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Occupied Equestria - Whaling Station
GM Pony
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The main part of the party in Mended Horn is wrapping up a matter at an Abandoned Whaling/Sealing station... somewhat. Virgin Flame has made her return and is celebrating with exercise and tea after recovering an important marble statue head and vanquishing several amoebas in the process.
Anonymous
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1st for Nadir
GM Pony
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No.181006
>>181004
scrunch
Anonymous
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I Hate Ziggers
GM Pony
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>>181010
[YouTube] South Park: People who annoy you [Embed]

You wanna start soon?
Stupid wannabe vampony
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>>181014
I was just waiting for the retcon/ruling in the OOC thread, before we decided how to continue.
Maybe pretend it never happened, and start the session with some lore checks.
Anonymous
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>>181014
Yea i'm good to go if you are.
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>>181018
Breathes in

Dark Star... Or is he still Solar Night? Wakes up in his tent. The light penetrates through the cloth, and opening the flaps, he sees outside to the now extinguished fire, to the cloud studded sky, and to the oak tree that looms above. If the trees weren't in the way, he knows he'd see the top of the Tall Sails building as well

There's something so relaxing about camping and being in nature. It's lonely, to be sure, and nature can be brutal in its indifference. But that's the charm, really. Nopony, and especially, nocreature, to cause him trouble. No expectations, no disappointment. No troubles of society at all. Just the sound of birds chirping their early morning songs, and the occasional movement of the wind
Anonymous
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>>181020
Dark Star sighs and rubs the back of his head before sitting up. he straightens his jacket and walks outside into the picturesqe landscape and breaths in the fresh air.
He looks around his campsite, a few bottles of apple whiskey lay strewn out near the campfire. then he feels the slight headache from the good time he had drinking. he walks down to the river bank where he has left his fishing pole from the night before.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>181023
Can you describe what Dark Star looks like?
His name sounds like Death Knight material. Rosey Ring might be interested in him...
Anonymous
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>>181028
Yea, Dark Star is an Earth pony ranger, He's like Fascist James dean. Red Coat, Short black mane, black leather jacket, sometimes he has his coat dyed for his job with the black hooves.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>181029
~Ooh, a Fascist Ranger, with excellent taste in clothing. What are his Favored Enemies?
Does he consider himself a warrior? A huntsman? Does he hold deep feelings of resentment or hatred towards his favored foes? Does he want to exterminate them? Does he wish to grow stronger? Does he fight for a cause? Would he even... die for that cause?
Anonymous
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>>181023
So like,... the first night,... he pitched a tent
Yeah! Yeah! And then when he woke up, he went for his pole!
(vigorous giggling)
Anonymous
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>>181030
>What are his Favored Enemies?
Zebras
>Does he consider himself a
He's a Gunslinger, think Travis Bickle from taxi driver.
>Does he hold deep feelings of resentment or hatred towards his favored foes
Extreme feelings of resentment, yea
>Does he want to exterminate them?
TZD
>Does he wish to grow stronger?
Of course
> Does he fight for a cause?
He fights tofree Baltimare from the decadence and degeneracy that the princess's let fester even before the war, and put ponies back on top in the city and in general
>Would he even... die for that cause?
A stallion is not truly alive until he's ready to die for something greater
>>181031
Kek, exactly how it went
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>181032
>Zebras
Based
Does he hate griffons and changelings too?
>a Gunslinger, think Travis Bickle from taxi driver
>Extreme feelings of resentment
Based
>TZD
Based
>Of course
How far would he go to grow stronger?
>put ponies back on top in the city and in general
Based pony supremacist.
>A stallion is not truly alive until he's ready to die for something greater
~Ooh, I believe that Dark Star and Rossy Ring could become very, very, very good friends.
I look forward to meeting you in game.

Last question: does he have strong Vril?
Anonymous
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>>181033
>Does he hate griffons and changelings too?
He hates them both yea.
>How far would he go to grow stronger?
depends on hat you mean
>Ooh, I believe that Dark Star and Rossy Ring could become very, very, very good friends.
I look forward to meeting you in game.
Tell me a bit about your character.
>does he have strong Vril?
The Vril loves Him
Rosey "Posey" Ring
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>>181034
>depends on hat you mean
Would he dabble with secret dark, forbidden occult forces and make the ultimate sacrifice to become Darth Stellaris?
>Tell me a bit about your character.
Rosey Ring is a Dread Necromancer, who hails from afar.
She's a beautiful white unicorn, with a long red mane and alluring golden eyes.
She's says she's from Farbrook, but she's secretly a dark mage from the Dread League.
She wants to exterminate the changelings.
>The Vril loves Him
Definitely Death Knight material.
Anonymous
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>>181035
>Would he dabble with secret dark, forbidden occult forces and make the ultimate sacrifice to become Darth Stellaris?
He's encountered the undead before, he would probably be a little trepidatious in going down that road, but maybe, who knows
>She's says she's from Farbrook, but she's secretly a dark mage from the Dread League.
Based, I Dont think Dark Star would even be aware of the Dread leauge as he grew up on a Farm outside Baltimare.
>She wants to exterminate the changelings.
I Think they'll get along just fine indeed.
>Definitely Death Knight material.
That could be an interesting turn
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>>181036
New side quest for Posey's bucket list: Dark Star into a Death Knight by seducing him to the dark side.
>He's encountered the undead before, he would probably be a little trepidatious in going down that road, but maybe, who knows
Posey can be very persuasive :3

Anyways, your character is cool.
Posey's cutie mark is something like a Dark Star: it's a Dark Sun over a white sky. Perhaps they were destined to meet.

This might be ooc thread material, but I think character descriptions and introductions are better here.
Anonymous
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>>181037
>New side quest for Posey's bucket list: Dark Star into a Death Knight by seducing him to the dark side.
Good Luck, Kek
>Anyways, your character is cool.
Thanks, so is yours
Dark Star's cutie mark is a Fasces
>Perhaps they were destined to meet.
Perhaps so kek, stranger things have happened
> but I think character descriptions and introductions are better here.
Agreed
Anonymous
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>>181000
>>181014
I'll be back in like twenty min. Not that there is any stress. Just want to say that I'm ready and willing if you are.
>Tea and amoebas
^^
Anonymous
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>>181041
Well, I'm back. I was back a while ago but I forgot to write something.
Just and fyi is all. ^^
Anonymous
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"Hey! Are you asleep?" I shout-whisper into the black thread only lit up slightly by the luminescent swastika on an Aryanne pulshie standing guard besides the cthulhu-esque dreaming form of GM-kun.

My iron grip on my stack of four-hundred A4 pages backstory is so hard that it drains the blood from my knuckles. I'm about to drop it on his face but my hands are stop by his sleep-talk.

"It's- It's Tiara... Not crown. *snore* Reee- *snore* eeee *snore* eee..." GM-kun says in his sleep and follow it up with bunch of lip smacks. Like, you know, that scene in Disney's Robin Hood with the sleeping Prince John lion.

"Oh,-" I blink. "-never mind."

I put my stack on top of another stack of paper on his night table. The night table creaks ominously. I briefly read the brief on the other stack before overlapping it with my own, apparently it's some kind of domestic divorce dispute about money, so now he has two pleasant surprises to wake up to.

I see that he fidgets in his sleep. Clearly his dreaming of a third-party DnD source book lecturing him while using the word, 'hereby'.

I feel for him so I pull out my Luna plushie and place it beside him on his bed. A bit of an ass-pull, hehe, get it?

He sense the pony in his sleep and pulls her close to his chest.

I pet my plushie and say, "You're appreciated autism support soft toy."

Then I tippity toe out of the room. ^^
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>>181023
chirp chirp

The few birds continue their chirping, and the trees are mostly leafless, with the dead leaves covering the ground. The air, however, is fresh and cold. He can see his breath coming out of his snout. It has none of the smell of diesel and gasoline fumes back in Baltimare.

Walking towards the stream, Dark Star finds the fishing pole he left leaning against a tree. The pole has fallen down against the tree, but at least it hasn't been stolen in the night by a homeless zebra.

The water in the stream continues its trickle along the rocks Or are you suggesting he's by a larger river like the Delemare or a tributary?

Does he clear his mind, or does he let all of the thoughts of the two nights before, and of the larger world, flood back in?

>>181041
>>181044
Hello

>>181046
scrunch

ur silly
GM Pony
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Okay, for Baltimare crew. In the long term I would like Dark Star, Virgin Flame, and Amber to meet up for a quest. I'm not sure how long that would take, but it's the goal.

>>180904 →
"Well..." She pauses, and takes multiple seconds breathing in and out before proceeding "May we be with Celestia. She kind of needs all of the champions she can get."

Heather slowly trots up next to Vir, sits down, and places a hoof on Vir's shoulder. She speaks softly, as if telling a secret.

"When Chrysalis shot back at Celestia, and the crown came off..." She moves her eyes to make eye contact with Vir. "I think that many ponies took that as a sign that she was just a pony. A pony like us. Sometimes I wonder if it made her think that."

She gives Vir a small pet that perhaps is more for her own reassurance than for Vir's

"I think it's okay to not be okay right now. Not a lot of us are."
GM Pony
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>>180301 →
She bats a hoof dismissively

"Oh, I wouldn't start with When the Apricot Blossums Fall. I enjoyed it, mind you, and you'll probably enjoy it more than I if you're not familiar with the tropes of the genre, but there are better books out there if you are just starting. 'Autumn's Fire" is one of the better pieces. It's a period Piece, set back during Nettle's Rebellion. That one, and 'Adieux, Darling,' which is an older book, but a classic, is where I would start.

As for magazines, well, in this industry, the Manehattan Review is a solid starter, as is the Canterlot line of the same. The latter was recently bought out by Sassy Saddles, and has improved."
Amber Sunset
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>>181020
>>181023
waves

>>181051
Amber grins and decides to look for those books at the earliest opportunity. She puts her front hooves up on the counter and has her ears swiveled forward in eagerness.

"Who's Sassy Saddles? Is she really sassy and wears a saddle?"
Anonymous
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>>181049
>ur silly
Born to be. ^^

>>181050
>Okay, for Baltimare crew. In the long term I would like Dark Star, Virgin Flame, and Amber to meet up for a quest. I'm not sure how long that would take, but it's the goal.
That sounds cool though I will play Virgin in character all the time, or try, so she will only join up if it makes sense. But I have nothing against it, since I think I'd enjoy interacting with the other plays ic. ^^

---

Vir's eyes widen in realization and she nods upon the words, 'that she was just a pony'.

She stares back into those eyes with a sense of reliability and pity. She feels her, in metaphorical way. Then she looks down at her hoof. She absentmindedly scratch the ground with that hoof.

"Before the world turned upside-down, at the Orphanage I grow up at, I had three friends, or well, sisters. We weren't related. Just three orphaned foals growing up at a monastery together," she says and takes her time with each sentence.

Images of being chased by brown filly with pink and red in her mane, teasing her that she couldn't catch her before the filly spread her wings, whereupon, young Vir changed her tone, "You're cheating, Pew." In the foggy background of her memory, there's a pale-green unicorn giggling at the display into her hoof.

"We were happy." -A memory of being pulled into the soft bed of swamp-colored unicorn by a chocolate furred Pegasus. The unicorn is surprise as she was reading her book. Her young self tries to leave only to be pulled back by the pleading voice of Pew. Soon the memory shifts to the day after as Vir is awaken by Celestia's sun, which light reveals her to trapped in bundle of soft limbs.- "We were inseparable. But then-" The blue aura of her friend zaps out, leaving on sooth around her steaming horn. She screams in pain and goes down. She's screaming with tears running down her face. A black hoof, gleaming like latex, constrict Pew's throat and you hear her pained gasp.- "One of them was taken by the changelings."
Anonymous
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>>181054
>She's screaming with tears running down
Vir is this she. I didn't make that clear.
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>>181053
Amber, in a previous failed knowledge roll, determined that Sassy Saddles was either that wife of the former Foreign Minister that shot a printer and had a famous trial some years ago, or maybe she was that prime minister who rounded up and moved a bunch of diamond dogs from central Equestria quite a few years ago.

“Hehe, no. She’s the foremost expert on design in Canterlot. An associate of Rarity.”

>>181054
She slowly pets her

“I understand… a lot of us had ponies we know be lost… It’s hard, going on without them, to be sure.”
Anonymous
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>>181058
Not saying that you didn't get that but just to be clear. It was past Vir that was crying.

---

She looks up at her before shutting her eyes and moving her head into the petting hoof. Then she moves out again. Her whole face seems to hang.

"Pew," Vir began but stopped as she clenched her teeth. "my friend. My sister. Was so sweet. I didn't... before she was gone."
Anonymous
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>>181060
pet pet pet

"I didn't either... You don't know it's going to happen until after it has already happened."
Anonymous
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>>181061
She sausage at her words as if flinching back when someone gets hurt. She gaze is pitying.

She moves closer. She leans into the other but not too much. I assume Heather is a bit smaller, or rather not as heavy than my character whose a bit warthog, quite dense while still not bulky exactly. She lets her neck rest on Heather's shoulder?.

"You lost someone as well?"
Amber Sunset
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>>181058
"Ohhhh, well that makes sense. If she publishes a magazine like you said, then it must have everything on fashion. Can I find it at that bookshop? Please don't mind if I have another question…."

>That sounds cool though I will play Virgin in character all the time, or try, so she will only join up if it makes sense. But I have nothing against it, since I think I'd enjoy interacting with the other plays ic. ^^
I'm excited about the idea!
Anonymous
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>>181063
>I'm excited about the idea!
^^
GM Pony
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>>181062
"Yes" She moves her eyes to look over towards the larger mare. "I... don't want to talk about it." This does not stop her from taking her hoof and trying to pet whatever part of Vir's body is available and fluffy.

>>181063
"Heh, maybe. I have copies, you know."
Anonymous
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>>181065
Vir shuffles away just a bit before rolling completely over on her side but not in way that she squash the other mare. ^^ She can feel Heather behind her. She reaches out and grabs her petting hoof. She gives it a little squeeze.

Her dejected gaze wanders about the garden. Does she see anything nice?

"It's not really right that you're comforting me if you too are hurtin´," she says and gives the other mare's hoof a small caress.
Amber Sunset
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>>181065
"May I borrow one? Mmph, no, that wasn't my question." She scrunches briefly before continuing, "How do you know Dark Denizen? You know, Club Maurice's owner, the batpony mare who pulled up here in a beautiful, fancy car."
Anonymous
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>>181049
i was thinking more of a stream yea, nothing so grand as the delemare
He Enjoys the fresh air in his lungs it had been a long time since the pleasant sensation feeling them with noe of the smells of modernity,
He casts his mind back to the bar a few nights ago and the fallout of what happened
Anonymous
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>>181053
Waves
GM Pony
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>>181089
The smile leaves and she pulls her lips close together, staring at Amber for several seconds

"That wasn't Dark Denizen."

>>181101
No smells of vomit, zebra shit, who even knows what kind of industrial chemical, none of that. Nope. None of those thoughts...

But the other night...

Dark Star still clearly sees the sight of a Diamond Dog's head exploding, of the drywall on the wall exploding outwards into the hall as bullets pass straight through the wall. Of a pony bleeding out on the ground. Of a highly banded earth pony groveling in fear, and begging for the gnoll to not maul him...

Well, let's see. Blue Skies terrified and running when she hears the sounds of sirens. No. Later. In the bar. Yes, those two mares. How does he feel about them anyways? They were nice, but Dark Star can banish the thought that they wanted something more than simply friendly conversation.

And then that next day. Blue skies laying on the table at Breakfast, looking a bit defeated. And Sea Breeze... being not too pleased with starting a fatal firefight within the city...
Anonymous
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>>181106
He washes his face in the river, replaying the way the diamond dog's head exploded again
"Hmmmm. Wrong place Wrong Time."
He clears the thoughts from his mind as he picks up the fishing pole and casts it hoping the serenity will help him forget things.
"They're probably Angry with me, I Can't help but feel good about cleaning up the city in such a tangible way though."
GM Pony
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>>181110
bang
A rifle round hits the head and causes the back to explode outwards

bang
The bitch's eyes roll up

bang
She drops to the floor

bang
Little droplets of blood scatter across the... diamond design on the walls? Little red diamonds on a white background as the wallpaper design? Heh. Diamond dog blood on red diamonds. Heh.

Could Sea Breeze actually be angry with him? Dark Star has done him a favor. He'll come around.
Anonymous
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No.181113
^^
GM Pony
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>>181067
She looks down at Vir's hoof over hers. Pony hooves are an odd thing, with their fur, muscles, and bones.

She looks back up to Vir's eyes for the next statement.
"If the hurt can't console the hurt, then who would help us?"
Anonymous
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>>181112
Dark Star pushes the images of her corpse to the back of his mind, he chuckles unsure of why he let it get to him so much in the first place.
"Maybe i should head back soon, its been a couple days, i could use a real shower and some more Whiskey, the black hooves could need my help."
GM Pony
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>>181115
Wait. If Dark Star has been out here for several days drinking, not showering, living outside... Oh Haygle, is he turning into a homeless donkey?

Yeah... probably best to get back.
Anonymous
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>>181117
Kek
With that he begins walking back to his campsite and begins packing things up, getting ready to go back
GM Pony
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>>181119
Alright... time to roll up the tent. Do you need to pick up those bottles of whiskey. Well yes, obviously. Don't be a zeeb. But then he also has to carry the fishing pole... Maybe best just to leave it there.
Anonymous
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>>181114
Vir meets her gaze. She nods.

"Thank you. I truly appreciate it," she says before turning back towards the garden.

Her gaze finds a fluttering butterfly, if that's possible in this climate/place/time-of-year, otherwise she doesn't.

She shallows. She's thirsty but not as thirsty she would have been alone without Heather's calming presence, she notes subconsciously.

"Anyway, my other sister is called Hope's Anchor. She's the reason, I'm here in Baltimare."
Anonymous
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>>181120
"Someone else could get some use of the fishing pole if they come across it, It wouldn't be so bad to leave here, i won't need it back in baltimare anyway."" , he thinks to himself, he goes on to pick up the bottles then leaves the campsite. treking up the trail
GM Pony
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>>181067
>Does she see anything nice?
I forgot about this one. Well, there's a cherry tree. Most of its leaves are off. The most obviously interesting object is a granite or cement statue of Princess Celestia. It's not very big, 18 inches standing up, and it stands on top of a 3 foot tall decorative ionic column. The most impressive thing about it is the wings, which are extended. The very end of the right... No, that's the left wing, it's facing you - the end of the left wing is chipped off, or the third feather is. There's a crack that runs across the chest from the bttom left (vir's left) to the upper right, but it doesn't seem to threaten it. The statue has a nice smile. There's more than this. There's a wheelbarrow with blue paint chipping off of it. Near it is a shovel propped against a wall. By that is a bed next to the wall where mud is being dug up. And besides all of that... Well, there's always details.

>>181121
>Butterfly
Honestly... I don't know

Heather blinks. "Are you... Here to meet with her?"

>>181122
Dark Star doesn't want to fish in the harbor? Anyways. He remembers the way to the road. At least he thinks he does. Just go in any direction, you'll find a road eventually. Then just follow the road until you get into Baltimare. Hitchhike if you have to. Or call a taxi, though of course they are only close to, or even within the city.
Anonymous
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>>181124
Dark Star starts walking following the side of the road, watching out for any cars
Anonymous
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>>181124
>Long detailed and nice description
Thank you. It's appreciate.

Vir watches Schrödinger's butterfly till it disappears before rolling over so that she faces Heather and her back to the Princess Celestia stone statue.

"I hope so. But I don't know if I'll find her," Vir says.
GM Pony
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>>181125
For the first. At least few miles, only a single car passes, a much older model black car. A pony trots by with a car, but for whatever reason doesn't seem to want to interact. It's when he gets to the main roadway that things change, with more cars and passersby. Houses show up, a lot of a business selling tractors, and a mill. Slowly, he enters into the city.

>>181127
But was the butterfly even there to begin with?

"You don't know where she is?" Heather presses her lips together in a look of concern, and flops her left ear.
Anonymous
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>>181129
>But was the butterfly even there to begin with?
Idk, but if it did, I bet it flapped its wings tho, it would rain on them ponies at the whaling station.

Vir nods. She swallows.

"After Pew was... I wasn't the only one who was.. Crushed. Then when the collapse happened, when Celestia... Lost, my other sister, Hope's, lost her faith."
Anonymous
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>>181129
He walks closer to the center of the city, passing streets of undesirables, he loos at them with disgust.
"This used to be a nice city, now its filled with scum."
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181136 181142
>>181132
Yes, hippogriffs and Kirin in the less decayed portions, but in the older slums, zebras, griffins, donkeys, diamond dogs, and shudders bat ponies. This is besides the pony folk who have fallen into hard times, living on the streets with unkempt manes and empty bottles of beer surrounding them. At least Dark Star doesn’t have to pass through the tenements of the eastern part of the city. He enters the city center. He can go to the Blackhooves headquarters, or if he prefers, go on to the Eastside Tavern.

>>181131
She exhales and looks down

“Many did. But Celestia did what she did to protect us. And she protects us still. I hope one day, your friend, your… sister, will see that.”

>rain on the other ponies
….
Anonymous
eca894f
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No.181136
181141
>>181135
His heart does go out to the less fortunate ponies that are forced to live around them, He goes to HQ
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181141
181146
>>181136
In fairness to the decaying carcass of a city that is Baltimare, animated now mostly by the necromantic force of International Capitalism - the old, decripit, necrotic, and third worldly portions of the city that are non-pony majority are concentrated in the eastern portion of the city. The western portion, which Dark Star walked through, is overwhelmingly pony, and with newer structures as ponies move from the eastern portion, to the western portion of the city. The city center - which is a newer commercial district built around the passenger rail station - has many non-ponies to be sure, but some respectable architecture. Like the Grand Baltimare Hotel, headquaters of the Blackhooves in the Equestrian South East.

Dark Star surely shows his ID and firearms license - I doubt he walked the city streets unarmed - to the guard outside, and then to Filipe at the door.

"Hey Dark Star" The blue minotaur looks down towards the earth pony. "Haven't seen you in a while." He sniffs and tilts his head. "You smell of rotting leaves. Did you... visit the farm?"
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181142
181144
princess_celestia_laughing_vector_by_mrtoonlover83_df5f604-414w-2x.png
>>181135
<rain on the other ponies
Wait, is it raining there right now? If so, pic related.

---
"She will," Vir says a bit forefully before blushing sheepishly. "That's why I'm here after all."

Mare, she's parched but she knows she has to give this mare the whole truth before she can ask. A moment passes.

"Your words earlier. About what ponies thought when her crown fell, they were similar to what my sister said too. That Princess Celestia was just a mortal, like us."
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181144
181153 181155
>>181142
"Yes, you could feel a diference after that. Certainly the Fascists never would have dared attempt what they did if it were not for that moment. The Iconoclasts would have, but it emboldened them. But you could see it among the normal ponies... something changed after that. The ponies were... worried. It was easy to explain away. We had new heroines, after all, and that reassured us in the moment. But you could tell that something had cracked in the way we saw Princess Celestia, or well, how we saw ponies in general. And that crack came back, years later."
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181145
181161 181166
Okay,

The scene in the boat in the whaling station on Mended Horn will be moved back to the end of combat, with the helmet removed from the red griffin, the white griffin withdrawn from combat in the cockpit, the yellow griffin still standing but afraid, the black griffin laying down on the floor with Brie "in intimate proximity," and all of the player characters reeling from the magical grenade the zebra tossed in.
Anonymous
eca894f
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No.181146
181150
>>181141
"I just had to get away for a few days, clear my head. it was an intense couple of days before i left. how are you holding up filipe?"
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181150
181157
>>181146
"Oh, not a whole lot. We had a kid try to toss a bomb at us. That was yesterday's highlight. Of course it didn't detonate, he damaged that when he tossed it. Picking it up was sure fun. It's being examined now, I believe, to see if they can learn who made it." Pausing, and looking into Dark Star's eyes.

"But yeah, I understand."
Brie
8521f32
?
No.181151
Brie had just nonlethal bonked the gay Griffon, but had released it with a ready action to disarm iy again if it showed hostile intent
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181153
181154 181158
>>181144
Vir clench her teeth together and glares at some plants.

"I hate it. It's like as if in one of those stories mother would read for us, the heroine loses her first fight with the villain and instead of rooting for her to get back up and win, we start rooting for somepony else in the story, maybe heckle them, or even start rooting for the bad guy."

She lightly kicks away some dirt from the ground with the hoof she previously held together with Heather's.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181154
>>181153
>maybe heckle them
*maybe even heckle her*
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181155
181156
>>181144
I like that idea that ponies, just like us started to see Celestia less like this god figure and more like something else after her string of failures or... Yeah.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181156
181158
>>181155
> just like us started to see Celestia
Not, really like us. I didn't really consider it. But I remember DWK talking about it one of his videos, where he called Celestia Equestria's mom.
Anonymous
eca894f
?
No.181157
181158
>>181150
"It's not surprising that, that happened unfortunately, was it a Zebra that threw it?"
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181158
181159 181165
>>181156
They did

>>181153
"Oh no, people didn't root for Chrysalis. Heheh" She drops the laugh almost immediately, realizing it is not funny.

"Well, it's not really that. I don't think, anyways. It was, well, Celestia is an idea, more than, well, a mare. She needs to be solid, stable, and strong, to be that idea. But, yes, I do understand, and it is frustrating. We needed to stick by our princess, and many did, but, many didn't."

>>181157
"No, this was a pony."
Anonymous
eca894f
?
No.181159
181160
>>181158
"Hmmm well i suppose a zebra couldn't make an actual bomb, what was his story? Is he a Communist?"
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181160
181171
>>181159
We didn't find out. He ran off long before we were able to stop him. The fact that the bomb didn't even go off meant that not as many guards knew something was off. He was wearing a brown leather trench coat and had a black fedora. We didn't see his mane, and his coat was grey-brown. I would assume he was an anarchist, as they are the most fond of bomb tossing. And if it were an ELF bomb, it would have detonated."
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181161
181167
>>181145
Zeeb had also just healed Silver, the party realized that Posey tanked a couple stabs to the heart and lived, and Kira is "ooooooo"ing and "ahhhhhhh"ing at both Posey's resiliency and Dust's healing magic.

Anyways, with the crown/tiara safely taken care of, Silver turns to Cavaliere to ask him to translate so the party can talk with the red griffon. I don't know if Garv's player is online.
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181165
181167
>>181158
>They did
Did what? Sorry, I don't follow. ^^

---

Vir sucks on her underlip as she listens to Heather. At the end she has a face of vindicated frustration.

"Yes!" she says but then the glow in her face goes out. "But you're wrong. My sister was one of the ponies who began to root for the villains."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181166
181167
>>181145
Posey professionally wraps the tiara in cloth, and stashes it in her satchel.
"Well, that was an experience..." she says as the fight concludes
She makes a finger-like construct with her magic and snaps it in front of the red bird.
"~Hello! Are you still with us? Any brains left in there, birdie?"
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181167
181168 181169 181179
>>181165
She tilts her head

"Huh? What do you mean?"

>>181166
>>181161
Mala walks in, and quickly goes to the unrestrained griffins, keeping an eye (and his shotgun) on them.

>>181166
"Ehhhhh" Red's eyes move around. He is speaking to himself in a foreign language. He seems to be getting better?
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181168
181170
>>181167
She sighs before she meets Heather's gaze.

"She decided that she was gonna join the Blackhooves."
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181169
181170
>>181167
Silver trots over, and gives Mala some pets. Assuming Cavaliere would be willing to translate for the party, he asks the red griffon, "What is last thing you remember? Can you tell me your name?"

Kira, meanwhile, has picked up the red griffon's harpoon and is examining it. She pokes one of the harpoon's barbs with a hoof before reeling it back in with a quiet "ow!" and putting her hoof in her mouth.
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181170
181173 181175 181294
Halp.jpg
>>181168
*gasps in utter horror*

"She-she what?!"

>>181169
I'll reply concerning Red when Cavaliere is here.

Mala is pet

Yes, the pokey parts of the barb are pokey. Worse, they have Silver's blood on them. And Kira doesn't know where that has been. Eww.
Anonymous
d4fa32b
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No.181171
181172
>>181160
“Interesting, If i hear anything about it, I’ll tell sea breeze. Sounds like a serious issue. We can’t them throwing weapons at our guys.”
He considers the appearance and thinks if he had ever seen anypony like that
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181172
181174
>>181171
He doesn't think so, but it's hard to say. He's seen quite a few ponies in the last few weeks. Quite a few ponies he wouldn't trust.

"Yes sir."
Filipe nods with a small smile, and Dark Star is let through into the building.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181173
181177
>>181170
Hmmm...nah, Kira's fairly certain Silver is clean. Or at least he looks clean. Hmmmmmm...
Anonymous
d4fa32b
?
No.181174
181177
>>181172
He smiles at Filipe
He trots over to sea breeze’s office
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181175
181176 181177
>>181170
This whole post is ^^ imho.

I need to go to bed. Goodnight poners!
Anonymous
d4fa32b
?
No.181176
181295
>>181175
Goodnight
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181177
181178 181295
>>181174
The little white unicorn mare with the blue eyes, the pink mane that tied up in a ponytail, and the manehattan accent recognizes Dark Star, and sends him on back.

Sea Breeze sits in his chair, and moves his eyes up towards Dark Star

"Hello. You've come to me?"

>>181175
Goodnight

>>181173
gasp

Kira doesn't know!
Anonymous
d4fa32b
?
No.181178
181185
>>181177
“Yea I’ve been out of the loop for awhile, after the incident at the diner, is everything okay with That, sir?”
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181179
181180 181184 181189
rankin-bass-return-of-the-king-gollum.jpg
>>181167
Since cavalier isn't here to translate ATM, Posey retreats to a corner to fawn over the tiara and examine it beneath the cover of her cloak, without putting it on.
Making checks
Arcana
[1d20+11 = (19+11) = 30]
Religion
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]
History
[1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181180
181181
download.jpg
>>181179
Why did you have to roll so high
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181181
181183
hqdefault (1).jpg
>>181180
Muh precious
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181183
>>181181
[YouTube] Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David - Credits - Meme Source [Embed]
Brie
8521f32
?
No.181184
181186
>>181179
Put it away and dont speak of it, please
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181185
181193
>>181178
He sighs

"You know what you did, right? You went into a restaurant where customers were being served, and killed six creatures. They were violating the firearms restriction law, to be sure, but you had no probable cause to know that. Six civilians, who were not charged with any crimes, and we are not the criminal police, anyways." He sighs.

"No, not much has come of that. We were able to convince the papers to call it a raid on illegal firearms traffickers. At first we were going to ban them from reporting on it at all. But that was never going to work. It's interesting when ponies die. The news was always going to get out somehow, so let it be on our terms. The Popular Front can't hide the fact that there were firearms there, and firearms are illegal under both the Occupational Authority and local law. Of course the Popular Front thinks that everypony should be armed, but the bottom line is that these were no ordinary civilians.

