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That was beautiful. Nice punchline, great panel selection, some third thing I can't identify but find myself compelled to list anyway... makes my morning.
Wait...duckface Fluttershy?!
Wait...duckface Fluttershy?!
I just noticed that "Rocky" is in that scene the first panel comes from. That just makes me laugh more.
Also, lack of context is the secret to a lot of the best "Bond One-Liners" in my group.
Also, lack of context is the secret to a lot of the best "Bond One-Liners" in my group.
Huh. I never realized he'd made an appearance before "Party of One". Well spotted.
As for lack of context, I'm having a field day reading that last panel as a euphemistic conversation now.
As for lack of context, I'm having a field day reading that last panel as a euphemistic conversation now.
This thread is now the greatest thread you don't want to misread. XD
Relevant.
http://jakelionstumblr.tumblr.com/post/50761830367/appleduck-by-docwario
Obviously AJ is best duck.
http://jakelionstumblr.tumblr.com/post/50761830367/appleduck-by-docwario
Obviously AJ is best duck.
But were they at least zombie orphans?
(Note: credit for this line goes to John Rogers. If you never read his run on IDW's Dungeons & Dragons comic, it's well worth your time. Same for his run on Blue Beetle.)
(Note: credit for this line goes to John Rogers. If you never read his run on IDW's Dungeons & Dragons comic, it's well worth your time. Same for his run on Blue Beetle.)
You mean the D&D comic based on 4e? Oh man that is an amazingly fun read. The characters truly are the backbone to that adventure.
That's the one. I was so happy when they released them in hardbound collections. And yes, the characters were magnificent.
Other party member: YOU HAVEN'T LET US DO A THING!
DM: I GAVE YOU A CHURCH FULL OF ORPHANS!!!
Curiously, in the comic, it was the halfling rogue that delivered those words. Repeated for full value:
"On the bright side, they're orphan zombies, so no one's going to miss them."
"On the bright side, they're orphan zombies, so no one's going to miss them."
This reminds me of how our CE mage insisted to the rest of the mostly CG party that sshe swore a vendetta against orphanages as an orphanage killed her parents...
...That... wow. That's inspired mad reasoning right there.
So... I'm guessing she's a fan of Looking for Group? (For those not familiar, one of the protagonists is an undead warlock, and one of the ads shows him in front of a burning building, declaring, "You all saw it, that orphanage attacked me!")
Clearly, Rarity has outwitted the GM by being the one caught, thereby preventing the need to tell the others what she was REALLY up to (since you know Twilight would be leading the question charge if Spike got snatched). Remember all those leading questions Spike was asking earlier on whether or not she'd tell the others?
One time my group got caught crossing the context. One player and myself were discussing what we'd get charged with if we "hocked a loogie" at a statue of the king in front of the guards. Two other players were debating a magic item purchase on their shopping trip.
The GM had masterfully been able to keep up with both conversations.
So when I asked what kind of fine we'd face if we spat on the statue, one of the shoppers accidently raised her voice and said "That'll cost 9,000 gold just to start."
Me and the other PC at the statue turned to her and shouted in unison, "For A Loogie?!"
The session instantly derailed into laughter from the GM.
The GM had masterfully been able to keep up with both conversations.
So when I asked what kind of fine we'd face if we spat on the statue, one of the shoppers accidently raised her voice and said "That'll cost 9,000 gold just to start."
Me and the other PC at the statue turned to her and shouted in unison, "For A Loogie?!"
The session instantly derailed into laughter from the GM.
I hope your GM had paused to take a drink at that point, because I can imagine no better time for a spit-take.
I like the fact it seems that Dash and possibly Pinkie have just lost interest in the whole un-GM'd plotline.
DM: Alright, Spike rushes back and...I'm sorry, what are your characters doing.
TS: Applejack and I are in the library researching phoenixes...and how to deal with drama queens.
FS: I'm trying to get Philomena into a meditative state, which will calm her down.
PP: I'm in investigative mode, trying to learn more about Philomena's history and her motivations for not being reborn.
