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23rd Jan 2021, 6:00 AM in A Canterlot Wedding, Part 2

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Newbiespud 23rd Jan 2021, 6:00 AM edit delete

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17 Comments:

TheStratovarian 23rd Jan 2021, 6:11 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Isnt this often the case of finding what you need just a smidge after you needed it?

Cliff_Robotnik 23rd Jan 2021, 6:40 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

To be fair, they are not ready for a swarm of Pinkie Pies.

Winged Cat 23rd Jan 2021, 8:28 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

That's an episode - err, session - of its own. Mostly noncombat, though arguably involving alignment challenges.

Cliff_Robotnik 24th Jan 2021, 5:19 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

To be fair, Who wouldn't harbor the secret desire to murder the Bard after a while?

ANW 23rd Jan 2021, 6:43 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

I give that fight scene an 8 out of 10.

albedoequals1 23rd Jan 2021, 11:11 AM Experiments edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Sometimes even a bad idea is fun once. I once ran a large scale battle where the players had to martial dozens of NPCs to defend 5 separate locations from simultaneous attack. They had players on several different maps in Roll20 communicating telepathically. I had to switch maps every time a new player's turn came up. It was epic, and huge, and took 4 sessions to finish. We all had a great time and agreed to never do it again :p

Digo Dragon 23rd Jan 2021, 12:14 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

"Okay, we loot the bodies."

EXP 23rd Jan 2021, 12:37 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

And don't forget the sweet, sweet, exp, this should be enough to level up, right?

Azhrei Vep 23rd Jan 2021, 6:36 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Wait, there are still people that use XP for levelling? Really?

terrycloth 24th Jan 2021, 8:38 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Unless you're doing a campaign path with set story checkpoints to level up to keep up with the pre-calculated encounters, it doesn't really matter when the players level up except that it should happen at a moderate pace. XP works just fine for that.

Azhrei Vep 25th Jan 2021, 7:36 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

It's always struck me as an unnecessary extra complication to keep track of. Just tell people to level when you figure it's time to do so (so you can use new toys to oppose them). Keeps it nice and simple.

MiqoRems 25th Jan 2021, 8:52 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

Hey, some people prefer the completely arbitrary speed of their character's power curve to be a bit less transparent.

ZhonLord 24th Jan 2021, 8:28 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

"You loot the bodies. When you're on a time limit to get back to Celestia with the Elements of Harmony."
"Yes!"
"........."

Scissors Rock Paper 23rd Jan 2021, 4:01 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

"Remember how I had us play Chainmail between sessions? Tonight you're gonna find out why."

Guest 24th Jan 2021, 5:08 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

No, no, this is correct. Swarm rules are godawful.

Guest 25th Jan 2021, 2:01 AM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

You know, it's in big fights like these that I'm surprised we've never seen Fluttershy use her healing abilities. I know that the Sentinel isn't as solid a Leader as Pinkie's Bard, but every little bit helps.

Kaze Koichi 25th Jan 2021, 10:55 PM edit ⇗ delete reply ⇗

I don't even remember swarm rules.