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If I was a player, I would go with a psychological tactics.
I would (at least initially) assume that, however clever Discord is, his vulnerability-to-boredom is stronger than his willingness-to-stick-to-his-plan. I'd try to make things as boring for him as possible, to MAKE him eventually confront my group head on and--
...oh, right, "making things boring for Discord" was a tactic that Fluttershy already used... but then again *she* used this tactic to make Discord STOP interacting with her...
...anyways that's a terrible plan. The Mane Six are not the only ponies that could be the source of amusement for D. He could still torment and have fun with everypony ELSE, besides them.
I would (at least initially) assume that, however clever Discord is, his vulnerability-to-boredom is stronger than his willingness-to-stick-to-his-plan. I'd try to make things as boring for him as possible, to MAKE him eventually confront my group head on and--
...oh, right, "making things boring for Discord" was a tactic that Fluttershy already used... but then again *she* used this tactic to make Discord STOP interacting with her...
...anyways that's a terrible plan. The Mane Six are not the only ponies that could be the source of amusement for D. He could still torment and have fun with everypony ELSE, besides them.
Throw him a victory party!
What? You want to know what they do after that? I can't think of everything!
OK, just hear me out. Another. Discord.
What? You want to know what they do after that? I can't think of everything!
OK, just hear me out. Another. Discord.
> Discord deliberately does a dumb tactic because using smart tactics would've been boring
> Discord gets Rainbowfied(TM)
> Discord: "WORTH IT!"
> Discord gets Rainbowfied(TM)
> Discord: "WORTH IT!"
Well, they could take a page from original James T Kirk and defeat him with an impassioned bout of slightly spurious logic that causes his brain to explode
But he's not a robot.
Paradoxes won't hurt him.
Likely give be like power-ups for him, I think.
Paradoxes won't hurt him.
Likely give be like power-ups for him, I think.
There's also that one Level 16 Wizard called Eziah in the Pathfinder (D&D 3.75) setting that decided he'd had enough and settled on the sun. He's literally 1 level away from casting 9th level spells, but then just said, "Nah, I'm good" and left for his floating tower on the sun. Best part is, he's not anyone super important, just a footnote in one of the Lore books, but he has such a ridiculous story that it's impossible not to like the guy.
No remorse on that part. Not that I don't like Sunset but still... no remorse.
The problem is getting to Discord, and the ponies will almost certainly enter a Ponyville in which Discord isn't. Maybe they could use the Elements of Harmony to open a portal to the location of a particular friend of theirs named Discord.
"I would rather lose bravely than win as a coward."
- Some Skeletons
- Some Skeletons
They could also try to lure Discord outside, just like fishing... Too bad they can't use a piece of cake like with Celestia.
Discord isn't unable of being cautious, he's just bad at it.
He made a back up plan in case Celestia and Luna defeated him, it just triggered a thousand+ years too late.
He made a back up plan in case Celestia and Luna defeated him, it just triggered a thousand+ years too late.
One day the DM will learn that it's ok for players/PCs to ruin your bad guys' plans/what you thought the campaign will be like, rather than go "ok, there's this one way to win how are you doing it?"