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Occupied Equestria - Operation Buyan
Anonymous
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No.189000
Continuing
611 replies and 38 files omitted.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
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No.190429
190430 190431
>>190375
Silly Posey, lamias aren't deer. There's quite the difference...

Kira has a disadvantage in trying to find the Lieutenant: she doesn't actually know what he smells like. However, Kira can at least smell ponies, given that they have a distinct smell from other forms of prey. They smell of... friendship. This time, she's at least downwind.

flick flick
Nothing
flick flick
Hmmm.....
flick flick
Yep. There it is. friendship.

Kira can smell it. Besides multiple hits not terribly far from her own location that could absolutely be the lieutenant, but could also very much not be the lieutenant, she can also taste several ponies on the opposite side of the bay - Yes, near the light house - as well as several more in the ninth century village on the southern bay, nearer the Kostroma.

>>190416
concern
The Floof and The Noodle
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No.190430
190431 190433
>>190429
Kira excited calls out to the others. "I can smell them! Should I go after them and bring them back before something happens to them?"
Posey
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No.190431
190432 190435
>>190429
>>190430
"Do we have anything here that belonged to the Lieutenant? Anything he handles daily? Flasks? Clothing? Hat? Coffee mugs? Toothbrush? Anything we may use to confirm a match on his scent?"
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
ff0178a
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No.190432
190434 190435
>>190431
The captain is starting to get up, but it’s Primed Well who answers first.

“There’s a blanket he used. Then again I think Day Chaser also used it…”

Pinup Locker speaks:
“Day Chaser went too. But the lieutenant left his cap.”
Cavaliere
980cda4
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No.190433
190435
>>190430
Cavaliere responds, "That should be enough to narrow down a direction. Can you make use of these, Ms. Kirafiki?"
Posey
4b2628d
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No.190434
190435
>>190432
"That might work. Bring them to Kira."

Posey pauses for a moment, as it reminiscing on something. She turns away and subtly smirks, wordlessly.
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190435
190436
>>190431
>>190432
>>190433
>>190434
Kira: "I shouldn't need it, but maybe it wouldn't hurt to have it, too." Looking out in the direction in which she thinks she smells the missing ponies, Kira frowns. "I need to hurry and find them, before something bad happens to them. The rest of you should stay here and get the airponies moving. Garv, would you come with me? You can keep a lookout from the air, and help me if we get attacked or we meet the missing ponies and they freak out."
Cavaliere
980cda4
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No.190436
190437
>>190435
He nods to the snakepony. "I'll help you out. Let's cover what ground we can with the light that's left."

I can't play for the rest of tonight. If you want to carry on, Cavaliere can help with any actions you want to take.
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190437
190451
>>190436
Kira smiles at the griffon, replying with a "Thank you, Cavaliere!" before slithering off in the direction of the scent, with her griffon companion taking off and following in the air.

Customary Spot and Listen rolls to be perceptive of anything out of the ordinary:
Spot: [1d20+8 = (6+8) = 14]
Listen: [1d20+8 = (10+8) = 18]

Okie dokie!
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190438
Also, just so there's no confusion: the direction Kira and Garv are traveling in is towards the group of ponies that are neither near the lighthouse nor in the village.
Posey
4b2628d
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No.190439
190440
Wait, are Kira and Cavalier going all the way to the airponies, or just confirming where they are?
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190440
190442
>>190439
Kira and Cavaliere are going off in search of the missing airponies, before something bad happens to them like them getting captured by either the GRU or the Traveler. The rest of the group was asked by Kira to stay behind and finish getting the ponies at the airship ready to travel.
Posey
4b2628d
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No.190442
190443
>>190440
You do realize that it is plausible that the Lieutenant's group have been enthralled by The Traveller, right? It may turn into a fight if you find them.

