>the DM makes a MLP reference

I regret my hatred of MLP. Be being so against it in the beginning, "It was a show for little girls! Grown men should be ashamed of like it!" made several of my friends watch it just to spite me. They became bronies.
Friends I knew for over a decade, since we were all 10 or 12, became bronies because I was an ass, and too vocal instead of just ignoring something I didn't like.

>>44663515
i'm sorry now you can only purge them

>>44663519
This was years ago, and I've since moved away. Still miss those guys though, otherwise they were cool people.

>>44663477
It's a part of pop-culture. No fucking way around it. So if the campaign's tone allows for pop-culture references it's fine. You can deal with it. At least it's better than a reference to some reaaaaally obscure Chinese pornographic cartoon.

>>44663536
I'm worried that more players from /tg/ would get the obscure porn reference. Or even combine them.

My God, what have you done.

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>>44663477
More likely
>the DM makes an remark that sounds like something that might be from MLP
>you' watch enough MLP to recognise it as a reference
>somehow you get mad because of this

>>44663563
no after the game he clearly said he was a reference

>>44663477
>OP makes a thread.

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>>44663535
>bronies
>cool people

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Hi Anons.
It's been 5 years. Going on 6 now.
It's not pop culture anymore.
It's old news.
Treat it accordingly.
There's worse things in this world.
Like, literally, roving bands of rapists in Germany, mass shootings in France, armed arsonists assaulting American aviaries...
Things are pretty real-life bad in many places, and it can be depressing.
Most people have moved on from their intense love and / or hatred of pastel equines.
They have bigger things to worry about.
So: if your player mentions a horse in passing.
Think: is it really that important? Does it diminish you in any way?
Or are you just angry because people have told you to be angry?
There's worse things in this world.
There's worse things on the horizon.
Brace yourself.

>>44663611
Nice arse covering.

But in that case, if he made the reference and you "didn't get it", then it wasn't a problem.

>>44663477

You are just as much of a faggot as he is if this still triggers you after the half-decade of its existence.

>>44663477
I never watched a single episode.
If he does that I wouldn't notice.

>>44663477

So did you make this thread and expect everyone to flood in and immediately agree with you and hate on a show that is better left ignored, since it has its own containment board?

All you are doing is giving it attention. Nobody is going to commend you on making this thread.

>a player desires to play a prepared spells type class.

This is such a bullshit and stupid mechanic, that slows down everything.

>>44664370
Neat

>>44664709
Why? I might not be completely informed, but it seems to me that the wizard having to watch his spell usage and decide when to use what only adds a tactical layer to the class.

>>44664789
Yeah, but he also has to try and guess ahead of time what spells will be useful, thus they will quite often waste slots on useless spells and/or be missing a spell that proves important.

>>44664370
Nice. I am using this.

>>44664709
have you considered playing a non-shitty game

>>44663477
>MLP reference

How would I recognize that it is a mlp reference ?

>>44663515
There there anon its ok.

>>44663477
How do you pick up on that even?

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>>44665464
>useless spells

I'ma win D&D, the post.

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>tfw the campaign you joined set in Equestria fell through after one session

>>44666035

Really depends on the reference.

I could probably recognize a few just from the typical internet information osmosis despite only watching threeish episodes, but I'm sure someone could run a whole MLP adventure that'd fly over my head depending on how subtle they were.

>>44663515
You can't blame yourself. They made their choice. Now you must make yours. Sword or axe?

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>>44663477
>The DM makes a star wars reference

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>GM has made a decent plotline with multiple sub-plots
>tells us that killing important npc's is absolutely fine just be prepared for the consequences of doing so
then the bombshell
>Throws a spanner in the works of his own plot for the hell of it as he wants our characters to have some extra goals to prevent us from ever being too cozy
>all of us are offered to secretly kill important npc's, npc's we liked or helped.
>if we choose to do it we wont get any xp until it is done or we change our mind
>the moment we change our mind we cannot reattempt it and only gained half the xp we should have had.
>all the offers are morally questionable and conflicting.

