Six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where Chrysalis chose a different approach to her second attack on Equestria. The Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures thank to their dealing with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestrian Southeast, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and corrupt creepy politicians threaten the city. This role play is based in large part upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&d 3.5e mechanics.
The party now takes on the task of breaking, entering, and investigating the house of Social Democrat politician Comte "Cheese" Burgher, who is alleged to have 'purchased' two young foals. They have already distracted the guards around the gated community and explored most of the property. Now, Ash tries out her role as a 'dog whisperer,' Dark Star contemplates the evidence he has already collected, Silver shifts between stealing jewelry from innocent third parties and talking about the joyful smell of wingpit sweat, Iron harasses guards by talking to them about queer theory while Onyx acts as his his homosexual partner, Brie tries to get the guards drinking on the job, and Spark follows around the group in the attic.
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>>85200Holee fuk. Gimme the two remaining children now.
>>85199>"Come ~oooon.."She pleads, still on the floor
>"I won't make a mess." >>85196>>85198>>85199"Come. Do not try to provoke dog further." Silver turns to leave the way he came in.
>>85200INB4: strip club [1d20+7 = 18]>>85199"calm Down boy i dont want to hurt you im a good pony."
i overlooked the part where it said i add my ranger levels Once out of obvious range, Brie takes flight for the closest liquor store he can find, purchases a bottle of their most potent (and preferrably cheapest) booze, a box of matches, and returns to the scene, this time from a rather high approach (like, almost hard to see the house, high)
>>85206Could you not set things on fire, please? We don't want police panicking over arson.
>>85200I’m not even sure how to interpret that. He sure as shit finds drinks
>>85202>”..... okay”>>85205>”Okay...”>>85206Which scene?
>>85208>"~yay!"[Happy dragon noises]
Sister Ash enters the building and furtively looks for the children.
>>85208>drinks>native unfamiliar with drinksUh, can I ask for something other than drinks? At most, he'll drink some water just to pass time.
>>85209Uh, no.
>>85210"yea he is."
>>85208"whos a good boy? whos a good boy? you are!"
>>85213"Then we should move to poolhouse as soon as we are able. Unless you believe you need to stay to ensure he stays calm."
>>85212You're in for a treat then
>>85208The one at the docks obviously
>>85211Do I need to roll for this?
>>85217Is he going to the house or to the guards?
>>85213*eager barking*
>>85212Sure
>>85211Except that the door is still locked
>>85224The door to the pool room, or the door to the children?
>>85224With Star handling the dog, Silver heads out through the living room window.
>>85225What children? The door to enter the pool house is locked
>>85226He can see that Ash is over by the pool house, and the dog has stopped barking
>>85227The children the the dog just told her about.
Sister Ash uses her telekinesis to unlock the door from the inside, through the glass.
>>85225Silver trots over to Ash. "Find anything?"
>>85224Iron decides to sit at an
presumably empty table, glass of water in tow. He wonders if this place hosts a bunch of changelings to make contact with, although he'd be fucked out of luck if he had to identify that they are, the slippery bunch that they are.
>>85231"Well, I would like to assist, if I could. I have found some evidence we could use, if we find anything substantial to bring case against Comte."
>>85233Sister Ash is magically reaching through a glass door.
"I'm just looking for the children. I want to find them asap."
>>85234It is so
>>85232It is so. A waiter approaches
>>85229The door unlocks
>>85235Silver assumes she's trying to unlock the door. "Please, be careful of dog."
>>85237Sister Ash enters the room and begins furtively searching for where the foal may be hiding.
>>85237Silver peaks his head into the unlocked poolhouse to see if the dog guarding it inside reacts negatively.
>>85224Dark Star playfully pets the dog.
"i have to go boy."
>>85237Calmly, and with an almost nihilistic casualness, Brie opens the bottle of booz, stuffs a napkin into the mouth of the bottle with a trail of cloth/paper sticking out. He swishes the bottle around a bit to allow the napkin to absorb some of the liquid, before pulling out a match, striking it, and lighting the napkin.
>>85237Iron notices the incoming waiter. "Good afternoon." He makes a mental note of the waiter's appearance.
>>85239Most of what is visible from inside is visible from outside as well. It hosts yet another bar, and couches that have their backs to some of the windows. There is a dog bowl on the floor, and refrigeratir in the back, as well as a closet that appears to hold more wine
>>85242Alright
>>85244“Good afternoon”
Unicorn, grey
>>85245Sister Ash seems confused
>"...So.. Where are the foals..?" >>85245Iron nods. "Do you have anything interesting to offer at this hour? I am basically new to these kinds of places."
>>85245Silver looks at the dog in the poolhouse as he takes a step inside. "Easy, boy. Easy. I do not mean you harm."
