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>>189056
>posey seems very intent on demystifying and sucking the fun out of everything in the universe by trying to explain everything and put it into some kind of category,
That wasn't my intention at all.
Maybe Rosey Ring comes off that way because she is an occultist with great knowledge of magic and religion, despite not being a very spiritual pony herself. She thinks of mystic occultism as a path to power.
>I have no idea what that is
Obyrith are the elder race of demons: creatures of pure primordial madness. Unlike the Tan'ari, who were created from and relation to mortal sin and fear, the Obyrith are primordial demons far older than mortal life, and their chaos and evil is abstract as it is cosmically horrifying. They supposedly created the Abyss after invading the multiverse from an abstract world, possibly the far reaches of the far realm, and have an aberrant aesthetic.
Dragon in D&D is one of the original Obyrith lords, and acts as a wiseman and advisor to Demogorgon. He is an ancient and alien creature of the demonic seas in the abyss. He advised the aboleths on the method of turning humans into skum (fish people), much like he did in the lovecraft story, and he also taught Demogorgon the art of creating new monsters.
>This is bullshit and you know it
GM, if you do not want me to have the Dreads, you can just have them fly away: as soon as the Demon that creates them uses Animate Dead again, which it can do every day, the Dreads would become uncontrolled.
>UwU
OwO
>>189058
See, I was intent on going to find the airponies first, but then I felt that GM communicated really wanted us to go look for Blackheel, so we ended up doing that.
>I and Silver want to focus on rescuing the New Mareland sailors on the airship, our main objective, without bringing the communists or griffons there.
I agree, actually. I just thought we were being steered towards doing the Kostroma side quest with Blackheel.
>Posey wants to reanimate a dead whale to help us on the quest, and is comfortable with the risk of going alone to make that trip.
Posey only wants to use the whale bones as a weapon against the Traveller. If we are not fighting the Traveller, the whale bones are unnecessary.
>>189064
Your experience isn't only your own. Thing is, although players are supposed to have agency, the story doesn't move forward without the GM narrating it.
I have at several instances expressed intent to walk off in an particular direction, but I cannot arrive at that destination until the GM describes the scene.
>posey seems very intent on demystifying and sucking the fun out of everything in the universe by trying to explain everything and put it into some kind of category,
That wasn't my intention at all.
Maybe Rosey Ring comes off that way because she is an occultist with great knowledge of magic and religion, despite not being a very spiritual pony herself. She thinks of mystic occultism as a path to power.
>I have no idea what that is
Obyrith are the elder race of demons: creatures of pure primordial madness. Unlike the Tan'ari, who were created from and relation to mortal sin and fear, the Obyrith are primordial demons far older than mortal life, and their chaos and evil is abstract as it is cosmically horrifying. They supposedly created the Abyss after invading the multiverse from an abstract world, possibly the far reaches of the far realm, and have an aberrant aesthetic.
Dragon in D&D is one of the original Obyrith lords, and acts as a wiseman and advisor to Demogorgon. He is an ancient and alien creature of the demonic seas in the abyss. He advised the aboleths on the method of turning humans into skum (fish people), much like he did in the lovecraft story, and he also taught Demogorgon the art of creating new monsters.
>This is bullshit and you know it
GM, if you do not want me to have the Dreads, you can just have them fly away: as soon as the Demon that creates them uses Animate Dead again, which it can do every day, the Dreads would become uncontrolled.
>UwU
OwO
>>189058
See, I was intent on going to find the airponies first, but then I felt that GM communicated really wanted us to go look for Blackheel, so we ended up doing that.
>I and Silver want to focus on rescuing the New Mareland sailors on the airship, our main objective, without bringing the communists or griffons there.
I agree, actually. I just thought we were being steered towards doing the Kostroma side quest with Blackheel.
>Posey wants to reanimate a dead whale to help us on the quest, and is comfortable with the risk of going alone to make that trip.
Posey only wants to use the whale bones as a weapon against the Traveller. If we are not fighting the Traveller, the whale bones are unnecessary.
