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I am more confident that I wont regret waiting until tomorrow, than that I won't regret playing tonight. Im sure itll be fun either way, but Ive been up since 5 (its 11)
>>184858I don't want you to not have fun. I need to rest well tonight too. Goodnight poners.
Goodnight guys! Sleep well!
>>184773I haven't really made it clear, but Virgin's cloak is tan with Celestia's cutie mark sun symbol on both the cloak's back and one smaller on her hoodie. In my latest drawing of her in the OOC thread, you can see what I mean.
I assume they will get her allegiance from that alone. Perhaps, we can go with that since it's on her back they don't see it at first or something so we don't have to retcon it.
"Rebel? Rebel against what?" Vir asks while tilting her head and looking up at them. She's confused.
My first question is a spot check [1d20+8 = (13+8) = 21] to try and see if anything about the situation seems off. I'm alluding to when Brie and Garv got ambushed.
>>184867If sufficient, it would be followed by a sense motive check at a penalty against the Traveler's Bluff check (probably at a bonus cuz hes remotely operating the drones lol)
[1d20+8 = (6+8) = 14] I'm going to assume that if this IS an ambush,... and I am assuming that, that those rolls would likely not be sufficient to be certain, and in the face of uncertainty, he assumes the worst.
Brie wishes he was in audible range of everyone without ruining their surprise, cuz he thinks that theres a good chance that if we do swoop to and save the day, those commies might get hacked and start shooting us in the back. This traveler is testing us with moves like a chess player.
>>184857Who said y'all wouldn't get it?
>>184865Does the symbolism align with any specific religious order?
"Against the caretaker government." He answers, evidently in disbelief . "Against us here."
>>184867What has been right? The starfish, Brie knows, can move fast, the big one can probably throw things, and one of the Petrushka has a rifle. Is there more he isn't seeing? Hard to say. There is a house to the left that may hide something, and a third behind the middle. All this is besides what hides beyond the veil of fog.
>>184877If the starfish can camouflage as other objects, are there objects around that could be camouflaged starfish?
>>184882Ah nevermind, I'll stop overthinking it and just wait for initiative call
>>184877Idk which religious orders exists in your world but its a depiction of Celestia's cutie mark in a size it could cover a rug.
"Well, I mean... I'm not gonna pay taxes if that's what you're asking," Vir says and scrunches.
About 50 feet in front of the party members is a stone, low wall, two and a half to 3 feet tall. A natural break exists on the left. To move over one of these walls is at least a move action. To the left of the break in the wall is a ruined house, with the narrow side facing the party. It is on top of the near, long-side wall that one of the starfish stands.
In front of the party, just in front of the wall, is a stone storage hut maybe 8 feet wide and a little shorter. Behind these another 50 feet is the house of interest, the one where the voices come from, and next to which the large creature stands. Behind this is another house, and beyond this there are shapes that are not discernable in the dim fog. To the right is a break in the wall that seems to have come down with time, and a starfish stands looking towards the house, with a storage hut in the distance.
>>184887He scrunches back
"Move along"
>>184882Technically the Starfish can move fast. It was Octopi that could camouflage. Brie sees nothing that looks like one of those Octopi, and a million places they could hide.
>>1848888's
Alright, Im gonna run some errands for a bit. If Im not back and everypone else shows, ping me plz
>>184888She feels a bit of fear in her gut but grins over it.
"I'm kidding, kiddin'... I don't make any money anyway," Vir says with a cringing smile and waves her hoof dismissively.
>>184892He raises a hoof to his chin, lowers his ears, and looks at Vir inquisitively
"Uh huh. What do you want and why?"
>>184888Cavaliere considers moving up to that next wall as cover, but decides against it and instead huddles against the nearer stone storage hut. Can he use the camouflage net in his inventory as a makeshift hunter's blind?
>>184897he can most certainly try. This sounds like the time for a hide or disguise roll
>>184900Brie has his revolver out, watching Garv since he will.probably kick off the surprise round
>>184888I say we all shoot at the same time in the surprise round, and Silver moves into charging range so he can charge.
>>184904I agree, my only concern is getting Brie within 30' so its a sneak attack, unseen. Not too doffi ult, but still
Wait, why are people with ranged attacks and no close range limitations moving closer? I want my surprise round.
I said earlier Posey is waiting to shoot. If a failed stealth roll is going to compromise the surprise round I would like to treat that as a readied action before initiative kicks off
>>184906Brie needs 30' to make a sneak shot, idk what anyone else is doing,
>>184907Flying in broad daylight is the exact opposite of stealth. Maybe Brie can have an initiative roll, but there’s no way he could be airborne and unseen.