RD:...I'm watching clouds.
Ah, good. It's good to see one of these again. I'm even reading Rainbow Dash in Charlie Brown's "I got a rock," voice too.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure Dash'd be fairly useless in this situation, unless they gave up on convincing Philomena to die and just moved on to killing her.
I don't know why, but the picture of the pony in the deerstalker with the pipe cracked me up the most.
(No, I can't name the pony. Remember, I'm an outsider here...)
(No, I can't name the pony. Remember, I'm an outsider here...)
SHUN THE OUTSIDER! SHUN!SUN! SHUN! SUN!... How the heck can you stay a outsider with those adorable faces?
...I was hoping to start up a song there, Magnaliscious. Oh, well.
Your girlfriend is here, your dad is here... I now expect a post of "yhul;p;54853" by a user named abvfe to which you'll say is your pet cat. :)
Have we ever...what...you get away with being you? Let? Stopped? Rutabagaed?
that was faster than expected.
your cat is very quick spud.
your cat is very quick spud.
TS: *Speaking through the door* "Rarity! What are you doing to the GM in there?"
DM: "...I'm afraid Rarity can't give you a reply."
PP: "Oh s***, it's finally happened, the DM's gone insane and killed—!"
DM: "What? No! For the love of—I'm coming to explain it now!"
TS: "Run! Everyone run!"
RD: "Here, help me pry off the leg of the table and I can use it like a club!"
AJ: "Fergit the table, just pick up a chair!"
RD: "No way, the chair's far too unwieldy!"
DM: "WHAT THE FRELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY FURNITURE?"
DM: "...I'm afraid Rarity can't give you a reply."
PP: "Oh s***, it's finally happened, the DM's gone insane and killed—!"
DM: "What? No! For the love of—I'm coming to explain it now!"
TS: "Run! Everyone run!"
RD: "Here, help me pry off the leg of the table and I can use it like a club!"
AJ: "Fergit the table, just pick up a chair!"
RD: "No way, the chair's far too unwieldy!"
DM: "WHAT THE FRELL ARE YOU DOING TO MY FURNITURE?"
'Frell'? Darn, and here I thought I made that word up 10 years ago. Haha :)
Euphrisims that are half reall and half made up? Uh...
"Go to Modgur."
"Son of a Sith!"
"What the hoof?
"Dam It!"
"Go to Modgur."
"Son of a Sith!"
"What the hoof?
"Dam It!"
I amused a local emergency word by saying, "Excuse me for a moment. Expletive, expletive, expletive. Sorry, what was the next question?"
You have heard of Farscape, right? The widely popular Australian-made sci-fi show from which I got that euphemism from?
Thank you, Rokas. I've been trying to remember where I first heard that.
Alt lines:
AJ: TWILIGHT!
TS: But I didn't do anything
Pinkie;well techinaclly you did breath
AJ: TWILIGHT!
TS: But I didn't do anything
Pinkie;well techinaclly you did breath
I find it oddly appropriate that Pinkie uses a semicolon.
Was Fluttershy doing a demonic ritual be sacrificing the bird to some demon?
I'm sure there's a logical train of thought that leads from "convince the phoenix to die so it can be reborn" to "sacrifice the phoenix to demons", and I'm just as sure that it'd be a player who'd follow that train.
Of course there is!
1) Kill an orphan. Not a zombie one, yes?
2) Phoenixs are Lawful Good, so she'll want to help
3) Convince Phoenix that she must sacrifice herself to summon a demon that can heal the orphan
4) Pazuzu Pazuzu Pazuzu
5) ??? (OH GOD THE HORROR!!)
6) Profit! (In this case, Dead Reborn Phoenix, Summoned Demon and...well lets not go there okay?
1) Kill an orphan. Not a zombie one, yes?
2) Phoenixs are Lawful Good, so she'll want to help
3) Convince Phoenix that she must sacrifice herself to summon a demon that can heal the orphan
4) Pazuzu Pazuzu Pazuzu
5) ??? (OH GOD THE HORROR!!)
