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>>194683
I can make some maps for y'all easy peasy if I have a list of details, landmarks and a style and whatnot that you would want in it
I can make some maps for y'all easy peasy if I have a list of details, landmarks and a style and whatnot that you would want in it
>>194684
I'll have to. I think there's a scan of it floating around somewhere.
>>194685
Yes but Cavaliere is right at the limit of medium encumbrance. If he takes anything more he'd get pretty bad maluses.
>>194686
There have been some posts outlining both the general layout of the city as well as key landmarks. They're from a while ago so I'll wait and see if GM Pony wants to write a full, fresh description.
I'll have to. I think there's a scan of it floating around somewhere.
>>194685
Yes but Cavaliere is right at the limit of medium encumbrance. If he takes anything more he'd get pretty bad maluses.
>>194686
There have been some posts outlining both the general layout of the city as well as key landmarks. They're from a while ago so I'll wait and see if GM Pony wants to write a full, fresh description.
I generated some slop in a sad attempt to to illustrate Posey, although the more that I look at the least-terrible results the more realize how emo-tier and unoriginal my edgy anime-ripoff red-and-black vampire OC really is...
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>>194694
Well, she was originally inspired in part by Makima from chainsaw man, who was also based off of the white horse if Conquest.
The ring eyes were supposed to represent her hypnotic vampire gaze. In hindsight, I probably should have gone for something more original. Maybe simple yellow eyes would be good enough.
I once flirted with making her mane pale pink (was going for a blood-Sakura theme that I ended up nixing) or white and her eyes red instead of yellow, but it's a bit late for that.Then again, she has that cosmetic mutation to make her mane and eyes change with her mood, so maybe the color might drain from her as she levels up. *inhales copium*
Well, she was originally inspired in part by Makima from chainsaw man, who was also based off of the white horse if Conquest.
The ring eyes were supposed to represent her hypnotic vampire gaze. In hindsight, I probably should have gone for something more original. Maybe simple yellow eyes would be good enough.
I once flirted with making her mane pale pink (was going for a blood-Sakura theme that I ended up nixing) or white and her eyes red instead of yellow, but it's a bit late for that.Then again, she has that cosmetic mutation to make her mane and eyes change with her mood, so maybe the color might drain from her as she levels up. *inhales copium*
>>194698
Similar to base EaW, the technology level is quite broad. At the high end in places like Equestria we have WWII-era technology, including automobiles, radio and early television, and enemies capable of wielding firearms of the era. However, some like Silver like to stick to tradition, where he uses a greatsword in combat in addition to firearms such as rifles. Others like Kira simply come from places that haven't developed the technology yet, as she uses a recurve bow and spear in combat.
Similar to base EaW, the technology level is quite broad. At the high end in places like Equestria we have WWII-era technology, including automobiles, radio and early television, and enemies capable of wielding firearms of the era. However, some like Silver like to stick to tradition, where he uses a greatsword in combat in addition to firearms such as rifles. Others like Kira simply come from places that haven't developed the technology yet, as she uses a recurve bow and spear in combat.
>>194690
flicks tongue
>>194689
I've found a few descriptive paragraphs of Balimare, particularly along the water line, but I haven't really described the city in full evidently. See >>127290 →
>>146490 → >>157618 → >>171483 →
>>194693
What's wrong with her eyes?
>>194698
World War 2ish. The date is supposed to correspond, more or less, with January 29th, 1943. However the actual shown technology is closer to early WW2 or interwar than it is to "secret weapons of WW2."
>>194700
Shush. Starlight Glimmer in season 7 is not representative of the magical abilities of your typical unicorn. Or of the earlier show as a whole for that matter
flicks tongue
>>194689
I've found a few descriptive paragraphs of Balimare, particularly along the water line, but I haven't really described the city in full evidently. See >>127290 →
>>146490 → >>157618 → >>171483 →
>>194693
What's wrong with her eyes?
>>194698
World War 2ish. The date is supposed to correspond, more or less, with January 29th, 1943. However the actual shown technology is closer to early WW2 or interwar than it is to "secret weapons of WW2."
