This RPG is set in the land of Equestria after it has been conquered and split between the Changelings and a foriegn fascist nation. It is based in large part on the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&D 3.5 mechanics
4 of the group have taken a job to clear a site of a future real estate development of undead. They seem to have stumbled upon a centuries old evil long forgotten by Equestria. Meanwhile, Ash has discovered foals from the order of Saint Prancis orphanage practicing dark magic and sacrifices in the woods, while Iron is having not-so-pleasant dreams
>>77462What's the caster level on the potions Silver bought?>>77464Silver doesn't seem to get the joke. "...He had colt on him?"
>>77467You can expect most potions to be made at minimum caster level, or else they'd cost several times as much.
>>77467Pulls out the m1911 and hoofs it over to silver
"yea this kind of colt"
Wait, aren't potions just readied spells that are dormant but a activated when consumed? What's the deal? Why do you need a caster level to drink a placed spell on the potion?
>>77470He takes the pistol and examines it. "Hmm...I have not seen this kind before."
>>77473"yea there was also 1 Colt 911 magazine
1 30 round Limestone box magazine
A letter, folded up
A dog tag
1 grenade
1 knife"
>>77474"Letter? What did letter say?"
>>77475"i havent quite been able to read it yet. its almost like the universe hasnt caught up yet."
>>77472It's slightly more complicated than that.
Potions are single use consumable items. They're different from spell trigger items, like wands, or spell completion items, like scrolls.
A potion is a magic liquid that produces its effect when imbibed. Potions are like spells cast upon the imbiber. The character taking the potion doesn’t get to make any decisions about the effect —the caster who brewed the potion has already done so. The drinker of a potion is both the effective target and the caster of the effect (though the potion indicates the caster level, the drinker still controls the effect).
I g2g. I can say more about items later.
>>77475>>77476It reads
"To my Sweet Autumn Meadows. The war is almost over, and I can feel the dark clouds on the horizon. The Fascist planes fly overhead with impunity, and they harass us now with their artillery. I have seen dark days before, in the early campaign at the Shire. The bugs came in great swarms that blackened the sky and blocked out the Princess’s Sun. The bodies of the dead gave a horrific smell you could smell from miles away, and the Changeling’s machines could be heard from as far. But even in those days it was not hard to keep up the light, because I knew that all of Equestria stood beside me and behind me. There is a very different feeling now. We should have driven the Duke’s minions back into the sea when we had the chance, and now they have pushed us to the sea. It feels as if the light will soon be extinguished.
I hope you made it well to Appleloosia. Please give Dandelion a good Birth Day. I know she is probably not taking the war well, and I regret not being able to be there for her. I wish I could be there with you and hold you again. I would give almost anything for one more night in the desert underneath the jeweled sky with you. But duty calls. Did you know that they promoted me to a lieutenant just last week? I guess I proved your father wrong after all. It seems that Pinkamena herself must have thought that I could do the job. They’ve set me leading a platoon guarding the North suburbs of Baltimare, but the Fascists are trying to break through again. Any time I look up into the sky and see the Princesses’ work, I think of you and Dandelion, and I remember why I am fighting. Why I must fight. But when I see planes, it becomes so very hard to keep faith. We’ll meet again, my Sweet Autumn Meadows, someday, though I don’t know how or when. When we do, I will take you on a waltz through the heavens, like that first dance all those years ago.
With all my love,
Joe Blazer
August 11, 1012
>>77475"Hey Silver. hit me with your sword."
>>77479"...That does not seem like good idea to me."
>>77473Automatic hoofgun
>>77472Yes, but he means the caster level of the person who made the spell
>>77467Ask the druid dragon lady
>>77478Dark Star looks very saddend by the contents of this letter and a tear rolls down his face as he thinks of his brother and what blue would be feeling if it were him that was turned into a zombie down here and left to rot
>>77480"look, i accidentally shot you. i demand that you slash me with your sword so i can atone for my mistake."
>>77481I mean, I would, but she left. Also, she said it was likely a level 1, so I'm just going to go with that."Hmm. Does anypony want this weapon?"
>>77482"...So you are one who shot me."
>>77483yea>>77484Dark Star looks at him apologetically.
"Hit me!"
>>77485"..." He picks up his sword, but instead of trying to hit him, he just prods Star right in the center of his chest with the pommel. "...Try not to shoot me in ass next time. As saying goes, my barn door does not swing that way."
>>77487"if you do not do it. ill do it myself."
