Now, on Occupied Equestria: Silver is storming the Ministry building to find a changeling bomb. Posey is making her get away from unknown hostiles after an adventure in the city. Amber is trying desperately to flee the country. All of that, and more
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Sorry for my absence, I'll be back soon. Posey has done a lot…oh my, that was fast. Looks like a fun adventure!
>>169559
Not GM but I understand that, and this is one of the hardest campaigns to commit to considering it's so long. Some people are naturally better cut out for one-session adventures. Maybe you'll be able to work something out with a short-term character?
>>169559
Not GM but I understand that, and this is one of the hardest campaigns to commit to considering it's so long. Some people are naturally better cut out for one-session adventures. Maybe you'll be able to work something out with a short-term character?
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>>169705
He seems to be satisfied with these answers, and does not otherwise bother her on the way back. Unless she wants to talk. Presumably about vampires.
>>169689
>>169700
When they meet back up with the group, talking starts again. August takes the radio set off of his back and gives it to one of the soldiers, but keeps the bag, his weapons, and the light. The one that Posey can discern is the leader starts asking questions. Where did the bag come from? August answers that he got it out of the truck, and encountered remnants that he believes came from Plivy two decades ago and added those to the bag. No, he didn't thoroughly examine the contents. What was it? It was a cart of items that Plivy was transporting. Anyways...
One of them asks about a plane and is concerned it may be military. August replies that he did hear a plane, but it can't be military, as obviously visibility is too low to do anything at night. The plane must have been either a mail plane, or a crop duster.
They state that they are doing this at night in part to avoid the military, and also to get out of there before they are noticed.
Though the leader is not skeptical of Posey's presence, other ponies are, and a debate breaks out amongst them. Two are definitely skeptical while a third is on the edge, but three of them and August are not, including their evident leader.
There's a question as to whether Posey could be an infiltrator or informant for the Fascists. No, August says, he knows that she cannot be. Well how would he know? He says that she's been vetted and he knows what is going on. But then, how do they know that she's not a changeling? After all, there are warnings everywhere about the random mares you meet being Changelings? Well, he insists that he knows she's not a Changeling. How? By having sex with her? Well, yes. And she was great at it. So now you like her? No, her botany is useful. And how can we trust that you know a Changeling when you see one after the whole Hydra fiasco?
This starts a separate argument about "Hydra." Posey hears enough to details are spoken for Posey to piece together the story:
Back during the war, the fact that New Mareland was building up a fleet of mostly captured vessels was known; what wasn't known was the destination. Then a set of documents were stumbled by Equestrian agents upon that revealed a plan by New Mareland to invade the east coast of Equestria en masse: "Operation Hydra." Or so it was until multiple sources came forward stating that the discovered documents were actually planted Changeling misinformation. The Changelings were planning an offensive in the west along the front line, and a naval invasion around Las Pegasus to try to flank the Equestrians. If many of the Equestrian troops, ships, and planes were moved to the east coast, that would help things greatly. Meanwhile, the New Mareland State was intending an invasion of Aquelia, or maybe Nova Griffonia, and could benefit from the misdirection as well, with New Mareland ships seeming to head to Equestria until they turned north. So it seemed that the Changeling trick had been discovered... until the New Mareland ships were already near the Equestrian shore. The original plan, Operation Hydra, was real and followed. It was the intelligence suggesting that this was misinformation, that was itself misinformation. August's role in this is that he was one of the agents that received some of the plans from an alleged reliable source. His failure in part lead to the downfall of Equestria. And on top of that, he could not find the spy that gave him the misinformation after the fact.
August has an answer. He claims he can identify infiltrators when he meets them in person, but his talents require field work. He was tasked by SMILE to handle documents. That misinformation came to him from a source allegedly in New Mareland (later found out to actually have been in Equestria) that he never met with or saw. He was, quite simply, placed in a task that does not suit him, and that's an equine resources failure on SMILE's part. Before then, and also since then, he says he has found multiple infiltrators.
He also claims that Hydra was a larger Equestrian failure. He was not the only one to be fooled and hoof over false information. He says that the Hydra misinformation was believed because the lie was more sensible than the fantastical truth. It was easier to believe that the chance documents encountered were a Changeling lie, then that the Changelings were willing to invite and help allies, that the old colonials would be so bold as to attack Equestria, the strongest nation ever to exist, and that anyone would try to pack so many soldiers on captured freighters and ship them across the ocean in a contested landing. The lie just made more sense than the truth.
It circles back to talking about Posey, and August makes his arguments. If she were trying to tip off their location to the military, she would have moved away to make a phone call, or speak to someone else. Instead, she's barely left my/August's side. Well did you have constant surveillance on her? Well, no, but she seems to have not left. August seems unsure of that, but the questions continue. Well maybe she's in it for the long haul. After all, the one major spy that we did find had been at it more than a decade. Well, if that is so, we can take her on. Or if she runs off, we can runaway more quickly. This argument is decisive, evidently. The fact that the two most senior members of the group are not skeptical of Posey means it's never a serious question, and perhaps is more just a waste of time as the group moves along.
He seems to be satisfied with these answers, and does not otherwise bother her on the way back. Unless she wants to talk. Presumably about vampires.
>>169689
>>169700
When they meet back up with the group, talking starts again. August takes the radio set off of his back and gives it to one of the soldiers, but keeps the bag, his weapons, and the light. The one that Posey can discern is the leader starts asking questions. Where did the bag come from? August answers that he got it out of the truck, and encountered remnants that he believes came from Plivy two decades ago and added those to the bag. No, he didn't thoroughly examine the contents. What was it? It was a cart of items that Plivy was transporting. Anyways...
One of them asks about a plane and is concerned it may be military. August replies that he did hear a plane, but it can't be military, as obviously visibility is too low to do anything at night. The plane must have been either a mail plane, or a crop duster.
They state that they are doing this at night in part to avoid the military, and also to get out of there before they are noticed.
Though the leader is not skeptical of Posey's presence, other ponies are, and a debate breaks out amongst them. Two are definitely skeptical while a third is on the edge, but three of them and August are not, including their evident leader.
There's a question as to whether Posey could be an infiltrator or informant for the Fascists. No, August says, he knows that she cannot be. Well how would he know? He says that she's been vetted and he knows what is going on. But then, how do they know that she's not a changeling? After all, there are warnings everywhere about the random mares you meet being Changelings? Well, he insists that he knows she's not a Changeling. How? By having sex with her? Well, yes. And she was great at it. So now you like her? No, her botany is useful. And how can we trust that you know a Changeling when you see one after the whole Hydra fiasco?
