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
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[1d20+3 = 20][1d20 = 8]>>77666>>77663>>77660>>77657>>77656When Dark Star shines his light down the hallway, two figures can be seen. Standing and shaped like ponies, they are now of a familiar kind - white hides, no lips, horrific grins, and lidless eyes. These are the ghasts that sired the one they saw earlier, and kept Blazer from his wife and foal. They wear no armor, and one look as if they may have already been shot by some unknown attacker
Roll initiative
[1d20+9 = 24]>>77673Dark Star shoots at ghast 1 with ride the lightning
[1d20+7 = 21]>>77675I forgot to make dark Star reload his revolver...The Ghast sees no better target than Dark Star, and charges at him to bite him
Roll a fortitude save for stench
[1d8+3 = 4]>>77675>>77677The bite of the evil animal goes through Dark Star's jacket.
Roll for Fortitude save on paralysis
Roll for Fortitude save on Ghoul Fever
Spark's turn
>>77682Dark Star feels sickened, and strange. He is not paralyzed
[1d20+3 = 7]>>77684Time to try something new. My weapons have little chance of working so... I go over to Silver and cast Mage Armor on him.
>>77686>inb4 thanos meme >>77687It is so
>>77685Silver's turn now. +4 AC for Mage armor
[1d20+7 = 17]>>77686"Don't die on us just yet, son!"
>>77689Trip: Silver sets his sword to the side to try to trip the attacking ghast and draw its attention away from Dark Star.
[1d20+5 = 21]>>77693Bear in mind that a sword is not a tripping weapon, and also that the ghast in question is so low on HP you probably could have just killed it with one hit
The ghast gets an attack of opportunity
>>77692"Nopony mourned by leaving Nimbusia, I admit I am surprised to think somepony would my leaving Equestria..." >>77699Not that Ghast, no. The other one, yes relative to Silver, but not that one
>>77700Eh, declare the action as you like
[1d20+6 = 17]
Onyx strikes at the second Ghast, throwing caution to the wind and going full -5 power attack
>>77704the first ghast falls to the ground, dead. -er.
>>77706But first, roll a fortitude save
[2d20 = 32][1d20+5 = 7]>>77708Onyx is slightly sickened by the smell of the ghast, throwing off his attack, and causing it to fail to penetrate the hide
The Ghast attacks in kind, with tooth and hoof
Also, you have at least another +1 on your fort save from your con bonus, so +6
>>77710>Another plus 1Anon pls, the +5 is with my con.
Also, fuck undead.
>>77708>>77710The ghast fails to bite him, but it does land with its hooves
Roll a fortitude save
Roll a second Fortitude save
Maybe just one fort save
[1d20+5 = 23][1d20+5 = 15]>>77714I fucking hate fort saves at this point
[1d20+9 = 17]>>77717Dark Star Dual Wields his revolvers and shoots
>>77718-2 to attack for the duel wielding
which makes a shot that would have otherwise hit, missRoll a second die for the second gun
[2d6+1 = 8]I can't find any of Spark's posts, but it's his turn
>>77720This one, hits. Seeker of truth has found truth in the corpse of the ghast
>>77721Well, I am being told that I don't use a roll to cast Mage Armor. So I go to Onyx and cast Mage Armor on him.
>>77727And what shall Silver do?
[1d20+8 = 9]>>77725Well, now that we know the outcome of the "save"...Charge: Silver brandishes his greatsword and charges the ghast. He coughs and gags when he gets in its vicinity, throwing off his attack a little.
>>77733F
Idk, what did you do to Atlas?
>>77725Dark Star Vomits everywhere
Onyx's turn
>>77733>>77732Well, the good news is that Silver, on his great charge, never makes it far enough to get close enough to be sickened. The bad news is that Silver has tripped on a piece of rubble and is now prone
[1d20+6 = 12]>>77737Stabby stabby with a hint of power attack
>>77737Silver grumbles and spits out a piece of rubble that he almost ate.
[2d20 = 21][1d20+5 = 23]>>77736"You need to refill that belly of yours soon Earth Pony?">>77740Uh... Would have hit with no power attack
The ghast targets the only pony near enough to hit: Onyx
>>77740Oh dear... Roll a few more fortitude saves
[1d8+3 = 8][3d4+3 = 11]>>77750The good news. You don't have Ghoul fever. The bad news: you're a little... unmoving, for a few minutes
>>77754I'll start rolling a new character...
