My Little Pony XXII: Surprise!

[Capt. Ido Nos]

SO...MANY...PAGES...

AUGH I KNOW HOW COULD THIS EVEN HAPPEN X__X

In consolation for all the stuff I'm now behind on in this thread, here is the obligatory ido imagedump!

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Goodnight everypony!

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[Kris Strife]

The one where you are so compassionate that you are crippled, because there is suffering and you can't fix it? Aye. I figured you didn't feel fine and just happen to be crying; the character is feeling the backlash from their compassion.

Indeed. Personally, my favorite Compassion Break is Red Rage of Compassion.

I don't think that's necessary. It's entirely possible - plausible, in fact, MUST BE TRUE - that the Blueblood line gained their title through exaltation in the Moon wars. Both Leo and Blueblood II were potential Solars. Except Leo is, in fact, a solar, while Blueblood II is not.
(that work for you, Kris)

Eh, I don't have a problem with it for in character reasons, just to avoid OOC confusion. Like when I used green text to imitate you and get Braz to post a picture of you.

I think if there is anything we've learned from this thread, it's that sex and gender don't need to coincide.

As for me, I don't define myself as straight, but as "likes girls" which wouldn't change with gender. Which is why the running! If I went the other way with this, I wouldn't even let Braz read that. So you guys get a chase scene

...So, are you implying that Braz is into both?

The above-mentioned Blueblood having solar bloodline bit. Yes, yes I know it's not genetic, normally. It's heuristic.

Well, it's an obscure bit, but there are things known as Half-Castes which are the offspring of a Celestial Exalt (Soloroids, Lunars and Sidereals) and a Mortal or other Exalt.

Ugh. Fine! I'll finish reading the book... Geeze. Throw my lack of knowledge back in my face why dontcha

Oh, if you insist.

Prayers to heavenly gods get turned into Ambrosia, which is used by the Heavenly gods and Sidereals as a form of money (It's what Sidereals get paid in), it's also extremely delicious as some Siddies are known to eat their paychecks.

Lunars generally hate Sidereals.

Gem MUST be destroyed.

Pattern Spiders (The beings that ensure causality and to some degree physics) are action movie/hot blooded anime fans, and will allow you to break the laws of nature to do something extremely cool.

Sidereals broke a constellation and now no one can remember them.

A Lunar's place is in their Solar's kitchen.

Putting more thought into it, I see her with a mullet. That is, long in back, anime in front. Largish silver tuft, with a single bronze lock in the middle.

So, Rainbow Dash's haircut?

You can see Blueblood with a marefriend?

Not for very long.

[Thanqol]

I'll try and think quieter next time. Focusing on this for about 2 weeks seems to have transferred knowledge of it to you via osmosis. We share just enough wavelength that it ruined the surprise :(
Or there are fae touched in Australia. I did have trouble sleeping, like a fever dream. But I awoke refreshed; maybe it was an accidental mindlink. *shrug*

I hope it's a mindlink. If it turns out my super power is predicting the immediate future of the pony thread I'll be annoyed I didn't, say, get the ability to transform into an adorable pony instead.

Like Pluto. Poor pluto! You're still a planet, in my heart.

Pluto is the name of the God of the Underworld and Wealth. By reclassifying it as not a planet, both the powers of the Dead and of Money are being weakened. Que financial crisis and drastic decrease in the number of ghosts. The entire thing was set up by communist exorcists.

Yay, Applejack! She goes great with some Rarity. Or a dash of Rainbow! But then, everything goes great with a dash of Rainbow, or so they say.

Every colour can be found in a rain-bowwwwww...

Or he wasn't too proud to hire a scribe.

Or narrate to a passerby.

Pretty sure they averted it. The Sidereals had a choice for three outcomes; the one the universe was heading for was WoD. But then they changed it.

So while the past of the World of Darkness may be Exalted, the future of Exalted isn't the Wordless of Darkness.

I don't think the Vision of Death was the World of Darkness. It's certainly not the nWoD, which has an objective creation myth(s). oWoD with consensus metaphysics, WHO KNOWS?

Aye, she was all sorts of anger-y. Also angry. And she kept chasing me with it saying "Look at it! LOOK AT IT!" until I beat her away with a nerf sword.

I dodged the Pinkestia bullet like a baaaaad hangover.

Ferraris are bad bulldozers? Action movies lied to me?!
XD
aye, I know. When I talk about the mechanics, I'm only referring to what I would have read up to character generation, and a little beyond. For example, that having a 1 compassion and a 5 compassion would be a flaw no matter which you picked? Beautiful. There is no 'I win' button there. There is a Character, a person, who makes mistakes. Who will be conflicted. And even if it never comes up mechanically, i find it nice to have those scales on paper.

In my theoretical magical well-made Exalted system, the virtues are the core mechanic instead of an optional add on.

In fact, one time one of the developers said "Fighting a sentient, evil planet-sized city is a little bit outside the scope of the system". At first, I laughed. And then I stopped. And then I realised that a sentient, evil planet-sized city is one of the primary antagonists of the setting and if the system doesn't support fighting that guy then the system is borked. Likewise the mass combat system balanced around professional armies of mortals fighting professional armies of mortals. In Exalted, a war without supernatural craziness is the exception.

Further in, the dice pool mechanic always seemed nice to me. The only downside is that, after so many sessions, two characters who started out differently (a military marksman and a college professor, say) would end up with the same firearms skill eventually. Without emphasis, specialization, or the like, the marksman has nowhere to graduate to if that's his thing. Theoretically, racial charms (or whatever you call them in other games) could fix this, but then the school teacher whines that he can't be as good as the natural-born, specially trained sniper...

Keep in mind though, I've never played world of darkness. I made a character for Werewolf: the Appocalypse (oWoD right?) that ne'er came through. So I don't have a feel for anything, only book learnin'.

I don't understand this? Sure, the Twilight putting 5 dots into Archery will be as good at Archery as the 5 dot Dawn caste sniper, but Charms fundamentally change that dynamic. Specialisation is really infinite within each area.

In terms of the WoD, skills are so expensive so a 0-Firearms professor will take 45 XP (9 sessions) to become as good at sniping as the elite military sniper, during which time he's not practising magic or anything else. Seems reasonably prohibitive.

More to the point though, are the mechanics. The glamour wears away, and the guy who still thinks yellowbelt punching kata 3 is where it's at stays at yellowbelt. The guy who realizes all the kata are the same punch, and who 'masters' the basics climbs the ranks. Breathing. Presence. Control. Awareness. Poise. Everything else are just trappings to keep us rebellious youth interested long enough to get hooked.

Exactly. The difference between bending your knee and keeping it straight is the difference between a master and a newbie.

I am a big believer of might makes right, but also the obligation of the strong towards the less strong. How could I not be? My county has an obscure, loop-hole filled right about having weapons for the sole purpose of repelling any future British invasions. *

Might makes right? Well there's a philosophy I can't get behind Heck, my MA school's creed is:

To build true confidence
Through honesty in mind
Courage in heart
And strength in body
To keep true friendship with one another
And build a strong and happy community
Never fight to achieve selfish gains
Or to prove might is right.

My particular brand of sarcasm, preferred manner of dress, method of walking, and facial expressions have led me to be labeled "House". In a conversation three weeks ago, it came up. Then we had a 'who's who?' and decided Braz would be the girl from the first few seasons. And I said "you better not marry Thanqol" and just the two of us laughed while everypony else was confused. It was good times.

Because, Y'know, you're Australian.

My favourite Dr. Chase moment was the reveal that he's trained in the traditional arts of Australian Hypnotism. I took an elective in that in primary school.

I can tell when you're trollin' by the lack of punctuation XD

In order to overcome communication barriers on the internet, I developed the secret technique of sarcastic lower case. Any text lacking punctuation and capitalisation is sarcastic.

This technique can destroy minds.

Ah C'mon. You could be movie!phantom. Wear a skull ring and a gunbelt. Nopony saw anything else when watching that movie anyway.

Mask: You watched that movie? Owch.

