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What preparations need to be done to wait for the GRU attack?
If the point is to wait behind cover, could we have a map? Even a crudely-drawn line image will do. It's difficult to manage cover without any visuals.
If the point is to wait behind cover, could we have a map? Even a crudely-drawn line image will do. It's difficult to manage cover without any visuals.
>>191006 →
Silver: "I would be worried about unintended damage to airship if we blow it now. If we want to draw them over here, we have guns. I can just fire off couple of rounds from my rifle and they will likely come to investigate."
Silver: "I would be worried about unintended damage to airship if we blow it now. If we want to draw them over here, we have guns. I can just fire off couple of rounds from my rifle and they will likely come to investigate."
>>191005 →
>>190999 →
Johan's wings fold downwards at the middle joint
"Uh, oh, okay..."
>>190999 →
One pony, this tine Rustling Pine, raising his right forehoof, eeks out:
"Зачем сражаться с нашими братьями? У нас и так достаточно проблем с пришельцами."
>>191006 →
Johan is less calm in response to this suggestion
"Hours?! I would be shocked if we had minutes. And why, oh why would you want them here? Even if you thought you had to fight them, there are many more."
>>191004
Uh...
>>190999 →
Johan's wings fold downwards at the middle joint
"Uh, oh, okay..."
>>190999 →
One pony, this tine Rustling Pine, raising his right forehoof, eeks out:
"Зачем сражаться с нашими братьями? У нас и так достаточно проблем с пришельцами."
>>191006 →
Johan is less calm in response to this suggestion
"Hours?! I would be shocked if we had minutes. And why, oh why would you want them here? Even if you thought you had to fight them, there are many more."
>>191004
Uh...
>>191010
Silver looks at Rustling Pine, giving a resigned look upon hearing his words.
"Я тоже не хочу сражаться. Они тоже мои люди. Странник — враг всех. Мы с Комиссаром поговорим с ними, постараемся заставить их это понять, но если мы потерпим неудачу... мы должны быть готовы."
Silver looks at Rustling Pine, giving a resigned look upon hearing his words.
"Я тоже не хочу сражаться. Они тоже мои люди. Странник — враг всех. Мы с Комиссаром поговорим с ними, постараемся заставить их это понять, но если мы потерпим неудачу... мы должны быть готовы."
>>191010
>Hours?! I would be shocked if we had minutes. And why, oh why would you want them here?
Posey appears relieved.
>Even if you thought you had to fight them, there are many more.
"Stealth specialists were unable to evade them in their descent. With a group as large as ours, we will be unable to descend the mountain without encountering them, and even if we could we would be tracked easily. It would be better to fight them here, on our terms." Posey says
"Besides, we have the high ground here. It is a mechanical and strategic advantage."
>Uh...
GM, if you have a preferred course of action for us to take, just make it clear to us.
>Hours?! I would be shocked if we had minutes. And why, oh why would you want them here?
Posey appears relieved.
>Even if you thought you had to fight them, there are many more.
"Stealth specialists were unable to evade them in their descent. With a group as large as ours, we will be unable to descend the mountain without encountering them, and even if we could we would be tracked easily. It would be better to fight them here, on our terms." Posey says
"Besides, we have the high ground here. It is a mechanical and strategic advantage."
>Uh...
GM, if you have a preferred course of action for us to take, just make it clear to us.
>>191013
"If we descend before they pass, our chance of encountering them is near certain." Posey replies
She gives a sigh
"Then again, we will know in a few minutes. Everypony take cover and prepare to engage." She says, looking for the nearest cover.
>you could go any other direction
I didn't consider that as an option. I've having a hard time visualizing the area.
"I suppose that might work, but we cannot be furtive with such a large group."
>>191007
>>191013
"Kira, Cavalier, can you still track the airponies down the other side of the mountain?"
"If we descend before they pass, our chance of encountering them is near certain." Posey replies
She gives a sigh
"Then again, we will know in a few minutes. Everypony take cover and prepare to engage." She says, looking for the nearest cover.
>you could go any other direction
I didn't consider that as an option. I've having a hard time visualizing the area.
"I suppose that might work, but we cannot be furtive with such a large group."
>>191007
>>191013
"Kira, Cavalier, can you still track the airponies down the other side of the mountain?"
>>191014
Silver trots up to Rustling Pine, placing a hoof on the crestfallen soldier's shoulder. He speaks in a tone of voice that's somewhere between fatherly and that of a squad leader. "Эй, солдат, не унывайте. Ваши товарищи, вы им нужны так же, как и вам. Если дело дойдет до драки, помните, что вы все сражаетесь друг за друга, за пони рядом с вами, что вы все вместе справитесь с этим."
>>191015
Survival: "Uh, sure, let me see." Sticking her head out of the airship, Kira flicks her tongue into the air to see if she can catch a whiff of the incoming Spetsnaz ponies.
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]
Silver trots up to Rustling Pine, placing a hoof on the crestfallen soldier's shoulder. He speaks in a tone of voice that's somewhere between fatherly and that of a squad leader. "Эй, солдат, не унывайте. Ваши товарищи, вы им нужны так же, как и вам. Если дело дойдет до драки, помните, что вы все сражаетесь друг за друга, за пони рядом с вами, что вы все вместе справитесь с этим."
