomes feverish and ill... and dies. But every one of them said the same thing. That the old, dead pony, appeared to them in their dreams, and strangled them. Several villagers were dead before the remaining villagers accepted that they were dealing with an old threat, long whispered of in the villages of White Severyana. And they knew what they had to do. They dug up the grave of the old, peasant pony, opened his coffin, and found that in ten weeks' time he was still fresh, with a lively glow and hooves and mane in good condition. They drove a stake through his heart, as the old wisdom dictated, and horrified, if not surprised, to see fresh blood come out of its insides. They cut off the head, then burned the body. The deaths stopped. That was long ago, and I have moved on from that village. The world has moved on. But there is wisdom in the stories our ancestors have passed down. Don't trust that which dies but does not stay dead. You may be dealing with a Revenant, or a Vampire...
Anyways, I need to help fly the plane."
>>179077Kira looks out the windows, at least.
Anyone who happens to glance over will notice Brie looking joyfully out the window, smoking a cigarette, completely unfazed by the gruesome scene further up on the plane.
>>178957 →
"Ah, Chavaliere, there was a question you had posed earlier that I had wanted to redress. Well, a question and a follow up statement.
Bats such as myself are tasked with missions such as these PRECISELY to be executioners of sorts, because we're very likely walking into a trap. The good news is, we aren't the intended target of the trap, and if we have the good sense to engage at night time, we will have the element of surprise.
As far as killing, I wouldn't say I feel any particular way about it. It's an ugly and messy business that I happen to have a particular talent for. I prefer diplomacy, negotiation, and mutually beneficial business arrangements, but some ponies simply need to be put to the blade. It's not a moral requirement or any self-righteous nonsense like that, it's an act of will and decisive action. If the hypothetical 'they' in this scenario didn't 'need' to be put to the blade, they wouldn't be."
>>179077>"Honestly, at this point, I would be more concerned if she did wake up.>Don't trust that which dies but does not stay dead.He might be really disappointed when Rosey Ring comes back to life as soon as the plane flies over land.
>Whelp, can't describe the plane coming in for landing in Manehattan if no one looks out the windows. Hell, can't even bring a plane in for landing if the co-pilot radio operator/navigator is busy in the cabinSorry, GM, I didn't mean to disrupt your narration. I just wanted to have some fun and try to make people laugh.
The first tip that something may be changing is when the plane dips slightly to the left and turns. To those looking out the windows, they'd see a sight likely unlike anything they have seen before when the clouds break.
Below are dozens of shapes. Probably more than a hundred. Each, a ship painted various shades of grey. All of them are warships. Destroyers, light cruisers, heavy cruisers, even a battle cruiser. Near the center ride several larger ships bristling with guns that must surely be battleships, and flat-topped ships that are unmistakably aircraft carriers, with rows of little blue dots along their decks. The ships move in the same direction, spaced near-equally apart from one another. It stretched out as far as the ponies can see, though clouds obscure more distant views.
Aside from the fleet's presence and size, the next detail that becomes apparent as the plane flies lower and overhead is the odd heterogeneity of the ships, as they are not simply of different sizes and varieties, nor even just different classes, but belong to entirely different traditions. Some are slenderer, others fatter. Some are lower in the water, others higher. The size, shape, and positioning of the bridge is different even on ships of the same hull type, as does the positioning and number of the guns. Some of the ships appear modern, though quite a few, and perhaps even most, are of older designs that predate the current series of wars and go back perhaps two decades.
Silver especially may recognize a couple of the evident battleships as being the Mage Meadowbrook and the Mistmane, former prides of the Equestrian fleet. Perhaps Garv would recognize destroyers and light cruisers as being, if not Nova Griffonian, certainly of a style used in Griffin states. But the aircraft carriers, likewise, include cruiser conversions not native to pony designs, but also two purpose built, if not especially large, carriers that dip and rise in the waves as they move forward.
This whole Frankenstein's monster of a fleet, assembled from the navies of multiple nations, moves as one in one direction with clear speed and purpose. That direction is near-opposite the path of the plane, away from a presumed Manehattan and South, to the East of Baltimare and past the Equestrian Southeast. They leave behind long trailing white-water wakes. The many dozens of black jets of smoke coming from the ships push upwards to the sky, but also bend backwards and trail behind as the ships beneath them move forward.
>>179088Oh, of course. I should have made that connection
>>179088Kira: "Wooooaaaaahhhh...there are so many ships...I've heard that other nations had ships for fighting wars, but I didn't know there were so many, or that they would be so big! We're so high up and yet some of them still look huge!"
Silver: "Must be they put all of captured ships from all of nations that have capitulated to them into single fleet. Must be sailing to face Aquileia."
>>179088>This whole Frankenstein's monster of a fleet, assembled from the navies of multiple nations, moves as one in one direction with clear speed and purpose. That direction is near-opposite the path of the plane, away from a presumed Manehattan and South, to the East of Baltimare and past the Equestrian Southeast.Where are they going?
.... Is what Rosey Ring would ask if she weren't catatonic and concentrating on not-vomiting right now.
>>179067Rosey Ring's eyes shoot open, and she stares awkwardly at Silver, but doesn't move a muscle or make a sound.
She closes her eyes again shortly after.
The zeeb sits intently, staring at the unicorn as she lies on the floor. He Eventually agrees with Silver's assessment that she is, somehow, alive and figures he'll wait to see if she gets worse. If she does, the spells come out.
>>179088He then goes to look at the boats that have caught the other's attention. They're a far cry from the boat he used to find his way to this continent.
The plane continues, turning left again, until the creatures see a narrow band of grey-brown, beyond which there is green. It's land, for the first time since leaving Baltimare. The plane turns right, and parallels the coast. In this area, the coast is rocky cliffs with a road running along the edge and plowed fields or stubble beyond. A fishing village comes up where a break in the cliffs creates a recess into the land, and a tiny natural harbor. Little houses with red or green painted walls line the hillside down to the water, with a small marina with little fishing boats, a jetty at the entrance, and a lighthouse at the end of the jetty. Past this the cliffs continue with farmland beyond, though they become increasing low until the coast becomes sandy beach.
Along the beach are a number of houses, often on stilts, and then as the plane moves on a wooden boardwalk lined with many hotels painted white or with pink facades. While they are too high up to see much detail it seems closed for the winter. Jetting into the water is a wooden pier with a Ferris wheel, roller coast, carousel, concession and game stands. Beyond this town the clouds increase in density and the land can no longer be seen. The plane turns further out into water, before making a sharp turn towards the land.
Then the clouds clear and the following can be seen:
To the left, an endless line of rowhouses in the distance, piers, sometimes with docked ships in the foreground, and beyond that, rows and rows and rows of brick-walled manufactories with great smokestacks, then brick apartment buildings. In the middle of the view a great harbor, beyond that and to the right, a wide river. To the immediate left and to the right of the river, a skyline of massive buildings with clouds behind that cut off the view of the horizon. To the right of that, another river, though smaller. And to the right of that, a mess of refineries, manufactories, warehouses, and piers extending into the harbor with ships at them. Some of the creatures don't need to be told that they are looking at Bronclyn to the left, Hayston in the center, and Manehattan on the right, with an industrial satellite further off to the right.
The plane descends. In the harbor are two islands. One, further away, is covered in long buildings. The other contains the perhaps most recognizable monument of the city: the Statue of Friendship on a lone granite pedestal, holding her torch and her book. However, she is draped by a flag that must surely be two hundred feet in length. This flag is dark blue, with a pair of horseshoes in the center that oppose each other, surrounded by the stars of Equestria on every side.
Descending, the creatures get a better look. Across the water in Manehattan is a wall of skyscrapers with brick, marble, glass, or stainless-steel facade. They are not simply rectangles that rise towards the sky, but each decorated in their own way. One, here, has a marble facade complete with a frieze and doric columns, a neoclassical style that evokes a temple of yesteryear. Over here, a stainless-steel lined construction with sleek curves and steel eagle statures - an art deco work of the last few decades that evokes the look of an automobile. Here, one that is blocky and with cement facade where there is not glass, but impressive nevertheless, if for no other reason than sheer size and the bold angles of the roofs of its various sections, evoking the look of basalt columns on an oceanside cliff. This last building, the second tallest in the city, has lining up to dock on its rooftop a vehicle that might just be larger than the battleships and aircraft carriers seen before - a great, rigid airship, with a grey color that almost blends into wall of cloud behind the city. It lines up its cabin towards an extended walkway. On its tail is a dark blue color with two opposed horseshoes.
Further to the left and respectably away, near the water, is a slightly taller, but even more recognizable. This building has as its crown, a giant horsehead very close in design to a knight chess piece, covered in bright and shining brass. This is the famed Crystaling Tower. Over the river that separates Manehattan and Haystin is a large suspension bridge, and then across the river is another line of tall buildings, sometimes great commercial skyscrapers, and sometimes smaller apartment buildings.
>>179093Very colorful description.
But within the harbor, and to the left, are sights that also stick out. To the left is a row of drydocks, now filled with military ships that look burned and mangled. More piers likewise have destroyers at them, visibly damaged with entire turrets or parts of the super structure missing. Coming into harbor and being pulled by tugboat is a large heavy cruiser with its forward turret slumping off. There must be at least a dozen military ships here, and most of those showing signs of clear damage, and some scarcely still floating, including visible listing or fire marks.
But the plane also passes an ocean liner, absolutely massive with three smokestacks at the dock, and a small amount of smoke coming out of one of them. This ship is not painted in any company livery, but grey. The name, which may not need to be read, is Princess Platinum. On the dock are numerous ponies. Likely hundreds, maybe even over a thousand of them, with great packs of bags and suitcases. They stand waiting, while many are lined up and cross gangways onto the ship.
Floating in the harbor, and especially, lined up to distant docks, are several freight ships, bulk carriers and oil tankers, even if they are outnumbered by the military vessels. Flying across the harbor at low altitude are two blimps with their grey balloons and the insignia of two opposed horseshoes.
The plane extends its landing gear. In front of them is a paved airfield, with another runway at an angle and many buildings lining it. Next to this airfield are several of the drydocks and piers where the aforementioned military ships are located. The superstructures of these ships come even more into view as they come into land, as do several other planes outside of hangers, including a couple Skytrotters and smaller planes, as well as a blimp in a hanger.
The plane touches down against the ground with a thud, and lands, taxiing some ways until coming to a stop near a hangar. The cockpit door opens
"Welcome to Manehattan District, and to Bronclyn Naval Base. Former center of the Equestria of the Equestrian Fleet and current center of the Silver Crescent Fleets. We will be stopping here for about a half hour refueling, then on our way to Trottingham.
A truck approaches the aircraft, and the flight crew goes to open the door.
Outside, a good view of the Manehattan skyline.
>>179095comes back to lifeAs the plane lands, Rosey Ring rises with a jolt and a gasp:
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>>179095Is the Princess Platinum still visible when we land?
"Normally we'd land in Idlewild Airport, but we were instructed to come here and uh, good thing, I guess. We've called for a medical team to bring the uh, the dead passenger away and, uh, clean it. Everypony off the plane. Please try to avoid the potentially contaminated bodily fluids
>>179096The white pegasus gasps
"A revenant!"
>>179097Kinda. It's to the right now. The ponies lining up and the lower parts of the ship are obscured. The smoke stacks and the higher parts of the superstructure are still visible. In general, what is on this side of the river is not as visible as the buildings on the other side.
>>179097Should there be visible mold in Posey's coughed up blood?
>>179098>moldNo. Rosey Ring takes too good care of herself to grow mold. Nothing can survive in Posey's body.
Or at least I really hope so... I'm still spooked about how Zuggtmoy said she had "already planted her seed" in Posey... I guess that's a problem for another day.Rosey Ring's vomit is a mixture of blood and an unidentifiable black bile composed of pure congealed metaphysical evil (her corruption score is maxxed out).
>"A revenant!""I wish..." Rosey says, coughing slightly before taking out her comb and fixing her mane
"This is just what happens when I travel. Staying perfectly still helps stop it." She continues
"It wasn't as bad as I expected though."
>Kinda."Hey, I know that name!" Posey says, her energy uncannily returning as she points to the ship
"We learned about her in Equestrian History class."
>>179093>>179095Kira perhaps is most wowed by the sights out of all of the creatures. Her eyes grow wide, her black pupils and red irises expanding in wonder, and the others could swear they see sparkling lights in them. She is heard wondering to herself how any civilization that can build such a wonderous city could lose in a war, and if they did how incredibly powerful the conquerer must be.
>>179096Silver thinks to himself, "
Oh thank Celestia," as he can finally stop giving her mouth-to-mouth. He spits out the taste of rank blood and bile and wipes away any that got on him. He really wishes he had some water to flush out his mouth with.
>>179098Silver: "No, not revenant, just finally came to. At least I do not think revenants have heartbeats. Cancel that morgue trip, but maybe keep medical team around for blood infusion."
>>179100"I'll be fine." Rosey Ring says, getting up and leaving the vehicle
"Well that was exciting!" Brie exclaims amidst the silence.
>>179101Silver follows close behind. "You just lost enough blood to kill other ponies, your body can not replace all of those fluids that quickly. You need blood infusion."
>>179098Kira unwraps herself from the cargo netting and slithers out of the plane next. She starts shivering almost immediately. "BbBbRrRrRrrrrrr! By Ouroboros, is this what below freezing temperatures feel like?"
Brie fiddles with his rolling case for a moment, before emerging from the plane wearing a pair of fancy copper-rimmed sunglasses, and a fur,... whatever these are called over his fancy vest.
>>179104>"BbBbRrRrRrrrrrr! By Ouroboros, is this what below freezing temperatures feel like?""It is, isn't it lovely?" The Unicorn Mare says, taking in the frigid air
"It's just what I need after that ride."
Mala runs out of the plane, shaking
>>179100Pegasus pony:
"Okay... we'll need a mop and bucket though"
>>179099Posey's body is fueled by magic perfected thousands of years ago to be impervious to all life. Surely life could not have gained a resistance to it in any form. Not bacteria, and certainly not mold. Right? It's just a fuzzy discoloration anyways. Maybe it's lint. Could Posey's insides accumulate lint? Is that a thing? Well, she's coughed it out anyways. Nothing to worry about.
Now they just need to mop up that congealed metaphysical evil and get it off the floor.
>>179100Kira still has line of sight to many of the pretty buildings, the bridge, the top of the statue, and the great airship off in the distance.
Pilot:
"Okay, well we've got a doctor coming."
>>179104Pilot:
"Actually, it's above freezing at the moment. It'll get colder at night."
But yes, it's too cold for a snake
>>179105Are you CIA?
>>179107>Posey's body is fueled by magic perfected thousands of years ago to be impervious to all life. Surely life could not have gained a resistance to it in any form. Not bacteria, and certainly not mold. Right? It's just a fuzzy discoloration anyways. Maybe it's lint. Could Posey's insides accumulate lint? Is that a thing? Well, she's coughed it out anyways. Nothing to worry about.REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE>Mala runs out of the plane, shakingPosey pats him on the back.
"It'll be alright, big guy."
>>179107Kira: "IT GETS COLDER!?"
Oh yeah, it is definitely too cold for the sockless snek, even if she's warm blooded. She raises her head to face the sun, speaks a prayer in a language quite literally none of the currently present creatures speak, and touches the tip of her own nose with a hoof. Onlookers will observe a golden light spread from the tip of her nose down all the way along her body. Kira gives a massive shiver as it works its magic. As the golden light begins to fade away, Kira stops shivering, and lets out a sigh of relief. "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...much better. Now it feels like I'm huddled up under a nice blanket in front of a warm fire!"
Now no longer feeling the elements, Kira can appreciate the beauty of the city skyline and the wonders that the Equestrians managed to build during her tribe's existence.
>>179109Silver places a hoof on Posey's shoulder. "Listen, we need to talk, in private." As he says this he tilts his head away from the others in the party towards an empty area with no one around.
>>179109It's okay. Antimagic resistance in diseases is dramatically exaggerated, and probably just made up by the older mages in an attempt to gain funding into new forms of Necromancy. Well, Diligent Debride never said this, but when she was talking about magic resistant diseases, Posey got the definite impression that this was shit necromancers in Equestria made up in order to convince the ponies that more research into Necromancy was needed. You've got to get that funding somehow.
Mala closes his eyes and smiles as Posey pats him, then wags his tail.
>>179110poofOf in the distance, Kira can see spires ontop of buildings, and even the spires of a traditional cathedral. She can make out the rounded roof of a... train station? Stadium? Some big, impressive building, surely. And then all of those dots. She wouldn't have seen them if they didn't move. Those must be pegasi, maybe batponies or griffins or even hippogriffs flying.
>>179110>Oh yeah, it is definitely too cold for the sockless snek,"Somepony get me some yarn. I'll knit her a sock." she says, pulling the throwing-needles out of her hair bun.
>"Listen, we need to talk, in private.""Oh, fine..." Rosey Ring replies
>>179110Brie attempts to catch Silver's eye, raising his left eyebrow ever so slightly
>>179110Mala walks up towards Kira, looks down at her gut, and then walks closer to her. He places her muzzle near her head and whispers.
"Is that a pony? Or a zebra, or a donkey, or... something. It's okay. I'm not one of the ponies. I understand. I will not tell."
>>179112Silver leads Posey away from the group, making sure to give the rest of the party a glare to leave them be. Once they're comfortable outside of earshot, Silver stops and looks at Posey.
Silver: "What is going on with you? Nopony, and I mean
nopony should have survived what you just went through, and now you are acting as though it had never happened in first place. I need you are not going to end up being burden on this team with health problem that should get you sent home. I just need some explanation, any at all. If you do not wish it to be known to rest of team, I will give you my word that it will not shared with anyone else."
>>179113As stated, Silver gives the party a glare to let them know to not follow them. He can handle himself.
>>179111>>179114Kira looks over at the gnoll, and smiles. She does not whisper in response. "Oh, no, nothing like that. Just a goat I bought from a farm outside of Baltimare. It's nice of you to be understanding though, being another carnivore."
>>179111>Mala closes his eyes and smiles as Posey pats him, then wags his tail."~Good boy!" she says, affectionately
She gives him an owlbear bone, pulled from her armor.
>>179115"Yeah." He looks down, then back up.
"What has it been like for you?"
>>179116Mala smiles more, and takes the bone
He is able to pretty quickly and loudly crunch the bone and eat it.
>>179115Mala lowers his head and looks away at the glare. He remains with Kira
>>179115Brie gives a look that says "Don't glare at me, that shit was fucked up!"
>>179117Aww. Silver will have to give Mala many pets to make up for that.
Kira: "Well...I'm not a big fan of ponies either running or hiding at the sight of me. Sometimes they mix it up and do both. Sometimes they'll take a chance to get to know me and realize that I'm actually super nice and friendly! I must say, it's nice though going on this mission, having so many creatures around who aren't afraid of me. It makes me feel...normal. Like I'm not a monster."
>>179115>What is going on with you?>I just need some explanation, any at all."I'm cursed." she says, flatly
"You might wonder why anypony like me would willfully pursue the study of such morbid magic. The truth is that few of us choose it, it chooses us. Necrology is a means by which we can cope with curses that were brought up on us, or darkness we were born into. For me, I am both. The same is true for my son, although his is far, far, far more dreadful, and that's why I've made it my mission to expand my powers, for his sake." She says, her face stoic
She turns
"For me, one of the symptoms of my curse involve that kind of reaction to transport over seas. It was my first plane ride, and I haven't yet learned how to deal with it. I won't get in your way."
>>179120Mala raises his ears
"Don't they see you as a monster? Are you uh...." He decides against that line of conversation, raising a paw
"You think this would help the ponies recognize you?"
>>179123Is mala like a juvenile, and/or midget gnoll?
>>179121>>179122It's a fair explanation regardless, and one Silver believes. He lets out a sigh, and gives Posey a pat on the shoulder. "Dark magic has corrupting influence, both on user and those exposed to it. At least that is what my daughter told me. I suppose it has also vastly enhanced your recovery speed, and thank Celestia for that at least. Alright...you can stay, though no doubt it would have been nice to know this was possibility beforehoof. I would not have had to give you mouth-to-mouth for most of ride here. That was...not pleasant. I will vouch for you, if others give you trouble about you coming along, okay?"
>>179123Even if he decided against it, he still started on it, and Kira still feels the need to reply to it.
Kira: "Some...most do, I think. I'm not a monster though, not really. Or, at least I don't want to be one. It's a bit saddening, I thought this was supposed to be
the place of Harmony and friendship. It still seems better for my tribe though than the current situation we're going through. I need to save my tribe, bring them over here where it's safe, and the pony who can do that is the governor. I'm hoping I can build enough of a reputation to get to see him, make my case for my people and my tribe. I can't fail them..."
Silver comes back with Posey after his conversation with her. He immediately goes up to Mala to give him apology pets.
Silver: "Are we not supposed to go to naval base to pick up our requested items?"
The Zeeb steps off the plane, and the second his hooves touch the ground he begins to shake a bit. This could probably be chaulked up to the cold, but in reality, when you're a cleric of the earth you prefer to keep yourself grounded whenever possible. He is very glad to be back.
He decides to go stand next to the snej. Definitely the most agreeable of the group with him so far, as long as she doesn't start throwing up any organs.
>>179125>you can stayNopony elected you leader
yet, I know this is OOC meta, not trying to influence your decisions>gets the goods"Quite right! Is there a car?" Brie is visibly relieved, in that Silver seems relieved.
>>179127>Nopony elected you leaderI vote for Silver. That's two votes. Plurality rules.
>>179128Unironically, Silver is the pony Brie is least likely to defy orders/"suggestions" from, as far as specifics and structure are concerned
>>179124No, I simply meant that he raises one leg off of the ground>>179125"No, I mean... what you..." He stops talking when Defiant Dust nears. A second or a few later Silver approaches, and pets Mala.
Mala smiles at this
>>179128>>179127I vote for me. Let me just check these latest ballot dumps, and...
81 Million votes! I won! Yeahhhhhhhhhh!!!!
>>179130No I mean in general, he is suggested to be smol in some capacity. Or perhaps he's just adorably chibi
>>179117>>179130Rosey Ring wipes herself off and goes to meet with the navy.
"We're we able to secure the armaments? If it's not too much, I think I would like to request one more thing: a set of blinders."
>>179130Silver: "Sorry about all of that, my friend. I wish I could have been there with you to help keep you calm on plane ride. At least you have another friend to help you with that."
Kira: "D'awwwww! So, what do you mean, Mala?" She tilts her head at the gnoll's unfinished question.
>>179129Silver will do his best to keep Brie's best interests in heart, and prove himself worthy of his trust.
>>179133Shush, this is OOC meta
A pony at a truck will tell the creatures "To the armory," and its a short drive to a building nearby where a golden unicorn with glasses and a white uniform greets them.
>>179131Concerning Mala's size and dimensions, actually he should be pretty large. Ponies and pretty much all other creatures tend to hold their heads high, whereas Mala (and Kaftar in general) hold their heads outwards nearly level to the shoulder, meaning that Mala could be simultaneously shorter than most everyone else, but taller at the shoulders, much longer, and with a back that arches up around the shoulder blades. He is simultaneously very muscular, fat, and covered in floofy fur. He's bigger than most stallions, with only Silver and perhaps tenebrous being larger.
>>179133Mala smiles, then looks at him
"I do?"
He looks over towards Kira
"Let's, uh, talking about it later..."
>>179138Brie will assume the least position, fixating on preparing another pot of tea
>>179138Silver: "Yes, that especially long friend who has been very friendly with you today." At the armory, Silver greets the golden unicorn. "Hello there, we are here for our requisitioned supplies. Are you one to talk to for that, are we to assume?"
>>179138>a golden unicorn with glasses and a white uniform greets them"Greetings!" Posey says
"I am Rosey Ring. Licensed Necrologist and freelancing warmagus. I look forward to working with you." She says, totally not kissing up to the NPC who's in charge of disturbing items
>>179141>disturbing*distributing
Disturbing items would be cool too though. Posey wants a new Nightcaller or Robe Of Bones.
>>179139>>179140>>179141"Yes." The unicorn says. "My name is Tin Hat, and I understand we have a need for ammunition, medical kits, and some armor?"
>>179142"Fresh out of Night Callers. The last of them left with first fleet which headed out this morning."
>>179143Silver: "It is very nice to meet you, Tin Hat. Yes, those are what were requested, as well as two-way radio, Infantry Demolition Kits, and flares in order to complete primary objectives."
Kira: "I heard something about explosive arrows earlier."
>>179143Assuming to be done in turn, but not wanting to wait,...
"I requested the grenades. Frag, smoke, bang, it's all good. A healer's kit, a flare or two, and whatever 9mm you can spare without depriving other ponies."
>>179143"We had had also requisitioned a Feather Token and an Amber Amulet, of possible."
>"Fresh out of Night Callers. The last of them left with first fleet which headed out this morning."Posey is too surprised to be disappointed
"Just my luck. The same thing happened at my last deployment: they just fly off the shelves. I guess it's nice to hear that they're being appreciated even all the way over here though. If used strategically, they can effectively double forces."
>>179138Is this unicorn a mare, perhaps?
>>179141Dust's eye twitches at the word necrologist, but he keeps it together.
>>179143"Some medical kits would be nice
But possibly better would be packs of warm
In temperatures that feel like ice
The encroaching cold can be worse than a storm
While used to healing without tools
I am not skilled at keeping patients from the cool"
Fun fact, chemical hand warmers were invented in 1923.
"Yes, alright, let's see
For the lot of you, we have a two way radio, a camera, and one, two, three demolition kits.
For the lot of you, we have medical kits.
For one of you we have a box of 45 Ammo
For another, .303 Ammo.
Let me get some chemical hoof warmers...
Does anypony need flak jackets?
Some magical items are available but... for a fee."
>>179147No, but he is in the Navy, if you wish to roll seduction
>>179149Silver: "How about you, Mala? Do you want flak jacket for extra protection? Oh, also we need some 12 gauge shotgun shells."
>>179149>3 demo kitsMeta, this is great news
>no 9mmREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE>magic for fee"Go on,...."
>>179144"Yes, explosive arrows."
>>179149>Some magical items are available but... for a fee."The feather token is worth the fee. You can just subtract it from our reward. If we end up not needing to use it, we will just return it."
"As for the Scorpion Amulet. Well, if it's available..." She says, fluttering her eyelashes
>seductionI'm going to charm him
and seduce him.
DC 19 will save vs charm gaze
Seduction
[1d20+8 = (11+8) = 19]
>>179150Mala moves closer
"Armor would be good... I've never worn that before."
>>179152"Oh, and a box of 9mm"
>>179153If you keep rolling to seduce pretty much every male Posey comes across, I'm going to start making you roleplay out having sex with these stallions. Honestly I regret not enforcing that on that ghost Posey "seduced."
"I suppose we could have a feather token... maybe an amulet..."
>>179154Bluff
[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5] "I will not fist-pump
Brie fails to contain his satisfaction
>>179154>If you keep rolling to seduce pretty much every male Posey comes across, I'm going to start making you roleplay out having sex with these stallions.Is that a challenge?
>not enforcing that on that ghost Posey "seduced."There's still time for that. I was going to ask them for a favor convincing Glass Horizons that the land is irreparably haunted.
>"I suppose we could have a feather token... maybe an amulet...""Oh, you are such a gentlecolt. ~Thank you." she replies, with a swoon
>>179159It's a threat. You know I'll do it.
Tin Hat smiles,
"Alright... an amulet, and a token. I'll make a note of it for Shoal Water
>>179154Silver: "Then flak jacket for our fluffy friend and comrade-in-arms."
>>179160>>179161"Oh, and some yarn, if you have any. Blinders could help too; they could keep me from getting sick on the plane again."
pls though. This campaign has become way too sexless. It was more fun when we had players who would ERP>>179162"Blinders yes, and we have sewing kits."
>>179161"Yes, but one more thing..."
>>179165Silver: "What is that, my fine friend?"
>>179162I'd still wanna see how Posey would get it on with a ghost
>>179165So long as I can still also kill things, level up, and get treasure, so be it.>"Blinders yes, and we have sewing kits.""Excellent."
>>179166Tin Hat goes back, and comes back hiding some object under a veil
"I understand you could use a weapon? Well, there are weapons out there that are very carefully crafted, taking many, many hours from the finest armorers, and coming from a long tradition spanning back thousands of years. They are the embodiment of the civilizations that made them, and all of their mastery and technique. To be used, the holder the holder must be trained for years, perhaps since foalhood. It requires the utmost skill. And when it is used, it delivers its blow with extreme efficiency and precision, cutting holes in its target with precision.
And sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, you just need something to
fucking die."
He lifts the veil and shows off a weapon. It looks to be a shotgun, with a square back, a long tube on the bottom, a hoofguard with lines of holes on the top, metal between, a sling, and metal bands to accept large bayonet beneath.
"The Auto-8. A bird hunting shotgun, modified by a military armorer to accept 3 more rounds of ammunition, a hoofguard, a longer tube, and fits a big, fuck-off sword beneath. It will accept 12 gauge and slugs only. Anything weaker and it won't cycle."
He hoofs it over to Mala, who examines it
"Th-thank you...?"
Mala goes about trying to replace the bayonet with the short sword Brie gave him.
>>179168>Mala goes about trying to replace the bayonet with the short sword Brie gave himYES!! SO YES THIS
>>179168>And sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, you just need something to fucking dieThis mindset is the logical conclusion of d&d HP logic where it takes three magazines to kill some monsters.
>>179168Silver: "Heh, now
that is weapon for you, Mala! Thank you, Tin Hat, I know he will put it to excellent use. I know it is lot already, but I have but one more request to increase chance of successful mission; combat stimulants. During War, soldiers would take methamphetamine tablets to stave off fatigue and maintain energy during bitterly cold winter nights or on long marches. If we had some on hoof, we could distribute them to navy ponies to ensure they will have energy to survive cold and make their escape from island."
"Does anycreature need armor?"
>>179171Mala smiles, taking a look at the new weapon
Tin Hat:
"Yes, I think we can requision that."
>>179172"I already have armor. It doesn't look good, but it assists me well with my magic."
>>179172Kira: "I'm good already. I know this studded leather armor isn't the best in the world, but it lets me move around freely and doesn't impact my ability to use a bow."
Silver continues to examine the weapon given to Mala. "This really is beautiful firearm. I had heard of these existing but have not yet had pleasure of seeing one until now."
>>179165Sex isn't real numbnuts, it's all storks. Sex was a lie made up by women to longhouse men.>>179172Dust simply shakes his head no, he'll put on his armor when they get closer.
>>179173Well, the party includes a griffin, a zebra, and a lamia. Toss in the gnoll and the party has similar demographics to London.
>>179174"Well, alright then."
>>179175He shrugs
"Alright"
Picking up the Auto-8, Silver can immediately feel the imperfections in the design. It's heavy. The free-floating barrel means that both the tube and the hoof guard have to be held in place by steel stints, and the bayonet is below the tube, giving it a bit of an angle when stabbing. The entire design would work better on a pump-action shot gun.
And yet, the reasoning is obvious. A quadruped like Mala can't effectively move and use a pump action. But he
can move and shoot an automatic.
The whole thing would be brutal as a club or as a glave.
>>179176"You need anything besides healing kits?" He asks the zebbruh
>>179178The zebra thinks for a moment
"Are there anny potions you can spare?
They would make the mission easier to bear."
>>179178>Toss in the gnoll and the party has similar demographics to London.I think the Gnoll is the most quintessentially London character.
>"You need anything besides healing kits?" He asks the zebbruh"Healing Belts are good. I don't use them because of my mama allergy though."
"Wands are always useful, particularly Lesser Vigor."
>>179179Potions are overpriced. You're better off using scrolls or wands.
>>179180Items in general end up being pretty fucking gay in DnD unless you find them as loot. Oh, want a scroll? Pay XP. Stupid stupid shit. I simply hope GM is merciful
>>179178Silver gives the shotgun back to Mala. "You are starting to look lot like me, Mala, with your swords, shotgun, and flak jacket."
Kira is still curious about the explodey arrow things.
>>179179Looking back and tilting his head
"Perhaps. What
kind of potions?"
>>179180>the Gnoll is the most quintessentially London charactergaspMy gnoll isn't from London!
>>179181I've asked how XP cost mechanics are supposed to work in this game a while ago, and I haven't gotten an answer yet. Idk how it works, but I have some stuff I want to do that costs XP.
>>179184"Healing, buffs, cures, or boons
Anything to help recover the balloon."
"Oh, and a hoof full of grenades. Fragmentation and smoke."
>>179187Mala smiles and wags his tail, then tilts his head
"Really?"
Tin Hat sighs
"I think
something could be done with that."
>>179187"Healing was recommended" He says
>>179188Silver pets the adorable gnoll's head. "Really."
somehow, Brie is eating a pulled-pork bbq sammich
"Mmmm, mmm mmmmmm, mmmmmm mmmmmmm."
(Oh, you're good, I'm in no hurry.)
>>179184>What kind of potions?"Conviction. Guidance Of The Avatar. Fleetfoot. Eagle's Splendor. Enlarge Pony...... Shocking Grasp."
>>179188>the grenades"I'm happy to share, but I'm certain these were my request."
Okay, I know you all were fighting or joking or whatever earlier, but it may actually make sense if the party had a designated leader, or at least, somepony to handle out the items
>>179192>Conviction. Guidance Of The Avatar. Fleetfoot. Eagle's Splendor. Enlarge Pony...... Shocking GraspMaybe
>Enlarge PonyThis one specifically is peak "I am curious to see what you do with it"
>>179190Mala smiles
>>179191Both Silver and Kira look over at the bat eating what is clearly a meat sandwich, and both in unison go, "Mmmm, that looks good." Both then look blankly at each other after in an awkward staredown as Kira replies first.
Kira: "...what?"
Silver: "What?"
>>179194D'awwwwwwwwwww. Also, it seems Silver has unintentionally made himself a sort of leader of the party.
>>179196Meta, it makes sense. We have a diverse group, and the greatest common denominator is what we should try to structure around. Afaik, that's Silver, who OOC Brie would at the very least, negotiate with and try to reason with in a conflict, and otherwise be willing to take direction from
>>179193"I requested grenades."
>>179194>Enlarge Pony>This one specifically is peak "I am curious to see what you do with it"Really? You didn't question why Posey would want to drink a bottle of Shocking Grasp?
Enlarge Person is a good buff.
>it may actually make sense if the party had a designated leaderI wasn't joking. It streamlines things to have a decisionist.
I nominate Silver, because his player has been playing for the longest.
Also, he's higher level than the rest of us, which means that we can benefit from commander auras.
https://www.realmshelps.net/adventuring/combat/morale.shtmlDoes Silver have a Commander Aura selected?
>>179198I've never heard of it and the post was not marked as being from Posey. Honestly I thought it was Defiant Dust who asked based on the ID.
>he's higher levelNo he isn't
>>179196It isn't in my items list, but if GM approves, then Brie somehow has a smol cup of smoked pulled pork
>>179198>He's higher levelHas a sad nao
>No he isn'tHas a sad for Silver nao
>>179199I thought silver was lvl 6. Maybe I am mistaken.
>>179201we're lvl 6,... oh gawd, dont tell me u don't know
>>179202I was told that we start at lvl 5. I started at lvl 3 due to XP costs in character creation.
Have I been wrong all this time? I would really like to be lvl 5.
>>179192>Enlarge PonyTags: Artist:ncmares, macro
>>179199It didn't rhyme, therefore it wasn't me. I just wanted a fee healing potions for Dust to use if spell slots run thin or the party has to split he can give some while he's not with them.
>>179203There may be details to your specific character I am unaware of, and I'm sorry if I gave a false impression. I was told Brie is level 6, with all details considered
>>179203When the game first started, all of the player characters were level 5. A lot has happened since then, so now we're level 6.
>>179197>>179198I suppose unless we get input from the other characters to the contrary (Cavaliere, Dust), Silver would serve as party leader, at least for this quest.
>>179200Hmm...that will be have to be kept in mind...
>>179208Eeyup.
Silver is a fan of pork.
Can you all post with names so I don't have to spend time guessing who posted what and sometimes get it wrong?
>>179207I want to hear from Garv and Tenebrous on acquisition before moving on.
>>179207Well, at least that means
Posey can benefit from a commander aura....
I would be thankful that lower level characters level up more quickly, but idk how that works out in games without XP.
>I suppose unless we get input from the other characters to the contrary (Cavaliere, Dust), Silver would serve as party leader, at least for this quest.That's alright. The goal is pretty straightforward, anyway.
>>179211>namesWill do.
>>179211Not to be critical. But the site didnt used to void the Name field between uses
Prolly just me, cuz its staying. K done
>>179211The name field clears for me the second I switch tabs. I'll try to be better about checking
>>179188Assuming nopony else wanted grenades, we're gonna need a tally to divvy up by
>>179149OMG TAKES THE RADIO, SCORE
"So I guess it's my turn. I and this unicorn speak for the grenades as far as anyone has indicated, so I/we'll be taking those. I also requisitioned 2 healing/medical kits, 2 flares, and 2 MREs" [1d20+1 = (6+1) = 7] Bluff
(he did not in fact ask for 2 mres, that idea occurred on the plane)
He says this, nonchalantly taking possession of the entire box of 9mm
"Ah,... uhm,... not to be a bother,... but is there a chance of any hollowpoint? Or just a hammer and a phillips-head,...."
>>179218The radio should probably go to the decisionist.
>>179217I want a few grenades because I don't have firearms proficiency and I don't have very many damage spells.
I can take advantage of my damage reduction to use frag grenades creatively.
>>179222The nades, I'm open to negotiate in and out of character.
But oh no, too late, I has the radio, muhuhahahaha.
Relax I'm prolly not gonna keep it, its just a bargaining chip
OOC
>>179224Bargaining for what? What do you want?
>>179225I want as many grenades without leaving allies without
Oh, the radio. The first question is, who is on the other end.
"Yes hello? SEE QUE? dot dot dash, dot111
BTW, allow me to subtly point out that Vul (the pony musician, patron of Marefair) is either A. an Mlpollack or B. has astonishing good taste.
He uses alot of the german Our Town in his songs, and they slap
>>179229Pardon, what does this have to do with the game?
>>179230Oh, am I interrupting?
>>179233Yeah, I saw. e_e
"Oh! You're looking,... well,... hard to put into words but, your recovery is remarkable!" (doesnt want to touch)
For other players with 'vomiting blood' in their meta. Maybe dont
That was all meta ooc
"I can't imagine what a hard time the cleaning crew will have. The stains..."
(not trying to assert any viewpoints, but given the gallons of vomited blood, the REASONABLY CERTAIN death, and the WTF alive? Brie's probably the only one who isn't gonna treat you like a complete,... abnormality)
(waiting on a frag/smoke tally)
>>179218>>179224>>179227Silver: "It is probably best that I take possession of radio. Something tells me Shoal Water and New Mareland Navy would appreciate having ex-military pony on this end."
>>179241>>179239"We could just ask Captain Water who he would prefer to communicate with."
>>179244Talk in character, fag
Tin Hat just gives most items directly to Silver. This doesn't mean they are
for Silver. This means that Silver, and not Tin Hat, is in charge of distribution. This includes
The radio (yes, the radio)
Two Fragmentation grenades
Three demolition kits
two smoke grenades
four potions of cure moderate wounds
A camera
Specific to creatures:
box of 12 gauge shells to Silver
Two healing kits to Silver
Box of .45 to Garv
Feather token to Posey
horse blinders to Posey
Sewing kit to Posey
Box of 9mm to brie
Four healing kits to Defiant Dust
>>179212>commander auraYou keep referring to things that are not in the d20 SRD, and do not show up at all in a Bing search. I have to change devices to go to my phone to try to get anything to show at all, and even then, it's rarely what you're talking about, but something adjacent. Like yesterday with "black weave," there is nothing at all that shows on d20srd.org, nothing on any kind of bing search with words like "spells" or "dungeons and dragons" or d&d 3.5." The closest I could get to anything other than hair products was an article about a "black weave" as a kind of spell caster on my phone when I looked it up, and even then it named a class. It did not name a group of spells. Same thing now with "commander aura," and "avatar of guidance."
>>179218>>179217>>179220>>179221>>179226>>179227>>179228>>179229>>179231>>179232>>179234>>179235>>179236>>179237>>179238>>179243>>179244Do you think you could consolidate your posts into a single post, or at least, make fewer single sentence replies? In speaking with Tenebrous's player he'll say things like "Oh, there's been 250 replies." I know it discourages him from playing. Also, taking up a higher number of posts kills the thread quicker and makes it harder to load, especially on my phone.
>>179247Oh, are we being serious now? Okay.
>>179247>Feather token to PoseyThe feather token is for the party, to become an emergency boat. Posey will hold onto it though.
Although, Rosey Ring has demonstrated that she has debilitating sea sickness, so it may be wider to hand it off to silver
>>179239>sewingRosey Ring immediately starts knitting Kira's sock with her horn, taking advantage of her unseen servant to knit from both ends. It shouldn't take her long to make a very long sock.
>no scorpion amuletCan't have everything. We'll manage.
>Fragmentation grenadesRosey Ring would like to take one grenade.
>black weaveIt's a lore term that just means the Githyanki term for "negative energy". I borrowed it from a dungeon magazine article. It doesn't actually mean anything except "Necromancy spells that DON'T create undead".
Posey explained what it was in-character when she met Diligent Debride. I thought we were on the same page, sorry.
>CommanderI thought I brought those up at the beginning of the game. I guess it wasn't relevant at the time though. They're from Heroes Of Battle, the book about war and mass combat. I used Posey's to buff the ghast when we fought the mushroom monster in the temple.
>You keep referring to things that are not in the d20 SRD, and do not show up at all in a Bing search. I have to change devices to go to my phone to try to get anything to show at all, and even then, it's rarely what you're talking about, but something adjacentWhen you put it that way, it sounds pretty annoying... I'll do better.
I have a habit of geeking out about this stuff. I will try to be more considerate.
>Do you think you could consolidate your posts into a single post, or at least, make fewer single sentence replies?Seconding this request. It makes the thread harder to read.
Also, the orange text is difficult to read and contributes nothing, and ngl 3/4 times I just don't read it.
>>179248Bruh
>>179249Can you not be relentlessly sassy for 15 minutes?
>>179247Dust inspects the healing kits and seems content with their contents, slinging them over his back.
what do they actually do? Also d20srd sucks, I use this one
https://srd.dndtools.org/
>>179250Are you done making a horrific spectacle that we're gonna need to memory-hole?
"I guess that's a yes!" Brie exclaims, both in character and semi 4th-wall breaking. He tosses the radio-comm to Silver.
"I trust that's enough of THAT nonsense!" he says, with a gleam to his eye
>>179250Silver gives one of the two frag grenades to Posey, though before he relinquishes full control over the item he looks at her with a very serious expression. "Do you know how you use these? Will you be responsible with it, and do your best to avoid catching other party members in blast?"
>>179253Silver takes the radio from Brie, and offers him the other frag grenade with the same expression and questions that he plied Posey with.
>>179254Silver catches the radio Brie tossed.
Yes, GM can nerf, but I think this will be a useful exchangeWhich expressions/questions? The side convo?
>>179254>avoid catching other party members in blast?""Certainly. I am a professional."
She pauses
"Although, I don't necessarily need this for myself. Perhaps Tenebrous would be better served with this."
>>179255It's a serious expression, paired with the questions, "Do you know how you use these? Will you be responsible with it, and do your best to avoid catching other party members in blast?"
>>179256>CertainlySilver: "Good. I am trusting you with this. If Tenebrous wants it, make sure you ask him same thing before hoofing it off to him." Silver fully relinquishes control of the frag grenade to Posey.
>>179254>>179257Brie takes the frag grenade and looks at Silver like he's an idiot. He probably looks like he doesn't understand what Silver is saying, but he's actually wondering how to convey to Silver that what he is saying is the most idiotically basic shit, that for him to think Brie needs to hear this info,....
>>179259Silver: "I have seen that look many times training ponies in Basic. Yes, it is basic information, but it needs to be asked and answered. No one wants to end up with face full of fragmentation, much less when it is coming from grenade thrown by one of your own allies."
>>179250Almost forgot about the first part of this one. Kira looks on in awe at how fast Posey is sewing and the deftness with which she can manipulate the knitting needles with her magic. She tilts her head at it at first until it starts taking shape. Silver meanwhile would take the offered feather token, but as he's not very well experienced with magic or magic items he would need basic instructions for usage.
>>179260*sighs*
"I don't doubt that you've seen many ponies in many contexts," he pulls the pin.
"Do you want it now?"
>>179261Carefully reinserts the pin
"Now then, are we resolved?" Hes all smiles again
>>179261>>179262Silver: "...yes, we are resolved," he responds in scarily the most calm and collected voice Brie has ever heard, before,
yoinkBrie finds that the grenade in his possession is no longer in his grasp, but is instead now held in Silver's magic. He pockets the grenade, pin still attached, in his bags before Brie has a chance to take it back. With the grenade safely stowed, Silver's calm demeanor very quickly changes for the worse. Brie can swear Silver's normally blue eyes have turned a bright red not seen outside of lava fresh from a volcano, he looms over the comparatively smaller bat as if he were a giant, and he speaks in a low and dangerous voice.
Silver: "If you ever, ever,
ever pull that kind of shit with me again, it will be your last.
Are we resolved?"
>>179263Silver's magic would be making an opposed grapple check
A really bad idea
Reconsider
SINCE players can't be forced to make saving throws against other players, I'll just stash that frag grenade, and we'll pretend this didn't happen
>>179264>>179265There will be no grapple check, because Brie is not getting to have a grenade after that stunt. Instead of simply saying "yes" and taking the grenade without issue, Brie decided to risk the lives of everyone in the party and and whoever else is nearby. That is final.
>>179266Oh, I have one already. If you want you can have the one you're fussing over, and I can play with this one.
Or, we can move on, and Silver knows better than to try to do anything more than reason with Brie.
>>179261>>179262I'm sure this scene is very neat in your mind imagined as animated in a Japanese anime, but I really have to ask:
How did you think Silver was going to react? How did you think Garv, Posey, Defiant, and whom ever else would react?
Did you think that after seeing this, Silver would be inspired to give Brie more grenades if more grenades are given or otherwise acquired? (There's still the two smoke grenades).
>>179270>more grenadesNo, certainly not! I was content with the one. As for the smoke grenades, I assume they'll be negotiable as things play out ^_^
But I DID think with the one player blood-vomiting and getting a pass, that I might avoid getting patronized about how "erhmagherd grenades explmode and hurted pplz!"
Jus saying
"We're totally fine with this one vomiting their own weight in blood, but we gotta make sure this one is filing their taxes right"
>>179271Do we really have to explain the difference between the two scenes? Like, the blood vomiting was kinda stupid and she basically
had to be given a pass in order to keep the party together and the mission intact. But Brie pulling the pin on the grenade before putting it back is both exceptionally stupid and exceedingly dangerous to everyone in the party. You have three options as to proceed:
1.) Retcon it where Brie never pulled the pin on the grenade in the first place
2.) Concede the grenade to Silver and leave the issue be, knowing that Silver now no longer trusts Brie
3.) Push the issue and force the 600 lb. lamia right next to him to engage in a grapple to take the grenade away from him
Let's review shall we? This happens alot, sorry.
Silver decided that he was A. in an authoritatively authorized position (even though anything that had been said was OOC and unofficial) B. in an authoritative military position, and C. a bunch of other middling shit, to lecture Brie on how grenades work, function, consequences, etc.
Because Brie realized that Silver didn't know who he was talking to, he decided to make a display of his competence with grenades by both forcing the issue and safely arming and disarming a grenade.
In response, Silver decided to try and wrestle the readily armed and blown up grenade, claiming its my fault.
Silver is well within his rights to want to deny grenades heretoforewith
But that frag is going on my item list next to the other one
>>1792741.) Silver asked, verbatim, "Do you know how you use these? Will you be responsible with it, and do your best to avoid catching other party members in blast?" This is because the grenades were given to him, and he as a pony with a military background treats explosives with a greater level of respect than your average civilian. All Brie needed to do was say "yes", pocket the grenade, and it was his no issue.
2.) It is not a display of competence, it is very much a display of
incompetence to act so recklessly with a live grenade. All Brie needed to do was say "yes", pocket the grenade, and it was his no issue.
3.) It is indeed Brie's fault. All Brie needed to do was say "yes", pocket the grenade, and it was his no issue.
All of this is on top of the fact that
Posey was able to do this with no issue, and she got her grenade.
>>179275No. Silver will not allow Brie to have that grenade after such a reckless stunt. So, I reiterate, will you Retcon, Concede, or shall Kira break out her grappling skills to take the grenade back by force?
>>179276>all he had to doTo comply with Silver's sensibilities, yes. It should be apparent that he is okay with not. Thanks for the frag.
2. See 1
3. See 2
And so did Brie ^_^
Lesson learned. e_e
Brie walks off whistling, trailing his large case
>>179083"Then we are on the same page regarding this," Cavaliere responds with a respectful nod.
>>179088He remarks,
"It is a formidable fleet, but coordinating so many different ships adds extra complexity. Whatever they are facing must be a serious threat to require consolidating so many ships."Also, DM, I don't know how long it has been since playing HOI4 but too many capital ships in one fleet incurs significant debuffs>>179093With Posey's situation having calmed down, he looks out towards the city with a watchful and trained eye. However restrictive Baltimare may be, Manehattan looks to be much more from just a glance.
>>179099"You should've told us about that before embarking on a mission with significant travel. Also, no living pony can lose that much blood and still function…" he trails off with a wary glare as Silver takes her aside. He does not press the issue when they come back.
>>179148Neat!
>>179154Teasing is definitely a thing.>>179168>>179178Fond memories of using a pump-action version of this Trench Gun in video games.>>179172"Some say that a select few griffon countries have highly trained knights with enchanted armor capable of withstanding even rifle rounds. I am not one of those, and in lieu of any weaker alternatives I am better off without armor completely.">>179191A diner capable of serving carnivorous sailors is definitely possible on a major naval base. It being anywhere near the secure section? Ehhhhh….
Also, batponies aren't carnivores….
>>179196I second this. OOC, Silver's player is both experienced enough to know what he's doing and gets along well enough with
everycreature everypony else. The same applies IC too.
>>179198>Enlarge Person is a good buff.Less so on a stealth mission on an island with little in the way of cover, in a setting where long-range rifles are very accurate and very lethal.
>>179203Cavaliere is level 5, at least until he gets enough XP to level up.
>>179211>>179247Cavaliere already has everything he needs aside from the already-given box of ammo (how much is in it?) and a camo net. Actually, a smoke grenade couldn't hurt either…
>>179227There should be an electronics skill check for using a military-style radio, at least under pressure.
When there's no pressure you can take 10 or even take 20 over several in-game minutes>>179221That's not how hollowpoints are made, reee
>>179229He is indeed based and talented, I need to commission more art from him.
If you want art from him, contacting him on Ponerpics is a good bet>>179239>ex-military[YouTube] Death Grips - Exmilitary [Full Mixtape]
[Embed]>>179247Can confirm that it makes catching up a little harder>>179254Cavaliere adds,
"Most fragmentation grenades have a kill radius of five meters, and a wounding radius of fifteen. That means they will almost certainly kill or wound within that distance, but they can do so at a much farther distance.">>179270>How did you think Garv, Posey, Defiant, and whom ever else would react? If I was active at the time, similarly.
Could we please not go around exposing Discord usernames of players? I assumed this was a common courtesy, and we could do with less drama resulting from it.
>>179279>too many capital ships in one fleet incurs significant debuffsscrunch>Teasing is definitely a thingno u
Then don't call it "seduction"
>in lieu of any weaker alternatives I am better off without armor completely.Tin Hat:
"It won't stop a bullet that hits squarely, but it's relatively light and maneuverable, and it'll stop many blades, some bullets, and especially shrapnel."
Chainshirt Equivalent
>>179281Its me, I'm fine with it
Okay, fuck it. This is how we are resolving it
Poof
We are back to the point before Silver hoofed over the grenades respectively to Posey and Brie. Brie is not talked down to or otherwise not assumed to be competent to handle a grenade. And Silver doesn't have to watch Brie endanger the lives of himself and everyone around him in a stunt.
>>179282Cavaliere reiterates,
"Being unseen and quick is better for keeping oneself alive than the heaviest armor.">>179282Seduction is what precedes anything else and also doesn't have to lead to anything else. But you can make the call.
>>179286"Precisely what I'm here for!
"Well, if there's nothing further, I believe we all have our provisions? Shall we then?"
Next time, Ill dissassemble the grenade
Sorry, I fell asleep. Let me check what I missed....
I don't care if I get a grenade or not. I just thought they might be useful.
Excerpted from discussion with GM:
"So for review:
I will endeavor to condense my posts singularly. I could explain the impetus, but suffice to say I am aware of why I do that and will actively avoid doing so.
Brie will be ... a little... nicer... and looks forward to seeing characters give him a wider berth
I will consciously attempt to ensure that I am namefagging when posting; not difficult, I got my laptop out and my desktop is almost reassembled.
I will will remain calm and try to not be a smart ass when a player does something silly.
I will still make them look silly even if they don't realize it but I can be less adversarial/brutal about it"
When Brie does something crazy, I invite players to inquire OOC wtf I am thinking, or utilize a variety of in-character resources - including asking "hey, wtf are you doing?" - rather than grtting physical or trying to teach him a lesson.
I will take liberties with my character as far as what I depict him doing, but remember that it is just a dancing cardboard cutout like in Ogres and Oubliettes.
Mine is just crazier than (you)rs
>>179252Posey puts on her blinders to suppress her curse-reaction for the next plane ride.
