DM: Zecora spends another few minutes examining you, and then steps back.
Zecora: So, my initial predictions were true; the curse has been tailored to each of you. The one who loves magic gets a new horn surprise, while the farmer with presence is shrunk to pint-size. The flyer, the seamstress, and all of the rest… the Poison Joke mocks you and what you love best!
Twilight Sparkle: Uh, great! Does that help us find the cure? At all? Even a little bit?
Zecora: So far, my dear Sparkle, I’d have to say no. There’s nothing I’ve said I don’t already know.
DM: ...Did I seriously just rhyme “no” and “know”? Arrrgh…
Or torn! Or thorn! Or Scorn. Yeah, "scorn" is a good one.
The one who loves magic
Can't make use of her horn
1-While the skill of the proud one
Is now motive of scorn
2-The most precious of manes
Would now look better shorn
3-Her sweet tune now vanished
With her new new voice she mourns
4-This one couldn't stop talking
Now she can't even warn
5-The one most dependable
as helpless as a newborn
You should also learn some grbasmlkuas. It's spoken through your armpit and written by smashing your head on a keyboard. Some words that rhyime with horn in ñsdglsdlña (yes, it's written differently every time, try to keep up please, it's not that hard!) are kasmdflorn, kljlllllllllllkjorn, aslñdñlñorn and schwarzenegger.
Of course not. Why did you think Twilight was so worried about Zecora finishing her rhyme? Also, I love it when someone makes a thorough analysis of a situation, and after careful study, tells you everything they know.
Which is exactly what you already knew before they showed up. For story time today, tell about an NPC who is full of information and/or exposition that you already knew.
In the last D&D campaign I was running, there was an NPC pegasus named Lucky who was "Ms As You Already Know". Captain of the USS Obvious and had been twice decorated with the purple heart of "I Already Knew That".
She did have her uses though-- If the PCs needed a summary of anything already said and done she was the go to pony for it. Lucky even remembers any part of a dungeon she saw. Eidetic Memory FTW!
Ya know, I should make a character based on Naruto who explains his actions in excruciating detail after he takes each turn. Naruto's popular, right? This guy should be a huge hit!
There was one GURPS modern conspiracy campaign where one PC was an ex-pro-wrestler who always named every wrestling move he was about to do. The fun was that there was a train/subway motif to the names:
Elbow Junction
Gap Minder
Blue Line
Caboose Pin
His favorite finishing move was "Freight Train", a charging attack that leads into a flying kick. And since fights took place on hard concrete streets instead of softer ring mats, these moves HURT. :D
No, that one earns you points. It certainly beats the heck out of the guy that chose his game master over his girlfriend when he earned tickets for two to Paris, so they take accurate notes in preparation for future game events.
Well, let's assume that I must choose between two successors to the throne. Both are pretty evil, but I must choose between the one who enjoys inflicting physical torture, or the one who enjoys inflicting psychological torture.
The obvious thing is to order a sacred test. The test is that all the castle walls be lined with woven straw, and all the floors be paved with wood and resin. The moat is filled with resin, sap, pine needles, pine cones, and pine trees. Then I barricade the doors, sabotage the drawbridge, and set fire to the moat. And thus, with the royal scribe by my side, I decree that whoever survives for six weeks inside the castle will be named king.
"The one to inherit the throne shall be the one who passes the sacred Trial of Mu! Hidden by great magics so that only one worthy to rule may find it, the Island of Mu shall test them! The one to return with the Sacred Seal of Mu shall be named the true king!" Spoiler alert: There is no island. Appoint "regent" (the real new king) to rule "until the Trial has concluded".
Potion of Glibness + Bard + Max Skill Ranks in Bluff = A minimum DC of 20 (after a -20 adjustemt for an unbelievable tale) if I'm level 1 and roll a 2, and it only goes higher from there. Cloak of Charisma + Eagles Splendor to send it even higher, and perhaps some "found ancient scrolls" that "reveal the Trial" to negate (or at least reduce) the penalty for absurdity can easily send the DC into the 50s...at level 1. Since I'd probably be a much higher level than that if I am playing kingmaker, I can get into the 80s before I'm even level 15.
If you can get that build just right, you can tell the evil lich that he is actually a yellow footed rock wallaby, and he'll go hopping off to nibble some roots.
I once played with a bard who only spoke in iambic pentameter. So of course the entire group and the DM teamed up to sabotage that. I think he lasted two sessions before cracking which was impressive all things considered.
Some players live to only do just that. >_>
One in our group has admitted several times he only builds characters to try and break the game mechanics. Thankfully, he's not very good at that and the mechanics always gets him first.
My response for them has always been, "Yes, congratulations, you have discovered the secret formula that breaks the game. Now we're going to pretend that never happened."
I only break the game when it's funny. For example, my half-halfling giant is primarily meant to haul cargo. And he can haul massive quantities. He also serves to launch the paladin/fighter/whatever melee character we have straight into the enemy.
I'm pretty sure she meant "I", in context of "this new data doesn't bring me any closer to a cure".
Having new guinea pigs for potential cure potions, though, does. Also having Twilight available for Aid Another attempts when formulating the cure may help.
English is the most impure language ever. It doesn't just borrow words from other languages, it follows them down back allies to knock them out and root through their pockets for any words, syntax, or grammar it can get with no regards to what it already has.
Actually, it was originally formulated by James Nicoll on usenet (this is the same person who helped come up with the "Nicoll-Dyson Laser" planet-melting weapon).
Yeah. My mother has a hard time with subtitles because of it. On the other hand, she and the friend I just mentioned where two of the most voracious readers I've ever met. It was just a pain trying to decipher notes from him.
I find it helps if you find the word you WANT to say and then look that word up in a thesaurus for a word that rhymes with what you want. For example, if I want to say "The night is dark and the stars are ominous...." Ominous has dismal as a synonym. Not exactly what I mean but still paints a picture I can work with. So "The night is dark, the stars' sneer dismal." And so we find that rhyming becomes trivial- a trick of the tongue and a touch of the formative thought. No need to be distraught, words are easily wrought.
Fun fact: Did you know that almost nothing useful rhymes with horn?