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>>2250088 Dawn 100 HP -10% damage
>>2250091 Zebro 100HP
>>2250097 Sheffield this is a test run for the HP system, prepare to die 100 HP
>>2250103 Trusty 100 HP -20% damage
>>2250122 Radiant 125 HP -50% damage
We can deal without Campfire I guess. If he shows up, he can join in.
You are standing in a field.
The world is bathed in crimson and orange light even though you know it is the middle of the night.
You can hear distant rumbling.
Observe surroundings?
Talk to eachother?
>>2250204
Looking behind you you see Canterlot Castle.
Well, some blasted ruins that kinda resemble canterlot castle. So I guess that settles that.
>>2250207
Accounting the damage to the castle and her usual refusal to run away, probably dead.
>>2250209
>>2250227
>>2250245 because copypaste errors
The sky is on fire.
There is a second shadowy figure drawn across the surface of the moon. It is wrestling with the Mare on the Moon. Both are bleeding. The moon is bleeding. The moon is bleeding.
You can see nothing living around you, but there is a strange pony at your side, scarred from head to hoof and holding a massive sword.
He kinda looks like the mage you met on board Stromherald, only different.
You can hear noises approaching you.
You can still observe if you so wish, or prepare for battle (there is no penalty for observing)
>>2250289
>89
You infuse the rifle with the flaming sky.
It now deal fire damage.
>>2250299
>99
You manage to store bolts in quantum space within one another. The crossbow now has infinite ammo, but still needs to be armed before firing.
>>2250296
>>2250297
>>2250283
You all stand ready.
Five pegasi charge at you. They are mad and out for blood.
Roll for initiative, VS my roll.
>>2250386
You charge forward, but the pegasus is too quick and stomps you down as it leaps over you
you take 2 damage
>>2250388
You hit one square on, dealing 10 damage and halting it
>>2250392
Your rifle kicks you over as you fire it.
You take 4 damage
You also miss
>>2250393
After a short aerial fight, you are overpowered and thrown down.
You take 4 damage
>>2250398
You reach out with your hoof, and as a pegasus touches it, his eyes melt and he screams in terror as his soul is ripped from his body.
The pegasus dies.
You are healed to full health.
You feel your heart darken.
Next round.
4 pegasi remain
1 has taken 10 damage
>>2250509
Dark, gnarled roots burst from the ashen soil and begin to tear at the injured pegasus.
Critical hit, you deal 20 damage
The enemy is also helpless, and will now take double damage
>>2250510
You get up and fire again, disregarding all caution.
You are blown off your hooves and take 15 damage.
The rifle is knocked away.
You are helpless next round unless you roll 5 or more
>>2250519
After that embarrassing start, you get back up and plant a blade into the gut of the enemy pegasus. It is a good his on his vitals, and deals 20 damage.
>>2250526
Your wide swing strikes two of them and knocks them out of the air. Both take 10 damage.
>>2250552
Your blind devotion does not earn you protection here. You miss and tumble, but the sun amulet protects you from harm.
4 pegasi remain
One is helpless and has taken 30 damage
One has taken 20 damage
The others have taken 10 damage each.
>>2250616
Your dragon belches a spray of fire onto the rooted pegasus.
He screams in agony as he is incinerated, unable to run anywhere.
You deal 10 damage, doubled as the foe is helpless.
He is dead now.
>>2250618
Another masterful wide swing connects on the pegasi as they try to regain their footing. They both take 10 damage from the solid hit, then hop back and prepare to counterattack.
>>2250619
>9
You leap back up, rush to grab the rifle and snap off a pot shot, dealing 10 damage to one of the enemies.
>>2250626
You swing the hammer with great might, connecting on the enemy from below. He is flung back and crashes hard as he lands.
You deal 10+5 damage
>>2250627
As your sister sends the wounded pegasus crashing down, you plant your blade in his eye.
You deal 10 damage on the solid hit.
He is too weak to fight back, and can only writhe in agony.
Three pegasi remain
One is too hurt to fight
The other two are wounded but still standing.
>>2250749
You uncanny accuracy allows you to lead your shot on the rushing pegasus, splattering him in a shower of seared gore.
He is dead.
>>2250758
>Yes, Dark One. My soul is yours for eternity. I will serve...