>>179247>Guidance Of The AvatarThis was a web spell that appeared on the WotC web archives, before Hasbro nuked them in 2018 in their attempt to make sure that nobody ever remembers life before 5e. It's widely considered to be the most potent skill-boosting Cleric spell in 3.5e
https://web.archive.org/web/20171028122100/http://archive.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/sb/sb20010504aTbh, it's a bit overpowered for a lvl 2 spell, but it's one of my favorite spells to put in a potion because "drink this to pass any skill check" is well worth the overpriced nature of potions.
I requested it from the Cleric when I did the sacrifice check to reanimate Agire, so I thought you knew about it (even though he didn't give it to me). I wouldn't blame you if you wanted to remove it from your game entirely, even though I really wanted it as my Advanced Learning spell for my Nightstalker cohort.
>Commander AuraFrom heroes of battle. You can read about them on realmshelp:
https://www.realmshelps.net/adventuring/combat/morale.shtmlThey do nothing for Rosey Ring because she doesn't have an army of intelligent minions (yet), but I would encourage using them if you have any intention of running mass combat and/or warfare with leadership and followers. Heroes Of Battle is also generally a good book for war based games in 3.5e.
>>179254>>179257>>179260If Brie really wants both grenades that badly, just let him have them. I have spells: I don't need them. I just requested it because I'm not proficient in guns and grenades require no proficiency. I just wasn't privy to letting him "negotiate" with the radio because after some of the things he said in the previous thread I honestly don't trust him with our only means of communication.
(Do guns require extra proficiency in this game? I have Simple Weapons proficiency from my class and Archaic Weapons from undead. Dread League is notoriously low-tech, so I made Posey low tech as a voluntary nerf to reign in my powergaming habits; which is the same reason I gave her weaker versions of the vampire weaknesses, hence the blood vomit over sea and the force of habit to knock on doors before entering).>Kira looks on in awe at how fast Posey is sewing and the deftness with which she can manipulate the knitting needles with her magic.Rosey Ring is knitting a long black sock, with a white pattern that appears to be a spine and ribcage: it's basically a Halloween skeleton suit, except for a snake.
>Silver meanwhile would take the offered feather token, but as he's not very well experienced with magic or magic items he would need basic instructions for usage.Rosey Ring hands it to Silver, since it makes sense for the leader/decisionist to carry the consumable item that could be our means of transportation.
>>179265>players can't be forced to make saving throws against other playersNo. That's not a rule. You made that up. I'm looking at the rules compendium right now, and that isn't a thing. There are some recommendations for conflict resolution in the DMG that discourage party infighting, but there is no such rule that says players have any sort of immunity to attacks by other players. I have never encountered such a rule, and I don't believe it exists in any edition of D&D.
If you have evidence to the contrary, feel free to cite it.
Also, a grapple is not a saving throw.
>>179270This.
How hard is it to say "I am normal and can be trusted with explosives", even if it's a lie? It's not hard.
I know I'm none to throw stones because I did that whole blood vomit scene (which I only did because I thought it would give people a laugh, the actual penalty is just -1 to all d20 rolls), but at least I wasn't expressing any intent to attack party members.
>>179271>I was content with the one.Then why were you trying to "bargain" with the radio earlier? What's with the drama?
>But I DID think with the one player blood-vomiting and getting a pass, that I might avoid getting patronized about how "erhmagherd grenades explmode and hurted pplz!"See above.
>>179272Not blowing us all up isn't as trivial as "filing taxes right".
>>179273>Like, the blood vomiting was kinda stupidOh, I'm sorry about that. I thought it was funny. I wouldn't have done it if I knew you didn't like it. I apologize for being disruptive and stupid. I just wanted to add some spice.
Posey Will wear the horse blinders so that she doesn't vomit on the next trip.
>>179274>Silver decided that he was A. in an authoritatively authorized position (even though anything that had been said was OOC and unofficial)We already decided that we were going to let Silver's player be in charge of dividing the quest items.
If you want to fight over loot, at least wait until we get something actually valuable in the treasure for this adventure.
>Because Brie realized that Silver didn't know who he was talking to, he decided to make a display of his competence with grenades by both forcing the issue and safely arming and disarming a grenade.Idk how you thought that was a display of competence. To anyone else, it looks like a threat at face value and a display of recklessness at best.
>>179276>1)>2)>3I agree with all of these points.
>Posey was able to do this with no issue, and she got her grenade.I don't even care if I get a grenade. I don't even care if he tries to blow me up (3d6 nonmagical, nonsilver slashing is barely going to put a dent past my DR), but maybe he could try harder to express that he won't blow up the rest of the party.
>>179295It was never about the grenade. As I said, next time I'll do something like disassemble the grenade rather than show off how readily it can be armed and disarmed.
That's kind of his thing,... explosives and traps and things
>>179279>"You should've told us about that before embarking on a mission with significant travel. Also, no living pony can lose that much blood and still function…""I can normally suppress my curse by staying still when I go over water, but this was my first time flying in a plane, so it took me some getting used to."
She adjusts her horse-blinders
"It shouldn't be an issue now. So long as the spirits in my body don't know when I'm over water, I should be able to prevent the reaction."
>Teasing is definitely a thing.Rosey Ring is a sadistic bitch who relishes in making stallions fall for her, even if she has no intention to see them again.
>I second this. OOC, Silver's player is both experienced enough to know what he's doing and gets along well enough with everycreature everypony else. The same applies IC too.I third this.
>Less so on a stealth mission on an island with little in the way of cover, in a setting where long-range rifles are very accurate and very lethal.Then maybe Reduce Pony would be better.
>There should be an electronics skill check for using a military-style radio, at least under pressure. When there's no pressure you can take 10 or even take 20 over several in-game minutes
There's a skill for this in d20 modern, but most of us appear to be using d&d classes instead of d20 modern Hero classes (most of which are actually very good hybrids of fighter and rogue with lots of skills and bonus feats), idk if any of us have skillpoints to spare for that.
>How did you think Garv, Posey, Defiant, and whom ever else would react? >If I was active at the time, similarly.I was asleep at the time, although Posey believes herself to be invincible and isn't scared of nonmagical weapons, so she probably wouldn't have flinched.... Which admittedly could have just made the situation worse...
>>179281>Could we please not go around exposing Discord usernames of players? I assumed this was a common courtesy, and we could do with less drama resulting from it.I second this, because it's troon-tier behavior.
>>179282>Then don't call it "seduction"Ngl, my nightstalker character, the one who ordered 40 pancakes at the diner, is a Diplomancer build with Silver Tongue, which has the function of being able to make subjects fall romantically in love, and Wanderer's Diplomacy, which allows a function of rolling Diplomacy for other characters.
Some DMs dislike Diplomancer builds. Is this an issue for you?
>>179284>PoofAlright.
>>179286>"Being unseen and quick is better for keeping oneself alive than the heaviest armor.""I'm more easily unseen with no armor at all, but for me my armor is an implement for my fear magic. Besides, it goes with my pirate disguise." She says, the bones on her armor rattling
>>179296Okay then, whatever.
>>179295>Rosey Ring is knitting a long black sock, with a white pattern that appears to be a spine and ribcage: it's basically a Halloween skeleton suit, except for a snake.That is absolutely adorable and Kira would love it and treasure it.
>Oh, I'm sorry about that. I thought it was funny.pet pet petIt's okay, it was actually a pretty funny scene taken on its own (and knowing that Posey was actually fine and not in seriously mortal danger of dying), it's just that in the moment of us travelling to go to the quest the rest of us were sort of looking at each other going "well shit, where do we go from here". I don't mean for you to feel bad, in the end it was a minor thing that we got past, like how we'll get past what happened last night.
>>179297I forget where, but GM had indicated that there was 2 frags and 2 smoke nades, so unless anyone else wants one, we would split them evenly.
I had claim on one of the healer's kit for reasons I really hope has to happen, but aside from the 9mm (is it 50/box like irl, or are we talking a box of 1000?)
he just wants a flare and 2 MREs
>>179295>Guidance of the AvatarI wouldn't mind it if it's a very rare potion you can find only from a Zecora-tier alchemist, and not one that's standard-issue for the military.
>Heroes of BattleLots of good stuff in here. Having a morale check for 50% casualties is actually quite generous; historically organization fell apart after only about 10% losses in most battles. That could get annoying fast though.
It specifies this applying to smaller units, so maybe 50% is realistic.Ability modifiers are much more modest on the positive end than in the 3.5e handbook. Is this for a different edition?
Auras are very interesting. There are only a few applicable to EaW but it would be fun to homebrew a lot of them up.
>grenades require no proficiencyThere's no throwing skill that would improve their range and accuracy?
>Do guns require extra proficiency in this game?They do in DnD Modern, which is being selectively homebrewed into the game, but I don't think there's anything official yet. If that is done then it would be necessary to change starting proficiencies for classes a bit, since in this modern setting a "fighter" would most likely be starting with a gun rather than a melee weapon (Silver Sword being an explicit exception as part of his history). I suppose that's why so many players have played rangers, since ranger skills and feats translate to guns very well.
>players can't be forced to make saving throws against other playersI agree with Posey's player here. The rule that was decided was specifically for saving throws that affect character disposition, as players are the ultimate decision-makers of what their characters choose to do. That doesn't include anything physical.
>Oh, I'm sorry about that. I thought it was funny. I wouldn't have done it if I knew you didn't like it. I apologize for being disruptive and stupid. I just wanted to add some spice.I thought it was funny and harmless personally. It does complicate matters for the characters though. A pony who does this over water isn't going to look like a good pick for a spec-ops mission taking place on an island and that's a little important to me. Part of the motivation for making Cavaliere was because I didn't want to send Amber–a young adult with zero combat experience or reason to go–on a combat quest because it would be jarring and blatantly unrealistic. One day she might but that has to be worked up to.
Also, every witness to Posey's apoplectic fit on steroids will be a little more suspicious of her being undead because no living being other than a sea cucumber could walk it off.
>>179296As long as he acts less like the Demoman from TF2, then we'll be good.
>>179297"Spirits? Are you possessed?" Cavaliere asks with visible concern. Remember that she had admitted this only to Silver in private, not to anypony else.
"Does that have anything to do with your 'fear magic'?">There's a skill for this in d20 modern, but most of us appear to be using d&d classes instead of d20 modern Hero classes (most of which are actually very good hybrids of fighter and rogue with lots of skills and bonus feats), idk if any of us have skillpoints to spare for that.Unfortunately my cowboy-themed character did not take ranks in electronics, and the idea of incorporating skills from DnD Modern is new enough that none of the other characters took it. Maybe Silver did after leveling up though.
>Ngl, my nightstalker character, the one who ordered 40 pancakes at the diner, is a Diplomancer build with Silver Tongue, which has the function of being able to make subjects fall romantically in love, and Wanderer's Diplomacy, which allows a function of rolling Diplomacy for other characters.That sounds like a bard on steroids.
>knittingDon't let me spoil that, because it's a great mental image, but where did she get all the yarn? Kira is a big girl.
>>179299Cavaliere has offered to take one of the smoke grenades. We still have to decide whether to use them as a distraction, cover or as a signal.
>>179301It's true that that sat in a grey area (as yet unspecifically defined) but my understanding is that GM wants to avoid inplayer fighting, which is what potentiated the "no will saves" rule.
Engaging in a grapple is a complicated matter, nothing so dismissed as "I yoink and that's that", especially with unicorn magic
Cavaliere can have the smoke canister Brie wanted (plz answer, its italian, yes?)
Okay, how far out from actual combat? Should Brie be getting ready? It takes a few rounds
>>179304yes
>>179305You can technically start combat right now, it's just ill-advised.
Also you're doing the thing again instead of collating your posts.
>>179306I mean combat with actual adversaries, not misunderstandings amongst party members
>>179295>No. That's not a rule. You made that up. I'm looking at the rules compendium right now, and that isn't a thing. There are some recommendations for conflict resolution in the DMG that discourage party infighting, but there is no such rule that says players have any sort of immunity to attacks by other players. I have never encountered such a rule, and I don't believe it exists in any edition of D&D.I think it's a misunderstanding of my ruling earlier that spells and rolls that influence attitude are not enforceable on players. To clarify, I said that players can't be forced to roleplay the effects of a charm spell or a diplomacy roll. This is because I think it would be absolutely silly for me as a DM to enforce an "attitude" on player characters and how they rollplay with each other. What am I going to do? Say "noooooooooooo!" (crying soyjack) "you're roleplaying as being merely friendly to that player! The spell says you should be helpful!" That's absurd. Like really, am I supposed to tell players "Noooooo she succeeded in a seduction roll you should be fucking her right now..." I'm not saying that you can't roll diplomacy or seduction or whatever on other players. I'm saying I can't enforce it should the target player not abide by it.
None of this means that spells, rolls, and area of effect don't apply to other players in PvP. They do, and this includes mind affecting spells.
However, he has a point. PvP is almost certainly going to piss at least one of the two involved and have permanent effects on the game. It will basically always result in GM adjudication.
Assume PvP to be banned.
>>179295>>179297>Posey believes herself to be invincible and isn't scared of nonmagical weapons, so she probably wouldn't have flinched>I don't even care if he tries to blow me up (3d6 nonmagical, nonsilver slashing is barely going to put a dent past my DR)No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
Fuck no.
I don't give a fuck what kind of source you're citing for an Mk 2 Fragmentation Grenade being on the same level as whatever parlor trick firecracker you are
actually citing here, but a direct explosion from a grenade in your square is not going to do some mere "3d6" of damage. That won't even come close to knocking unconscious, nevermind kill, a generic NPC enemy. I was actually content with your character being perhaps the only one to tank a direct explosion until I read that.
No. Fuck your damage resistance, fuck your whatever bullshit you pulled out of whatever the fuck addendum you found where ever to say that your character is somehow immune to fucking everything, fuck all of that. You will respect the Mk 2 if I have to make every single one of them do 10d100 Magical Silver Piercing Damage out to 30 feet, and if I have to make every single enemy soldier spam them like it's fucking Call of Duty World At War.
>>179297>>179279>Teasing is definitely a thing.>Rosey Ring is a sadistic bitch who relishes in making stallions fall for her, even if she has no intention to see them again.It's hard to express just how absolutely fun-sucking an attitude this is, or why it pisses me off. If you want Seduction to mean literally nothing else than a diplomacy role,
just call it diplomacy. It's a meme concept anyways. As best as I can tell it means "Does the target want to fuck you? Roll to see if you hit the DC." If you want to tease,
roleplay teasing. It's not that hard.
>>179297>Some DMs dislike Diplomancer builds. Is this an issue for you?There's one problem and only one problem with diplomacy builds - roleplaying diplomacy is more fun than rolling for it. I get it, our characters are supposed to have the ability to do things in game that we as players are not capable of, like flying, seeing in total darkness, casting spells, hitting an apple with an arrow at 100 feet, or in this case, having social skills and some modicum of charisma. Your character's skills are
supposed to exceed your own, I get it.
But if you could I like roleplaying diplomacy (in addition to rolls), and I'm happy to bend skills like "sense motive" to be useful in finding an NPC's emotions or motivations to aid in that.
>>179300MRE's are actually a good idea
>>179301>Kira is a big girl. For you
>>179308>MRE's are actually a good idea"Well I BROUGHT a pack of this new thing,... Lunchly they called it, but the cheese was grown over with mold!
>>179301>I wouldn't mind it if it's a very rare potion you can find only from a Zecora-tier alchemist, and not one that's standard-issue for the military.Considering that it is a Cleric spell, it is unlikely that this military would have easy access to it, with the monarchist Harmonists chased off for their reverence of the princesses.
>Lots of good stuff in here.Yeah, it's a good book. It came later in 3.5e, and is therefore better written.
>Ability modifiers are much more modest on the positive end than in the 3.5e handbook. Is this for a different edition?No. Heroes of Battle is 3.5e.
>Auras are very interesting. There are only a few applicable to EaW but it would be fun to homebrew a lot of them up.Iirc, there's an article in Dragon Magazine somewhere that gives a guide for homebrewing auras. Has new auras for the Marshall class too.
>There's no throwing skill that would improve their range and accuracy?I think there's a couple feats that improve splash weapons.
Throwing is based on your BAB, so if you're good at using any other kind of weapon you're good at using splash weapons.
>They do in DnD Modern, which is being selectively homebrewed into the game, but I don't think there's anything official yet. If that is done then it would be necessary to change starting proficiencies for classes a bit, since in this modern setting a "fighter" would most likely be starting with a gun rather than a melee weapon (Silver Sword being an explicit exception as part of his history). I suppose that's why so many players have played rangers, since ranger skills and feats translate to guns very well.There's a dragon magazine article about guns that suggests several of these things. Idk the number, but it's the same one with the Adamantine Dragon and the Beast Dragon.
You can get guns from Starting Occupation in d20 modern.
There's also the option of using Weapon Groups, from Unearthed Arcana:
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/buildingCharacters/weaponGroupFeats.htmI use this in most of my games.
Worth noting that there's no extra cost for being proficient in the [Heavy] version of an exotic weapon, so you can get a two-for-one deal if you specialize in using a solid gold carbine.
You can also get guns from starting occupation in d20 modern.
>melee weapon (Silver Sword being an explicit exception as part of his history)Silver Sword comes off as smarter and more skilled than an average Fighter. He would make a good Warblade (which has Simple starting age, but he did just reverse-age 20+ years younger).
>The rule that was decided was specifically for saving throws that affect character dispositionI believe that being charmed is not the same as a disposition (the charmer can influence you with an oppose Cha check), but it's not my call to make. It's not really my business to charm other players anyway.
>That doesn't include anything physical.I think that attacking other PCs should generally be discouraged (because we're supposed to be on the same side), although not mechanically disallowed.
>I thought it was funny and harmless personally.That makes me feel better. I was just trying to be entertaining.
>Also, every witness to Posey's apoplectic fit on steroids will be a little more suspicious of her being undeadWell, the undead weaknesses I voluntarily gave Posey are supposed to be RP obstacles that make her mission more difficult; if I didn't roleplay them, it would feel like cheating. I agree that that can cause difficulties in party dynamics though... I'll try to be more subtle.
>no living being other than a sea cucumber could walk it offCurses work in mysterious ways. It's your choice to decide whether or not to believe that though.
I didn't do the blood-vomit scene believing I could avoid any RP consequences. Let's see how it plays out. I will honor any conclusions that are drawn from it.
>Are you possessed?"No, no... It's nothing so simple. It's a curse ingrained into my body. 'Spirit' is just the catch- a term for such auspicious and elusive magic."
>That sounds like a bard on steroids.DM told me only arcane casters could be bards.
>where did she get all the yarn? She requested yarn from the military. Why the military has so much yarn is beyond me. Must be a vestige of a certain unicorn seamstress being a national hero in the previous regime.
>>179302>"no will saves" ruleHe only said you couldn't be charmed.
>>179305We haven't even gotten to the island yet, let alone seen the enemy. There's technically no guarantee that there will be combat on this rescue mission, but we all know that there's no such thing as a cake walk in d&d (at least not in good games).
>>179306>you're doing the thing again instead of collating your posts.This.
It's actually a bigger issue than you might think. It makes it less likely for all relevant posts to be visible when selecting last 50/100/200 posts.
>>179307There won't be combat at least until we get to the island... Unless we get swallowed by an island-sized leviathan beforehand...
When DM plans to start the adventure is beyond me. I thought it would be yesterday, but we spent yesterday distributing equipment (resource-tracking takes so much time in 3.5e... At least we're not crafting).
Also, if we ever do get crafters, I would strongly recommend using the Craft Point system, from Unearthed Arcana, as it lets you pay a fixed resource cost in exchange for down time.
https://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/buildingCharacters/craftPoints.htm(I totally would never abuse this system to conjure a massive crystal castle above Curwhinny dungeon by creating a bunch of Necrosis Carnexes with the Landlord feat and having them immediately spend all of their craft points contributing to my castle. I totally don't already have a name for the castle and a spreadsheet for how to expand it and able dungeon map for how to send it with minions and traps. I also wouldn't haunt-shift my minions to make them part of my undead castle. I wouldn't make the castle a mobile walking sentient magic item either.)
>>179308>Assume PvP to be banned.Completely fair.
>I was actually content with your character being perhaps the only one to tank a direct explosion until I read that. No. Fuck your damage resistanceOh, okay...
In my defense, I did pay two character levels to gain this damage reduction. I'll stop acting cocky though.
>I was actually content with your character being perhaps the only one to tank a direct explosion until I read that. No. Fuck your damage resistanceNoted.
>It's hard to express just how absolutely fun-sucking an attitude this is, or why it pisses me off.Oh, okay. I didn't realize that. I won't do it again. I thought it was adding something to the atmosphere, but now I see that was the opposite.
>If you want to tease, roleplay teasing.Noted.
>There's one problem and only one problem with diplomacy builds - roleplaying diplomacy is more fun than rolling for it. I get it, our characters are supposed to have the ability to do things in game that we as players are not capable of, like flying, seeing in total darkness, casting spells, hitting an apple with an arrow at 100 feet, or in this case, having social skills and some modicum of charisma. Your character's skills are supposedI understand with this sentiment. Diplomacy is kind of a broken skill by nature. 3.0 was the first edition to make it a skill, and it's still kind of wonky. Reminds me of this article from 2007 I read
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/694/roleplaying-games/diplomacy-design-notes-part-iii-the-burlew-solution>But if you could I like roleplaying diplomacy (in addition to rolls), and I'm happy to bend skills like "sense motive" to be useful in finding an NPC's emotions or motivations to aid in that.Alright.
Rosey Ring has zero ranks in Diplomacy anyway. It's not a class skill for her.
>MRE's are actually a good ideaYeah, especially if our way back is somehow sabotaged (the swan boat might not cut it if there's a storm) and we have to stay in the island for some time.
>>179301>Don't let me spoil that, because it's a great mental image, but where did she get all the yarn? Kira is a big girl.Knitting for the war effort was a common thing. Especially socks, you can still find patterns from the red cross of socks to knit to donate for soldiers. It's not unreasonable to assume a military base would have yarn for either the soldiers or to give ponies so they could knit for the soldiers.
The zeeb chills off to the side, wondering when the group is gonna get a move on. These ponies are so chatty....
>>179306>you're doing it againThere's a difference between doing it when no one is fucking on or posting, and when we're trying to do things. Yes, I could have deleted the posts and condensed everything, and thats an option I will entertain in the future.
Having said, players like to act like the thing they just posted is canon, and then post continually off of that under the auspices that they are all based on previously "established" posts. I'm okay with abandoning that practice, in that it forces other players to post reactions, which are usually only one or two lines of comment and not warranting a separate post. I acknowledge we could all be better.
>>179310>Considering that it is a Cleric spell, it is unlikely that this military would have easy access to it, with the monarchist Harmonists chased off for their reverence of the princesses.Harmonism as a religion is allowed to persist to avoid instigating a revolt, but one can assume the churches are closely monitored for signs of rebellion. I'd think a little-known potion like this would be known only to one religion as well, such as that of the zebras or maybe the griffons.
>No. Heroes of Battle is 3.5e.Derp, I forgot spells get different modifiers than skills.
>gunsInteresting
>Worth noting that there's no extra cost for being proficient in the [Heavy] version of an exotic weapon, so you can get a two-for-one deal if you specialize in using a solid gold carbine.kek
>I believe that being charmed is not the same as a disposition (the charmer can influence you with an oppose Cha check), but it's not my call to make. It's not really my business to charm other players anyway.The DM ruled above, I was wrong.
>"No, no... It's nothing so simple. It's a curse ingrained into my body. 'Spirit' is just the catch- a term for such auspicious and elusive magic."He mulls this over.
"I've heard many tales of curses, but they are elusive to the point that most doubt their existence. Do you know who or what cursed you?">I thought it would be yesterday, but we spent yesterday distributing equipment (resource-tracking takes so much time in 3.5e... At least we're not crafting).It's not a lot of equipment and I'm all set (as long as Cavaliere has obtained that camo net). I think we're just waiting on Dust, Kira and Tenebrous now. All these posts won't be good for them considering they have to catch up.
>(I totally would never abuse this system to conjure a massive crystal castle above Curwhinny dungeon by creating a bunch of Necrosis Carnexes with the Landlord feat and having them immediately spend all of their craft points contributing to my castle. I totally don't already have a name for the castle and a spreadsheet for how to expand it and able dungeon map for how to send it with minions and traps. I also wouldn't haunt-shift my minions to make them part of my undead castle. I wouldn't make the castle a mobile walking sentient magic item either.)I don't know, is it marketable by Hasbro, Inc.?
>>179311>I understand with this sentiment. Diplomacy is kind of a broken skill by nature. 3.0 was the first edition to make it a skill, and it's still kind of wonky. Reminds me of this article from 2007 I readI like how anypony can mention anything related to DnD and you'll be able to immediately cite a random article from almost 20 years ago about it. You're by far the most knowledgeable player here.
That makes us intimidated and nervous you could use that knowledge to powergame very easily>>179312Dust has everything he needs? Afaik we're just finishing up, and the only one I know who hasn't gotten a chance yet has been Tenebrous (who has hundreds of posts to catch up on).
>>179313>Having said, players like to act like the thing they just posted is canon, and then post continually off of that under the auspices that they are all based on previously "established" posts. I'm okay with abandoning that practice, in that it forces other players to post reactions, which are usually only one or two lines of comment and not warranting a separate post. I acknowledge we could all be better.That is definitely true. There needs to be a little bit of a grace period.
>>179314Yeah I'm good, unless DM wants to run with an idea I mentioned yesterday. Zeeb doesn't need a lot, he's pretty self sufficient for missions.
>>179314>There needs to be a little bit of a grace period.well, DnD is supposed to be more or less turn-based to begin with. It stands to reason that a smol degree of standardization - one effort post per player (outside of side meta/interactions) - per GM post?
But, what characters "do" and what they "attempt to do" are two different things, which is why waiting on GM is a good idea. It could slow things down a bit - outside when individual players permit non-sanctioned activity - but it would avoid confusion on many degrees.
I know, I'm doing it again, but the ideas are coming so I wanna put them out before I forget.
>>179311>In my defense, I did pay two character levels to gain this damage reduction. I'll stop acting cocky though.Basically the problem is that when a character (and
especially the player in an ooc of character remark) clearly doesn't respect something in the world as being a potential threat when
anyone in real situation absolutely would, and basically every character in fiction would, it's extremely disrespectful and personally offensive.
Yes, I get it. In D&D, when your character dies, that's the end of it (or close to it). It's not like a video game where if you make a mistake you can respawn an endless number of times. And the result is that to balance, characters get a lot of HP. Because with a large number of encounters your characters are absolutely going to be suffering a death by a thousand cuts. This means that getting stabbed or what have you is almost certainly not going to kill you
If Posey doesn't think that grenades have any meaning - she's not afraid of them, she doesn't care to want one - why did I bother putting grenades into the game at all? Why did I bother thinking about it? Should I bother giving enemies grenades? Why should I bother with guns, since they are clearly less powerful than grenades? Should I bother with this setting at all? With this game? Why am I here GMing? It isn't doing anything for you. You clearly don't get any enjoyment out of it. I should go play Stellaris instead. That's what I spent most of 2023 doing instead of this game, I can do it again. I just spent $27 on two DLCs that I have never played before last night. Maybe I should go do that instead of wasting my time here.
If a grenade gets accidentally or otherwise thrown and Posey jumps on it to save the others, this can easily be an extremely compelling moment. If Posey survives precisely because she's powergamed to all shit with damage reduction, that doesn't make the moment less special, necessarily. She'll be on extremely low health and vulnerable to any incoming attacks. Maybe there's a risk that it could have been fatal after all if the dice were less favorable. Maybe it's heartwarming that the strongest tanks the damage. There's a lot you can do with it.
But if the attitude is "lol Posey isn't afraid of grenades she'd tank it anyways and even if she did, regenerating health, she's invulnerable"... why are you here? Why are you playing at all? Clearly this is boring to you and I'm sure you have better things to do this afternoon because I know I sure as fuck do.
Reducing Posey to death by a single failed round happened twice and clearly didn't work. There is nothing left for me to do to correct the attitude except character death. And would that correct it? Because I really don't think it would. I must be the wrong GM for you, or maybe Table Top Roleplaying is just entirely the wrong kind of system for you. Because I'm wondering if it's wrong for me.
>Oh, okay. I didn't realize that. I won't do it again. I thought it was adding something to the atmosphere, but now I see that was the opposite.That statement actually was not directed at youOkay, actually I
can express why it pisses me off. The problem is that it misleads
me. Do you mean to tell me that if Posey had succeeded in seducing the goat priest (she didn't) that she would
not have made infernal love to him right there in the swamp?
Then why try to make me think that that was Posey's intent.
And I understand that I'm in the minority here, but why is sexlessness prefered over having a world with sex in it? How many James Bond films have you watched where you thought "wow, I'm so glad that there was no sex in that." How many adventure serials without any kind of romance did you really think "thank goodness there was no romance or sex in that." And why oh why would you want to roleplay as ponies online unless you wanted the ponies to sometimes fuck each other? Yes, I get that most people, even here, don't want to do that. Fine. Whataver. They don't pretend like they are doing otherwise though. Their characters are celibate, I know that, I leave them alone. They don't lead
me on, as the person controlling the NPC interaction in the situation, to thinking that this game is going to get more interesting than it actually is.
I remember some years ago, we had four different players who would willingly romance NPCs and even engage in ERP, even if it wasn't all four active at the same time. The players would go kill a shitload of communists, and then one fucked his Fascist handler. One went and beat up some people for the mob, and he didn't have sex with his mafia handler, but there was a romance that was going somewhere. In another the party killed a shitload of griffins, one character stopped during the quest to have sex with a disguised changeling he rescued, and then another did with a rescued griffin after all was done. There was lots of sex and violence and it was fun. Now there is much less violence and this sterility. If you don't want sex or ERP just say it and don't deceive
me so I can keep my expectations low and not be disappointed. No, I don't have a problem with characters deceiving the NPCs. What Posey did with the street preacher was funny. The problem is how the fuck am I going to know where you are trying to go with this if you lie about your intent when calling out the roll?
Okay, so we are wrapping up resource Aquisition.
I don't know if I have already said it, but there are six flares (given to Silver for distribution). I'm considering one more fragmentation grenade and another smoke grenade. Maybe bulls strength.
Rope and hoof cuffs can be acquired
Tenebrous will get eagles splendor and a rifle and armor as needed
I think Kira and Defiant may receive minor popping ammunition that gives some explosive damage.
>>179319>Rope and hoof cuffs can be acquiredKinky, anyways.
Dust can make minor alchemical items that he can use, though any additional resources would not be turned down by the military.
>>179311The actual finished version is this:
https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/700/roleplaying-games/advanced-rules-diplomacyIt's a robust system and I'd like to have it homebrewed in. Though, it makes Posey even stronger with her Charm spells, since everypony who fails (which would be most of the time) is set to a -10 DC modifier, far better than even diplomacy-oriented builds at this level. I'd like to propose an additional rule: Posey can do this, but all witnesses to the charm spell make an Arcane Knowledge check (maybe DC 15) to be alerted to what's going on. It'll still be powerful, but more circumstantial instead of an automatic choice like it's been so far.
What do the DM/other players think of this?>>179318>SeductionOkay, so it seems like the issue is that OOC intent is not specified beforehand to let the DM know in which direction the scene is going. Using seduction rolls as a form of diplomacy that does not lead to sex (whether that's "fade to black" or roleplayed out) seems to be okay though. That's what this homebrew indicates anyway:
https://dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Seduction_(3.5e_Skill)>>179319Cavaliere came prepared and already has rope and manacles. This actually reminds me to check his weight and see if he should grab extra hoof-cuffs to be on the safe side. 2lb each, right? And how much does ammunition weigh?
Right now, not counting ammo, he has 50.5 lb which qualifies as a light load. He can take a couple of extra hoofcuffs.
Also, food for the creatures
>>179310>DM told me only arcane casters could be bards.... No? That's clearly wrong and not what's in the SRD. And besides, only horned creatures can be arcane casters, and our lone, long running bard is an earth pony.
>She requested yarn from the military. Why the military has so much yarn is beyond meUniforms, caps, cloth bags, pants, signal flags, national flags, battle flags, standards, tarps, tents, sleeping bags, parachutes, blankets, and a hell of a lot more than that are extremely regular, extremely common parts of a mind-twentieth century military. Those things wearing out and breaking is not uncommon. A sewing kit was actually a standard part of the equipment issued to each individual deployed soldier in WW2 in the US military. This base, which mind you, is actually the center of operations for the Navy of this entire multi-continent empire, would have thousands of kits.
Also, I didn't say yarn. You did. But there's no reason to correct that because it's more fun to believe that Posey can just knit out a giant snake sock on the flight to Trottingham.
>>179320What kind of minor alchemical items?
>>179321One source claims a box is 2 pounds. Another claims each cartridge is 78 grams, which would mean 8 pounds?
>Using seduction rolls as a form of diplomacy that does not lead to sex (whether that's "fade to black" or roleplayed out) seems to be okay thoughNo. Like I said, if you mean diplomacy, then say diplomacy, and don't imply something else.
>>179323Tanglefoot bags, alchemist's fire, thunderstones, flashpellets, and a few others. Nothing insane, but better ammo than pebbles for a sling if you ask me.
I don't know if the military would have anything better, but iirc there's one 3.5e book that says items like that can also be put on arrows. Don't quote me though, it's been too long.
>>179323And that's 50 rounds per box? I'll say Cavaliere has 50 rounds on his gun belt already, bringing his total now to 100 with a weight of 54.5 lb. A bit heavier than he'd like, if he can't lay some heavier items at a camp site, but with no negative consequences.
Griffons have bipedal weight limits>No. Like I said, if you mean diplomacy, then say diplomacy, and don't imply something else.DM has spoken
But, what do you think of the advanced diplomacy rules?
>>179321>Advanced diplomacyCould be applicable, outside of an expressly combat environment like what we're looking at. I think the existing rules for bluff and such are sufficient for the immediate concerns, but an incorportation of a more advanced mechanic even if it does favor an existing character-kit, is worth considering.
Brie also (expressly, I asked) has a pair of hoofcuffs, not that he would volunteer that info. There's alot about him he wouldn't volunteer that the party could find useful, perhaps. GM keeps telling me that so I keep looking for ways to make this info available without being ham-fisted with veiled exposition.
>>179318>Basically the problem is that when a character (and especially the player in an ooc of character remark) clearly doesn't respect something in the world as being a potential threat when anyone in real situation absolutely would, and basically every character in fiction would, it's extremely disrespectful and personally offensive.Understood. It's really disrespectful, in hindsight.
>she's not afraid of themRosey Ring uniquely does not fear death, not just because she doesn't believe weapons (many of which she's yet to experience), can't kill her, but also because she craves the grave to free her from her torment, even though the seal that binds her prevents her from destroying herself.
>It isn't doing anything for you. You clearly don't get any enjoyment out of it.>Clearly this is boring to youThat's not how I feel at all. I really enjoyed the combat in this game, especially the dangerous, close-victory fights like the hydra fight and the fight with Luminous. I look forward to dangerous combat.
As for guns/grenades/mines/bombs, Posey has barely ever been attacked with a modern weapon in this game, save for the diamond dog fight in the swamp. There haven't been many opportunities for me to roleplay reaction to modern weaponry, although Posey did run away when she was faced with a machine gun after the Luminous fight.
I see how talking about it ooc wasn't cool though.
>Maybe I should go do that instead of wasting my time here.I see that I have upset you. I apologize.
If my behavior isn't appropriate for your game, don't hesitate to just throw me out of it; although i'd prefer to try to work it out. Please don't punish the other players because of me though.
>If a grenade gets accidentally or otherwise thrown and Posey jumps on it to save the others, this can easily be an extremely compelling moment.Lowkey what I was thinking of doing.
>"lol Posey isn't afraid of grenades she'd tank it anyways and even if she did, regenerating health, she's invulnerable"It sounds pretty gay when you put it that way...
>Reducing Posey to death by a single failed round happened twice and clearly didn't workThat was really fun. I really liked those fights.
I remembered roleplaying the flesh melting off of Posey's bones as she dwindled to single digit HP. That was exactly the fantasy I was thinking of when I wrote her.
>There is nothing left for me to do to correct the attitude>And would that correct it?Well, now you're telling me about it, so that's something.
>Do you mean to tell me that if Posey had succeeded in seducing the goat priest (she didn't) that she would not have made infernal love to him right there in the swamp?Oh yeah, she definitely would have done that. She had the whole day.
>Then why try to make me think that that was Posey's intent.It was her intent though. I thought I made that clear.
>And I understand that I'm in the minority here, but why is sexlessness prefered over having a world with sex in it?Idk how you came to the conclusion that Rosey Ring is a sexless character. She's a literal whore. She's been a sex slave since before she could walk. She doesn't value the body she's trapped in any more than she values her life.
>And why oh why would you want to roleplay as ponies online unless you wanted the ponies to sometimes fuck each other?I did though. I backread before I made this character: I knew what I was getting into.
Rosey Ring has tried to fuck Licorice, Mason, Baka, the Demon priest, Agire, the ghosts, the ghasts... Etc. somehow it was only August Wreath that fell for her
(after this adventure, I was going to try to do a Dream Haunting stunt to see if Posey could fuck him again in the Dream Realm and corrupt him overtime)Maybe I'm just too autistic to communicate that.
>They don't pretend like they are doing otherwise though.The only time I was pretending was with Street Preacher, and that was just because I didn't want to interrupt the mission.
>They don't lead me on, as the person controlling the NPC interaction in the situation, to thinking that this game is going to get more interesting than it actually is.Maybe we could communicate this better.
Posey is a whore: she has and will fuck demons, tentacle monsters, corpses, zombies, random stallions, dogs, wolves, oozes, deity aspects, ghosts, objects, zebras, dragons, swarms of insects, bones, etc.
She fucked herself with Luminous's wishbone.
She's tried to fuck almost stallion she's met, except Glass Horizons which she intended to fuck immediately before buying his land.
It's why I made a character with the ability to charm ponies at will.
For some reason, it's just not clicking. I guess I'm too shy and autistic to be clear that I'm initiating things.
>>179321>They don't lead me on, as the person controlling the NPC interaction in the situation, to thinking that this game is going to get more interesting than it actually is.Charm already makes a character friendly, which already lowers the DC.
>They don't lead me on, as the person controlling the NPC interaction in the situation, to thinking that this game is going to get more interesting than it actually is.Well, I did pay two character levels for that charm ability, so I really wouldn't like it to be nerfed.
>so it seems like the issue is that OOC intent is not specified beforehand to let the DM know in which direction the scene is going.This.
>>179323>seductionEvery time I have said seduction, I meant seduction.
Except with Dust's case, because that was a joke.
On the subject of in-game/character sex, I'm actually pretty okay with it BUT I prefer my "debutant's" to be OC NPCs. Where the seduction and vigorous activity can occurr off camera, such as with pic related
>>179318>They don't lead me on, as the person controlling the NPC interaction in the situation, to thinking that this game is going to get more interesting than it actually is.See, GM, thing is, I wasn't leading you on. I'm just not really used to that kind of stuff, so I tried to make it subtle. When I don't see enthusiastic affirmation to Rosey Ring's advanced, I just assume that it's not happening and I give up very quickly.
Maybe I could be a bit more clear about it. I'll try.
Okay, everycreature on the plane. We've got ponies to rescue
>>179327Thank you, I feel much better
>>179329Well, as I said, it wasn't actually you who prompted the pushbackBut an excellent example of where it matters is with Tin Hat here, where she "seduced" Tin Hat. One interpretation of that is that she just pulled a Rarity, and gave bedroom eyes to Tin Hat in hopes it would manipulate him into giving her magic items. The other interpretation is that yes, she is seriously willing to put her body on the line and take this random stallion inside and spend the last 10 minutes before boarding the plane being mounted... so she can manipulate him into giving her into magical items. The former is perfectly valid, but we literally see it happen in episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on multiple occasions. The second... is very interesting>>179328Explicit ERP is more fun though
>>179330It was either, but I also didn't want to distract the party from their quest with 300 posts of cancer, so probably just the former.
>>179330Explicit RP makes the experience more raw and "live". Unfortunately, that's expressly the part I personally don't want to with dudes.
>>179332I just think doing the quest takes priority.
>>179333Uh yeah,... but GM made a point to ask about sex, and respond, so I did.
>>179327>If my behavior isn't appropriate for your game, don't hesitate to just throw me out of it; although i'd prefer to try to work it out. Please don't punish the other players because of me though.That's magnanimous of you, but you're a good player and any hurdles we encounter seem to be overcome simply by communication.
>Well, I did pay two character levels for that charm ability, so I really wouldn't like it to be nerfed.I don't either, but reducing DC by so much, very reliably, is much more powerful in terms of persuasion than any other PC is capable of doing right now. I understand that Posey essentially brute-forces her diplomatic targets, having very little tact and instead putting them under a spell and whoring herself out. Other characters ought to be able to notice just what she's doing. We could even make it a DC 20 check for them, and it would still make it riskier to attempt it in a crowded room or in the presence of a skilled mage. Getting another pony alone would make it work just as well. It's just a suggestion.
>>179328So fade to black is okay in terms of romance? By OC NPCs do you mean those made by you specifically, or does any NPC made by the DM count?
>>179332"Yes, it sounds pretty cringe!" –Marefair opening
>>179333I'm ready if you are, unless if you want to talk more about the merits of advanced diplomacy mechanics as a homebrew.
>>179335>I understand that Posey essentially brute-forces her diplomatic targetsYes, actually. Rosey Ring is based on the white horse of Conquest. For her entire life, she's only ever known a would of masters and slaves, so she only knows how to make relationships through power and fear. Thus, she has no ranks in Diplomacy, only Intimidation and Bluff
(She could use some friendship lessons. Dread Necromancer only requires being non-good)
>Other characters ought to be able to notice just what she's doing. We could even make it a DC 20 check for them, and it would still make it riskier to attempt it in a crowded room or in the presence of a skilled mage.You can already make a Sense Motive check to see if a person has been charmed.
>you're a good player and any hurdles we encounter seem to be overcome simply by communicationThank you. That makes me feel better.
>I'm ready if you areI was ready yesterday. Let's do it.
I do have to go to work tomorrow, but idgaf.
I'll get the formatting right one of these days
Personally/strictly speaking, I have issue with fapping to GM's sockpuppets
I am well capable of creating my own. Instead I would prefer to peruse the fandom and insert as desired, pun intended. UWU
I'm a furry, I can get away with saying that Xp
And yes, Lucky is still getting it tonight
>>179338>You can already make a Sense Motive check to see if a person has been charmed.Okay, I didn't know it worked like that. Maybe NPCs could use that if they have reason to be suspicious.
Are you sure you can't use an arcana check?>>179339Why not invite Batfang into the campaign?
>>179340We can get to Brie's ostensible female consort later!!
>>179279Cavaliere doesn't have the best perspective to view the city, but if he wishes to find signs of restriction, he can find at least some.
As the plane landed, Garv could see a few armored cars, and the hints of barricades in the streets. In faraway Haystin, two small streams of black smoke from what must be smoldering, mostly extinguished fires.
If he's looking for something a bit closer, he can find it. Peering into hangers or the armory, and looking at the breakroom, he can find posters.
One is one he thinks he may have seen before, which shows an intoxicated green stallion in a uniform at a booth in a restaurant with a bar behind. He leans over the table with a stupefied lovey dubby expression, and makes muzzle contact with a cream-colored unicorn mare who has lidded green eyes, a satisfied smile, and a red dress. Beneath the table, and in what is exposed from the dress, the cream coat meets a bright green line where it becomes black with a sickly insectoid belly and legs with see-through holes.
Another one shows a wooden theatrical stage with two ponies in the spot light. One is a light-purple/pink unicorn mare with a with a curled dark purple mane with a light blue stripe. She carries a purple book with a golden horseshoe. The other is a blue unicorn mare with a light blue mane. Both ponies, however, are blatantly wooden marionettes with fake cheeks and visible strings going upwards. In the shadows above the stage, on the left, is a dark black figure, evidently a changeling, with bright green eyes and a flowing dark blue mane. On the other side is a red... fishlike creature, presumably a seapony, with a big green cap, who controls the blue mare.
The most impressive Poster, however, certainly in terms of sheer size, is outside and on a building (evidently offices) near a hanger. Its edges are visible damaged, and it is worn down. It presents a map of the world in caricature with the oceans reduced in size and zoomed in somewhat on the center. Manehattan is marked with a star and a cartoonish portrayal of buildings. The Manehattan District is shown in outline, as are all of the districts of East Equestria. Next to it are four ponies. On the left and looking to the east, an earth pony with a rifle and bayonet. On the right, a Unicorn looking across the ocean with a glowing horn. Above, as if soaring, a pink-tinted outline of a pegasus. Below that, a head, hooves, and bat wings with a wrench in her mouth. To the left is a cartoon portrayal of Queen Chrysalis with the glowing eyes of numerous drones behind her, with a dreary pony with a drooping mane in West Equestria, and the same in the form of a crystal pony in the Crystal Empire. Above Equestria, an oddly effeminate looking stallion in red uniform reaches out with stretched legs towards the named "White Severyana." A pony with a feathered cap pulls a plow in the South East and another looks on next to a ship in Puerto Caballo. A hippogriff laughs Maniacally in Aris, while in New Mareland, a Unicorn Pony stands with a rifle against Beakolini, who is very fat and smoking his cigar. In Aquelia, a red grififn with a maniacal look stands in a set of flames, and stares back at the unicorn across the ocean. In Gryphus, a pony stands over a griffin laying on the ground, and stretches out a hoof. The remainer of the world is not depicted, with the Riverlands, the polar north, and the great majority of Zebrica being outright cut off. Below is the Text "PONYKIND STANDS UNITED"
What is, or at least ought to surprise perhaps Garv, and
certainly Silver if he saw it, is that these posters are not signed with the name of the Blackhooves, or the more formal name of the Fascist Republican Party of New Mareland. Rather, all three posters are signed as from the "Pony Populist Party of Manehattan."
>>179339 >Personally/strictly speaking, I have issue with fapping to GM's sockpuppets [YouTube] [VINE] Why are you gay?
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>>179344Very interesting posters with vivid descriptions. What knowledge check should I roll to know what the Pony Populist Party of Manehattan is?
>>179346Local. Int Modifier
>>179347[1d20+5 = (14+5) = 19]
>>179344>Below is the Text "PONYKIND STANDS UNITED">Farbrook not depictedPosey gives an indignant huff that her fake identity is not represented.
>>179346>>179347>>179348I would like to roll this as well, since a pony from Farbrook would plausibly be a pony populist.
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
>>179348The Pony Populist Party has some history pre-war as a local political party in the areas around Manehattan and Canterlot, but its breakthrough has been in the political reorganization of the Manehattan District that happened after the assassination of the former governor, mass resignation of the political class of Manehattan, and then the failed crackdown on the ELF and crime in the district. The Pony Populist Party is enthusiastically pro-New Mareland Administration, anti-banker and upper class, pro-worker, and anti-immigration, with a more racial bend even than most of the rightwing parties in Equestria and New Mareland. They are reasonably popular, if far from uncontroversial. The Blackhooves are oddly content to let them do whatever they want, and funnel resources into them.
>>179349In fairness, neither is any of the Riverlands, or even Maregypt.
>>179350It's.... probably a populist party for ponies.
>>179344Silver: "
These crazies got into power here?"
>>179352"Useful fools, kept around as a barking threat by the Blackhooves…." he mutters to himself.
He wonders if the other pre-war parties of Equestria, forced underground, have largely united under the mysterious ELF.
>>179327>Rosey Ring has tried to fuck Licorice, Mason, Baka... Agire... the ghastsWait, what?! I missed most of this. I think I even had Licorice get kind of pissy with Posey because he rejected her, and Mason is cold with Posey because he isn't nice to her.
>>179353To be fair, virtually every other option either got murdered, resigned because they didn't want to cooperate with the Blackhooves in any capacity, got caught with their secretaries, or bungled a crackdown on organized crime.
>>179344Kira, meanwhile, tilts her head at the posters first one direction, then the other. "Soooo...is this meant to be art? I don't get it."
>>179355Regardless, Silver can see why Manehattan is such a mess right now.
>>179356>Is this supposed to be art?Oh come on, it's not that bad
>>179357Perhaps it's not the quality of the images on display she is commenting on, but the messages which they contain. Kira
is from a tribal society, after all, one without political parties and propaganda as the other creatures present would know them.
>>179355>Wait, what?! I missed most of this. I think I even had Licorice get kind of pissy with Posey because he rejected her, and Mason is cold with Posey because he isn't nice to her.Okay, well, that's something for later then. Posey put on her special cocktail dress and tried to charm him as an icebreaker.
And I thought I was being nice to Mason. I like Mason. Posey likes Mason. Mason is cool.
Would you believe it that a brony doesn't know how flirting works?>To be fair, virtually every other option either got murdered, resigned because they didn't want to cooperate with the Blackhooves in any capacity, got caught with their secretaries, or bungled a crackdown on organized crime.Posey makes note of this to leverage it when she takes over New Mareland.
>>179354>He wonders if the other pre-war parties of Equestria, forced underground, have largely united under the mysterious ELF.Based on my adventure with August Wreath, it appears so.
It's probable that many of them were guilds and knighthoods loyal to the princesses, so freeing the princesses would be their priority.
>>179357Cool propaganda
>>179359Also don't think Kira didn't notice that Posey didn't ask anything more about lamias, such as the different varieties or their varied abilities. If Posey is planning on doing anything lamia-related, it may be useful to learn more about them sometime.
>>179360She lams on my ia til I snej
>>179344Dust looks at the posters, seemingly unimpressed while he waits for the group to head to the plane.
"Ponykind stands united?
Are you all not of the same tribe?
Do these feelings have to be ignited?
To love your kind, does it take a bribe?
I know equestria views us as lesser
But to come together, we do not need pressure"
With that, he plods off again, seeing if there's any propaganda worth falling for
>>179359>Would you believe it that a brony doesn't know how flirting works?
Tell me about it, on several occasions Amber accidentally offended her coltfriend because I, the player, missed important social cues and expectations.>Posey makes note of this to leverage it when she takes over New Mareland.She wouldn't know this, and she missed her knowledge check.
>>179363"You would be surprised what petty squabbles and insecurities will divide even brothers," he replies.
A truck will help the ponies back to the plane, which sits with engines running. The white pegasus says,
"Be careful. The floor is wet and slippery."
>>179359>Posey put on her special cocktail dress and tried to charm him as an icebreaker.She did, but then for some reason I remember something like a rejection later.
>And I thought I was being nice to Mason. I like Mason. Posey likes Mason. Mason is cool.D'aww
I seriously thought she didn't care for him. She did outright deep throat him, but that was combined with an intimidation roll and in context felt hostile, if anything>Brony's don't know how flirting worksOkay. That's pretty fair
>>179363(You) r silly
Silver joins the zeeb in his plodding. "We are all ponies, but we are not all of same tribe. Not even Equestria is of same tribe. Point of Equestria was for all of us different ponies and other creatures no matter our tribe to work together for greater purpose, to put our differences to use and join together in friendship and Harmony because we all at heart want what is best. Those 3P nutjobs, they claim to want similar thing, but I know they do not understand. Not really."
>>179365Kira especially seems to have trouble getting back to her spot in the plane back near cargo, with her slithering rigorously without getting any traction on the wet metal floor of the plane.
>>179365Brie pretends to not notice all the to-do, while reboarding the plane(?)
>>179365He looks up to the sky.
"The sun is not going to be up much longer. We have to hurry.">She did outright deep throat him, but that was combined with an intimidation roll and in context felt hostile, if anythingShe what.
>>179366gasp
is sillyThe zeeb listens to his plodding friend as they walk to the plane.
"I suppose what you say is completely fair,
I see that for your fellow ponies you do care.
We do not have to deal with this political tripe
In Zebrica we are all bound by the stripe.
Perhaps Equestrian ways I shall come to see
But for now I shall leave your ways to thee."
Dust arrives at the plane, and attempts to help the snek overcome the lack of friction. Str. Check
[1d20+4 = (12+4) = 16]
>>179365Before Silver gets on the plane, he halts in his tracks. For a second he looks at the plane, before turning around to face a different direction, looking towards somewhere outside of the city. There he stays, staring in a direction that to anyone else watching would feel totally random, looking at nothing at all, his gaze locked onto something no one else can see. But he knows why he looks in this direction, what he can see. There he stays, transfixed in that spot, staring silently with the wind from the plane's propellers blowing in his mane, until someone disturbs him from his trance.
>>179369The snek is quite heavy, 600 lbs. of heavy to be exact, but with the zeeb's help she is able to overcome the lack of friction and get back into her spot. She lets out a sigh of relief, and beams a bright smile at the friendly zeeb. "Thank you! I don't think I could have done that without you."
>>179365Rosey Ring puts on her blinders, and wraps some yarn around her muzzle. She won't vomit this time (probably).
>then for some reason I remember something like a rejection laterIdk, it was more than a year ago.
>deep throatWhat?
I don't remember this.
>>179371Mala stands next to Silver, and looks in the direction Silver looks, then back to Silver
>>179369>>179366Well technically the wet area is kind of in the middle of the plane, which Kira wouldn't have to move past if she stayed where she was before
>>179372Still, it may be worth having more interactions with Licorice and Mason
>>179373>it may be worth having more interactions with Licorice and MasonSure. I've just been preoccupied with trying to get quests done.
I've been playing for a year and a half, but in game less than a week has passed.
Are we doing stuff tonight? I gotta decide if I'm going to take melatonin or a monster energy right now.
