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>>28824557
boooy, here comes the swarm of red-n-black donut steels

>>28824552
Online gaming group when?

>>28824570
>Rarity
>clever
>wise
>intelligent

>>28824606
With people from /mlp/?
I'd rather drink bleach I think.

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>>28824622
Problem?

>>28824628
Perhaps you'd rather scout some talent at /tg/?

>>28824557
Get ready for an influx of people trying to make expirenced horses at level 1.

>>28824641
As someone who already frequents /tg/, yes.

>>28824628
Nah, I know there's plenty of people here with good taste alongside the degenerates.

I'd love to see some writefags get together to tell a story in this system.

>>28824570
If the highest trait is d20 how does a dragon go above that.
I guess they probably role 2d20

I would have prefered modifiers instead of dice sizes but im sure it will still be decent.

>>28824570
>some of them become less charming with age
Top kek

Having all ponys start with d6 in charm is gonna throw balence of though.

I guess its to encourage diplomacy.

>>28824580
A party of the edgiest OCs must learn to trust and believe in each other to survive in Friendship Is Magic II: Electric Scootaloo.

>>28824583
So are friendship tokens rerolls or something else

Im gonna make a translator pony i shall know all the languages.

Are you ready to slay those nasty dragons /mlp/

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>>28824767
Fuck pic

>>28824677
I think it's a nice, simple idea for kids. Modifiers aren't very complicated, but dice are easy for kids to understand right away

so /mlp/ how popular do you think this will be?

>>28824698
I actually really like this because it's the one thing I think ponies as a race are naturally good at. Moreover, it encourages low-level games to be RP-heavy, which is totally a good thing.

>>28824835
I think it will be decently popular especialy considering the recent rpg episode
I can see kids swifty moving on to other games though.

>>28824930
good thing we also have MLP45E then

>>28824953
>5e
But 5e is horrible

>>28824990
it's the most likely jump for kids if they get into roleplaying from this

>>>/tg/50136373
thread on it

>>28824583
>getting caught by the palace guard can lead to exciting situations

Okay, this has so many possibilities that are very, very wrong...

>>28825079
You have a problem with your 8 year old daughter starting an sexy ERP between her character and the palace guards with you as GM?

>>28825079
Oh boy, it's magical realm time with a table of children isn't it.

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>>28824557
So, every PC must choose one of the 6 elements as their...alignment? perk structure? what the hell does this do? does the requirement preclude the creation of "disharmonious" or evil PCs?

Speculate here with maximum autism.

>>28825239
a goblin can be loyal and still be evil. I think it's meant as a weak form of alignment, not as a good and evil binary system, but just as a general indication of how your character acts

>>28825239
>>28825295
Yeah, I think it's more setting the basis for a character's personality. It would probably give the GM an easy grounds on which to grant rewards for good roleplaying, too, since you can just boil it down to "is the character being loyal/generous/etc."

>>28825339
yeah, that might be what those friendship tokens are for, like inspiration in D&D

>>28824557
>element of magic represents intelligence

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>>28825079
Getting caught was part of the plan.

>>28825373
well congratulations, you've got yourself caught. what's the next step of your master plan?

>>28825358
Maybe they just mean magically studious/clever, in the way that a mage or wizard is a character archetype. Can a birdhorse or mudhorse have magic as their element, though? Would a Doctor Hooves science guy or an alchemist like Zecora fall under magic?

The other option would be "friendliness," of course, but all of those traits are kind of subsets of friendliness anyway. I guess cleverness is good enough on its own, though it's a bit redundant with the mind trait.

>>28825420
yeah, other races in Equestria have magic. DYEWTS

>>28825398
a poorly written orgy, of course

>>28825339
Makes sense until you get to Magic element (>>28825358 yeah, huh? what?) because a munchkin could make a case for why any action is "intelligent" or "clever" (which are synonymous with "magical", apparently)

>>28825461
Despite Lauren framing earth ponies and pegasi as having passive magics, I don't think they've ever stated it that way in the show. And you're missing the point anyway; Doctor Hooves doing super science would be clever, but not magic.

>>28825358
What has that ever had to do with friendship?

>>28825492
I think that's the issue that's confusing a lot of us; apparently in this game the "element of magic" represents intelligence or "cleverness"...just not in the same way the stat does. I think we'll have to wait for more rulebook text to make head or tail of it.

>>28825494
>>28825521
Equating it with a personality type is kind of hard. I always took "magic" in the element sense to be the je ne sais quoi of fellowship, like the magic "spark" you feel when you're hanging out with friends, but that doesn't translate well to any one particular trait. It's just something that arises from the group, much like friendship itself.

