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Anonymous
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No.179654
Parallel containment thread for out of character discussions related to the roleplay thread.
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GM Pony
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No.180971
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GM Pony
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No.180973
Also, as I said to Posey:

Bat Ponies are not indigenous to "Neighpone." They are specifcally indigenous to the Equestrian Southeast. Whatever "neighpone" is, bat ponies don't come from there.
Anonymous
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>>180970
>how, kirins?
This is where my ignorance of EaW starts to shine through,... I sorta always thought of bat ponies as asians or stand-ins, like how ziggers and griffons,....
>>180971
Again, I'm increasingly appreciative about how the idea needs work,.... But uh, you see the direction I'm TRYING to go with it,....
Anonymous
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No.180976
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>honestly always thought that since Neighpone is the "country" in /mlp/ OC lore that is the Japanese equivalent "why wouldn't that just carry over into EaW?"
>honestly hasn't bothered to learn ANY of the EaW lore, and will be doing so promptly so can fix Lacey AND Brie's backstory to fit with the setting
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Anonymous
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No.180978
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>>180968
If you're interested in opening a business and not being an adventurer, consider the dragonlance Master class:
https://srd.dndtools.org/srd/classes/baseDragonlance/master.html
The Master class is basically a better version of the Expert NPC class. It lets you optimize certain downtime skills. It absolutely sucks in combat, but you won't care when you're making fat stacks of cash using the Profession skill.
Then check the DMG2 rules for running a business, which involves a specialized profession check. This basically turns it into a business management minigame (pic related).
Your lvl 5 starting gold is about everything you need to buy moderately sized building, as well as the supplies you need for your business.
After you've established your franchise, you could even turn your establishment into a guild, using Favored In Guild, Leadership and GuildMaster.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.180979
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>>180974
>>180976
There are a couple options for a Japanese-influenced character's origins. You have the kirin cultures, obviously, but there is a pony option out there, however odd it may be. Lake City, also known as Jezeragrad, is a pony country in the Riverlands (Eastern Griffonia) based loosely on Serbia judging from its language, but it also has a lot of Japanese flavor to it at the same time. A couple specific examples are a focus in its Princely Restoration path granting planes the ability to suicide attack (kamikaze), and the various manufacturing Guilds within the nation, including one guild named "Maresubishi". It wouldn't be too hard to develop other varied Japanese-inspired elements such as the Yakuza coming out of Lake City, or from Lakeish immigrants.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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No.180982
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>>180979
>>180981
Tbh, I'm really not fond of EaW world building in some ways. It's a good pony adaptation for HoI, but it's world-building leaves a lot to be desired. Imperial Japan was a major player in WWII, but EaW doesn't really represent Asia well at all, despite having equivalencies for other countries. When they added Kirin they made them part of the Zebra continent.
As for languages, maybe we could consolidate languages into language groups? 3.5e doesn't account for humanoids if the same race having hundreds of different languages. D20 modern, which is based on real life, makes it much easier for PCs to learn new languages.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.180983
>>180981
Herzland Griffons are like this weird mix of Austrians and Byzantines, while Equus Changelings (not Greneclyf Changelings) are German Germans.
Anonymous
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No.180984
>>180975 →
Unfortunately, I loathe HOI4. It took me 170 hours to realize I just don't enjoy it (with at least 100 of those hours being EaW). My autism is simply not alligned with map simulators. Strange, cause I fucking love Risk but I can't get into games like HOI4, Stellaris, or CKII.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>180985
It's not really all that complicated. It's just a few d20 rolls using your skill mod. If you can handle playing a rogue, you can handle running a fictional business.
Anonymous
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>>180987
There's fun tables you can roll for story events related to your business.
The DMGII is full of these fun rules. It's a good book.
Anonymous
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No.180989
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>>180987
>>180988
While I can appreciate that that's all appreciable, for me that is the OPPOSITE of what I want to do. I just want the pretense of a modest business that covers for a very profitable and very illegal series of ciminal enterprise, under the auspices of a well established family of japanese-esque origins. Actual in-game money and valuables are of little interest to me as a player, just as long as my players have the "fine things" that their background and story would afford.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.180990
180993
I've got plans for a business for my character(s), though that's more just for a little bit of passive income to help support my NPC collection addiction and to provide the facilities for crafting all kinds of equipment for all of the characters.
GM Pony
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No.180992
>>180929
Oh, I can definitely think of ideas for the character I hope I can do her justice.