>>179373Without being disturbed, Silver just stands there, staring off in the distance. Mala, even with his keen eyesight, can't see what it is Silver is looking at. Either Silver has some truly incredible eyesight, or it's something he knows deep at heart. The expression on his face is entirely inscrutable just from the surface.
As for Kira, sure she could have stayed where she was, but she kinda enjoyed sitting at the back.
I would also like having interactions between Silver and Licorice/Mason. Also more interactions with Posey so Silver can teach her the meaning of friendship.
>>179371Dust smiles at Kira and nods at her
>>179372He then turns around and walks over to Posey with a very stern expression on his face. He lifts a hoof and places it on her withers. He mutters something under his breath, and something in his pack glows a bit. Posey can feel a definite warmness resonating from the spot as Dust's eyes open and his expression softens a little.
"On this trip, I hope you feel better
And your sickness does not hold you like a fetter"
If she has to make any more saving throws for now, she has a +1 bonus from resistance
One word about muh spell slots or other looking a gift horse in the mouth and I'm changing it to a healing spell
>>179374>Are we doing stuff tonight?Probably no getting to the island until tomorrow. There will be posts about the travel, but if you don't want to respond, you don't have to
>>179377Okay. Go ahead and do that without me. Posey is blinded and muzzled, with only a narrow field of vision to focus on her knitting. She is functionally removed from roleplay as she shuts out the world to prevent the failed godling in her chest cavity from throwing a hissey fit.
>>179372>>179365>>179368Okay, "Deep throat" was
entirely the wrong phrase for this
>>179377Cavaliere is frankly out of his element in a major city, especially one much larger than Baltimare. Without looking back, and with all his gear in tow, he boards the plane, eager to get underway.
"Are you ready?" he asks the others.
With the ponies inside, the white Pegasus lifts the door and locks it. The plane powers up, and taxis to another runway. With a roar of its engines, it lifts off the ground and starts to rise. It does not, however, move to the right and north, but rather to the left, to the west and east. "We're not allowed to fly over the city anymore" the white pegasus pony says to the cabin. Looking over and back, the creatures can see big clouds rising in the distance, the large buildings piercing the sky, and the giant airship losely tethered to the top of a skyscraper, its nose angled into the wind and its propellers rotating.
Soon the plane rises and goes through a cloud layer, with some rain getting on the windows in the process. As the plane rises up, it turns to the right, north and east and around the city. Though a cloud blocks much of the view, the party can see the buildings of Manehattan through the breaks, the endless rowhouses of Bronclyn, and the tenement buildings of Haystin. They pass over the great river, and though the city legally ends, the industrial developments do not, and a large powerplant next to the river is joined by a great many factories, refineries, and a railyard, before breaking up into towns of smaller houses, and then eventually countryside.
>>179381>>179382Cavaliere speaking is enough to get Silver to snap out of his trance. He and Mala get on board, returning to their position by Kira. Kira and Silver begin conversing again about their respective cultures, sharing details and information with each other. Kira is certain she has learned more about Equestria just on these plane trips than she ever knew before in her life.
If Mala is freaked out again by the flight, Silver and Kira work together to help keep him calm.
>>179382"Am I correct in assuming that some incident is the reason for that ban?" he asks, having to raise his voice over the drone of the engines.
>>179383After Mala gets on the plane, he lingers around Kira as if waiting for the right moment. But that moment does not come. With Silver and Kira chatting, after the plane takes off, Mala lays flat on the bench-like seats and digs his claws into them.
>>179384"Um... Yeah... Yeah, a little bit. There's a lot of fog sometimes and it makes the very tall buildings very hard to see, especially at nighttime. It's more for landing, and really the rule technically applies to Idlewild, but it's applied to us here too. Landings have to be done from over the water, and takeoffs to the west and south, depending on the winds."
>>179385He raises an eyebrow.
"I hope you built them strong enough to minimize that risk."
>>179386"What, the buildings? Oh yeah, they are strong enough to take a plane."
>>179385Kira looks over at Mala, and smiles at him. She pats her tail, asking him if he wants her to coil around him like earlier.
>>179301>"Does that have anything to do with your 'fear magic'?"Rosey Ring shakes her head.
"No... well, only what got me through the door. Fear Magic is just another way to use blackweave (negative energy). Instead of using entropy to attack the body and cause illness or injury, dread magic attacks the mind and spirit. It's not charm or compulsion, we just... squeeze the heart a little bit, to invoke primal fear." she explains
"... Some ponies would consider such magic to be 'villainous', but as far as I'm concerned, it's the most merciful kind of magic. By proving the powerlessness of our adversaries and making them surrender or flee, we can prevent further bloodshed. Far less villainous than burning them with beams of light or turning them into frogs like some other unicorns do, if you ask me." She says
"The ominous aura emitted by my curse gave me a natural talent for fear based magic. It's why my master took interest in me, and how I got where I am toda- hrrk!" she refastens her muzzle and closes her blinders
>>179385>>179382Rosey Ring gives Mala another bone to chew on, to calm him down for the flight.
"Don't worry, big guy. We'll get through this." She says, blindly petting him with her hoof
On the subject of firearm proficiency, well that is something that could be homebrewed to death, so I'm titling this:
Why It Makes Sense to Have Proficiency
For the record, Brie does not have firearm proficiency, but he does carry a firearm. This is because while he isn't specifically trained and drilled as one with a military background would (so he would take a -4, even though,...) which is pffset by his BAB, and relevant skill (dex). Lack of proficiency doesn't mean incompetence, it simply means the person is somewhere between novice and amateur.
Firearms it seems would fall under a Special Martial Proficiency: Firearms fest and would naturally accompany several background types.
One can have/be training with firearms; decent groups, reload times, etc, but couldnt be expected to take apart/reassemble it especially under fire. Decent, but not proficient. Over here we have the guy who can take it apart and reassemble with a timer, and gets 1" groupings; hes proficient.
>>179392Or we could just say that guns are common enough in this mileau that all heroes get them, and not worry about proficiency. Pretty sure that's what GM has been doing. It's low-key MTP, but who cares?
I said Rosey Ring doesn't use guns because she's from the Dread League, which is uniquely low tech. I also tend to make up imaginary restrictions that only I have to follow as an obstacle to be overcome with my characters (people call me a power gamer, but pros have standards). Since Rosey Ring is a vestige from another age, she only uses medieval tech.
>>179394One could say that guns are prolific enough - at least in most of the states - that most anyone could pick it up and shoot it, sure and that would carry over to OE. That is why a firearm would be usable by someone not proficient. But when it comes to accuracy and consistency - which the -4 modifier is a reflection of - there is still a huge set of small details of firearm proficiency that have to be learned (and consistently reaffirmed) through drills and courses that separate an average joe from a professional, which weapon feats imply to convey.
>>179392The way DnD Modern handles it is having multiple levels of firearm proficiency that apply to different weapons, with Personal Firearms Proficiency (applying to handguns and rifles) being the basic level. Automatic fire has additional -4 modifier if you lack Advanced Firearms Proficiency, and more for advanced tactics or other weapons. In a modern setting, bows and swords are uncommon and they require an Archaic Weapons Proficiency (presumably Silver, Iron, Kira and Posey have this) to use without a negative modifer.
>>179394>Or we could just say that guns are common enough in this mileau that all heroes get them, and not worry about proficiency.They aren't that common in civilian life. New Mareland, and many other states in the setting, have strict gun control, so if a PC is not of military/police background, doesn't have a life in the Underworld, isn't uniquely rural, or is a barbarian, then he or she might never have used a gun before. A -4 modifier isn't terrible, but definitely makes a difference in extended or repeated combat.
>>179397The idea of a tiered proficiency seems like a decent compromise, whether in form of ascending ranks or in a decrease in penalty. Having proficiency categories as feats was a mistake for 3.5e, and having to use a feat to remove a -4 is kinda ass imo
Turning north and west, two thirds of the remainder of the journey is over land. As the great industrial city fades further and further from view, the sight is replaced by endless plowed fields and dormant winter wheat. The plane now flies over the ancient lands of Old Equestria, a place first settled by the Unicorn Race back in the days of Unicornia, and which has scarce changed much since. They fly over the old lands of Algonquin with its quaint, gambrel-roofed villages and ancient chapels with tall, sun-adorned steeples, and past hills covered in rowed orchards of apples and pears.
Into Prance, where sleepy villages cling to the edge of hardwood forests covered in snow, with bare brown branches and the walls and chimneys, smoke rising, of cottages peaking through the white. They pass grand chateaus in the middle of snow-covered fields and rowed orchards. But the plane turns to the east to try to avoid a vast cloud. All the same they fly right through one, and the plane shakes intensely, as if the sky itself is trying to through them out. Mala especially is terrified, though surely every creature is, save the two pilots.
By the time they fly Into Albion, the forests give way to rolling hills, often crested with small castles forgotten by the world and by time, and past older villages still and their little watermills on streams that are crossed by stone bridges. Into Mirage district, and the land becomes flat again with walled in pastures and fields and periodic patches of trees.
"Entering Miraz VAR. turning North East."
>>179391Mala seems to like this. He does not slowly chew on the bone, but loudly crunches it and eats it in a short amount of time.
>>179388Mala looks over, not sure of what to do.
>>179400>Turning north and west, two thirds of the remainder of the journey is over land. As the great industrial city fades further and further from view, the sight is replaced by endless plowed fields and dormant winter wheat. The plane now flies over the ancient lands of Old Equestria, a place first settled by the Unicorn Race back in the days of Unicornia, and which has scarce changed much since. They fly over the old lands of Algonquin with its quaint, gambrel-roofed villages and ancient chapels with tall, sun-adorned steeples, and past hills covered in rowed orchards of apples and pears.So long as we are not over water, Posey would take off her blinders and be very interested in this.
>watermillsUh, oh, rivers.
Posey freezes like a corpse with every passage over running water.
She seems to have the vomiting problem under control now.
>>179400Silver: "It is okay, Mala. I trust her, she is exceptionally kind soul."
Assuming Silver's word is enough to get Mala to come closer, he leads the gnoll over to sit on Kira's tail next to him. Kira smiles at Mala, glad to have another new friend, especially one like him.
Kira: "So, you never finished asking that question from earlier, Mala, back at Manehattan. What were you going to ask?"
The antique land beneath may hold meaning to some, particularly Silver, who has executed contracts there, and Posey, who has heard the legends, or it may just be flyover country. All the same, the lower portion of the horizon turns blue as the plane passes from land to water, passing a pair of small fishing villages as it does so, and over tiny sailing vessels. Now beneath is blue ocean and a thinning of the persistent clouds. The plane turns North.
Soon, there are large islands with smaller mountains coated in green, brown and white. The plane turns westward following a chain of islands of rolling snow-covered hills that are periodically capped in deteriorating castle ruins, mountains that break with bare, grey granite surfaces, grass dead and alive on areas of plains, and many small stone villages.
Soon enough, they come to a much larger landmass with rolling hills and plains and miles and miles of beach, which the plane more or less follows. Villages dot the coastline, and inland along the planes and rolling hills, the landscape is divided by low stone walls into many smaller padlocks. At this height, it almost looks like so many cell walls in a plant stem under the microscope, were the brown and green covered in part by white. The clouds thicken, and the plane banks to turn south, then east, and then north, turning in a sickle pattern.
Below now are dense brick apartment buildings with sets of four chimneys together that spew light smoke. There are the great rising smokestacks of larger factories, and beyond the rows and rows of brick buildings, cranes of a freightyard in the harbor, and massive drydocks with unfinished ships, as well as great buildings on the land with cranes and the bare skeletons of merchant ships under construction. The plane goes through a cloud and the view becomes white, before going beneath the cloud into snow. The plane touches down and lands on a runway less complete than the one before, and with buildings and water in the distance.
The pilot comes back
"Alright, there's a seaplane waiting for you. It's a short walk."
>>179402Mala looks up towards Silver.
"Uh..." He says to Kira
When Kira speaks to him, he looks at Silver, sitting nearby, then over to Posey, presumably nearby, and at Defiant Dust, presumably nearby. Then he looks back to Kira. "Nevermind."
>>179403The Pilot is willing to lead them down a little pathway that takes them through a gap in the buildings, and to a small harbor.
There they see it - the sea plane. It's a rather large plane on its own, around about the size of the Skytrotter. It has a straight wing with two propeller-attached engines that is mounted on a pylon above the fuselage, and the fuselage and two pontoons float in the water. The cockpit windows are high on the nose, and in the rear is a bulbous glass "blister" for a gun port extending from the fuselage. There is an open door to access it at the end of a pier.
"Get in, they are waiting."
>>179403Silver indeed holds some meaning in the antique land, not just for the jobs he's done in the area but also for what is nearby. When the plane stops and the door is opened, Silver steps out, breathing in the cold winter air deeply and letting it out with a sigh. Even if the air has been flavored with the smoke and detritus of industry, Silver can still smell the North underneath it all. His floofy winter coat seems to have floofed up even more in reaction to the cold temperatures. As for Kira, she smiles some more at Mala before replying.
Kira: "Why nevermind? Are you waiting for the perfect moment to ask me? I'm sure the question is fine to ask, whatever it is. If you don't ask it then, you know, maybe you'll forget what the question was, or the moment will pass and you'll lose your chance to ask. It's like when you're out hunting; we all want that perfect shot, with a clean sight of your target, close enough that you're guaranteed to hit, with the wind blowing ever so slightly towards you so your scent doesn't reach the prey without being so strong they become spooked...but it often never comes, and you just have to take the shot that you're given and pray that your arrow finds its mark."
The interior of this plane is much more cramped, and the creatures will have to move closer together. The pilot of the Skytrotter comes in, though another pony, a black pegasus, seems to be in control here. The ponies explain,
"The plane is to fly close to the Island, and lower in speed, and you can get out on small dinghies. We can land, if need be, but you'll almost certainly need to row the last few feet."
If any player wants their character to do anything at any point in the last few posts like inside of the plane or as they are landing or what have you, you can post it. We can address it before moving on.
>>179405Mala looks away, and says
"No. No, I'll remember."
Then he looks back to her and says,
"You would hunt?"
If this is answered, he tilts his head
"You don't live in a city? What is it like? The wild, I mean."
>>179404>>179406Rosey Ring boards the plane, facing away from the sea, and closes her horse blinders
"Ready." she says, as she puts on her muzzle
(I think that's enough vomit humor for one quest)
>>179400This description is very charming.
"What does VAR stand for?" Cavaliere asks on the plane, and
"Where have we landed?" when the pilot has spoken to them.
He does not take any more time though. The weather is perceptibly chillier than it was in Baltimare and Manehattan, and it being the coast likely has a wind factor as well. He boards the plane, and while he helps Posey to her seat (assuming she still has blinders on) he does not sit next to her.
>>179406"Where are the dinghies stowed?" he asks the pilot.
>>179406Kira: "No, I do...well,
did live in a city. Dhamaji. But I also spent a lot of time out in the wilds as well, fending for myself. It's just part of the training process for becoming a hunter, learning to survive in the wilderness. The survival stuff is easy, it's basically all general-knowledge stuff like having a clean source of fresh water and knowing how to build your own fire. The hard stuff is the loneliness. Like, the solitude and isolation helps with getting an appreciation for nature, both its beauty and its danger, but...you really miss having friends when you're out there on your own...
"Oh, but yeah, I would hunt for food sometimes, not just for myself but for the tribe as well. Hunting isn't enough to sustain our entire population and animal husbandry and agriculture are a lot more effective at producing food, so it's really more of a thing we do to support our food production and diets."
>>179408Posey sits next to Mala
>>179404"Have any of you seen Ghallaghors? Plastic sheets." Brie says, winking to the plane staff, while entering. "Is there a bathroom on this plane? I will need to change"
>>179411"What is plastic?"
>needing a bathroom to change in a nudist society
>>179412Plastic was well in use in ww2 and thereby OE, I assume
>>179414Posey is from Magehold, which is still medieval tech and ruled by centuries-old undead wizards. She's never heard of plastic. She's still not even sure how electricity works.
>>179415Oh
>>179412Seeing that Rosey doesnt appear to be feigning an ignorance about plastic Brie says, "What?"
>>179416"Is it, like, some kind of new fabric?"
Silver: "I am assuming we all are on same page our primary objective, but there is one thing I think we all need to talk about before we arrive at island: that freighter, specifically whether we are to attempt to board it to take or at least see what it is carrying, and whether we will do so quietly or loud."
>>179417Silver: "It is new material made out of oil. It is easy to mold into whatever shape it is needed for. I think nylon fabric
is actually type of plastic."
>>179417Brie tilts his head while staring at the pony.
"More like a tarp, so where if you were painting and wanting to avoid an inevitavble mess."
>>179418"Oh yes, oil. I hear that it has grown very popular. 'The new spell shards', they call it."
>>179419Posey has her blinders fastened. She can't see the staring.
>>179419Ooooh, time digits
Anyway, Brie "follows" off, not wanting to socialize
So, Idk specifically when, but Brie will go sailor moon costume change. Ill describe it in time
>>179423are you seeing these time digits
>>179418Nylon iirc was invented in the 70s. Plastics used in the 40s would have been stuff like Bakelite>>179418"We need to see what the enemy sailors are doing, how heavily the freighter is guarded, and whether there is an approach we can take. But, if possible, one or two of us should infiltrate it quietly. That would probably be myself and Brie, since we both have wings and will not be needed to treat the New Mareland pilots.">>179423Yes
>>179425It isnt a sailor moon costume change. But it is a costume change, and no one sees it, so by schrodingers rules, its a sailor moon costume change,
>>179425Actually, it was invented in 1935, and was on the market by 1939Kira: "Um...I can't fly, but I
am really sneaky. I don't know how we would get to the boat though..."
Silver: "That part is simple. We will 'borrow' boats that marines used to land on island, and row our way to freighter."
Out of Character: Hi guys. My current status is trying to read the history document so I can understand what's going on better. I had it while making dinner a couple of days ago, but haven't been able to read it yet. I'm sitting down to read it now, then I'll try to find the last post I was in in the last thread.
Then, I expect to spend several hours writing up several mass reply posts to continue role-playing with the conversation and trying to figure out when the scheduled meetings were. My understanding was that this was a sort of drift in drift out thing of a couple of posts a week.
My rough build idea was a dex build melee fighter with a great sword and cleave, burning most of my feats to get power attack and a smite skill that lets me guarantee that I do not waste my smite skill on a miss. I have little to no understanding of the power or role of ranged weapons in this setting yet, only that they're dramatically more powerful than regular D&D.
My character feature, sacrificing the mount, is a magic sword that I can summon. The feature has a major subfeature relating to being able to use crafting to improve the weapon and add magical properties to it, but crafting as a feature is never used in any D&D game I've been in before, so I hope that item customization isn't important.
What is the role of other people's builds? Or is this a discussion meant to be had in character? If so, I'll need to spend a few hours, at least, reading and getting in to character before I can do that.
My current focus is going to be reading the history document, then reading up from where I was to where we are now, then on making the roleplay posts in super huge post blobs. With no understanding of how long this will actually take, I tentatively express hope to catch up to the group in three days or less.
The last I recall from the thread was discussion on how it was bad to have OOC posts in the thread, but being absent for a couple of days in this thing that was supposed to require little and occasional interaction seems to need more than I thought. I will rearrange my efforts to the best of my ability. I haven't played a D&D campaign in a few years, and those were based on regularly scheduled sessions. Playing online via thread is new. I'm sorry for being out of touch for a bit.
I don't know what the thread's agreement on out of character posts is, but I hopefully will after I read the history document and catch up on the thread.
>>179408"Visual Aural Radio Range" the white pegasus answers. "It's a radio navigation aid. It's necessary here, since it's easy to either go too far north and into Stalliongrad, or too far west and get lost at sea."
The pilot answers the later question
"Trottingham Naval Base. Center of the Rocky Seas Operation."
Inside of the seaplane, the blue pegasus says
"In the back. We have Carey Floats"
>>179409He looks down
"Oh... You can get lonely in the city too. Even when you are sharing a bedroom with three others..." He looks back up. "But I mean... what is the wilderness
like? I've seen trees before, but.... I don't know. I don't really know what to ask."
"Did you like hunting? I always hated it. It meant there was no other food available."
>>179410Mala looks over and smiles, evidently liking this
>>179411"Yeah, there's a bathroom behind the covkpit. Careful, it's tiny and... not well furnished."
>>179418Mala simply looks up at Silver
>>179422Who would post such a bold, and based take?
>The invention of plastic traces back to 1862 when Alexander Parkes, a Bri,...
>>179418"The first and highest priority will be to locate the soldiers, and figure out what position they are in. In the event that they are being held prisoner or hostage, we will need to approach carefully, as to avoid risking harm to our charges. After that, well... We can take creative liberties. Remember, we are pirates."
>>179425"Infiltration will be the key. Find out where the Marines are so we can plan accordingly."
>>179427"We have one swan boat feather token that is large enough to carry ourselves and the Marines, but considering that it may be our only way off the island we should use it carefully."
>how we would get to the boat though..."Boarding a ship isn't an issue for me... So long as it isn't moving. It shouldn't be hard for the fliers either. I could get creative with my floating disk as well."
>My rough build idea was a dex build melee fighter with a great sword and cleave, burning most of my feats to get power attack and a smite skill that lets me guarantee that I do not waste my smite skill on a miss. I have little to no understanding of the power or role of ranged weapons in this setting yet, only that they're dramatically more powerful than regular D&D.Consider Shadowbane Inquisitor.
I can help you out with your paladin build, if you want. I'm a huge optimization geek.
>What is the role of other people's builds?For me... Probably tank, tbh. High HP and AC, plus damage reduction. Good melee damage. Posey is a spellcaster, but she only really knows a few kinds of spells, most of which are touch range.
>I don't know what the thread's agreement on out of character posts isThere isn't one. It's anarchy.
>The last I recall from the thread was discussion on how it was bad to have OOC posts in the thread, but being absent for a couple of days in this thing that was supposed to require little and occasional interaction seems to need more than I thought. I will rearrange my efforts to the best of my ability. I haven't played a D&D campaign in a few years, and those were based on regularly scheduled sessions. Playing online via thread is new. I'm sorry for being out of touch for a bit.There's no pressure, mate. Don't worry.
>>179433Brie glances at Rosey
Shes not wrong
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
Subtext: "this one is unique." Notes taken
>>179428>What is the role of other people's builds?Silver - Tank/Riflepony, Weaponsmith, sort of unofficial party leader?
Kira - Archer/Grappler, Survivalist, very sneaky snek
>>179429Silver pet pet pets Mala between his ears.
Kira: "Really? You've never been out into the wilderness? Well...like I said, it's beautiful, but also sort of dangerous? Like, it's dangerous if you're stupid about it, but as long as you're paying attention to your surroundings and not doing any dangerous things like eating random berries then you'll be perfectly fine! I could take you out to camp in the wilderness sometime to show you. I need to learn more about the wilds of this strange land, too, and having some company would be really nice. Though, maybe I would wait to invite you out until it warms up a bit. I think all of this cold is making the world sleepy. All of those trees we saw out of the window had no leaves, and the grass was all brown like it was dead."
>>179428>Then, I expect to spend several hours writing up several mass reply posts to continue role-playing with the conversation and trying to figure out when the scheduled meetings were.>My current focus is going to be reading the history document, then reading up from where I was to where we are now, then on making the roleplay posts in super huge post blobs. With no understanding of how long this will actually take, I tentatively express hope to catch up to the group in three days or less.You don't need to be doing that unless if you really want to. I can't write up a summary right now but if you'd like one, then you can continue just from the last few posts which you may prefer. If you do massive catch-ups not only does it take more time but the amount of effort might turn you off from playing, since it will seem more obligatory and not for fun.
>What is the role of other people's builds?Cavaliere is a stealth ranger with a gun, with a couple levels in monk as well. Good at shooting and punching.
>>179429"Good, we will be underway with everything we need.I will be inactive for several hours, good luck
>>179428I think you have a wide array
>>179438>Cavaliere is a stealth ranger with a gun, with a couple levels in monk as well. Good at shooting and punching.Do you have ascetic hunter?
>>179436"Well... Not really... There was this farmhouse kind of we'd go to... And i went to a swamp on the edge of the city, but uh... No... So uh... Why have I never seen anything like you? Are you an exotic animal? I've seen a few of those before. Just not a snake-pony."
Since we're posting party roles, Dust is a certified healer/tank/undead killer.
Also plastic was a fairly common and important commodity during WWII. Nylon is the best example, but a lot of the plastics were thermosets that would have been more expensive and less common to see today. The first "plastic" was just cellulose extracted from wood.
>>179442Kira: "I don't know, I guess there just aren't any lamias here in Equestria.. I heard a pony from Baltimare talk about 'Winged Serpents' and that sounded kinda cool, but no lamias. I kinda wish Princess Twilight invited some of us to attend her Friendship School, it would have made my task a lot easier...You're a gnoll, right, one of the Kaftars? I've heard of your kind before from stories, they say you're famed for being honorable warriors and proud hunter-scavengers. Have you lived your entire life here in Equestria? Did you come over here from Zebrica?"
>>179433Silver: "Of course, our primary objectives always take priority, but planning out potential side objectives now rather than in thick of it could be useful."
>>179444Mala shakes his head
"That 'Friendship School' was a political show
He tilts his head
"Honorable warriors? Proud Hunter-scavangers. That's nice of them. I don't actually know where I was born. My mother said I was born in Zebrica. I guess that means I was, though she would lie about other things. I don't know why she'd lie about that though. For some reason I think I remember hills with grass, but I don't know if that was actually in Zebrica, or if I just have an idea of Zebrica, and that's what I see. All of my memories, all of my other memories, are in Baltimare. This is the furthest I've ever gone from there. The furthest by far..."
>>179445Kira: "Well, political show or not, it would have meant ponies would know about us and that we're honestly not bad creatures." Kira feels compelled to give Mala some more pets at other statements. "Grassy hills sounds right. Grassy hills of yellow tall grass, red rocks, acacia trees standing tall and providing shade and shelter, rivers cutting paths across the landscape lined with reeds and lily pads, muddy watering holes gathering rain water where the animals of the savanna gather to drink, mounds where vast colonies of termites make their home...
sigh..."
>>179443I work as an undead killer too. In fact, I can kill undead more efficiently than anything else.
Undead probably aren't going to appear in this adventure, but if we ever encounter a dragon zombie or a collosal skeleton, leave it to me.
>Silver: "Of course, our primary objectives always take priority, but planning out potential side objectives now rather than in thick of it could be useful.""The ship is not the property of our commissioner, and this is disturbed territory. Any treasures aboard the ship itself are legitimate spoils. The ship itself won't be unguarded, so we should prioritize bringing the Marines to safety before we mess around."
>>179445"You should really stop by the temple some time. I think the priest there would be more than willing to educate you on your culture. Their temple has seen a miracle lately, and they'll have reasons to be in high spirits, with plenty of fanaticism to go around..."
>>179447>but if we ever encounter a dragon zombie or a collosal skeleton, leave it to me.I bet I can kill it before you nerd.
>realize just now that I could have brought the disguised ghast with me as an aquatic scout
>realize that I could have given it a share of the reward
Eh, too risky for the party finding out. I'll just let it babysit my child instead.
>>179446Mala lifts his head up and wags his tail
"Have you seen it?!"
>>179447"Oh, I haven't been to temple since, well, since before my mom died. And that was 10 years ago. I don't know if I want to go back into Kaftar culture. I was around Crocuta much of the last few years. They weren't as nice as Silver Sword here. Silver Sword seems to think I can become like the ponies. I don't know if that's true, but I know that if I were a pony, I would be happy. I have seen fanaticism before. It didn't quite work out for me."
>>179449lol, you mean the .5 cohort share?
>>179448Let them fight
>>179448Best me in initiative, zigger.
Rolling to wink at Dust
[1d20+8 = (14+8) = 22]
>>179450Kira nods, and smiles at the gnoll. Silver also gives Mala pets at his reply to Posey.
Kira: "Yeah, that's where I'm from, where my tribe's from. All lamias are in Zebrica, I think. Well, almost all, except for me, I'm in Equestria now. Over Equestria now? Air travel is
weird. But yeah, I've lived my whole life there, and that memory of yours sounds pretty accurate to how Zebrica actually is."
>>179451Muh build
>tfw +0 to initiativeDust simply scroonches in response, this hornhead is weird
>>179453Do you have Zen Archery?
Clerics make the best ranged fighters. It would go well with guns since you don't need Str.
>>179454No, he's mostly melee with a sling for backup.
Feats:
Weapon Proficiecny (Heavy Flail)
Weapon Focus (Heavy Flail)
Power Attack
Holy Potency
Sacred Vengeance
>>179455Cool. Flails are underrated. Pick up Holy Warrior later.
>tfw we brought potions on the flight
>>179428Relevant:
[YouTube] ONLY THE PUREST MAY MOUNT ME
[Embed]>>179436"I don't mind it being dangerous... Just working is dangerous. Or not making the right creatures happy... But uh, I'm able to eat a lot of things that would be dangerous to others, but uh, I guess I won't eat the berries... Being able to eat berries that grew on shrubs seemed nice though..."
>>179451>+8 to InitiativeAnother thing to mark
>>179452"Oh, nice" He smiles, or tries to. His teeth are kind of round, sharper towards the front, and in a few instances visibly chipped or black.
"Maybe I have been to Zebrica afterall. I had thought I had never been out of Baltimare until well, today. I could do without another plane ride, though."
>>179457The UK is the worst about it. I will just pack my shampoos and whatever separately if I know I'm going through Heathrow.
>>179458That's not initiative. That's a seduction roll.
>>179459Oh.
Oh.
Oh....uwu
>>179460>>179459>the zombie hunter ends up with the necrussyHm
>>179458+8 to Initiative isn't out of the realm of possibility though. 18 Dexterity combined with the Improved Initiative feat would provide a +8 bonus.It's a very handsome smile from a very handsome boy.
Kira: "I don't know, it's not
so bad. I like it better than being on a boat, what with all of the slooshing and sloshing to and fro all day every day. But yeah, I'll take you out camping sometime if you wanted! You can eat
some of the berries that grow on shrubs and bushes, you just need to know which ones are safe to eat and which ones aren't. The ones that aren't could do anything from making you need to 'go' constantly, making you hallucinate, to just poisoning you. I can tell you which ones are safe, I'm pretty good with surviving out in the wilds."
>>179461Really makes you think...
>>179461Huh, Maybe Defiant Dust really can find and slay the vampire, minus the "s."
>>179462Mala continues to smile, though now not showing his teeth.
"How uh, how long have you been around ponies?" He asks
>>179463Kira: "Well, counting today...two days! Ponies seem nice, and they're very huggable, like I just want to scoop up a whole bunch of them in my coils and hug them all at once. Again, I wish fewer ponies would run or hide at the sight of me, though."
>>179464"Oh. Well, the running and hiding is about what I would have expected... what about other creatures? Like zebras or... what do they have over there? Hippogriffs?"
>>179465Kira: "Hippogriffs are a bit far away still, they're basically on the opposite end of Zebrica from my tribe. It's unfortunate, I'd like to see one someday. Mostly it's zebras, they're alright but the history our peoples have with each other can make for some awkward moments. Griffons are...I'll get back to that. Occasionally we'll see a giraffe or a deer, and very rarely we'll see a kirin. Kirins are neat."
Meanwhile, back at the house
Gloomy attempts to bind the horned wolf, working hard with his Crayola implements
(Give him a break, he is very young, and he has no horn)
Binding check: (he can only succeed on a 20)
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]
>>179467>he can only succeed on a 20>rolls a nat 20This better not result in any harm to the Sword household
179467
Wtf, the little shid' did it. He bound the most difficult lvl 1 vestige, and he didn't even become possessed.
Posey always knew he was a genius.
>>179468Gloomy is in full control. He can now breath fire, see in the dark and grow ram horns, as he inherits the powers of the disgraced Somnambulan god of light and justice.
Had he failed, this might have happened:
>Influence: Amon's influence makes you surly and irritable. In addition, since Amon despises living deities of fire, sun, and law, he forces you to resist even beneficial spells cast by those devoted to such powers. You must make a saving throw to resist such a spell if one is allowed; failure allows you to gain the benefit.Becoming possessed by Amon makes you angry and hate Celestia, but Gloomy didn't become possessed because he's a
genius!
>>179470>breathe fireconcerned Silverfloof noises
>>179471It will be fine (probably)
>>179466"Do uh..." He freezes right there, and pauses for a while before asking a different question.
"Why would you want to see a hippogriff?"
>>179473Kira: "The sound neat! A bit like a cross between a pony and a griffon, right? You know, beaks and front talons of a griffon, but the rear legs and hindquarters of a pony? I heard a rumor from a cousin of mine that they have the magical ability to transform themselves into these other creatures called 'sea ponies', but that can't be real, can it?"
>>179474"I know what a hippogriff is." He says. "I've heard of hippogriffs transforming... I've never seen it. I think you may be thinking of changelings."
>>179467>Manifestation: Amon manifests in a burst of black smoke, howling foul curses at his summoner. He possesses a black wolf's body with a ram's head and a serpent for a tail. His mouth is filled with sharp teeth, and fire escapes it when he speaks.Gloomy shakes the silly dogs paw, and it howls before it disappears in a puff of smoke.
>>179475Kira: "We don't have any changelings in Zebrica. Silver's told me a bit about them on these plane rides. They sound...kinda creepy. I wonder if one could shapeshift into a lamia."
>>179477"They are, yes. I don't think one could shapeshift into a uh... a you. You're too big. Well, maybe a really big one could, or a powerful one."
>>179478Kira: "Like one of their queens? Like Chrizy...Chrysler...Chrysanthemum..."
Silver: "Chrysalis."
Kira: "Yeah, that one!"
>>179433>Consider Shadowbane Inquisitor.I'll give it a look once I catch up to things. I'd appreciate the help. It's been a VERY long time since I last played 3.5.
>>179438>You don't need to be doing that unless if you really want to. I can't write up a summary right now but if you'd like one, then you can continue just from the last few posts which you may prefer. If you do massive catch-ups not only does it take more time but the amount of effort might turn you off from playing, since it will seem more obligatory and not for fun.I'd love to have a faster way to get caught up, but I've still got the specific catch-up posts from last week to get down into my notes. I've been in a campaign where I kept having to skip 95% of it and just get summaries, and it was a very unpleasant experience. Failure to keep up feels pretty terrible.
While I don't know how much effort it will take to catch up such that I don't collapse and become unable to keep up, not being able to understand what's going on when I read conversations means that by the time I figure out what's happening and where we are, we'll have changed already and I have to do that work all over again.
I have very strongly wanted to play D&D again for close to a decade, so I'm not going to pass this chance up.
I'm here now because my attention is fragmenting after reading up on the history. I have no idea what happens after the Equestria At War timeline starts, but I've at least got a rough grounding on different Pony countries, that Changelings are a thing that is also a country, and that the Griffin situation is complicated. I assume this will be covered once I get to those older summary posts I mentioned.
This time spent reading up on the posts from my "hello again" post and make replies to people while reading through and trying to understand every post now inside an ongoing conversation is to make sure that I'm not forgotten. Then I'll probably have to go to sleep and spend tomorrow trying to read up on last week's post. There are at least a few posts I need to get, and then copy into my notes so that I can re-read them as necessary.
The right way to record and organize the game related stuff isn't something I have a lot of practice with lately, so I'm trying a little of everything at once, not really being sure what I'm doing. How is everyone else managing their notes? [Pic Related]
>>179481To be honest, I've always been really bad at notetaking. Usually I end up just relying on remembering stuff.
>>179440>I think you have a wide arrayI'm not sure I follow. Do you mean Paladins being dependent on multiple attributes? Yeah. I was hoping to go heavy DPS, with some specific flavour elements, but not knowing how much attention I'd be getting, and knowing that I was probably going to miss my Smite uses if I used them, I had to sacrifice most of my character concept to focus on filling a small role.
If I'm going Dex Tank, then I could probably avoid being complete crap with a ranged weapon.
>>179443Oh, right, me too. I heard the group needed a frontliner, and a bit of healing. I had some fun the one time I played a paladin for a couple of sessions. Knew my role in the group, and had a simple martial class with a handful of tricks. It was better than being a Warlock (2 spell slots, but they recharge on a short rest) when the party only ever did long rests, negating my utility entirely.
The class feature sword also counts as a magic weapon, which is generally handy for various monsters. Otherwise, it's canon that it looks really cool, and I can phase it in and out of existence. I'm imagining a kind of transformation sequence in my head whenever I pull it out.
>>179441No? And he's not an ascetic.
>>179451>>179459I was going to say, if it was initiative it would be ridiculous…
>>179458>in a few instances visibly chipped or blackNeeds a visit to the dentist.
>>179467>>179470You do
not want to tick off a colt with those powers.
>>179473>>179474Cavaliere butts into the conversation.
"You might find it a little difficult to meet a hippogriff. They have only one country to themselves–the Kingdom of Aris–and that is at war with New Mareland. As far as I can tell, their navy poses the greatest threat to our employer's naval dominance and were we to meet a hippogriff right now he would not be eager to shake claws with us.">>179481That's pretty well organized. I just have a physical character sheet and a .rtf document for each character. I don't really keep track of other party members and I leave that up to their players and the DM. I do have sections for inventory (starting and current), past, ongoing and possible quests, places that have been visited, and met NPCs.
>>179483I like your concept, but be careful of being too much of a jack of all trades, master of none in combat. Silver has been able to make it work with both his signature melee weapon and whatever guns he comes across, but he also doesn't have to worry about smites or healing.
Progress on reading through the summary posts is very slow. I'm going to swap gears for a bit.
We were talking about equipment and armaments earlier. Would it make sense for Ten to have a carbine (cut-down rifle for easier transport)?
>>179485>I like your concept, but be careful of being too much of a jack of all trades, master of none in combat.Maybe I should start with character concept first again?
The group needed a frontliner melee.
The idea that I play a bat pony Luna worshipper was fun. The Luna worshipper was because that was the Cultural factor I was able to grasp, and it gives roleplay possibilities.
The light armour is because I can't fly with medium armour, and why have wings if I'm not going to be able to fly? There's a worry in me that I won't be able to get to the enemies in heavy armour before they get taken out by volleys of gunfire.
The way the magic sword class feature works, combined with the Paladin class, combined with what I heard of the paladin faction semi-disbanding after a war that had high casualties for them, works for me on a conceptual level. I have a few different ideas I think I might be able to use for backstory and a skillset.
I think I used to build characters at different levels for fun, using the Standard Array. Just out of the base pathfinder system or the PHB.
My feats are Power Attack, Awesome Smite, and Cleave. I originally wanted to get 18 Str and be a melee monster with good saves and a magic trick or two, but wanting to not waste the very expensive flight ability while in heavy armour re-made my build.
Ultimately, I want to keep the Luna worshipper paladin idea with a magic sword and some magic tricks, and I think we need a melee character. But I don't know how important or generally relevant ranged combat is going to be in this game, so I'll be flexible to character ideas.
Disclaimer:
The following RP group are a bunch of autistic spergs.
>>179486I think its a perfectly acceptable build. Brie is a dps/melee stealth/skill build. He'll get worked over if he has to tank, but if theres an ally or two in the mix to grant/gain flanking and shit, and it'll be a bloodbath.
Maxed out ranks for his level (which somehow posey has higher ranks in) in stealth, hiding, locks, devices/traps, etc. Uses ranged, but only when he cant stab.
>>179486If you don't know what you're doing for ranged, always default to a sling. It's a "kids toy" so it can fit with any background, does dagger-damage, has a 50' range increment (so -2 to 100', -4 for 150', etc), and uses mundane ammo that can be assumed to be gathered autonomously.
Beyond that it can get complicated, depending on your preferences
Brie emerges from the disappointingly cramped bathroom tricked out to the nines in probably the most sophisticated set of light armor any pony present has ever seen. Overlapping segments of treated and supple leathers and fabrics in a variety of patterns to give long-distance camoflage, it is an amalgamation of form and function, for the intrepid stealth assassin. Its statistically masterwork studded leather, but its the coolest set of masterwork studded leather (you)'ve ever seen.
His face remains exposed, painted in a digital camo pattern, a largely hardshell helmet/mask hangs from his utility belt. On his belt are two very fine blades, and small rings stick out from under his armor plates, suggesting an array of throwing knives.
>>179485>No? And he's not an asceticAscetic Hunter is just the name of the feat that combines your Monk and Ranger progressinn:
https://srd.dndtools.org/srd/feats/noncore-featsca.html#ASCETIC%20HUNTERComplete adventurer
>if it was initiative it would be ridiculous…Not really. It isn't hard to pump initiative. Spellcasters often go for it because they're squishy.
>You do not want to tick off a colt with those powers.Yeah, lol.
>>179481Very organized sheet.
>I have no idea what happens after the Equestria At War timeline startsYou don't need to know history. Just have fun. Pic related
>>179486>The idea that I play a bat pony Luna worshipper was fun. The Luna worshipper was because that was the Cultural factor I was able to grasp, and it gives roleplay possibilities.This adds an interesting dimension to the Harmonism worship of some other party members. Harmonism comes in many forms within Equestria.
>But I don't know how important or generally relevant ranged combat is going to be in this game, so I'll be flexible to character ideas.It's very important, but melee builds have tended to work so far.
>>179490>studded leatherREEEEEEEEEE my armor autism is activated
>>179499I will take that feat next then. Probably. There are way too many to choose from.
>>179486>The light armour is because I can't fly with medium armour, and why have wings if I'm not going to be able to fly? There's a worry in me that I won't be able to get to the enemies in heavy armour before they get taken out by volleys of gunfire.Since you're proficient in medium armor, wear a Chahar-Aina (mirror shield)
Since you're proficient in light armor, wear a set of Dastana (bracers). Posey wears them. Anyone proficient in light armor should wear dastana.
Chain Shirt + Dastana + Chahar-Aina is +6 AC, before Dex, with no penalty to speed. Ad a shield on top of this, and your AC will be incredible.
Also, since you can fly, you probably don't want a special mount. Consider Stand Fast Instead:
https://srd.dndtools.org/srd/classes/baseCore/paladin.html#stand-fastStand Fast is recommended in urban adventures.
Charging Smite is good too though.
Also, remember that as per the urban adventuring variant, you can always swap out the Ride skill with the Tumble Skill.
>I don't know how important or generally relevant ranged combat is going to be in this game, so I'll be flexible to character ideas.I think you'll be fine, but if you want more help with your build I can give you tips.
As for feats, I would need to get a better sense of how you want to plan your leveling before I make any recommendations.
You should probably have Divine Might and Battle Blessing if you intend to be a standard paladin.
>>179490>>179488If you're DPS melee, you might want to consider picking up Crescent Knife proficiency. It's one of the few exotic weapons worth the feat (I rank it tied with heavy harpoons, and slightly above spiked chain in general; but for melee rogues it blows every other weapon out of the water), as it functionally doubles a Rogue's DPS. Good with Craven as well.
It's also held with a crossbar that doesn't look ridiculous in a horse's mouth.
Craven (adds character level to sneak attack) and Darkstalker (subverts scent and other sensory abilities) are essentials for Rogues too.
>There are way too many to choose from.Superior Unarmed Strike, Snap Kick, Darkstalker, Beast Strike and Catfolk Pounce are worth considering too.
Also Craven if you pick up Sneak Attack through Sidewinder Style Monk.
Rangers are really good because they're the best at ACF chaining. One of my most powerful martial characters was a Ranger.
... I realize that it's none of my business telling everyone how to build their character, but I already spent all this time typing it, so I'm just going to click new reply.
Oh, and Flyby Attack and it's derivatives, for anyone who can fly.
I suppose I should give a detailed description of my characters, since it hasn't been done yet for the new players here.
Silver is a unicorn stallion, with light grey/silvery fur, a darker grey mane and tail in a fairly common utilitarian style, a darker grey dorsal stripe running down his back, and bright blue eyes. Adorning his flanks is a cutie mark of a sword in the middle of a downwards arc. He looks to be somewhere in his early-to-mid twenties, which to Brie is still taking a bit of getting used to. He speaks with a heavy Severyanan accent paired with a deep voice. Silver looks to be a physical specimen, being as tall as a Saddle Arabian horse while still having the build and bulk of a pony. With his large size and impressive strength, the way he moves so smoothly and deftly feels like it should be impossible, but despite this the dexterity and flexibility his body maintains is undeniable. His most notable physical feature however is not his size, strength, or even dexterity, but instead is just the shear amount of floof he possesses. Soft, thick, and full even beyond what Posey can hope to achieve, it suggests that a significant part of his ancestry is Snowpony, which explains not only his impressive build for a unicorn but also his apparent affinity for the cold. Mentally, he seems to be neither the sharpest of mind or sharpest of tongue, though he is certainly no simpleminded idiot. He seems to be possessed of a wisdom well beyond the years shown on his face. As far as equipment goes, he is perhaps the most modernly equipped one in the party, or second most modernly equipped now that Brie has revealed his almost futuristic armor. He wears a flak jacket that appears to have seen some better days, as well as a series of belt, bags, pouches, and bandoliers for quick access to his equipment and ammunition, in addition to his saddlebags which hold everything else he doesn't need immediate access to. In his possession are three weapons of note: a Lavender Rifle, the standard-issue army rifle of the Principality of Equestria during the Great War with an internal magazine fed using stripper clips, a civilian model pump-action shotgun chambered in 12 gauge ammunition, and the most non-modern weapon in his possession, a great big greatsword either made of or plated with silver, intricately made with detailed engravings. The greatsword he seems especially comfortable with, even moreso than with the rifle.
Kira is, well...unique. No lamias have ever been seen in Equestria before, as far as the current group's knowledge goes. Her front/top half appears to be a pony with yellow/golden-yellow fur, a short red mane with a couple small braids off to the side held together with beads, and bright red slitted eyes. Her pony half appears to almost be like a bat pony, just lacking any wings. Her other half is what likely causes most ponies to panic, however; a long, massive snake tail, covered in smooth, metallic golden-yellow scales with a pattern of large red diamonds with black borders running all the way down to the tip of her tail. Her underside is covered in white/off-white plate-like scales which help her gain traction while slithering on various surfaces. A large bulge in her tail disrupting her otherwise clean silhouette suggests that she ate something rather big recently is a bit concerning, but if asked Kira will explain it's a goat she bought at a farm outside of Baltimare. With both halves combining for anywhere between 18 to 20 feet long, Kira appears to be on the very upper edge of what could reasonably be called "medium", and if somehow she were to grow much longer one could very easily classify her as a "large creature". Assuming lamias age in a similar fashion to ponies, she appears to be somewhere in her early 20s judging from her pony half. She looks be very strong, with superb muscle definition in her pony half and the muscles in her tail rippling with every movement. As expected of a snake-like creature, she shows remarkable dexterity and control over her every movement. She seems possessed of a kind, agreeable demeanor that would make it easier than normal for her to be diplomatic, if it weren't for the handicap of inspiring terror in lesser-willed creatures, at least until they get to know her. What's interesting is that despite her origin in Zebrica, she speaks completely fluent Ponish and has an almost Equestrian accent that means she is extremely easy to understand. As far as equipment, Kira wears a far more archaic style of studded leather armor than Brie, with plates of cured leather hinged together to allow for ease of movement, covered in a layer of steel studs or perhaps small rings for additional protection, laying over a tunic made out of either wool or hemp for comfort. She has fewer belts and pouches than Silver does, just enough to suit her needs without inhibiting movement, and near where her two halves meet the lamia-version of a saddlebag is strapped around her tail. Up near where the sleeves of her leather armor end are a pair of ornately-made gold bangles in the shape of a lamia eating its own tail that Kira has moved further up from the ends of her forelegs (or, perhaps just legs as she only has the one pair of them). This is because she needed to make room for a pair of studded leather bracers for protection from one of her weapons. This weapon, a bow of very unusual make, appears to be bent or curved back on itself, and Posey may be able to tell that this bow isn't just made out of wood but also materials from different animals. Paired with the bow are two quivers of arrows, one behind her back and one strapped to her right side, the arrows themselves tipped with barbed steel arrowheads meant originally for hunting, but will be quite effective against unarmored or lightly armored opponents. She also possesses a spear with a steel leaf spearhead, finely made, and a hunting knife of ordinary make on her left hip.
>>179490ran out of characters in my description post to reply to this in itSilver looks over at the bat, tilting his head at the unusual design. "Where did you get that? I have never seen armored made in such fashion before."
Kira, meanwhile, looks over and lets out an "ooooooooooo" as her pupils and iris expand to encompass most of her eyes, the catchlights in them seemingly turning into sparkles. "That looks awesome!"
>>179504>Soft, thick, and full even beyond what Posey can hope to achieve, it suggests that a significant part of his ancestry is SnowponyGloomy is would be fluffier, if not for his chronic illness. Gloomy is a full snowpony.
Well, technically. Gloomy is the reincarnated psychic echo of the resentment of a savage, cannibalistic snowponies who worshipped the Windigos in the Arctic wastes north of what are now the Dread Lands.
>>179505>>179490"It's not really complete without steel bracers thoug- huuurjk!" Posey quickly refastens her blinders.
All light armor bros should wear dastana.
Oh, and spiked/horned helmets: you can wield them with no arms, and they do double damage on a charge.
Also braid blades for your mane, which you can potentially wear two of. And tail blades/scythes. An extra attack is an extra attack, even if you're not proficient in it.
Not wearing wonder woman bracelets, ZZZ Lucy Totenkopfs, grotesque armor made of bones, and Hatsune Miku twintails is killing your DPS. Don't look stupid.Also, I realize now that if Tenebrous wore a bat-shaped Chahar-Aina, alongside razored Dastana with a black Flack Jacket, he would look like Batman.
Brie too, although he can't wear the Chahar-Aina because it requires medium armor proficiency.
>>179501>+6 armor sploitsGM, I swear to god if you allow faggity assed armor thats better than mine cuz of this shit, theres gonna be a problem.
This is why minmaxing and metafaggitry is so toxic, it cuts the legs out from under the players who actually follow the rules and rewards the players who dont
>>179506>Gloomy's would be fluffierHERESY
>>179507How is that excessive? A paladin, who would normally be wearing plate armor, has to wear light armor because he can't fly in plate armor. +6 is still less than what he would get in plate armor, let alone Mechanus Gear armor or other specialized heavy armors.
The Dastana + Chahar-Aina + Chainshirt/Padded/Leather was specifically made for characters proficient in medium/heavy armor in oriental mileau where gothic full plate armor isn't available for whatever reason.
And it's still less AC than what he would normally wear. It just also lets him fly.
Also, it would make him look like Batman, which is fitting since he's a Dark Knight.
>cuts the legs out from under the playersHow are you affected by what Tenebrous wears? His AC doesn't affect yours; in fact, you should hope his defenses are good because he's supposed to be defending (You). It's normal for a paladin to have higher AC than a rogue.
Paladins are supposed to have high AC. Paladins get good armor, rogues get uncanny dodge, trap sense and evasion.
>thats better than mineYou can wear dastana too. That's +1 AC on top of whatever light armor you are wearing, and looks stylish too.
You can borrow Posey's Dastana, if you want.
>actually follow the rules and rewards the players who dontI follow rules. I study the rules very thoroughly. I don't break rules or ask for homebrew.
>>179508Well, I intend to make Gloomy an Ur Priest Tenebrous Apostate, so it's good that he's heresymaxxing already
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>>179509How does one cast spells in a heavy spiked helmet and hinged metal sleeves?
I'm sorry, it was hyperbolic to say "a problem". Please avoid flaunting the sploits you're using
>>179510Dread Necromancer, like a Bard, Beguiler, Warmage, Savant, Deathmaster, Duskblade, or Hexblade, can cast spells in light armor. See the sample Dread Necromancer wearing very sexy and stylish armor and bracers. Pic related.
Also, wearing a helmet of any kind doesn't prevent you from casting spells.
>>179511It's not an "exploit".
>>179512>doesnt comprehend what armor check and spell failure means
>>179513>ImplyingDo you seriously think I don't know how this game works? That I would be wearing armor that I'm not able to cast in?
Armor check penalty only matters if you use stealth or acrobatics.
Armored casters ignore the spell failure of light armor. Bard, Assassin, Dread Necromancer, Duskblade, Hexblade, Deathmaster, Savant, Beguiler and Warmage can all cast arcane in light armor. Note how none of those classes get the Mage Armor spell.
And they're all still AC Mogged by Wizards casting the right defensive spells.
Why do you even care? How does this affect you? I was just trying to help out Tenebrous Adamance's player who's paladin can't fly in anything but light armor, by showing him alternative ways to increase his AC and fulfill his role as frontline defender, but you got all pissy for some reason. Why does it matter to you? Why do you care if the paladin has decent AC? Shouldn't you
want him to have good AC?
None of this affects your character, so quit complaining.
Armor check and spell failure percent are two aspects of armor. They relate to how even perfectly fitting armor has weight and complicates movement.
Spellcasting is a very physically demanding practice, on par with the monk's martial arts.
The idea that a spellcaster can incur no movement penalties while wearing a sleeve pf hinged metal plates that HISTORICALLY required padded armor/gambeson underneath to avoid injuring the wearer,....
>>179499Is it impossible to have +8 initiative? No. As floof already pointed out, you can get to +8 initiative by having 18 dex and the improved initiative feat. But would it be suspicious as all fuck if Posey had +8 initiative? Yes, it would, given that she already has as much hp as the fighter, higher AC that the fighter, the other fighter, or the paladin, as much melee strength as the fighter (I believe), she has more bluff and disguise than the rogue, she’s the only one able to cast spells, she has charm as a SU, she has regenerating health for some reason, she has like 18s on all of her ability scores (which we’re all rolled in private), she even has an allegedly fluffier companion than the one character whose entire thing is being fluffy…
I can see why there would be concern, it’s a potential serious balancing issue. Can you honestly tell me that Kira is going to be even remotely close to facing the same dangers as Posey, when ostensibly they are the same level? And then there was your out of character remark to Brie stating that Posey could kill him easily. Yes, I get it. Rogues are squishy and kind of low powered, and Posey, as a caster, can dump her damage all at once. You’re still clearly aware of your character being dramatically overpowered relative to those who used published books that show up on Google.