In this context, it's probably best to see the Elements as basic "good" personality traits, and not necessarily different friendship qualities. You might equate it more with studiousness or scholasticism than cleverness, which still provides a character niche and isn't terribly overpowered. Or maybe it's more of a leadership role: bringing everything and everyone together to work in harmony.

>>28825494
>>28825467

A higher mind value lets characters pick up when other ponies are upset.

in this game emotional intelligence and cognitive intelligence is expressed by the same trait.

>>28825656
Trait value isn't inherently linked to a character's chosen element, though. From the looks of things, a character can pick "magic" as their defining characteristic, and still be totally oblivious stats-wise.

>>28825682

yeah, looks like something of an alignment than anything else.

>>28824634
Not that anon, and I'm certainly not suggesting that Rarity isn't intelligent, but I'd think charm/charisma would be her thing.

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>>28825974
She's listed in the charm section, yes. Not sure why the opening paragraph used her for mind.

Have to say, I'm a little disappointed so far. I mean, I didn't expect the crunchiest ruleset ever, but at the very least I expected it to make sense and be consistent.

>>28824835
I've never played this kind of game, can you explain what numbers like D4 or D20 mean?

>>28826040
dice. a d6 is a six-sided die, the regular black-and-white die. d20 is twenty sided, d4 is four sided.

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>>28826040
An x-sided die. 1d6 = 1 six-sided die.

>>28825420
Celestia called it "leadership" when Twilight ascended.

>>28826052
Oh, okay. Geez I feel like I'd do pretty poorly at this kind of game. Like there's too many rules you need to know.

>>28826083
Maybe if you were playing D&D or something, it could be overwhelming at first. But Tails of Equestria is meant to be entry-level and accessible to young children. I think you'll be fine.

>>28826083
don't be discouraged anon, the rules don't matter as much as having fun with friends

im being serious here too, the rules arent that important

>>28826083
That's stinkin' thinkin' at best, and kinda misses the point of roleplay.

Nobody's meant to do "well" or "poorly", everyone contributes to a story that the group tells together with the Dungeon Master as the narrator.

Even in a really complicated ruleset, it goes like this:
>DM explains what's going on
>You say what you intend to do
>DM tells you to roll some dice and interperets them as the outcome of your action.

Now, add to this that the ToE ruleset is being playtested with actual, ungrown, semi-illiterate *children* in mind... don't be such a pussy. It won't be hard.

>>28825974
Rarity's gift is actually *perception* (attention to detail), which, in this ruleset, uses the same stat as intelligence.

She has high Charisma, too, but that's more of a learned thing from aspiring to a particular culture. Remember that her special talent is gem finding, which would definitely be a perception or wisdom check in most rulesets.

>>28826147
I've tried generic roleplay and it's always been hard for me to come up with anything. Ever since then I've lacked any kind of faith that I'd fair better in a game like D&D. But I dunno, the fact that this is ponies might make me interested enough to try.

>>28826252

Fa/tg/uy here. Creativity takes practice, but it can also be helped out by restrictions. Too loose of a roleplay space can lead to choice paralysis, which chokes creativity.
General advice: try again with a different group. If ponies are your jam, then a pony RPG would be a solid bet as that interest should help you push through the block and find your own rp voice.

>>28824557
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>>28824583
>screencaps and stock vectors everywhere
Fuck. I thought this book was supposed to be full of cool original artwork? But as he was flipping through pages in the video, I only saw one pic where I wasn't 100% certain it was from the show.

>>28824606
There's a /mlp/ tabletop discord. There's only a handful of people in it though.

>>28825020
This makes me sad.
Hopefully they will then move from 5e to any previous edition or something not d&d.

>>28825239
Probably the same thing as the bonds and shit from 5e helps get beginning roleplayers going.

>>28825492
I think it does probably have something to do with other ponys magics.
So cloud manipulation for pegasi and growing stuff for earth.

Or the elements are just meaningless stuff hasbro forced in.

>>28825656
Celestia must have roled really badly on her empathy roll in bird in the hoof.

>>28826747
well, it is explicitly stated only earth ponies can grow food/only pegasi can control weather

>>28826185
Thats a good point auctualy.

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>>28826693
>wanting to play imbalanced and broke as fuck versions of dnd

>>28826252
What's generic roleplaying?

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>>28826764

Hey, now. 4e's very well designed, though certainly not to everyone's taste.
Early D&D is quirky, but well-built and heavily tested. Moldvay Basic is the best, tightest version of D&D there is, with the possible exception of OD&D, but OD&D is so poorly explained by its books that you basically need someone who was there to help you figure out how to run it.

>>28826784
Sorry, I didn't know how else to call it, but just ordinary roleplay without any kind of game or rules. Like, I'm a character and my roleplaying partner is a character, and we're interacting in a situation. For the most part, I didn't have much fun and my partner had to do everything.