What you did disturbs a delicate balance - a delicate ecosystem created by the Social Democrats back during the Principality. A number of illegal activities had coalesced under a single organized group. The Social Democrats decided to negotiate with this one group, tolerating it, so long as its crimes remained mostly malum prohibitum rather than malum in se. This one organized criminal group, in tun, by keeping a strict monopoly on gambling, loan sharking, and exotic animal trafficking, likely kept these crimes at a lower level than if the city had to fend for itself. Certainly, the number of murders and kidnappings went down compared to before, and especially compared to Manehattan or Fillydelphia. We haven't had a Hearts and Hooves Day massacre here like happened in Bales, for example. Of course the gang in return gave services to the Unions and the Social Democrats, like disappearing ballots or threatening scabs.

What this means is that the Waterfront Gang had, more or less, abstained from our politics. As you've discovered, this isn't precisely true. At least some of their number have engaged in weapons trafficking, and this is intolerable. What they have not done is wholesale sided with the ELF or Popular Front, as the gangs have in Manehattan. But they only did that after the local government started on their crackdown."

He sighs, and then leans forward
"Dark Star, do you know what our goal is here? What the goal of the Blackhooves of Baltimare is? I want to hear from you first."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181186
>>181184
Okay
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181189
181190
>>181179
If Posey wishes to study it, she must spend a decent amount of time sitting in the corner, doing just that.

The stories are honestly rather conflicting

Some say that there is - or rather, was - an entire civilization of sea creatures who took the form of sharks and other fish.

Some say that there is - or rather, was - an entire civilization of sea ponies whose existence is separate from the later Hippogriffs who, though magic means, would claim the title.

It isn't controversial that at least one of these existed, what is controversial is was it both, or was one confused for the other, and if so, which one? Were they actually in this form, or did they obtain it by magic, the same as the Hippogriffs? And then, the separate question of when it ceased to exist.

The stories of finding sea ponies in nets, of villages being wiped out in the dead of night after some transgression against the sea, or of remote tribal villages having pacts with creatures from the sea, are well known.

These particular kinds of tiaras, and other jewelry, are extraordinarily rare, being found only on accident by dredging, or especially, in the stomachs of dead leviathan whales.

Posey can understand that this particular piece was intended to be the head piece of a religious functionary - a priest, presumably the ritual priest. It has the symbols and signs of whatever culture made it, and the sea creature depicted is probably a fantastical representation of a more well-known creature, like a sea dragon. It is impossible to know how old it is.

It is made of a gold alloy, with either silver or palladium mixed in to a lesser degree, which gives the tiara a slightly white hue. It has many marks in it from something being pressed and rubbed against it - probably squid beaks.

It channels - neigh, it has accumulated - quite a lot of divine magic. Presumably it was designed to channel spirits or otherworldly magic to its user.

Oh, and one more important thing:

Don't put it on
The magic will surely overwhelm the wearer, like a discharge of static electricity.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181190
181192
>>181189
Does she know anything about the function of the crown, or what it does to its wearer? Anything that could explain what happened just now?
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181191
181192 181200
I'm here now

My post from last thread still stands. >>180925 →

He adds, to interpret for Silver, "Wat is het laatste dat je je herinnert? Kun je me je naam vertellen?"

GM, concerning Amber, did Dark Denizen visit Amber at High Sewn's shop before the night of the heist? I asked in the OOC thread but you didn't get back to me.
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181192
181194 181195 181196
>>181190
Near any malign energy could send its magic through the crown. Demonic possession, a pissed off god, somepony's errant mind control spell - take your pick.

Of course the crown is designed to channel the divine favor of the favored god, but it appears to have been hijacked in this instance.

Posey can feel that the threat has not ended.

>>181191
I didn't see it
No, it was a different pony. You're thinking of the pink unicorn who came by, stole a shirt, and refused to elaborate.
Anonymous
e98ff32
?
No.181193
181197
>>181185
He shrugs as he explains exactly what was done, then his ears perk up as he says nothing has come of it. nods along as sea breeze talks about the legality of fire arms.

"To maintain order is the goal, is it not? so nothing happens here that will have to be dealt with by the black hooves at a later date, as they have political tensions going on over there."
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181194
>>181192
Or, maybe it wasn't hijacked at all. Maybe it's doing exactly what the favored god intended.
Amber Sunset
7195c44
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No.181195
181197
>>181192
I distinctly remember a bat pony coming in on a limousine and giving Amber a summons.
Should I just go look it up?

Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181196
181197
>>181192
Posey rubs her cheek on the precious and gives it a gentle kiss, to calm the raging spirit within.
"There, there..."
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181197
181198 181202 181203
>>181193
He nods

"Exactly as I understand it. Or have understood it. The purpose of the State Security Administration is to enact the will of the Blackhooves Political Party. In the Baltimare Governate, that has meant one thing specifically - stability. Stability, and providing a steady flow of refined chemicals, dyes, tin, oil, jute, bananas, and sugar to the larger Customs Union. And that is what we have done. After the revolt last year, we were declared "Pacific." Do you understand how great of an acheviement that is? To be pacified? Dark Star, it's incredible.

Do you know what the reward was for this achievement? You know exactly what the reward was. Our money and especially, our ponies, have been and are being siphoned off to elsewhere. Manehattan starts a civil war. And because of it, they have more than twice the number of operatives as before, as if they weren't already the largest branch." He sighs

"I know, it's how it should work. But High Command seems to be more impressed by Revolution than by stability. Or at least, that's who gets the reinforcements."

>>181195
You're probably thinking of the bat pony black hooves agent who came by. The pony that summoned Amber was a pink unicorn

>>181196
Posey feels herself go dizzy. She feels as if she is outside of herself, being pulled into the crown. Some one is talking, and it isn't any of the griffins. The sensation ends when the tiara starts to slip away, out of her hooves.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181198
181199 181201
>>181197
>Posey feels herself go dizzy. She feels as if she is outside of herself, being pulled into the crown. Some one is talking, and it isn't any of the griffins. The sensation ends when the tiara starts to slip away, out of her hooves.
Posey gives a bit of a tipsy giggle beneath her cloak, before stowing the tiara in her purse and resuming her compared, professional face.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181199
>>181198
>compared
composed
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181200
181204
>>181191
He moves his head around and mutters something, then says a few more words in some other language. But then he responds.

"Wat. Wie ben je? Ik ben... Ik denk dat mijn naam Olaf is. Hoe zit het met pony's en boten en... Heeft ze mijn kroon afgepakt!?"
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181201
181205 181210
>>181198
Mala, glancing over from beside the yellow griffin, says to Posey:

"What about 'putting it all in the bag'?"
Amber Sunset
7195c44
?
No.181202
182697
>>181197
Oh, that explains it. Thank you. I would like to see more of that batpony agent, I had forgotten about her. Should we just retcon that line? Instead let Amber's question be this:

"Why do you think that pink unicorn mare decided to pull up here in that fancy car? You seemed familiar with her and kept mum…".
Dark Star
e98ff32
?
No.181203
181207
>>181197
Dark Star Nods, almost wishing he would have stayed in the country side. he grimaces
"I can understand and even sympathize with their positions, but this....if baltimare, the baltimare from the past is to survive, things can't go on as they currently are. it's a shit situation all around, sir."
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181204
181209 181215
>>181200
With a talon Cavaliere motions to 'Olaf' to keep calm.

"Je hoeft je geen zorgen te maken. Die kroon is buitengewoon gevaarlijk en heeft ervoor gezorgd dat je je gevoel van eigenwaarde bent kwijtgeraakt. Ik snap het zelf ook niet, maar we moeten hem naar een veilige plek brengen."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181205
181206 181211 181213 181222
>>181201
"This item is dangerous, and seems to be cursed, it needs to be handled with professional care, lest somepony end up like that griffon." Posey replies, as she wraps the precious in cloth before stowing it.
"Besides..." she says, cocking an brow
"You have your pocket watch. Kira has her necklace. I will hold onto this the Tiara."
Bluff to conceal the following emotion
[1d20+14 = (2+14) = 16]
[YouTube] The Big Bang Theory | Sheldon: You’re Right, The Tiara Was Too Much. #shorts #thebigbangtheory [Embed]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181206
my-little-silly-faces-part-2-3-v0-o06hi85hoeic1.jpeg
>>181205
I must be a masochist, because I keep making unsolicited bluff checks just so I can fail at them.
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181207
181228
>>181203
"What would you do differently?" He asks
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181209
>>181204
"Tell him if he tries to take it back, I'll feed him to the sharks!"Possy says, putting on her Pirate scowl
OOC: Don't actually tell him this.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181210
>>181201
"Seems apt"
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181211
181214 181222
>>181205
He tilts his head, and then takes out the pocket watch

"Would you like to trade?"
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181213
181214 181215 181217 181218
>>181205
Opposed: [1d20+11 = (11+11) = 22]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181214
>>181211
"No."
>>181213
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181215
181217 181218 181225
>>181204
"Het is van mij!" He extends his claws, making grabby motions. "Je kunt het niet aan..."

>>181213
"And that has nothing at all to do with the fact that the crown is very obviously more valuable than the pocket watch?"
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181216
181221
Am I taking crazy pills? Are we still niggling abiut the thing that we had to retcon cuz of bad behavior. Thats being entertained? How many times?
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181217
181222 181225 181243
>>181213
>>181215
If Cavaliere would like to help translate what he said, and tell him what Silver says...

Silver: "You can not handle it. It took over your mind and mind of your supporters. You stabbed me in shoulder with harpoon."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181218
181221
>>181215
>"And that has nothing at all to do with the fact that the crown is very obviously more valuable than the pocket watch?"
"It's only valuable to a pony who would be able to handle it. An item so cursed it can't be worn or used is hardly worth anything at all on the market. It might have some value for research though... And it's very pretty."
Is this Mala speaking?
>>181213
You sense that Posey has ulterior motives, but she's not lying about the crown being dangerous.

"Anyways, we can decide what to do with it once we get home."
Brie
8521f32
?
No.181219
Brie is 1 round of emptying a cylinder into this tiara, no.matter who is playing William Tell
Brie
8521f32
?
No.181220
(6second, choose wisely, no meta)
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181221
181223 181231
>>181216
No. What we had to retcon was a curse. What we are doing now is fighting over loot to make sure my DMPC gets more money Silver's cohort gets his fair share.

>>181218
Yes. Mala is speaking

"Fair enough... You can call that your share."
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181222
181227 181231
>>181205
>>181211
Cavaliere scowls with disapproval.
"I don't think either of you can be trusted with it. I shouldn't need to remind you that we are still on a mission and the last thing we need is an ancient artifact driving us mad."

He leans over to Mala and speaks quietly. "Put the tiara in a bag and don't let any creature take it. And for all our sakes, don't put it on. Throw it away if you feel tempted."

He turns back to the other griffon. "En jij kunt dat blijkbaar ook niet. Kijk naar jezelf. Je ziet er erger uit dan een ruiende kerkuil. Je bemanning is bang en gewond. Geef het op."

I thought we established that the red griffon, Sørvik, speaks only his Norwegian-like language while the yellow griffon, Nils, speaks Feathesian and is acting as an interpreter.

>>181217
Cavaliere nods to Silver. "I've said as much."
Brie
8521f32
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No.181223
181224
>>181221
Oh, I misinterpreted, I thought it was fighting over the tiara
Brie
8521f32
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No.181224
>>181223
Oh wait. We are. 3 seco ds
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181225
181227
>>181217
>>181215
"That's right! Who knows how long you would have lasted before this thing turned your brain to jelly, or sucked your soul out, threw you into a portal to Tartarus, or... *huffs* sh-hriveled you into a lifeless husk..! Y-you wouldn't want that!"
She shimmies her hips a bit and prances in place as she goes on about the horrible things it could do to him
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181227
181231 181233
>>181222
Mala:

"I can hold onto it for now."

The griffin looks around the cabin

No, it's always been Sørvik who spoke feathesian

>>181225
"What I did see what you falling asleep laying against that thing, drooling onto the floor until you fell over and dropped it, while I watched the prisoner."
Dark Star
e98ff32
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No.181228
181229 181231
>>181207
"The Degeneracy here is awful, somepony should just wash it all away."
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181229
181236
>>181228
"Heh heh, Dark Star, you know we can't risk a rebellion when there are griffin nations threatening us back home."
Brie
8521f32
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No.181230
181238
Assuming the gayniggerjew isnt going to do something stupid (and ready to kill if he is) Brie draws his .38 special, aimed at the tiara (or Posey. If shes hidden it amongst the many posts). "I think we've all has enough with that there."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181231
181234 181236 181237 181239
>>181221
"That's fine by me. Anyways, I'm trained to handle these sorts of things, so I will carry it. If anypony else wants to claim it, we'll discuss that after we locate the Marines."
>>181222
"Ask him if he's seen the Marines." Posey says
>>181227
UwU
"That's how I know it's dangerous..." Posey says
>>181228
The more I hear from Dark Star, the more based and redpilled he sounds.
I want Dark Star to be the Red Horse of war. He will make a good Death Knight.
Brie
8521f32
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No.181233
181235
>>181227
No, youll turn Mala against
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181234
181237 181238
>>181231
Okay, what is that "UwU" for? There is nothing in that post that justifies an "uwu"

>>181231
Mala:

"Then I can handle the loot. I have experience with guarding that kind of thing."
Brie
8521f32
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No.181235
181237 181238 181239 181242
>>181233
""I'll hold it." Brie says, as though obvious.
"I have no magical skill. And no one would flinch if I turned,.. batty."
Dark Star
e98ff32
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No.181236
181243
>>181229
"You're right, Sir. i am aware. of the threats the black hooves face from the griffons, they have my sympathies. But the situation here remains the same. with all due respect, Sir."
>>181231
Thanks kek
Brie
8521f32
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No.181237
>>181235
>>181231
>>181234
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181238
181240 181241 181242
>>181230
The Tiara is in Posey's purse.
Also, are you really about to attack Posey? Are you sure you want to do that?
I'm not hoarding the crown to myself (yet), I'm just holding onto it until we split the loot later.
>>181234
>Okay, what is that "UwU" for? There is nothing in that post that justifies an "uwu"
Posey is a masochist, and that experience would be quite exciting for her.
>>181234
"I can handle it without touching it." Posey says, gesturing to her horn
"Trust me, I'm a professional."
>>181235
"No." She replies
"Quite frankly, I'd trust Mala more."
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181239
181242
>>181231
"It's precisely because you think that you are qualified to handle it that you shouldn't handle it. You don't need the distraction which it clearly is. Mala the gnoll is dependable enough to carry it, and if he isn't, we'll choose another."

>>181235
Cavaliere sighs. "Put your gun down, Brie. We don't need any 'battiness' at this time. Silver, Kira, Dust, what is your stance on this?" he asks the other party members.

He then asks Sørvik, "Herinnert u zich dat u hier ooit pony's bent tegengekomen?"

Brb, gotta find the name of the pony you wanted me to ask him about
Brie
8521f32
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No.181240
181245 181252
>>181238
>are you about to atrack
No, but the vibe is awfully casual about the thing. Like lets pretend it could kill us all.if we looked at it funny. And not pretend its a "quest item" or wtfe
Dark Star
e98ff32
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No.181241
181256
>>181238
>Posey is a masochist
Based
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181242
>>181235
>>181238
>>181239
Silver: "Could you both trust me to handle it well and not do anything stupid with it?"

Kira is content to watch from the sideline, not really having any part in this.
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181243
181245 181248 181250
>>181236
"What would you have us do?" He asks

>>181217
Mala tugs on Silver's shoulder. He looks up towards Silver

"Silver, I - I noticed that these griffins here have their rings and I think their money... Can I take it? The unicorn, Posey, is taking the crown, so can I at least have the rings?"
Brie
8521f32
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No.181244
Brie retracts the hammer
"Just as long as we're paying due consideration
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181245
181251
>>181240
That's why Posey wrapped it in multiple layers of cloth.
>>181243
"We're pirates, remember? You can take what you wish." Posey replies, with a mischievous grin
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181247
181248 181252
>>181246
Sorry, I meant retracts from COCKED, ill stop now,. Was meant to deescalate
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181248
181249 181256 181299
>>181243
Silver gives Mala some more pets.

Silver: "These griffons have been through enough, having their minds controlled and being forced to turn against their fellows. I do not think they need us robbing them."

>>181247
Yeah, I figured that's what it meant but I was gonna ask for clarification.

pet pet pet
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181249
181256 181257
1891767.png
>>181248
"She took the crown, and why shouldn't we rob them? They should be thankful we robbed them because we didn't kill them."

Mala looks up at Silver
"Please?"
Dark Star
e98ff32
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No.181250
181299
>>181243
"at a systematic level, im not sure if there is anything that could currently be done, which is rather frustrating for me."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181251
>>181245
(Sorry if If I disrupted, I wanted Brie to draw a firearm on the thing)
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181252
181253 181268 181299
>>181240
Which is why Cavaliere is trying to keep it in safe hooves (paws?)

>>181247
It was starting to get tense again.
Also how does one mechanically operate that with just a hoof?

When Brie lowers his weapon, Cavaliere asks the griffons, "Klinkt de naam Day Finder u bekend in de oren?"
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181253
>>181252
Its ponies, I aint gotta explain shit
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181256
181259 181299
1056911__questionable_solo_female_pony_oc_oc+only_simple+background_smiling_transparent+background_solo+female_looking+at+you_vector_bondage_bipedal_.png
>>181241
A masochist and a sadist.
>>181248
>adventurer
>against robbing
What are you a paladin or something?
>>181249
The dark mage nods in agreement.
"Yes, yes. They even skewered Silver with that harpoon, and they knifed me. They should be glad they got away with their lives." she says
"Besides, they did want a way off the island, didn't they? We could offer them a ride on our Swan Boat, for a price..."
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181257
181260 181262
>>181249
D'awwwwwwww. It'd be hard to say no to that face, but Mala is running into an issue with Silver: his morals. The problem of being the cohort to a good-aligned character.

Silver: "You want to do yourself proud, yes? If not, maybe do me proud? Following ways of Harmony?"
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181259
181261
>>181256
The dark griffon looks disgusted at even the mention.

"I told them their property would be respected by us and I intend to keep to that statement. What we earn from this mission far outweighs petty gains from thievery."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181260
>>181257
I thought Silver was Neutral?
Oh well.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181261
181262
>>181259
Posey's ears droop a bit
"Oh, fine... I can't wear rings anyway." she says
"You should probably tell them about the boat offer though. This ship isn't going anywhere soon."
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181262
181263 181265
2635741.png
>>181257
"Yes! Yes! I do! And I have. Normally when we had prisoners like these that still had rings on them, we'd run up to them, bite off their fingers with the rings still on them, and swallow it. Well, I'd get beaten to it, sometimes literally beaten. But I mean, look at them. They have all of their fingers. We're letting them keep them. Can I have the rings? The white one got the crown..."

>>181261
"They are for me! You got the crown!"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181263
181267 181268
>>181262
Silver gives Mala a hug. Kira is still a bit disturbed hearing about Mala's past.

Silver: "That is not so much in line with Harmony, either. Let us leave them be. Do not worry, we will find you far better loot later, something far more valuable than some rings and that you can feel good about acquiring."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181265
181268
46609096@200-1648923511.jpg
>>181262
"~Wow! You are such a fearsome warrior. What a fine specimen of a Gnoll." Posey says, patting Mala behind the ear with her magic, and offering him another bone
"So heavy and strong too. Did either of your parents have Flind in them? You are built like a Flind."

Posey is a bad influence.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
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No.181267
>>181263
"The necklaces hidden in the buildings were probably their too." Posey remarks
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181268
181269
>>181263
Mala is hugged
"Okay..."

>>181265
Mala smiles and closes his eyes at the pets. He takes the bone, quickly cracks it, and eats it.

>>181252
After a pause:

"... Nee..."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181269
>>181268
Brien nods smilingly at the wee but not wee but somehow still wee gnoll
Anonymous
301adf1
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No.181272
181273 181280
Okay, I don't speak Gungan, so do these birds have many info on the marines, or not?
Do they want a ride, or not?
Will they help us on our quest, or not?
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181273
181275 181280
>>181272
Brie also wants info, on that one pony whos name escapes me
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181275
181276
>>181273
"Anypone understand?" Brie says first in... Kiirinisn, then South Zebrican (memes) and then Changeling German
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181276
>>181275
Kirin-ease-ian
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181280
181283 181284 181287
>>181272
>>181273
"They have no knowledge of any ponies on the island in general, nor of this 'Day Finder' we are looking for."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181283
>>181280
Well shit
Brie nods in assent
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181284
181286
>>181280
>we
Its only Brie whos asking, and it might be a little unresolved/awkward, but Brie seems to know a bit more than hes letting on
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181286
181288
>>181284
"I do want to know. Who is this Day Finder?"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
301adf1
?
No.181287
181300 181304
>>181280
"Then we vill need to keep looking. Ask the birds if they know of any logical place on the island that the Marines might shelter."

I don't express it well through text, but Posey speaks with a really hot eastern European accent. I wonder if there's a way to make that clearer.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181288
181289
>>181286
[1d20+3 = (9+3) = 12] bluff
"Oh him? A distant cousin of an associate of mine, he was most excited to get on board with this festive crew." he says.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181289
>>181288
(Gonna skip the bs, Brie knows more than hes letting on)
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181294
181299
>>181170
Vir's both ears flops down around her head, making a sound like akin to the beat of a stereo. She jerks slightly at Heather's outburst.

Then she's calms again or more like deflates again. She sighs.

"I know. I know. I still don't get it." Vir massages her temples with a hoof.
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181295
>>181176
>>181177
^^
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181299
181300 181304 181305 181348
>>181294
"But why? Why would she do that? Why would she do any of that?"

Heather looks at Vir with concern and confussion

>>181250
"I think you are aware of the reforms implemented back in Metropolitain New Mareland, and are being implemented now in Manehattan.

A reform of the education system such that the curriculum teaches a love of the family, the village, and the nation. An elimination of anything resembling the teaching of immorality in schools. The promotion of tested, classical literature with morality plays in education. The establishment of a blacklist for educators in the university system, where professors are not outright required to be members of the Blackhooves party. National oversight of Education.

In the arts, the promotion of the already existing "Hay Code" to the level of law for films, and the banning of degenerate art elsewhere. The banning of certain specific new fields of architecture... You'd know it if you saw it. The promotion of local and national holidays with Government funded festivities and restrictions on labor. The promotion of national and local names and flags. National oversight of the arts and culture more generally.

Tax incentives for families, free housing and guaranteed work for pony migrants to Griffonia. Criminal penalties for public intoxication, adultery, and extra marital births. Not severe penalties, mind you, but consequences all the same. Abortion by need of the State, and not the whim of the individual. New taxes on tobacco and alcohol. Severe penalties for the smuggling of drugs and contraband. Very severe - and very public - penalties for corruption of government officials, with a section of the SSA dedicated to anti-corruption. Reinstatement of the Death Penalty. Zero tolerance policy for any kind of organized crime.

Mass deportation of those migrants for whom integration is hopeless, the establishment of pony colonies in specific portions of Scarlet Island, Gryphus, and once we take it, Talouse. The redistribution of lands in certain griffin areas away from Griffin owned corporations, foreign owned churches, and corrupt local nobles, and towards the griffin flock more generally, our settlers, and our nationally owned corporations.

The establishment of a national labor union to represent the interests of workers, an oversight board for corporations, and the requirement of partial ownership of every large corporation by the State.

I think you're familiar with the jewel in the crown of our social programs, Universal National Service. As it is now, it is the requirement of every stallion over the age of 17 and below 45 and every unmarried mare, with some important exceptions, to serve the State as required. Of course it... hasn't worked out perfectly, by any means.."
At this point, Sea breeze tilts his body to show his left side to Dark Star, a reminder that his left foreleg and left hindleg have been completely removed, that much of his fur is missing, showing naked pink skin underneath, and his horn is cracked.

"But uh, for future generations, it will be mostly non-military, for a much shorter term, and with much more leeway to families. A chance to participate in sacrifice for the nation. May their sacrifices be lesser...

And then, there is the crown of New Mareland itself - our great Customs Union. We do not call it an empire, for an empire is simple dominion. This Customs Union is our protection from the whims of international trade and relations, to ensure our factories always have a steady market, and to protect the sacred right that every pony has to work in a respectable, decently paying job. It means we have our own currency and our own, fixed exchange rates, no longer at the whims of foreign banks or foreign ministers and their tariffs. It means that we need not fear the griffin next door, as we have a buffer against foreign invasion, or will, rather, once the struggle with Wingbardy has concluded in our victory. It means that we will assume the mantle of teacher of the non-pony races, to civilize the griffins to the extent that is possible, to teach them a lesson on the value of harmony, and to revitalize the nations of the Evi River Valley which have for so long suffered under the yoke of Imperial rule, and under the enforced ignorance of the old Imperial Church and the Sicameonese corporations.

And most of all, most importantly of all, it means that no Purple Pony Princess overseas will allow us to be flooded with griffin migrants until we are a minority, and strangers on our own soil, until this new majority votes by referendum to join Wingbardy and Aquelia, destroy our nation once and for all, and place us permanently under the griffin claw.

Dark Star, this is our grand vision for this generation. More will come in generations to follow, and much of this great plan has already come here to Baltimare. If we can hold the line abroad and keep things stable here, soon enough, Baltimare will shine as the Metropol does now.

>>181248
>>181256
>>181252
Mala:

"If she's taking the crown then I think that I, uh, we, should get a larger share of the rest."
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.181300
181308
>>181299
>>181287
Silver gives Mala some pets, as he looks to Posey for her response.
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181304
181308 181319 181349 181365
>>181287
"Ben je op de rest van het eiland geweest? Waar zouden gecrashte luchtpony's een schuilplaats kunnen zoeken?"

It should be noted that Cavaliere does not speak with any sort of accent that fellow griffons would pick up as coming from "the old country," whether that be the Herzland, Feathesia or Wingbardy. If anything, his accent would resemble the Nova Griffonian way of speaking which bears similarities to how cosmopolitan ponies speak.

You could describe it like that, or like ", she speaks in her oddly enticing accent." There are a lot of tricks to writing to add flavor.

>>181299
Cavaliere responds to the gnoll, "It is better that we abandon the idea of treating the tiara like 'loot.' It is extremely dangerous to the holder and will have to be given to an institution that can keep it out of the wrong claws. We can decide on the particulars of that later. Let us sweep this ship for anything valuable and then be off."

He asks Sørvik, "Is het goed als wij het schip doorzoeken terwijl we u behandelen, voordat we u evacueren?"

I won't be available for the next several hours, hopefully this is enough of a response that you won't need me to carry on the game.
Anonymous
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No.181305
181306 181357
>>181299
Heh, I like the juxtaposition where the response to me is somepony asking why a pony would join the Blackhooves and the response below is a character explaining why somepony would. ^^

---

Vir pulls back slightly and holds up a hoof in a self-defensive gesture. Before she looks up at the sky in exasperation. She has an out of place smile on her features for a moment, stemming from having someone else agree with her on this, before she gains a neutral expression if with tinge of negativity.

"I know. I'm just as confused as you are," Vir says before she brings her hoof together before pulling them apart towards the sides in a quick motion. "The things she said didn't make sense to me." She shakes her head and exhales. "She's always been the smarter of the two of us. But... I don't get it. She called the princesses frauds and that the Black Hooves actually cared about ponies, unlike the princesses."
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181306
>>181305
>She called the princesses frauds and that the Black Hooves
*She called the princesses frauds and said that the Black*
GM Pony
3fb4049
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No.181308
181309 181350 181352
>>181300
>>181304
Mala:

“Yeah, you’re right.”

Mala again tugs on Silver
“Hey, the black griffin says that we should take anything of value in the boat. Should I start with what the griffins have on them?”
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181309
1a6ayw.jpg
>>181308 welcome back to America
Posey pats Mala again
"That would be very fearsome."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181311
181312 181339 181344
Brie steps over to Silver and mutters softly, his voice usually bright and chipper is instead low, gravelly so that only Silver could hear (DC 20), with an air of sinister intrnt (not directed at him)
"You and I both know she can't be trusted with the crown. You saw the way she looked at it. She has a tell that Ive detected several times, in her casual dismissals; she's lying, most noticeably to to with that crown. As though she's terrified of even the idea of letting it go.
I'm not familiar with the practice of hiring wizards that can summon vile beasts to run their freighter ships, so one has to assume the crown was in some way related. I would advise throwing it in the lake and forget about it, but who knows what havoc that would be unleashed by our hooves.
Regardless, we can't trust her with it, I don't trust her with it. Not to mention, you saw how badly she was stabbed, and look at her now; not a scratch on her. I'll leave it to you to address - for now - but this entire thing stinks to literal hell it seems, and here I'm dressed for winter."
Anonymous
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No.181312
181314
>>181310
>>181311
Hehe. I saw it. ^^
>hands.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181313
181314 181366
Concluding his little spiel to Silver, Brie pulls out his revolver, loads it (yes, kek) and then pulls out the oil filter looking thing and carefully screws it to the barrel of his
.38.
He stops midway and looks at anyone glancing at him. "What? I didn't think I was actually going to have to use it," he then looks at Rosey, tips his head in acknowledgement that the gun wasnt even loaded, and then tightens the filter a few more turns.
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181314
181315
>>181312
I do the same thing. I don't know why I'm pecking on you.
>>181313
>out his revolver, loads it (yes, kek)
^^
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181315
>>181314
Reeeeee
Brie secures the firearm in a wire frame that swings out from a amall seam along the side of his rear right leg, specifically designed to holster a revolver with a suppressor.
Brie
8521f32
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No.181319
181352 181366
>>181304
"Surely the Captain can offer us some form of very legally binding reward for coming to the aid of him and his crew, on behalf of the shipping company of course, we wouldnt want to dip into the pockets of hardworking blue-collar ponies would we?"
Anonymous
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No.181328
[1d20 = 5]
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181330
181331
"Defiant, my good Zebro, would you be offended if I were to inquire the nature of faith you prescribe to?"
Brie wants to know Dust's alignment/God
Anonymous
00cd86a
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No.181331
181333 181366
>>181330
Dust scrunches slightly at "Zebro"
"The earth's laws are mine to follow
To keep the dust we come from hallow
From the dust is where we begin
And to the dust we shall return again
Those who attempt to escape death's shadow
Mess with the order of all life's ways
To return to the earth is our greatest honor
In the cycle, our part we will all play
This is the way we all must prosper."
Lawful neutral, no god just a general reverence for the earth, life, and the natural process of death.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181333
>>181331
Brie nods in appreciative agreement. "Well said."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181339
>>181311
This is wrong, the DC is 15
Brie
8521f32
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No.181344
181350
>>181311
On this point, its meta for me to have Brie do this so soon after. I have had the benefit of sleep and contemplation, whereas Brie has not. He has reasons to be suspicious of Rosey and the crown, but it wouldn't be until later that he would come to a conclusion, and longer still to mention it to Silver. If no o e objects, I would nix this part
Dark Star
e98ff32
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No.181348
181357
>>181299
"I See." He looks down at his hoof, lost in thought.
"This is what i want too, time is not on our side though, and with the changelings in the west...The future seems more Uncertain than ever before. I do not wish for our ponies to be under the hooves or claws of any sub-pony filth. We are aligned on this. Sir."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181349
181366
>>181304
Oh, one other question for the captain, how did the crown grt on his head? Did he put it on? It was at an odd angle, suggesting someone else placed it, and it would be useful to know who did and why.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181350
181351 181366
>>181344
Entirely up to you! I've read the post and thought of how Silver would reply to it, but if you feel now isn't the most appropriate time then that's perfectly alright with me.

