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Any stories about a one-shot that was so liked it turned into a full-on campaign, while we're at it?
I my case that's...
Well, pretty much every single one of them.
I my case that's...
Well, pretty much every single one of them.
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The closest I have actually experienced, is when a GM ran a (theoretically) short module and we just kept running the adventure from there, though I think the number of sessions only roughly doubled.
But then, many of the people I play with have a good sense for whether there's enough plot and interest to sustain something beyond a oneshot, before the oneshot would actually happen. So by the time character generation is complete, it's already not a oneshot if it's not going to be a oneshot.
But then, many of the people I play with have a good sense for whether there's enough plot and interest to sustain something beyond a oneshot, before the oneshot would actually happen. So by the time character generation is complete, it's already not a oneshot if it's not going to be a oneshot.
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There was a near party wipe on the first session, which was only saved by a player logging on to reddit and saving the main characters at literally the last minute, then this developed in to a thirty chapter campaign. More and more people joined over time, and we started the coolest subreddit ever.
We learned that if you're ever in trouble, punch Bill (from Pokemon) in the face and he'll save everyone. Worked twice in this campaign for one of our characters.
Almost all of them.
Bonus points: Full on campaigns take so long that they seem like One-Shots.
The only one-shots that HAVEN'T turned into campaigns were events for my Tabletop RPG club at college.
Bonus points: Full on campaigns take so long that they seem like One-Shots.
The only one-shots that HAVEN'T turned into campaigns were events for my Tabletop RPG club at college.
Pathfinder has the "white haired witch" archetype, if you want something slightly less caster-y you can use the hexcrafter magus archetype or simply the witch varient multi class
Or you could do what I did ith the class:
Mustache Luchador.
Monk/White-Haired Witch
Monk can be straight up monk, Tetori, Maneuver Master, or Master of Many Styles with appropriate styles.
If you do Mythic, you can go full Luchador with various jumping and grappling bonuses.
My Luchador is named 'El Bigote Blanco' ('The White Mustache'). He is, of course, LG. He is also a tiefling, whose body looks like it is masked. He wears double masks on top of it, so that can't be seen.
Mustache Luchador.
Monk/White-Haired Witch
Monk can be straight up monk, Tetori, Maneuver Master, or Master of Many Styles with appropriate styles.
If you do Mythic, you can go full Luchador with various jumping and grappling bonuses.
My Luchador is named 'El Bigote Blanco' ('The White Mustache'). He is, of course, LG. He is also a tiefling, whose body looks like it is masked. He wears double masks on top of it, so that can't be seen.
So since when dose Twilight/Masked Matherhorn have wings?
It's generally suspected that Masked Matterhorn is a pegasus wearing some manner of magitech horn. Thus why the costume covers the horn, and why doing ordinary unicorn magic counts as a superpower.
Now now, we haven't seen all Unicorns, yet. And Elemental magic isn't out of the question for any of them- Rarity's 'gem seeker' spell could easily be considered 'earth' magic, and we know that Unicorns usually take care of the Winter Wrap-Up in places other than Ponyville. And Twilight's shown pyrothaumic tendencies herself.
Odd that someone who manifests flames when stressed would be assigned to live in a tree...
Perhaps more to the point, there are simply a limited number of unicorns who wield any kind of dedicated COMBAT magic. Even the guards seem primarily oriented on defense, and almost nopony outside of Twilight, Starlight, and the princesses seem willing or able to concentrate magic into a bolt, blast, or other attack. The show even explains that most unicorns only have magic tied directly to their talent (and levitation). Thus, Matterhorn's skill set would be extraordinary in that sense.
I think that's a good analysis. Most unicorns just have telekinesis and spells associated with their special talent. Equestria being pretty high on the Idealism side of the Sliding Scale, no unicorn has 'harming others' as their special talent, so military unicorns usually have 'protecting others' as their talent. Only alicorns and unicorns with magic itself as their talent (and thus the ability to learn a more generalised range of magic), therefore, are able to learn destructive magic. (Well, and there's pegasus lightning bolts, but that's a different type of magic.)
Going back to the original topic, actually, that could point towards Masked Matterhorn being a pegasus, but with a lot more control over weather magic than most (fire and ice could be a matter of substantially raising or dropping temperature.)
Going back to the original topic, actually, that could point towards Masked Matterhorn being a pegasus, but with a lot more control over weather magic than most (fire and ice could be a matter of substantially raising or dropping temperature.)
Winner of yesterday contest.
The most funniest one is Specter!
You and your friends are invited to a random Pinkie Party!
The most awesomeness is Someone!
Rainbow Dash will help you perform (safely of course) your very own Sonic Rainboom!
(These are fake digital prizes and don't actually exist. Those that think they are either crazy, or completely nuts)
Congrets.
The most funniest one is Specter!
You and your friends are invited to a random Pinkie Party!
The most awesomeness is Someone!
Rainbow Dash will help you perform (safely of course) your very own Sonic Rainboom!
(These are fake digital prizes and don't actually exist. Those that think they are either crazy, or completely nuts)
Congrets.
Oh... Um... Yeah... About that Rainboom...
*Points at the postapocalypticly discordain landscape*
Was that supposed to happen?
*Points at the postapocalypticly discordain landscape*
Was that supposed to happen?
You see what you did wrong is You Tried doing it with a nuclear warhead...
...
Wait a second....
Where did you even get one of those?
...
Wait a second....
Where did you even get one of those?
I'm very sure I'm probably talking nonsense, but I'm also certain I've seen something like this before, something that could have been the foundation of this mini-arc, so to speak.
... that, or my brain is trying too hard to see the big picture, again.
Just as the previous arc proves that an early correct choice can offer you victory, this arc proves that a late blunder can ruin everybody's day.
Confused by the momentary change of style? Well, behind the scenes, this mini-arc has been a chance to test the latest version of Comic Life (3.5, whereas I've been using 1.3.6 all this time). I needed it for editing speech bubbles where simply Paint.NET would be insufficient. I wanted to see if the features they've added were worth it and if the program is comfortable to use.
At the end of this lengthy trial period, I'm gonna say "no." The speech bubbles have weird restrictions on the text within them. (I made the speech bubbles above using two at a time - an invisible bubble with text and the shape bubble without text.) And even moreso than is usual for Comic Life, the preview has an annoying habit of not matching the export in very tiny but noticeable ways.
So when I return after three or so weeks of guest comics, it'll be back to business as usual with the finicky program I've already spent the last four years wrangling into submission. And that arc will be... something! Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash still need a ticket. We'll see who's next when Friendship is Dragons returns!