Nah, hate!love would be kismesitude, wouldn't it? An anti-proposal would be an impermanent promise to avoid each other indefinitely.

And... Wasn't mask the one who was initially being hit on? I don't know how whoever is being engaged now got in there, but I'm pretty sure Mask is the default Thanqomponent, and would be the operative target.

Sounds like a really boring anti-marriage?

Charger: I believe I was offered "to get in on this".
Mask: I was just making reference to the mask being a barrier in most propositions.

Putting more thought into it, I see her with a mullet. That is, long in back, anime in front. Largish silver tuft, with a single bronze lock in the middle.

But that sounds dumb, and your picture is better. Though I do find silver mane/bronze streak less discongruent¹.

Hm, I'll give that a try next time I draw her!

lessee. In person, unless I slip into a burr-brogue mix (which happens surprisingly often considering I'm native to Gallophornia) my inflection slips and I slur a bit. And online, I have the time to formulate my thoughts, which should prevent stream-of-consciousness but it doesn't seem to.

Charger's awkwardness stems from needing to explain things that don't need to be explained, which increases embarrassment which also increases word complexity, which sort of spirals in on itself until the romance has put it's hat back on and caught the bus.

You can see Blueblood with a marefriend?

Yes. The dynamic would have to be right, but it could happen and could rock.

Thanks everypony (/gryphon/hippogrif/person/robot/mutant/undead/etc.). It's good to know I was missed. Even better, glad to know that (thread speed aside!) my posts weren't too cumbersome

(OH NO THREE PAGES BEHIND OH CELESTIA WHY)[/color]

Your posts regularly make me laugh but I don't always comment on each time.

[TheAmishPirate]

Why the hay am I still up when I have an 8 am meeting?

Oh, right. Ponies.

@Phantomfox: I've read your story and it's currently percolating. I'll have thoughts to you tomorrow, but the main thing I'd look at right now is voice. Make sure the voices of your characters are consistent, I seem to remember thinking that a lot.

Goodnight ponythread!

[PhantomFox]

Okay Ponythread, I require your assistance. While waiting for feedback on various fronts on my latest project, I guess I should pick out a title image. The one I really like is taken though by another story, so this is the best I've found so far:

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Can you top this for an image of a cute Twilight & Celestia picture, or a pic of an over-zealous Twilight studying?

[SiuiS]

Hey, thanks! You reminded me of what one of my super tabs was.

1: I have this strange problem. It is only a problem because I like communication and full disclosure with other people.
That problem is, in my mind, there are colors, sounds, shapes and textures that don't exist. Especially sounds. There are dozens of words that I pronounce internally in some form of Master Tongue, that I just can't manage in English so I follow somepony else's example. For example, 'lichemaster' or 'lichegate'. The first five letters are all one consonant, combining a non-phlegmatic "hcgh" like you'd hear in Klingon, and the welsh double L. I don't have enough tongues or throats to make that work.

So it is with pictures. Unless I see a drawing in my head, which happens, I have nebulous yet concrete ideas of things. So any picture of Charger is going to look off next to my mutable and nigh-formless idea. I can only say how close it is, except for the rare instance where something gets it 101% right.

So far, the only thing that has EVER done that is mead. Honey wine.

2: Uncle SAM! hoho! America joke. Righteous!

EDITS!: Phantom Fox. You cuted me right in the eye!
I love the picture. Plan to fall asleep while reading My Faithful Student tonight, unless Male!Braz catches me, in which case I'm going to see what I remember of judo from when I was 12 ;D

Thanqol, you sound more confident than I feel. Joints. Never lock them. Always slight bend. Yes?

[Vent Reynolt]

Okay Ponythread, I require your assistance. While waiting for feedback on various fronts on my latest project, I guess I should pick out a title image. The one I really like is taken though by another story, so this is the best I've found so far:

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Can you top this for an image of a cute Twilight & Celestia picture, or a pic of an over-zealous Twilight studying?

Well, I'm not sure that it tops yours, but here are two of Celestia and Twilight:

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^I really like this one, but the eyes seem to stand out in a strange way.

^Motherly Celestia

And one of Twilight Studying:

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^By Lauren Faust herself

[Thanqol]

Thanqol, you sound more confident than I feel. Joints. Never lock them. Always slight bend. Yes?

What, while doing techniques? No tension ever. Your arms and legs should only be straight in the instant when you punch and kick, not before and not after (exception: wrists should always be straight).

[Topaz]

Early bedtime for me, tomorrow is the start of my internship, and I have to be up relatively early. (Though not 4 AM, that's the day after tomorrow, and two days afterwards!) Wish me luck, everypony!

Good Luck!

[Gadora]

Early bedtime for me, tomorrow is the start of my internship, and I have to be up relatively early. (Though not 4 AM, that's the day after tomorrow, and two days afterwards!) Wish me luck, everypony!

Good luck!

[Brazen Shield]

...So, are you implying that Braz is into both?

I am "bi-curious"

In other words: I've never not had SiuiS long enough to explore the attraction I have for women and to see if I'm okay with it being sexual.

Now, I know s/he's on here. Where is s/he!?

[Rebelhero]

Im going to bed. and since i havent been very pony in my last few posts.

Heres some funny pony.

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And here is lots more pony!

AND EVEN MORE~!

Also. This is what my brain did when i first started watching ponies.

[Nomar]

Doesn't she have enough pairs?

Ponies are quadrupeds, so they have sock quartets, not pairs. The pair Luna lost on the moon are half of her favorite quartet, that's why she wants them back.

Also. This is what my brain did when i first started watching ponies.

Awesome.

[Aotrs Commander]

So, it appears I'm no longer safe even in my drams. When I awoke from my meditation this morning, I left a dreamscape littered with GDI Mobile Sensor Arrays and Nod Artillery, (futiley) placed as anti-Lix defenses...

(Yes, as a matter of fact, I was playing the final GDI mission of Firestorm most of yesterday...)

Understandable. So you roll with monk having full BaB and flurry as a standard action? I've been considering that but I want to run a "normal" game first.

If I can beat the character limit, I'll show you my most recent long-term character. This way you can see why I crave a standard, low-power, wizard usig fireball isn't a waste of time kinda game.

This isn't the most up-to-date version, which is 8 pages on my laptop I gave up editing when I realized so much of this didn't matter.

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SIUIS D'RAVEN HALF-ELVEN
(Archfey of Magic, Gloaming Lord, Septarch of the spiral tower)
Male Sidhe lord ultimate magus 28; medium fey
HD 20d6+28d4+672 (806 hps)
Init +13 (+14 dex, +4 feat); speed 40; AC 24 (+14 dex);
Attk- melée touch +36, ranged touch +38;
Dmg-
FORT +xx REF +xx WILL+xx; Ali Lawful Neutral;
Str 35 Dex 39 Con 37 Int 54 Wis 38 Cha 72

Languages- all (Druidic, cant, dark speech, words of creation, hunting sign, hand-sign, gol-kaa, mabrahoring, diabolic, Klingon)

Skills- spellcraft 51, concentration 51, true name 51, bluff 51, craft [music/symphonies] 51, diplomacy 51, listen 51, knowledge [arcana] 51, knowledge [forbidden lore] 51, move silently 51, perform [harp] 51, profession [astrologer] 51, sleight of hand 51, UMD 51
decipher script 25, forgery 25, handle animal 25, hide 25, knowledge [architecture/engineering] 26, [dungeoneering] 26, [geography] 26, [history] 26, [local <any>] 26, [nature] 26, [nobility/royalty] 26, [religion] 26, [the planes] 26, [psionics] 26, profession [Septarch] 26, search 25, spot 25, tumble 26, appraise 20, balance 15, climb 15, craft [weapons] 10, [armor] 10, [alchemy] 10, [gem cutting] 10, [weaving] 10, [sculpting] 10, disable device 15, disguise 10, escape artist 10, heal 15, intimidate 20, jump 10, ride 10, survival 10, swim 12, use rope 10

Skill tricks- hidden blade, mosquito bite, sudden draw, shrouded dance, false theurgy, concealed casting, swift concentration, collector of stories, listen to this, magical appraisal

