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GM Pony
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No.188149
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Please keep out of character discussion contained to this thread. The previous one hit bump limit
1633 replies and 262 files omitted.
Anonymous
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No.188241
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>>188240
Oh, is that an invitation to hear more about the lore between Brie and Lacey? Cuz I have PAGES

Yes fine, I'll stfu. Are you happy now?
Anonymous
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No.188242
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>>188241
>is that an invitation
It is not.
>lore
>PAGES
It's not necessary to lore dump. Do it in character.
And if you must lore dump, do it in one post, and not a dozen consecutive posts. People are more likely to actually read it that way.
>Yes fine, I'll stfu.
Good.
>Are you happy now?
Sure.
Anonymous
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No.188243
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>>188242
>do it in game
That would require the game to proceed e_e
Anonymous
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No.188244
188252
I think there is a miscommunication here. I post lore of my characters BECAUSE nothing fucking happens. I'm not begrudging GM or his time, nor (you)rs, I'm saying this is a world and I want to create in it.
It drives me NUTS that nothing is happening, and hasn't for basically months. Getting to the party split was agonizing, and nothing has fucking happened since. I would repost the Chuddha image if I thought it might make a difference, but I don't.

Do I have to call each pony by their 'name'?
Anonymous
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No.188247
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>>188151
Very clearly understood. I hope we can get this underway because this game will always hold importance to me, even if I'm not available at various times. If not, then see you in March.

>>188163
tl;dr there was bad blood between two players that went years back and when they started making comments at each other's expense it spiraled out of control. You are right about the effort needed and it seems both sides have worked towards a better mutual understanding.

I think

>>188201
Cavaliere hasn't had a lot of cool scenes yet. Maybe you could draw him sitting at the hotel lobby, smoking a cigar? Or have him at the top of a cliff with his revolver drawn.
>Description
>Cavaliere is a male griffon of tall build but wiry stature. His feline half resembles almost a jaguar, with dense but short black fur and a tail that ends in a small tuft, as well as front jet black talons that end in well-groomed claws. His avian head is covered with dusty grey feathers and is topped with a black crest. The wings on his back are also black and blend in with his fur. He has a thin black feathered "mustache" over a weathered beak, and his seasoned appearance implies that he is roughly forty years old. Although his physical stature is not too imposing, and even by griffon standards he lacks grace and features most would consider to be attractive, his pale yellow eyes shine with a gleam that is both sharp and understanding. He is lightly equipped; the only "armor" he has on is a black bomber-style leather jacket with a fluffy grey sheepskin liner. Under that he wears a black button-up shirt and black trousers, and filling out his outfit are brown leather boots designed for griffon paws, well-made and embroidered but having seen heavy usage. He additionally wears a black wide-brimmed hat made of felt and upturned at the edges, with the crown rimmed by a leather band and a small silver medallion in the front. Around his waist is a heavy-duty black leather belt covered in cartridges loaded into loops, and on one side is an additional pouch that looks packed, while on the other side is a holster for a long-barreled revolver.

>>188209
You are a fun guy, Brie.
Anonymous
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No.188249
Okay, this couldn't be a better example of "Whoa, not what I meant" than I could have asked for. Heres what I said:
No, I'm a parasite that needs to be kept at heel. I await the chance to maybe blow up, but in the meantime PLEASE don't encourage me

What I MEANT was a bit of self-affing and discipline
Anonymous
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No.188250
I said self-affacing, you disingenuous nigger
GM Pony
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No.188252
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>>188163
>GM should still try to remain open for constructive criticism.
This is not a good time. I would probably just not create at all.

>>188165
I did tell you to stop multiple small posts in sequence. Several times.

>>188167
I did tell you to stop making multiple one sentence posts in sequence, especially when they are out of character. I have told you that several times. You have thus far ignored me.

>>188169
I've asked you to not be hostile to everyone and to not make multiple one-sentence posts in sequence.