>>184908I would really rather the rest of us attack before initiative is rolled.
>>184908Not trying to be contentious, but in that Brie's suit employs a camouflage pattern, he could maybe be said to have a degree of concealment if utilizing the fog to his advantage (which he would).
His max range on a charge is 60', so he could be at 90', charge to 30', and take the shot?
>>184909Initiative is rolled even for a surprise round.
I maybe should have communicated better, I thiught 40'might be overhead enough to avoid notice
>>184910No, he can’t hide in plain sight in the air while moving at only 30 feet distance. Yes, there is fog. It’s now at 200 feet visibility.
>can he chargePerhaps, but that’s more than enough space for the opponents to react, which is to say, roll initiative
>>184913Last question: might it be possible to get a sneak shot off on one of the starfish?
>>184915Cavaliere plans to, but if we wanted to all attack on the same turn then we have to sneak (not fly, not charge) into range.
>>184915Yes. The starfish on the left is the easiest, simply move up (quietly enough) to the wall, crouch behind the wall, and through a knife up at the starfish.
Technically any of the enemies could be sneak attacked, they are just going to notice an object moving in the sky in their peripheral vision.
>>184918No lol, I'm using the pistol to start with. Need me to roll anything? He would attempt to (with whatever applicable penalties) maneuver into position to get a sneak attack right as Garv fires his shot (assuming)
So long as we attack first, the enemy is going to be flat-footed. It shouldn't be that complicated for everyone to attack on the surprise round.
The fact that they haven't attacked us yet means we get a surprise round, on which we can all attack them flat-footed.
>>184922Im just being particular because you only get a single action on a surprise, either movement or whatever; rogues cant sneak attack past 30', so Brie has to close distance before the surprise round single action to be able to get a sneak attack.
>>184894Vir snaps back to reality. Right, buck these guys.
She pulls her head back and narrows her eyes.
"Tch," she clicks her tongue but then she mellows somewhat.
"Fine. You might know after all." She turns towards the unicorn. "I'm looking for somepony. A unicorn called Hope's Anchor, ringing any bells?"
Let me know when everypony is here so we can fire. I have done other things to do today.
>>184929He takes a moment to reply
“… I don’t know a ‘Hope’s Anchor’. Why? Was she arrested?”
Spot check to see if Vir may be carrying an concealed weapons or explosives
[1d20+1 = (9+1) = 10] >>184935"...No," Vir says. "But- Uh, thank you. But this is why I'm lookin' for... Don't you have a place for the public information?"
She looks pleadingly at the unicorn, clearly he's the most sensible of the two.
[1d20+0 = 20] PleadVir has not weapons. Only a badass cloak and hair pins and thick plot of muscles. ^^
>>184936Sadly, plead is not a real thing. ^^
>>184938Plead us diplomacy, cha based
>>184936>thick plot of musclesuwu
>Nat 20 on a pony pleadingoh no
The black unicorn clear can’t resist Vir’s cuteness
“Yes… what do you need to know. We’re with the military, not uh, not the Blackhooves. They have a place in downtown that’s their regional headquarters.”
>>184940Ah, well then it's correct. Idk, remember if I had any diplomacy skill ranks but I have +0 in cha.
>>184941>uwu^^
>oh noIkr ^^
>The black unicorn clear can’t resist Vir’s cuteness<3Vir's snowpity has a similar essence to a blend between AJ and Derpy.
"...Oh, okay," Vir says, surprised that her pleading worked. Then she beams up. "Oh.
Oh! Thank you!" She gives him a friendly tap with her feminine but meaty hoof. "Didn't really think you'd help a sister out. That's so nice of you. Do you know in which building they are in?"
How does the pegasus stallion react to this by the way? Is he also effected by her
simple charm or is he annoyed by his friend's simping?
>>184936Im reminded of when Tyrion argued you needed a live dwarf....
>>184935By the way, the DC to detect her thick plot (in terms of a being a lethal weapon rawr^^) is 9 ;^P
>>184944Thats a Glimmer-tier plot...
>>184942The Pegasus extends a leg in front of his unicorn companion, the latter of whom is slightly behind the former.
"Careful. She could crush you with those thighs."
The black unicorn answers
"Yes, they are in the Grand Baltimare Hotel. It's about two blocks over that way" Pointing in front of himself and past Vir, basically east and towards the ocean. "And... well, quite a few blocks down, but you'll recognize it by the security presence."
Well, there's two types of weaponized cuteness mares can use: adorableness, and sexiness. The latter is probably easier for Vit simply because of her age, but she's a pony mare, so she has access to either. I assumed you meant she used big pony eyes on the stallion.