>>28826874
That explains it
Free roleplay sucks balls unless everyone is pro

>>28826874
Sounds like you would prefer see structure instead of freedom roleplaying.

>>28824606
I could run a game based just on the preview, but so far the mechanics are as simple as they have claimed they would be. Can give it a go, tho.

>>28826874
I think that's usually called freeform roleplay. Traditional Tabletop RPGs usually have one Gamemaster and several players. The Gamemaster describes the world while the other players act as one character each.

You might find this easier than free form since you don't have to think creatively. The game master thinks up situations and you can just react to what happens.

This is if you are playing as a character. GMing is harder.

>>28824570
>Blueblood example for the Body trait

>>28826941
>I could run a game based just on the preview
When is the game coming out? It might be better to just wait.

>>28824570
Its a fucking dating sim.

>>28824899
True if you encourage rp at low levels it will carry into high levels.
It sounds like you wont have anything at d4 by the time your an adult anyway.

>>28827099
Supposedly 'winter 2016', so in time for Christmas sales. Probably won't release or have scans until January.

>>28827172
Maybe toy stores will display it alongside the toys that would be great for getting it out there and therefore more people into rpgs.

I haven't done a PnP RPG ever. Might try this.

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>>28824622
>He's assblasted about this

>you are confronted by a Hydra while exploring the Everfree Forest
>Attack
>Roll 1
>the Hydra kills you
Well time to go home guys, it was a great 15 minutes.

>>28827263
Thats why you have friends to pull your arse out of there.

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>>28824552
I mean I'd get this, but I'd have no one to play with until Bronycon or something.

>>28827282

There's always online, anon. Roll20, for instance.

>>28827275
Also it sounds like there will be a lot more dungeon delving then forest exploration at least at lower levels.
I expect a lot of oc monsters to fill in the lower levels the medium and high levels are mostly already existing though.

>>28827396
>be level 17
>fight an ursa major
im so fucking pumped for this game now

>>28827282
Or you can play with people here.
There's at least one person planning on running a game.

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Honestly I can't wait to play this with anons and I would buy this instantly. (fucking finally some risk-taking from Hasbro that won't seem to backfire.)

Hope you like on-the-spot GMing anons.

Also hope you like a GM that GMed A LOT of MAID RPG.

how do you run a low fantasy game in Equestria?

who are the bandits, and runty little evil monsters? Diamond Dogs are a good choice, of course, but what else?

also, how prevalent is violence going to be in the RAW, do you think? it's for little kids, you know, so would we have to homebrew something if they decided to soften it up a lot?

>>28827396
Ah yes of course
>>28827501
Diamond dogs at low level.

Does this mean we finaly get a consistent value on bits
Oh god i hope it's not an abstracted wealth system those are horrible.

>>28827501
I imagine there will be some sort of violence in there probably less then your average game but i expect at least enough hitting things in the face to keep things interesting.

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>>28827396
This is one of their OC monsters, the Mohawk. Honestly, I'm not digging it.

>>28827563
The description sounds interesting

Introducing the first creatures we have created for the game – the Mohawk – an unruly, rebellious bird of prey attracted to loud noise and chaotic surroundings!

If its a low level monster it could make a good first adventure fighting them off from a loud party.

The hair color does not really work though.

>>28827501
You can use griffins, buffalo, Yaks, changelings and other ponies for most enemy roles in low fantasy campaigns. Of course that's just mentioning races that we've actually seen in the show.

You could also use wild animal encounters where the players can resolve fights by either beating on the critter until it runs away or befriending/calming the wild creature down (unless of course you condone the act of ponies murdering animals in your campaign, but that really doesn't seem thematically appropriate).

Changelings MIGHT be too high fantasy for your tastes but the other races I mentioned could fill the roles of stuff like bandits or other such enemies just fine. Since griffins are greedy for example a gang of griffin bandits wouldn't be outside of the realm of possibility.

I would recommend mostly things like Craggadiles, Manticores and other such small mythical (but still somewhat mundane) creatures as enemy encounters in a low fantasy game. Also juvenile dragons aren't out of the question due to their greed and general dislike for ponies.

I'm really just spit-balling here.

>>28827486
You say that like it's a bad thing.

>>28827589

Nope. Just saying GET READY!

>>28827603
2+ GMs are ready to go.

Body – Mind – Charm
Very nice simplification of DnD stats.

Body= strength, constitution, dexterity
Mind= intelligence, wisdom
Charm= charisma

But while DnD stats are "fixed", those seem to be based on dices. Even if you have D20 strength you still can roll 1. Maybe Body stat is also TCHAC0 and Armour Class.

