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>>32426So, do you
not want them flying around and grabbing things as though she had arms?
>>32427I did this specifically to avoid awkward questions of how she can be in a full run while holding swords
>>32429Oh no, by all means let them fly around.
Can I attack with them too?
>>32429Pony Tracy can charge and has charged bipedal in the earliest games. Please let's not make this more complicated than it needs to be
>>32430You get three attacks in a round
>>32430>>32429It's exactly the same thing as Tracy killing zombies in the very first session, except wielding a sword instead of two knives. Now let's move on
>>32431>three attacks in a roundWith the sword, you mean?
>>32432In the 1st session, Tracy also made five zombies explode just by looking at them. >>32434I've put up with your haxxor bullshit enough. Even Thez - fucking Thez - only has six attacks because of a Monk's "flurry of attacks" option which requires her to sacrifice armour and attack bonuses. I have patiently played this game with a difficult class to play - Paladin - and only have the melee bonuses I have because this class gives so few other advantages, like your rogue's skill set or a cleric's spells.
Please play by the damn rules and accept 3 attacks per round from whatever means of attack you choose
>>32435I only made 3 attacks.
That's what's allowed, right?
[1d8+3 = 14]>>32430I had assumed that was the idea.
>>32431Trust me, this
is the less complicated version. There are
alot of incidents where I just went with it rather than ask difficult questions that would have hindered gameplay. These eliminate those questions/incidents/issues.
>3 attacksThis is true, regardless of how Tracy chooses to attack.
>>32432Knives I can see, basket hilted dueling swords, not so much.
>>32433Don't tempt me
So what I am seeing is that Tracy attempted a ride-by attack as the Raptors approached the party, and since Tracy is the leading party member (in position cuz she moves first) they would naturally gang up on her. The first strike lands, the second and third do not.
>>32435>6 attacksUhm,... sure we'll go with that.
>>32434Should I point out that I've been gradually applying further rules as the game progresses, and that zombies are 1hd creatures, so its no biggie to give extra attacks?
[Read more] [1d8 = 5]
That didn't work right
[2d20 = 26]
The Raptors take up position on Tracy's sides (flaking) and attack with talons
>>32438I still don't like warhorse form, I have never been comfortable with it
Fae is ordered to charge and attack the raptors with her Pounce feat.
Trumpaladin quick draws Vanderiem and draws the Bees. He makes a full round attack if possible, and charges if not
[4d20 = 31]>>32443Dice roll for Trumpaladin's attack, if a full round attack is possible, and disregard if not
>mfw I forgot to use my haxx chain to attack from a distance
[2d8+5 = 11]>>32441One of them hits, the other one doesn't defeat Tracy's armor/dex bonuses.
[4d20 = 50]>>32443Dice roll for Fae, if she gets a full round, although I am not sure. Her attack bonus would be +18
>>32438An Equestrian earthpony wielding a sword with dexterous hooves makes more sense than a horse not breaking every single one of its teeth or giving itself CTE wielding a sword from its maw
>>32447Should only be three rolls, not four
Dragonne has claw, claw, and Bite
>>32449
Makes more sense than "Jew powers let me become large AND put a sword in my mouth WITHOUT breaking all of my teeth when they hit a solid surface OR Dazing me when my head comes to an instant stop and my brain is thrashed about in my skull"
[3d10+33 = 53]>>32444You can, but they're positioned so that in order to attack one of them, you'll be unable to cleave the other. All 3 attacks hit.
>>32450She used a knife with her mouth at the beginning too.
Earth ponies have strong jaws
>>32451Pls attack the one that hit her.
>>32451Politely request that Fae target the other raptor
level 16 paladins get a fourth attack at that level with a +1 bonus... [3d20 = 50]>>32454Fae complies, full attack
>>32452I don't think that's the same, because she was targeting soft, fleshy targets. Hit a sword against steel, or miss and hit rock, you stand a pretty good chance of damaging
the sword, and definitely a good chance of breaking teeth or a brain injury if it's held in the mouth
>>32455Huzzah! A 20!