Bonus Feats- mobility, iron will, improved initiative, obscure lore, nymph's kiss, rapid creation, craft artifact, song of the heart, circle magic, polyglot, multispell (x5)
Feats- prepare spell, quicken spell, automatic quicken (x3), magical artisan, efficient item creation, versatile performer, transcendant spell, heighten spell, sanctum spell, void magic twin spell, silent spell, repeat spell, epic destiny (artifact master), epic spellcasting, extra spell slot [bard] (x3), five more feats

SQ- familiar, focused specialization, polyglot, bardic music (countersong, fascinate, inspire courage, suggestion, inspire greatness, song of freedom, inspire heroics, mass suggestion, song of arcane power, song of timelessness, song of cosmic fire), bardic knowledge, arcane spell power +10, expanded spell knowledge (14th and lower), augment casting, bonus feats (6), multispell, spell-like abilities, fast healing 10, DR 20/ non-magic cold iron, SR 60, Arch-Mage qualities, Septarch qualities, Sidhe Lord qualities, Gloamingfey qualities, arcane apotheosis, skill synergist (ranger, paladin, monk, specialist), clerical investment, artifact master, epic spell casting (4 slots),

Familiar (ex): Siuis has as a familiar a young, naive dryad as a relic from his wizarding days, with whom he shares a deeply loving and platonic relationship. He maintains peer relations with Sa'Rah, his previous familiar, though she is now his contemporary.

Focused Specialist (ex): Siuis has 3 extra spell slots of each level, for each school of magic up to and including 17th level.*

Clerical Investment: Siuis has access to and can prepare and cast any cleric, wizard, bard, assassin, paladin and ranger spell as either an arcane or divine spell.*

Polyglot: Siuis can speak any language within seconds of hearing or reading it.

item Creation (Su/Ex): Siuis can create any magical item within scope of his caster level, without requiring the appropriate feats (these do not count as artifacts). He can create lesser artifacts in the same manner, but at a much slower pace. Siuis can create major artifacts, but doing so is difficult, stressful, time-consuming and draining.
Siuis creates magic items, epic spells and similar effects at the rate of 50,000gp. Per day (10,000gp. Per day for artifacts) and spends 25% less gold and 50% less experience than normal to do so.

Bardic Music (su/sp): Siuis can sing and perform as a bard of 40th level, and has 30 daily uses of bardic music. His inspire courage bonus is +5, or +7 with effects.

Bardic knowledge: Siuis can make a knowledge check with a +67 on the check. Due to obscure lore and forbidden knowledge, this can discover things normally not accessible.

Arcane spell power: Siuis adds an additional +10 to his caster level.*

Expanded spell knowledge: Siuis can add one spell per point of intelligence bonus to his from his spellbook to his spontaneous casting list, up to 14th level. This has been modified by the archmage qualities, below.*

Augmented Casting (su): 17 times a day Siuis can sacrifice a spell or spell slot and apply that levels' worth of metamagic to a a spell he is casting up to 14th level. This effect has been modified by the Archmage qualities, below.*

Multispell (su): all of Siuis' spells up to 9th level are automatically quickened. He can cast 6 total quickened spells per round without penalty, in addition to his other actions.

ArchMage qualities: as the most powerful spellcaster of his generation, Siuis has several benefits which others cannot fathom;
-Siuis adds his total hitdice to his caster level
-Siuis adds his intelligence bonus as a perfection bonus to his usual spellcasting ability score
-Siuis has no maximum cap on any spell whose effect increases with level
-wish spells cast by Siuis conform to his intent rather than the exact wording
-Siuis is entitled to an opposed caster level check when any of his items or effects are dispelled, disjoined, or subject to antimagic effects
-Siuis adds a competence bonus to his spellcraft checks equal to his caster level (currently 200)

Septarch Qualities: as head and founder of the modified Conclave known as the Spiral Tower, Siuis is entitled to several benefits;
- A minus one DC per seed when crafting epic spells
- The ability to create spell suites from epic spells *and convert non-epic spells into suitable seeds
- Access to every known (and many unknown) wizard spell via the enclave library
- The ability to spontaneously exchange prepared spells with any equivalant spell from his books
- Access to the Globe of Crystal Fire, an intelligent transcendant artifact
- Access to any 3 item creation feats, or any feat combination if several months' notice is given
- the caster level, spells known and spells per day of a wizard equal to his level in any arcane casting class (currently 28)
- an insight bonus on spellcraft checks equal to his highest level spell slot (currently 58)

Sidhe Lord qualities: immune to poison, disease, stunning, paralyzation, and sonic damage (but not effects), resist 20 fire and cold, resist 10 acid and electricity, SR +20 vs. Lawful spells and effects, aura of menace (as archon; DC 65 Will within 20' or suffer -5 attack/AC/saves for 24 hrs. Or until successfully hit Siuis), hypnotism as an (ex) ability (standard action, single target, and HD cap 48), ignore spell failure chance of 35% or less, can craft fey items (function as mithril or adamantine, requires *ten times longer than normal to craft, at double DC)
Siuis has bardic spellcasting, bardic knowledge and bardic music of a level equal to his fey hitdice.*

Gloamingfey qualities: as master of magic on Faerie, Siuis is akin to a god (though only a lesser power when not within his own realm) and can achieve amazing feats of arcanistry;
- Considered to have one level of sublime chord for each fey hit-die (currently 20)*
- the final adjustment of any metamagic'd spell is reduced by one for every ten hitdice (currently 4)
- the DC for each seed of an epic spell is reduced by the same ammount
- Increase spell resistance by expending a spell or spell slot as a standard action, gaining (spell level•character) level for 10 minutes/level (currently 8 hours)
- cast quickened spells as immediate free actions, in line with Multispell, above
- Counterspell with a bonus to CL equal to the expended spell/slot, -20 CL when dealing with psionic or supernatural effects (or instantly if the countered spell is one Siuis has available)
- Change the targeting and effects of a spell as a free immediate action (as a quickened spell) with an opposed caster level check if he can percieve the spell being cast; altering an epic spell is at CL -30
- Siuis adds an innate bonus to spellcraft checks equal to his fey hitdice (currently 20).*

Spell-like abilities: cast as a 30th level bard, DC equals spell level +41 where appropriate. See invisibility, true seeing and Arcane Sight are always active on his person at 58th level. They can be reactivated as a free action on Siuis' next round if suppresed.
AT WILL- displacement, shapechange, charm monster, clairaudience/clairvoiyance, invisibility, magic missile, speak with animals, speak with plants, planeshift (prime, shadow, faerie and twilight only), greater teleport, absorption, knock, probe thoughts, freedom of movement
3/DAY- greater plane shift, mirage arcana, greater scrying
1/DAY- bestow Superior curse, Mass suggestion, Stargate

Spells/day;
BARD- saving throw DC 59+CL 4/20/20/19/19/19/19/14/14/14/14/13/13/13/13/12/12/12/12/11/11/11/11/10/10/10/10/9/9/9/9/8/8/8/8/7/7/7/7/6/6/6/6/5/5/5/5/4/4/4/4/3/3/3/3/2/2/2/2
SUBLIME CHORD- saving throw DC 59+CL


WIZARD- saving throw DC 52+CL


Siuis adds his Intelligence to his usual casting ability score to determine saves. Spells per day, etc.*
Siuis has 14 spell slots each of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd level of sublime chord, but he does not yet have any spells known of this level

SPELLS KNOWN;
Pretty much all of them.