>>194700
Shush. Starlight Glimmer in season 7 is not representative of the magical abilities of your typical unicorn. Or of the earlier show as a whole for that matter
>>194704
I can easily make a few maps if im given specifics~
I like making maps that have purpose to em, like to have a store for the players, or a tavern for them to hang out, a quest giver place
Gimmie some specific details you want for function and I can whip something up
Interestingggg, so kinda a generic early-mid atomic age?
Alright alright
I can easily make a few maps if im given specifics~
I like making maps that have purpose to em, like to have a store for the players, or a tavern for them to hang out, a quest giver place
Gimmie some specific details you want for function and I can whip something up
Interestingggg, so kinda a generic early-mid atomic age?
Alright alright
Lemme... throw y'all a little freebie here
just threw this together. See if this is the sorta style that works
just threw this together. See if this is the sorta style that works
>>194704
>>194705
I managed to find Amber's initial tour of the city which has some history and placement: >>129901 → >>130231 → >>130246 → >>130535 → >>130690 → >>131519 → >>131933 → >>132350 → >>132888 → >>132977 → >>133188 →
And one from a later quest: >>144705 →
There's one bar that Silver likes to frequent but I don't know where it is exactly. I did find this though >>132317 →
>>194706
Also, is that Illwinter's map tool? I've been asking GM Pony to use it for years.
>>194705
I managed to find Amber's initial tour of the city which has some history and placement: >>129901 → >>130231 → >>130246 → >>130535 → >>130690 → >>131519 → >>131933 → >>132350 → >>132888 → >>132977 → >>133188 →
And one from a later quest: >>144705 →
There's one bar that Silver likes to frequent but I don't know where it is exactly. I did find this though >>132317 →
>>194706
Also, is that Illwinter's map tool? I've been asking GM Pony to use it for years.
>>194704
>What's wrong with her eyes?
She has vampire eyes. This was the bot's attempt at generating the concentric rings that make up her hypnotic gaze.
>What's wrong with her eyes?
She has vampire eyes. This was the bot's attempt at generating the concentric rings that make up her hypnotic gaze.
>>194709
She should get some contact lenses for that Posey. Itd be a dead giveaway if someone could just casually see swirls
Girl needs some shades to look cool AND hide her medical disorder
She should get some contact lenses for that Posey. Itd be a dead giveaway if someone could just casually see swirls
Girl needs some shades to look cool AND hide her medical disorder
If this next encounter shows signs of being too hard, Posey could open the door, cast Summon Swarm into the boiler room, and then Silver and the rest of the party could hold the door shut while Posey concentrates on the spell.
A bat swarm is impervious to weapon attacks, so without a mage or AoE weapon the enemies will eventually all die of bleed damage from the bat Swarm 's wounding effect.
Just an idea, since the rest of you guys are low on HP and healing rn. Otherwise, I will save my slots for the Intruder.
>>194710
I guess her eyes should be more subtle.
A bat swarm is impervious to weapon attacks, so without a mage or AoE weapon the enemies will eventually all die of bleed damage from the bat Swarm 's wounding effect.
Just an idea, since the rest of you guys are low on HP and healing rn. Otherwise, I will save my slots for the Intruder.
>>194710
I guess her eyes should be more subtle.
>>194712
Her eyes are supposed to look mostly normal by default.
She would wear shades anyway due to light sensitivity.
Her eyes are supposed to look mostly normal by default.
She would wear shades anyway due to light sensitivity.
>>194707
I would like to know the approximate location of Curwhinny's catacombs, because I intend to build my lair there.
I would like to know the approximate location of Curwhinny's catacombs, because I intend to build my lair there.
I have now acquired a full suite of Kira emotes. This is but a small selection.