>>191015
Survival: "Uh, sure, let me see." Sticking her head out of the airship, Kira flicks her tongue into the air to see if she can catch a whiff of the incoming Spetsnaz ponies.
[1d20+11 = (8+11) = 19]
>>191016
I said track the airponies down, but knowing where the GRU is useful too.
"Everypony else gather your equipment and be ready to leave. Noncombatants will be needed to carry the thralls." Posey says to the rest of the crowed
"We will be moving at tracking speed, so it is imperative that we leave immediately, before the GRU closes distance. If we leave soon enough, we may outmaneuver them."
I said track the airponies down, but knowing where the GRU is useful too.
"Everypony else gather your equipment and be ready to leave. Noncombatants will be needed to carry the thralls." Posey says to the rest of the crowed
"We will be moving at tracking speed, so it is imperative that we leave immediately, before the GRU closes distance. If we leave soon enough, we may outmaneuver them."
>>191015
I believe there is some real confusion as to the geography. I'm not sure if I can clear up that confusion without figuring out how to try to make a map on microsoft paint or whathaveyou.
Let me try to describe the relevant geography again:
Imagine a horse shoe, and stand it upright. Now take a spot on the right side of that horseshoe that's maybe one third of the way towards the top. Slightly closer to the inside of the horse shoe. That is about where the party is now. Now imagine that the inside half of the horse shoe is communist infested. That is the bay and the areas adjacent to the bay. Now return to the airship. In one direction, towards the inside of the horseshoe, is the landing beaches and the bay. That is where the soldiers are coming from. If you went up the side, you'd come to the end. If you went towards the outside, you'd leave the horseshoe. But if you went down the horseshoe, you could circle around on the horseshoe on the outside, away from the communists.
The moral of the story is that yes, there is one direction that the party can go that would go around the communists: Facing the bay and towards the communists, go to the left. Technically you could also go over the rocks to go around, but that would take longer.
What is not at all clear is if the wounded ponies and the infected ponies could be removed fast enough, and if the airship could be rigged to explode quickly enough. That is uncertain.
>>191016
I'm not sure exactly what you're rolling for. Are you trying to figure out the exact number of feet away the soldiers are, down to the inch?
Yes, the soldiers are still there, and now are slightly closer, apparently moving slowly. They cannot see the party now, nor even the massive airship in the fog. Neither can the party see them. Most likely, they saw the airship before the fog moved in and went towards it. Maybe they just randomly encountered Kira as they were advancing on the island. When Kira ran off, they started to follow her, and away from the airship. But Cavaliere immediately undid that when he attacked from the opposite direction. Then Posey's Dreads basically confirmed the location of the airship. So now they are heading directly for the airship.
>>191016
>Эй, солдат, не унывайте. Ваши товарищи, вы им нужны так же, как и вам. Если дело дойдет до драки, помните, что вы все сражаетесь друг за друга, за пони рядом с вами, что вы все вместе справитесь с этим.
D'awwww
Sitting down, he looks towards Silver
"Эм, хорошо. Но нам придётся драться?"
I believe there is some real confusion as to the geography. I'm not sure if I can clear up that confusion without figuring out how to try to make a map on microsoft paint or whathaveyou.
Let me try to describe the relevant geography again:
Imagine a horse shoe, and stand it upright. Now take a spot on the right side of that horseshoe that's maybe one third of the way towards the top. Slightly closer to the inside of the horse shoe. That is about where the party is now. Now imagine that the inside half of the horse shoe is communist infested. That is the bay and the areas adjacent to the bay. Now return to the airship. In one direction, towards the inside of the horseshoe, is the landing beaches and the bay. That is where the soldiers are coming from. If you went up the side, you'd come to the end. If you went towards the outside, you'd leave the horseshoe. But if you went down the horseshoe, you could circle around on the horseshoe on the outside, away from the communists.
The moral of the story is that yes, there is one direction that the party can go that would go around the communists: Facing the bay and towards the communists, go to the left. Technically you could also go over the rocks to go around, but that would take longer.
What is not at all clear is if the wounded ponies and the infected ponies could be removed fast enough, and if the airship could be rigged to explode quickly enough. That is uncertain.
>>191016
I'm not sure exactly what you're rolling for. Are you trying to figure out the exact number of feet away the soldiers are, down to the inch?
Yes, the soldiers are still there, and now are slightly closer, apparently moving slowly. They cannot see the party now, nor even the massive airship in the fog. Neither can the party see them. Most likely, they saw the airship before the fog moved in and went towards it. Maybe they just randomly encountered Kira as they were advancing on the island. When Kira ran off, they started to follow her, and away from the airship. But Cavaliere immediately undid that when he attacked from the opposite direction. Then Posey's Dreads basically confirmed the location of the airship. So now they are heading directly for the airship.
>>191016
>Эй, солдат, не унывайте. Ваши товарищи, вы им нужны так же, как и вам. Если дело дойдет до драки, помните, что вы все сражаетесь друг за друга, за пони рядом с вами, что вы все вместе справитесь с этим.
D'awwww
Sitting down, he looks towards Silver
"Эм, хорошо. Но нам придётся драться?"