This starts a separate argument about "Hydra." Posey hears enough to details are spoken for Posey to piece together the story:
Back during the war, the fact that New Mareland was building up a fleet of mostly captured vessels was known; what wasn't known was the destination. Then a set of documents were stumbled by Equestrian agents upon that revealed a plan by New Mareland to invade the east coast of Equestria en masse: "Operation Hydra." Or so it was until multiple sources came forward stating that the discovered documents were actually planted Changeling misinformation. The Changelings were planning an offensive in the west along the front line, and a naval invasion around Las Pegasus to try to flank the Equestrians. If many of the Equestrian troops, ships, and planes were moved to the east coast, that would help things greatly. Meanwhile, the New Mareland State was intending an invasion of Aquelia, or maybe Nova Griffonia, and could benefit from the misdirection as well, with New Mareland ships seeming to head to Equestria until they turned north. So it seemed that the Changeling trick had been discovered... until the New Mareland ships were already near the Equestrian shore. The original plan, Operation Hydra, was real and followed. It was the intelligence suggesting that this was misinformation, that was itself misinformation. August's role in this is that he was one of the agents that received some of the plans from an alleged reliable source. His failure in part lead to the downfall of Equestria. And on top of that, he could not find the spy that gave him the misinformation after the fact.
August has an answer. He claims he can identify infiltrators when he meets them in person, but his talents require field work. He was tasked by SMILE to handle documents. That misinformation came to him from a source allegedly in New Mareland (later found out to actually have been in Equestria) that he never met with or saw. He was, quite simply, placed in a task that does not suit him, and that's an equine resources failure on SMILE's part. Before then, and also since then, he says he has found multiple infiltrators.
He also claims that Hydra was a larger Equestrian failure. He was not the only one to be fooled and hoof over false information. He says that the Hydra misinformation was believed because the lie was more sensible than the fantastical truth. It was easier to believe that the chance documents encountered were a Changeling lie, then that the Changelings were willing to invite and help allies, that the old colonials would be so bold as to attack Equestria, the strongest nation ever to exist, and that anyone would try to pack so many soldiers on captured freighters and ship them across the ocean in a contested landing. The lie just made more sense than the truth.
It circles back to talking about Posey, and August makes his arguments. If she were trying to tip off their location to the military, she would have moved away to make a phone call, or speak to someone else. Instead, she's barely left my/August's side. Well did you have constant surveillance on her? Well, no, but she seems to have not left. August seems unsure of that, but the questions continue. Well maybe she's in it for the long haul. After all, the one major spy that we did find had been at it more than a decade. Well, if that is so, we can take her on. Or if she runs off, we can runaway more quickly. This argument is decisive, evidently. The fact that the two most senior members of the group are not skeptical of Posey means it's never a serious question, and perhaps is more just a waste of time as the group moves along.
>>169711
>>169710
Between this conversation and a question asked by the leader, Posey finds out the real reason she is being brought along: August doesn't know the exact location of the lair and hasn't been there. He wants Posey to help identify it. When asked where the lair is by the leader, he says it's a little north and west of the bend in the river, but isn't sure of the precise location.
>>169712
By the creek, on the river bank. It's not a very big river at all, but it does provide constantly flowing water.
>>169710
Between this conversation and a question asked by the leader, Posey finds out the real reason she is being brought along: August doesn't know the exact location of the lair and hasn't been there. He wants Posey to help identify it. When asked where the lair is by the leader, he says it's a little north and west of the bend in the river, but isn't sure of the precise location.
>>169712
By the creek, on the river bank. It's not a very big river at all, but it does provide constantly flowing water.
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>>169714
.... Paladins don't lie... Looks like Posey might not be the only sussus amogus here.
Also he hasn't used Detect Evil, which is metagaming, but it puts me on edge...
>>169715
>August doesn't know the exact location of the lair and hasn't been there. He wants Posey to help identify it.
Oh, hahaha...
Any chance my background knowledge of vampire and their regional effects might actually be helpful in tracking down his lair?
.... Paladins don't lie... Looks like Posey might not be the only sussus amogus here.
Also he hasn't used Detect Evil, which is metagaming, but it puts me on edge...
>>169715
>August doesn't know the exact location of the lair and hasn't been there. He wants Posey to help identify it.
Oh, hahaha...
Any chance my background knowledge of vampire and their regional effects might actually be helpful in tracking down his lair?
>>169716
I'm gonna roll Religion to see if Posey's skills actual help in this scenario. I'm adding my Vampire Affinity bonus.
[1d20+10 = (17+10) = 27]
I'm gonna roll Religion to see if Posey's skills actual help in this scenario. I'm adding my Vampire Affinity bonus.
[1d20+10 = (17+10) = 27]
>>169718
>Would Posey know if he had?
I mean, she can only guess he wouldn't have fucked her if he had, unless he's THAT horny.
Still metagaming though. Technically Posey doesn't know anything about paladins except that they're hard to hide from and have been giving the league a hard time for centuries.
So, does my 27 help Posey find a route to the lair?
>Would Posey know if he had?
I mean, she can only guess he wouldn't have fucked her if he had, unless he's THAT horny.
Still metagaming though. Technically Posey doesn't know anything about paladins except that they're hard to hide from and have been giving the league a hard time for centuries.
So, does my 27 help Posey find a route to the lair?
>>169717
I'm going to follow this up with a Survival check, adding a +2 Circumstance bonus for what I assume to be a successful knowledge check.
[1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14]
I'm going to follow this up with a Survival check, adding a +2 Circumstance bonus for what I assume to be a successful knowledge check.
[1d20+4 = (10+4) = 14]
You know, Profession (Herbalism), might be a skill worth investing for a necromancer. Arcane Botanica can be pretty nifty, although it takes a lot of time in game.
GM, just let me know if Posey succeeds whenever it's convenient for you. I'm going to stop bumping until then.
>>169727
I have work too, although idk what the next step is aside from rolling more dice. I just want to get to be able to get to the section by next weekend. Should I roll a d100 for hexploration tables?
I have work too, although idk what the next step is aside from rolling more dice. I just want to get to be able to get to the section by next weekend. Should I roll a d100 for hexploration tables?
>inb4 1
[1d100 = 47]
You could also just check the wandering monster tables.
[1d100 = 47]
You could also just check the wandering monster tables.
GM, is there anything else you want me to roll or do for Posey's search before the weekend?
Do you still have time tonight, GM?
>>169717
Posey generally knows the signs and layouts of Vampire lairs. They tend to be in dark locations, usually underground, and either way, usually with stone or rock around them. They have a tendency towards ostentation. They are not usually too far away from settlements and thoroughfares, given the need for need for prey. And of course, Posey knows the signs. Or at least, Posey knows the signs of what a lair that still contains a vampire looks like.