I don't oppose stating behind though. Just don't kill them.
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190443
190444
>>190442
Don't worry, Kira's super stealthy. And if they're possessed and they come to blows, Kira will try to intimidate the ponies by making it out like she's gonna eat them. That might be enough to at least temporarily break them out of the Traveler's hold.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190444
190445 190448
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>>190443
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Posey
2b1048a
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No.190445
>>190444
So, are they able to find them?
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190448
>>190444
Oh! One more thing: Kira takes a radio with her to keep in contact. Okay, now we're ready.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
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No.190451
190452 190455
>>190437
flick flick

Kira can taste the frienship. It's not coming from within the airship - to be sure, she can smell that too. No. It's not that far away at all, a few hundred meters or so. Down the hill. Kira slithers along her way, along the thin winter grass and across the rock and gravel towards her equine quarry. The sea fog continues to obscure her field of vision ahead, but her olfactory sense becomes more acute. Whereas before the stronger, sudden gusts of wind would blow away the subtler smells and hints, now, even the sustained flow of air up the side of the hill cannot blow away the smell of ponies - ponies who are relatively clean and of subtler scent - and of the rubber, cloth, wood, steel, and guncotton they carry besides. She slithers through the ill-defined grey until she descends from the otherworldly grey hilltop to the side of the bay.

As she descends below the cloud layer, she sees the rim of the great north bay, and more importantly, she sees her prey. Twelve of them. Twelve friends. They wear thick rubber masks with goggles and filters that obscure their muzzles and eyes. They wear big, rounded, green-painted steel helmets over their heads, and where their manes and tails stick out they are tied up. They wear long, thick tan leather jackets, and beneath those, thick green nylon vests. Most carry long, wooden rifles, but one carries what must be bigger than a rifle, and another one - is it two? - carry a wooden device much shorter, while at least two have no visible arms at all. Two of them are mares, and the remainder are likely stallions, though it's honestly hard to tell with all of the clothing, and even the mares are distinguished only because of the thinner masks that show off the features of tan and white faces. The entire group proceeds upwards in a careful trot, up the side of the hill, and towards Kira's position.
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190452
190453 190454
>>190451
Hide : Kira's immediate concern is making sure she's hidden from the view of these approaching ponies.

[1d20+13 = (1+13) = 14]

Once she feels safely out of sight, she takes the Lieutenant's cap gotten from the airship and checks if the specific smell of friendship on the cap matches the smell of friendship of any of these ponies.
Posey
cae6f68
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No.190453
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>>190452
>14
We can only hope...
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190454
190457
>>190452
The ponies look around, and one looks up towards Kira. He extends a hoof.
"Впереди. Ужасное явление. Рядом с"

Another speaks,
"Да, товарищ. Я это вижу"

He points out, and the ponies start to crouch and move out, advancing but more slowly, and one, now two rifles are leveled at Kira. This happens even as Kira may feel safe.
Cavaliere
980cda4
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No.190455
190456 190458
>>190451
Cavaliere also attempts to hide, and silently move to the left of the group of ponies.
Hide: [1d20+3 = (20+3) = 23]
Move silently: [1d20+11 = (20+11) = 31]
Posey
e1aa88d
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No.190456
>>190455
Aw yeah, sick double 20s!
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190457
190458
>>190454
Not good. Kira's an experienced enough hunter to know that these ponies are currently hunting her. And she's fairly certain that none of the ponies from the airship would speak that weird Severyanan language that Silver and the commie ponies speak. This must be a group of the GRU ponies. This is bad, especially with them being so close to the airship.

Kira very quickly weighs her options. She thinks she's been seen, and she needs to make a decision now. Seeing that they're weighed down with equipment, Kira quickly formulates a plan. She starts with trying to stall these ponies. Keeping the radio behind her and out of sight, Kira presses the transmit button with one of her forelegs so the party can hear her over the radio while she waves to the ponies with the other. She speaks fairly loudly to make she she's heard over the radio.

"Oh, uh, hi there! W-what are you fine gentleponies doing on this fine day? Do...do any of you happen to speak Ponish?"
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190458
190459 190460
>>190455
This isn't super easy as the group has spread out. However, they are distracted, and Cavaliere seems unseen.

>>190457
Speaking to each other, "Это первое мерзкое создание, которое говорит с нами?"