>>191019
Silver lets out a sigh as he lowers his head. Raising it back up to look at Pine directly, he replies, "Если повезет, то нет. Но если они начнут стрелять и будет ясно, что они нацелены на вас, ваших товарищей и вашего комиссара... возьмете ли вы свое оружие и будете сражаться за пони вокруг вас?"
Silver lets out a sigh as he lowers his head. Raising it back up to look at Pine directly, he replies, "Если повезет, то нет. Но если они начнут стрелять и будет ясно, что они нацелены на вас, ваших товарищей и вашего комиссара... возьмете ли вы свое оружие и будете сражаться за пони вокруг вас?"
>>191020
>Если повезет, то нет. Но если они начнут стрелять и будет ясно, что они нацелены на вас, ваших товарищей и вашего комиссара... возьмете ли вы свое оружие и будете сражаться за пони вокруг вас?
He replies,
"Я... Я так думаю? Но смогу ли я вернуться? Будет ли с моей семьей все в порядке? Если они подумают, что я мятежник."
>>191021
What is he trying to do?
>Если повезет, то нет. Но если они начнут стрелять и будет ясно, что они нацелены на вас, ваших товарищей и вашего комиссара... возьмете ли вы свое оружие и будете сражаться за пони вокруг вас?
He replies,
"Я... Я так думаю? Но смогу ли я вернуться? Будет ли с моей семьей все в порядке? Если они подумают, что я мятежник."
>>191021
What is he trying to do?
>>191019
>The moral of the story is that yes, there is one direction that the party can go that would go around the communists
Alright, let's do that then.
>What is not at all clear is if the wounded ponies and the infected ponies could be removed fast enough
Well, rescuing the airponies and torching the systems is our mission, so we don't really have a choice if we want to succeed. Let's do it now.
>I'm not sure exactly what you're rolling for.
I asked her to find the missing airponies.
>Then Posey's Dreads basically confirmed the location of the airship. So now they are heading directly for the airship.
...Really?
They attacked from the air, in conditions of intense fog.
>The moral of the story is that yes, there is one direction that the party can go that would go around the communists
Alright, let's do that then.
>What is not at all clear is if the wounded ponies and the infected ponies could be removed fast enough
Well, rescuing the airponies and torching the systems is our mission, so we don't really have a choice if we want to succeed. Let's do it now.
>I'm not sure exactly what you're rolling for.
I asked her to find the missing airponies.
>Then Posey's Dreads basically confirmed the location of the airship. So now they are heading directly for the airship.
...Really?
They attacked from the air, in conditions of intense fog.
>>191019
GM, with Kira's 30+ survival check before the last encounter, can guess the general location of the missing airponies?
GM, with Kira's 30+ survival check before the last encounter, can guess the general location of the missing airponies?
>>191022
Frowning, Silver looks over to Black Heel. While he does have some things he could say, he wonders if the commissar might have anything to say or suggest to the worried soldier.
Frowning, Silver looks over to Black Heel. While he does have some things he could say, he wonders if the commissar might have anything to say or suggest to the worried soldier.
>>191024
>They attacked from the air in dense fog
Have you ever played Red Alert? Or Civilization? Or any kind of game wherein you have a very limited field of view, you are surrounded by fog of war, and you are being attacked by an enemy that spawns from a specific location?
If the enemy attacks you from the northwest, you can probably go northwest through the fog of war and find the enemy base. If they attack you from the south, their spawn point is probably to the south.
If the soldiers follow a straight line from the direction the Dreads came, they will find the party.
>>191023
Able bodied ponies and griffins can move out under the fog before the soldiers get there.
The problem is the non-able bodied ones.
>>191025
This happened 50 posts ago.
>>191026
For the moment, he is speechless, opening his mouth to say something, but managing nothing.
>They attacked from the air in dense fog
Have you ever played Red Alert? Or Civilization? Or any kind of game wherein you have a very limited field of view, you are surrounded by fog of war, and you are being attacked by an enemy that spawns from a specific location?
If the enemy attacks you from the northwest, you can probably go northwest through the fog of war and find the enemy base. If they attack you from the south, their spawn point is probably to the south.
If the soldiers follow a straight line from the direction the Dreads came, they will find the party.
>>191023
Able bodied ponies and griffins can move out under the fog before the soldiers get there.
The problem is the non-able bodied ones.
>>191025
This happened 50 posts ago.
>>191026
For the moment, he is speechless, opening his mouth to say something, but managing nothing.
>>191027
>Have you ever played Red Alert? Or Civilization? Or any kind of game wherein you have a very limited field of view, you are surrounded by fog of war, and you are being attacked by an enemy that spawns from a specific location?
Idk, I haven't played any of those games. I have been operating based on standard 3.5e exploration rules, spot check minimum distances, encounter ranges, and Track DCs. It didn't cross my mind that they could track two flying creatures without feat+skill investment, or what the DC for that would be. I guess I should have thought about that, but it's too late for that.
>The problem is the non-able bodied ones.
Monstrous should be able to carry maybe ~6-8 more of them.
>Have you ever played Red Alert? Or Civilization? Or any kind of game wherein you have a very limited field of view, you are surrounded by fog of war, and you are being attacked by an enemy that spawns from a specific location?
