>>257807
Aw, we lost the last third or so of the thread with unicorn horn discussion.

And yes, consider that last post of mine a warning to the rest of you, /mlp/.

Huh.

Let me read p on the archived thread, this seems interesting - I'll be especially interested to know what the in-universe justification for having a war is.

Just came over from >>>/tg/18120871

Hopefully this will work, OP.

Also- fuck, the archive didn't keep the last half-hour or so of work. When we left off, we'd agreed on a classless system wherein cutiemarks allow special abilities and higher potential for certain skills. We had just agreed that a perk/flaw system may be used, and were debating whether the setting should remain true to the show, or be stylised so as to be made more appropriate for tabletop roleplaying.

>>>/tg/
No.

And I was just about to respond to the fellow who reported the thread regarding the nature of how rules and principals need to be dynamic in order to accurately to reflect and adapt to cultural changes over time. Other wise it's just appeal to group authority, or tradition, either of which is a logical fallacy.

Ah well. Carry on my good Anon's.

>>257866
Fuck off.

>>257864
As far as I'm concerned, if you're going to base a RPG system on a specific setting, work or style, then you're best off making the game as specialised as you can to it. It works for the 40k RPGs.

>>257887
>you're best off making the game as specialised as you can to it.
So you think we should sacrifice complete accuracy to the source material, in favour of making a better game? I can agree to that.

I particularly liked that idea of lovecraftian Seapony abominations.

>>257911
>Ponies
>lovecraftian

WHY

Currently, I'm not even that interested in the system, I think it's more important to answer WHAT DO YOU ACTUALLY DO?

Once you've determined what you want the party to do, you can tailor or adapt a system to suit your needs.

So are the ponies meant to be investigating mysteries? Fighting off monster incursions from the Everfree Forest? Managing the day-to-day affairs of a business like the Apple Farm, the bakery or Rarity's fashion place thing? Engaging in high politics in Canterlot?

I love you fa/tg/uys, I am going to run pony-themed DnD game (just slightly modified Pathfinder) and need some inspiration. Please, continue...

>>257921
I'd guess all of the above and add adventures like that indiana jones pony from that episode the other week, whatsshecalled

Fear not ponies, for I have heard your plight and come to this board bearing wisdom:

http://archive.foolz.us/tg/thread/18118824/

Archives every thread every minute.

>>257925
We can do better than that.
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Ponyfinder

No need to thank me. Just don't get too close.

>>257938
It's a fucking miracle.
Thank you, filthy but wise and attractive monstergirl!

So, should we go with classic D&D attributes, or shake it up a bit?

>>257921

Why not have different variations of settings, scenarios, and possible adventures based on individual pony characters?

So you could use different adventure themes based on different characters as concepts to flush out the system based on the existing world. While doing this you would also maintain common game mechanics and would be very practically integrating the system into the setting.

Inb4 this 404s because "rpgs belong in /tg/"

>>257964
>D&D
No no no no no no no no

>>257967
Clearly we need a board just for making pony RPGs.

>>257967

But, it's a pony-thread... That's why it got kicked off of /tg/, because of butthurt there. I don't see how it isn't perfectly suited for a board about ponies. At some point the thread will need to find a place to rest its head. Why not /mlp/?

>>257964

Another vote for shaking it up.

>>257964
>Honesty
>Kindness
>Laughter
>Generosity
>Loyalty
>Magic

>>257966
Because, for an example, it doesn't make sense to use an intricate combat system in a game where you aren't expected to solve problems by bucking them in the face.

Another thing that might or might not be relevant is how important Cutiemark Breakdown Disorder is, where the pony in question goes (temporarily) insane because they can't fulfil the demands of their cutie mark (see Party of One, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME, HIIII GURLSSS and so on)

>>257987
I was joking, I'm of the opinion that a thread that had two topics should be able to go on a board about either, but mods often seem to think it belongs on neither.

>FiMRPG
Stats:
Strangth - related to general physical power, primary stat of Earth ponies
Agility - related to speed and fancy tricks, primary stat of Pegasi
Stamina - dictates how long a pony can work, how much beating it can take, and how long it takes to heal
Intelligence - related to learnign speed, booksmarts and for unicorns, magic. Primary unicorn stat.
Charisma - related to social skills.
Stats go from 1 to 10
1 being Derpy's INT or Twilight's CHA
10 being AJ's STR or Twilight INT

Cutie Mark: one per character, dictates their most important skill. Can be picked from a list of existing marks, or a freeform mark can be used instead. Skill-related checks get a bonus.

Perks: Come in Major and Minor forms. Can be used to augument stats or skills. A Major perk counts as two Minor ones.

Flaws: Must be taken to balance out Perks. One major counts as two minors. Taking lots of perks and flaws will allow you to make a more specialized character with more notable strengths and glaring flaws, like Rainbow Dash or Twilight Sparkle.

Races:
Earthy - High caps for STR and STA, low caps for INT and CHA
Pegasus - High cap for AGI, low caps for INT, cloudwalking and cloudshaping as natural skills
Unicorn - High caps for INT and CHA, low caps for STR and STA, telekinesis as natural skill
Nonpony - Higher stat caps and special perks, but no Cutie Marks. Includes Donkies, Mules, Zebras, Buffalo, Cows, Sheep, Gryphons etc.
Some races like Draconequii, Alicorns and Dragons are not (yet) playable.

>>257980
Let me rephrase that.
Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Wisdom, Intelligence, Charisma.

I know Call of Cthulhu and BRP were thrown around, so maybe we should consider:
Strength (STR)
Constitution (CON)
Intelligence (INT)
Power (POW) (basic ability to work magic, also luck and willpower)
Dexterity (DEX)
Charisma (CHA)

Basicly d20 attributes, but with wisdom distilled into an attribute that magic ability and luck are derived from.

>>257964
>So, should we go with classic D&D attributes, or shake it up a bit?

Depends on what you all want the system to provide. There are canon examples of some ponies being stronger (Big Mac), wiser, faster, and more/less charismatic than other ponies, but is this something that you want to be bound to mechanically, or something that is not thematically as important?

I mean, heck, we could just go with something simple like give everyone points that they can either assign to their magical ability, the strength/ utility of their cutie mark, and a general "mulligan" pile that would give them some measure of plot armor. This way a pony with a cutie mark that lets them easily overcome strenuous obstacles would be (roughly) evenly matched with someone who didn't have a cutie mark but had a ton of mulligans. Which we could call 'apples' i don't know.

More corcyceps.

>>258012
Bucking things in the face has always been a perfectly fine solution. The game setting was going to be the Pre-Alicorn era anyway, so inter-pony wars would in no way be off the table.

>>258067
>lovacraftian ponies
>wars

Why, /tg/

I think we should consider that, while the idea of a combat-light pony RPG makes sense and is something new, it will not appeal to everyone. There will be plenty of people who essentially want to play D&D as ponies in the MLP world. While we needn't cater solely to them, we should not completely write them out.

Leave the possibility for both manners of play.

>>258087
Because we are /tg/, you nigger.
We are not here to enjoy your board culture of drowning fluff and coke tabasco, we are here to have our /tg/ thread about /tg/ things, like war and lovecraft.

>>258101

Pretty sure troll trying to get thread deleted again out of spite.

But could just be bitter old neck-beard.

>>258067
Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but is this starting to look like:
>Three Tribes - War and political intrigue
>Discordian Era - Adventuring and treasure hunting in a strange and shifting land
>Modern Era - Taking care of threats and business with emphasis on social and teamwork-based gameplay

I actually think MLP and Lovecraft go together quite well, since the pilot episode is about Twilight Sparkle discovering that the Stars Are Now Right and that the Great Old One, The Shadow On The Moon, was coming to cover Equestria in ETERNAL DARKNESS.

And then there's Discord.

Really, all you need is some messed up ponies organizing Discord Cults.

>>258101
I come from /tg/ too, you flabby cunt. Imagine, not all of us are retarded enough to shit grimderp all over everything.

>>258098
You can easily play a game of combatless D&D, but you can't really put combat into a system that was never serigned for it.
Ergo, we need to design a combat system, which the DM can choose to ignore if they wish to play a game without combat.
Also, >>258033 was kid enough to dump the general idea post from the old thread, so let's not ignore that either.

>>258101
you could like Story of the Blanks

>>258146
>a combat system
>in a P&P game
>war
>in a setting where war is canon
>GRIMDERP SHIT
Ok you know what fuck you. I swear I never use the filter but I'm this fucking close to filtering "grimderp". I swear you people misuse it harder than Mary Sue and Autism combined. Fucking seriously.

>>258140
In the Modern Era, I think I'd make it an international espionage type thing. You know Fancy Pants and Fleur? They're actually top secret agents reporting directly to Celestia herself. Fancy Pants is the brain of the operation, and Fleur (the "always leaning on someone skinny pony") is the deadly female assassin archetype.

