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.
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[1d3+4 = 6]>>70841That'll work, though unless you have RP reasons to do otherwise, I'd use one of those 16s for Intelligence
>>70847Redclaw's talons rip at Iron's flesh and do damage, causing him to fail in his quest to keep Redclaw down
>>70849Also, here are the racial adjustments for the Unicorn race
Unicorn:
+2 intelligence, -2 strength
+2 will save
Can perform Arcane magic
Telekinesis, up to 90 pounds, at will
One free skill at maximum - 8 skill points at level 5
>>70857Int really isn't that important to fighters though.
He placed them in Strength, Dex, Con, and Wis: his most important stats.
[1d20+5 = 13][1d20+6 = 17]>>70857That is it. He had enough of this griffon's stubborness. His honor was wounded and now he's angered further, not caring for a fair fight. He rolls a swim check to swim faster yet again and now adds up +4 damage on his punch and explicitly target the wings, so that the cowardly bird cannot fly away if he reaches out the water.
>>70857He's not an overly-intelligent pony, nor does has he had much reason to change that. He's not stupid, and his status as a unicorn helps that fact. He just needs to know how to fight, and what fights he needs to get into.
[1d20+5 = 10]>>70843Listen check to find colt
[1d20+6 = 25][1d20+11 = 19]>>70858If he has a 7 for intelligence he only has one skill he can max, if he has 16 intelligence he can max 5
Plus the racial skill bonus>>70859Iron's attack lands and draws blood in the water. The Griffon realizes now he is in full combat. He lets himself float in place in the water, and quickly draws his trusted Machete. With both claws he grips it, and makes two swings
Maybe you should look at two handed fighting, so you can make more attacks>>70862He is not inside of any of the gasoline drums
>>70863Firery fireballs of fire. No colt here
>>70857So, now that I'm looking at the wiki for what kinds of skills I can take, how many points do I have available?
>>70864Why is the modifier different at both strikes?
>>70864Yeah, but then he'd have to dump another Stat.
I wouldn't trade Wis for Int if I were a fighter.
Besides, he doesn't have very many skills to pick from anyway. Nobody needs more than 5 ranks in Jump, so all he'd need would be to put the rest in Intimidate.
[2d6+16 = 25]>>70859Both attacks find Iron and pierce his hide armor. Rolling damage
What is Iron's damage?
>>70865With 7 intelligence? 16 in total and 8 must be in one skill.
>>70864Sister Ash keeps running back towards the soup kitchen, still looking for the colt.
>>70866The reason is because he has two base attacks. The second attack has a much lower base attack bonus.
Iron has taken 31 damage total from one round of machete combat and one round of naked talon combat with Redclaw
>>70869Is she still on fire?
>>708681d4, remember to add the +4 from power attack
>>70870Well, she's not trying to be...
She's only trying to resist the flames.
>>70871I know, but I mean does he have weapon specialization on unarmed combat, and it's one hoof right?
>>70872It affects how other characters interact with her. Does she look like she is covered in Napalm?
>>70868>8 must be in one skillI take it to mean that I need at least 8 in one skill I choose?
>>70870W0t? Damn, was not expecting that. Though that 16 damage was a misspell.
>>70874No, but her face looks like it's covered in soot/ash.
>>70868I should also ask: if I don't take a point in a skill, can I still make a check in that skill?
>>70879Yeah, but the less skill you have, the more you depend on random chance to help you out, so pick wisely. However, do not go for dexterity skills if you're going for a figher unless your dex is high and don't plan using any armor.
>>70880Thanks, helps out with choosing.
>However, do not go for dexterity skills if you're going for a figher unless your dex is high and don't plan using any armor.I wasn't planning on it. If it was allowed, I was going to have my character start out with some heavy armor, and I kinda figured it would be pointless to invest in anything that would already be hampered so much.
>>70881Good. Don't make the same mistake I did.
[1d20+4 = 18]>>70878If a skill is "trained only," then no, you cannot. If a skill is untrained, then yes, you can
>>70876I rechecked the numbers, and they are right, although there should probably be modifiers for combat in water
>>70877>>70878As she exits the main entrance, a startled mare stands back at the sight
>>70881Also I don't think the GM would allow it. Maybe he'll let you have the lightest armor possible like padded.
>>70883So what is my damage with the gauntlet before he slashed at me?
Alright, skills:
8 in Intimidate
3 in Jump
3 in Swim
2 in Handle Animal
That look good to everyone?
>>70884It's alright if he didn't, really.
>>70883Sister Ash trots to a stop, coughing soot and trying not to spontaneously combust.
"Did you see.. a foal anywhere around here?"