My DM is notorious for forcing our party to make tough choices. Im both excited and scared for what's in store.

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>>44663477
You'd have to watch the show to get a reference.
Unless it's absurdly blatant, like stealing names.

>>44663515
>back in the /co/ days
>friend tells me about mlp
>I start giving him shit for it
>generic empty joking
>realize I can give the bants better if I know more
>learn more
>jokes are better, figure out jokes about his "waifu", etc.
>...
>oh no
>Ifeelthewarpovertakingme.jpg
>I've become more into it than my friend

and that's how I became a Radical Inquisitor /tg/

I met my SO of two years through combination D&D and shared mlp enjoyment though so it all evens out in the end.

>DM wouldn't shut up about how much he likes Steven Universe

>>44666821
looks interesting

>>44666134
Even the cat looks dismissive, props to the painter.

>>44663535
>They liked a cartoon for little girls
>B-BUH THEY WERE GOOD PEOPLE.

They were autist since the beginning you stupid fuck.

>>44666158
Both.

>>44670029
Ah, yes, because tabletop RPGs are a hobby considered by society to be mature and masculine and not Satanic.

>>44665464
Every spell has a use, you've just got to be creative.

Martial classes are better imo for this reason, it's easier for the player to get creative to solve a solution rather than waiting a day to prepare the perfect spell instead of using what they've got.

>>44670809
Except a wizard can also get creative. The difference is the martial doesn't have another option.

>>44670809
Okay, fine, not useful at the moment. I was meaning there's little point in having spider climb if there's no place you need to climb to.
If you don't face a basilisk or similar, then stone to flesh is taking up a slot for a more useful spell.

>>44664789
Mostly because it's a shit mechanic. Limiting wizard spells is fine.

But with the average player, they'll sit there agonizing over spell choices for hours if you let them. You can just move on with the campaign, to try to force the issue, but if you don't watch their character sheet like a hawk, they'll probably just cheat.

>>44663477
>OP gets an MLP reference

>>44670269
At least it's not bronies.

>>44663477
>OP got a MLP reference and reeeed at the DM.
>DM calmly looks at OP and asks him how he knew what the reference was from.
>OP is assblasted in front of his nerd friends because he blew his cover.
>Rolled a bunch of 1's and his female elven rogue was killed.
>DM laughs internally.

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>making pop culture references

>>44664370
>armed arsonists assaulting American aviaries...
Good, fuck birds.

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>All these years later and OP still gets buttflustered over a cartoon.
Dude, you need to learn to let goof things.

>>44671804
Let's not pretend that /tg/ has no basement-dwelling obsessive neckbeards and that those comprise the entirety of the pony fandom. Down that route lies Tumblr and /pol/. Don't be Tumblr or /pol/.

>>44672011
Sadly most of /mlp/ are /k/ tier as far as being sociable enough to be actual gun owners.
Seriously, half of that board carries.

>>44671970
I still got somewhere a shoe box full of pogs.
Damn, I thought I was rich and powerful when I looked at that pile. For me it was similar to the dragon hoard, mostly because I got them from other kids which I beat fair and square.

7/10 would be nostalgic again.

>>44672354
Pogs: How to turn kids into hardcore gamblers.

Who /want to be a good DM and be a good Player/ but completely lacks world experience, cultural experience to do so?
The only thing I know well are a few videogames and a anime cliches. I'm an uncultured swine and it frustrates me.

>>44672404
It's not really a gambling. It's more reliable on luck then poker but less then craps. It's all about accuracy and how good your slammer was. Fuck those kids with a metallic ones. Fuck. Them.

>>44667536
This.
Steven Universe is far worse than MLP.
The latter is at least enjoyable on a base level if you ignore the fans, but Lesbian Social Justice Mary Sue Hivemind Adventures has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Okay, it does have one: It's not Supernatural.

