What it is? Its an ongoing thread-based fantasy RPG
What it do? Players do their thing based off dice scripts and 3.5e D&D as a rules baseline.
Throughout the week we shitpost at one another and on weekends we kill shit or surmount some form of obstacle. New players always welcome.
The party currently has a trebuchet, a series of cannons, and an airship with another series of cannons aimed at a floating black pyramid just out from the docks of Port Barry. Its not actually a pyramid, its an octahedron, but its half submerged. Some quick thinking from the resident Mage kept it from teleporting away and escaping, and now the party is looking to crack that bitch open and see what sorta toys are inside. And kill shit.
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>>44999I need to have a larger dialogue with her about her purpose and goals and such, but I don't think there's enough time. She's perfect for logistical support on the airship, with her telekinesis and all
>>44987Yea you have authority while im fuggin thez.
>>45001A teacup.
>>45002Yeah, but I'm just saying that someone asking you to do things right after you were killed is kind of stressful.
Besides, isn't she a painter?
>telekinesis and allHuman NPCs aren't that expensive, fyi.
>>45004>>45005>StressTrue. But living in a world where Undead monstrosities come in and suck your souls out isn't necessarily relaxing. Don't worry, she can paint before and after that
>Isn't she a painterYes. But I recall a certain specific Austrian Painter who served in the front lines for Germany in WW1. She's going places
>Other logistics NPCsI don't know how many we have. I'd love a few to operate ships and artillery while the combat infantry fight
>>45004"Yes, we captured a luxury one from a group of pirates that bombarded us yesterday. Do you not have airships in Equestria? Well... how's the painting going?"
I'm back who died while I was gone?
>>45007Trump points to the thing, cuz why wouldn't he.
"Oh that. I've only heard of such ships, but never seen one before."
Just cuz they have them in Equestria doesn't mean she knows what it is >>45011No one yet, but the night is young.
>>45011Nobody.
Still waiting to kill shit.
Aim the canons.
>>45007I thought Torc was going to be the pilot?
>>45012*picks up adorable little horsey, and helps her on*
"Ready for your first adventure? You can help move handles and carry arrows and things for all these nice well-armed men here. Don't worry, you can be back to painting in... I don't know how long. But it's good to be out in fresh air. There's Mountain Dew snacks if you like"
Everyone good then? No rush but,... murder
>>45013>prepares funeral pyre>>45015I AM THE PILOT
>>45014Torc turns the ship so it is positioned for a broadside
>>45015Only while he's on the ship. While he's in the pyramid, an NPC will have to pilot (evidently it won't be this horse). I'm preparing for the possibility that an army will exit from the breach after we've entered and gone down a different hall. It's not necessarily going to happen, but you don't win by making a plan that relies on certain happenings. You win by preparing for the most likely sets of scenarios and making contingency plans in case things go wrong
>>45007You have
lots more logistical support than military btw
>>45020>we do have logistical supportHuzzah! Use them for operating artillery and piloting ships
>>45018Oh yeah, turn that shield thing back on on the ship
>>45022It wasn't a function of the ship, it was a spell
>>45024I see. Same order
Torcuil, recreate that magic shield thingy
>>45025Can you recreate any portion of it?
>>45020Do you need any knowledge ranks to pilot a ship?
Tracy doesn't really have any other responsibilities, aside from raising her chicks.
>>45026I don't even know what it was
>>45029Do you have a meme that can approximate its effects? Like "you have no power here"?
>>45028Nah. This ship was designed to be effortless and stress-less to fly.
>>45028I think that one is specifically designed to be piloted by idiots. If you mean the Jolly Cunt, there's got to be sailors around. Also I am willing to bet Slovenia could figure out how to do it well. She's scary sometimes
>>45031But it's muh ship
>>45030Uh, give me a minute, I may use "You have no power here" but I have a feeling that would be more of a power drain then stayout sign
>>45026Last we knew, it took several casters.
Just park the ship back by the tower. If the temple is anything like the tower, it probably has mechanisms by which the enemies are watching what goes on outside; if not that, the spellcasters in the temple are almost certainly on the lookout.
>>45033You can be the air-pilot. You've got the ranks in Engineering knowledge anyway.
>>45033That'll work. Just anything to reduce the power of magic creatures who are fighting archers
>>45034We need the airship's cannons just to enter the the pyramid in the first place. And then it's useful for ranged fire support
>>45037>ranged fire supportI don't feel comfortable with having someone fire canons into the melee...
>>45036Wizard is best artificer anyway.
>>45038The only way we have to enter the pyramid is to shoot the pyramid, and then enter
>>45040Yeah, but don't have someone shooting canons after we've entered.
>>45041They'll be shooting arrows. Cannons will only be shot if serious shit comes out. And that could only happen when we're deep inside the pyramid. Deep inside
>>45037Okay then
"Hahaha, you have no power here!"
Should the characters meet up on the airship?
>>45043>Should the characters meet up on the airship?Nah, that'll take a long time.
Just blow a hole in the wall so we can enter asap.
Is everyone ready/present?