>>258101
>>258146
Hey, hey! C'mon, /tg/. We are elegan/tg/entlemen. We're more civil than this. Quit fighting.

>>258146
That's enough, friend. The lovecraftian seaponies were just an idea, and don't apply if you're running a true-to-show-setting.

>>258140
You might be on to something there. There might also be an Early Alicorn Era which combines the three into a slightly more fantasy adventuring setting, with a mixture of politics, expanding empires (I'm thinking of the west here, but there could be more), treasure and ruins from passed eras, and a decent number of threats from an untamed world.

>>258144
>Discord Cults
I remember the My Little Paranoia discussion having Discordants as a pony-equivalent to PURGE.

>>258140
Seems about right to me.
Three distinct settings with three distict flavours to them.

What map of the world are you going to use?

Now that I mentioned Discord Cultists, I actually had an idea about them.

Remember Pinkie's Rock Farm? Ask yourself, why would ponies devote so much time to just moving rocks around and flipping rocks over?

Well. Celestia has a known tendency to turn Elder Horrors into stone, like Discord. Then these statues get broken into smaller stones, and these stones are scattered all over the place.

Then Discord Cultists try to gather all the broken pieces of their gods in the hopes of resurrecting them.

Alternatively, as Friendship is Witchcraft would have it, ALL PRAISE LORD SMOOZE.

>>258223
Might as well make our own, since there are barely any canon onces, and the pre and post-discord era maps will probably look vastly different.

>>258235
>Pinkie as Discord cultist
it's so obvious, oh my god.

>>258235
Well someone already suggested taking things like Tirek and Grognar from G1 and adding them in, as well as noting that MLP draws so strongly from the D&D monster manual as is, adding more things from there would fit perfectly.

>>258223
That map is very pretty. Of course, we need to be prepared to adjust our idea of what the world looks like every time the show introduces a new region.

A Discordian Era game probably renders maps almost redundant, as the world preserves only it's most basic shape. Settings earlier than modern need their maps limited accordingly.

>>258140
wait...
war and political intrigue - DH
adventure shennanigans - RT
teamwork use to get rid of threats not played it, but isn't DW meant to be something like this?

Also putting up d100 for the central mechanic, mostly as i find it quite a nice one to use, though i'd understand why people may want different.

>>258295
I thought we already agreed on using this as the core >>258033

>>258312
i didn't get to see most of the thread, loaded up like an hour before, played some minecraft and watched cider episode, read thread, refreshed, thread gone.

But yeah was just suggesting on basis of those things looking very similar, if system is already agreed (though i saw some stuff about classic 6 DnD stats so wasn't sure) then ignore that post

>>258341
Grab 4chanX, it lets you autorefresh threads and read them even if they 404.

>>258312
You're actually the first person to refer back to that post. You probably posted it too, but I'm not judging you.

It's not a very bad setup, but I wonder if races should be put into effect through something other than attribute caps. Maybe, also, you shouldn't limit stats from 1 to 10.

Flaws and perks seem fine, but cutie-marks mshould give benefits other than skill bonuses.

That's off the top of my head. We can deal with crunch later, anyway.

>>258353
I'm not the guy who originaly made that (in the /tg/ thread), but yes I reposted it here. Back in the /tg/ one it seemed to be the one that people wanted to use, which is why I posted it.

Also, it was far from finished, which is why this thread exists in the first place - to develop it further.
Then again this thread seems to be slow as fuck in general.

>>258349
have it, however autofresh stopped working and i can't work out why.

http://friendshipisdragons.thecomicseries.com/comics/first/

>>258385
nvm, fixed.

I don't remember turning autofresh off though...

>>258353
Somebody talked about BRP and using a Power attribute for magic (for unicorns), luck and willpower. It would be good to seperate magic ability from intelligence, except that we had that discussion over the difference between unicorn magic and actual 'spells', which require study.

We could conceivably have Intelligence for learning, creating and teaching such spells (as well as everything else you'd expect intelligence to do), and have Power be the act of putting magic to use (unrequired for basic telekinesis and other core unicorn magic, as we discussed). This way you could have a unicorn who is slow, but naturally talented in magic. This is also somewhere unicorns would need to be putting more points, which would level the playing field between them and the other races, by not having every unicorn be a genius.

If we wanted to make Power useful for other races beyond just luck and will power, it could also measure an Earth Pony's affinity with nature, and a Pegasi's manipulation of weather/air/etc.

>>258353
I'd steal a page from Unknown Armies.

Each Cutie mark represents a thing a pony is not only good at, but something she MUST do, something she feels she HAS to do in order to justify her own existence.

So each Cutie Mark has a minor and major "charge" associated with it. You gain minor charges by doing something someone with your Cutie Mark would probably do very often, at least once a day.

A Major Charge is obtained when you do something very monumental connected to your Cutie Mark, like setting off a Sonic Rainboom.

>>258419
Someone suggested having race-specific stats for all three races
Magic for Unicorns, which dictates spell capasity and power, while INT has more to do with learning speed and book smarts

Flight for pegasi, which dictates their general skills as a flier, while AGI dictates speed

Attunement for earthies, which has to do with their connection to the land around them and their benefits from it.

>>258419
I like the idea of encouraging unicorns to apply themselves moreso into an attribute which applies strongly to them and their unicorn powers, meaning they are more likely to be relatively weaker in the other attributes than the more athletic races.

I also like the idea of an attribute for employing the magic unique to each race.

Any input?

>Flight for pegasi, which dictates their general skills as a flier, while AGI dictates speed

So Scootaloo would have a low Flight stat while having a high AGI stat?

>>258491
Pretty much.
RD would have high both, while Fluttershy would probably either have low Flight, or a flaw (if we went with the perk/flaw thing) that made her reluctant to fly.

I must say one thing is beyond me. I might not be a person that spend whole of my life playing RPG, but it's been some years since I first rolled my dices and... well, I played pony-themed RPG.

Coming back to the point - I can not understand one thing. Why do people try to systemize MLP? What we (or, at least I) love about the show is not the way characters change (because they pretty much don't) or epic fight scenes (because there are pretty much none). Even the plot is something not completely necessary: let's be honest "intrigues" of most episodes are usually something that has to be there for the other thing to shine.

And that "other thing" is atmosphere. Cute, beautiful, warm, let's-hug-the-whole-world-and-laugh atmosphere.

Now it is time for a story about my pony RPG. We were about to play Neuroshima, but our GM fell ill. Luckily, one of our female players, which wanted to try herself as a GM (and loved ponies) told us, that she would like to try and prepare something. We agreed, because why the hell not? I might not be a "true" brony but I really love this tingling sensation of overcoming sweetness, other people of my group either did not care or were "a bir for".

What was the first things we heard from our GM? "Do not bring dices. Bring candies. And lollipops. Every one of you shall make something sweet to eat. Bring candles and your favourite, pristine things".

So we did.

>>258464
People forget that the Pegasi's magical ability as a race is not flight. It's weather manipulation.

Flight is flight- you can probably just tack it on the end of other athletic pursuits. The ability to manipulate weather, create effects like the sonic rainboom, and the passive ability to walk on clouds are the Pegasi's equivalent of Unicorn magic and Earth-pony nature empathy.

We haven't created our characters using dices and numbers. We came up with history, and received list of... let's call it "descriptive skills" which told us what our ponies were good at, and what "special skills" (partially determined by cutie marks) they posessed. All of them were grouped into tiers, with a cost of "friendship (experience) points" for each of them (quite similar to the mechanism used by Rogue Trader). I admit, it was quite a lot of story-telling - but the element of randomness was guaranteed by, you guessed, candys and lollipops. Those first were all thrown into a large, paper bag, while the letter were given out at a GM discretion. All the tests were carried out using candies - depending on the amount of time, skill and preparation pony had, the player was to take a given amount of candies out of the bag. The aim was to get an appropariate amount of succeses. I guess that my national sweets would be unknown to you - so let's just said that if you caught a "Cinnamon Frenzy Candy" you would get a success in some kind of fighting situation - but less so if you were trying to negotiate. In this case you would have to hope for one of those mini-Bounty-candies.

>>258468
>>258464
>>258353

>>258039
>I mean, heck, we could just go with something simple like give everyone points that they can either assign to their magical ability, the strength/ utility of their cutie mark, and a general "mulligan" pile that would give them some measure of plot armor. This way a pony with a cutie mark that lets them easily overcome strenuous obstacles would be (roughly) evenly matched with someone who didn't have a cutie mark but had a ton of mulligans. Which we could call 'apples' i don't know.

>>258353
>We can deal with crunch later, anyway.
NO. BAD. HSSSSSSS.