August makes a comment at one point:
"Do you see that little spot in the river, under the big oak tree? That's where the last Vampire in Equestria met its end. There's no monument. Nothing to commemorate it. Just as well. Better to not glorify the quarry."
>>169721
The forest is, as stated before, dominated by oaks and cedars, with a decent number of pine trees scattered through it. Mostly the undergrowth does not prohibit traversing under the canopy layer. The canopy is almost free of foliage as it is the middle of winter. The temperature, while above freezing, is still low enough that sweaters and jackets are justified, especially when there is wind, and everypony is wearing a jacket, save for August, who is wearing relatively thin robes.
August has more or less been taking the ponies along the side of the river, which is basically a creek perhaps 20 feet wide, which is inside of a riverbed that's perhaps 10 feet below the level of the forest and has a fairly wide riverbank. the bank is mostly muddy, with a decent number of bushes, exposed roots of trees, and periodic rubbish like tin cans. There's a half moon, and its cloudy, so it's relatively dark. Every member of the team has an electric torch to light the way.
>>169730
August takes the ponies on a little path as the river bends, into the forest.
A member of the team comments "Vampires are gone from Equestria, but don't they exist elsewhere? Couldn't they reinter with the migrations and refugees? Couldn't they use the occupation and resistance as cover to hide? After all, did this vampire, or at least its family, not originally come from what is now Stalliongrad? Did it not spawn and hide under the cover of the Stalliongradian Succession? And can they not 'survive' buried for centuries? If they can do that, are we really rid of them?"
The leader says that stories of vampires coming in among immigrants is xenophobic propaganda made up by those who oppose Equestria's opening up to the world. When pressed, however, he has to admit it is possible.
August responds simply:
"Let them come."
And motions to grab his sword on his back
>>169741
>>169740
The ponies split up somewhat to cover more ground. Another pony is the first to see it, but Posey sees it herself, lit up by the light of the electric torch so that she can make out the colors. Posey sees a royal-guard style helmet placed overtop of a sword that has been stuck into the ground, near a tree and with a medium sized stone before it. A small amount of blue coloring can be made out in the bleached white plume, and the bronze helmet has slightly corroded blue-green.
Posey generally knows the signs and layouts of Vampire lairs. They tend to be in dark locations, usually underground, and either way, usually with stone or rock around them. They have a tendency towards ostentation. They are not usually too far away from settlements and thoroughfares, given the need for need for prey. And of course, Posey knows the signs. Or at least, Posey knows the signs of what a lair that still contains a vampire looks like.
August makes a comment at one point:
"Do you see that little spot in the river, under the big oak tree? That's where the last Vampire in Equestria met its end. There's no monument. Nothing to commemorate it. Just as well. Better to not glorify the quarry."
>>169721
The forest is, as stated before, dominated by oaks and cedars, with a decent number of pine trees scattered through it. Mostly the undergrowth does not prohibit traversing under the canopy layer. The canopy is almost free of foliage as it is the middle of winter. The temperature, while above freezing, is still low enough that sweaters and jackets are justified, especially when there is wind, and everypony is wearing a jacket, save for August, who is wearing relatively thin robes.
August has more or less been taking the ponies along the side of the river, which is basically a creek perhaps 20 feet wide, which is inside of a riverbed that's perhaps 10 feet below the level of the forest and has a fairly wide riverbank. the bank is mostly muddy, with a decent number of bushes, exposed roots of trees, and periodic rubbish like tin cans. There's a half moon, and its cloudy, so it's relatively dark. Every member of the team has an electric torch to light the way.
>>169730
August takes the ponies on a little path as the river bends, into the forest.
A member of the team comments "Vampires are gone from Equestria, but don't they exist elsewhere? Couldn't they reinter with the migrations and refugees? Couldn't they use the occupation and resistance as cover to hide? After all, did this vampire, or at least its family, not originally come from what is now Stalliongrad? Did it not spawn and hide under the cover of the Stalliongradian Succession? And can they not 'survive' buried for centuries? If they can do that, are we really rid of them?"
The leader says that stories of vampires coming in among immigrants is xenophobic propaganda made up by those who oppose Equestria's opening up to the world. When pressed, however, he has to admit it is possible.
August responds simply:
"Let them come."
And motions to grab his sword on his back
>>169741
>>169740
The ponies split up somewhat to cover more ground. Another pony is the first to see it, but Posey sees it herself, lit up by the light of the electric torch so that she can make out the colors. Posey sees a royal-guard style helmet placed overtop of a sword that has been stuck into the ground, near a tree and with a medium sized stone before it. A small amount of blue coloring can be made out in the bleached white plume, and the bronze helmet has slightly corroded blue-green.
>>169750
>The leader says that stories of vampires coming in among immigrants is xenophobic propaganda made up by those who oppose Equestria's opening up to the world.
Posey chuckles internally.
>Helmet
"Stay back. I need to examine this." Posey says, as she walks up towards the helmet.
>The leader says that stories of vampires coming in among immigrants is xenophobic propaganda made up by those who oppose Equestria's opening up to the world.
Posey chuckles internally.
>Helmet
"Stay back. I need to examine this." Posey says, as she walks up towards the helmet.
I guess I have to roll something?
Rolling Search
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
Rolling Search
[1d20+3 = (16+3) = 19]
>>169751
>>169752
There's a bit more talk about migrants
One stallion mentions that in Baltimare just about a week ago, mercenaries hired by the New Mareland State's Revenue and Migration Service found and destroyed a Maarist Cult practicing sapient sacrifice in Baltimare. He would have dismissed this claim as Fascist Propoganda too, except that the Baltimare police claim to have found victims in the process of being sacrificed, and an entire garbage chute of equine remains. The papers even published an image of what was said to be the skeletons in question.
The leader responds that of course the Baltimare SDP backs the story their handlers gave them, because they are collaborators with the Fascists, and in any case they want to reduce the amount of migrants now that Fascist propaganda portraying migration as harming lower class wages has made migrants less popular with their constituents. It's all a part of a scare campaign that will end in Equestria's isolation, and likely an expulsion of non-ponies from Equestria.
Another stallion mentions that he knows something about that location, saying that it used to be owned by the equestrian church, and mass graves were found there from the times it was a mare's shelter. This statement likewise is likewise rebutted as an exaggeration by other members of the group.
August has a couple cryptic comments like "The fairytales your parents tell you are the truths of yesteryear. You better believe them, as they can be all too real."
