Rarity: Friends! Is that you? Did you come for me...?
Rainbow Dash: Aw snap, is that the real Rarity talking? Get outta there!
Rarity: But I nearly backstabbed you all. Will you still take me back as a friend?
Fluttershy: Always. You're OUR thief.
DM: At those heartfelt words, the form of Nightmare Rarity bursts into smoke.
Pinkie Pie: BOOOOOOOM! Heartshot!
(beat)
Rarity: Oh, thank goodness. That awful nightmare really thought I'd made a willing pact with it. More than a little awkward!
Spike: RARITY! You're alright!! And not nearly as evil!
Rarity: Sorry for all the trouble, Princess.
Princess Luna: I enjoyed the challenge.
Rarity: And thank you to all of my friends. I was almost trapped in there forever!
DM: Luna gathers up all the purified Nyx and prepares to journey back.
Twilight Sparkle: Sounds like the moon is actually very populated. Will we ever return?
Pinkie Pie: Yes! More moon adventures! More best Princess! More crazy implausibility!
Princess Luna: It will take some time for them to get settled, but... I think we can make that happen.
Fluttershy: Maybe I can babysit some moon-critters sometime?
Jerome: That sounds great, if we can find a way! But now we gotta go. Ready, Shadowfright?
Larry: ...Larry will do.
Princess Luna: Farewell, ponies. 'Til we meet again.
Rarity: Phew. I'll admit, this job got a little hairy halfway through... but I still managed to empty the nightmares' vault before the big one possessed me. My great project, the moon heist, is a complete success! Now, who wants to divvy up the loot?
Applejack: ... You WHAT.
Rainbow Dash: I do! I do!
THE END.
Perfect ending. Of course, if my character was there it would go like this:
"Will you still take me as a friend?"
"Of course we will! But we'll have to rough you up a bit first."
I never liked sudden alignment changes.
Of course it was, of course it was a renegade heist from the start. In retrospect, two things could be said: that Rarity is now Santa (diving up the loot she got all by her self), and that certain members of the team won't ever let her out of their sight.
Now to divvy up the loot in fair and honest fashion.....
Let's see.... You ended up with 8 magic items and 500k of saleable loot, so that means
.....divided by that, carry the 4......
One item per party member, and 25k gold each.
(This is why the party rogue should never also be the accountant)
So long as they're a generous thief, I don't see the problem with them sneaking the lion's share of the profits - it just means that money will be coming back to the party in the form of useful items like healing potions.
I'm sure not all rogues are smart shoppers, but the ones I've encountered have been the sort to stock up on extremely useful consumables and gear instead of frittering it away like their teammates might. Ale and whores don't boost morale nearly as much as watching a necromancer's spell interrupted by alchemist's fire to the face!
Well, then its effects on morale rather depend on what kind of party it is. In most cases, though, I think chucking glass vials of death at the enemy is a better idea than *cough* friendly fire.
For some inexplicable reason in my group the party monks and rangers were the worst ad divvying loot for the reason you stated. Who was usually the most trusted?
Ok everypony it's thursday so
*Spoiler Free review*
Rarity investigates
This was a great episode and two Rarity episodes in a row was nice
things I liked
1) Almost total Film Noir with Rarity Narrating
2) This was the first time (Outside of season premiers and Finales ) that an episode felt like it picked up right where the previous one ended
3) Wonderbolts and New Characters including a wonderbolt who looked like a spitfire clone
Well...this is interesting. This kind of heist would make someone a legend. Maybe some kind of response from the Thieves Guild is forthcoming. Perhaps Rarity decided to subvert the plot for the tickets and give the others a chance for more screentime?
You know... this reminds me of the time when I started asking the GM for a listing of all the weapons in a warehouse at an illegal arms deal... and then located a forklift... and commandeered a nearby ship...
Hope you enjoyed the Friendship is Dragons take on the Nightmare Rarity comic arc. This was, again, quite a lot of fun.
Next up is, uh, probably Hurricane Fluttershy! Probably. Maybe. Should be.