>>189064
Your experience isn't only your own. Thing is, although players are supposed to have agency, the story doesn't move forward without the GM narrating it.
I have at several instances expressed intent to walk off in an particular direction, but I cannot arrive at that destination until the GM describes the scene.
>>189063
>>189063
>>189064
I will respond and move the events forward when the group agrees to a course of action. I will not respond to declared actions that are wholly individual, and or stupid, or designed to derail everything. "My character walks away without any kind of communication device or regard for anyone else," or "my character places a gun to a different player character's head for no evident reason" are not actions that actually have any value moving the plot forward and are not going to be entertained by me, at least until everyone else agrees "Yes, let's do this"
Describe an action that makes more sense in context than R Kelly in that one episode of South Park, singing "I'mma pull out my gun, I'mma shoot some one"
>>189063
>>189064
I will respond and move the events forward when the group agrees to a course of action. I will not respond to declared actions that are wholly individual, and or stupid, or designed to derail everything. "My character walks away without any kind of communication device or regard for anyone else," or "my character places a gun to a different player character's head for no evident reason" are not actions that actually have any value moving the plot forward and are not going to be entertained by me, at least until everyone else agrees "Yes, let's do this"
Describe an action that makes more sense in context than R Kelly in that one episode of South Park, singing "I'mma pull out my gun, I'mma shoot some one"
>>189066
Maybe we should have a formalized vote tally or delegate decisions to one character without discussion, in order to advance the story without taking weeks or months to decide.
I say we should just do whatever Silver says we should do next. We made him the decisionist at the beginning of the quest, iirc. Silver is wanting to find the airponies, right? Let's just do that.
Kira and Cavalier, please roll survival checks to help us track down the airponies so we can move the story forward.
I hold doubts that the world will actually end soon if we delay fighting the Traveller, so let's go for the airponies, since we don't get paid unless we find them.
For all we know, finding the airponies might even lead us to the Traveller anyway.
Maybe we should have a formalized vote tally or delegate decisions to one character without discussion, in order to advance the story without taking weeks or months to decide.
I say we should just do whatever Silver says we should do next. We made him the decisionist at the beginning of the quest, iirc. Silver is wanting to find the airponies, right? Let's just do that.
Kira and Cavalier, please roll survival checks to help us track down the airponies so we can move the story forward.
I hold doubts that the world will actually end soon if we delay fighting the Traveller, so let's go for the airponies, since we don't get paid unless we find them.
For all we know, finding the airponies might even lead us to the Traveller anyway.
I also proposed casting Path Of The Exalted, if Dust is interested in giving a way for the GM to point is to the most optimal path.
>>189067
>We made him the decisionist at the beginning of the quest
Shoal Waters insisted that we 'designate' a 'leader', and Silver was so designated, yes. Having said, on Brie's part that was just a "going along to go along" sort of "yes yes, stfu and tell us more" sort of gesture. Make no mistakes about where Brie's allegiances lie.
>>189068
This. I know SOME get all butt-bothered by the idea of railroading, but I'm ALL for it.
>We made him the decisionist at the beginning of the quest
Shoal Waters insisted that we 'designate' a 'leader', and Silver was so designated, yes. Having said, on Brie's part that was just a "going along to go along" sort of "yes yes, stfu and tell us more" sort of gesture. Make no mistakes about where Brie's allegiances lie.
>>189068
This. I know SOME get all butt-bothered by the idea of railroading, but I'm ALL for it.
>>189064
Nobody blames you for being upset but GM Pony is also in a bind. If some of your actions are allowed to go through, especially the threats, this mission might become impossible and be thrown into chaos. Maybe that should be allowed to happen, but if it does our characters (and to some extent us as players) may blame Brie for that happening. Call it a sunk cost fallacy if you will, but with the cumulative amount of time we've put into this single quest it would be upsetting to lose it because one player wanted to reenact Dirty Harry. I hope after this Brie gets a quest where he can let his wilder side loose.