Still another stallion reminds everypony that the terrorist attack on a train station in Manehattan that killed 200 six weeks ago, and started the mess there, was blamed on the Equestrian Liberation Front, when obviously it couldn't have been us. Another stallion bites back that while it wasn't ELF, it was probably a cell that was sympathetic to their ends, and they need, as a group, to discourage such attacks against civilians, while still another thinks it was actually done by the Fascists or the Changelings in what could be called a "false flag."
And another stallion comments that the police reported a Changeling infiltrator into a communist cell was found and killed a week ago in Baltimare, after a dispute over payment between the local crime syndicate hired to help the cell, the griffins smuggling in arms, and the cell itself lead to violence. The changeling is said to have gunned down two Baltimare police officers before being gunned down itself. Another stallion dismisses this as Fascist propaganda designed to incite distrust of resistance movements. Still another says "isn't that what the changelings would want you to believe? That they aren't there, and you're crazy to believe they are?" While August comments that whether the Communists are led by Changelings or not, you should have no faith they will take you anywhere you want to go.
>>169756
>>169753
>>169752
Posey can see that the helmet is a relatively standard "royal guard" model - a semi practical, semi-decorative Amberclad for soldiers the old Equestrian regime. It's placed on top of the pommel of a sword that has been inserted into the ground. It has obviously been there for years. There is a rock in front of it, and the whole thing has clearly been placed there deliberately. The helmet has turned brown and blue-green with corrosion, and the horsehair plume has bleached partly white with the passage of time and the elements.
>>169752
There's a bit more talk about migrants
One stallion mentions that in Baltimare just about a week ago, mercenaries hired by the New Mareland State's Revenue and Migration Service found and destroyed a Maarist Cult practicing sapient sacrifice in Baltimare. He would have dismissed this claim as Fascist Propoganda too, except that the Baltimare police claim to have found victims in the process of being sacrificed, and an entire garbage chute of equine remains. The papers even published an image of what was said to be the skeletons in question.
The leader responds that of course the Baltimare SDP backs the story their handlers gave them, because they are collaborators with the Fascists, and in any case they want to reduce the amount of migrants now that Fascist propaganda portraying migration as harming lower class wages has made migrants less popular with their constituents. It's all a part of a scare campaign that will end in Equestria's isolation, and likely an expulsion of non-ponies from Equestria.
Another stallion mentions that he knows something about that location, saying that it used to be owned by the equestrian church, and mass graves were found there from the times it was a mare's shelter. This statement likewise is likewise rebutted as an exaggeration by other members of the group.
August has a couple cryptic comments like "The fairytales your parents tell you are the truths of yesteryear. You better believe them, as they can be all too real."
Still another stallion reminds everypony that the terrorist attack on a train station in Manehattan that killed 200 six weeks ago, and started the mess there, was blamed on the Equestrian Liberation Front, when obviously it couldn't have been us. Another stallion bites back that while it wasn't ELF, it was probably a cell that was sympathetic to their ends, and they need, as a group, to discourage such attacks against civilians, while still another thinks it was actually done by the Fascists or the Changelings in what could be called a "false flag."
And another stallion comments that the police reported a Changeling infiltrator into a communist cell was found and killed a week ago in Baltimare, after a dispute over payment between the local crime syndicate hired to help the cell, the griffins smuggling in arms, and the cell itself lead to violence. The changeling is said to have gunned down two Baltimare police officers before being gunned down itself. Another stallion dismisses this as Fascist propaganda designed to incite distrust of resistance movements. Still another says "isn't that what the changelings would want you to believe? That they aren't there, and you're crazy to believe they are?" While August comments that whether the Communists are led by Changelings or not, you should have no faith they will take you anywhere you want to go.
>>169756
>>169753
>>169752
Posey can see that the helmet is a relatively standard "royal guard" model - a semi practical, semi-decorative Amberclad for soldiers the old Equestrian regime. It's placed on top of the pommel of a sword that has been inserted into the ground. It has obviously been there for years. There is a rock in front of it, and the whole thing has clearly been placed there deliberately. The helmet has turned brown and blue-green with corrosion, and the horsehair plume has bleached partly white with the passage of time and the elements.
>>169757
Posey picks up the helmet and examines it for writing. Then she picks up the sword.
"This is a sign; a warning to trespassers on his territory, and a little trophy of one of his kills. He was a cocky one... We must be close. And since he clearly didn't come from across the river... He must've come from that direction."
Posey says, pointing in the exact opposite direction as the sound of the river.
That being said, does Posey see any other clues that may indicate direction.
Posey picks up the helmet and examines it for writing. Then she picks up the sword.
"This is a sign; a warning to trespassers on his territory, and a little trophy of one of his kills. He was a cocky one... We must be close. And since he clearly didn't come from across the river... He must've come from that direction."
Posey says, pointing in the exact opposite direction as the sound of the river.
That being said, does Posey see any other clues that may indicate direction.
>>169761
On the inside of the helmet is "Summer Breeze" in ponish.
The sword is a longsword, and its leather hilt has degraded with the weather. The cap on the pommel has as well. The steel under that has slightly rusted. The blade itself is dirty, but otherwise bright and shinny - like it was polished yesterday. The sword looks bizarrely expensive to simply throw away.
On the inside of the helmet is "Summer Breeze" in ponish.
The sword is a longsword, and its leather hilt has degraded with the weather. The cap on the pommel has as well. The steel under that has slightly rusted. The blade itself is dirty, but otherwise bright and shinny - like it was polished yesterday. The sword looks bizarrely expensive to simply throw away.
>>169764
"Summer Breeze... Helmet, but no skeleton. Scavengers wouldn't touch the victim of a vampire... It's quite probable that Breeze was made a thrall, living or dead, and marched towards the lair."
Posey holds the sword in the air
"Craftsmanship. Royal guard quality. This wasn't some run of the mill soldier..."
She points it towards the direction opposite to the river
"That way, I'll bet. This could have been a trap, but the setter is long gone."
"Summer Breeze... Helmet, but no skeleton. Scavengers wouldn't touch the victim of a vampire... It's quite probable that Breeze was made a thrall, living or dead, and marched towards the lair."
Posey holds the sword in the air
"Craftsmanship. Royal guard quality. This wasn't some run of the mill soldier..."
She points it towards the direction opposite to the river
"That way, I'll bet. This could have been a trap, but the setter is long gone."
>>169767
Posey can't hear August moving behind her until he is in her peripheral vision. He moves over and looks down.
Speaking to himself, he says, almost sadly
"No... That's not a trophy, or a warning at all..."
But then he speaks up
"I know where we are." He looks into the woods
"A little... west, I think. And north."
Posey can't hear August moving behind her until he is in her peripheral vision. He moves over and looks down.
