Set six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where the Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures because of their encounters 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.
For those on the train. The train goes along at high speeds through the darkness past farmland, trees, and other trains... until it starts to slow down, and comes to a halt.
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I'm back. Is it time for me to stab a bitch?
>>98452Onyx reflects that this isn't the worst situation he's been in.
He's decides in his infinite wisdom to go towards the gunshots, halberd at the ready.
>>98455Yes. Yes it is. And Spark has entered as well.
>>98457Forward, forward, forward. Until her can tell they are outside and to his left, with sone coming from far in front of the train.
>>98453Quickly, he’d come upon a pink mare in partisan uniform holding an identically looking pink mare in uniform with a knife at her throat.
>>98459Looking out through the door of the train, he can see two ponies along the side of the gorge facing forward, with rifles that occasionally flash against the midnight
[1d20-3 = -7][1d20+3 = 16]>>98458Proceeding to stab a bitch, followed by maintaining the hold. The +3 dice is the attack roll, the... other +3 is the,... grapple hold.
Tell you what, I'll put a -3 on the grapple roll so you can tell them apart. It won't affect the dice, and that way they can be differentiated (don't you dare apply a -3 to it out of spite Xp)
>>98464Yes. Pull the level on the door to the right
>>98463That's it so far as damage goes?
>>98465Knives are made of rubber unless the user is unaware of its presence.
>>98465The let the lever be pulled
>>98467Thus he is able to go outside, where there seems to be a firefight taking place
>>98465Yeah, they're just +1 masterwork daggers (1 is somewhere in the train car, one is in the lime, so he has 8)
>>98468He dares consider that it is high time to find some cover while seeing if he knows any of the ponies
Is there a chance that the knife that missed hit a passenger?
[1d20+2 = 12]>>98470None of the ponies look familar. The two on the river bank are dressed the same as the two he knocked unconscious earlier. Unfortunately this side of the bridge is a small clearing, so unless he uses the space between the cars as cover, or tries to run under the bridge, or runs past the other two and into the forest on the other side of them, there is no cover. Well, he could lie prone and try to use the grass.
>>98469She tries to break free of the grapple
The stallion points his gun over
"Alright, which of you two is real?"
>>98471Probably not, I am imagining it going high and hitting a window of the back wall or something >>98472Hmmmm, can he walk back inside?
[1d2 = 1]>>98475Yes
>>98474Let me do a certain dice roll
>>98476Nice dice roll.
Onyx hereby invents the moonwalk as he akwardly shuffles backwards before shutting the door.
>>98478That's not what the dice roll was for
"My name is private Snowflake, born 990 in Luna Nova"
>>98477Well. Things are still going on outside
>>98480Onyx decides to check the train some more, where the horse with a glorified spear isn't threatened by guns.
[1d20+11 = 28]>>98480Her bluff roll (+10 for knowledge)
>>98483>>98481He's inclined to believe the pink mare, and points the gun towards Brie
>>98482Well, there's the forward car
[1d20+7 = 21]>>98483God dammit
2nd attempt
"Would I be stabbing him if he wasn't the intruder?"
>>98484Do I really have to say it?
>>98488Grrrr
"Don't shoot! You'll hit us both!"
>>98487In the final car, looking through the window, we have Spark crawling on the floor, a pissed off not-brie bat pony at the end of the car, two ponies around him trying to deal with the chaos, and much closer to the front, a pink mare holds a pink mare at knife point while a forest green stallion aims a gun at them
>>98491Onyx looks between all the situations before deciding to stand still and wait until he sees an opening.
[1d20+2 = 9]>>98490This is more convincing to him. The pink mare struggles to try to get free
"EEEEEEEEEEEE" Brie Eee's internally at his player
Well... Brie's in a tough situation
>>98497
She won the grapple escape, so she can automatically move to an adjacent space
>>98498Stix has little choice but to blow his cover now and aim at the pony threating his friend... assuming he is one of the two.
"You best drop your gun if you want to live."
>>98500Damn it. I knew one day I would mix up my character names.
>>98502Oh shit, you're right, it was a tie, and Brie has the greater modifier
>In case of a tie, the combatant with the higher grapple check modifier wins. If this is a tie, roll again to break the tie. >>98503I stand corrected
I didn't actually pay that much attention to the dice rollsBrie still has her in her grip
>>98505>>98503Saving the batty fellow one reminder at a time!
>>98500Pretty sure he doesn't know who is who
>>98508I can narrow down that it is one of the two ponies in the struggle, so I am aiming at the one pointing the gun.
>>98510"Irrelevant. Drop the gun if you want to live."
I keep the sights on his head.
>>98511That's definitely a roll to intimidate
[1d20 = 15]>>98512Damn die rolling. It ruins everything.
>>98513Fine.
>>98511Onyx decides to join Spark, trotting up while threatening waving his halberd
[1d20+3 = 16]>>98515What is his cha modifier?
