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Oh, I'm going to have fun looking some of these items and powers up. Already looking forward to seeing where visions of avarice will be used.
Check out Angel Bunny. I nearly lost it reading his stat block. That is *EXACTLY* how I imagined he'd look in D&D terms.
...What, you mean you thought he'd look like Angel Bunny? I'm confused. Maybe I need to figure out what those statistics mean.
I was referring to the whole "Assassin bunny" thing with a +13 stealth modifier. :)
And thank you for that. Just the character building alone can be a monumental task.
Also, thanks for the clarification, Digo. I think I've got the picture now.
Also, thanks for the clarification, Digo. I think I've got the picture now.
But in all seriousness, who's betting on Twilight ruining de PM's plans?
Assuming, of course, that the PM has got a plan.
Assuming, of course, that the PM has got a plan.
I had almost forgotten about Fluttershy until the final frame speech balloon and its humorously long voice arrow heading up towards the stratosphere. Well done, gave me a nice chuckle.
Poll Time:
Today is going to be a reverse of last time. What episode do you think he can't do. Reasons could be not fun enough, can't translate to D&D, or what ever you think. 2 guess each.
Me: Ticket Master, and Sisterhooves Social.
Today is going to be a reverse of last time. What episode do you think he can't do. Reasons could be not fun enough, can't translate to D&D, or what ever you think. 2 guess each.
Me: Ticket Master, and Sisterhooves Social.
You mean like, what episode Spud likely won't translate into FiD?
"Just for Sidekicks"
"Just for Sidekicks"
Hearts and Hooves Day. The only one of these characters to make an appearance is Twilight in a role normally filled for Zecora -- with about as much screen time.
Agreed, he won't be doing anything about the CMC. Now guest comics might, but seeing as that's not him...
Spike at your service. Too centered around Spike, who we established is a GM character. Would be hard to make a story that wasn't made up of him talking to himself.
Don't know, he might make that a double just like he did with the phoenix and the diamond dogs.
Sadly, anything older ones. Even when they involve MORE dragons.
S03E03 “Too Many Pnkies”
Our heroes are too heroic for committing genocide.
Our heroes are too heroic for committing genocide.
1) May The Best Pet Win. Maybe as a one-session where Rernberdersh dips into druid or wizard and gets a familiar.
2) Read it And Weep. Daring Do's adventures are classic D&D material, but her parts of the episode are solo. The rest of the story is Rernberdersh in bed.
3) The Last Roundup. Aside from Pinkie going Pazuzu, this entire episode is a waste of flash animation, and wouldn't make any sense with the setup for the comic.
4) Fall weather Friends. I'm noticing a trend where Rernberdersh isn't really good for group games...
2) Read it And Weep. Daring Do's adventures are classic D&D material, but her parts of the episode are solo. The rest of the story is Rernberdersh in bed.
3) The Last Roundup. Aside from Pinkie going Pazuzu, this entire episode is a waste of flash animation, and wouldn't make any sense with the setup for the comic.
4) Fall weather Friends. I'm noticing a trend where Rernberdersh isn't really good for group games...
I think there may be a typo in Fluttershy's stat block. Her Diplomacy and Intimidate skills used to be at the same number (15), but now Diplomacy is 18 and Intimidate is still 15. Her charisma didn't go up and the feats list shows she took Skill Focus for both of these skills, so shouldn't Intimidate be at 18 as well?
For that matter, doesn't Pinkie Pie have "Glib Limerick" from the first session?
In Fluttershy's case, the extra 3 points in Diplomacy come from 1) her being based on the half-elf race (+2 Diplomacy) and 2) an item, an implement I think, that gives her a +1 item bonus.
I'm not listing items in these condensed character sheets. Items include rituals, which is what Glib Limerick is. Don't worry, Pinkie Pie still has it.
Also, what exactly do the different colors of powers mean?
I have always wondered what sort of item qualifies as a "masterwork tool" for Diplomacy.
Knock out drugs are optional.
There's one I know about that gives a +1 to Diplomacy at low levels, and that would fit Fluttershy well: Oalian's Balance Totem from the 4E _Eberron Player's Guide_. In its simplest form, this item gives a +1 enhancement bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls, boosts critical hits by 1d6, gives a constant +1 to Diplomacy & Nature checks, and grants a daily healing power as a free action. Sentinel Druids (such as FS) can use Totems as magical implements, so it works for her.
I really enjoyed it, part 1 a bit more than part 2, but both where good.
The Slice-of-lifey bits at the start was especially entertaining.
And God, did it make me realize how much I missed watching pony.
The Slice-of-lifey bits at the start was especially entertaining.
And God, did it make me realize how much I missed watching pony.
The bit where Twilight is fretting about whether she could handle her first Royal Duty? Luna could have easily been the one to reassure her, bonding with her over the 'fish out of water' feeling (Luna's from the time jump), and reassured her of Celestia not expecting perfection with a story from when they were younger showing that Celestia herself is far from perfect.