[2d4+2 = 9]
[2d6+4 = 13]
Okay, upon landing on the Raptor, Fae bites a chunk out of its face while her claws dig deeply through its hide.
[3d20 = 35]
Okay, the one Fae just mauled is kinda messed up. The other one is listing to the port side.
Thez darts over to Fae's, full-round attack
[1d20 = 5]
As the third hit lands (2 might have been sufficient, but was being thorough) Thez <whoooof> appears at the other one, continuing her attacks.
The first of which finishes off the Raptor.
Both Raptors are dead, and Torcuil didn't get a chance to attack.
[wounded, embarrassed pony noises]
"Okay.. I'll think first next time..."
How badly is she bleeding?
>>32462RIP Raptors
>>32452Recommend rogue pony check for traps before proceeding through door
>>32463Bah, that's nothing, barely double digits.
Beyond the raptor corpses (ha! good lluck carting THOSE around!) is another door.
[1d20+4 = 13]>>32464>>32465Tracy cuts off the hands and feet of the raptors and places them in her bag.
Search Check for Traps
[1d20+5 = 22]>>32467Alright.
Listen check to detect creatures around corner
Trumpaladin and Fae, carrying Torcuil around like a cardboard cut out, proceed towards the door
>>32468It's a corridor with a door at the end. There is no corner
>>32469*presses ear to door to listen for what's behind*
>>32468The room you're in is stone and weird-glassy stuff, but the sounds from the next room sound like a small-build humanoid walking on a metal surface.
>>32471Trumpaladin uses detect evil while standing by the door. Look for strength of aura and number. I guess location as well
>>32472Just one, some distance to the right from the door. Aura strength is moderate
>>32471Insect door
Is it locked? If not, open just a crack and peer through.
>>32475Peeking through the door, the next room is framed and lined with metal, a very deliberate and rectangular room. Several strange machines line the wall along the path which proceeds to the right. The sound of footsteps approach.
[1d20 = 17]>>32478Trumpaladin studies the wall. What does it look like?
>>32479I mean the machines, if a description can be given
[1d20+5 = 9]>>32478*releases chain from bag and prepares to attack approaching creature*
Spot check to see what's coming
>>32478Readies full round attack for when Creature comes by
>>32479Its hard to make much out from the door, but they appear to be large glass cylinders, full of fluid and containing some sort of immobile creature.
>>32481The footsteps are much closer, but no shadows are cast from the ambient light sources.
[1d20+5 = 20]>"Something's coming" She says, readying her fiery chain to engage, and drawing kunaiListen check to determine how many creatures.
>>32484>'You're the Paladin; turn them when you see them.'How many times can the Everwhirling chain attack per turn?
>>32482The creature steps fully into view. Its a very gaunt and hard-featured elf with very pale skin. It looks at the machine closest to the door, makes a few scribbles on a clipboard, and then wanders back the way it came.
>>32486Tracy makes an almost disappointed sigh of relief
".... That was weird...."
*steals everything that isn't nailed down*
>>32486Trumpaladin uses Hat of disguise to turn into a business man
>>32487>"Wanna pull a bluff?"\r
>>32487Please be more specific. Are you entering the room?
>>32487Wait until the elf is actually gone
>>32489They're not inside already?
>>32490This.
>>32491I thought you were doing a Scooby-Doo, peeking through the door like a totem
>>32492That's better...
Does he show any signs of leaving?
>>32493>>32495Are you guys whispering this?
Thez, not knowing what you two are discussing whispers "I say we interrogate him, find out if he knows where I'nis is."
[1d20 = 4]>>32500Fuck it then. Opens door, uses Rope of Entanglement
Oh bloody hell.
I g2g for possibly an hour
I am so sorry...
>>32503Fae is ordered to Grapple
The elf-guy is caught sufficiently by surprise that he is caught sufficiently by the rope, which winds its self around him. Thez <whooof> gags his mouth and he collapses in a heap, while Fae provides support.