Replying,
"Это все еще чуждо, и оно говорит с нами на иностранном языке. Держи глаза открытыми. Никогда не было просто одного. Будь готов."
But they don't speak to Kira at all. They speak to each other.

Two ponies start to move towards Kira rapidly, prompting one carrying a thicker rifle to raise a hoof in the air:

"Стой! Нет, ты дурак. Он пытается завести тебя в засаду в тумане. Оставайтесь вместе."
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190459
190461
>>190458
Kira tries slowly moving away from the location of the airponies, drawing these GRU ponies away from her compatriots. She really hopes the others can hear all of this over the radio she's transmitting from.

"H-hey, you all kinda have me at a disadvantage here. You know, speaking all of that...Severyanan? I think? And...pointing all of those...gulp...guns in my direction...I-I'm just a scared, lonely lamia, on an island full of monsters."
Cavaliere
980cda4
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No.190460
190461
>>190458
Cavaliere remains in his hiding spot, waiting to see what happens. If only he spoke Severyanan….
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190461
190462 190468 190469
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>>190460
>>190459
"Почему он говорит с нами?" Says one,

The one with the larger rifle, the one who stands taller replies:

"Имеет ли это значение? Ты и так хорошо знаешь, чего оно хочет. У него плохие намерения. Оно говорит только чтобы обмануть. Какой-то бедный иностранец, должно быть, стал его жертвой, и теперь оно лишило его способности говорить.Мы не будем молчать. Мы ответим звуком наших пушек. Будь на чеку, за туманом и под камнями притаились другие."

The group as a whole moves a bit to the right, away from Cavaliere but towards Kira, slowly and delibertely.

But then two raise their rifles, take aim at Kira, and

CRACK
[1d20+5 = (17+5) = 22]
[2d8 = 8]

CRACK
[1d20+5 = (3+5) = 8]
[2d8 = 9]
Anonymous
dfff791
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No.190462
190464
>>190461
Listen check, does Brie hear this?
[1d20+10 = (19+10) = 29]
Posey
e1aa88d
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No.190463
190464
Posey combs her mane and redoes her war bun, slipping back into spiky bone armor. She pins her mane with throwing needles and securing the blades to her braid and tail.
She takes time to make sure she looks fabulously terrifying, humming to herself merrily as she goes. She makes no effort to hide her excitement for battle.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190464
190465 190466 190472
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>>190462
Brie hears this crack. Brie hears lots of cracks. Brie has been hearing cracks off and on for twenty minutes now, and over a wide area as dozens of soldiers shoot at dozens of chimeras.

>>190463
The sound of gunfire is nearer than before, but all she sees is grey.
Posey
cae6f68
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No.190465
>>190464
Is this encounter going to involve me? I thought Cavalier and Kira were going solo. I do need to sleep soon, but I can stay up if I'm involved.
Anonymous
dfff791
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No.190466
>>190464
Without knowing what circumstances he is experiencing, I'll adjourn by saying that whatever situation he is experiencing, he was EXPECTING to hear gunfire, and is thereby in a position to not be distracted by and/or take advantage of any enemy movements and responses to the stimuli.
On the one hand, it gives him a prime opportunity to observe how the enemy force responds to unanticipated stimuli. Are they coordinated, like a unit of individuals? Are they more organic like those led by a hive mind?
I'll be happy to roll any requisite insight/wisdom checks to discern (if discernable) whether any reactionaries are thinkin for themselves.
On the other hand, it could afford him an opportunity to sneak,... closer
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190468
190470 190474
>>190461
The second bullet misses, but the first...

"HISS!"

There's a spray of blood as the rifle bullet hits Kira, punching easily through her leather lamellar armor that was never meant to stop bullets and goes through the side of her pony half.

She has one trick up her sleeve she didn't want to half to use already, but Kira feels like it's an appropriate enough emergency...

Putting the radio away, Kira offers up a prayer to Ouroboros and the spirits of nature. Putting her hooves together, she speaks to them, "Come on, guys...I really need you here...help me..." To her surprise and delight, her hooves start glowing with a holy light, getting her to chuckle and smile. Closing her eyes and yelling with determination she slams them into the earth below her, the light spreading from her hooves along the ground towards the middle of the group of Spetsnaz ponies.