>>44672602
I know I'll draw a significant amount of REEEEEEing for mentioning this site, but TVTropes is your friend. Just go to a random page, open any link that strikes your fancy in a new tab, stay the fuck out of the Troper Tales section, and try not to crash your browser.

>>44672729
I don't know much about Steven Universe or Supernatural, what's the issue?

I want to say I read a description of the fusion mechanics in SU and it seemed pretty neat.

>>44672602
leave the house bitch ass neet

>>44672918
Steven Universe is shitty wish-fulfillment fantasy for fat lesbians with self-diagnosed mental illnesses. Also the fanbase bullied a popular artist to (attempted) suicide because her drawing of a character wasn't fat enough.

Supernatural is just Tumblrcringe incarnate, period. I can't even start on what's wrong with it because literally everything is wrong with it.

>>44672985
The early seasons were fine.

>>44672985
idk senpai, to me it just looks like the western equivalent of fujobait

>>44671970
>Dude, you need to learn to let goof things.
>let goof things.
>goof
A-HYUCK

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>>44671850
>Rolled a bunch of 1's and his female elven rogue was killed.

>>44673014

this

1-3 solid gold 4-5 acceptable, then it went down the tumblr shitter

>>44673326
How does a show about fighting supernatural beings go tumblr, anyway?

tranny werewolves?

genderfluid vampires? (this one may have been done)

fat acceptance zombies?

>>44672985
You know, I completely agree with you about the SU fanbase. My problem is I started watching it before I knew about them and I actually thought it was fun. I mean, I could see how people would self-insert into it for all the wrong reasons, but to me it was a simple, childish, happy show. I dunno, maybe I'm just not watching it with a critical eye.

>>44673540
I envy your blessed innocence, being able to enjoy things on their own terms regardless of the fanbase.
That said, I'm a 40k fan, so maybe I'm not to far gone after all.

>>44673741
Yeah, for real, dude. Honestly, I'd say give it another shot if you can because it's really quite enjoyable if you can stop yourself from thinking about tumblr. Like, honestly, who gives a shit what other people think about something? Plus it's given me a lot of rad ideas for tabletops.

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>>44672670
>Fuck those kids with a metallic ones. Fuck. Them.
>mfw those slammers but two in the pic are all metal.
>mfw I don't care how much I dent your shit, it's mine now.

>>44672729
SU also doesn't have near as much ass shots.

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>>44663477
I only bothered to know enough to fap to it.

>>44673798
>if you can stop yourself from thinking about tumblr
If. That is a big if.

Sometimes the damage that has been done can never be undone.

>>44663477
>All the DM wants to do is make you smile, smile, smile.

>>44673326
>mfw we will never have something like the Vendigo episode again.

>>44663477
>You will never be the DM that knows how to make his victims internally ree by inserting things into the game that trigger their autism.
>You will never make them sing MLP songs fully in order to solve puzzles.
>You will never record the session and put it on Youtube.

OP is just the cranky donkey in the DM's happy horse adventure. I'm sure his mood will lighten up when they encounter a cool looking monster, like a sea serpent.

Nobody tell OP that the same company that makes the game he plays also makes the horse cartoon he hates.

>>44673930
Paradoxically, the show itself provides a pretty good role model on how to deal with people like that. What would Steven do when he likes something that someone else has "ruined"? Probably ignore them and keep enjoying it for himself. He's a good kid.

>>44673919
>tfw artists make some damn good horse pussy pics.

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>>44663477
>That guy that subs an ENTIRE IG ARMY with little green army men.

>>44663515
You should have treated it how Patton Oswald treats Nickleback and Creed

>>44663515
You deserve it for being a huge fag about it.
I hope your hate didn't made you lose said friends.

>>44674061
That would be the cruelest cut of all.

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>>44671970
[spoil]goof[/spoil]

>>44674313
Oh shit, that sounds like a good idea. It would work better than fucking nickels.