He leaps onto his wounded comrade, stamping the dagger in his eye deeper and deeper until the poor thing stops moving.
>>2250793
You rush to kill the downed pegasus, but slow down as you see the raised one do it for you. Bad move. The last remaining one bucks you hard. You take 5 damage.
>>2250775
They were prone but not helpless (read: rooted/incapacitated/etc)
You swing your blade at the last one as it kicks Radiant, dealing another deep cut, but not enough to down the stubborn bastard.
>>2250777
Seeing your sister in peril, you leap forward with purpose, sinking your blades into the distracted foe's exposed flank.
You deal 10 damage and knock him helpless.
Only the single, bloodied, helpless pegasus remains.
>>2250923
>>2250941
Though bloodied, maimed, beaten and seemingly helpless, the mad attacker springs to life one last time, taking a deep bite out of the greatsword wielder, and kicking Dawn down.
Pluck takes 8 damage
Dawn takes 4 damage
>>2250919
Your flaming round slams deep into his head, exploding it in a shower of cinder and bone.
You deal 40 damage, killing the last foe.
>>2250935
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76iPvmAclM0
You sure feel like a winner.
The raised pegasus crumbles to dust
>>2250936
Looks like Dawn is the closest to death, at 92HP
>>2250953
Also Campfire walks onto the scene. How curious.
You hear a deep rumbling in the air
>IT SEEMS THE CENTURIES HAVE NOT DULLED ALL YOUR SKILLS. BUT THIS IS A FUTILE EFFORT. YOU CANNOT BEAT ME AGAIN.
Three bears charge at you.
Roll for initiative.
>>2251042
An impressive flame indeed!
For lighting a candle.
A bear slams you aside as it charges. You take 15 damage.
>>2251044
You graze one of the bears, dealing 5 damage, but are run down shortly thereafter.
You take 12 damage.
>>2251048
You manage to wound one of the rampaging beasts enough to halt its charge and deal 9 damage.
>>2251052
Bad plan. A bear smashes you to the ground. You take 10 damage.
>>2251054
There is nowhere to hide in this blasted hellscape. A bear mauls you as you look for a big enough rock to stick your head under.
You take 15 damage.
>>2251057
As one of the bears charges at you, you transfix it place.
It will obey you if you roll over 5 on your next action.
Three bears remain
One is still rampaging
One is transfixed and helpless
One is lightly wounded
>>2251122
Everyone has their name and class in the name field, but I'm sure the players wont minding posting their sheets.
>>2251176
The bear halts, then bows to your will.
You have gained a bear
For now.
>>2251187
You strike the bear as it tries to dig the bolt out. You cut deep into the thick hide, dealing 11 damage.
>>2251188
Your uncanny skill with missile weapons allow you to draw a bead on the rampaging bear as it turns for another pass. You blow out one of its eyes dealing 20 damage.
All rolls against this bear gain a +1 modifier
>>2251198
>98+1
You attack the bear from the newly made blind spot, striking a vital point. You deal a massive 250 damage, slaying the bear on the spot.
>>2251230
As you head to strike the bear Dawn is fighting, the OTHER bear catches you off guard, stamping you to the ground. Getting caught so greatly by surprise, you take 20 damage.
One wounded bear remains
Zebro has the other under control for now
>>2251299
>99
Your bear leaps into the other bear, unleashing the true power of Bear Lore.
Both bears are sucked into a bear singularity, then they implode as they are transported into the elemental plane of bear.
>>2251309
Also they were on fire because fire.
There are no more bears.
The elemental plane of bear is on fire.
>IT SEEMS MY YOU ALL ARE EVERY BIT AS STRONG AS I REMEMBERED. YET IT MATTERS LITTLE. MY NEW FORM IS SUPERIOR TO ANY FLESH I HAVE WIELDED. THIS WORLD WILL DIE ONCE MORE AT MY HANDS. IT IS INEVITABLE NOW
Two minotaurs, one with a greataxe, the other with two hammers.
Also a manticore.
initiative, roll, etc
>>2251375
You are as slow as a sandraker, and cannot fit the gun in your mouth in time.
A minotaur punts you away, dealing a total of 12 damage.
>>2251378
You vanish from sight just as a minotaur storms past you
>>2251380
and right into the warrior fumbling with his crossbow, smashing him with a mighty greataxe, dealing 25 damage.