6) Profit! (In this case, Dead Reborn Phoenix, Summoned Demon and...well lets not go there okay?
Well it is Fluttershy we're talking about, isn't she chaotic evil with an ungodly amount of bluff?
"...I'll have no choice but to throw you in th Bunny Fire!... all hail Lord Smooze"
Well, let me grab the ketchup and a fork while I hunt down my comment on the last page.
Hah! Told you! Guess this means that the DM dosen't have a particular voice for Spike. Which is kinda odd, since Spike would sound like someone in high school. I say high school because I think a team of all girls who seem to be sixteen or something would be uncomfortable with a man older than them.
...wait. What if at the end of Equestria Girls, Twilight makes a clone of herself to stay in the human world? What if the humanized Mane 6 are really the ones playing this, and the DM is related to Brad? Or maybe he IS Brad, but decided to be just friends with Twilight a long time ago?
...wait. What if at the end of Equestria Girls, Twilight makes a clone of herself to stay in the human world? What if the humanized Mane 6 are really the ones playing this, and the DM is related to Brad? Or maybe he IS Brad, but decided to be just friends with Twilight a long time ago?
Well, I'm not trying to be stereotypical here(I'm female), but most DM's are boys, and you could imagine a male in late high school or college saying this.
Most of my games are gender flipped for that... though mostly that is due to my friends refusing to have any GM except me...
True most DMs are male, but all six of the players being female makes it seem less likely in this case (plus I just personally like the young Lauren Faust inspired interpretation from one of the guest comics).
I always read Spud as the DM, since the text is too clearly his writing style for me to avoid it. This is why I'm so curious to hear his Apple Bloom impression.
Ahahaha! Poor Twilight--She didn't even do anything and Applejack suspect she may be responsible. Now that's quite the reputation! (Btw, I love the expressions you picked, Spud! Especially Fluttershy's adorable look x3) Maybe "storytime" should be about a PC that had gained a strong reputation for a certain behavior or action during a campaign! Oh yes, and I'm no long a lurker! *ahem* Although I'm not an active roleplayer myself, I am a big fan and plan to join a local group for a D&D 3.5e campaign during Summer; Yay for me! xD
Im playing a Legend of the 5 ring every friday fro a while now, very fun...
We even tried to do a pony campaign but the result wasnt great LOL
Wish I coudl play a game of Shadowrun however but the players are hard to find :s
I've heard good things about those RPs, but rather unfortunately, I do not have the the time to learn about them right now. As for a pony campaign, I'd probably have trouble finding more Brony Roleplayers like myself.
Welcome to the responders.
In response to your storytime prompt, I have had quiet a few of those. Also for NPCs as well.
One campaign had one of the PCs known for murder...his first action in the entire campaign was to stab the bartender in the face. This actually led to the adventure, as the DM took this and made him have a parole of solving the quest. He did not have a harsher punishment because the bartender somehow survived. And yet still my character was the least trusted in our group. All I did was be an Avenger for the god of insanity and chaos. I even helped out numerous times, by helping to move along the quest, saving party members, figuring out how to open a portal, sacrificing her virginity for the success of the quest, and bringing news to followers of Bahamut of a criminal wandering free.
One PC was a barbarian who hated paladins because he saw ONE paladin kill ONE squirrel. Fortunately he only had 3 intelligence and thought paladins only wore blue. Anyway, we went through a long campaign with his hatred of paladins... It was easy to get him to attack someone by saying they were a paladin. Besides him, the party had his best friend who was a rogue and a CE mage. As one of my friends can only play CE mages. So anyway, the mage mind controlled the rogue and made him kill a squirrel in front of the barbarian. The barbarian killed the rogue. After finding out the rogue was mind controlled, he attacked the mage, but the mage was prepared for it. I forget who won, but we ended the campaign there.