>>181308
Silver actually has to think to recall if the black griffon has said anything recently in reply to Cavaliere.
Anonymous
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No.181351
181357
>>181350
Nah, as a GM I would say no to the player who tried on grounds of meta, because Brie has only experienced common and uncommon items and wouldn't fully appreciate the potential risks/gravity of such an item yet. If its all the same, I would retract.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181352
>>181308
How did I miss this post. Sigh

Brie would consequently not have said this >>181319
, having heard the previous. Ill be more thorough in the future.
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181357
181360 181361 181367 181579
>>181348
"Well, either way, I hope you can appreciate that we are low on resources, especially ponies. When the war in Griffonia ends, it will all be different. That is one of the reasons we need you. Not to imply that Baltimare wouldn't need you, even if we were not here. Equestria too, needs its heroes.

I hope that now, at least, you understand the mid-term goals we are working for. The fact that we have so little time is exactly why our Governor has assumed the goal to be stability. The more stable things are here, the less of a drain on resources the territory will be, and thus the better we will hold up in the event of a Changeling surprise attack.

But Revolution has a logic all of its own. The Manehattan Governor claims that National Service could be brought to Manehattan, and that very easily an army of 100,000 or more could be raised. Think of that, 100,000 or even 1 million of Equestria's own sons defending their land from the Changelings. But these 1 million will be lead by the seasoned generals who won Griffonia, and they will have a much better chance than before.

Something to think about, to be sure

If it makes you feel any better, you should know that in the wake of what went down in Hoebuck, our sister service, Revenue and Migration, has conducted multiple raids on populations of illegal aliens, and more to the point, illegal aliens that practice that occult. I can't say I am very pleased, because R&M is a rival of ours, but someone getting the glory, at least."

>>181305
"Ugh... No, the princesses do care for us. Even now they raise the sun and the moon. Even now, they protect us in our dreams. And even now, they inspire us, and give us hope. I suppose in a way I can understand it, that dark night of the soul... Bless her, may she one day see the light."

>>181351
I liked Brie's statement because it was basically Brie agreeing with what Cavaliere said just before about the tiara maybe being considered dangerous. It was a nice issue for Mala to use to argue for why the presence of the tiara means he should be allowed to loot more or to get a bigger piece of the share.

But you can do what you think is appropriate.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181360
181363
>>181357
Well, the questions to be resolved that might lead to Brie having a better idea are:
1. Is the captain a spellcaster
2. How did the crown get on his head
3. A more detailed account - perhaps impossible due to the clumsiness of direct translation - from the captain specifically, about his experience (>inb4 amnesia)
4. Money prease
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181361
>>181357
>It was a nice issue for Mala to use to argue for why the presence of the tiara means he should be allowed to loot more
Let the boy have his loot. We are supposed to be pirates.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181363
>>181360
>a spellcaster
OR a rogue
>money prease
Unironically distracted
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181365
>>181304
He takes a moment to think, looking off in the distance. Then he answers,

"Ja.

Waarschijnlijk het oude verlaten ponydorp. Het zijn er eigenlijk twee. De oudere ligt in het midden, maar de meer ontwikkelde ligt aan de zuidelijke baai. Misschien de vuurtoren op de noordpunt."
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181366
181369
>>181313
Cavaliere shakes his head in exasperation.

>>181319
>>181349
"This is not a shipping company and everything indicates these griffons work independently."

Nevertheless, he asks Sørvik, "Wordt dit schip gecharterd of zijn jullie freelancers? En heb je die vervloekte tiara zelf opgezet of heeft iemand anders hem op je gezet?"

Additionally, he says, "U en uw bemanning moeten snel alle persoonlijke bezittingen die u op dit schip en de huizen hebt achtergelaten, ophalen. Laat mijn kameraden alsjeblieft meegaan om iets nuttigs te vinden, maar houd ze in de gaten, want ze zijn niet te vertrouwen in de buurt van waardevolle spullen. Zodra je klaar bent, kunnen we een schuilplaats voor je vinden waar je kunt schuilen totdat we de pony's vinden."

>>181331
I enjoy the wordplay you come up with. I can't for the life of me make good poetry.

>>181350
I think "black griffon" referred to me.
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181367
181369
>>181357
Vir nods along to Heather's words. Determination flashing over her face at the end.

"She will, I'll see to that," she says.
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181369
181372 181401
>>181366
"Dit is mijn boot. Ik heb er misschien een lening op, maar deze boot is van mij.

Waarom moeten we van mijn boot af?"

>>181367
She moves Vir's mane out of her eyes.

"There we go. Much better now. Still want tea?"
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181372
181373
>>181369
Cavaliere looks at him with a serious, yet empathetic expression.

"Een Stalliongrad-schip met ongeveer tachtig pony's aan boord, waaronder matrozen en mariniers, is op dit eiland geland of gecrasht. Het is onmogelijk voor u om dit schip te repareren en het water uit het ruim te pompen voordat ze u vinden. Ze beschouwen dit eiland als het hunne. U moet uw verliezen nemen en vluchten."
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181373
181376
>>181372
This gets his attention. He turns his head fully towards Cavaliere. He stands upright, though he is shaking.

"Hoe vertrekken we?"
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181376
181378
>>181373
"We hebben verschillende opties, afhankelijk van wat de situatie vereist. Onze beste kans is om de airponies te redden en onder dekking van de duisternis te vertrekken. We moeten ze snel vinden voordat het te koud wordt of de communisten ze opsporen."
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181378
181382
>>181376
Standing upright and antsy, with his tail curling around his legs.

"Nou, ga er dan aan de slag. Zijn ze het eiland aan het afzoeken? De Stalliongraders?"
Anonymous
60fdf0c
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No.181379
181380 181381
rsktd5m0wi881.jpg

Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181380
181382
>>181379
[YouTube] THANK YOU FOR 2.6M FAMILY MEMBERS! 🥹🥰❤️ - #dance #trend #viral #funny #couple #german #deutsch [Embed]
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181381
>>181379
If you think you've been exposed to an excess of the dutch language these last few days...
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181382
181383 181384 181389 181393 181396 181398
>>181378
"Dat zijn ze waarschijnlijk wel. We sloegen een eenzame zeeman bewusteloos op het strand ten westen(?) van hier. Hij was net zo hysterisch als jij met de kroon op. We weten niet wat de oorzaak was of wat ze nu aan het doen zijn. Jij en je vrienden hebben tien minuten om te verzamelen wat je nodig hebt voordat we vertrekken. Ik zal mijn collega's ook klaarmaken."

He turns around to the others. "He'll be cooperative with us. From what he knows of this island, the ponies are either at the lighthouse on the northern point, at the village on the southern bay, or in the older village in the middle. I gave his crew ten minutes to get everything they want to save from this place, and I suggest we take no longer than that ourselves."

>>181380
That's German though….
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181383
>>181382
I dont speak german either, it sounds comparably funni
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181384
181393
>>181382
"Heel goed, dat zal ik doen"

He gives a single nod, and then looks to the yellow griffin, and starts speaking in a language that is less silly, but more alien. Then he speaks sharply to the black griffin, and looks around and finds the white griffin. They are sharp in their replies back and seem to start arguing.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181389
181393 181397
>>181382
"Where should we search first?"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181393
181394 181397
>>181382
>>181384
>>181389
I suppose it depends on where the whaling station is on the island, and whatever location is closest to it.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181394
>>181393
Yeah, we should just do it in terms of whatever is closest.
Chessboard Study Groups and Learning Jointly aimed at Improved Achievements
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No.181395
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GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181396
>>181382
Mala smiles and wags his tail, and then nods
"Oh, I see what you are doing here."
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181397
181399 181403
>>181389
>>181393
Isn't Posey referring to within the ship?

"Assuming more of this ship isn't completely flooded, we should split up. I will start with the wheelhouse." He adopts a more stern look, and glances especially at Posey, Mala and Brie. "Let the griffons keep their personal possessions. Anything that they choose to leave behind is free for the taking."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181398
181400 181410
>>181382
"Ask the griffin if he considers himself to be a priest, and if he remembers casting spells while wearing the tiara."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181399
181400
>>181397
She was referring to the island. Her priority is the marines.
She already has everything she wants from this ship
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181400
181402 181406
>>181398
>>181399
I gave ten in-game minutes for a reason. Technically speaking Cavaliere has no authority to issue orders like that, but it's a good compromise between giving the griffons a chance to pick up what they need/letting the party loot the ship and getting on with the mission already.

He interrupts the griffons' bickering. "Sørvik, ben jij een soort geestelijke? Terwijl je onder invloed van de tiara bent, heb je een spreuk uitgesproken. Weet je nog iets van dat?"
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181401
181402
>>181369
She scratched the back of her neck.

"Yeah, about that. The point of the story is that, and it's kinda of a long story anyway so we can skip head to it: At some point, I started drinking and now I'm almost an alcoholic. So while I'm embarrassed to ask this, do you have some... Wine?"
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181402
181411
>>181400
He looks confused
"Hè? Nee"

>>181401
She tilts her head
"Almost an alcoholic?"
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181403
181406 181410
>>181397
"Well, if we're waiting to see what they leave behind, naturally they will be leaving before we do."
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181406
181408 181410
>>181403
Mala shakes his head. He has a smile
"No, that isn't his plan."

>>181400
Mala:
"You told them don't expect to come back, right?"
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181407
>>181405
Shush, let us grt loot. We cant carry much cuz emcumbrance anyway if gold
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181408
181409 181416
>>181406
Brie cocks his head uncomprehendingly. He shrugs, assuming an explanatoon on that AND A WHOLE lot more, will be forthcoming before long or else hell ask again
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181409
181412 181413 181414
>>181408
Mala brings up his black paw and makes a movement with his mouth of "Shh." He has a smile, as if giddy to be in on a secret.
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181410
181413 181414 181416 181422
>>181398
"He is not and has no recollection."

>>181403
He turns back to Brie.
"Then accompany one of them, and pick up what he leaves behind. Don't wait for all of them to be finished at the end of the ten minutes."

>>181406
"Yes, they know will have to abandon this ship."

Are the griffons still bickering?
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181411
181416
>>181402
Vir cringes and looks everywhere but on Heather.

"Welllllll, I think I can survive without alcohol," Vir says.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181412
181414 181422
>>181409
Sense Motive: What is Mala planning, Silver wonders...

[1d20+3 = (1+3) = 4]
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181413
>>181409
Even through the mask, Brie's cheekbones betray his smile.
>>181410
He nods in assent, then turns briskly toward the Griffons, stops, turns back to Cavaliere and briefly asks "How does one say "lead the way" and "what is this thing?"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181414
>>181410
>"He is not and has no recollection."
"Hmmm, so the cursed tiara either bestows power on the wearer, at the cost of their minds and autonomy... Or perhaps it has a mind of its own... Certainly a dangerous item..."

"Ve are losing daylight. Let us search the towns at once."
>>181409
Posey joins him in a mischievous giggle.
>>181412
Ha

Time to steal.
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181416
181417 181418 181420
>>181410
>>181408
The griffins start bickering, and start moving, especially after the white one speaks to the others.

Mala explains to Brie,
"They won't leave anything small and of value behind if they think they won't have a chance to come back. If they think they will come back they will hide it. But if they think they will not, they will try to take it with them.

We could have done this from the beginning, they would have found all of the hidden things for us. They may still get more valuables in their houses."

Mala blinks, and looks over at Cavaliere.
"You're smart, Cava-caval... Mr. Garv. I can see why they brought you. I'm not a planner, but uh, I can help keep them in line while we're moving."

>>181411
pet pet pet
"Come inside and have some tea" she says
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181417
181420
>>181416
Comprehending, Brie will nod slowly, comprehendingly. Ahem "Youre right Cavaliere, do you prefer mister? It would in fact be untoward to deprive the ship of anything they might wosh to retrieve at a later time, humble fishermen that they are."
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181418
181422
>>181416
That cracks open a smile across Vir's face. She reaches out and pets the other mare back.

"I... We can try. Anyway, thank you," she says and looks off to the side. "I really appreciate that you took your time one me."
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181420
>>181416
>>181417
Cavaliere follows closely behind the others, observing them closely. He does not share in Mala's enthusiasm. "We are not robbers, Mala. These griffons gave up everything they had to pursue a life out at sea, and now they have to give that up, too. They cannot carry everything they want, but what they do choose to carry is to be left on their persons. What they must leave you're free to take, because better us than the communists. Do you understand?"
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181422
181423 181429 181578
>>181412
poofHis floof makes him unreadable

>>181410
His smile fades, and he slowly tilts his head. He looks down to the ground, and then back to Mr. Garv

"No?"

>>181418
"I would hope you'd expect it out of anypony." She says, smiling. She stands up

"Now for tea."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181423
181424
>>181422
Bluff/feint [1d20+5 = (3+5) = 8]
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181424
>>181423
Hide [1d20+15 = (1+15) = 16]
Sneak [1d20+15 = (2+15) = 17]
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181425
181427
Brie attempts a feint to hide, and follow behind the Griffons
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181426
181427
He doesnt yet know he got a 1 on his hide check
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181427
181428
>>181425
>>181426
A griffin turns back, and looks towards Brie
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181428
maxresdefault-3573900505.jpg
>>181427
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.181429
181430
>>181422
^^
Goodnight. I'm falling a sleep in my chair.
It was great fun^^
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181430
>>181429
wags tail

Goodnight!
Anonymous
60fdf0c
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No.181431
181433
Have we decided where we're going to search next yet, or not?
Anonymous
60fdf0c
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No.181432
181433 181434
Let's just as the griffons which of the locations is closest, and go from there.
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181433
181434 181436
>>181431
>>181432
"Sørvik, is de zuidelijke nederzetting, de centrale nederzetting of de noordelijke vuurtoren het dichtst bij hier?"
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181434
181437
>>181433
"Ze zijn een beetje een vergelijkbare afstand. Het oude dorp en de vuurtoren. De vuurtoren staat op die heuvel, langs de nok van het midden van het eiland tussen de noordelijke baai en de zuidelijke baai. De vuurtoren staat langs de kust als je hem rechtdoor volgt. Het ligt op een voorgebergte in de richting van het water."

>>181432
Should have put points in Gungan
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181436
181439 181443
>>181433
The white griffin slowly comes closer, and in a strange accent, asks

"Where are you from?"
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181437
181440 181442
>>181434
"Bedankt."

"The lighthouse and the old village are at roughly the same distance from us. I recommend going to the lighthouse first, as knowing the coastline will give us an advantage and might let us spot the enemy freighter."

Should we wait for the other party members to be present before proceeding with scavenging items and discussing the next course of action? I don't know who's online now but everyone should get a shot at it.
Anonymous
60fdf0c
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No.181438
We should probably go to the lighthouse first because it's on higher ground, that way we will be able to see smoke/fire that the Marines built to keep warm if they're in the town.
The lighthouse probably has provisions and comm equipment in it, and the Marines would know that. They would be predisposed to go to an official building for refuge, and as Marines their standard protocol would be to make camp on the highest possible ground when in contested territory.
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181439
181441
>>181436
"Nova Griffonia," he answers simply.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181440
>>181437
"I agree. Let us go to the lighthouse."
>Should we wait
We could just roll the check for what we find, and then appraise/count the loot after we finish the mission. No real need to count shekels now.
I would like to get started in the lighthouse search tonight.
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181441
181444 181445
>>181439
He looks around with great uncertainty.
"I am glad you came. This has been a terrible day."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181442
>>181437
Ostensibly, any loot will be a result of individual search checks that can be freely allowed (within reason, so taking a 10 or rolling 10 times) and where progress could be stalled until all players weigh in individually, if GM doesnt mind
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181443
181446 181449
>>181436
"Pardon me, you seem to speak Ponish(?), who put the crown on the captain's head?"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181444
181446
>>181441
Silver: "It could have been far, far worse day."
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181445
181446
>>181441
"You speak Ponish?" he asks with surprise. "Are you Bøkli or Ingerstad?"
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181446
181447 181448
>>181444
"I thought it would be until you came."

>>181443
Yes... I do... I was moving to Equestria."

>>181445
gasp

"How do you know our names?"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181447
181448 181449
>>181446
Silver: "There were many notes left behind in your village. Some in Ponish we could read, others in your native languages we could not."

Silver gives the white griffon the notes they've collected.

Actually, now that I think on it, wasn't at least one of the griffons injured before they encountered them, or at least was covered in blood?
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181448
181449
>>181446
>>181447
Cavaliere follows suit, and gives the notes he had stowed away in his backpack.
"Pardon the intrusion on privacy, but when we came across your camp it looked abandoned. We read your letters to better understand what happened."

And yes, they had stab wounds.
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181449
181450 181454
>>181447
The yellow one is described as such, but the white one has visible blood stains as well.

He looks at the note
"My letters... I thought Olaf had destroyed them. It looks like he tried to."

>>181448
"Oh, that makes sense, I guess."

>>181443
"He did."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181450
181451 181452 181453
>>181449
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this means that its been confirmed that the captain remembers fuckall but put the crown on, went eldritch crazy,... involuntarily.
Does Brie need to roll a check to connect that the crown may have mind controlled the captain possibly without it even being in his possession?
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181451
181452
>>181450
The crown mind controlled the captain... without it being near the captain?
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181452
>>181450
>>181451
Brie definitely doesn't know griffons well enough.
Anonymous
60fdf0c
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No.181453
181455
>>181450
He found a cursed crown, and put it on because that's what people do when they find jewelry.
Then it mind controlled him.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
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No.181454
181457
>>181449
Silver: "He did not try very well if he did. I would have thrown them in outhouse or something to that effect. We saw there was pistol and bottle in there." Silver looks over at his blood stains. "Are any of you injured? Do you need one of us yo take look over you?"
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181455
181456 181458
>>181453
Any mention of where?
Anonymous
60fdf0c
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No.181456
181459
>>181455
Probably immediately after he found it.
GM Pony
44110d8
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No.181457
181458 181463
>>181454
"The bottle... Olaf probably dropped one. Or hid it maybe. He tried to hide his alcoholism. A gun? Maybe that was Ingerstadt? I missed that part.

Yes, several of us are wounded. I've been stabbed... I think what happened was... the wounds were chilled and dried with salt to stop the bleeding."
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181458
181461
>>181455
Brie can ask in-character if he wants, the other PCs all have a pretty good idea from the letters they read.

>>181457
I checked and his name is Egerstadt.

"That would explain all the blood in the curing shack. We had thought one of you were murdered in there."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181459
181462
>>181456
Im not asking for probably, Im asking - in detail and in character if needs be - where was the crown found, etc etc.
This is weird shit to Brie, hes not used to being surprised.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.181460
Brie expressly asked in character for an account from the captain if remembered, an account from the crew surrounding, and the other non-loot question was answered
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181461
>>181458
scrunch

"I'm almost surprised we were not. It was brutal..."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
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No.181462
181467
1732666981.mp4 (122.3 KB, Resolution:854x480 Length:00:00:00, Spoilered) [play once] [loop]
Spoilered
>>181459
>hes not used to being surprised
Rolling to sneak up behind Brie, and surprise him
Move silently
[1d20+9 = (9+9) = 18]
Intimidate
[1d20+15 = (19+15) = 34]

".......... BOO!"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181463
181464 181465 181471
>>181457
Silver: "If you will permit us, we can have look over your injuries. I do not believe we are so strapped for time that we can not tend to some wounded griffons. You all may end up moving more swiftly as well while patched up."
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181464
181470
>>181463
"Yes." He nods. He moves his jacket to show what appears to be a stab wound. The wound itself cannot be seen, but a shirt tightly wrapped around it that is soaked in blood, can be.
Cavaliere
7195c44
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No.181465
181466
>>181463
Cavaliere sighs. "We will have to. We cannot perform any advanced treatments like a blood transfusion, so I have to ask that you don't overexert yourselves."

GM should account for reduced HP on some of the griffons, and not just from the fight
Anonymous
60fdf0c
?
No.181466
>>181465
We could just have the Cleric heal them.
Cure minor woulds should stop the bleeding. What's he using lvl 0 slots for?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181467
181468
>>181462
Youd have to roll a bluff check opposed by spot to do that
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
?
No.181468
181469 181473
>>181467
Bluff
[1d20+14 = (2+14) = 16]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
?
No.181469
>>181468
Fugg
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181470
181472 181478
>>181464
Heal: With the current absence of our resident zeeb, Silver takes up combat medic duties, tending to the white griffon's wounds to the best of his abilities.

[1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181471
181475
>>181463
Brie clears his throat more than obviously at the mention of healing
GM Pony
44110d8
?
No.181472
181475
>>181470
The wound seems mostly competently handled for now. It could use more pressure though, to make sure that the wound coagulates and does not come apart as they move.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181473
181478
>>181468
[1d20+8 = (18+8) = 26]
The dice hate me so,....
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181474
Huh
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181475
181476
>>181472
Seems simple enough to take care of. A fresh bandage, tightly tied, and a dose of antiseptic to prevent infection should be enough to tide him over.

>>181471
What all is ailing the bat? I know there was the Sound Burst, but was there anything else causing him problems?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181476
181478 181484
>>181475
The sound burst that did 8 dmg to the hollow-boned (it was a dice roll, but still) bat
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
?
No.181478
181479 181481 181484
>>181473
I'll get you next time...
>>181470
>>181476
"Ooh, that's some serious damage, could become gangrenous. I recommend immediate euthanasia."
(Posey went to medical school in horse Canada)
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181479
181480
>>181478
Oh, we're not done. Brie is gonna bluff that he doesnt notice
[1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
?
No.181480
181482
>>181479
[1d20+1 = (16+1) = 17]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181481
181483
>>181478
>euthanasia
[1d20+8 = (3+8) = 11]
Is this statement ironic, comedic, or something else?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181482
>>181480
Rosey sees Brie's head tilt as she moves, shes made
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
?
No.181483
181484 181485
>>181481
It is Posey's professional opinion based on her medical certification, and has nothing to do with being a death-worshipping necromancer.
[1d20+14 = (2+14) = 16]
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181484
181486 181490
>>181478
>>181476
Silver rolls his eyes and chuckles at Posey's statement before talking with Brie. "Do not mind her, she likes to mess with others. She tried doing something similar with me earlier today, talking about that fruit having hidden consequences or some such."

>>181483
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181485
>>181483
Yeah he cant detect anything spoopy
Rosey "Posey" Ring
60fdf0c
?
No.181486
181488
>>181484
>beat by 1
You suspect Posey might have some Canadian in her... Spooky
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181488
>>181486
Just an off sense of humor. Not added to the list he will ask about
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181490
181492 181497 181499
>>181484
"Fruit? What fruit?"

I still am of the firm belief that all rolls of this type should be secretly done by the DM for the best roleplay experience.
Anonymous
60fdf0c
?
No.181492
181494 181497
>>181490
That's also a lot of extra work for the DM, for a bunch of shitposts
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181494
181497
>>181492
Definitely a lot easier to do in person, in real time. There are weaknesses to hosting games on imageboards.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181497
181499 181503
>>181490
>>181492
>>181494
I can tone it down, but theres no threat of this spiralling outward cuz context, and Posey and I are trying to find a way to mesh our player styles.

Like kittens, it looks like fighting, but we're learning to play together (again)
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181499
181503
>>181490
Silver: "Fruit from Tree of Life."

Yes, he says this quite casually.

>>181497
Nah, I can tell there's nothing hostile going on between you two at the moment, just having some fun shitposting and messing with each other. Please, carry on.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181503
181508 181523
>>181499
Sense motive to see if Silver is pulling his leg.
[1d20+11 = (16+11) = 27]

Knowledge: Arcana if it is at all related to the concept: [1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]

>>181497
>>181499
I agree, this is far preferable to how it used to be already
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181508
181519
>>181503
I can but assure you thats my intention going forward.
Do u know of Test?
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181519
181522
>>181508
No. What is Test?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181522
>>181519
I must ask that someone who can, to provide you with a link. Or if ur on mlpol discord, Im the red cow Ninjas
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181523
>>181503
While I can't speak for Cavaliere's knowledge, Silver seems to be genuine in his statement.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181578
181594
>>181422
Vir nods and then force a smile.

"Yes, let's get some... Tea."

She proceeds to follow Heather's lead.
Dark Star
20ab681
?
No.181579
181594
>>181357
This appears to have assuage any misgivings that Dark Star had
"I See, things might not be as bleak as i thought."
He smiles
"Thanks, Sir."
GM Pony
985ccc8
?
No.181594
181607 181870
>>181579
He nods
"Any time."

I have a suspicion that you want Sea Breeze to directly give Dark Star a quest or objective. Is that correct? And if so, which one(s)? Do you want him to get right to it, or what do you want him to do?

>>181578
Heather holds onto Vir's foreleg and helps her up.

"Come along."

She opens the door, and takes Vir in. She takes Vir down the small hall that twists around the end of the church, until she comes to a door that she opens into a small kitchen, with a wooden floor, and prominent wooden table. Flowercup is already here and evidently has already started the task of boiling the water, which begins shortly thereafter. She takes a tea bag and places one in a small, porcelain cup, and begins pouring the tea.

"You can sit" Heather says, and helps Vir to the table. She picks up a small porcelain container with a tea spoon in it. Flowercup comes by and places the tea cup with the tea and tea bag in it in front of Vir.

"Would you like any sugar?" Heather asks
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181607
181622
>>181594
Vir nods.

"I can take a cube, or two... Let's make it three actually," Vir says and licks her lips.

Is there a reaction form the other two ponies in the room at this hilarious line of dialogue? ^^

Vir looks at Flowercup and hums to herself.

"I realized that despite having spent the night here, I haven't learnt you guys'es names. You-" She points to Heather. "-are called Heee...Heather. And you-" She points at Flowercup. "-are..." She rolls circles in the air with her hoof. "Don't tell me."

She doesn't remember her name at all. ^^
Anonymous
4e59e57
?
No.181616
181622
Sense motive [1d20+8 = (11+8) = 19]
It was a 1 on his hide, so I have to ask. Does Brie realize how badly he failed to be sneaky?
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181622
181624 181625
>>181616
Yes. He can tell that at least one griffin in the line caught him in his periphery and then looked back at him.

>>181607
Yes. Hetaher smiles widely. Flowercup giggles.

"Of course, dear." Heather says

When she is addressed, Flowercup turns towards Vir and looks at her with her golden eyes and a blank expression
"Flowercup"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181624
181630
>>181622
Brie dispenses with all pretense with a shrug and returns to the party. He isnt going to give the full 10 minutes before going and looking, but better for the griffons to think hes staying behind for now.
(In standby)
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181625
181626 181627 181630 181631
>>181622
"Right, I knew that," Vir says with a smile and blush. [1d20-1 = (11-1) = 10] Bluff
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181626
181627
>>181625
;P
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181627
181628
>>181626
>>181625
I know I don't need to roll for that but I thought it be really funny if I got a crit fail so I had to try fort.
Anonymous
9636399
?
No.181628
181635
>>181627
Unironically, one of the reasons I do that sometimes
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181630
181631 181635
6247426.png
>>181625
[1d20 = 20]

>>181624
Noted
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181631
181635
2010496.png
>>181625
>>181630
She looks at Vir with narrowed eyes.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181635
181654
>>181631
Flowercup's gaze cuts like knife and Vir tilts her face away sheepishly. However, instead of looking remorseful of being caught with cookie crumbles, something about being scrutinized by a filly cause lips to quiver as she try to restrain her mouth to form a smile.

She's not very successful. c:

"Okay, okay. Hehe, I didn't. Sorry. I'm not known to have good memory," she says with mirth in her voice.

>>181630
>Rolls a 20
I assume that this means Flowercup sees Virgin's soul right now.

>>181628
^^
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181654
181671
>>181635
"I see..." Flowercup responds, still gazing into Vir's soul

What does she see?
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181671
181672 181677
>>181654
She sees nothing more than mare with her pants down... At first. But then it's almost like world drifts off as Virgin takes her full attention. She reverts back into a scrawny filly but with abnormally large fetlocks for her age. A smile like that you could find one friendly and panting dog adore her face. Her excited but dumb gaze fall down onto the table.

On it, a glass vase has appeared with single red rose. Filly Virgin Flame is delighted to see it and take sniff of it and melts to the loveliness of the aroma.

Suddenly, and out of nowhere, the stem breaks and the rose dangles of it by a green thread.

Virgin's mouth forms an 'O' and she carefully but quickly grabs the rose. She tries to put it back like it was but the rose's stem won't be mended no matter how many times she tries to places it back on top.

Tears run down her pale face as she gives up... For now.

Flowercup returns to the real world.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181672
181673
>>181671
>Tears run down her pale face as she gives up... For now.
Actually no. Instead: Tears run down her pale face but she doesn't stop. Nothing changes.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181673
181677
>>181672
Actually, do whatever. I'm just endlessly, questioning myself. Sorry.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
b6b10d0
?
No.181676
181677 181678 181680
"So... Off to the Lighthouse?"
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181677
181678 181680 181681 181685
lbas-VX73YldJKs-epE09CO67IJKPHvgjndww8Wea0o.jpg
>>181671
gasp

Flowercup's eyes become wide, and her mouth hangs open.

"Wow"

Heather says,

"Flowercup! Get the kettle!"

Meanwhile, the tea kettle whistles along

"Oh. Sorry."
Flowercup goes and removes the tea kettle, and readies a second round of tea

>>181673
pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pet pets ze sven

>>181676
Mala looks up at Posey. Well, not actually, since he's at least as tall as her, but he does look to her with pleading eyes.

"We're robbing the griffins later and not now, right?"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181678
181680 181682
>>181677
Silver gives Mala some more pets. "If you mean looting what they are unable to take with them..."

>>181676
Silver: "If that is what everypony is agreeing on. It sounds as if all of major locations on island are equidistant from each other, so distance is not factor. Personally, I believe those flying things Cavaliere saw on his scouting run were kites or some such flown by our Navy ponies, showcasing their position when they heard sea plane fly overhead."
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181679
181686
Technically the modern village is a little further than the lighthouse or old village

The flying things are nearer the old village.

The lighthouse is on a kind of promontory north of the whaling station, and to the side of the north bay. To get there, go the direction towards the small whale bones and beyond, either going slightly inland and going up the hill, or stay on the beach and hug the coast.

The old village is on a hill kind of near the center of the island, inland and between the northern and southern bays. To get there, go in land from the whaling station, basically just going the opposite direction of the boat.

I was really hoping that map would be ready by now...
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181680
181682
>>181676
>>181677
>>181678
Cavaliere widens his eyes in surprise. "I was expecting you to be eager to try to strip this boat bare. I have no objections regarding moving immediately, but we will probably not be able to return here if you get second thoughts."

We can wait if you want to. I will be away for a few hours starting now.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181681
181682
>>181677
Brie taps Mala on the shoulder whispering "if we do rob the griffons, it will be later, but we will not wont to be eager in our demeanor."
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181682
181683 181684 181722
>>181678
>>181680
Mala is pet more
"Anything they leave behind is too big or not valuable. The boat is the most valuable thing here, anyways..."