Speaking to himself, he says, almost sadly
"No... That's not a trophy, or a warning at all..."
But then he speaks up
"I know where we are." He looks into the woods
"A little... west, I think. And north."
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After a moment of silence, Posey sheaves the sword in the earth and places the helmet back down on top. She makes a respectful gesture.
Then Posey speaks again
"Do you recall what direction he first struck from? That could lead us to his lair."
Then Posey speaks again
"Do you recall what direction he first struck from? That could lead us to his lair."
>>169776
"Yes" He says
"We intercepted him coming about... over there"
He points his hoof north and west.
"Yes" He says
"We intercepted him coming about... over there"
He points his hoof north and west.
>>169777
"If he wasn't in the form of a bat, wolf, or cloud of smoke as he traveled, then he must have had not had any belief that he would be found here: he was strolling, and likely in a single direction. We're deep in his territory. If we follow that path, it should lead us near his home."
"If he wasn't in the form of a bat, wolf, or cloud of smoke as he traveled, then he must have had not had any belief that he would be found here: he was strolling, and likely in a single direction. We're deep in his territory. If we follow that path, it should lead us near his home."
>>169783
>>169784
Not terribly far from the site, Posey notices:
The shattered remains of a dead tree that seems to have cracked a little too violently to have been destroyed by lightning.
More shattered remnants of a tree
In the barren branches of a rather tall oak, something shimmering in the light of a pony's electric torch, and then something shimmering on the ground.
>>169784
Not terribly far from the site, Posey notices:
The shattered remains of a dead tree that seems to have cracked a little too violently to have been destroyed by lightning.
More shattered remnants of a tree
In the barren branches of a rather tall oak, something shimmering in the light of a pony's electric torch, and then something shimmering on the ground.
>>169788
Posey goes to it, to find that it is the amber clad armor of a royal guard. The backpiece, with its plates still intact, to be precise. Looking closer, portions of a skeleton remain inside, specifically a spine. A couple loose ribs still hang on the leather strap of the armor. A little beneath it, on the base another branch beneath it, are parts of an equine leg bone.
Posey goes to it, to find that it is the amber clad armor of a royal guard. The backpiece, with its plates still intact, to be precise. Looking closer, portions of a skeleton remain inside, specifically a spine. A couple loose ribs still hang on the leather strap of the armor. A little beneath it, on the base another branch beneath it, are parts of an equine leg bone.
>>169789
"We're close..." Posey says, moving around the skeleton, following the trail of carnage.
"Lightning...? Was he a Sorcerer?" she ponders aloud
"We're close..." Posey says, moving around the skeleton, following the trail of carnage.
"Lightning...? Was he a Sorcerer?" she ponders aloud
>>169789
Oh wait
>forgot to loot
Posey examines the skeleton, mostly to check for any valuables that may remain on it.
Oh wait
>forgot to loot
Posey examines the skeleton, mostly to check for any valuables that may remain on it.
>>169790
>>169791
The skeleton is too high up in the tree for Posey to reach it.
On the ground beneath the tree but obscured from line of sight by bushes from a distance, is an equine skull inside of a royal guard style helmet, with a couple more bones scattered around. As before, the helmet is corroded and its plume is bleached. There are also one, two, three big shoes. Further away, a sword lies on the ground.
The tree trunk is a little further away and looks charred and actively shattered.
>>169791
The skeleton is too high up in the tree for Posey to reach it.
On the ground beneath the tree but obscured from line of sight by bushes from a distance, is an equine skull inside of a royal guard style helmet, with a couple more bones scattered around. As before, the helmet is corroded and its plume is bleached. There are also one, two, three big shoes. Further away, a sword lies on the ground.
The tree trunk is a little further away and looks charred and actively shattered.
>>169793
>too high up in the tree for Posey to reach it
Posey tries reaching with her horn.
If she can't reach, she moves towards the shattered trunk.
>too high up in the tree for Posey to reach it
Posey tries reaching with her horn.
If she can't reach, she moves towards the shattered trunk.
>>169796
Unicorn telekinesis magic degrades at the cube root of the distance from the horn.... or something. The point is that it's a little too high up for Posey to have enough strength to dislodge it.
It seems to have been an oak tree, though its hard to say. If only Posey were a real botanist...
Unicorn telekinesis magic degrades at the cube root of the distance from the horn.... or something. The point is that it's a little too high up for Posey to have enough strength to dislodge it.
It seems to have been an oak tree, though its hard to say. If only Posey were a real botanist...
>>169805
Oh yeah.
I forgot.
Posey suddenly freezes, a look of panic spreads across her face.
"Nobody move, the balance of Harmony is incredibly fragile here!"
Take 10 on bluff, for a modified 22
Naturally, the ponies probably flinched as soon as she said that, and at that Posey puts on a little show.
Posey casts Detect Magic, but she doesn't use any verbal or somatic components to cast the spell; instead, she defiles the areas.
Posey accumulates two defiler points, to make the spell Still and Silent.
Since this terrain is "lush" (forest), the defiling radius is relatively small, but all vegetation surrounding her in a two foot radius, from the tallest tree, to the smallest sprout, immediately crumbles into fine defiler ash.
Which, should cause this tree to disintegrate :D
"Eeep!" Posey shrieks in false alarm, as the tree beside her crumbles.
Oh yeah.
I forgot.
Posey suddenly freezes, a look of panic spreads across her face.
"Nobody move, the balance of Harmony is incredibly fragile here!"
Take 10 on bluff, for a modified 22
Naturally, the ponies probably flinched as soon as she said that, and at that Posey puts on a little show.
Posey casts Detect Magic, but she doesn't use any verbal or somatic components to cast the spell; instead, she defiles the areas.
Posey accumulates two defiler points, to make the spell Still and Silent.
Since this terrain is "lush" (forest), the defiling radius is relatively small, but all vegetation surrounding her in a two foot radius, from the tallest tree, to the smallest sprout, immediately crumbles into fine defiler ash.
Which, should cause this tree to disintegrate :D
"Eeep!" Posey shrieks in false alarm, as the tree beside her crumbles.
>>169812
Wait. So is Posey doing this immediately in front of the large tree that contains some of the remains?
Wait. So is Posey doing this immediately in front of the large tree that contains some of the remains?
>>169812
"Nopony make any sudden moves..." Posey says, her ears pointed straight up as the skeleton collapses beside her
"These are the long-term consequences of vampire lairing... If balance is."
>>169814
Yes
She's mostly trying to spook the ponies, and hype her (false) specs as a necro-botanist. The tree beside her would disintegrate from the effects of her spell, but since she defiled to make the spell Silent and Still, there is that she's cast a spell at all.