[3d6+1 = 11][1d8 = 5]>>70871As Iron and Redclaw slash at each other, a bolt from an unknown attacker slices through air and water, hitting Redclaw in the base of the neck
>>70881You can have a sort of heavy armor, I would just like it to.... make sense in a sort of WW2 context. For example, a character's Chain shirt light armor is a standard Airman's flakjacket
>>70885That's why I asked if you had weapon specialization in it
>>70887The mare has glasses and is holding a very big gun. She says with a sort of accent, and a surprised tone of voice "No"
>>70883Here's a chart of possible modifiers for combat
>>70889>bolt that hits Redclaw in the base of the neckW0t?
>weapon specializationDon't have a focus perk if that's what you're talking about. Also no simple weapon specialization, so just the hit with +4 damage, I guess.
>>70889"This.. *pant* really isn't any place.. *pant* for foal..
It's a shame he had to be here at a time like this..."
Is there another room past here?
>>70889What are the dice supposed to mean, the bullet, the slashes again or my gauntlet?
>>70889I was thinking tear-resistant civilian clothing reinforced with metal armor plating on the outside, but you're the DM/GM. Anything to suggest as lore-friendly heavy armor?
>>70889Dark Star leaves the mill
[1d4+9 = 10]>>70891Alright, rolling damage to Redclaw based on the successful
>>70893The bolt
>>70892She is by the foundry. In front of her and to your left is the Union Hall
Did I seriously not get any description of the targets?
Marecuse steps forward, and then successively casts "Shield" and "Protection from Arrows" on herself.
>>70895>>70895These Metal plates were used as body armor by Soviet soldiers in the battle of Stalingrad
>>70896Noted
>>70894Thus far, 26 points of damage have been done on Redclaw, and 31 on Iron
>>70898What?
>>70899Like, was she given any outline of the objective of the plan?
Could she in any way recognize this mare as the one she's supposed to incapacitate?
>>70901I don't think that Ash was given any description of the adviser beyond "from Stalliongrad." And she doesn't see anypony who looks like she is from Stalliongrad
[1d20+9 = 15]>>70899Spellcraft check to recognize spells
>>70903I don't know if that is high enough, but those two spells have been cast on Marecuse by herself. I think Ash just ran right past her though and didn't look back
[1d20+5 = 11]>>70902Well fug, I guess she really doesn't know what she's doing.
Also, sense motive check to see if this bitch us about to get violent.
>>70904>Ran past herI guess that'd make sense....
Sister Ash continues her endeavor to find the list colt
>>70907The Union hall still has its light on. Obviously the Trucks are gone, but a firetruck has pulled up across the street
>>70908She runs through the hall, crying out for the foal
"Ollie! Ollie?!"
>>70899Can I suder his machete to see if I break it?
>>70910You could try I guess, and leave him only with his talons, but are you sure you want to spend one more round in combat?
>>70909She runs into the hall. Neither Ollie nor either stallion can be seen in the "event area," or the room that is there when you first go through the doors
>>70911Am I all set for the game? Or is there something left for me to do?
>>70911"Ollie?!" She shouts once more, as she runs through to the next room, and then out the door
>>70912>>70912I think you are set to begin. All we need now is a reason he'd be in Baltimare
>>70913I think we'll put this on pause for the night, seeing as how most of the players are gone >>70914Alrighty then. I suppose we'll leave this for tomorrow, if we're putting the game on pause.
>>70914[Panicked Kirin noises]
Okay. I should've been asleep 4 hours ago anyway.
>>70911One question before I answer, do I go first and the griffon attacks next or we both attack simultaneously? If it's the latter I would ceirtanly flee, if not I can break its machete if it has a hardness less than 10 of course.
Question for the next session. Night all.
>>70917>>70917You can try to sunder his weapon. Please note that in order to attempt a sunder, first your opponent must fail to damage you on his attack of opportunity. That is, he will try to stab you with his Machete in a free attack with his +11 bonus. If his attack fails, you must then make an opposed attack roll against his weapon. He gets a +4 bonus because he is wielding his machete two handed. So if he fails to hit you on his attack of opportunity, and then if you win against his opposed attack roll, which he will have a +5 total advantage on, then you can damage his weapon. Please note that just because you do damage to his weapon doesn't mean that you have done enough damage to shatter it, so you may still fail even if you win the first two steps.
>>70915The other players are in a sort of mass combat encounter, so your character would start off separately. The first four characters all had their own little adventures on their own, one joining a nunnery, another joining a gang and doing enforcer work loan sharking, another joining the federal police as a deputy, and a another killing a gangster who was threatening a shop keeper for protection money, then being detained for questioning over it, and then being arrested on suspicion of being a changeling spy.
>>70918I know, but I wasn't sure if you calling their encounter off for the night wasn't also so you could get some sleep.
>>70921You've only lost like 3 health points. Iron has lost 31
from a single round of combat and attack of opportunity>>70922We'll see what we can do
>>70923I take it you're here, now? Should we begin?
