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On the Sliding Scale Of Cynicism Vs. Idealism, I like to think of myself as being idyllically cynical. (Patreon, Ko-Fi.)

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Ineteresting to note. There is an erotic supplement for roleplaying games. For any system or game. I've seen it in person myself.

So no. I am not shocked that this is a thing.

nlinzer #2 · Jan 21st, 2020 · · 17 ·

Twilight is super autistic and amazing and if you disagree or want to make a statement about autism please don't. I'm happy and I don't want that ruined! Autistic Twilight for the win! Best character!:twilightsmile:

Edit: Thank you to everyone who disagreed with what I said and did not make a statement about it. That means alot to me and was very kind of you. Thank you

"I wished to begin with the most frequent example," Luna quietly replied. "And thus the most likely to be known. I failed." She paused. "Actually, there was a choice of two. In the other, I would have come to clean your swimming pool."

My first thought was "fix the plumbing". My second thought was that Ponyville was probably in need of an actual plumber following 360 Degrees of Saturation.

Each perceived censorship as a last resort, at least on those occasions when it wasn't a sin. And yet they both stood in front of the fireplace, watching a book burn.

Ah, they found a copy of F.A.T.A.L.

I nearly choked laughing at this one several times. :pinkiehappy:

Chill fog rose from the mare's skin. The dark corona flashed. The smell vanished.

"There. Is. No. Eggplant."

Yeah, but somepony, somewhere has it now. Most likely air-delivered, on a day henceforth to be memorialized in the family history as The Day The Eggplant Miraculously Fell From The Sky.

(Later) Oh, Gods. She's playing 5E. They're doomed. At least they ruled out Diplomacy. That's what caused the last Alicorn/Alicorn battle. And Pepper is still banned, except in certain circumstances.

"We say what we're doing to a neutral third party . And then they tell us whether it happens."

Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
The game is unusual in that no dice are used in resolving conflicts or player actions; instead a simple diceless system of comparative ability, and narrative description of the action by the players and gamemaster, is used to determine how situations are resolved.

This contrasts with Aftermath, which had a 2 page flowchart to help players keep track of the combat system

& I'd rate it "Teen" not "M", as it's nongraphic

Yes! More Geek-light Sparkle.

oh my chaotic good god

"But the vamponies don't know the wraithponies exist. The vamponies think they control the world and they hardly know anything else exists unless it's another vampony."

"Natural politicians," Luna diagnosed.

:rainbowlaugh:

Also! The idea of the 'secretive magic order thing' that all Urban Fantasies need for some reason being totally unaware of the important magical goings-on is hilarious and needs to be done somewhere.

"So, I saw the mess you made last night."

The words woke Twilight far more effectively than the Wake-Up juice, partly because of some of the juice ended up in her lungs. "What?" She managed.

"Your O&O stuff." Spike casually shrugged, knowing Twilight wouldn't notice how oddly forced it was for a casual shrug. "You left it all over the place. I put most of it in the basement."

"Oh," a relieved Twilight said. "Thanks, Spike." Unsuspecting, she raised her cup to drink again.

Spike waited, let her begin swallowing the first drop and then asked innocently "what's an orgasm of opportunity?"

The Wake-Up juice made it all the way to the far wall.

Recommend "Knights Of The Dinner Table"
The adventures of role playing group that plays "Hackmaster"
Can't seem to get the site to put in a link

Delightfully amusing. And Twilight's sadly deluded if she thinks she can keep her relationship a secret in Ponyville.

Since this isn't part of the Triptych continuity, I presume this is strictly a one shot? I certainly wouldn't mind seeing further developments (especially after Twilight's friends find out - I suspect the urge to meddle in the affairs of others is as strong a drive in Ponies as in humans. :raritywink: )

Come to think of it, would role-playing games in Equestria would get magic wrong in quite the same way fantasy roleplaying games on our world? If magic is the norm, what's the fantastical alternative? It strikes me that either (if trying for "realism") they'd get practical magic wrong the way roleplaying games get the use of actual weapons wrong, or if fantastic ("magic that we don't know") the way science fiction games get science wrong. Just making up an entirely different rule system for magic would be something for really gonzo games, like a game in which you can assemble a working laser cannon out of root vegetables...

Comment posted by Ranun deleted Jan 21st, 2020

And here I thought it was going to start with a Prench maid outfit.

"Because when it comes to these rules, talking is easier than doing anything else. But we're still disqualified from putting this one into play."

"Because?"

"The bed would have to be hexagonal."

Imagine the shapes you'd have to contort your body into, especially if you treated each limb as a separate character

Would probably wind up similar to most games of Twister

"Orgasm Of Opportunity!"

Literally snorted with laughter here.
Well done. This was cute and fun =D

the Closed To All Ponyville Residents AND YES THAT MEANS YOU sign

Does it make me weird, or just genre-savvy, that my first thought was she needs to add 'and visitors' to that sign.

Having finished the story, I realize it makes me wrong genre-savvy. And possibly weird, too.