>>194718
They're an artist on Ko-fi. You get 17 emotes for $85, and for an extra $15 you can get a custom made emote making it 18 for $100.
https://ko-fi.com/mar241218
They're an artist on Ko-fi. You get 17 emotes for $85, and for an extra $15 you can get a custom made emote making it 18 for $100.
https://ko-fi.com/mar241218
>>194693
Fuckin' weeaboos
But if you want to have a character that's a white unicorn with a red or pink mane, sure, do it. There's two other white unicorns with pink-red manes in the game, the snow pony Keskoo, and the Changeling Zwolf who takes Keskoo's form and adds sexual appeal. Neither have been seen in a while and are not close to the action. White is basically the default color of a unicorn in literature and culture, and red or pink are colors of sexual desire, so it makes sense as a color scheme. Admittedly Posey wouldn't be the only red maned, red eyed, fanged pony in the immediate party, given that Kira has the same.
I will say that fangs would kind of stand out and be hard to explain, since only Bat Ponies and Kirin have fangs. In Equestria, fangs on a unicorn are easy to explain. "My grandmother was raped by a bat pony." But Farbrook is very far from either bat ponies or Kirin, and neither have any reason to go there. What Farbook is close to are vampires. Farbrook is also infamous for being not only proximate to changelings, but very tolerant of changeling infiltrators. If a pony is from Farbrook and has fangs, that pony is... well obviously not actually a pony, but something much more malign than a bat pony or kirin hybrid.
>>194705
reeee it's not generic atomic age, it's pre-atomic age (called the "Machine Age" in Stellaris, and just the late industrial age in Civilizaton). Also magic plays a role in some technological devices, so there's still fantasy elements.
>>194706
Hmmm... It looks like it may work best on smaller scales
Maybe the ship for the current quest? Silver's beach house? Baltimare is a metropolis, and a bit large
>>194715
Are you sure? She's always described as wearing large numbers of bones and she seems to carry random tools on her back. I imagine she'd look more like Pinkie Pie in Cupcakes with random body parts on her
A shame, because the black cloaks and the pig tails look great
>>194716
Northwest of the town center in an area only now being built up and brought into the city.
>>194717
Oh my...
Fuckin' weeaboos
But if you want to have a character that's a white unicorn with a red or pink mane, sure, do it. There's two other white unicorns with pink-red manes in the game, the snow pony Keskoo, and the Changeling Zwolf who takes Keskoo's form and adds sexual appeal. Neither have been seen in a while and are not close to the action. White is basically the default color of a unicorn in literature and culture, and red or pink are colors of sexual desire, so it makes sense as a color scheme. Admittedly Posey wouldn't be the only red maned, red eyed, fanged pony in the immediate party, given that Kira has the same.
I will say that fangs would kind of stand out and be hard to explain, since only Bat Ponies and Kirin have fangs. In Equestria, fangs on a unicorn are easy to explain. "My grandmother was raped by a bat pony." But Farbrook is very far from either bat ponies or Kirin, and neither have any reason to go there. What Farbook is close to are vampires. Farbrook is also infamous for being not only proximate to changelings, but very tolerant of changeling infiltrators. If a pony is from Farbrook and has fangs, that pony is... well obviously not actually a pony, but something much more malign than a bat pony or kirin hybrid.
>>194705
reeee it's not generic atomic age, it's pre-atomic age (called the "Machine Age" in Stellaris, and just the late industrial age in Civilizaton). Also magic plays a role in some technological devices, so there's still fantasy elements.
>>194706
Hmmm... It looks like it may work best on smaller scales
Maybe the ship for the current quest? Silver's beach house? Baltimare is a metropolis, and a bit large
>>194715
Are you sure? She's always described as wearing large numbers of bones and she seems to carry random tools on her back. I imagine she'd look more like Pinkie Pie in Cupcakes with random body parts on her
A shame, because the black cloaks and the pig tails look great
>>194716
Northwest of the town center in an area only now being built up and brought into the city.
>>194717
Oh my...
>>194720
Those were experimental pics.
The fangs are supposed to be subtle when not in use, if not entirely invisible. She only looks like a bat or a wolf when she loses her composure (which is also when she starts to rot).
