Ponies & Dragons: Rules and Inquiries

[TortoiseShell]

Name: Tornado Ali

Sex: Female

Age: Young Mare

Species: Pegasus

Pelt Color: Cornflower Blue

Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: White, long, braided mane and tail.

Eye Color: Dark blue

Cutie Mark: Simplistic hurricane design.

Physique: Solid, athletic.

Origin: Lived in Cloudsdale her whole life. Both parents are pegasi. Her mother is a seamstress for the Wonderbolts and her father is a high-ranking official in Weather Patrol.

Roleplay Type: Ponies & Dragons

Occupation: Former cleric at the Cloudsdale Monastery. Currently moonlighting in Weather Patrol.

Motivation: To get away from the Monastery life. She wants to follow her own path and might as well use the “gifts” given to her.

Likes: Partying and having fun with ponies her own age.

Dislikes: The voice inside her head, not having any true passions of her own. She hates that she has very little control over her own life.

Character Summary: Tornado Ali’s parents had a real sense of humor when she was brought into this world. Her father, the weather geek that he was, got a huge kick out of throwing “Tornado” in front of the name her mother wanted to give her, Alison. Get it? Har har. Ali still doesn’t find it amusing.

When Ali was a filly, she started having vivid dreams. One dream occurred more often than others - Commander Hurricane would come to her and tell her she was the chosen one; she must follow in his footsteps and bring glory back to the Pegasi. After a few months of these dreams, she awoke one morning to see her cutie mark had appeared, a symbol of a hurricane. She was confused; these were just dreams, weren't they? And wasn't her cutie mark supposed to appear after she discovered a true talent?

In the weeks that followed, the dreams came more rapidly and strange things started to happen – she could do some magic, almost like a unicorn. Her parents caught her one day while she was playing with it in her bedroom and immediately took her to a doctor to sort things out. She had kept these dreams to herself until that moment, and as they were about to put her through a full battery of tests, she explained everything. The doctor had to hold back his laughter, and in the moment before he could call the Psych Ward, her cutie mark began to glow.

Instead of the Psych Ward, they shipped her off to the Cloudsdale Monastery, where Commander Hurricane is worshipped Shaolin-style; meditation and training to fight, true to the war domain. The other ponies at the Monastery never questioned her story, which she refused to tell in her own words, so the doctor recited it.

For years, she was forced to stay at the Monastery. She spent the rest of her childhood and adolescence there, where she would dully relate her dreams to the higher priests. The other ponies treated her like an avatar and would sometimes be scolded for treating her with more reverence than their patron saint. Along with her job as messenger, it became clear that her physical prowess and increased magical affinity were far and above the other clerics at the Monastery, most of whom had to train and pray very hard for their talents, whereas hers came naturally.

And she was miserable.

Her life was hijacked and she was never given the chance to develop her own interests, since there was little outside stimuli in the Monastery. One day, a group of university students, similar to her own age, were touring the Monastery. She snuck along in the back of the herd and pulled a few aside, begging for some company. This turned into a party in her chambers, and things got a little out of hand. She discovered she had very strong attractions to stallions, and when some of the elder residents came to investigate the racket, she was caught red-lipped canoodling with one of them. Despite her importance to the Monastery, they kicked her out on a forced sabbatical, hopefully to give her a chance to grow up and realize her true place at the Monastery – and to learn some respect.

She went home and explained her unhappiness to her father, who was disappointed, but understood. He now lets her help out with Weather Patrol to earn some money, but her real quest is to discover who she is outside of her role with Commander Hurricane.

Alignment: True Neutral

Deity: Commander Hurricane

Class: Cleric 4

STR: 11 +0

DEX: 16 +3

CON: 10 +0

INT: 12 +1

WIS: 16 +3

CHA: 10 +0

HP: 15

AC: 17 = 10 + 4(Armor Bonus)+3(Dex)

DR: 0/ +0

SPELL RESIST: 0

SPEED: 60 flying / 40 land

INIT: +3

Fort Save: 4=4(Base)+0(Con)

Reflex Save: 4=1(Base)+3(Dex)

Will Save: 7=4(Base)+3(Wis)

Base Attack Bonus 3

SKILLS:

Fly..................................8 = 3+2+3

Heal...............................12 = 3+4+3 (+2 from cutie mark)

Knowledge (Religion)........6 = 1+2+3

Perception.......................5 = 3+2

Stealth............................5 = 3+2

ABILITIES:

Cutie Mark: +2 to Skill check: Heal

Channel Energy 2d6

Spontaneous Casting (Good)

Lightning Arc (Air Domain)

Strength Surge (Strength Domain)

Low Light Vision

FEATS:

Combat Casting

Weapon Finesse

FIRST DAY’S SPELLS:

Detect Magic

Guidance

Light

Virtue

Obscuring Mist (Air Domain)

Comprehending Languages

Divine Favor

Cure Light Wounds

Detect Evil

Bull’s Strength (Strength Domain)

Cure Moderate Wounds

Enthrall

Shatter

GEAR:

Hoofguards 4 CG

Hard Headgear 6 CG

Masterwork Chain Shirt 250 CG

Holy Symbol, Silver 25 CG

Healer’s Kit 50 CG

Rope x2 2 CG

Just for fun, I used a pony generator to get an idea of what she'd look like:

[Starburst]

The story itself is pretty presumptuous..