>>28827698

Seems to be that way. Seems to be a simplified game that children are meant to be able to play as well. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if spells aren't detailed and it's more of a "say what you want and roll" based. As so everything is more "forum" style instead of grid based.

Then again I like simple games where most of the work is made in the story and NPCs and detailing is key.

I personally like grid based D&D a bit less because of that and find those games lag a bit. Then again I have ADHD like a faggot.

Will be interesting to see what the magic levels are given how rare high level users are in the show.

I am excited for artifacts.

>>28826076
It's also nepotism.

>>28827698
>THAC0

Thanks for revitalizing those Balder's Gate nightmares anon.

>>28827891
why exactly are twilights friends not ducheses or something

>>28827914
>have thrones in crystal castle towering ponyville

>>28827891
Nepotism would be if Twilight was her daughter or something. How is it nepotism if you're specifically training a student for a position, and then you give it to them?

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>>28824552

filly has high charisma

>>28828024
fillys charisma will get lower when she gets older

>>28827172
aww man thats still ages awa-
holy shit look at the date

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Alright, so let's try to figure out what's going on with these character sheets.

>Pony Name
>Player Name
>Pony Type
>Level
>Element of Harmony
>???
>Body, Mind, and... Cuteness? Though it should probably be Charm. Maybe the sheet is an earlier draft. Not sure what the two-letter codes represent.
>Portrait
>Talents?
>maybe some kind of inventory list?
>Cutie Mark

I'm also unsure what purpose the pink circle in the top right is meant to serve.

Pony or not, I've been wanting to get into pnp but everyone elses seems to be an expert at these and its intimidating to try to join. But seeing that this is simple beyond even some starter pnp sets, this looks like it could be a good gateway drug.

>>28828082
maybe the pink circle is some sort of friend list
no that cant be right
my best guess is movement speed

>>28828082
Looking again, I think the "two-letter codes" are just D6, D8, etc. They looked like N's at first, so I wasn't sure.

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>>28824583
>Remember, the GM is in charge- no arguing with him or her (the gamemaster is on your side anyway)!

Poor kids are being set up for disappointment right from the start.

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>>28828082


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>>28828232
i think that says friendship
which maybe supports my theory here
>>28828104
a special contact maybe

maybe it is the name of your adventuring party

>>28828232
>Body
>Mind
>Charm
>Talent
>Quirks?

Looks like Quaras

>>28828232
Ah, okay. So the bold pink circle is for keeping track of your friendship tokens. The light pink bar is maybe stamina? (Still unsure what those other two words are in the bar, though). The box below talents looks like it starts with a "Q"; maybe "quirks", as either some kind of perk or flaw system.

>>28828240
No, Alessio mentions friendship tokens in the interview, which are little gems that you share for some purpose. He says it's some kind of reward system that you can spend points on. Presumably the GM will award them for completing adventures or just as RP rewards.

>>28828265
Could stamina be action points per turn?

>>28828267
I assumed stamina was HP. This game's approach to turns seems very loose, as >>28824583 suggests, so it might not even have a system as well-defined as points per turn.

>>28828273
Maybe turns will be up to house rules?

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>>28824557
>>28824570
>>28824552
>no diamond dogs
You guys better add them on the advance players manual along with gryphs and dragons.

>>28828409
Dragons are already in there.

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>>28827486
Maid RPG was the first game I ever played.

>>28827486
>(fucking finally some risk-taking from Hasbro that won't seem to backfire.)
It's licensed, so there isn't really much at risk here.

>>28828409
>Implying little girls want to play as the smelly dumb boys only race, or the feathered jew race

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>>28828471
>not allowing the girls dad to play as the smelly reformed villain or their mom as the feathered jewy scumbag but with a heart of gold.

>>28828409
Changelings would be nice too.

>>28828439

I GMed a Maid game with a sci-fi angle that was a pseudo star treck. Care to join me in the pony anon?

>>28828466

Hasbro might own wizards of the coast, but this isn't something you would think they would put out for little girls. This has a much larger adult to child ratio of consumers. So I'm talking about a market risk that companies tend to shy from.

Econ major here. I only regret my degree a little bit because I can see the soon coming crash. Stay safe anons.

>>28828505

Enjoy your moths.

So what is this Mohawk race they are creating?

>>28828545
They're asshole birds for a silly first steps enemy.

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>>28828232


This is as far as I could get, the middle pink bar is illegible, Stamina is a guess as it fits the shadow best.

>>28828545
>>28828555

Does this mean they will have a list of official baddies character sheets?

>tfw to old to play this

>>28828617
Nigga, you ain't too old for shit. Go have some fucking fun.