[1d20+9 = 20]>>77748Dark star is gonna Double tap the ghast that attacked oynx with ride the lightning
>>77758>>77757The second Ghast is shot right through the skull, and electric shock comes out its eyes as it falls to the ground
>>77763"i love the spark in your eyes."
>>77765Onyx would laugh but is slightly paralyzed
>>77764That it is, that it is
>>77765Somehow, its eyes look less malign than Blue Skies'
>>77768Silver pushes himself up from the ground, spitting out a couple more pieces of rubble. "Spark, go check up on Onyx if you would, please. Make sure he is okay."
>>77767He looks at the profane amount of vomit Dark Star is spewing out of his mouth and nose. "...I will tend to Star."
[1d8+3 = 4]>>77769Onyx has taken something like 19 damage. Rolling Dark Star's damage
>>77771"He isn't responding guys. Something is wrong."
>>77767Silver trots up to him, trying his best to avoid the rapidly growing puddle of vomit. "This does not look good..." He uses the frog of his hoof to feel the temperature of Dark Star's forehead.
>>77774"Is he still alive?"
>>77775I check his vital signs.
"He can't move, but he seems alive. We have to get out of here."
>>77774vomits more
>>77775Its like touching a boiling pot
PRAISE FOOTBALL!
PRAISE AMERICAN
>>77778>>77779Big F>>77776>>77777Silver actually looks worried, this time around, when he turns to Spark. "I agree. Star is really, really sick. I am surprised he has not passed out from fever already."
>>77782Oh please. Onyx just needs a few healing potions and a couple minutes, and get Dark Star to a sketchy witch doctor before midnight, but he still has many hours of good time left on him
>>77784People who waste quints don't get dates
>>77782"I shouldn't have tried to carry us through with this. A whole army couldn't do this."
I try to pull Onyx back along out of the room toward the entrance of this infernal place.
"Please get Dark Star to a hospital and use that badge to get him though the lines."
>>77783There's no real telling how long it will be if we go through with the rest of this quest. It's already in the evening, so the most time he has is maybe five hours.>>77787He nods, and pulls Dark Star onto his own back, being careful of the many pointy thinks he has there. "We can do this, maybe, once we get these two healed. But not before."
>>77785no u
>>77782"Its almost *vomits* time to *vomits* meet blue."
>>77790"I will tell this Blue why you can not come to date. But if you die, you will never get chance to date her, ever."
>>77792"no i dont want to let her down."
>>77793Silver looks at the pony on his back and gives him an odd look. "And you will not let her down if you die?"
>>77795The look Silver gives him tells him otherwise.
>>77787"Listen, Spark, do you know of any good...'alternative' doctors? I am not sure normal hospitals can cure this kind of disease..."
>>77794Dark Star falls unconscious
and so does his palyer >>77796"The only one I know of was of in some secret place only his marefriend knows about."
>>77799He looks at the unconscious pony on his back. "And do you think they could help him with this?"
>>77798This disease has an incubation period of one day.
One day. Not five minutes before he falls unconscious
>>77800"Not like we have any other choice. Once I get Onyx out of here, hopefully he can partially walk and we can find her."
>>77801We don't know that, as well as it getting late... we best be finding Blue.
>>77797"Volo mori pro nobis">>77801well then his eyes glaze over while i sleep
>>77801Better find a Healer to treat that though.
>>77802"Then let us go find her." He grabs Dark Star's flashlight and turns it on, pointing it towards the way out. "Come. We do not have time to waste."
>>77805"Right."
>>77801Do I roll strength to drag the bartender along?
>>77806Yes
>>77802By that same logic you don't know that he is infected with anything at all
[1d20-1 = -3]>>77807He was vomiting and we checked for a fever, plus he passed out. Pretty sure that counts as knowing.
Strength roll
>>77808>>77809Because he is metagaming like you are now
Failed the strength check
So I take it there is a general retreat out of the caverns and away from the scene?
>>77814Only if Dark Star was sick enough to tell, and if Onyx recovers as fast as you say, then probably not.
>>77808"Do you need help with that, or...?"
>>77812>>77813If it bothers you that much, then yes, rewrite the scene. None of us have any idea what the symptoms of Ghoul Fever are, nor do we know how quickly they appear, so setting some of that up for us would be very helpful.>>77814Basically. >>77813>>77816Damn it I'm not the one who said there was shit loads of vomiting. A character just started vomiting a lot and you all chose to treat that bunch of vomiting more seriously than equal amounts of vomiting by that character and one other on two separate earlier occasions
>>77817Then rewrite the scene. We didn't do anything then.