One oneshot GURPs game I played we all developed this. We were all super...heros?... in a city of supers. One character was a monster on the police force, and made Cowboy Cops look like dutiful, peaceful cops. His first action was to shoot a rocket launcher at surrendering and fleeing bank robbers. He took a similar approach to a mafia. The next 'hero' was a mercenary from the future, who upon said robbers making his groceries drop as they fled took out a nuclear gun and used a mininuke to vaporize their car. The third character was a ninja geek, called Ninjageek. He tried to sneakily find crooks and capture them while avoiding the first two characters. My character was The Janitor. She was from another dimension and could not tell who were villains and who were heroes (can you blame her?). So she cleaned up after battles, saving bystanders from rubble, removing radiation from the area, cleaning up blood, bodies, and rubble... At one point the GM said that there was a runaway train full of orphans and toxic waste so that I would use her superstrength instead of her super prestidigitation, and so I would actually do something. Though if you think about it, in a world of supervillains ajd superheroes fighting you kind of need a super powered clean up crew.
In response to your storytime prompt, I have had quiet a few of those. Also for NPCs as well.
One campaign had one of the PCs known for murder...his first action in the entire campaign was to stab the bartender in the face. This actually led to the adventure, as the DM took this and made him have a parole of solving the quest. He did not have a harsher punishment because the bartender somehow survived. And yet still my character was the least trusted in our group. All I did was be an Avenger for the god of insanity and chaos. I even helped out numerous times, by helping to move along the quest, saving party members, figuring out how to open a portal, sacrificing her virginity for the success of the quest, and bringing news to followers of Bahamut of a criminal wandering free.
One PC was a barbarian who hated paladins because he saw ONE paladin kill ONE squirrel. Fortunately he only had 3 intelligence and thought paladins only wore blue. Anyway, we went through a long campaign with his hatred of paladins... It was easy to get him to attack someone by saying they were a paladin. Besides him, the party had his best friend who was a rogue and a CE mage. As one of my friends can only play CE mages. So anyway, the mage mind controlled the rogue and made him kill a squirrel in front of the barbarian. The barbarian killed the rogue. After finding out the rogue was mind controlled, he attacked the mage, but the mage was prepared for it. I forget who won, but we ended the campaign there.
One oneshot GURPs game I played we all developed this. We were all super...heros?... in a city of supers. One character was a monster on the police force, and made Cowboy Cops look like dutiful, peaceful cops. His first action was to shoot a rocket launcher at surrendering and fleeing bank robbers. He took a similar approach to a mafia. The next 'hero' was a mercenary from the future, who upon said robbers making his groceries drop as they fled took out a nuclear gun and used a mininuke to vaporize their car. The third character was a ninja geek, called Ninjageek. He tried to sneakily find crooks and capture them while avoiding the first two characters. My character was The Janitor. She was from another dimension and could not tell who were villains and who were heroes (can you blame her?). So she cleaned up after battles, saving bystanders from rubble, removing radiation from the area, cleaning up blood, bodies, and rubble... At one point the GM said that there was a runaway train full of orphans and toxic waste so that I would use her superstrength instead of her super prestidigitation, and so I would actually do something. Though if you think about it, in a world of supervillains ajd superheroes fighting you kind of need a super powered clean up crew.
Much obliged for the welcome and I must say, the stories you mentioned were amusing.
Why thank you. Heh, so I've heard. I think I rather will! The DM is something of a friend of mine, and a really nice guy. He described one of his mystery senarios that included some puzzles, and he seem to be a substantially talented writer, and I recently made a friend of one of the other group members coinsidently, so I'm sure if I can go that I'll have loads of fun! Not to mention, he's considering my request to build a Werewolf Monk as my character, so as far as I know, the fun could practically be doubled! Haha!
I've got a player, rather than a character, who is known for his ability to shatter game-systems like they were those cheap bottles you see in Western flick bar-brawls. He immediately gravitates to the most completely overpowered set-up possible under the rules.
And he can even do this without knowing the rules himself. I ran a game of Feng Shui (it's a game meant to imitate Hong Kong Cinema, with a secret time-traveler war setting). I didn't let the players even see the book before the first session; instead, I had them describe their characters, and then handed them a completed sheet.