Dark Star pulls out the seeker
>>77489Silver puts a hoof on Dark Star's foreleg to try to stop him. "Look, it is fine. It is not first time I have been shot, and will probably not be last time."
>>77478If Onyx had a hat he would have taken it off at hearing the contents of the letter.
>>77489"I can stab him"
>>77494"Not if you want your cut after this thing."
>>77495"So no one wants to be stabbed?"
>>77496"The monsters down here are just begging for it. Save it for them."
>>77496Silver just sighs. "Nopony in their right mind would want to be stabbed."
>>77494"Oynx, Dragg this body to where the other one is."
>>77493"My honor Demands that i bleed. i made my ally bleed."
>>77492"I Have to."
>>77499"Then do it after we aren't in danger of being the next soldier stuck in this place. This is an order."
>>77499"...How about this? You help make our opponents bleed, and I will consider this 'debt' of honor of yours fulfilled."
[1d8+1 = 9]
While waiting for his companions, Silver drinks one of the healing potions.
>>77502"That sounds good to me."
>>77500"i suppose that could work."
>>77501"true.">>77503"Good Horse."
>>77505"Are you patronizing me?"
>>77504And thus recovers 9 health
>>77503I take it this means the corpse of Lieutenant Blazer into the other hallway?
[1d20+5 = 21][1d8+1 = 8]>>77509After letting the effects of the potion wash over him, he takes one last potion before using his first-aid kit to help bandage himself up.
>>77505"Well, to be honest, Dark Star, I find it difficult to imagine feeling about bad shooting somepony">>77513Bandaged and +8 more health, or 17 recovered in total. He now has 4 potions remaining
>>77514He feels significantly better than he did before, with the pain almost completely nullified, save for a dull ache in his foreleg.
>>77500"Ahhhh...I feel much better now than I did going into that fight. And I still have some potions left for another one."
>>77515You know, Like a Paladin>>77510It is so
>>77517"Well, I can't say I've ever shot anypony I considered an 'ally'.">>77516"Go hug that fillie harder. She obviously need parents">>77518You know, I'm not sure if he would have a bullet lodged in his ass
>>77519Cannibals cannot be Paladins.
>>77518"Good."
I call out to Onyx "Bartender, are you still feeling sick?"
>>77510"Hey did you strip him of his armor?"
>>77519>>77518>>77524"well Stallion Gang are we ready to move on? or are we going back?"
What time of day is it? how much time has passed?
>>77519"its not a good feeling."
>>77530"it has your vomit on it. no thanks."
>>77525Silver seems confused as to when they decided on calling themselves the 'Stallion Gang'. "I am up for more. We still have job to do, after all. With luck, we will not have to deal with more of...whatever that thing was."
>>77531REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE i thought it was salt!!
>>77525I'm still rating it as 6PM. Ish.
>>77522True
>>77525"Well, I can't say I can really hep you much on that. Unless you need a Temptress, or just somepony to hold">>77533Silver begins to wonder what created that one Ghast
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>>77533"well who wants to take point?"
>>77535"i need both."
>>77538Why would there be some sort of salt in a metaphorical cemetery?
>>77541Today Argentina Anon will learn about embalming
>>77535All he knows about them is that they're hard as hell to kill unless you manage to trip them. But, as he's already got suspicions about the nature of why there's undead here from almost a century ago, he chalks it up to those suspicions: a lich. "I sure do hope whatever created this thing is long gone."
>>77539"Onyx or I would be best candidates. We are both as tanks, while I have light from horn, and he has better weapon."
>>77543There wouldn't just be salt lying around though.
>>77542Expect a visit from Dark Star at the church
>>77544"let him go first you took quite the beating."
>>77546He nods. "Then I will try my best to keep way lighted from behind him."
>>77541>>77543Like why the fuck are you randomly tasting suspected Embalming chemicals?
>>77542https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGp9P6QvMjY>>77548More unlit hallway deeper in, and what seems to be a door entrance
>>77543>>77548"lead the way colts. ill be in the back watching our rear."
>>77550He laughs in jest. "Just do not shoot our rears."
>>77549"Hmm...should we try door?"
>>77550"Since you did such of good job of watching Silver's rear>>77552This doorway has a wooden door to it. The door is already open
>>77555>>77556Walking a little further down, he sees more hallway with more doors
>>77553...Blue must have some really weird fantasies.Silver peeks in past the doorway.
>>77559"...Wait, didn't you say you were going to grab chemicals in well room?"