Lollipops on the other hand represented preparation. If a pony was, let's say, beautifully dressed, player received a blueberry-flavoured Chupa-chups lollipop. It was an automatic success for diplomacy-like tests; it lasted for as long as you haven't eaten it. The problem? Until you did, you were unable to change your "flavour".

Now - I understand. It may sound silly, and a bit nauseating (seriously, since two weeks I haven't eaten anything sweet, I guess people with diabetics would simply die at our table) but... this is My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. A universe (ponyverse?) where the atmosphere is much, MUCH more that the story, reason, and pretty much anything else.

Just some ideas I wanted to share.

>>258513
Weather manipulation seems to be a subset of cloudshaping, which was listed as a natural pegasus talent in >>258033, much like how telekinesis is a natural talent for unicorns.

>>258519
>>258511
Continue...

You fa/tg/uys actually look like you're having an interesting discussion.

Might I interject for a moment? It's very likely that any monster that shows up in a classic DnD setting is fair game for a MLP game (due in no small part to Hasbro owning Wizards of the Coast). Of course, they do not have the same powers, and many are fairly innocuous compared to their root counterpart, but as long as they aren't excessively terrifying, they certainly fit into the sort of setting this show presents.

Hell, if treasure-hoarding dragons are commonplace, I'd say a Balor isn't out of the question either.

Player's acquiring Friendship Points and making purchases and character development based on those points? I like this idea.

>>258511
>I can not understand one thing. Why do people try to systemize MLP?
Because that's what we do. It's how we have fun. I'm ever so sorry if we are having fun wrong and it offends you somehow.

>Rainbow Dash - Khorne
>Applejack - Khorne
>Rarity - Slaanesh
>Pinkie Pie - Slaanesh
>Fluttershy - Nurgle
>Twilight - Tzeetch

>>258513
I now agree with you completely, and apologise for saying anything contrary. Although flight shouldn't be rolled for the same way as other athletic skills, if Scootaloo or butterfly Rarity are to make sense.

So, whether people like it or not, we're veering toward a system with characteristics that resemble d20. People seem to be okay with widening 'wisdom' into BRP's description of 'power', but BRP as a whole lends itself more to games where the characters tend to die a lot. Also, skills are always a hit or a miss, and are based solely on your skill rather than the difficulty of the task, which isn't ideal.

Let's figure out skills so we can determine whether we want a d6 system, dice pool system, etc, or if we want to try and make d20 work for us.

>>258567
We've noticed the same thing. Not only do D&D monsters show up in FiM, they also at times have similar skills.
As such, the monster manual could almost be used as-is.

>>258585
Keep those false gods to yourself!

>Rainbow Dash - Tor
>Applejack - Taal and Rhya
>Rarity - The lady of the Lake
>Pinkie Pie - Ranald
>Fluttershy - Shallya
>Twilight - Verena

>>258585
honestly, i can't see dash, AJ or fluttershy fitting in to any of the chaos archetypes.

fluttershy - exodite/ wood elf

Aj and dash... really struggling on anything, other than dash possibly being slaaneshi too (perfecting speed and awesomeness)

>>258519
>>258530

Color me intrigued...
You certainly have a better idea about the core purpose and pathos of the show, and this certainly makes a lot more sense considering the subject matter.

You're right; the atmosphere is one of the most important parts of the show and this franchise, but the atmosphere can be made the same (candies optional) and still have a sort of structured ruleset. Randomness does not have to mean DM discretion, though I'd say the more creative and fun a DM is, the better the game will be overall.

>>258615
My vote goes to the system we started building in the original thread. It had a decently unique feel to it and seemed to work without any major hangups. Just needs more thought and actual rules put into it.

>>258513

Sonic Rainbooms may or may not just be their world equivalent of a sonic boom.

At this point we're not sure if a pegasus is necessary to preform it, or if anything can as long as the adequate speed is reached.

>>258679
Sonic Rainbooms were considered a myth until RD managed one. They are defined as "a rainbow that occurs at the same time as a sonic boom", and I think RD is the only pony so far to break the sound barrier. The Wonderbolts can probably do it too though.

>>258579
> Because that's what we do. It's how we have fun. I'mever so sorry if we are having fun wrong and it offends you somehow.

Oh, no, you did not - It is just that my grasp on English is far from perfect and by using ways of phrasing from my national language my opinions and phrases may sound a bit differently from what I intended.

>>258650

I guess that's true, I've played with enough GMs (and
sometimes led the sessions myself) to notice that while used system may add some flavour to the game, the most atmospherogenic part are still the words of GM...

Sill, I will most assuredly watch this thread closely. And hey, what do you know, /tg/ actually gets the shit done. :)

>>258656
If you're referring to >>258033
Then I need to point out this is more of a character layout. It outlines some attributes, racial powers and feats, but doesn't suggest a choice of dice system, or what the actual skill system is.

Also, I'm not sure about races entailing attribute caps. Couldn't we just have the innate abilities of each race, or at most a bonus to the 'primary attribute' of each race?

(Also, if you're going with primary attributes, should Earth ponies be strength or constitution? Or unicorns intelligence or power (or maybe charisma)? Or should you get to choose out of those?)

>>258756
I think someone suggested a perk that let you bypass racial stat caps and take perks from other races.
I liked the idea, since it lets you make a less standard character, but it costs you. That way you still have a reason to play a more typical member of a race, rather than everyone laying super special snowflakes.
After all, those weird mix types like Fluttershy should be the exception, not the norm.

>>258756
>constitution
Sorry, 'stamina'.

I won't withdraw power, because it seems like a good idea to me, particularly since you made wisdom absent.

>>258756
Indeed it doesn't but that just means we should decide it, rather than scrap the whole idea.

>>258796
Feels weird just giving unicorns a special extra stat. I'd say we go with >>258464 if anything.

>>258800
Of course. I wasn't implying I was the final judge of what is and isn't a good idea.

Tie it in with Planescape. God like beings, overblown abilities, rebel with GM and get Celestia hand your ass to you, etc.

>Hey /tg/ let's make a MLP game

>let's use d20
...

>how about d20 stats with a d10 stand-in?
>mfw

>>258867

Okay, what do -you- suggest?

>>258867
>Hey /tg/ lets try to decide on some of our suggested ideas so we can move along to planning other parts of the game

>no u

>no u

>no u

>sage for meta, take it to >>>/tg/

>>258889
people are too butthurt. did you even read why the thread is here not there now?

>>258823
Or we could go with what that guy suggested about it being a stat for the employment of racial magic (never thought I'd say those two words); i.e. Unicorn magic, Earthie nature-empathy (is it nature, or just plants?), and Pegasus weather-manipulation.
And I agree that it SHOULD be weather-manipulation.
Flight as the racial 'magic' isn't strictly accurate, and breaks the pattern. Also, Gilda and Butterfly-Rarity have proven to fly as well as any pegasus.

>>258867
It's just a naming convention. It's virtually a stand-in for wisdom, except more useful in this context.

>>258889
You think this stuff is easy? This is just the planning stages. When you get into playtesting and balancing, that's when it gets hard.

I'll be posting the other Pony RPG's as I read the other thread.

Ok lets see if we can agree on anything

>Stat spread 1-10 / 1-20 / other (specify)

>Stats: STR/AGI/STA/INT/CHA / STR/AGI/STA/INT/CHA/POW / other (specify)

>Perks and Flaws Y / N (suggest alternative)

>Cutie marks picked off a list / freeform / how the fuck do they work anyway? (specify)

>Races have stat caps / races get stat bonuses / other (specify)

>D10 / D20 / D100 / D6 / other (specify)

>>258879
>Okay, what do -you- suggest?

Right now? This: >>258039

>>258943
>Or we could go with what that guy suggested about it being a stat for the employment of racial magic
Sorry; and 'luck', and maybe willpower, since those seem sensible.

>>258980
Willpower kinda ties into CHA though

>>258966
If, as people are suggesting, we'll probably settle for d20 with changes, then >Stat spread 1-20

>Stats: STR/AGI/STA/INT/CHA/POW

>Perks and Flaws Y

>Cutie marks freeform (within guidelines), or picked from a list of pre-made ones fitting those guidelines.

>Races have no changes or limitations to core attributes

>D20

>>258989
In what game is that the case? I've heard of charisma deriving appearance, but not willpower.

Posted the wrong game earlier. Interesting story ideas:

>Every year on the first day of Spring, the young yearlings who proved they are responsible will get their cutie marks in a coming-of-age ceremony. The Pony Characters are unable to attend this year's ceremony, stuck with chores or perhaps just sulking because of their recently discovered "otherness." Going about their business, they find a young filly hiding in a treestable, spooked and reluctant to talk. You recognize her as the yearling-of-honor this year, surely she would've been proud to take her place as first among yearlings? There are other Ponies that are looking for this young filly, but why would she be hiding from them? When you were a yearling, and it was your turn to get your cutie mark, you remember.... well, I mean EVERYONE was there, even Princess Celestia, you're pretty sure... and you have your cutie mark, so... oh come ON, how could you forget something like that? And why is any 'Nother Pony in the Crowd vague about their ceremony when you ask them?

