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Occupied Equestria
Anonymous
ETOL6
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No.69622
69627
A D&D RP game based on My Little Pony, and the Hearts of Iron 4 mod Equestria at War, featuring an Equestria where the Princesses have been deposed, and Equestria is split between Changelings and a former Equestrian colony

Thus far, Dark Star has joined the fascist faction, and is taking on a job to assemble a team to stop a Communist cell. Onyx is no longer being detained, Ash has sort of joined a nunnery, Iron has joined the Waterside gang as a loanshark, Brie is still being edgy, and a new unicorn has joined. All are ready to reconnoiter the Docks.
1395 replies and 44 files omitted.
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71059
>>71058
*Suspense intensifies*
ETOL6
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No.71060
71061 71065
>>71049
>>71046
There should be some leveling, yes, although I am uncertain how quickly. The math used for determining experience in 3.5 I found on one site pretty much implies that grinding is impossible and only battles that have a very serious chance of character death give xp - and then, not that much, and I have to wonder how any character ever survives to level up.

Keeping the characters not-significantly more powerful than their surroundings, at least for the moment, is a part of my anti-murder hobo mechanisms, anyways
\r
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71061
71062 71064
>>71060
I found this calculator online (I've used it before for metafaggotry purposes); it's decent for encounter experience.
Certain situations may increase the effective CR of encounters/traps/mysteries too though.
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71062
71063
>>71061
Forgot link
http://www.d20srd.org/srd/xp.htm
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71063
>>71062
Darn. Wrong link.
http://www.d20srd.org/extras/d20encountercalculator/
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71064
>>71061
As for grinding, DMs may also award XP at regular increments to advance a story, or award it for solving problems or good role-playing.
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71065
71066
>>71060
It's good to hear I won't get murdered by any murder hobos, whatever those are.
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71066
71067 71085
933f5a880154081d227075b6ca59c34a.jpg
il_570xN.866122555_6j3x.jpg
37316536_1102533329900410_1739446825573679104_n.jpg
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44608491_347431279137137_8470766215669073412_n.jpg
>>71065
>murder hobos
>whatever those are
That's us.
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71067
71069 71070
>>71066
Oh, so WE'RE the murder hobos.
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71068
46369542_366779183890312_552747315947416689_n.jpg

Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71069
71071 71073
>>71067
We're adventurers: violent vagrants who travel from dungeon to dungeon killling various creatures until the story advances or treasure is aqcuired.
Call it what you like.
Anonymous
ETOL6
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No.71070
71072
>>71067
"Murder hoboing" is when players in an RP campaign, rather than engaging with a story or interacting with NPCs in any meaningful way, simply kill everyone and everything they come across as they move from location to location
Anonymous
ETOL6
?
No.71071
>>71069
"Murder hobo" refers to a very specific style of play. The term does not refer to all roleplaying
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71072
Spoilered
>>71070
Also this.
It's a somewhat derogatory term, to describe players who have all but given up on role-playing or trying to play a decent story, and thus just kill everything in sight.
Killing isn't always the solution to a problem. A murder hobo is someone who doesn't get that.
Anonymous
8m9z+
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No.71073
71074 71075
>>71069
I, however, would prefer to keep muder-hoboing to a minimum, for this character in particular: she wasn't designed as a violent/ruthless type.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71074
>>71073

Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71075
71076
>>71073
From what I've seen of her, I wouldn't take her as a violent one. Unless maybe you really, really, REALLY pissed her off.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71076
>>71075
That's what I was aiming for.
I haven't killed anything so far (or at least not that I know of).
Iron
revCF
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No.71077
71078 71124
Sorry for not being at the previous session. Had real life stuff to do.

Iron, while extremely angry that this bird had stained his honor, did know when to admit defeat. Therefore, he backs away from Redclaw, clearly retreating. He plans to swim until he cannot see the docks and surface when under a dock roof or when he reaches a clear shore.
ETOL6
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No.71078
71079 71081 71083 71088
[1d2 = 1]
I am going to be away from the computer for about an hour

>>71077
I would appreciate a swim roll to understand how far Iron can get
revCF
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No.71079
71080 71081 71083 71088 71124
[1d20+5 = 6]
>>71078
Alright
OOC
revCF
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No.71080
71083
>>71079
Wow, what a start
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71081
42bc7562e7d2011f2361cb1e4363abb6.jpg
>>71078
>>71079
F
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71082
>>70996
Sister Ash flinches at the sudden noise.
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71083
71084 71124
>>71078
I picked a good time to have gone to the bathroom.
>>71078
>>71079
F
>>71080
So, I know a tiny bit about Dark Star and Sister Ash. What's Iron like, if I may ask?
OOC
revCF
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No.71084
71086
>>71083
Basically, he's not from the civilized world. Very traditional was his upbringing. He travels to mature as per tribe traditions. The best thing you can have is raw, natural strength for him, for a stallion. He's a sucker for honorable fights, one to one, only hooves.
Anonymous
3lfNC
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No.71085
71091
>>71066
Thats (you)
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71086
71087
>>71084
>Basically, he's not from the civilized world. Very traditional was his upbringing.
Sounds like he must have been born way far away from civilization in this kind of universe.
OOC
revCF
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No.71087
71089 71095
>>71086
Thankfully, the GM placed a giant jungle at the edge of Baltimare, more or less.
Anonymous
3lfNC
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No.71088
71090
_angery shimmy.jpg
>>71079
>>71078

Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71089
>>71087
I guess so.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71090
71092
>>71088
Ikr
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
?
No.71091
>>71085
No u
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71092
71093
>>71090
It's not a good omen for rolls tonight.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71093
>>71092
Apparently not.
Be careful.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71094
[Druidic noises]
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71095
71096 71124
>>71087
Forests are good. I wanna go to the forest.
>Says the Druid.
OOC
revCF
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No.71096
71097
>>71095
Lets just forget about that wolf that almost one-shot you.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71097
71098
>>71096
Oi, I wouldn't have had such a hard time if I weren't defending two noncombatants.
OOC
revCF
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No.71098
71099
>>71097
Well, it is better than having failing an easy grapple check then eat 31 damage.
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71099
71101 71102
>>71098
How many hit points does Iron even have?
Anonymous
sGDxu
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No.71100
71101 71124
How dead am I?
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71101
>>71099
I was wondering that myself...
>>71100
Also this.
>Suspense
OOC
revCF
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No.71102
71103
>>71099
48
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71103
71104
>>71102
In total?
OOC
revCF
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No.71104
71105
>>71103
Yes. Planning to knife me from behind or something?
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71105
71106 71107
>>71104
Unless someone was paying Silver a large enough sum of Bits to do so? No. Just was curious if he had 48 total and had only 17 left or if he had 79 total and was currently at 48. To be honest, I have no idea how many hit points Silver even has, himself.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71106
71111
>>71105
What's your Constitution?
OOC
revCF
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No.71107
71108 71124
>>71105
For HP, you have to roll a 1d10 for each level. In this case, you start at level 5. Constitution gives you 2 more HP per bonus point. (13 Con gives you two more, 15 gives you 4 more, etc)
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71108
71109
>>71107
Constitution only gives you 1 bonus hp per level, for every modifying point.
OOC
revCF
?
No.71109
>>71108
Oh
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71110
71119
My HP is 30.
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71111
71112 71116
>>71106
16.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71112
71113 71114
>>71111
Wew. So that's +15 hp.
Roll 4d10
uFQtA
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No.71113
71114 71115 71124
[4d10 = 25]
>>71112
No whammy, no whammy, no whammy...
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71114
71116
>>71112
>>71113
40 hp, then?
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71115
71117
>>71113
You lucky bastard.
25 + 15 + 10 = a whopping 50 hp
OOC
revCF
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No.71116
71118
>>71111
First of all, checked
>>71114
You can boost HP even more with feats if you want.

OOC
revCF
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No.71117
71118
>>71115
Damn, that's some endurance. Could probably kick the birb's ass if you had that dumb two strike combo.
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71118
71120
>>71116
I haven't even taken any feats, I don't think. Even though I read that, at my level, Fighters get three free bonus feats.
>>71117
Maybe, though I would doubt the effectiveness of my character's fighting abilities in the water.
Anonymous
3lfNC
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No.71119
71120 71121 71123
_angry asuka.jpg
>>71110
>tfw the support caster has more hp than you
OOC
revCF
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No.71120
71122 71150
>>71118
It's basically the same in water than land so far. No penalties that I noticed. Maybe if you use a gun, then you'd be in trouble.

>>71119
Don't fret, my rouge has 28 HP when rolls were done. No sweat.

Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71121
>>71119
It so there's someone left to revive your dead ass.

Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71122
71125
>>71120
And for a unicorn with a greatsword as long as their body?
Anonymous
sGDxu
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No.71123
>>71119
f
ETOL6
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No.71124
71126 71127 71128 71129 71134
[1d2 = 2]
Am back now

>>71077
>>71079
Iron fails to lift himself, and sinks in place in the water

>>71083
>What is Iron like
Whether you are a mid-level mafia boss, an FBI agent, or just one of several armed guards, within a minute of meeting you Iron will let you know damned well that he does not consider you his equal under the only hierarchy that matters

>>71095
After all, that worked out so well the last time

>>71100
Your character is free, in the area between the two warehouses

>>71107
Alright, this is wrong on two parts. First, your ability score bonus is calculated by the number of the ability score minus 10, divided by 2, and rounded down. Odd number ability scores give the same bonus as the even number one lower. So a 13 is +1, 15 is +2, 17 is +3, and 19 is +4. Further, you get one point of HP per constitution modifier per level. At level 5 is this +5 if con is 12 or 13, +10 if 14 or 15, and so forth