>>181681
Mala looks to Brie, and nods.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
b6b10d0
?
No.181683
181726
>>181682
I, too, pet the doggo.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
b6b10d0
?
No.181684
181687
>>181682
"Take what you want. We are losing daylight. We need to leave."
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181685
181741
>>181677
>pets ze sven
Aww. ^^

Vir blinks at the as she noticed Flowercup's change in expression but doesn't know what to make of it.

She blew on the tea causing tiny ripples. If there's sugar nearby, then she helps herself to some. She then takes the cup, which probably is quite warm between her hooves. Vir's fat fetlocks keeps her from not dropping it. She takes a sip. She smacks as she roll the flavor over tongue.

"This is some bombass tea, Flowercup."

Booze!

"Tasty, what's in it?" she says.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
b6b10d0
?
No.181686
181711
>>181679
We don't have to do it now, but how long would it take for us to reach the lighthouse?
Should we roll survival to avoid random encounters?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181687
181688
>>181684
Brie gestures to Rosey "Appreciating that time is of the essence, with diligence and a sharp eye for value (+11 appraise) we will make haste."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181688
181710 181711 181726 181727
>>181687
Basic search check, for goodies [1d20+11 = (19+11) = 30]
I dont wanna break the shit/ship into categories, so Ill roll another search for 1 more area [1d20+11 = (17+11) = 28]

On hand for any griffon interactions, but simplifying with base value rolls
Anonymous
b6b10d0
?
No.181697
181700 181701
I only deleted it because I misspelled a word.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181700
181701 181703
>>181697
4 times?
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181701
181702 181705
>>181689
>>181690
>>181691
>>181692
>>181693
>>181694
>>181695
>>181696
>>181697
>>181698
>>181699
>>181700
Woah, you guys sure missed something. I'll tell ya.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181702
>>181701
Mine was the 00, idfk about the rest
Anonymous
3d8811f
?
No.181703
>>181700
What? No. Only once.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181704
181706
Screenshot_20241128_192148_DuckDuckGo.jpg
These are the 4 I saved. They suggest a deleted dialogue
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181705
>>181701
You're free to evaluate
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181706
181707
>>181704
Don't tell them our little secret. UWU
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181707
>>181706
Give me a reason
Anonymous
3d8811f
?
No.181708
181709
Who even cares?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181709
181710
>>181708
We shall indeed see. If I was GM, I would quite care
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181710
181711 181726 181727
>>181688
Cavaliere does the same, but prioritizing useful items over valuables.
[1d20+2 = (20+2) = 22]
[1d20+2 = (3+2) = 5]

>>181709
I don't think he would mind your private ERP session.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181711
181713 181726
>>181688
>>181710
Silver and Kira also participate in searching the ship and greater area before the group moves on.

Silver
Ship: [1d20 = 8]
Area: [1d20 = 6]

Kira
Ship: [1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
Area: [1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]

>>181686
Silver approaches Posey in the middle of his search and asks her, "You have experience with magical items, yes? How easily can you tell if item is magical or not through examination?"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
3d8811f
?
No.181713
181715 181726 181727
I'm gonna roll search too
Ship:
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
Area:
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]
>>181711
"Most magical items are exquisitely crafted and are eye-catching aside if their power, but not all of them. There is no reliable way to tell without magic, but a skilled appraiser may be able tell what an item is worth. A skilled arcanist may also notice the value in magical items."

That's an absolute shit reply, but I'm too drunk to correct it. They answer is "maybe".
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181715
181717
>>181713
Silver: "So, if I showed you item that I thought could be magical, do you think you could tell for certain, or at least offer opinion?"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
3d8811f
?
No.181717
181720
>>181715
"I could certainly try. I have seen many magical items in my day."
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181720
181722
>>181717
Silver searches through his bags, and pulls out a helmet. It's very oddly shaped, and made of an unusual, potentially unknown metal.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181722
181726
>>181720
>>181682
Armorsmithing: Actually, now that Silver has the helmet out and he's not inside the dark, dank Catacombs, he takes the moment to investigate the strange helmet's construction, figuring out elements of its design such as what kind of creature it was made for or what metal it's made of. Even if he can't determine the exact metal, perhaps he can figure out certain properties of the metal it's made out of.

[1d20+5 = (19+5) = 24]
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181726
181727 181728 181730 181732 181799
>>181722
The metal is a manganese-nickel-iron alloy that is strangely high in impurities, bearing closer resemblance to a naturally occurring metal than anything smelted. He's seen this before

The helmet is something like a peytral, or at least, vaguely resembles one, with overlapping pieces of metal on the back that hang down and can move. It isn't very long, though that may be due to the lower sections being missing. The top is rounded, but with two triangular protrusions that sweep back, each on the opposing side and vaguely imitating triangular ears. These are somewhat sturdy, and it is unclear if they are simply decorative or for practical effect. Across the top and going down the back, there is a wide strip of what is presumably gold leaf covering it.

In many places, the metal is visibly pitted or corroded, and seems to have signs of an active attempt to remove corrosion.

>>181711
Kira found the boat at least. Oh, and a nice seashell.

>>181710
Cavaliere finds a telescope, a compass, and a map in the cockpit

>>181688
Keys, a hidden bottle of bourbon, and rifle bullets

Downstairs, a few foreign coins, and a knife

>>181683
Based.

Mala revels in the pets

>>181713
Downstairs, hung on the wall, a pinniped skull.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181727
181809
>>181726
>>181713
>>181710
>>181688
Kira, having no adventuring experience before this point, isn't put off by finding no valuable loot. In fact, she gasps upon finding the seashell, and picks it up like a treasured artifact. She excitedly shows it off to the other searching members of the party, going to each of them and exclaiming, "Look at this pretty shell I found!"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181728
181735
>>181726
Any checks I can run to try and find the purpose of the keys? Also, appraising the knife.
[1d20+11 = (15+11) = 26]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181729
181730
>inb4 the keys are meant to open a lock, or to operate a motor or vehicle
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181730
181731 181735
>>181729
My first assumption would be that they're the keys to the boat.

>>181726
Hmm...perhaps Silver's Wisdom or Intelligence can help him recall previous examples of this strange alloy, or help him with remembering its origins.

Wisdom: [1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
Intelligence: [1d20 = 18]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181731
>>181730
If that doesnt work, ask the bat
I see you've never found random keys in a drawer before
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181732
181733 181735
>>181726
Goodies! Cavaliere stows these items away, putting the map away in his map case That is, if OOC it's not ready. If it's ready he will have a look at it and the compass and telescope in his backpack. He still is bearing a medium load, though the extra pounds are irksome.

I assume that the telescope is similar to the spyglass from the handbook, though it might have more magnification. There's no description of any compass. Would it grant a survival check bonus?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181733
181737
>>181732
A telescope is a telescope. Sea faring folk use them to plot course by the stars
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181734
181737
To be more helpful, telescopes and the like are valuable in DnD, tho not so sure about EaW/OE
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181735
181736 181739
>>181728
The knife is not masterwork, even though it is certainly nice. It is long, with the segment before the heel being serrated.

The keys are meant to open a lock, or to operate a motor or vehicle

>>181730
Intelligence:

The silicate content (the worst possible impurity) is low, so it's probably not made from slag. At the same time it's greatly higher than Silver would ever make, or honestly any proper smelter would make, so if it is the product of smelting, it is quite primitive.

The oxide content is higher than Silver would expect out of metal of extra-terrestrial origin, and the alloy isn't quite right for it either. The nickel content is vastly higher than most natural ores Silver is familiar with, yet just a little lower than metal from the sky. There is also no obvious evidence of platinum group metals, for instance, but there is a very noticeable quantity of especially Manganese present, higher than would be expected from extraterrestrial origins or any primitive alloy.

Because of the presence of the impurities, the metal probably does not quite equal steel. Yet the alloyed metals definitely improve the quality from what it would otherwise be.

However, Silver can identify it as being similar to the spearheads found earlier.

>>181732
The map is a map of the Rocky Sea area from the Village up North to Ravenskoye to Ny Winghaven. Mended Horn appears small on the map. However, it is a faithful and detailed enough outline of the island and the Nova Griffonian coast to have at least some use for navigating Mended Horn.

Probably should have included a sextant

>survival check bonus
For purposes of navigation, yes.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181736
181741
>>181735
Brie will hope theres a safe in the captain's quarters and will search there
[1d20+11 = (15+11) = 26]
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181737
181738 181741
>>181733
>>181734
It would be valuable in this setting because it might help with spot checks at a distance, but the window for usefulness is narrowing due to fog and diminishing sunlight.

Cavaliere lends the telescope to Brie, saying "You're a skilled lookout; see if you can make good use of this."

He spends his remaining time on the boat searching for something that could use this sort of key.
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]

But how much do the compass and map weigh? Cavaliere is dangerously close to the heavy load threshold.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181738
1200-2278211319.jpg
>>181737
Brie accepts the telescope with a quizzical expression (if not masked), picturing its use being something like pic related. He pulls some paracord from a bracelet to loop it so it hangs across his back.
"I found keys. With luck we can find what they open before departing"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181739
181740
>>181735
Now that he's getting a closer look at the equipment, Silver grows even more perplexed. Clearly, this was made by someone who knew at least a little about smithing, as evidenced by the clearly intentionally decorative touches added to the helmet. But this alloy is odd. Again, whoever made it knew what they were doing as clearly they put in a lot of work to make this metal serviceable, but it looks a bit like it's made out of metal scraps, and probably bad metal scraps at that with as many oxides are present. But that only brings up more questions, such as why was this made in the first place if it was made out of scraps? The spearheads made sense, the griffons here needed spearheads and had little in the way of proper metal to make them with, they're practical. What could be the practicality of such a helmet as this, and why was Curwhinny so interested in it as to have it in his lair?

Perhaps getting some insight from Posey on its potential magical capabilities may answer some of these questions, and Silver has to remember to go to the university to get it properly examined once they return.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181740
181824
>>181739
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE let the bat try appraising it
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181741
181743 181749 181752
>>181685
Flowercup blinks
"Um, tea?"

Heather:
"Flowercup, explain what kind of tea it is,"

Flowercup fumbles around and finds the tea container
"Uh, green tea? From... Um..." She looks closely at the container

Sri... Cervidea?"
She struggles to pronounce it

Heather:
"It's an older container we have from overseas. I thought I'd bring it out for you."

>>181736
It does appear there is a safe. A small one.

The keys are not for the safe.

>>181737
Cavaliere finds it. It's the boat. It fits the boat's motor.

>Weight
Uh, I'm not sure. A few pounds

Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181743
>>181741
Fuck the keys then
[1d20+15 = (2+15) = 17] (I gave a +2 cuz his gloves should also be masterwork, ostensibly granting him a +2 to his lockpick check, but if thats too much I'll ammend it)
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181744
1729685705295438.png

Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181745
181747
Upon review, its masterwork TOOLS that grant the +2, so ammending that. Theres no listing for "try again", so Im just gonna try again
[1d20+13 = (7+13) = 20]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181747
181750
>>181745
Im assuming that failed
>simple lock is 20dc by the book
3 searches, and 2 lockpick attempts. How much time left?
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181749
181750 182038
>>181741
Reeee it shouldn't be more than one pound

Cavaliere goes to inform the others. "We can use the key to start the ship's engine. I doubt that she is still seaworthy."
GM Pony
30b41cb
?
No.181750
181751 182038
>>181747
Is this what Brie would spend his time on?

>>181749
I don’t know, I haven’t looked up the weight yet

Cavaliere knows from his search down stairs that the fuel line to the engine has been cut
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181751
>>181750
Yes, the lure of a safe would be irresistible
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181752
181888 181908
>>181741
>"Um, tea?"
Vir chuckles at the cuteness before her. Surely, Flowercup has to have a charisma score beyond thirty. ^^

>Sri... Cervidea?"
"Sorry," Vir says through a chuckle. "Didn't mean to put you on the spot."

>"It's an older container we have from overseas. I thought I'd bring it out for you."
She scratches the back of her neck. "I don't really know anything about tea myself. Never drink it, to be honest. It sure was tasty, but you didn't have to."
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181753
181754
Hello, the zeeber is not dead. Just preoccupied.
I guess I'll join in the looting unless any more medical help is needed? Of course search is an Int skill.
Search [1d20 = 3]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181754
181755
>>181753
The bat is still at 22/30
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181755
181760
>>181754
Oh, yeah. Considering zoober is likely only gonna find his boat with that search check....
Mr. Zeeb walks up to the bat where he sits, safe cracking, and raises a hoof with a slight glow to it. He looks at Brie with an inquisitive look.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181760
181763
>>181755
Dust arrives just as Brie is getting frustrated, pulling off his mask so that the sweat of exertion stops soaking into it. The strange camoflage paint he uses forms a porous layer thats oil based and really hard to get off once it dries. But at least his mascara never runs.
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181763
181773
>>181760
Dust looks at Brie and gestures the glowing hoof towards his ears.
Brie can't tell if he's not talking cause he's a quiet fellow, the ear thing, or some secret third thing. As for permission to heal, since one party member doesn't believe in healing spells....
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181773
181774 181789
>>181763
Brie realizes what's being offered, nods briefly and pulls out a cigarette and a match. He relaxes visibly and lights the cigarette. "Much appreciated! I can't imagine that went how you envisioned it. There was a moment where I was seeing red, fortunately I couldn't move and by the time I could bullets were flying. No hard feelings!"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181774
>>181773
"But, if you can cause that affect to any adersaries we encounter, I can make short work of them indeed!"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181775
181789
[1d8+6 = (4+6) = 10]
Assuming cure light wounds, CL 6
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181789
181794 181795 181825
>>181775
Correct! Looky there, back to normal. Dust reaches out a hoof and places it on the bat's withers, as a soft glow spreads from Dust's hoof to the bat's ears. At the same time, Brie can feel an energy radiating from the ground towards his ears.
>>181773
Dust nods
"For that I am glad to here
My plans went off the trail
Although bad my intentions appear
I am glad to hear you are not after my tail."
Anonymous
4e59e57
?
No.181794
181796 181797 181809
>>181789
Brie breathes a sigh of relief, the ringing in his ears finally subsiding. "My good,..." he recalls the slight facial tick at 'Zebro', "Stallion, I can't thank you,... us Bats, we have such sensitive ears. Even with proper earplugs and ballistic sound suppression, I really prefer not to even use firearms if I can help it. I would opt for concussion grenades but for the same reason. It's a pity too, because the Master still won't teach me the secret of how to fight while blinded yet." He begins this little spiel going back to work on the safe, hoping that with the ringing gone the dice gods will remove the context-nerf that was cursing his skill checks.
[1d20+13 = (20+13) = 33]
GM Pony
6073490
?
No.181795
181796 181825
>>181789
Posey is still around if Defiant needs someone to chase his tail.
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181796
>>181794
Well hot damn. Dust can't roll to save his life, but apparently he can help others. He watches with curiosity as the bat gets back to work.
>>181795
I'm going to scrunch very hard
Anonymous
4e59e57
?
No.181797
181811
>>181794
So thats a nat 20, and a 33, which defeats a good lock by the book numerically.
And is also a nat 20, if you wanna look at it that way. I do, obviously, but,....
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ef691b
?
No.181799
181808
>>181726
>pinniped skull
Exactly what I wanted.
Posey takes this.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ef691b
?
No.181808
181810 181817 181818 181820 181824 181952
demilich.png
In a corner of the boat somewhere, with nopony else around:

>>181799
As Posey finds her skull alone in some corner, it momentarily starts glowing, twin beams firing from its eyes as it animates with a sickening cackle, levitating in mid air.

For the first time in this game, Posey looks genuinely afraid.
"M-master, I...!"
The skull roars
"MAKING FRIENDS WE SEE! ART THOU HAVING FUN?!"
"M-m-master! I can can explai-"
"WHAT HAVE THOU CONQUERED, ROSEY RING?!"
"Master, it has been a week! Wars take ti-"
ENOUGH EXCUSES!!! MUCH WAS INVESTED IN THEE, RING! THE MAGIC ETCHED INTO THY FORTIFIED BONES IS NOT THYS, IT IS OURS!!!"
Posey collapses to the ground as the runes in her bones surge with power, cursed sigils writhing beneath her skin as she convulses like Reagan in the exorcist
She shrieks
"IT SEEMS AS THOU ARE UNWORTHY OF BEING OUR CREATION!!!"
"P-PLEASE HAVE MERCY!"
"MERCY?! MEEEEERCY?! DID WE TEACH THEE MERCY? LIKE THAT PALADIN THEE LET ESCAPE?!"
"I'M SORR-"
"AND WHERE ARE OUR TITHES!"
"Th.. The.. They are in the mail... I swear..!"
"WE DID NOT SEND THEE TO EQUESTRIA TO HAVE FUN, RING!"
"I... I can do bett-"
"UNWORTHY OF THE GIFTS WE HAVE GIVEN THEE! IT IS TIME THAT THY LEARNED TO EARN THY OWN POWER!"
(Posey is just sobbing at this point)
"THE GIFTS WE HAVE GIVEN THEE ARE HEREBY FORFEIT! DO NOT DISAPPOINT US AGAIN, MISS RING!"

And so, Posey is left in a groaning, smouldering heap, smoke rising off of the sores where her spellstitched runes burned themselves away. She takes several minutes to nurse her wounds before rejoining the party.
GM Pony
be07203
?
No.181809
181824
[1d4 = 1]

>>181794
Brie still hears a tinnitus ringing in his ears.

>>181727
The shell is rather large, white in color, and has a number of concentric rings. There are pink stripes along the surface. It has something of a geometric pattern to the angles in the circles, which are not smooth save on the outer most layer, but have ridges that are more like a number of straight lines that turn, like a polygon rather than a circle.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ef691b
?
No.181810
>>181808
This is me nerfing Posey in-character, btw
GM Pony
be07203
?
No.181811
181812 181813 181818
>>181797
Brie opens the safe to find that it is two levels. The top portion is empty. It’s possible that no one stored anything here, but somehow this seems less likely than any valuables being taken out.

In a lower, larger portion of the safe, Brie finds a single object.

It’s a harpoon head that is oddly wide, and oddly girthy.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181812
181814 181818
>>181811
Hold up hold up hold up
Brie dpesnt open the safe yet, he was unlocking it. Opening it takes different preparation. Sheesh, the unprofessionalism
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181813
181814 181818
>>181811
>actually read the post
Oh. Okay. What, it could be trapped.
GM Pony
be07203
?
No.181814
181815
>>181812
>>181813
So.

Now, what does he do?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181815
181816 181887 181952
>>181814
[1d20+11 = (20+11) = 31] Trap search
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181816
>>181815
Damn, 2x
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181817
>>181808
>smoke rising off of the sores where her spellstitched runes burned themselves away.
Neat description. ^^
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181818
181819
>>181808
>Th.. The.. They are in the mail... I swear..!
I've heard the ca-neigh-dian postal union is striking, you might have wanted to let him know it was gonna take longer cause of that.
>>181812
>>181813
>>181811
Dust watches Brie over the shoulder, curious as to his work
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181819
>>181818
"Never can be too careful. Some ponies, griffo s, etc. Will leave booby traps behind, preferring to sacrifice the item rather than allow a thief to abscond."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181820
06c-1363855668.gif
>>181808
Youll get em back, you just gotta diy
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181824
181827 181828 181834
>>181808
May Kira make a listen check to see if she heard this, and came to investigate? Mostly just because Kira isn't doing anything else at the moment and I think it would be pretty interesting for the snej to watch from around the corner, but I don't want to if you feel like it would create problems.

>>181809
Kira is very happy about her beautiful find, regardless of its true value.

>>181740
Hmmmmm...well, Silver isn't exactly planning on selling it, but if the bat would like to try appraising it, he is more than welcome to.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181825
181826 181828 181833 181837 181838
Rosey Ring is feeling kind of lonely and angry after rudely getting her bones seared.
>>181795
>>181789
I am going to test out my new, reduced Str mod by grappling Dust.
She takes off her armor first
Touch attack
[1d20+5 = (1+5) = 6]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181826
>>181825
Damnit
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181827
181830
>>181824
Sure, I guess
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181828
181829
>>181825
Top zozzle
>>181824
In a moment, Brie just got the safe open and is looking for any booby traps (nat 2, he found em if)
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181829
>>181828
*20
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181830
181831 181836
>>181827
[1d20+6 = (11+6) = 17]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181831
181838
>>181830
You heard something
Zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181833
181835 181837 181840
>>181825
Dust blinks at the unicorn trying to grab him, and decides to grab back.
[1d20+8 = (9+8) = 17]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181834
181838
>>181824
Also, Brie's appraisal may glean more info about its origins, type, quality, etc.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181835
181837 181839 181840
>>181833
Oh, you want to dance?
Opposed grapple
[1d20+5 = (15+5) = 20]
Also roll DC 22 Will vs Frightful Presence
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181836
>>181830
17 is enough to hear Brie stealthkill
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181837
>>181835
>>181833
>>181825
Brie is only mildly irritated by the commotion behind him, fixated as he is on the task at hand.
Im not gonna go forward till I get the results of the trap search, Im sure GM knows
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181838
181841
>>181831
>>181825
Kira slithers up to Posey, waiting patiently for her and Dust to stop play wrestling so she can talk with her.

>>181834
With Posey being in the area, Silver also arrives, helmet in hoof. He shows it to Brie, asking him, "You have more experience than me with appraising items, can you tell anything more about this than I can?"
Zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181839
181840
>>181835
Well he's grabbed.
Surely I can roll over a 10 on a will save.
[1d20+9 = (18+9) = 27]
"A strange pony you are
From lands of afar
For mystery you set the bar
A firey head
A fortune unread
Perhaps at first I had you misread"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181840
181842 182942
rape_time.jpg
>>181835
Posey is now grappling Dust
>>181833
>>181839
Rolling to pin
[1d20+5 = (20+5) = 25]

"Let it happen."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181841
>>181838
"One moment, my Stallion, I may have found something interesting, but fpr everyone's safety - most expressly my own - I must do this VERY carefully." Brie replies, not taking his eyes away from the task/inside of the safe.
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181842
181843 181845
>>181840
Dust scrunches as this petite mare somehow gets the upper hoof over him and pins him down
"Firey indeed
A tribe you could lead
Now I hope for your intent
This is your furthest intent"
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181843
>>181842
FUCK
*furthest extent
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181845
181847 181849
>>181842
No opposed check?
Dust is pinned.
Now completely unable to move or speak, as Posey stuffs his face in her chest fluff.
"Shush, be a good colt and help me scratch my itch."
She rips off his codpiece with her horn
"Now stand that thing up for me." She says, brandishing a hand-like Construct with her magic as she reaches behind her
Rolling Perform (loodness)
[1d20+8 = (18+8) = 26]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181846
181848
"Am I gonna have to roll a freaking concentration check? Is that what youre after? This could be some Raiders of the Lost arc shit right now. Can you take that elsewhere?" Brie says loudly, still focused.
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181847
181849 181852 181887
>>181845
I didn't know I was entitled to an opposed checked, I don't know how any of this works
>codpiece
>implying
The zeeb's eyes somehow seems to shrink and go wide at the same time. Some muffled noises come from Posey's fluff
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181848
>>181846
Also, rolling a pure wisdom check that Ill explain if it appears to be relevant
[1d20-1 = (12-1) = 11]
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181849
181851 181852 181853 181854 181887
>>181845
>>181847
Kira: "O-kay, I think that's enough, I don't want my friends molesting my other friends."

Grapple: [1d20+13 = (19+13) = 32]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181851
181852 181887
>>181849
REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
OPPOSED
[1d20+5 = (16+5) = 21]
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181852
181854 181856 181952
>>181849
>>181847
>>181851
Posey and Dust feel something smooth and muscular come between them, before Kira wraps her tail around the struggle snuggling mare and pulls her off the poor zeeb. She gives Posey a nice, friendly snek hug while petting her mane.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181853
>>181849
I really wish Brie wasnt prepccupied, he would have many compliments for the technique
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181854
181856 181858
189117__safe_screencap_twilight+sparkle_pony_unicorn_g4_my+little+pony-colon-+friendship+is+magic_season+2_secret+of+my+excess_angry_close-dash-up_female_mare_.png
>>181849
"Hmmmmpf, no fun allowed."
>>181852
This is how we do things in Magehold. Respect muh culture.
Posey use begrudgingly pulled off with a *POP* sound
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181856
181858 181862
>>181852
>>181854
Dust stays laying on the floor, staring at the ceiling
"What has just happened
And why do I feel.... Dampened...."
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181858
181859 181863 181952
>>181854
>>181856
Kira: "Shhhshhhshh, now's probably not the time for struggle snuggles. Or anytime, for that matter. Something tells me Dust would rather have his honor remain un-besmirched."

She continues petting her cute mare friend's mane, before wrapping her forelegs around the exposed portion of Posey and hugging her tight.

Kira: "Besides, you look like you could use a nice friendly hug right now!"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181859
181865
>>181858
Based/coot noodle

Snek, you couldnlearn a thing,....
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181862
181865 181868 181887
>>181856
Rolling Intimidate to wink at Dust
[1d20+15 = (4+15) = 19]
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181863
>>181858
>"Besides, you look like you could use a nice friendly hug right now!"
Aww.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181865
181866
>>181859
Possibly, Kira has a lot left to learn about a lot of things.

>>181862
I would like to propose that Posey probably isn't quite as intimidating as she normally would be at the current moment, being smothered in a big friendly lamia hug.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181866
181874
>>181865
No no, I was talking to Snek, the character. Cuz hes here. Did you think Addy came alone?
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181868
181871 181875 181877 181882 181952
>>181862
Dust shudders a little bit, regardless of whether or not the intimidate works.
Opposed [1d20+10 = (11+10) = 21]
"Much too firery a mare
Who needs to make herself part of a pair
Perhaps under better circumstances
And with one who reciprocates her advances."
Dark Star
20ab681
?
No.181870
181882
>>181594
"Is that everything that i have missed the last few days, sir?"
Dark Star asks, still needing a shower and some whiskey
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181871
181874 181878 181886
>>181868
"She may end up with cum in her hair," Brie finishes, making a lewd limerick
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181873
"Oh come on, that was pretty good"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181874
181876
>>181871
Kira: "Ewwwwww, groooooss!" Brie gets the noodle to giggle.

>>181866
Ohhhhhhhhh, okay then
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181875
181882 181886
>>181868
Rolling to bite Dust as Posey being dragged away (at a -4 penalty)
[1d20+1 = (10+1) = 11]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181876
>>181874
Hes not "on scene", but he breaks the 4th wall. So I can do 4th wall breaks that talk shit at.

And you can too!
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181877
181878
>>181868
>"Much too firery a mare
>Who needs to make herself part of a pair
>Perhaps under better circumstances
>And with one who reciprocates her advances."
^^
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181878
181879
>>181877
>>181871
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181879
>>181878
Fine. ^^
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181880
181881 181961
7c8[1].jpg
I leave for a couple hours, and a sexual assault occurs
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181881
181883
>>181880
Imagine trying to search for traps while this is the background subtext
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181882
181885 181886 181961
>>181875
Posey suffers [1d3 = 2] burn damage from Dust's last rhyme >>181868

>>181870
"No... But that is the gist of it."
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181883
>>181881
^^
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181885
>>181882
[YouTube] Paladins Prank Succubus | comic by baalbuddy [Embed]
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181886
181890
>>181871
Dust scrunches harder. Much harder. That bat is getting scrunched into the 5th dimension
>>181875
Dust shivers a little as the fiesty little fireball snaps at him. It reminds him of many a croc he's seen at the watering holes.
>>181882
Kek
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181887
181888 181891 181892 181895
>>181815
And Brie finds...

There are no traps here. Looks like whatever whomever did to this safe, they did it in a hurry.

>>181847
You're entitled, you just would have lost

>>181849
That's how you become the no-fun-noodle

>>181851
No one out grapples the noodle

>>181862
I... don't think that that's what intimidation is
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181888
>>181887
Brb, going for a run.

>>181752
My last response.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181890
181898
>>181886
She'll get him next time.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181891
181893 181897
>>181887
"Alright, almost home free," he says, not assuming that his detection was succesfull, mechanically superior that it was. A bead of aweat runs down his brow as he takes his leather/composite mask as a makeshift pouch. With a sleight of hand [1d20+17 = (14+17) = 31] (the masterwork gloves/spats would apply here) he will attempt to slide the object - seemingly a polearm head? - into the makeshift bag.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181892
181894 181898
>>181887
Hey, Kira's pretty fun!...Right...?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181893
181896 181897
>>181891
How does a horse wear gloves?
Do you mean socks?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181894
181898
>>181892
Idk, a fun snek wouldn't have intervened: she would have joined in.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181895
181897 181904
>>181887
>No one out grapples the noodle.
We'll see
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181896
181899
>>181893
Spats
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181897
181900
330px-Walmuseum_Húsavík_-_Explosionsharpune[1].jpg
>>181891
He can take it. And the great thing is, I know a place to put it.

>>181893
You just put it over the one toe

>>181895
No one
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181898
181901 181902 181905 181908 181952
2679383.png
>>181890
This should end well.
Does zebra shaman cum count as holy water for the purpose of dealing with vampires?
>>181892
I think Kira's fun
>>181894
Not fun, not fun
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181899
>>181896
Basically gloves, exceptnfor horses, where onlynthe outline of the nail of the hoof was not 'fabricked'
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181900
>>181897
Emphasis at this time, hes not trying to estensively touch or examine, just trying to wrap-up/bundle it for later
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181901
181908
>>181898
Oh my

Yay!

fun noodle noises
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181902
181908
Spoilered
Spoilered
>>181898
We could always test and find out.
Anonymous
a997d1f
?
No.181904
>>181895
This is what the Setting Sun discipline is good for.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181905
>>181898
>Zeeb cum
>holy water
In Dust's case, I'd say sure, but in most zeebs, the opposite
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181906
181908
Are we done searching the boat? Can we go to the lighthouse now?
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181908
181909 181910 181942
>>181752
Flowercup
squeaky
"Um, it's okay. It's just... a weird word."

Heather:
"Oh, but of course we do. We always bring out the best for the guests. You should try tea more often. It clears the mind, and can calm you down."

>>181898
>>181902
>Posey's alignment shift is facilitated by zebra cum
Hmmm... I can dig it

>>181906
No

>>181901
Roll Spot
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181909
181911
>>181908
Any other checks I should help with the search?
I got Detect Magic 1/day, although I'd rather save that for when it's necessary.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181910
181911
>>181908
[1d20+8 = (1+8) = 9]
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181911
181912 181920
>>181910
Aww... Maybe not

>>181909
First, she must distract the noodle

Would she like to roll spot?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181912
181915
>>181911
Sure
[1d20+3 = (4+3) = 7]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181913
181915
>inb4 surprise round kraken attack
I'm ready
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181914
>readies his music files
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181915
181916 181919 181920
>>181912
Eh, good enough to distract the 20 foot python that is constricting her with a "Hey, look over there!" into the cockpit

>>181913
Oh come on, that doesn't happen until after you leave the boat
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181916
181917 181920
>>181915
>distract
Wouldn't that be a bluff check?
Alright.
>after you leave
Yay, kraken.
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181917
181918
>>181916
Roll Bluff
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181918
181919 181920
>>181917
[1d20+14 = (8+14) = 22]
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181919
181922
>>181918
>>181915
Kira looks over into towards the cockpit, before reluctantly letting go of her and slithering away to see what Posey is pointing towards.
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181920
181923
>>181916
She kraks en mein squid til I ink
>>181915
>>181911
>>181918
Oh no, Dust is gonna get raped again

Dust begins to slowly get back on his hoofs. He looks at Kira and nods graciously. This snej has come in handy.
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181922
181924 181925 181926 181932
>>181919
In the cockpit, beyond the helm and below the windshield, Kira sees it.