I like how the new opening sequence shows Luna sitting by Celestia when she receives the scroll. :3 It's adorable.
Alicorn lasers!! :D
Easily was the best part. I also adore Celestia's reaction when Discord had her tail.
Easily was the best part. I also adore Celestia's reaction when Discord had her tail.
TS: In order to save Equestria, we have to return the Elements to the Tree.
RD: ...This is basically just trying to have us give up the nuke, isn't it?
RY: Probably. But let's be realistic, it's a bit hard for the DM to come up with viable threats when we essentially have one big "we win automatically" button at our disposal.
RD: Don't worry, I get it. Besides, when the next big bad shows up, it'll give us an excuse to actually beat their sorry behinds.
Alt-script for the most recent episodes of the show as well? You're too good to us, Lyntermas.
I wrote this for elsewhere, but I repost it hither:
I watched Princess Twilight Sparkle. ¡I love it! I did spot 1 missed opportunity:
Rather than the other 5 rescuing Princess Twilight Sparkle from the Rockodile, Stephen Magnate should have done it. Stephen Magnate rescuing Princess Twilight Sparkle would have been
¡Fabulous!
I watched Princess Twilight Sparkle. ¡I love it! I did spot 1 missed opportunity:
Rather than the other 5 rescuing Princess Twilight Sparkle from the Rockodile, Stephen Magnate should have done it. Stephen Magnate rescuing Princess Twilight Sparkle would have been
¡Fabulous!
...I'm so very much of two minds about that option, Walabio. Very no and yes.
I never realized that Rarity and Fluttershy were playing Essentials characters, though I should have known for the latter. I see how it makes sense for Rarity as well. Angel is an interesting home brew. I take it that some of his abilities are borrowed from the imp?
Applejack's a ranger without Twin Strike? Always good to see. Was Driving the Quarry house-ruled, because I'm not sure Applejack was designed to use powers with the Beast keyword.
Pinkie... ah, what an appropriate power list. While it may irritate the other characters, I appreciate how she's trying to bring some feel of her more prescient powers into play, rather than just leave them as purely tactical mechanics. I wish I had more time to review those abilitie (and the other characters) today. :(
Applejack's a ranger without Twin Strike? Always good to see. Was Driving the Quarry house-ruled, because I'm not sure Applejack was designed to use powers with the Beast keyword.
Pinkie... ah, what an appropriate power list. While it may irritate the other characters, I appreciate how she's trying to bring some feel of her more prescient powers into play, rather than just leave them as purely tactical mechanics. I wish I had more time to review those abilitie (and the other characters) today. :(
You were right about Driving the Quarry. I guess I must have been thinking about Winona, but AJ's not that kind of ranger (yet). I thought about giving her Split the Tree instead 'cause of the name, but she's not really a Dex-based ranger either. So now she has Skirmishing Stance. (Make sure to refresh the page.)
I was very, very happy to see you weren't going for optimisation. I think it's overemphasized for what's designed to be a cooperative game.
Wait... *looks at character sheet* ... I see. I see what's going on now. At least I think I do.
I think Pinkie Pie's using Psion source abilities that Applejack and Twilight's players aren't familiar with.
I think Pinkie Pie's using Psion source abilities that Applejack and Twilight's players aren't familiar with.
Pre-Level-7, all the ponies were based on Humans. I thought that was a little strange. So now, Twilight and Rarity are based on Eladrin. But they're not Eladrin, they're Unicorns - a race that I haven't really nailed down mechanics-wise and didn't want to hard-define just yet. So I took the most telling racial powers out (except Heroic Effort for the Earth Ponies), and just let the rest be defined via inference in the comic.
But then I saw Fey Thievery, which was just too darn good to pass up. Because if you assume that the house-ruled Unicorns might have something similar - using their TK to perform Thievery checks up to 25 feet away - then a grasping thief like Rarity wouldn't dare pass it up either. So it became the other big exception to the aforementioned rule.
I think I know where this is going...but I could be wrong
Question for Newbiespud~ Will there be an update tomorrow (as it's Thanksgiving in the US, I thought to ask)?
I'm not really doing anything for Thanksgiving anyway. Except working...
What Terry Pratchett reference? Unless you're referring to "Interesting times," which isn't unique to his work. That's an old joke. (A good one, though.)
Ooh, these cast pages! I do what Fluttershy does, I love reading the example text to showcase how mechanics work! Thank you Mister Spud ^^
Also, just what did the Mane Six get themselves with their money? I'm failing to see / notice any mention of their wealth/equipment in the cast page. Or is that going to be revealed in due time?
Ah, the money. When I GM for players creating characters, I encourage them to write money sinks into their backstory. Then whenever they gain some money, I give them more with the understanding the extra will go into the sink.
And as I said above, I've left money and equipment out. I had enough to list as it was, and I don't foresee them having a huge impact on the main comic story save for damage rolls and defenses.
Wait, wait, wait. "May you live in interesting times"? Is that a Discworld reference?