>Oh no, Nightmare Moon has returned! But... what is she doing in the court of Canterlot? And she's not picking fights with anyone, she's dutifully at Princess Celestia's side, and everyone calls her Princess Luna, so I guess it's okay? When you ask, any 'Nother Pony in the Crowd will remind you that Princess Luna learned her valuable lesson about Friendship, and the elements of Harmony restored her to her honest life and the love of her family. But she looks like Nightmare Moon again, and none of the 'Nother Ponies in the Crowd seem to notice. And you're pretty sure she caught you staring at her.

>HAS NOBODY NOTICED THAT THE MOON DISAPPEARED AFTER NIGHTMARE MOON WAS BOUND BACK INTO PRINCESS LUNA? NOBODY?!

>>259053
>charisma deriving appearance
What the fuck are you smoking?

SInce everyone is discussing attributes at the moment, this one might be more of your speed.

Someone mentioned that it was a little too easy, but that person's RL players sounded like people who belong in a "That Guy" thread.

>>259073
Dungeons and Dragons SomeEdition, actually. Not sure why.

But let's leave that. Appearance doesn't need to apply to ponies. Although if it ever needs to, I suppose charisma would be the most appropriate stat...

>>259178
Charisma could just be the catch-all stat for social interaction.

>posting existing pony RPGs
This kills the discussion.

>>259216
Should I post the rest that I have?

I have the other species part of Puzzles and Ponies, as well as the stats for the Mutants and Masterminds game.

Umm, it's me again, the "throw away the dices and use candies" guy. I remembered a comic called "Friendship is Dragons" (which, as you can easily guess does to MLP something that Darths & Droids done do Star Wars), and some links in the adnotations. I bring some of them to you, hoping that something of this may prove useful/ inspirational.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3207923/Unknown%20Ponies%20Failure%20is%20Awesome.pdf

http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2012/01/unknown-ponies-questions-addenda-and.html

http://spudlink.net/?p=12

http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2012/02/unknown-ponies-after-action-report.html

http://lurkingrhythmically.blogspot.com/2012/01/mlp-rpg-unknown-ponies.html

>>259149
I remember this from the /tg/ thread. It offends my senses slightly.

Let's strive for improvement.

>>259264
What was wrong with it?

>>259252
Yeah, someone posted Friendship is Dragons. I am enjoying it immensely.

However, posting existing pony RPGs is apparently anathema to discussion. So hush.

Anyway, in the absence of anyone actually DOING that poll thing, is there anybody who really DOESN'T want a Power skill for racial magic, luck and (up for debate) willpower?

>>259364
The reason posting existing things is bad because either
A) people stop posting to read through them
or worse
B) people conclude that it's been done and leave the thread entirely.

>>259289
I don't remember what it was implying, but it was implying something fierce.

Also, I can see from here that Excitement and Caring overlap, according to their described uses.

Though credit where credit is due, that updated version is better than the last.

>>258966
Perks and Flaws should be allowed, as well as Stat bonuses. This should help keep Unicorns, and Alicorns, from becoming powergamey.

How about something like, outside of Telekinesis, a Unicorn takes a negative to doing something outside of it's cutie mark/stud stamp.

Where you going to allow Alicorns, actually?

>>259503
>Where you going to allow Alicorns, actually?
Oh my, no.

>outside of Telekinesis, a Unicorn takes a negative to doing something outside of it's cutie mark/stud stamp
Like Twilight Sparkle and organising people, or Rarity and socialising? It doesn't quite fit.
Also, I've never heard anyone refer to it as a stud stamp.

>>259601
I meant for using magic outside their element. Last thing you want is to repeat "Wizards win Everything, the RPG."

How about a quick tl:dr about what you want the game to be about. Do you want a focus on combat, do you even want to include it? What about NPC interactions? How many players?

Captcha: The Ronmage

>>257934
Daring Do.

>>259707
friendship focused
combats and conflicts possible, there is some violence in Equestria, else Celestia wouldn't have guards and royal Wonderbolts wouldn't fight greedy giant Spike Kong

>>259707
>I meant for using magic outside their element.
Ah. That makes more sense. I'm not sure if that would balance the races, though. I'm tempted to say no penalties but a bonus to magic relating to your cutie mark, but that isn't very good for unicorns with marks that have nothing to do with magic.

>Do you want a focus on combat, do you even want to include it?
I think that idea of seperate settings with different styles of gameplay was a keeper, but it should be up to the GM. Certainly keep combat in the ruleset.
>What about NPC interactions?
Roleplaying is part and parcel of a roleplaying game. But again, that comes down to the GM. Using social skills and diplomacy to conquer problems should certainly be encouraged, though.
>How many players?
Hell if I know. Judging from our settings, I would say the size of your average fantasy party. However, for obvious reasons, we shouldn't scorn going as high as six. Equally, if people want to play Daring Do, then as low as one or two players (excluding the GM).

>>259849
A bit of a generalist system, I can dig it.

How about keeping it at d12, since most stores sell 6 sided dice? Two chances not to mess up completely.

Let's leave the stats at Agility (physical stat), Intelligence (magic and knowledge).

Instead of dying, how about ponies lose the will to keep fighting and pull out when low?

Well, this has been productive, but I get the impression it's winding down.

We should probably archive this. Even without sup/tg/.

>>260029
If we want to cheat, we can post the MLPG marker to use their archives.
Hell, just crosslink this to MLPG. I'm sure they'd have some decent feedback.

>>260019
>How about keeping it at d12, since most stores sell 6 sided dice?
I don't think 2d6 is the same as 1d12.
>Let's leave the stats at Agility (physical stat), Intelligence (magic and knowledge).
Wait, you really think we should only have two stats?
>Instead of dying, how about ponies lose the will to keep fighting and pull out when low?
Death has been confirmed in the MLP universe. But I'm sure we can find some way to make player death a rare occurence.
Very very rare.

>>260121
Thread seemed dead, decided to throw something out to see if anyone was listening. And yeah, I confused 2d6, my bad.

>>260019
>How about keeping it at d12, since most stores sell 6 sided dice? Two chances not to mess up completely.
That would make it a D6 system, not a D12
>Let's leave the stats at Agility (physical stat), Intelligence (magic and knowledge).
Two stats is too little, it leaves next to no room for customization. I'm in support of the STR/AGI/STA/INT/CHA/POW spread.
>Instead of dying, how about ponies lose the will to keep fighting and pull out when low?
Since FiM has canon death anyway, keep death in there.

>>260112
I don't think it would be polite to use their archive. But it can't hurt to drop them a link and see if they have any input.

Is the post limit different on /mlp/?

>>260178
Should be 500 posts and 200 images.

Do you have any fluff for Pony RPG? Like some NPC stories, myths how Equestria was created, why there are unicorns and pegasus (and sea ponies) and so on?
It's one of the best things I like on RPGs, I have the Legend of Five Rings book and like the clans fluff and the story about Ms. Sun and Mr. Moon and how they made day and night.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY

>>260221
I suggest you watch the show. It had quite a lot of backstory.
Friendship is magic parts 1 and 2
Return of harmony parts 1 and 2
Luna Eclipsed
Hearth's Warming Eve
Family Appreciation Day
Cutie mark chronicles

Those would be good places to start.

>>260051

>>260221
Some of that has already been given to us by the show, and what hasn't we should be cautious of treading in.

Also, I dropped MLPG a link.
>>>/mlp/260224

>>260112

If you like, you might see fit to make your own marker and direct people accordingly.

OP's pic works well for that purpose.

>>260178
I could archive this in ours, if you wish. Wouldn't be any trouble.

>>260266
Thank you based Leth.
The beardponies will forever be in your debt.

MLPG and fa/tg/uys unite!

This may actually be the first good thing to come of this place. Well its /tg/ by rights but still.

>>260291
NOW WHAT?

>>260291
MLPG was already full of /tg/ oldfags.

>>260332
SECRET BOOP FUN

>>260332

>>260302

Hell, if you guys make a regular-ish thread that's worth going to, there will then be two threads worth going to on this entire board.

So please, do continue.

>>260347
foreign languages scare me

http://arch.413chan.net/mlp257807.html

It'll be there in a few minutes once it's done catching up, then update itself until the thread dies.

Glad to see you guys here, we need some good threads 'round this part.

>>260350
As long as it doesn't turn into fanfics that have to do with rolling for anal circumference, I'm sure it'll be fine.

>>260384
YOU SAYING YOU DONT LIKE RAIRTYISBESTQUINTS THREADS?????????

>>260332
ALL HAIL!