>>28828084

Watch the gamefinder thread on /tg/. It takes some persistence to find a game you'll like, but most everyone there is cool with newbies. Find yourself a game that's rules lite and you should be good.

>>28828617
I'm sure it'll be a fun game regardless. And I really like the fact that there is an official product as reference.
Alternatively you can always play on of the dozens of fan-made pony RPGs out there. You have a lot of choice.

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>>28828539
I'd love to.

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>>28828670

You find yourself cursed with the brand of pone. You find it doesn't do anything but bring a sense of hope, and a soft tugging that brings you back to these pony RPG threads hoping this anon GM will come back with a roll 20 room for you and friends. WHAT DO YOU DO? WWCD?

See you as soon as the game comes out. Looks like a pick up and play game too so even better.

>>28828617

Stop being a pussy anon. Pic related.

>>28828586
Could the middle of the pink be will?

>>28828717
Let me catch a round of sleep and I'll post the roll lonk, anons

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>>28828617
Nigga, you watch a cartoon about pastel horses learning about friendship.

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>>28828586
the R____NT I think is Equipment

>>28829380
The R __ NT fit the blurry.

Just need to find words that fit.

http://wordmaker.info/starting-ending/r-nt.html

>>28829682
>The R __ NT fit the blurry.
Raiment? it means clothing/vestments
the one to the left could be STYLE

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>>28829058

>I'm the "second" GM.
>This anon making a room.

Either he is a player helping out. Or I'm excited!

>>28829357
>Short field of talents and quirks

I wonder if they are like every 3rd level feats, or lvl 1 advantages and drawbacks.

>MFW I have an OC for playing.

I am SO ready.

>>28829380
>>28829682

I don't know. Most "Equipment" fields are large due to long treasure lists....

Still a good idea. Has to be put in somewhere.
Maybe there is a back to it we haven't seen? 3.5 has a back side to a sheet.

>>28829836
>3.5 has a back side to a sheet
I remember creating a sheet that was one page in excel
it took me 2 days to get just right, and another day to make the calculations all work

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>>28829836
Well, it's not like most ponies carry a lot of equipment at once, usually. But yes, in the video we can see that his daughter's character sheet has some stuff written on the back, though nothing printed. (Mind you, it's an earlier draft than what's in the book, but I wouldn't believe this to have changed too much.)

I expect more complex, textually dense character sheets to be player-made, as they often were for D&D.

I remember that some anon once posted a site with lots of pony rp material
didn't that also have the ponyfinder books on it?

>>28828586
stamina makes no sense since there is no place for it
I think it has to do with appearance
to me, it looks like Stances, but it looks like a 7 letter word

>>28824552
>Invite mlp anons to play
>They all want to be mares
>They all want to fuck

Yeah no thanks

>>28829954
>he doesn't know how D&D works
everyone wants to be the hot wench that gets fucked by the party

>>28829934
Those other fields could be "dice" and "equipment," i.e. an armour slot, which might be values you add together for total stamina.

>>28829964
maybe, but in the vid theirs a drawn shape under the first one

>>28829974
>theirs
there's

>>28829974
On the other character sheets, it looks like something is written in. The first one might've had a correction done in darker ink or it was written harder or something, and so one character is standing out.

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It's been foretold
http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dd/20060401a

>>28830007
i thought that was a prank

just to be clear, we are calling this ToE right?

>>28829959
Bitch, I'm bout to fuck you if you keep yapping those fuckable lips

>>28830134
I'll have you know I had to roleplay a female half dragon/half human AND a female half high elf and half drow characters which became a bisexual/lesbian couple by the end of the campaign

ironically, the characters just developed that way. it wasn't intentional

>>28830191
All pony RP characters become lesbian by default.

>>28830249
it starts a little bit after you get your cutie mark

>>28824570
Something that kind of bothers me here: apparently all new characters start as school-age ponies?
>Starting pony characters normally begin with values of D4 or D6 for their traits, but as they grow from a young foal (colt or filly) into adult ponies, their traits will also increase to higher values - D8, D10 or even higher. Increasing the value of traits is explained on page 86.
That seems a little odd, considering all the example characters are adults, and the portrait templates are for adults. I guess a party of adult ponies would start at a higher level, then.

>>28830261
Right, which means school-age ponies like Diamond Tiara and Apple Bloom.

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How The Fuck Do I Play this If I don't Have Friends?

>>28830297

Play online? Roll20 exists, anon.

>>28830338
That' doesn't solve the problem now does it?

>>28830353
>Anon as a donut-steel special snowflake RPG race
I mean, it's a cool drawing, and I don't mind Anon in funny green, but...

>>28830361
I'm sure you'll find some 8 year old girls that want to play with you

>>28830353
when I was 11 I dressed like that and went outside
NEVER AGAIN

>>28830361

Which problem? The having no friends or the not being able to play? 'Cause you can find games to play online, and you might make friends while you're doing it.