>>2251379
More roots, as black a sinful soul and full of pulsing veins, wrap themselves on the manticore, stabbing and tearing at its eyes, ears, vitals, genitals and anything else they can reach. The manticore takes 20 damage and is helpless next turn.
>>2251382
After igniting an entire elemental plane, you cannot find more fire in you at this second. Too bad, since the minotaur smacks you with his hammer, dealing 15 damage.
>>2251389
Your mighty prayer protects everyone as they ready themselves for another go.
Everyone takes 50% less damage next turn.
It did.
Next round
The manticore is helpless
Both minotaurs are unwounded.
>>2251505
You manage to conjure enough flame to ignite a minotaur.
It takes 5 damage, and will take another 5 every turn.
>>2251509
Thwap.
For a stick make of bones that sure looks like it hurt.
You deal a further 40 damage to the manticore.
>>2251510
>0
You forgot what you were going to blind and stab yourself instead.
Then a minotaur steps on you.
You take 10 damage.
>>2251530
>0
Your god is dead. All that remains is a charred, torn carcass.
The realization renders you helpless for a moment, and the minotaur smashes you for 20 damage.
>>2251515
You let off a shot and manage to score a good, solid hit, dealing 40 damage to the helpless Manticore.
>>2251512
Good thing the paladin was there. The minotaur overpowers you and lands a crushing blow, dealing only a minor 7 damage thanks to your protection.
One minotaur is on fire
The other is unwounded
The manticore breaks loose, but is badly injured.
Next round
>>2251649
It bursts into a flaming pyre, taking 20 damage, and a further 5 every turn.
>>2251658
You attack the other, now flaming minotaur and slash it, dealing 10 damage.
>>2251675
The momentary despair passes, and you leap into action, landing a mighty blow upon the minotaur Pluck helped with, crushing bones for another 10 damage.
>>2251669
It makes a valiant effort, wrestling the manticore to the ground, tearing out chunks of flesh worth 20 damage.
The Manticore then lashes out.
Roll to avoid poison.
>>2251661
You fail to land a hit in the middle of the chaos, and instead get knocked down by the manticore's tail.
You take 7 damage and are helpless unless you roll 5+ next turn
The greataxe minotaur takes burning damage.
It now has 290 HP left and is on fire
The hammer minotaur has 270 and is on fire
The manticore has 180
>>2251777
>777
Lucky hit. You sever the tail for 100 damage.
>>2251792
It still hits Zebro like a fleshy spear, poisoning him and dealing 10 damage.
You now take 5 damage every turn unless cured.
>>2251778
That would be Radiant, at 68HP.
After your heal, she has 73 HP
>>2251788
Your hail of bolts cripples the minotaur's arm, forcing it to drop one hammer. It also takes 15 damage.
>>2251819
CRITICAL MOTIVATION
+2 to all rolls next turn (not counting 0)
next round, go.
Both minotaurs take 5 burning damage
Axe one has 285hp
Hammer one 240
manticore 80
party stats
Trusty
109/125
-20%
Pluck
110/125
-20%
Radiant
73/125
-50%
double damage VS undead
Dawn
72/100
-10%
Zebro
90/100
-0%
Poisoned
Campfire
70/100
-0%
>>2251889
>+2
>999
>>2251897
>+2
>99
>>2251898
>+2
>999
The manticore is annihilated on a sub-atomic level as it takes a total of 1250 damage.
>>2251913
>+2
As the minotaur stares in awe at the fine mist slowly evaporating around the party a few steps away, it is blown back for 10 damage by your hammer
>>2251924
>+2
You lift the other minotaur off its feet with a mighty swing, sending it crashing into the other for 15 damage
The minotaurs, seeing that this party is foes worthy of their true power, combine to form
Mino Lagann that is to say, the axe one gives the other a piggyback ride
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfUTihyusSg
>>2251989
LUCKILY FOR OUR HEROES A BARD JOINS THE FRAY
>>2252006
While the tracker shoots himself in the face and dies.
Mino Lagann remains
It has three arms and a total of 525 hp
It is on fire and easy to topple
>>2252048
Your dark, thorny roots strike up from the cracked, ruined earth once again, wrapping themselves around the bests legs.