>>179509>I follow the rules. I study the rules very thoroughly. I don’t break the rules or ask for homebrewDude, I’m sorry, but you’ve failed your bluff check against me on this one.
That “guidance of the avatar” is one even you had to admit was overpowered, and was scrubbed from the internet by its publisher 6 years ago.
I googled that “scorpion amulet” trying to figure out what it was. While I didn’t find a page all to it, I found a page wherein they stated that the originally published book on that had an error, stating that the summoned scorpion was “huge” in size, when it should have been “large.” This error was corrected in the errata, which not as many people read. I have a suspicion that that publishing error is exactly what you were trying to exploit.
>How is that excessive? A paladin, who would normally be wearing plate armor, has to wear light armor because he can't fly in plate armor. +6 is still less than what he would get in plate armor,Dude, no, again, same thing. I googled your “chanar anain” (on my phone using Google, not bing) trying to figure out what the fuck that’s even supposed to be. I didn’t get an article expositing what it is, but I got four different forums in the first few results where the thread says that this chain shirt, dastana, weird Chinese thing combo makes plate armor obsolete. Are you seriously going to tell me that plate armor, with so much armor check penalty, encumbrance, and inability to fly, a dex AC of +1, and a maximum possible AC of 9, is really going to be better than your combo of +6 AC +4 dex AC? Are you serious?
We could just bullshit that everyone has +1000 AC and add +1001 Attack to all enemies, all it does is chase the numbers up.
I'm not asking for any changes mind you, Im just saying I dont wanna hear about it
Wouldnt it be funny if Tenebrous pulled out an even fancier set of military-commissioned light armor?
Fun fact, mages are supposed to be even squishier than rogues
>>179516
Alright. GM has spoken.
I was just trying to help out tenebrous with his armor.
>18s
>which we’re all rolled in private
I rolled Posey's stats publicly at the beginning of the game, GM. My highest roll was 17.
>was scrubbed from the internet by its publisher 6 years ago.
The entire WotC archive was scrubbed by Hasbro. Years of fandom chats, handbooks and conversations were memory-holed.
>would it be suspicious as all fuck if Posey had +8 initiative? Yes
GM, maybe it isn't clear, because Posey hasn't been in combat in a long time, but I've rolled initiative in front of you before, multiple times. Posey does have Improved Initiative. It's a bonus feat from Half Vampire.
>Yes, it would, given that she already has as much hp as the fighter, higher AC that the fighter, the other fighter, or the paladin, as much melee strength as the fighter (I believe), she has more bluff and disguise than the rogue, she’s the only one able to cast spells, she has charm as a SU, she has regenerating health for some reason
Well, kind of...? Depends what your yard stick is.
>Can you honestly tell me that Kira is going to be even remotely close to facing the same dangers as Posey, when ostensibly they are the same level?
Idk what Kira's build is, but maybe? Idk.
I played a greensnake naga once. Scales Ones make excellent Rangers, especially if they have Venomfire.
>I googled that “scorpion amulet” trying to figure out what it was. While I didn’t find a page all to it, I found a page wherein they stated that the originally published book on that had an error, stating that the summoned scorpion was “huge” in size, when it should have been “large.” This error was corrected in the errata, which not as many people read. I have a suspicion that that publishing error is exactly what you were trying to exploit.
I actually forgot about that errata. I had intended to summon the huge scorpion when everybody used a readied action to hop on it and ride it like a bus towards the enemy.
It's still a very good item for its price.
>inability to fly
I wouldn't have even brought it up if not for that.
>than your combo of +6 AC +4 dex AC?
That would only aplly if he had 18 Dex. +6 Armor bonus is still less than +8. Not to mention plate armor is good for a lot of other reasons that aren't obvious (armor specialization gimmicks).
But you've already made your ruling. I won't dispute it.
>she even has an allegedly fluffier companion than the one character whose entire thing is being fluffy…
I won't apologize for my colt being cute.
Also, I said he WOULD BE more fluffy, if not for his chronic illness. Gloomy's fur is thin, and falling out in patches. I just saw it as an opportunity to drop part of Gloomy's backstory.
But all this aside, is what you're telling me that you want me to scrap Rosey Ring's character sheet? Because that's the message I'm getting. I'm really be disappointed if that's how it came out after 18 months of development, but if you want her to just fall into the sea be washed away, that's your call.
I won't ever deny being a powergamer. Posey isn't minmaxed: she's just maxed. I when I entered the game read descriptions of an encounter where a Wizard cast a bunch of buff spells and started blasting the party with a machine gun, and I took it to be a high op, high lethality game and made a character that could take machine gun fire, at the cost of spending two character levels.
Posey's character sheet has barely changed since I made it: she gained one (1) level.
So if you want me to throw her sheet away, just say so. I'll delete it right now.
>>179519Thank you. As your biggest critic, that admission was more than I had hoped for. I have no problem with you olaying Posey as is, just don't act like other players are idiots/behind for not maxxing
>>179519Awwwwww. I wouldn't want you to change characters...
>>179517Missed this part
>And then there was your out of character remark to Brie stating that Posey could kill him easily.That wasn't cool of me to say, but that also came immediately after Brie threatened to kill my character. I called his bluff, because rogues don't usually fare well vs undead because sneak attack is rendered impotent, and I didn't believe he took the specializations or items that let him subverts that.
And yeah, it was gay of me to brag about being able to kill him, but I was also really mad that he threatened to kill me.
>>179521All the three other characters I made are undead monsters too... (Except for Gloomy, because he's still alive).
>>179520The "don't look stupid" thing was ironic: if you wear all that stuff at once, you'd look stupid
(or really cool).
>You're doing it again
We're mid week. Xp
But to the maxxing issue, yes Tenebrous could grab le specifical armor and le other specifical armor, cuz peepz on the internetes have determined that there are loop a hole with regard to these armors.
Or, let GM custom-tailor the intrepid(?) Paladin through something unique
Trust the process
I mean, you dont know how many pages of text I threw at GM to authorize MY batman suit, but as soon as the "shouldnt the pali get a better one?" question was raised, I was all in for him to get a better one
>>179522Well, I personally like your characters. Anyways, I suppose to give a bit of context since Kira was mentioned earlier, she's level 6 with 34 hit points, +6 to her AC, and a +11 bonus to attack rolls with her bow which deals 1d8+3 damage on a hit. She's not a very powerful character, and her main strength comes from her very high Hide and Move Silently rolls (+14 to each), letting her be arguably the stealthiest character in the party. Odds are, encounters that would be challenges for Kira would be fairly trivial for Posey, and encounters that would be challenges for Posey would be death sentences for the noodle. Again, I really do like your characters and I wouldn't want you to scrap or change them, but Posey definitely is the strongest character in the party by a wide margin and I think what causes GM pone to constantly complain about it are the reminders of how Posey managed to get into that position.
>>179526Hoping you'll pardon my interjection (and not just you) it becomes an issue of balance. Posey wants a challenge, which is fine. But what challenges Posey could - in the same combat - maybe turn Kira into pulp. GM wants Posey to feel the thrill of near-death!!!
But at the same time, no one wants anything bad to happen to the coot noodle @_@
>>179524>Or, let GM custom-tailor the intrepid(?) Paladin through something unique>Trust the processSure, if GM wants to do all of the work to homebrew it. Fine.
I just proposed an armor alternative based on pre-existing rules, because I've faced the same dilemma in the past and had a solution. I thought I was being helpful with my encyclopedic knowledge of this board game from 20 years ago. I hear about a flying character who was frustrated with low AC despite being proficient in heavy armor, and i immediately thought "Chain Shirt with Mirror Shield and Bracers": it's a reflex for me at this point. I thought it would be cool. I thought I was helping.
>>179525His batman suit would literally just be your batman suit, +1. Mirror Shield is +1.
And, tbh, maybe Flak Jacket (Chain Shirt) + Bracers + shield plate, that conveniently looks like Batman, should be better than plate armor for a dex character. Maybe plate armor is obsolete in a modern setting, because it is in real life.
But the ruling has already been made. It doesn't matter.
Idk anymore. I just tried to be helpful. I'm a tryhard. Idk why I always try so hard if it just ends up like this. I always try so hard and all it does is waste my time and accomplish nothing. Fuck.
>>179528Have you ever worn a flak jacket? They restrict movement
>>179528Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...
My point is overemphasized, and I apologize for that. My concern was that liberties were being taken - not specifically by players, but by game designers who don't know the irl mechanics of what theyre designing - and I am confident that whatever error was made by game designers, it is neither the fault, onus, or responsibility of players to address.
Im prolly pushing it with this, but as one Batpone ostensibly arguing for another, what is cooler than having some crazy prototype military suit, specifically designed to aid arial ponies? In perspective, Brie has the Michael Keaton Batmobile, but Tenebrous has the Nolan's
I should have said Batsuit, but Im a little miffed that Im arguing for another player to have "cooler than what I specifically and expressly advocated for, as a character feature".
>>179528I’m sorry. No, I don’t want you to tear up your character sheet. I like having you play
>>179534Rosey's player has reason to feel put on, and Im a big reason behind it, but not cuz I wanna piss in their cereal.
Meta/maxxfagging is fucking tedious. And no, new players should never have to.
Its useful, sure, but it has a really limited productivity ratio.
I'm good, I think my concerns (rules and all) are covered. Its gonna be the best for the whole group, right?
I wont kill anyone, I probably wont threaten anyone, lets kill some commies and military contractors
>>179509Since we're talking about armor, Cavaliere has on a leather jacket which (according to DnD Modern) provides +1 AC and counts as light armor. He doesn't have a lot of levels in monk so the effects of wearing it aren't severe, but are there any workarounds to wear armor as a monk while retaining all abilities? Otherwise, taking it off before unarmed combat begins is a simple affair.
Also, GM Pony, how much does a smoke grenade and camouflage net weigh? I forgot to take those into account.
>>179518Armor in this setting is hard to work with, since in the real world time period it is modeled after personal armor has long been obsolete, with a couple of exceptions including the Soviet Stalnoi Nagrudnik (designed to stop only pistol-calibre rounds) and American flak vests (designed to stop high-speed fragments). Light-weight kevlar "bulletproof" (they still couldn't stop rifle-calibre rounds) vests weren't widely adopted until the 1960s, and it took decades more for modern plate carriers to be adopted. In EaW there's a lot more leeway and canonically heavily-armored infantry exist. As Cavaliere mentioned, modern griffon knights have heavy armor, and the polar bears can also develop armor to the same effect. But there has to be good reasons why the armed forces of every country don't adopt armor that can stop rifle-calibre rounds, not to mention adventurers. In the game they all wear uniforms similar to those of WW2 in real life. Also, the character Cavaliere is modeled after has in his theme song "A knight without armor in a savage land," and I deliberately shirked the usage of armor to follow this idea. Monk is not a strong class to begin with, and although it meshes well with ranger to the best of my knowledge I definitely sacrificed power in favor of theme rather than the other way around. Cavaliere has also not been tested in battle within the game yet so I don't know how he would do.
A good reason is cost. Only a few griffon knights and polar bear berserkers are around, and mass-producing their armor or training soldiers to use it would be prohibitive. Another reason is how restrictive it is, and that's the main thing we are discussing now. Armor that one can run around easily in should not easily stop rifle-calibre rounds, and since that's what most of what militaries use, issuing "light armor" would not be worthwhile either. Well, maybe the Kirins came up with something clever to accentuate their armored backs (which canonically in the game can deflect bullets), but that exotic armor style wouldn't be immediately available to an Equestrian paladin.
I'm in favor of Tenebrous having something nice though. Maybe we could just rename those armor pieces to fit the setting?
>>179519I think the whole concern around Posey arises from the fact that none of us, probably including the GM, took notes on her character sheet so we have no idea just what she's capable of. Because she's designed very cleverly to be effective the mental image that forms as a result makes it look like powergaming.
>Gloomy's fur is thin, and falling out in patches.Get him some Mane & Tail shampoo.
>I when I entered the game read descriptions of an encounter where a Wizard cast a bunch of buff spells and started blasting the party with a machine gun, and I took it to be a high op, high lethality game and made a character that could take machine gun fire, at the cost of spending two character levels.The player of that wizard unfortunately isn't in the game anymore, though I hope I speak for us all in that we want him to come back. The game has high op, high lethality
moments but as far as I can tell it's not universal across the game. Our earth pony fighter got in a situation where he fought a minotaur with his hooves and
lost, though his marefriend saved him from any worse consequences. Aside from Hoebuck, the most intense fighting occurred in Silver's dream sequences which were the only occasions of open warfare seen so far. I think this might have created a bit of misunderstanding, though hopefully a harmless one.
>So if you want me to throw her sheet away, just say so. I'll delete it right now.While I am also intimidated by Posey's power level compared to the rest of the party (despite lacking two levels), I would really rather you didn't. Posey has grown on me.
>>179526This
>>179501>Chain Shirt + Dastana + Chahar-Aina is +6 AC, before Dex, with no penalty to speed. Ad a shield on top of this, and your AC will be incredible.>Also the other tips and suggestionsThanks for the great ideas. I've never done anything more complex than PHB plus one splatbook source (with DM approval).
The scene I keep replaying in my mind is flying around a large cave and trying to move around to get better positioning to support either the other melee characters or holding back the tide for the ranged ones.
I think I'll take another look at my build and look at swapping the magic greatsword with a sword and board style of combat if I can. I don't know how that'd work with a pony bodytype.
I might rethink whether I want to go in as a DPS or as a support tank. Do less, better.
Swapping from curing diseases to curing curses is a thing I'd like to do, since I've never heard of or experienced a game where diseases existed, but I've seen a curse or two in my time, but I'm fine with keeping things simple.
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>"Uuh...">Tenebrous groans from his seat in the back.>"Air transport like this sucks worse than I remember. I've been out of action too long." he quietly mutters.>Bleary eyes and a mild but noticeably messy mane peek out from above and around his face. The dark blue obscuring his green eyes until he brushes it away with a hoof.>The nondescript traveller's cloak covers the chain armour like a blanket, serving as an effective and cozy companion to the natural batpony fluffiness. The armour itself is of reliable quality, and bears his Lunar Guard nameplate and rank. with occasionally stitched plates relating the symbols of the Lunar Paladins and his squad.
>>179536>is there a workaround for monks with armorNgl, no, outside of homebrew
Monks are a specialization cross-class in 3.5, no need to justify
But everything is subject to GM
>>179536>Also, GM Pony, how much does a smoke grenade and camouflage net weigh?A smoke grenade is 19 ounces. A camouflage net... I have no idea. A tent made of mosquito netting is 4 and a half pounds, and that is the closest I can find.
>>179535>Meta/maxxfagging is fucking tedious.It's what 3.5 is known for, to an incredible degree. It's why they made other editions. I'm fine with having a flavourful but sub-optimal build. My goal is to be able to be useful in multiple situations and have some character flavour to work with.
>>179490Ten looks at Brie and pauses. Then he blinks.
"Wow. You're going all out. I hope you won't mind too much if that gets scratched and covered in mud."
"What sort of scraps are you used to getting in to, again? Don't get me wrong, that's a fantastic set of dress armour, but I'm worried that it might grab a little too much attention in a larger fight if we get unlucky."
>>179541Kira: "It's quite fancy, but I think it's only sticking out to us as that because we're not in an environment where it's at its best. Maybe when it gets dark it will become its most effective, you know? Maybe he'll do that thing where he 'melts into the shadows' like I heard some of those ninja-people do over in the kirin lands."
>>179541Ten has an as-yet undescribed armor set, not criticizing. Just using to further
"Ye,... wel fuck me, thats a fancy suit"
>>179504"...I could see that. It looks like he's used to needing the quiet that's hard to get from metal armour. I'm just worried about the leather wearing out if the mission lasts too long."
>>179543>"This is a game?""...It could be. You start things with a sneak attack, I fly in to save your butt, and then we have the heavy support trample on through while the ranged support peppers the targets. Most of my experience is against changelings, so I'm not sure what the overall flow of things will be, but this is what makes sense to me so far."
>>179544"Thank you. It was issued by the Lady of the Night herself. The stars were glimmering wonderfully that night. If you haven't been to one of the public ceremonies officiated by one of the holy goddesses themselves, then I'd recommend you do what you can to make the time. The night (or day) was crafted specially for that occasion. The weather ponies were on top form. Literally everything was perfect. It's really an experience that you can't find anywhere else. Except maybe that one time with the Storm King."
>>179545Brie sits patiently through the response.
"Lovely," he says, displaying the body language of a bat who thinks the other bat is a bit daft. No fault, Luna IS lovely, but he doesnt into all the discussions and disagreements, bla bla bla."
not intending to discourage, just that Brie wont be receptive to drawn-out exposition
"Yes, Im sure you have a perfrctly good reason. About my retainer"
>>179547Fucking starlink, this was me
So, a quick word about Brie, cuz playing him involves depicting him as more of a dick than I would generally be.
He's all business. He's from the criminal underground, where you neither offer unnecessary info for any reason, nor do you trust anyone you don't understand the motives of (their actual motives, not the ones they confess). He's familiar to the point of expecting betrayal and/or "opportunistic renegotiations", and always has several active backup plans just waiting for someone to reneg on a deal.
In story, he's been asked on this mission by an associate/friend who he owes a favor to, but otherwise thinks this mission is probably beneath him. (I as a player know it's not, I'm just offering perspective context). As far as he knows Silver is the only other "operator" in this squad, and he has a feeling he's going to have to spend more time keeping ponies alive than helping them not be.
He is a big fan of the license to kill,... ngl.
He will talk alot of shit because,... well no one has shut him up yet, but he also thinks that if you get upset by his shit talking, then you're probably not credible in the long run anyway. 99% of his talk IS nonsense, he knows it. Sociability is a vapid practice in his opinion, so it invariably bleeds into his presentation. It is why no matter how polite and cordial, there's an aire of unease to his spiel's.
>>179536Oh, I have her character sheet. It waa posted once and I downloaded it. It's definitely a lot, but it's not even close to a Pun-Pun build. The only thing that gives me a bruh moment is AC tbh, but I can live with it.
If we really wanna scare Posey in-character, I say we fight a group of religious zealots with holy/blessed weapons. That could be fun
>>179536Brie's suit is "designed" to offer a degree of melee protection, as well as give him a bit of a chance of deflecting bullets away. Its not intended to be a kevlar-esque or plate-carrier mockup, his defense is almost entirely based on his dexterity and evasiveness. It could be said to provide camoflage from long range, and "not compromise" his presence in many stealth environments, but without active camo you can't be prepared for EVERY scenario so he went with an urban digial sort of pattern, cuz it works in wilderness at night.
>>179541Brie raises an eyebrow at the term "all out".
"Is this your first combat assignment? There is no other way to 'be', if you hope to reunite with your bedroom pillow, that is."
>>179541
"And I assure you that a larger fight is precisely what this suit is designed for. I can slit throats in my pajamas, if that was all that was called for. Though, I am envious of what government sponsorship can apparently muster up," he says, a bit of irritation and perhaps jealousy creeping into his expression as he eyes Tenebrous' suit.
>>179545
"Oh my, does that mean it has a divine quality to it? May I?" He asks, holding out a hoof, wanting to see if it will zap him if he touches it.
(Cuz it would never come up otherwise, tho there is a chance characters may care and/or have heard some of Brie's reputation, and I have a moment)
His reputation is deadly, combining blades with Neighponese Jiu Jitsu to pin his opponents, and then puncture severe wounds in their critical areas. Fearless to the point of recklessness, SOMEPONY up there likes him, cuz he somehow manages to escape hopeless crises (often with a new mane-cut) leaving analysts scratching their heads to try and speculate what manner of sea turtle he managed to ride to safety.
There are a couple bounties on his head, but those are centered around localized crime families, though he is also wanted for questioning on a number of cases (of which he is both guilty and innocent).
His primary occupation is burglary and smuggling of high-ticket art pieces and histpric collectables, but he really just likes money and will entertain any sort of business venture, especially the sort that aids his illicit enterprises. Theres a very happy cupcake baker back in Baltimare that helps launder money for him, for example.
>>179504Oh! One more detail about Kira I didn't get the chance to mention because of the character limit: around her pony neck is a necklace, though unlike the bangles around her upper arms this necklace isn't made out of opulent gold but instead of humble wood and string, though it's no less intricately crafted. The primary feature of this necklace is a wooden charm carved in the likeness of a crouching leopard.
Okay, I think it’s time for everyone to land on the island.
Can everyone say when they are available? It would be nice if we could figure out when everyone could be available for combat.
The plane flies for some time, until it descends lower, and beneath the cloud layer. Looking outside the world is all fog, and the plane banks and makes a wide turn, before riding again above the could. It repeats this another two times, going beneath and then above the clouds. Finally, the pilot announces,
“We’ve found it. Mended Horn. We’re going to let you down.” The outside is much too obscured by fog to see much, but in a break, a hill appears to the right that breaks to cliffs by the ocean side. Beyond it further ti the right it recesses into a bay, and the bare edge of a steel figure may be seen through the fog. However a cloud comes in, low to the water, and obscures the field of view once again.
The plane decreases in speed even further, and touches down on the water, moving forward and to the right. There is a thick veil of fog over all, though visibility varies, and soon enough clears to 300 feet. The plane moves on the water closer to the island.
What can be seen in front if the party is a granite cliff face, though only fifty feet in height. Above that a hill inclines. Below it, by the water, are broken rocks and a rocky beach. To the left is a granite stack rising about 50 feet above the water.
The pilot comments. “We’re a little south and towards the center of the island. I don’t know if anyone saw or heard us. I don’t think we could get you any closer without rushing being heard. There is rolling fog. It varies, but right now, flying too close to the island is dangerous. We’ll let you off here.”
There are two rafts with oars to take the creatures to shore, which is maybe 150 feet away.
“Try to stay out of the water. Most of the wildlife has gone south for the winter, but so has the heat. That cold will kill you up here, and quickly.”
WE'RE SO BACK!
>>179558Kira looks up at the shear cliff face that has emerged out of the fog, thoughts running through her head as to how the party will conquer this obstacle. Silver seems to share her concerns.
Silver: "Now I realize it would have been prudent to requisition climbing gear. I am not sure we can climb up that cliff with just our bare hooves, we are not goats."
Kira: "Oh, I have a length of rope we can use! One of the fliers in the group can take one end of it up to the top, and the rest of us climbs up using the other end. The
first step is going to be getting to that shore, though."
Kira has another concern; she is quite big and heavy, and she's not certain how well the rafts would take her weight.
Swim: Kira decides in the end to make use of her current resistance to the cold and not take up four spots on a raft by taking a deep breath and diving into the water.
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
>>179559>>179558Despite not actually knowing how to swim, Kira manages to effortlessly remain buoyant, and the effects of Endure Elements means she remains perfectly comfortable despite the freezing temperatures of the seawater.
As a bonus, she seems to remain buoyant enough for members of the party to ride on her back and tail as she swims to the shore, if it's so desired.
>>179559>>179560Kira succeeds in swimming through the waters, which are calm enough by the plane; even as waves form by the shore. Faith alone keeps the cold waters from sucking the life out of Kira and quickly.
There is a recognizable Ricky beach ringing to the right and especially to the left. The cliff is far from the steepest Silver or Kira have ever seen, but it’s hardly inviting.
>>179504>descriptionI'll do that too
>He looks to be somewhere in his early-to-mid twentiesI believed him to be initially in his late 50s or early 60s, and eating the fruit caused him to age 20 years younger. Much ado was made about how old he was and I can't believe he was only in his 40s.>Silver looks to be a physical specimen, being as tall as a Saddle Arabian horse while still having the build and bulk of a pony.Sorry for being a nitpicker. Horses are of large size in DnD and we don't know but we can assume that Saddle Arabians are that size. They're almost as large as Princess Celestia who is definitely in that size category. I don't know how big Big Mac is, but that should be the upper limit for pony sizes.>size, strength, dexterity and wisdomI'm curious about your exact stats. I'll share mine at the end.>a long, massive snake tail, covered in smooth, metallic golden-yellow scales with a pattern of large red diamonds with black borders running all the way down to the tip of her tail.Wouldn't that be hard for her to hide with outside of her native environment?>With both halves combining for anywhere between 18 to 20 feet long, Kira appears to be on the very upper edge of what could reasonably be called "medium", and if somehow she were to grow much longer one could very easily classify her as a "large creature".She is definitely already large. She's much larger than a python of similar length because it's implied her tail end is thiccer. Plus she could fit only in a pickup truck bed.>studded leatherPls no, studded leather is neither a real armor nor effective, and I will die on this hill, no matter what DnD says. There's other types of armor that resemble what you want.>>179557I'm available tomorrow late afternoon and evening, U.S. time. Evenings will be possible except on Friday and Saturday for me.
Cavaliere is a male griffon of tall build but wiry stature. His feline half resembles almost a jaguar, with dense but short black fur and a tail that ends in a small tuft, as well as front jet black talons that end in well-groomed claws. His avian head is covered with dusty grey feathers and is topped with a black crest. The wings on his back are also black and blend in with his fur. He has a thin black feathered "mustache" over a weathered beak, and his seasoned appearance implies that he is roughly forty years old. His fluent Ponish without much of an accent may surprise those who have met griffons before. Even for a griffon, his natural expression is carefully schooled and neutral except when he lets it be anything else, and it can be difficult to tell what he is thinking. He is remarkably lithe for his age and the others can only guess at how quick his reflexes really are. Although his physical stature is not too imposing, and even by griffon standards he lacks grace and features most would consider to be attractive, his pale yellow eyes shine with a gleam that is both sharp and understanding. He is lightly equipped; the only "armor" he has on is a black bomber-style leather jacket with a fluffy grey sheepskin liner. Under that he wears a black button-up shirt and black trousers, and filling out his outfit are brown leather boots designed for griffon paws, well-made and embroidered but having seen heavy usage. He additionally wears a black wide-brimmed hat made of felt and upturned at the edges, with the crown rimmed by a leather band and a small silver medallion in the front. On his back is a dark brown leather backpack that is currently well-packed and seems to be a moderate burden for him, as griffons cannot bear loads as easily as their equine counterparts. Around his waist is a heavy-duty black leather belt covered in cartridges loaded into loops, and on one side is an additional pouch that looks packed, while on the other side is a holster for a long-barreled revolver. Cavaliere's companions cannot get a good look at the gun aside from its ebony grip until they near their drop point, when he smoothly draws it, swings open the cylinder and loads it with six rounds from his gun belt. Those with experience with firearms would recognize the model as a "Peacemaker" model revolver with a seven-and-a-half inch barrel. The construction is of black gunmetal and is unadorned, but its precise "click" as the cylinder swings back into position implies that it is of high quality, perhaps even custom-made. With a subtle twirl of the gun around a talon, he re-holsters the gun.
17-1 Dexterity
11-1 Constitution
15+1 Wisdom
14+1 Intelligence
11-1 Strength
7+1 Charisma>>179558"Thank you. You've done your part, and now it's time for ours." Being close to the door, he clambers onto the nearest raft and holds out a claw to help the next party member board.
>>179558>smiles in termal insulation>>179559"We have two bats who can more than secure any length of rope for necessary climbing."
>nat20
Well now
>>179562
Uhm, those modifiers dont match those stats
Once out of the plane, Brie clacks open his case, which when swung open reveals a lining of foam and individual cutouts, mostly empty (clearly recesses for equipment) and draws from the case:
2 frag grenades, 1 smoke grenade, a revolver, 2 full reloaders, and what appears to be a brand-new engine oil filter. He divvies up the 50rounds of9mm .380, in hoof-fulls of 12, along his utility belt, before slipping the revolver into a hidden holster in a fold of his suit, the oil filter in a semi elastic pouch along his spine/saddle area, and the grenades secured to where his cutie marks would be (btw, he has no cutie marks, it may have been noticed).
Oh, and I can be available virtually anytime, with a couple hours advance notice
>>179564Also, how thick is the fog? One assumes its white out beyond a certain distance
>>179563They aren't modifiers, they are adjustments from being in the age slot of middle age.
>>179565As the plane sits there, Brie can see out to about 300 feet before his eyes meet with a wall of grey. As the pilot stated, the fog is moving, like a set of clouds low to the ground that move in the wind. Sometimes he can see further, sometimes not, but visibility is
comparatively high at the moment.
>>179563I believe the +/-1s are meant to show that, due to Garv's age, he's at the point where all of his physical attributes are reduced by 1 while his mental attributes are increased by 1Kira gives Brie a bundle of hemp rope, 50 ft. long, once they arrive on the shore. She tilts her head and flicks her tongue at the strange device he's put in the semi elastic pouch. "What's that for?"
>>179562>ageI don't think an exact number was given for how much the fruit reversed his aging, but my understanding from talking with GM pone was that Silver's back somewhere in his 20s.>sizeSilver's still a pony, though, and ponies are still medium sized creatures as far as I understand. Kira might also be quite large in total, but her pony half is still within the reasonable range of pony sizes so I've got her marked as medium. Plus with Kira especially it's far more advantageous for her to be medium sized where she doesn't suffer penalties to Hide or Move Silently, her main advantages as a character.>tailYeah, it's a bit of the point of her design, but still she has such an in-depth understand of being sneaky that she can compensate.>studded leatherscroonchWell, it's either studded leather or leather lamellar armor, either one.
>>179566Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh o7
>>179568Lamilar is grossly underrepresented, and what I actually envisioned for Brie's suit, at least on some composite level. Studded leather is just what the book calls that level of (leather) armor, but they get alot of things wrong
>>179568"Excellent!" He exclaims, taking the rope. He takes a moment to wind the rope into a much tighter and more compact coil before securing that coil with a bit of paracord, and placing that likewise in the elastic pouch. Patting the pouch, Brie knows hes running out of volumetric storage, but thay shouldnt be a problem, right?
>whassat 4
"Oh that? Just a minor engine component, in case we need to repair a mechanical situation." He smiles warmly, but something about his response suggests that he is being ironically facetious; what he means by 'mechanical', 'situation', nor how such an engine device (its a rudimentary oil filter) would 'repair' it, well, I'd put that at a dc25 insight check
>>179570Kira is neither that insightful nor that knowledgeable on how engines work, and as such takes Brie at his word. What she's a bit more concerned about right now however is the rope. "Um...I'll get that back right after, right?"
>>179569I suppose it's settled then; the armor Kira is wearing is made out of leather lamellar plates tied together rather than being "studded" leather.
>>179571"If not this specific rope, than one of equal or greater value." ^_^
>lamillar
Its what they would have written if they knew history. And yes, studded/metal reinforced lamillar would be better than "regular old" (on the leather scale), but tell me scale mail isnt metal lamillar?
>>179568>ageIf he's already back in his 20s, then there's not much incentive to find that Tree of Life. Plus, it was a better party dynamic under the assumption that Cavaliere and Silver look the same age.>sizeTotal size is what matters. Also getting past inherent penalties is part of the fun. Cavaliere has a low charisma score (in fact I proposed the idea of griffons having a -1 charisma penalty) even though I intend on him acting as a negotiator a lot of the time. I put points into bluff, diplomacy and intimidate despite being inherently weak in those areas.>armorleather lamellar is preferable>no statsI showed you mine, now show me yours.>>179563>>179570>>179573"I brought a coil of rope as well. Better too much than too little."Scale male would count I guess, but it would also clatter like crazy.
>>179574"No contest though, obviously I don't tend to need/bring my own."
>>179568I would imagine the tail would actually help in stealth, cause she doesn't have to clippy clop little hoofsies to get around so she's quieter>>179558The zeeb seems to be pleased to be out of the air, but not so pleased to be in the water. He does his best to gently lower himself into a raft without causing too much of a scene.
To clarify, Brie took the rope cuz he anticipates it may be needed shortly, but...
"Do we have a topographical map? Regardless, I'd like to spend a few minutes surveiling the area," Brie says, clearly not used to appealing to a group he isnt in charge of. "I recommend 2-3 waves of surveillance, starting first at 250', and then descending based on the results of the previous sweeps."
>>179576Hmm, you make a fair point, you cute lil' zeeb>>179574scroonch>>179573Kira: "Oh, yay! I knew you would, but it's nice to know for certain!"
You know, I do believe a certain bat is asking for a nice friendly lamia hug.
>>179579His face sours slightly at the idea of a hug. Hes very not a touchy-feely sort (unless its murder-struggles, thats fine)
>>179580The expression lasts only for a fraction of a second, before his 'usual charm' reasserts its self.
"Now now, while susceptible to flattery, I'm not one to cave over a length of rope"
(Especially hemp rope, I mean who in celesitia's name DOESNT use silk rope on a mission like this,....)
Posey, if you're still lurking,
I'm sure you've seen multiple posts of me bitching at you and assume that this means I have mostly antipathy for you, don't like you, and don't want you here. Well, that isn't true. I do like you playing with us and I am glad you have been here. I like you in the game and I like you on the quest. I know I've repeatedly bitched at you and taken a harsh tone that makes it seem like I just don't like you, and probably you specifically. I'm sorry, I should not do that. I generally try to just go along with things to get along with people, and when a frustration builds to a point, or if something specific sets me off, I snap. And that is what happened. I curse a lot and apparently get rude when annoyed. It doesn't mean I don't like you. I appreciate you even if I don't show it.
I think you've noticed that you're the only player here that I have no prior connection with and don't know outside of the game. That doesn't mean you're not an important part of the game. It does not mean that you are unwanted, and it certainly does not mean that your absence is not noticed.
>>179582hopes for a Posey soon
>>178640 →If Amber is sick, she doesn't have sick days.
It's cold outside, but at least the rain has ended. But she just might be able to stop for breakfast, if she's out early enough.
>>179584me too>>179585She doesn't think she's sick. Her winter coat and her clothes serve well to protect her from the mild winter.
She decides to grab a quick, and hopefully non-greasy, breakfast on the way there.
>>179586Thankfully, small diners do exist, though the level of grease has yet to be determined. This one looks cheap.
>>179587Amber stops by and looks at what's on the menu.
>>179588The little diner is on a corner with seats both in booths, but also next to the kitchen in a bar style. The yellow lights tint the simple, single page paper menus, and the faux leather seats and wooden tables have seen better days.
It appears there are fruits, hay, waffles, pancakes
and grits.
>>179589Amber sits at the bar and greets the owner with a tired smile. She elects to order a bowl of grits, a side of hay and a smattering of fresh fruit.
>>179590Whether the tall, grey, obese unicorn stallion who wears a white apron is actually the owner is uncertain, but he certainly seems to have a position of authority over the other pony working there, a brown earth pony colt in a similar apron. He looks up towards Amber with his green eyes and nods to her greeting as he wordlessly takes her order. He does, however, ask her the following:
"Coffee or orange juice?"
>>179591"Um…."She isn't much used to coffee, it being a luxury for her parents to enjoy and not one for the foals "lest growth be stunted." But given her bad dream she could use it.
"…Coffee, please."
>>179592Dare she drink the black, liquid drug? Does she feel like she's earned a luxury? Is she truly an adult now, doing adult things, like drinking coffee? The stallion comes back with a cup of the black liquid, and offers both milk and sugar.
The grits, too come out, with a small side of butter and an option of salt. The hay is timothy grass, lightly moisturized, and the fruit is the cut up and peeled portions of an orange, a banana, and a couple strawberries.
>>179593Amber takes a sip of the black coffee and scrunches at its vile bitterness. They really drink
this? She adds a generous amount of milk, tries it again, and adds some sugar before she starts to like it. It's still quite hot though and she spaces out the drink over the course of the meal.
The grits combined with butter and salt are a welcome taste of home. The timothy grass is something she had never tried before and it possesses the subtle texture and notes of flavor only a pony can appreciate. The fruit makes a fine dessert, but Amber hasn't tried a banana before. Her face lights up with joy as she savors the new tropical flavor.
>>179594It's...
magical. Mushy and magical. But honestly the damp, dead leaves on the sidewalk would taste half-magical with how Amber has starved herself
>>179596Amber finishes her meal with nary a crumb left on her plate, feeling far better than before. She beams at the plump stallion and his young assistant.
"Thank you so very much, I needed that."
>>179597He simply smiles and nods
Amber had to sacrifice any time practicing, but perhaps it was worth it.
>>179597>>179598Oh, and about 4 bits
>>179598>>179599Nopony can practice on an empty stomach.
She hoofs over a five bit note, and lets them keep the change. Trotting along to work, she whistles and tries to think of a new tune.
>>179600Amber arrives at work to find that High Sewn is not outside smoking, but inside, trying to sew on a button. She looks up towards Amber, and says
"Oh, you're here."
>>179601Earth ponies sewing buttons is one of those things other creatures have to see to believe. Amber looks to see what clothes High Sewn is wearing, if they're different compared to yesterday.
"I hope I'm not late, ma'am. I'm ready for the day," she answers politely.
>>179602She's a unicorn!
She is indeed wearing something new. It is rather light looking, or at least light relative to the winter climate. Yellow and blue are its dominate colors, alongside her own green fur coat.
To herself,
"Hardly early, either" Then speaking in earnest to Amber "Alright, you have the register." She stands up, evidently to move to her back room. "I should teach you how to do some of these repairs. Have you ever sewn before?"
>>179603I need to keep better notes"Uh, a little. I know the basics but my ma did most of the sewin' at home."
>>179604"I really should teach you. These repair and accenting jobs don't give us much, but they do provide some income and get customers in the store. In any case, it's a very useful skill to have. To know how to sew and embroider."
>>179605High Sewn can see the filly wagging her tail under her dress.
"Now's the best time, when it's nice and quiet!" her employee replies with a grin.
>>179606D'awwwHigh Sewn is sitting at the checkout counter, and using a combination of her hooves and magic to try to sew buttons with a thread and needle into a dark green wool jacket. She stands, and moves aside. "Alright, come over here, and let me show you."
>>179607Amber sits at the counter over the jacket and looks up at her, waiting for instruction.
"What's the best way to avoid getting pricked?" she asks.
>>179608"Use magic" She says with a sly smile. After a pause, she says, "There are guards for the hoof, but, if you hold it
like so" She moves her hoof and threads through the jacket at a certain angle "It's not necessarily as efficient, but you won't stab your frog."
"Now, like so?" She takes the needle and takes it through the button, pulling up the jacket so that Amber has a better view of what is going on.
>>179609Amber scrunches at the magic comment, and secretly wishes she could show who'd win in a test of strength. Still, she pays attention to the instruction.
"May I try?" she asks.
"Yes." She says, and hoofs over the jacket, the thread, and the needle. "Hold it like so" She mimics the hoof positions.
>>179611Amber copies her as best she can.
Gonna roll dexterity because why not[1d20+2 = (6+2) = 8]
>>179612"No no, like so." She uses her magic to touch Amber's hoof, and correct her positioning, then to guide the needle through.
>>179613 Amber's hoof flinches at the magical force moving it, but stays still long enough to be guided. Once the needle is through the jacket, she lets go and touches her hoof, as if intrigued that it has stayed the same.
>>179614Amber can't say she's been around many unicorns. Looking at her hoof, feeling her hoof, it does not appear to have been vaporized, or transmuted into something else, like a crab claw or a teacup. At least it doesn't seem to... Better tap it again, just to be sure.
"Again" High Sewn says
>>179615She is surprised out of her reverie. Once again she tries the sewing technique.
[1d20+2 = (7+2) = 9]
>>179616"Hmmmm..." She looks over at Amber's hoofwork. "A... very marginal improvement. Let me find a piece of cloth for you to practice with." She goes into the backroom, and Amber is left alone for some seconds. She comes back with a simple wool cloth, a needle, thread, and multiple buttons. "Here, rather than... someone's jacket."
>>179617She smiles at the chance to practice without worrying about messing up.
"Thank you, Miss Sewn."Trying again:
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
>>179618"Better," she smiles and nods. She has taken another needle and thread, and is now sewing buttons onto the original jacket.
And Amber
has done marginally better.
>>179619Amber will definitely get this perfect if she's given time.
[1d20+2 = (3+2) = 5]
>>179620High Sewn frowns
"Not so much."
>>179621"I'll get it this time," she replies, her brow knitted in concentration.
I could just take 20 on this, but this is more fun[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
>>179622She got itAmber sews a button onto the cloth
Reeeeeee no you can't, you need to have a sufficient amount of skill points in the skill in order to take a 10 or 20. This being new to her is the entire point
>>179623I forgot. At least she got a nondescript amount of XP out of it and the chance to level up a new skill in the future."I did it! How did I do?" she asks High Sewn with a cheerful smile.
>>179624High Sewn gives hints of a smile as she looks over, turning her head but not coming closer.
"Good, looks like you got a button. I would recommend practicing with more. Eventually you may be able to do the repair work yourself, at least the simple ones."
>>179625Nodding, Amber keeps practicing until either given a new task or until a customer needs assistance.
"Thanks for teaching me. It would have taken me a lot longer to try to learn it on my own."I don't want to keep spamming rolls if that's okay
>>179626She looks over towards Amber and, smiling, gives a nod."
"We all have those names and faces of those who began our journey." She says
To Posey's player:
I am told that you responded, even though I did not see your post. Again, I am sorry for how rude I've been towards you. I think that the issues we have can be sorted out. Could we try to work it out? I think we've sorted out many before, and I want to work with everyone to make things as enjoyable as possible for everyone.
I'm tired.
I'm sick.
I'm ticked off.
I'm burnt out.
I'm frustrated.
A third of my body is numb, and the rest of it hurts.
I'm probably going to die before I turn 30.
I have several strong reservations about how things have gone in this thread over the past year, and how they are going right now.
I need to consider how I want to spend my time on earth.
It would be gay to leave a party hanging right before an encounter, but idk...
>>179630I really hope that we do hear from Rosey's player, and I'm personally okay with waiting for them before we proceed with the quest, including being open to any concessions that may be required now or in the future.
If my behavior has been a/the deciding factor - and it stands to reason that it was significant if not the major issue - then I can only apologize. I'm able/available to give all manner of explanations of what caused me to react in the manners I have - above and beyond the already detailed reasons (this is a learning/observation process for me) - but that's really secondary.
If there is something
I can do to illustrate my sincerity - including listing off the many ways I have wronged you and you have every reason to not want me around and nothing to do with (cuz I do have a list, I'm not oblivious) - I am available on board or in private.
Tl;dr
Sorr, am retarde
>really should turn auto update on by default
>>179631When you first asked to join and proposed your character idea, I approved it without really making critiques on how the character fit in with what to expect because I really wanted you to play. I don’t mean to say that I don’t think Posey specifically/you generally cannot or could not fit in. As I hope this time has demonstrated I’m willing to change things to fit in more with your style, and you’ve clearly done the same in return. I mean that I remained silent on things that frustrated me until they would occasionally come out in more or less explosive outbursts. I suspect that you’ve done the same, keeping silent on problems for fear of offending, just for things to explode all at once.
I remember at “Brony Church” at one convention, Fiara the Tank Girl said that when you are angry with someone, the best thing to do is to tell them you are angry, as that’s a beginning of a dialogue to try to resolve the issue. I think that should be done here, to see if the problems could be resolved.
Is the issue the frequency of the sessions? We can reduce it, or at least your involvement. Is the issue the slow pace? I’m trying to get better at that. Is it the lack of combat or visible progress? I’m trying to fix that.
>I'm ticked off.>I’m burnt out.>I’m frustrated.Wanna talk about it? We didn’t know that
>I have several strong reservations about how things have gone in this thread over the past year, and how they are going right nowI didn’t know you had issues until recently… maybe could you voice them?
And if it turns out the differences are irreconcilable, then okay, at least we tried and we figured out that it wasn’t meant to be.
>I'm probably going to die before I turn 30.I’m over thirty. I assure you, life just keeps going on and on
>>179631>I'm probably going to die before I turn 30If God is as merciful as He is said to be; I say that without a shred of irony or comedy.
I think you will not die, but you won't enjoy the process. That is how it tends to go for the specific demographic that gravotates toward cartoon hors nazis.
>>179632>If my behavior has been a/the deciding factor - and it stands to reason that it was significant if not the major issueNgl, it has been.
I don't like to point fingers, especially at players who have been in the game longer than me, but these past couple weeks have really been unfun. I was looking forward to meeting the party for more than a year, but this made me question if it was worth the wait.
>>179634>When you first asked to join and proposed your character idea, I approved it without really making critiques on how the character fit in with what to expect because I really wanted you to play.That's fine, although making them now after a year makes me question if you even read my character sheet. I would have preferred getting nerfed a year ago instead of it happening now, just because it happening now makes me question if my character was being taken seriously.
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets//?id=2789871There it is.
>Is the issue the frequency of the sessions? We can reduce it, or at least your involvement. Is the issue the slow pace?More like the frequency in spite of the slow pace. I'm fine with frequency, but when I spend three irl weeks posting every day about walking through a swamp without a single encounter, it gets frustrating.
Also, it gave me pause to learn that players who have been playing for 6 years have only gained one level. I'm none to complain, every PbP game is different, but that would make this the slowest PbP game I've ever heard of by far.
>Is it the lack of combat or visible progress? I’m trying to fix that.I noticed that you're working on it, and I'm sorry to get all pissy right before the encounter, but I've had a lot of stuff that I can't even put into words going wrong IRL and in game that's taking the wind out of me...
>I didn’t know you had issues until recently… maybe could you voice them?Idk, I have a hard enough time communicating irl.
Maybe we should just get on with the quest, to not hold up the other players.
>>179637I am sorry thay it has been unfun. I was not trying to make it unfun, but I completely appreciate that I did. I also haven't been waiting on this mission as long as many/most/all, so I probably have a more flippant attitude toward it than one might assume/expect. I still have more yet to learn than I have learned.
And thats besides the fact that we're gonna get steamrolled if Rosey doesn't introduce herself.
Yes, I am offering to bow out this mission, if it would make things better for the otherwise existing party.
I'm going to take a guess as to what your biggest issue, or one of the biggest issues is, and address it now: the lack of progression.
I believe you've said that you envisioned this game as culminating in overthrowing the invaders, and presumably, a battle against Queen Chrysalis. This is a pretty traditional way to do things, with the set goal at the outset and consistent progression until the characters reach level 20.
As you've guessed, and as I was afraid to admit, that isn't what I intended here with this game. Not long after it started I settled into my current job, and time kind of just started moving. Time just kept going, and didn't seem to be building to anything. I got more money and much of my family died, but that is all that has happened. Occupied Equestria has no end in mind. It isn't even designed to have an end. I wanted to try and mimic how time works in the real world. In the real world, and unlike all literature, there isn't really a set climax or build up or ending. It kind of just keeps going. Until it doesn't.
As I have said before, the basic underlying theme of this campaign is supposed to be what I believe is the underlying theme of Hearts of Iron IV, which is a Hegelian style Dialectic. What I mean by that is that there are multiple competing ideologies that each have some idea of utopia that are each fighting each other for dominance and are trying to install their utopia. The game is not about the destination, but the journey itself. I would kind of like to imply that that the fight being fought here is doomed to an eternal return, to be fought again after however many generations, and of course I don't think anyone reading in modern times can honestly take any of these ideologies completely seriously, but I like the study. It's set in a kind of semi modern time where things are mostly recognizable, but being optimistic about the future is not rare and is a position that could be taken seriously. You could genuinely believe in progress. You could believe that there is a better future to be won, not just sit back and watch everyone you know slowly die off, like I have been doing.
I really don't mean to say that I think it's been without progress or without the world responding to things that happen. Posey's entire introduction to the world is shaped by the aftermath of the Hoebuck questline that the other party members did. Silver has multiple dating prospects, a cohort and a house. Amber has advancements in jobs. It's just unlikely that, you know, they will be killing off literally everyone on the continent in 2 IRL years time.
There has been little leveling because I've wanted to keep the scope of the campaign small. I wanted it to be about the kind of heroes that actually pop up in times of great turmoil. I wanted soldiers and mafia thugs to actually present a kind of reasonable challenge. 3.5 is the system I used here because it was a system I already knew. I had a time in the past where I looked up everything and was fascinated by builds and all of the math, but now I like roleplay and world building more than the technical aspects of the system. 3.5 has quite a bit of power creep meaning that at any given level, 75% or more of the monster manual is inapplicable. I don't like that, but it is what it is.
I really don't mean to say that I think we can't have, for example, Posey raise an army of undead and go on raids. That may be doable, but I didn't even know that was a goal until recently. Silver has a goal of his character being young and opening a smith shop. A former player had a goal of becoming the governor, which was hinted at becoming true in a flash forward, and so forth. Hell, Silver wants to go on a raid to rescue the princesses. There is quite a bit of room to do things if only you suggest it. I just don't think that this will ever lead to 1v1ing Queen Chrysalis
I also wanted to keep the scale kind of small because I wanted the systems and ideology to be the focus and not the personalities of the leaders. It's easy to talk about wars in human history and just talk about the leaders like we should just take for granted the people who followed them and why they followed them. I have very deliberately almost never named the leader of the New Mareland Faction, the ELF, and even the changelings, because I don't want these leaders to be who you'd think about. I would rather August Wreath be your idea of the ELF than Starlight Glimmer, the actual canonical leader.
>when I spend three irl weeks posting every day about walking through a swamp without a single encounter, it gets frustrating.
Come on, Posey had multiple encounters there, even if she talked around most of them
I can fix that. This quest is definitely not going to be that.
>makes me question if my character was being taken seriously.
I do, I just didn't want to say "no" and potentially upset you
>>179637>Also, it gave me pause to learn that players who have been playing for 6 years have only gained one level. I'm none to complain, every PbP game is different, but that would make this the slowest PbP game I've ever heard of by far.There have been other kinds of reward, like real estate, NPCs, and as you have noticed, a damn near overflow of magical weapons
>>179641Ngl, if 1v1 vs Chrystalis, with the right motivation Brie could really help,... I'll shutup
>>179643Just to clarify, I mean Brie would help set it up, and participate. His allegiance in/around the Hive is PURELY business, and shenanigens are always welcome
>>179637>>179638>>179641I want to give you all a hug...
>>179645Use the noodle, she has a better grappling bonus
On the quick subject of noodle hugs and cutie boops.
In character, Brie will never act reciperocatingly, even though he will be touched by the gesture. Its a so-cross-class skill to be in either ways emotional or vulnerable. Ive told Silver, as a PLAYER my goal is for Brie to get his goddamn cutie mark, and transition from neutral evil to chaotic neutral.
He also hopes to share ideas with overlapping characters: he and Kira may have insight to offer one another about murder-struggles.
Rosey is the one Brie will be able to identify with least, so I'll file that under "delicate"
I like having Posey and Posey's player around. I think they make things more fun. I'd like it someday to see Posey and Silver interact after Silver learns the truth about her, because I think Posey would be surprised by Silver's reaction. I think it would be neat to see a situation where Posey is trying to corrupt Silver and bring him over to the side of evil, while at the same time Silver is trying to bring Posey to the side of good (or at least, the side of not-evil). I do understand the frustrations about not really progressing in terms of levels. It's the one major thing I'd like to see changed, to see the characters improve not just in the gear, property, or NPCs they possess, but also in their own personal power. Well, that and having GM pone agree to making Craft checks a per hour thing so the characters can actually work towards making their own gear in a reasonable timeframe (it really shouldn't take potentially months to make even the most basic of equipment or potions). I don't ever mention stuff like that because historically I've found people don't like it when I give them input on things and it just causes people to get sad or upset and causes more trouble than it's worth. so usually I'll just grin and bear it rather than tell anyone if I'd like to see something change.
>>179641>I'm going to take a guess as to what your biggest issue, or one of the biggest issues is, and address it now: the lack of progression.Actually my biggest issue was the building toxicity and arguing with Brie's player (and to a lesser extent, GM) in the past couple weeks, but that was a major factor. That and my failing health making me reconsider what I want to spend my time on.
I've said it before that Gloomy Sundae is based on me.
>I believe you've said that you envisioned this game as culminating in overthrowing the invaders, and presumably, a battle against Queen Chrysalis.That is what I was thinking of, yeah.
>I wanted to try and mimic how time works in the real world. In the real world, and unlike all literature, there isn't really a set climax or build up or ending. It kind of just keeps going. Until it doesn't.I can see why you would want to do that, but for me, it's a different perspective. For me, the flow of time has been a series of setbacks and struggles with me trying to move forward for the sake of people who depend on me, until I likely die before middle age with all of my projects unfinished and my personal dreams unfulfilled. I play games to distract myself from the painful futility of my existence and feel some fleeting sense of accomplishment.
>The game is not about the destination, but the journey itself. Idk, I think it's possible to win EaW. Then again, the Dread League is a unique faction.
>There has been little leveling because I've wanted to keep the scope of the campaign small. I wanted it to be about the kind of heroes that actually pop up in times of great turmoil. I wanted soldiers and mafia thugs to actually present a kind of reasonable challenge. 3.5 is the system I used here because it was a system I already knew. I had a time in the past where I looked up everything and was fascinated by builds and all of the math, but now I like roleplay and world building more than the technical aspects of the system. 3.5 has quite a bit of power creep meaning that at any given level, 75% or more of the monster manual is inapplicable. I don't like that, but it is what it is.I see what you're doing, it's called an e6 game. Maybe you're not sure what that is, but it's close to what you've been running.
https://dungeons.fandom.com/wiki/E6_(3.5e_Sourcebook)Don't get me wrong, E6 games are fun. They're just not for every kind of character.