Standing there in all of its glory, Kira sees a figurine 5 inches tall and made of probably some sort of plastic or wood of a female hippogriff, light green in color, wearing a skirt of dried brown leaves, and holding a mandolin or some other kind of stringed instrument in its right claw. She wears a ringed crown of flowers on her head, and a necklace of seashells. She smiles right at Kira.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181923
181925 181927 181932
Screenshot_20241129-170351.png
>>181920
Hmmm, should Posey search for treasure and move the story forward, or should she rape Dust again? Hmmm...
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181924
181932
>>181922
Meta. Am spooped
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181925
181928 181932
>>181922
Kek
>>181923
Dust watches as Kira slithers off, before slowly turning towards the unicorn who is now unattended. His eyes drop to pinpoints as he looks at her. He definitely doesn't have a spell for this.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181926
181927
>>181922
Cool treasure.
Does it have a continual flame cast in it? That adds to the treasure value.
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181927
DF660A7CD1365502AA967591540E02F4-135854.jpg
>>181923
We both know the answer to that

>>181926
It does not.

But...
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181928
181930 181934 181935
>>181925
Posey licks her lips
Intimidate
[1d20+15 = (1+15) = 16]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181929
181963
20241129_160457.jpg
>me rn
Like, I can pet the qt kitter with a face (its like a momma tongue) but I suspect its gonna get interesting soon. And if not let me put away the thing so Brie can be helpful elsewhwre (if time, prolly not)
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181930
181931 181933 181934
>>181928
Why do I only get comical nat 1s or 20s every time I try to harass Dust?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181931
181933
>>181930
I got 2 nat 1s trying to startle the customs clerk
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181932
181933 181952
>>181922
>>181923
>>181924
>>181925
Kira: "Oooooooooo!" Kira takes this pretty figurine. She admires how the beautiful hippogriff looks, with her cute skirt and adorable flower crown and shell necklace, before she goes around to the nearby creatures and shows it off excitedly to them. "Look at this! Isn't she super pretty?"
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181933
181936 181938 181939 181944
>>181930
>>181931
Because you didn't acknowledge Kira's cool new shell when she got it

>>181932
As Kira moves to pick it up, she discovers something.

The hippogriff moves back and forth on her hooves, and even strokes the strings on her instrument.

she dances
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181934
181935 181939 181941
>>181930
Haha
>>181928
[1d20+10 = (15+10) = 25]
zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181935
181939 181941 181945
>>181934
>>181928
The zeeb is not intimidated, but he is still scared of the small mare
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181936
181941
>>181933
Reee, thats unrelated and u know it. Kira wasnt around, Brie was already fixated on the safe. And even if for some reason not, sorry not sorry, Kira hasnt impressed Brie (except cuteness) so far, including the super almost best grappling. Cuz has head in a safe. Xp
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181938
181941 181943
>>181933
Kira: "Ooooooooooooooooooooo!" Kira stares in awe, eyes transfixed on the hypnotizing dance. She's never seen anything this amazing before! Well, she might have, but this is still pretty amazing to her.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181939
181941 181949
>>181933
>Because you didn't acknowledge Kira's cool new shell when she got it
Posey was preoccupied at the time.
>>181935
>>181934
Posey decides to go help the party with the looting, for now.
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181941
181945 181949
>>181938
Look at it! Just tap it a little and it sways back and forth, smiling and dancing. Even playing her little instrument.

>>181934
>>181935
Heh heh. Maybe he should teach her a lesson. You know, by raping her

>>181936
>>181939
shakes head
Those who disrespect the noodle suffer Fortuna's wrath
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181942
181966
>>181908
>"Um, it's okay. It's just... a weird word."
She nods invitingly.

>It clears the mind, and can calm you down.
"Really," Vir says and looks down at the dark-brown, almost resin colored liquid in her cup. Then she proceed to take a careful mouthful of it.

It sends down a shiver down her spine, like somepony drew a cartoonish bolt of lightning over her frame. A content sighs escapes her lips as the cup leaves them. Her eyes are closed as her body is occupied with relishing the tea that spread out from her core and gives gentle caresses over her body.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181943
181945 181950
>>181938
Srs question. Does kira have fangs?
Anonymous
a997d1f
?
No.181944
181945 181946 181950
>>181933
>she dances
Yep, that's treasure. Looks like a treasure statue with permanent animate objects cast on it. If so, it could be worth 15,660 gp, before considering the craftsmanship .
Unless I'm reading too much into it...
Arcana
[1d20+11 = (12+11) = 23]
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181945
181947 181949 181950
>>181943
Yes, though they're non-venomous and fairly well hidden until she opens her mouth fully. They're there to help hold things in place as she swallows them whole.

>>181941
>>181943
>>181944
>>181935
Kira shows off this cool function of the dancing hippogriff figurine to all of the nearby creatures in an even more excited fashion than she otherwise would.
Anonymous
a997d1f
?
No.181946
>>181944
Actually, it's probably closer to ~17k, if it is what I think it is.
Enough to bring us all to our full WBL if we split the earnings evenly.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181947
>>181945
Brie may be able to teach her a technique, depending on HM
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181948
*GM
zoober
1623ea9
?
No.181949
>>181941
>Heh heh. Maybe he should teach her a lesson. You know, by raping her
I'm gonna start scrunching at you.
>>181939
Dust sighs from relief and decides to help with the looting as well.
>>181945
Dust smiles at the silly snej
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181950
181953 181954 181958
>>181944
Posey can place the culture depicted as North Zebrican, presumably North Zebrican (Arisian), although perhaps it is not a faithful depiction of reality, but rather something fanciful. The substance it is made out of is untarnished. The origin cannot be discerned.

>>181945
Look! It moves her little claw to play the little strings when she dances! I know I've said that before, but it's so neat!

>>181943
Kira's fangs a retractable into the upper jaw. Normally she looks like she has bat pony fangs, but when extended they are much longer.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181952
181954 181958
>>181808
Spooky.
I'm guessing this means the party has lost all the tattoo buffs?

>>181815
Those are some good rolls.

>>181852
>>181858
Cavaliere enters the room just before Kira grapples Rosey. "Thank you, Kira, for helping to handle this. She put Dust in a poor position as he would have had to hit her to free himself."

>>181868
"I could not have put it better myself."

>>181898
Perfect image

>>181932
"It looks to be a souvenir from the tropics. If I had to guess, it is probably from Aris."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181953
181956 181958
>>181950
She could definitely benefit from Brie's texhnique. To be explored
Rosey "Posey" Ring
a997d1f
?
No.181954
181966
>>181950
But can Posey discern the spell effect that infuses it with Anima?
Spellcraft
[1d20+16 = (6+16) = 22]
>fangs a retractable
Posey's fangs are retractable too.
>>181952
>this means the party has lost all the tattoo buffs?
No. Spells continue for their full duration.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181956
181958
>>181953
Much of the secret/technique to the Funny traditionally named bat style Briebhas an apprenticeship in is that most of its stealth kills dont involve stabbing, so much as they involve pressing the tip of a blade and then constricting. Technically speaking, a proficient grappler could intuit the technique by observation and a bit of instruction/practice
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181958
181962 181965 181966
>>181950
Kira herself sways back and forth to the same rhythm that the little hippogriff figurine dances to.

>>181952
Kira: "I really like her! She's super pretty, and just look how she dances!"

>>181953
>>181956
Hmmm, Kira may be interested in learning this.
Anonymous
20ab681
?
No.181961
181966 181985
>>181880
Just like old times
>>181882
"If yo don't mind, sir. i need to get a hot shower and a cold drink."
Dark Star salutes

Also TOTAL ZIGGER DEATH
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181962
>>181958
In a technical/rules sense, its just improved grapple with uncanny dodge (uncanny dodge retains dex bonus when otherwise losing it, except for immobilization) and sneak attack while grappled, but I like when PCs can teach PCs
Anonymous
20ab681
?
No.181963
181967
>>181929
Based Kat
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181965
181971
>>181958
Cavaliere smiles at the giant snake swaying as if she was being charmed. "You made a good find. There will be time to dance soon, but we need to get moving to that lighthouse."
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181966
181968 181982 181984
>>181942
gasp

This substance... gentle yet... so powerful. She can feel it caressing her soul, and more importantly, holding the thirst for liquor at bay

Maybe a good idea to ask for more.

>>181961
Kek

He smiles, then nods sharply
"Very well"

>>181958
doot de doot. De doot de doot

>>181954
Posey can't quite tell at a distance. Maybe by examining it more closely, but honestly, there are no clues to any specific school of magic at a distance.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181967
181972 181976 181984
>>181963
Hes a good boi. He showed up 2 werks ago, frail and basically starving. Hes better now, well nourished, past his parasite wip, and playful and happi as shit. Baast knows wherein to deposit her wayward kitters.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
028a81d
?
No.181968
181971 181976 181981
>>181966
>there are no clues to any specific school of magic at a distance
U really want to avoid using my detect magic SLA on what might just be s knick-knack....
Eh, let's just put it in the bag and i'll examine it with everything else later.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.181971
181973
>>181965
Kira: "Okay!"

Silver: "Just what I was thinking."

>>181968
Kira would like to hold onto it, just to keep it safe. If it turns out that it is indeed just a knick-knack that isn't worth 17,000 Bits, she might just want to keep it herself.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181972
181984 181985
20241126_063948.jpg
20241126_063844.jpg
>>181967
The boi
Rosey "Posey" Ring
028a81d
?
No.181973
>>181971
Doesn't really matter who's holding it. Go ahead.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.181976
181980 181981
>>181967
You're a good caretaker.

>>181968
Why spoil the dream with a boring reality?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181980
181991
>>181976
Stahp. I have an insufferable reputation to uphold.

And speaking of insufferable, Im kinda dying to hear thr outcome with the safe,....
Anonymous
028a81d
?
No.181981
181983
>>181968
>U
I
>>181976
It's all a dream though.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181982
181991
>>181966
>Maybe a good idea to ask for more.
She doesn't want to impose. It would be impolite. ^^

Vir places the cup back down. She looks over the two ponies in the room. How do they look?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181983
>>181981
If its a dream, Addy can floof in and make one liners, right?
Dark Star
20ab681
?
No.181984
181998
>>181966
"Thank you, sir. Good Day."
He leaves the room and heads upstairs to bathe
>>181967
>>181972
A Cute!
zoober
1623ea9
?
No.181985
181989
>>181961
>TOTAL ZIGGER DEATH
reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
>>181972
What a cute boi, please boop him for me.

Dust looks at the rest of the party, seemingly expecting to be moving soon.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181987
181988 181991 181999
GM, we have:
Dusty, Posey, Cheesy (me), Noodly/shiny, and birdey (the other term is antisemitic)

Can I please try to put away the thing? Its driving me nuts not knowing @;,_,;@
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181988
181999
>>181987
And the zigger!

Sorry but its easy to overlook ziggers

(Not serious, just a shitpost)
Dark Star
20ab681
?
No.181989
181999
>>181985
TOTAL ZIGGER DEATH WILL BE ACHIEVED
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181990
181991 182239
Brie's player is currently engaged in a struggle, wanting to literally force GM to cough up about the trident piece Brie is delicately truing to secure.

He is holding out knowingly, just ss I predicted the keys reapnse.

"I never did find out qhat these are for, if anyone wants to investigate."
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181991
181992 181994
Okay, so movement?

[1d4 = 3]

>>181987
What is "the thing"?

>>181980
Asked and answered

>>181982
It's like Vir can see the fine, subtle details on their fur. The little lines around Heather's eyes. The extra floof on Flowercup.

There's another cup of tea. Waiting.

>>181990
Eh?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181992
181993 181998
>>181991
The thing in the vault. Wanting to wrap it and put it away and gtfo
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181993
181998
>>181992
I rolled a sleight of hand if u missed it
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.181994
181998
>>181991
Nice.

What's there color scheme?

Vir finishes the cup with swig and smacks her lips with loud smacks. The smacks that real horses make when they chew on a carrot with their thick lips that sound more like vacuums being popped on repeat.

"K-can I, have some more?" she asks like a filly asking for an extra slice of cake during a party.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181995
181997
Also, this isnt a "dunking on" or anything, I specifically (notb exclusively) contribute n to a less readabilitybod the "timeline"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.181997
>>181995
That didnt make sense. But Im on hand if I need to clarify.
>want intensities
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.181998
182001 182002 182016
>>181992
>>181993
What is the question about it?

Yes, Brie has it

>>181984
He goes up, opens the door and... Yeah, the room is basically as it was. Papers strewn on the table, bed unmade. Like someone is living there. Kind of cold.

The shower is open.

>>181994
Uh... I'd have the look that up. I want to say white for Flowercup and kind of an eggnog yellow-brown for Heather, but that's probably completely wrong.

"Oh... Okay..." Heather says, looking at the adorable large mare. "Flower cup, pour her some more."

Flowercup comes by, very awkwardly holding the handle of the teapot with her mouth, and then slowly pouring the tea in Vir's cup... maybe overflowing a little bit... and then it gets on the table. And then Heather tells Flowercup "Clean that up!" and Flowercup has to go back, get a rag, and then come bag and clean it up. And then when Vir tries to pick it up to sip it, a little more spills.

Anyways, Heather offers to provide sugar. One, two, three cubes... and the cubes cause it to overflow again. Damn it Flowercup.
Zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.181999
182000 182003 182010
>>181987
>>181988
Reeeee! The zigger is dusty! You just like calling him a zigger!
>>181989
REEEEEEE
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182000
182003 182031
>>181999
Kira gives Dust a friendly lamia hug as well, as the nearly-raped zebra looks like he could use one as well.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182001
182004
>>181998
Oh, I was expecting something dramatic
"Well. I'm sorted here, any way I can help further?" Idk how much time is left, but without having determined the point of the keys, Brie is satisfied tat theres 'a thing' to look into
Anonymous
20ab681
?
No.182002
182009
>>181998
He takes a Quick shower after glancing at the papers
Zoober
a0a1a94
?
No.182003
182005 182006
>>181999
oops, I need to look at post numbers
>>182000
The hug of trips!
Dust is hugged by the lamia fren, and after a moment reciprocates. She's too bubbly, it's contagious.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182004
>>182001
And no, Brie is not intending to be sekretive about the thing, just not right now
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182005
>>182003
Because Dusty is a better nichname than ... well you come up with a nickname based on his surname Xp
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182006
>>182003
Kira giggles, and gives Dusty a friendly squeeze before letting him go. The zebra is super huggable, just like the ponies!
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182007
182009
(NGL, Brie wants to call Dusty "Blues Traveler")
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.182009
182010
>>182002
Paperwork on weapons equipment stockpiles with the Baltimare Police.

Dark Star is able to do this well enough. There is warm water, and it's a nice change of pace from the outdoors. Civilization has its benefits, like warm water.

Does Dark Star have extra jackets in Blue's room?

>>182007
Do it.
Dark Star
20ab681
?
No.182010
182012
>>181999
Ziggers BTFO
>>182009
Maybe one or two yea, the others are back at the bar
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.182012
182021
>>182010
Whelp, he equips a black jacket.

He's clean. And he's ready,
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182014
182015
No srsly by all credit the Blues Traveler helped Brie crack the safe (ngl. Wasnt sure he'd have managed)
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182015
>>182014
(Sorry, wanted to establish the term)
No salt in any direction, just a little irreverent
Anonymous
fd494de
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No.182016
182019
>>181998
>but that's probably completely wrong.
That's fine. ^^

>And then Heather tells Flowercup "Clean that up!" and Flowercup has to go back, get a rag, and then come bag and clean it up.
At first, Vir says nothing as she preceives there too be some kind of tension in the air. To Vir the filly seems nervous. She could be wrong about this of course.

>cause it to overflow again. Damn it Flowercup.
^^

A teeth revealing grin forces its way onto Vir's features. Deep laughter erupts from her. Vir then reaches out with her, now somewhat coated in tea hoof, to Flowercup and just places it on her head just behind the ears. She gently rubs her hoof into her mane.

Her hoof feels like living stone with a pulse running through it. Her frog kinda reminds Flowercup of a pillowcase but if your stuck as many pillows in it as you possibly could.

Does she realize how hopeless it would be to try to escape this mare if she grabbed her?

"Not worry over me," Vir says, smile, and closes her eyes like this: '^^'
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.182019
182020
>>182016
>>182016
squeaky
Flowercup simply looks at Vir with her mouth closed
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182020
182120 182126
>>182019
>squeaky
^^

Vir slowly opens her eyes and finds herself staring back. She ends up pulling both her gaze and hoof away since she felt a bit awkward.

She looks back at them. Giving them both her question, "So, what is your relation? You mother and foal?"
Dark Star
20ab681
?
No.182021
182072
>>182012
He puts his pistols in his jacket then, heads down to the bottom floor and leaves the building
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182022
182024 182031
So assuming nothing happened while wrapping the seeming polearm broadpoint Brie pulled from the safe, he would be concluded on any fixative agenda. He would doff the telescope tho, too unwieldy/weighty especially in that hes straddling the line of a light load. He would offer n it to the party. And advocate for its market value.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182023
182031
>free expensive telescope, just haul it
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182024
182025
>>182022
Silver blinks at Brie while holding his strange helmet.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182025
182026 182031
>>182024
"Right! My apologies,... that weird crown has me second guessing myself."
[1d20+11 = (16+11) = 27]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182026
182028
>>182025
That was an appraise check
Rosey "Posey" Ring
028a81d
?
No.182027
182035 182045
I'm back
What did I miss? Are we done searching the boat?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182028
>>182026
So a 27 appraise check on Silver's funny helmet, a bundle of undetermined joy, and,...
Rosey "Posey" Ring
028a81d
?
No.182029
182031 182035 182045
I'm going to roll search to see if Posey finds anything interesting after the skull:
[1d20+5 = (9+5) = 14]
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182031
182032 182044 182058
>>182000
Check'd

>>182022
>>182023
Cavaliere sighs and takes the telescope back.

He shouts to Sørvik, "De tijd dringt!"

>>182025
>>182029
And to Silver and Rosey, "We need to get a move on. Those airponies are depending on us."
Anonymous
028a81d
?
No.182032
182035 182058
>>182031
Alright, let's move on then
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182035
182058
>>182027
>>182029
>>182032
"I am in agreement, the time for departure draws increasingly near, and I am ready to disembark"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182037
182038
He fondles the keys he never figured out what goes to. "A keepsake, perhaps?" Unable to imagine a scenario where he leaves the keys for the commies, Brie pockets the keys. He then turns to the knife. Acceptable, he supposes. The style and shape of the blade certainly arent his preference, more Rambo and less early-Doctor Strange. He doesnt have any sheathes for it. Best to put it from his mind he thinks, as the knife falls from his hooves with a clattering sound, belying it's false tang and welded fittings (ugh).
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182038
182039
>>182037
See:
>>181749
>>181750
Cavaliere adds, "The fuel line is cut. This boat cannot be sailed without extensive repairs, and I cannot help you with that."
Anonymous
5dbd411
?
No.182039
182041
>>182038
"A cut fuel line? Thats it? Hold on, the ship isn't sinking because of a cut fuel line. Not contesting the fuel line is cut, just saying, theres more than that under the hood."
Anonymous
5dbd411
?
No.182041
>>182039
It suddenly occurs to Brie that with a cut fuel line, this boat is a firebomb waiting to gomoff, potentially. "You know what? Nevermind. We should go."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182044
>>182031
Apologies, but I recalculated and hes at his light load limit (and I havent asked how much the thingy weighs)
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.182045
182058
>>182027
Yes

>>182029
Or not
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.182046
182048 182049 182068
Okay, Baltimare crew: Dark Star, Virgin Flame, Ambersubset.

I want to at some point make your characters meet up. Or at least, two of you. I have a few quest ideas. One is participating in an immigration raid on gnolls, zebra voodoo practitioners. Another is encountering possible spoop in the Baltimare underground, an abandoned hospital, or out in the woods. I can do individual quests if this is what is desired. Please give input on what you want to do.
GM Pony
29cba38
?
No.182047
182048
Some friends have convinced me to go to Bronies NL Meet 31, which lasts tonight until midnight. This might limit my ability to engage seriously tonight, though I am not certain. I will try.
Amber Sunset
7195c44
?
No.182048
182049
>>182046
I am open to Amber doing anything as long as it is in-character for her to do so. She will not intentionally seek out an armed conflict without having a good reason.

>>182047
Go ahead and enjoy yourself. You're there in Holland for a limited time, while the game will be around for a while.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182049
>>182048
>I am open to Amber doing anything as long as it is in-character for her to do so.
Same for Virgin.

>>182046
>I want to at some point make your characters meet up.
That would be fun. ^^

>Please give input on what you want to do.
Okay, here's everything.

In general, I find making my own quests or take my own initiatives to be quite easy for me with Virgin. Just RP-ing with Heather and Flowercup, you can rest assured is enjoyable to me. In fact, I kinda want to explore those characters deeper and I think Virgin will settle at the Church, at least for now, as her temporary home, if Heather allows her to stay.

Virgin is in fact on her way to Blackhooves HQ right now. She is going there because she thinks that if anyone would know about Hope's whereabouts, it would be them. Also, it's completely up to you what happened with Hope's and her history with the Blackhooves. Hope's doesn't even need to have step a hoof in Baltimare. I decided that she simply disappeared the next day after an argument they had or something Only if that is okay with you. and now, Virgin is in Baltimare just because she gotta start somewhere and that she'd heard that Baltimare is a nest for the Blackhooves or something in the passing.

I did notice that Dark Star was at HQ so the though of getting there faster did enter my mind but I decided against it. I want things to happened diegetically, as you said in the other thread, and so I decided I was gonna engage with Heather and Flowercup before moving on to HQ and if Dark Star was still there then it was fate.

When it comes to meeting the others, my thoughts are: Let's take Dark Star for example. I think, if I'm not mistaken, he was your very first pc of the entire game. His legacy grants him meta prestige, whic he has earn but makes it awkward to interact with him. I, in general, don't wanna step on any othe pc's toes or steal their thunder. However, while important to the game's history, his character doesn't matter to me. I care, first and foremost, about my own.

There is otherwise a interesting dynamic between the two of them, since Dark Star is with the Blackhooves and Vir, blames them for, well, most things, while I think they share values and would agree on a lot of other things.

I'm just being open with my thoughts here. I do want to try it out though and I think I might just worry too much. I'll just try to keep Virgin in character and treat the others like any other pony.

When it comes to Amber, I know even less who she is. I think she's a socialite of somekind.

But as I stated in the beginning of this essay, I would like to join up with the other pcs.
Anonymous
2cb1062
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No.182051
I'm ready to go to the lighthouse whenever everyone else is.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182052
Im on hand, just working on Lacey's backstory. Chatgpt is the shit.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182056
And like magic, Brie's and Lacey's backstory makes sense, to the degree of detail so far established, perfectly aligned with EaW lore and established story.

Did you know the technical term for bat pony is "Thestral"? (you probably did)
Or that Thestral society is in Everfree Forest, presided over by the Night Court? Its a political/financial aristocracy of factions and families that rule over their society. There are plenty of factions in the night court, as well as breakaway factions, among which is the Shadow Syndicate. It's the criminal underbelly of the Night Court.

Also, because 'Mayan' doesnt appear on google translate, the "official" dialect proxy for Thestral is Maori ^,_,^
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182057
Screenshot_20241130_124423_DuckDuckGo.jpg
Also,... this is kinda huge imo
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182058
182059 182060
>>182031
>>182032
>>182035
>>182045
Since presumably Posey's handy floating magic disk has disappeared, Silver helps tie the unconscious Sea Stone to Kira's back as was the original plan, so they can still take him with us on their way to the lighthouse.
Anonymous
d5dfc6a
?
No.182059
182061 182062
>>182058
>Posey's handy floating magic disk has disappeared
No. Spells last for their full duration, regardless of changes in the caster. Floating Disk can't even be dismissed by the caster.
Anonymous
d5dfc6a
?
No.182060
182061
>>182058
Also, weren't we having Tenebrous carry Sea Stone?
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182061
>>182060
I thought we figured we would put him on the disk so he didn't count against Tenebrous's load.

>>182059
Oh, nevermind then.
GM Pony
2c6768e
?
No.182062
182063 182071
>>182059
Then what do you do when it’s a liability?
Anonymous
d5dfc6a
?
No.182063
>>182062
You get fucked, I guess.
Dismissability in 3.5e is decided by darts on a map.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182064
182065 182071 182072
I don't mean to poke holes in this floating disk thing or give cause for it to disappear, but how does it work exactly? Does it just follow behind wherever the caster is looking? Behind the caster's body? If that's the case, what happens when the caster goes somewhere the disk can't follow because of size constraints or objects in the way? Does it stay where it is? Does it damage the surroundings until it can force its way back to the caster? Does it clang glitchily into the surroundings making Source engine noises until the forces being applied to it are so great it clips through the physical objects between it and the caster? What happens to what's on it in that case? If the disk knows to pathfind around solid objects between it and the caster, is it intelligent? How can it tell what's there that needs to be pathfound around? And if it's controlled by the caster's mind, can it still be controlled even when you've lost access to casting the spell? And if the caster can't dismiss the floating disk, can the caster make multiple copies all at once? Does the world end up being littered with discarded floating disks from all of the creatures who can cast the spell?

I know it sounds like I'm being stupid, but I'm genuinely curious about all of this.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182065
>>182064
It is a magical co juration of a duration based on caster level. It maintains a proximity also determined by cl, and I think Roseys is 35'. Its a tray that is controlled by the mind
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182066
It dematerializes after the duration expires, if thats ur question
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182067
Pretty sure Tensers disk is integral to Punpun's kobold supremacy
Anonymous
bf4ef2b
?
No.182068
182072
DarkStarHappy.png
>>182046
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182071
182072
serious-question-how-the-buck-did-lemon-hearts-get-her-head-v0-tnqw1qz81dfb1.jpeg
>>182064
Pic related
>>182062
Do we have time to start the lighthouse exploration today?
GM Pony
2c6768e
?
No.182072
182074 182077 182150
>>182021
>>182068
Where does he go?

>>182071
Maybe? What would Posey’s action be, if it is possible to be more elaborate than “she goes to the lighthouse.” Like, does she walk along the beach line? Does she go inland to walk up the ridge line of the hill to get there? How does she do it?

>>182064
> Does it clang glitchily into the surroundings making Source engine noises until the forces being applied to it are so great it clips through the physical objects between it and the caster?
I’m pretty sure this is how it works
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182074
>>182072
Rosey isnt the only.one eager to depart, especially with the concept of a large and increasingly probably vat of.gasoline surrounding the freighter
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182075
That someone is gonna "IGNISS" I just know it
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182077
182078 182080
>>182072
Let's take the inland route.
Or really whichever route is the most direct path there.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182078
182080
>>182077
Inland is likely best, especially as I imagine the lighthouse is on top of a hill or cliff.
Zeeb
a0a1a94
?
No.182080
>>182077
>>182078
I'm good with an inland route
Anonymous
14e3de8
?
No.182081
182082 182083
"Shall I, to the skies then?" He asks, jumping to about 8' and hovering.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182082
182084
>>182081
"Go ahead and fly up and see what you can find. Try not to get shot."
GM Pony
2c6768e
?
No.182083
182084 182090 182093 182114
Okay, looks like moving along an inland path.

What are you intending with the griffins?

>>182081
“Hovering” means something very specific and your character can’t do it. Fly in circles.
Anonymous
14e3de8
?
No.182084
>>182082
Brie nods in assent, before looking for any contrary gestures or faces, assuming none, he swoop-flaps to an elevation thats,... kind of a complicated equation, so we'll start with 60' and wait to see how thick the fog is
>>182083
>thestrals can't doggy-paddle-fly
Noted
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182086
182087 182089
By doggy-paddle fly, I mean a pattern that involves swooping up to the left, and then dropping, then the right then dropping, not actually hovering, but "maintaining a general elevation"
Anonymous
d5dfc6a
?
No.182087
>>182086
There are feats for that
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182089
182091
>>182086
This is actually important to delineate, as the abilitity to.maintain elevation and how relates to his combat strategy. I ask for specificity
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182090
182098 182115
>>182083
Have they stuck around? What do the griffons want to do?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182091
>>182089
Nevermind, Ill assume a small patrol.pattern and decline elaboration
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182092
Spot checks and all [1d20+8 = (17+8) = 25]
Reverting to a passive observational overhead swoopy swoopy presence
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182093
182095
>>182083
>What are you intending with the griffins
Let's tell them to stay put, and we could offer them a ride off the boat later.

Do we need to roll survival to avoid random encounters on the island?
GM Pony
2c6768e
?
No.182095
182096 182098
>>182093
Are you looking to try?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182096
182098
>>182095
Sort of
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182098
182106
>>182096
Kira has a modifier of +11 to Survival checks if you want her to serve as the party's scout.

>>182095
See >>182090
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182099
182100 182108
Gonna roll survival to safely travel to the lighthouse with no random scary Remorhaz or cryohydra or roc or white dragon attacks
[1d20+1 = (5+1) = 6]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182100
cCfCRlkfn0IRJ-jEwo9UK9k4rd98zAgYN5IYyW6E2fE.jpg
>>182099
Oh no, I rolled a 6
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182101
182104
Are my posts not showing up or something? Why is it no one seems to see them today?
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182102
182103 182108
Fuck it, Survival roll from Kira I guess

[1d20+11 = (17+11) = 28]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
d5dfc6a
?
No.182103
>>182102
Muh encounters
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182104
The breeze is nice, drying and cooling the pooled/collected sweat from the safe-cracking.
>>182101
I see 'em, I just haven nothing to do for Brie that pertains to Silver or Kira atm
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182106
182107
>>182098
"If we're to aim for efficiency, Kira should assume groundpoint scout/lead while I mirror her position from the sky," Brie whisper-echoes, using echo-locative voice.

Is that a thing? GM, plz say thats a thing. Its plausible :3
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182107
>>182106
It doesnt have to have any mechanical benefit, I just wants the style
zoober
5a71724
?
No.182108
182109
>>182099
You are being followed by an undead hunter with stripes. A truly terrifying encounter. Though he may be more afraid of you.
>>182102
Kira is being followed by a friendly zeeb, who would probably pet the snej if asked.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182109
>>182108
The snej would indeed ask for pets, or accept them if offered
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182112
Hello ^^
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182114
>>182083
We should bring the griffons along for as long as it's practical. If they need to shelter in place we should find a more hidden location.
GM Pony
aefbdd8
?
No.182115
182116 182117 182121
We’re early enough in the quest such that all encounters are story related, but things can be shuffled.