Alright, so it looks like there is a general withdrawal from the caverns
The Dark Star character absolutely has things to do for the remainder of the night. Onyx, Spark, and Silver... not so much, at least at the moment. I guess it is okay to force an end to day 3 because I want to get Ash, Iron, and the Stallion gang all on the same timeline. However, at the moment I don't really have any planned out quests besides the Silver Springs Quarry and the missing foals (several of them). So don't be surprised if you get a loading-screen when you try to look for all that much else
>>77825I guess I'll ask now if the Iron rape scene was real or a figment of paranoia from the lack of security.
>>77827Ok. Guess he'll see in the morning when he wakes up.
Hey GM, are guns in this world considered as an exotic weapon category?
>>77832I was wondering the same thing.
>>77832>>77833I guess proficiency would be bestowed based mostly on past experience, but really the main thing I'm looking for is the strength rating to use the heavier guns
>>77834But what classes get them?
>>77834So if I were to make a ranged rouge build, what specialization should I pick if I want to use rifles and don't want a -4 on attack rolls for example?
>>77836I would guess Ranger would have proficiency with most firearms from the start, especially rifles, while Rouges would start with proficiency with sidearms.
>>77838But are they simple, martial, or what?
>>77840They're probably among all three classifications, depending on the type of firearm, I would guess. Break-action rifles and shotguns, and semi-auto pistols and revolvers are likely simple weapons. Bolt-action and semi-auto rifles and shotguns, and SMGs are likely martial weapons. LMGs, MMGs, HMGs, full-auto rifles, and full-auto pistols are likely exotic weapons.
>>77841I would also guess that Rouges start with proficiency with SMGs despite them being a martial weapon, and that firearms with select fire between full-auto and semi-auto change their classification based on which fire mode you use them in. Sort of like how a bastard sword used in one hand is an exotic weapon, but a bastard sword used in two hands is a martial weapon.
>>77841D20 Modern just places the them in 3 profficiencies mostly bas d on size: Personal, Longarm, and heavy. Other gunz are exitoc.
>>77843Personally, I think that oversimplifies it a bit too much, and at the same time defeats the purpose of the Simple, Martial, and Exotic classification system.
Will the GM even respond to this quandry as well as informing of when a character gains XP?
>>77837In D&D mechanics, a sneak attack may only be attempted with a ranged weapon at a distance that does not exceed 30 feet. This means that ranged rogues only really have much value at "point blank" distances. Because the short distance of the rogue sneak attack probably represents the slow travel of a crossbow bolt and how much time a target has to react, it might make sense to increase that distance for a firearm, and to reflect the reality of snipers.
I have Blue Skies, for example, rate as good with pistols and carbine rifles, partly reflective of a 9 Strength score
>>77845No, and after they do things
>>77844Well, that system actually separates guns as a separate class of weapons. In d20, martial weapons become 'archaic' weapons.
The system is somewhat feat-intensive, but characters in d20 may get bonus feats based on starting occupation or background, kind of like how GM said.
>>77846>increase that distanceHow much can it be increased? Are we talking about 12000 feet here or just a small increase of 30 more feet?
Besides that, a rogue can just pick up a carbine and shoot it without any feats to use it averagely, right?
>>77847Except the Simple, Martial, and Exotic system doesn't separate weapons out by size, it does so by ease-of-use. A break-action rifle will be significantly easier for most people to use than a semi-auto rifle, even if they are both longarm weapons. Just like how it's much easier to use a longspear than it is a lance, despite them both being two-handed melee weapons.
>>77849Well, it doesn't, but it's separated basically on training.
Most Personal and Longarm firearms operate more or less the same way, at least as far as aiming and shooting them goes. Mechanics may be different, but the basis really boils down to whether or not the character knows how to aim a handgun/rifle.
>>77850If they were operated the same way, then there's no reason to even
have a classification system.
It's times like this where I really wish I was actually any good with words. I KNOW why I think separating them based on their size just doesn't work, and why it would be much better to separate them based on the older system, but I can't put it into words. It's why I don't like getting into arguments, words just don't come naturally to me, so I always end up at the bottom.
>>77851No two weapons are operated the same way.
Class-based weapon profficiencies are basically blanket feats: a fighter is considered to have martial weapon profficiency in every martial weapon, because he's trained in medieval weapons of war.