Idk, I haven't played any of those games. I have been operating based on standard 3.5e exploration rules, spot check minimum distances, encounter ranges, and Track DCs. It didn't cross my mind that they could track two flying creatures without feat+skill investment, or what the DC for that would be. I guess I should have thought about that, but it's too late for that.
>The problem is the non-able bodied ones.
Monstrous should be able to carry maybe ~6-8 more of them.
>>191027
The issue I have is that Cavaliere specifically circled around to attack from the enemy's rear, in a direction I assumed to be away from the airship. I thought that Kira was closest to the airship, and so by distracting them Cavaliere would be doing a dual service. I am very much frustrated that you have said it was his action that encouraged them to move towards the airship. It's the opposite of what I intended.
The issue I have is that Cavaliere specifically circled around to attack from the enemy's rear, in a direction I assumed to be away from the airship. I thought that Kira was closest to the airship, and so by distracting them Cavaliere would be doing a dual service. I am very much frustrated that you have said it was his action that encouraged them to move towards the airship. It's the opposite of what I intended.
>>191030
I also recall saying that the Dreads flanked the enemy from either side, with the explicit goal of confusing and distracting them.
I also recall saying that the Dreads flanked the enemy from either side, with the explicit goal of confusing and distracting them.
>>191030
Kira went and circled around their right, and then fled to the right. Cavaliere went and circled around their left, and attacked from the left, opposite of Kira. The dreads attacked straight on. Average the three out, especially with the last one moving, and you get straight on.
>>191031
Then I answered that they didn’t see anything. So they went through the most towards the music.
Kira went and circled around their right, and then fled to the right. Cavaliere went and circled around their left, and attacked from the left, opposite of Kira. The dreads attacked straight on. Average the three out, especially with the last one moving, and you get straight on.
>>191031
Then I answered that they didn’t see anything. So they went through the most towards the music.
>>191030
>>191033
I'd normally put this in the OOC thread but I need y'all to see this: There is zero chance we can move the wounded and set the charge before the GRU finds us. The NPCs expressing their concerns aren't doing so because GM pone is trying to subtly get across that we should leave, they're expressing their concerns because that's what the NPCs would naturally do in this circumstance.
>>191033
I'd normally put this in the OOC thread but I need y'all to see this: There is zero chance we can move the wounded and set the charge before the GRU finds us. The NPCs expressing their concerns aren't doing so because GM pone is trying to subtly get across that we should leave, they're expressing their concerns because that's what the NPCs would naturally do in this circumstance.
>>191035
I'm the same way. GM Pone really seems intent on forcing this encounter no matter what we do, unless if we abandon our mission. Some of our characters would rather die than abandon our mission so we are stuck here.
I'm the same way. GM Pone really seems intent on forcing this encounter no matter what we do, unless if we abandon our mission. Some of our characters would rather die than abandon our mission so we are stuck here.
>>191036
>Some of our characters would rather die than abandon our mission
I am definitely not abandoning the airponies. I didn't come all this way for a paycut. I'm trying to raise an army.
Whatever it is, let's do it fast. Whatever advances the plot, let's do it.
>Some of our characters would rather die than abandon our mission
I am definitely not abandoning the airponies. I didn't come all this way for a paycut. I'm trying to raise an army.
Whatever it is, let's do it fast. Whatever advances the plot, let's do it.
>>191035
Maybe the plan that Silver keeps talking about but keeps getting ignored: bunker down, take cover in/near the airship, and prepare for a defensive battle. Silver and Black Heel will attempt to meet the Spetsnaz squad when they're spotted and convince them to turn around and let us get on with killing the Traveler. If we fail to do so and they attack, we defend ourselves using the airship as cover and the mounted machine gun to our advantage.
Maybe the plan that Silver keeps talking about but keeps getting ignored: bunker down, take cover in/near the airship, and prepare for a defensive battle. Silver and Black Heel will attempt to meet the Spetsnaz squad when they're spotted and convince them to turn around and let us get on with killing the Traveler. If we fail to do so and they attack, we defend ourselves using the airship as cover and the mounted machine gun to our advantage.
>>191038
Okay, let's go with Silver's plan
We hunker down, and then we play the waiting game for GM to advance the plot for us.
Posey looks for a suitable source of cover, preferably one she can be closer to the enemy without being in line of fire.
Okay, let's go with Silver's plan
We hunker down, and then we play the waiting game for GM to advance the plot for us.
Posey looks for a suitable source of cover, preferably one she can be closer to the enemy without being in line of fire.
>>191027
Silver looks back at Pine, deciding to speak up instead. "Мы знаем, что вы не предатель. Никто из вас не предатель. Нам просто нужно встретиться с ними лицом к лицу и, надеюсь, убедить их в этом. Эти солдаты, они напуганы так же, как и все мы. Они на грани."
He gives him a pat on the shoulder. "Мы все братья здесь, на этом острове. Если повезет, они прислушаются к голосу разума."
Silver looks back at Pine, deciding to speak up instead. "Мы знаем, что вы не предатель. Никто из вас не предатель. Нам просто нужно встретиться с ними лицом к лицу и, надеюсь, убедить их в этом. Эти солдаты, они напуганы так же, как и все мы. Они на грани."
He gives him a pat on the shoulder. "Мы все братья здесь, на этом острове. Если повезет, они прислушаются к голосу разума."