>>189065
>I agree, actually. I just thought we were being steered towards doing the Kostroma side quest with Blackheel.
>Posey only wants to use the whale bones as a weapon against the Traveller. If we are not fighting the Traveller, the whale bones are unnecessary.
I think this "side quest" has to come after we save what's left of the airponies. It would be a good way to cap off this island adventure at any rate. I think the whale bones would be helpful, just as the machine gun and bomb we've collected might be. Also, collecting the airponies would give us time to make a proper plan of attack on the Kostroma.
>>189067
>Kira and Cavalier, please roll survival checks to help us track down the airponies so we can move the story forward.
Okay
Nobody blames you for being upset but GM Pony is also in a bind. If some of your actions are allowed to go through, especially the threats, this mission might become impossible and be thrown into chaos. Maybe that should be allowed to happen, but if it does our characters (and to some extent us as players) may blame Brie for that happening. Call it a sunk cost fallacy if you will, but with the cumulative amount of time we've put into this single quest it would be upsetting to lose it because one player wanted to reenact Dirty Harry. I hope after this Brie gets a quest where he can let his wilder side loose.
>>189065
>I agree, actually. I just thought we were being steered towards doing the Kostroma side quest with Blackheel.
>Posey only wants to use the whale bones as a weapon against the Traveller. If we are not fighting the Traveller, the whale bones are unnecessary.
I think this "side quest" has to come after we save what's left of the airponies. It would be a good way to cap off this island adventure at any rate. I think the whale bones would be helpful, just as the machine gun and bomb we've collected might be. Also, collecting the airponies would give us time to make a proper plan of attack on the Kostroma.
>>189067
>Kira and Cavalier, please roll survival checks to help us track down the airponies so we can move the story forward.
Okay
The post I made where Silver explained his plan was probably missed by at least a couple people here, so, it's probably worth explaining again:
We first go to the whale bones, where Posey can do her thing and raise the Bone Lurker. Then Posey, Garv, and the griffons will take one of our radios and the Bone Lurker to the plane and get it to carry the explosive and guns. The rest of us will make our way towards the airship. The plane group will rejoin us along our route to the airship since you'll be flying and be able to travel faster than us on hoof. Make sure to stick to the south side of the central hill to avoid the GRU that will be coming from the north.
We first go to the whale bones, where Posey can do her thing and raise the Bone Lurker. Then Posey, Garv, and the griffons will take one of our radios and the Bone Lurker to the plane and get it to carry the explosive and guns. The rest of us will make our way towards the airship. The plane group will rejoin us along our route to the airship since you'll be flying and be able to travel faster than us on hoof. Make sure to stick to the south side of the central hill to avoid the GRU that will be coming from the north.
>>189085
That sounds good, except the communists in the party should come with us and not to the airship. Also, when you blow up the equipment at the airship we might expect sudden company.
That sounds good, except the communists in the party should come with us and not to the airship. Also, when you blow up the equipment at the airship we might expect sudden company.
>>189089
Most of the commies can't fly, though. You all would also rejoin us before we got to the airship, anyways. The idea is to minimize the amount of time we take on our objectives while not taking unnecessary risks by fully splitting up.
Most of the commies can't fly, though. You all would also rejoin us before we got to the airship, anyways. The idea is to minimize the amount of time we take on our objectives while not taking unnecessary risks by fully splitting up.
>>189090
Let's not bring the communists to the highly classified airship we're supposed to destroy, for their sake as well as for the sake of the mission. As it is, if we bring them back to New Mareland they will probably be detained and released under close supervision only if they are lucky. If they see the airship and its technology they will probably be 'disappeared.'
Let's not bring the communists to the highly classified airship we're supposed to destroy, for their sake as well as for the sake of the mission. As it is, if we bring them back to New Mareland they will probably be detained and released under close supervision only if they are lucky. If they see the airship and its technology they will probably be 'disappeared.'
>>189091
They're sailors, soldiers, and scientists. None of them are aeronautical engineers, and they wouldn't even know that the airship has better propulsion technology than Stalliongrad does. And even if they did, they wouldn't have the ability to know why and how much less explain it to someone else.