Posey is doing this to put the group on high alert, and to get them to follow her closely, hoping to give her the upper hand in manipulating them.
But it also makes the skeleton easier to reach, which is a bonus.
"Nopony make any sudden moves..." Posey says, her ears pointed straight up as the skeleton collapses beside her
"These are the long-term consequences of vampire lairing... If balance is."
>>169814
Yes
She's mostly trying to spook the ponies, and hype her (false) specs as a necro-botanist. The tree beside her would disintegrate from the effects of her spell, but since she defiled to make the spell Silent and Still, there is that she's cast a spell at all.
Posey is doing this to put the group on high alert, and to get them to follow her closely, hoping to give her the upper hand in manipulating them.
But it also makes the skeleton easier to reach, which is a bonus.
Posey concentrates on Detect magic for a couple rounds, but if she doesn't immediately sense any magic, she stop concentrating on it (she only cast it to defile the area).
>>169818
>>169815
Posey's detect magic shows:
A magical signature from the sword that has fallen on the ground.
A high signature on August
And varying levels of slight signatures on the other ponies in the group, with the unicorns having higher levels, and in general not really being out of expectations for ponies.
By and large, however, the area is non-magical
>>169815
The portions of the tree closest to Posey blacken and turn to ash. The tree crumbles, and the trunk of it starts to fall. Unfortunately, it starts to fall towards Posey. Not directly towards her - a bit off to the right, but enough that she must take evasive action, and would very likely be sincere in her expressions of fear towards the group.
The ponies grab onto their weapons and move back. There's an "Ah," an "oh no!" and an evasive maneuver as the tree comes down. They look frightened, and look towards Posey, or look around. Lights from the torches move rapidly back and forth, likely occasionally blinding Posey as they sometimes point it directly at her.
August is silent and scrunching
>>169815
Posey's detect magic shows:
A magical signature from the sword that has fallen on the ground.
A high signature on August
And varying levels of slight signatures on the other ponies in the group, with the unicorns having higher levels, and in general not really being out of expectations for ponies.
By and large, however, the area is non-magical
>>169815
The portions of the tree closest to Posey blacken and turn to ash. The tree crumbles, and the trunk of it starts to fall. Unfortunately, it starts to fall towards Posey. Not directly towards her - a bit off to the right, but enough that she must take evasive action, and would very likely be sincere in her expressions of fear towards the group.
The ponies grab onto their weapons and move back. There's an "Ah," an "oh no!" and an evasive maneuver as the tree comes down. They look frightened, and look towards Posey, or look around. Lights from the torches move rapidly back and forth, likely occasionally blinding Posey as they sometimes point it directly at her.
August is silent and scrunching
>>169819
>A magical signature from the sword that has fallen on the ground.
Ooh, loot.
Posey catches the sword as it falls, holding her panicked expression.
"Leyline convolution... Lingering entropy... Dangerous levels of disharmony... It'll only get worse from here. Follow me, slowly, and carefully..."
Posey Slowly moves towards the lightning-struck stump
"And that log is off-limits." She says, gesturing to the fallen one (this is a pointless lie)
>A magical signature from the sword that has fallen on the ground.
Ooh, loot.
Posey catches the sword as it falls, holding her panicked expression.
"Leyline convolution... Lingering entropy... Dangerous levels of disharmony... It'll only get worse from here. Follow me, slowly, and carefully..."
Posey Slowly moves towards the lightning-struck stump
"And that log is off-limits." She says, gesturing to the fallen one (this is a pointless lie)
>>169819
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention she dodges the log as it falls.
Technically defiling should cause it to disintegrate entirely into toxic defiler ash, but if it a big tree it might've been only partly.
Posey now has 2 defilers points, as by defiling nature she has also defiled herself. She now takes a -2 penalty to all Wis, Int and Cha based skill checks.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention she dodges the log as it falls.
Technically defiling should cause it to disintegrate entirely into toxic defiler ash, but if it a big tree it might've been only partly.
Posey now has 2 defilers points, as by defiling nature she has also defiled herself. She now takes a -2 penalty to all Wis, Int and Cha based skill checks.
>>169820
(It was actually already on the ground). It's a bit heavy for a small mare like Posey (Not really though. Like maybe 7 pounds).
Two stallions move away from the log quickly, staring at it. Their ears move back. Everypony stands at attention.
(It was actually already on the ground). It's a bit heavy for a small mare like Posey (Not really though. Like maybe 7 pounds).
Two stallions move away from the log quickly, staring at it. Their ears move back. Everypony stands at attention.
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>>169822
Posey has pretty high Str.
However, she's not proficient in swords, so she holds it awkwardly, with a wobbly gait.
Posey drags the heavy sword behind her, carving a line in the forest floor behind her path.
"Follow the line. I need to check this tree." Posey says, as she moves towards the thunderstruck stump to investigate it.
Posey has pretty high Str.
However, she's not proficient in swords, so she holds it awkwardly, with a wobbly gait.
Posey drags the heavy sword behind her, carving a line in the forest floor behind her path.
"Follow the line. I need to check this tree." Posey says, as she moves towards the thunderstruck stump to investigate it.
>>169824
Everypony gathers round, save for August, who hasn't moved from his position, and in any case is close enough to already have a good view.
Everypony gathers round, save for August, who hasn't moved from his position, and in any case is close enough to already have a good view.
>>169823
That ship would've sailed decades ago, around the time her mother passed her around to "service" her friends in the Coven, before the first time she died, and before she was remade by her master.
That ship would've sailed decades ago, around the time her mother passed her around to "service" her friends in the Coven, before the first time she died, and before she was remade by her master.
>>169828
Did I fuck up with explaining her backstory? I might've omitted some stuff. Posey is a katana: a half-vampire. She was born to a vampire mother, but died as a filly; before her master acquired her corpse and transfused her in her little experiment.
Hence why she wasn't lying when she said her mother was bitten by one years ago.
Posey examines the tree, looking for any clues that might indicate the direction of the lair.
"Lightning... Natural, or conjured?"
Did I fuck up with explaining her backstory? I might've omitted some stuff. Posey is a katana: a half-vampire. She was born to a vampire mother, but died as a filly; before her master acquired her corpse and transfused her in her little experiment.
Hence why she wasn't lying when she said her mother was bitten by one years ago.
Posey examines the tree, looking for any clues that might indicate the direction of the lair.
"Lightning... Natural, or conjured?"
>>169829
It appears to have been hit by a fireball or some other destructive spell. But it could have been mundane explosives, albeit one that was concentrated and detonated above the ground.
The direction of the lair is a bit fuzzier. The area is northwest from the river bend.