"Is everypony ready?"
>>191040
Rustling Pine has a look of genuine fear to him, of a sort that was not present on the precipice where Silver first encountered him. His fur stands up, as if it weren't already ragged and deshelled on top of a dirty Marine uniform.
"Эм, хорошо..."
He looks away, ears down and right hoof stood partly up.
With repetition to the last phrase, he says,
"Я надеюсь, что то, что ты говоришь, правда. Я действительно надеюсь, что это так. Я надеюсь, что то, что ты говоришь, правда..."
Rustling Pine has a look of genuine fear to him, of a sort that was not present on the precipice where Silver first encountered him. His fur stands up, as if it weren't already ragged and deshelled on top of a dirty Marine uniform.
"Эм, хорошо..."
He looks away, ears down and right hoof stood partly up.
With repetition to the last phrase, he says,
"Я надеюсь, что то, что ты говоришь, правда. Я действительно надеюсь, что это так. Я надеюсь, что то, что ты говоришь, правда..."
>>191044
Silver's look shifts further in the fatherly direction as he sees Pine's fearful look. "Что тебя беспокоит, солдат?"
Silver's look shifts further in the fatherly direction as he sees Pine's fearful look. "Что тебя беспокоит, солдат?"
We are in mountain terrain, so spot checks should begin at ~300 (4d10x10) feet away. Kira and Cavalier should stand guard, so that we see the GRU before they see us. If we spit then first, we get a surprise round, which may be enough to kill them.
>>191047
The plan, as far as I still know, is for Silver and Black Heel to go out to parlay with the soldiers while the rest of the group stays back in defensive positions.
The plan, as far as I still know, is for Silver and Black Heel to go out to parlay with the soldiers while the rest of the group stays back in defensive positions.
>>191049
I feel like y'all are selectively ignoring what I say, because I've mentioned that multiple times over the past many days.
I feel like y'all are selectively ignoring what I say, because I've mentioned that multiple times over the past many days.
>>191049
No, we are not shooting them. That might be a good idea if 1) Cavaliere and Kira weren't at death's door, 2) we didn't have a bunch of communists with us, and 3) Posey still had her dreads. As it is, we might as well try parlay and hope diplomacy rolls won't kill us.
As for Cavaliere, he will be hiding behind cover somewhere. I don't really care where.
No, we are not shooting them. That might be a good idea if 1) Cavaliere and Kira weren't at death's door, 2) we didn't have a bunch of communists with us, and 3) Posey still had her dreads. As it is, we might as well try parlay and hope diplomacy rolls won't kill us.
As for Cavaliere, he will be hiding behind cover somewhere. I don't really care where.
>>191055
Okay, I guess we will just wait for them to arrive then. Idk why that's better than simply running away now, but I won't contest the plan.
I have no other actions to declare, so I guess it's just GM's move for what comes next.
Okay, I guess we will just wait for them to arrive then. Idk why that's better than simply running away now, but I won't contest the plan.
I have no other actions to declare, so I guess it's just GM's move for what comes next.
I checked back in this thread after Stellaris became unfun and I finally got my dad to agree to travel with me, and it feels like a mistake
>>191055
He could hide inside of the airship and shoot out of the windows. He could hide behind the carriage and use it as cover. He could hide behind a rock formation south of the airship, or a rock formation north of the airship, or even physically above it, maybe use the envelope... But if it doesn't matter to you, I suppose it doesn't matter to me.
>>191056
>Idk why that's better than simply running away now
Because there isn't enough time to evacuate the wounded and possessed of the airponies, as well as rig explosives. Have you read anything posted by anyone over the past two weeks?
>>191050
>>191055
>>191056
Part of me feels life I need to ask clarifying questions like "Is Posey a part of the Parlay group or is she fortifying?" or "Are the NPCs being impressed into a defensive position?" or "Will there be any attempt to evacuate or to set a trap with explosives with the time bought by the parlay or is a ready defensive position going to be established instead?" But the greater part of me feels like if it doesn't matter to you, it shouldn't matter to me.
>>191055
He could hide inside of the airship and shoot out of the windows. He could hide behind the carriage and use it as cover. He could hide behind a rock formation south of the airship, or a rock formation north of the airship, or even physically above it, maybe use the envelope... But if it doesn't matter to you, I suppose it doesn't matter to me.
>>191056
>Idk why that's better than simply running away now
Because there isn't enough time to evacuate the wounded and possessed of the airponies, as well as rig explosives. Have you read anything posted by anyone over the past two weeks?
>>191050
>>191055
>>191056
Part of me feels life I need to ask clarifying questions like "Is Posey a part of the Parlay group or is she fortifying?" or "Are the NPCs being impressed into a defensive position?" or "Will there be any attempt to evacuate or to set a trap with explosives with the time bought by the parlay or is a ready defensive position going to be established instead?" But the greater part of me feels like if it doesn't matter to you, it shouldn't matter to me.
>>191060
>Have you read anything posted by anyone over the past two weeks?
Yes, I just get confused sometimes. It's been a busy two weeks.
>"Is Posey a part of the Parlay group or is she fortifying?"
Sure, I have the Charisma score and Charm abilities, so I may as well help. Silver will probably be needed to speak though.
