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Rescuing Rarity and three Wonderbolts? Dash'll be a shoo-in for a Gala ticket now.
Also, you know your idea is sketchy when the GM asks you "are you really sure", but when the GM says "ARE YOU KIDDING ME"... well.
Also, you know your idea is sketchy when the GM asks you "are you really sure", but when the GM says "ARE YOU KIDDING ME"... well.
Rescuing Rarity and three Wonderbolts? Dash'll be a shoo-in for a Gala ticket now.
Also, you know your idea is sketchy when the GM asks you "are you really sure", but when the GM says "ARE YOU KIDDING ME"... well.
Also, you know your idea is sketchy when the GM asks you "are you really sure", but when the GM says "ARE YOU KIDDING ME"... well.
Huh, not sure how that double posted. Guess I clicked on "Post" too many times.
I can't help but think of the joke:
"This isn't exactly how I planned it, but..."
"You PLANNED this?"
"This isn't exactly how I planned it, but..."
"You PLANNED this?"
Tv tropes time
Gaint Space Flea from Nowhere.
The boss comes out of nowhere
You fight
It leaves
That's it.
There is no lore, hints, or info about it.
Before and afterwards.
Not even a minor plot thing.
Gaint Space Flea from Nowhere.
The boss comes out of nowhere
You fight
It leaves
That's it.
There is no lore, hints, or info about it.
Before and afterwards.
Not even a minor plot thing.
If you don't have something to say about today's comic, don't post on today's comic comments.
Except for Lavos, he's the giant space tick out of nowhere.
And the more lore you get the more confusing he is.
And the more lore you get the more confusing he is.
I had that experience in the rap-up to a game long ago. We players were getting ready to finish up the session when some guys walked by, did a double take and one yelled "GET THEM!" before the mob attacked. After we wiped them out, one of the players asked "what was THAT all about?".
The GM never clued us in, he just smiled when we asked. We must have pissed off somebody's friends.
The GM never clued us in, he just smiled when we asked. We must have pissed off somebody's friends.
So far, there really doesn't seem like there's a reason to think RD even knows she's falling.
Dash: "Wait, I sense combat actions. I'm missing a fight! Save some targets for me!!"
*Dives off stage*
Much as I loved the resolution of that episode, I have to admit that this detail felt forced.
as they said in Farscape, "This plan is so bad it has to be one of ours."
of course one of my friends used to say "if the stupid plan works, it isn't stupid." My reaction was usually, "yes it is, it just means that the other side was dumber then we were"
of course one of my friends used to say "if the stupid plan works, it isn't stupid." My reaction was usually, "yes it is, it just means that the other side was dumber then we were"
“Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you've got nothing else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise you follow the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked.”
Story time ! Ever had a player that kept sabotaging themselves into a potentially deadly situation ? Bonus point if it was intentionnal and somehow managed to survive that.
-Trying to run away from the danger zone of a collapsing overpass.
-Trying to use a power that if you critically fail means you can't read for several hours. (Which IMMEDIATELY bit me in the ass because we were fighting a monster in a hospital who would be easily destroyed by some rubbing alcohol but I couldn't figure out which of the clearly labelled bottles contained it.)
-Trying to prevent a child from getting hurt in a fall out a window by cushioning his body with mine. (This isn't as noble as it sounds, I promise.)
-Trying to avoid offending a group of mobsters wondering what the hell I'm doing wandering into their bar.
The list goes on, those are just the really notable failures I've inflicted on myself.
Speaking of fall damage and comic. Reminds me of one of the first campaigns I was in. We were on an Airship, and we got attacked by a blue dragon. Defeated it, but a few npcs sailors were knocked off. My character, the wizard, jumped off, dimensioned door closer to them and cast feather fall on them, and myself(We were HIGH up). The fighter jumped after another npc...With no fly/feather fall/buffs. He caught the NPC, a gnome...And shelteredd him from the fall with his own body. This is when we found out about maximum fall damage...And he survived, by luck of DM rolling low on the 20d6 falling damage. Hey, at least he saved the nameless gnome!
How Rarity will prevent being arrested from attacking them?
The only thing I can think off is the same panic as someone who is drowning and panicking because of it but still...
Did she expected Rainbow Dash to actually be able to save 4 ponies in same time ?! Did she roll 4 critical success in a row to make them uncouncious?!
Their is lots of questions that could be raised from this.
That said, expecting RD to successfully save all of them was not her best move, and is a very high risk play. If a wonderbolt dies the competition would likely be cancelled altogether, and also Rarity still has a pretty high chance of dying here.
I think the closest analogy would be if Olympic swimmers (who've never done lifeguarding before) to take on lifeguarding duty.
I mean, one of the first things you learn when you take a job in rescuing (eg lifeguard or EMT) is to NOT PUT YOURSELF IN DANGER. You know, using a pole and reaching from the side, etc. A corollary to that is that if you HAVE to jump into the water and put yourself at risk, assume the rescuee is going to act in irrational and hostile manner. (eg don't reach out to drownee; don't let them grab a hold or get in punching/grabbing distance of you from the front. Swim behind them where they can't reach or hit you and grab them there.
(It's not unheard of for drownees to panick, grab the would-be rescuer, and basically push them under the water in an attempt to buoy themselves up; which, you know, could end up drowning the would-be rescuer.)
Any other ppl here who've done lifeguarding before who can back me up on this? Maybe our instructor was just particularly paranoid about the water rescue. I swear he thought it was funny to try to punch us during those practice swimming rescues.
That said, its quite possible the wonderbolts didn't follow adequate safety protocols here.
Can't wait until you cover that episode where Spike gets big, so Rarity can continue falling to her death.
Well, if you are going to die you might as well take the wonderbolts with you. It would make for a better headline in the newspapers.
The lifeblood of RPGs.
Side note: My buddy Xencarn had me run a session of Stars Without Number, a sci-fi spacefaring system. It might become a series? Check it out!
Stars Without Number - Session 1 - Takeout: YouTube