>>180930
Hmmm... Well, for now, you control her, so I can see more of what your vision for her is. I suppose that if you want longer, interactive flashbacks, then we can do that, if perhaps a little later.
Anonymous
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No.180993
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Anonymous
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No.180994
>>180993
I can see the merit for the structure and rules, especially as something of an element for a base of operations or a recurring campaign setting, et al. Thank you for bringing it to my attention, though I'm not sure I want to engage that level of detail. Better first to fix the freakin' backstory.
That's another thing, I like to play fast and loose with the parts of backstories that will never get presented; dead relatives, being an easy example
GM Pony
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No.180995
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Anonymous
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No.180997
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>>180995
>a tiara
Ha, a dude was wearing a tiara! GAY!
GM Pony
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No.180999
181005
>>180997
You should have seen what Brie was doing with a griffin
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.181001
oooooo...oowooo?
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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No.181005
>>180999
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/47pxhhDAVjk [Embed]
GM Pony
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For the tiara situation, there are two basic routes:

Continue more or less with how things happened, with Posey putting on the tiara, Silver knocking it off, the griffins becoming either hostile or at least panicked, and then the tiara being shot by mala thrice, then carried out and dumped in the ocean by Cavaliere or one of the griffins or... something

Or, a retcon. Either to never attempt to put it on, or to Posey having the tiara slapped out of her hoof by the yellow griffin.

>>181002
Well... That's much better than what I though
Anonymous
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No.181008
>>181007
>destroyed
Granted
>discarded
Let's not get hasty,....
Anonymous
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>>181007
I would really strongly prefer a path where the Tiara is still intact (also, RAW, a major artifact can only be destroyed in a single, specific way, so bullets really shouldn't hurt it), because I'm really interested in it and I believe it could be a source of amazing story or character development, but I also know that because I recklessly tried it on my opinion probably doesn't matter...
>Either to never attempt to put it on
Well, we could roll those Arcana/Religion checks.
Anonymous
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No.181011
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>>181007
>retcon
A lot of the involved posts were deleted already, so maybe retcon is the best path.
Brie
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No.181012
>>181009
Ngl, Brie also wants to keep the tiara intact, even if it means voiding the badass rifle disarm Brie pulled. He doesnt want to use it, he wants to appraise it (hes good at that too). He sees potential value to,... well somepony like Rosie, and he would like a share in that value.
GM Pony
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No.181013
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>>181009
>Noooo you can't destroy it with 12 gauge buck shot!
Who said it was a major artifact? And in any case, you don't need to destroy it. Just throw it into the sea and it's gone forever.

>>181011
I wasn't sure how to handle it in the moment. My first instinct was to just say out of character "Are you sure about that?" Then I figured I could have the characters do it in game in character. When that was ignored, I figured any out of character "Are you sure?" would be equally ignored, so I went into just describing the "find out" portion of "fuck around." I guess the players were into it, but I wasn't, because at that point the whole session and probably more had been thoroughly derailed and I was just sick of it.
Anonymous
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No.181015
>>181013
I should have been more considerate, sorry to derail your session.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.181017
Well, on the one hoof, I know Brie's player wants to use this event as an opportunity for Brie's character development. On the other, retconning would let us find ways to safely make use of the crown such that we can profit off of it, such as dismantling it to sell.

>>181009
pet pet pet
No, it matters, it's just...conflicted with GM pone's current feelings.
Anonymous
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No.181019
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>>181013
What if it falls on the head of a whale? Or worse.... A whale pony?
Brie
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No.181021
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>>181013
I assumed that Rosey wouldn't be permitted to cause any irreparable damage, except to themselves, by putting on the crown. It is expressly what I would have done in your case (lit "Drop to 0 health"), but I'm not happy about your experience of it all
Brie
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No.181024
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In any case, I can work with it whichever way we decide to go, but retcon seems the easiest for everyone so I vote that.
The actual specifics of the retcon will only determine whether Brie has a rifle in his hooves, so I abstain on that
Anonymous
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No.181042
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>>181041 →
Posey also appreciates amoebas. Some of them are her friends.
Anonymous
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No.181045
>>181042
^^
Well, sorry to tell you this. I ate them.
Anonymous
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No.181047
>>181021
One of Posey's few downsides is that, being undead, if she drops to 0 health she instantly disintegrates. There is no way to render her unconscious or incapacitated, which makes balancing danger more difficult. With a regular character, losing a fight isn't the end of the world but Posey tends to go ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK and there's no way to stop her without permanently ending her.
GM Pony
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No.181052
181066 181073
Okay, two options:

After Posey has tried on the tiara, with it knocked off on the ground, the griffins riled up, Brie holding the rifle, Mala attempting (failing?) to shoot it.