>"Will there be any attempt to evacuate or to set a trap with explosives with the time bought by the parlay
This sounds like a good idea, but idk how it would work.
>But the greater part of me feels like if it doesn't matter to you, it shouldn't matter to me.
Whatever you feel is appropriate, GM.
>Have you read anything posted by anyone over the past two weeks?
Yes, I just get confused sometimes. It's been a busy two weeks.
>"Is Posey a part of the Parlay group or is she fortifying?"
Sure, I have the Charisma score and Charm abilities, so I may as well help. Silver will probably be needed to speak though.
>"Will there be any attempt to evacuate or to set a trap with explosives with the time bought by the parlay
This sounds like a good idea, but idk how it would work.
>But the greater part of me feels like if it doesn't matter to you, it shouldn't matter to me.
Whatever you feel is appropriate, GM.
>>191060
No, it does matter.
Silver and Black Heel are going to go parlay with the commies. While Posey's charming gaze ability is useful, I have doubts as to its effectiveness charming special forces wearing gas masks who can't speak any of her languages. The others are holding defensive positions using the airship and surrounding terrain as cover as we don't have the means to get them out in a timely manner, and we can't really set an explosive trap on something we're using actively as cover.
Also, Silver turns to Black Heel, asking him, "Do you think we should come up with cover story for my presence? Perhaps say I am part of attaché from Northern Tribes to keep eye on Chernobog and report back with any discoveries that are made?"
No, it does matter.
Silver and Black Heel are going to go parlay with the commies. While Posey's charming gaze ability is useful, I have doubts as to its effectiveness charming special forces wearing gas masks who can't speak any of her languages. The others are holding defensive positions using the airship and surrounding terrain as cover as we don't have the means to get them out in a timely manner, and we can't really set an explosive trap on something we're using actively as cover.
Also, Silver turns to Black Heel, asking him, "Do you think we should come up with cover story for my presence? Perhaps say I am part of attaché from Northern Tribes to keep eye on Chernobog and report back with any discoveries that are made?"
>>191062
>"Do you think we should come up with cover story for my presence? Perhaps say I am part of attaché from Northern Tribes to keep eye on Chernobog and report back with any discoveries that are made?"
"They will be unwilling to trust us no matter what we tell them, so there is no need to make up new stories. Just tell them that we are pirates who came to pillage this airship for items and take the airponies hostage, before the monsters started appearing and complicated our escape." Posey says
>"Do you think we should come up with cover story for my presence? Perhaps say I am part of attaché from Northern Tribes to keep eye on Chernobog and report back with any discoveries that are made?"
"They will be unwilling to trust us no matter what we tell them, so there is no need to make up new stories. Just tell them that we are pirates who came to pillage this airship for items and take the airponies hostage, before the monsters started appearing and complicated our escape." Posey says
Virgin Flame is scared awake by her own loud snoring. "Who let the pones out? Neigh. Neigh. Neigh-neigh!" she shouts as she just dreamt of being on stage with baggy clothes, rapin' off a sick freestyle. She rips her hooves free from the fat gluing her to the floor, like you might put pineapple on pizza. She tears through the cobwebs strung up between her ears and hammers out the spider nesting in her ear. She brushes off the moss grown on her coat.
Sees the bap before her. She grins wickedly and a tongue glazes up her lips.
>Rape ^^
Sees the bap before her. She grins wickedly and a tongue glazes up her lips.
>Rape ^^
>>191060
Cavaliere will stay inside the carriage to better avoid being spotted by any nosy scouts. He makes sure the griffons are inside, too.
Perhaps it would be best to set the explosives on the equipment in question, just in case. I don't think he would be the one to do it if it took a special skill check.
>>191070
Yay!
Cavaliere will stay inside the carriage to better avoid being spotted by any nosy scouts. He makes sure the griffons are inside, too.
Perhaps it would be best to set the explosives on the equipment in question, just in case. I don't think he would be the one to do it if it took a special skill check.
>>191070
Yay!
>>191079
>I don't think he would be the one to do it if it took a special skill check.
None of us has ranks in the demolitions skill, and GM has yet to call for it in this game. If any of us can do it, you can to.
>I don't think he would be the one to do it if it took a special skill check.
None of us has ranks in the demolitions skill, and GM has yet to call for it in this game. If any of us can do it, you can to.
>>191071
While I don't where the last post of our RP is, I do know where we cut off. The fash bat was about to give Zealot Pyre the info of where the rest of the statue's body is (so she can >Rape it instead). ^^
While I don't where the last post of our RP is, I do know where we cut off. The fash bat was about to give Zealot Pyre the info of where the rest of the statue's body is (so she can >Rape it instead). ^^
>>191100
This >>188329 → was the last post to Virgin Flame, which was evidently supposed to be followed by more.
This >>188329 → was the last post to Virgin Flame, which was evidently supposed to be followed by more.
>>191102
>>191100
She continues,
"This pony of interest was a dock worker - so many of the radicals are - and was presumably unemployed at around the time of the Revolt. A teller from the bank across the street who had been impressed into defending it identified a pony of his appearance as among those who had approached the Cathedral. One of his neighbors mentioned him leaving that morning. He seems to have a hatred for the Celestial Church. Some sort of personal issue. He was suspected to have committed other acts of vandalism against churches." She smiles. "Hard to blame him. He's living in the Eastside now, unloading trucks for a soda company at restaurants in the area. He has not caught our attention since, though he seems to have been arrested for public intoxication once."