>>44663477
>he brings his GF
>want to play?
>oh no I'll watch

>>44674972
They're way too big sadly.

>tfw grew out of my brony phase

>>44672602
I will offer you a much easier solution than learning real world experience.

Go read a bunch of /lit/core books. Don't worry about whether or not they're actually good and don't spend much time on /lit/ itself since it's one of the worst boards on 4chan, but the books will give you enough materials to pretend that you know what you're doing with characters and themes even if you don't.

>>44674171
>All the good artists now do MLP shit exclusively
>MLP now consists of half of all content on most boorus/porn sites in general now

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>>44675843
>realize early on that an artist you like is doing mlp stuff under a different name
>you watch an artist's style get progressively worse doing mlp stuff
>eventually the artist starts post mlp stuff under their original name too
>now their "normal" art is influenced by the "style" they developed doing mlp stuff
>mfw

Was the horsefucker cash really worth it Onta?

>>44663611
Bullshit.

>>44676328
>Onta.
I thought you were going to say Glitter Glue for a second.

>>44676328
You deserve it for liking furshit in the first place.

>>44676543
He counts too sorta but I wasn't really worried though.
I just figured he'd get it out of his system eventually since he kinda covers whatever is popular until he get bored of it.

>>44676559
Don't take it up with me

Take it up with my dong, which wants what it wants since it's more about the scenario rather than the content.

>>44666134
Played/GM'd a campaign in Equestria that lasted about 6 months. Was glorious.

>>44663477
Well, mlp doesn't have it's own tabletop game and I don't think it'd make for a good D&D setting (I could be wrong about this though, I hear there's dragons and magic)
What /tg/ games even are there for bronies like your friend to play?

>>44666134
Why is she wearing tablecloth on her head?
>>44663477
>the GM wears a Steven Universe shirt

>>44663477
When I was running a game, I made the same Revenge of the Sith reference two sessions in a row between different NPCs

>>44663477
So long as it's just a reference and he doesn't try to introduce mlp characters/themes/settings it's fine.
Especially if I don't understand the reference.

>DM references the bridge scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail all the time.

>>44664370
None of that is as bad as mlp's.

>>44681858
>People dying, being raped and otherwise suffering isn't as bad as some adults watching a cartoon
This site has an age limit of 18 kid, come back when you're old enough.

>>44681451

Actually it has a couple of tabletop games, Roleplaying is Magic, Ponyfinder, (which is Pathfinder with ponies for some reason), and I think there's another one, but I can't remember it. I don't go to /mlp/ due to my revulsion at fan-cancer and we're not allowed to have a thread about its tabletops here.

As for the setting, I imagine it would work great for a tabletop, there's a lot of crazy shit to work with. The most recent episode had a villain travel back in time to prevent the main characters from meeting, which rewrote history resulting in a variety of post-apocalyptic outcomes as the various threats they had previously defeated overran the world instead.

(This reminds me I need to read those RPGs, my sister's kids are going to demand I run them sooner or later. If anyone can think of the name of that other MLP RPG I'd be grateful.)

>>44681924
I stand by it what I said.

If you really thought I was underage, why address me?

Do you have a habit of talking to what you think is a minor, online? Careful the FBI doesn't catch you doing that faggot.

Fits well with defending mlps....

>>44681858
Tell us, oh child of pre-teen.
How did you find this website?

>>44681858
>still butthurt about a show for little kids

>>44681994
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rest_Your_Hooves
its pretty fun

>>44672729

I don't GET the appeal of Steven Universe.

I watched a dozen episodes and just...meh? I mean, there doesn't seem to be any character growth and barely any character in general.

wait, you guys dont play with ponykind??
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/races/3rd-party-races/silver-games/ponykind

>>44663477
>knows enough of MPL to get it

You don't deserve better.

>>44663477
Get over it. Also isn't this arguably against rules? Or is that just posting images?

>>44663477
Could be worse. FATAL, for example, or VTNL.