Before Posey decides to put it on.

Take your pick
Anonymous
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No.181056
181057
Anyone have the 3.5e Dungeon Master's handbook?
Anonymous
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No.181057
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>>181056
I don't have physical copy but I have this:
https://archive.org/details/dungeon-masters-guide-v-3.5/page/n15/mode/2up
Anonymous
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No.181059
181086
>>181057
Thank you!
GM Pony
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No.181066
181073
>>181052
I suppose in the former you can try to keep the tiara, but the griffins become hostile again.
Brie
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Brie
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No.181072
For sake of brevity:

We can argue about where/what, or we can continue on and try not to nerf this whole game. ^,_,^
Anonymous
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No.181073
>>181052
>>181066
In the latter case, Posey would just immediately put the Tiara in her purse after snatching it off the griffon.
This would delay having to deal with the Tiara until later.
Anonymous
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No.181075
181076
Ill ammend my previous to offer a choice:
1. Posey puts the crown away - saying something about how "These types of magics must be studied in a carefully controlled environment, the captain is lucky to be alive." - and Posey can collaborate with GM on what will.occur with it later.

Or

2. The tiara is on the ground and Rosey is stunned.
Anonymous
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No.181076
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>>181075
>1. Posey puts the crown away - saying something about how "These types of magics must be studied in a carefully controlled environment, the captain is lucky to be alive." - and Posey can collaborate with GM on what will.occur with it later.
That does sound like something a smart and responsible Necrologist would say...
Anonymous
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No.181077
Not to discourage other player input here, Im speaking for myself, but am also drawing something of a line in the sand. As one of the most disruptive players in this game, I'm increasingly impressed with how easy it is to 'want' to spin their character in a particular manner that "makes sense". The problem is, while.plausible, the reactions that the player in the moment decides are one of 1000 actual options; its not inevitability, its impulsivity driving the actions.

Scenario 1 allows Rosey to reset and act the calculating pseudo-villain they seem to want to be.

Scenario 2 allows Rosey to indulge those fantasies strategically improperly and prematurely
Anonymous
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No.181078
I'm heavy-camping on GMs professed intent to 'let Posey have it just dont do the thing' here
Anonymous
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No.181079
181095
As a GM, I HATE when players try to 'surprise' me with freak actions and shit. Im here for the shenanigens, but allow me to help YOU make it fun for everyone, while not disrupting all my hard work.

Is what Id say if I were GM
Anonymous
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No.181080
181081 181095
>>181071
Reeee it wasn't a grenade! It was divine zigger magical arts! Though now that I think about it I probably could have popped a thunderstone for similar effect without inducing eardrum bleeding....
Oops?
Anonymous
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No.181081
181082 181092 181095
>>181080
You... have thunderstones...? I expressly asked for thunderstones... ;_;
It would have the same effect, I wanna say my save roll was a 9?
Anonymous
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No.181082
181083
>>181081
The zeeb is trained in alchemy, and uses small alchemical weapons as ammo for his sling. I'm sure he can spare a few in the future.
Anonymous
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No.181083
181084
>>181082
Just use em on enemies. No dex bonus means sneak attacks :3
Anonymous
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No.181084
>>181083
>but anon, thunderstones dont remove dex bonus
They do if you do it right ^_~
Anonymous
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No.181085
Ugh,I'm doing it again, sorry.
Stealth killers rely on one or both types of stealth, auditory and visual.
Impairing the hearing of oppnents can be exploited with certain skill checks, enabling a crafty ninja to land almost all strikes as sneak attacks, which Brie has at a 3d6
Anonymous
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No.181086
>>181059
Np, fren ^^
Anonymous
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No.181087
181097
But back to the tiara
Im seriously and deliberately trying to structure this in a particular manner.