I thought of red or pink hair because Posey is in part a variation of a Suel Necromancer I wanted to play years ago, and that Grayhawk ethnicity often has red or even pink hair. Also because she was partly inspired by Rosa Maledicta (Rosa's alluring design is 80% of why anyone cares about her mechanically mediocre faction). The yellow eyes were meant to look "golden", but also convey a hidden meaning of pestilence and illness, while also depicting the eyes of a predator at night. Red could probably work too.
>She's always described as wearing large numbers of bones and she seems to carry random tools on her back.
The bot wasn't able to put bones/armor/bags in without the entire pic being distorted. It doesn't even properly show the dagger and throwing needles woven into her mane (Posey is armed to the teeth).
Posey's defining feature is that she's a white unicorn with red eclipse cutie mark (a ring of fire eclipse to be precise, which is where "Rosey Ring" comes from; also looks like a plague bubo). Being a mage, she has an astrological sign as her mark. The red ring of fire is the "crown" of the eclipse, but Posey actually earned it by weaving a wreath of roses for her mother during her time as a slave to the Coven (a thing that Gloomy still does for her): it was part of the theme of faux-nobility, and also a bastardization of the crown of thorns symbolism, adding to the antichrist motif she was supposed to have.
She's supposed to be striking and appear beautiful, inspiring even, even though she's completely rotten on the inside. Her vampire heritage allowed her to maintain her appearance post-mortem (vampiric corpses don't rot), and because of her boundless vanity she wears heavy makeup and takes great efforts to maintain her mane and fur.
I just had second thoughts about the mane and eye colors. Not sure about the mane style either
Original description:
>Rosey Ring appears as a youthful mare with soft and elegant features. Her coat is a pristine snow white, and exceptionally fluffy. Her mane is a sanguine red-pink, and is soft, fine and silky, almost glowing with its vibrant color. Her mane is exceptionally long, and usually done up in a braid or a war bun. Her body is slender and dainty, with generous feminine endowments. She has a calm and professional demeanor, and she comes off as mature, despite her apparent youth. When she moves, she seems to glide over the ground, with grace that seems almost supernatural. The spring in her step betrays a deceptively strong body. She trots with a regal confidence, puffing her fluffy chest out and holding her head high, and making eye contact with anyone within eyesight. Her elegant and courtly demeanor betrays an aura of absolute menace, a predatory supernatural hunger conveyed in her hypnotic gaze. She always seems alert and engaged, her ears swiveling like tiny satellite dishes. Overall, she is strikingly beautiful. She seems to radiate youth and vitality, but something about her supernatural appearance is... Unsettling. She seems almost more like an exquisite painting of a mare than a living thing, uncanny in her supernatural beauty.
>Rosey Ring's eyes are like pools of gold, with hypnotic radial concentric rings. They glow with authority and give off a mesmerizing aura that demands submission. Staring into them too long gives feelings of unease and terror, but their commanding presence makes it difficult for any unfortunate souls who've caught her attention to look away.
>Posey's Cutie Mark is a black sun surrounded by a red flare. It also resemble a buboe from the black plague. It fills out her soft and rotund flank very well. The Dark Sun above a white sky is Posey's mark of destiny.
>Posey's appearance is unnatural and supernatural, her vampiric heritage allowing her to appear closer to life despite being dead. Her appearance greatly depends on her mood: when cheery, her fur appears pristine and fluffy white; when less-cheery, her skin appears rotten and blotched, and her eyes glass over. When she's feeling especially nasty, she may briefly show bat-like or wolf-like traits as her monstrous nature makes itself known. Posey's appearance is a reflection of her own vanity and sense of of self (proportional to her charisma score): when she's confident, she's beautiful; when she's distressed, she appears more corpse-like. Her fangs are retractable.
I would like to rewrite my sheet when I level up, so I maybe will wait to decide on final details for her appearance then. Unless of course you would prefer it now.
Those were experimental pics.
The fangs are supposed to be subtle when not in use, if not entirely invisible. She only looks like a bat or a wolf when she loses her composure (which is also when she starts to rot).
