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Apr
12th
2014

Ode to Troop #185 · 5:37am Apr 12th, 2014

One of my players performed for us in-character today. It was awesome.

Set to Kingsword

Our friendship will stand.
Our friendship will stand.

A friendship created
And magic enchanted.
Our virtues forged
Of tenets we try.

A joyous refrain
To life's little moments.
A colt's hoof to sing it,
And fillies reply.

Light in the darkness,
And spirit unflinching.
Torchlight shows honor
We all espy.

Gifted of magic,
From insight to manners.
Shady shines forth
What namesake belies.

Ward of the earthen,
Yet heart of the wild.
Oakheart flies deep,
His gift of the vine

A soul of the wilds,
And friend dearly chosen.
Otan stands courageous,
A warrior's pride.

Wrought by a hoof
Of the sky's truly chosen.
Gin gives freely
As her true reply.

Of Celestia's dawning,
She shines in the brightest.
Red Robin is laughter
We cannot deny.

A friendship created
Of our tribes all united.
Our friendship forged,
For together we try!

A joyous refrain
To life's superb moments.
The fillies to sing it,
And colts now reply.

Our friendship will stand.
Our friendship will stand.
Our friendship will stand.
Our friendship will stand.

A friendship created and magic enchanted.
Our virtues forged of tenets applied.
An ending refrain to life's great moments.
Our voice now sings it, and we all reply.

There was a dance involved as well, accompanied by the character's kelpie magic (water control). The player rolled a 91 on his Dance skill, and used his Noble trigger (Music and Art) to flip it to a 19, which happened to be exactly his Dance score. (In this system, rolling higher is better, so long as you're at or under your target number.) Then he spent a point of Magic to improve his success into a critical success.

I used GM fiat to award him multiple points in Dance for that, on top of a point in one of his Friendship tracks (I believe it was Kindness). He hadn't been expecting any such reward, so I gave him a point of Generosity, as well -- giving of yourself without expectation of compensation is exactly what generosity is all about, after all.


On the flip side of the coin, in the same session I had two players roll matched failures (88 and 55, respectively) on a Notice check to sense any connection between themselves and four of the necklaces which used to hold the Elements of Harmony. They were, ah... attacked, by Loyalty and Generosity. Now the necklaces won't come off. Oops!

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