I was going to say one survival roll for the whole party. Posey can roll with her pitiful modifier and mediocre luck, or you can wait for Kira, who is better at the skill and far luckier. It appears the choice was made already

>>182090
They lean towards trying to repair the ship to leave, if that is possible.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ba85e9
?
No.182116
>>182115
I am quite fond of monsters and treasure.
No rush though.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182117
>>182115
If first to post is the rule,....
GM Pony
5cc8c24
?
No.182118
182119 182120 182121 182122
Okay, settle the issue of the griffins
Anonymous
5ba85e9
?
No.182119
182122
>>182118
Let's come back to them after we find the Marines.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182120
>>182118
Take your time fren and no stress at all but I'm here and this was my last post:
>>182020
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182121
182122
>>182115
>>182118
Okay, they probably need their keys back, then. Silver would tell them to stay safe, and that if they haven't got their boat fixed by the time the party is ready to leave then they've (hopefully) got seats for them on the seaplane to Trottingham.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182122
182124 182127
>>182118
>>182119
>>182121
Not only is time critical on this mission and having to backtrack delays our exfiltration, but Stalliongrad is probably sending out more scouts along the shore and the boat is far too visible. By the time we get back they could all be dead. We also told the griffons that they had to leave now and that we would protect them. Should we go back on our word?
Anonymous
5ba85e9
?
No.182124
>>182122
Okay then, they can follow us.
GM Pony
5cc8c24
?
No.182126
182127 182128 182132 182157
The fog outside of the boat greatly intensifies, until visibility is down to 100 feet.

The radio starts playing static, unbidden.

>>182020
Okay, so I went back and reread the descriptions of these ponies, and I was pretty close to accurate. Flowercup is a filly (age is unsure) with a white (slightly grey or off-white) coat and wearing a white cloak with a reddish-black mane tied into a bun. Heather is a beige mare with an orange coat and a black cloak.

Flowercup
"No?"

Heather laughs
"No, I am an assistant here. She is a trainee. We are not related."
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182127
182129
>>182122
We've got a task to complete, and the possibility of running into the enemy troops and ending up in a firefight is pretty high. I'm not sure they'd want to be in tow for that, and they likely know the ship and how to fix it a lot better than we do. As long as they stay hidden, they should be fine. The Stalliongraders are more interested in that airship than they are in a nearly abandoned whaling station.

>>182126
Silver: "What in world..."

Was the radio on this whole time? Silver (after taking note of what frequency it was on so they can call the plane if need be) fiddles with the frequency to see if he can clear up the static.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ba85e9
?
No.182128
Foglet.gif
8316FF79DDFF35D5BA609050EABB8DFB-877946.png
>>182126
>The fog outside of the boat greatly intensifies, until visibility is down to 100 feet
"Watch out everypony, Necrophages like to hide in these conditions, and the crashing of the ship may have attracted them to the island." Rosey Ring says, as she steps out into the fog
>The radio starts playing static, unbidden
"Could be sea wraiths too. Keep an ear on the radio."
GM Pony
5cc8c24
?
No.182129
182130 182137 182140
>>182127
Static. A little less static. More static. Is that a pony voice?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ba85e9
?
No.182130
182139 182471
>>182129
Rolling religion to see if this is an incorporeal undead trying to communicate with us
[1d20+11 = (19+11) = 30]

(Posey has no knowledge of radios other than that ghosts try to use them)
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182132
182134 182139
>>182126
>Heather is a beige mare with an orange coat and a black cloak.
So what is her mane's color?

Virgin scratches the back of her neck.

"Sorry, I shouldn't have assumed," Vir says. "Is this place like Sunny Day?"
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182134
182136
>>182132
I don't remember what I named the orphanage/monastery but I decided to just call it Sunny Day Monastery.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182136
>>182134
The one Vir came from that is.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182137
>>182129
Silver hones in on the frequency featuring the pony voice.
GM Pony
5cc8c24
?
No.182139
182141 182142 182149 182152
>>182130
I'm going to assume that "incorporeal undead" is code for "ghost." The voice sounds like a living pony giving sounds of clear stress, fear, and physical wear. Not that that wholly rules out a ghost.

>>182132
Heather has a beige coat and orange mane. There's a mention of a "dawn breaker" something in the old posts

"No, she's training for a role in the church."
zoob
a0a1a94
?
No.182140
182499
>>182129
Dust cocks his head at the noises, his earbs flicking about a little bit.
Listen check to see if he can discern anything of note
[1d20+4 = (14+4) = 18]
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182141
182143
>>182139
Can Silver recognize the language? Is it Ponish or Cyrillic?
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182142
182499
>>182139
Cavaliere listens in too. [1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
GM Pony
5cc8c24
?
No.182143
182145 182165
I think it may be best to call it here for the night, given the relative time differences

>>182141
Severyanan
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182145
182499
>>182143
Fair, but I'd still like to ask if Silver can hear specifically what's being said.

>inb4: this is going to lead into an encounter
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182146
Nini
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182149
182193 182662
>>182139
>dawn breaker
I think I prefer Sunny Day, tbh. But as the name for a martial art made by nuns worshiping Celestia it kinda fits.

Are these two both earth ponies?

Vir suddenly feels the need to cock her head towards the filly instead of simply turning towards her. It must be dat filthy zigga's voodoo! :'c Tho, this joke doesn't work anymore since this post came too late.

"I see," she says and gives Flowercup a smile.

She look back at Heather.

"Are there other ponies, working here too?"
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182150
182193
>>182072
He walks around the street for awhile before heading down to the restaurant and looking at the building from across the street
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ba85e9
?
No.182152
182471
TheBoiledOne.png
>>182139
>I'm going to assume that "incorporeal undead" is code for "ghost."
Ghost, Wraith, Shadow, Specter, Allip, Caller In Darkness, Ghostly Visage (Posey's familiar at lvl 7), Dream Vestige... the list goes on.
But I see it's a living Pony now. Posey's in-character knowledge of radios is hereby exhausted.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182157
182158
>>182126
>Okay, so I went back and reread the descriptions of these ponies
Thanks for that by the way. ^^
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182158
>>182157
I appreciate it.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ba85e9
?
No.182165
>>182143
I'll be ready whenever you are then.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182166
182167 182168
1730931879953897.png
>tries to lure ppl with sexy bap
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182167
>>182166
That do be a Bap
Anonymous
f4bee81
?
No.182168
182169
Zoob is sparingly available today, I've got a few flights and a drive.
>>182166
I mean, that is a sexy bap
Anonymous
4e59e57
?
No.182169
182170 182171
>>182168
Fucksake, how many of y'all are international.men of mystery??
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182170
>>182169
^^

Sorry, I'm having a party and you're not invited.
Anonymous
f4bee81
?
No.182171
>>182169
>International
Nah, I've never been out of the country. This is thanksgiving travel.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ba85e9
?
No.182172
182173 182179 182312
2135767__suggestive_solo_female_pony_oc_mare_oc+only_cute_text_bipedal_both+cutie+marks_ocbetes_artist-colon-marsminer_braces_oc-colon-venus+spring_a.png
"~Oh no, I'm just a vulnerable little mare made of juicy, entropy-infused, prime meat. I sure do hope no drowners or foglets lunge out of the mist to tear me limb from limb and gnaw on my innards. I have such a pretty face; it would be a shame if some Ghostly Visage or Defacer stole it to assume my identity. I'm so skilled at magic: if a demon possessed me right now I would be an excellent vessel. I hope some lovecraftian entity does not lunge out of the ether to steal my intelligence, because I would freak out."
wanders out into the spooky fog
"I think it might be cryohydra mating season, btw. Islands in frigid seas like this make great nesting grounds, and the aggressive males can get incredibly territorial."
sprays self with artisan perfume made of the gonads from the hydra she killed last week
"This artifact sea crown is priceless. If a young dragon added it to its hoard, it would be the greatest hoard in the seas, grander than even the alphas who take all of the good treasure for themselves. Luckily there are no big, scary dragons to swoop down and snatch me up right now."
swings hips and flags her tail up and down
"Or any rival pirate gangs who might want to plunder my booty."

I am excited for combat.
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182173
>>182172
>3lewd5me
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182174
The good news is the Griffons ARE armed, and the Captain could possibly be useful in a pinch and otherwise relied on to lead his 'men'. They also could be said to have been tasked with carrying the telescope (if they werent expressly, I dont translate the languages I dont know in character), which may be useful especially at the lighthouse.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
5ba85e9
?
No.182175
182178 182179 182187 182191 182312
1894128__suggestive_solo_oc_oc+only_unicorn_plot_butt_wallpaper_featureless+crotch_artist-colon-marsminer_oc-colon-venus+spring (1).png
"~I am just vulnerable Sorceress with a feeble grapple mod. If a Remorhaz burst out of the ground to swallow me whole, I have no idea what I would do. My hit points are so low that it would burn me to cinders instantly. I would NOT want that..."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182177
182187 182193
Brie is so glad he and Kira are on point. No offense.

Btw, does the fog give partial concealment at his elevation, therefore allowing him to be hidden?
Hes still focused on spot tho, so prolly not.
"All this out-in-the-open nonsense," he laments.

Srsly though, it would be nice to ACTUALLY kill something :3
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182178
182179 182180 182191
IMG_6691.png
>>182175
God that’s tempting
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182179
>>182172
>>182175
Woah, that's some effort. ^^

>>182178
^^
Anonymous
5ba85e9
?
No.182180
182312
3063856__safe_pony_oc_oc+only_mouth+hold_artist-colon-marsminer_minecraft_oc-colon-venus+spring_pickaxe_creeper_venus+spring+having+a+bad+time_aww+ma.png
>>182178
Gibe monsters 2 fite
Preferably the kind with triple standard treasure
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182186
182187 182193 182312
1104357.png
Are we playing today?
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182187
182191 182193 182194
>>182177
happy snek noises

>>182175
Reminder that there is indeed a creature in the party already with a pretty high grapple modifier who eats creatures by swallowing them whole.

>>182186
I'd assume so, just waiting on people to arrive and to hear what this broadcast entails.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182191
>>182187
>>182175
>>182178
Just saying, if Posey wants her desire to vored fulfilled...I gotchu.
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182193
182196 182203 182207 182226 182408
>>182150
This is so, but is he simply going to a nearby restaurant, presumably one where he has eaten before? Is he going to the Eastside Tavern? Does he intentionally want a seat at a window to stare towards the building?

>>182149
let me look up things again

>>182187
>Reminder that there is indeed a creature in the party already with a pretty high grapple modifier who eats creatures by swallowing them whole.
uwu

>>182186
I have a flight tomorrow, so it’s unlikely I could get into combat

>>182177
>concealment
No more than anything Brie is looking at.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182194
182197
>>182187
>vore
Owo'
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182196
>>182193
>let me look up things again
That's completely fine. I'm cooking with my sheet.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182197
>>182194
^^
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182200
>>182198
Wait, what was this? I missed it.
Anonymous
1ce0381
?
No.182203
182210
>>182193
So no combat today.
Can we resolve the radio stuff?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182207
182210
>>182193
How much progress outsode of combat? We're 'in transit' at the moment, and while we had a break during the search of the ship, we havent had a moment to stop for any duration. Without spoiling when combat, will we have a chance to stop for a minute before?
I wanna look at the thingy
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182210
182214 182217
>>182203
>Can we resolve the radio stuff?
I can try.

We'll get to Posey's vore fetish soon enough

>>182207
Brie or whomever this is can stop and do whatever it is while the others are focused on the radio
Anonymous
1ce0381
?
No.182214
>>182210
Okay, are we able to discern what the radio is saying?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182217
182219
>>182210
Okay. If we're not particularly motivated/moving, Brie would like to land, call Rosie and Dust over, and pull out the bundle of joy.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182219
182220 182224
>>182217
"Since we seem to have a momentary breather,... Ms. Ring? Mr. Defiant? Help me take a look at this please," Brie says, kinda unsure about what to think about the thing.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182220
182224 182232
>>182219
Brie would wait until both were close before unwrapping the thing, Ill let Gm handle the rest
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182224
182227 182232
>>182219
>>182220
Dust plods over in his usual way, curious what the bat may have.
Though to be honest, the wording is making me think Dust is about to see some horsecock
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182226
182232
>>182193
He heads to the one that was shot up a few days prior
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182227
182228
>>182224
It may be triple-ended
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182228
182230
>>182227
Botched echidna circumcision?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182230
>>182228
Hard to say, it may say "Bad Dragon" on the side. Not good lighting in the safe.
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182232
182233 182234 182235 182238
>>182226
Oh...

Dark Star finds the restaurant. The outdoor patio seats are all gathered up. There are no lights through the windows. There is police tape over the entrance, even as the letters "Golden Sun" still hang above.

It doesn't look open

>>182224
>>182220
It's metal, somewhat cylindrical with a dull head, and a bit girthy. It kind of does look like a horsecock, yes, but it is made of steel.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182233
182237
>>182232
You said it was a trident,....
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182234
>>182232
Dust tilts his head one way, then tilts it the other. He withholds any comments comparing it to a penis or a turd
"I do not get it.
Does this item hold some sentiment?"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182235
182237
>>182232
Anyway, give me the goods. Good lighting, not in a hurry or anything, tell.me all about it. And not just me/Brie. Defiant and Rosey are privy, as well as anyone else who wants to look.

Brie's first point of inquiry/observation: does it seem comparable/relatable to the tiara and/or Silver's mystery helm?
[1d20 = 14] not sure what check, will apply mods when known if the roll isnt ass
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182236
For clarity, its still held in the unwrapped mask, between his gloves and it,... in case that matters,....

Jus sayin e,_,e
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182237
182240 182242
>>182235
It does not. It is modern metals.

>>182233
I did not
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182238
182243
>>182232
He looks at the front of it, taking in the architecture, looking for any bulletholes
He has a stoic expression on his face as he observes
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182239
182241 182243
>>181990
Uhm. Still looking more, but Im increasingly sure trident was said
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182240
182243
>>182237
Knowledge religion [1d20+9 = (8+9) = 17]
Perhaps it is some sort of religious artifact or item? Something?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182241
>>182239
>wrong again
Its a harpoon head
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182242
182243
>>182237
Apologies. Is it a fancy harpoon head?
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182243
182245 182246 182247 182258 182262 182312
>>182238
The facade is brick, and there is a wooden roof that extends from the building to cover an outdoor patio. There is a second floor of windows, and the roof of the building is flat. The bricks are a dark brown color, evidently a bit weathered.

On the outside? There are none, and none through the windows either. On the inside though...

>>182239
It's steel with a pointed head and a cylindrical body, and spikes at the bottom that can come out. Almost looks like a squid

>>182240
It does not resemble any religious artifact that Dust is familiar with. It's made of steel

>>182242
It's kind of wide for a harpoon head.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182245
182247
>>182243
Brie is very confused. He looks at both Dust and Rosey, forgrtting to hide his confusion for a few seconds.
"I may have wasted your time. I was worried about something worrisome like that tiara the griffons were speaking of. I apologize, in our haste to leave the whaling ship I didnt get a look at the object in the safe and wanted more knowledgeable eyes."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182246
>>182243
The griffon captain is nearby, yes? If following behind, Brie could go and attempt to offer it to him
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182247
>>182243
Hmmm, steel you say?
>>182245
Dust chuckles softly
"My friend you are fine
Time? You have wasted none of mine"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182251
182252 182253
Oh fuck, I'm sorry. I thought we weren't playing today.
What did I miss? I think we're trying to identify some artifact?
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182252
182254 182255
>>182251
You're fine, Brie is just showing off his new dildo
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182253
>>182251
I/Brie thought - since he found it in a safe - that the weird harpoon head might be related to these weird habbenings. Apologies, it seems mundane. Maybe a mechanism, but clearly not spoopy now we have it in decrnt lghting.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182254
182256
>>182252
What's the deal with the squidlike metal horsecock? Is that an item? A magic item? Should I make checks?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182255
182256
1730245388140819.png
>>182252
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182256
>>182254
Please do check, we're confused as hell
>>182255
Mmmmm, bat
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182258
182259 182263
>>182243
Rolling Arcana, to see what I know about this
[1d20+11 = (15+11) = 26]
Religion
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]
History
[1d20+3 = (14+3) = 17]
Dungeoneering (incase it's related to aberrations)
[1d20+3 = (6+3) = 9]
Nature
[1d20+3 = (3+3) = 6]
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182259
182261 182264
>>182258
Reee I already did religion you whorse
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182261
182267
>>182259
Rolling to boop Dust
[1d20+5 = (8+5) = 13]
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182262
182265
>>182243
He realizes that something feels different within him since that night, he feels lighter somehow,, He shakes his head and then He trots down the street, heading towards the eastside tavern
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182263
182266
>>182258
She can say that it appears to be modern in origin, made for function, has no religious purpose.
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182264
182267
>>182259
Dust is booped, and scrunches verily
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182265
182269
>>182262
Yes. He is carrying fewer bullets.

The East Side Tavern is only just barely open now.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182266
182268
>>182263
>made for function
That rules out it being a treasure/art item.
Can she tell if it's a magic weapon?
Zoob
612fdab
?
No.182267
182268 182275
>>182261
>>182264
sigh
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182268
182271 182274 182275 182278
>>182266
It can be hard to tell if something is or is not magical, but it appears that it is not.

>>182267
Boop her back in the pussy with Dust's zebra cock
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182269
182272
>>182265
He greets Mr. Glass
"Hey, How are things?"
He smiles at him
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182271
182272
>>182268
This got way more... than Brie was expecting.
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182272
182275 182282
>>182269
Glistening Glass is putting up bottles behind the counter. He looks back.

"Dark Star!" Hey hey! How is it going? Things aren't too bad myself." He turns around. "I haven't seen you since you" He winks and makes a clicking sound, placing his foreknees on the table and letting his muzzle rest on his two, propped up hooves, with a sly smile on his face "went up to bed with those two young mares."

>>182271
Were you expecting it to be magical?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182273
In embarassment, Brie places the strange harpoon thingy in his pouch, putting his mask back on, returning to a 60' elevation

Fuck y'all, I thiught Inhad something cool.

Still down tonoffer it backto the griffon captain
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182274
>>182268
Is it masterwork quality?
Either way, we're probably going to just sell this thing, unless it's a particularly good magic spearhead. Add it to the bag.

Anyway, what did the radio sounds say?
Anonymous
bf4ef2b
?
No.182275
182280
>>182267
>>182268
TOTAL ZIGGER DEATH
>>182272
"Yes haha, it really wasn't like that . they did want to though."
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182278
182281
>>182268
I mean, Posey was going to force that to happen had Kira not swooped in with her snek hugs.
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182280
182287 182291
>>182275
He raises an eyebrow, still smiling

"Oh really?" He looks up, placing his muzzle on a single hoof, held up vertically

"What was it like, if you don't mind telling me the details?"

He raises both eyebrows
Anonymous
1ce0381
?
No.182281
182284
1733095753.mp4 (359.7 KB, Resolution:400x298 Length:00:00:17, aJu1qUHi31_AIczJaCNy-tnfdsYQrFaE3QqS7sya27U.mp4) [play once] [loop]
aJu1qUHi31_AIczJaCNy-tnfdsYQrFaE3QqS7sya27U.mp4
>>182278
Everyone is a target.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182282
>>182272
>were you expecting it to be magical
Yes, simply
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182283
What did the radio say?
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182284
182285
>>182281
Mala stares at Posey
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182285
makima_s_eyes_by_nkreativity_dgv3wjo-fullview.jpg
>>182284
EVERYONE.
Anonymous
bf4ef2b
?
No.182287
182288
>>182280
"You can ask them what happened if you don't believe me if you like haha, by the way are they gone?"
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182288
182293
>>182287
Smiling, and leaning in closer

"Did they move in with you here? You do seem to have a different place somewhere else, don't you?"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182291
>>182280
What does the radio tell us?
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182293
182295
>>182288
"I think they wanted to, yea i have somewhere else i could stay, i like the Eastside though, plus i left some stuff up there."
He laughs
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182295
182296
>>182293
"Ohh.. And here I thought you had found another tavern" Still smiling
Anonymous
bf4ef2b
?
No.182296
>>182295
"I've been out in the woods the last few days, had a... lot on my mind."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182297
182298 182300
I wonder what Dark Star's grapple mod is... Probably high.
GM Pony
4a7b289
?
No.182298
182299 182302 182319
>>182297
His smile fades, and he looks at him with somber eyes.
"I'm sorry.. Is it about a mare. If I... may ask."

>>182297
He's too far away for you to rape.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1ce0381
?
No.182299
>>182298
>He's too far away for you to rape
When I level up, I'm going to put some ranks in Lucid Dreaming.
Luna is cocooned: nopony can save you in the dream realm.
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182300
DarkStar_.jpg
>>182297
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182302
182400
>>182298
"Not exactly, there was a bit of a tussle that i got involved in."
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182312
182313
>>182172
>>182175
>>182180
>>182186
Rosey Ring and Venus Spring do look to have much in common.

>>182243
Cavaliere has a look at it.

"Is it an explosive harpoon head? Those are often used by whalers."

Also waiting on parsing any messages from the radio. Cavaliere rolled a 20, and although he doesn't speak Severanyan he could imitate the sounds to Silver who would then translate.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182313
182314
>>182312
"I can't say, I'm unfamiliar. It was in their safe, I'll be disappointed if it isnt valuable."
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182314
182315
>>182313
"Why don't you ask them?" he replies, pointing in their direction.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182315
182316
>>182314
"I had indicated a desire, was waiting on GM to see how the griffons/captain responded."
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182316
182317 182319
>>182315
"ICKY OOCKY" he replies, pressing F1 to message an admin.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182317
>>182316
Brie doesnt break the 4th wall like Thez/Addy do, but he do
Rosey "Posey" Ring
17e2704
?
No.182318
So, are there any more checks to make, before we go to the lighthouse?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182319
182321 182324
>>182316
>>182298
Brie looks to Cavaliere and Mala. "One of you knows how to say: "I found this, I think it's yours, yeah?"
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182321
182322
>>182319
>>182319
You could also roll Appraise, to give us a gp value: then we'd know for sure if it's worth keeping.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182322
182323
>>182321
Ooh, are you GM asking for a roll? Oh,....
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182323
182325
>>182322
You have ranks in appraise, right? Use them.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182324
182327 182393
>>182319
Cavaliere approaches Sørvik, who by now should be ready to leave. "Een van mijn collega's heeft ingebroken in uw kluis en dit gevonden. Weet u waar dit voor is?"

>tfw no appraise ranks
[1d20+2 = (15+2) = 17]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182325
182328
>>182323
With your pardon, I am on record with GM as to what my character's prevailing agendas are. You'll forgive me if Im disinclined, I hope.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182326
182381
(The subtext being, ask nicely)
Rosey "Posey" Ring
17e2704
?
No.182327
>>182324
I'll roll too
[1d20+3 = (12+3) = 15]
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182328
182329 182381
>>182325
What are you trying to say? You don't want to appraise the item?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182329
182330
>>182328
Pretty sure I didnt stutter.
Meta yes, if ur gon̈na be a dick, it will be a complicated process. Brie waits on GM prompt
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182330
182331 182381
>>182329
Well, the rest of us could just appraise it... I rolled a 15.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182331
182332
>>182330
If you want help with an appraisal, consider asking for it

If you want to insinuiate what you think I should do, carry on as you have
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182332
182333
>>182331
Asking for it like one asking for help with something
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182333
182335 182381
>>182332
I really don't know what you're talking about, or what the significance of this nonmagical item is supposed to be.
I thought we were already on our way to the lighthouse.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182334
182336
I thought we were waiting to hear what was going on over the radio
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182335
>>182333
Oh
To your credit, I have less nice things to say now
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182336
182338 182381
>>182334
Same, then there was this weird tangent over the speartip
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182337
To the audience, yes unresolved
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182338
182339
>>182336
Yes, my bad, Brie wanted to be extra careful before exposing himself to a brainsucking artifact

Weird
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182339
182340 182381
>>182338
We already determined that it isn't magic.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182340
182341
>>182339
>still trying to drive the narrative
Whatever, not-GM
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182341
182342 182343 182381
>>182340
GM just told us
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182342
>>182341
Bluff check failed
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182343
182344 182345
>>182341
In Brie's defense, GM Pone said only that it appears to be non-magical, not that it absolutely is. There's a small risk, I just don't think it's worth freaking out over it.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182344
182346
>>182343
Appreciated, but thats not the issue
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182345
182347 182381
>>182343
Well, I guess I could use my Detect Magic SLA to determine its aura strength, caster level and school. I was going to cast it anyway to check out the rest of the treasure.
Just put it in the bag and I'll examine it at the end of the mission.
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182346
182381
>>182344
What is the issue?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182347
182348
>>182345
It wasnt worth your attention before, why now?
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182348
182349 182381
>>182347
Because you keep talking about it.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182349
182351
>>182348
Do you have an argument, or are u just gonna be a nigger?
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182351
182353 182381
>>182349
Argument for what? What is the argument?
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182352
182381
Let's keep roleplay thread for roleplay: >>182350 →
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182353
182355
>>182351
No, thats my question. What are you on about? If modificatio s should occur, sure I guess
Anonymous
17e2704
?
No.182355
182363 182381
>>182353
I'm not going to indulge this here anymore. Leave it in the ooc thread.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182363
>>182355
Well, it IS ur thread,...
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182381
>>182326
It could have ended here

>>182328
>>182330
>>182333
>>182336
>>182339
>>182341
>>182345
>>182346
>>182348
>>182351
>>182352
>>182355

And boy did it not. I dont think this player and I can get on, tbh.
GM Pony
58fa110
?
No.182393
182396 182397 182433 182470
>>182324
Sørvik replies, looking and sounding irritated
Wat doe je om mijn kluis te kraken?”

He stops, looks down at the object, and takes a second.
“Dat is een explosieve harpoenkop. Je duwt hem in het lichaam van een walvis en hij zal ontploffen en hem doden. Hebben we dat nodig? Ik heb alles meegenomen, maar dat heb ik laten liggen.”

Cavaliere can see a time-delay detonator on the object.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182396
>>182393
>Be Brie
>Literal traps and explosives expert
>search for traps
>nat 20
>object is a LITERAL TRAP
>HUH, i never noticed the explosives
>put away
>pull out later to inspect
>Huh, never noticed the explosives, not prompted to roll by GM
>hand off the weird thing Ive never seen anything like before,....
>its a bomb/trap

BARUH
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0c476e9
?
No.182397
maxresdefault.jpg
>>182393
"~Ooh, a button. I have read of these devices before. We do not have many buttons in my homeland. When you press them, magical things happen."
reaches magical finger for the detonator
[YouTube] Dexter's Laboratory - What Does This Button Do? [Embed]

This is a shitpost. I'm not actually touching the detonator.
Unless....?
GM Pony
58fa110
?
No.182400
182404
>>182302
“Ohhhhhh, a tussel. I see…” he tilts his head to look at Dark Star inquisitively. “Was it over a mare?” He pauses. “Do you want to talk about it?”
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182404
182405
>>182400
"It was for Work." he nods
"caught a few more bullets"
He rubs his side
GM Pony
58fa110
?
No.182405
182414
>>182404
“Gah” he looks down at Dark Star’s side in revulsion.

“Hell of a job. What did you say it was you do? Like a secret agent or something?”
Anonymous
0c476e9
?
No.182406
182431
Where exactly were we in the narrative? I don't know anymore. I thought we were on our way to the lighthouse, but idk now. It's fine if we want to take time to examine the harpoon thing.
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182408
182662
1733166292.webm (3.8 MB, Resolution:1920x1080 Length:00:00:13, 9f6946085894a8c9939190a0de3a07c6.webm) [play once] [loop]
9f6946085894a8c9939190a0de3a07c6.webm
>>182193
>let me look up things again
Take your time. Just wanted to check in. ^^
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182414
182416 182426
>>182405
"It's probably for the best you don't know, but yea something like that, mr.glass."
He nods curtly
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0c476e9
?
No.182416
182417
>>182414
Wait, is this the same Mr. Glass I know? Glass Horizons?
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182417
182418
>>182416
Glimmering glass, owner of the east side tavern.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0c476e9
?
No.182418
>>182417
Lots of ponies named after glass in the city. Makes sense.
GM Pony
58fa110
?
No.182426
182436
>>182414
Smiling
“Alright, I’ll let you keep your secrets. Just like with the mares…” he looks down and reaches for something. When he pulls it up, it’s Apple Whiskey.

“Did you come here for a drink?”
Anonymous
0c476e9
?
No.182431
182433 182435
>>182406
Are we still examining the harpoon? I don't know where we left off.
I don't mean to be pushy, but what are we doing?
Anonymous
46cfd44
?
No.182433
>>182431
>>182393
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182435
>>182431
We're waiting for a description of what's being broadcast over the radio, since it sounds like the Stalliongraders are in trouble and it possibly will lead into the next encounter.
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182436
182468
>>182426
"Its safer for you this way."
His eyes light up as he pulls out the whiskey
"I did come here for a drink yea. i haven't had a in awhile.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182468
182512
>>182436
Smiling
"I thought so. You like Apple Whiskey neat right? Or do you want something different?" He appears ready to pour the apple whiskey.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182470
>>182393
The dark griffon sighs. "Sommige pony's hebben erg plakkerige hoeven. Ze vonden het interessant."

He turns to the others. "Like I thought, it is an explosive harpoon. It will explode after a set time delay."

And yes, we need a radio description.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182471
182472 182473
maxresdefault[1].jpg
>>182130
>>182152
>Posey evidently intends this roll as an exhaustive inquiry into the intersection of radios and spoop.
Fine, we'll do it your way.

Incorporeal undead tend to be composed of various forms of magic, whereas radios work by picking up specific waves of the electromagnetic force. And yet, sometimes the former affects the latter. Just as a banshee can call out in the twilight, so too can ghosts, wraiths and what have you speak over radios to communicate - or at least, that is what is reported. Undead don't sound like the living - not quite - and Posey could surely pick up on the subtle differences.

Some permutations of ghosts - or more accurately, of lingering phasmic energy - simply replay scenes of the past that have stained themselves upon the material plane. Reports of radios playing broadcasts and communications of years before are not unknown, and in one famous episode a title card of a horseton television station - defunct three years prior - randomly appeared in a television broadcast in Trottingham. Perhaps the radiowaves bounce around indefinitely in the ionosphere or the lower spheres, to be reverberate back at some time in the future. In these instances, it may be hard for Posey to tell what is a real pony voice and what is undead - when, after all, the broadcast is nothing more than an echo. And of course, if some malevolent force tried to use the radio to deceive ponies... Well... that's another matter.

It's hardly out of the question that a radio could pick up ambient physic or phasmic energies in the air, given off by the presence of incorporeal. In just the same way as the static sound of a radio may be from the buildup of static electricity in the air, in prelude to a lightning strike, so too may the radio detect the presence of a nearby specter or wraith. Of course, it wouldn't sound like a pony's voice. It would just sound like static.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182472
>>182471
Excellent description
"Fascinating...!"
Posey makes note of this for later
Anonymous
1b61b1a
?
No.182473
182498
>>182471
So, what does the living voice in the radio say?
I guess only Silver would know the language.
Anonymous
1b61b1a
?
No.182498
>>182473
Are there any checks necessary to interpret the radio?
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182499
182501 182502 182517 182545 182551
>>182140
>>182145
>>182142
What follows cannot be heard and understood by any one pony alone, for no
pony is able to discern every detail in its totality. It is only when they compare notes that the following is pieced together:

Static sounds. While the static has gone down significantly since Silver changed the frequency, it is ineliminable

A stallion speaks with a slightly reassuring, if unconfident tone
Оставайтесь на месте, товарищ. Оставайтесь на месте и мы приедем к вам. - Stay put comrade. Remain in place and we will come to you.