All of this is besides the greater issue of what do they do if they don't come with us to the airship. The only other option would be them continuing on to the other group of commies at the modern village, and that risks them getting attacked without any of us to help.
>>189092
He said already that they're coming with us.
They're sailors, soldiers, and scientists. None of them are aeronautical engineers, and they wouldn't even know that the airship has better propulsion technology than Stalliongrad does. And even if they did, they wouldn't have the ability to know why and how much less explain it to someone else.
All of this is besides the greater issue of what do they do if they don't come with us to the airship. The only other option would be them continuing on to the other group of commies at the modern village, and that risks them getting attacked without any of us to help.
>>189092
He said already that they're coming with us.
So, we know whAt we're doing? Let's do it.
>>189094
Very well. But expect them to ask questions, and the military back home to be less than gracious.
Very well. But expect them to ask questions, and the military back home to be less than gracious.
Is Dust going to cast the Deus Ex Machina spell, or not? We need to come to a conclusion.
I don't care what we do next so long as we do something.
I don't care what we do next so long as we do something.
>>189110
I would, but I don't think I'm gonna get anything useful from it. Brie stormed off and as far as I know he was the only one in disagreement. But I also don't know what's going on
I would, but I don't think I'm gonna get anything useful from it. Brie stormed off and as far as I know he was the only one in disagreement. But I also don't know what's going on
>>189137
Dude, just do it. There's far more to 'Brie storming off' (which he did, with cause, because y'all are fucking worthless) than just discontent with you idiots. I have a change in priorities and am confident I will have addressed them far before you idiots get your shit together and get to both the marines and the airship, let alone the Kostromo.
Now is not the time to be waifish
Dude, just do it. There's far more to 'Brie storming off' (which he did, with cause, because y'all are fucking worthless) than just discontent with you idiots. I have a change in priorities and am confident I will have addressed them far before you idiots get your shit together and get to both the marines and the airship, let alone the Kostromo.
Now is not the time to be waifish
>>189137
>I don't think I'm gonna get anything useful from it
Casting Path Of The Exalted guarantees that the next decision we make is the best one with the best outcome. It is a spell so powerful that it has an abstinence component to keep it from being spammed constantly.
>I don't think I'm gonna get anything useful from it
Casting Path Of The Exalted guarantees that the next decision we make is the best one with the best outcome. It is a spell so powerful that it has an abstinence component to keep it from being spammed constantly.
>>189138
>>189139
>>189140
>>189141
Okay, I'll be blunt. I talked to GM cause I was gonna cast it and bost results in the same post. He ain't givin me shit. So I can blow a level 3 spell slot to be told it's our decision, or we can just go with whatever suicide ritual the group has come up with currently. Whatever delays my agony the most.
>>189139
>>189140
>>189141
Okay, I'll be blunt. I talked to GM cause I was gonna cast it and bost results in the same post. He ain't givin me shit. So I can blow a level 3 spell slot to be told it's our decision, or we can just go with whatever suicide ritual the group has come up with currently. Whatever delays my agony the most.
>>189142
Oh. Well, it still stands to reason that he may want you to commit to something - anything - before he gives you anything, (even hints and foreshadowing) but it could also be a dead end. A 3rd level spell slot seems a small price to pay to get a better idea of where GM's head is at, however distinct to Dust's magic.
No, not planning to make a habit of interjection, but don't kid yourself that I'm in the background
Oh. Well, it still stands to reason that he may want you to commit to something - anything - before he gives you anything, (even hints and foreshadowing) but it could also be a dead end. A 3rd level spell slot seems a small price to pay to get a better idea of where GM's head is at, however distinct to Dust's magic.
No, not planning to make a habit of interjection, but don't kid yourself that I'm in the background
>>189142
>He ain't givin me shit.
As in, he's prohibiting the spell? Or just not giving the answer?
Well, that sucks.