Even the more obvious gods work in more mysterious ways.

The last paragraph is great though.. Haha.. red lipped canoodling..

[TortoiseShell]

So...does that mean I should rewrite it?

[Starburst]

Just the first paragraph about his appearance. Monks will worship just about anything with something in common with their god.

[TortoiseShell]

Okay, I can do that!

[TortoiseShell]

So I edited the original post with a more muted story. Hopefully this is better, and not so forceful. She can still be disputed as just having crazy dreams.

Let me know what you think!

[Starburst]

Keep in mind that divine powers come from those who have a strong connection to the feelings, ideals, and traits of their deities. They believe that their actions further the dieties and that when they pray their deity grants them the power to cast those divine spells. This is true for all divine spellcasters, not just gifted ones. Any pony that believes in a deity and prays to them can have divine spells.

Even rangers get access to spells for believing in a deity or in choosing to worship nature, they gain power through that connection which manifests through spells.

[TortoiseShell]

The vibe I was going for is that she has powers because the god wants her to - not because she's asking for them. Her dreams replace her daily prayer.

If that's not going to fly, then the other idea Kirby had was that her parents were uber religious and forced her into the monastery. Nothing special in the eyes of the god, etc.

[Kirby Krackle]

So what could be happening is momma and poppa Pegasus having more of a lawful good moral structure, ie Celestia. Our new hero requires something less rigid and more Lawful neutral so she rowdies herself out of Sun school with make-out parties and goes on to personally find Hurricane, who is a god that doesn't mind make-out parties.

[Starburst]

Lol. That's funny. Though I don't doubt that Molestia has her fair share of Makeout parties.

And lawful good just means you're going to follow laws and typically do good things. It doesn't mean complete rigidity. You can do anything you could as most alignments normally as a LG.

But that's fine. Dreams replacing prayer works fine to me, but she has to get the full 8 hours rest to have spells the following day. Clear?

[TortoiseShell]

Got it

Just need my HP rolled then (4d8) and I think everything is good to go as long as you approve!

[Starburst]

3, 2, 8, 2

[TortoiseShell]

Excellent, my sheet should be done then, I edited the full post above with the HP.

Just let me know how you want to proceed with inserting Ali. I'm so excited!

[Kirby Krackle]

So that's it, right? When can the team meet her? I'm excited!

[Bramble Rose]

Oh, hey! I didn't even know about this thread!

All righty, new gal. I like that character! Bramble would surely understand some of what she's going through ...

Speaking of which ...

How long ago was this party in the monk's quarters that got her kicked out? Cause Bramble was a University student... that could be a potential 'in' ...

[TortoiseShell]

Does Bramble like to canoodle?

[Bramble Rose]

ha-heeeeeh. Bramble likes the idea of canoodling. He's always terribly awkward in trying to pull it off, though. Giving it a try and getting caught ... by monks ... mid-first-kiss ... and getting the gal kicked out of the monastary ... would certainly be par for the course.

[Starburst]

Pfft. I doubt bramble would go that far with anypony.

[Starburst]

And you can enter as soon as you find a point at which your character would meet the group. If you have some ideas I'd be more than happy to hear them through private message.

[Bramble Rose]

Canoodling has a wide variety of meanings. It can mean snuggled up and kissing.

[Kirby Krackle]

How long ago was this party in the monk's quarters that got her kicked out? Cause Bramble was a University student... that could be a potential 'in' ...

Wait, wait, I've got it. He WAS in that tour group, but Tornado Ali didn't make with the smooches because... well... stallions that look like stallions!

There will come a day when Curtain Call has had enough, flip out and give Bramble a proper haircut. Then take him out to a bar. Then... wait, if can only Pegasi be the "Wingman"?

[Bramble Rose]

That works too, and -

Wait, wut? Cut his hair? Noooo! He looks even more girly with short hair!

[Kirby Krackle]

That works too, and -

Wait, wut? Cut his hair? Noooo! He looks even more girly with short hair!

Not the way Curtains would cut it.

[Bramble Rose]

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[Starburst]

You're free to "Bump into" curtain call right now if you prefer Tortoise shell.