Ok lads, lets talk combat and general game mechanics, since we'll need those anyway.

Say we go with the D20 version with the stats.
Now if a player wants to for instance convince a snooty pony to let the party sleep in his house for a night, would it be something like this:
A Unicorn is doing the talking, and has a CHA of 15
The Snooty Pony does not like the idea, and as such any persuation takes a penalty of -2
The Snooty Pony, being snooty, has a CHA of 17, addin another -2 modifier
Since this is a Minor Request, the roll needed to succeed is 20. It is rolled agaist CHA, and the unicorn has 15, so he needs to roll 5 or more
However there is a total modifier of -4, so the roll needed is 9 or more.

>>260391
Not... particularly.

Give me a few minutes and I'll come up with some approximation of an MLPTG marker.

If a fa/tg/uy (or ponyfag I suppose) thinks the stars are right, they should put a thread up in /mlp/ and link it from /tg/.

>>260410

Most of these guys don't seem to want to use the d20 system. They suggested an alternate, somewhat simplified one.

Also snooty =/= charismatic. Snooty people can be boorish.

>>260447
Ans unicorns can be uncharismatic. For the purpose of this example, Snooty Pony has CHA 17.

>>260447
The candy one, the D10 one or the D6 one?

In before lots of people brainstorm collaboratively on a setting/system over multiple threads but nobody bothers making a 1d4chan article for it to easily keep track of suggested ideas and agreed-upon things without having to slog through a ton of threads, leaving the wiki to be the domain of polish spambots and people arguing about 4th Edition, and I softly cry myself to sleep, hugging my pet iguana, wondering why I even bothered starting the site in the first place

By which I mean please don't forget 1d4chan exists and feel free to create a page upon it for your homebrew system (useful things the article could do including summarising your agreed-upon setting details and rules, and linking to all of the relevant archived threads).

>>260498
>1d4chan
>>260029
>suptg

>>260497

...yes.

>>260520
Get out of here Sweetie belle.

>>260520
Sup/tg/ is an excellent archive for /tg/ threads, and 1d4chan has... uses.

In theory, this is one of them.

>>260520
If you have problems with 1d4chan please let me know what they are so I can try and address them. I earnestly want the site to be enjoyed by and useful to as many people as possible and if there is something you think needs changing or improving, I want to know.

>>260386
Hmm, random encounters with ponies?

>There is circus at the town, whoever will be able to stay in pegasus' saddle for one minute will get a prized Phoenix feather from far east. Don't worry, their old wizard will cast Feather Fall on you, if he don't forget.
>Crazy marketeer runs to you and screams BUY SOME APPLES!
>Great and powerful magician puts on a show! He dares audience that anything they can do, he can do better.
>Old stuffed toy smacks you in face and wild stampede of ponies rushes towards you.

>>260566
Nah, 1d4chan is fine as is, but like with suptg, the userbase often leaves a lot to be desired.

>>260661
It's just going to be a storage space, it should be fine for that.

OK chaps we need to fucking figure this out if we want to get anywhere at all.

EVERYONE VOTE.
>D20
A classic. Allows for more modifier-dickery to tests and is proven to work well.
>D10
Simpler but more restrictive
>D6/2D6
Most accessible, but 1D6 is really pushing it on checks and 2D6 can be confusing
>Candy
smile smile smile

if you can include a good argument why the system you picked is the best, your vote counts as two votes.

>>260827

I'm fine with anything, as long as it doesn't get to stat focused. But since we need to get somewhere, Ill vote for.

>D20

>>260904
Let's just go with that. If you're on the internet to see this pony RPG, you have access to a dice roller.

What is next?

We ded?

>>260904
>>260915
Next we agree that >>260410 is how skill checks work (Score on a D20+stat+-modifiers) or we come up with something else.

Then we talk combat.

>>260930
Lurking.

Is this agreeable?

>>260827
I would like to have D10 (either D10+ability/skill > 10 = success, or something similar like dice pools from WoD), candy as fate points, action points, whatever, no more than 4 or 5 ability stats, skills/feats more tied with storytelling and plot than with mechanical advantages

>>260970
Oh, hey. Not bad. Not bad at all.

>>260970
Keep it red (because its fastah that way) but how about "Adventure is Fun" for the text.

Everything else is fine.

>>260940
That seems fairly streamlined. I'm okay with it.

>>260988
>Candy as Fate points
I think I've seen this elsewhere.

>>260827
D20+D10+D8+D6+D4
We are going to use ALL the dice. Different species have different values of base HP. A level 10 dragon would have way more HP than a level 10 pony. Also, something would need to distinguish the power levels of the many creatures running around. Celestia would use d20s or even d100 if all the rolling is being done via computer. Once the characters hit certain levels they can ascend and start using the next larger die.

>>261037
>Says we'll use all the dice
>Forgets d12

>>261034
>Adventure is Fun
I could. Or Die Rolls are Magic, Dungeons is Dragons, Friendship is Peril...
... Or something which actually mentions /tg/ and the general. Any suggestions? I've got the component images. I can make changes.

>>260290
>beardponies

>>261159
It's good as it is. Friendship is Peril made me laugh, though. As did Dungeons is Dragons (although that one would probably upset some fa/tg/uys).

>>261169
Star Swirl the Neckbearded?

>>261159
My Little /tg/
Friendship is Perilous

>>261185
Official mascot of /tg/MLPG

>>261199
/tg/ Little Pony
We don't need to explain friendship

>>261159
Ponyhammer: Friendship is Heresy
Pony: the Befriended

>>261169
>>261185
MY SIDES

>>261199
Hmm. Any other opinions? Although I am getting the impression /tg/ has gotten tired.

>>261212
Hello there! Welcome to the country of Equestria! My name is Star Swirl! People call me The Bearded One! This world is inhabited by equines called Ponies! For some ponies, friends are everything. Others use their friends to go on adventures. Myself...I study pony magic as a profession.

Now, are you a filly or a colt?

>>261275
>Others use their friends to go on adventures.
>use their friends

Gallian/t g/entoecolts?

Oh fuck. I.. I.. I'm home.

Since the game discussion seems to have slowed down, I'll try to come up with some world building stuff. I always like the little short stories you find in the RPG books.

See y'all in a jiffy.

Is the dice system definitely decided? cos i still want to put forward d%, 2d10 are not that hard to get hold of, it's only one type of dice to keep track of and you have 100 numbers for skill checks, which is more than enough.

>>261365
The percentile system tends to use the character's own skill as a DC, rather than the difficulty of the situation.

It's good for games where characters die a lot. That is not expected of this one.

Developing the skill check idea a bit further

>What stat to check against?
Moving heavy things, bucking things, etc - STR
Going fast, jumping, climbing - AGI
Taking damage - STA
Remembering things, learning new things - INT
Talking to things, bluffing, requesting - CHA
Weather control, flight, telekinesis, spellcasting, earth attunement, cutivation - POW

>How big do I need to roll?
Insignificant (asking someone to stand aside a little, picking up a small if slippery object) - 10
Small (pulling yourself up a cliff) - 15
Minor (Asking to sleep at a stranger's place) - 20
Major (Asking someone for free stuff) - 30
Huge (Asking someone to join your cause, lifting a boulder, breaking the sound barrier) - 40

>Example modifiers
Ask someone to do something that they really want to do: +20
Ask someone to do something that goes against their every moral: -20
Ask someone to do something they do not like: -2
Ask someone to do something they like: +2
Flying against high winds: -10
Casting unfamilliar magic: -5

Has anyone suggested a dice pool system? Because I love dice pool systems, and they produce much nicer probability distributions than rolling a single value. Something like WoD or Shadowrun.

>>261497
I like the LSoE system, I forgot how its called.
To make it brief, because nobody gives a shit:
Your attribute + skill in most situations is your proficiency level (PL), you roll against a target number (TN) and the highest number your dice show (you don't add it together) is your roll result (RR)
Before you roll, you have to choose your dice, which can either be D6, D10 or D20, but of course you don't get as many of the bigger ones.
PLd6
(PL-5)d10
(PK-10)d20

So if your PL is 12, which is pretty high, you can either pick 12d6, 7d10 or 2d20. Taking bigger dice let's you accomplish harder tasks, but the risk is higher.

>>261497
character skill +/- 10/20/30/whatever for difficulty level

>>261562
or mouseguard!

dice pool would appeal to me as well, as primarily a wargamer, i like lots of dice.

>>261526
I can see where you're going with this, but some things are left uncovered. What should a pony roll to operate a train? To garden if not an Earth pony? Treat boo boos?

I think we need a skill system. Certain skills can have a starting bonus based on an appropriate attribute, cutie marks can provide bonuses (in addition to imparting certain powers or benefits), some perks can provide bonuses, and points can be spend from character creation and advancement.

