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Lol, another Ponyville RP. Gives me more reason to use the Mayor

So how goes our band?

Sturrmann, Chonico and I are testing it out in our RP. It's fun so far and adds an additional element in our RPs. Check it out here.

Updated the first page pending list. We have 3 people fighting for the chief engineer position. QL and I are gonna talk who gets the role soon.

I browsed a few of those tips on drawing ponies. Somehow I'd like to get my sketching groove back. Lost it back when I was in college. I've been meaning to get a nice cheap tablet to start out. Any good brand suggestions? I know Wacom is good but even their entry model tablets are a bit pricey. Personally, I'm more comfortable with traditional pencil and paper but I know that I eventually have to move up to tablets.

One of my OCs, A proud officer of the VSS Stallian Guard stationed in Stalliongrad, I present you Argenta: Art was done by GingerMint. Here's an action pose of her bracing herself from a snowstorm:

Hmm new proposal on how we can use Perks in our RPs on 1st page.

Shweeeet. I look forward to the finished ship design. It's good to know what our ship looks like.

It was a rather bold move for the Pegasus to jump out and scare the Bloodwings bathing them in light. She made a mental note to remember that these things hated the light or were rather sensitive to it. The Bloodwings immediately scattered in different directions, disoriented and screeching away. It won't be long when more Bloodwings would arrive. "You have some kind of deathwish? Wandering here by yourself with the Bloodwings out?" The odd one-winged Pegasus complained. Looking around her, she made sure that there were no Bloodwings in sight. Quickly, she decided to do a hover towards the Pegasus. Behind him was an Earth Pony Mare, crouching down looking uneasily at her. She landed the Pegasus as slung her sniper rifle behind her. "It's my first time traveling this direction. I didn't expect any Bloodwings to be in the area." She said calmly as she preened her right wing. "I was on my way to Friendship City to replenish my supplies, but I heard a gunshot from the distance and saw your problem." Numerous screeches could be heard from the distance. It was clear that the Bloodwings were regrouping and they wanted to make another pass at the mess of what was left of the caravan scattered all over the road. The ones that fled earlier probably told their companions that there were succulent juicy Ponies ripe for the picking. They probably brought the whole brood this time. It was not a good time to be out in the open. "We have to move."

I kind of understand where you're coming from. Having to modify a character you've created to be unique to fit into a group sounded alien to me at first. That's why I created an app specifically for exclusive use in the Pirate RP. All of us here have written our apps specifically tied to the pirate group. Like how Grandya was saved by the crew when she was injured, or how GangPlank rescued our Diamond Dog cook from the Stalliongrad wilds. Maybe writing an app just for this project would set you at ease for not having to edit your existing apps. Just a suggestion you might want to consider.

Was trying ship designing myself but I ended up crumpling a lot of pieces of paper.

And another major point to both GM systems is that they're time consuming. Imagine having a group of players say face off a manticore. Each would wait for their own turn while the GM and a single player would be the ones only posting back and forth while the others waited for their turn. From my experience this isn't very effective on RP type forums, on live chat maybe but considering our different timezones and actual commitment to posting replies on a regular basis? That's what I'm afraid might what bog down the RP to a standstill. Both methods may be effective IRL or chat RPs but on the forums where we individually post replies one at a time? It's doable but time consuming and challenging to say the least especially when you have a big RP group. The ones I did in chat where we had a fight scene, there were 5 of us, took us at least 2 hours to finish a 15 minute encounter. Imagine what would happen if we did that on the forums. This is just the only concern I have when we do decide to bring this style of RP suited for tabletop / pen and paper RPs to a forum environment.

I have an idea in the works on how we can use our Skills, Perks and SPECIALs in our RPs, updated the 1st post about it. This should make our Fallout experience a bit more authentic and fun. What do you guys think?