Entangle: All of a sudden, the grass around the hooves of the Spetsnaz troops grows and wraps around their legs, holding them in place. Even where the ground is bare, new grass, previously asleep but now roused by Kira's magic, sprouts from the ground to aid their brethren in keeping the ponies from moving.

This spell affects a very large radius around the center of the group of commie ponies (around 640 ft. (400 ft. + 40ft. per caster level)). The spell lasts for 6 minutes (1 minute per caster level). For the duration of the spell, all of the commies in the area move at half speed, and the plants in the area will attempt to entangle all of the commies, requiring succeeding on a Reflex check or else becoming entangled (I think the DC is 20? It doesn't say on the SRD.). Ponies who are entangled may take a full round action to break free by succeeding on either a DC 20 Strength check or a DC 20 Escape Artist check. Every round, the plants in the area will attempt to re-entangle anyone who either avoids entanglement or manages to break free.

With her standard action taken care of, Kira attempts to flee into the clouds, taking care to travel away from the airship as to not lead the GRU towards her friends.
Cavaliere
980cda4
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No.190469
190474
>>190461
Cavaliere draws his revolver, aims at the large stallion who seems to be their leader…

But does not fire. When Kira entangles the enemy ponies, he circles around the enemy group, out of sight, opposite Kira. Best not to give away his position just yet, and he will act on Kira's lead.
Posey
151796c
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No.190470
>>190468
>With her standard action taken care of, Kira attempts to flee into the clouds, taking care to travel away from the airship as to not lead the GRU towards her friends.
Good call. If you take the Run action later, you should easily be able to outrun them, since you have woodland stride and should be able to move faster overland on natural terrain. Plus they're entangled.
Posey
2a4e9dd
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No.190472
>>190464
>The sound of gunfire is nearer than before, but all she sees is grey.
".... Do you think they have it covered?" Posey ponders out loud, to anyone around to hear
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190474
190475 190479
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>>190468
>>190469
With the subtle glow of yellow-green light, grass moves outwards and upwards, wrapping around the hooves of the various ponies. Some ponies turn their heads downwards towards the intrusive blades of grass, while others look around at the surrounding environment, or to each other. Most chatter amongst themselves, though two seem to not notice until after the passage of several seconds.

"Что это?"
"Какое это колдовство?"
"Теперь у него есть магия земных пони"
"Вы удивлены, что у него есть фокусы? Переместитесь из этого положения; он спланировал атаку."
"Если это ловушка, разве не следует нам заманить её сюда? В тумане будет трудно направлять артиллерию.

The voices convey exasperation, fear, betrayal, anger, resolve, and in the latter-most case, calm. Most of the ponies try to move their hooves to free themselves from the grass, though the act of freeing a hoof all too often simply results in said freed hoof becoming entangled once it meets with the ground.

clack clack clack
Kira hears what she can recognize as gunfire, automatic gunfire. But it's shot into the ground, into the foliage.

Into the radio,
"На нас напали улучшенные местные растения. Возможно, потребуется дефолианты."

And to the group, "Убирайся!"

But, as Kira tries to move away,

Crack
She is shot at again
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
[2d8 = 11]

Crack
Again, by a random pony
[1d20+3 = (13+3) = 16]
[2d8 = 7]

Crack
By still another rifle pony
[1d20+2 = (3+2) = 5]
[2d8 = 2]
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190475
190476
>>190474
Kira is shot again, and again, small clouds of crimson aerosolized into the surrounding cloud banks reminding her that the primitive equipment of her people is not meant to stop bullets. She feels weak, and the edges of her vision start to close in, but adrenaline helps her barely manage to keep running...err, slithering as fast as she can into the clouds, hoping and praying that it obscures the vision of the GRU enough that she can escape.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190476
190478 190479
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>>190475
As Kira proceeds onwards, into the cloud and haze, and past outcroppings of rocks that now are likely more than welcome, she can hear "whip" and "whiz," sounds she knows must be bullets flying past her. But the group of ponies seems to desire neither to drown her in bullets nor to chase her down, but rather only to move slowly and methodically onto a battle they surely must assume will be decisive, and they have no intention of losing.