Sure enough, he gravitated directly to the one archetype in the game that is just obscenely broken. It's... uncanny.
And he can even do this without knowing the rules himself. I ran a game of Feng Shui (it's a game meant to imitate Hong Kong Cinema, with a secret time-traveler war setting). I didn't let the players even see the book before the first session; instead, I had them describe their characters, and then handed them a completed sheet.
Sure enough, he gravitated directly to the one archetype in the game that is just obscenely broken. It's... uncanny.
This is the second webcomic DM that has a bad record of having his campaigns derailed by his players. He should start a support group with Frank from Full Frontal Nerdity.
Frank at least has good reason for having his campaigns derailed by his "experienced" players. The players for TS and FS are both newbies.
Frank at least has good reason for having his campaigns derailed by his "experienced" players. The players for TS and FS are both newbies.
Bah, except a cleric of mine who was a lady-killer ( A mix or rogue//cleric (light armor variant from Unearthed Arcana I think)...
Bards however, always come with the "lady-killer" reputation... I never saw a guy playing a Bard that wasn't a ladies-man.
It seem to come with the package LOL
Well, one time I created a bard player that was a little girl. Since bard's seemed generally balanced towards charisma and sometimes intelligence, with strength and con being less important. So I decided to use a character set up that fit those stats.
She was actually pure elven, but with an aging disorder that made her age EVEN SLOWER than elves normally did. As such, she was actually 250, but only looked 6. Since she had no interest in most adult behaviors (she hadn't hit puberty yet), she didn't care if people underestimated her or thought her really young. In fact, she played it to a huge advantage, talking cutely and affecting a lisp. Also, she wore her hair so that her pointed ears were hidden. Despite many perception roles, my entire party thought I'd chosen to play a six year old girl who was unusually gifted with her harp and sang pretty...until they looked at my sheet.
Given those flaws, I was able to take some useful feats...as well as boost my cha, int, and wis pretty high. I also had several mastered languages under my belt...which I made an effort to speak in cutely, always pretending I didn't speak any language other than the local dialect.
You know, it's amazing how easily any hardened character - adventurer or otherwise - will believe the little girl is stupid just because she speaks with a lisp and dangles her legs off the stool...even when she looks human/elven and is speaking infernal flawlessly except for the lisp.
She was actually pure elven, but with an aging disorder that made her age EVEN SLOWER than elves normally did. As such, she was actually 250, but only looked 6. Since she had no interest in most adult behaviors (she hadn't hit puberty yet), she didn't care if people underestimated her or thought her really young. In fact, she played it to a huge advantage, talking cutely and affecting a lisp. Also, she wore her hair so that her pointed ears were hidden. Despite many perception roles, my entire party thought I'd chosen to play a six year old girl who was unusually gifted with her harp and sang pretty...until they looked at my sheet.
Given those flaws, I was able to take some useful feats...as well as boost my cha, int, and wis pretty high. I also had several mastered languages under my belt...which I made an effort to speak in cutely, always pretending I didn't speak any language other than the local dialect.
You know, it's amazing how easily any hardened character - adventurer or otherwise - will believe the little girl is stupid just because she speaks with a lisp and dangles her legs off the stool...even when she looks human/elven and is speaking infernal flawlessly except for the lisp.
Hahaha! That's quite amusing--in fact, if I played a Bard, I'd probably be a ladiesman too--just like Miguel from The Road to El Dorado LOL http://foxx278.tripod.com/miguel.jpg
Fluttershy? Why did you light the fuse on that block of TNT?
For all the people who didn't ask, I give you the Rarity template!
Thank you, Indalecio!
For some reason, all I get from DoubleCross' comment is the red X. It makes me sad to miss out like this.
For some reason, all I get from DoubleCross' comment is the red X. It makes me sad to miss out like this.
I do see Double Cross post where Rarity is saying 'My arm is in the back of my head.' But the color is faded and has a reddish tint, so I'm not really sure what happened there.
I do believe the fade and tint was for dramatic effect.
Alternate title: Love Letter to Beat Panels