>>169829
Like... how old? How many years? How old does she look? 21?Is she a natural offspring, born the natural way to a mundane father?
It appears to have been hit by a fireball or some other destructive spell. But it could have been mundane explosives, albeit one that was concentrated and detonated above the ground.
The direction of the lair is a bit fuzzier. The area is northwest from the river bend.
>>169829
Like... how old? How many years? How old does she look? 21?Is she a natural offspring, born the natural way to a mundane father?
>>169829
I now realize that I really dropped the freaking ball in terms of her backstory, and for that I apologize. I can imagine how annoying it must be to have a player seemingly change their backstory mid-game. I would like to go over this in detail later to amend any annoyances that I have caused.
I now realize that I really dropped the freaking ball in terms of her backstory, and for that I apologize. I can imagine how annoying it must be to have a player seemingly change their backstory mid-game. I would like to go over this in detail later to amend any annoyances that I have caused.
>>169832
For point of reference, my understanding was that Posey was a Frankenstein monster literally grown in a vat, presumably using a miscarried/aborted/otherwise dead fetus as a base, to create a unicorn pony that was never actually a living conscious person. She was in the form of an adolescent as created and never had a childhood. This was part of a program to create the perfect undead creature, with Posey being not the end but one of many steps along the way.
For point of reference, my understanding was that Posey was a Frankenstein monster literally grown in a vat, presumably using a miscarried/aborted/otherwise dead fetus as a base, to create a unicorn pony that was never actually a living conscious person. She was in the form of an adolescent as created and never had a childhood. This was part of a program to create the perfect undead creature, with Posey being not the end but one of many steps along the way.
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>>169831
"A firefight. Spells were exchanged... I don't know if this one was a mage... The lair should be further from the river. Reckless as he was, he would have instinctively maximized his proximity to running water..." Posey says, dragging her sword in that direction
"Natural" offspring, mundane parent, probably a favorite thrall.
Posey would have been slain for the first time around the time she got her cutie mark, which would've been early in horse years. Her mother would have bled her dry as it became obvious that she was immune to vampire domination, and had she had the chance to flourish, she would have become a vampire who's powers surpassed that of her mother (vampires hate that shit). After being passed off to her master, as a slaymate (a valuable undead "pet" for necromancers, created from the remains of children slain by betrayal of a parent), she would have been raised in an experiment to transfuse her with holy blood, and then would have been allowed to grow to adult age before being crucimigrated once she gained the requisite levels.
"A firefight. Spells were exchanged... I don't know if this one was a mage... The lair should be further from the river. Reckless as he was, he would have instinctively maximized his proximity to running water..." Posey says, dragging her sword in that direction
"Natural" offspring, mundane parent, probably a favorite thrall.
Posey would have been slain for the first time around the time she got her cutie mark, which would've been early in horse years. Her mother would have bled her dry as it became obvious that she was immune to vampire domination, and had she had the chance to flourish, she would have become a vampire who's powers surpassed that of her mother (vampires hate that shit). After being passed off to her master, as a slaymate (a valuable undead "pet" for necromancers, created from the remains of children slain by betrayal of a parent), she would have been raised in an experiment to transfuse her with holy blood, and then would have been allowed to grow to adult age before being crucimigrated once she gained the requisite levels.
>>169834
The ponies follow Posey, as August walks forward and kind of parallel.
Uh... at what point would she have been Epstein islanded?
The ponies follow Posey, as August walks forward and kind of parallel.
Uh... at what point would she have been Epstein islanded?
>>169833
Yeah... I fucked up.
Tbh, I can roll with that story if that's what you prefer. Posey's foalhood backstory is only there to represent her few years in life being framed by abuse and horror, harboring her resentment for life itself, that I write after the initial post and neglected to post about. I will eliminate any future references to it if you wish.
Yeah... I fucked up.
Tbh, I can roll with that story if that's what you prefer. Posey's foalhood backstory is only there to represent her few years in life being framed by abuse and horror, harboring her resentment for life itself, that I write after the initial post and neglected to post about. I will eliminate any future references to it if you wish.
>>169835
She was born into a vampire coven: she was basically born on Epstein Island. Vampires are savages.
So, to answer your question, Posey was not a virgin.
She was born into a vampire coven: she was basically born on Epstein Island. Vampires are savages.
So, to answer your question, Posey was not a virgin.
>>169837
I had to ask because Amber's player made a remark that Posey's actions in bed didn't seem consistent with her being a virgin, which is what both he and I thought. August had some cancelled dialogue about "Do you do this often?" which was never said because it was basically him telling her that he assumes she's a sloot.
It's probably not a big deal for most things, but every now and then the backstory affects some details. I'm fine with going with "she was alive once" because it seems more likely anyways."
>>169838
"Yes" he answers, straightfowardly. "I was there."
I had to ask because Amber's player made a remark that Posey's actions in bed didn't seem consistent with her being a virgin, which is what both he and I thought. August had some cancelled dialogue about "Do you do this often?" which was never said because it was basically him telling her that he assumes she's a sloot.
It's probably not a big deal for most things, but every now and then the backstory affects some details. I'm fine with going with "she was alive once" because it seems more likely anyways."
>>169838
"Yes" he answers, straightfowardly. "I was there."
>>169834
The slaymate motif is actually why I thought to give her Gloomy as an asset for character development. I thought to make him a soulbinder, not just because I thought he'd make a cool apprentice, but because he'd also make a prime sacrifice to Orcus. It gives her the choice later down the line to either raise him as her own disciple and family, or follow in the footsteps of her own mother. Time will tell.
If Gloomy did become her apprentice, she'd give him all of the support to development powers that surpassed even her own; if not, well, he'd make an excellent Slaymate...
>>169839
She's a bit of a sloot. Long-term abuse victims tend to be, and I figured it was appropriate for her depraved nature as a necromancer. A lot of NPC necromancer in d&d tend to be sexual degenerates, with multiple references to necrophiliacs. Vampires are also obsessed with sex.
>"I was there."
"So, you recall it then. The battle that took place here? The direction he struck from?"
The slaymate motif is actually why I thought to give her Gloomy as an asset for character development. I thought to make him a soulbinder, not just because I thought he'd make a cool apprentice, but because he'd also make a prime sacrifice to Orcus. It gives her the choice later down the line to either raise him as her own disciple and family, or follow in the footsteps of her own mother. Time will tell.
If Gloomy did become her apprentice, she'd give him all of the support to development powers that surpassed even her own; if not, well, he'd make an excellent Slaymate...