She then pushes forward another manilla folder with her hoof,
"This is Goldmare. A yellow unicorn mare, below middle age. She went to University, and unfortunately never recovered from the experience. She was on the payroll of the unions as an 'administrator' at the time. She was suspected by the Baltimare PD investigator as having organized the vandalism of the cathedral and several other structures. This is based on evidence in other cases, but also a conversation overheard by a patron of a local diner between her and ponies unknown. She was not witnessed nearby the cathedral that day, but that doesn't mean she wasn't there. She has remained in our interest since then for... other reasons. She lives north of the city center in a rowhouse with her disabled mother."
She moves a final folder towards Virgin, and remarks
"Good luck with this one. This is Haymarket. Tan colored pegasus stallion. Young adult, would have been 21 at the time. He was seen by the teller walking towards the Cathedral, though the investigator speculates that Goldmare may have been mistaken for him at long distance, given their similar coats. But he was certainly in the area. A pony watching from her home saw him walking along the streets earlier that day. He did much more than that. He was seen building barricades for the revolt and is alleged to have stolen from the requisition offices of a company he once worked for.
We have nothing on him since the revolt. Nothing at all. This would usually be explained by him moving out of Baltimare, but his mother filed a missing pony report on him shortly after the revolt. He is believed to have died in the revolt, but you never know. His mother could be covering for him. He may have gone off with the money."
>>191100
She continues,
"This pony of interest was a dock worker - so many of the radicals are - and was presumably unemployed at around the time of the Revolt. A teller from the bank across the street who had been impressed into defending it identified a pony of his appearance as among those who had approached the Cathedral. One of his neighbors mentioned him leaving that morning. He seems to have a hatred for the Celestial Church. Some sort of personal issue. He was suspected to have committed other acts of vandalism against churches." She smiles. "Hard to blame him. He's living in the Eastside now, unloading trucks for a soda company at restaurants in the area. He has not caught our attention since, though he seems to have been arrested for public intoxication once."
She then pushes forward another manilla folder with her hoof,
"This is Goldmare. A yellow unicorn mare, below middle age. She went to University, and unfortunately never recovered from the experience. She was on the payroll of the unions as an 'administrator' at the time. She was suspected by the Baltimare PD investigator as having organized the vandalism of the cathedral and several other structures. This is based on evidence in other cases, but also a conversation overheard by a patron of a local diner between her and ponies unknown. She was not witnessed nearby the cathedral that day, but that doesn't mean she wasn't there. She has remained in our interest since then for... other reasons. She lives north of the city center in a rowhouse with her disabled mother."
She moves a final folder towards Virgin, and remarks
"Good luck with this one. This is Haymarket. Tan colored pegasus stallion. Young adult, would have been 21 at the time. He was seen by the teller walking towards the Cathedral, though the investigator speculates that Goldmare may have been mistaken for him at long distance, given their similar coats. But he was certainly in the area. A pony watching from her home saw him walking along the streets earlier that day. He did much more than that. He was seen building barricades for the revolt and is alleged to have stolen from the requisition offices of a company he once worked for.
We have nothing on him since the revolt. Nothing at all. This would usually be explained by him moving out of Baltimare, but his mother filed a missing pony report on him shortly after the revolt. He is believed to have died in the revolt, but you never know. His mother could be covering for him. He may have gone off with the money."
In anticipation for her next diplomacy check, Posey spritz herself with a bit of glitter and applies her makeup (powder, mascara, rouge). She does so expertly, in a motion so practiced it's clear that she's doing it without a mirror.
"I absolutely ADORE lead! Who knew that a humble byproduct in the production of silver could be so fabulous? Paint, makeup, powder, glitter, plates, sweeteners. White gold is simply divine."
She spritz some more glitter, now surrounded in an aura of mercury-infused microplastics.
"And this synthetic glitter is fabulous as well. The modern world brings so many new pleasure."
She takes a puff from her cigarette and blows a heart shaped smoke ring
"I absolutely ADORE lead! Who knew that a humble byproduct in the production of silver could be so fabulous? Paint, makeup, powder, glitter, plates, sweeteners. White gold is simply divine."
She spritz some more glitter, now surrounded in an aura of mercury-infused microplastics.
"And this synthetic glitter is fabulous as well. The modern world brings so many new pleasure."
She takes a puff from her cigarette and blows a heart shaped smoke ring
>>191104
Kira peaks her head out of a window in the airship, as she's hiding out of sight of the GRU for when they arrive. "Isn't lead, like, really super bad for you? I heard it seeps into your skin and travels along your blood to your brain where it makes you go crazy. I've heard that cities who built their sewage and water pipes out of lead have vastly worse crime rates and higher rates of mental disabilities than other cities."
Kira peaks her head out of a window in the airship, as she's hiding out of sight of the GRU for when they arrive. "Isn't lead, like, really super bad for you? I heard it seeps into your skin and travels along your blood to your brain where it makes you go crazy. I've heard that cities who built their sewage and water pipes out of lead have vastly worse crime rates and higher rates of mental disabilities than other cities."