>>44684073
SU doesn't really git good until halfway through the first season. Basically, you start learning a lot about the history of the alternate world it's set in, some major conflict starts appearing and the characters start to develop, or at least reveal more about themselves. But it's not for everyone, of course.

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>>44667454
>Friend tells me about mlp
>insists i at least give it a try
>watch the first episode
>it was alright but clearly marketed towards a different demographic and it didn't really click with me
>i went on with my life, never having watched another episode
>i never once even felt the urge to watch it again
It's okay that you have shit tastes, I guess. Or that you're a bandwagon faggot. Or both.

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>try out text-based group
>the characters use narration punctuation and a detail here or there
>no cringey, "this is what a girl would sound like" GM moments
>the "protagonist" player tries to share attention

I hope I'm not the one to destroy this immersive utopia
I was wrong to shit on text-based RPG

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>>44681493
F A S H I O N

>>44663515
It's not your fault

Friendship is Dragons

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>>44685969
You chose wisely, anon.
Nothing is better for immersion than text-based, and you'll find that it's much easier to get into your character through typing as opposed to having to talk. The sheer fact that you have more time to think things through and adjust midway through what you're about to say is a godsend, and you'll definitely improve.

But beware, for down that route lies an endless amount of people who find you weird for not wanting to deal with listening to other people on skype or the even more awkward situation of handling people sitting across from you. You'll be hard pressed to find any text-only games if you lose this one - they do exist, yeah, but they're a bit hard to find.

A word of advice, never do text and voice mix. I did it once, my mic went out of order halfway through it, and I learned that the DM does not pay any attention at all when you're typing shit. Even after pointing that out several times, it never improved. How hard is it to read when one of the players must type?

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>>44686069
I'm wondering if I can shift all character dialogue to text in my Roll20 campaign.
Like, keep the Skype open for easier communication (text-only is much more formal and slow) between players, while allowing more in-depth character speech options.

I have a dude who generally sticks to text-only and his reduced communication opportunity means he spends more time doing things or getting missed. Maybe this will help him.

The really phenomenal thing about text-only is that the dynamic of "loudest motherfucker gets to act first" is neutralized. Provided that, when I play local games with friends, I prefer to do a quick rotary check around the table to see what everyone's up to because some people are too shy to offer insights or actions.

>>44686166
Text-only communication isn't as slow as you might think.
Well, unless you or one of the others in the group happen to be one of those people with agonizingly slow typing skills. The group I roll with these days all pretty much type at roughly the same speed as you can talk (provided you aren't being speedy gonzales when you speak), so I might be biased on the matter due to my good experience with typing over speech.

Honestly though, I think speech just ruins immersion most of the time.

>>44672729
I have to admire the supernatural writers they saw what there fans liked and ramped up on those aspects

Shame what there fans liked was so shit they seem to be getting better again though.

>>44673483
It thankfully wasent that aspect of tumbler it went full fangirl pleasing with stupid brotherly drama.

Also a joke about shower sex because that demographic loves shower sex.

A man goes crazy and kills a huge amount of people and we are meant to admire his brother for trying to cure him instead of stopping him even though his browser wanted him to.

>>44674135
Heh

>>44681451
>(I could be wrong about this though, I hear there's dragons and magic)
It has wolves made of pieces of wood which are pretty good.

>>44685212
Technicly against the rules but you can get away with a little here far more then other boards
Stuff like this shows up all the time >>44663158 especially if its spoilered in a joking matter although a fagot like op is the only time you can have a whole thread on the subject

>>44685934
The first 2 episodes are pretty shit they clamp down on the friendship theme pretty hatlrd it really picks up in the next 3 episodes

>>44684073

The build-up is way, way too slow and long, yeah.

About halfway through season 1 is where things actually get good; but you have to drag yourself through all the preceding bleh in order to have context. I only did it because a friend told me "no really, it's actually worth it!"

And after that, it actually gets good. Actual character development happens, you start getting serious worldbuilding, and things get substantially less twee.