I'm making this sound more and more like D&D, aren't I?

>>261687
Pretty much all RPGs have skill systems, and the most rules-light RPGs tend to be ONLY a skill system. D&D you ain't.

>>261687
Damn, you make a solid point.
Guess we need a skill system on top of the perk system now.

Dead at 198 posts.
/tg/ I am disappoint.

>>261817
we are not dead, just resting

>>261687
>Treat boo boos
We now have to agree that 'Treat Boo-boos' is the pony equivalent of a basic first-aid skill.

>>261838
Do ponies even require first aid? The only injuries we've seen came from
>getting hit with several heavy falling objects including a piano
two broken arms, healed in under a day
>getting crushed by a boulder
left a wing useless for a day
>fucking up a flying stunt
left a wing useless for about 4 days

Ponies heal fast as hell.

>>261620
I like the dicepool system as well. Maybe throw in anytime a one comes up, the entire attempt fails and the remainder then are just how good/terrible you fucked up.
>>261838
No. First-aid is first-aid. Unless you're the age of CMC. Are there any stat negatives for playing too young a poni?
>>261817
/tg/ isn't always active. It can take days for a BattleTech thread to even get this many posts.
Hell, anything that isn't a quest thread or 40k usually runs slow.

>>261887
those are physical injuries, the emotional scars tend to heal much slower

>>261887
No, their boo-boo treaters are just really, really good.

>>261907
>rolling a single one makes your attempt fail
Oh god no that's a horrible idea. Your odds of horribly fucking it up get worse and worse as your pool increases in size, and pool size normally represents how good you are at whatever you're trying to do.

Damn I need to head out for a couple of hours. I have some suggestions to post when I get back, don't let the thread die please!

Polite sage because my post does not contribute

Are we going to have some crunch for (in)sanity? Those ponies snap often.

>>261997
someone suggested failure to perform cutie mark related tasks leads to a momentary lapse of sanity

>>261997
I don't know, look at the games that employ such a mechanic. UA, DRYH, EP, CoC, DH ...
I think only really temporary and silly madness would work for a MLP game, everything else would be out of tone.

Unless you decide to make it Call of Celestia or some shit.

>>262027
Sounds good to me.

>>261949
huh? mouseguard dice pool is 1,2,3=fail, 4,5,6=pass and all you have to do is get majority passes.

>>261997
This is an important factor and most of the times is pretty much an important aspect of the ponies

I might not be an expert on this kind of game, but maybe we can have another status that suffers a certain amount of damage each time you fail doing something and fills up a certain amount when you succesfully do something major like a mission or learn something new

Can we call it Stress/Strs?

>>262241
HP - Health
MEN - Mental Stability
END - Endurance

At 0 HP you die
At 0 or less MEN you go nuts for a while, until your MEN regens
At 0 END you can no longer perform task efficiently, all tasks doen reduce MEN and only gain half of any usual bonuses.

It takes 7 days to regenerate full HP without healing items
It takes 12 hours to fully regenerate MEN
It takes 8 hours of rest to fully regenerate END

No wonder this was going so slow. I thought this was MLPG.

>>262319

So it's like the sanity mechanic from Call of Cthulhu, except not permanent?

>>261949
But how else will the CMC accidentally Discord without any failure? Of course there will still be the concept of taking 20 or taking 10 depending on if you have enough time in the situation.

>>262377
If MLPG ever becomes this slow you might want to check it hasn't reached absolute zero.

>>262319
I think the MEN shouldn't regenerate at all, to stay true to the cartoon, you need help of your friends to recover.

>>262319
>At 0 HP you die

How would you even handle death in a My Little Pony game?

>>262319

Also, if you do not posses a certain item ( it can be the elements of Harmony or something created using their power) Discord will be able to drain all your MEN ( lol )

>>262411

This

>>262412

Like in Pokemon

>>262412
You get a funeral.

>>262412
By holding your head in your hands and crying.

>>262412
We saw a funeral, so death is canon.

http://evillordzog.tumblr.com/post/6787057033/links-to-my-little-pony-tabletop-rpg-rules

>>262422

I find it strange that Reverend Waddle's special talent is smoking a pipe, yet he's a church official.

>>262411
That would work, but if the entire party goes low on MEN (easy in the Discordian setting) then that pretty much leads to a TPK if it never regens.

Applejack got her MEN back after her work was done and she rested, and Dash got her MEN back after she just manned the fuck up on her own.

>>262453
maybe pipe-like incense?

>>262422
>>262427
>>262447

Yes, but it would detract from the essential atmosphere discussed earlier. Death is not good for the mood in a setting like this.

>>262447
>>262422
A funeral doesn't make it a focus and a funeral most certainly doesn't mean a random, violent death in combat, which is what "HP = 0 = death" is good for.

You guys really can't keep the tone of anything, I'm out of here.

>>262453
Cherilee's mark implies her talent is making plants happy, but she is a teacher.

>>262487
Well -10 HP is arbitary and gay, while no death whatsoever is even worse.

>>262463

Maybe we can put special missions or some churches where you can regenerate all your MEN, of course they all are on certain part of the city, and low MEN affects CHA

>>262463
Exactly, I think the ponies should be immortal in the HP sense, but when they run out of friendship, it's as you said TPK. Twilight was saved only by the happy memories of her friends, wasn't she? It didn't happen like "hey, I will take a nap, and everything will be better".

>>262525

DM discretion ought to fix this. If he/she is to keep what makes this show enjoyable consistent with the game (i.e. it's all very lighthearted with a sprinkle of action and adventure here and there).

>>262487
But what if we WANT mortal danger and heroic sacrifice?
You don't get to become a Commander, let alone the head of an entire warrior cuture, without leading a few journeys from which few returned.
Also, Daring Do stories seem to be full of lethal as hell traps.

>>262656
>But what if we WANT mortal danger and heroic sacrifice?
Then why are you playing ponies. You might as well play DnD at that point.

>>262703
Heroic ponies from the tales of yore

>>262656
>You step into the ancient temple and activate a trap, roll a reflex save
>Oh that's not enough. Your pony gets bisected by spinning blades, candy coloured entrails redecorating the walls of the temple and serving as a warning for the next foolish adventurer. Roll up a new pony.

>>262703
But those fit right in if we play a pre-Alicorn setting.

>>262656
>mortal danger

There can certainly be a -feeling- of it, but really, at some point it ceases to be MLP.

>>262765
>/tg/ discusses MLP.txt

>>262656
>Daring Do and lethal traps
Those traps could be skill damaging and not killing - like when she broke her wing and couldn't fly, arrow to the knee could mean -x on acrobatics/athletics roll, or you could have some permanent damage - lost eye, which would scare little fillies and wouldn't help your perception.

For the warrior tribe, we don't know who their enemies were. They could just turn ponies in stone or ice, and when pegasus statues fall down to the earth, they shattered to pieces.

>>262765
Should probably be more along the lines of
>You enter an ancient temple. You see a skull with holes in it on the floor
>>I WALK THROUGH. THIS IS MLP, NOT LIKE I CAN DIE.
>You see a pressure plate.
>>I JUMP UP AND DOWN ON IT, PONIES CAN'T DIE
>You hear the grinding of metal against stone and see movement near the ceiling
>>NO FUCKS GIVEN
>You see a large blade
>>I HUG THE BLADE
>You are injured badly. You need help
>>I GO AND PISS IN THE ARROW TRAP
>sigh...

>>262860
>I have no fucking imagination, cannot immerse myself and I only play for the numbers.

Are you fucking serious?

>>262834
We know fighting Ursa Majors is a thing best left to crazy skilled ponies, and they didn't seem like the "nonlethal damage" type.
Really, there should just exist an option to go all out and die in a blaze of glory if that is the way you wish to resolve the situation.
A dragon is coming, your hometown is unprepared, there is little time to warn them.
Slabflanks says he will hold the dragon for as long as he can, the others should warn the town.
Slabflanks lives forever in the hearts and songs of his people.

>>262895
*I* don't play like that but *SOME PEOPLE* do.
We call them "that guy"s.

>>262946
Yeah, how about you don't fucking play with them?

>>262802

Ooh! I want natural 20s to end up wrecking fuck all. If only I had that screencap

>>262802

>>263023
It works online, you just have to get somebody to GM for you and 1 to 3 more players. It's sort of improvised acting, the rest of the complexity depends on the system.

>Get hung up on death mechanics before anyone even proposes a combat system
Goddamnit /tg/

>>263023
You can go and ask on /tg/ itself, and you'll get hooked up to the right programs.

Just don't say you came from here.

>>263111

This man is right, how about leaving this for another time and jumping to combat system?

>>263111
>before anyone even proposes a combat system
We've agreed one will be built in.

>>263128
Why? tg is used to much worse (that guys/DMs, furries, rules lawyers), someone from mlp who is genuine interested in gaming would be okay there.