Absolutely nerdy yet also irresistibly adorable!

Some good laughs to be had here; nicely done. :D


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Seconding the recommendation, though I've not read them in a while.
And here you go!
Wikipedia page
Website

:rainbowlaugh:

Nice to see it all worked out! :pinkiehappy:

And Spike knew already. Of course he does. :moustache:

And there's the question of who else totally suspects. :trollestia:

In my imagination, this is the same continuity as No Pepper. And both of those are the same continuity as Anchor Foal: A Romantic Cringe Comedy.

I have no reason to believe that this is the case, there's zero evidence of any kind, but I nonetheless choose to believe it. Mostly because it pleases me to think that while Fleur is going on her journey of discovery and tragedy, Twilight Sparkle don't care because Twilight Sparkle is boinking Luna silly, and Celestia is ignoring Fleur because she's busy dealing with the impossible shenanigans of the two.

The vamponies think they control the world and they hardly know anything else exists unless it's another vampony."

"Natural politicians," Luna diagnosed.

(Raises finger to object)

(Thinks about it)

(Lowers finger)

Carry on.

"They're written by donkeys."

"Ah. Yes, that would explain the constant theme of hopeless struggle in a doomed environment whose death is only hastened by one's efforts.

Dammit, Estee.

"Only what they have brought upon themselves," Luna told her. "Only what they have earned. And then nopony will ever 'roll for vaginal circumference' again."

I believe I know what this particular tome of evil repute is.

...God help me.

10044680 Supposedly a few print copies were made, but today it's hard to even find definitive confirmation of that, let alone one of them.

Oh, and the sadist who was apparently in charge of operating the universe needed to be asleep at the reins, because any degree of smirking awareness would probably see a mission called.

Well, we're reading about this, so no luck there. :raritywink:

"That is the proper term to apply," the mare huffily continued, having falsely concluded that the stare was due to her choice of vocabulary. "For no more than a tenth of what had been pulped survived to reach this stage."

Even stunned as she was, Twilight couldn't help but say, "Decimation refers to ten percent being executed."
"Ah," said the uniformed mare. "I see you prefer the merciful version of the punishment."

Maybe she's decided late-night delivery services are naturally part of her dominion and from now on, all holiday tribute has to come with a garlic crust.

As long as Nightmare Night candy doesn't have to be served on one, I'm okay with this.

"I thought your own reading would lead you to recognize the playlet. I should not have assumed."

... Hold on. I know cinema's in its infancy in this world, but hackneyed porn plots are performed live? I assume there's more implication involved. And hopefully no overabundance of adverbs.

"We're roleplaying?"

Oh no. Given the story and chapter titles... Oh no.

"I'll get my sourcebooks!"

:facehoof: Yup. So, Storyteller or d20?
... Huh. A hybrid of the two? The mind boggles. And I can only imagine what Twilight thought of the Pathfinder equivalent.

Twilight shuddered. "Nothing drives friends apart like diplomacy."

I've never played, but I have heard stories.

"They're written by donkeys."

This explains so much about the local World of Darkness. And not just because of Eeyorus's perpetual cloud cover.

oh, don't even get me started on planes!

*awkward coughing in card games*
I know, different multiverse, but still.

"It uses one-second activity increments for any physical contact. Do you have any idea how many dice we'd have to roll between those seconds?"

Ah. Now that I have tried to run. We had whiteboards. They barely helped.

Yes, burning that book is the only rational choice. And if they ever track down who made it, the outcome will assuredly be fatal.

"Orgasm Of Opportunity!"

I see Twilight tried to leave a threatened square.

Great fun from start to finish. The fact that Luna actually went along with it speaks volumes about their relationship, to say nothing of how they were able to actually make it work. I expect a Pinkie party within the week. Thank you for a hilarious read.

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I can, unfortunately, confirm the existence of at least one of them.

One of my best friend's uncles was big into tabletop and we had to go through it after he died. He had stuff that we'd never even heard of.

Like, seriously; some of it was so obscure and esoteric we would have had to use a Ouija board to find out more about them.

And...well...The Handbook Of Eldritch Disgust that is the topic of conversation here was in the boxes.

And yes, it had been from an actual publisher.

I read it. Against my better judgement, I read it.

I was a younger man, then.

I became an old man very quickly after opening the book.

That...thing...is how I came to learn that there is no such thing as "Natural Goodness" in mankind.

You were meant to offer restitution for the pizza," the older alicorn explained, "in the form of sex."

Twilight blinked. Slowly, carefully broke contact, adding a touch of ear-flick at the end to indicate the caress would soon resume. Floated the box closer, and opened the lid.

"Sex," she repeated.

"Yes."

"For a pizza."

"Exactly."

"...it's cold."

Dryly, "I feel that you are still missing the point of this exercise."

They say Shining Armor is a goddamn moron. What they don't say is that it runs in the family...

*rolls two 20’s*
“HEY!!! STOP STARING AT MY CRITS!!!”