Magic Items;
Hope for the Future- +21 transcendant artifact longsword (keen, keen, sharpness, concordant power, unnerring accuracy, master shot, double-strength holy avenger, double-strength holy devestator) grants wielder Paladin levels equal to fifteen or one-half hitdice, whichever is greater. Ego 125, 1d8 dmg, 15-20, x5, strikes as silver and adamantine

Wanderer's mantle- +18 spell absorbing prismatic greater displacement arrowblocking storing disguising cloak of the stars (2d4+10 levels/round, 60% miss chance, immune to non-magical ranged attacks, apply miss chance to area effect and mind-targeting effects, extra dimensional space within, allows existence without air or pressure, in vaccuum, bottom of ocean, etc. Without any loss of sense or faculties, can temporarily remove self from area)

Axis Mundi- +9 transcendental artifact longstaff (disruption, greater disruption, greater aportation, paralytic burst, void burst, unravelling, speed, planar, unnerring accuracy, impact•9, magic immunity) destroys undead/deathless struck on DC 68 fort save, destroys construct struck on DC 48 fort save, sends touched creature to location/plane of wielder's choice on DC 68 will save; paralyzes, removes all void/action points, and removes 1d12+3 levels of spells from critical hit, anyone attempting to wrest or steal from it's wielder is annihiated DC 29 fort (as Umbral Blot) or teleported randomly through existence (DC 34 will, as failed teleport and reality maelstrom), 1d6+5 dmg, 11-20, x2 *

Roughly 500,000 years old. 150#, 5'8"
EXP: 1,200,000 (1,000,000,000 spent, 8,000,000,000 burnt, 96,000 available per week, one sextillion in capstone)

Was that one you actually took from low-level, or did you start (much) higher? (I'm guessing the latter...)

(Also, the HD (and AC) seems well out of proportion to the spell casting ability. A lot of the latter is obviously DM-modified (43rd (!) level spells without Improved Spell Capacity or Divne rank, no dice cap on spells etc), but the former seem ridiculously low in comparision.)

Just in case

That was not what I me-

...

...

Actually, I hadn't thought Midnight and Shimmer's Guide to Dating might have a practical application... (Or rather, Blueblood's ancestor's guide...)

[SiuiS]

Humans in socks....

I think i'm ok with this. 0///0
Especially Lix. and i don't even like feet... o.o

It is interesting. Um... Darn. What was I gonna say? Horsefeathers.

With a company name like Clopcom, I wouldn't really be sure what to expect.

Still, that video is very amazing.

It is amazing.
I also feel the need to point out that, before the picture of Twilight Sparkle 'clopping' to her monitor came along, clop was a generic horse-pun whose only association was with 'clap'.
So they may be an old, innocent company.

That map of Equestria has been updated since I posted it.

Sweet!

From the moon's position, I would've thought it was the afternoon of the third day.

And now I have this image of Luna wearing Majora's Mask right now.
Though, I guess it's her revenge against her sister for that one desert level Super Mario Bros. 3...

So many memes... So many... Memes... *collapses under the weight*

*sigh*

So, apparently the way to make Lix flee is to compliment and flatter her, the one thing I am mentally and racially incapable of doing.*

Typical.

I suppose I ought to try, though.

Ahem.

Lix, your... ... ... ...socks are... ... um... ...grey?

...

...

Yeah, I got nuthin'.

You...really can't do it can you?

Nope.

Bwahahahaha!
Look into Glibness, mate. It's a +30 on bluff. It'll come in handy. especially since bluff handles seduction ;D

I just absolutely need to say you're the cutest couple ever

Yes. Yes you a-- wait! No! No. No!

One of the cutesy couples ever. I like Flutterdash and LyraXBon-Bon too much. No monopoly for you.

BEHOLD! THE TRAVELER HAS COME!

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My fan-kaiju girl, Stacy Puft, the Marshmallow Girl. Based off of Gozer The Gozerian, The Traveler, and what-not, from Ghostbusters. ^^

Aww, Stacy pony is so cute~ and her head makes me laugh. IT'S SO FLUFFY.

Ok, Can someone explain this whole "ponies with socks" thing to me? I seriously don't get it.

Well, some of us like ponies.
Some of us like ponies.
Some of us like to act like we like ponies.
Some of us enjoy obfuscating who is who.
And some of us are into irony and satire.

I trust that clears things up exactly as much as I want it to?

Trust me, I do too. I want ACTUALLY ACURATE G4 ponies. My friend calls me an elitist for the fact that it makes me rage so hard. (Seriously. I went on IRL for about 20 minutes ranting about Pink Celestia.) CALL ME WHAT YOU WILL. I CONTROL THE MONEY, I CONTROL YOUR PAYCHECK HASBRO. *Growl*

I know. I'm tempted to go out of my way to contact someone, get buddy-buddy enough that they won send an automated "thank you for your input" letter when I complain about this.

...OH BOY. Here we go. *Laughs*

I used to find feet nasty. After ponies in socks, I apparently don't. I'm not sure how I should feel about this.

this is a divide that not only do I find fascinatingly mysterious, but had a conversation about a couple days ago.

Isn't it funny? It's 'normal' to find feet disgusting (for almost no reason), but there is no alternative except OMG FETISH!!1!1. If you tell someone something, anything, other than 'I dislike feet' the assumption is a sexual fetish.

Which is weird. Most feet aren't dirty or disgusting. Thu are scrubbed hard enough to buff a car, slipped into a sterile cotton protective layer, then ensconced in rubber, cloth and leather boxes to protect them even further. They get somewhat slick with the same stuff as every other square centimeter of skin minus the ambient dirt and dust in the air of course... Then they are removed, aired, and washed. Then the process repeats. They are one of the cleanest parts of the body unless you're tromping through ankle-high mud in low-top shoes.

Myself, I like feet. And ankles. Calves. Knees. Thighs. Really, the entire human form is a beautiful thing. It's entirely possible to like feet without it being fetishistic.

And, apologies for the the rant. This isn't aimed at you! It's just I'm in rant-mode and you opened the topic. So! Please don't feel bad, mate. Just a chance to share my views

Dat... Tail.

dat Lyra!

...Why is this happening oh Celestia what have ponies done to us our minds they are no longer safe we are changing we are leigon we are the ponysane accept us cherish us we will love and tolerate.

I'm confused. Are you complaining, or celebrating?

But seriously, I know exactly what you mean about "He who fights monsters..."

I kinda consider myself a troll anyway, except I only troll those I deem deserving of it. And even then, I have limits.
I call it counter-trolling.

And you are content to be a troll?
Also, Moby **** is entirely worth reading if youcan handle the language. I myself have to reread it. I can only remember the first like, sixth of the book.

That there is some serious socks appeal!

Early bedtime for me, tomorrow is the start of my internship, and I have to be up relatively early. (Though not 4 AM, that's the day after tomorrow, and two days afterwards!) Wish me luck, everypony!

Woo~! I'm rootin' for ya, mate.*

Oh wow. You were being serious? You don't need to draw man anything man! I'm happy bringing joy (and incredulousness) to everypony. ^^

I can say with certainty that the surest way to keep me from doing something is to tell me it's mandatory. Conversely, I'm going to end up doing it anyway specifically because it's optional. I'm predictably contrary like that

I should really start doing it this way. It seems like it would work so much better.

Only if you've got the time to spend for it. Any way you slice it, these things take time and dedication. And time. Mostly time.

Indeed. Personally, my favorite Compassion Break is Red Rage of Compassion.

I took the one where you get fed up with other people and continue giving orders without any care for their opinions. Except I think I'm selling it wrong. But I'm sure you know what I mean.

Eh, I don't have a problem with it for in character reasons, just to avoid OOC confusion. Like when I used green text to imitate you and get Braz to post a picture of you.

That's fair. But I have to set the record straight, that you 'tricked' her into doing something she wanted to do anyway.
*shrug*
She has this annoying habit of being her own person. Believe me, her having autonomy has been one hay of a speedbump at times

...So, are you implying that Braz is into both?

I'm implying Braz is into me. I've tried getting her to get a girlfriend many a time, but she insists on sticking around

Well, it's an obscure bit, but there are things known as Half-Castes which are the offspring of a Celestial Exalt (Soloroids, Lunars and Sidereals) and a Mortal or other Exalt.

Interesting. I'll have to look into those. Names? Or is that what you meant by Solaroid?

Prayers to heavenly gods get turned into Ambrosia, which is used by the Heavenly gods and Sidereals as a form of money (It's what Sidereals get paid in), it's also extremely delicious as some Siddies are known to eat their paychecks.

Lunars generally hate Sidereals.