>I really don't mean to say that I think we can't have, for example, Posey raise an army of undead and go on raids.Thing is, if I knew it was an E6 game, I wouldn't have played a Dread Necromancer. Posey doesn't learn to cast Animate Dead until lvl 8. Her goal of becoming a master, of being free from the suffocating control of her overlords, doesn't manifest until lvl 8. It's doable in an E8 game, but not E6.
>I didn't even know that was a goal until recently.I thought I made that clear when I entered the game. Maybe that's my problem.
>Silver wants to go on a raid to rescue the princesses.That would be fun.
>becoming the governorInteresting idea.
>Starlight Glimmer, the actual canonical leaderEww, Poochie.
>>179648Ngl, Silver could be lvl 8 or even lvl 12 by now.
He could at least rack up some bloodline levels.
Anyway, I'm free for the rest of tonight and most of tomorrow. Let's just get this quest over with before we talk about the rest.
>>179649>Actually my biggest issue was the building toxicity and arguing with Brie's player (and to a lesser extent, GM) in the past couple weeksOh.
Well, I really do need to mention that you really did piss me off by rubbing the powergaming into many player's and my own faces. Calling Zone of Truth a "meme" spell, showing up Garv with a higher bluff when he tried sense motive, claiming near complete immunity to explosives and complete immunity to the enchantment school of magic, telling Brie your character is so much more powerful because your character is completely immune to rogues, telling Defiant Dust that his character that's explicitly made to counter undead is worse than your at that purpose and then making a show of having higher initiative than his character... And then you wanted to say that your power gaming had no effect on any other characters, it seemed really insulting. Like I get it, finding combinations of different things to do in the various books and then building a character on the basis of that is fun, but do you have to insult us for not doing the same?
>I see what you're doing, it's called an e6 gameI had never heard of that before
>I thought I made that clear when I entered the game. Maybe that's my problem.I knew there was a goal of setting up Baltimare as an undead state
>Maybe we should just get on with the quest, to not hold up the other players>Let's just get this quest over with before we talk about the rest.Well, I had originally wanted to land on the island and have the first massive combat encounter on this weekend, but this is important and needs to be addressed. The first (minor) combat can be on Sunday. Yes, the other players are okay with that.
>>179649If you did want to move on, the landing at the island is described right here.
>>179558Brie, Silver, Kira, and Defiant have their declared actions in the posts that shortly follow
>>179651>but do you have to insult us for not doing the same?I did not mean to be insulting. It was wrong of me to behave that way. I apologize for any offense I caused.
>Well, I had originally wanted to land on the island and have the first massive combat encounter on this weekend, but this is important and needs to be addressed. The first (minor) combat can be on Sunday. Yes, the other players are okay with that.Okay. Sorry for ghosting everyone.
>>179652Rosey Ring would feebly get on one of the occupied rafts, trying not to vomit. She does not say anything because the close proximity to sea water has made her travel sickness even worse than it was on the plane.
She has her unseen servant take up one of the oars, and tries her best to row with her horn. She fastens her blinders and tries to shut out the universe until the boat lands.
Kira begins humming a tune that's unmistakably "Do Your Ears Hang Low" which she has apparently mistaken as some kind of pirate shanty.
>>179651I suppose it should be asked, how difficult is the cliff in front of them to climb?
>>179656I can handle the cliff, if you can get Posey to shore before she rots from the stress of being on boat.
>>179656How much does Kira weigh?
>>179657There are a couple options for that. Silver can help row Posey to shore on one of the rafts, or Posey can ride on Kira's back as she swims to shore since she got lucky and rolled a nat 20 on her Swim check.
>>179659600 lbs. normally, though she may be a bit heavier at the moment as she's carrying a goat in her stomach.
>>179660Lira is large sized? This might be a bit more complicated...
600 pounds is just *barely* within Posey's maximum carrying capacity (690)... which apparently imposes no penalty to climb checks...? Seems like an oversight, but whatever.
Here's what we can do.
Defiant and Silver can ride on Posey's Floating Disk, which carries up to 700 pounds.
Kira can wrap around Posey's body.
And Posey will climb the cliff:
[YouTube] The Princess Bride (1987) Cliff of Insanity Scene
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>>179662Hmm, an interesting idea, it minimizes the potential risk of multiple characters making climb checks and as a bonus means Posey will be the second character after Free Rover to handle Kira like that. As long as it's okay with everyone else, it sounds like a good plan to me. We just need to hear from GM pone about how difficult the cliff is to climb. Also Kira gave her hemp rope to Brie where he can fly up to the top of the cliff and secure it, so Posey will at least have a slight bit of help with climbing the cliff.
Right before the creatures get into the boats - or in Kira's case, into the water itself - the engines on the seaplane cut off. Now, the sound of waves crashing against shore and the lapping of waves on the seaplane dominate. Being in the plane has done their hearing no favors - every one of them hearing the ringing of tinnitus during the lulls in the sound, as does another sound associated with subjective tinnitus, a lower pitched sound like being underwater.
The air, while clearly cold, is still above freezing, and warmest closest to the water. There is a distinct smell of salt water, but also something else. It isn't completely unfamiliar, perhaps diesel fuel and dead algae.
In every direction, fog dominates. At around 300 feet, everything becomes a wall of grey, and figures are harder to see up close. Anyone who looked out the window as the plane landed, or sticks their hooves in the air and feels the wind coming from behind the plane, knows that this is not a true-fog, but very low-level clouds on the move, and visibility varies with the passage of time.
In front of the creatures is 150 or so feet of ocean with waves that, while hardly storm quality, are not calm either, and shake the little boat. Beyond this is a rocky beach that is reaosnably thick, about 30 feet wide, and seems to hug the cliff in both directions. On the right side it tapers off into the mist. On the left it simply continues, though where it goes is obscured by a sea stack. Above this beach is a cliff of about 50 feet of rock. Hardly the friendliest, nor worst cliff ever seen. Above this is a hillside of both dead and still living grass, not covered in show, that gently slopes upwards and continues beyond the field of view.
Mala enthusiastically jumps into a raft, more comfortable in it than in the plane. The rafts rock gently. A large reptile can be seen swimming through the water... but it's just Kira. If these waters are filled with mines or dangerous sea life, it hasn't been encountered yet.
The creatures can make it to the beach
>>179665>sound of waves crashing>distinct smell of salt water>waves that, while hardly storm quality, are not calm either, and shake the little boat"BLAAAAARGHHH-GLUUURRRK-CHHHRRREEEAGHHH-HHHRRNNNNNNNN-URRRRRGH-KLAAARRK-KRROOOOAAAAGHHH-PLOOOOORRRRK-SSKKKK-THHHRRKKK-GLURRRRRGHHH-HRRRRRRRRRRKKK!"Posey rows frantically
>A large reptile can be seen swimming through the water... but it's just Kira.[YouTube] The Princess Bride (1987) Cliff of Insanity Scene
[Embed]>The creatures can make it to the beachPlease do.
>>179665Brie will assume a low-flying elevation of around 100' for the crossing, attempting to glean any details from the landscape.
Spot
[1d20+8 = (11+8) = 19]
>>179668You could affix a rope to the top of the cliff, to make it easier for Posey to climb.
>>179668The only thing immediately discernable is that the beach does indeed go on beyond the stack, and above the cliff, the hillside continues, covered in grass with a few shrubs. Nothing immediately jumps out. Except, perhaps, the island itself. With the sea stack and the hillside, it's difficult to keep 100 feet up.
>flying in the fogBrie quickly sees why the seaplane was reluctant to do this, so close to the island
[YouTube] Terrain Warning | Airplane Cockpit Sounds
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>>179669Indeed, and assuming nothing subtle/nefarious results from the spot check, thats precisely what he will do, utilizing the very coil of
unnecessarily heavy rope that Kira provided.
>>179651I for one would like to say I was not insulted, I figured it was all just good fun.
Posey is definitely eating a Searing Light up the ponut if it comes down to an actual dick measuring contest. Mayhaps with lube. Probably not, unless she asks nicely.
>>179662>Dust ... can ride on Posey's Floating DiskCan they get dinner first? Bad jokes aside
>>179665>to the beachZeeb would be very happy to be back on land.
>>179673>Posey is definitely eating a Searing Light up the ponut if it comes down to an actual dick measuring contest. Mayhaps with lube. Probably not, unless she asks nicely.Your character is
so getting raped by Posey. Not poetically or theoretically or figuratively or metaphorically, but raped, straight up.
But yes, he can arrive on the rocky shore. The stones are wet, and there are a few signs of wildlife like bird feathers.
>>179674Oh, can Kira tell what kind of wildlife is on the island? Would that be a Survival check? Nature check?
>>179673>Posey is definitely eating a Searing Light up the ponutuwu
>actual dick measuring contestThere is no contest.
You can cast Animate Dead.
Posey can't, and might never at this rate.
Clerics are stronger.
>Probably not, unless she asks nicely."uwu sear me, daddy~"
Seduction
[1d20+8 = (1+8) = 9]>>179674Rosey Ring leaps ashore, still shuddering, but no longer disintegrating on the inside.
>>179675This would be a good time to cast Lay Of The Land
Or Commune With Nature, if you considered that spiritual ACF.
It's rather still in the fog, with the smells and sounds of waves and that tinnitus.
The newest annoyance is the radio picking static and thus causing constant noise.
>>179676>A one on seduction[YouTube] NO GOD, PLEASE NO!
[Embed]Well, now Posey knows how it Free Rover felt when he got a nat 1 on a yoink of Kira
>Dick measuring contest
Also Defiant is male and Posey is not>>179673Defiant gets the definite feeling that Posey is that creepy autistic girl from school, who has a crush on you and you would really rather she wouldn't.
>>179675Survival or knowledge
Now that she is no longer above water, Rosey Ring looks less like a corpse and more like a cruel angel.
Rosey Ring appears as a youthful mare with soft and elegant features. Her coat is a pristine snow white, and exceptionally fluffy. Her mane is a sanguine red-pink, and is soft, fine and silky, almost glowing with its vibrant. Her mane is exceptionally long, and usually done up in a braid or a war bun. Her body is slender and dainty, with generous feminine endowments. She has a calm and professional demeanor, and she comes off as mature, despite her apparent youth. When she moves, she seems to glide over the ground, with grace that seems almost supernatural. The spring in her step betrays a deceptively strong body. She trots with a regal confidence, puffing her fluffy chest out and holding her head high, and making eye contact with anyone within eyesight. She always seems alert and engaged, her ears swiveling like tiny satellite dishes. Overall, she is strikingly beautiful. She seems to radiate youth and vitality, but something about her supernatural appearance is... Unsettling. She seems almost more like an exquisite painting of a mare than a living thing, almost uncanny in her beauty.
Rosey Ring's eyes are like pools of gold, with radial concentric rings. They glow with authority and give off a mesmerizing aura that demands submission. Staring into them too long gives feelings of unease and terror, but their commanding presence makes it difficult for any unfortunate souls who've caught her attention to look away.
Posey's Cutie Mark is a dark sun surrounded by a red flare. It also resemble a buboe from the black plague. It fills out her soft and rotund flank very well.
When dressed for war, Rosey Ring looks like something from another era. She wears archaic chain shirt barding, adorned with the bones and teeth of various monsters. Throwing needles hold her hair into a tactical bun, and she affixes a blade to the end of her braid. An elegant longsword lays at her flank, alongside a longbow and quiver. She brandishes an archaic polearm that crackles with electricity. Spines bracers are fastened to her hooves. It's clear from her fashion that she is a warrior.
She puts on a pirate bandana, and affixes a dead canary (I was going to use this later, but fuck it) to her should, and gives a pirate-like scowl.
>>179677Survival: Kira uses her keen survival senses, combined with her actual senses, to discern what creatures and wildlife call this island home, through clues left behind by wildlife such as feathers or droppings, her flicking her tongue to pick up scents in the air, and the knowledge she's already picked up on the geography and history of the island.
[1d20+11 = (7+11) = 18]
>>179677>Defiant gets the definite feeling that Posey is that creepy autistic girl from schoolThat means she's Princess material.
>>179677I imagine there's a spell somewhere that Posey can cast to give herself a stallionhood, so she and Dust can have an actual dick measuring contest.
>>179682Rolling to projectile vomit on Silver
[1d30+7 = (4+7) = 11]
>>179679>It fills out her soft and rotund flank very welluwu
Mala comes up to Posey again and extends his muzzle to evidently sniff her.
>>179680Kira can discern that this environment is most home to creatures that live in the water, or prey on creatures that live in the water. Immediately Kira can already find the feathers of a seagull, clam shells, more seagull feathers and... did something just rip apart a fresh seagull here?
As for other things on the island, it could probably sustain at least a small population of herbivores. Whatever other terrestrial animals could live there is hard to say.
>>179682Perhaps, but we could also just not do that>>179681Why is 4chan more autistic than Silver
>>179684>>179681Silver is fortunately able to dodge the vomit
Or unfortunately, as bonking is warranted here
>>179684>>179685Hey, just sayin'.
Kira really hopes that's just the remains of a seagull that got mulched by the seaplane's propellers, and not the result of a hereto-unknown predator stalking the island or nearby oceans. Anyways, once Brie gets the one end of the rope secured to the top of the cliff, it's time for the party to enact Posey's plan on how to get everyone up it (unless there are any objections to her plan).
>>179685>Mala comes up to Posey again and extends his muzzle to evidently sniff her.Posey pets Mala.
"Are you ready, boy? Let's use that nose of your to find our marines."
>Why is 4chan more autisticThey're all equally autistic. It's a spectrum.
>>179676You'll get 'em next time tiger
>>179681Kek
>>179677Dust decides to take the realtive moment of peace to get equipped, he's definitely not only doing it now because I completely forgot to do this, oh no.
The beige and dark brown zeeb undoes the roll on his back that his has been carrying thus far. The roll itself is revealed to be a well crafted, of not rugged looking, suit of splint-mail with an accompanying overcloak that looks as if it was originally designed to block sun and sand. Hopefully, it can prove to block rain and cold for this mission.
Sitting inside the unrolled roll are two weapons. A heavy flail, slightly ornate with tribal markings and highlights of bone and gold and a single roughly cut gem at the bottom of the handle. Next to it is a humble sling and saddlebag. Dust spends a moment to situate himself into his armor. Once settled, he checks his saddlebag, with anypony close enough to see noticing an assortment of some colored stones and small vials inside, befoee throwing it on. He drapes his sling over his neck, like a stole, before picking up his flail and waiting on the others.
>>179685So are we stopped at the cliff, or are we past that?
>>179689We're stopped at the cliff. Put a rope at the top so Posey can climb it without excessive risk.
>>179687Mala pretty clearly finds the smell of Posey to be interesting
He looks up towards Posey, then turns his nose up and sniffs the air, with multiple sniffs
"No, the wind is going the wrong way. It's coming from the sea" He sniffs in again, and then moves his hoof one step forward and to his left. "Wait." He continues sniffing, and then stares down the beach to the left.
"It could be..." Then he looks back to Posey "No. I do not smell ponies, I think..."
>>179689Brie I assumed flew right over the cliff. Everyone else is on the beach and is there for the moment.
>>179691Rolling spot to check whatever Mala was looking at. Adding +2 for assist
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20]
I was going to ask who wants to roll spot or listen...
>>179692Through the fog, along the beach, Posey sees a form running towards them. Quadruped, medium sized.
>>179693Oh, spot and listen? This is something Kira can do.
Spot:
[1d20+8 = (7+8) = 15]Listen:
[1d20+8 = (18+8) = 26]
>>179693Oh fuck
Looks like we've avoided a surprise round at least.
Posey readies her polearm against a charge and faces down the incoming creature.
"Incoming!" she hisses, quietly, but clearly.
>>179694The unmistakable sounds of hooves clopping on rocks, and rocks being displaced.
And then... Pony speaking sounds?
>>179695Mala's mane tenses up, and he tries to ready his shotgun
>>179696How far away are they?
If possible, I would like to try to charm them as soon as their eyes are visible, to avoid combat.
>>179696>>179695Silver steps forward to be one of the first this mystery pony will encounter, not only as he's pretty beefy and can take a hit, but as he can also attempt to communicate with the pony whether they're a Navy pony survivor or a Stalliongrader on patrol.
Hide: Kira meanwhile attempts to hide, using the cloud and water as cover.
[1d20+14 = (1+14) = 15]
The approaching creature is recognizable as a pony. An earth pony. Yellow mane and tan coat, with a white uniform and blue and white striped undershirt beneath. It has a saddlebag and a revolver. It is speaking under its breath. It is trotting towards them. It almost seems to not notice them
>>179697300 feet, 200 feet, 100 feet...
It doesn't seem intent on making eye contact
>>179693Mr. Zeeb readies himself, standing just behind Silver to be ready if things go hairy.
>>179699Well that's odd, but Dust has seen odder, does it look like the pony will get closer?
>>179699It's a long shot, but can Silver tell what language the pony is speaking in?
>>179700Yes. Yes it does.
It continues trotting closer, and speaking
>>179701Roll Listen
>>179699>It doesn't seem intent on making eye contactHe only needs to be within 30 ft and not actively averting his eyes... Fog might interfere though.
>white uniform and blue and white striped undershirt beneath. It has a saddlebag and a revolver. It is speaking under its breathDo we recognize this uniform? Is it one of our Marines?
Posey gets cocky and steps forward, ahead of the party.
>>179702[1d20+3 = (1+3) = 4]
>>179702[1d20+3 = (9+3) = 12]
It comes closer. within 40 feet. It's eyes dart around. It has to have seen them
>>179705Mostly it's unintelligible, but one word sounds Severyanan
>>179704This odd kind of sound like being underwater dominates
>>179703Posey has stared at a decent number of New Mareland Navy and Naval Air service uniforms and has not seen a striped undershirt nor white uniform.
If it isn't clear: Everyone (except presumably Brie) is on the beach. The runner is coming along the beach, approaching from the left
>>179671Just reemphasizing
>>179706Silver speaks up, in his native Severyanan tongue (translated for reader comprehension): "
Hello, friend! Fine evening, isn't it!"
>>179706Dust decides he doesn't like where this is going. To run like that you're either running from something, or to hunt something.
He taps his flail to the earth, and mutters something obscured by the waves and his flail, but the gem in the end glows. Ponies paying attention can see a small ripple travel in the ground from Dust to the runner, before the runner seems to sink a little in the ground.
Soften Earth and Stone on wet ground, making it basically worse quicksand. Reflex save [DC 16] or stuck for 1d2 rounds.
>>179709Spoken quickly, it's eyes dart to Silver
"Новые пони? Новые существа. Творение. Является ли это его творением? Нет."
Silver's ears, and his alone, hear:
"New ponies? New creatures. A creation. Is that creation his? It is not."
[1d20-1 = (20-1) = 19]
>>179710>>179711The creature jumps over Defiant's trap, and towards the party
REEEEEE STOP CLEARING MY NAME>>179712Fug, that jump means he ain't being slowed either. Dust drops into what is clearly an offense stance, ready to whack a pone
>>179706>>179712Posey attempts to charm the newcomer, now that he's in reach.
She puffs out her fluffy chest and hits him with her irresistible gaze.
>>179711Silver: "
A creation? I'm afraid I don't quite understand. My name is Silver Sword, friend. May I ask what you are doing here, on such a lonely, distant island?"
Kira decides it's probably best to hide behind the rest of the party. Silver meanwhile does
not show an outwardly hostile or cautious demeanor.
It comes even closer. Soon, it will touch
>>179714>>179717It seems oddly disinterested in Posey. Disinterested in an abnormal way.
>>179715"[unintelligible] Who are you? [unintelligible] The Commissar sent more."
>>179718This isn't how gaze attacks are supposed to work... Reeeeee!
>Disinterested in an abnormal way.I will not be ignored.
Rolling perform (weapon drill) to flourish my halberd and draw attention to myself.
[1d20+8 = (1+8) = 9]Also readying it to strike him if he gets too close.
>>179719Why do I keep rolling 1s today?
>>179718Silver lights up his horn. While the strange pony can't see it, a blue glow forms around the grip of his greatsword.
Silver: "
I'm afraid you misunderstand me, friend. Who are you, and what are you doing here?"
Kira, meanwhile, keeps an ear and an eye out for any additional approaching creatures as this happens.
Spot:
[1d20+8 = (13+8) = 21]Listen:
[1d20+8 = (20+8) = 28]>>179720I sense a great evil about this pony...
>>179719>>179720>This isn't how gaze attacks workI mean that Posey doesn't see it react to her, and the way in which it does not react to her is not normal for a pony to not react.
>>179721"You are non-compliant? [unintelligible] The commissar is treacherous. [cyka blyat]."
Kira does not hear additional creatures, at least nearby. This one is alone.
>>179719Posey hits the ground with the halberd, and it falls out of hoof/magic
>>179722Posey scrambles to pick her weapon back up, readying it to defend herself should he get too close (10 ft).
>>179722Hmm...something is off about this pony? Can Silver see if he's carrying a radio?
>>179724It's impossible to know what is in that saddle bag of his, but he is not visibly wearing a radio, nor is it likely that one could fit in his saddle bag.
>>179722I would like to roll a knowledge check (free action), to see if there's anything monstrous about this pony
Religion (undead)
[1d20+11 = (7+11) = 18]Arcana (magical beast, construct, dragon)
[1d20+11 = (7+11) = 18]Dungeoneering (aberration)
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]Planes (outsider)
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]Local (humanoid)
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]Nature (monstrous humanoid, giant, fey)
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
I think I should probably hold things here to give Garv, Tenebrous, and Brie a chance to respond
>>179727Can you at least tell me if I identify him as a monster?
>>179725Silver steps forwards to physically stop this pony in his tracks. He's currently not being aggressive, but him talking to himself combined with his complete lack of awareness is too odd for Silver to excuse.
>>179726Those eyes are odd. However, many other details would imply that he is a live pony, such as his breathing (which is irregular and like he is out of breath) his visible shaking and body tremors, and especially, a small cut on his nose, which appears to have recently bled and then clotted.
Most likely, this is
Equus Amicus, more specifically
Equus Amicus Cthonous - An Earth Pony
There are no imperfections immediately revealing it to be an avatar. If this is a disguised changeling, dragon, or other creature, it's a decent immitation.
Except in behavior. It's terrible in acting like a pony.
>>179729CrashIt physically runs right into Silver
[1d20+4 = (19+4) = 23]
>>179730As he gets close, I should get a readied attack with my halberd before he reaches us. I threaten a 10 ft radius circle with my polearm.
[1d20+8 = (6+8) = 14]
>>179731(Note the penalty to AC when charging or running)
>>179730Strength: This pony is
strong! Silver digs in his hooves and hopes that some of his father's ancestral strength will let him hold his ground and avoid being run over by this unnaturally powerful pony.
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
>>179707If it isnt clear:
Brie's ascendant spot check was pertaining to looking for significant landmarks, points of interest and - didnt think I had to spell this one out - potential threats.
Unknown ponies,... well golly, those classify as potential threats. So why Brie didnt notice the pony from his elevated position, let alone have the chance to signal the party is probably a lapse in judgement we can iron out.
Having said, I am already in bed, I made a point of expressly and emphatically asking for advance notice before official gameplaybwas starting, I THOUGHT this was just ro and socializing, goodnight
>>179735Sorry, a lot of it is likely my bad. We can hold off until everyone's back and active.
>>179735>So why Brie didnt notice the pony from his elevated position, let alone have the chance to signal the party is probably a lapse in judgement we can iron out.Probably had to do with the fog limiting visibility.
>>179735Yes. He took a look at the beach. And then left the beach and everyone else. Then while everyone else was still at the beach a minute later, it came into field of view, explicitly stated as first being seen at the 300 foot end range of field of view. Brie probably could have seen it after that, but did not roll.
In any case, it's on pause until tomorrow
>>179734Silver Fluff Stands Strong>>179731I'll withhold adjudicating the success of this until after everypony else has come into the thread
>>179737The fog limit is 300'. The elevation is 50'. Shush.
I look forward to turn-based mode
>>179631I am replying late but please know that no matter what happens, someone out there loves you and wants you to keep fighting. Never lose hope. Be prepared but don't give up; think of how Jim (Mister Metokur) has an unknown disease putting him in extreme agony, with many of his audience assuming at times he had died, and how he keeps coming back to bring joy to his viewers.I know you're probably sick of people going "I'm sorry," but if we had known about this situation I'm sure things would have been more accommodating. Like DM mentioned, there's a tacit assumption that the campaign and its world will just keep going indefinitely, though that runs into the risk of author (in this case player) existence failure. With the direction the world is going, and our youth giving way to a stronger understanding of our mortality, I agree that the campaign should be at least a little bit faster than its overall average. It's very hard to build up progression when the average in-game day takes more than an irl month, with eating, working, traveling, socializing, trysts, not to mention long dream sequences, all being extremely detailed. I personally have enjoyed the casual pace, but I do agree it needs to pick up and some things will have to be compromised.I should give my two cents regarding Posey's place within the campaign, but don't assume my opinion is worth any more than that. There are two extremes players have taken regarding their characters' roles in the campaign. (You), Posey's player, occupy one extreme, where Posey is the single plot driver that makes things happen, has goals she subordinates the world toward and who is designed to be powerful. My character Amber is on the complete opposite end. I saw the world the DM came up with and wanted to create a character that typified an everymare, even one with many disadvantages. She is experiencing the multiple tumultuous trends society is undergoing in this society: she is forced to give up farming for urban life to sustain herself, she is forced to either overwork herself or sacrifice her innocence in order to have mere subsistence, she is deracinated from community and is trying to find it again, she is experiencing all the positives and negatives of the dissolution of social life, she has to navigate all the pitfalls of love, etc. My philosophy when playing Amber is to "go with the flow" and have her react realistically toward changing surroundings rather than trying to change the surroundings herself.
She is definitely overleveled for such a passive archetype (despite having a low perform skill and a glut of skill points in less useful skills), and she'll soon be properly ready for real adventure but I am quite happy with her story and I think others are too. All the other PCs are somewhere in the middle; they aren't quite as passive as Amber is and their choices have had far-reaching effects on the city of Baltimare, but neither are they gearing towards becoming an all-dominating physical goddess like Posey. (You) brought up E6 and other low-level campaign house rules, and how it would be incompatible with Posey's concept, and that was a perfect point. I cannot speak for the DM, but if he created the campaign today with his current vision, it probably would have that sort of level cap with PCs starting at level 1 or at most level 3. As it is, all PCs have started at level 5 (a typical start for a fantasy adventure) but leveling too far past that would lose the campaign's groundedness and would induce power creep, which he explicitly wanted to avoid. He simply arbitrarily froze leveling and we all would be level 5 even now if you hadn't repeatedly insisted on progression. I'm grateful that you kept leveling from being delayed forever.Given the DM's liking towards dialectics, maybe he can figure out a solution to this. I rambled on for a bit but to tell you the truth I don't think that Posey in her current state fits conventional DnD party dynamics, not because of evil goals but because she overpowers every specialized class despite being a generalist at technically level 3. Her design is incredible and most players here are in awe of the in-depth knowledge needed to create her, but she breaks the party system. She's not the first character to do this, since I veto'd Amber's involvement in this quest as she'd realistically be useless with no combat experience. A solution for Posey would be to have her own faster-paced and higher-stakes quests, just as Amber's activities are slower-paced with "boring" (but not for me) conversations, with occasional interactions with the main party in either a cooperative or adversarial role. The main downside is that it splits the DM's attention and slows down the campaign overall.>>179641Awwww…but, maybe? Who knows what the future holds?
>>179649Oh Silver would have some interesting bloodlines alright.
>>179679>generous feminine endowmentsawooga
Pls commission art of Posey>>179727Cavaliere moves to assist Silver. Assuming the party is in a relatively close cluster (a map would be helpful), he is able to close the distance. He attempts to grapple and restrain the Stalliongradian pony to prevent him from attacking the others.. He incurs an attack of opportunity while doing so.
"You need to stand still!"[1d20 = 5]
Alright, who is here?
The scene is on the rocky beach 30 feet wide in front of the cliff. An intruder was noticed trotting along the beach approaching from the left.
We have a pony approaching and physically crashing into Silver
It seems that Silver has resisted the charge and has presumably knocked the intruder down prone
Posey has attacked (or declared an attack) with her Halberd
And Garv is trying to grapple it... with not great odds
>>179756raises hoofSilver can hardly believe he managed to resist the pony's charge, he feels likely stronger than even he is. Pushing back with all his might, he throws the mystery pony to the ground and steps on him, using his body weight to keep him from moving. "
Cyrillic, friend, do you speak it? Or are you just babbling madly to yourself?"
>>179737>>179713Silver looks over at Posey and Dust, and speaks Ponish to them. "Can either of you tell if he is communicating with some other entity using magic? Or is he just speaking nonsense to himself? He has mentioned 'commissar' more than once."
>>179759If Brie's intent is to hide, his best bet is probably the top of the sea stack. The sea stack is basically a giant column of rock that protrudes outwards from the ocean just a few feet beyond the beach. It's located to the left of the party and actually closer to where the intruder is coming from. Brie could sit atop it. He could also just hide on top of the cliff, but because it angles upwards, he could be visible. He could also just hide behind Silver, Mala, Posey, or whomever
Pic related isn't
quite what the beach looks like, but it's far from completely inaccurate either.
>>179760I meant I as a player am here but hiding
>>179756>>179758Is Silver grappling him? Can Cavaliere attempt another grapple roll?
"All good plans…." he mutters quietly.
>>179756Did Posey's attack hit?
>>179765Patience, Ed Grubermann
>>179762Silver is not grappling him.
>>179765If you wish to go ahead, then sure, that would hit
>>179762Not yet
>>179761I see...
>>179768I know we might want to question this guy, but Posey has a different outlook on warfare..
And also, she really wants to test her new polearm.
[1d10+8 = (4+8) = 12] (doubled)
This is assuming a +1 enhancement bonus (like all magic weapons do). I haven't used this polearm before, so idk what else it does.
>>179768>I seeI'm ready to play, under all the constrictions I ranted about this morning ^_~
>>17976924 damage, unless the electricity from the polearm adds more.
>>179775Yes, we know, you're raring to go.
>>179758Dust shakes his head
"I believe this pony his cursed,
Or just so scared his heart is about to burst.
His rambles seem directed to himself
And his sanity seems left on the shelf."
Just to be sure this isn't some pony god though, knowledge (religion) check.
[1d20+9 = (16+9) = 25]
>>179769Okay, where are you getting a +8 and "(doubled)" from?
I'm guessing that's a +5 strength bonus on double handed. Your character sheet says 17 strength. And unless she's applying a spell of some kind (which is not stated) I can't fathom why it would be doubled
>>179772I really don't have time to read every rant by everyone. It's hard to deal with this many players and IRL matters.
>>179775Unless you're using a spell to boost that number - No. She's not doing 24 damage on a single 6 dice roll without there being something special going on.
>>179776Posey hasn't killed anyone in almost 24 hours, in character. Pls try to understand.
>>179779>Okay, where are you getting a +8 and "(doubled)" from?Enhancement bonus + Str + halberd readied against a charge.
Polearms and spears do double damage when readied vs charging enemies, because if you run into them you impaled yourself on them.
>>179781Did Posey magically trade places with Silver Sword?
And here I thought spellcasters were glass tanks
>>179785It depends on whether she's within 10 feet of Silver and stallion in front of him. She declared her action, and although I disagree with it she does get the hit if within range. Ultimately up to you.
This is why maps are important
>>179785Okay, I don't really care if I hit or not. If Posey wasn't in the right position, just ignore the attack. If not, I'll just join the grapple next round.
Pretty obvious that this mob is gonna get mobbed. Also pretty obvious that players who tried to declare actions were not taken in correct context. Something to consider.
Posey’s attack hits and does 12 points of damage, which does
not down it.
>>179787It’s a 30 foot wide beach that extends indefinitely in front and behind. Does that need a map? Is it going to be updated every single turn by every player?
>>179789Do you have an action to declare?
>>179789Spot check. Theres a maybe hostile, he's 100' in the air, what else is there to do? I had a 19, lets hope for better,....
[1d20+8 = (8+8) = 16]Anything. Random tanker trucks, ponies maneuvering, Dave Chapelle doing an impromptu standup. I wanna know what is visible per this check
Sure, its a 16. All the things.
And maybe a map
>>179791Sorry, wrong quote post
>>17979516 spot
>>179791The earth pony was unresponsive to its surroundings earlier. Does it respond to Posey's strike?
>>179796>>179798>IDThis is why I dont bother to namefag, btw
[1d20 = 7]>>179778A “Commissar” is a political officer, especially in Communist countries, that is attached to a unit to ensure proper morale and ideological conformity.
>>179795He would definitely see the lone pony. Nothing else has moved within visible range.
>>179799Yes. It helps in pain.
>>179802Does he stop moving/attacking?
Idk what the initiative order is, but I would like to make an intimidate check on my next turn.
>>179802"Perimeter secure, proceed to engage"
>>179802Attempting another grapple
[1d20 = 9]"Let's try to take him alive," he squawks at Posey.
>>179804We never did initiative rolls for some reason
yes, shouted enough to be hears at 100'
>>179802>>179804Kira lets out a sharp gasp and covers her mouth with her hooves, the first time she's reacted in this encounter as she looks out in horror at the pony being attacked. Silver holds out a hoof to Posey to try to halt her from any further attacks on this mystery creature as he's splattered with the creature's lifeblood.
Garv’s (first) grapple fails. Posey has wounded it. It’s not responding to Silver’s questions given how it has been seriously cut up. It has been physically knocked prone by Silver.
Sure, roll initiative to clarify (especially if the actions involve attacks or spells). Brie gets preference because he would have presumably had the opportunity to act.
>>179804Yes.
>>179809Initiative
[1d20+3 = (12+3) = 15]
>>179809Silver:
[1d20+4 = (7+4) = 11]Kira (just in case):
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
>>179809IDK preference
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
>>179809I would normally initiate a Duel Of Wills during an initiative roll, but given the only enemy has been ignoring me, I won't.
[1d20+9 = (4+9) = 13]"Sh-should I finish him..? I can finish him, re-right?" Posey says, her eyes giving off on unsettling yellow glow as her battle instincts take over. Her voice normally calm and professional cracks as she holds herself back, metaphorically chomping at the bit.
>>179813Nice roll.
Order:
Brie
Kira
Intruder
Garv
Posey
Defiant may rap at will.
>>179814Can we iron out out differences before I have to wonder what you mean by comments? "Nice roll" seems innocuous, but c'mon, lets not pretend this is our first rodeo
>>179816Oh we're rolling?
[1d20 = 10]Also don't think of it as rapping, it's more of religious slam poetry
>>179812Silver has 18 dexterity?
>>179814And Posey has 20 temp dexterity score from where? (referencing your character sheet)
>>179817I thought it was a compliment.
>>179817>Nice rolYou got a 20. Nice roll.
>>179819It prolly was, I'm hypersensitive
>>179816Brie, from his elevation would engage in reinforcing his spot check, looking for added complications
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]
Okay, Defiant goes last, but he can rap at will
>>179821Brie isn’t exactly comfortable with the way the rocks move on the beach side.
>>179817It is not an insult.
>>179814>duel of willsI don’t know what that is, but your character already has more special everything than the rest of the party combined and she doesn’t need to take
everything from them
>>179824Can any perception checks occur before action? Im ready to act, but if I can do some checks
>>179829Spot again, I guess
[1d20+8 = (3+8) = 11]"Something is off"
>>179830lame, bries turn is ended
>>179819Eeyup, as I said he's a very dexterous and flexible pony.
>>179824Grapple: If Brie's turn is finished, Kira slithers over to the mystery pony/creature and attempts to restrain him, to prevent further conflict.
First, Kira attempts to get her coils around him as he's prone on the ground (touch attack).
[1d20+9 = (8+9) = 17]
>>179832Brie takes studious notes
>>179830Actually, now it seems all is calm. There’s certainly nothing there. It just looked like some rocks were moving, eight might have been moved by the jogger. This is further down the beach.
>>179832Opppsed
[1d20+2 = (2+2) = 4]
>>179832Kira has the pony grappled.
It seems to attempt to draw its revolver.
>>179838Oh, that would require an opposed grapple check, right? Kira, pulling the pony into her coils, attempts to keep him from drawing his gun.
[1d20+13 = (18+13) = 31]
>>179837Aside from the ponies wrestling with the rando, sure
Okay, so Garv moves before Posey. Garv, take your turn.
>>179832>>179841Also Cavaliere attempts a disarm, if he can access the pony.
[1d20+4 = (11+4) = 15]
>>179856Opposed
[1d20+2 = (14+2) = 16]
>>179856>>179857Garv grabs at it, but does not succeed it pulling it out.
The pony fires a shot
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]
>>179858tilts headDid the pony have the revolver already drawn before being grappled? I'm reading here that you need to succeed on an opposed grapple check to draw a light weapon...
>>179858AC is 15, it misses anyway
BANGThe pony is in Kira’s coils, but has pulled out his revolver, and after Garv attempted to take it, fired a shot, which as missed Garv
>>179858Which presumably Garv is able to jump out of the way of.
>>179859Let me look into it when I’m back from lunch
>>179861Okay, have a delicious lunch!
>>179861>bangBrie is on extra observational support, rerolling spot and listen
[1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18] spot
[1d20+10 = (15+10) = 25] listen (and thats without his assumed racial +2 to listen, as a bat)
>>179861"I can kill him, right? Nopony would know if I killed him. He attacked us: you reap what you sow. I could snuff him out
right now!"
The veneer of civilization begins to crack as Rosey Ring smells blood, her eyes glowing as if hot coals.
Nevertheless, she awaits approval to kill.
>>179863Ostensibly, in that brie isn;t engaged in any form of contact or distraction, would have first move, yes?
*then lets wait for a quorum of players*
>>179864If you'll pardon me for saying.
No. STFU. You're here until we as a group decide to carry on. This is our game, not your game. Cry, period.
>>179865>You're here until we as a group decide to carry on.That's literally the only reason I haven't attacked yet. I asked in-character for approval to kill, for anyone around to respond.
Quit being so hostile.
>>179866You think thats a badge of honor???
> I asked in-character for approval to kill, for anyone around to respond.Quit being so hostile.
My excuse was my character was getting coopeted. Explain your increasingly evident animus
Simply put
Whereby ur hateboner
In 3
2
1
And....
>>179864Cavaliere is too focused on disarming the stallion to offer a rejoinder.
>>179863>without itJust add it for a +12
>>179865>>179867Stop being this way. It was Posey's turn, from the chain of initiative
>>179872It is poseys rurn
>>179859I think that that line in the rules refers to someone who is doing the grappling, rather than the one being grappled. I assume the implication is that someone who is grappled can’t pull a light weapon at all. All you need to not be grappled is to succeed on a grapple check; succeeding kn a grapple check as a precondition to pull a light weapon doesn’t make much sense to me.
In any case, the pony pulling a revolver is more dramatic, although it would also make sense if, depending on where the revolver is located, he couldn’t reach it while being attacked by a constructor snake.
>>179863Brie hears the sound of a gunshot, the seaplane’s engines revving up as it flies away, the sound of waves crashing, and what sounds like a metal door swinging further down the beach on the left. He sees nothing of interest besides the obvious.
>>179865>>179867Literally Posey is asking for permission. I do not understand the issue.
>>179872Speaking is a free action, and you can do it during anyone's turn.
>>179875So, ur a team player, play to the team
Is anyone going to respond in character before the Death-worshipping madmare takes her turn?
I won't kill him if you guys want him alive.
>>179876Then respond in-character, faggot.
>>179874Reading from the SRD, it seems like the actions apply to both characters involved in the grapple, regardless of who started it. It seems like you have the option of either attempting to break free of the grapple, which ends your turn, or you can attempt to make a grapple check to draw a light weapon and have the option of attacking with it while grappled during that turn.
I will admit though, him drawing the weapon is more dramatic.
>>179877Silver: "Let us not kill him just yet until we know what we are dealing with."
>>179877>Then respond in-character, faggot.The last Vestige of a failing anon
Mala moves in, evidently position himself to stab the pony with his bayonet.
>>179876>>179879I am genuinely baffled as to what the issue is. It’s Posey’s turn. Posey uses the free action of talking to ask permission to stab the now-hostile pony before making a move or attack action. I sincerely do not understand the problem.
>>179880I dont want to make an issue, wrt dereliction
>>179824Reeeeeeee, it's not rapping!
>>179865I see you're insistant on causing another Eberron situation. Let's hope this one ends differently>>179864"Do not kill him yet
A cure I could still beset
For if slip in to death, him we let
I cannot repays death's debt"
>>179878>>179882"B-b-but..! I was so close..!" Posey responds, the frantic desperation clear in her voice
"Aaaagh! Fine!" she snarls, dropping her weapon
Posey turns and makes two unarmed strikes with her hind legs, dealing only subdual damage
[1d20+6 = (18+6) = 24][1d20+6 = (3+6) = 9]This mod might be fucked up, but idk
Also a slam attack (hip check) at a -4 penalty to do only subdual damage
[1d20-1 = (6-1) = 5]
>>179883Looks like only 1 hit
[1d3+5 = (1+5) = 6]
Lets play in role. Cmon, kill me ^_~
Posey sits down on the ground and pouts, biting her lower lip slightly.
Posey's turn is over.
Oh! I think that's me.
Dust approaches the held pony, and attempts to diagnose him for any medical issues he can while said pony is being held in a giant snej. Rolling heal.
[1d20+13 = (17+13) = 30]
Can the snej be used as a blood pressure cuff?
>>179888The snej can, she just needs to be directed.
>>179888I'm going to assist this with a (free action) Arcana check, to discern any potential magical influence.
[1d20+11 = (2+11) = 13]
Mala tries to bludgeon it with his shotgun
[1d20+8 = (7+8) = 15]>>179888The pony has been:
Stabbed pretty brutally. This is actually a serious medical issue requiring attention.
It’s been kicked
It’s also been attacked by a giant snake.
Besides this, it’s suffering from delirium, it’s shivering for reasons unknown, and may have other issues.
>>179890Possible enchantment. Hard to say.
>>179895He hits the pony
[1d6+6 = (2+6) = 8]
The Pony slumps over, evidently unconscious. It drops the revolver. It’s still in Kira’s grasp.
>>179895Dust really wishes ponies and creatures alike would stop hitting his patient.
>>179898Dust heaves a big sigh
"If you were going to kill him anyway
Could you at least wait until I was out of the way?"
Heal check to at least stabilize the pony so he does not die while they deside what to do
[1d20+13 = (18+13) = 31]
"Not only can we not interrogate him for information, but the gunshot means our position may be revealed. Once you are finished, doctor, we will need to hurry out of here."
He takes 10 with a +4 modifier to tie up the stallion with a length of rope, and gags him as well.
>>179895>>179899Kira is also shivering, but that's from being so close to gunfire rather than from the temperature. Can either Silver or Kira tell if there's anything medically wrong with the pony? Is he suffering from hypothermia?
>>179900"I can't carry him up the cliff on my disc if I'm carrying the rest."
Mala, who is leaning over towards the intruder pony, still holding his shotgun, has his eyes wide open and is smiling. But when Dust complains to him, he frowns, moves away, lowers his ears, and steps back, letting his shotgun fall onto his sling.
>>179899The pony has a combination of bludgeoning and stabbing damage. The most serious issue is the stab wound, which is bleeding. Give the pony stitches, cover the wound to stop the bleeding, disinfect the wound, and give painkillers if desired/necessary.
>>179901He is acting like he is. It isn’t cold enough for that, except in the water. His hooves and lower legs show signs of water, but his uniform doesn’t feel wet.
>>179903Don't need painkillers if you're unconscious. Oh well, to late to fix anything. Dust sighs and pats the yeen's shoulder before plodding a little ways away.
End o' my turn.
>>179903"We need to get moving. Feed him to the sharks. Or don't. It hardly matters."
>>179900"I can climb this cliff, but I might slip without a rope. Can you fly up there and secure a rope?"
For a moment, the fog starts to clear. Above the ponies crests a grassy hill. To the left from where the pony came is a small bay and what looks like a few structures. To the right is the end of the island, and another smaller, cliff-faced island.
>>179904>That namescrunch
>>179903Kira knows she has limited resources...but she can't just leave this pony like this. She mutters a prayer in a language the rest of the party can't understand, then presses her hoof to the pony's snoot. A golden light and warmth spreads down the pony's body, starting from his nose.
Silver goes over to comfort Mala, giving him pets and telling him, "You did good, my friend. You did really good."
>>179905Are u ready for what u asked for?
>>179908The rope? Yes. Secure the rope please.
>>179908Im kidding, we're stopped
>>179905Combat's over so I guess initiative doesn't matter.
"That's the plan. This rope should be enough to reach the base of the cliff."He runs to the edge of the water and jumps to take off. Not a particularly competent flier and bearing some weight, he makes a long, wide turn before he climbs at a shallow angle to the top of the cliff.
>>179910Rest, youll have ur moment
>>179906Wait, so we don't need to climb over the cliff?
Let's take a moment to strategize which way we want to go.
>>179914The heck are you talking about?
Srsly. Try to be an adult about it
Every player grts a turn
Cry
Every player grts a.turn
Nigger....
>>179916Are you drunk?
Go to the ooc thread.
>>179917Your lack of comprehension is noted. I dont drink on gamedays. Whats ur excuse?
>>179906I'm glad you noticed!
Dust looks at the grass and thinks that it looks rather tasty. He might have to sample it while they wait to figure out how to get over the cliff.
>>179918What are you talking about. What are all these ooc spamposts about?
>>179919A very based username! Also, same.
>>179906Silver also takes the time to check the pony's uniform to see if he has any ID on him.
>>179920He seems to be insistent that initiative carries out of combat, and thus is gonna make us wait until he takes a turn before he lets you specifically do anything else without complaining.
I'm just going to filter Brie's player, because he's having a hissy fit and I don't have the energy to deal with him right now. If he does anything relevant to my character, someone else let me know.
That aside.
What direction do we want to go in? Do we climb the cliff, go in the direction the pony came from, or over the grassy hill?
We could use some healing magic to revive and interrogate this pony, but that has a resource cost.
I'm any case, we should move quickly, because our presence has been revealed by the gunshot.
We now know that we are not alone on this island. There could be more pony enemies.
>>179915The players have four options:
Walk along the beach towards the small bay
Walk along the beach towards the edge of the wall
Go straight up the cliff and to the hill
Get on the rafts and go onto the water
But no. They don't have to scale a cliff. They can literally just walk around it. The same as that pony just did.
>>179918>>179916>>179914I have no idea what your issue is, but it's becoming disruptive.
Stop it>>179919Scrunch>>179912The island is rolling grass hills. He can see some little stone walls off in the distance, and the steel hulls of what looks like some kind of shanty down the beach in a small bay. Other than that, nothing jumps out at Cavaliere during this brief clearing of the fog
>>179907Mala is pet, and smiles
>>179922Морской камень of the Stalliongradian Merchant Marine
There is a note and more on him
>>179923He had a turn. He took a spot check and then decided not to do anything.
>i dindu nuffon, its this ssshole, who Ive harangud with all kinds of thibgs
>>179925Dust would like to go munch on some grass, he hasn't had lunch yet. The real question is is there anything on the hill?
Rolling spot to see if there's anything suspicious as he slowly plods to the grass at the edge of the beach in the direction of the hill.
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]
>>179925>Морской каменьSilver: "Sea Stone, huh..." Silver takes the ID and note. "It looks like we can get around this cliff if we go in direction he came from. Tie him up to Kira's back and let us get out of here, then we can work on waking him up and getting answers. If you are okay with that, Kira."
Kira: "Oh, uh, sure! I'm pretty strong, I can carry him."
Silver: "Good, let us do that and get move on."
Brie is aboutto self destruct
>>179925>They can literally just walk around it. The same as that pony just did.If we go in that direction, we might meet the pony's allies.
Stealthy characters should scout that direction before we decide to go there.
"Which direction should we go? We shouldn't stay here. We need to locate the Marines."
She looks at the unconscious pony
"Enemies already occupy this island. It's possible that our colts may already be detained, or worse. We should locate the rest of this pony's comrades."
Posey also pets Mala
Realizes he should probably have stuck around longer before flying away.
He attempts to locate a decent spot for the other creatures to climb up, one which is shallower and not too jagged yet offers holds. He takes 10 to drive his grappling hook into the spot and tie the rope to it before letting it down. Brie should be keeping watch during this.
>>179931Look for any signs of electric lights that the communists might be using in the fog. We need to locate the enemy.
It might be suitable to climb the cliff anyway: we want high ground advantage.
>>179928Posey agrees with Silver
"Sure, but we should be careful. There might be more where he came from. Stay on guard." She says
"Perhaps somepony should scout ahead."
Are we still playing, or is GM busy watching 4CC?
We're still playing
Mala tries to pick pocket the pony. Mala is also pet by Posey, and I believe by Defiant Dust
>>179935Are we playing? How many players?
>>179935Posey uses her horn and unseen servant to help Mala loot the horse.
Do we know what direction we're moving in yet?
>>179929Don't you mean.... A-bat-to? Haha
Please kill me.
>>179935Correct, Dust did pet Mala. He's also hankerin' for some grass
>>179938Good form, well memed. Op could learn.
Let's just go with Silver's idea.
Posey helps Silver tie the pony to Kira's back.
Anyone want to scout ahead before we go in that direction?
>>179927The grass is mostly dead, though not completely.
There is a cliff in the way.
>>179928This is doable, but it will result in encumbrance
>>179942Since we're not climbing the cliff, we could just put him in my floating disk.
Okay, well, if nobody wants to scout ahead, let's just determine our marching order.
Who goes first?
>>179944Cavaliere will wait to see if any of the others are intending on scaling the cliff. If not, he'll pull the rope back up and repack it.
>>179942Aww, muh snack.
Dust waits on the others then. He seems like he'll head up the rear wherever they decide
>>179942>>179941There's also the option of using Posey's magic flying disk to carry the unconscious Sea Stone, while Kira goes ahead as a stealthy scout.
>>179945Scaling the cliff was my idea. I would like to do it, but i'll go with whatever.
I just realized that I didn't account for Mala in my weight calculation. I don't think Posey can carry all of the nonfliers at once...
>>179947Yeah, let's do that.
>>179948Mala looks over towards Posey
>>179950"Is there something up, boy? Do you smell anymore commies?"
>>179951Mala sniffs the air again, taking several seconds to do so. His nose twitches, as do his ears.
"Ponies? I do not smell ponies, no..."
>>179949>>179950Alright, with Sea Stone put on the magic disk, Kira goes ahead towards the direction the pony came from on a scouting mission.
Hide:
[1d20+14 = (8+14) = 22]Move Silently:
[1d20+14 = (18+14) = 32]Spot:
[1d20+8 = (5+8) = 13]Survival:
[1d20+11 = (12+11) = 23]
>>179952"What do you smell, boy?"
>>179947>>179945Scaling the cliff won't work because as strong as Posey is, she can't actually carry 1600 pounds while climbing a smooth vertical surface.
Go ahead and roll your stealth to scout ahead.
>>179953Oh, fuck, forgot,
Listen:
[1d20+8 = (5+8) = 13]
>>179928Two notes
One note, written in hoof "Let us get off at Sirius. I cannot sleep. My head is throbbing. Luminescent Ray will get us all killed."
Another, typed up:
"All
Kostroma personnel are to remain onboard at the request of the commander at Sirius."
>>179954"Rotting... is that fat? Fish. And... Rubber? And Griffin, I think" He answers
>>179953>>179955Reasonably stealthy
>>179956Silver relays this information to the rest of the party.
Can Kira see anything on her scouting mission that would cause trouble for the party?
>>179956Posey pets Mala
"Keep up the good work, big guy."
>>179954Cavaliere indeed scouts out the top of the cliff, moving inland to avoid ridge-lining himself while following the direction of the party.
Survival:
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]GM Pone, do you want to do secret rolls for hide, move silently, spot and listen for me?
>>179957Kira sees that the beach continues past the sea stack, moving a bit inwards. Beyond this, she can see structures that make use of simple wood and sheet metal
>>179959Looking from the top of the cliff, Cavaliere can see that beach extends to a tiny little bay that has what looks like an abandoned settlement with a small pier, a boat that is sunk in the water next to the beach, a couple of what look like houses, a big set of storage cylinders, and beyond this, a break in the hill where the party could walk into the center of the island
>hide and move silentlyLet the whole world see your nat 1s
>>179958Mala smiles
>>179960Can Kira see the break in the hill from the abandoned settlement?
>>179961Not precisely, as it is obscured by the near cliff face, but she can see that the hill on the opposing side slopes down
>>179960scrunchHide:
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]Move silently:
[1d20+11 = (7+11) = 18]Spot:
[1d20+7 = (19+7) = 26]Listen:
[1d20+3 = (1+3) = 4]
>>179962Kira thinks that's a good sign, at least. She returns to the party to tell them it's all clear and there's possibly a way to the interior of the island.
Would it be too big of a party-split if Posey climbed the cliff herself? She could take a couple creatures with her on the disk, but not all of them.
>>179963Off in the distance, on the hills, Cavalieri sees several things moving. A kind of black or green tint. And in the air, something moves. It would be easy to say that these are birds, but the way the wriggle... kites?
He can't hear anything special, besides tinnitus and this dull, underwater sound. Well, that, and the wind, which hits the side of the mountain and goes upwards.
>>179967What's the time of day?
>>179967It's possible those are flags, but they would not resemble Stalliongrad flags. Something must be wrong with his ears which frustrates him.
He makes his way to the other side of the bay to see if any ponies are there at the moment.
Hey.
If one of the scouts put on Sea Stone's uniform, enemies might not recognize them at a distance.
