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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

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I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#60501: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:15:57 AM

"The drugs wore off... not good, so I took more drugs."

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#60502: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:17:12 AM

He said those were his conditions. The team is working on this game with their own resources and Jan was the only one who asked for some paid conditions. In the end they didn't go for that offer.

It was only about like 20-40 frames anyway.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:18:31 AM by Rinsankajugin

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#60503: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:24:05 AM

Well yeah.. when the only response the next writer can lead with is "The drugs wore off"....

The ironic part is that Spyro's stuff wasn't retconned. The pendent stuck around for ages.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#60504: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:27:41 AM

Well I didn't take them as her hallucinating it all happening because of the drugs, but as her perception of what was going on getting massively distorted.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#60505: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:31:49 AM

@Rin: Yeah, that's a bit steep for only that many frames. If they wanted a few hours' worth of cutscenes, then yeah.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#60506: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:33:12 AM

Nah, it's a Smash Bros-type game. Unless that game has a story mode, but that's not what they asked for.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:33:27 AM by Rinsankajugin

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#60507: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:33:59 AM

I need drugs. Are you the drugs?

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#60508: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:36:24 AM

Poppy seeds could be a drug I think...

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#60509: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:40:15 AM

It was only about like 20-40 frames anyway.

It probably wasn't a serious offer then.

Edit: It's possible he misunderstood the request.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:40:47 AM by storyyeller

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Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#60510: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:40:15 AM

[up][up][up]Drugs are bad, 'mkay? Don't do it, 'mkay?

edited 24th Mar '14 11:40:22 AM by Kayeka

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#60511: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:41:08 AM

Caffeine is ok if you don't overdo it.

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#60512: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:43:18 AM

80 cups of espresso for an exhilarating death. tongue

edited 24th Mar '14 11:43:25 AM by Rinsankajugin

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#60513: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:44:26 AM

Ah caffeine, the ultimate elixir of life.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#60514: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:46:25 AM

I remember reading about one case where someone actually did OD on caffeiene pills. You're unlucky to ever OD from normal foods though.

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#60515: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:47:30 AM

So, due to the nature of last nights discussion, I've decided to go ahead and do something I've been thinking of for a while. Get back to work on my Pony RPG. HES should be simpler, cheaper and no longer inconsistent now. I've also got basic rules for foals, crystal ponies, pyrrippi and alicorns up with promises for many more races, I may do more later. I'm a bit unsure how cervids would work mechanically. A race with powers that vary dramatically based on time of year is not normally a good idea in a PC race.

EDIT: Also, I'm perfectly happy to start GM another playtest, but I want to maximise convenience for as many people as possible.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:49:03 AM by Sereg

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#60516: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:48:10 AM

You can OD from anything if you have too much. Some things just take more than others.

[up]My suggestion: Have it so that the type of powers are different, but the overall level remains constant.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:48:53 AM by JapaneseTeeth

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#60517: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:49:47 AM

Well I didn't take them as her hallucinating it all happening because of the drugs, but as her perception of what was going on getting massively distorted.

Yeah, that's basically what I was aiming for with the drugs line. Not that any of it wasn't real, just that Octavia was not in a position to process it all and it was really confusing.

Because honestly, reading over Spyro's part I had only a very, very vague idea of what actually happened.

[up]Fighter in the winter, caster in the summer? Could work, especially if you have the logic that all the caster magic is internalized so they et some wild Charles Atlas Superpowers.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:51:19 AM by kegisak

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#60518: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:50:24 AM

I don't think I'm up for another game. Sorry.

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Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#60519: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:50:35 AM

@Sereg: Isn't adding new races more or less the last thing one should worry about? Out of all the things that one could find in a rulebook, player races are the ones most easily added through house ruling if the books are insufficient.

Not saying you shouldn't think about it at all, but I do hope you make sure everything else is in order first.

EDIT: Also, I'm in for the playtest.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:51:04 AM by Kayeka

Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#60520: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:55:48 AM

Made a sinigicant edit.

My suggestion: Have it so that the type of powers are different, but the overall level remains constant.

That is what I'm leaning towards. The change in type of powers is already roughly what I was thinking. The flattening of powerlevel is probably going to have to be an unfortunate case of Gameplay and Story Segregation. But even then, it doesn't have to be much of one.

edited 24th Mar '14 12:02:15 PM by Sereg

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
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#60521: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:56:09 AM

@Kayeka: Balancing races is still an important part of the system. In Dn D style games races get special abilities and stat bonuses that can wildly affect how they play certain classes. For example in pathfinder you get a gamut of skill points at first level based on your int. modifier. Playing an elf gave me a high enough modifier to take my initial skill points to about 40. At first level when yu're not really good at anything, a lot of skill points is really useful.

And there are other benefits to. In Dn D humans are kind of overpowered because they get a bonus feat and you can buff a single ability without any downsides. So you can give yourself a higher int to be a better caster, or you can be a human fighter with a boosted strength and get three feats at first level. That's enough feats to get a +2 on all combat rolls(more if you have good strength), plus a combat trick right out of the gate, which makes a human fighter a beast at first level.

Granted it's easier to balance races around classes and skills than vice versa, but it is still important to have that solid base in there.

edited 24th Mar '14 11:57:27 AM by kegisak

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#60522: Mar 24th 2014 at 11:58:07 AM

Is the next Round Robin a direct sequel to the previous one?

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Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#60523: Mar 24th 2014 at 12:06:46 PM

@Kayeka: Oh, agreed. There's a reason that that's all lower on the to-do list.

Though, as Kegi said, it's not exactly insignificant work. There are a lot of complaints about badly balanced races.

Though, we should perhaps focus on the basics before finding out if I've made crystal ponies unstoppable diplomancers or something. I mean, I haven't even properly done their magic.

So, Kayeka, I thought that you'd be interested. I know of at least one other who isn't here. Who else was/is interested?

EDIT:[up]I highly doubt it.

edited 24th Mar '14 12:07:32 PM by Sereg

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#60524: Mar 24th 2014 at 12:14:34 PM

Granted it's easier to balance races around classes and skills than vice versa, but it is still important to have that solid base in there.

>Implying that D&D has anything resembling balance.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#60525: Mar 24th 2014 at 12:21:40 PM

@Ud: No, they're completely separate. Even if we wanted it to be a sequel, I doubt we'd manage.

@Sereg: I'm tentatively interested in helping, but bear in mind that 1. I have no tabletop experience I didn't get from either Order Of The Stick or Darths And Droids and 2. My schedule likely wouldn't be that reliable.

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