In the far-off, northern island of Mended Horn, the party there has learned that they face an enemy they have dubbed "The Traveller." They have decided to go to an old, abandoned village there in hopes of rescuing some communist sailors.
In Baltimare, Dark Star tries to get things in order, while Virgin Flame looks for her old friend.
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>>186895
"That was the Commissar's idea, yes."
>>186896
screeches
>>186895
>3e only skill
See [YouTube] You are a pirate![]()
"That was the Commissar's idea, yes."
>>186896
screeches
>>186895
>3e only skill
See [YouTube] You are a pirate
>>186893
Every addition pair of hooves will help, and we'll need all the help we can get. The Commissar is also the most knowledgeable pony on the island both about the Kostroma and the communist forces. As for the order, the Airponies are by far the most distant of the three targets prior to the Kostroma. They should be last if we want to avoid wasting valuable daylight backtracking across the island.
>>186895
Silver: "I would prefer not blowing up the Kostroma if it can be helped. It will make escaping island with everyone far more difficult."
>>186894
Kira: "How heavy are they exactly? I'm a pretty strong creature, I've found..."
Silver: "Does Kostroma have long-range radio?"
[Read more] Every addition pair of hooves will help, and we'll need all the help we can get. The Commissar is also the most knowledgeable pony on the island both about the Kostroma and the communist forces. As for the order, the Airponies are by far the most distant of the three targets prior to the Kostroma. They should be last if we want to avoid wasting valuable daylight backtracking across the island.
>>186895
Silver: "I would prefer not blowing up the Kostroma if it can be helped. It will make escaping island with everyone far more difficult."
>>186894
Kira: "How heavy are they exactly? I'm a pretty strong creature, I've found..."
Silver: "Does Kostroma have long-range radio?"
>>186895
"It is not the sort of creature that would die in a fire or freezing water. Destroying the ship would certainly make it easier to deal with its thralls though." Posey says, nonchalantly
"It is still risky though. There are better ways. If I could get into mid range without losing concentration and summon a flock of bats, I may be able to make most of the crew due of bleed damage, assuming they lack any evokers."
>>186898
No. The airponies should be first. They are the entire purpose of this mission. Everything else is an afterthought.
"It is not the sort of creature that would die in a fire or freezing water. Destroying the ship would certainly make it easier to deal with its thralls though." Posey says, nonchalantly
"It is still risky though. There are better ways. If I could get into mid range without losing concentration and summon a flock of bats, I may be able to make most of the crew due of bleed damage, assuming they lack any evokers."
>>186898
No. The airponies should be first. They are the entire purpose of this mission. Everything else is an afterthought.
>>186898
To the Nope Noodle:
"About a tonne, I think."
To Silver:
"Yes, if you can get past everything guarding it."
To the Nope Noodle:
"About a tonne, I think."
To Silver:
"Yes, if you can get past everything guarding it."
>>186897
"Does he have ponies with him to help move something like this on hoof? If those foreign airponies are in good health, we might need to enlist their services. We might want a makeshift sled."
>>186898
>>186899
"Are you sure heavy explosives wouldn't destroy it? I believe we should incapacitate, rather than kill, these 'thralls' as you say if this option is available to us."
"Does he have ponies with him to help move something like this on hoof? If those foreign airponies are in good health, we might need to enlist their services. We might want a makeshift sled."
>>186898
>>186899
"Are you sure heavy explosives wouldn't destroy it? I believe we should incapacitate, rather than kill, these 'thralls' as you say if this option is available to us."
>>186899
The GRU and the Traveler are distracted right now, but I don't know if we'll have the time to do all of that backtracking. It's also far more likely that the Airponies will stay where they are at while the Commissar is more likely to move if we don't get to him quickly.
Silver: "Uh...let us try to avoid causing all of Kostroma crew to die of blood loss."
>>186901
Kira's ears fold backwards. "Oh...that's heavy..."
Silver: "That is good to know. I do not think it will be factor before Traveler is dealt with, but good to know for later."
The GRU and the Traveler are distracted right now, but I don't know if we'll have the time to do all of that backtracking. It's also far more likely that the Airponies will stay where they are at while the Commissar is more likely to move if we don't get to him quickly.
Silver: "Uh...let us try to avoid causing all of Kostroma crew to die of blood loss."
>>186901
Kira's ears fold backwards. "Oh...that's heavy..."
Silver: "That is good to know. I do not think it will be factor before Traveler is dealt with, but good to know for later."
>>186903
"Well... it's the six of us here, but there are more elsewhere. We were going to meet up with rescue forces from the mainland but... the fluffy one is skeptical of that."
"Well... it's the six of us here, but there are more elsewhere. We were going to meet up with rescue forces from the mainland but... the fluffy one is skeptical of that."