"He's unusually strong for his size," Fae comments.
>>32505Finishes tying him down, while Fae provides any needed muscle.
>>32506With the elf subdued, Trump can get a better look at the place. Its essentially a corridor, made of metal like seen before. On either side of the corridor are placed the same sorts of cylindrical devices, which he can see have organsms (mostly human/humanoid) that are suspended motionless in liquid. As the hallway progresses further, larger and larger tanks hold increasingly sized creatures, including - at the end of the hallway and adjacent to a stairwell, a cloud giant in the largest.
The tanks have lines and tubes running from the base to the mouths and along the creature's body. Its very mad-scientisty.
>>32508It's established that the largest creature is a Cloud giant. What about the remainder of the creatures? Are they essentially the same as the creatures seen at the walls?
>>32509No, the creatures at the walls were more bestial and feral, these seem to be more fair and gentle specimens.
[1d20 = 10]
Thez moves to the end of the hall, then to the top of the stairs, and listens for noise.
Finally back.
Again, take everything that isn't nailed down.
[1d20+5 = 12]>>32511Tracy listens too, while stuffing her bag.
>>32512>>32513The only thing not nailed down is the elf-guy's clipboard.
Beyond the door, several individuals are engaged in conversation. Its impossible to make out what they're saying.
>>32512Don't. It would take forever, you could expose a steam line, and the creatures in the tubes or liquids going in and out could be very dangerous.
You got your loot from the Hax item creation. Be satisfied with it and don't risk fucking over the whole party
>>32513>>32514You can take his clipboard
>>32511Trumpaladin signals for Thez to come closer to talk to him
>>32514Take all the levers and buttons off of the machines, to effectively sabotage them.
>>32517<whoooof>"There's more beyond the door. They seem somewhat occupied, but if we're going to interrogate this guy we should take him back outside."
>>32518And then Tracy does this.
>>32518That would take a while, and we're probably going to blow up the facility, but whatever. I though you might want to interrogate a guy
>>32519"That's exactly what I was going to recommend. Let's go do it"
>>32518Please describe briefly the process of sabotaging the machines. The buttons are attached, and there's no levers to be removed. It IS susceptible to breaks at several points (along tubes, glass, circuitry, etc.).
>>32520"Or at least to where the dinos were, loud noises shouldn't be that out of the ordinary from that room."
>>32521>>32518Sabatoge sounds loud. Let's wait until we've cleared out the next room
>>32522"Yes, let's do that, and close the door"
Why don't we wait on the other side of the door and just stab them as they come through?
>>32521Nevermind that, I was mostly shitposting, but she wouldn't do something like that if she was in a hurry.
Snip-snip any visible wires, to cause problems for the next guy coming.
>>32524K, there are some exposed wires that can be cut. So while Tracy is doing that, Thez, Trump, Fae, and Torcuil haul elf-guy into the next room. He's definitely not casting a shadow, it wasn't just a trick of the light.
>>32524That's how I wanted to do this guy. But I think Tracy's evil alignment/lack of code/intimidation makes her helpful in interrogating this half-elf.
>>32525Alright, Trumpaladin removes the gag, and starts
"Sorry to startle and inconvenience you. We just want to ask a few questions"
>>32525A vampire?
Tracy follows the group and waits by the door, preparing to ambush the first guy who walks through.
>>32526Paladins are responsible for all of the actions if their cohorts, but we diverge. >>32527As you remove the gag, the elf hisses at you at length. "You aren't part of the Court, release me!"
>>32528Yeah, I know he's not really permitted to be around her at all, and there is a reason I had him try to kill her a few times. Just go with this fiction>>32529Pulls out Kefka's head from the bag, and displays it to the Elf
"I am above the Court"
[1d20 = 8]>>32529*Hisses back*
Intimidation roll, because why not?
>>32531This is why your character should be there
>>32528A vampire, from up close the smell of death is unmistakable. "Tracy, the round bottle," Thez says.