Gem MUST be destroyed.

Pattern Spiders (The beings that ensure causality and to some degree physics) are action movie/hot blooded anime fans, and will allow you to break the laws of nature to do something extremely cool.

Sidereals broke a constellation and now no one can remember them.

A Lunar's place is in their Solar's kitchen.

Ah, pattern spiders. Reason for the entropic decay in WW:tA. Constantly binding the matrix of causality tighter in their web. Reducing all success and failure pools.

I wish the action movie junkie thing showed up in WW:tA, would make the game less bleak. Though I guess I can't complain about a game called 'the Appocalypse' being a bleak and losing proposition.

Everything but Gem must be destroyed makes sense to me so far.

Pluto is the name of the God of the Underworld and Wealth. By reclassifying it as not a planet, both the powers of the Dead and of Money are being weakened. Que financial crisis and drastic decrease in the number of ghosts. The entire thing was set up by communist exorcists.

let's see. As an American, I think I am legally bound to decry the evils of communism, but I've got nothing against exorcists unless they interfere with ancestral activity.

*ahem* Commies-Schwommies, BOO~!

Or narrate to a passerby.

I thought of that, but I can't think of anyone listening that long without getting paid for it.

I don't think the Vision of Death was the World of Darkness. It's certainly not the nWoD, which has an objective creation myth(s). oWoD with consensus metaphysics, WHO KNOWS?

Well, it fits oWoD. Or W:tA, W:tDA & what of V:tM I dabbled with. I also found several fitting explanations but I don't really have anything on me. For evidence, I mean.

In my theoretical magical well-made Exalted system, the virtues are the core mechanic instead of an optional add on.

They're optional? They seem pretty hard-wired in to me.
Granted, they are the last mechanic I actually read through. It got really, really boring afterwards. I kinda figured out the three damage types but that's pretty much it.

In fact, one time one of the developers said "Fighting a sentient, evil planet-sized city is a little bit outside the scope of the system". At first, I laughed. And then I stopped. And then I realised that a sentient, evil planet-sized city is one of the primary antagonists of the setting and if the system doesn't support fighting that guy then the system is borked. Likewise the mass combat system balanced around professional armies of mortals fighting professional armies of mortals. In Exalted, a war without supernatural craziness is the exception.

well, this is world of darkness, right? You aren't supposed to actually win anything in any WW game I've ever seen. Werewolf, vampire, changeling, even recent editions of ravenloft. All really really horrible for anyone who wants to 'win' at their roleplaying.

Maybe they don't want you to be able to combat sentient moons. It should be a losing proposition.

Also, I like the bland description of the mass combat system. It's better than most. Does it work at all, if you assume there is a distinct lack of exalted?

I don't understand this? Sure, the Twilight putting 5 dots into Archery will be as good at Archery as the 5 dot Dawn caste sniper, but Charms fundamentally change that dynamic. Specialisation is really infinite within each area.

In terms of the WoD, skills are so expensive so a 0-Firearms professor will take 45 XP (9 sessions) to become as good at sniping as the elite military sniper, during which time he's not practising magic or anything else. Seems reasonably prohibitive.

well, it's less my complaint and more a common complaint of others. My dislike is the implied cap, in a system that feels like caps are counterproductive.

I'm going to stop there though, because I don't have a legto stand on. Gouge played, and I've perused; I must defer to those cold unblinking pale white disks that gaze upon me so impassively.

Might makes right? Well there's a philosophy I can't get behind Heck, my MA school's creed is:

First, I am upset at you in a fashion where it's real upset-ness, but it mostly exists as something I can laugh at, and tell you about so you can get a laugh out of it too. See, I read your post, but then I had to mop. So I was talking to myself about the answer, when I realized I care about your opinion enough that I should probably be talking to you about this, not myself. So I am now struggling to remember all of what I said XD
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I thought that was poorly phrased. So I will begin a spiel which should, at length, convey what I mean.

Might makes Right is not something I believe in. I actively campaign against it. I'd prefer that Right makes Might, but whatever. That is a slippery moral slope if ever there was one.

What I meant is that you will lose. Always. As you struggle towards some endeavor or another, the odds of you failing become one. This is important when you consider that martial arts, or at least, using martial arts, is inherently a thing of conflict.

Might makes right is heuristic. Whether or not it is true, you can operate as if it were true and achieve results in keeping with that hypothesis. It defines a paradigm you can live by. It is, in effect, true. Even though other things are also true which directly contradict it. Because life is deliciously¹ complicated. And because this is true, it is something that you, as a budding martial artist, need to learn. General you, by the way. Anyway...

Might makes right. If we have conflict, and I win, I'm right. This is important because if I lose, I'm wrong. If you stand up, you may be hammered down. It is a fact of standing up.

Worse, there are times where escalation happens. You 'win' and the other guy's rebuttal is 4 inches of steel through your pericardium², and there is very little counter-argument left at that point. Restraint is hard. Disagreeing with someone and not using Maximum Force is hard. Good Gracious is it hard. Any time you do the right thing, there is a chance that your life will be stripped from you because someone else needs to prove how much more right they are than you. It. Will. Happen.

Acceptance of this is important. It's the old, thrown-around-casually samurai edict thing. Be ready to die. Don't court death; don't act irrationally or brashly. Do not be ruled by petty emotions. But if something is important enough to fight for, it had better be important enough to die for, because that is what is going to happen.

And yet it's more than that. See, my life philosophy depends very much on the fact that I'm 'worthless' I have no unique value. And before you freak out about that, I mean that in any situation with more than one person, it doesn't matter which of those two or more I am.
Hm. I feel I must illustrate this.
Person 1 points a gun at person 2. Person 3 jumps in the way and gets shot, and dies. It doesn't matter who is who, really. In the grand scheme of things, I gave my life for another man. Another man gave his life for me. I just murdered someone. It's all the same. The situation is the same no matter how I'm connected to it. Sometimes this overwhelms me with compassion, other times, I disregard all life equally. Most of the time I'm in the middle and I like ponies because they push me towards the "compassion" end of things.

Anyway. I'm 'worthless' because my loss is just as bad as anypony else's. Any decision I make, I am making for another human being. When that decision involves violence on any scale, or control of a situation, it's that much harder. Knowing I will, eventually, meet that End of Ends, means knowing I will, eventually, send somepony else along that road.

And when it happens, I'm right. Because I won. Right?

Except, no. Just as it's possible tone right but to lose, you will one day have to deal with winning, and then finding out you were wrong. That's heavy. The weight on the soul of knowing that you imposed your will upon another, and everything you did was horrible and wrong and backwards is one of the worst feelings in the world. It's in those moments that I pray my compassion doesn't flair up, because that knife cuts deep.

As a martial artist, or any sort of crusader for any sort of cause, you need to be ready to deal with the consequences of your actions. That in the dark of the night, years later, you may find yourself awake, eyes being rended from behind by the ethereal claws of distant memories, drudging out past grievances made before your current standards, but still using those standards to pass judgement.

Might makes Right was something I tossed out for the sole purpose of contrasting and highlighting the much more important Obligation Towards Those Beneath You. I am capable of inflicting grievous harm, psychological torture, and worse on others, probably without them knowing. I can get away with it. And the only way I can sleep at night is knowing that I would almost never do any of these things. I cut my silhouette in the negative. I am that which I am not.

When raising children, my one goal is to make them into better people than I myself am. And I've seen time and again, through many things (including your learning to draw thread!) that if your choice is learn two related things at once, or learn them separately, you are better learning them together. For something as important to me as the future moral fiber of another human being, I think teaching them as much of the 'proper systems' at a time as possible is a good idea. Teaching a child responsibility, at the same time as letting them exercise responsibility, and suffer consequences for that responsibility³. And if I can help teach them at a time in their lives when the serious consequences, the serious troubles aren't an issue yet, so much the better.

It's going to be hard, to be sure. Children learn things differently than adults. Methods of transmission that work, me to you, won't work me to them. There will be a lot of studying. Around 10 years worth, before anything serious is transmitted purposefully.