I thought of red or pink hair because Posey is in part a variation of a Suel Necromancer I wanted to play years ago, and that Grayhawk ethnicity often has red or even pink hair. Also because she was partly inspired by Rosa Maledicta (Rosa's alluring design is 80% of why anyone cares about her mechanically mediocre faction). The yellow eyes were meant to look "golden", but also convey a hidden meaning of pestilence and illness, while also depicting the eyes of a predator at night. Red could probably work too.
>She's always described as wearing large numbers of bones and she seems to carry random tools on her back.
The bot wasn't able to put bones/armor/bags in without the entire pic being distorted. It doesn't even properly show the dagger and throwing needles woven into her mane (Posey is armed to the teeth).
Posey's defining feature is that she's a white unicorn with red eclipse cutie mark (a ring of fire eclipse to be precise, which is where "Rosey Ring" comes from; also looks like a plague bubo). Being a mage, she has an astrological sign as her mark. The red ring of fire is the "crown" of the eclipse, but Posey actually earned it by weaving a wreath of roses for her mother during her time as a slave to the Coven (a thing that Gloomy still does for her): it was part of the theme of faux-nobility, and also a bastardization of the crown of thorns symbolism, adding to the antichrist motif she was supposed to have.
She's supposed to be striking and appear beautiful, inspiring even, even though she's completely rotten on the inside. Her vampire heritage allowed her to maintain her appearance post-mortem (vampiric corpses don't rot), and because of her boundless vanity she wears heavy makeup and takes great efforts to maintain her mane and fur.
I just had second thoughts about the mane and eye colors. Not sure about the mane style either
Original description:
>Rosey Ring appears as a youthful mare with soft and elegant features. Her coat is a pristine snow white, and exceptionally fluffy. Her mane is a sanguine red-pink, and is soft, fine and silky, almost glowing with its vibrant color. Her mane is exceptionally long, and usually done up in a braid or a war bun. Her body is slender and dainty, with generous feminine endowments. She has a calm and professional demeanor, and she comes off as mature, despite her apparent youth. When she moves, she seems to glide over the ground, with grace that seems almost supernatural. The spring in her step betrays a deceptively strong body. She trots with a regal confidence, puffing her fluffy chest out and holding her head high, and making eye contact with anyone within eyesight. Her elegant and courtly demeanor betrays an aura of absolute menace, a predatory supernatural hunger conveyed in her hypnotic gaze. She always seems alert and engaged, her ears swiveling like tiny satellite dishes. Overall, she is strikingly beautiful. She seems to radiate youth and vitality, but something about her supernatural appearance is... Unsettling. She seems almost more like an exquisite painting of a mare than a living thing, uncanny in her supernatural beauty.
>Rosey Ring's eyes are like pools of gold, with hypnotic radial concentric rings. They glow with authority and give off a mesmerizing aura that demands submission. Staring into them too long gives feelings of unease and terror, but their commanding presence makes it difficult for any unfortunate souls who've caught her attention to look away.
>Posey's Cutie Mark is a black sun surrounded by a red flare. It also resemble a buboe from the black plague. It fills out her soft and rotund flank very well. The Dark Sun above a white sky is Posey's mark of destiny.
>Posey's appearance is unnatural and supernatural, her vampiric heritage allowing her to appear closer to life despite being dead. Her appearance greatly depends on her mood: when cheery, her fur appears pristine and fluffy white; when less-cheery, her skin appears rotten and blotched, and her eyes glass over. When she's feeling especially nasty, she may briefly show bat-like or wolf-like traits as her monstrous nature makes itself known. Posey's appearance is a reflection of her own vanity and sense of of self (proportional to her charisma score): when she's confident, she's beautiful; when she's distressed, she appears more corpse-like. Her fangs are retractable.
I would like to rewrite my sheet when I level up, so I maybe will wait to decide on final details for her appearance then. Unless of course you would prefer it now.
Whats the character lineup? Have you guys managed to earn a rogues gallery yet?
>>194723
Oh sorry. dont mean to use jargon
So a rogues gallery means a lineup of antagonists or villans.
Like has the party delt with or made enough enemies for there to be an actual group of them and I dont mean like thugs or mooks
Oh sorry. dont mean to use jargon
So a rogues gallery means a lineup of antagonists or villans.