Kira is surrounded by black and grey. But it's only the gravel, the rocks, and the fog.
Posey
44ef41b
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No.190477
is patiently rooting for Kira and Cavalier
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190478
190481
>>190476
Kira's running off more of instinct and adrenaline than active thought at the moment. As soon as there's a break in the bullets, she turns to move towards the airship.

Survival: The animalistic part of her that knows she's being hunted instructs her to cover her tracks as best as she can. She can't lead her hunters to her.

[1d20+11 = (16+11) = 27]
Cavaliere
980cda4
?
No.190479
190480 190481
>>190474
>>190476
Anger kindled in his heart, and crouched in the grass behind the communists, Cavaliere lets loose two shots at the pony that ordered his comrades to attack.
[1d20+6 = (10+6) = 16]
[2d6 = 8]
[1d20+6 = (5+6) = 11]
[2d6 = 4]
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
?
No.190480
>>190479
If Kira was more coherent at the moment, she'd send a mental message to Cavaliere to flee rather than fight.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
?
No.190481
190482 190484
>>190479
I think a new hide check is in order

Cavaliere can see that the pony, stuck in the grass, gets hit in the chest, almost from behind. His second shot, however, seems to hit the nylon jacket at an angle and fails to stick. There's an "uck," and then yelling,

"Сука Блять! петрушка в кустах, сто пятьдесят градусов"

Many of the ponies in the group, formerly focused in the direction of Kira, now look back towards Cavaliere.

>>190478
Blood. Kira is trailing blood. More than once, Kira has wounded a great buffalo or gazelle, only to track the trail of blood it leaves as it finds the shade of a tree to die under. Now, it's her turn to be the wounded gazelle.
Cavaliere
980cda4
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No.190482
190483
>>190481
Cavaliere attempts to stay hidden. [1d20+3 = (18+3) = 21]
But he continues to shoot at the enemy squad leader.
[1d20+6 = (4+6) = 10]
[2d6 = 8]
[1d20+6 = (13+6) = 19]
[2d6 = 7]
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
?
No.190483
190485
>>190482
The pony is hit, again, and coughs blood

"Огневое прикрытие, огневое прикрытие"
This pony ceases to take the effort of moving, and decides to simply embrace the grass, and crouches down.

Soon, more ponies follow, turning and crouching down.

Blindly, multiple ponies fire
[1d20 = 3]
[2d8 = 12]
[1d20 = 10]
[2d8 = 11]
[1d20 = 4]
[2d8 = 8]
[1d20 = 17]
[2d8 = 7]
[1d20 = 9]
[2d8 = 6]
[1d20 = 18]
[2d8 = 7]

[1d20 = 7]

21 is pretty good, but there's supposed to be a -20 penalty hiding after a ranged attack
The Floof and The Noodle
ee9e772
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No.190484
190485
>>190481
With the tip of her tail, Kira mixes the trail of blood she leaves behind into the rocks and earth, hopefully hiding her visual tracks. So far she hasn't noticed that the ponies have a particularly strong sense of smell...yet...
Cavaliere
980cda4
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No.190485
190486
>>190483
Oh, you're right
The handbook also states: Concealment Miss Chance: Concealment gives the subject of a successful attack a 20% chance that the attacker missed because of the concealment. If the attacker hits, the defender must make a miss chance percentile roll to avoid being struck. (To expedite play, make both rolls at the same time). Multiple concealment conditions (such as a defender in a dog and under the effect of a blur spell) do not stack.
Two of those attacks would have hit, so maybe roll for the miss chance?

>>190484
Hopefully a combination of her entangling spell and Cavaliere's distraction buys her enough time to escape.
GM Pony
!PonerGM.4A
73ccc1e
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No.190486
190487
>>190485
Roll, and you can make it 50% for full concealment