(Meanwhile, at an entirely different table…)
Gaffer: Gotta say, this whole "pony" thing is working out better than I thought.
8-bit: Yeah, it's kinda fun!
Poindexter: For you unicorns and pegasi, maybe. I'm still figuring out how my hooves are supposed to work.
Gaffer: Magnets, man. But seriously, no one is forcing you to play earth ponies. Certainly not two in a row – but who's counting?
Poindexter: You just wanted to describe a pony PC dying a grisly death.
Gaffer: How now. I'm not vindictive. I'm fair. Cute pony carnage is a perk.
Shining Armor: …
Gaffer: I've been meaning to ask: Does your sister know we're also playing her DM's homebrew?
Shining Armor: Uhh– No.
Poindexter: ...Why not?
8-bit: Let's just say communications between camps has come to a long standstill.
Shining Armor: She hates my guts.
8-bit: Or just say that.
So this is a three-page bit from Issue 11 of the mainline IDW comics. It's probably the first time Ogres and Oubliettes was established to exist in the MLP universe, so it makes interesting fodder here.
This is just one of those times where I use a shot of ponies to portray out-of-character actions. It comes up more than you think in this comic. Screenshots of AJ and Rarity from Look Before You Sleep intercut with the action from Dragonshy come to mind.
It looks like a d8, yeah. alternative interpretation--he's good at probability, which means he's good at playing/running these games because the dice give him the results he wants.
They're his old high school friends. The comic this page is from takes place almost entirely during a flashback to Shiney's and Cadance's high school days.
I did an outright spit-take when I saw that in the background. Overall, this arc is one of my favorites of the comics (even if it does rely on a narrow band of nostalgia).
So this is a three-page bit from Issue 11 of the mainline IDW comics. It's probably the first time Ogres and Oubliettes was established to exist in the MLP universe, so it makes interesting fodder here.