>>188243
The game would proceed if you stopped constantly trying to pick fights with Posey (and everyone else)

>>188244
More would happen if you stopped constantly trying to fight Posey

>>188199
>I think taking criticism is an important part of improving one's work
That work being worth putting the effort into making in the first place is even more important. Because it's a hell of a lot easier to not create at all

>>188200
>is that we as players, gms, etc., have history that everyone SEEMS to want to ignore
If all "history" means to you is that you are angry in the present, then leave your history on discord, matrix, twitter/x, blue sky, mastodon, 4channel, snail mail, telegram, or the fucking pony express for all I care, it has no business in the thread. I don't give a shit about history. Fuck history. I want a fun creative outlet for ideas I've had. I want a fun pony dating simulator, not a wellspring of infinite rage that is powered by ancient grievances. I don't want any of that here.

>>188208
>Makima
>chainsawman
>long shadowed one
>Naberious
>Pact Magic
I don't listen to hip hop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi5zxL2e27k&pp=ygUZaSBkb24ndCBsaXN0ZW4gdG8gaGlwIGhvcA%3D%3D

>>188237
All of my thises
Anonymous
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No.188253
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>>188252
https://suno.com/song/9bfb4c0a-273e-4953-93b8-92bc66d01542
You did ask, yes. And I'm retarded. Are you going to say "no u" for that reason?
>I told you
>I told you
>I told you
yes,... I'm not ignoring
>fighting with Posey
Oh, you think I'm fighting with HIM? LOL
Anonymous
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No.188255
188260
Preferring to not appear to be picking a fight, but also wanting things well aired so that we can pretend to not be picking a fight later, if your argument is that I'm either sausage or any degree of a bother, yes, but where do you draw distinction? I'm all those things, because I decided to wade into the waters you cultivated. You can't hide anymore, and by all rights, you needn't anymore. I have done my part, please, leave me alone and let the game go on. For fucks sake please.
*curls up in a fucking fetal position*
Anonymous
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No.188260
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>>188247
>Cavaliere hasn't had a lot of cool scenes yet.
Hopefully, he can get a chance to look cool this adventure.
>>188252
Very much this ^
>Makima
>chainsawman
Anime reference. Point involves a calm, professional-looking woman with crimson hair and demonic yellow eyes.
>long shadowed one
Reference to a trait from the shackled city adventure path. The point is that Gloomy is tainted with negative energy.
>Naberious
>Pact Magic
Tome Of Magic. I want Gloomy to be my apprentice and his class to be Binder, which uses a system called Pact Magic to make deals with mysterious vestiges, one of which is Naberious.
I illustrated a scene where Gloomy showed Posey the sign of Amon, which he learned during one of his visions.
>That work being worth putting the effort into making in the first place is even more important.
Tbh, I feel like in some ways you're putting a bit more work into certain aspects of this game than is necessary. I do really enjoy your colorful and detailed descriptions of sites, but I can't help but wonder how much work it takes to write them.
I also think there's a lot of official resources in 3.5e/d20 systems that you could utilize to make running the game easier for you. Tables for urban explanation, monsters, warfare events, and adventure outlines are available in books like Cityscape and Heroes Of Battle. The DMG/DMGII has tables for treasure, pre-made NPCs, and similar things that could make things easier.
Then there's the d20 modern and/or d20 Arcana books, which include many pre-written modern adventures that you could adapt from your game. I think you could even check out call of Cthulhu d20 as well for adventures in this vein.
I could try to link you up with supplemental materials if you want.
When I'm DMing, I prefer to take a less labor-intensive approach and defer to tables for monsters/treasure/plotlines, and use pre-written materials when they are available. For me it's more that I'm not really confident in my writing, but also because referring to tables and pre-written content for certain decisions let's me save my effort and creativity for things that I actually want to write, and I personally like the sense of neutral arbitration that rolling a table gives me. It's worth considering it you're struggling to write content and/or find yourself putting in more effort than it is worth.
>>188253
>I'm retarded.
Being retarded is not an excuse for spam.
>yes,... I'm not ignoring
If you weren't ignoring him, why did you keep doing it? Are you just willfully trying to malign everyone? Because that's what it looks like.
>>188255
>where do you draw distinction?
The spam.
The spam and the ooc/off-topic posts. That is where the distinction was drawn.
Stop spamming.
>I'm all those things, because I decided to wade into the waters you cultivated.
Learn to control yourself instead of blaming others for your behavior.
>please, leave me alone and let the game go on.
I'll leave you alone; just stop spamming.
Anonymous
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No.188261
>>188260
Okay
Anonymous
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No.188325
>Spain this time
I'm increasingly unsurprised at this point
GM Pony
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No.188344
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Don't be a dick.