There's a sound almost like an object dragged against the ground, though it may be the caw of some unknown animal. There is one, then two rifle cracks.

Second Stallion:
Некоторые из «Нежелательных» зацепили нас. Мы потеряли Парселия. - Several of the Unwanted ("Nezhelatelnykh") have us pinned down. We have lost Parsely.
There is a very unhealthy sounding cough, and a "tak tak tak" like the call of an insect.
А еще на нас подходит Петрушка из Light Water. And there are Light Water's Petrushka coming up on us as well.
Rifle crack.

There is a sound like something scratching against stone, twice.

There is a third stallion's voice. Judging from the signal quality and circumstances, it appears to be from the same receiver as the first stallion:
Я только что подслушал защищенную передачу... Солдаты прибыли и идут нам на помощь... Подождите еще немного. Даже если у меня есть сомнения, что мы проживем достаточно долго, чтобы встретить их, держитесь - I just overheard a secure transmission...soldiers have arrived and they’re coming to rescue us... Hold on a little longer. Even if I have my doubts that we’ll live long enough to greet them, hold on.

Second Stallion:
Может быть, помощь уже в пути, но я не жду ее. Нам нужно добраться до северной бухты. - Maybe help is on its way, but I’m not waiting around for it. We’ve got to get to the north bay.
There is a sound like a bullet flying nearby.

First Stallion
Я не уверен, что хочу возвращаться. Что, если мир узнает, что мы делали? - I'm not sure I want to go back. What if the world finds out what we were doing?
Static crackle, and very possibly a nervous sounding laugh

Second stallion, weakly:
Они будут знать, что мы стояли с Черной Пяткой против Light Water и его Чернобога. У меня сдуло шляпу по дороге к хижине. Я чувствую, как мой разум ускользает. Меня укусили, и я теряю кровь. Мне нужно идти на берег. - They will know that we stood with Black Heel against 'Light Water' and his Chernobog. My hat has blown off in the run to the hut. I can feel my mind slipping. I have been bitten and am losing blood. I must go to the shore.
The next sound is either a static crackle, or the sound of blood spurting out of the mouth. Hard to tell.

First stallion, with mild despiration:
Нет. Оставайтесь на месте. Солдаты идут, чтобы спасти нас. - No. Stay put. The soldiers are coming to save us.

Second stallion, in fear:
С каждой минутой создается все больше нежелательных элементов. Я не жду, когда стану марионеткой. Я еду на берег. За Хохтед-Хилл! - More Unwanted are created by the minute. I am not waiting to become a puppet. I am going to the shore. For Crested Hill!

Multiple gunshot cracks like a machine gun. The sound cuts off.

Static plays
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182501
182506
>>182499
Brie notes an involuntary shift in body language in the ponies below, as the creepy sound plays over the radio
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182502
182506 182517 182522
>>182499
"It sounds like the Stalliongraders have been attacked by monsters... But whatever could have overwhelmed a group of soldiers like them?"
>There is a very unhealthy sounding cough, and a "tak tak tak" like the call of an insect.
"Changelings? No, he would have said so..."
>More Unwanted are created by the minute. I am not waiting to become a puppet. I am going to the shore. For Crested Hill!
"Sounds like spawning monsters... The kind that spread like wildfire. Could it be wights? They're known to animate sporadically on battlefields."
>"I can feel my mind slipping. I have been bitten and am losing blood. I must go to the shore."
"Definitely monsters... Could they be Drowners?"

I would like to roll Arcana to get a clue of sort of monsters may be in this area that this could indicate
[1d20+11 = (14+11) = 25]
And religion, for what could be a potential undead activity
[1d20+11 = (9+11) = 20]

The yellow text is really hard to read.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182506
182509 182510 182515
>>182502
I know. It's beautiful. I'm kind of proud of it. It's the colors of the flag of the Soviet Union. Either highlight the English text with your cursor so that it shows up white, or translate the much more legible Russian text.

>Arcana
There are many potential animals or magical beasts, yet nothing should be this much of a hassle

>Undead
Spontaneous undead wouldn't cause this.

>>182501
[Static Noises]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182509
>>182506
Oh, Brie ain't listening, hes watching. Go ahead, have all the ponies who heard it try and bluff that they werent creeped out.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182510
182522
>>182506
Can Posey make out any monster sounds that would indicate what's attacking them?
Or know any magical effects that could lead to such a situation?
I rolled a 25, give me a little hint.
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182512
182522
>>182468
"Yes, sir. pour it up."
He smiles
Anonymous
1b61b1a
?
No.182515
182522
>>182506
>Either highlight the English text with your cursor so that it shows up white, or translate the much more legible Russian text.
I just put the whole thing into Read Aloud, like I do with most of the long descriptions.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182517
182519 182545
>>182499
>>182502
Cavaliere sounds uneasy, and he looks back and forth. "They will be more occupied protecting themselves than searching for the airponies. That could be good for us, but the airponies are also in danger from whatever is out there."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182519
182545
>>182517
"The airponies, and us as well. Whatever was able to send an entire team of navy fleeing with their tails between their legs could easily compromise our extraction. We should locate the Marines before we investigate the North Port."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182521
Brie is unsettled. No squadrons, no covert ponimilitary teams , just a bunch of unanswered questions.

Like, who puts a hoof grenade in a harpoon? And wtf was.....
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182522
182524 182527 182529 182533 182552
>>182510
>>182502
An insect sound that sounds massive and... off. A slight growl that is also, well, it mimics but does not belong to a mammal. There is a sound of a bullet passing by, implying they are being shot at by at least one firearm bullet. There is no tattletale ersatz voice as would be found with undead, but neither do these sound like true animals or magical beasts.

>>182512
He pours a whiskey for Dark Star, slowly moving the bottle upwards to let the stream fall from a steady height.

"And here you go, one whiskey to let your problems slip away, and to lubricate your day.

>>182515
Huh. I've never heard of that
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182524
>>182522
Is rosey on point? I thiught Kira was on ground point
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182527
>>182522
>An insect sound that sounds massive and... off. A slight growl that is also, well, it mimics but does not belong to a mammal. There is a sound of a bullet passing by, implying they are being shot at by at least one firearm bullet. There is no tattletale ersatz voice as would be found with undead, but neither do these sound like true animals or magical beasts.
Well, I guess that's that, unless Posey happens to know any monsters in the region that make those sounds.
>I've never heard of that
It's nifty
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182528
182529
Brie is on arial.point, whoever is taking ground
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182529
>>182522
>>182528
Plz note
(Not living it down)
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182530
By "arial point" I mean an arial patrol with emphasis on surveilalance and observation....
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182531
182538
"We should hurry to the lighthouse." Rosey Ring says
She begins to trot towards the lighthouse.
"Careful the fog. There could be necrophages."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182532
By surveillance I mean "lookingbfor threats, including actual threats",...
Ill stop
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182533
182538
>>182522
Rosey Ring increases her pace as she moves towards the lighthouse.
"We already know that the commies are going to the North Port: we don't have to worry about them. For now, all we need to be wary of is monster activity, which is a serious threat to consider if those sounds on the radio are what I think they are."

She majestically gallops towards the lighthouse
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182536
Cavaliere hikes along and keeps his distance along the right side from the rest of the others. He warily watches the fog as he traverses the uneven landscape.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182538
>>182531
>>182533
Kira had ground point. If tiu want to change formation ask the party
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182545
182546
>>182499
Can Silver recall any information on these "Unwanted", or Light Water's "Petrushka" and "Chernobog", given his origin?

>>182517
>>182519
Silver: "It sounds as if Stalliongrad is also sending relief force, and when they arrive we will be truly in trouble. They were also doing something that they do not want world to know about...what were they bringing with them on that ship? Is it was is attacking them now? Turning them into puppets, controlling their minds? We must hurry. Kira should take point, let her scout ahead so we can avoid whatever this thing is and get to those Navy ponies faster."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182546
182550
>>182545
"Unwanted" - it may have been the similar if distinct word to mean "uninvited." Hard to say. "Petrushka" - a "little Peter." It is a term to mean a puppet. "Chernobog," a figure of folklore, a "black god" or devil.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182547
182548 182549 182550 182555 182557 182558
Okay everypony - what is the formation of players like? Who is first and who is where?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
1b61b1a
?
No.182548
>>182547
Let's have Kira and Brie go first.
I have to sleep, but feel free to carry on without me.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182549
182583
>>182547
Cavaliere might let Kira go first if she agrees with Silver (she probably will), but he will be just behind her and to the right of the group, within visual range.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182550
>>182547
Silver will take rear so anyone sneaking up on them will have to go through Silver first.

>>182546
The mystery deepens. Just what were these ponies bringing with them on that ship...
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182551
>>182499
Kira: "Those poor ponies...I know they're supposed to be our enemies, but...surely there's something we can do. Can't we help them? Maybe if we help them out, we can get them to leave the island peacefully."
Dark Star
bf4ef2b
?
No.182552
182580
>>182522
He drinks it quickly, and then orders another
"One more."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182555
>>182547
My understanding is that Kira has ground point, and Brie is directly over her position, probably closer to 40' as we get further from the village
Defiant Dust
00cd86a
?
No.182557
182583
>>182547
Dust will plod along in the middle of the pack
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182558
182583
>>182547
Rosey Ring will be in the middle, as is proper for casters.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182559
182583
So:
Kira,Brie
Dust, Rosie, Garv
Silver, Mala?

Ten?
Pretty solid formation, depending on initiative. I could geek all day about strategies and possible synergistic maneuvers. Brie prefers to go at the same time as someone else, so that he can coordinate with them; either giving them flanking on their attack, and/or removing the opponent's dexterity bonus cuz grappling. If the opponent is already grappled, flat footed, or blind (loses their dex bonus) Brie does 4d6 total on his sneak attack, which if he's already threatening, is 2x/round. He has ranks in tumbling (and the obvious flying) so he also likes to throw himself around and into the middle of the enemy formation and do a full-round dodge action to (total ac, 24). Or, if there's lots of them, drop a gas grenade and slowly work through them. Lots of options, very excite.
GM Pony
bb65e54
?
No.182580
182581
>>182552
“You poor thing. You must be thirsty after being away for so long.”
He pours another one.

“Kind of early in the day to be drinking multiple rounds though, don’t you think?
Dark Star
c97ff14
?
No.182581
182603
>>182580
"Never too early to take the edge off, mr glass. Thanks for the drinks."
he sips the second one more slowly, savoring it
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182583
182584 182585 182597 182644
>>182549
>>182557
>>182558
>>182559
Real quick, before we move on: should Silver try to speak over the radio to the Stalliongraders, bluffing that he's a member of a relief force and try to get information out of them like location or what the hell is attacking them?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182584
182585 182587 182597
>>182583
Posey has a higher bluff mod, so she could do it if Silver tells her the words.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182585
182587
>>182583
>>182584
Does anyone speak the dialect?
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182586
182587 182588
Unless confident of a pony's ability to authentically bluff being a Stalliongrader over comms, Brie would advise against it if for no other reason than that Stalliongrad's squad would ostensibly be unaware of this group's presence, and unless a proper feint/decoy could be setup, better to maintain stealth.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182587
182589 182591 182597 182604
>>182585
>>182586
Silver is Severyanan, so he does indeed both speak the language and have the accent to match. He doesn't have any ranks in Bluff but with the Stalliongraders under duress they may not question it.

>>182584
Possible, though I'm not sure how responsive the soldiers would be to hearing a mare's voice through the radio.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182588
182589 182591
>>182586
Knowing what we're facing could be more valuable than stealth.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182589
>>182587
>>182588
Valid points both, with dubs even. No objections, then.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182590
182592
Lets let Dark Star go tho, rn
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182591
>>182587
>>182588
Following up, if Garv and Dust arent bothered by the idea then go ahead and give it a go
Dark Star
c97ff14
?
No.182592
>>182590
Its no problem
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182593
I might be available tonight.
Defiant Dust
637826b
?
No.182597
182601 182604
>>182583
>>182584
>>182587
I'm fine with attempting this
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182601
>>182597
"Try to sound like you havent eaten well very often, and malnourishment has made you a bit jumpy," he says, teying to ve helpful
GM Pony
640434c
?
No.182603
182608
>>182581
Whiskey always has a hard flavor, but he can taste the wood, and taste the apple.

“You really like that Apple Whiskey, don’t you? Any desire to try anything new, or would you just like to stick what is tried and true for now?”
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182604
182618 182626
>>182597
Okay, plurality rules.
>>182587
Give Posey some lines to repeat. Asks them to describe the enemy.
Dark Star
c97ff14
?
No.182608
182626
>>182603
He enjoys the familiar taste and the accompanying burn
"What else do you got up there? anything exotic?"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182618
182619 182623 182626 182628
>>182604
That's another problem: the soldiers may not question it if Silver (a stallion) calls them over the radio, but it's more likely they will if Posey (a mare) does. So, the question becomes do we risk using Silver who no ranks in Bluff but is a stallion, or do we risk using Posey who has plenty of ranks in Bluff but is a mare?
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182619
>>182618
Do armies not have mares in this RGRE-fueled fandom mileau?
Whatever, a check might not even be necessary. Ask GM
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182623
>>182618
So, what does Silver say to the radio?
GM Pony
4f758ec
?
No.182626
182628 182640 182644
>>182608
“Well, other brands. This Tall Tails whiskey, this one from Trotsas, these are from the other side of the line. Not easy to replace. A couple other foreign products. There’s wine, you know. Vodka too. What are you feeling like?”

>>182604
>>182618
Silver would have to use his (very low) bluff modifier to attempt a bluff. Posey could attempt it, but she’d have a very heavy debuff because she doesn’t speak Bolshevik and shouldn’t be able to pronounce the words. Mares in the military is not unheard of, especially in the role of a radio operator, but is still not super common on or near the frontlines.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182628
182630
>>182626
I got +14, and Silver assisting me should be a +2. Let's roll the dice.
>>182618
Give Posey a message to repeat. Preferably one that inquires them to describe the enemy.
Posey has a vaguely east-European accent (based on B movie vampire nonsense), so she may be able to pull it off.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182630
182635
>>182628
Silver hoofs over the radio along with a message to repeat: "Это спасательная группа, вызывающая Костромскую экспедицию, приезжайте в Кострому. Что там внизу происходит? Похоже на перестрелку. Вы вступили в бой с фашистами? Кто враг?" He repeats it multiple times to Posey to help her get the pronunciation down pat.

A basic translation for the benefit of the rest of the party: "This is the relief force calling the Kostroma expedition, come in Kostroma. What's going on down there? It sounds like a firefight. Have you engaged the Fascists? Who is the enemy?"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182631
182635 182667
>>18263 →
>"Это спасательная группа, вызывающая Костромскую экспедицию, приезжайте в Кострому. Что там внизу происходит? Похоже на перестрелку. Вы вступили в бой с фашистами? Кто враг?"
Posey repeats the message to herself a few times, and then repeats it into the microphone, trying to sound as charming and professional as possible.
Rolling to see if it sticks
[1d20+16 = (8+16) = 24]

Btw, I need to revise my known languages. I have enough to know three languages, but idk what's available.
Anonymous
e734f5b
?
No.182633
Are we playing tonight?
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182635
182636 182639
>>182631
>>182630
The radio is adjusted to make sure that it will send, as surely as receive sound, and a button is pressed. Posey delivers her message. A slight sound is made, indicating that a button to send a message on the opposite side has been pressed. Talking can be overheard at a low volume.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182636
182638
>>182635
Can we discern what the talking says?
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182638
182642
>>182636
Roll listen. Although Silver would be the only one with significant benefit. It's obviously a conversation between two ponies (presumably they are ponies) in a room speaking together, when they have forgotten the send-button is held down.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182639
182641 182652
>>182635
Rolling Listen
[1d20+3 = (10+3) = 13]
Anonymous
c97ff14
?
No.182640
182652
>>182626
"I Don't want to get too messed up, What kinds of wine do you have?"
Anonymous
e734f5b
?
No.182641
>>182639
I would like to count this as an assist roll, to give Silver a +2
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182642
182643 182652
>>182638
[1d20+3 = (1+3) = 4]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
e734f5b
?
No.182643
>>182642
So much for that plan. Can't win everything.
Off to the lighthouse we go.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182644
182652
>>182583
I don't think it's a good idea but I'm outnumbered so go ahead. I'm waiting to move out.

>>182626
Wouldn't communist militaries put females in combat roles more often?
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182652
182654 182655 182656 182657
>>182642
>>182639
Based off of the (lack) of response, it's pretty clear that the message is not immediately accepted as genuine. Is the wish to go further, or to leave it at that?

>>182640
"Well, we have a red wine from... Sire's Hollow. A white wine from Coltifornia. Huh. That's rarer now. To tell you the truth, not many ponies ask for wine, but I do keep it around."

>>182644
Perhaps, but they also aren't actively in a war.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
f821381
?
No.182654
182655
>>182652
Idk what we could say that we could remedy the situation. Let's go find our airmen.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182655
182656 182661
>>182652
>>182654
Silver whispers in Posey's ear to repeat the first part of the message he gave her: Это спасательная группа, вызывающая Костромскую экспедицию, приезжайте в Кострому.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
f821381
?
No.182656
182661
>>182655
>Это спасательная группа, вызывающая Костромскую экспедицию, приезжайте в Кострому.
>>182652
Rosey Ring repeats the above phrase:
[1d20+16 = (9+16) = 25]
Dark Star
c97ff14
?
No.182657
182661
>>182652
"I think this might be my first time trying wine in general. that one sounds good."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182661
182682 182685 182702
>>182657
"Which one? Coltifornia? Sure." He takes a moment of turning around looking for a wine glass, evidently not remembering where they are stored. He picks one up

>>182655
>>182656
A male voice replies
"Кто нам звонит?"
He pauses for a couple seconds, an "uh" sound emanating from his throat.
"Это... Это матрос Смородиновый лист из Костромы. Мэйдэй, Мэйдэй, Мэйдэй. Мы..." Hesitating, "Осажденные внешней силой и предателями внутри."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182662
182673
>>182408
>>182149
These characters were used in passing later and I wanted the depiction to be consistent
Okay, so Heather is actually the priestess herself. Both appear to be earth ponies

"Yes, here we have an associate priest, Vibrant ray working here, and often a handymare named Sauntering Lily."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182667
182668
>>182631
The language of the bullsheviks is Severanyan. There's dozens of languages to choose from depending on theme and background applicability, and theres a surprising amount of thought put into which group gets which language
>bats didnt get polish/russian
I didn't say there was justice in the world,....
For Lacey I wanted her to be highly multi-lingual, chatgpt gave me all the answers I needed for EaW (and without bothering GM [Im working on it])
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182668
182670
>>182667
>bullsheviks
ur silly

Take what ChatGPT tells you with a grain of salt, when Dust's player asked it for EaW information and lore it told him about a country that doesn't exist.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182670
>>182668
Yes. To that end, it is good practice to have it regularly give you a summary of what you have developed, for you to paste and remind IT when it starts getting "creative"
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182673
182683 182686
>>182662
Krr, the potential tea tray ring out as Vir places her tea cup on it.

"Okay," she says and nods absentmindedly before moving her full attention to Heather. "I-I wish to stay here. Just- Just for a short while. While I'm looking for my sister."

The chair creaks against the wooden floor as Vir stands up. She tosses the hem of her tan cloak so flips up on her back. The cloak is actually relatively thick and the hem reveals it to consist of three different fabrics, or three different cloaks, sewn together. The inside one is of lavender color. She lifts up her hoof and flex it's biceps muscle? Or something, anyway, her hoof goes from being somewhat unassuming to mold into a mound of statue-eque thickness. But then she looks up with pleading eyes as if she's mere foal asking her mom for cute stuffed animal she saw in the store.

"I'm not good with words but I can move stuff."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182682
182688 182702
>>182661
Posey takes her face away from the mic

"Should I say anything else?"
Anonymous
fd494de
?
No.182683
>>182673
>mound of statue-eque thickness.
"hardness" makes more sense here I think.
Dark Star
c97ff14
?
No.182685
182687
>>182661
He looks the bottle over and then glances at the strange looking glass
"Hey you never answered my question earlier, are those two mares still up in my room or did they leave?"
GM Pony
ee73d39
?
No.182686
182862
>>182673
Heather takes a moment to look down at the strong, presumably thin limbs of the muscular mare.

She pets the poor mare’s mane, moving her hair to make sure she doesn’t cover Vir’s eyes.

“I.. believe we have an extra bed here. There’s a room for Vibrant Ray that he doesn’t use. I suppose it can be used by a mare in need. We’ve lent it out to those in need before, after all.”
GM Pony
ee73d39
?
No.182687
182691
>>182685
He pauses for a moment.

“I have seen them since. I’ve seen them walking around the rooms, at least once. Twice I think. But more importantly I’ve seen them in the bar. I know the cream colored one has asked for you, but more so there was an incident. They both sat down and ordered food. Like a couple burgers and fries. When it came time to pay they both frantically searched around and didn’t have money. To me it looked like they genuinely thought they had money; I assumed that if they wanted to dine and dash they would have just left. But they said they were with you and said where you lived. They basically said to put it on your tab, which was fine since I knew they were with you and you’re a partial owner. I’m sorry, I thought they were your mistresses you were keeping here away from your marefriend. Okay well if you say that isn’t what they are then that isn’t what they are, but I figured they were… rescues? Is that how to put it? Like stray dogs you feed and they stay around. But yeah. I don’t know if they are here now. They have left at least a couple times I think.”
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182688
>>182682
Gimme a bit
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182689
>watches quietly in bat
Amber Sunset
7195c44
?
No.182690
182697
cute bardpony noises
Dark Star
c97ff14
?
No.182691
182697
>>182687
He laughs as Glimmering glass explains things
"yea its no problem, I brought them here to keep them safe, you know how it is out there, especially for a Drunk mare, easy pickings for some less than moral pony or"
He shudders "Some sub pony filth."
"i figured it was a good idea at the time. i still think it was the right thing to do, to be honest. We have no problems mr glass."
He glances at the stairs then around the bar
"When was the last time you saw one of them by the way?"
GM Pony
ee73d39
?
No.182697
182703 182704 182705
>>181202
>>182690
“Oh, well we don’t need to inquire into why every mare does what she does. Can you really say why any mare does exactly what they do, anyways? Who knows what could have motivated her. Let her have her privacy.”

>>182691
“No, I haven’t seen them bring up any zebras stallions, or any stallion besides you. I saw one of them leave yesterday morning. It was the green one. She was wearing a sweater. It kind of looked like she was going to work, but I don’t know. I kind of got the impression they were homeless. One of them mentioned they were from near Cloudsdale. That’s the Changeling zone.”
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182702
182704
>>182661
>>182682
Silver gives Posey her next line: Утвердительно. Пожалуйста, дайте совет по вашей текущей ситуации, Кострома.
Amber Sunset
7195c44
?
No.182703
182707
>>182697
"I've heard a good many mares gossip around about other ponies. I'm guessin' that it isn't decent for them to do it?" she asks innocently.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182704
182707 182776
>>182702
>>182697
>Утвердительно. Пожалуйста, дайте совет по вашей текущей ситуации, Кострома.
Rosey Ring repeats these instructions.
I guess this is another bluff check?
[1d20+16 = (11+16) = 27]

Btw, did those griffins have any spear guns?
Dark Star
18c6997
?
No.182705
182707
>>182697
"Good, Could you set them up with a Room maybe? i'll pay for it, Its the right thing to do if they are homeless.... wait Cloudsdale?"
GM Pony
ff5d695
?
No.182707
182708 182709 182714
>>182703
“Well of course you shouldn’t gossip about mares where they can hear you. That’s just basic decency.”

>>182704
They did not. Harpoons only.

>>182705
“Sure. You want them out of your room? I… suppose I can make that happen. Yeah. Not Cloudsdale exactly but some city near there. I asked them where it was near and they said Cloudsdale.”
Amber Sunset
7195c44
?
No.182708
182776
>>182707
"But is it decent if they ain't in earshot?"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182709
182732
>>182707
Do they respond to Posey's bluff?
Dark Star
18c6997
?
No.182714
182776
>>182707
"Yea it would be for the best if they get another room, I do remember her talking about cloudsdale now that i think about it."
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182732
182735 182774
>>182709
I rly hope that the amount of time it is taking to answer isn't a bad sign,....
Anonymous
0cc9580
?
No.182735
182738
>>182732
If we can't get anymore info, I would prefer to just go right to the light house.
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182738
182742 182744
>>182735
We might be about to get shot!
Dark Star
18c6997
?
No.182742
>>182738
Try not to
Anonymous
0cc9580
?
No.182744
182764
3103625__safe_discord_solo_simple+background_commission_meme_cropped_draconequus_teeth_reaction+image_head_face_red+background_head+only_trollface_sn.jpg
>>182738
That's okay. They'll just shoot Brie first, because he's the one in the air.
Anonymous
e48e58e
?
No.182764
>>182744
Many have tried
Unironically, I dont thinm Brie has been shot in the 2 missions so far
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182765
EEEEEEEEE my power is off >_<
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182774
182775
>>182732
Knowing GM pone, he's just working on a long post/reply from the sailor Current Leaf.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182775
>>182774
Yes, but you cant rule out that we're about to die
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182776
182777 182778 182780 182781 182782
>>182704
"Да. Четыре пятых нашего числа были потеряны... Мятеж. Судно село на мель на песчаной косе в естественной гавани... Нова Гриффония? Я и несколько верных пони под командованием комиссара Черного Каблука высадились и держимся. Я оказался в ловушке в разрушенном... Каменный дом? На холме. Не доверяйте Light Water. «Легкая вода» опасна. Есть опасность. Приходите только с большой силой. Привозите компанию или больше. Вы слышали передачу комиссара Черного Каблука?" - "Yes. Four Fifths of our number have been lost to... Mutiny. Ship has run aground on a sandbar in a natural harbor of... Nova Griffonia? I and a few loyal ponies under Commissar Black Heel have disembarked and are holding on. I am trapped in a ruined... stone house? On a hill. Do not trust Light Water. "Light Water" is dangerous. There is danger. Come only with great force. Bring a company or more. Did you hear Commissar Black Heel's broadcast?"

>>182708
She stops for a moment, and looks up to Amber, looking her in the eyes

"Why do you ask?"

>>182714
"Alright, I can try to arrange that. May be hard to move them though. If you would like another room... Alright, I'll see if there is some way I can get them out of there."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182777
182779 182781
>>182776
Well, that's some useful info.
Hmmm, they seem weakened, perhaps it would only take a few pirates to finish them off...
Dark Star
18c6997
?
No.182778
182795
>>182776
"I could go grab my stuff out of there and they can have that one and just give me a new one."
Dark Star
18c6997
?
No.182779
>>182777
Checked
Amber Sunset & Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182780
182781
>>182776
Cavaliere waits for Silver and Posey to complete their radio broadcasts and then asks the grizzled Sevaranyan, "What's happening at their end?"

Amber looks pensive for a moment before replying, "Decent or not, a lot of ponies like to gossip. I know my other boss and her waitresses do, especially about me and my coltfriend. I know his mother gets into gossip too and tries to share it all with me." She shakes her head. "What should I do?"
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182781
182783
>>182776
>>182777
>>182780
Maybe, but we can discuss this in character after the radio broadcast is finished. Silver holds up a hoof to silence Cavaliere as they're not yet finished. He gives Posey another statement to repeat: Да, мы слышали вашу передачу. Можете ли вы предоставить более подробную информацию? Координаты, местонахождение и численность сил противника, что-нибудь?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182782
>>182776
Brie cant understand but HOOREY SHIT its gonna get interesting
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182783
>>182781
>Да, мы слышали вашу передачу. Можете ли вы предоставить более подробную информацию? Координаты, местонахождение и численность сил противника, что-нибудь?
Posey repeats this message.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182784
182785 182845
Do I really need to roll bluff for every message?
Well, this is a new request, so here goes:
[1d20+16 = (8+16) = 24]
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182785
182786 182790 182907
>>182784
Talking in the background, and the speaker pulls away to say something

"Координат, мы не знаем. Там был... Поднялся мятеж. Мы не знаем, где мы находимся. Я не знаю, где мы находимся. Может быть, у кого-то есть. Число? Они зарабатывают больше. Вражеские силы, вы бы мне не поверили, если бы я сказал вам. Пошлите большую силу. Э-э-э, фашисты преследовали нас." - "Coordinates, we do not know. There was a... There was a mutiny. We do not know where we are. I do not know where we are. Maybe someone does. Number? They make more. Enemy forces, you would not believe me if I told you. Send great force. The uh, the fascists were tailing us.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182786
182787 182790
>>182785
Posey steps away from mic

".... Mutiny? Insect noises? Sounds like it could be a changeling infiltration plot, but why?"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182787
182790
>>182786
"Is ther Chithonic speech? I can help"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182788
182789
Chitonic, or changeling speech, is a diacernable dialect i OE
That Lacey knows
Anonymous
07f98f2
?
No.182789
>>182788
And Brie, sorry for hype
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182790
182792 182793 182811
>>182785
>>182786
>>182787
Silver makes sure Posey isn't pressing the button to transmit when he speaks. "This does not sound like any changeling plot I have ever heard of..." He gives Posey another another prompt, hoping to learn more details about what they mean by "they make more": Они создают больше? Можете ли вы объяснить ситуацию подробнее?
Anonymous
07f98f2
?
No.182792
>>182790
Not trying to vie in but Rosey and Silver have a good "war" out for shenanigens
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182793
182795
>>182790
"We need to locate the airmen. We can decide what to do with the commies later."
>Они создают больше? Можете ли вы объяснить ситуацию подробнее?
Posey repeats the message.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182795
182796 182904
>>182793
You didn't roll again for bluff

[YouTube] AH Ah Ah! you didn't say the magic word.flv [Embed]

>>182778
"Yeah, that could work." He says
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182796
>>182795
I could just take 10 on these rolls...
[1d20+16 = (7+16) = 23]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
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No.182798
182845 182907
>>182797
>simply retry telling bluffs that work until you get an average
Taking 10 isn't retrying. It's doing something carefully in a non-stressful situation.
>When your character is not being threatened or distracted, you may choose to take 10. Instead of rolling 1d20 for the skill check, calculate your result as if you had rolled a 10. For many routine tasks, taking 10 makes them automatically successful. Distractions or threats (such as combat) make it impossible for a character to take 10. In most cases, taking 10 is purely a safety measure —you know (or expect) that an average roll will succeed but fear that a poor roll might fail, so you elect to settle for the average roll (a 10). Taking 10 is especially useful in situations where a particularly high roll wouldn’t help.
Only one try is made

Retrying over and over is taking 20.
>Taking 20 means you are trying until you get it right, and it assumes that you fail many times before succeeding. Taking 20 takes twenty times as long as making a single check would take.