As it bleeds, both faces grin.
It takes 10 damage, but is not helpless thanks to the extra arm.
>>2252054
You heal 1 hp
>>2252057
Well met, bard. +1 to all rolls next turn
>>2252070
YOU CANNOT BREAK THIS HAND
Mino Lagann grabs you and crushes your head. You are helpless and take 20 damage.
You need to roll 5+ or someone else needs to sever the hand for you to escape.
>>2252073
The leg gives zero fucks. The heart of a minotaur burns like magma, it cannot fall, not now, not here.
>>2252090
>0
She is dead as fuck.
Probably partially eaten too.
>>2252091
>streaming
>not playing
Does he hat me or something?
The arm has 40 HP
The entire foe has 525 HP
Next round.
>>2252147
It worked, you are no longer poisoned.
>>2252161
As you focus on healing the trapped rogue, Mino Lagann smashes you using her as a club.
You both take 20 damage.
>>2252165
After the beating you break loose
>>2252168
and your sister crushes the arm with her hammer, causing it to fall limp.
Mino Lagann is down to 2 arms and 2 heads.
It has 475 hp
>>2252191
"JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!"
Mount Canterlot explodes in the background. Mino Lagann does a badass pose in front of the explosion, causing all of you to take a -1 penalty to rolls next round.
>>2252270
You leap for an arm and again, it catches you.
It then turns to use you as a shield as >>2252266
Dawn lands a heavy blow, smashing apart the hand.
And her sister.
Dawn takes 20+10 damage, reducing her to 2 HP. She is dropped on the ground, taking 1 more damage.
>>2252271
You puke blood as the spell goes horribly wrong. You take 20 damage from the miscast.
>>2252288
Mino Lagann now turns to focus on you.
Roll to dodge VS my roll.
>>2252374
>>2252384
Try as you might, your efforts are still less than perfect.
Dawn gains 4HP
>>2252357
Your slam topples the minotaur as it goes in to attack >>2252393 ted. The slam and fall deal 25 damage.
>>2252397
You try to apply some bandages. Your face is broken. You can see some parts of your skull. Or your hooves. It all looks the same now. Those are either bandages or some sinew from your limbs.
Mino Lagann is down on the ground with 450HP
It is helpless next turn
>>2252455
Your natural healing binds bone and flesh for a moment, dulling the pain
>>2252459
Using this newfound moment of clarity, Dawn leaps forth, the snapped bones in her wings cracking like dry twigs, the ribs puncturing her chest making a squishy noise with every move
She sinks her blade deep into Mino Lagann's neck, twisting and ripping all she can before she is flung off.
The healing keeps her alive, but such radical action at such low health reduces her to 1HP
>>2252466
With the head already damaged, you land another hammering blow upon it, caving a part of the skull in
>>2252468
Next, as radiant pulls back, you conjure a mighty fireball and blast Mino Lagann's damaged head, immolating the fur, skin and flesh, leaving only a singed skull.
Mino Lagann leaps up, now with only one head and two arms, then slams >>2252503
ted aside for 10 damage.
Mino Lagann has been reduced back to a single minotaur with 200 HP left
"BRO! NOOOOO!"
The Minotaur is stunned by the loss of his bro.
>>2252599
You would bring her to full health
>>2252601
You would kill her right there
You cancel eachother out.
Dawn remains at 50H-
>>2252620
>0 to inspire
Make that 25 HP
>>2252625
Your hammer strikes the minotaur in the chin, but he refuses to fall over
"BRO IS DEAD! BUT I STILL STAND!"
10 damage
>>2252629
With your life force returning to you, you leap onto the great beast. You thrust your mare-parts in his face, rubbing the juices flowing from the excitement of a near-death experience all over his muscular brow.
As you begin to insert one of his thick, hard horns into your why are you people reading this put your dicks away this is not an erotic role playing session god damn.
20 damage.
>>2252719
The minotaur is now on fire, and takes 25 damage
>>2252727
You are surrounded by a barely visible haze of atoms that once were a manticore
>>2252729
The minotaur is also blind now, taking a further 20 damage, and granting a +1 to all rolls against it.
>>2252736
He is also mad as fuck
>>2252751
But he has balls of steel. The Hammer of the Sun cracks slightly on impact, and Radiant is blasted for 5 damage for dishonorable conduct.