Please keep out of character posts in the out of character thread.

Linking posts as a reply to a previous post aids in clarity, both to tell who you are talking to, and in what context.
Anonymous
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No.188428
looks forward to playing again
Anonymous
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No.188430
>>188344
"Don't be a dick" was to be a universal standard. I have no objections if other players don't.
Anonymous
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No.188438
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You know, if you interacted with the commies some more, maybe you'd discover something interesting and/or that you like?
Anonymous
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>>188438
You may be right
Posey
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No.188444
>>188438
I've been pretty busy lately, and I thought GM wouldn't be available until March, but I could put some more effort in for dialogue.
Anonymous
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No.188445
>>188438
In fairness, who looks at a commie and thinks "There might be value in this individual"?
Posey
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No.188448
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Are Cavalier and Brie present here? I thought they were at the airship.

Pardon my aloofness, I just need to visualize the scene so I can get back into proper roleplay.
Anonymous
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>>188448
It's a fair question, my input has been based on how Blackheel (odd name for a pony) has been conversing with Garv alongside Silver, which suggests that no actual distance has been achieved. Brie just has really good hearing.
Anonymous
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No.188450
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>>188448
>>188449
All of a sudden Blackheel responded to Cavaliere and I thought "Okay, they must have moved to the plane." It confused me too.
Posey
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No.188451
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Alright, here's a plan.
I think we should stick with the pirate story. I know we're trying to earn Blackheel's trust, but imo admitting to being loot-hungry criminals is likely to be a better strategy than telling them that we work for fascists.
I intend to type out a speech explaining piracy to Blackheel in a way that appeals to the communists, in a way that makes it look like we tangentially align with his communist ideals concerning loyalty. I'll reference individual party members in a bluff describing each of us as people disadvantaged by capitalist society who turned to crime, talk about how we live communally, divide treasure by rule of hoof, etc, in a classic romanticization of piracy that emphasizes shared work ethic and disregard for imperialists' property. It will just a story, but it's a description of our group that will be detailed and humble enough to sound honest, while also distracting from any suspicions that we might be working for fascists.

Blackheel has every reason to be suspicious or even paranoid, but he is also in a desperate situation: he likely wants to believe that he has allies, or at least associates with intentions as simple as piracy. If I'm correct about this, he should take a -5 penalty to his Sense Motive check, so Posey should be able to get him to buy her story with a bluff check.

I'm asking ahead of time because I want to make sure that everyone is on the same page with this plan.
I haven't really been able to carry my role as the party face due to language barriers, but lying is Posey's specialty.
Anonymous
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No.188452
>>188451
We ARE loot-hungry criminals; some of us at least
GM Pony
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No.188455
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>>188448
>>188449
>>188450
shurgs

If I'm being strict to realism, and I usually do, then the tasks Brie and Cavaliere are engaged in should take enough time such that it should last as long as the engagement with Blackheel and the other three ponies.

But...

The first combat encounter has already "equaled things out" to make up for Cavaliere and Brie having had a combat encounter the others haven't, and in any case, I like NPC interactions and the party thinking together.

I would say the most logical thing to do would be to just move Blackheel and the others to the plane, so everyone is at the same location anyways. But then it may be hard to persuade them to move, so....