>>32531The vampire seems unimpressed. "I don't know how you got in, but you'll make a fine addition to the gallery," he says with a sinister grin.
>>32536He hisses as you cut his feet off.
One of these days, you'll have to start asking questions BEFORE torturing captives,....
>>32537I just wanted to cut off his feet...
>>32537They need to know you are willing to hurt them though. The only serious issue here is that would cause any living creature to bleed to death in a couple minutes
>>32538D'aww*Internet hugs pony's faggot*Wait... You're just saying that because you want me to join the dark side >>32534"Oh, so you have a gallery?"
Thez takes the bottle and opens it, pointing the top toward the vampire. The bottle dribbles slightly, but does not empty.
As Tracy finishes cutting through the vampire's feet it struggles against the ropes. "You've made a grave mistake that you shall spend a lifetime in oblvion for!"
V> Gaseous form
The vampire fades into a thick greenish cloud, no longer held in place by ropes (or physical form for that matter).
Thez> "Wave"
A huge gout of water like a fire hydrant envelops the now gaseous vampire, splashing him to the ground over against a wall. The greenish puddle wriggles a bit, but the gaseous vampire seems unable to escape from the water. A few moments later, the vampire reforms into a physical body (now neked). He's hissing like mad now.
Thez looks looks at everyone. "Not my first vampire."
>>32544"These will make a fine edition to
my gallery."
>>32544Damn It Tracy the new form could be an ordinary life form! That could cause it to bleed to death or die of shock!
>>32546"Tracy, I get that you are le ebin ebil or whatever, but please, be
smart about it. Think about the consequences your actions could have before doing them"
>>32545Success. He's now bundled in the corner, with no feet (and soon no hands), neked, soaking wet, and really pissed off.
"I recommend Cure Light Wounds if you want to squeeze info out of him,... restorative spells - especially from a holy spellcaster - are particularly 'motivating' for undead."
>>32547"He was rude to me, and I wanted his hands."
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*guards door, waiting to sneak-attack any faggot that comes through*
>>32540>Dirty workI mean, I fully intended to try to take the kills and do the most damage, I just mean she is the one who gets hit by the opponent's attack round>>32550"Next time, make sure it won't bleed to death first"
>>32549Paladin's Lay of Hands on Vampelf!
>>32552More hissing, writing, and angry-vamp-elf-face "WHHAT! What do you WANT!?"
>>32555*draws penis on his face*
>>32556That reminds me. Did Torcuil ever wash off the writing Thez did on his face? Way back when he was in a coma? I don't think he ever did. Torcuil has a penis on his face, along with ridiculous anime-eyes.
>>32555"We just want to know who you are, what is going on here, what gallery you are talking about, what the court has to do with this... Actually, we want to know pretty much everything that is going on here"
>>32554That's why I had to stop and think about doing it first>>32556laughs at pony's silliness
*pets pony*
>>32555"Where's our bull? The red one." Tracy asks, not bothering to consider that he probably doesn't know shit
>>32549*carves crucifix into one arm, and football into the other*
*slices swastika into forehead*
>>32559Like, he has the whole time. Adjusting brain-canon
>>32558"I work here, this is the resource wing. The gallery, well thats what those machines are in the next room. This is the Court City, the whole operation is at the behest of the court!"
>>32560At this he looks at you confused. "This is a joke right?" He glances back the way you first came in.
>>32562*goes back to waiting by door, remembering her ambushing duty*
>>32560>>32555Trumpaladin picks up pony, and puts her in his lap as he stares down the elf vampire, petting her like a Jame's Bond Villain's cat
Grapple check on Pony
>>32562"This is the court city? This? I thought that was North of Port Barry?"
>>32562"Where do you keep the weapons around here?"
>>32564*purrs*
>>32565No need
>>32564"It is,... was,... it was north back when GM was still being a faggot and going "hurr, north is down" but then later said "Fug it, can we just have south be down?" he replies in an out-of-character, almost apologetic tone.
>>32566There's a longsword and some armor among the pile of clothes.