>"Magic, I think. Come to us. Come now. We do not have much time."
Are they speaking in non-bolshevik?
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182800
Brie smacks a forehoof to his face
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182801
Brie summons all his metaforce to indicate to certain players how close they are to blowing it
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182802
182803 182804
There is a small click, and the sound turns off. It seems that this "Currant Leaf" has turned his radio off.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182803
>>182802
Nevermind, too late, nice going fags
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182804
182807 182821 182907
>>182797
>"Magic, I think. Come to us. Come now. We do not have much time."
Assuming Silver translates for us

"They are calling for help, but... It is not really our problem, is it? We should secure the airponies first." She says
"After we secured the airponies, we could see what's left of them." she continues
She turns to the group
"Does that sound like a good idea?"
>>182802
"Well, it appears that is that. They must be preoccupied with fighting, or suspect that we could be spies."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182805
182806
One job
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182806
>>182805
Our job is finding the airponies.
It could be worth it to see what the communists are up to though.
Which is closer?
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182807
182811 182813
>>182804
"The more we talked with them, the higher our chances of being found out were," Cavaliere responds, sounding disappointed. "We should have left off sooner instead of pushing our luck. Was there any mention of their strength or what caused their distress?"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182808
>itd be worse to not know what we're up against
<Aye. It'd be far worse if'n we gave a heads up. Oh wait, Im a background character
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182811
182812 182821
>>182807
>>182790
Posey turns to Silver to give a translated summary.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182812
182813
>>182811
Brie's face from above is an unequivocable and undeniable "Wtf are you doing, you mong, youre gonna fuck it up"
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182813
182814 182815
>>182807
>>182812
"I had no intention of getting involved with them in the first place. I am somewhat nervous it we got involved in something that we should not have..." Posey admits
"In fact, I don't even know what I said to them." She adds, with a shrug
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182814
182816 182817
>>182813
"So much for surprise..." Brie seethes in bat
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182815
182817
>>182813
"It was Silver's decision, but I hope we gathered useful information from all of it."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182816
182817
>>182814
Can we, in future, not pretend to be cometent at checks we're not? Asking for a fren
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
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No.182817
182818 182821
>>182814
"If our trip to the light house goes well, we may be able to avoid them entirely."
>>182815
Things we learned
>enemy's preoccupation
>enemy's location
>enemy forces are fragmented and infighting
>mysterious magic at play
Quite a bit of info, if you ask me.
Let's go to the light house.
>>182816
>cometent
What?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182818
182820
>>182817
Competent
Youll forgive my typo. In the same that I'm to forgive your oversight?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182819
182823
To clarify, Brie thinks that the worst possible outcome just came to pass
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182820
182822
"There is a nonzero chance that the enemy knows of our presence, but they seem to be too preoccupied to pursue us at the moment. We should make haste to find the airponies."

She continues marching, towards the lighthouse
>>182818
I mean, +16 is a decent gamble, even if there's a huge penalty.
I think it was worth the risk.
>oversight
Oversight of what?
Posey was just repeating what Silver told her, which was the plan we agreed on.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182821
182823 182907
>>182811
Silver does his best to give a summary to the creatures who don't speak the language. "It appears there was mutiny among Stalliongraders. According to pony on other side of radio, around four fifths of them under leadership of pony named Light Water have commandeered Kostroma, while remaining soldiers and sailors have been forced off ship under leadership of Commissar Black Heel. It appears Black Heel's troops are under assault from both mutineers and some unknown magical threat, and are holed up in abandoned stone house on hill."

>>182804
>>182817
Kira: "Can't we go save them? Maybe if we help them, they'll help us or at least leave us alone?"

Silver: "Kira..."

Kira looks at the group with big, pleading lamia eyes.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182822
182823 182824 182826
>>182820
You had, one job
Brie wanted to maintain radio silence, but nooooooo
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182823
182826 182828
>>182819
"Expect the best, prepare for the worst. That's the motto that I trot by." Posey replies, holding her head confidently.
>>182822
Cry more.
>>182821
>"Can't we go save them? Maybe if we help them, they'll help us or at least leave us alone?"
"We have our own mission to attend prioritize, and our own ponies to save. We should secure our air ponies before we take detours."

OOC, I have no problem with going to save the radio ponies, but in-character Posey is supposed to be coldhearted and pragmatic.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182824
182827
>>182822
Core memory unlocked, this unicorn talks a big game but lacks the wherewithall to follow through effectively.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182825
srsly 1 fukking job >_<
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182826
182828 182829 182830 182834
>>182822
They why didn't you ever say at any time, "This is a bad idea, let's not do this?" You agreed with the idea, both IC and OOC.

>>182823
Kira: "Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase..."

She directs the full force of her pleading lamia gaze towards Posey.

Kira, if you haven't already figured it out, is basically like kindness and cuteness given a lamia's form. My primary concern is how badly it will mess with GM pone's plans for encounters, and what he thinks about the idea.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
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No.182827
182832
>>182824
If you're going to complain take it to the ooc thread.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182828
>>182823
>>182826
"I agree with Miss Ring here. The airponies are the most important and they are in danger too. After we help them, we can and should investigate what happened to the Stalliongrad sailors."
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182829
182834
>>182826
If we're talking in character its cuz Brie though "No WAY Silver is gonna fuck this up."
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182830
182831 182836
>>182826
>She directs the full force of her pleading lamia gaze towards Posey
H-hey, GM already ruled that charm gaze doesn't work on fellow PCs... And m-muh immunities
Fuck it, Will Save
[1d20+7 = (13+7) = 20]
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
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No.182831
>>182830
(This is a shitpost, btw)
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182832
182839
>>182827
>u cant complain here
Oh do fuck off.
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182833
Shit happened, and cheek aside idgaf. Its all context.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182834
182835 182836 182837
>>182829
You could have said something if you disagreed with the plan.
>>182826
Posey is unfazed and coldhearted, but considers her offer
"Perhaps we could intervene, but I still would prefer to find the airponies first." She says
"Perhaps the airponies could even assist us once we find them. They're trained marines, after all."
Anonymous
0cc9580
?
No.182835
182845
>>182834
>They're
*They are
I've been working on Posey's manner of speaking. I want to minimize contractions in her vocabulary.
The Floof and The Noodle
79842a3
?
No.182836
>>182830
Hmmph. Very well, you pass, and can resist Kira's adorableness. For now...

>>182834
Kira can accept this outcome. "I just hope we can save them both in time!" Taking point again, Kira resumes keeping lookout for any dangers for the party along their route.
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182837
182839
>>182834
Rosey presented herself as being able to pull off the subterfuge. It remains to be seen how it turned out. But Brie is interpreting from radio that it failed. He could be wrong, and he/I could owe you/Rosie an apology
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182838
182840
I have to go to work early tomorrow, so I can't stay up tonight.
Posey ultimately agrees to whatever plan the party does, while reminding them of the mission. She's all aboard with rescuing some communists so long as she still gets to kill.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182839
>>182832
You had multiple game days and plenty of replies to signal us to stop using the radio. Brie even offered to try to detect changeling speech. It's a little late to put on the brakes.
>>182837
Whether it succeeded or not, Posey was following Silver's direction and did the best job you could reasonably expect.
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182840
>>182838
Sorry, Im not intending to beleaguer. Brie thought he had a better idea (radio silence).
His idea wasnt followed, so he will assert everything failed cuz his idea wasnt followed. Its not personal. Still
Dark Star
18c6997
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No.182843
182848
its not the end of the world frens, sometimes things go wrong
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182844
But yo, appreciate that your characters (and mine) are making impressions
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182845
182846
>>182798
>>182784
I don't fucking care

It's more fun if there is a standard of fail, rather than just put everything on secret opposed rolls

>>182835
You could work on not interrupting gameplay with rules lawyering. Jesus fucking Christ, you fucking buzz kill.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182846
>>182845
Oh, sorry. I really shouldn't have done that, especially not in the RP thread.
I guess repeating a language you don't know counts as a stressful situation anyway.

I have to go to bed soon.
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182847
182849
For the RECORD:
Im not begrudging anything.
What I AM doing is basing Brie's perspective off what he was thinking would happen, and what happened.
Brie does NOT think the bluff check passed, even if it did. He doesnt speak russian, so he doesnt know.
Hes kinda shitting himself, cuz hes envisioning a whome squad deciding to look where they are.

But he hasnt SAID anything yet
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182848
Is there anything else Posey needs to do for the party before I go to bed? I guess the radio sequence is over.
Posey does not press the need to prioritize the lighthouse any further, and goes along with whatever
>>182843
pats
Can't win everything. As GM just said, chance of failure makes things more interesting. I'm optimistic for how the story will go.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
0cc9580
?
No.182849
182852
>>182847
It would be better if you expressed it in-character.
When you type it ooc, it just comes off as complaining.
Anonymous
8521f32
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No.182852
>>182849
"Leave it out. You tossers, you know that if theyve half a brain theure gonna figure theres another "somepony" on the island, right?"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182854
Redoubling his spot checks, Brie mutters to himself:
"Ka oati ahau, ki te mate ahau mo etahi poauau,"
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182855
[1d20+11 = (10+11) = 21]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182858
182859
(Im not arguing or contesting what Silver and Rosey did, Idek if it worked or not. I AM using Brie's wisdom bonus (-1) to try and make a mix of an idea of whats happening; he assmes ni good (better to assme the worst and be wrong, amrite?)

To clarify, that was all rp in character posturing anf mentalization. Im not mad, nor thinking anyone fucked anything.
Cavaliere
7195c44
?
No.182859
182860
>>182858
It's cool. Sorry for assuming that you were angry about the choice of actions. It can be hard to tell in a format like this.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182860
182865
>>182859
I will better distinguish betwen Brie's perspective and mine.
The details simply inform context, I assume the fight is/was inevitable as is. There's no REAL avoidance, eben if you get past "this" one.

Ive been waiting on initiatove since Xp
Anonymous
1089282
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No.182862
182907
>>182686
A shudder runs down Vir's back as a memory of waking up to the splashing of Delamare river on its bank and hitting her head on the underside of its bridge. She rembered how the tips of her hooves had gone numb, the one part of her she hadn't been able to fit under her cloak. She also recounts the taste of alcohol induced womit in her mouth.

Vir jumps up in Heather's face like an big affectionate dog. She pulls Heather and her cute pony forelegs into her embrace as they both stand only on their backlegs.

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!" she says.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182865
182867 182868 182907
>>182860
Posey flags down Brie
"~Hello, chauve-souris au fromage." She says, still walking
She levitates her satchel with her magic, and from it produces five Easter eggs.
"Chances are that we will not make it off this island without fighting, so I think believe you might like to have these." She says, levitating one of the eggs
"Eggshell Dust Grenades. Alchemical weapons of the ninja from the east, crafted by my maste- I mean Mentor. Throw them directly at your target, and they will be blinded for long enough for you to take advantage of them. I believe you might fancy them."
"These are all I have with me, and I do not have the skills to replace them. However, I could be persuaded to part with them, if you would do me a favor."
Her unseen servant opens her satchel, and she produces several items.
"As a freehorn warmagus, it is often that I get paid in avant garde ways. I am not versed in the currency of this country. Would you please tell me what the following items are worth in gold bits? I am trying to open a business, so I need to count my assets. We do not do the paper money thing where I come from."
The items are
>Hyena Totem (magic item)
>Hyena Mask (magic item)
>Gold Bracelet (the one from the Crocutta apartment)
>Gold necklace
>Gold Bangle
>Clip of magic bullets
>Second clip of magic bullets
>Magic Crystal that was attached to a magic rifle
>186 dollarydoos
>24 Thalers
>38 Abyssinian Birrs

I've had these items for a long time, and I have no idea what they're worth. I asked what their value was a while ago, but GM was occupied, so I didn't get their value. I have no ranks in appraise, so I can't appraise the value of exotic items (basically all magic items).
You have a mod high enough to take 10 on each item though.

GM, if you forgot the value of the jewelry, please just roll one of the treasure tables or just assign whatever value you deem is appropriate.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182867
182875 182907
>>182865
Oh, I forgot one
>"Electric Polearm"
Idk what the abilities of this weapon are, but knowing its price could help me guess.
The bullets I believe should be worth at least 368.32 gp per clip (assuming 8 bullets), but idk their enhancement bonus, so I want to be sure.

Rosey Ring levitates the items to Brie, and requests that he help her estimate their value, in exchange for giving him the eggshell grenades.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182868
182907 182934
>>182865
Brie spins left and around, swooping gracefully down alongside. "These are,... metsubushi! How did..." he shakes his head slightly, 'this unicorn is full of surprises'. "Alright, let me take a look then," he lifts his visor to give him a better look.
"I must warn you, I'm not in a position to determine their value as far as enchantments are concerned, I can only appraise the value of the pieces and their materials. Lets start with the PRETTIES," his eyes sparkle a bit as he says it.
Hyena Totem [1d20+11 = (10+11) = 21]
Hyena Mask [1d20+11 = (7+11) = 18]
Bracelet [1d20+11 = (15+11) = 26]
Necklace [1d20+11 = (3+11) = 14]
Bangle [1d20+11 = (17+11) = 28]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182869
182907
>5 minute a later
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182870
182902 182907
>the two MAGAZINES of magic bullets
[1d20+11 = (13+11) = 24] "I don't know what you were expecting. Theyre fine quality, but they just look like ordinary magazines to me."
>Magic Crystal
[1d20+11 = (17+11) = 28]
"You know theres a tea shop owner in Baltimare who would simply LOVE one of these. Her shop is all done up with crystals and stones and incense,... equal parts delightful and offensive. Alas,... unless you want me to try and make it work (use magic device), while is pretty and has some value,...."
>the monies
"I will have to check with my associates on ptecise exchange rates at the moment, but roughly speakingdoes that even require a check? the combined value of that coinage is roughly [to be answered by GM]"
>Electric Polearm
[1d20+11 = (15+11) = 26]
"An impressive piece to be wielded by one so small. I'm not criticizing of course, but one doesn't tend to encounter spellcasters so martially capable, it was a surprise indeed (where do you stash it?)?"

Im fine with any use magic device checks also
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182871
182902 182907
Fuck it,... rolling to make the polearm work - Use Magic
[1d20+7 = (14+7) = 21]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182873
182874 182907
I DO hope that this 10 minites of Brie being not on lookout wont be consequential,....
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182874
>>182873
We have two other characters scouting.
Anonymous
07f98f2
?
No.182875
182877 182882
Eh, Im not worried, he can be interrupted at any time.

But about the eggs,.... First off, are they in s carton? :3
Secondly and in character:
"Na te kuini po...." Brie mutters softly, lifting one of the eggs gingerly.
>>182867
"If it weren't a bother and you'll permit me to inquire, I would be most interested to learn more about your mentor and how he came upon the recipe for these. A recipe either lost or hidden ages ago.Naturally I'll have to try one at earliest convenience; for science," theres that twinkle in the eye again. His eyes dart reflexively to the distant Griffons before visibly dismissing the idea.
"While they are no doubt effective simply thrown at an opponent, the egg shell is intended for its breakability after all, one is actually intended to crush the egg in the frog of their hoof and then fling the powder directly into the pony's eyes. A pony will tend to react more evasively to a thrown object than sudden sparkledust, and that moment of incomprehensiom can be the difference between success and failure."
Anonymous
07f98f2
?
No.182876
182877
"In my own,... studies, Ive had the chance to look over a torn manuscript that describes their use in detail, but all attempts to ascertain/decipher the recipe - that I'm familiar with - have been unsuccessful. Beyond myself, I can safely assert a half dozen or so in particular who would pay well for a supply of these, and handsomely for the recipe."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182877
>>182876
>>182875
Using the eggs in THIS manner MIGHT avoid any nearby allies from having to make the check. I will probably attempt both methods, especially if several opponents are in a group
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182882
182884 182923
Screenshot_20241205-123856.png
>>182875
>I would be most interested to learn more about your mentor and how he came upon the recipe for these. A recipe either lost or hidden ages ago.Naturally I'll have to try one at earliest convenience; for science
"My mentor was a powerful mage who has accrued deep and wide knowledge from time immemorable, including alchemy, particularly the study of decay, which he used in his studies. He made me what I am today..."
She pauses
"But he was also quite covetous with his knowledge, and I am not permitted to speak of him or otherwise compromise his privacy."
She continues
"The grenades are created with alchemy: they may be difficult to recreate for any pony who lacks magical power. The components are rather cheap, but the skill required to make them steep."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182884
>>182882
>was
"My condolences then, a shame to lose a skilled and knowledgeable practitioner of magic," his tone belies that he doesnt fully grasp the significance of the statement, thiugh he does know enough to appreciate the prestige that mages command. "If perhaps his manuscripts could be located,...." he very not-subtly insinuates.

>splash affect
This is precisely what the crush-the-shell, eye-flick technique is intended to address. It focuses the powder directly at the face/eyes of the opponent, rather than letting the contents rupture and chaotically spill everywhere to the consequence of the user and any potential allies.
Not saying it will.make any difference, but regardless he is familiar with the technique and would employ it. (Unironically, he has a mission to get as many of these eggs to Lacey's Grandfather for study as possible)
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182889
182908 182920
Before GM has to figure out how to structure that whole appraisal sequence, I'll ammend my intentions to say that Brie would fucks with the polearm FIRST
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182890
(In anticipation of the likelihood that we have limited time), and whatever else after depending on the context results)
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182902
182908 182920
>>182870
>>182871
>polearm appraise: 26
>polearm use magic (if off classed or w/e): 21
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182904
182907
>>182795
Dark Star Stands up and trots slowly over to the stairs
"I'll grab my things now.."
he walks up the stairs and moves to his room and listens at the door for any mares that may or may not be lying in wait for him
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182907
182908 182911 182912 182928
>>182862
D'awwwwwww

squeaky
the medium sized pony is hugged

The alcohol vomit taste is gone, replaced by the taste of the Delemare River, in its disgusting, amoeba-filled glory.

"Ohhh, don't mention it. Anything for a lovely soul like you. You did find our lost statue head after all."

>>182865
>>182867
>>182868
>>182870
>>182869
>>182871
>>182873
You want to figure all of that out now.... Okay... I'll get numbers to you later.

>>182785
I'm mildly disappointed that no one tried to listen into what was being said in the background as the two ponies spoke to each other. Oh well... can't win 'em all.

>>182798
>>182804
>>182821
The mention of "magic" was withdrawn and redacted, and the response wherein that was mentioned was changed to the ponies turning their side off. Of course that's a cat that's never going back into the bag.

>>182904
Up the stairs, into the room...

Roll listen
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182908
>>182907
>You want to figure all of that out now.... Okay... I'll get numbers to you later
Nononononononooo
This:
>>182902
>>182889
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182911
182913
>>182907
[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12]
Anonymous
1089282
?
No.182912
182913
>>182907
^^
River mixed with tea. Yum yum.

Vir kinda put the other pony back down. She grins, blushes, and look to the side at Heather's words.

Then her smile vanish before she loghts up again.

"You know who took it right? The rest of the body? Maybe, I can get it back for you as well," she says sounding as if she just invented the best thing since sliced bread.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182913
182914 182918
>>182911
Seems clear.

>>182912
"Of the statue. No. Surely it was some hooligan. Young, probably. Almost certainly one of those anarchists. Somepony who thinks that they are doing something good, or fashionable. Probably bragged about it to his friends." She tilts her head. "How could you get the rest of it?"
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182914
182915
>>182913
He slowly opens the door
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182915
>>182914
The room looks empty. But the bed is unmade, and there are a couple strange clothes on the floor, as well as a pair of apple cores on the far table.
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182916
182917
Rolling another listen while im inside the room, to check if they are in the bathroom or anywhere else
[1d20+5 = (7+5) = 12]
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182917
182921
>>182916
Is that a creak? And... It does sound like the shower down the hall is running, although more ponies live in this building.
Anonymous
1089282
?
No.182918
182920
>>182913
Vir scratches the back of her head.

"Well, I'd ask whomever you think did it if they know anything," Vir says with a smile.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182920
182923 182929
>>182918
"Well... I don't know who did it... I suppose the police did. Since they guessed that the head was tossed into the river." She answers, evidently a bit puzzled.

>>182902
>>182889
Swing, and... Wait, no. There's an effect here. Brie knows this. Okay. So how do you activate it? Do you swing it? No? Make it make contact with something? No, that's not it. Aha! There's a trigger, or at least a deadman's switch here. Apply pressure to that... that does nothing. Okay, apply and swing it. And... that does nothing. Is Brie wrong? Let's look at it again. No... Brie doesn't think he is. There's something wrong with it. Let's take a look at it... And of course. It's one of those new-fangled cheap, mass-produced magic items. It uses ammunition - or rather, magic from another source. It's empty at the moment.
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182921
182925 182926
>>182917
He looks for his Stuff he left in here
Should i roll perception?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182923
182924 182930
>>182920
>>182882
"Spent it seems. Theres a trigger mechanism, or a toggle.of some sort, but it's inert. Maybe if we could zap it? Perhaps the batteries(?) On the whaling vessel, or if we find the airship? Theres a clear degree of technique and sophistication, so its probably of moderate-high value."
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182924
>>182923
Brie looks around to see how much time we're comitting to this appraisal
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182925
>>182921
No.

Surprise Round

[1d20+1 = (15+1) = 16]
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182926
182931
>>182921
Dark Star feels hooves on each side of his body, and a weigh lunging at him from the left.

[1d20+1 = (13+1) = 14]
Roll Opposed Grapple
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182928
>>182907
>You want to figure all of that out now....
It doesn't have to be immediate, but preferably this year.
>I'll get numbers to you later.
Great.
>I'm mildly disappointed that no one tried to listen into what was being said in the background
Didn't know that was an option, but sure.
I don't think Posey would have been able to distinguish background whispering in a language she didn't understand though.

Anyway, I think we decided to check out the lighthouse first.
Anonymous
1089282
?
No.182929
182933
>>182920
"So, should I go to the police? I can go to both if you point me there," Vir says.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182930
182932 182933
>>182923
>It's a Grell Alchemy Lighting Lance
"Oh. What about the rest?"
Posey is a bit disappointed, but glad she knows the value.
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182931
182933
>>182926
Fuck
[1d20-1 = (12-1) = 11]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182932
182942
>>182930
"If we have time, I can move on to these totem items," Brie offers, handing the polearm back.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182933
182935 182936 182942
>>182931
Shortly after entering the room, Dark Star finds himself lunged at by an unknown attacker, hiding in ambush to the left of the door. He enters into the room, hears a creak, and then

squeak
Dark Star feels that he has been leapt upon by a small, green mare, who has wrapped her hooves around his shoulders. Dark Star stands strong enough that he is not knocked down by the force. Nevertheless, he is in her grasp.

>>182930
>It's this esoteric item from a book I've never read, and not just a Storm King soldier's weapon represented through homebrew that needs its battery replaced
You know what? Sure

>>182929
"Perhaps, or somepony else around who may know something." She says
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182934
182949
>>182868
Both appraises:
Totem: 21
Mask: 18
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182935
>>182933
Its probably a Storm king thing
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182936
182940
>>182933
He blinks at being caught by surprise he turns his head back to look at her.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182940
182943
>>182936
The mare giggles as she grabs him, but a moment later, her smile fades to a grave expression. The pupils in her blue eyes shrink, and her lips go down. She lets go of Dark Star and moves away and then makes an awkward smile. Her tail is between her legs.

"I uh. I. Sorry. I thought you were... someone else."
She blushes and turns her head to look away.

Dark Star recognizes her as Succulent Sorrel.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182942
182944 182949
>>182933
I was shitposting with the grell alchemy. I just thought the items were similar in concept. I knew it was a storm king thing.
>Dark Star feels that he has been leapt upon by a small, green mare, who has wrapped her hooves around his shoulders. Dark Star stands strong enough that he is not knocked down by the force. Nevertheless, he is in her grasp.
See >>181840

>>182932
"So long as we're walking, you can check them all."
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182943
182944 182950
>>182940
He sees her feeling embarrassed and slowly extends his hoof towards her in a non threating way, to shake hers
"Hi."
idk if she would recognize the voice or not, he didnt put on a different one when he was solar night
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182944
182945
>>182942
Dark Star is able to avoid rape.

For now

>>182943
Is he not still yellow?
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182945
182946
>>182944
probably not, i assumed he was his natural red coat color again
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182946
182947
>>182945
Well it's a dye, it ought to linger until it's either removed or grows out. Do you want him to go back to his dark red-brown? It would be difficult for him to reintegrate with the college if he did, though he'd certainly be Dark Star
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182947
>>182946
yea he can always go back to the spa and get it dyed again, he's Red again let's say. he would have probably went for a swim a few times when he was down by the river so there might even still be some dye that is on him
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182949
>>182942
Dont talk to me, my next appraise is here:
>>182934
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182950
182951
>>182943
The mare does not extend her own hoof, but backs up until her rump hits the wall and makes her sit down. She moves her head back c clearly cared.

“Who are - who are you?” She asks
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182951
182952
>>182950
"Solar night and I are pretty close. my name is Dark Star."
he talks to her in a calm soothing voice, without making any sudden movements
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182952
182953
>>182951
She alternates between looking up towards Dark Star, and away from him.
“Oh. Uh… Yeah… Uh… He let us stay here. I think. Uh. We uh, were friends.
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182953
182954
>>182952
"Yea he mentioned something about waffles and cigarettes."
He laughs.
"He told me to come pick up some of his stuff, he said that he was going to let you and your friend stay here and pay for it for you."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182954
182957
>>182953
“Oh yeah, heh heh, waffles. I remember that.” Her smile fades. “Did he say anything else about…” she pulls her lips back, showing her teeth. She places the tips of her hooves together. “Wait. Pay for it?!” She tilts her head
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182957
182958 182960
>>182954
"Yea he said you two can have this room, you and your friend. What do you mean say anything else?"
Anonymous
9ca9967
?
No.182958
182959 182960
>>182957
“Oh, uh, just if…” she looks away

Surprise Round
[1d20+2 = (12+2) = 14]
Anonymous
9ca9967
?
No.182959
182961
>>182958
And a grapple.

[1d20+2 = (13+2) = 15]
Roll Opposed Grapple
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182960
182961
>>182957
>>182958
Dark Star feels something medium sized and kind of moist jump on his back.

Some kind of cloth is thrown over Dark Star’s face from behind, covering his eyes. Dark Star is blinded.
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182961
182963 182964 182970
>>182960
Fuck
>>182959
[1d20-1 = (15-1) = 14]
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182963
182967
>>182961
>-1 on grapple
Grapple is a function of Str bonus plus BAB; no way Dark has a -1
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182964
>>182961
By the roll, with the correct modifier, he passed
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182966
(You'd need like a 3 str to get a cumulative -1 on grapple.at level 6)
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182967
182968 182969
>>182963
Str is -1, and its been so long i forgot ho to calculate bab either way its fine
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182968
>>182967
Its prolly +3, maybe +4 depending on class. So worst case. A modified 16
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182969
182971
>>182967
Shhhh, Dark wins
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182970
182971
>>182961

Dark Star feels a pair of knees on his shoulders and something on his back. At first it seems that the attacker has a grip on him, but then Dark Star remembers that he's awesome. So he knocks, or even bucks the attacker off.

Sorrel:
"Tricky, no! That's Dark Star. He's uh, a friend, of Solar. Apparently."
Anonymous
d3f0454
?
No.182971
182972
>>182969
based
>>182970
He catches her, so she doesn't fall then sits her next to sorrel
"Hi. is that how you greet everypony?"
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182972
182975
>>182971
But he's blinded...

Roll Dexterity.
Rosey "Posey" Ring
7295bbd
?
No.182973
182974 182977
Are we getting to the light house tonight?
Not rushing, just wondering if I should stay up or just go to bed.
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182974
>>182973
Im also curious
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182975
182976 182977
>>182972
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
Brie
8521f32
?
No.182976
>>182975
There it is. Even with the 15 it's solid
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182977
182978 182979 182996
>>182975
Dark Star can't see the mare, but just by feeling her he's able to extend his leg, hold onto her, and let her down gently. Presumably he would remove the wet towel that is covering his head so he looks less like a zebra in a turban.

Dark Star knows the voice as belonging to Tricky Truffle
"I uh... sorry... I just saw a strange stallion, and I though Succulent here was in trouble..."

>>182973
I think we are missing people.
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.182978
>>182977
>I think we're missing ppl
Its a fight
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182979
182983
>>182977
"Neither of you are in any Danger from me, Its my Duty as a Stallion to protect all the Mares, My Name is Dark Star by the Way."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182983
182987
>>182979
Tricky looks at Dark Star confused, at first. Then she looks closer, and is inquisitive

Tricky:
"Well hello, 'Dark Star'." She smiles, her golden eyes looking into Dark Star's and her fire-red mane, wet and hanging down. Her coat is porcelain white and still wet. "Are you a police officer?"
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182987
182992
>>182983
"Something like that, but not exactly no. why are you up to no good in here?"
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182992
182995
>>182987
Tricky:
"What can I say, I can be a bad mare sometimes." She tilts her head, and with a sly smile asks

"Do I know you?"
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.182995
182999
>>182992
"No, We haven't made each other's acquaintance/"
Anonymous
7295bbd
?
No.182996
>>182977
Alright. Maybe tomorrow?
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.182999
183003
>>182995
Sense Motive on the stallion
[1d20+2 = (9+2) = 11]
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.183003
183006 183008
>>182999
Do I roll to oppose?
Anonymous
8521f32
?
No.183006
>>183003
Are u bluffing?
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.183008
183009
>>183003
The opposing skill is "bluff" for lies. Charisma modifier

Also just to reveal what kind of message is being communicated here.

I keep forgetting your character isn't a rogue
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.183009
183010 183012
>>183008
[1d20+2 = (19+2) = 21]
kek yeah
Anonymous
7295bbd
?
No.183010
183017
>>183009
Nice roll
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.183012
183017
>>183009
"Huh..." She pauses for a moment and says "I'm sorry, you just look very familiar. What brings you here?"
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.183017
183019 183022
>>183010
o7
>>183012
"I'm here to collect some of Solar Night's items, He and I are friends, he paid for this room, for you two to stay in."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.183019
183021 183022
>>183017
Her ears perk up, and she slightly raises her left hoof

Tricky:
"Really?"
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.183021
183024
>>183019
"Yes Really."
he nods sincerely
Anonymous
7295bbd
?
No.183022
183034
>>183019
>>183017
>Her ears perk up
Dark Star, you gotta pet her. You can't just not pet a pony after a description of perky ears.
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.183024
183034
>>183021
She's silent for a couple seconds, and then sits down.

"Why?"

Succulent Sorrel Speaks up
"Yeah, uh... That's nice but... Why?"
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.183034
183039
>>183022
Soon
>>183024
"He said that you three were friends."
Dark Star Nods
"I assume that's why, he said that you two needed a place to stay for awhile so he decided to pay."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.183039
183044
>>183034
Tricky has a smile across her face, and her wet tail starts to move, as if being wagged. She looks away. "That's uh, that's nice of him." Her head is moved away, but she looks up towards Dark Star.

Sorrel
"I'm still kind of disappointed he left though."

Tricky stares daggers at her. Sorrel:
"What?"
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.183044
183052
>>183039
He glances between the two as tricky stares daggers at sorrel
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.183052
183055
>>183044
It's just the wall

Tricky and Sorrel look back towards Dark Star
"Will he be coming back any time soon?" Tricky asks
Dark Star
d3f0454
?
No.183055
183056
>>183052
"I'm not sure, i'm sure he'll be around though. With two mares like you as his friends."
GM Pony
9ca9967
?
No.183056
>>183055
Sorrel:
“Did he say anything about us?”

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