[1d20+3 = 20]>>98514You mean since the main gun wielding pony is distracted? I'm glad you asked.
"Look, I'm sorry I attacked you, it was a matter of self preservation. I don't know what the resistance is about, and I don't... oof... care. I need this train to... OW... keep going and you're in the way. Stand aside and you won't be harmed." Brie whispers to the pink mare.
Disengage the grapple (unless she resists, he can do that without a check).
If she doesn't, the soldier pony is getting a knife to the face.
>>98518>>98519Just looked it up, I got 16 or +3
>>98520That goes much better than it could have
She turns around and asks "Who
are you?"
>>98521He steps back, and lowers the gun
>>98522"I'm just a bat,, in the wrong place at the wrong time. My name is Brie. I'm just trying to get to the end of the line, and this forestall isn't helping. You hit me, I hit you, we're square. Lets not kill eachother needlessly. I'm not a changeling, I just like disguise magic. I'll show you, but I won't surrender."
>>98524"They, the ones in the room brandishing weapons, or they the ones outside shooting guns? I don't know about the ones outside, but I'd guess it has something to do with the mare you're after. Pinkie Pie? I don't know, I'm just going off what others have said. I'm not involved with them, but I need to get this train going again."
>>98526Without standing up, Brie turns and puts his back to her with his hooves outstretched so she can see them. "Now is your chance."
As an afterthought, since he doesn't seem to be immediately threatened
(whatever happened to the solder who might have gotten a blade to the face BTW?)
he chuckles. "Oh right," and removes his cloak, slowly and unthreateningly.
>>98525"Brie? That's you?"
Then something else clicks
"Wait,
Pinkie Pie?"
>>98530"Yeah its me,... what, you know this Pinkie Pie?" Brie calls out. Then, to the pink pony, "Pardon me, I need to take this." and stands up, hooves still out-stretched.
>>98528Well... He's not getting stabbed
>>98529>>98530Speaking of the other soldiers
"HALT!"
Two more partisans level their weapons towards Spark, Brie, and Onyx
>>98532Quick, someone panic shoot them!
>>98531"More know of. She's helped save the Crystal Empire a few times-"
>>98532Onyx looks from his halberd, to the guns, and back again.
He then wonders how he got talked into melee training.
>>98534Not impossible to charge. If he can get past Brie, the pink pony, and the green stallion
[1d20+9 = 19]As Brie stands up, the last vestiges of the disguise glamer trail off of him, and he stands there a slightly bruised bat-pony with his hooves outstretched, with his back away from the pink pony (who no one can see, except maybe the gun-wielding stallion who might have caught a knife to the face).
>>98532"Please don't bark at me,
slight of hand, frog a dagger I'm coming out. No more blood needs to be spilled."
>>98536Hmmmmm
>>98535I assume improved overrun will be of no help?
>>98538It would help put those meanie ponies prone, yes. Including all the other ponies in your path.
I think. "The one behind me is to remain unharmed, she has my word." Brie continues to slowly step forward, scanning the train car slowly and unaggressively.
>>98537>>98540Looking over, Brie can see a few things. The first is that the leader is not actually dead, although she seems at least as injured as Brie, and is bleeding from her barrel. The second is that the old bat pony at the end of the car is lying on his side and his restraints are on differently. The two partisans level their weapons at them, though focused more on Brie. The pink mare is keeping back, but the but the green pony is still angry. A firefight is actively going on outside still, with some shots coming from what seems to be the car in front of them. The passengers are still there, but remain passive, neither knowing what is going on nor wanting to be shot
"What do you want, and where is the corporal?"
>>98538No, that could help
>>98541Excellent! Subtly be damned, Onyx charges at the one furthest from Brie.
What checks do I need?
[1d20+7 = 17]>>98542Seeing the movement, Brie waits for the remaining guns to train on Onyx.
The moment they do, the officer is getting stuck again.
>>98542Strength check
Let me think about who would be in the way...
The green pony may be off to the side, pretty sure Brie is in the way
>>98544Pretty sure all those guns are going to be firing on Onyx
very soon
>>98545>>98545Reminder that you can't dodge out of the way due to improved overrun.
Not waiting
"I'm trying to get some sensitive cargo to a sensitive place. I picked the train because I thought I could have an unassuming and low-intensity ride to my destination. I don't care what your agenda is, I only care that the train has stopped. Your corporal is dead. I killed him, because he was unwilling to listen to me. I hope you won't make the same mistake. We do not surrender, but we might parlay."
>>98548Has Brie ever been trampled by a horse before?
>>98546Are you targeting Brie? Because he's in the corridor between Onyx and the two targets
>>98549That depends. Did he stick the officer?
>>98551Not if he was waiting until the partisans didn't have a readied action to shoot Brie
Onyx hadn't done anything stupid to make them shoot him yet >>98550I was attempting to target a target that isn't an ally
>>98553Brie is in the way though
>>98553You can, but you're going to trample Brie with them to do it.