>>77558No, she's just a sarcastic bitch who was making fun of that statement
>>77560there seems to be a formally constructed vaulted ceiling. There is some moisture and cobwebs. Strangely, the air is actually better over this direction
>>77559"You did, but only after I guided you..."
>>77558It seems to be more or less a copy of the last room, with a few differences
There is no lumber in the pit
There are... sounds, shall we say, coming from the pit
There is another booklet on the table
>>77563[Dark Star burning intensifies]
>>77562"Before fight with zombie, I thought you said you were going to grab chemicals from well room."
>>77564The sounds make him 'nope' well away from the well, his mind only able to imagine the kind of horrors this mad pony managed to come up with. He does, however, grab the booklet to see if there's any interesting information inside.
>>77567"No that wasnt me that said that. i dont think so."
>>77568"Hmm...must be mistaken, then."
>>77567Inside the booklet, there are other chemical descriptions. It seems to have been written in some sort of cryptic writing - probably a form of shorthand - like the last. It has again a note at the beginning
"Dear Cinnamon Corn,
I have found that an improper application of the arsenic solution onto a corpse without the correct incantations, and sometimes even the same to a live subject, reanimates the corporeal being, but not the full spirit. It leaves a monstrous ghoulish entity with tough skin, and greater strength and endurance than the normal creature. Destroying these would destroy the subject as well, so it is recommended that you keep these subjects restrained until proper incantations may be applied. They can be rather aggressive. Each carries an eternal and voracious appetite for flesh. It was only after great expenditure of cattle that I learned that they don't need flesh to survive.
Yours, Joseph Curwhinny
3/16/764"
>>77570Two more past where Silver went
>>77571>great expenditure of cattleREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
[1d2 = 2]>>77571Rolling to pick on of the 2
>>77573Furthest door down. He walks past a skeleton. This door is open, due to evident damage to the room
>>77571"Well, I know where that thing came from..." Against his better judgement, he peaks into the well to see if it's the same kind of undead they just slew, using his horn's light to see just barely see what's down inside.
>>77577Silver can say safely that he was not disappointed
Looking into the well, 3 pairs of yellow eyes stair back at him. He can see the outlines of grey and white corpses. Lips decayed away, bellies open and gone. Ribs exposed, and a dreadful smell
"WHOOOOORG" They howl at him
>>77578A desk and... Is that a mummy's sarcophagus?
>>77579"I...think it detailed how Curwhinny made that thing we just fought..."
>>77580Is a sarcophagus sunder-able?
>>77581"we should probably destroy those notes then."
>>77580"What the buck was that?"
>>77580He almost throws up from the potency of the smell. Almost. "Oh, go 'whorg' yourself."
>>77584"Thought crossed my mine, too, but it might have information we can use to more easily slay these things."
>>77586"More of those things. I do not recommend going anywhere near there. It sticks."
[1d20+19 = 32]>>77583And Onyx sunders the sarcophagus
>>77556>>77587"Spark Can you Burn these things?"
>>77588Onyx needs to make a die roll
>>77588What is that bonus hit chance there?
>>77590"I got only one scorching spell left. Not today unfortunately."
>>77593"you could always pour tipsy on them."
[1d20 = 8]>>77592+4 str, +5 bab, +1 masterwork, +1 weapon focus, +4 improved sunder, and +4 two-hooved weapon.
>>77591I don't like this, but do I hit it?
>>77594"No."
I hold the glass away from you.
>>77595Oh, that wasn't a "hit" die
The halberd hits the object, breaking it, and allowing Onyx to open it
>>77594>>77596Silver pockets the book like the last one.
[1d20+6 = 15]>>77596"Fine."
>>77580Dark Star walks over and Shoots at one of them with Ride the lightning
ive been foregetting my plus one from a feat
>>77597Onyx is pleased at the openable sarcophagus, and opens it
I know that one wasn't, I was just asking if I did hit it."Hey guys! Come check this out"
>>77600"On my way!" Silver rushes over in case something's wrong.
>>77602No? Really? I thought it would be a bear
[3d6 = 13]>>77599I think you are also forgetting your Dex bonus
>>77600>>77601>>77602Onyx opens the somewhat fancy but now broken sarcophagus of Sonambula's Equestria to find that it is... Empty?
>>77604Oh shit
>>77605"Well that's anticlimactic"
>>77605"Sarcophagus? But...where is mummy...?"
>>77606With +11 attack bonus and a fatal supernatural disease no one here can cure....
Be mindful that the contents of that sarcophagus never left the cavern
>>77607"You just had to ask that."