>whatever suicide ritual the group has come up with currently. Whatever delays my agony the most.
Oh ffs
Let's just all go track the airponies. All of us together.
In fact, until otherwise decided, we can leave all plans to fight the Traveller on hold until after we find the airponies. I'm considering leaving it to the army to kill that thing.
>He ain't givin me shit.
As in, he's prohibiting the spell? Or just not giving the answer?
Well, that sucks.
>whatever suicide ritual the group has come up with currently. Whatever delays my agony the most.
Oh ffs
Let's just all go track the airponies. All of us together.
In fact, until otherwise decided, we can leave all plans to fight the Traveller on hold until after we find the airponies. I'm considering leaving it to the army to kill that thing.
Think of it this way: we don't even really need to fight the Traveller, or at least not now.
If the Traveller enthralls all of the communists, it will either be destroyed by the GRU, or it will enthrall them too.
If it enthralls the GRU, it will likely go looking for more thralls. With no familiarity of this realm, it will likely draw from the memories of its thralls, which will lead it back to Stalliongrad.
Then the GRU will carry it back to Stalliongrad, and it will proceed to destroy their society and turn them all into its cattle, but that's not our problem.
The alien-controlled communists might become a threat to the world, but that's a problem for another level. We can exterminate the enthrall communists after we defeat Chrysalis or whatever.
Point being is that we don't need to worry about fighting it now. For all we care, we don't even really have to fight it, so the plan to recover the airponies should take absolute priority. No more dilly dallying. Let's just do what we came to do.
If the Traveller enthralls all of the communists, it will either be destroyed by the GRU, or it will enthrall them too.
If it enthralls the GRU, it will likely go looking for more thralls. With no familiarity of this realm, it will likely draw from the memories of its thralls, which will lead it back to Stalliongrad.
Then the GRU will carry it back to Stalliongrad, and it will proceed to destroy their society and turn them all into its cattle, but that's not our problem.
The alien-controlled communists might become a threat to the world, but that's a problem for another level. We can exterminate the enthrall communists after we defeat Chrysalis or whatever.
Point being is that we don't need to worry about fighting it now. For all we care, we don't even really have to fight it, so the plan to recover the airponies should take absolute priority. No more dilly dallying. Let's just do what we came to do.
>>189142
That is disappointing. He's given reasons before about why it wouldn't work in this setting, but it would helped with the OOC drama and disagreement that we're dealing with.
Maybe we should stick to this plan: >>189085
>>189145
>Then the GRU will carry it back to Stalliongrad, and it will proceed to destroy their society and turn them all into its cattle, but that's not our problem.
It is our problem. Putting it off for another level will make that mission much harder and much more dangerous. It also disrupts the delicate balance of power that Shoal Waters described, especially since Stalliongrad borders Equestria. We have a perfect opportunity to fix this now.
That is disappointing. He's given reasons before about why it wouldn't work in this setting, but it would helped with the OOC drama and disagreement that we're dealing with.
Maybe we should stick to this plan: >>189085
>>189145
>Then the GRU will carry it back to Stalliongrad, and it will proceed to destroy their society and turn them all into its cattle, but that's not our problem.
It is our problem. Putting it off for another level will make that mission much harder and much more dangerous. It also disrupts the delicate balance of power that Shoal Waters described, especially since Stalliongrad borders Equestria. We have a perfect opportunity to fix this now.
>>189157
>Putting it off for another level will make that mission much harder and much more dangerous.
I'll work hard to raise my army.
>We have a perfect opportunity to fix this now.
We could.
The point is that we don't have to.
>Putting it off for another level will make that mission much harder and much more dangerous.
I'll work hard to raise my army.
>We have a perfect opportunity to fix this now.
We could.
The point is that we don't have to.
GM has been notified that if Brie isn't considered "out of play" for a reasonably (as yet) indeterminate period based on how long the party takes to get within a reasonable vicinity of the Kostromo without drawing attention (he has signal mirrors and shit)
... then I will take liberties with the RP thread such that will make the previous examples look like casual comments.