Like has the party delt with or made enough enemies for there to be an actual group of them and I dont mean like thugs or mooks
>>194723
>Well, we currently lack a Rogue PC
What we actually lack is a mage. I'm a Dread Necromancer, so I can't really do blastin' or utility.
A Beguiler would easily fit the Rogue niche too though. It's also a Fixed-list caster, so it's very easy to play.
Clerics and Druids are always useful.
>Well, we currently lack a Rogue PC
What we actually lack is a mage. I'm a Dread Necromancer, so I can't really do blastin' or utility.
A Beguiler would easily fit the Rogue niche too though. It's also a Fixed-list caster, so it's very easy to play.
Clerics and Druids are always useful.
Oh, a Factotum is also useful in the Rogue niche, or any niche for that matter. Also functions as a utility mage, blaster, and healer.
Aside from skill point allocation, it's easy to build because the only feat you'll ever want is font of inspiration.
Aside from skill point allocation, it's easy to build because the only feat you'll ever want is font of inspiration.
What do the square boxes to the right of "Ammunition" under "Attacks" on the character sheet represent? How many shots does each box represent?
Should I swap out Wingbardian for Herzlander? Current known languages are Ponish, Wingbardian, Aquilean and Feathesian. I can't get rid of Feathesian now since I used it in a plot-relevant way (and it's still useful here), and I want to be able to speak the equivalent of French because it's fancy. Wingbardian seems much less useful than Herzlander, but Cavaliere is supposed to be of Wingbardian descent. Should I get rid of Aquilean?
>>194866
Nova Griffonia seems to be inhabited by a mixture of Fetahesians, Aquellians, Herzlanders, indigenous Pony, Yak, and Penguin minorities, and presumably other Equestrian and Griffonian migrants. Nova Griffonia seems to have its own language, which is represented by a mixture of English, Dutch, and German words, and seems to be a kind of west-germanic colonial language, presumably kind of like Afrikaans. Judging by his name I would assume that Garv Cavaliere is of Wingbardian heritage, which is presumably a significant minority in Nova Griffonia
Nova Griffonia seems to be inhabited by a mixture of Fetahesians, Aquellians, Herzlanders, indigenous Pony, Yak, and Penguin minorities, and presumably other Equestrian and Griffonian migrants. Nova Griffonia seems to have its own language, which is represented by a mixture of English, Dutch, and German words, and seems to be a kind of west-germanic colonial language, presumably kind of like Afrikaans. Judging by his name I would assume that Garv Cavaliere is of Wingbardian heritage, which is presumably a significant minority in Nova Griffonia
I feel like I should stop playing Posey as a bootleg Barbarian and actually cast my spells now.
Can I get an interpretation on how Chill Touch is actually supposed to work? I have been avoiding using it because I wanted to avoid rules debates.
My reading was that with the instantaneous duration, the spell gives you a number of "charges" based on CL, and those touch attacks stay within you indefinitely to be discharged on subsequent rounds.
Thing is, the rules compendium contradicts this and says that if an instantaneous spell gives multiple attacks, all of the attacks are made at once. Problem with that is that would mean the spell gives a number of attacks based on caster level, which is a lot. Seems dysfunctional.
The other interpretation is that all of the attacks are made at once, but they can only be targeted at different opponents. This is pretty weak, and not necessarily supported by text, but idk.
Can I get an interpretation on how Chill Touch is actually supposed to work? I have been avoiding using it because I wanted to avoid rules debates.
My reading was that with the instantaneous duration, the spell gives you a number of "charges" based on CL, and those touch attacks stay within you indefinitely to be discharged on subsequent rounds.
Thing is, the rules compendium contradicts this and says that if an instantaneous spell gives multiple attacks, all of the attacks are made at once. Problem with that is that would mean the spell gives a number of attacks based on caster level, which is a lot. Seems dysfunctional.
The other interpretation is that all of the attacks are made at once, but they can only be targeted at different opponents. This is pretty weak, and not necessarily supported by text, but idk.
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