>>188448
>visualize

The location is at the base of a hill, and right next to a cliff. Beyond the cliff is the ocean. A string of little rocky islands continue the chain of hills even past the edge of the island, and to the left of the field of view, the sea extends until it is swallowed by a grey horizon. The night is coming soon, and a constant, cool wind, is sure to bring in new, low clouds that cling to the sea and ground in a thick fog. A big, black stallion in full officer's uniform stands as the leader of the group of surviving sailors, along with an orange unicorn in a white, scientists' coat, a green stallion in light blue marine uniform, and a grey stallion in a blue sailor's uniform.
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.188457
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>>188451
We aren't really working with fascists, though. Clear Waters sought us out specifically because we're outside of the rest of New Mareland and he doesn't want to spark an international incident with Stalliongrad. I'm also not sure that Black Heel would view us being pirates positively.
Posey
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No.188460
>>188455
Thank you.
Anonymous
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>>188457
Haven't looked, but am pretty sure it was "Shoal Waters"
>blackheel
We could always kill him,....
Anonymous
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>>188461
Shoal Waters, right. Thanks for the correction! Also, we're not killing Black Heel.
Anonymous
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No.188463
>>188462
Awww
Posey
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>>188451
Any objections to this plan of action before I type it out and roll a bluff check (tomorrow)?
Looking at the math, I have a probable chance at succeeding, but I want to make sure everyone is willing to corroborate the story.
Anonymous
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No.188471
>>188470
Brie will have the presence of mind to STFU
Anonymous
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No.188485
>>188451
I agree with this plan of action. We need to cover our tracks since our actions are meant to be discreet, and the fascists are their mortal enemies. The one downside is that if we bring him along to New Mareland, he will feel betrayed and might do something irrational. It would also be very hard to protect him from New Mareland since he is a political officer of Stalliongrad and he knows too much.
Posey
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No.188504
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>>188470
I know I said I would type this check Friday, but I have been on some pretty strong muscle relaxants due to work-related injury, and I was so drowsy I forgot entirely. Sorry about that.
I'll get to it when I can, but please don't hold your breath waiting for.
Anonymous
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No.188505
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>>188504
>muscle relaxers
Ugh, sounds like a back injury. Take care, that shit is usually permanent
Brie
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No.188506
>>188505
This was me by the way
The unfortunate part is that the torpedo plan hinges on having something that can readily carry almost a ton of explosives, so Posey's bluff check is kinda integral
Anonymous
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No.188518
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>>188516 →
>gunshot
It seemed a good way to get ponies' attention, and it was declared,... did I hit something hidden?
Anonymous
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No.188523
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>>188518
Think about the purpose of our mission on our island, our relative strength, and the other threats that are around. Do you really want to do that?
Anonymous
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No.188525
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>>188523
Yes, and we're supposed to be pirates; a bit of recklessness is rather characteristic. Its still suppressed (until GM states otherwise), and unlikely to result in an ambush, and could be said to grant a circumstance bonus to the intimidation check (which was an 18) as far as loosening the tongues of Blackheel and this unicorn.
Anonymous
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No.188526
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>>188525
You know intimidating a target makes them unfriendly or hostile after 1d6 x 10 minutes, right?
Anonymous
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No.188527
>>188526
He can be as hostile as he likes once he's answered all our questions. We should disarm him, come to think of it.
Anonymous
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No.188528
188529
If we want him to join us, we should really avoid turning him hostile
Anonymous
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No.188529
>>188528
Whether we take him hostage or he joins us willingly, the outcome will be comparable
Anonymous
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No.188531
188533
Also I'm not so sure how vulnerable he'd be to intimidation, anyways. He's already guarded, and he's proven to be fearless against far worse than us.
Anonymous
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No.188533
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>>188531
Perhaps, but atm Brie is the only one holding a firearm
GM Pony
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>>188504
Awww....
GM Pony
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No.188540
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>>188533
The grey stallion is holding a rifle. The green stallion may be, if he isn't still fiddling with the radio. Though, since the earlier battle he's more likely to still have the rifle. Mala should always be holding his shotgun, if he's there and not in the back with the griffins or the other ponies.
Anonymous
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No.188542
>>188540
Well, hopefully it doesn't come to that, but that simply means the grey stallion gets shot first. I said Brie would have the presence of mind to shut the fuck up during Posey's bluff/diplomacy check, so technically it hasn't happened yet.
Posey
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No.188543
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GM, is there any way for Posey to tell if her charm spells are successful?