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Still, a nice bit of wondering just what a pile of bones is going to do.. Huh, fun puzzle..
I'd assumed Pinkie's goal was to use the bones as bait for the dogs.
But yeah, lets go with your suggestion.
That was my thought as well. Maybe add a trail of Scooby snacks to the bone as a bonus.
Due to his patron deity, he is not immune to fear. You know you love it.
I assumed she was going the necromancy route, get the bones to check the paths
She's Pinkie. Whatever you're pondering, it isn't what she's pondering.
Their Question and the Pool, Question and the Pool,
One is paranoid, the other is a fool...
track down the people behind conspiracies. . . and point dead pool at them?
How about the one based on the sort of thing somebody's favourite character (or author) does all the time?
The door turns out to be unlocked.
I couldn't believe it was that simple of a solution, and proceeded to check the door and hallway beyond it for traps for several minutes after the GM had assured us that, no, there are NO traps anywhere on the door or in the hallway, it really was just an exercise in over-thinking solutions.
My first thought on that description? It sounds like something out of minecraft.
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I need to stop. It's affecting my everything.
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I need to stop. It's affecting my everything.
In my group, the stupid ideas go hand-in-hand with the violent ones so it's like the same thing... >_>
We're just friends though. Friends with benefits.
Stupid is a fine girl cat thing, but not what you'd call relationship material.
Hey now, don't lump all catgirls into that category! All of my catgirl characters are intelligent types. :D
Honest. My d20 Modern catgirl had 3 levels in "Smart Hero" and 1 in "Mage".
Honest. My d20 Modern catgirl had 3 levels in "Smart Hero" and 1 in "Mage".
This actually happened to us. The party had managed to sneak up on a group of kobolds and was about to launch an attack, when one of them started coming up with the most convoluted plan to launch an ambush on the kobolds. I've probably mentioned this before, but it involved throwing the dwarven cleric over a fence and on top of a kobold.
Overanalysis is Magic...
I remember back when I GM'd for a group of newbies. A minor obstacle came up in the adventure and everyone in the group just sort of stared at me, waiting for me to tell them how to get past it.
ME: ...you guys! Don't get me into this habit! You'll regret it later on, I swear!
ME: ...you guys! Don't get me into this habit! You'll regret it later on, I swear!
Or maybe that's just a sub-flavor of "crazy"?
Deviation of Story Time!
If you were in this group at this time, what would your plan be?
My plan:
Twilight sends a loud noise spell straight up, tuned to a super high frequency. Follow the sound of yowls of pain.
Alternatively, Pinkie Pie pulls out a dog whistle (either from her inventory or AJ's, since she's got Winona) and blows it as hard as she can. Again, follow the sound of pained yowling.
When you find the Diamond Dogs, keep blowing the whistle until they agree to do anything to make it stop. Make them give up Rarity and anything they have that could be considered loot, as well as a guide to guide them safely out of the caverns.
Once you have the whole party, the guide, and the loot, kill all the dogs but the guide so the guide knows what will happen to him if he tries to stab you in the back. Once you're safely outside, make sure no one important is around, then kill the guide and dump him back into one of the big holes.
If you were in this group at this time, what would your plan be?
My plan:
Twilight sends a loud noise spell straight up, tuned to a super high frequency. Follow the sound of yowls of pain.
Alternatively, Pinkie Pie pulls out a dog whistle (either from her inventory or AJ's, since she's got Winona) and blows it as hard as she can. Again, follow the sound of pained yowling.
When you find the Diamond Dogs, keep blowing the whistle until they agree to do anything to make it stop. Make them give up Rarity and anything they have that could be considered loot, as well as a guide to guide them safely out of the caverns.
Once you have the whole party, the guide, and the loot, kill all the dogs but the guide so the guide knows what will happen to him if he tries to stab you in the back. Once you're safely outside, make sure no one important is around, then kill the guide and dump him back into one of the big holes.
If I would be Pinkamena Dian Pie, my plan would be to build right then and their a timemachine as crazy as the flying machine I built for following RainBow Dash and Gilda, travel a quarter of a millennium into the future, steal the equipment the Enclave will use for controlling HellHounds, return to the present, and use the equipment for forcing the DiamondDogs to relinquish Rarity.
¡Rube Goldberg would be proud!
¡Rube Goldberg would be proud!
Raxon 3rd Aug 2013, 12:44 PM:
> “She has to wear the moustache. It is essential.”
¡Indeed!
> “She has to wear the moustache. It is essential.”
¡Indeed!
of course, some of us prefer straightforward, violent, and crazy to be all in the plan at the same time.
replace violent with willfully stupid, and you just described most of my plans ^^
I don't feel like writing the details out in proper format, so here's the gist of it.