Well, okay, maybe YOU won't make friends, I can't vouch for your friendability.

>>28830369
Please explain how this is a donut steel? He's dressed in armor and has a pot on his back and a spatula in hand

>>28830401
>pot on his back
looks like a huge Wok to me

>>28830401
Race. Not character, race.

It's like that one guy who always wants to play a half-dragon, or a sentient shocker lizard, or some kind of homebrew race.

>>28829954

Let me use a /tg/ meme here.

GET BETTER PLAYERS!

Not everyone is there for the magical realm.

>>28830262

>You sound like you don't want to be part of the CMC cult.

Playing as fillies by default though sounds fun.

>>28830262
>>28830451
Everyone ends up playing fillies in estrous

>>28830451

>spoiler

Especially if we use time progression as a gameplay element.

>>28830449
>>28830435
>>28830369
When ToE was announced I thought of a fun Quest where Anon is summoned into their world, but the only class he can be was whatever his current job was. In this instance He wored as a cook for Denny's

>>28830353
>>28830478
Putting in Anon at all was your first mistake

>>28828486
You make a valid point.

>>28829904
I could see maybe the front of the sheet having carried equipment while the back is your treasure horde back at base.

>>28830506
Would you want to be a Mare anon?

>>28830763
I miss the time when /mlp/ wanted to be the little mare

>>28829954
>They all want to be mares
Considering you start the game as a child i think you will have a bit more of an even gender ratio.

Still a lot of magical realm though.

>>28830007
Im honestly a little surprised that is still on the site considering how much of there archives the chucklefucks got rid of.

>>28830114
I suppose so.

>>28830771
I couldn't play with people in person who want to be a fuckable horse. If it was online, I think I could though. I was actually thinking of buying this game and trying to make a session.

>>28830297
I have a short one shot quest i intend to run.
Bear in mind it will be very short and exists only for the punchline at the end.

>>28830812
i'm planning on doing a shitty one-shot myself, probably with some form of parasprites/diamond dog conflict, like maybe the diamond dogs are trying to use the parasprites to attack ponies or something

>>28830353
Neat

>>28830828
Although when i say very short i mean the player will probably die early so if the dice gods will it it might last long enough for me to ditch the punchline.

I hope you guys make a group, I'd join.

>>28831047
Male Earth pony with a horsecock cutie mark.
Special talent is sex

>>28831206
So you take Dick.

>>28831206
>>28831226
fuck i thought no one wanted to make one and I decided to take a shower

sorry man give me twenty minutes to cleanse my body

>>28831047
>>28831206
Name: Lava Flare
Hometown of Ponypeii. His eruptions are legendary.

>>28824557
>countless times show hounds in earth ponies agriculture and community sense
>hurr durr hay strong
Faust rolling in her unmade grave.

>>28827501
>how do you run a low fantasy game in Equestria?
You don't. Equestria is a high fantasy setting at every turn. The main characters are all inherently magical, and are even minor nature deities in the sense of kami or nymphs.

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>>28831365

nigga you not making any sense

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what next /mlp/

>>28831365
1) "Good at agriculture" translates well to NPCs, not so much to RPG PCs with hero-level stats. AJ's ability to appul comes second to lassos and kicks when it comes to adventures.
2) All the strongest ponies we've seen have been earth ponies. The Apples and Pies in particular.
3) The system as suggested earlier this year involved a bonus to the body stat, plus a higher hit-die for either body OR mind (charm was not implemented at the time). So playing a smart earth pony like Doctor Hooves or Bill Neigh is completely doable.
4) The example they use for the "body" stat is Prince Blueblood, so your shit's just flat-out wrong anyway.

>>28831441
Great thick horn obviously

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you know what they say about stallions with big horns

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>>28831441
Volcano pone needs a volcano CM.

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>>28830007
>Paladins’ warhorses will certainly see some attention

Also, this picture.

>>28830770
Some of us still do, sister.

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>>28831681
perhaps a compromise can be reached?

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>>28831757
Looks good

>>28831757
Shouldn't he be a young colt at level one?

>>28831757
His element is obviously generosity.

>>28829058

It's bare-bones at the moment, but I'll pretty it up for you Anons later.

https://app.roll20.net/join/1785496/lNRtrA

don't fuck this up, ya'll.

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SCAN WHERE

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>>28824767
*lay

>>28833284
Somewhere on /mlp/, four months from now.

Seriously just read the thread, if you had read any part of it you would know the game's not out yet

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>>28833320
Volo's Guide got scanned 11 days before its release, what's your excuse?