>>179970If there are any enemies there, Garv will find out the instant that he gets hit by a bullet. He will not have anything even vaguely resembling stealth, he will tip off the enemy to the presence of another group on the island, and he will have no help nor backup from his comrades. Is he certain this is the move he wants to make?
>>179972No. He will instead climb down the cliffs and proceed towards the abandoned coastal hamlet.
Climb:
[1d20+4 = (5+4) = 9]
If you want to each individually split the party to go off on your own then you can each individually encounter CR5 and 6 encounters. You were told what to expect, and so you can get it.
>>179973>Mediocre climb scoreWell, at least Garv has wings
Does everypony meet up or has the entire party split already?
>>179974Kira's back at the party, telling them what she saw. Now we just need Garv's information.
>>179974>you can each individually encounter CR5 and 6 encountersThe bigger concern is this taking ten times longer than it needs to.
Let's stay together.
>Does everypony meet up or has the entire party split already?Let's meet up.
>>179974>>179975"There are multiple objects on the hills on the other side of the island. I am not sure what they are but it was black and green in coloration. There is something above them in the air as well. Unfortunately I wasn't able to hear anything, somehow water must have entered my ears."The only party member split off is Brie. Tenebrous is simply inactive.
>>179977Okay, there's no way you haven't had subjective tinnitus before. There are two parts to it. One is very easy to hear, a ringing sound that's high pitched and loud. But the other is a much lower pitched sound that's kind of muffled and you can only really hear when it's silent
In any case, he didn't hear anything that stood out as significant on his nat 1
>>179976You get a CR 12
>>179977Why don't we say Tenebrous is carrying Sea Stone, for the time being? That way he can interrogate him when he gets back. It'll give his player something to do, despite missing RP.
"No signs of the enemy? No campfires for our colts? They must be held somewhere.... We'll have to sweep the island. Stay on guard."
Posey begins to walk after Kira
>>179978So long as I get to level up from it...
>>179977Silver: "Are you sure those flying things were above ground targets? What did flying things look like?"
>>179978I have.
>>179979Good idea.
>>179980"Possibly birds, maybe pegasi, but the way they fluttered suggests fabric, like kites or flags."
>>179981"Perhaps they're some sort of detection device or trap. We should approach with caution."
>>179981>>179980Long, kind of thin, sort of twisting in on themselves. It looked closest to eels in the water.
>>179983"Wind socks? Perhaps a weather related device."
"....Unless, of course, they're Phaerims..."
>>179982>>179983>>179984"They resembled swimming eels. If I had to guess, they may well be streams of fabric from the dirigible."
>>179981>>179982Silver: "They sound like they could be flown by our Navy ponies. They might have heard our plane, and are flying kites to show us their position."
>inb4 a fucking Phaerimm infestationI don't want this world to be destroyed by anyone but me.
>>179986"That's plausible. We should move quickly, before they send anymore signals."
Posey begins marching in that direction, unless anyone would rather march ahead of her.
I gotta step out for 20-30 minutes. Sorry.
huh. alot of gaming going on. Odd.
>>179989You wanna join us?
>>179990No. I prefer designated gametimes, where players have a degree of expectation and demure.
>>179987Kira should take point, scouting for enemy encounters before they actually encounter the party. Either way, Silver has no hesitation about going in the direction of the kites/birds.
It seems this party is in ill need of a bat
>>179993more to the point, theres plenty of players that cant speak at this time
>>179992Cavaliere will accompany Silver if he decides to move away from the village (though it's ripe for investigation).
>>179991Considering the most common DnD issue of constant rescheduling due to players not making it, it's a reasonable tradeoff.
It's a bit of beach, the settlement, then a depression between hills to the center of the island
>>179991shrugsI said Sunday. Today is Sunday
>>179993A little bit
>>179994Just Tenebrous. A couple are out for an hour, but we're not in combat
>>179995Cute. No.
>>179996Ur funeral
>>179991This is PBP. There is no designated time.
>>179992Posey follows Silver.
>>179998Then carry on, don't let me stop you
>>180000Aaaaaaand, I just wasted them myself. Fuck me.
Sorry guys.
>>180000Yes,cuz youve been the depiction of a well balanced player
>>179990I'm back now, btw.
Are you done with your axe to grind?
On the way into the little settlement, there is an utterly
massive rib cage, maybe 18 or even 20 feet across, that the party could or would walk through to progress along the beach. It's white, bleached bones that progress for 60 feet with a backbone above and ribs to either side.
Beyond this are two little cottages, both with glass windows, dull grey-brown wood sides, and sheet metal roofs. The doors are wide open.
To the left and in the small harbor is a pier that leads out to a boat that's maybe 40 feet in length with a smoke-stack, a cabin in the front, and a railing on an upper level, painted white save a red ring at the top of the funnel. It is sunken in the water, though its deck is above the water. Fuel oil seems to have gathered around it.
>>180000You just wasted quads!
>>180006The party can probably explore this location later if they so desired. Right now getting to those navy ponies takes priority. Silver is a bit on edge about the open doors, however. Kira takes an interest in the rib cage. Can she tell what it belonged to?
>>180006>You just wasted quads!Sorry... I didn't mean to.
>there is an utterly massive rib cage, maybe 18 or even 20 feet across, that the party could or would walk through to progress along the beach. It's white, bleached bones that progress for 60 feet with a backbone above and ribs to either side.Fuck yeah! Giant skeleton area. That's more like it.
[Happy necromancer noises]
>>180010Let's go with...
Knowledge, Nature:
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]Survival:
[1d20+11 = (11+11) = 22]Whichever one you would prefer, or if either is applicable then either one is higher.
This group is turning up less than diligent
>>180006Rosey Ring prances towards the bones with an excited gigglesnort.
Gonna roll Arcana, to see if these are Leviathan bones
[1d20+11 = (17+11) = 28]"Oh joy! This is already worth the ride."
>>180011It's a whale. Perhaps Sperm, Blue, or Devil.
>>180013Why yes, yes they are.
No, it's not from any monster manual. Just a fantasy sea creature that's about the size of a Blue Whale and is carnivorus, like a sperm whale or orca
Or...perhaps the party should see what's in the settlement (so we can wait until the party is back online to continue with the actual mission)
>>180015Well, an MMII Leviathan is a type of whale, so...
Posey prance-skips around the inside of the leviathan skeleton.
"It's so big. So beautiful."
>>180017Okaaaay...
Posey follows Silver, if he calls her to.
>>179996I guess thats that then
>>180006>To the left and in the small harbor is a pier that leads out to a boat that's maybe 40 feet in length with a smoke-stack, a cabin in the front, and a railing on an upper level, painted white save a red ring at the top of the funnel. It is sunken in the water, though its deck is above the water. Fuel oil seems to have gathered around it.Seems like it crashed recently. Perhaps the commies came from there.
In that case, they might be desperate.
>>180017I agree. Let's check out the settlement first. That way we can wait for the others to initiate combat.
Posey is rubbing herself on the leviathan bones, like it's a scratching post. She is
very happy.
"~Bones... Such big bones...! I love you bones...!"
>>180006Cavaliere remarks,
"This place has been abandoned only a few years, given how intact these are. The ponies here were not as superstitious as I believed. They lived right next to a long-dead creature I cannot recognize."He makes a cursory sweep of the houses. Search:
[1d20+2 = (10+2) = 12]
>>180028The ship is probably recent, considering the fuel.
"~Bones.... Ooh, ah, that's the spot..."
Very good scratching post
>>180015Is Mala enthused by the big bones too?
>>180027>>180029The bones are actually not very old, and were likely in a living creature earlier the same year.
>>180030Mala comes up to the bones and sniffs them but seems cautious about the area more generally.
>>180028Cabin one,
Open door. "Hybel en" written in block text above the door. Two bunk beds with a one bed made up with blankets and covers, two messy with blankets on the floor, and one mattress on a higher bunk knocked off the bed. There is a chest that is open with a heavy coat on the floor. There is a chair next to a desk, with a notebook on the desk, a lamp on the desk, a bowl, a couple open cans, and a massive (empty) container of vodka. There are notebook pages on the floor. This is what a cursory glance shows.
>>180031>The bones are actually not very old, and were likely in a living creature earlier the same year.I was thinking that. Wildlife or necrophages could strip the carcass quickly.
Poor whale probably beached itself after being driven mad by naval sonar.
Posey encourages Mala, like she normally does.
>>180031Cavaliere rummages through the notebook, pages, and the chest, though he's not able to read this language.
Brie decides y'all are crazy and likely to get him killed.
Sorry, not sorry. Carry on
>>180006The zeeb seems impressed by the large bones. If we were somewhere more friendly they might even make good for him to take to get a weapon or something made.
But alas, he doesn't think he's getting souvenirs on this trip.
Mr. Zeeb decides to plod towards one of the buildings no one else is checking, idk who's checking what right now.
>>180035Okay, fly away. You can make it home.
More reward for us.
>>180036>But alas, he doesn't think he's getting souvenirs on this trip.Not with that attitude. Bones good.
>>180033Mala sniffs around
"Rotting.. fat. Diesel. Kerosene. Griffin. And... smells kind of like rubber."
>>180034Cavalieri recognizes the language as a griffin language, albeit not one he is fluent in. There are some notes here that are very heavy in numbers. Then some written pages in the foreign language. There's... a map? That's what it looks like. Of the Rocky Sea.
Then there are two notes in the Ponish language, clearly ripped from a larger book.
>>180036She does not.
There's a cottage that hasn't been searched, and beyond that, some kind of strange boiler unit with cylinders, and then a storage room
>>180038He reads the pages written in Ponish. What do they say?
>>180038"It
~feels so good though." Posey replies, still rubbing
Posey will search around the leviathan bones. Let's see if this ancient beast swallowed any cool treasure.
>>180037I'm more worried about getting them off the island and remaining alive to use them. Besides, I don't think Posey would take kindly to Dust yoinking her bones.
The visual of her rubbing against them like a cat is very cute though. Pic related
>>180038Dust checks the door to the storage room. Maybe there'll be hints as to if anypony is around in there.
>>180041>Besides, I don't think Posey would take kindly to Dust yoinking her bones.Waaaa... She can't hog a collosal skeleton all to herself. She's not that greedy
well, maybe...>The visual of her rubbing against them like a cat is very cute though.Like a horse, but yes. She is cute when she's enjoying herself.
>>180042Kira looks at Posey enjoying her bones, and smiles. "D'awwwwwwwwwwwww. Even this is really cute."
>>180031Silver takes an interest in the coat. What's the style of it?
>>180041A whole pile of furs. A pallet of canned food that is mostly exhausted. Multiple oil drums that have a smell to them. And then more oil drums of a different color that presumably have fuel in them, or are empty.
>>180040>Let's see if this ancient beast swallowed any cool treasure.It seems very unlikely given its position that it simply died right there on the land and no one bothered to search its corpse. In fact, it's probably that it was placed there.
>>180043Heavy winter, leather on the outside, evidently for water proofing.
>>180044Silver tries on the coat to see how it fits.
>>180044Well, Posey will roll Search anyway, hoping to find a transparent Riverine trident that nopony noticed
[1d20+3 = (19+3) = 22]After that, she eventually moves on and rejoins with the group.
>>180044Furs you say? Any stand out types or exotic ones or does it just seem to be normal types of furs and pelts. And when you say some of the drums have a smell to them.... Dust walks closer and sniffs the drums. Is it a fuel or are we dealing with something worse?
>>180047It ain't fuel. It's something else
>The furs and the smellRoll Knowledge
>>180046>Riverine TridentNot all that unlikely, but it's not in these first few buildings
>>180045It almost fits, having an opening for large wings, but a bit too thin around the legs
>>180044Posey even in undeath is a cute pony.
>>180045Probably not well given his armor.
waits for exposition
>>180048Well, I only got religion knowledge, and I got no Int. So this oughta be fun.
Furs
[1d20 = 14]Well if it ain't fuel, let's see what it is
[1d20 = 9]
>>180048Hmmm...Silver heads out of the house, and finds Kira to see how it fits on the snej.
How many houses are there in total
>>180049Not even in Death does the cuteness end\
>>180053Two nearby, maybe another two further away, plus some industrial looking buildings
>>180050It smells organic
The furs are relatively raw
>>180051It is oversized for Kira
>>180054Kira decides that the coat, while warm, isn't quite suitable for her size, and lets Silver have it. Perhaps he can get it resized when they get back to Baltimare, and perhaps Kira can get herself a properly sized coat for herself.
The industrial buildings look interesting. Silver goes off to investigate them, as Kira investigates the natural areas just outside the town.
>>180054Organic as in hexane, or organic as in blood?
Regardless, Zeeb wandees around a little more befoee deciding there isn't much more information to gather here. Maybe the cottage can reveal more.
Letter one, blatantly torn from a larger set of notes:
"To my Ingrid Marie Vindes
Nils Markås found the last letter I wrote and read it out to the group. Like he thinks having a lover is somehow embarrassing. Let him read it now. He does not know Ponish, as we do. It's the 16th now. I trust you are in Trottingham by now? Apartment 16, 146 Marien Way? That's where I will be mailing this when the ship comes around. And that is what I need to write to you about now. I will not be coming home this November. Sørvik wants us to stay through the winter. He thinks that the sealing will be good, with all of the big ships heading south. We didn't want to go along with this, but he promised more money will pay out to us, and besides, none of us had jobs lined up for the winter. I love you Ingrid, and I will see you as soon as I can. We are still trying to prod Sørvik to get us home early still. Perhaps I will see you in Trottingham for the Festival of the Blue Moon. It will be strange, to be sure, not being in Flygham. But that is the point of a new life? I will see you soon, and with quite a bit of money with it.
Yours, Johan Bøkli"
Letter 2, same:
"My dear Ingrid! We've got a massive haul. I was sick for the day, but Sørvik, Ingerstad, and Nils went out, and had the luckiest haul ever! They towed an adult Devil Whale back to shore. It's big. Damn near a Midgarsworm. Sørvik claims he killed it and the other two won't say no, but I don't believe that for a moment. I think they just found a corpse that did not sink. But I do not care. It has meat and blubber, and ambergris in the bowels. We have been tearing it apart all day. Old Olaf Sørvik has done it. We even found some jewelry and spear heads in its intestines. A whole golden headset with jewels. It doesn't quite fit a hippogriff head, but I think it just got crushed. Olaf Sørvik is keeping it for himself. that is alright, with this kind of find, he has earned it.
And that leads to my next point. We have voted to stay until February, and will not be on the next boat out. I know it isn't what you wanted to hear, but I promise you, when we meet again, it will all be worth it.
Lovingly, Johan Bøkli"
>>180057Organic like blood, but hexane is also a possibility with different containers
>>180055There is a kind of boiler beneath a large tank, and a steel ladder to reach up to the top tank and pour things in, and then pipes carrying fluid away from the tank and to be placed in oil drums. The whole thing is made out of steel that is somewhat rusted.
>>180054I'm not quite sure where everypony is on the map, but just assume that Posey is now searching in the same place as everypony else now, for the sake of keeping the party together.
Should I roll anything? Cast Detect Magic?
>>180059Posey knows what blood smells like, and she has experience executing sleezy ghoul merchants who tried to sell off kegs of watered-down/bootleg blood in magehold: this is her calling.
Posey examines it closely, to determine it it is really blood.
>>180059Oh shit, that actually changes a lot of things. I suppose the doctor should have recognized blood.
Dust investigates further. Are the barrels.... Full of blood?
>>180061>>180062No. It's rendered fat
>>180060You can roll what you think is relevant at a specific point
>>180063I'm going to start with an Int check to search to see if I notice anything odd.
[1d20+3 = (9+3) = 12]
>>180063Oh. Well I guess if zoob doesn't recognize the skins he continues on his way to the cabin he passed by oj his way to the storeroom.
The second cottage is similar, with the name "Sovesal To" in block letters above the door.
Inside, there are a couple made beds, and one that is clearly disturbed. There are empty bottles of vodka on the floor. The floor is visibly scratched and there appears to be blood.
There are minor items like a lamp, a pocket watch, an ice pick.
Here too, there are notes torn and thrown on the floor.
>>180066>The floor is visibly scratched and there appears to be blood.Posey checks to make sure it's real, authentic blood.
She also gathers up the notes, and checks for any hoofprints that could indicate where the prior inhabitants went.
>>180066Also I want the pocket watch, of nopony else claims it.
>>180058Cavaliere picks up the papers, including the ones in the northern script, and stows them in his backpack, except for the ones in Ponish which he holds. He enters the second cabin where Dust and Posey are.
"What do those notes say? They are probably not in Ponish and I cannot read the northern language some of the other notes have."
>>180059Hmm...Silver taps on the boiler and tank to see if he can tell if there's anything left inside it.
These too, are in Ponish, and from the same source, violently ripped out
Note 3:
"Several weeks have passed, and the sealing has not been as good as before. It seems like they really did all go south. Still looking to see you again."
Note 4:
"The Festival of the Blue Moon has passed, and what a sad day it was. Håkon Egerstad left the door open in the storehouse, and rats got in and spoiled some of our supplies. We only have enough food to barely last us until february. It's not a complete disaster as we have seal meat, but who wants to eat seal meat every day? Well, that's what we had today. Nils Markås refused to cook today, I think Egerstad made a remark about his cooking being bad, which caused Nils to retort that he spoiled the crackers and caused a fuss. I ended up cooking, but i can't say I do a much better job than Nils. I can't wait for your cooking. There's more fussing. Nils is trying to claim that I shouldn't have a full share of the devil whale as I wasn't there to 'kill it,' as if they somehow did! I was there to process it, and that is the real work. Egerstad says that the golden crown is probably some old artifact, and he wants a share. Sørvik will have none of that. I think he even wears it at night, fancying himself some kind of prince or priest of the sea folk. You should see him try to put it on. It doesn't fit him at all.
This would all be a comedy, except that we have found no seals in the last week. We would not be fighting if there were seals. And there will be no ship coming by. We are considering just taking the boat and going to Trottingham, though we have no permit for their waters. Sørvik wants us to stay. He is claiming we'll find that pack of seals, or a wright whale. I would like to believe he's right, but I don't think he is. I am considering getting in that boat myself, even if I am arrested in Trottingham Bay. It will be worth it when I see you."
Lovingly, Johan Bøkli"
>>180070They are empty
>>180068Mala tries to, but he's easy to make back off
>>180067The blood on the ground looks pretty real
>>180071Well, Posey likes Mala...
Depends what the pocket watch is made of. Is it silver, gold or something else?
>>180066Can Dust investigate these notes? Anything interesting?
>>180071Oh hey
>sealingSealing or sealing? Either way, resident zebra only knows abojt one type of seal and not really the other.
Reading further, I see what kinda sealing.
Going out on a limb and rolling knowledge (religion) to see if Zeeb has heard of tbe Festival of the Blue Moon
[1d20+9 = (3+9) = 12]>>180069Dust shakes his head
"The northen scripts I cannot read
So please do not leave them to me
If you truly want to catch some leads
Our silver friend you should see."
>>180071Cavaliere waves over Silver and Mala to have a look, and once the group is together he passes around the first two notes. He explains,
"These aren't Stalliongradians Stalliongraders? Stalliongraduates?, the marines, or any prior residents. These were griffon sealers who found this whale and presumably owned that boat. They were staying here until February, but the fact that they left these buildings like this indicates that either they are still here and are in hiding, they were forcibly picked up, or they're dead."He then talks to Posey, interrupting her staring at the watch.
"You told us you are some expert on dead bodies, not quite a coroner but in a similar field. Is it within your capability to determine what species this blood belongs to?"To Silver:
"Can you make anything out of this?" he asks as he claws over a document in the Norwegian-analogous language.
>>180072It seems to be silver
>>180073>can he investigateYes.
>sealing or sealingYes
>Festival of the Blue MoonGriffonian celebration
>>180074Mala comes over
He smells the blood
"That is from today" He answers
>>180071>Egerstad says that the golden crown is probably some old artifact, and he wants a share. Sørvik will have none of that. I think he even wears it at night, fancying himself some kind of prince or priest of the sea folk. You should see him try to put it on. It doesn't fit him at all. I want that crown.
"I wonder what happened to it...?" Posey remarks
>>180074>"You told us you are some expert on dead bodies, not quite a coroner but in a similar field. Is it within your capability to determine what species this blood belongs to?"That's a good question. Statistically, i got nothing on my sheet, but maybe I could get a circumstance bonus for backstory?
I could taste it and be sure...
>>180076>Can Posey tellI would assume that all mammalian blood is extremely similar and you couldn't tell the difference except under a microscope
If anyone could tell the difference, it would be Mala
>>180075>silverOw, yucky silver. Hurty.
Posey gives the watch to Mala.
>from today"Can you tell what it's from, big guy?" Posey says, as she hands him the watch.
Posey scrutinizes the blood, and looks for any prints that could let either of the rangers use their track feat to locate the creatures involved.
>>180077>would assume that all mammalian blood is extremely similarYou've clearly never tried virgin blood. We take blood tasting very seriously in Magehold.
Posey lets Mala do his thing though.
>>180075Hm, grifs celebrating the moon. Interesting
The zeeb looks at Mala
"If the blood indeed is fresh
Then close at hoof should be the flesh
Could from the scent you find the trail?
And lead us to them across the vale?"
>>180078"I think it's griffin. I am not sure though. I know that griffins have been here, in this room." Mala licks the blood on the floor
"Yeah, I think that's griffin."
>You've clearly never tried virgin bloodFair enough
>>180079Mala looks up at the rapping, striped fellow.
"I think I could, yes."
>>180080Maybe the Rangers can make their survival checks now, with a bonus for Mala's assistance.
>>180078>You've clearly never tried virgin blood. We take blood tasting very seriously in Magehold.It's a relief that Amber and Mustard are safe now.>>180080"Then they are probably dead, or at least wounded. The trail wouldn't lead us to the Marines, but it might lead us to the communists which we could then avoid.">>180081What bonus, and wouldn't the party would have to link up with Kira to tell her?
>tfw I have zero points into survival
>>180082Wait, where is Kira? I thought she was with us. Let's go get Kira.
>>180078When Poset cedes the pocket watch, Mala reaches out with his paw as quickly as he can, grabs it, opens his mouth, and places it in the back of his mouth in a single fast action. It's a smaller than average pocket watch; maybe he could have swallowed it. Mala then turns his head to meet his eyes to Posey, and he pulls it out. He has a clearly embarrassed smile on his face.
"Thank you...."
He looks away.
>>180084"Good boy." Posey pats mala.
I do need to get up early tomorrow, so I'm going to bed.
Feel free to go on without me, making search checks and whatnot.
I apologize for my absence, I fell asleep.
>>180074Silver looks over the notes he's given. "Hmm...no, I do not think I can. I know Ponish, Cyrillic, Wechselbalg...this looks like it could be Vedinan, possibly."
>>180066If Silver notices it and no one else wants it, he would like the ice pick.
>>180082>>180083>>180084Kira is still nearby, and isn't hard at all to collect. She was investigating the nearby area just outside the village. She comes back, giving a concerned glance at the scratches and bloodstain.
Kira: "That...doesn't seem good. It's fresh? You...want me to track that? Alright, sure, that should be easy enough."
Survival: While Mala assists with his keen sense of smell, Kira investigates and follows the tracks left behind by whoever was bleeding here.
[1d20+11 = (5+11) = 16]
>>180087Rolling to assist that survival check (DC 10)
[1d20+1 = (8+1) = 9]"If it's from today, it's likely that whoever left it is still here. Hopefully our colts are still alive." Posey says
"It's also plausible that they were dragged away from here by monsters. Check for any signs of a struggle, so we can know what we're dealing with."
I'll also roll appraise on that Ice Pick, to see if it's masterwork (potentially magic).
[1d20+3 = (13+3) = 16]
>>180085Mala is pet"I'm not used to...
this..."
>>180087There's a sign of birds, and especially a large number of bird feathers in little piles. There are more clam shells.
Separate from all of this and far more organized, is a pile of bones.
Kira looks around and at the trail of blood. Little droplets continue - evidently dropped from above the ground, not dragged - in a direction towards the remaining structures and perhaps the pier. It does not continue with enough detail to say with certainty. What is unhelpful is that this entire area has many signs of use and being disturbed. The muddy ground retains prints, to be sure, but there are many prints in many directions of paws, claws, and especially of boots.
>>180094It is not. It has some use (including a very small amount of blood at the end).
>>180095>bird feathersBird feathers, or griffon feathers?
>Separate from all of this and far more organized, is a pile of bones.~Yay! Bones!
What kind of bones?
>Little droplets continue - evidently dropped from above the ground, not dragged - in a direction towards the remaining structures and perhaps the pier."Something left this room while it was still bleeding."
>including a very small amount of blood at the end"And it looks like this pick wounded them." She adds
"Informal weaponry... It appears as though these might have been civilians, fighting amongst themselves."
>especially of bootsDo the boot patterns match the boots of the soldier we just captured? Or the boots common among New Mareland Navy?
>>180095>>180096Kira: "And whoever they were, they remained conscious even after being attacked. And that pier, with the sunken boat...could they be related? Did whoever was attacked sabotage the boat?"
>>180096>Bird feathers, or griffon feathers?These are probably not griffin feathers based on the small size. They are shorter with grey at the tips and white, or sometimes, just white.
>what kind of bonesRoll>BootsRoll
>>180098I suppose I'll roll with intelligence.
[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21][1d20+2 = (3+2) = 5]
>>180097"It's plausible, but I have a hunch that whoever was here is either in the neighboring structure on that ship. Let's check them."
"It's also plausible that our colts may be involved. They're Marines, and they likely don't know that they're being rescued. If they're alive, they likely looked for logical sources of shelter on the island, or supplies from the ship to keep warm and build their fires."
"The coat in the building gives me pause. Somepony left this place in a hurry."
>>180098Bones (taking the liberty of a +2 circumstance for my roleplayed bone obsession):
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22]Boots:
[1d20+3 = (8+3) = 11]
>>180101The bones belong to multiple marine mammals, specifically pinnipeds, presumably seals or sea lions.
The boots are of a style not consistent with pony boots.
>>180100Screw it, I'll flip those two results:
The boots are griffin boots, like what is used in especially fish processing.
The bones... Hard to say
>>180103"No sign of the Stalliongrad sailors that I can see. So then why are there signs of a struggle and why have the griffons disappeared?"
>>180103Posey takes any skulls from the pile.
>>180104"Perhaps it has something to do with that crown mentioned earlier. Let's investigate."
Posey begins trotting towards the other structures and the pier
>>180105Only a few skulls, which are incomplete as the jaw bones has been separated. The number of skulls seems underrepresented, and the whale skull is also absent.
>>180105The pier is to the left. There are two structures in the back.
>>180106Let's check out the structures before heading to the pier.
>>180106>>180107Silver and Kira take one of the structures
>>180108Let's search them together, in case we encounter something.
>>180109Hey, Posey and the others are more than welcome to search with them in this one or to search the other.
>>180110That's what I meant.
Posey follows the others.
Two structures:
One, a cottage of some kind with windows. The other has no windows and must be some kind of workshop.
There a few smaller auxiliary buildings, however, even behind this
>>180112"We're looking for ponies, so let's check the cottage first. They could have hidden there."
>>180113Idk why I put that in quotes, but I guess that's not unreasonable to say in character...
>>180112Posey walks to the door of the cabin, but as she's about to open it...
She compulsively knocks.
>>180115No response.
This door is indeed closed.
>>180117Posey freezes there, struggling against herself.
....
Wait, is there a welcome mat?
>>180117>>180118Silver looks oddly at Posey, before opening the door for her.
>>180119But does he invite her in?
>>180119The door is unlocked, and opens simply
>>180118No.
>>180119>>180118Mala stands at the ready with his shotgun, and seemed as if he intended to kick down the door if Silver had not simply opened it.
>>180120Kek
>>180118>>180119"Are you worried about a trap in there?" he asks Posey.
>>180122>>180121"It's okay if I go in,
right?"
>>180120>>180121>>180122>>180123Silver steps inside, and having not immediately died (as far as I know) turns to Posey and says, "Seems safe enough. Come on inside."
>>180124Posey enters the building, and looks around.
>>180124>>180125You wanna get a surprise round against you? Because this is how you get a surprise round against youSilver opens it...
To find that the cottage contains a desk with many papers, some papers strewn on the ground, a collection of giant... teeth? On a windowsil. Many, many, many empty bottles. A couple glasses, one turned over. Writing in.. chalk? Multiple... spearheads? On the walls. A single bed that is made but slightly disturbed.
>>180126Fair.Silver: "This seems to belong to hunter."
Kira enters, and wonders at the interior. She takes special interest in the spearheads, comparing it to the leaf-shaped steel spearhead of her spear.
>>180126>You wanna get a surprise round against you?People told me not to powergame. Posey phobia is one of her weaknesses.
>a collection of giant... teeth?Ooh, that's fun.
>Writing in.. chalk?A magic circle? Summoning?
Arcana
[1d20+11 = (5+11) = 16]>Multiple... spearheads?Any of those look masterwork?
Let's check the floor boards under the bed, to see if there's a hidden compartment that the crown could have been hidden in.
>>180127It sholuld be clarified that there are two distinct and radically different types of "spearheads" here. One is absolutely massive, six or so inches long and made of steel, presumably chrome plated.
But another class is several different kinds of mostly smaller spearheads. Some are made of... metal? Some odd looking black colored substance. Two are carved bone. One of the metal ones looks broken, probably from something larger
>>180128These are definitely of some kind of magical attempt or occult tradition, very possibly for the purpose of summoning. However, Posey does not recognize any of the attempts at symbols. Well, that isn't true. She recognizes a symbol belonging to Erebus, of primordial chaos, and another to the fish god. However, if Posey really had to guess, this looks more like an imitation of magic rituals rather than anything real.
>>180128There is a box, yes.
>masterworkMaybe the large steel one?
>>180130Hmmm...this may be a long shot, but...can Silver use his mastery of Weaponsmithing to learn the quality of the spearheads?
>>180131Are you asking if it's masterwork?
>>180131If you have tanks in weapons nothing, you get a bonus to appraisal checks.
>>180130>imitation of magic rituals rather than anything real"It looks like the fishermen were getting desperate. They even resorted to esoterics." Posey declares
"It's all wrong though. For all we know they angered the sea spirits and had a horde of sea fiends ascend in this settlement." She ponders
>>180133>tanks in weapons nothing*ranks in weapon smithing
>>180132Yeah, and maybe recognizing what the metal and black colored substance is.
>>180133Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Kira: "They didn't ask the spirits correctly, I suppose, and didn't receive their blessings. We're not really a sea people, so I don't know if we had any ways to ask for blessings to increase fish yields. We just fished in the rivers if we needed any."
>>180135"Esoterics are no laughing matter. Some creatures think of them as harmless futility at worst, but in dire circumstances it can do more harm than good. I know of a village not unlike this one that was depopulated by drowners after the locals got chancey with chalk like this..." Posey says, shaking her head slowly
>>180136Rolling
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
>>180136Can I roll? Not for anything in particular, just in general
>>180136Weaponsmithing: Silver inspects the spearheads with the keen eye of a master smith.
[1d20+12 = (14+12) = 26]>>180137Kira: "I imagine they got desperate, ran out of whale meat and resorted to hunting sea birds for food. This might have been their last gambit to survive..."
>>180141"How would four griffons eat through an entire whale, assuming they practiced some method of preservation?"
>>180141"It may have also been their undoing. Sea spirits are not to be trifled with." Posey says
"I know that first hoof...." she adds
>>180142"I wondered the same. Perhaps there were more of them at some point."
>>180139Are there any hidden chambers under the floorboard, behind the bed, or under the mattress?
>>180140Defiant's mix tape does
not get picked up by a record label.
>>180137Posey does not recognize the spears
>>180141Silver can tell that the large spearhead is a fresh, modern spear with a chrome plated head. Presumably, it's for a harpoon.
The other objects are... less clear. One is the tip of a larger spear, and a few are full spearheads. One of the spearheads is corroded in an unsual way. However, all of them seem to be made from some kind of alloy. Iron, Nickel, and Manganese. The thing is, it looks as if it
hasn't been properly smelted at all, and is a naturally occurring semi-metalic substance. This means that the iron includes ferric oxides that you'd really rather not use. However, it
is near purely metalic.
>>180144No search roll?
>>180145I keep forgetting my bonus
[1d20+5 = (5+5) = 10]
>>180146Someone else roll
I really should take 10 on these kinds of rolls...
>>180145Silver: "These are odd. I have never seen anyone attempt to fashion spearheads like these before. It almost seems as if they were using whatever metals they had on hoof...talon?...to make these."
>>180147Search: Kira also searches the house for any hidden compartments.
>>180149[1d20+5 = (12+5) = 17]
>>180149"Seems like it. They probably melted down old scrap metal to make these."
>>180150There
is a hidden compartment in the floorboard.
It contains a couple boxes, and has clearly been moved recently.
>>180152Voila!
Posey levitates the boxes out.
>>180153Kira taps her hooves together as she watches Posey lift the boxes out. "Um...can I help open them?"
>>180154"Sure. You can be the trap-checker." Posey replies
>>180155Kira: "Okay!" She smiles, and claps her hooves together excitedly...before stopping and looking at Posey a couple seconds later. "...how does one do that, exactly?"
>>180154Opening the boxes:
There is
not a waiting hoof grenade
It's pretty clear that the physically largest items under the floorboards have been removed.
Inside are a couple smaller boxes of ammunition, two sets of papers, a necklace with a symbol of a lion holding an axe, some paper money, and a number of coins in foreign currency.
>>180157Kira: "Oh, money!" Kira takes the money, seeing what kind of money it is.
Silver: "Money?" Silver looks, and takes the ammunition, seeing what caliber they are.
>>180157Posey examines the amulet.
Does it look like it could be magic?
Arcana
[1d20+11 = (18+11) = 29]Let's pool all the money we find into a loot pile, to divide at the end of the mission.
>>180159It does not.
It's insignia to be sure, and precious metals, but not magical
Symbol is a lion holding an axe overtop two shorts words. Silver with gold plating.
>>180158Two distinct calibers.
.45 ACP
6.5 MM rifle
The money is... well, there's a griffin on it. It's silver and gold, though.
The paper is colored green and red.
>>180159A fair idea, but does that mean we would also pool all of the money we get from pawning items?
>>180160Damn, no one has firearms in those calibers. Though the existence of this ammunition implies the existence of their matching firearms somewhere.
>>180161>A fair idea, but does that mean we would also pool all of the money we get from pawning items?You can have an in-character discussion on loot splitting
>>180160"Well, that's treasure." Posey says, eyeing the necklace
>>180161Depends, items that clearly are better off for certain characters should go to those characters. Items that are not useful to any characters should be sold off and proceeds divided.
>>180145I hope you know that I am scrunching at you. Hard
>>180161"We can decide how to divide the treasure after we get paid." Posey says, stowing the necklace
"Let's check the other building before we head to the pier."
>>180165Mala shakes his head
"That's not how that works."
>>180164You wanna join in on the [-ransacking[/-] searching?
>>180165Kira: "Sounds good to me!"
>>180162Before they leave, Silver takes the one good spearhead, and checks the papers located inside the boxes.
>>180166"How would you prefer to do it?" Posey says
>>180167Posey helps herself to the bone spearheads
>>180167These are written up by a typewriter, and are in a foreign language
>>180168Mala backs down. Literally
>>180169"I thought so." Posey says, smugly
"You can hold on to that watch though." She says, as she leaves the building
Posey moves towards the other structure
>>180169>>180168Well, if the papers can't be read, then Silver attends to Mala with pets. "You are not so used to even shares or items freely given, are you? I noticed how you hid that pocket watch as if it was your most precious possession, my friend."
Kira: "I have a pocket watch, too!" Kira excitedly shows it to Mala.
>>180170And so the group follows Posey.
>>180171Mala:
"No. Usually when a subject was not completely looted by the zebras... or more often, when we were cutting up corpses, and there was a golden filling, or maybe they had swallowed some jewelry, it was about who got to it first. And even then, you had to hide it, or it would be taken from you."
Mala moves back at Kira's pocket watch, but then moves his head to look closer at it.
"I... I see... I've never had one before."
>>180170>>180171Please note the presence of two smaller structures. This one, however, is actually larger than the last, with a shorter ceiling, and no windows. Dark wooden walls. Door is closed
>>180172>it was about who got to it first. And even then, you had to hide it, or it would be taken from you"It was like that where I did my training too. We could do it that way, but since we need to ride the same transport home I would prefer waiting until we got back before we descend into barbarism." Posey says
"Where did that thief go, anyway? Did he fly off? Oh well."
>doorPosey awkwardly waits for someone else to open the door.
>>180172Kira is...a bit grossed out by the description of cutting up corpses, as she doesn't know much about the Hoebuck job and Mala's place in it, but she keeps showing Mala her pocket watch so he can look at it. "When I came to Baltimare, I went to a pawn shop to sell the gold and jewelry I brought from my homeland, and they let me have a pocket watch as a gift. It's pretty neat! I imagine you'll love yours as well!"
Silver: "I imagine you will. And no, there will be no fighting over loot, do not worry. If you see something useful, you can keep it, and rest of it will be gathered together, sold, and profits shared among all members of party. That is how adventurers such as us do it."
As for the door, Silver is more careful this go around, trying the doorknob and peaking through should it prove to be open, rather than just barging in.
>>180173"How do you... wait until you're home to do that?"
>>180174Mala says:
"You can't really change your mind on who has what..."
The door is closed. It is unlocked.
>>180175"We put it all in a bag, and then we fight over the stuff in the bag when we're done with the mission." Posey says
>>180175Kira: "I imagine it's all on an honor system? Like, trusting everypony else to do what you would do and contribute the loot and money to a sort of central pile. Trust and honesty is very important to Harmony!"
Silver peaks through the doorway to make sure there aren't any hostile entities on the other side.
>>180176Kira: "Oh, I can watch after the bag and make sure everyone gets their fair share! That way we don't have to fight over stuff!"
>>180177"Just put it on the disk." Posey says, gesturing to her magical disk
Posey peaks behind silver
Note that Posey has Darkvision
>>180176Mala:
"Oh."
>>180177>>180178It is indeed dark, and not easy to see into the whole structure with just a peak
>>180179Does it
appear to be safe though, at least from where they are?
>>180180Nothing jumps out at them.
Literally nothing jumps at them.
>>180181Posey has her unseen servant push the door open as she readies her weapon for anything that might jump out anyway.
>>180181Silver enters cautiously, clearing the way for the rest of the group.
>>180183>>180182Kerosene lamp on the wall, paper on the floor, and a big table with a giant knife - functionally a sword - laying on it.
>>180184Posey goes up and examines the sword.
A raised portion of the roof allows some light in.
What is blatantly visible without a deeper search is a set of boxes and barrels in the back, stains on the floor, another table besides the one with the knife/shortsword on it which has an open notebook, a rack of knives with most missing, a few tools against the wall, and kerosene lamps on the wall. There is also a stove.
>>180185Blade length of eight inches and a wooden handle that is four inches. It's a single sided blade that seems more for slicing than stabbing.
>>180186"Looks like a butcher shop." Posey says
None of the items look fancy/magical, right?
Search check to check for anything interesting
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22]
>>180186The raised portion of the roof, what does it look like exactly?
Silver checks the fuel level of the lamps. Kira investigates the boxes and barrels to see what they contain/used to contain.
>>180192"The prior inhabitants left in a hurry. They didn't even take this necklace with them. If the lamps still have fuel in them, that supports this notion."
>>180186>a rack of knives with most missing"Somepony took some, but not all of the knives. It could be that they took them as weapons when a fight broke out, like that ice pick we saw earlier."
>open notebookPosey opens the notebook.
>>180195>Opens the open notebookI mean Posey picks up the open notebook and reads it, starting with the page it is open to.
>>180145"One might expect hunters to have different types of spearheads, but wouldn't they be of similar material? I can't see the practical reasons for this collection.">>180157should've put points into appraise to know the origin of the coins or bills"A family crest? Perhaps one of the griffons was nobility. We should hold onto that as a clue.">>180176"Our goal right now is to resolve a conflict, not to create a new one," he says in a dismissive tone.
>>180195>>180207Cavaliere also looks at it, expecting to find either a ledger or the same language as before.
>>180192>raised roofA physically overlapping gap in the roof, presumably to allow the movement of air, with rolls of wool that can come down. The rolls are tied up.
A couple of the lamps are empty, two are half full.
The barrels seem to have an animal product in them
>>180188>MagicalProbably not
The pallets and barrels, aside from the tools, notebook, and lamps, are presumably the most interesting thing. Well, maybe the stains on the floor, which may be blood or body fluids.
>>180209>SpearheadsOne of the heads is clearly the broken tip of a larger blade. One is visibly corroded white and green. Another is chipped, and one is in pretty good condition, having been hammered and shaped well, with barbs at the bottom. Unlike the steel head, these do not have long, metal shafts.
>coinsCavaliere doesn't need to be a numismatist to recognize the portrait of Grover V on half of the coins.
>>180211"Old Imperial coins. That narrows down their place of origin somewhat, but they were not Herzlanders."
>>180211What's in the notebook?
We should probably check the bottom of the barrels, in case any treasure was stashed beneath the animal product.
Just put a stick in there and poke around.
>>180211What kind of animal product?
Are we doing stuff tonight?
>>180213The first note, in a familiar style
"My Dear Ingrid,
No boat has come by in more than a month. You haven't gotten any of these in a month. Maybe I'll give them to you in person when the ship comes around. We don't have enough new blubber or furs to justify a ship coming by anyways.
Nils says he knows why Sørvik had us stay. He says he heard Sørvik talking to himself. He says that Sørvik owes a lot of money to griffins he shouldn't. I can believe it. Both the debt and the talking to himself. He gets drunk and locks himself in his cabin at night. He'll wear that damned crown, even though it does not fit his head. Nils has had enough of him, as has Ingerstad. I have had enough of him. I have had enough of Ingerstad and Nils as well. There's no more protesting of who will do their duties, but there's always an air of resentment. I suspect Nils has been through my things again. I have nothing he wants, anyways, besides by share, and he's not getting that. I should have gone back in November with the others. Two more weeks of eating seal meat every day and we are done for good, and I am back to you, my dear Ingrid.
Lovingly, Johan Bøkli"
Hastily written,
"Sørvik has gone mad. He's put on that damned crown and started muttering. He's not just drunk. I've seen in glowing with light. Damn Seapony crown is cursed. I am making a run for the boat. I am leaving here if I have to pilot it myself, to Hel with the consequences."
>>180214Looks like rendered fat, or oil.
>>180223"A cursed crown? It might have had something to do with their disappearance, but the cabin fever would have been enough.
We should find what remains of the sealers, but quickly. Those marines take priority."
>>180223Posey raises an eyebrow at the last part.
"I said sea magic is not to be taken lightly. It looks like their foolish leader was cursed or possessed, by an artifact they didn't even know how to use, too blinded by greed to save themselves." Posey says
"We know where most of them went now.... It's not impossible that Sørvik, or what's left of him, might still be haunting here... Be on guard." She continues, holding her halberd close
She brandishes the necklace
"This could be be a lion, but does it not also look like an Anzu demon? Sørvik might've shared his body with something nasty, attracted by the power of the sea crown."
>>180225"If the cursed Sørvik is still here, it's plausible that the Marines have already run into him. We should be careful.
>>180226Cavaliere turns to Posey.
"Do you know about these sort of spirits? What can you tell us about them?"
>>180223>>180226Silver: "It seems like this Sørvik found out what Johan was doing and sabotaged boat before attacking him. That is my guess, at least. It is possible there was also mutiny, judging from blood everywhere and missing knives. I am not so sure of Sørvik becoming cursed with anything but madness. It sounds little bit like what our new friend Sea Stone was being affected by, but that could also have just been hypothermia."
Kira takes her spear, and pokes around in the fat/oil looking for anything that might by interesting at Posey's insistence.
>>180230Nothing, Nothing, Nothing, Something, Nothing.
Wait a minute. There's something in one of the barrels at the bottom.
>>180231Kira grimaces, before bringing up her tail, and sticking the end of it into the barrel of gross fat/oil.
Kira: "Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...grossgrossgrossgrossgrossgrossgrossgrossgrossgrossgrossgross..."
She does
not like how the substance feels on her tail.
She wastes no time feeling around for where she thought she felt the object. She looks like she could get sick before with an "aha!" she grasps the object with her tail and pulls it out.
>>180227>"Do you know about these sort of spirits? What can you tell us about them?"That's a good question.
Religion check
[1d20+11 = (7+11) = 18]>>180228"Leviathans live for centuries and are known to swallow treasures of power. The idea of Sørvik coming into contact with an unknown artifact isn't far fetched."
>>180231Posey helps with the search by using her unseen servant and horn to sweep the bottom and pull out whatever's inside.
>>180232Or not
>>180233Oh, I would also like to know Arcana, to see if I would know anything about such a crown.
[1d20+11 = (15+11) = 26]
>>179000How much time has passed in the game since the red one's disappearance?
>>180232I was going to suggest just pouring out the rendered fat on the ground... but sure, that would work. Eventually. Once you've pushed it up against the side of the barrel and can fish it out.
It's a necklace, with pearls and a seashell
>>180235Cavaliere? He's still there. I think
>>180233What is the religion check on?
>>180234The specific crown is hard to say, as the exact culture it originated from is hard to say. But it isn't hard to imagine one being deliberately designed as a conduit of magic.
>>180235>>180237He's black, not red.
"Not what we're looking for, but probably a treasure one of the crew hid from the others."
>>180233Silver: "I do not doubt that it was swallowed on accident by whale or 'leviathan' they hunted, and they found it as they carved whale up for meat and fat. I am just saying that curse that could be placed on it is likely just curse of madness, rather than anything like spirits taking over his body. I have heard of cursed objects like that before, whispering dark things into mind of those unfortunate enough to wear or wield them, like Helm of Shadows."
>>180235Does the red one you mention have "Star" in his name by any chance?
>>180237Silver: "Why did you not just pour out barrel to retrieve that? Or ask one of us to fish it out with our magic."
Kira sits there, with a tail covered in muck and holding a similarly mucky necklace, staring at him like a deer in headlights. "...I'm so dumb...can you get me a towel or something, please? I don't trust the water near that boat, what with all of the oil in the water."
Silver looks around for a towel, giving it to the poor lamia. She uses it to wipe up first herself, then her spear, then the necklace. Once it's clean, she inspects it closer.
>>180232"You don't need to do that, Kira. Let me help you." Posey says, as she reaches into the barrel with her magic.
>What is the religion check on?What Posey knows about the relevant sea spirits that Cavalier asked about.
>It's a necklace, with pearls and a seashell"Ooh, more jewelry!" Posey says
"..... That's the second piece of hidden jewelry in a row... Someone didn't want to share, but also didn't come back to claim it." Posey observes.
>>180237Gonna roll another Arcana check, to see if this necklace could be magical
[1d20+11 = (13+11) = 24]
>>180241Very possibly. It looks to be of hippogriff design.
>>180240Are you asking about the lion on the other necklace?
>>180239Mala starts licking Kira's tail.
>The necklaceFour pearls, and a shell in the center on a thin, presumably silver necklace. The silver is not in good condition, and is corroded.
>>180242I thought I already asked about the lion and the answer was no.
As the licensed curse-checker, I will take the liberty of briefly placing the necklace on my neck to see if there's any magical power, before putting it in the plot bag.
>silverPosey cringes before she does this...
>>180242Kira: "Awww. I don't think being in this barrel has done this necklace much good..."
Silver: "Silver is not so hard to restore. With some hot water, baking soda, and polishing, we can make it as good as new."
Kira giggles at the feeling of Mala's licking. "T-that tickles!"
>>180243Not so fast, I believe Kira would like to try it on first. She
did go to the trouble of fishing it out of the barrel (even though she didn't have to).
>>180243poofIf it's magic, whatever it does is not immediately apparent
>>180244Okay. You risk the necklace of strangulation. Not like you need to breathe :3
>>180245Posey levitates it back to Kira.
>>180246>>180245Kira tries on the necklace, wishing she had a mirror with which to look in at the moment.
>>180235Although if you're talking about a certain
yellow pony... I don't believe he's formally disappeared
>>180247Kira suspects she may be pretty as a hippogriff. Or a seapony.
Anyways, it isn't clear what, if anything it does. Except look pretty. That, it does respectably well. Besides the corrosion. But it's a very pretty shell. It's easy to see why it was chosen for a necklace.
"It doesn't look like there's anything left hidden in this building. Whoever was hiding these treasures knew better than to put all their eggs in one basket. Let's search the remaining structures before we check the pier. With any luck, our colts will be sheltering in one one them."
Posey makes for the door.
>>180247Cavaliere looks over at the snakepony.
"It looks good on you, but we must find either those griffons or the ponies. There's not much daylight left."He follows Posey, moving past her to the next structure and opening the door for her.
>>180248>>180250>Kira suspects she may be pretty as a hippogriff. Or a seapony.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Kira: "I'd like to at least wear this out, if you guys didn't mind! I think it looks pretty!"
Silver: "That it does. If you change your mind later, we can always add it to look pile."
>>180249>>180250Silver and Kira follow Posey, though Silver has his doubts that the Navy ponies would have made for this location. Still, exploring is nice. It brings him back to his days as a young novice adventurer.
>>180251"Go ahead and wear it. We'll divide it later."
>agreeing with yourself in-character for why you should have treaure
Beyond these structures are another two sets of whale bones in the ground, though these are much smaller than the leviathan bones from before
>>180251>>180250>>180249The penultimate structure is smaller wooden structure with a closed wooden shutter over a window
Opening it up, it is an outhouse
Yes, it has been used recently
>>180253Alright. Who's going to crawl into the outhouse to find the ultimate treasure stashed at the bottom?
>>180252scroonchI can't just not have them interact with each other. Besides, I have business plans for them.>>180253>>180254Kira: "EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! I am
not sticking my tail in that, even if it has that crown inside!"
>>180253Cavaliere inspects the bones. Are they juvenile whales?
>>180254You have an unseen
slave servant.
>>180255Silver's nominal cohort looks up at him
>>180256Roll!
Oh, wait, I could probably just use my Unseen Servant to get it.
>>180256Beat me to it.
Magic is nifty.
Posey uses her unseen servant to check the bottom of the outhouse.
>>180257Silver pets Mala. "Do not worry, I am not going to ask you to check outhouse. I will not ask you to do anything I would not do."
>>180257I guess I'll roll wisdom?
[1d20+3 = (11+3) = 14]
>>180257This is a roll for a bone-fanatic
[1d20+5 = (13+5) = 18]
>>180253Posey uses her unseen servant to check for treasure at the bottom of the outhouse.
I will have to sleep soon
>>180259Mala tilts his head
"What?"
>>180260No, adults of a much smaller species.
>>180261Probably Minke whale
>>180262At the bottom is....
An empty bottle, and a pistol
>>180264Silver: "Oh, I thought...nevermind. Just happy to have you here."
pet pet pet
>>180264A masterwork, +1, splitting, explosive pistol?
>>180265Mala is pet pet pet>>180266No, but it is covered in shit.
>>180264>No, adults of a much smaller species."These were either killed separately, or the leviathan was defending the whale pod."
>>180267The unseen servant drops the pistol on the ground.
"Well, that is the last structure. The only thing left in sight is the pier, and the cliff. Let us check the ship first."
I must slumber
>>180264>>180267"I suspect one either deliberately hid a weapon where no griffon would look, or had too much to drink and got careless.">>180268"The boat is what interests me the most. Let's check inside it."Nighty night.
>>180268>Last StructureNo. There is another
>>180269But you can go to the boat instead
>>180270Let's save the boat for last, and go to the last standing structure.
>>180270Let's check the last structure before the board. I expect combat on the boat.
Let"a search it quick. My strength wanes.
>>180272>>180271This one definitely has no windows. It's bigger than the last.
The door is thick and does not open easily.
Inside...
Are big blocks of meat, blocks of ice, and in the fore, a box that has blood, coagulated but still mostly liquid pulled on top of it, beneath it, and in a trail to the door.
>>180273Cavaliere opens the box, bracing himself for what he might find.
>>180273>big blocks of meat"Food was left behind. Now we know for sure that the griffons didn't leave out of hunger."
>and in a trail to the doorLet's follow that trail and see if there's anything interesting in this room.
Search
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
Okay, gonna sleep now. Somepony else can roll to find clues and treasure.
>>180275Posey slips on a set of blood near the door, and falls
>>180274Inside of the box is...
Two bags of salt. Curative salt. One bag has been opened and is mostly empty. There may have been a third.
>>180278Cavaliere scoops up some of the salt with a claw.
"It's salt. But perhaps we're closer to an answer."
Should I get involved or should we wait for Posey's player to get back online?
>>179629Amber's curiosity gets the better of her.
"How many spells do you know? I know unicorns are the best at magic of all the creatures in the world, save for the Princesses themselves. I haven't seen that much magic here in Baltimare though, which has me curious."
>>180281"What?" She looks down in evident surprise, and then back up and towards Amber, and briefly lifts her right hoof.
"Well, what would you call a 'spell'? Is mending a tear in a jacket a spell, or simply a particular exertion of telekenesis? And what of the ability to simply look at a young mare, and recognize what would work best on her when she visits the mountains, or her aunt and uncle in Dodge Junction, or what she wears to the school dance with the colt that asked her? Is that a 'spell'? Well, it's a, it's a knowledge more than anything. A kind of insight you need both talent and experience to execute properly."
>>180280See
>>180277
>>180282She blinks as she mulls High Sewn's explanation over, and ends up looking more confused than before.
"I never thought of it that way. I've read about magic in stories, but I ain't got a clue of what it really is. Is it really just experience and insight like any other task?"
