MLP Tabletop RPG?

>>29596713
http://riverhorse.eu/tails-of-equestria-product-line-preview/

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>>29596713
Just wait for Tails of Equestria to get out.

>>29596713
if you really cant wait, theres also ponyfinder.

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>>29596725
better pic

Holy shit there's an official one?

>>29596740
it was announced forever ago and was headed by a guy with a passion for both D&D and MLP who grew up loving the former his whole life.

literally could not find a better dude to head the project.

>>29596733
So that's what it was called.

>>29596713
http://iwatchitfortheplot.romesilvanus.io/Pony/Games%20%28Fan-made%3B%20Pen%20%26%20Paper%2C%20Tabletop%2C%20Card%2C%20and%20Board%29/

>>29596740
I believe it's coming this April.

>>29596713
there's this one but no idea if it's any good or not, curious to hear if anyone has it.
https://roanrpg.com/

>>29596713

Didn't buy it so I don't know if it is or isn't shit, but there was someone shilling a game called Buck Legacy at the last con I went to, looked like a card & Dice based RPG from what I could tell. Guy selling it didn't let anyone see what it was like other than the box art

>>29596713
GURPS

Does anyone know what happened to Poor Unfortunate Foals? Was that ever completed?

>>29597117
I've never heard of that one before. Guess I'll have to take a look.

>>29597224
unfortunately roan has chosen the worst pdf sharing source for online games since it watermarks the pdf with your buyer info.

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>>29597193
I found the rulebook for that.
Pic related is just about the most interesting thing about it. It's just a card game.

>>29597229
Well that sucks.

>>29597294
yeah, there's ways to remove that kinda thing obviously but it's still just inconveniencing the buyer to do that.

>>29597294
>using their teeth to hammer
i wish theyd spend more time designing tools a quadruped might actually use rather than just sticking human tools in their mouths. giggidy

i imagine theyd either attach something to their foreleg or possibly a helmet

>>29597330
>i imagine theyd either attach something to their foreleg
This actually. Strap a brick to their leg and hammer with that.

>or possibly a helmet
That would be pretty funny but still has similar issues to mouthhammers in terms of dispersing the force into the head/neck instead of sturdier body parts.

you could try for Simple10 aka the FEMTORPG thread's system

>>29597344
hardhats accomplish this just fine. theyd just have to design it to disperse energy around their head instead of into it

>>29596713
Secondary question for not OP:
Are there any D&D campaigns that take place in Equestria? Preferably more recent to avoid contradicting recent lore.

>>29598145
You could use any universal system if you put in enough effort.
There is for example a Savage Worlds homebrew, I think.

>>29596713
avoid ponyfinder and ponies for pathfinder, the races are horribly imbalanced and some are just flat out better than others, sometimes even in the same niche.

I've used http://cheezedoodle96.deviantart.com/art/MLP45E-Dungeons-and-Dragons-With-Ponies-490872927 and it's fun

>>29598156
I've ran quite a few actually. Would be up for running one for some /mlp/ guys if any of you are interested.

>>29599181
What about just regular ol'Pathfinder?

>>29596713
Thank god they let me know that was a 6 to avoid confusion. Dont want to accidentally roll a 9 on my d6.

>>29596713
Homebrew works, there are rulesets out there for D&D/Pathfinder
I know this because I am in a game using these. It's actually really enjoyable.

Pegasus OP. Any player race with innate flight can ignore most cliffs and difficult terrain unless you're spending the entire game underground

>>29599317
I like how caster classes can just fly right out of character creation but most martials need to burn up to two feats to fly.

>>29599317
flight in a game is only as op as the gm is willing to let it be, especially if flight capable characters are in the minority and/or lack strength to ferry other party members.
just like any other magic ability really.
usually in-game obligations to stick together and whatnot will keep a flyer from fleeing the coop at the first sign of trouble or completely bypassing an obstacle.

>>29596713
Ponyfinder - Dawn of the Fifth Age is a good, it puts ponies in the 5th edition of D&D which is one of the easiest D&D version to learn and play.

ROAN is also a good, it's ponies in the 1940's.

>>29599402
Your GM should be able to handle this in a way to make it not caster edition twice as hard

And of course D&D/Pathfinder already come with a lot of ways to deal with flying enemies. In a world where a large chunk of the population can fly, it would make sense that these ways become much more common than the specialist tools they are in settings where flight is not as prolific

>>29599450
Also this. Flight has a lot of perks, but you need to be a strength build to have the carry capacity to bring along your team, even if you bring them one by one. Or someone with magic that boosts you for that, but then at that level they'll be able to magic away most obstacles anyway

anyone know any good systems for sci fi pone stuff?
or at least tips for adding pone to a system?

bump for interest

>>29599480
Do you have a pdf of ROAN you could share?

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>>29599243
I'm actually DMing a DND 5E campaign atm, but if some pony bros are down I'd be interested in trying this out. Not as DM though.