>>169839
She's a bit of a sloot. Long-term abuse victims tend to be, and I figured it was appropriate for her depraved nature as a necromancer. A lot of NPC necromancer in d&d tend to be sexual degenerates, with multiple references to necrophiliacs. Vampires are also obsessed with sex.
>"I was there."
"So, you recall it then. The battle that took place here? The direction he struck from?"
>>169840
Depicting vampirism as an almost metaphor for lust has become popular in modern depictions of vampirism. It seems a little contrary to the Rosa Maledicta philosophy, as lust tends to be hedonistic, and the Maledicta philosophy seems to hold that pleasure isn't worth it; in any case, sex has no reproductive purpose for the undead. Lament was supposed to stand out from the Dread League with his horniness, and sort of the same with Mason (who is not undead at all). But eh
"Yes. We encountered him on the road that's just beyond the trees. I knew he would come that way. Posing as a pony, hoping to encounter and prey upon some hapless pony from the logging company. Morning Dew had not returned; it was just us. He acted fast. Soul Loft was thrown up into the tree. Summer Breeze shot a fireball, but he dodged..."
He goes silent
Depicting vampirism as an almost metaphor for lust has become popular in modern depictions of vampirism. It seems a little contrary to the Rosa Maledicta philosophy, as lust tends to be hedonistic, and the Maledicta philosophy seems to hold that pleasure isn't worth it; in any case, sex has no reproductive purpose for the undead. Lament was supposed to stand out from the Dread League with his horniness, and sort of the same with Mason (who is not undead at all). But eh
"Yes. We encountered him on the road that's just beyond the trees. I knew he would come that way. Posing as a pony, hoping to encounter and prey upon some hapless pony from the logging company. Morning Dew had not returned; it was just us. He acted fast. Soul Loft was thrown up into the tree. Summer Breeze shot a fireball, but he dodged..."
He goes silent
>>169842
"The road... Of course. Easy access to prey, isolated conditions..."
"Where ever he would have laired would have had nearby access to this section of the road, as well as the town, less than one night's flight, crossing no rivers..."
Knowing this, can Posey try to determine the direction of the vampire's lair?
"The road... Of course. Easy access to prey, isolated conditions..."
"Where ever he would have laired would have had nearby access to this section of the road, as well as the town, less than one night's flight, crossing no rivers..."
Knowing this, can Posey try to determine the direction of the vampire's lair?
>>169842
Posey was born as a slave to the Coven, but she believes in Rosa as their glorious leader. Rosey has little passion for vampires and their hubristic, self-serving ways, although she has instinctive behaviors that mimic them.
Posey was born as a slave to the Coven, but she believes in Rosa as their glorious leader. Rosey has little passion for vampires and their hubristic, self-serving ways, although she has instinctive behaviors that mimic them.
>>169844
Ah. I guess that's fair, as Rosa intends ultimately to genocide the vampires.
>>169843
"The road is just a little logging road. It goes kind of southwest from here, mostly west. It doesn't actually go into town."
Likely the lair is in a similar direction they are going, albeit more so west, as the vampire was travelling east when it was encountered.
Ah. I guess that's fair, as Rosa intends ultimately to genocide the vampires.
>>169843
"The road is just a little logging road. It goes kind of southwest from here, mostly west. It doesn't actually go into town."
Likely the lair is in a similar direction they are going, albeit more so west, as the vampire was travelling east when it was encountered.
>>169845
"The road should be safer, follow me until then." Posey says, keeping with her little 'balance of Harmony' lie
She moves in that direction, eventually crossing the road, looking for wherever the forest would be dense enough to properly hide a cave or structure.
"The road should be safer, follow me until then." Posey says, keeping with her little 'balance of Harmony' lie
She moves in that direction, eventually crossing the road, looking for wherever the forest would be dense enough to properly hide a cave or structure.
I'm getting tired.
What do I need to roll to know if Posey finds the lair tonight? I want to actually investigate it this weekend.
What do I need to roll to know if Posey finds the lair tonight? I want to actually investigate it this weekend.
>>169848
Yeah, Posey will either have to meditate for 8 hours in a forest or garden, or willfully accept the taint of defiling and add the number to her permanent defiler score.
But I don't feel like being jihad'd by Druids just yet, so Posey will wait for the opportunity to meditate.
Search
[1d20+1 = (18+1) = 19]
Spot
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
Yeah, Posey will either have to meditate for 8 hours in a forest or garden, or willfully accept the taint of defiling and add the number to her permanent defiler score.
But I don't feel like being jihad'd by Druids just yet, so Posey will wait for the opportunity to meditate.
Search
[1d20+1 = (18+1) = 19]
Spot
[1d20+2 = (17+2) = 19]
>>169851
Hooray! The bloated pale master of goats tips the scales in my favor.
So, does this lead her to the lair?
Hooray! The bloated pale master of goats tips the scales in my favor.
So, does this lead her to the lair?
>>169852
Going a little ways down the road, there is a thinning of the trees, and a small break where a dirt road veers off to what looks like a meadow with an abandoned farmhouse
Going a little ways down the road, there is a thinning of the trees, and a small break where a dirt road veers off to what looks like a meadow with an abandoned farmhouse
>>169853
Great.
I'm too tired to roleplay seriously anymore, so I think this is a good stopping point.
Maybe pick this up again tomorrow?
Great.
I'm too tired to roleplay seriously anymore, so I think this is a good stopping point.
Maybe pick this up again tomorrow?
>>169852
>>169854
>>169856
Going into the meadow, Posey sees the remains of what was likely at one point a farm, albeit a rather small one, that would have been an island in an ocean of forest. The farmhouse is a single floor, raised above the ground, with a wooden porch and small set of steps leading up to it, and a roof with a low angle. The roof is collapsed in part, the windows are broken, and the paint has worn off. In front of it is a field of a few acres, with tall grass and periodic seedlings and small trees sprouting up. There is a small dirt road to the left, though this too, is starting to become grown over.
There's a low mist hanging just over the grass, which reflects white in the moon light. It's a bit odd for the time of year, and its prescence makes August uncomfortable.
>>169854
>>169856
Going into the meadow, Posey sees the remains of what was likely at one point a farm, albeit a rather small one, that would have been an island in an ocean of forest. The farmhouse is a single floor, raised above the ground, with a wooden porch and small set of steps leading up to it, and a roof with a low angle. The roof is collapsed in part, the windows are broken, and the paint has worn off. In front of it is a field of a few acres, with tall grass and periodic seedlings and small trees sprouting up. There is a small dirt road to the left, though this too, is starting to become grown over.
There's a low mist hanging just over the grass, which reflects white in the moon light. It's a bit odd for the time of year, and its prescence makes August uncomfortable.
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