>>85245>>85241Dark Star grabs spark and climbs out the window after saying good bye to his friend the doggo
>>85247“What are you looking for?” She says with a smile. “Food? Drinks?”
>>85248“Grrr”
>>85246>”inside here I think” >>85250"Easy, boy." He takes another step forward.
>>85246"Ash...mind helping me here and telling dog I am not threat?"
>>85250"I suppose I can go with some food and some water." Iron scratches his chin. "What is there to choose?"
[1d20+5 = 17]
Rolling a Search check for Sister Ash.
Sister Ash takes a move action to direct Caleb to perform the 'Seek' trick, several minutes to sniff out any creature in the vincinity.
[1d20+5 = 22]>>85251"In a minute, Sir."
"He's a guard dog, and it wasn't easy yo convince him to let me in."
(FYI, the check to influence an animal takes a whole minute.)
>>85252is feeling seriously tempted to just take a picture of a menu at the bar I’m at>>85253No obvious passages, but the door is locked to the closet
>>85255Sister Ash inspects the door, and taps on it to see how deep the chamber behind it goes.
>>85256Room seems small from the echo
[1d20+6 = 16]
"Three!" Brie silently Eeee's to himself as he lines up the bottle and drops it as accurately as possible toward the house. (attack roll, if needed)
>>85256Ask Silver to break the lock or Star to open it with some other ability he has.>>85255"Eh, I will take whatever you think I would like. I do not know what to pick anyway."
>>85258Arson is Ash's job, not yours. [1d20 = 6]>>85258Fucking high area bombing
although to be honest, I would have preferred dive bombing >>85259This.
If there were any option to burn the place down, I would have done it already.
For all we know, there might still be children in there.
>>85260While Silver has the dog's attention, Sister Ash tries to melt the lock.
Silver starts to wonder if he's the only pony here who doesn't immediately resort to arson as a solution to a problem.
This isn't arson, this is something else disguised as arson
>>85258The bottle hits the top of the roof a little towards the left, breaking open on the roof top. I am presuming this alcohol is something like a 100 proof vodka, meaning that it catches fire where most shaken by the crash, but as it is still as much water as ethanol, not all of it lights. A pretty yellow light is spread across the roof tile going down
>>85262Heated, yes. But nirik fire can’t melt steal beams
>>85270>Can't melt steel*Grumbles*
Can she just sear a hole around the lock?
>>85269Yeah, but if the house catches fire, the smoke will alert authorities, and idk if I'll be able to find the kids in time before that.
>>85270I would have hoped they'd have some 151, pr some 120 proof, but eh.
Brie makes a rapid descent in a trajectory that allows him to "happen to be strolling back by this area of the neighborhood", but at a 'conceivably' rapid pace because he's a concerned citizen and there's a fire. He returns to the guards. "Sorry to bother, but is that building on fire?"
>>85268"Is everything okay, Sister Ash?"
>>85270Who of the party can see the fire? >>85275"Just trying to open this door."
>>85273He’s intentionally trying to summon authorities. I think he wants to rob firefighters or something
Maybe if the door is wood then the entire door can burn? It’s not going to melt
>>85274“Oh shit, that does look like fire. Which one is it?”
>>85276"Do you need assistance? I am not sure if this dog will let me pass, but I can try to help."
>>85281Silver carefully trots towards where Ash is, hoping the dog will not attack him.
>>85278"Not sure, but I'll go get help!" Brie retreats to a safe distance, ignoring any calls for him to wait.
>>85279>need>pic related Wait, are people coming now?
>>85287From a distance, Brie tries to observe what the guards do
>>85288A pair of them set off in the automobile
>>85287Well, here's hoping the dog doesn't try to kill Silver.Silver takes a look at the closet Ash was trying to open, to see how the door opens and what kind of lock it uses.
>>85285If this goes to shit because of you, I'll be severly dissapointed.Specially since Iron was going for some grub when you decided to act dumb and they will be forced to kill if blows are exchanged unless they severly handicap themselves.Also stop metagaming so explicitly, my guy>>85287Remember to make Iron pick up distant sirens when the firefighters come.
>>85290It opens outwards. The lock is internal to the door, evidently with a key
>>85293The individual in the booth. Essentially, the guys who had been in the automobile much earlier got back in it, while the guy at the gate remains
>>85292A plan starts to formulate in his head.
>>85281"Ash, do you mind trying to get dog away from here, or make it so he can not hear what I am about to do?"
>>85297"Just stick it in quickly and jam it open." She says
>>85298He looks confused at her. "...Stick what in where, exactly?"
[1d20+11 = 14]>>85296Stealth approach the booth guard
Okay, we need to find this foal NOW. Before the authorities get here.