>>263129
Any time the player wants to spend a point of EDGE/LUCK/etc in combat they must arm wrestle the DM, or if it is against another player, that player. The roll is then added to their score if they win, subtracted if they lose.

>>263161
On /tg/ Pony is still 100% banned in all forms.
Until moot makes a sticky telling them otherwise, that attitude will remain.

>>263111
Ok, how about this: there are no health points, rather than a wound margin. If you take damage and it doesn't equal or exceed the margin, nothing happens. If the damage exceeds the margin, you get a wound, which is a cummulative malus on most things and requires you to do some sort of roll to not get knocked on your ass. If you get enough damage to exceed your margin twice by a single attack, you have to roll to stay conscious and get several wounds. At some point your wound mali will reduce the probabilities of anything succeeding to 0 and then you are defeated.

Or something, I don't know.

>>263277
Sounds alot like Savage Worlds. Nothing wrong with that, mind you, just saiyan that if you want to go with that, might want to go look at SW to polish that up.

>>263483
Never read savage worlds, but if it has a similar system, I probably should.

>>263111
>Get hung up on death mechanics before anyone even proposes a combat system

See, at first this might seem like a bad idea, but deciding how death/ loss of character is handled is VITAL to understand before we begin working out any mechanics.

Think about it this way: Either we spend a full day working out the crunch for getting into fights, come up with some abstractions for damage, then decide "dying is bad mmkay" and throw the whole thing out... OR we decide whether it's even possible to die, and if not, come up with conflict mechanics that are conducive to this.

Personally I think group-created RPGs are always terrible (LoZ homebrew, I'm looking at you) because too many people with conflicting ideas all have an equal say. You need a strong dictator running these things or they invariably collapse.

>>264108
Stongly run, board-independant teams offer no amusement to the mass itself, and as such have no entertainment value.

Are you here to have fun, or to make a product?

Looks like /mlp/ is a melting pot for all kinds of boards. Anyhow a friend of mine and me we are kinda working on a tabletop featuring the blindbag ponies. We use the Alkemy rules as basis and take it from there. Right now we are painting and conversing out minis, seeing that the actual blind bag ponies are pretty boring. Would anyone be interested in a summary of the rules or maybe a battle report when we are done?

>>264537
>That sculptjob
Heavens me. No offence but please consider getting someone more talented to make your models if you want them to look cool.

>>264537
This has more to do with /tg/'s negative sides than /mlp/'s positive ones.
Regardless, sure, post away. Who knows, it might be a good read.

>>264554
Do we really have to bring up low quality sculpt jobs now?
Besides, it's not the sculpting that's particularly bad, just the paint job.

>>264627
This post is still a /tg/ outpost and lives by /tg/ standards. Speaking of which
>>264537
THIN YOUR PAINTS

>>264655
i lol'd

>>264537
>tabletop featuring the blindbag ponies

>>264655
This thread may be a /tg/ outpost, but it is under the protection of MLPG by sanction of the Overlord Leth.
I believe what you should say is
>rape YOUR PAINTS
or possibly
THIN YOUR >rape

>>263277
I really like your idea,

This thread is promising.

I'm not from /tg/ and I've never had a chance to get into any tabletop games. If there was time for me to start it would be with this.

>>264837
Do not be intimidates, there is always time for a first time.
Just don't be a capefedora about it and you'll do fine.

There was a post some time ago on /tg/ about some britfag who bought some blind bags to add to his mini collection for his group's weekly D&D meet-up. IIRC one of the players summoned a monster in-game and the DM tossed down one of the ponies as a joke saying it's what he got, and the guy flipped the fuck out and melted the pony toy right there in front of everyone with his lighter. As usual, /tg/ didn't give a fuck and called the OP a furfag. I wish I'd saved the screencap.

>>264537
If you want, I can try to hook you up with one of /tg/'s resident mini makers.
Not sure what his stance on pone is, but he is usually a nice guy and likes to give out advice as well as take commissions.

You know, this thread reminds me a "humanized" version of the DnD races I've been trying to work on in my head. What I've got is
Tellurian (Earth Ponies)
Seraph (Pegasus)
Fey Touched (Unicorns)

In my head I'm trying to work out how the different racial abilities would go. Experimenting in my head that each of the races would start out fairly underpowered but automatically get Racial Paragon levels (As in Unearthed Arcana) as they progress that gives them greater access to their abilities.

>>264878
A few months back someone made a thread where he was converting some Ork Warbikes out of blindbag ponies and spare orkz.
The thread was deleted after out of thr 40 or so posts it got, 30 were sages. I think the OP also got banned.

>>264894
Why not just call them
>Dwarves
>Elves
>Angels
and be done with it?

>>264910
>/tg/ mods being stupid niggers.
WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

>>264607
I would, but 4chan tells me my post is spam. Can't post.

>>264537
Not ours, just a random blind bag conversion google gave me. I'll make some pictures of mine when I am home.

>>264998
If it includes terms such as anypony or everypony, it will be blocked by the filter and called spam.

>>264943
Eh, partly because while humanized unicorns sort of fit into the elf blend, the other two don't.
I suppose it's just nit picking though since, really, are there any real dwarves or angels that are going to start shit over being depicting as something other than underground scots-vikings or heavenly spirits?

>>264655
Does that mean we can talk about Squats without fear of Heresy then?

>>264890
Dude, are you srsly suggesting asking scripty for pony conversions?

>>265068
If you're worried about angels getting mad at you for misrepresentation, I'd like to remind you that seraphim, which you intended to use, are horrible nonhuman monsters that guard the throne of God. They use their wings to hide their true forms, and looking at them will kill you.

>there will never be a europa universalis mod which puts equestria in the middle of russia

>>265103
I don't see why not, he seems quite open to insane commissions.

>>265136
suppose...
did calgar making out with grimnar get painted at any point? i imagine it looked better painted...

>>265168
I don't think it did. The unpainted version is up on his blog anyway.

>>264890
>>265103
>>265136
>>265168
>>265184
Care to clue a non-/tg/ guy in on this?

>>265134
There is a EU 3 pone mod. Or was it Victoria 2? Some paradox game anyway, google a bit and you'll find it for sure.

>>264726
First we wanted to have the background to be set in tune with the show. So keeping the violence down. We settled on that there is some reenactment festival and different groups could take part in it. That way we could get somewhat creative with our army flavour and still take our favorite show characters.

For example: I decided to go all unicorns and theme all my minis to fit Rarity as Princess Platinum and Twilight as Clover the Clever. Of course all other ponies had to be unicorns as well so I will field Lyra, DJ Pon-3, Trixie and Fancy Pants. Right now I am sculpting some medieval clothing on Lyra. My friend said he wanted to do Appeloosan pilgrims, fielding AJ and Rainbow as leaders. Don't know whom else he'll go with.

>>265118
Well, some people take pride in being horrific looking and take offense when you "beautify" them. You know how snippy political correctness can get.

Anyway though, part of another reason is just that my friend (also a fantasy nerd) once told me that "if you take a drow, remove their magic and give them tech, give them pale skin for living underground instead of black skin, remove their mostly evilness, and their worship of Lolth, then you really don't have a drow anymore and any attempts to call it such are misleading."
And it kind of made sense at the time and seems to now.

>>265200
We have a guy, who does crazy shit with miniatures.

>>265204
there is a vicky one, but I really hope a europa one is made. Just so I can enslave ponies as Byantium

>>265200
Old /tg/ namefag, loves to make minis and give out tips, often makes crazy shit on request.
He also bakes crazy things every christmas.

>>265200
Fabricator-General Scriptarius (formerly Paragon Scriptarius?) is a /tg/ namefag who does baddas conversions and baked minis.

He is also generally quite awesome, pic rltd.

Does threads where he gives advice for minis or build minis requested by the board.

>>265250

Now that i read this post, concerning the death and non-death thingy

How about something like FFTA? except that the Judge only appears when its ClanVSClan.

>>265200
There's a guy known on /tg/, goes by the name of Scriptarius, who does insane custom 40K figures (usually bloody massive conversion jobs, but hey, whatever). He has a blog that you can probably find using google, I don't know where it is.

>>265319
Jesus christ, is that a gingerbread Titan?

>>265358
Yes. Yes it is.

It was GLORIOUS.

>>265319
I think his full title was >Fabricator-General Lord Markus Scriptarius, Paragon and Spiritual Liege of /tg/ in the previous xmas thread.
What amuses me is that all of those, save for the base Scriptarius, are titles /tg/ has tacked onto him over the years.

>>265250
And I would post the rules but I don't have time to check every little word and see if 4chan likes it or not. Just so much: Characters have stat-cards, there is a 'skybox' for arial combat and Twilight is probably overpowered. I'll upload an PDF eventually.