*Flops on an unsuspecting Pony.... oh what the heck... FLOPS ON DAVROTH*

It's an interesting project and something I'd definitely love in popping in. However most of the RPs that I've seen in this forum and most of the RPers that I know usually don't go by GMing the stories. It's more of a collaborative and dynamic effort that each RPer contributes to controlling the whole line of the story. I do understand however you wanting GMs in the RPs. I've been a GM in real life, in fact a DM (Dungeon Master) for Dungeon and Dragons RPGs and other pen and paper RPGs. My only issue with having the RPs being GMed, in essence, controlled by a single (or in this case a group) of GMs might limit some great ideas each player has to offer. Then again having GM in an RP would sound nice as it can stay focused on a set of guidelines to avoid straying from the main concept of the RP theme. I've also started two other RP projects in the forums. The Pony Pirates Project and the Fallout Equestria Crossover Project but they mostly lean towards the social aspect of RPs rather than adventure, with the exception of the Fallout Equestria project borrowing actual game elements from Fallout itself (see my Griffon Mercenary character for Fallout Stats). I think I can help you work with this endeavor. Now with that out of the way a few tidbits you might want to consider. We will be doing this in the crossover section, more specifically on Equestria - Long Forgotten [Past], where all the "past" crossover scenario's occur. Our RP is essentially a crossover since the "Mane RP" happens in present day Equestria and we try to follow the show canon as clearly as possible, though we have a few board canon rules applied to it as well. Monster fighting will be an issue. If we're going to go down that way then we have to develop some sort of "roll system" pretty much like the D20 system what D&D has. If you've seen other RP projects done by other RPers like the Ponies and Dragons RPs, you'll see its a bit complicated, but fun. We've also did other similar adventure type RPs on the chat and it proved a bit daunting, what more if it was on the forum when replies take at least a day? Lets say Pony A decides to attack Monster B. Pony A thinks that a buck to the head of Monster B would do the trick so he rolls for initiative. He gets an 8, while the monster gets a 2. Pony A attacks first and rolls to hit and gets a 13, well above the Monster B's agility score. See where I'm getting at? It's going to be a lot of work not only for the GMs but for the players and this might take the edge out of fun on the RPs. I don't think including the Changelings is a good idea, since they only appeared lately in the wedding episode. Putting them back in the past during Equestria's infancy might be a problem, but we can always say they were there but they just didn't bother with the ponies since there was not a lot of love to go around. I'll post more when I come up with more ideas.

Today was the grand opening of Lore's bookstore. The Mayor had promised a while back that she'd attend the grand opening and possibly give a speech to one of Ponyville's new citizens and merchants. She had hoped that her appearance during the grand opening alone would be a good boost to his business. She also had a speech prepared just in case a decent sized crowd would show up during the grand opening. As she galloped towards the store she met Lore making the finishing touches. It wasn't that long ago when this old shack was filled with dust and run down, but today everything looked brand new and snazzy. The shop boasted decent space for ponies to enjoy a quick read as they browsed through books. It was a cozy place, and a place that the Mayor wouldn't mind to visit from time to time. "Lore!" She greeted him in an upbeat voice. "I'm glad I could make it early. Congratulations on opening your store. I'm sure that the citizens of Ponyville would love another fine addition to our town. I know I would."

Are you aiming for the security position on this app? It's a nicely done app but shows no relation to a pirate life. All of us who applied for positions on the ship at least have their story tied into being with the Freedom Wing's crew. Suggest that you at least try to make a real pirate app for this. If you read some of our apps, some of them are tied together like how GangPlank (Quicklime) rescued an outcast Diamond Dog, Gravy (Corsair), who became the ship's cook, or how the first mate, Grandya (My OC) was rescued by the crew when she plunged from the sky wounded.

Lol... that sure was fast QL.

Post away your OC app link and please do also post an RP sample.

You can still catch up. The thread has barely started. With any luck your app might be approved by tomorrow.

In other words, pony ship security officer.

*BANG!* A gunshot rang through the air. The location of the sound seemed to be close to where she was. They might be raiders. Light readied her sniper rifle clutching it with her talons and made sure it was loaded. Or it might be somepony trying to defend themselves from these grotesque life sucking Bloodwings. The thoughts in her head began to swim around as she made a gentle hover towards the sound. "Hey! Over here!" There was somepony who called out from what looked like a wrecked maintenance locker. She couldn't see the pony clearly from behind all that rubble but what she did see on the road was at least four Bloodwings on the ground and two more circling overhead. They were rummaging through scattered supplies and sucking every bit of life out of those poor dead Brahmin. Not far from there were the bodies of two ponies. She thought of trying to go over to the side where she heard somepony call out to her but it would be risky since two bloodwings were flying overhead. She had no choice but to shoot them. There were a total of six bloodwings and her ammo clip had only 5 rounds in it. She could quickly dispatch the five without alerting the bloodwings to her presence, but of course that is if she had clear shots to their head. Then she had to reload. Maybe this isn't a good idea. She needed help. She peeked above the rubble where she was hiding and tried to get a glimpse of the Pony hiding in the rubble on the other side. It was too far for them to talk or hear each other so she had hoped that whoever was hiding there would follow her lead as she took shots at the bloodwings. The two bloodwings flying overhead provided her with an excellent and clear shot. They were hovering, scanning the area as their other companions were trashing what was left of the caravan. This was an opportunity and she took it. *Pffft* *Pffft* The muffled sounds of the sniper rifle let out as the first bloodwing fell to the ground flinching. *Pffft* *Pffft* Two more shots and the other fell but it let out a screech before it died. This got the attention of the other four not far away from them and they began to fly as well, sensing danger. This was not good.

This is a regular thing. We have huge families like the Nut Family and GoLucky family with lots of joint OC apps. I myself have an OC of a member of the GoLucky Family, and a young colt who is my OC's son, played by Quicklime. It's just a matter of finiding interest. I'm sure you'd find someone out there. I wouldn't mind apping Ice's parents but I've got my hooves full at the moment. Perhaps I can when I'm freed up a bit.