I look behind myself just in case.
I think I'm going to sleep a lot earlier today. I need some thinking about Iron's previous predicament and what does it even mean for the character, if it was even real and not some dream fueled by insecurity. Night all.
>>77611Goodnight.
I'm not exactly sure what I can do with my character asleep... But I'm not sleeping yet.
>>77614i wonder if ash has any dreams?
>>77607>>77604On the way to the fourth door, Silver and Dark Star pass a skeleton with a foreleg held up, more modern worker's clothing, a hat, and something by his side.
>>77616Ask
>>77611 if I would do that while excluding his character
>>77618>QuestionThat's not a question. That's a die roll
>>77619"Hmm? What's this?" Silver leans down to look at what the worker had.
>>77621.. I should have rolled Concentration...
>>77620Is dead
>>77622Workmare's jacket that is very.... very old. Still with woven cotton of the type after industrialism. This is torn around the chest. All flesh is gone, it is only a skelecton. To his right side is a broken lantern. To his left is.... Dynamite? It looks like dynamite. His leg is held up as if shielding, and his back is against the wall, as if he was fending off some enemy while prone on his back. There is a note in the pocket, as well as a slew of other small items that relate to the detonation of dynamite
>>77624Dark star examines the skeleton
>>77624This isn't what Silver expected to find down here...and the state of the skeleton doesn't bode well for them. He takes everything he can related to the dynamite, before reading the note.
Onyx runs like hell to find the others
"MUMMY!"
>>77626>>77625He sees much the same. The jacket reads that it is from the Silver Springs quarry
Note reads:
"Natural cavern found on far north end of mine during blasting. Explore with small team and find holes to blast as is opportune or necessary to dislodge stone or close dangerous tunnels. Airflow expected normal and no pockets of methane suspected, clear for lanterns
Foremare, Granite Grinder
5/11/890"
>>77627"Where? Bartender! Are you ok?"
>>77629"I'm fine now, but I won't be if whatever was in that sarcophagus finds us"
>>77630Silver honestly looks pissed at the false alarm from Onyx, but he only spares a second to glance at him.
>>77628"I wonder what killed you, then..." He checks the dynamite to see if it still looks good.
>>77630"Is it possible that the sarcophagus was empty to begin with?"
>>77633"In a necromancer's lair? Your brain must be working as well as the skeletons' brains"
[1d2+1 = 2]Also, let me think...
>>77632The 'sweating' of nitroglycerin from the dynamite is partially offset by the decay and instability of the explosive. Don't expect it to be nearly as powerful or as safe as new sticks, but when your explosives are made with love and magic, quite a long shelf life is possible. There are six sticks tied together
>>77634The year the quarry was closed
>>77635"And why would a mummy be standing around for Celestia knows how long without going back to it's home?"
>>77634"Yes. I wonder if this Curwhinny's creations killed him, or if he was attacked by mummy."
>>77637"Hell if I know, but I don't like this"
>>77638"maybe Curwhinny made the mummy to."
>>77636Silver decides that they might actually have enough ordinance to deal with this mummy, if they run into it. He gets up and goes into the final room they haven't explored in this part of the structure.
>>77641"Maybe. I do not know about them, either way, so I am in dark about this."
>>77642This room seems to be a bit like the first two, but with far fewer jars, and still a pit
>>77630He's going to be pissed at you for smashing his bed.
>>77644I'll smash his skull if he likes
>>77643He peeks into the well and uses his horn's magic to see if there's any of Curwhinny's creations inside.
>>77645Or they can blow him up with the dynamite Silver just found.
>>77646Dark Skies is by the well just in case anything is down there
>>77647He strains his eyes against the dark to see if it's just like the others.
>>77646That's easy enough to be boring. We gotta use the dynamite to seal the tunnels anyway.
>>77649Looks like a smaller model, and less smelly
>>77648>Dark Skies
>>77652>>77651it was a Freudian slip oops
>>77652"Well, that IS interesting..."
>>77655Listen: Silver tries to pinpoint which room the sound is coming from.
>>77659You can't shoot a sound or else you will shoot us again!
>>77658To the right of the hall, and opposite from the fourth room is, more hallway
>>77659Dark Star is able to determine from the sound that from the direction of the growling is not a wall, but more hallway
>>77660>>77662"its coming from the hallway."
>>77663Onyx pokes his head into the hallway
>>77662Silver draws his greatsword, the dynamite, and his Hippo lighter.
>>77663He nods at Star, and motions for them to keep quiet.