"Keep? Only a fool would leave their weapons out of reach."
>mfw>>32567*takes sword*
*takes elf's clothes*
*cuts his dick off, because why not?*
>>32567Trumpaladin shrugs, in such a way the pony could leave to go get the weapons without his arms getting in the way
"So what is the operation you are working here, at the behest of the Court?"
\r
>>32568>PicNow you see why Trumpaladin is so afraid of Tracy
>>32568Its a damn good thing vampires have fast healing. Sheesh.
>>32569"I run the machines. The machines extract blood from subjects. This is the main facility of the vampire (faction) blood harvesting operation."
Oh, btw, how many hit dice does this guy have?
*ears perk*
"What kind of blood?"
>>32572"Is the court mostly vampires? Where are the subjects taken from?"
>>32573Grabs pony ears in a way to be painful to the pony
"Do not poison the child"
>>32575*reads clipboard*
Did his dick grow back yet?
>>32576"It's not poison."
*reads sheet, to tell if it's actually poison.*
>>32578"I want my child to be born healthy, be able to live a normal life, have no deformations or mutations, and be able to be accepted by his peers. If you want to mutate yourself into... I have no idea what, you can leave me after the child is born and do whatever to your body"
>>32577I said fast healing, not fast regeneration. The wounds close, not regrow.
The clipboard contains a very neat and itemized chart indicating approximately 17 different creatures including the Cloud giant, litres of blood per hour, notes, etc. The heading indicates "Court City Blood Harvest Audit"
"The specimens are taken from wherever they can be found without disrupting the established hierarchies. I'm not much in the loop on that."
Thez gets pissed and places her heel inside his jaw. "The bull, you never answered the question about the bull."
"Hmmmhmmmmhhrhrrrrrr."
Thez removes her heel.
"He was taken that way (back the way the party originally came) and further into the structure."
What he means is, choosing door Red 7 was good, but Red 8 would have been better
Unfortunately, an alarm starts blaring from the Gallery room.
>>32579"I'm not looking for any mutations, just supplements. It's got everything the body needs. Just ask pasty over there." she says, gesturing towards the bleeding, butt-naked vampire.
[4d20 = 36]>The Elf is listening to us fight>>32582Whelp
Kills Elf Thing with slashes to the throat and head
[1d20+5 = 13]>>32582Listen Check to determine what's coming and which direction to move.
>>32584*takes jaw-bones from mutilated vampire head*
>>32583Trumpaladin gives a look like he's clearly uncomfortable with this and is also unconvinced, but figures if he can prevent his child from looking like a Chernobyl birth because of the mother's carelessness, he'll be fine
"Be careful for AIDS"
>>32587"I'm sure they were very careful to make sure their crops didn't have AIDS."
>>32583"Thats true, blood is the most nutritious natural fluid."
>Alarm"Oh fug."
>>32584>killsAs Trump slices it, it again assumes gaseous form, which Thez again douses with water.
"We don't have time to kill it, damn things are like cockroaches."
>>32585There's people in the Gallery room, one of them is approaching the door to the dino room, agitatedly saying "That motherfucker better not have gone to sleep again."
>>32585*waits at door to stab anything coming through*
>>32589*takes his lower jawbone*
>>32589Trumpaladin goes to the door onto its side, and readies an attack on whatever comes through as it comes through. Fae is ordered to do the same on the other side
>>32590Scratch that second action, just get ready to sneak attack the goy who goes through the door.
Draw Assassin's dagger and sword, whilst setting auto-chain loose
>>32590He doesn't become physical again. No jawbone for you.
>>32592A familiar faced, but this time much paler fellow kicks the door open, yelling "God dammit John, where the fuck did you run off to?!" Since she hadn't really thought about it, Thez is just sorta standing there in the open. This serves its purpose of distracting the new entry though, and as Trump and Tracy let him have it Thez says "Hi Barry!"
[1d20 = 1]
Tracy is the one who actually GETS sneak attacks, so she goes first.