>>28833332
not having quints

>>28833402
fug

>>28825492
You're forgetting the events of Twilight's Kingdom. After Tirek drains the magic from all the unicorns he drains the pegasi and earth ponies, too.
https://youtu.be/7cinXeGnhL4?t=2m49s

>>28833531
Fair enough, and I feel a bit silly since I've brought up that exact point in defense of the same thing. It doesn't repudiate the second half of that post, though. Just a very awkward fit, forcing the elements into this role.

>>28829954
This stereotype is dumb
I started a pony tabletop game before on Roll20 with just guys from /mlp/ and out of 5 other people, 3 of them played stallions and only 2 mares.
And only one of them wanted to fuck ^:)

I guess I'll have to learn Rolld20 so I can play with you fucks.

>>28831365
To be fair growing is not that useful for adventurers.
Unless its some ridiculous level of growth to make vines spout from the ground to climb.

>>28831757
Thats a mighty fine compromise.

>>28833874
Can you type english? Can you type '/roll 1d#' ? Congratulations, you can play on roll20.

But seriously, it's not hard. The hard part is finding decent people to play with.

>>28825239
I can see evil possibilities for most of the elements, but generosity would be a tricky one. It's difficult to be antagonistic and selfless at the same time.

>>28834229
Oh thats easy a tyrany sincerly exercised for the good of its people and all that.

>>28834229
... did you not see the 'Rarity gets corrupted' episode?
Evil Generosity is easy!
You can give the people exactly what they ask for, like a monkeys paw or evil genie, or you can give people what you think they want and need, be that a fight to make them stronger, a crippling injury or make them focus on their talents talents talents ad talnetsadtbe talnetsadtbegood talnetsadtbegood their life, or subjugation them for their own good, soviet socialist style.

>>28834253
Are are you ok anon

If the player charaters age with level, is this gonna be a slice of life rgp until certain ages are met? Or will it be open enough to be SOL or adventure, depending on the GM's story?

>>28834595
It should be open enough for either. The sample original villain for low level characters is a punk bird with a mohawk.

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>>28834709
>a punk bird with a mohawk who likes loud noises
>not a "rockatoo"
C'mon, Alessio.

>>28828539
>Hasbro might own wizards of the coast, but this isn't something you would think they would put out for little girls. This has a much larger adult to child ratio of consumers. So I'm talking about a market risk that companies tend to shy from.
Yeah, okay, but I'm saying that it's licensed, so Hasbro isn't actually putting themselves at risk because they aren't producing anything on their own. This is being made by River Horse. Were this made in-house by WotC, you would be right.

>>28834734
Theres still time to fix it.
Maybe.

>>28833311
That to

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>>28832544

We should use the elements of /mlp/ instead

>>28834930
is that fucking boxxy

>>28835211

yes

>>28835211

Boxxy, Larson, that girl from Friendship is Witchcraft (forgot her name), Ashleigh Ball, Faust, Maizy (Faust's dog)

>>28828586
I think the first line on the pink bar says "Role" (re:character class).

>>28835253
If it is role i expect it will be more abstract then a class system.
Just a description of what purpouse you serve in the party
Hit stuff
Talk to stuff
Explore stuff

I hope retriving the lost treasure of griffonstone is a decently high level quest i dont want it to be something easy.

>>28835610
It required a high-level party before, but after the Senator Que-kazoo patch, all you need is some medium-level earth ponies with the right mountain gear.

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>>28835799

and enough bits

>>28835869
I am insanely excited to finaly have some solid numbers on the value of a bit.

>>28832871
I'm in.

>>28835940
but anon ¿¿؟is it canon؟??

>>28832871
do you wanna discuss OOC in roll20 or discord/skype/whatever?

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>>28828409
>Diamond Dog race

Hell fucking yes. I want to play my tiny smart dog

>>28837129
Probably somewhere between the comics and the chapter books in level of canon.

And honestly for the bits i dont even care.

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I know what Horse I'm gonna play as!

>>28837926
Thats a very nice horse

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>>28838480
Yep!
Got a Dragon to use too!

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>>28837926
>>28838490
>skylanders

>>28838518
There is no need to be upset

>>28838518
>Complaining about a kids toy on a board based around a cartoon of a kid's toy
???

>>28838490
It was a very nice horse but just an ok dragon.

>>28838900
Bah, then what's your opinion of a very nice Dragon?

my first TTRPG group ever has been trying to schedule a session for a month now, and we'vve finally decided to play three 30 minute sessions a week

feels good man, finally get to play

>>28837138
Sure. I'll make make a discussion thread for the game too.
>>28839297
Congratulations!

>>28837926
>>28838490
So, how would you Play them?
As Skylanders in Equestria or as Equestrian counterparts to them?