... then I will take liberties with the RP thread such that will make the previous examples look like casual comments.
>>189157
>>189157
>He's given reasons before about why it wouldn't work in this setting, but it would helped with the OOC drama and disagreement that we're dealing with.
What?
>>189193
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1f0MWuX55g
>>189157
>He's given reasons before about why it wouldn't work in this setting, but it would helped with the OOC drama and disagreement that we're dealing with.
What?
>>189193
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1f0MWuX55g
>>189196
Something something religion isn't like vanilla DnD, and confirming a religion to be real would mess with the modern worldbuilding and ideological landscape of the setting.
Something something religion isn't like vanilla DnD, and confirming a religion to be real would mess with the modern worldbuilding and ideological landscape of the setting.
[1d20 = 5] [1d20 = 15]
[1d20 = 2] [1d20 = 7]
[1d20 = 7]
[1d20 = 2] [1d20 = 7]
[1d20 = 7]
Oh THATS right, it's only a problem when it ISN'T you doing it! You don't want ooc posts relegated to the OOC thread, you want the OOC posts you DISAGREE WITH relegated to the OOC thread. As evidenced by numerous OOC discussions you can be easily referenced to liberally engage in with other players.
That's fine.
That's fine.
>>189306
You are souring the mood of the entire RP thread with your ooc complaints. You were also told multiple times not to clog the thread with consecutive spamposts.
If you must post in the RP thread, make it a post that contributes to the roleplay.
You are souring the mood of the entire RP thread with your ooc complaints. You were also told multiple times not to clog the thread with consecutive spamposts.
If you must post in the RP thread, make it a post that contributes to the roleplay.
>>189307
No, I'm FURTHER souring the mood of the RP thread, right after all your "If I can be bothered" "Oh, are other players doing things? I guess I can wait" "I don't NEED anyone's help, but I guess since you're here" and all the other shitty things you feel entitled to post all the goddamn time. The ONLY way you will have a critical leg to stand on with me is to shut the fuck up.
No, I'm FURTHER souring the mood of the RP thread, right after all your "If I can be bothered" "Oh, are other players doing things? I guess I can wait" "I don't NEED anyone's help, but I guess since you're here" and all the other shitty things you feel entitled to post all the goddamn time. The ONLY way you will have a critical leg to stand on with me is to shut the fuck up.
>>189308
>No, I'm FURTHER souring the mood
Same thing. Cut it out.
>BLA BLA BLA
Irrelevant to the topic at hand.
>The ONLY way you will have a critical leg to stand on with me
That's why I'm redirecting the conversation here, instead of shitting up the RP thread like you do.
>No, I'm FURTHER souring the mood
Same thing. Cut it out.
>BLA BLA BLA
Irrelevant to the topic at hand.
>The ONLY way you will have a critical leg to stand on with me
That's why I'm redirecting the conversation here, instead of shitting up the RP thread like you do.
>>189310
>cut it out
YOU FIRST. Lose the attitude. This isn't your special game, this is a group effort, and one you have gone out of your way to make as about you as possible. if you want ME to cut it out LEAD BY EXAMPLE
>cut it out
YOU FIRST. Lose the attitude. This isn't your special game, this is a group effort, and one you have gone out of your way to make as about you as possible. if you want ME to cut it out LEAD BY EXAMPLE
>>189314
>reading comprehension
Yes, I'm the one who can't grasp that you're guilty of exactly the same behavior you accuse me of displaying, but you also neglect the fact that I'm not trying to play anymore. Which is to say BEFORE YOU TRY TO PULL A SPECK OUT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE< TEND TO THE FUCKING LOG IN YOUR OWN
>reading comprehension
Yes, I'm the one who can't grasp that you're guilty of exactly the same behavior you accuse me of displaying, but you also neglect the fact that I'm not trying to play anymore. Which is to say BEFORE YOU TRY TO PULL A SPECK OUT OF SOMEONE ELSE'S EYE< TEND TO THE FUCKING LOG IN YOUR OWN
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