Welcome back to Occupied Equestria, an RP set in a conquered Equestria, using D&D 3.5e mechanics, and based in large part on the My Little Pony mod for Hearts of iron 4, Equestria at War
The party has successfully stopped the Communists of Baltimare from importing guns and foreign advisers in preparation for a revolt. They have also raided a Griffin freighter involved in arms trafficking, and are prepared to leave and end their long night.
>>73989Hmmm... Do you want to commit to going to a pawn shop?
>>73990Not a single clue. I am honestly stumped on what our characters would be motivated to do besides work for the one character with ties to the main source of quests. I suppose we could explore for a place for our characters to stay and the local shops to gear up...
>>73990>>73992Characters that know what they want to do and proactively seek that get more encounters. For example, Ash wanted to find an orphanage, and found the Order of Saint Prancis with all of its various sisters. Onyx wanted to get a loaf of bread, and so found a colt shilling communism, then got roped into protection duty, and then murdered someone, then went to the hospital, then got arrested, and then got arrested again by a different agency. Ash went to find Iron, rolled a 1 on tracking, and found a guy with a dire wolf she is trying to heal. And so forth
>>73993Well obviously there are jewelers. So what does he want to find?
>>73995Onyx finds a jeweler two streets over. It is in a line of shops, and has a diamond over it.
Talon jewelers
>>73996He walks in
"Hello, do you buy gold?"
>>73994Yeah, that's true. Silver's primary concern right now is just "find a job", so it would be best for him to just look around places of interest for any one in need of help. But that's pretty bog-standard, and fairly boring.
>>73997"Hello there. I take it you are selling old Jewelry?" The voice comes from an at least middle aged Griffon of white and brown standing at a counter. there are display cases of jewelry. There is a diamond dog behind the counter at his own desk, looking at jewels under a light, and currently facing the opposite direction
>>73999"Uh, maybe? I don't know where it all came from."
Onyx slaps a bar onto the counter.
>>74000"Let me take a look at that. My name is Elijah Talonberg, by the way"
He moves the bar over, and then sits down in a seat a little over to his left and your right. Mr. Talonberg picks up a monocle, and starts to inspect the bar
"This is a mine's ingot. It's the way they cast the gold before it is sent over to goldsmiths or to mints. Where did you get this?"
>>74002Yes. Sorry. I was trying to think of what to do now.
>>74003"A friend gave you this brick? This much gold?"
>>74005"Yeah, he's a strange guy"
>>74002"Why don't we find someplace a little more suited to talking than here. It's getting crowded and I don't like the feeling of being overheard."
>>74004I mean, we could always just explore. It's better than nothing.
>>74006"Did your friend tell you that this bar is probably either stolen, or was used in an illegal transaction?"
>>74011"Very well"
He now takes the bar and places it on a scale. then he places it in a tank of water. This takes a couple minutes
>>74007He nods. "Let me just grab couple things from my room, if we are heading out."
>>74012>>74014He then inspects the bottom of the bar, which is imprinted with numbers and symbols, and writes them down
"We can give you 3500 bits for the bar"
>>74016"Then I take it I can get 3500 for this one too?"
Onyx slaps down the second one.
>>74017The griffon rubs his claws together and makes what seems to be a smile by pulling his lower beak back a little
"Indeed you can"
>>74019Elijah Talonberg then pulls out a very, very large set of bits, and carefully and painstaking counts them in front of Onyx. He then offers them over in a number of bags
"7000 Bits"
>>74020"Thank you sir, and have a nice day"
Where do I go if I want a magic weapon?
>>74015After about a minute, he comes out wearing a white button-up shirt, a sturdy nylon saddlebag, and a greatsword in a leather sheath, strapped to his side. "I am all set, I believe!"
>>74021"I happen to know several very trustworthy Griffins who are very good at keeping their beaks shut when it comes to the police. If you want old fashioned, Josef Silverwing operates a shop on East street called "Tails of Yore." Don't be off put by the mundane merchandise he keeps in the front, any enchanted blade you could want is there"
>>74022"Great. Let's go."
I lead the way out of the tavern.
"I suppose we should just head out of the city a ways."
>>74023"Thank you once again sir." Onyx makes his leave towards Tails of Yore, already thinking about what he wants.
>>74024"I only just bought map of city, so you might have better idea of where to go."
>>74025I know that feel.
>>74025Welp, may as well turn in.
Goodnight, Anons.
>>74027"I don't have any idea of where to go either. May I see that map?"
>>74031"Of course." He fishes it out of his saddlebags, opening it up to show the city of Baltimare.
>>74026This shop is a building all on its own, with a large raised roof. When he goes in, he can see tapestries of Griffon knights, display cases with swords, armor of both Griffin and pony variety, and poleaxes, longbows, so forth. A griffin stands at a wooden counter, more slender than Talonberg, but of a similar age and coat scheme
>>74032And so it is
>>74032I take a look at the map.
"Which place sounds good to head towards?"
>>74033I believe the GM is still here.
>>74035"Good afternoon. I've been told that if I have the bits I can buy what I need here. Is that true?"
>>74037I hate when that happens.
"Should we just head out toward the city limits and find something out there, or do you feel like exploring deeper into this place?"