>>180283With a small smile
"Well, what is magic, anyways? With enough practice, maybe you could have it one day, too." She frowns looking at Amber
"Even though that jacket of yours says otherwise..." She lifts a hoof to her chin, staring at Amber inquisitively
"Hmmmm... Perhaps I should recommend some reading for you to do, to see if that helps."
>>180284The younger mare perks up at High Sewn's encouragement.
"I'd love to do some reading, but what about? And where would I find the books? I met this older mare who's in a sort of reading club, maybe I could join that…what sort of books do you like to read?"
>>180285"There's magazines on the latest designs in Manehattan and Canterlot. Even Aquelia and Aris, though those are a bit less... communicative, nowadays. Books on the industry, the history of the industry, and especially on the materials themselves. Honestly, even reading a field manual on Army uniforms would do you some good.
As for me." She moves back as if leaning "I
do like to do a quite a bit of reading. Tales of Romance, stories of love lost, and spy thrillers... And I like to delve a bit into" staring into Amber's eyes and with a smug smile, as if confident that simply uttering the name of the following esoteric field of black magic would give her power
"Economics."
>>180239>Does the red one you mention have "Star" in his name by any chance?Yea i think so
>>180286Amber wags her tail as she grins.
"Oh, oh, so do I! I love old stories about adventure and romance, and I've read a few of the newer ones about spies," she replies, tactfully refraining from mentioning how her coltfriend's mother disapproves of such stories and has likely kept them from him.
Her smile falters into a more awkward expression with the mention of the dismal field.
"I don't know much about economics, aside from knowing how to account for my own money and how to save and invest. I mean, it sounds like I ain't doin' a good job of it now with my current situation, but it'll get better…but you probably learn all about economics from bein' a business owner."
>>180289Hmmmmmmmmmm
Last I remember, he shot up some mobsters. But he didn't seem to want to tag along to kill some communists and rescue downed airmen.
Unless....
>>180290"Really?" She raises an eyebrow in an unrestrained expression of disbelief. But she does not linger on that.
"Well, you learn more about economics being a business owner than being a demogauge,
I can tell you that."
>>180291"A demagogue, you mean like a 'rabble-rouser?' Is that as bad as the dictionary suggests it is?"
>>180292"Heh." She looks away. "Yes, I suppose I do. And oh no. It's
so much worse."
>>180293Amber frowns.
"But what does it mean, exactly? I've heard of examples in history but it's hard to connect that to the real world–er, I mean the present."
>>180294"Ugh. No, it's all too real. It means a creature who looks to rile up ignorant mobs with empty rhetoric to exert her own will. Take for instance this last Mayor - Blessedly I'm blanking on the name, though I doubt that will last much longer - that nonsensical pony they let come in after Ash. He had this scheme of regulations and taxes and-"
Amber may have realized that she made a mistake here. Like cracking open a dam.
>>180295Amber visibly does not like it when Sewn gets into a tizzy.
"Um, I'm sure I have a lot to learn about politics too, but I'd like to know more about what books you read. It's much more interesting and pleasant."
>>180296High Sewn looks over at Amber and scrunches
"Oh sure, let's look to fantasy instead of what directly affects us. Anyways..." She repositions herself.
"Are you looking for specific recommendations? Or just my most recent read? I assume you're not talking about the 1013 New Mareland Army Corp Field Uniform Manual."
>>180297She taps her hooves together.
"Um, either? I ain't picky. I don't mind reading anything, even uniform manuals. I'd actually be curious as to how fashion is different for those foreign cultures you mentioned."
>>180298"Oh, they have their own traditions. Aquelia has long been a tendsetter. Certainly more so in griffin spheres than here in Equestria, but it would be false to say that looking across the ocean to griffin styles is a recent phenomenon. Aris is newer on the world stage, but their styles are tried and tested. But that's a whole other subject. As for books... I suppose my most recent book has been
When the Apricot Blossums Fall, a sort of coming of age and romance set in Somland, at around about the turn of the millennium. Not the best, mind you, but I
do recommend it."
>>180299"That sounds intriguing, and it's a beautiful book title. How did you find it?"Rolling for knowledge about where Somland is:
[1d20+6 = (2+6) = 8]
>>180300Amber could not find it on a map
"There's a bookstore I frequent. The mare there will give me recommendations. That's how I found that one, anyways. There are also reviewers in the magazine who read and recommend books in their monthly reviews."
>>180301"It sounds like you would enjoy that book club! I guess I'll have to save up for When the Apricot Blossums Fall," she replies wistfully.
"Also, what magazines are good to read? I've seen a few around."
>>180277>Nopony rolled>>180278>slipBalance check (watch me roll another 1)
[1d20+6 = (20+6) = 26]>saltCheck the bottom of the salt bags for treasure.
>>180280You didn't have to.
>>180303Bwahahaha! Slippery surfaces are no match for my vampony hooves.
>>180289I really liked him and the adorable romance he had with Blue Skies and I also really liked his interactions with Lunar Nadir. I hope we get to see them again soon.
>>180277>>180278Search: Kira gives searching the building her best shot, hopefully while finding more traction on the floor than Posey.
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
>>180306Are all of the search rolls going to be 1s?
Cavalier, Dust, pls help us.
>>180303>>180304Posey is able to use her talent at spreading her legs to regain balance on the slipper floor.
>>180306The floor is oddly slippery; Kira simply slithers in place
[YouTube] Snake can’t get traction on fleece blanket = snake treadmill!
[Embed]>>180306>>180303The floor appears to be covered in a thin layer of water that has frozen back over.
>>180307Yes.
>>180311>her talent at spreading her legsuwu
>Yes.I guess we could just spend several minutes here taking 20...
Posey helps Kira up.
>>180278Is there anything at the bottom of the bags?
Posey pokes around in the container of blood, looking for anything in it, and inspecting its quality.
>>180311>>180313Kira: "Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" The snej slithers and flails along uselessly, unable to get any traction on the icy floor. With a bit of help, Kira's able to be pulled back out of the building with Posey and Silver's help. She thanks both creatures for their help, but pouts and crosses her forelegs as she's unable to come inside to help with the search. Silver
is able to come inside, however. If Mala can come inside despite the icy floor, Silver looks over to his fellow fluffy friend.
Silver: "This may be weird question, but...can you tell what kind of creature blood came from through scent or some other manner? I will admit part of me is curious if blood belongs to all of this meat or...something else."
>>180319"Yes, I can, actually."
Posey smells the blood to determine it's origin, as she's stirring through it for hidden treasure.
Garv's player will not be available tonight. I think the same is true of Dust.>>180315Yes.
Salt. Curative salt.
>>180320Uh huh...
>>180319>Can Mala come inHe has paws that would give him better traction, but at the same time, let's see if the Nat 1 trend continues.
Mala
"I think... maybe... I can try"
[1d20 = 9]
>>180321And another
[1d20 = 15]
>>180321>Uh huh...Rolling for it
[1d20 = 13]
>>180321If they're not available, we should refrain from going to additional areas, lest they miss combat.
>>180322"Did you find anything, big guy?"
>>180324The location of encounters can change
>>180325>>180323>>180319Posey is a necrologist, but Mala is an evolved carrion eater. If anycreature can use the sense of smell to sniff out the subtle differences between blood and corpses, it's Mala
Mala:
"Griffin... I think."
>>180326Posey knows what griffon blood smells like. She had it just last week.
"Why would there be a container of griffon blood there? This isn't proper medical storage. It could only logically be for sacramental, or to be fed to some monster..." She appears confused, despite the comforting familiarity of the sight
"Something weird is going on. And something weirder is being planned. Whoever left this here did so for a reason."
>>180326Silver: "That is...oddly enough what my suspicious were going to be."
Kira, from outside: "They bled a griffon
dry!?!?!? Who would do such a thing!?"
Silver: "And more to point, who does it belong to?"
The blood appears coagulated, right? Could it be hiding something under the surface, such as was the case with the barrel of oil and the outhouse?
>>180328>Who would do such a thing"Vampires, ghoul merchants, cultists, demons, evil wizards, alchemists, the list goes on." Posey says
"The real question is why. For what purpose would they want this enough to store it here?"
Her gripe here polearm
"I have a hunch that whoever left it here might come back for it. Stay alert."
>>180329Kira, from outside: "Are you talking about
blood magic!? But that's, like, the most evil kind of magic there is! Who would be foolish or mad enough to think of trying it!? There's so heavy a price to be paid for using it!"
Silver: "Should we...dump it out? If it
is intended for something like blood magic, should we not deny them its use?"
>>180330"I'm more interested in seeing what they were thinking of doing."
>>180327Having an adequate number of receptors in the nasal cavity and brain to process food of smell isn't the same thing as familiarity... But nevermind that
>>180329>>180330>>180328>>180327Clarification:
The blood is not inside of a container. It is in two pools, which is to say, on top of, a wooden box/crate that was later found to contain bags of salt, and on the floor, next to the box, as well as in a smaller trail going to the door.
The amount of blood on the floor and on the crate is not as much as fits in a griffin, nor even necessarily fatal
The blood is coagulated, yes
>>180332Ohhhhhh, okay, that clears things up. Well, it's definitely a lot easier to dig through salt to see if it contains anything rather than a container of blood.
>>180332Oh
"Looks like a griffon was wounded in this room, and either limped their way out the door, or was dragged. Same as with the ice pick."
Are there footprints that could tell us more of the situation?
>>180333I thought we already checked the salt bags?
Anyway, I have to sleep. We can have the others roll checks to discover hidden compartments later.
>>180307Cavaliere indeed checks the salt bags and anywhere else that could be a hiding place.
[1d20+2 = (13+2) = 15]>>180313We don't have that much time.
>>180321I'm late but available now
>>180327"A griffon driven to the depths of madness can do many frightful things. So can one with a cold reason."
>>180334If the blood left claw prints, it has since been disturbed by hooves, paws, claws, and especially the giant reptile. The blood looked undisturbed at first save for a claw print, but it's hard to say.
>>180336Inside the salt is only a piece of the bag evidently ripped off, and a single droplet of blood.
>>180337"Parts of the bags ripped off for bandages, maybe? It'd be inadvisable, but in an ambush one would be desperate enough to try," he muses.
"It looks as though whoever was attacked remained here as shelter, and may have left afterwards."
>>180339What about Nadir?
>>180337Oh, can Kira or Silver tell which direction the blood trail seems to be coming from?
>>180339Nadir is not a zigger, she just happens to have stripes
>>180336>>180337It looks like we've exhausted everything in this room, so we can move onto the pier next.
>>180342"All that is left is the pier. Be wary of the spilled fuel."
>>180337Can we get a description of what we can see about the ship from the outside?
Outside, the fog has rolled back in, and visibility has gone down significantly, perhaps 100 ft.
>>180345She does really enjoy watermelon. Thats a bat pony food, right?
>>180340The blood came from the direction of the door.
>>180344Th fog obscures much that was visible only minutes before. However, from what can be remembered of the first glances, as well as what can be seen through the fog, the boat is approximately 70 feet in length, probably wooden hulled, has a raised and pointed bow with a black hull, a wooden deck (except in areas of the rear deck that seem to be covered in metal), a cabin raised above the deck with a faded white-painted wall, concentrated in the front half of the vessel, a mast after the cabin with a long, metal beam, which implies an intended use as a trawler, and a long, reset deck that takes up half the length of the vessel. The vessel is sunken in the shallow water, with the deck still just above the waterline.
>>180346>approximately 70 feet in length,Alright. This makes for close-quarters combat, but still enough room to charge. Melee characters may have the advantage, if they play their cards right.
Posey makes way towards the pier, walking slowly, so as not to give her position away. She has her polearm drawn.
>>180346Its Froot, Checks out
>>180346It's late close to evening, and there's thick fog, so we should have cover to approach, especially with the sand of the beach covering our good steps.
Can we see any lights from the ship as we approach?
>>180346Kira slithers along the pier, staying low and using the fog to help conceal herself.
Hide:
[1d20+14 = (14+14) = 28]Move Silently:
[1d20+14 = (11+14) = 25]Silver follows suit and creeps along the pier, though his heavy flak jacket hampers his movements somewhat and it's only due to his natural dexterity that he is able to maintain an average level of stealth expected of a pony in the fog.
Hide:
[1d20-1 = (1-1) = 0]Move Silently:
[1d20-1 = (9-1) = 8]
>>180348flap flap>>180349No lights are visible.
Hide [1d20+9 = (2+9) = 11]
Move Silently [1d20+9 = (15+9) = 24]
>>180353Why didn't I just take 10?
At least I have cover bonus.
I know we are getting to something important, but my availability will be intermittent>>180351Kira is surprisingly stealthy.
Silver is able to fluff up, show off his massive muscles, his great height, his now healed scars, and his luscious mane. All of the mares will surely fall for him now. Wait, was he trying to be stealthy? Well still.
[YouTube] Fabio Shampoo
[Embed]>>180354Roll will save to avoid being passively seduced by Silver’s “”””stealth””””
>>180355Well, luckily they shouldn't be able to see us if we can't see them.
Will
[1d20+9 = (2+9) = 11]
>>180355>I know we are getting to something important, but my availability will be intermittentDoes intermittent mean we're still doing stuff tonight?
>>180345>>180358Maybe, but do not expect combat tonight.
>>180357Are you
sure?
>>180359Alright. Do we get to the boat without issue?
>>180356>>180355I do believe (with Posey's player's permission) that she might have fallen for the floof.
>>180346Cavaliere likewise sneaks onto the pier and stops just next to the hull. He listens for sounds of movement within the ship.
Hide:
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]Move silently:
[1d20+11 = (6+11) = 17]Listen:
[1d20+3 = (15+3) = 18]>>180351A zero is very bad, and very funny.
>>180361Never assume anything from a
femme fatale
>>180360There is but one issue: the
beast of a unicorn near Posey, whose imposing height, muscles, and dashing mane leave quite the impression…
But they are not shot at nor attacked by a monster as they approach, if that is what you are asking.
>>180359>>180357Pic related
>>180362It is indeed very funny. A -5 Armor Check Penalty makes for funny situations.
>>180360>>180363unintentionally seductive floof noises
>>180361>"Hmmm, what a specimen. I bet he will look a lot better when he's dead... Yes, he will do nicely..."Posey glances back at Silver, with a look of interest
>>180363Posey attempts to board the main deck.
>>180364You know you could have ridden the Floating Disk to auto-pass the Move Silently check.
>>180365Okay, Posey said that out loud.
>>180362Cavaliere hears a kind of tapping, and a movement of water.
He turns to the others.
"Tapping and a flow of water. This ship is still flooding, and there could be a griffon inside."
If the ship is stable, Cavaliere climbs up the side himself before turning and assisting Posey.
[1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14]
>>180366No, greentext was to imply internal monologue.
>>180367[1d20+8 = (4+8) = 12]
>>180365I did not know that, but it was funnier this way.>>180365>>180366Well, just in case she
didn't just talk out loud about wanting to turn Silver into an undead servant, the strapping young unicorn flashes a charming smile back at Posey. He offers to help the mare into the boat, giving her a boost before making the climb himself.
Climb:
[1d20-1 = (19-1) = 18]Kira is a bit too heavy to be helped up into the boat like the others, but she uses her own natural abilities as a lamia to make the climb herself.
Climb:
[1d20+7 = (18+7) = 25]
>>180370>>180369>>180367Okay, the ship is sunken at its dock. It’s actually lower than the pier, not higher.
But those are some fine climbing rolls
>>180371Cavaliere looks for the cabin's door and tests to see if it's unlocked.
>>180371Perhaps instead of climbing
up the boat, they represent the party climbing
into the boat, such as maintaining balance and avoiding falling into the oily waters below?
>>180371Okay then, what do we see once we get on the boat?
>>180373Sure
>>180372It’s partly open
>>180374The deck of the boat is wet. The boat has a visible port-side list (the port side of the boat is… well, docked at port. This is the side of the boat closest to the party as they enter from the pier). The deck is more or less clear, with two features notable: a steel grate has been moved to expose an empty stainless steel hold near the stern of the boat. It’s not exactly empty, as it has sea water in it and is mostly filled, but it doesn’t have non-water items in it. Second, a flare gun is next to the port-side gunwale in the middle of the rear deck. The cabin door is partly open. There are no lights on. The beak that extends from the mast is tilting to port, and comes kind of close to touching the pier.
>>180375Silver goes to check the flare gun, seeing if it's loaded or not. Kira checks to see if there are any tracks or other signs pointing towards a griffon having been on board in the recent past...well, a griffon besides Cavaliere, at least.
>>180375>Second, a flare gun is next to the port-side gunwale in the middle of the rear deck.Posey moves up and examines it.
I'd it loaded? Has it been fired?
>The cabin door is partly open.She walks into the room.
>>180376>>180377It’s loaded. Unfired.
Nothing stands out, save for a smell of deisel fuel that implies a leak.
>>180378Is there anywhere else aboard the ship that we haven't searched?
Posey walks along the whole ship.
"What happened here..? Were they attacked by something?"
>>180378Silver feels like it's probably a good idea to remove the flare from the flare gun before pocketing them both.
Kira: "I'd think it would be sinking a lot more badly if it was attacked. Maybe sabotage? It sounded like the leader of this village was going a bit crazy. Maybe he made sure no one could get off the island? I wouldn't try to start the boat or anything like that, though. Who knows what he might have set up with all of this leaking fuel and oil." Kira looks over the edge of the boat, sad at the amount of oil that swirls around it in the water. "Poor water creatures...I can't imagine how badly this is all poisoning the local marine ecosystem..."
>>180380"Sabotaged how though...?" Posey says
"Still no bodies... It seems as though they escaped. Perhaps they flew off, trying their luck flying over the sea, or perhaps they're still somewhere on the island..."
>>180381Kira: "Well, it's a boat, right? Poke a few holes here, cause a few leaks there...it's definitely leaking fuel and oil really badly. And who knows what kinds of traps could have been set up before this village was abandoned? Maybe he made it so the boat would
explode if anyone tried to leave the dock with it?"
>>180380>>180382>Silver feels like it's probably a good idea to remove the flare from the flare gun before pocketing them both."Evening draws near... We'll need to find our colts soon."
"If Sørvik is truly here, it's likely that he's gone mad, thinking of himself as a king, and this island as his kingdom. It's a deluded, but simple mindset. Perhaps we could use that to our advantage..." Posey
She looks towards the cliff from which Mended Horn gets it's name
"Ideal place for a 'throne', isn't it? You could look down from there and see anything on the island. If Sørvik is still alive, i would bet that's where he's perched." she says
"I have a feeling that if we find Sørvik, we'll find our colts too. Afterall, the 'King' of the island would know of invaders in his kingdom. Perhaps we should meet him there..." She pauses
"Or perhaps, we should draw him out to us... With a declaration that he would see even through the fog."
She looks towards the flare, then towards the spilled oil
>>180383Silver follows Posey's gaze towards the flare and the spilled oil. The cogs quickly turn in his mind.
Silver: "Hmm...that is not terrible idea, actually. It is not as if we have what is needed to fix this boat to sail away, anyways. And it could serve secondary purpose of drawing Stalliongraders to this village and away from our ponies."
Kira: "As long as we get far away from this ship, first. I really don't want to be set on fire."
>>180384"We may lose the element of surprise, but it could be worth it just to see who shows up."
>>180385Silver: "That is true...it is not bad idea, though I do have concerns now that I think on it. Even with what I just said, we could possibly attempt to jury rig repairs to refloat it and sail away from island with our ponies on board. Not much effort was put into sinking it if it is still floating. And I do not have good experience when fire is involved in mission...what does rest of us think?"
Cavaliere enters the cabin and looks around, starting at the top. He elects to give up the element of surprise within the boat by yelling belowdecks and listening for a reply. If there aren't survivors, no problem. If there are, there's no time to be lost.
"Sørvik? Bøkli? Nils? Ingerstad? We're here to help you out. Make some noise if you can hear me."
Listen: [1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
I really should have distributed my skillpoints better
Can we pick up where we left off with my character, Virgin Flame, or has that ship sailed? It's completely understandable if it has but I'd thought I asked if nothing else. Had a desire to pick it up. ^^
>>180388Hi Sven! It's good to see you again, and it'd be great to have you rejoin!
>>180389Aww, thank you. ^^
Back when I was around, I'm pretty sure your character didn't exist. But that was a while ago, so I assume it's not new either. ^^
>>180390I also play Amber but I don't know if you were around when she was. There's only a little bit of recollection for who Virgin Flame was and I don't think she was in the game for very long.
>>180391Hehe, she wasn't. Like two sessions or something at most. That you recall at all is pretty impressive I'd say. ^^
>>180388>>180389>>180392Hello! Of course you can come back.
The last post to Virgin Flame was
>>151664 →, where she had decided she would go looking for the head of a statue, presumably lost to a river.
Not that you’d have to pick up literally immediately from there, but that is what was happening.
>>180395>Hello! Of course you can come back.Aww, thanks. ^^
Also, don't put much thought into my character's plot line cause, we all know that I'm not know for stability. We'll try to this and if it fails, know that isn't not you, it's me.
>where she had decided she would go looking for the head of a statue, presumably lost to a river. Heh, you found that. I know you used ctrl+f but still you'd need to find the right thread. That's pretty big. Impressive.
>Not that you’d have to pick up literally immediately from there, but that is what was happening.Yeah, but we can pick up from there. I actually remember the story pretty well so far, probably cause very little else happened with that character.
Though, I don't remember if she had some actual leads or what, but I know she's suppose to jump in the river for some reason so let's just do that.
>Virgin makes her way down towards to river. >When she reaches the river's edge she pulls off he awesome cloak, folds it neatly, and places it down on the "bleach".>She jumps high into the air as if flung by a trampoline and then she was kinda slow. >She was suppose to dive down head-first but she lands belly first instead. >Shucks!Is that okay?
>>180396I remembered that much of the plot line. Also search helps.
>Jumps into the river, belly floppingKek
The water is cold. At least it isn’t freezing. It has some tint of swamp water, farm, factory, and city run off, and isn’t exactly something you’d want to get in your mouth.
Roll Swim (strength modifier)
>>180395Before I blow it up, can we confirm that this ship isn't in a state that it could be fixed within a single day?
We already have the Swan Boat token to escape with.
>>180403Thats also highly susceptible to dispel magic
>>180404It's a 12th CL item, and there have been glaringly few spellcasters in this mileau, let alone ones that can cast third level spells and also reliably hit a DC 23 Dispel check.
A character that could dispel the Swan Boat could sink a nonmagical ship any by other means.
It's still a hazard worth considering, but idk about repairing this boat. We need to get out of here before tomorrow morning, because the cold may kill the Marines, so it's unlikely that we would have time to fix this ship anyway.
>>180398>It has some tint of swamp water, farm, factory, and city run off, and isn’t exactly something you’d want to get in your mouth.Virgin immediately gets a mouthful that she shallows in the chaos of sinking into the cool riverbed.
Ugh. I wonder if this stuff will kill me?----------------------------------I can't find her sheet. I think I posted it in that thread so if you seen it, you can link it. You don't need to look for it mind you, I can't even be bothered with that myself. So I'm just gonna take the PhB starting mold for monks and use it for her instead. You might need to correct me, since it's not a matter of if I make a mistake in character creation and more of a question of when.
But anyway, I'll use pic related
I don't mean for there to be blue underlining in the screenshot. as my mold, try to apply the "level up" till level 5 and then also use the method of standard array for the ability scores and we'll see where we end up
What numbers should my standard array that I'll use be of? Just as an example, pic 2 have different array's to choose from.
>>180408Actually, I will take my time to make a proper sheet. ^^
>>180405Fair. Have the marines been located yet?
>>180408>>180409If you want, I could help you build your character in the OOC thread.
For your character in particular, I would probably recommend doing Unarmed Swordsage 3, Monk 2, and then spec into Shadow Sun Ninja once you level up. You'd benefit from the Sun School feat as well, especially if combined with the Shadow Hand and Desert Wind's Teleporting Maneuvers. Shadow Sun Ninja may be very fitting for your character.
There's also the Sun Soul Monk PrC, if you'd prefer not to go Swordsage, but Shadow Sun Ninja is so good.
Dipping Fighter 2 (Pugilist) could help you with your BAB and help you qualify for feats earlier, especially if you trade armor for Hit-And-Run for Dex damage vs flat-footed targets.
Alternatively, consider multiclassing Monk and Cleric, and going for Sacred Fist.
Don't forget that you can pick up Combat Martial Art's through your starting occupation. D20 Modern has some good unarmed combat stuff.
>>180410No.
Also, who?
>>180398>GM is in Europe againAre we doing things tonight, GM?
>>180413Is there a shapeshifter type of class? Like, I'd think it be cool if Virgin is more a normal martial artist while sober but then when she's drunk she's a drunken master or something.
>>180413Also, thanks for the offer, fren. ^^
>>180415>>180404Keep bickering out of thread
>>180408But do make a swim roll
>>180403Intelligence or relevant knowledge, craft, or profession roll.
>>180420Dust is not available today, so only so much can be done.
>>180424Yes. Druid. Also play as a changeling.
>>180424>shapeshifter type of class?Several.
There's also the Wild Monk ACF, which gives Wildshape to the monk:
https://srd.dndtools.org/srd/classes/baseCore/monk.html#wild-monkIt's basically Druid, only without the spells, plus martial arts.
You can use it to enter Master Of Many Forms:
https://dndtools.net/classes/master-of-many-forms/Warshaper is good too. You can enter it if you have preexisting shapeshifting abilities.
https://srd.dndtools.org/srd/classes/prestigeCwar/warshaper.html>drunken masterDrunken Master is its own prestige class:
https://dnd.arkalseif.info/classes/drunken-master/index.htmlNot that powerful, but neither is the base Monk.
Shadow Sun Ninja is a personal favorite of mine. It may fit your theme, as the class involves maintaining the boundary between ones's inner instincts and one's virtues.
https://srd.dndtools.org/srd/classes/prestigeTob/shadowSunNinja.html
>>180426Neither were intended to be contentious, tho Ill neglect the cheek
>>180426[1d20 = 5] I don't know what my skill modifier is yet though but that should be my roll unless I screwed it up somehow, which seems unlikely but I won't pretend that I do this and know what I'm doing.
>>180432>5Virgin Extinguish Flame, 3000 leagues under the sea.
>>180426>>180430My bad. I should have expressed myself better. With shapeshifter, I was thinking about league were some people sometimes refer to champions like Jayce as Shapshifters but it's more about changing playstyle.
So instead is the a class that transitions into another or have different modes and are there any that's specifically about changing their martial art style?
>>180436Should probably move to the OOC thread:
>>179654 → >>180437 →
>>180438You're right. Sorry.
>>180426>Dust is not available today, so only so much can be done.Alright then.
>>180420>GM is in Europe againI am in a super sekret location that you will never, ever guess
pew pew>>180432Strength modifier. There is a skill for Swim. But no one puts points in swim.
Virgin... sinks...
under the sea
under the seaIf Virgin were to open her eyes - not that I'd recommend it - she could see detritus in a not-terribly clear water. The water has a pull downstream.
>>180408Swallowing this water seems inadvisable. It probably has amoebas or something.
>>180444But you
can do investigation and rolls
>>180446Rolling to see if this ship has any use to us, before I blow it up:
[1d20+5 = (2+5) = 7]
>>180447On second thought, after searching a single 5 ft square, I'll take 10 on the rest of the checks, for a modified 15...
>>180446Huh? Would you look at that, I found my old sheet and I had a whole eight ranks in swimming and straight +4 in strength modifier. Lucky! ^^
>>180446>Swallowing this water seems inadvisable. It probably has amoebas or something.It's already been done. The amoebas should fear me.
>>180446Hehe, I barely started and I'm already dead.
>>180450>>180451>>180452Amoebas fear herWell, the head is likely to be on the bottom of the river rather than the top anyways, so may as well start here.
Roll Search
>>180447>>180448I take it that we haven't found anything in this ship?
>>180453I decided to give her str:12, dex:15, con:14, int:9, wis:13, and cha:9. Haven't decided where to put the +1 for level for yet.
Virgin's eyes sting as she opened them. She spins around and her gaze bounce around. She searches:
[1d20-1 = (8-1) = 7] search.
>>180446>under the sea>under the sea>>180453>Amoebas fear her^^
>>180455I need to clarify that we're actually doing level 6 now. Before, it was level 5. Remember that at level 4 you gain +1 ability point to put somewhere.
Virgin, having now asserted her authority over the amoebas, checks the area near where she jumped in, which I presume is in the middle of the river from the bridge near the basilica. Virgin sees little twigs floating in the water, a riverbed that has some water plants and algae, a few fish swimming in the river, and a bucket (just a random bucket). She does not, however, sea the prize.
Roll swim to move around or go back to the surface.
>>180454I'm thinking about it
>>180426>relevant craft rollHmmm...what kinds of craft rolls?
>>180459Something relevant to shipbuilding or mechanics
>>180458>I need to clarify that we're actually doing level 6 now.Ah, okay.
>Remember that at level 4 you gain +1I did actually, remember that. ^^
>>180455>Haven't decided where to put the +1 for level for yet.Btw, I'm using the starter pack for monk as shown in pic related for the this post
>>180408 so apparently, because of this I do have ranks in swim. I know I also get more points to put in skills that depends on my class + int modifier and such but I haven't done that yet. But this is her basis anyway.
Virgin summons her inner fish and doesn't need oxygen. She tries to butterfly swim her way forward: [1d20+4+1]
swim
>>180461It only wants a single plus. Put 1d20+5
>>180462Ah, okay.
[1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]
>>180463Well, she can at least swim to the surface if desired. What does Virgin do?
>>180460Hmmmmmmmmm...let's see if the combined crafting knowledge between Silver and Kira can provide any kind of positive outlook on the state of the ship.
[1d20+2 = (3+2) = 5]
>>180464She swims up to the surface in a slithering movement. She breaks the surface, sending droplets of, the-not-so-fresh-water, all around her so it splatters and create tiny ripples around her.
She gasps for air.
>>180460Rolling untrained Int
[1d20+3 = (7+3) = 10]
>>180467Well, Virgin has air, and she can keep up with the water flowing in the river, though it isn't super easy.
Now, where is that head?
Roll search or swim.
>>180471Virgin swim so that she rotates in place and her eyes dart around the area. What does she see? There was some kind of bridge nearby.
>>180474This area is the Delemare River. Above her is an automobile and pedestrian bridge with two concrete pillars holding it up. It has steel trusses keeping it up, painted red. To each side is a river bank covered in plants, and then a ten foot concrete wall acting presumably as a flood barrier.
But below the water, roll search again. Wisdom modifier
>>180475She swims closer to one of the bridge's pillars, thinking that somepony might have dropped the head off the bridge so it might be nearby. She takes deep breath, sounding like a dog whining while she does so. Then she disappears under the surface again.
She scans the bottom,
[1d20+1 = (4+1) = 5] search
>>180478Hmmm... Nothing seems to be there. Wel that isn't exactly true. There is a fishing pole. But there's no statue head.
>>180479She nods to herself and memories the location of this fishing pole before swiming under the bridge and along it towards the other pillar. Meanwhile, she does this, she "vacuum cleans" the bottom like a flat fish in her search. Only going up for air when necessary.
[1d20+1 = (3+1) = 4] =search=
>>180480To clarify, you mean that she looks side to side, right? Not an amoeba genocide?
Well, she found a rock. It's not a statue head, but it's something.
>>180482>To clarify, you mean that she looks side to side, right? Not an amoeba genocide?^^
>Well, she found a rock. It's not a statue head, but it's something.It sure is something.
She does not memorize the location of the rock. She proceed to the other pillar and dives down there. She peers into the abyss...
[1d20+1 = (17+1) = 18] search
>>180484By the pillar, actually kind of against it, she sees a saddle bag. A little further away is a pair of glasses.
And beyond that... Is white marble, what appears to be the head of a unicorn mare.
>>180488Virgin's eyes go wide and she does a few escalating nods. She swims up to the unicorn head first. She inspects it. She peers at it from different sides to take it all in.
Then she swims in close with her body and takes a solid grip and just test pulls it upwards.
Is that a strength check. I'll roll for it and if it's wrong then just disregard it.
[1d20+1 = (6+1) = 7] strength Like I'm playing pokemon.
>>180492A mane combed to the left, and just enough of the neck to show a collar.
While it's not super heavy... that's not an impressive roll.
>>180493^^
Virgin pulls but the head slips through her hooves as her hold on it fail.
I can try three times right? If I'm not misremembering there was something like that in the book, obviously, if you allow me to try again. If you do, here's my roll:
[1d20+1 = (10+1) = 11]
>>180495Virgin pulls and pulls, and she's able to pull it out of the mud, and slowly swim with it to the surface and the river bank.
>>180458Is there anything else that we should roll on our end, before we blow up the ship?
>>180498Stop. We will convene when we convene
>>180498That's the last bit for today
>>180510Sven, you can (maybe?) Continue.
>>180498This player likes to drive action so they can capitalize. Not hating, I do it too. But we're waiting on a green-light from GM to continue.
>>180512Yeah, probably. I was just essentially blacking out at the time due to how sleepy I was.
>>180497Nice!
Vir lands it on the bank and the proceed to roll it up her the place where her cloak, hopefully still is^^.
She zeeber on my zoober til I goober.
So there's a boat? Have we sunk it yet?
>>180527The boat is already damaged, apparently by sabotage. We're considering blowing it up to draw out enemies/charges towards us. What do you think of that?
>>180529Is this being openly discussed or discretely? Has anyone been below decks yet?
>>180534We were discussing it in character.
It's yet to be determined if there's more of the boat to be searched.
>>180527Give it time…
>>180522Assuming that Virgin left her cloak on the riverbank, it’s still there, as nopony/creature nor wildlife has carried it off.
Virgin is a bit wet, but she has the statue head.
>>180535Thank you, sorry for posing the question, as I've now been able to puzzle through that section of the previous activity.
With the open discussion of blowing up the freighter - something Brie has many thoughts about, most of them critical - he would swoop in to comment at earliest convenience, abandoning his ready-action of death from above.
>>180536I daresay something usually blows up or catches fire every time
Cavaliere and Posey are the first two to encounter them
The rear room of the forward cabin is small, with a bed and table folded up to each side, life buoys on the wall, and a couple buckets on the floor, besides an open door to the cockpit and a set of stairs on the right going down below deck. Here too, the floor is wooden, somewhat wet,
Near the center of the room stands a griffin with a dark red coat and darker red-brown feathers, as if the color of congealed blood and standing blood respectively. His yellow beak hooks down decisively, his blue eyes are pale as to seem almost milky, and his pointed pupils seem unnaturally reflective. He wears a deep scowl, and more than that, on top of his head is a a tiara, made of yellow-white metal with three peaks with some sort of sea monster depicted in the center, and beneath that, three cut jewels, presumably rubies by their dull, red hue. It does not fit his head, being two narrow, and instead is forcefully placed upon it, and standing too high in an almost comical scene. He wears a leather vest. In his right claw is a spear that barely fits under the roof, with a very long, barbed headed point.
Standing to his right is another griffin with a dulled yellow coat and younger appearance. He too, wears a vest. There is visible dried blood coming down from under his vest. His green eyes and closed beak convey a clear expression of fear. He has pulled out a very long knife, held close to his chest. The pale next to him has surely just been placed down.
The red griffin speaks:
“Hvem er du? Pirater her for å ta kronen min?”
From behind, and from below the deck, another two griffins - one white, and one black - seem ready to join in.
>>180538>on top of his head is a a tiara, made of yellow-white metal with three peaks with some sort of sea monster depicted in the center, and beneath that, three cut jewels, presumably rubies by their dull, red hue.Looks like we've found Sørvik.
>It does not fit his head, being two narrow, and instead is forcefully placed upon it, and standing too high in an almost comical scene.Hmmm, sounds like it would fit better on Posey's head.
Posey's first order of business is to charm the griffons with her gaze, starting with the one wearing the crown, which she presumes to be the leader.
>“Hvem er du? Pirater her for å ta kronen min?”I just remembered from my sheet that Posey speaks griffon as one of her int bonus languages. What is he saying?
Nevertheless, she responds, gesturing towards the crowned griffon with the end of her polearm, boldly puffing out her chest
"You, you're Sørvik." she states
>>180540She repeats this again in griffon, in case he doesn't know the language
>>180540At this point, Brie would be attempting to slip undetected into the cabin, using Posey's engagement of the Griffons if any bonuses are to be applied beyond the following.
[1d20+13 = (15+13) = 28]
(watch out everypony, these guys are proficient in harpoons, and harpoons do just as much damage coming out as they do going in, including bonuses from smite, sneak attack, arcane channeling and the like. Don't get hit)
>>180542Good idea. Just don't attack until or unless they become hostile. We need information about the marines, so these guys are more useful to us alive, for now.
>>180392To be fair, I barely recall anything.
>>180538Cavaliere is careful to not make any sudden movements.
"You are Søren I presume?" he asks the red griffon.
"And you are…" he gestures to the yellow griffon,
"Nils? I don't speak your language."
>>180543His frog is on the smoke grenade as he creeps in to whatever degree of stealth he achieves; coiled to pounce but wary of what polearms do to charging opponents when set by skilled users, he hopes that this unicorn can talk these clearly-not-marines into a disadvantageous position
>>180545Sorry, Sørvik, nor Søren.
>>180546Also, Brie is wearing his Snake Eyes mask, so u can't look him in the eyes
>>180545Griffon isn't an automatic language for you?
>>180540DC 19 for the charm, btw
>>180549Aren't there different griffon languages? Cavaliere speaks Aquelian (French) and Wingbardian (Italian) as well as Ponish (English) and Feathesian (Danish I presume), but what the sealers are speaking is Norwegian.
>tfw ur languages are Ponish, Changeling, Neighponese, and Zebrican
>>180551There's different griffin languages?
Oh fuck, then I have no idea what language Posey speaks. I only have three bonus languages, and I spent two of them on Abyssal and Infernal.
>>180542I’m not certain Brie would be aware of this. He’s flying above and away from the action. This happens in a small, closed room in the fishing boat. There have been no loud sounds this far that would indicate a problem.
>>180554The party was openly talking about blowing the ship up, before heading toward the cabin. This alone would have warranted him closing, if for no other reason than to dissuade them from doing so.
>>180555Hearing voices inside would more than justify sneaking in.
>>180529My only concern is what if we need boat to leave?
Where is the Zeeb?
>>180553There are a lot of languages in the setting and although Abyssal and Infernal might be useful for Posey, you are bound to find characters who speak a different language compared to your own, like here. Think of how the real world was before English became the universal language.
Wait, I have a question. Isn't it a Feathesian ship that is crashed somewhere on the island? Cavaliere's knowledge of Feathesian may prove useful.
>>180555>>180556Brie was left behind on the cliff above the landing point. He might have followed Cavaliere, who went up there himself and followed the rest of the party to the hamlet. If Brie is at his original position he could not have heard the others, even with his bat hearing.
>>180557I'm not sure. I think he was also in the hamlet?
>>180558No, I have been in communication with GM, and Brie was 80' above the party as they boarded the freighter, before closing in on them to dissuade blowing up the thing (yet), which with a reasonable passage of time would have him getting to the cabin just after Posey and Cavaliere entered, enabling him to try and sneak in undetected.
Did anybody prepare Tongues? If we can't communicate with them, it might just be cowabunga from here.
>>180557Zeeb is presumably not far behind us, probably on the upper deck.
>>180554Can the griffons understand Possy?
>>180558Darn, I'm going to have to revise my languages later.
>>180560If negotiations break down, there's the old "double-fist two primed hoof grenades" intimidation tactic
Does anybody know a language that these griffons would speak?
>>180561Whether the griffons are mind-controlled or not, we would prefer a non-lethal takedown. It wouldn't be hard to kill them without damage to ourselves, but the good-aligned PCs in the party wouldn't approve of that. Not to mention, a gunshot could be heard by hostiles on the island, and a grenade is much louder than a gunshot.
>>180564I don't even know what language they're speaking or the EaW country they're from.
Presumably, Silver, Kira, and Dust are standing on the deck.
>>180542It isn’t blatantly obvious
how to slip around into the cabin, with only one clearly visible entrance, which is the one Posey and Cavaliere are standing in.
>>180540It probably would fit Posey better, but it isn’t quite pony shaped either.
Posey recognizes “Pirate” and “you,” but it’s clearly a different language from what she knows.
Sørvik visibly winces, looks down and closes his eyes
[more to come]
>>180566A tumbling check, typically
[1d20+13 = (8+13) = 21]
>>180566Dust sits down, wondering how things are progressing below deck
Okay, back
>>180540>>180538Cavaliere, like Posey, recognizes a couple words "Pirate" and "You," but does not know the language.
Both the red griffin and the yellow griffin recoil in some degree of shock when they hear the names "Sørvik" and "Nils."
The Yellow griffin manages a smile to Posey.
The red one, however, looks back up to Posey, and brandishes his harpoon.
"Hvorfor retter du den tingen mot meg? Hva gjør du på skipet mitt? Og hvordan vet du hva jeg heter?"
>>180568Zeeb is on deck just behind everyone. He would likely figure out that something is going on
>>180567He wants to enter just behind Posey and Cavalliere, through the door the griffins are staring at?
>>180569What kind of check would it be for Posey to get across a rudimentary message using only pieces of the griffon languages she knows? Bluff?
>The red one, however, looks back up to Posey, and brandishes his harpoon.Looks like he passed his saving throw.
>>180569Yes, that's correct. He will be attempting to "cut the pie" at the widest angle and position for possible flanking or maneuvering, paying particular attention for any available cover or obstacles to exploit/avoid.
>>180572And he's moving defensively, gaining half dodge bonus if they get spooked
>>180566Nevermind, Feathesian is more Dutch.
Cavaliere places himself in front of Posey, shielding her from a potential attack.
He replies, slowly and carefully,
"You have been missing for a long time. We are here to help. Your ship is not seaworthy, and you look hurt."The fellow griffon also tries out the languages he knows.
"Spreekt u Feathesiaans? Parlez-vous Aquiléen? Forse sai parlare Wingbardiano?"
>>180572It's not an especially big room,
maybe 15 feet wide. There are objects in the room, like a table by the wall, but besides the door on the opposing side going to the cockpit, or the stairs going down - both of which have griffins in or near them - there's really not much.
>>180575Okay, taking the leftside rook position, casual posture (in spite of the batpone suit) preparing to attempt Neighponese and South Zebrican (and who knows, changeling), but otherwise waiting on the results of the dialogue others are engaged in.
(contemplating using the table as a barrier against harpoons)
Okay, Posey has the biggest Bluff mod. What should she try to say?
These birds are all clearly wounded, and have no transportation. We could offer them healing and a ride, if they cooperate.
Our priority is the Marines, so I'll start with that.
>>180571Posey, being a veteran of the Arcturian front, knows multiple words for warrior/knight/soldier in whatever griffon language they speak there. Maybe one of those words sounds similar."
"Pony soldiers. Have you seen them? Where." she says, in North griffonian
Bluff to get the message across.
[1d20+14 = (6+14) = 20]She glares at the one brandishing a weapon, and makes a universal "stand down for your own good" gesture
I'll treat this as Intimidate
[1d20+15 = (10+15) = 25]
>>180577I'm not sure bluff works as a means of getting across a language barrier. Good intimidate roll though
hopefully it doesn't backfire.
So has Brie already made his move?
>>180579The way you say that, I would like to emphasize that Brie is emphasizing that he is not holding any weapons, but yes he would adopt that posture while Rosey and Cavaliere attempt to talk the Griffons down
The red one looks at Posey's Halberd, then over to Brie, being unambiguously startled by Brie. The yellow one simply glances over at Brie, despite being the closest
The red one turns from Brie to Posey, unable to look at both given his position. He raises his right arm, and gives a "come here" signal.
From the cockpit, a white griffin comes in, carrying a tool that is functionally a shorter glaive, if definitely not intended for that role. From the lower deck, another griffin, black in color, has a rifle. Both of these griffins focus their weapons on Brie.
Yellow griffin moves up and levels his short sword. The red one levels his harpoon at Posey, and then looks to Cavaliere:
In Fetheasian:
"Ja, ik spreek Fethesiaans, en ik zal je laten weten dat ik eerder tegen piraten heb gevochten zoals jij. Denk je dat je mijn kroon kunt pakken? Kom en neem het! Je zult niet de eerste zijn die het vandaag heeft geprobeerd. Jullie Hauklanders kunnen ook mijn slaven zijn."
>>180581Silver, hearing noises from below deck, heads down to see what's going on. Kira, not wanting to disturb any of the creatures with her unusual body type and not wanting to crowd the below deck portion, stays on the deck to keep a lookout for any approaching creatures.
>>180581>>180574Posey asks Cavalier what the bird is saying, but doesn't wait to take up the "come here" offer, confidently strutting forward, right up to the griffon.
Or, wait, was that not gestured at her? Idk.
>>180581The black griffon looks to either side.
"They think we are Haukland pirates. Please stand back and don't spook them."If Posey does
not accidentally become an undead pincushion, he replies to the crew,
"Wij zijn geen piraten en ook geen Hauklanders. Wij zijn hier om wat pony's te redden die op dit eiland zijn neergestort. Tijdens onze zoektocht vonden we jullie kamp en blijkbaar hebben jullie net zo goed redding nodig. Jullie mogen jullie bezittingen houden, maar jullie hebben medische behandeling nodig en moeten dit eiland verlaten omdat het niet veilig is."
>>180584Brie leans back, in an obviously disadvantaged position (loses dodge bonus, and gets a -2ac cuz off balance)
>>180584>"They think we are Haukland pirates."That is our disguise though, is it not? We are supposed to be pirates." Posey replies, quietly.
>Please stand back and don't spook them."I'm totally in the zone...!"
>>180582Silver presumably comes in and sees the scene
>>180584Tensions do not escalate.
"We hebben geen hulp nodig. Er was een muiterij tegen mij, maar ik heb het opgelost. We hoeven het eiland niet te verlaten, behalve om weer te gaan sealen. Er zijn hier geen pony's. Verlaten."
>>180586Oh fug, we are supposed to be piratesThis better not have been a double-cross/false flag orchestrated by the Captain. Are we the A team now?
>>180536"Ooooh," Vir lets out as a cartoonish bass-drop shiver travels from hooves to muzzle over her fur.
She's roughly cleans the head off a bit with her hoof as I assume it might be a bit muddy or something. As she does the head disappears and is replaced with a cherry red filly with a flowing carrot-orange mane being almost in-caged by black bars but they are hooves... Exoskeleton hooves with holes in them like Swiss cheese and the gleam of a fly separates her from the world of the living.
Vir falls on her rump and feel her neck strain as she physically pulls away from the vision and curves her spine into a reverse 'c'. She chews empty air but her but her mouth never closes and her teeth never meet. As saucer-sized eyes stare at the clouds above and refuse to blink to escape the visions assaulting her.
After a long moment, finally she breaths. Sound returns to the world and so does the cold wet that clings to her. Reality supersedes fantasy -- she's not there anymore.
She inspects the head again but with a fearful scowl etched on her face. Banishing ghosts by the force of grimace. She inspects the head:
[1d20-1 = (1-1) = 0] Appraise
>>180587I would like to roll sense motive, to see if the other griffons would be demoralized enough to surrender if I decapitated their fuck-up of a captain right now.
[1d20+1 = (20+1) = 21]
>>180586"It is, and unfortunately it is the one appearance we shouldn't have in these circumstances," he whispers back to Posey.
Speaking towards the griffons,
"De pony's zijn eerder vandaag gecrasht, op een heuvel buiten het zicht van dit strand. Ze kwamen per vliegtuig. Wat betreft het afdichten, dat zal je hoe dan ook niet lukken. Dit schip is niet te repareren en zinkt nog steeds. Binnen een uur zal het volledig overstroomd zijn en zul je het moeten verlaten, waardoor je permanent gestrand bent."He continues, gesturing toward the island.
"Als de kou en honger je niet vinden, dan zullen de Stalliongraders dat wel doen. Dit is een betwist eiland, en er is al een Stalliongrad schip aan de andere kant geland. Ik weet niet welke verdragen jouw regering met hen heeft, maar ik kan je verzekeren dat ze jouw eigendom niet zullen respecteren."
>>180591"I don't know if this will help, but you might ask them if there's a pony on board by the name of Day Finder," Brie says, as discretely as possible but sufficiently loud so as to be heard.
>>180587Silver tries his hooves at pantomiming to the griffons, hearing that they're speaking in griffon languages he doesn't understand:
Silver points at himself, before giving a military salute and marching in place. He sits down, lifts up a forehoof and moves it slowly in the air while making the sound of an aircraft engine with his mouth. With his other forehoof, he points/punches it rapidly towards the first forehoof while making a
dakadakadaka sound like machine gun fire. His other forehoof now bends into a hill or island shape, and the one in the air he brings down to the "island", whistling as if it's dropping out of the air. When it makes contact with the "island", Silver spreads his forelegs out with a
bwoosh explosion sound from his mouth.
Following this, he looks to see if any of the griffons could have understood any of that.
>>180589She's seeing things again. Hopefully this venture into the world of sobriety is only brief.
But she's got this amazing statue head.
It's made out of
marble. She's going to be rich!
>>180590They are discernably under the influence of mind control. They don't seem very into this.
>>180591He sighs,
"Ik heb het eerder onder water gezet. Ik moest wel. Mijn ontrouwe bemanning probeerde weg te komen met mijn boot. Ik kon ze niet toelaten. Ik ben het aan het repareren. Het zal weer afdichten. Ik zal opnieuw verzegelen.
We zijn hier al maanden! We zijn hier elk jaar geweest! We kunnen overleven, als we moeten vertrekken op zeehondenvlees en zeehondenvacht. Ik zal ervoor zorgen dat ze onze eigendommen respecteren. Ik heb geen ander vliegtuig gezien dan het vliegtuig dat vanmorgen voorbij vloog."
>>180593The yellow griffin and the black griffin stare at Silver
>>180569I see...
Then Dust proceeds to slowly plod his way below deck to see what all the commotion is about.
>>180596This. He sees all this
>>180590>>180595Silver whispers to Posey:
Silver:
"Hey, pssst, do you think we can remove that crown from his head? Would it help at all with this situation?"
>>180598I was typing out my attack just now, but that's also an option...
>>180593kek
>>180592Cavaliere nods.
>>180595Cautiously he tries to reason with griffons whose sense of reason has been undermined–a dangerous prospect.
"Ik heb het eerder onder water gezet. Ik moest wel. Mijn ontrouwe bemanning probeerde weg te komen met mijn boot. Ik kon ze niet toelaten. Ik ben het aan het repareren. Het zal weer afdichten. Ik zal opnieuw verzegelen.
"Hoeveel pompen heb je draaiende die het overstroomde ruim sneller kunnen leegpompen dan de waterinlaat? Heb je brandstof voor ze? Je gewonde bemanning kan zeker geen handpompen aan die groot genoeg zijn. Er zijn nu tachtig Stalliongraders op het eiland, en er komen er waarschijnlijk nog meer, en ze zullen het eiland schoonvegen voordat je ooit zou kunnen hopen op weg te gaan. Je realiseert je toch wel dat ze pleiten voor hertoe-eigening van eigendommen, toch? Het is zinloos om tegen ze te vechten en ze zullen je kostbare kroon afpakken."And, adding on,
"Is er hier een pony genaamd Day Finder? Er zullen geen consequenties zijn als je eerlijk bent.">>180599He shoots a warning glare at her to not attempt anything so hasty.
>>180591Sørvik's facial expression changes to horror, and with a voice not his own, he says
"Did the Commissar send you?">>180599He's staring right at Posey and isn't immediately next to him. She can roll initiative, but she doesn't get a surprise round.
>>180595>She's seeing things again. Hopefully this venture into the world of sobriety is only brief.Indeed. ^^
Vir doesn't know the first thing about statues but It's made of
white nice stone if maybe a bit grimy from being submerged in
that water for a while.
She walked over to her cloak and bites hold of it and carries it back over. She looks around for any other pony,
[1d20-1 = (7-1) = 6] search
>>180601Rollin'
[1d20+9 = (5+9) = 14]
>>180599Silver:
"I'll call for Kira, maybe she can restrain lead griffon so we can easily get it off of his head. I would prefer that we not have to kill them.">>180603Or...not?
>>180597Oh I see.... Hmm.
>>180601Oh boy the commissar again. Dust can't wait for this one to start frantically running and get clobbered by everyone else.
>>180603Dust might start wishing he had stayed topside
>>180601"Nee, we hebben geen enkele associatie met commissarissen of communistische organisaties. We zijn hier om die pony's te redden van de communisten, en jij kunt ook beschermd worden."I will have to leave in a little over 30 minutes
He looks to respond to Cavaliere.
But he doesn't get the chance. He lowers his harpoon. The time for talk is over.
Roll Initiative
Red [1d20+2 = (11+2) = 13]
[1d20 = 19]
[1d20 = 9]
[1d20 = 16]
>>180607[1d20+3 = (2+3) = 5]
>>180607Silver:
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]Silver also calls out to Kira (though I imagine she would not be available for the first round of fighting). "HEY KIRA! WE NEED HELP!"
>>180602There are a couple ponies on the street and the bridge, but no pony on the river bank.
>>180607Oh yay!
[1d20 = 12]
>>180607[1d20+4 = (2+4) = 6]
>>180607Exactly the result I wanted. Enough for Posey to take damage, but still have red be flat footed.
>>180606Dutch is such a silly language.
Order:
Silver
Yellow
Black
Posey
Red
Z
*****White
Brie
Cavaleire
>>180613Breathes inNo. (You) r silly.
Quick question: Since Brie and Cavaliere are in sequence, could they coordinate and be said to go at the same time?
