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 50 files omitted.
>>70134Iron perks his head up. He decides to go where the sound of ponies talking about crates and slowly peek through any opening while being discreet.
>>70135It's the mare speaking in the center of the floor, talking to another pony. Out of reach, unfortunately
>>70136Dark star has a view over the floor from the side, seeing the crowd and the two advisers
>>70136Iron regroups with Dark Star on said gangway.
>>70138>>70136>>70139He can see that there is actually a central gangway that goes over top of a sort of crane that extends the length of the mill, with a hook that could move and descend to pick up pipes
>>70139DarkStar whispers
"this is a pretty good vantage point.we cant let these ponies leave obviously, how do you feel about wiping them out?"
>>70130So... can the third door be opened?
>>70141Iron smiles. "I feel good about it." He decides to see how many ponies/griffons are in this area.
>>70142There are two more doors to open, actually
>>70143Beneath you, only about 36 besides the speaker, the advisors, and a few in and out
>>70144Iron frowns. "We may need to explore more. See if there are other terrain advantages."
>>70144I try to open the first of the two doors.
>>70145>>70141"However, I can ambush anyone that tries to reach this place if that is your intention."
>>70146When he opens it, he sees two ponies
"I don't think you're supposed to be up here" they say to him
>>70145>>70147"Colt i wish i would have requisitioned some explosives.,that seems like a good idea. lets try to find all the exits and block them."
>>70149"Sure thing." Iron looks for obstacles to block the exits, being as stealthy as possible.
[1d20+11 = 14]>>70148I hold up my drink and pretend to be drunk.
"M-My apol... apologies. I may have had o-one too many."
+11 due to maxed out bluff skill (+8) and 16 cha (+3) >>70150>A giant fighter>StealthyHe makes loud clinging noises as he goes down the gangway
>>70152They nod
"remember to drink plenty of water comrade"
>>70151The skinny blue-white pegasus approaches Dark Star, and he did not hear her coming
"Do you see that gun the battle mage has on his back? That's death to any creature that does not have cover, and there is no cover here. Don't attack him from here so long as he still has ammo unless you've got a rogue or someone who could take him down very quickly. And didn't you recruit more ponies? The three of you may not be enough"
>>70154R-r00d, I have +1 in move silently
>>70154"Yea i was thinking of getting them to come in."
>>70156So can I have that or is it out of the question and should relocate my skill points? Because I also spent on hide too just because it would be useful.
*sweats nervously* >>70158I don't think that those are class skills, but in any event you could roll for those. It's a dexterity modifier, and your bear skin hide gives a -3 modifier
>>70157"Do you have a plan to get them, or should I fetch them?"
[1d20-2 = -5]>>70159Better than almost destroying the damn ceiling with my steps.
>>70160lolokcarryonwiththe"Imakenoises"motifIthinkit'sclearenough
>>70160With the further negative modifier of a steel gangway being a rather noisy surface, Iron breaks even. It's pretty loud on the floor
>>70157>>70162While he tries to search and move obstacles, he ask Dark Star what is the hold up.
>>70159"Would you please send them in?"
>>70163Now where would he search?
>>70166>>70165Deciding it is futile to search on such a small gangwalk for obstacles, he turns to Dark Star. "What do you mean, rest?"
>>70167"the rest of our friends, that are outside."
>>70168"Oh." Iron shrugs. "That much is true."
I guess this is enough preamble and we will fight soon today in the afternoon/midnight, then. I'll see you later then. >>70170Oh damn. Well, do you recommend fighting them now?
>>70171I mean, you can do what you want
>>70172Then I guess I'll wait for the whole party to be on keyboard. Now for real, I'll see you later. Good night to all of you.
I think my brain is malfunctioning a bit, that's why I gotta backread, although my character didn't actually move very much.
>>70182Now it's only a matter of time for the GM and the crew to arrive as well.
Alright, I don't think characters can "go loud" until we have everyone available. However, there is still room for movement even just for individuals. Brie especially can do quite a number of things. There is also room to explore the rolling mill, and for the characters in the Union Hall to do things on their own
>>70183I don't think my character can deal with subtlety as well as others, especially with my armor, so I am stuck with Dark Star for the moment.
>>70184My character is mostly concerned with finding information related to the children or the waterfront gang.
>>70185Uh, you don't need to be perfectly subtle, you just need to not fire any guns
>>70187*Blue Skies would give a hug if she were there. Probably*
>>70189If you say soIron, impatient to start the fight, decides to leave the gangway and explore the rooms that face the mill floor on the side of the hallway to pass time, hoping to, at the least, distract himself from boredom. Maybe he could find a very heavy object to toss over the gangway and crush somepony.
>>70189How far away is the North Shore?
>>70191From your present position? Maybe something like 10 to 20 miles. You are in an area that could be called "The East Shore"
>>70190>>70192The first room is essentially a conference room, with chairs and a conference table, as well as giant windows into the mill floor
>>70193Hmm, looks like I won't be visiting any factories tonight.
>>70193Iron inspects the conference table, both to see if there is anything on the table and how heavy it is.
>>70193*Dark Star looks out the windows*
>>70193Where is my character in relation to the others atm? Is anyone else in line of sight?
>>70197I think Onyx is with you.
>>70194Really? To think you had a whole free night with nothing important to do or any prior commitments for the purpose of visiting a cannery
>>70195There is nothing on the table save for a single set of documents. The table itself is Hardwood, it seems, maybe 3 inches thick or so, rather heavy. It's dimensions are too large to remove from the room, at least in any convenient way
>>70197You are in a building known as "The Union Hall." See
>>69636. The specific room is something like an event-room, open and at least 20ft by 30. You can see straight outside through glass windows to two trucks with headlights on. Inside are two stallions, Ash, Ollie the little colt being caressed by Ash, and Onyx.