>>77852Size isn't really how they're classified. I oversimplified it for the sake of explaining.
But overall, a character who's trained in a general type if firearm, could figure out how to operate others that are held the same way.
>>77853>Most Personal and Longarm firearms operate more or less the same way>No two weapons are operated the same way.So, which is it then? Are revolvers and rifles operated differently, or is there barely any difference between how they're used?
INB4: semantics, but that's not the point.>>77854And someone who is trained in a general type of melee weapon could figure out how to use others that are used in the same way.
>>77855No two weapons operate *exactly* the same way, but having profficiency in a class of similar weapons means knowing the basics to operate all of them.
>And someone who is trained in a general type of melee weapon could figure out how to use others that are used in the same way.That's what I said.
Well, I'll have smol nap for today. Please no bully, Mr GM fellow.
>>77856Then if you could figure out how to use any kind of weapon that is used similarly to another kind of weapon you already know how to use, then why would you still take a penalty to attack rolls for using a lance if you already know how to use a longspear, just because your class started with only simple weapon proficiency? Why would they have to be classified differently if they are both piercing, two-handed weapons that are used the same way?
>Like 20 posts of meta-discussion about weapons none of you actually even want to use anyways
>>77855>Are revolvers and rifles operated differentlyyes,because one is a handgun while the other is a long arm.
>>77859M8, idk. The categorization of weapons is based largely on training; but more importantly, it's meant to separate classes that are meant for combat from the other classes, to balance the game. Rogue only get a handful of martial weapons, because if they got any more they'd be encroaching on the Ranger's niche.
Simple Weapons are generally simple to use: they amount to stabbing creatures or just smacking them. All creatures with humanoid, giant, outsider or fey hit dice get them. All classes get them, with the exception of Monks, Wizards and Druids who trained up until complex age in a specific style of combat.
Martial weapons are weapons of war: they require a deal of training to use. Only the classes that specialize in combat get them: Rangers, Paladins, Fighters, Barbarians and psychic warriors.
Overall, deciding factor is what classes are meant to use kind of weapons, and what classes should need extra feats to gain them.
>>77861Sorry...
>>77864Is there really any need, then, to create a brand new classification system just for firearms, while pushing all melee weapons into a single category? Why not just mix them in with the existing system?
>>77861Fine, I'll stop now. >>77865Idk, m8. I just think the Personal, Longarm, and Heavy classifications make sense for gunz.
It's not really any of my concern though. Last I've recalled, I don't think I've ever even made a single attack roll against a creature using a weapon.
>>77867I did throw that one fireball as a touch attack though... Not sure why I did that...
I was considering if I wanted to take Vow of Nonviolence, but idk. I've just been holding my character to exalted restrictions for the sake of possibly qualifying for things when I actually decide what feats I have.
>>77870I imagine it would be a lot simpler to pick if she was a Cleric.
>>77871Sister Ash definitely has the personality to make a good Cleric, but I kind of like the foreign witch-like sage gig. She enjoys learning about ponies, observing them to get a broader understanding of divinity, rather than already having a pact with a particular deity.
That and I didn't really know how Clerics would work in Equestria, and being a Cleric would imply having already been a member if Equestrian clergy, which I did not know. Playing Sister Ash, as a foreign mystic who's learning about Equestrian religion makes it simpler for me to just go about rolling comprehension checks as the world is developed.
I can't say that playing a Cleric wouldn't be easier though. Clerics have far better spellcasting ability, more spells per day, better healing and a selection of spells that work better for utility and mesh more smoothly with a modern setting. Some of the Druid class features feel slightly obsolete in a modetn world, but it's not like I made Sister Ash with mechanical power in mind (otherwise, I'd take Augment Summoning without hesitation).
I made her as a Druid, and she doesn't really make sense as anything but a druid. She's generally neutral in every sense but her preference for moral virtue; her knowedge and magick are archaic and mystical; she's wholeheartedly devout, but doesn't have a specific covenant; she spurns material possessions, wealth, power, and the
luxuries of the modern world, believing simplicity and abstainance being part of the path to godliness. All-in-all, she's best as Druid, because that's hoelw I made her
Also, Clerics require holy symbols to cast their spells, and that would count as a possession and thus break the Ascetic's code which I really, really want to follow, since it was basically the basis for her character upon creation.
>>77872>spoilerWell, that seems like it would break the entire function of being a Cleric.