This entire rant is brought to you by 'I've thought of this slowly over the last ten years, and it's very hard to separate it into discrete components'(tm). This is as close to a sliver as I can give you while still feeling like I'm showing you a complete picture.


1: I love these moments in English. Delicious is such a delicious word to say. It rolls around the mouth like a crisp bite of apple.

2: fun fact. 4" is the minimum length of knife that to inflict this wound. That's why CA knife law tends to prohibit anything over 3.5". The heuristic maxim is 'width of your palm or less'

3: consequences being literal, and not necessarily negative. Just effects of causes.

To build true confidence
Through honesty in mind
Courage in heart
And strength in body
To keep true friendship with one another
And build a strong and happy community
Never fight to achieve selfish gains
Or to prove might is right.

nice. Last actual dojo I went to had a simple creed so it would make sense for us lazy Californians.
Train hard.
Be humble.
Fight dirty.

I take it to mean that when fighting happens, the time for diplomacy is past. I'm not sure if I agree with the sentiment, but I can understand it.
Sadly, I'm sure most people fixate on part three rather than one and two, which are way more important. Train hard, be humble. Good advice. There was also the motto of the art itself, but that's a list of keywords, really. Mind: concentration, discipline, knowledge. Body: physical fitness, proficiency, self defense. Spirit: attitude, dedication, self control. I am feeling a distinct amount of philosophy envy, here. I fear I had one of those sport martial arts that claimed to be a koryu, given the evidence.

My favourite Dr. Chase moment was the reveal that he's trained in the traditional arts of Australian Hypnotism. I took an elective in that in primary school.

You actually took hypnosis in school? I mean, seriously?

Mask: You watched that movie? Owch.

Hey, it wasn't that bad! Ok it was probably horrible. Honestly I didn't even remember the gunbelt until I was thinking of stuff to talk to you about.*

Charger: I believe I was offered "to get in on this".
Mask: I was just making reference to the mask being a barrier in most propositions.

oh! My apologies then. Didn't mean to infer anything.

Yes. The dynamic would have to be right, but it could happen and could rock.

I'll take that on your word. I can't see it, but I'm not trying all that hard, on account of being mentally muddled.

Im going to bed. and since i havent been very pony in my last few posts.

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And here is lots more pony!

AND EVEN MORE~!

Also. This is what my brain did when i first started watching ponies.

That's a lot of pony!
Hope you feel better mate. Or, well, I'm assuming not bein very pony correlates to feeling bad. If so, I hope you feel better.

So, it appears I'm no longer safe even in my drams. When I awoke from my meditation this morning, I left a dreamscape littered with GDI Mobile Sensor Arrays and Nod Artillery, (futiley) placed as anti-Lix defenses...

That's pretty bad, mate.
NOD artillery? Does that mean what I think it does?

Was that one you actually took from low-level, or did you start (much) higher? (I'm guessing the latter...)

(Also, the HD (and AC) seems well out of proportion to the spell casting ability. A lot of the latter is obviously DM-modified (43rd (!) level spells without Improved Spell Capacity or Divne rank, no dice cap on spells etc), but the former seem ridiculously low in comparision.)

From level one to level 13, then a jump we objected to really hard up to 18, and then we booted the DM. Got up to 28, before doing a bunch of story stuff to pick up all the being a real person I missed due to the first DMs "story telling". Finally opened the magic college I wanted since level 1, became a greater power on the planes (in that I function Lyme Mystra does in Faerun), and all unique monsters we could be expected to fight have 40 bonus hitdice to keep us in line (gods are as the D&Dg, but enemies from BoVD or FC 1&2 get a massive boost) =|
Let's see...

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I ended up doing a lot of retraining to get skills up to INT + class, use the divine array plus racial modifiers. Virtual DvR 1 (Gloaming lord) from defeating the previous gloaming fey master of magic, no damage cap and some of the redundant skills and CL are from what are effectively magical locations; I'm expecting an enemy to realize this any day now. *Calling a Moot and getting me Vote of No Confidence'd as septarch, replacing me or taking my throne in faerie, would get me ripped down to understandable power levels. Only thing I'd keep would be DvR 0.
Huh. And apparently I have the invasion subtype? That's gotta be bad.

And the sad part? I just want to be able to play a character where "I want to open a school" doesn't make the DM power word: kill a 2nd level party member to 'set the tone of the game:

That was not what I me-

...

...

Actually, I hadn't thought Midnight and Shimmer's Guide to Dating might have a practical application... (Or rather, Blueblood's ancestor's guide...)

Sweet Sisters of Sun & Moon, what have I wrought?

...

Actually, no. I want to see this play out.
Can you seduce Lix Lorn so poorly she runs away?
I can't look away now.

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Post needs more pony. Hm.
Oh. Oh lawdy. They just played the pink CELESTIA commercial (why do you capslock her name, phone? Why?) and...

"my wings are so pretty!" *shudder*

[Nomar]

MLP toys = DO NOT WANT.

Every time I see another botched MLP toy, the temptation to build a RepRap gets stronger.

[Kurgan]

Early bedtime for me, tomorrow is the start of my internship, and I have to be up relatively early. (Though not 4 AM, that's the day after tomorrow, and two days afterwards!) Wish me luck, everypony!

Good luck mate! My internship is starting today too! I've been up since 5 in the morning, since apparently I can shift my sleep schedule by 12 hours in under two days, but I cannot convince myself to not give myself 2 hours of me time before work.

Anyways, any chance I can get into this luck pool?

Trust me when I say, friend, that there is no possible way to derail us. We are like the Logrus, we wend our way inside all things.

Or the Pattern! We can contain all things within our ponydom. Aye, this one. The containing suits best.

Wow, I haven't seen a reference to Amber in quite some time. I really should break out my Zelazny collection one of these days.

I kind of like that too. RD holding onto it. Checking it's case every day. Polishing it every two months. You know, everything short of drilling while wearing it.

Wait, you mean you ponies haven't been watching over your supremely powerful magical artifacts?

You can see Blueblood with a marefriend?

Oh yes, some ponies love wealth too much and will put up with him for a good while. Others he might pay for going out with him. Arranged marriages. Lots of possibilities really.

[Deadly]

Customize the hell out of them? That's what I'd do. Really though I think the Pinkie Pie toy's about the only one of the larger ones I'm happy with, even without the poofy mane and tail. She just seems to come closest to the adorableness of the actual show ponies.

I'm definitely going to leave the pets off and just have them plain.

Pinkie is almost accurate without the mouse. Twilight would look a little better if her horn didn't look like a dog... did its thing on her head Also, I wish they didn't all have the same hair just with different colors.

Trust me, I do too. I want ACTUALLY ACURATE G4 ponies. My friend calls me an elitist for the fact that it makes me rage so hard. (Seriously. I went on IRL for about 20 minutes ranting about Pink Celestia.) CALL ME WHAT YOU WILL. I CONTROL THE MONEY, I CONTROL YOUR PAYCHECK HASBRO. *Growl*

I'm not that raging on this issue, I admit. But I do wish I could get some proper ponies.

Hm. I'll keep it up then; 3 refreshes didn't do anything but I got impatient pretty fast.

Maybe it's not the same problem we have. Sometimes it just doesn't seem willing to show those stars, though.

Now I wish you were around when I was throwing around the lyrics for My Selene. It's one of those things I'm not sure if anypony got at the time...

Hopefully I'd catch the references then...

[Aotrs Commander]

That's pretty bad, mate.
NOD artillery? Does that mean what I think it does?

If you think it means this , then yes.

From level one to level 13, then a jump we objected to really hard up to 18, and then we booted the DM. Got up to 28, before doing a bunch of story stuff to pick up all the being a real person I missed due to the first DMs "story telling". Finally opened the magic college I wanted since level 1, became a greater power on the planes (in that I function Lyme Mystra does in Faerun), and all unique monsters we could be expected to fight have 40 bonus hitdice to keep us in line (gods are as the D&Dg, but enemies from BoVD or FC 1&2 get a massive boost) =|
Let's see...