>>191104
Blackheel shares in Posey's love of the gray metal
"By product of silver? Nyet! Lead is more important than silver. Paint. Batteries for cars. Soldering for electronics. And cars, trucks, and planes could not even move if not for the lead in gasoline. Haha, and of course bullets. Who could forget bullets?"
A pause, and
"Yes, many new things. Science ponies are good for some things sometimes. When they don't need bullets through them."
He smiles
>>191105
Starfire shakes his head,
"Oh no. The Ethyl company actually did a test, when people claimed their fuel additive was dangerous. The pony poured the lead additive over his legs to show that it is fine. It isn't higher than background levels of lead in the environment."
Blackheel:
"Nyet! Infrastructure is fine!"
Blackheel shares in Posey's love of the gray metal
"By product of silver? Nyet! Lead is more important than silver. Paint. Batteries for cars. Soldering for electronics. And cars, trucks, and planes could not even move if not for the lead in gasoline. Haha, and of course bullets. Who could forget bullets?"
A pause, and
"Yes, many new things. Science ponies are good for some things sometimes. When they don't need bullets through them."
He smiles
>>191105
Starfire shakes his head,
"Oh no. The Ethyl company actually did a test, when people claimed their fuel additive was dangerous. The pony poured the lead additive over his legs to show that it is fine. It isn't higher than background levels of lead in the environment."
Blackheel:
"Nyet! Infrastructure is fine!"
>>191105
>Isn't lead, like, really super bad for you?
We are in the early 20th century. Ponies in this era think that lead is a vitamin.
"Oh, quite the contrary. It does wonders for the skin, and the color is to die for." Posey replies
"You should try it some time. A little bit of makeup would really bring out your pretty scales."
>>191106
"Indeed. You have a pragmatic mind, Blackheel. Lead is more useful and beautiful than silver ever was." Posey says, with absolutely no vampiric bias in her speech
>Isn't lead, like, really super bad for you?
We are in the early 20th century. Ponies in this era think that lead is a vitamin.
"Oh, quite the contrary. It does wonders for the skin, and the color is to die for." Posey replies
"You should try it some time. A little bit of makeup would really bring out your pretty scales."
>>191106
"Indeed. You have a pragmatic mind, Blackheel. Lead is more useful and beautiful than silver ever was." Posey says, with absolutely no vampiric bias in her speech
>>191106
>>191107
With a grimace and a tilting of her head, Kira replies, "He poured lead over his legs? That seems...really dangerous and irresponsible. Like, you would do that just to keep up the use of lead in your gasoline? It makes you wonder what kind of motives he would have beyond just proving it's safe to risk such harm to himself."
To Posey specifically, Kira replies, "I'm not so sure I'd call lead more beautiful than silver. I mean, sure, it's shiny and all, but so is silver. And silver's definitely less poisonous than lead. Well, I mean, it's not totally non-poisonous, but you have to interact with an actual ton of silver for it to be properly harmful to you."
>>191107
With a grimace and a tilting of her head, Kira replies, "He poured lead over his legs? That seems...really dangerous and irresponsible. Like, you would do that just to keep up the use of lead in your gasoline? It makes you wonder what kind of motives he would have beyond just proving it's safe to risk such harm to himself."
To Posey specifically, Kira replies, "I'm not so sure I'd call lead more beautiful than silver. I mean, sure, it's shiny and all, but so is silver. And silver's definitely less poisonous than lead. Well, I mean, it's not totally non-poisonous, but you have to interact with an actual ton of silver for it to be properly harmful to you."
>>191108
"I never expected a tribal lamia to be so opinionated on the health effects of industrial metallurgy. This world is full of surprises. Where did you hear such a thing?"
"Lead is excellent for makeup. Besides, I am allergic to silver, so it may as well be poison to me. I made the mistake of using an imported silver leaf eyeliner one day, and I can only begin to describe the burning."
"I never expected a tribal lamia to be so opinionated on the health effects of industrial metallurgy. This world is full of surprises. Where did you hear such a thing?"
"Lead is excellent for makeup. Besides, I am allergic to silver, so it may as well be poison to me. I made the mistake of using an imported silver leaf eyeliner one day, and I can only begin to describe the burning."
>>191109
Kira: "Ohhhhhh, fair enough on the allergy. I'm sorry to hear that, allergies really suck." She lowers her head in reverence to the poor infirm mare before lifting her head back up. "I mean we're tribal, but we're not primitive, you know? We have miners, smiths, metallurgists...I'm not any of those, but you pick stuff up when you talk with the other castes. Plus we get all kinds of books on all manner of topics through trading with merchants who pass through our lands. It's why I speak Ponish so well, the clerics had so many books in Ponish in the collection that it was basically either learn the language or go without reading."
Kira: "Ohhhhhh, fair enough on the allergy. I'm sorry to hear that, allergies really suck." She lowers her head in reverence to the poor infirm mare before lifting her head back up. "I mean we're tribal, but we're not primitive, you know? We have miners, smiths, metallurgists...I'm not any of those, but you pick stuff up when you talk with the other castes. Plus we get all kinds of books on all manner of topics through trading with merchants who pass through our lands. It's why I speak Ponish so well, the clerics had so many books in Ponish in the collection that it was basically either learn the language or go without reading."