BCB

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I feel disastrously curious about this, I have to admit. Any keywords I might search for, or is it really that obscure that even google dare not reveal its secrets..?

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I think shiny would have understand it, then again I think cadence is always up for roleplaying

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Especially when pizza is involved, if fanart of her is to be believed.

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well she the goddess of love, and I bet also of lust, I figure she super kinky

This is so Twilight. Luna is really patient with her, I like it.

And Spike is one to talk, he frequently play O&O with Big Mac and Discord, thought I am not certain it would ever happen in the Tripytch universe.

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Peetzer is indeed her portfolio.

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Such a search might be considered FATAL.

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"Cadence! What a surprise! And you brought pizza! Come on in."

Cadence sighed and locked the door behind her, determining that the next time she was going for a negligee and flavored massage oil. Still, Shiny was worth it.

10044784 Had a friend in college much like that. Collected about everything anybody put out on RPGs, and was trying to make his own. Even rolled up a character on his system once. Took a whole day. We never did run a game on it. D&D 3.0 and 3.5 was our forever base. Never did get *that* expansion (sorry) pack.

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Indeed.

Utterly and completely so.

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I would advise against it; it's...sick.

I've been on the internet a long, long time; I have witnessed the seedy underbellies of Tumblr, elements of the deepweb, and the Eldritch abomination of weaponized pseudo-autism of 4Chan. I have seen things that would make my Grandfather, the saltiest old bastard I have ever known, God rest him, go "That's just nasty".

This particular sourcebook...well, certainly not the worst thing I have ever seen, but definitely up there.

The worst part about it is the fact that it was a serious attempt at making an actual tabletop game.

For actual people to actually play.

Let me say it again

A serious attempt at an actual tabletop game for actual people to actually play.

It isn't hard to look up and find; I just warn you against it.

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I heard this third hand on the internet, so treat it with the skepticism it deserves. Supposedly when Gary Gygax was creating Dungeons & Dragons he initially wanted to base its magic on historical beliefs and systems. But, when he did his research every form of magic he learned about had deep cultural and religious meaning to its practitioners. He decided that using any of them as the basis for the one in the game would be disrespectful. This is one of the reasons he based it on the works of Jack Vance because it was a style of magic that was 100% original and fictional.

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Yeah, Uncle Ted was a lot like that. Swore up and down for years that he was coming up with something that would, to quote, "knock Wizards and Paizo on their sorry nerd asses" and collected every sourcebook he could get his cigarette-stained little fingers on.

We eventually found his system amongst the poorly-sorted wreckage of the myriad other games.

It was...like...Monopoly mixed with Magic the Gathering, topped with a twist of Warhammer Fantasy complexity and a dash of some Korean mythos with a subtle flavoring of Dieselpunk.

That is quite literally the only way I can describe it.

The PlayMaster (his version of a DM) had to use a Magic 8 Ball, as well.

No, I am not joking.

Nick wanted to at least try it out to honor his uncle, give his unfinished masterpiece a whirl.

We never got past the character creation stage.

To this day, I sometimes wonder if Uncle Ted wasn't doing an exercise in absurdity just to mess with people.

The numerous rejection letters from various game companies that we found politely telling him nobody would be able to figure his game out stabs a harpoon in that whale.

The smaller alicorn giggled. "Homebrew!"

... and this was the moment that, as a D&D player, this story became a horror story...

more specifically, twilight be crazy, 3.5 is clearly the best system in it's history. the fifth one might be easier to get into(and identical in most respects), but once you've gotten into it, there's nothing more to get. no depth, no content, nothing to play with in the mechanics, no room for personal expression. the magic is stiflingly strict, the classes so limiting in their choices, of the feats, only a few might be useful, and of those, none are as fun and enabling as the best of the 3.5 feats.

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I'm going to have to call shenanigans on the idea of Gygax showing respect for anybody. My stories are also third-hand, but unlike yours they're backed up by what tabletop enthusiasts mean when they call something "Gygaxian" even now, years after his death.

"We're both alicorns!"

"-- something which -- what?"

"We're already three supernatural templates applied to the same character! That can't be legal --"

Twi, you need to get the game of demigods, where your character is an mythic hero with divine might: Exalted. Solves all your problems there.

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The (theoretical) stated point of FATAL was to give people with urges to commit violent sexual acts an outlet that didn't involve actually doing them.

The usual followup joke is that it works, by redirecting any and all violent impulses towards the asshat that made the system.

Edit: As in, if FATAL were about cuddly bunnies competing for snuggles, the layout and insane pointless disorganised rules would still drive anyone that read it into the night shrieking. Unfortunately, it's about bizarre rape fantasies, interspersed with deliberately offensive quotations from ancient thinkers and pedantic digressions about stupid crap.

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I don't know about anything else, but a specially made 8-Ball would be a cool prop for a DM instead of dice.

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In No Pepper, Luna clearly ships TwiLestia.

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That only proves that Luna is weird, not that my headcanon is invalid! Don't take this from me!

What was the prompt?

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