>>186902
"It crash landed from beyond the upper atmosphere, and has therefore demonstrated extreme resistance to heat and physical trauma. Mortal weaponry will likely be useless against such a creature. I hypothesize that it is likely immune to nonsupernatural attacks. I know of many similar creatures."
>>186903
>The GRU and the Traveler are distracted right now
You don't know how long that will last.
>It's also far more likely that the Airponies will stay where they are
You don't know that either. What if they are being attacked right now?
>Silver: "Uh...let us try to avoid causing all of Kostroma crew to die of blood loss."
Posey blinks quizzically
"Why?"
"It crash landed from beyond the upper atmosphere, and has therefore demonstrated extreme resistance to heat and physical trauma. Mortal weaponry will likely be useless against such a creature. I hypothesize that it is likely immune to nonsupernatural attacks. I know of many similar creatures."
>>186903
>The GRU and the Traveler are distracted right now
You don't know how long that will last.
>It's also far more likely that the Airponies will stay where they are
You don't know that either. What if they are being attacked right now?
>Silver: "Uh...let us try to avoid causing all of Kostroma crew to die of blood loss."
Posey blinks quizzically
"Why?"
>>186907
>"You think it's vulnerable to magic?"
"Most likely." She says
She produces a flower from her spell components pouch, which begins to wither and rot in the glow of her magic until it crumbles away
"From the intel I have gathered, it is immobile. So long as it is a living thing, I should be able to rot it from the inside out, so long as I can touch it. That is my plan, anyway."
>she believed in the tooth fairy, or some other such nonsense that adults should not believe in.
Literal unicorns exist in this world though.
>>186909
"We cannot assume that the powers at our disposal are enough to fell it, but this is the most reliable plan I can think of."
>>186910
"If minimizing casualties at the expense of risking personal harm were part of the job description, I would have charged extra. Nonlethal tactics are no my specialty. I will take your suggestions into consideration though."
[Read more] >"You think it's vulnerable to magic?"
"Most likely." She says
She produces a flower from her spell components pouch, which begins to wither and rot in the glow of her magic until it crumbles away
"From the intel I have gathered, it is immobile. So long as it is a living thing, I should be able to rot it from the inside out, so long as I can touch it. That is my plan, anyway."
>she believed in the tooth fairy, or some other such nonsense that adults should not believe in.
Literal unicorns exist in this world though.
>>186909
"We cannot assume that the powers at our disposal are enough to fell it, but this is the most reliable plan I can think of."
>>186910
"If minimizing casualties at the expense of risking personal harm were part of the job description, I would have charged extra. Nonlethal tactics are no my specialty. I will take your suggestions into consideration though."
>>186912
>If minimizing casualties at the expense of risking personal harm were part of the job description, I would have charged extra. Nonlethal tactics are no my specialty. I will take your suggestions into consideration though
Brie forgets himself and nods involuntarily in agreeement
>If minimizing casualties at the expense of risking personal harm were part of the job description, I would have charged extra. Nonlethal tactics are no my specialty. I will take your suggestions into consideration though
Brie forgets himself and nods involuntarily in agreeement
"I should remind you that we have a priority mission here. We can deal with these matters after we get to the downed airship."
>>186912
"Black Weave. Useful on living things. But this does not live. It looks like an animal, if an animal could survive space, but..." She stops speaking
>Literal unicorns exist in this world though.
Which has fuck all to do with the question of whether the entity has more or less resistance to magic
>>186913
The whaling village is in the west
"Black Weave. Useful on living things. But this does not live. It looks like an animal, if an animal could survive space, but..." She stops speaking
>Literal unicorns exist in this world though.
Which has fuck all to do with the question of whether the entity has more or less resistance to magic
>>186913
The whaling village is in the west
>>186916
Hmmmmmm...potentially more hooves that could help us with this fight against the Traveler. So, in comparison to the Commissar, the leviathan whale skeleton, and the Airponies, how distant would this village in the south bay be?
Hmmmmmm...potentially more hooves that could help us with this fight against the Traveler. So, in comparison to the Commissar, the leviathan whale skeleton, and the Airponies, how distant would this village in the south bay be?
She trailed off, Brie would hear what she stopped hersrlf from saying
>>186916
>But this does not live.
"Are you saying it is undead? I have other ways of dealing with that." She says
>if an animal could survive space
"You would be surprised. There are countless living creatures dwelling beyond the void who are able to survive in the absence of atmosphere, only a few of which have been properly documented. That is a topic for another day though." She says, looking wistfully at the night sky
She pauses
"Really, the one class of creatures I do not have a reliable spell for is golems... Constructs are so difficult to destroy, and are not nearly as easy to control as the undead. I have not seen very many golems lately though."
>But this does not live.