>>28839710
Depends on what the DM would Allow

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bump for tomorrow

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>>28828409
>All of a sudden people want Diamond Dogs

W..what? REALLY?!

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What sort of stats will the timberwolves have.

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>>28841468

Here's the /mltg/ discord
https://discord.gg/sEbbST8

>>28841529
Body stats would probably be pretty moderately low.

>>28843066
Low body, but a deadly breath ability.

>>28843066
>>28843098
how do you think size will affect gameplay? a timberwolf is a lot bigger than a just-marked pony

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>>28843340
Giant timberwolf choked to death on a pebble.

I think body will be physical strength, so a filly with a high body score would probably be really strong.

Size probably won't be a factor, unless you specifically make a pony who is fast and dodgy.

>>28843490
>a d4/d6 equals this level of strength
really fucking high fantasy/10

>>28828617
Yeah, Im 20 and already feel embarassed watching ponies, this is too much for me

>>28843603
no that filly is more like a d12 at least probably d20

>>28841537
cool pic

>>28834133
the hardest part is actually making maps and stuff
Seriously as a GM is you want it to be good you have to spend hours into this shit
I ended up saying to my players that it took me too much time and I made them less detailed but at least I have fun making them

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>>28834930
>boxxy
>/mlp/'s scarf

>>28837926
>>28838490
What would their stats be?

>>28843490
The pages from the book specifically say that Rainbow Dash also has a high body score, though.

>>28841458

>>28844882
It's gonna be hard using the same stat for two different skillsets.

>>28844540
Interestingly the gms afinity for maps was brought up in twilights recent book.

Oh shit nigga we are gonna get maps of equestria with fucking scales.

>>28846348
Yeah 3 stats really does not seem like enough.
Hopefully there will be enough feats and whatnot to customise skills a little more.

>>28844882
She's also a Pegasus, not an earth pony like .gif related.

>>28824557
>>28824570
>>28824583
>using dice growth for main stats
this is shit already. I dont know who thought that bullshit was a good idea but it isn't.

>>28843603
Nah, she's exceptional in that area, probably has a higher die for it than normal fillies. Probably a d12 that will go up to a d20 when she's older for her body stat.

On that note, I wonder if the cutie mark has any effect on the stats of the character or if it's purely cosmetic.

It's probably just cosmetic, though you probably pick a talent at character creation to represent what your cutie mark/special talent is supposed to be.

>>28847809
Using dice as the physical number on the sheet which can be changed without erasing and re writing with a pencil?

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>>28847809
>using dice growth for main stats
>this is shit already
anon, clearly you must never have heard about the glory of wraith world
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Wraith_World

>>28847691

>>28847833
If you look at the pony sheet, there are lines for your talent to fill out.

>>28848932

>>28848004
Wow, never heard of it, this is amazing !
Kinda hard to find a group tho

thoughts on MLP45E?

>>28847809
eh its not ideal but its not dealbreaking

>>28851271
its 45e so its already shit

>>28850189

>>28848991
Actually it's for "Talents" plural. I'm assuming that talents are something you get on level up, like perks/feats that let your character do certain things.

I was proposing that you will probably get to pick one for free in character creation to represent your cutie mark.

Interestingly there's also a space for "Quirks" which presumably are personality flaws. I'm actually pretty interested in where the mechanics of this game end up going.

>>28852238
There will be oldlings alongside the newlings right.

>>28853452
I hope so, not that it would be hard to make the other yourself if one of them is already in.

Oldlings vs Newlings would be a cool scenario to play.

can newlings change?

>>28855498
Probably not.

>>28853345

>>28857366
Are you going to bump this until December?

>>28855498
We really don't know, but if they still live in the same shifting hive it might be part of their nature.

>>28853420
yeah the fact its talents instead of talent throws me off a bit

>>28832871
I joined, but there's not much going on.

>>28857694
Yes.

>>28858421
Rarity's special talent is gem finding, but she's also good at fashion and sewing.

>>28858421
Any PnP RPG worth it's salt has to have some form of meaningful character progression mechanics. Otherwise it's boring.

I assume the deal here is that you start with 1 talent then as your character increases in level you gain more so your character can do more an better things.

If there's no significant character progression (and no, simply increasing stats is not character significant character progression, it's just higher numbers, higher numbers that are ultimately irrelevant because the encounter difficulty gets higher to match) then it gets boring really fast.

>>28859777
True.
But then if talents are feats what does your arse mark do.

Maybe the game assumes your special talent is adventuring.

MY DICK SHALL BE SUCKED TONIGHT.

pretty excited, 2bh

>>28859840

The first talent entry has a "CM" next to it. I assume this means your first talent defines your cutie mark, or vice versa.

>>28824552

ayy