The underlying theme of the scenario compromise that is being proposed is this:

Yes, Posey can have the tiara if she is going to be responsible with it, and we can consider what transpired as a flash image in Rosey's mind as she briefly contemplated putting on the crown but deciding better of the idea.
Anonymous
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No.181090
We should retcon Posey putting on the tiara and have the party deliberate over what to do with it. Silver could have an interest in giving it to Pear and her university for study. Posey who is ostensibly from another university could contest it.
Anonymous
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No.181092
181094
>>181081
I could give you Posey's eggshell grenades. They're more suitable for Ninja-like characters anyway.
Anonymous
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No.181094
>>181092
Once I have blind fighting, he'll only need smoke bombs.
There was no other way unless we were supposed to take 2 feats at 1st level for some reason.
He took weapon focus:dagger, to open up Advanced dagger mastery, and then weapon finesse.
Advanced dagger mastery enables a character who is not a monk to do flurry of blows but only with dagger and dagger-like. It also grants quickdraw and a few other perks, but thats the main benefit. A little cheesy on its own, but more understandable since Brie has the 1 monk dip, which technically allows him to do that anyway EXCEPT when armored, which ADM would seem to not prohibit.
GM Pony
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Anonymous
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No.181096
>>181095
Nono, my vote is retcon, I PREFER we let it play
>but the whales and fishes
Ngl, I was thinking it as well
>it'll be fine
Brie trusts Silver, more or less
>you were bad and got coal in ur stocking
Fair
Anonymous
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No.181097
>>181087
This one
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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No.181099
>>181098
One thing you and I as GMs have in common is an appreciation for cursed items, however I am more like GM (seemingly) in that I condition my players to NOT play with the obviously evil thing - at their own emphatic risk/consequence - without preventative measures in place, and ESPECIALLY don't let it out of your hands/sight, thats how you get eldritch-kaiju field mice.
Anonymous
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No.181100
181107
I hate Ziggers and jewelry
Anonymous
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No.181104
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Spoilered
This image of Virgin Flame, I felt turned out great, so this is how she looks from here on.
Anonymous
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>>181104
Okay. You can all stop dying of laughter. Here's the real pic.
GM Pony
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Anonymous
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No.181108
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>>181104
Kek
Anonymous
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No.181109
>>181107
I am so game to fight a Leviathan, it would justify Rosie going super-saiyan
Anonymous
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>>181116
>9
Could be worse, mine is 6 ~_~
For roleplay purposes, Ill suggest 'slighly rude'
Anonymous
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No.181123
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>>181118
>Tfw 15 cha
Anonymous
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>>181123
>pic 1 related
^^
>>181118
>pic 2 related
^^
>Ill suggest 'slighly rude'
I came up with something similar but I worded it more like clumsy with her words. She means well after all. It's essentially the same.
Anonymous
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No.181128
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>>181126
A Cute
Anonymous
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No.181130
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>>181126
>Badger... Bear
Awww, Brie is cuddly :3
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.181133
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>>181095
>fluffernoodle
ur silly

I'd vote retcon, mostly because we weren't thinking straight and as a result our characters were decidedly out of character, and if we were thinking straight then things would have turned out much differently and this whole debacle wouldn't have occurred in the first place. I'd want Brie to get that moment of character development that his player wants, tho.
Anonymous
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No.181134
>>181133
>CM
I mean, thats gonna happen one way or another, its a question of "what memories/thoughts are gonna get triggered when it happens"
Anonymous
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No.181137
181147
One of the main conditions for the CM trigger is "genuinely fearing for his life", which I intend that GM will see to. The rest is more or less established, and will be detailed when the time comes.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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No.181138
181140 181302
>>181126
"Bask in my celestial radiance! [Kraken noises]!"
The Floof and The Noodle
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>>181138
"Fear me! [whale pone noises]"
Anonymous
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No.181143
181163
Zeeb here, I don't care what we do. I wasn't really involved. So I guess I abstain
GM Pony
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Anonymous
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No.181148
>>181147
When he was a colt, but never since, thats the thing
Anonymous
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No.181152
>griffon, gay, black
>jew nigger-faggot
Well played GM
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.181162
>>181147
is silly
bleps


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Anonymous
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No.181163
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>>181143
> I abstain
I vote we take the zigger to the zigger-boiler and have him boiled immediately.

All in favor reply "Boil that zigger!"
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.181164
>>181163
Nah, this one a qt. He can be granted honorary ponyship.
Anonymous
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No.181182
It's been a long time. When Amber got that invitation to Club Maurice, was it Dark Denizen or another pony that Dark Denizen sent? I haven't looked at it but I'm certain it was a bat pony and probably Dark Denizen.
Anonymous
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No.181187
181188
>>181163
Boiling the zigger results in zigger distillation. You will seperate him by the stripes into two beings.
Anonymous
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No.181188
>>181187
<Yer naurr boil ANY meat ye fukwits, ye braise or ye confit.
<Ziggers tend te be lean, so ye wanna cook em in butter er fat
Anonymous
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Anonymous
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>>181123
Amber has 17 charisma. Her cuteness is just too much to handle.

>>181208
Is scared

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