"Are you saying it is undead? I have other ways of dealing with that." She says
>if an animal could survive space
"You would be surprised. There are countless living creatures dwelling beyond the void who are able to survive in the absence of atmosphere, only a few of which have been properly documented. That is a topic for another day though." She says, looking wistfully at the night sky
She pauses
"Really, the one class of creatures I do not have a reliable spell for is golems... Constructs are so difficult to destroy, and are not nearly as easy to control as the undead. I have not seen very many golems lately though."
>>186923
Hmm...sounds like it's the closest target to the Kostroma. We should go there last before going to the Kostroma.
Silver smiles apologetically at the mare. "Does it have mouth, or other orifice? We could detonate grenade from inside of it."
>>186924
Kira perks up a bit at the topic of discussion. "Oh, what about using a spell to dispel magic in order to kill a golem! Aren't they animated using magic? If you dispelled the magic keeping them together, wouldn't they just fall apart?"
Hmm...sounds like it's the closest target to the Kostroma. We should go there last before going to the Kostroma.
Silver smiles apologetically at the mare. "Does it have mouth, or other orifice? We could detonate grenade from inside of it."
>>186924
Kira perks up a bit at the topic of discussion. "Oh, what about using a spell to dispel magic in order to kill a golem! Aren't they animated using magic? If you dispelled the magic keeping them together, wouldn't they just fall apart?"
>>186923
"An Energon, perhaps? I have heard of aberrations being seeded from corrupted positive energy. If so, that might make it even more vulnerable to my blackweave...."
"But rather nasty to deal with myself..." she thinks to herself, silently
>>186925
>dispel
Yeah, I would really like to do that, but Posey is only lvl 4, and I don't get nice things at this level.
"An Energon, perhaps? I have heard of aberrations being seeded from corrupted positive energy. If so, that might make it even more vulnerable to my blackweave...."
"But rather nasty to deal with myself..." she thinks to herself, silently
>>186925
>dispel
Yeah, I would really like to do that, but Posey is only lvl 4, and I don't get nice things at this level.
>>186925
Brie tries to hide his embarrassment that Silver is trying to glean battle strategies from a civillian
Brie tries to hide his embarrassment that Silver is trying to glean battle strategies from a civillian
>>186922
Glad that is cleared up.
>>186923
>>186924
"Nopony really knows what it is. I would rule it out being a machine. We are no closer to finding out what weakness it has, unfortunately."
>>186925
"Those could be our first and second options. I would prefer more explosives than a single grenade, and getting close is alone a hazard according to the documents." He retrieves the documents he collected from the dead doctor and gives them to Miss Pipette. "Any useful information you can glean from these?"
Glad that is cleared up.
>>186923
>>186924
"Nopony really knows what it is. I would rule it out being a machine. We are no closer to finding out what weakness it has, unfortunately."
>>186925
"Those could be our first and second options. I would prefer more explosives than a single grenade, and getting close is alone a hazard according to the documents." He retrieves the documents he collected from the dead doctor and gives them to Miss Pipette. "Any useful information you can glean from these?"
>>186925
Posey does not respond to the dispelling quest, not willing to discuss that she still can't cast lvl 4 spells (like Animate Dead).
Posey does not respond to the dispelling quest, not willing to discuss that she still can't cast lvl 4 spells (like Animate Dead).
>>186929
"We have some grenades at our disposal. We could bundle them together to combine their explosive power. Unfortunately our ability to gather resources is limited, otherwise we could make some homemade explosive devices like nail bombs. Hmmm..."
>>186923
Looking at the torpedo in the plane, Silver wonders to himself: how difficult would it be to dismantle the heavy torpedo in order to acquire its warhead?
>>186930
Kira merely tilts her head at the necromantic mare, and flicks her tongue.
"We have some grenades at our disposal. We could bundle them together to combine their explosive power. Unfortunately our ability to gather resources is limited, otherwise we could make some homemade explosive devices like nail bombs. Hmmm..."
>>186923
Looking at the torpedo in the plane, Silver wonders to himself: how difficult would it be to dismantle the heavy torpedo in order to acquire its warhead?
>>186930
Kira merely tilts her head at the necromantic mare, and flicks her tongue.
>>186931
"What are you thinking Silver? Are you thinking of using the torpedoes? Let me do you a solid and do a check to see if I, the party explosives expert, could manage."
Disable device check [1d20+12 = (12+12) = 24]
"What are you thinking Silver? Are you thinking of using the torpedoes? Let me do you a solid and do a check to see if I, the party explosives expert, could manage."
Disable device check [1d20+12 = (12+12) = 24]
>>186927
>>186924
She just shakes her head
>>186925
"It does. Yes."
>>186929
"We know that it falling out the sky hurt it. As did it overexerting itself."
>>186931
Easier than taking the entire thing, to be certain.
>>186932
Is he trying to disarm it?