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I ended up doing a lot of retraining to get skills up to INT + class, use the divine array plus racial modifiers. Virtual DvR 1 (Gloaming lord) from defeating the previous gloaming fey master of magic, no damage cap and some of the redundant skills and CL are from what are effectively magical locations; I'm expecting an enemy to realize this any day now. *Calling a Moot and getting me Vote of No Confidence'd as septarch, replacing me or taking my throne in faerie, would get me ripped down to understandable power levels. Only thing I'd keep would be DvR 0.
Huh. And apparently I have the invasion subtype? That's gotta be bad.

And the sad part? I just want to be able to play a character where "I want to open a school" doesn't make the DM power word: kill a 2nd level party member to 'set the tone of the game:

Ouch. That's pretty bad.

(Though I do have to say, I do tend to run my games as modules, rather than more-freeform character-driven myself (mostly; the day quest groups I run tend to have a bit more freedom, since I write them one-at-a-time.) But, my players are still turning up week after week after twenty years, so I must be doing something right... That and the fact that the players are generally happy to just trot along with anything I come up with...So I can run what I like, within reason! It's a two-edged sword, though, sometimes, because sometimes when I say "what do you guys want to do next", all I get is crickets!

Though if someone did comes up with something like that, I would actually try and do something with it, somewhere, so long as it didn't directly contravene the main quest (which it wouldn't, in your case, 'cos you're not an attention-hogging jerk!) My rule is, "if I am running a module, you are expected to go along with it and at least meet me half way, as if we go completely off tangent - after a while of gentle nudging - the game will eventually stop."

On the other hand, last time the PCs went and did something completely up the spout (because the writers of Dragon Mountain thought adding in a red herring was a good idea, and the dozy players totally misintepreted it, causing them to travel across the ocean, to another contient (on an ill-defined world that was really only there for Dragon Mountain), making me pull something completely out of my arse... Fortunately, I'd just been playing Jade Empire, so I was able to wing it long enough (with no combats going to be forthcoming) for the PCs to realise that, despite my gentle nudging, they had completely fragged it up, and sheepishly trekked back across the sea to go back to the main plot...)

Sweet Sisters of Sun & Moon, what have I wrought?

...

Actually, no. I want to see this play out.
Can you seduce Lix Lorn so poorly she runs away?
I can't look away now.

Actually, I'm entirely sure I can't. The idea of me trying to seduce *shudder* anyone is so utterly antithetical to my inherent nature, I can't even feign it, even in jest...

Unfortunately.

[Gamerlord]

Early bedtime for me, tomorrow is the start of my internship, and I have to be up relatively early. (Though not 4 AM, that's the day after tomorrow, and two days afterwards!) Wish me luck, everypony!

Wish you luck!

[WJMill]

I'm definitely going to leave the pets off and just have them plain.

Pinkie is almost accurate without the mouse. Twilight would look a little better if her horn didn't look like a dog... did its thing on her head Also, I wish they didn't all have the same hair just with different colors.

I'm not that raging on this issue, I admit. But I do wish I could get some proper ponies.

I currently have the mane six plus Cheerilee and Lily Blossom. When I first got the mane six, I gave all the saddles and wagons and animals (EXCEPT Winona and Angel..bow..bunny) to the 2-year-old I live with. I also bought the smaller Luna/Celestia and gave Celestia to her as well (and kept the Luna..). It made me feel a little better than just throwing that extra nonsense away. For the most part, I'm pretty satisfied with what has been released so far (aside from the glaring Pinklestia). Twilight's eyes are Rarity copies, as in they are pointy at the top instead of round. That's why she looks a bit off. All the others are pretty OK so far. Cheerilee's symbol only has one flower instead of three, but I can look past that. Luna is really cute, but also covered in tinsel and glitter. I HATE GLITTER. I carry her like she has some kind of disease because I don't want the glitter all over everything. I'm also having to restyle their hair because they came packaged all weird (ESPECIALLY Luna) and all have poofy crimped messes. (Plus I might try to tentatively cut/style Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash's hair to be more show-ish.)

Overall, they're not that bad, and I'll still argue that Hasbro has some issue with going from show to toy, as the previous generations were toy to show and fine/accurate. However, I will not own a Celestia until they fix the color.

(ALSO: Deadly, that Scootaloo you got was G3.5, not 4. They are still selling them alongside the G4 to see if people will still buy them. There HAS been a G4 Scootaloo that was mistakenly packaged in a 'Fun at the Fair Set' (it's supposed to be Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle), but otherwise has not had an official release.)

[Grif]

Early bedtime for me, tomorrow is the start of my internship, and I have to be up relatively early. (Though not 4 AM, that's the day after tomorrow, and two days afterwards!) Wish me luck, everypony!

Good luck mate.

*Lurks*

[Rebelhero]

@SiuiS; I'm a bit sick right now, some kind of cold mixed with horrible allergies.
BUT i was simply referring to the lack of ponies in my last posts of taunting Lix.



Not only was i able to avoid her shipping powers, i was able to taunt her about it and get away clean! For now

[Deadly]

I currently have the mane six plus Cheerilee and Lily Blossom. When I first got the mane six, I gave all the saddles and wagons and animals (EXCEPT Winona and Angel..bow..bunny) to the 2-year-old I live with. I also bought the smaller Luna/Celestia and gave Celestia to her as well (and kept the Luna..). It made me feel a little better than just throwing that extra nonsense away. For the most part, I'm pretty satisfied with what has been released so far (aside from the glaring Pinklestia). Twilight's eyes are Rarity copies, as in they are pointy at the top instead of round. That's why she looks a bit off. All the others are pretty OK so far. Cheerilee's symbol only has one flower instead of three, but I can look past that. Luna is really cute, but also covered in tinsel and glitter. I HATE GLITTER. I carry her like she has some kind of disease because I don't want the glitter all over everything. I'm also having to restyle their hair because they came packaged all weird (ESPECIALLY Luna) and all have poofy crimped messes. (Plus I might try to tentatively cut/style Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash's hair to be more show-ish.)

Overall, they're not that bad, and I'll still argue that Hasbro has some issue with going from show to toy, as the previous generations were toy to show and fine/accurate. However, I will not own a Celestia until they fix the color.

(ALSO: Deadly, that Scootaloo you got was G3.5, not 4. They are still selling them alongside the G4 to see if people will still buy them. There HAS been a G4 Scootaloo that was mistakenly packaged in a 'Fun at the Fair Set' (it's supposed to be Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle), but otherwise has not had an official release.)

Sadly I don't have any 2-year olds to give it to. I'll probably just stuff it in a box somewhere and forget about it.

And yeah, found out about the Scootaloo figure being earlier generation. I suppose I can just call her something else... hopefully the G4 Scoot will have a proper release some day.

[Titanium Fox]

I am "bi-curious"

In other words: I've never not had SiuiS long enough to explore the attraction I have for women and to see if I'm okay with it being sexual.

Now, I know s/he's on here. Where is s/he!?

I believe the proper answer to this is "hiding from you and Lix".

So, it appears I'm no longer safe even in my drams. When I awoke from my meditation this morning, I left a dreamscape littered with GDI Mobile Sensor Arrays and Nod Artillery, (futiley) placed as anti-Lix defenses...

(Yes, as a matter of fact, I was playing the final GDI mission of Firestorm most of yesterday...)

...So, we're affecting the Lich in his non waking moments. I'm impressed. Keep it up. Soon ponies will invade his dreams. Maybe we can return him to life and good with the power of cute? Somehow I doubt it, but it's worth a try.

Well, some of us like ponies.
Some of us like ponies.
Some of us like to act like we like ponies.
Some of us enjoy obfuscating who is who.
And some of us are into irony and satire.

I trust that clears things up exactly as much as I want it to?

Which is to say "not at all"?

I know. I'm tempted to go out of my way to contact someone, get buddy-buddy enough that they won send an automated "thank you for your input" letter when I complain about this.

I'm on it coach.

this is a divide that not only do I find fascinatingly mysterious, but had a conversation about a couple days ago.