>>70196He can see that the ponies are still talking. Redclaw seems to be telling the crowd a war story while Marecuse is in the back talking to somepony
>>70199Iron inspects the documents.
>>70199I guess I'll have to visit the cannery tomorrow then.
>>70201She really wants to find those kids though.
>>70197That is, until Blue Skies prances in. She seems to be in a hurry and rushing to both Onyx and Ash, quickly flashing some sort of documentation to a stallion. That is, until she sees Ash caressing the colt. She slows down and stops before the two, clearly fascinated
>>70200The documents pertain to something called "The Grand Badlands Pipeline." Specifically they talk a lot about steel pipe
>>70203Iron, intrigued, keeps reading. This may involve the jungles.
>>70199*Dark Star goes to the next room to check it out*
>>70203Sister Ash cradles the foal, gesturing to Blue that she'll fill her in on the details later (she doesn't want to stress out the kid).
Actually, can I roll Bluff for innuendo?
>>70204The documents detail a project for a 250 mile long oil pipeline that stretches from the Badlands to Baltimare. It appears there is a desire to exploit the traditional breeding grounds of the Dragons for Oil, pump it over mountains, and then through an area of rainforest known as "Kululu," and to the Baltimare Harbor. The jungles in question are those immediately south of Baltimarte, and are well north of the Tenochtitlan basin the mare earlier was speaking about - this seems to be a different infrastructure project. A look at a group of financiers shows some names that look like Manehattan industrialists, and a 50% stake by the New Mareland government
>>70206Blue moves closer and is visibly fascinated.
>SpoilerI don't know what you mean, but try it so we can all find out
[1d20+5 = 20]>>70206>>70203I'm going to go out on a limb and roll Horse Whispering just to see if it works on ponies too.
Sister Ash subtly mouths the phrase
>"This is one of the foals." [1d20 = 12]>>70207This would seem to be important. He pockets the document to inside his wolf skin and exits the conference room. He then walks towards the second room's door and put his ear next to the door to maybe hear anybody inside.
>>70205When Dark Star enters the room, two ponies greet him
"Oh great, another drunkard. Sir, you are not supposed to be up here."
Iron follows shortly thereafter finding Dark star standing at the doorway
>>70209>>70208Blue Skies seems as if she wasn't paying attention. "Huh? Oh. Yes. Right." Looking to her surroundings Blue Sky sees the two stallions, and she says to Ash "Everypony will be cleared out in less than 45 minutes"
Iron inspects the room from the outside, as well as how many ponies are in the room, apart from the sorcerer pony, of course.
[1d20+6 = 13]>>70210Bluff
"oi im just tryiiiing to seize the means comrades"
I need to go eat for the next ~30 mins
>>70211The second room gives off no details from the outside, except for a pinup Board with what seems to be the shift information of ponies. The wall is an austere white, and the door is grey. More importantly, the door is now open with Dark Star standing in it, who seems to have disturbed the two ponies inside.
>>70213Blue skies nudges Ash. “Excuse me, can we step outside for a moment.” She smiles to the two stallions. “Sorry, mare stuff”
>>70214“He is drunk.... Sir, this area is off limits. Please return downstairs”
>>70212So how do you want to deal with these ponies?
>>70216Iron takes a closer look at the two ponies, peering from behind to see if they had any loud weapons like pistols or something.
>>70217I was thinking the old fashioned way if they don't have guns at all. If they do, it will go loud, so we just search the last room here.
>>70216"Comrade do you have anymore alcohol in here?"
>>70216>>70215Sorry. Back now.
Sister Ash follows Blue outside.
I will only sort of be available the next 40 minutes
>>70218>>70218The room has various instruments along the side facing the mill floor, and a narrow door also towards the mill floor. He can see that there are two bolt action rifles in the room, laying against instrumentation, though more than a leg’s distance from the two ponies who are now standing. “There’s another one?”
>>70222They are confused for a moment.
“The two of you need to go back downstairs”
>>70223What does she do with the colt?
>>70225"Ah ok Comrade."
*Dark Star heads to the next room*
>>70225She would preferably continue carrying him until he fell asleep and still keep carrying him; but if beckined not to she'd put him down on a chair or bench in the building for that time being.
>>70225>>70222Iron whispers to Dark Star as he follows. "We can take them out silently. They are too far away from their guns. Try to keep one alive, he may have some useful information."
>>70228*whispers back*
"lets check out this next room first."
>>70226This next room has no creatures in it, two smaller windows, and two desks. It is an office, evidently.
>>70227The two walk outside the door, and blue skies mostly states at the cuddled colt. When the door closes, she says “They are brining in advisors. Two of them, as well as rifles. They are going to clear out in 40 minutes or less.”
Ollie: “The rise of the workers is a historical inevitability!”
>>70232*Pets poner some more to calm him down*
>>70234Iron stands guard at the door.
>>70233Sister Ash nods to Blue in acknowledgement, still cradling the child.
>"So what will we do?" >>70234The desks include normal items like pencils, paper, a box cutter, a cardboard box, a whistle
>>70233Unfortunately you have something like an excited child on your hooves. He likes the petting, but it doesn’t quell the excitement. Blue seems to enjoy this.
>>70236“You two need to come to the docks, unless you have a difffent plan that is useful.”
Ollie: “can I come too?”
>>70235One of the two ponies comes through the door and into the hallway, turning to Iron. He says “the stairs are this way” pointing the opposite direction down the hall