[Read more] >>186924
She just shakes her head
>>186925
"It does. Yes."
>>186929
"We know that it falling out the sky hurt it. As did it overexerting itself."
>>186931
Easier than taking the entire thing, to be certain.
>>186932
Is he trying to disarm it?
>>186933
No, hes using that skill to see if he has the capability to even repurpose it as an explosive or whatever else.
No, hes using that skill to see if he has the capability to even repurpose it as an explosive or whatever else.
>>186933
What does this mare know of magic and monsters?
Anyway, I think this calls for some Arcana checks, to determine that it's NOT a construct
[1d20+11 = (10+11) = 21]
And religion, to check if it's undead
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]
What does this mare know of magic and monsters?
Anyway, I think this calls for some Arcana checks, to determine that it's NOT a construct
[1d20+11 = (10+11) = 21]
And religion, to check if it's undead
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]
>>186932
>>186933
>>186934
Hopefully no. Silver explains his thoughts to Brie. "Could you remove torpedo warhead, and then using radio within this plane make remote detonator to attach to it? We could force it inside Traveler, detonate it remotely, and it would kill Traveler while his body would absorb force of explosion, preventing Kostroma from being destroyed as well."
>>186933
>>186934
Hopefully no. Silver explains his thoughts to Brie. "Could you remove torpedo warhead, and then using radio within this plane make remote detonator to attach to it? We could force it inside Traveler, detonate it remotely, and it would kill Traveler while his body would absorb force of explosion, preventing Kostroma from being destroyed as well."
>>186940
"If you can make a case why the two explosive charges we already have aren't going to cut it, I'll be happy to take this fucking thing apart." E,_,e
"If you can make a case why the two explosive charges we already have aren't going to cut it, I'll be happy to take this fucking thing apart." E,_,e
>>186933
"If it can be hurt, it can be killed. We just need more energy."
>>186932
"Careful," Cavaliere warns quietly. "If there's a misstep none of us would be around long enough to know it."
>>186940
"It might be wise to move most of our group away from here for the time being, if we're disassembling the torpedo."
How heavy are the explosive charges we already have?
"If it can be hurt, it can be killed. We just need more energy."
>>186932
"Careful," Cavaliere warns quietly. "If there's a misstep none of us would be around long enough to know it."
>>186940
"It might be wise to move most of our group away from here for the time being, if we're disassembling the torpedo."
How heavy are the explosive charges we already have?
>>186942
I meant Pipette, she aint gonna know creature types and whther we can blow it up from the inside
I meant Pipette, she aint gonna know creature types and whther we can blow it up from the inside
>>186938
Well, if it's not undead, and it's not a construct, all the other available creature types (outsider, aberration, magical beast, dragon, elemental, etc; with the exception of Deathless which is basically just "good undead") should count as living things for the sake of spells (except for anti life shell, which is weird) and effects. I'm just checking for the sake of tactics and planning how to destroy it.
Posey pauses to consider her plan
"If it is either undead or a construct, I should know when I see it. Until then, I remain confident in my entropy-based attacks."
Well, if it's not undead, and it's not a construct, all the other available creature types (outsider, aberration, magical beast, dragon, elemental, etc; with the exception of Deathless which is basically just "good undead") should count as living things for the sake of spells (except for anti life shell, which is weird) and effects. I'm just checking for the sake of tactics and planning how to destroy it.
Posey pauses to consider her plan
"If it is either undead or a construct, I should know when I see it. Until then, I remain confident in my entropy-based attacks."
>>186944
Bold of you to assume.
No, it's because of how Posey is asking the questions. Posey asks questions, but then asserts knowing more than the one she's asking. It's like you know something is X, and then person asks "Is it Y?" and you say "No," then they say "You're wrong. It's Y, and not X." Like what are you supposed to do with that? You just say "k" and let them think what they think
>>186943
"Quite a bit more energy. I... we fear it's been around for significantly longer than just roaming around the Lunar Sphere. We are not the first to try to kill it, if you will. If that is so, that means it is harder to kill than may be appreciated. But that does mean it may placed in a state of tupor where it is more or less harmless."
>>186943
Only a few pounds.
[Read more] Bold of you to assume.
No, it's because of how Posey is asking the questions. Posey asks questions, but then asserts knowing more than the one she's asking. It's like you know something is X, and then person asks "Is it Y?" and you say "No," then they say "You're wrong. It's Y, and not X." Like what are you supposed to do with that? You just say "k" and let them think what they think
>>186943
"Quite a bit more energy. I... we fear it's been around for significantly longer than just roaming around the Lunar Sphere. We are not the first to try to kill it, if you will. If that is so, that means it is harder to kill than may be appreciated. But that does mean it may placed in a state of tupor where it is more or less harmless."
>>186943
Only a few pounds.
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