>>71113
And thus a unicorn somehow has 50 HP
OOC
revCF
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No.71125
71126
>>71122
The birb attack me just fine, but I wouldn't know really.
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71126
>>71124
The hell is with these rolls today?
The magic of a pony's chosen class non-conforming with their race, I suppose.
>>71125
I'll say.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71127
>>71124
What happened to Sister Ash?
Anonymous
3lfNC
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No.71128
71135
>>71124
Have Dark Star and Shimmering Spark made it outside?
revCF
?
No.71129
71130 71131 71132 71133 71135
[1d20+5 = 8]
>>71124
Firstly, the ones and twos are foreshadowing our fates. Secondly, I guess I can try again to roll

Iron catches himself and tries to lift off again.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71130
>>71129
F
OOC
revCF
?
No.71131
>>71129
>When dice tells you your character needs to die through horrible life or death rolls
Anonymous
3lfNC
?
No.71132
>>71129
Son of a bitch, What have you done to piss of the dice?
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71133
>>71129
I just feel bad for Iron at this point. If he makes it out of here, it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up with a chronic fear of water.
Anonymous
sGDxu
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No.71134
71135
>>71124
Is there anyone to kill nearby?
Anonymous
ETOL6
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No.71135
71136 71137 71138 71140 71143
>>71128
Indeed they have, and with an acetylene tank taken from the work storage room. Marecuse, for her part, has walked around the building the long way, has walked ahead to the Union Hall, and is talking to persons unknown through a broken window

>>71129
This is more unsuccessful than successful, but he pulls himself deeper underwater and away a few feet

>>71134
Two ponies grab a crate next to him, more ponies are in the warehouse through the door in front of him, and a mare in black coat holding a very big gun with a drum magazine goes by to his far left
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71136
>>71135
What happened to Sister Ash?
Anonymous
3lfNC
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No.71137
71141
>>71135
is there a way to get on top of the union hall?
sGDxu
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No.71138
71139 71141
[1d20+10 = 19]
>>71135
You know what?

I want that lady's gun.
Onyx steps behind the mare and thrusts his spear-point at her.
Anonymous
3lfNC
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No.71139
>>71138
2lewd4me
Anonymous
3lfNC
?
No.71140
>>71135
What Does Dark Star see when he leaves the room?
Anonymous
ETOL6
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No.71141
71142
>>71138
She's a few hundred feet away
Also, bad idea

>>71137
Simple, use your wings and fly there. For the flying impaired, it looks like there's a trash container on the side that could probably be claimed or jumped up to get to the top, and who knows if there is an internal stairwell, or a ladder somewhere
Anonymous
sGDxu
?
No.71142
>>71141
You and I have different definitions of "to his left"
He walks up to her
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
IFDi0
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No.71143
71144 71145 71147 71149 71150
[1d20+5 = 18]
>>71135
Ok, if this fails, I'll just drown him for incompetence

Iron tries yet again to surface to the water, eager to breathe some air.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71144
71146
>>71143
Ha.
Ur still alive, fgt.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71145
71146
1c998b.jpg
>>71143

Iron
IFDi0
?
No.71146
>>71144
>>71145
It always works when you need a gool roll to pretend to kill your character.
Anonymous
3lfNC
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No.71147
_christ chan smile.jpg
>>71143

Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71148
[Kirin noises]
Anonymous
uFQtA
?
No.71149
>>71143
The dice gods have spoken: Iron shall live to see another day, and not face a watery grave.
Anonymous
ETOL6
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No.71150
71151
>>71143
>>71120
Redclaw, for his part, looks back and up. He wants to see who shot him

>>71143
Iron is able to now swim under the dock. But he hasn't had a breath in a while, and can't get to the other side of the ship. He is now near the ship on the other side of the dock
IFDi0
?
No.71151
71153
[1d20+5 = 19]
>>71150
Iron breathes deeply, knowing that he isn't out of the fire yet, and dives down again, trying to gain more distance.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71152
71154
[nervous nun noises]
Anonymous
ETOL6
?
No.71153
>>71151
In front of him is the ship. In the further distance along the side of the seawall is a motor boat, but this is hundreds of feet away. To where?
Anonymous
uFQtA
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No.71154
71155
>>71152
I mean, either Ash is dead and the GM isn't saying anything on it, or he's got a plan for her and he's waiting on the other scenarios to get to a certain point.
Scaly Chinkhoers
8m9z+
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No.71155
71157
>>71154
The suspense is killing me...
Anonymous
sGDxu
?
No.71156
Onyx is still waiting for a response
Anonymous
uFQtA
?
No.71157
>>71155
Alternatively he could just be flooded at the moment. I don't know.
Anonymous
ETOL6
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No.71160
New thread, and next bit of the story for Ash, Dark Star, Shimmer, and Onyx
https://mlpol.net/vx/res/71158.html