>>70925We could, although I can't say I have any ideas
>>70926Sister Ash would still be looking for Ollie.
>>70926I've got one that works. A basic one, but it's an idea nonetheless.On the streets of Baltimare, a lone and strange-looking unicorn stallion, greatsword at his side, makes his way through the lamp-lit streets, looking for lodging and otherwise in an unfamiliar city.
>>70929The buildings in downtown are fairly large. A few 10+ story office buildings stand in a strand in teh central business district. 3 to 5 floor apartment buildings and department stores dominate most everywhere else in the densest locations, while more than a few factory smokestacks protrude in most directions on the horizon. This is a modern industrial city. It is not nearly as big as Manehattan. It is not as glamorous as Canterlot, nor as wealthy as Los Pegasus, but it remains the Urban cornerstone of the Equestrian Southeast. Think of it as a poor-mare's Manehattan. No.... that title belongs to Fillydelphia. Maybe think of it as a poor-mare's Fillydelphia
What sort of lodging is he looking for? Formal hotels exist, as do business owners and residents renting out spare rooms
[1d20+12 = 25]
Are there any rooms left in the building Ollie could have gone to?
Rolling survival to try to pick up tracks.
>>70930How is it compared to ponyville?
>>70930Unused to cities in general, he's put off by the shear scale of it all, and how strangely tiny it makes him feel.
As for the issue of lodging, he considers something formal for his immediate needs, but decides something less-so is in order. All he needs is a room, a bath, and some employment suiting his abilities. In this pursuit, he continues the search, looking for a place where the owner would have some information for him.
>>70931The
>>70932A hell of a lot larger, and one hell of a lot less quaint. The architecture tends to be more brick based than the almost Germanic style architecture of wooden and thatched roof houses of Ponyville
>>70931Indeed there are other rooms in the hall. One set of (recent) tracks veers off to a hall on the side, and many sets of tracks go inside and outside of the front door
>>70933Screw it, I'm placing you with the rest
More expensive and formal hotels exist, but cheap and longer lasting lodging can be found in lofts above the Eastside Tavern, a two story brick building Between the commercial town center and the factories of the waterside district. Well, that's what a paper on the door says anyways
>>70934Neat.He takes another look at the building before pressing on inside, getting an idea of what stands before him.
>>70934...
How big are these recent tracks? Are they colt-sized?
>>70934Has Dark Star made it outside?
>>70935When he enters the building, he sees the bar to high right, with a lone bar tender and one grey earthpony stallion far down in the bar. A few ponies sit in a booth to the far left, and in the back, a couple ponies play pool
He sees a number of posters on the wall. One particularly noteworthy poster shows a Stallion asleep in bed, right next to a drooling and hissing black changeling. The caption reads "beware who you take home at night. Your date might just be a changeling." Still another poster warns that Changelings plan subversive activities. What must be an old Equestrian recruitment poster is also on the wall
>>70936Indeed, some of the tracks appear to be colt sized
>>70937It may take him some time to run, but sure
>>70939Sister Ash follows the colt tracks in a hurry (although at only half her normal running spead, because she's following tracks).
>>70939Besides contemplating the old recruitment poster for a couple seconds and how it managed to survive through the city's occupation, little else piques his interest leading him to go straight for the barkeeper. He offers a simple "Greetings" with a slight Stalliongrader accent once he reaches the bar.
>>70940She goes into the hall and sees that tracks variously go into two rooms. One is just a bathroom, the other is an empty room that doesn't seem to have any foals in it
>>70941He seems surprised for a moment, and then says "what can i get for you?"
>>70939I follow Dark Star with explosives and drink in tow.
>>70943Sister Ash proceeds into the bathroom, still coughing back bit of door as she tries to calm herself down.
>>70947There is nopony in the bathroom. It also appears that they've shut the water off in the building, which carries it's own set of implications
>>70946Just checking."One room, and one bath, if it pleases you." He also takes a quick looks down at the weapon at his side. "And, uh...'information', if you can. I am in market for employment."
>>70948Confused, she backs away and checks the other room.
Also how could she tell they'd shut the water off?
I had to pick up a pizza>>70950>How could she tellYou can smell when someone has used a toilet where there is no water or flushing.
The other room looks like it has not been used extensively. A window is broken
>>70949"Well, we arrange that." He pauses again, and asks "what sort of information?"
>>70951It's all good. Hope you enjoy your peetzer."As I have said, employment. Anyone who would be in need of pony who can fight."
[1d20+12 = 13]>>70951"But.. his hoofprints were right here.."
Sister Ash is now very confused, wondering if she followed the tracks improperly.
Rolling survival to try to find the trail again.
>>70953REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>70952He looks down at the sword. "
Who are you?"
>>70953Oh dear. Does his trail go everywhere or nowhere? Is that a colt's hoofprint, or a stallion's?