>>45043We could, although we could also just have the remainder stay near the breach.
>>45044Trumpaladin grabs his attack pony and rides his glorious dragon lion to the proximity of the soon to be breach
Infernius is at his friend's house. That's the IP he posted from. So I do not think he is ready
>>45044>>45045Works for me
Torc grabs the intercom mic
"Listen her fuckers, we have one chance at blowing a hole in these fuckers before they send shit at us. So be ready, and may Kek be with ye. Ready your cannons."
>>45042>shooting arrowsJust have them lining the perimeter with tower shields in tortoise formation, so they can stab anything that comes out.
Any kind of creature that would be able to get through that would be too big for arrows and too fast for canons.
>>45047"Uhm, sir? We're right here, you don't need the intercom,...."
>>45047The Spartans, Generals, and Ghestapo ready their cannons for the designated time to fire the converted set of salvoes
>>45050The Spartans are still here?
>>45049Why is everyone in the cockpit?
>>45048Oh hush. You play the rogue character with 9 wisdom who just acts on impulse. I play the leader and the planner. You do you and let me do me. You could have commented on any of this shit when I presented it two hours ago anyways
>>45051The contingent is, yes. They have not yet learned all of the ways of football
>>45052Because its not a cockpit per say, its essentially a platform/podium. The ship isn't super-huge.
>>45053Tracy has 13 Wis.
Whatever, direct them however you want.
I just want to get in already.
Tracy spray-pains a big red bullseye on the area where the group decided to enter (to give torc something to shoot at) and stands back and watches the location with her Spyglass ready to Spot anything that might come out at a moment's notice.
>>45055I imagined two decks with a small cockpit room attached to the front.
"Sorry Mr. Snek, I gotta staff you for a while."
Torc grabs the staff and sticks it on his back.
>>45057"Hey! Now we have a target!"
>>45058You think Snek could double as a broom of flying?
>>45057Anyways, Trumpaladin is on the pyramid bear Tracy where the breach is expected, riding Fae
\r
>>45059Maybe....
Eh, maybe some other time
"Where is Infernius?" Trumpaladin asks
>>45058Pic is overhead of the flying cunt. The gray circle is the bar/gambling area, the solid gray is the steering platform (wheel in orange). The blue circle is the jaccuzzi. On and there's crappy looking canons
>>45063Wait, all the cannons are on one side? Nice.
>>45063Man them with support NPCs if possible, and the General's if not
The cannons are semi automated, all u gotta do is turn a crank.
>>45066Torcuil gets the honors then
>>45066Wait, is therr one crank that fires all, or a crank per?
>>45060I thought it was changed after that.
Anyway, why would she have a negative modifier on Wis? Sure, she's crazy and loathsome, but she's ridden through everything the /mlp/ fandom has to offer, and she's been to levels on the internet that other ponies wouldn't even be able to get back from.
Her Wis has to be at least 13, because she's been casting 2nd and 3rd lvl Blackguard spells all this time.
>>45060>Trumpaladin is on the pyramidWait until the canons stop firing first. Tracy's standing back waiting to get first view after the dust clears.
>>45070Delete your post so GM will forget
>>45064Except for the 3 forward mounted cannons, yes. The cannons are actually more defensive than anything, structured so that if under fire the ship can bank and then release a full volley.
>>45069Its all tied to one. The ship can technically be fully manned by 2 people (one steering, one operating the cannons).
Also, It won't be necessary for Thez to be on the airship, she'll just airwalk to the eventual breach.
>>45070>why is she unwiseBecause you insist on playing her like she only has 9 wis. Impulsive and never mindful of the consequences if actions.
>casting spellsBecause you lie and push boundaries and cheat and do everything you can get away with with regards to everything in this game
>>45075This, I based the initial stats off how players played their characters, and then made adjustments along the way. I actually
rolled very few stats.
"FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
Torc turns the crank aiming at the target on the temple
[14d20 = 106]
Dice roll is more of a formality, since you're literally shooting at the broad side of a barn
>>45077.... So, she can't cast any spells at all?
And does that mean she's been taking a negative modifier on all of her Spot, Listen, and Control Shape checks?
>>45080I can give her my peripat, and she's have 13 wis. but being able to cast Death Ward twice in one day is sexy
>>45080If I let Tracy cast spells, do you promise to keep playing her like a knob?
>>45084>playing her like a knob.. I didn't realize I was doing that..
>>45084But the character being impulsive and stupid is obnoxious for the rest of us because it causes fallout the rest of us have to suffer
>>45085I'm kidding, but she does act 'ill advised' from time to time
>>45086It's hilarious to me,....
I gotta go for the night guys. Sorry.
>>45090Awwww, its okay. See you later.
>>45091
That's why it's a wisdom penalty and not an intelligence penalty
>>45086>it causes fallout the rest of us have to sufferOh come on. She hasn't caused very many problems that the party hasn't been able to recover from
yet.
>>45098>very many>unable to recover fromThat's your standard?
>>45099It's infuriating. How am I supposed to be the grand planner and schemer when she does that?
>>45100Street wisdom would advise her better