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>>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.
>>180865https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBktYJsJq-E [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?
https://youtu.be/4Dr03KQ-oAM?si=7qzpXFWoeWu6_Uag [Embed]
>>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

>>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.