Maybe we could get a discord chat goin or something.

>>29596759
I just get the feeling it's going to flop. I hope it doesn't, but I can't see it doing well with the target audience.

>>29601440
>5th edition

Is it any good? I've stopped paying attention after 4th

>>29601517

5e is pretty great.

>>29601517
Very streamlined compared to the other editions. My only other experience was a couple campaigns in 3.5.

It's kind of like the skyrim of DND, a lil watered down but fun as all hell to bust out with a willing group.

>>29601517
5e is great.
>>29601440
>>29601548
>>29601592
https://discord.gg/fm9pfVb

>>29601648
Is it alright if I join? I'd like to try this out.

>>29601657
go for it broseph

>>29601463
Same

>>29601440
Did you see >>29601648?

>>29596738
>>29596725
I really want to play this, but the idea of playing the game with other bronies who would want to play this makes me fear a lack of hygiene and extreme cringe. I don't think it was meant to be

>>29601976
Play over roll20 then

>>29601648
I would join you, but I already have 6 tabletops in a week so I don´t have the schedule for it.

Good luck

>>29601986
Roll20's not really needed for Tales of Equestria. It was designed to be played without miniatures or grids. You could do the whole thing over Discord with a dice-rolling bot if you wanted.

anyone here know if tabletop sim has any pone minis?

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>>29596713
I'm working on one, but translating takes his time

>>29604149
translating? to what language?

>>29604296
Translating from Italian to English.

I had to create a reduced ruleset since 367 pages from the Core Ruleset are too much for me.

>>29602306

Roll20 has the advantages of being able to control some stuff the players see and hear though.

You can give a picture to represent the party talking to a specific NPC, and have specific musing playing in the backround, and do fancier handouts and such. There's a lot more neat things t hat come with roll20 than simply grids and dice rolling.

I'm also a fan of how it lets you easily keep track of NPCs as well. It definitely has a lot of great DM side management stuff.

>>29596725
When is it coming out? Stop being delayed or whatever!

>>29604890
Should be out on the 14th, but there's no words about a pdf.

>>29604890
Less than two weeks. Next next Wednesday.

>>29604586
>Roll20 has the advantages of being able to control some stuff the players see and hear though
Good DMing has the advantage of being able to control EVERYTHING the players see and hear.

Roll20 is okay, but it's nothing DMs weren't doing with IRC.

Cavatore is confirmed to be the main designer behind this, right?
That's actually kind of hilarious that he's now making a light game for a younger audience, seeing as he's mostly known for wargames.

>>29604970

Bullshit.

You don't have the environmental controls over IRC as you do compared to playing in real life. roll20 can add a lot of easy little bits to give some of that control to a DM reguardless of distance.

Theatre of the mind via writing is powerful, and if you can supplement it with other tools, it can be even more powerful.

And I'm a cranky old grog who has played more games over IRC than roll20.

>>29596713
>No percentile d10
I can't be the only one who gets triggered by this

>>29605130
Must be that percentile autism in action.

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>>29605130

>using a percentile d10

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>>29601440
>>29601648
I'd be down for some pony rpg. Once the logistics are sorted with.

>>29605159
>Whoop! There goes my d100 again because it just wouldn't stop rolling!

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>>29605159
>usine safe non-pointy dice

>>29606292
WHERE CAN I BUY THESE? THE LOOK FUCKING RAD!

>>29605311
I roll mine into this thing called a box.

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>>29606643
I wouldn't know

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>>29606646
there is always >that guy who can't keep his fucking dice on the table. every fucking roll. every fucking round.

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>>29606646
>he doesn't use one of these bad boys

remove yourself from my presence, pleb

>>29606292
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
NATURAL 20

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>>29605159
What the problem of Percentile dices ?
I mean i'm from /tg/ and Call of Cthulhu V7 use d100 for test and this game is amazing so whats the problem with it ?

>>29596713

I've been working on a GURPS homebrew on-and-off for some time, me and a couple of bros planned to run an MLP campaign as our next campaign but interest sort of faded for everyone, and we plan to run a posthuman sci-fi setting instead.

Mostly I've got racial templates and the skeleton of a setting set up (set a couple of years after Luna's banishment - relatable, but still far enough away to not clash too badly with canon - Everfree Castle has been evacuated as the forest is expanding, Celestia has barricaded herself away in mourning inside her palace atop Mt. Canter, and Equestria is generally in disarray as griffons, dragons and other entities probe for weakness.)

I think the biggest hurdle is magic. There are just so damn many types of magic. The common ones are easy, unicorn magic, pegasus magic, earth pony magic, and general cutie-mark magic/talents are simulated easily through combinations of Advantages, Talents and Sorcery (for unicorn magic).
But other types of magic like friendship magic and alchemy? A restricted version of RPM would probably work best, but all my options frankly seems like more effort than they're worth.