It's a minor power word spell designed to coax targets out of hiding. Anyone who is hiding must make a will save, or respond in kind.
"MARCO!"
Huh. And I was expecting something like this:
http://youtu.be/jIBK7UxRTqE?t=6m9s
http://youtu.be/jIBK7UxRTqE?t=6m9s
To sidhe3141
That reminds me of a bard we had once he was basically a toon
That reminds me of a bard we had once he was basically a toon
It is a very silly thing.
You want crazy? I'll SHOW YOU CRAZY! ...Every other Friday I play in a game of D&D First Edition. Now THAT'S maddening! Drive you bonkers and bonnets, it will!
I am no longer on speaking terms with that gm for the suggestion.
If you do a joke like that again I'll put this car in rivers.
Cease with these puns! I will brook no opposition! You're making me stream!
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I'd like to monetize if I could, but I'd hate to tick off the readers. Can some of you chime in on this? Would you mind ads if I put them up on the site?
Sure you can haz ads, I'll even unblock this site form adblock.
As long as you don't stoop to talking ads, I do not mind at all.
Hi, long-time lurker here, don't like ads but really like the comic. I'd be willing to unblock them, so long as they're not too intrusive.
Can I have some more coffee, please?
These ears, they need some earplugs.
Keep up the great comics!
I hate ads pathologically. I don't disable my adblocker for anyone or anything. So really, it won't affect me either way: you do what you gotta do, I (and anyone else like me) do what we gotta do.
Im with ShadowDragon8685... I wouldnt disable ad block for anything in the world anyway... So go ahead and add them. :)
Ads on the site sounds like a good idea. At least, presuming it's one of those things where the ads will be semi-related to the site. Otherwise, I'm substantially less enthusiastic about it.
I don't use Adblock. As long as the ads don't make noise, I'm fine with them, as long as they don't cut into the comic or the comment space. (As in, blocking part of one or the other.)
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I personally want ads on this site. When I first found you, Spud, you were just starting the Philomena arc and I read all your comics in 1-2 days worth of entertainment for free.
And I think the occasional ad is well worth the price of free, especially for the entertainment value you've so far given me and will continue to give to me. (And this is with my RP experiences being one session of Vampire: The Masquerade and WoW RP a few times. Very little knowledge of DnD.)
All in all, NewbieSpud, I'm BEGGING you to put ads. Especially if it helps cover costs so you can spend more time on the comic.
I personally want ads on this site. When I first found you, Spud, you were just starting the Philomena arc and I read all your comics in 1-2 days worth of entertainment for free.
And I think the occasional ad is well worth the price of free, especially for the entertainment value you've so far given me and will continue to give to me. (And this is with my RP experiences being one session of Vampire: The Masquerade and WoW RP a few times. Very little knowledge of DnD.)
All in all, NewbieSpud, I'm BEGGING you to put ads. Especially if it helps cover costs so you can spend more time on the comic.
Spike here reminds me of the few times I've tried to GM. I don't know how much of it was me failing at my job and how much was my players just refusing to investigate things, but they tended to get pointed in the required direction by NPCs more often than was probably good for the game.
This bugged me watching the show. Wouldn't she be in the tunnel with the least gems?
The Diamond Dogs would have dug out most of the gems, so that has a good chance of not working (they'd surely depleted at least a few tunnels since they moved in). But if you go to the huge gem stockpile, the gem-detection spell will lead Rarity there eventually.
If I remember this correctly and I watched only up to Discord...(shame on me I know)
The spell makes it, so that the user can see gems glowing through the walls.
So knows were the most gems are and she WILL go there to get them.
So Idea of the group is: Go there first and find her directly or simply wait for her.
Also, now that I think about it, just look for gems that are moving, it's either Rarity herself or a Diamond Dog to Interregate.
The spell makes it, so that the user can see gems glowing through the walls.
So knows were the most gems are and she WILL go there to get them.
So Idea of the group is: Go there first and find her directly or simply wait for her.
Also, now that I think about it, just look for gems that are moving, it's either Rarity herself or a Diamond Dog to Interregate.
That's actually a pretty good idea. I'm surprised I haven't heard anyone suggest it before now.
I interpreted it as Rarity left a little bit of her magic in the gems in the walls, and Twilight tracked that.
Course, I could be mistaken.
Course, I could be mistaken.
Rarity KNOWS they are close... Im sure she will Bluff her way out by yelling and crying or something, so that the rest of the group hear her.
Beside, her treasure detection spell is unique... Would be a shame for Twilight to copy it, as its her "special talent" gained from her cutie mark...
Beside, her treasure detection spell is unique... Would be a shame for Twilight to copy it, as its her "special talent" gained from her cutie mark...