>>180614Silver is the first to react, stepping forward with greatsword drawn. He provokes an attack of opportunity from the red griffon, armed with the harpoon as he gets within disarming range.
>>180614How far away are they from us?
>>180616It's a poorly-secured item, so you can get +4 to your disarm roll.
>>180616>>180618Is it a poorly-secured item? DM should tell us if it is.
>>180615Unless Brie readies an action, he goes before, if only by half a second
>>180616(1d20+8)
He stabs at Silver
>>180617Like 10 feet
>>180620How did
I mess that up?
[1d20+8 = (11+8) = 19]>>180619It literally does not fit. It's unsecured
>>180619He already said the crown doesn't fit him.
>>180616You can still act
>If you have a base attack bonus of +1 or higher, you may draw a weapon as a free action combined with a regular move. If you have the Two-Weapon Fighting feat, you can draw two light or one-handed weapons in the time it would normally take you to draw one.Snatch it and we can end the fight before it begins.
>>180610Vir taps the ground in with annoyance. She swings her head and throws the cloak onto her form. She gets dressed in it. She look at the head and smacks her lips.
This is too valuable to just leave while getting that saddlebag. I'll have to come back for it later, she thinks to herself.
She rolls the head up on an steeper part of the riverbed and moves in "under" it to place it on her back. She tries to balance it on the area between her shoulder blades
? and neck.
Since water doesn't lift it anymore, maybe it's heavier so I do a strength and balance check. You can disregard them if they are unnecessary.
[1d20+1 = (15+1) = 16] stength [1d20+6 = (7+6) = 13] balance
>>180621If the flak jacket he was wearing did not hamper his movements so much, Silver could have dodged out of the way of the thrust. As is, he can't move out of the way fast enough before the harpoon finds purchase and punches through Silver's flak jacket, causing Silver to yelp out in pain.
>>180616Silver is stabbed by the Harpoon, which presumably pushes through his Flak jacket
[1d10+3 = (8+3) = 11]>>180623SplashVir dives in back towards the Pillar. She knows where it is. She is able to snatch it, and pull it back to land
>>180626With that, Silver valiant attempt at ending the fight early is finished, as crimson fluid already begins to stain his flak jacket. The yellow griffon is up next.
Yellow moves forward, and tries to stab Posey
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
Black shoots at Posey with his rifle
[1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14]
>>180626Maybe I missed something but that's not what I wrote that she'd do.
>>180626But she can do that, sure.
>>180628To confirm:
[1d20+4 = (16+4) = 20]Damage:
[1d6+1 = (5+1) = 6]>>180629Oh. My bad
Well, she's got it on her back
>>180628>Crit with a harpoon"~Ooaaooh!" Posey moans, as the spear impales her with its barbed tip, tickling her dead nerves
Her eyes glow brighter, as her masochism triggers
>>180631Posey is flat-footed, so that confirmation roll would hit her, the weapon skewering right through where her heart would be. Too bad she's not using it right now.
>>180621>>180622I thought you were talking about the harpoon. I'm dumb.
>>180623The anatomical term for equines is withers.
>>180615Sure. I can attempt to stun one while you disarm another.
>>180633
Oh
Nevermind then.
At least I can still charge now.
It's Posey's turn now, right?
>>180634On Brie's turn, he will make a move action, say a few words to Cavaliere, and then hold his action for Cavaliere's turn, changing his initiative score to match for future rounds. In this way both characters can move prior to each other's action, or vice versa, for maximum flanking shenanigens.
>>180636Yeah, Posey's next, then Red, Zeeb, White, Brie, and finally Cavaleire. Presumably Kira will join in next round.
>>180631^^
She starts her journey ho... back to the church.
Her tongue rubs against the inside of her lips. She can almost taste her favorite poison. She shakes her head and gets back on task.
She whistles the psalm 236, a somber melody that ends on a happy note but she never whistles that part.
You are given free reign to decide the lore for this song, if you feel like that is.
>>180638Okay, I had this elaborate attack with which I intended to splatter him all over the wall, but are we going to move forward with the Disarm check?
>>180634Ah, nice. Then I know. ^^
>>180640Preferably yes. The griffon isn't the problem, the crown he's wearing
is.
>>180632~10 damage
>>180639Vir knows she needs alcohol to, you know, kill any amoebas that may have survived in her stomach. Gotta keep up that reputation.
Vir makes it back.
Heather approaches, clearly very surprised.
"You found it?!
>>180637We can do this, but I won't be able to play after this combat round. I will allow you to use Cavaliere's actions for the remainder of this combat, as long as they are prioritized to be nonlethal for the sake of capturing the griffons alive. They are under mind control but might continue fighting after it is removed.
Alright, let's go the pacifist route and not kill him just yet.
Posey moves towards red, flanking him with Silver, and attempts her own disarm check. Since he's already made an attack of opportunity, he doesn't get a second unless he had Combat Reflexes. Moreveover, since a harpoon is a reach weapon, he can't attack Posey while adjacent anyway.
She makes a Disarm check
[1d20+12 = (15+12) = 27]As she attacks, the bones on her armor rattle and she makes a free action demoralize, against Red, her eyes glowing, her mane standing on end, her horn crackling with power, and her head illuminating with a corona of dying stars as she lets out a dreadful cackle-whinny
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG!"Intimidate
[1d20+18 = (7+18) = 25]And this triggers her Dreadful Wrath, all enemies must make a DC 22 Will save or be Shaken
>>180643Unf
>>180640>>180644>>180642Brie is a grappler on par with the noodle, we will have this wrapped up within the round
>>180643>Vir knows she needs alcohol to, you know, kill any amoebas that may have survived in her stomach.^^
Where are we know? What's the scene like? You don't need to anything fancy btw, I just enjoy having a place to work with.
"I know right," Vir says, and looks away with a slight rose tint to her cheeks. "I just fumbled around a bit in the waters. Have no idea why I thought it be there. But... Maybe,
she was with me."
>>180645If Posey succeeds on her check, she would like to use her unseen servant to place the tiara on her head.
>>180645Opposed, moving his harpoon to attempt a block
[1d20+12 = (13+12) = 25]>>180647Vir, I believe, has moved back to the basilica, which is lined in marble and has a neoclassical style. There is a greatly better description somewhere...
gasp"It's true. It really was in the water. How did you find it? It's incredible..." She smiles "Maybe Celestia
is with you." She adds, "I wonder where the rest of it is."
>>180650Ripping the harpoon out of Silver's shoulder to attempt this block, it should be noted, causes Silver a
lot of pain.
>>180650Wait, I miscalculated the -2 penalty from Posey's barding
This is a tie: it all comes down to if her intimidate check and/or frightful presence succeed in debuffing him (you would roll that before the opposed roll).
>>180650>There is a greatly better description somewhere...Vir shuts her eyes and grins. "Where do you want this? In the church?"
>>180653>There is a greatly better description somewhere...^^
>>180645His eyes change color
>>180652I think reroll
[1d20+12 = (13+12) = 25]>>180653"Yes, yes, put it in the church. I would say put it where the statue would be, near the door, but uh, we haven't got the rest of the statue."
>>180655Okay, but is he affected by my fear abilities?
[1d20+10 = (12+10) = 22]
Alright, since I must leave right now, I'll just pre-announce my attack.
Cavaliere moves at the black griffon (with the gun) and balls up a talon into a fist. With surprising power he punches him right in the head. Did the yellow griffon already get an attack of opportunity in? I'll leave it to you to sort out.
Stunning fist: [1d20+4 = (7+4) = 11]
>>180657Uhm,... Brie is gonna grapple him, so all you have to do is snatch the crown, assuming this is unresolved
Okay
With my turn over, I would like to use my Unseen Servant to scatter a bag of marbles in his square.
DC 15 Balance check, to avoid falling over
>>180656Something is wrong with him, which seems to make him resistant. But either way, he rolls higher here. He only just barely manages to avoid Posey knocking off the crown, which does move on his head.
Now, it's red's turn.
He speaks in a language even more incomprehensible than his usual speech, and to his left, the air moves, and space itself contorts until there is black smoke, which then expands into fire.
What is left behind, is an absolutely
massive black, dog-like creature with a flat face.
It immediately moves forward and bites at Posey
[1d20+10 = (3+10) = 13]
>>180657>>180655Are the rest of the enemies shaken by Posey's Frightful Presence?
>>180657That might hit, if he fails the balance check.
>>180660Does he fall over, from the marbles beneath his feet?
>shadow mastiff"~Awww, so cute."
Is it a free action to pet the dog?
Yellow:
Yellow tries to stab Silver
[1d20+4 = (15+4) = 19]>>180659Dude, no. You've literally never written the word "marbles" anywhere on /vx/ before that post.
>>180661They aren't acting on their own volition
>>180660Oh yeah, I'm going to roll Arcana to identify this monster:
[1d20+11 = (10+11) = 21]And another Arcana check, to identify what Red just did:
[1d20+11 = (2+11) = 13]
>>180663>noOh fine.
>Fear doesn't affect themThere goes half my spells... Oh well.
Defiant's turn
>>180663>>180593Silver seems to be hit... again
[1d6+1 = (4+1) = 5]>>180664Something like a yeth hound
>>180663Didn't yellow already act this round when he stabbed Posey?
>>180628
>>180655When walking over to the big doors of the church, the doors stretch infinitely up into the sky as pillar of black wood whereas the world disappears into a red backdrop. Psalm 236 snakes its way into her mind as it's played by an organ in another church, in another time.
"Pew Seat, a filly with an ordinary name but extraordinary capacity in her heart, for love..."
Reality returns.
She pants a few times and pushes one of the doors aside. When inside, she turns to Heather.
"Hehe, maybe you ought to lead since you know where we're going," she says and forces a smile onto her lips.
>>180667That's right. It was White moving this time. And white may actually be closer to Posey...
Both are closer to Brie, but Brie doesn't even look armed, so they aren't going to attack him
>>180669Awwww...
"Yes." The filly says. "You're wet, do you need to dry off? Do you need something?"
Okay, Defiant Dust actually goes before White
>>180614Wha- REEEEEEEEEE!
Dust snorts and rolls his eyes at the collective group. He's gonna give that unicorn a peice of his mind at some point for being so rash, but perhaps this will serve as enough of a lesson.
He hefts up his flail, and with a short chant through gritted teeth, slams it into the nearest structural beam to him as the hilt glows very faintly. The beam rings out as normal at first, but as it tapers off the vibration grows stronger, until they too start to fade and-
GONGThe beam rings out as if a bell, except much much louder. Painfully loud actually. Dust has cast sound burst, and unfortunately allies are affected as well as enemies, incurring 1d8 damage on everypone else in the room and a DC 16 fort save or stunned for one turn. Let's hope this damage is low and only the enemies fail their fort saves.
Silver
[1d8 = 2]Yellow
[1d8 = 6]Black
[1d8 = 5]Posey
[1d8 = 8]Red
[1d8 = 3]White
[1d8 = 8]Brie
[1d8 = 8]Cavaleire
[1d8 = 3]
>>180676[1d20+7 = (16+7) = 23]
>>180676>>180677Thankfully for Silver, he's in enough pain from the harpoon having been shoved into his shoulder and pulled back out again that he hardly notices the ringing in his ears and the trickles of blood running down the sides of his head.
Based Sound Burst enjoyer.
"Fuck, that zigger is loud!" Posey hisses, but remains steadfast
Whelp, everyone roll Fortitude saves
[1d20+5 = (18+5) = 23]
[1d20+3 = (17+3) = 20]
[1d20+2 = (5+2) = 7]
[1d20+2 = (15+2) = 17]
>>180676>stunBruh e,_,e
[1d20+5 = (4+5) = 9]
>>180671Ah, Heather was the filly. I thought it was the mare. ^^
Do you need something? The filly's voice repeats in her head, bouncing around.
She shakes her head.
"Yeah, maybe a towel. But I intend to train a bit before any potential sermons. Are there any sermons today? Maybe, I'll just dry off after training so that we don't need several towels."
>>180676I'm immune to the save, but ouch, a max damage roll, that bypasses her damage reduction.
Oh wait, I forgot I had SR. Make a caster level check to see if you affect Posey and the dog monster.
Cavaliere would attempt a stunned fist that misses...
But that hardly matters, as Brie goes in for a grapple...
But Brie failed his fort save and has been flashbanged by Defiant Dust, so...
Silver's turn (assuming white takes the same action as listed before
>>180666"A yeth hound, from Tartarus!" Posey shouts to the party
"Be wary, its howls can drive you mad. Mortal weapons won't work against it..."
She turns to silver
>>180679"But your sword will. Take care of the dog. I'll handle the bird."
>>180686First, Kira now arrives, seeing the carnage that has occurred in the first round. Silver calls out to her, loudly as he can't hear himself over the ringing, "CROWN!"
Kira's Initiative:
[1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
Well that didn't go to plan! Shit!
>>180684A what
>>180680*glaring zigger noises*
>>180689Roll 1d20 plus your character level.
>>180690Oh
[1d20+6 = (11+6) = 17]
>>180688Sweet, back-to-back actions!
>>180686>>180687Silver switches targets, targeting the yeth hound with first an overhead strike then a thrust with his greatsword.
Overhead:
[1d20+12 = (5+12) = 17]Thrust:
[1d20+7 = (4+7) = 11]Kira, meanwhile, makes a beeline for the red griffon wearing the crown, and makes a touch attack to attempt a grapple.
Touch Attack:
[1d20+9 = (6+9) = 15]
>>180683Uh... Yeah, you're right. Heather is the mare. Flowercup is the flly,
It's still Heather
"Oh, we're working on one."
I need to review the staff of the church.
>>180693That's a successful touch by Kira.
But Silver doesn't penetrate through it's unnatural hide
>>180694Grapple: Kira attempts to wrap her coils around the red griffon, restraining him and making him an easy target to take the crown from.
[1d20+13 = (14+13) = 27]
>>180695Opposed:
[1d20+2 = (1+2) = 3]
>>180696He has a much higher grapple than that, but he was only going to succeed on a very high roll anyways...
>>180695Kira has grappled the mean griffin
Yellow stabs at Posey
[1d20+4 = (20+4) = 24]
Black lost his fort save
>>180698Based.
[1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7][1d6+1 = (3+1) = 4]
>>180694>Uh... Yeah, you're right. Heather is the mare. Flowercup is the flly,>I need to review the staff of the church.^^
Vir nods along with Heather's words.
"Tell me if you need anything. I can... Uhh, maybe help move stuff. I'm going out to the courtyard... Where could I train? I don't need much space."
>>180695Great. Now he can't use his harpoon to fight back when Posey disarms him, meaning that I have a huge advantage with disarming him
>>180698"~Aaaiiieee, not so hard!" Posey says, as she's stabbed where her heart should be for the second time this fight.
>>180700Posey orders her unseen servant to pick up the crown and place it on her head as soon as she disarms him.
Since she's adjacent, she can't use her polearm to disarm him, so she uses her bare hoof.
[1d20+12 = (2+12) = 14]Also, Dreadful Wrath targeting the dog, DC 22
I'll demoralizes the dog too
[1d20+18 = (5+18) = 23](Last round I forgot flanking bonus, which may have ended the fight a round ago, but whatever...)
>>180702....I could also disarm with my other bare hoof (two weapon fighting), since I didn't move
[1d20+8 = (20+8) = 28]
>>180701"Well..." She presses her lips together. "Yes, well, no, we don't have a cloister, if that's what you're asking for. But there's a walled in courtyard with a fountain, and then an even more private garden in the back, if you like."
>>180702>>180705Posey is able to literally knock it off of his head.
The unseen servant has some sort of revulsion to it.
Red is only able to open his eyes and shake his head
>>180702>>180705The hound
which passed its will save bites at Posey again
[1d20+10 = (5+10) = 15]
>>180706>You can use a disarm action to snatch an item worn by the target. If you want to have the item in your hand, the disarm must be made as an unarmed attack.Posey is holding the crown. Is she affected by it? Is it cursed?
Posey pets the dog with her horn.
>>180706Is it my turn?
If so, Dust would elect to get in range to the hound to lift his flail really high, and bonk it over the head.
Idk how 3.5e works with thinks like attacks of opportunities, so I'm just gonna roll my attack and resolve that stuff after.
[1d20+9 = (9+9) = 18]
>>180707It physically feels as if it contained a charge of static electricity. It is unpleasant to hold.
>>180708Its hide is obscenely thick, so that fails to push through.
>>180709Posey took a full round action, so her turn is over.
Unless putting the crown on her head is a free action. She really wants to try it on.
The White Griffin moves back into the cockpit.
Brie and Cavaliere are away at the moment.
>>180711I'll need a minute, I've been conscripted to help with supper. Maybe Brie will get back in that short time.
>>180706>Red is only able to open his eyes and shake his head"Your reign is over! Surrender!" Posey says, trying her hardest to make the message clear from what she knows of Northern gruffonian.
>>180706The clippity clopping echos through the hall of the church.
"I'll go to the garden, after I have dro- Put this down," Vir says and nods to the head on her withers. ^^ "I'll just exit the church and keep walking to the back right?"
>>180714Red blinks multiple times
"Hva?"
>>180715She smiles
"Oh no, you have to go through the door in the back, then down a hallway, and it's a door that will be on your... left. It's a
private garden."
>>180711GM, who is where? White went into the cockpit, Red is in the middle? Yellow is still to his side, and black has the rifle? Does Brie have an unobstructed line of approach on Black?
>>180717I'm guessing with the mind control spell broken, combat is over?
Oh wait, there's still the dog.
Can I roll diplomacy to pet the dog?
>>180719You can wait your turn, please (he says through very very thinly veiled resolve to hold his patience)
>>180718Red is in the middle, physically surrounded by Kira. Silver is in front of red. Posey is to the right of Silver. Yellow is to Red's side, kind of near Brie, but in perfect stabbing distance all the same from Posey, evidently
Black is in the stairwell on the far side of the cabin from Brie. He is stunned this round and not able to move. Because both Brie and Black are kind of "behind" Red, Posey, and the like, he kind of does have an unobstructed line of approach, save for the edge of the stairwell and the almost 15 feet of distance.
>>180722Fucking FINALLY
Charge action, closing distance to Black (60' max), improved grapple attack action
[1d20+12 = (14+12) = 26]
Excuse me, that was the grapple check.
Touch attack [1d20+8 = (17+8) = 25]
>>180723whumpHe ain't moving. It succeeds.
>>180722Okay, so, before any more actions are taken, is:
1.) the dog still present and hostile?
2.) Red still hostile?
>>180726The dog is present and hostile
Red does not appear to be hostile.
Assuming both succeed, which by all mechanics they should, he can no longer use the rifle effectively. Brie will end his round attempting to hear for any commotion further down the stairs
>>180725Ponies with a familiarity in History: Martial Arts will recognize the technique Brie just performed as being the "Himeru Kyuu", or "Cloaker Coffin", a traditional technique of Kyushin-Ryu jiu jitsju. If going for the kill, he would instead opt for the lesser known "Himeru Ansatsu", or "Cloaker Assassination".
The Himeru technique is specific to bats, involving the wings to mimic the grasping capacity of the indigenous subterranean creature."I know, right? I have my own narrator!"
I would like to propose - since he did give me permission - that Brie shout to Cavaliere "Try to hit the off button on the doggo"!
Meaning, try stunning the doggo
>>180729Kek
Brie can hear downstairs, though the tinnitus isn't helping. He hears nothing special. He can see downstairs. There is water, but no griffins are visible.
>>180731His earplugs are in, under the mask
>>180730Are you controlling Cav, then? I'll wait to take my turn(s) after if that's the case.
>>180727Okay, free action time then while we figure out if Cavaliere is going to take a turn.
Silver shouts, "COIL AROUND DOG, KIRA," his hearing still not exceptionally well after the sonic burst. Kira nods at Silver in understanding.
On my next turn, I would like to roll diplomacy vs the dog.
Posey speaks infernal, and she's holding the sea crown. She may be able to make it back down.
Posey likes dogs.
>>180733Cav did suggest it before he left. I'm not controlling him in this way, merely suggesting in character based on what he seems able to do (Brie has PLENTY of experience with stunning hoof, tho he doesn't know how the technique is performed)
Theres uhm,,, some lewd stories involving stunning hoof
Shrugs
Cavalieri’s guns wouldn’t be effective past the damage reduction, anyways.
Cavaliere:
Stunning Fist [1d20+4 = (4+4) = 8]
Alr then, unleash the noodle
>>180734Does that mean you would rather prefer that we didn't kill the doggo?
>>180738It depends if it's summoned (in which case it should disappear if it's summoner is incapacitated)
Or called (in which case it would actually die when killed).
If it's a called creature, it could be helpful to use on our adventure, if we treat it well.
I guess this warrants an Arcana check
[1d20+11 = (17+11) = 28]
>>180738Cav missed his stunning fist, its Silver and Kira nao
>>180717Vir smiles back.
Vir walks over to the place where Heather indicates and lowers herself slowly down on her belly. She then extends her right front hoof and right hind leg away from her body to the right. She leans downwards on her right side so the head is tipped off but then she rolls over onto her left side and catches the head smoothly with her hooves like shellfish clam. She then stands up and lets the head lay there.
Vir pouts as she sees the head is still grimy, she tries to clean it a bit more as rubs it off with her hoof. Getting some of the grim on the fur of her hoof instead.
She blinks as she remember.
"By the way, I found it on the bottom of the Delabear River near one of its bridge's pillars. There was a saddlebag next to it... And a pair of glasses bu-but I doubt... Could that been related to, somehow or..?" Vir trails off.
>>180742"I... Don't know. We don't have a saddlebag missing. Nor any glasses. But there are many ponies who have walked across that bridge..."
>>180744Vir scratches the back of her neck, embarrassed and successfully add some of that wonderful grim to her neck fur.
"Yeah, I don't why I thought that would be related. Seems far-fetched now. Hehe."
She feels the urge again and licks her lips. She blinks.
"I'm go and find that garden now."
>>180740I don't think GM pone wants us to have a yeth hound in the party, regardless if it's summoned or called, or regardless of the rules by which it exists in this plane of existence.
>>180733>>180731Okay, Silver readies his attack, letting Kira go first. First, Kira releases the red griffon from her grasp (a free action), and turns her attention to the doggo.
Touch Attack: Kira first sees if she can get her tail into a position to attempt a grapple.
[1d20+9 = (9+9) = 18]
>>180748"Well, it may be... I don't know who would throw a saddle bag off a bridge. But I have even less idea who would take a statue, cut its head off, and toss it into a river. Well, I know who... All the same, I don't know."
Just gotta go to the back
>>180740It's supposed to be summoned and it doesn't state clearly that a summoned monster disappears when the summoner is incapacitated.
>>180751Touch attack hits
>>180753Grapple: Oh, nevermind then. Kira now attempts to wrap her coils around the yeth hound.
[1d20+13 = (2+13) = 15]
>>180753Oh, whatever then.
Keep attacking, everypony.
>>180755Opposed:
[1d20+9 = (3+9) = 12]
>>180758Kira is thanking her lucky stars that the doggo is distracted enough that she managed to get her coils wrapped around him. With the yeth hound wrapped up, Silver takes his prepared action, once again swing at the dog with an overhead attack, followed by a thrust.
Overhead:
[1d20+12 = (8+12) = 20]Thrust:
[1d20+7 = (9+7) = 16]
>>180760The first hits, but the second doesn't
quite make it through its thick skin.
>>180760>>180762The dog is flanked and grappled, so both strikes should hit.
>>180763+2 cuz flanking, +2 cuz grappled
>>180764+2 Flanking, no dex bonus because grappled.
>>180753As if submerged in the river again, Vir disappears into herself. A mocking voice speaks, "Where's your princess now, huh? Heh heh heh."
She shakes of the vision with a shake of her head.
Then she looks ahead darkly.
"Yes, they do exist. You'd wish they at least show respect to what others care about even if they don't agree," Vir says.
>>180762>>180766Okay then, I suppose.
Overhead Damage:
[2d6+7 = (8+7) = 15]Thrust Damage:
[2d6+7 = (6+7) = 13]
>>180770Fuck yeah! Eviscerated!
>>180770Yelp!The dog goes limp in Kira's coils, and then disintegrates into a sort of ash that itself evaporates.
>>180767She sighs
"Yes... I know. I know. Many ponies disrespect the princesses. A few do it openly, and brazenly. Not to imply they'd be any more respectful to regular ponies..."
>>180772With the battle finished, Silver holds himself up by his sword. He looks around at the group, bleeding from a terrible shoulder wound, a less-terrible stab wound, and from the ears. "Is everyone okay?"
Kira: "Is...combat always going to be that hectic?"
>>180772Posey gently pets the dog one more time as it disappears, speaking to it in infernal:
"त्वं उत्तमः आह्वानः आसीः। विदाई, श्वापद।"
I'm going to have to go eat dinner in a bit.
Posey will leave it to the rest of the party to negotiate with the liberated griffins, while she turns her attention to examining the sea crown and feeling its power.
If I don't respond, carry on without me, and assume Posey is busy with the crown, following behind the party.
>>180775Dust walks over and gives Posey a light whap on the flank with his flail. Not enough to do damage or hurt, but enough to get attention. He then drops his flail
"If like a filly you will act
Like a yearling we will treat
Your strategies require more tact
You need to know when to retreat
And that into combat you cannot just leap
Unless you want us all to fall into eternal sleep."
>>180774Dust plods on over to Silver and carefully sniffs at his shoulder wound, he then looks up at Silver
"Reservations?
Misgiving?
I apologize for my actions
But with your permission
As we continue this mission
I'd like to keep you among the living."
Dust gently raises a hoof that begins to dully glow, he seems to be asking for permission to heal
>>180772>Assuming the situation is deescalating, Brie is willing to briskly release the Black Griffon - even allowing it to retain it's firearm - but maintaining intimate proximity to allow for immediate re-assumption of grappling shenanigens if they behave hostile
>>180784"~Relax, everypony is fine" she says
the stab wounds in her chest close up very quickly.She smiles
"It's cute of you to worry about me though. I'm flattered." she bats her eyelashes
"I like how you beat that gong." her chest fluff puffs out
Seduction
[1d20+8 = (6+8) = 14]
>>180784Silver smiles at the zeeb. "I saw what you were trying to do. My hearing is not so happy with it, but it could have worked." He grunts in pain and exertion, looking down at the terrible wound left behind from the harpoon being shoved into his shoulder and then yanked out again, staining his flak jacket. "Normally I would turn you down, saying that others need help more than me...but I can not lie...this really hurts..."
Kira also looks on at Silver and Posey's injuries with concern.
>>180772Vir's clenched teeth relaxes as another memory displays itself before her. This one painted in a warm orange-yellow color entering from a nearby window during dawn. A unicorn mare with a blue coat and purple fluffy mane with silvery tips, lets her blue magic crochets tablecloth with two big metal needles. She smiles down at her from her seat as she notices her arrival.
"Did you want something, Virgin..."~Vir looks over at Heather. She forces back feelings as she blinks a few times. She licks lips again.
"Somepony, at my monastery. My... A nun, mother Justeney. I thought she was the smartest pony. She used to say, 'It's the small kindness that you do, not the big that you promise that matters.' I feel, like these ponies probably tell themselves that their goal is good so that they do these hurtful things to others is then also good," Vir almost whispers.
>>180789Posey seems miraculously unwounded. Perhaps Silver's eyes deceived him.
"I'm fine. My armor blocked the knife. It's not like he stabbed me in the heart twice or anything..."
Bluff
[1d20+14 = (2+14) = 16]
>>180792Opposed:
Silver:
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]Kira:
[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]
>>180792Sense motive, that was not a grazing wound (not hating, just establishing "Hey,...."
[1d20+8 = (18+8) = 26]
>>180793Silver raises an eyebrow at that statement. Kira, apparently in awe at how Posey somehow managed to heal already from being stabbed in the heart, gives Posey a couple
poke pokes where she got stabbed.
>>180791>"Did you want something, Virgin..."~Actually, it should be, "did you want something,
Vir"
Justeney used her nickname.
>>180798>did you want something, Virgin>involuntary UWU
>>180788Dust turns and narrows his eyes at her
"Just me more careful
Before you get another earful"
>>180789As he says that, he lifts his hoof, and gently lays it onto Silver. He can feel a warming energy spread throughout him, despite where Dust's hoof lays, from his own hooves almost as if it is coming from the ground itself. Cure light wounds.
[1d8+6 = (7+6) = 13]>>180792Dust's head whips back around
Sense motive
[1d20+4 = (3+4) = 7]
>>180794........ Fuck
Silver knows what he saw. Posey was absolutely stabbed right in the heart, and twice suffered a wound that by all measures should have instantly killed a pony like her.
And yet, with her chest fluff exposed in an attempt to sexually harass Dust, her body seems mostly unharmed, with only two small creases in her fur where the knife pierced her chest.
Posey's ears droop, and she steps away, still holding the sea crown.
"Hehe... What are you all staring at? The monster is gone.."
>>180800But you don't notice anything! Lol
>>180791She sighs yet again
"Yeah, something like that. Ponies have utterly lost sight of the good, these days. Well, some of them has. But all it takes is a few to do a lot of bad."
>>180788>>180792Fast healing doesn't even kick in until 50% of HP is lost according to your character sheet>>180787The black griffin blinks multiple times, then turns his head around to look at the stallion who is on his back, and has his arms wrapped around him.
"Ooo... ooo woo?"
The griffin asks, blushing
>>180792Mala
[1d20+1 = (3+1) = 4]
>>180800Brie is wearing a mask, so his facial features are indistinguishable,... but if you were to ASK him, he MIGHT have something to say about care and earfuls....
>>180802Oh gawd, Brie is gonna make a non-lethal bop
[1d20+7 = (14+7) = 21]
>>180800He shrugs, figuring Posey just made a bad joke
"May I heal you as well?
I saw you wrestling that dog from hell,
I am sure it got you before its farewell"
>>180804[1d6+2 = (5+2) = 7] nonlethal bop
>>180802Crit immunity + damage reduction (silver or magic)
>Wounds heal immediately, or the weapon bounces off harmlessly (in either case, the opponent knows the attack was ineffective).
In Posey's case, it's the former, since she gets it from her vampire heritage. For all intents and purposes, it looked like she was stabbed in the heart, twice.
>>180805
"Absolutely not! S-sorry, I just really don't believe in c-cure spells..."
Bluff
[1d20+14 = (15+14) = 29]
>>180807Dammit, spoiler fail
>>180800Silver and Kira look on as the magic works its, well, magic. Silver's wounds seemingly patch themselves up before their very eyes. While Silver isn't at 100%, he's absolutely feeling a lot better without having those vicious injuries.
Silver: "Thank you very much, Dust."
Kira: "Ooooooooooooooooo!" Now it's Silver's turn to be
poke poked by the noodle.
>>180801Thankfully, Silver already knows that Posey is cursed, and as such is less worried about this revelation than perhaps Posey is worried about. Kira, for her part, is more amazed by Posey's resiliency than anything else, and would continue to
poke poke Posey's chest if it wasn't for her currently
poke poking Silver's shoulder.
>>180795You have a sense that Posey is bullshitting.
>>180803Silver was simply the priority because he had a very obvious hole in his chest. Yes everyone has minor ear damage now but you treat the dude with a punctured lung before the ruptured eardrum.
Also stop deleting your posts before I shove mangos uo Brie's ponut.
>>180807Well, he ain't beating that. So I won't even try
Dust simply shrugs, and turns towards the bat with a glowing hoof as well, eyebrows cocked in a questioning glance.
>>180809Dust also nods at Silver
>>180807The damage reduction is +2. She took 12 and then about 4 damage. She took damage, and it doesn't heal instantly
>>180810>a senseBrie beat the bluff by +10, its more than a sense. Not gonna say nothing, just taking notes.
>>180812I can hatch out the specifics later, but for now I think I need to honor the RP consequences of suffering a grievous wound that would have killed a normal pony.
>>180799^^
>>180802"Each day the princess gets out of her bed and raises the sun, turning the year beautiful. Each day, you water this Solemn Vow flower."~Vir feels something cold grip her heart. She looks away and inhales through her teeth.
Her throat aches.
"Well! I hope we all have reached a better place... except you," Brie says, somehow communicating disgust at the Black Griffon. He says this more to break the tension and allow the Red Griffon to (maybe?) regain composure.
>>180816Is it the amoebas? Shit, they are striking back. Better get some alcohol to kill them.
In that Cavaliere speaks their language, I would be okay with waiting for them to main the dialogue
>>180822>Is it the amoebas? Shit, they are striking back. Better get some alcohol to kill them.Indeed.
"Well, I gotta exercise," Vir says. "See you later."
Vir says and starts walking in quick pace towards the back, in the assumption that she'll be able to navigate her way on her own to the garden.
She feels an incoming migraine as the soreness in her throat continues.
Okay, nerfings aside, I think Posey would want to try on the sea crown now. It's probably a bad idea, but I'm really curious.
Posey changes the subject from her supernatural body by motioning to put the cursed crown on her head. Does anypony object?
>>180827Silver is not
especially stoked at the idea. It would help if Posey gave him her blessing to knock the crown off her head at the first sign of trouble.
>>180813Then he can tell that there's something deeply fucked up and evil about Posey's physiology and that she's keeping a horrible secret.
In hindsight, it might have something to do with the blood vomit and convulsions from earlier.
And now that he looks at it, her chest doesn't appear to be beating like a heart, but more like it's throbbing erratically.
I think at this point you're entitled to a spot check.
>>180828Huh, that's a good idea.
Posey requests that silver use his readied action to knock it off if she becomes fully possessed.
>>180825Of course she can find it. It’s just past this door. No, that door. This one? Oh yes, this one. Thank Celestia. She opens it to find several flower beds. There are some dead plants, a cage to help tomatoes grow upright, some proper cages in the back for… peacocks? Anyways. There’s an open area of rocks to exercise in. The who area is walled off by stone.
>>180830>spot checkUnnecessary at this point, that she's trying to keep a lid on it is enough to tell him what he needs to know for now
>>180830Silver nods, and gets ready with either the flat of his sword or the grip, whichever Posey is more comfortable with.
>>180831With Cavaliere's player offline, can we use his character to translate what the red griffon says?
>>180833Perhaps he could translate for us?
>>180832The spot check would be to notice that she has no shadow.
>>180835Brie isn't experienced at dealing with spoopy like that, so I'm retracting his proficiency bonus
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
>>180837
>mounted
No, but close enough to re-grapple if they try to level the gun
>>180839(and they did get bapped for 7 nonlethal for lewd)
>>180841
*sighs*
I'm just gonna take the Attack of Opportunity and disarm
[1d20+8 = (20+8) = 28]
Weapon is ranged, so Black takes a penalty on his opposition roll
>Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come!" I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
Muh crown of conquest
>>180837
Posey's greed and lust for power gets the better of her.
She puts on the crown.
What are the consequences.
>>180842>nat 20Brie snaps the rifle out of Black's hooves, points it in their face, and tilts his head as if to say "Are we done?"
>>180845
Will the conqueress become the conquered?
Let's find out
[1d20+9 = (14+9) = 23]
>>180849
[1d20+3 = (1+3) = 4]
Initiative
>>180847>>180849I believe this is time for Silver to bonk the crown off of Posey's head, since he was ready for this possibility
[1d20+16 = (20+16) = 36]
>>180849Oh well. I guess Posey got what was coming to her.
Here's her character sheet, for reference:
https://www.myth-weavers.com/sheets/?id=2789871
>>180852>>180853With the flat of his greatsword's blade, Silver deftly
BONKs the crown off of Posey's head, causing it to bounce and clatter off of the nearest wall onto the floor.
Silver: "Okay, lesson learned, we are never doing anything that stupid ever again."
>>180855"Oh, I think I could be trusted with such a thing."
>5 posts deleted
GM is deleting his posts. It looks like he doesn't like what I just did.
GM, if you want to pause for a bit, I'm fine with that. I thought trying on the obviously-cursed item would be fun, but maybe you don't think so.
>>180857I wont be petty right now, but bruh
>>180859
What happens though? Does Possy become an NPC?
Maybe we just retcon it back to before Posey tried putting on the crown? It was kinda a stupid idea to begin with, let's be honest.
>>180861Ngl, I intended to put on the crown from the moment I first read about it.
I was going to make it a Legacy Item Familiar and everything.
>>180862My understanding was that the crown was an intelligent cursed item that had dominated its user, and that a strong willed individual could learn to master it.
It's risky, but I also thought it was really cool.
>>180831>Of course she can find it. It’s just past this door. No, that door. This one? Oh yes, this one. Thank Celestia. hehe
Vir undresses and places the bundle of cloth that is her worn cloak on the floor before stepping into the open area.
She starts to run in place. Then she courches down before jumping higha few times. Feeling her breath now and some warmth in her joints. It wasn't hard to fan the engine since she'd already exerted herself while during the dip in Delamare river. She cringes a little, remembering that she called it the Delabear river during her talk with Heather.
Soon she's on the ground again. Doing some muscle exercises like push-ups and sit-ups but a pony version of that.
After really pushing herself to the limit with those exercises, she pants in tempo with any rock song, feel the sweat pour out across her body.
Do ponies sweat? Searches. Apparently, so.It washes away the amoebas on her forehead, darken her vanilla-coffee-like fur in random huge patches, and makes her the immense volume of her vine-gummy red mane stick to her neck and flatten out.
Next up is the main course. Practicing her: Protective stances against imaginary opponents, punches and kicks, flips and rolls, and heavy attacks (full body swing kicks).
This takes about an hour and a half, and after this she finds herself laying on her side panting on repeat as stomach expands and collapses.
She can channel the flashes of pain that her visions of the past brings into her training to push her slightly more, however, she doesn't do this willingly, since it increases her desire for a drink. That too can be used to further push her in her training but again, the fallout of doing so is that now whatever pride she had about not asking for is all but gone.
>>180861Perhaps Posey can roll an insight check or something, to have the good sense to arcane whatever analysis before doing something monumentally stupid,....
>>180864You deduced this from 2 rounds of combat? No, you fired off half-cocked is what you did.
>>180867No, but I'm willing to accept that consequences of my actions, whatever they may be. It would be a fitting end for a villainous character, falling to their own greed.
>>180868Sorry GM, not trying to steal your thunder, but I'd say roll a wisdom check to not fuck shit sideways.
>>180868In fairness, what I know of Posey so far is that while reckless, they wouldn't expose themselves to an unknown effect but known mind-affecting object without at LEAST playing with it a bit, and CERTAINLY NOT BEFORE THE FIGHT IS OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED, IDEALLY WITH RED GOING "Oh, hey, what the fuck, stand down"
You mong
But we can take down the unicorn too, that's not a huge problem. Kira and Brie alone can immobilize.
>>180865[YouTube] The Karate Kid Montage - You're the Best
[Embed]Heather pokes her head in
"Need anything to drink?"
She does clarify
"Water? Tea, perhaps?"
>>180870A griffin who had experience with the crown, and who was acting at the request of other griffins who also had experience with the crown, raised his rifle to shoot at and destroy the crown.
And Brie's action was to stop this from happening and threaten the griffin for doing that.
Let that sink in. Ruminate on it. Remember it. Because I will.
>>180874Noted, but the Griffon was aiming at an ostensible ally. His actions may have been - likely were - well warranted, but so were Brie's. He's supposed to keep ponies alive this time,....
>>180870So what happens now? Silver knocked it off, right?
If Post wasn't successful, she would move to stow the precious in her satchel.
>>180876I have no idea. I thought that all that needed to happen was to make it bluntly obvious that putting the crown on was a very, very, bad idea, and then people wouldn’t put the crown on. Clearly I was wrong, and people would put it on because they think it’s funny.
You all figure out what you want to have happened. I am going to sleep.
>>180875>>180876>>180877I think it's probably best that we all agree that all of what just happened didn't, that the crown is way too unsafe for anyone to wear, and Silver should keep it with him so we can blow it up with the airship components.
Im okay with rolling it alot of ways, but Silver got a nat 20, and was expressly geared for spoopiness
I'd argue that as a ready action saving the day
>>180877Sorry GM...
>You all figure out what you want to have happened.I think it's fair to seduce that Silver knocked the crown off of Posey's head as it was going to possess her.
>>180878I really, really, really do want to keep the crown. I believed this could have been a pivotal moment in Posey's character development. She wouldn't put it on again, but instead keep it for study in the hopes that she could truly wear it some day.
>>180881Blowing it up with the airship components was my original plan for what Silver would want done with it, as I don't think there's a Curse Purge Plus or anything like that that can remove the cursed aspect of the crown. I know you really want Posey to have it, but there will be more opportunities to get safer, better loot, and the crown really is just too dangerous for anyone to have. Besides, this can be a pivotal moment in Posey's development as well, realizing when to let go.
>>180881>I wanted itYes, your proclivities regarding gibs are well established. e_e
Luckily, at the least the crown can no longer be said to be on Rosey's head, if not outright in Silver's hands (which honestly is the best place right now)
>>180884I am fully in favor, OOC or IC
Of course, when you’re invulnerable, you don’t need to care about cursed items. They are just a joke. Like the poison flower Posey rubbed on herself only after he knew what it was.
If Posey is placing it in her head, the NPCs will cumulatively either destroy the crown, or die in the attempt. It isn’t being taken as a prize in that event.
>>180884>as I don't think there's a Curse Purge Plus or anything like that that can remove the cursed aspect of the crownIt's simple, actually: become the crown's friend. A pony who spends time with the crown could bond with it and turn it into an intelligent legacy item, with a disposition friendly to that pony.
>saferI promise not to put it on again. It'll be safe in Posey's bag and nobody in the party will ever have to worry about it.
"It's mine! I plucked it from the enemy! Everyone gets a cut of the treasure, and this is my cut." Posey says
"Besides, it's just so... Beautiful..."
>>180874>montage^^
Sadly, I haven't seen that movie so that's all I take away from that.
Booze, Vir's mind screams. Usually, training eases her addiction somewhat but it also lowers her guard against it, being tired and all. Right now, she craves it.
"I could go for some te-"
Tea? Eeh, your actin' all grown-up again. I'll have soda thank you very much," Vir hears her filly-self say.
She and a two other fillies, a pale turquoise unicorn with an even paler hay-yellow for mane and a red Pegasus filly with a mane looking like it was made entirely of carrot peels sit around a small round table. The unicorn lifts the soda can with red juicy liquid with her hooves and pours some in Vir's cup.
"Well, I can try some tea, Hope's," says the red filly.
Pew Seat.
"I..."
Vir looks casts Heather a look before she curls in herself on the ground as she hugs herself.
>>180887As a former GM, I would describe a reality-warping moment, where a whole slough of undesirable consequences flashed before Rosey's eyes, almost as a premonition, before allowing her to re-think putting on the crown.
>>180889Note for myself: Unicorn filly in flashback name is Hope's Anchor.
>>180890And then if they still chose poorly (read, disaffecting the game for everyone) THEN yeet
>>180888Eh...I don't think this crown works like that. Honestly, it's best that we retcon it. We've seen the fault in our actions, now we learn from them and move on. Remember, there's an entire boat full of potential loot still out there for the claiming once we save those Navy ponies. She has better uses for all of that loot than she does one lousy cursed crown.
>>180890Honestly, not the worst idea. If we retcon it I was just going to have Silver take and pocket the crown safely away for later pyrotechnic destruction.
>>180890That's pointless though. Posey didn't put on the crown because she didn't know the consequences of putting on the crown. She put it on because Posey's player knew it was cursed and knew that it was a bad idea. This was intentional. It's like in movies or TV shows where a character can't die, so they openly defy death in a deliberate act of disrespect or daring. He built this frankenstien's monster character from a thousand third party source books and made it impossible to kill, so he'll basically just dare anything in the environment to kill him, however obvious. This isn't the first time he's done it either. He did it before with the poisoned flower.
I suppose the only proper solution is to let him lose the character, let the rest of the party kill the character, and then make him make a new character using only things that are in the SRD. But it's just so aggravating.
>>180894It could be amended along the lines of "what happened to the crown after getting slapped off", but in that Rosey's character is super-badass at magic I would encourage a reevaluation with tampering with crazy magics RIGHT NOW. That would also leave the crown in Rosey's hooves, which I have mixed feelings about,...
Clownworld, amitrite?
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>>180889Heather looks at the mare curling into the fetal position
"Are you okay?"
>>180895I'll dispense with the unhelpfulness.
This is an opportunity. Posey as a player can learn a lesson, OR Posey as a player AND Rosey as a character can learn a lesson (the latter, getting nerfed or killed). The latter isn't helpful, imo
While I'm on about meta, I'm also in support of a 'mulligan', to be fleshed out if theres interest.
Significant penalties, but an undoing of something stupid
>>180894I just want to keep it. I won't put it on. I've always wanted an evil, cursed crown, since I first made this character. Also said it in this post here:
>>180076>>180895Posey doesn't have any kind of blanket immunity to curses or item-domination; just a high will save. She's just cocky, and she doesn't value her life; she's so desperate for power so that she can finally become a master. Also, she's always wanted a magical crown of her own.
Item domination isn't even a mind-affecting attack: Posey would be vulnerable to it even before she was nerfed.
>>180896I'm okay with that
>>180901My prevailing/preferred interpretation is that Silver slapped the shit off your face, along with the taste, for good measure e_e
Well figure out what you want to do. I am going to sleep for real this time.
I was going to do an "Are you sure" before the crown was placed on, but decided to have it happen in character. That was ignored, and when it was, I knew an out of character "Are you sure" would be as well.
We can just play it out as it happened, but that crown is getting destroyed.
>>180897She ceases her struggling and sighs. She peers up at the mare with dejected eyes.
"Before. you said that, 'Maybe, Celestia
is with me,'" Vir says and mimics the way Heather said the words she quotes her on. "But that is not the case. I'm not good enough of a pony for that..."
I'd also just like to point out we are kinda filling up the thread with OOC discussion about this crown, and I know there are some players who are upset about dropping everything to play the game and then the game comes crashing to a halt because of this crown business.
>>180901>>180902Silver is definitely taking and pocketing the crown in this case. Sorry, Posey's player, but it's best for both Posey the character and the game as a whole if we destroy the crown. We'll find some other cool loot for Posey to take some other time.
I'd also like to have Cavaliere calm the griffons down and explain to them that Silver's intention is to blow up the crown with explosives when they get to their objective.
>>180906NGL, I want the stones, but for now Silver is best trusted with it IMO
>>180906>it's best for both Posey the character and the game as a whole if we destroy the crown.It's not like it's any danger to anyone if nopony is wearing it.
Also, this is an artifact, and likely a major one. It shouldn't be destroyed so easily.
>We'll find some other cool loot for Posey to take some other time.It won't be the same...
This is the first major piece of treasure I've found that I felt was fitting for Posey. It's cursed. It's evil. It fits her archetypical theme. It even has her color scheme.
If Posey is eventually going to become a lich, I want that crown to be her phylactery, even if it's 16 levels from now.
>OOCThen let's talk about it in character instead.
>>180910>lets talk about it IC insteadUhm, read the room
>>180911Whatever. I'm going to bed too.
>>180910What I mean by "the game as a whole" is that Posey keeping the crown will likely lead to a whole lot of OOC conflict between you and GM pone. No one wants that to happen, it brings down the mood in the entire thread and no one wants you to get disheartened and quit because of constant arguing.
If you really want an evil crown to be Posey's phylactery, then I would like to suggest a better alternative. Silver has basically poured all of skill points into Weaponsmithing and Armorsmithing, and I'm fairly certain that would translate into knowledge in forging a crown for Posey, one befitting her nature and her design. Posey could then, as she gains power and as she goes along, corrupt it into an evil artifact attuned specifically for her. To me that sounds like a really, really cool idea for Posey.
So! Brie has ALOT to think about going into THIS 'pause'.
Silver is per his usual self (a little naive and all, but respectably so)
Kira has some solid technique, there may be a chance for collaboration on choking and things
Dust WAS gonna be on Brie's shitlist, cuz the stun-nade, but I'm waiting to see the deterministic resolution to the crown debacle. Rosey's reputation hinges.
Cavaliere seems possessed of decent technique; without knowing his specialty, he isn't a complete newb
>>180906Also in favor of Cavaliere at least getting a shot at deescalation with the Griffons
>>180900As an unintended Olive Branch, Brie has a very similar disposition (POWER) but has entirely different means of going about it. Perhaps in the aftermath they can have a conversation over a cup of Pu'er tea
Fine, I'll fuck off
![Derpy Hooves :derpy-hooves:](/static/emoji/derpy-hooves.png)
>>180804Also a reminder, Black got bonked
>>180729Just gonna draw back to this for a second (cuz stop me, faggits xp)
It was in the performance of the Himeru technique that Brie had to consciously remind himself "Don't kill right away!"
While innocuous, that was a falling dominoe.
>>180919(If u WANNA read into it, yes, he is having a moment where a bunch of advice and conditioning and other shit is re-condensing in his mind)
(I am taking a BIT of liberties, but this was foreshadowed or literally designated to GM and it doesn't detract from the action so deal XP)
>>180676Oof, poor Posey.
>>180681Nopony rolled for me…
>>180733>>180735I gave permission. Stunning fist can be used only once per day though, can't it?
Which means I can't use it in combat for the rest of this mission>>180775>infernal is Sanskritpic related
>>180784>>180788Cavaliere turns to Posey, his eyes brimming with anger. He speaks tersely and with a raised voice.
"Your recklessness could have gotten us or the griffons killed. It very well injured Silver Sword here, and we are all now less prepared for the main mission because of it. Crown or not, I was close to getting these souls out of this boat, and then we could gotten rid of the crown without any injury. Clearly it was a mistake to bring you along with the unnecessary danger you put us through."I'll ignore the whole crown fiasco. Also, don't let this scolding be taken personally. You add a lot to this game which makes life so enjoyable.Cavaliere turns to Defiant Dust, evidently still fuming but with a more leveled tone. He rubs his head painfully.
"Zebra healing magic is renowned the world over for good reason. I would much rather that you stayed with that. Thank you for your healing arts, but if you're going to make loud noises then bring aspirin next time."And finally he turns back to the griffons, who are still injured and must look quite afraid.
"Ik verontschuldig me voor deze onaangename omstandigheden. U vond een voorwerp dat u onwel maakte in uw hoofd en we konden het niet op een rustige manier van u afhalen. Ik weet niet zeker of u zich kunt herinneren wat er is gebeurd. We zullen u zo goed mogelijk helpen en u van dit eiland afhalen, maar eerst moeten we een paar airponies helpen die ook gestrand zijn.">>180824Thank you, and I'm sorry I could not be back sooner.
>>180792Opposed:
[1d20+8 = (4+8) = 12]>>180884Cavaliere would
not permit Posey to keep the crown, especially after all that's happened. It doesn't matter if she's power-hungry and doesn't value her life. He knows she's not responsible enough to take the evil artifacts. He doesn't care whether it is destroyed or not.
>>180913A good compromise!
>>180925Uh, stunning fist is once per turn, at a cost of 1 ki point.
>>180932Nevermind, I did it again, mixing 5e and 3.5e,...
You're right, 1 stunning fist per 4 character levels, per day AND no more than 1x per round.
While I attempt to affect a veil of patience waiting for everyone/anyone to become available, allow me a short interlude to describe what happened from Brie's perspective.
Brie doesn't know spoopy magic or artifacts, but he does know value, and that's a fancy tiara. And for reasons he's not sure of Silver, Rosey, and Dust seem awfully keen to remove it. Sidelong, he whispers to Cavaliere "Hey, I'll wrap that red Griffon up, you yank the crown, yeah?" to which Cavaliere nods. Bracing to spring into action,....
Dust drops his stun grenade.
"What... the... everloving...."
"I dunno... dude"
I know it wasn't intended to go that way, and there was no malice behind it. Honestly, that's one of the most classic examples of RP tomfoolery I can think of. Its in my personal top 2
plz dont do that again, or let me get out of the AoE
>>180938Fine, I'll give warning before popping AoE spells. But if I get fireball from a wand or something, we're all dying. I doubt that will happen though, Dust's luck seems to be cursed thus far
>>180939Rolling to boop the zigger
[1d20+7 = (4+7) = 11]
>>180939There was no warning to give, it was the first round and Brie got fucked first on initiative, second on being a rogue (a whole +1 fort for 5 levels e_e), and third on his saving throw. He got +2 for his monk dip, and I gave him a +2 for earplugs (he is wearing earplugs, anticipating firearms and explosions), but even then he was doomed.
>>180940>touch AC is 10scrunch>>180942Fair enough, perhaps the party can have discussions about strats moving forward so the zeeb doesn't flashbang his comrades
I know jack all about EaW, so I'm imagining zeebs are very utilitarian "you can catch your allies in the crossfire as long as you're doing more to the enemy" style of fighting. It's not that Dust wants to hit allies, but he considers it a necessary evil, and knows he can heal them after. He's used to the same treatment. Perhaps he shall have to learn against this.
>>180972You should definitely play Equestria at War to know the source material. Unfortunately the wiki is very much out of date and has no information on Zebrica. I haven't played much in the way of zebra countries either, but I do know that their special unit is "chargers" who are a sort of warrior caste.
We have an OOC thread now which can work to tidy up discussion.
https://mlpol.net/vx/179654
>>180972>perhaps the party can have discussionsWill. And when we get to it, please allow me to disclose that my primary purpose in expressing Brie will be comedy; any appearance of vitriol are thematic and contextual. I really had a great time even with all the cortisol/drama, and I hope we can play again soon.
>>180991Me too. I liked the combat, personally. I liked the element that we were less fighting to kill the griffons and more to just get rid of the crown/tiara's influence. I thought it added a bit more depth, since we were making moves to try to stun, immobilize, and disarm rather than outright damage them.