[4d20 = 37]>>32593Full Round attack with Vanderiem
[1d20 = 3]>>32593>BarrySneak Attack with Asassin's Dagger: Death Attack for Paralysis
>>32592Leave the face to Thez or you activate your curse
>>32597Elves aren't hoo-man, and neither are vampires Xp
Jesus, Vamp Barry rolled a 1 on his saving throw against sneak attack. Let's just assume he got merc'd before he had a chance to raise an alarm.
For the record, sneak attacks don't require a die roll, they require the person on the receiving end to reflex save. And he ebin failed. Assuming Tracy didn't kill him, Trump sure as hell did, and vamp-barry is now a puddle-vampire as well, Thez keeping the bottle handy.
>>32603
I decided it was a good day for Barry to die,... again.
>>32600*steals Barry's clothes, for the second time*
Anything I need to know before I get back to this shit?
[1d20 = 9]>>32604What's the DC on these attacks?
Whelp, Trumpaladin listens for more people/things
>>32606We're in the Court City, apparently. We found a Vampire blood farming operation
[1d20 = 8]>>32608How the fuck did we get there?
GM, can I know Torc's surroundings?
Perception check just incase
>>32597"Thats sweet, but no way am I eating vampire face. Thats how you get the AIDS. In any case, we know which way to go now. These fucks are stuck in this form until the water evaporates, so we don't have to worry about them following us or raising an alarm."
She says as alarms are still going off in the Gallery room.
>>32601This Barry is a vampire. Don't worry, there'll be lots of Barry's, as well as others whom GM works with.
>>32610You're in an L-shaped room with 2 dead velociraptors, and two greenish puddles of water at intervals. There is an annoying alarm sound coming from one direction, and Thez is already headed in the other. Court City is where the party was following the I'nis Compass to, except that no one had ever been there and its not like anyone knocked on the door and asked "Where is this". Xp
*takes velociraptor skins as well*
>>32612Thez rolls her eyes. "If you really want to keep the corpses, help me carry these outside."
>>32604Okay, I see. DC10 + Assassin Level plus int modifier, though I want to note that it requires three rounds of study so waiting to do it to someone coming through a door would not allow a death attack, though it would allow a sneak attack
>>32611>That's how you get AIDSTHANK YOU! Someone else finally noticed how dangerous eating random shit is
*Follows Thez to where ever she takes hims
>>32612That would make a wonderful purse, but I'm afraid that would take several minutes and we don't have the time
[Read more] >>32613I would've just taken their entire bodies, but Trump's faggot is paranoid about worms.
*helps to carry*
>>32613*Helps Thez carry Potential Purses. Get's Fae to help*
>>32613"Tracy, can I get a tissue sample?"
Torc follows, helping how he can
>>32615They are too heavy and generally not worth taking the whole thing, just get the skins.
>>32618"Thanks Tracy. So, now what the hell are we doing?"
>>32620"We're looking for the stupid bull before he gets himself killed."
>>32620"We're going to door Red 8 so we can rescue Inferius"
>>32614Fair point, I'll not make that mistake again.
>>32615>>32616Upon getting the bodies outside, Thez <whoooof>'s one away,.... <whooof>'s back,... and then <whooooof>'s the other one away,... before <whoooof> returning.
"There. They're outside the city wall, if you want to retrieve or resource them later."
>>32620>>32358Vampire-elf-guy just revealed that the door (8) at the end of the path that Red 7 is on is the door that the party wants to go to find Infernius.
Considering the available options, the party bypassed a whole lot of crawling and fighting, not to mention back-tracking and shit. It wasn't a perfect choice, but it was damn near.
[Read more] >>32624"Well, If we're goin'..."
Torc steps to the side and gestures at Thez
"Ladies first"
>>32624"I already took the best parts, but I'll pick them up later."
>>32624>My Choice was amazingYay!
>>32621"Tracy, want to inspect door Red 8?"
[1d20+5 = 11]>>32627Listen check to hear what's beyond the door.
Should I summon Trash Man?