>>265319
>>265358
You don't quite get an appreciation for the size of it unless you post this version.

Damn. Now I want to see him make some pone.
Does anyone have his email/DA/something?

>>265419
eh, request next time one of his threads pops up, though they seem less frequent recently :(

>>265419
Gotcha covered
>email: moisio_5@hotmail.com
>DA: http://assberryfaggot.deviantart.com/
>Blog: http://adeptusscriptarius.blogspot.com/
>>265453
He did mention he's been busy with uni and job hunting. Guess he just has less free time than before.

>>265453
Didn't he have a thread like... yesterday? I think he posted some Grey Knights.

Also, why did this suddenly become Scriptarius General?

>>265492
Well, i guess it's a positive sign he'd help out ponyfaggots for a Pony miniatures thing since one of his favorites is a picture of Hoity Toity.

>>264401
>Are you here to have fun, or to make a product?

I am generally on /tg/ to make a product...

This is awesome. I love /tg/.

>people talking about 1d4chan

Here's a question

Why the fuck does it need a pony page?

>>271171
1d4chan already has a ponypage.

>>271198

I know

I'm asking why. It's stupid and unnecessary

Bump.

How about something for the locations that you will visit, for the world building friends?

Obviously, Canterlot and Appalossa and Manehattan are there, but what about the rest of the world. Is there a Camelstinople, a Zebra Venice, what else can you think of?

Bumping for potential night interest.

So, here's a thought: let's talk weapons for ponies.
Do we need specialized weapons and armor like a lance integrated into the side?
Do they need weapons to begin with?
Or do you just say 'fuck it' and treat them as using weapons normally.

Wow, Friendship is Dragons is really good. Reading it really makes me want to go pick up the old D20.

>>272487

That just seems limited to your ability to come up with puns.

>>273867
The show has spears and maces, so we can probably just use normal weapons and not explain how it works.

I'm also compiling some of the general ideas into a single .txt so when we need a new thread I can post it there.

>>278811
also rememver the fencing match in the cutiepox episode

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lo7sq_7r3Q

minute 16

/jp/ has some homebrew Touhou RPG going. Maybe something worth looking into for inspiration?

>>>/jp/8632004

>>278963
Alright, how about one "handed" weapons could be wielded like a human, but you need to wear light armor to enable standing up.

Long and heavy weapons need to be mounted, which also requires a full body suit/armor to do so.

Stuff like maces and hammers can be wielded on the tail, but you also take an agility/movement penalty because you have a huge weight attached to your tail that throws off balance.

Proud of you for keeping this thread alive and kicking fellow Anons.

>this thread has received 1 of 3 requests needed to trigger archival.

bump

bump

and what about classes? would there be classes wor would we look at a more free form system?

http://chanarchive.org/request_votes

archived.\
Now what about my Earth Pony Luchadora?

>>292173

Brilliant. Thanks for helping archive this thread my good man.

>>292114
We've pretty much settled on classless, at least for now.
here's what I've gathered
>>FiMRPG<<
Stats:
Strangth - related to general physical power, Earth ponies get a bonus.
Agility - related to speed and fancy tricks, Pegasi get a bonus.
Stamina - dictates how long a pony can work, how much beating it can take, and how long it takes to heal
Intelligence - related to learning speed and booksmarts. Unicorns get a bonus.
Charisma - related to social skills.
Power - related to racial abilities (Magic & telekinesis / flight & weather control / earth cultivation and animal control)
Stats go from 1 to 20
1 being Derpy's INT or Twilight's CHA
20 being AJ's STR or Twilight INT

HP/MEN/END:
Health - tells how much more beating a pony can take. Once heath gets low, all checks suffer a penalty. Once it hits 0, all checks costs END to take. If both HP and END are at zero, the pony collapses and needs to rest. Death only occurs in special, story related cases as dictated by the DM.
Mental stability - tells how close the pony is to losing it. Failure to perform Cutie Skills or important tasks lowers MEN. At 0 MEN, you go a bit crazy and need your friends to help you snap out of it. Certain enemies can also lower MEN.
Endurance - tells how much steam the pony still has left. At 0 END you can no longer perform task efficiently, all tasks done reduce MEN and only gain half of any usual bonuses.

It takes 7 days to regenerate full HP without healing items
It takes 12 hours to regenerate a point of MEN, provided it is above 25% of your maximum MEN. If it is below, it no longer regenerates, and needs to be mended by the assistance of friends.
It takes 8 hours of rest to fully regenerate END

>>292576
Cutie Mark: one per character, dictates their most important skill. Can be picked from a list of existing marks, or a freeform mark can be used instead. The "cutie skill" is related to the mark, and is the single thing the pony is best at. Depending on situation, a pony might get notable bonuses to a skill check, or be allowed to perform unique actions not available to others. Repeated failure to perform a Cutie Skill will lower MEN.

Skills: Can be taken up to a agreed total, Skills dictate other things ponies can do beyond their cutie mark, such as first aid or train driving. Some skills can be massively augumented with related Cutie Marks.

Perks: Come in Major and Minor forms. Can be used to augument stats or skills. A Major perk counts as two Minor ones.

Flaws: Must be taken to balance out Perks. One major counts as two minors. Taking lots of perks and flaws will allow you to make a more specialized character with more notable strengths and glaring flaws, like Rainbow Dash or Twilight Sparkle.

Racial abilities: Related in power to the POW stat.
Telekinesis is known by all Unicorns, but they must select spells from the Spell List for their other stuff. These Spells come out of their Skill points. Spell pools can be made bigger with perks and certain Cutie Marks.
All Pegasi know Flight and Weather Manipulation, but they can select special Skills and perks to augument either, such as Trick Flying or Cloudshaping.
All Earth Ponies know how to grow things and commune with nature, but they can also select special Skills and Perks to augument these abilities.

>>292594
Races:
Earthy - High caps for STR and STA, low caps for INT and CHA
Pegasus - High cap for AGI, low caps for INT, cloudwalking and cloudshaping as natural skills
Unicorn - High caps for INT and CHA, low caps for STR and STA, telekinesis as natural skill
Nonpony - Higher stat caps and special perks, but no Cutie Marks. Includes Donkies, Mules, Zebras, Buffalo, Cows, Sheep, Gryphons etc.
Some races like Draconequii, Alicorns and Dragons are not (yet) playable.

>>Examples<<
Stat Checks
If a player wants to for instance convince a snooty pony to let the party sleep in his house for a night, would it be something like this:
A Unicorn is doing the talking, and has a CHA of 15
The Snooty Pony does not like the idea, and as such any persuation takes a penalty of -2
The Snooty Pony, being snooty, has a CHA of 17, addin another -2 modifier
Since this is a Minor Request, the roll needed to succeed is 20. It is rolled agaist CHA, and the unicorn has 15, so he needs to roll 5 or more
However there is a total modifier of -4, so the roll needed is 9 or more.

>What stat to check against?
Moving heavy things, bucking things, etc - STR
Going fast, jumping, climbing - AGI
Taking damage - STA
Remembering things, learning new things - INT
Talking to things, bluffing, requesting - CHA
Weather control, flight, telekinesis, spellcasting, earth attunement, cultivation - POW

>>292600
>How big do I need to roll?
Insignificant (asking someone to stand aside a little, picking up a small if slippery object) - 10
Small (pulling yourself up a cliff) - 15
Minor (Asking to sleep at a stranger's place) - 20
Major (Asking someone for free stuff) - 30
Huge (Asking someone to join your cause, lifting a boulder, breaking the sound barrier) - 40

>Example modifiers
Ask someone to do something that they really want to do: +20
Ask someone to do something that goes against their every moral: -20
Ask someone to do something they do not like: -2
Ask someone to do something they like: +2
Flying against high winds: -10
Casting unfamilliar magic: -5

>>Example Cutie Marks
Enhanced Racial Power - grants a notable bonus to all POW related checks (Ex. Twilight's magic)
Super Special Skill - grants a massive bonus to one Skill (Ex. Rarity's Dressmaking)
Unique Talent - allows the player to make up a Skill, and grants bonuses to that Skill. (Ex. Dash' Sonic Rainboom)

>>Example Perks
Tough (major)
You can take a beating that would put most others out of commission. You can exceed your racial STA cap by up to 2 points, and only take half the normal time to heal from injury.
Abnormal Skillset (major)
You are one strange cookie. You can pick one Perk(minor or major) or Skill from any other race's list. Remember, you must still compensate for a Perk though.
Fast Learner (minor)
You can pick up new things on the fly. The time it takes to learn a new skill is cut in half, as is the time it takes to reach a new mastery rank.
Socialy skilled (minor)
You can talk your way out of trouble and make friends with ease. You gain a +2 modifier to all persuation and friendship tests. This feat is mutualy exclusive with the Flaw: Socialy Awkward

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