Other than that though, I gotta say I love how easily GURPS lends itself to something as unconventional as an MLP setting.

>>29607014
I tend to be that guy and let me tell you: It's extremely frustrating.

>>29607977

>GURPS

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>>29608001

>>29607698

They are for casuals that don't own a zocchihedron.
For games that call for shitloads of d100 rolls, its not terribly efficient, though.

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>>29607477
>he doesn't use the dice field and rolls rulelessly like a heathen.
I bet you even count them if they don't bounce off the back wall.

>>29601517
Depends on what you're looking for. Combat is only as complicated as you make it, and 3.PF autists will call it too simplistic. I like it because hombrewing pretty much any aspect of it is really easy.

>>29605159
>roll a d10 twice
>follow a d100 around the room

Pick one.

any tips for adapting a raceless system to accomidate horses?

>>29610573

Find another system to adapt.

>>29608013
Is GURPS actually good or is it just memes?

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>>29612086

GURPS is very, very good if you're running something more simulationist. It's extremely well-researched and almost all values for damage, protection, speed, statistical accuracy of a shooter, chance of survival, etc. are based on real-world physics and data.
Very simple to get into as a player as well (all you need to remember is 3d6 and roll under your skill/attribute value). Everything is built on the same basic rules From GURPS ultra-lite's: "Roll against DX to climb, attack, jump or lockpick" up to advanced Martial Arts "Kicking is a Technique trained up from Acrobatics, Acrobatics is based on DX, and kicking someone in the face is a -5 hit location modifier", and it's very easy to transition from the simpler rules to more advanced rules inbetween sessions or even in-play, or vice-versa.

From what I gather, the meme that it's bad mostly comes from inexperienced GM's trying to use EVERY option at once. Many options are thematically opposite and trying to use them all at once will drown you in work and lead to trouble.
It's true, GURPS being highly simulationst requires a lot of work on the GM's end to determine WHAT you want to simulate and therefore WHAT rules to use. In a detective story you probably don't need advanced martial arts options or Gun-Fu, and in a Western setting you don't need the rules for suffocating in a vacuum. On the off chance someone DOES suffocate in a vacuum, you can just look up the relevant rule on the fly and incorporate it seamlessly. And if you're playing Rambo you don't want to bother with details like bleeding mechanics, exact ammunition count, etc.
So yeah, a lot of overhead work required by the GM kills most inexperienced player's interest before the game even gets rolling, and that's where the meme originates from.

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>>29612316
Thanks for the quick rundown.

>>29612316

The main reason I'd use GURPS for an MLP game is:
- Classless point-buy. An Earth pony won't be inherently weaker than a unicorn or pegasi despite lack of spells and wings.
- Versatility. GURPS handles things like hooves, claws, wings, telekinesis and mouth-manipulators well. Useful both when making racial templates feel unique and the numerous unusual MLP monsters like timber wolves.
- Similar basic assumptions regarding magic. A mage can be knocked out with a quick tap on the horn and even Celestia can be ambushed and backstabbed. An archmage can be devastating but is never untouchable.
- Well fleshed-out social aspects. There's a difference between Twilight (low social skills, high intelligence, high reputation), Fluttershy (abysmal social skills, crippling social disadvantages like her shyness, and very high appearance) and Rarity (social skills, natural charisma, appearance).

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If you don't play as a swashbuckler in mlp45e you need to get out of my face.

>>29609308
This. You can add, remove or modify rules with almost no problems or complications.

>>29613395
Wizard master race reporting in

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>>29613395
>not crushing your enemies with a single blow from your warhammer

>>29614126

You can do that nowadays? I haven't played D&D since 3.5, and back then after lvl 2 or 3 that was damn near impossible to do.

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>>29614197
I'm just exagerating m8

>>29614197
The paladin X+rogue 3 assassin build can do that

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>>29598145
>FEMTORPG
That shit always goes on in the middle of the night for me.

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>>29598145
What's a FEMTORPG?

>>29614197
>you will never make a centaur (large creature) with monkey grip and use a huge 2h adamantine greatsword and crit for over 100 damage
sucks for you friend

>>29616379
you can totally just take the rules for it and run your own game with it using only a d10 for a simple rules-lite game.
>>29616404
a bunch of /mlp/eople gathering around for tabletop adventures using a 4chan thread, the last digit of their numbers usually being their rolls.

>>29617076
>run your own game
I've been thinking about it. Maybe something in the weekends, at a time that would be more appropriate for us Yuros.

Something else I've been wanting to do is to write up a proper lightweight ruleset for those old freeform threads that went under the "Equestria: Total War"/"Equestria Divided" monikers.
Not because I'm that much of a fan of war stuff or grimdark, but because I think it would be fun to run a complete "campaign" in it with rotating players on all sides of the conflict, but having the factions and outcomes be persistent between threads.

>>29617076
Oh. Thanks for the info.

God, better get "Books"