Isn't it funny? It's 'normal' to find feet disgusting (for almost no reason), but there is no alternative except OMG FETISH!!1!1. If you tell someone something, anything, other than 'I dislike feet' the assumption is a sexual fetish.

Which is weird. Most feet aren't dirty or disgusting. Thu are scrubbed hard enough to buff a car, slipped into a sterile cotton protective layer, then ensconced in rubber, cloth and leather boxes to protect them even further. They get somewhat slick with the same stuff as every other square centimeter of skin minus the ambient dirt and dust in the air of course... Then they are removed, aired, and washed. Then the process repeats. They are one of the cleanest parts of the body unless you're tromping through ankle-high mud in low-top shoes.

Myself, I like feet. And ankles. Calves. Knees. Thighs. Really, the entire human form is a beautiful thing. It's entirely possible to like feet without it being fetishistic.

And, apologies for the the rant. This isn't aimed at you! It's just I'm in rant-mode and you opened the topic. So! Please don't feel bad, mate. Just a chance to share my views

Oh no, it's fine. Rants are typically interesting to read! I have to say I agree. Just because I was never a fan in the first place doesn't mean I had an issue with those who didn't mind one way or the other. I don't understand the stark dichotomy that sits against the issue of feet.

I'm confused. Are you complaining, or celebrating?

Somewhere between A and B. Maybe a little bit of both. AB?

I can say with certainty that the surest way to keep me from doing something is to tell me it's mandatory. Conversely, I'm going to end up doing it anyway specifically because it's optional. I'm predictably contrary like that

Have I ever told you that you're bucking awesome man?

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Every time I see another botched MLP toy, the temptation to build a RepRap gets stronger.

Please do. I'd pay like 50 bucks per show accurate toy. (Twilight with the correct eyes, and Applejack with her hat PROPERLY ATTACHED would easily be my first requests.)

Not only was i able to avoid her shipping powers, i was able to taunt her about it and get away clean! For now

And you tempt the fates again! Oh shipping lord~

[Kyouhen]

Putting more thought into it, I see her with a mullet. That is, long in back, anime in front. Largish silver tuft, with a single bronze lock in the middle.

But that sounds dumb, and your picture is better. Though I do find silver mane/bronze streak less discongruent¹.

Well, where was it, Derbyshire? (haha, I typed derpyshire) I'll check what it would be. Who knows? I should be getting a minor windfall from my uncle² soon.

You are a horrible pony and those superscripts are going to bug me all day why are they there there is nothing at the end of the post explaining them?!

Aye. I'd have been fine with it, if those who were going the orders were competent, but alas =/
I look up whatever I can, now, but often it's hard to find verifiable information without having to buy stuff. I'm just not very good at it, and it's one of those skills I just. Can't. Learn.

So I turn to my friends! The playground is rather good at not punishing my ineptitude.

He's inept! Punish him!

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Incorrect, Pinkie.

Early bedtime for me, tomorrow is the start of my internship, and I have to be up relatively early. (Though not 4 AM, that's the day after tomorrow, and two days afterwards!) Wish me luck, everypony!

Good luck!

*Delurk*

Good Luck!

*Relurk*

STOP HIM BEFORE HE ESCAPES!

Okay Ponythread, I require your assistance. While waiting for feedback on various fronts on my latest project, I guess I should pick out a title image. The one I really like is taken though by another story, so this is the best I've found so far:

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Can you top this for an image of a cute Twilight & Celestia picture, or a pic of an over-zealous Twilight studying?

I don't seem to have much cute Twilestia, but here's a few of Twilight studying you might consider:

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And here's something unrelated:

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Post needs more pony. Hm.
Oh. Oh lawdy. They just played the pink CELESTIA commercial (why do you capslock her name, phone? Why?) and...

"my wings are so pretty!" *shudder*

Relevant:

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Good luck mate! My internship is starting today too! I've been up since 5 in the morning, since apparently I can shift my sleep schedule by 12 hours in under two days, but I cannot convince myself to not give myself 2 hours of me time before work.

Anyways, any chance I can get into this luck pool?

Good luck!
Though now I can't help but wonder if there is a limited amount of luck we're capable of wishing to people each day. By giving you some luck did I just reduce the amount of luck Esper has?

Actually, I'm entirely sure I can't. The idea of me trying to seduce *shudder* anyone is so utterly antithetical to my inherent nature, I can't even feign it, even in jest...

Unfortunately.

Quick! Give him a love potion or something! We must see this.

I'm also having to restyle their hair because they came packaged all weird (ESPECIALLY Luna) and all have poofy crimped messes. (Plus I might try to tentatively cut/style Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash's hair to be more show-ish.)

...Am I the only one who finds it amusing that you have to restyle Dash's hair to make it more like the show, when her hair in the show is messy to begin with?

[Beacon of Chaos]

Actually, I'm entirely sure I can't. The idea of me trying to seduce *shudder* anyone is so utterly antithetical to my inherent nature, I can't even feign it, even in jest...

Unfortunately.

Quick! Give him a love potion or something! We must see this.

No need for that! He just needs a little training! Faking complements is a skill that can be learned like any other. You just need to start small. Here Commander, try this *hands over a cue card*. When you next see Lix read what's on this card:

[Hello Lix. Your hair looks nice today]

Now, you may struggle with the N word there. That's fine. The stuttering and stammering will appear endearing. If you can somehow fake a blush (maybe with illusion magic?) that will work too. Go get her Commander! We believe in you!



And now for something completely different. In my TF2 backpack I have a couple of name tags and a desc tag just begging to be used to ponify something. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm looking to use them on an item I actaully use regularily, but the best I can come up with is renaming my Equalizer to something like "Pie Family Rock Farm Pickaxe" which I think will be too long anyway.

Other ideas for items I don't use:
Bonk or Crit-a-cola called "Rainbow Juice" or maybe "Sarsparilla".
Candy Cane with the description "They'll make you thmiiiile!"
Croc hat called "Gummy's head"

[Kyouhen]

And now for something completely different. In my TF2 backpack I have a couple of name tags and a desc tag just begging to be used to ponify something. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm looking to use them on an item I actaully use regularily, but the best I can come up with is renaming my Equalizer to something like "Pie Family Rock Farm Pickaxe" which I think will be too long anyway.

Other ideas for items I don't use:
Bonk or Crit-a-cola called "Rainbow Juice" or maybe "Sarsparilla".
Candy Cane with the description "They'll make you thmiiiile!"
Croc hat called "Gummy's head"

You could always name the Equalizer "Big Mac's Fancy Mathmatics".

[MCerberus]

And now for something completely different. In my TF2 backpack I have a couple of name tags and a desc tag just begging to be used to ponify something. Does anyone have any ideas? I'm looking to use them on an item I actaully use regularily, but the best I can come up with is renaming my Equalizer to something like "Pie Family Rock Farm Pickaxe" which I think will be too long anyway.

Other ideas for items I don't use:
Bonk or Crit-a-cola called "Rainbow Juice" or maybe "Sarsparilla".
Candy Cane with the description "They'll make you thmiiiile!"
Croc hat called "Gummy's head"

I named my strange knife "Love and Tolerance"

[MBI]

Well, some of us like ponies.
Some of us like ponies.
Some of us like to act like we like ponies.
Some of us enjoy obfuscating who is who.
And some of us are into irony and satire.

I trust that clears things up exactly as much as I want it to?

It all makes sense now! But seriously, I'm beginning to think that no-one actually knows why Ponies with Socks are popular.

And you are content to be a troll?
Also, Moby **** is entirely worth reading if youcan handle the language. I myself have to reread it. I can only remember the first like, sixth of the book.

No, I'm content to be a counter-troll. Hence the "kinda".
Unlike regular trolling, which is done for attention and reactions, I counter-troll FOR GREAT JUSTICE and fun. It's kinda like playing Phoenix Wright, except there's no murders.

Also, I have strict limits on what I do. That means no linking shock sites, No direct insults, etc. By avoiding stooping to their level, I feel that it's Morally J- NO! I will resist the urge to say that!


Anyway, I went for my first day of Sixth Form College today. Murphy's law was in full effect. I don't think It could of gone worse.