"...BUT I AM NOT MY BRO! I AM MYSELF!"
115 HP left
He is blind, mad as fuck and on fire
Do try to finish him off this round, for your own good.
Roll for initiative VS his ultimate attack
Add actions too.
>>2252836
His ribs collapse with a mighty crack, as he takes 10 more damage
>>2252848
Your blades rip into his flesh, tear and cutting, causing a further 10 damage
>>2252858
You raise the minotaur bro. It has no arms.
>>2252842
Your fireball fizzles...
>>2252856
The minotaur seems to be resis-OH SHI
"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM? I AM MINOTAUR. NOT MY BRO, MINOTAUR. I AM MINOTAUR THE MINOTAUR!
AND THIS IS MY AXE THAT SHALL PIERCE THE PONES!
TAKE THIS!
FINISHING MOVE!
GIGA
PONE
BREAKER!"
Roll to avoid death.
5+ needed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfwzhiATTXA
>>2253014
You have at long last become just like Celestia. Dead.
>>2253043
BUT WAIT
IN YOUR HEART BEATS THE LIGHT OF A GODDESS. THIS IS THE HEART THAT WAS TOUCHED BY THE SUN
THE ONE THAT WAS SPARED BY THE DARKEST OF HER SHADOWS
THE ONE THAT SAVED HER SISTER FROM CERTAIN DEATH
THE ONE THAT BEATS ONLY FOR THE LIGHT
You stand your ground at 1HP
The Minotaur cannot break you this day.
>>2252996
You once more assume the form of the Lord of Cinder. Amplified by the flames in the sky you burn brighter than ever.
You place your hoof upon the minotaur, whose flame burns white hot, dealing 40 damage
>>2253007
Seeing your sister hold her ground you leap forth and jab your blades into the minotaur's neck, tearing out a chunk, dealing 15 damage,
The minotaur has used up all it has to throw at you.
It has 40 HP left and it is a bloodied mess.
Radiant is surrounded by a grossly incandescent glow, shielded from all harm that could befall her.
>>2253187
>>2253194
>>2253197
>>2253204
>>2253223
The minotaur falls dead, a head shoved in his ass.
He failed his bro and died knowing it.
As the battle subsides, so does the glow that protects Radiant.
She is with Celestia now.
Her body explodes into light.
>"WITHOUT THE DAMNED ARCHMAGE AND YOUR BEYONDER LAPDOGS YOU ARE NO MATCH FOR EVEN MERE BEASTS. WHAT HOPE DO YOU HAVE AGAINST ME, THE DEATH OF CIVILIZATIONS?"
The mare on the moon has killed the other shadowy shape. The moon is now an ocean of blood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAlztMvvNkk
Before you can mourn her, a great fiery portal rends open reality itself.
An Ursa Major, flanked by four Ursa Minors appear.
They have come to avenge their home.
Roll for initiative.
>>2253302
SUDDENLY, A ROGUE APPEARS
You have 100HP and a 10% damage reduction.
Unless you were an earth pony, then you get 125 HP.
>>2253304
You are an avatar of fire, and fire bows to you.
You slam a fireball into the Ursa Major, dealing 10 damage.
>>2253307
Your dark roots crawl and slither up the Ursa, hungry for blood.
One leg is trapped.
>>2253324
It swats you aside like the annoying fly you are.
You take 14 damage.
>>2253329
Despite these impossible odds, you cheer your comrades on to new heroism. +2 to all rolls next turn, and nobody gets mauled by the ursa minors this turn.
>>2253426
You weave the fire as if it were a part of you, landing another fiery blast onto the great bear for 20 damage.
>>2253431
It is a star god, not a beast
Your mind screams in terror as you stare into the infinitely deep eyes of the Ursa Minor, unable to comprehend the abyssal terror you have attempted to control.
You take 10 damage.
>>2253434
It harmlessly bounces off. The Ursa Major is as large as a small mountain and constructed of condensed starstuff.
>>2253463
As you open your beak to sing, a Ursa Minor slams you down. You take 15 damage.
>>2253491
Music bonus earned.
>>2253565
Your eyes glow with dark hunger as your hoof once more becomes wreathed in the unholiest of energies.
You touch the Ursa Major.
An unshatterable silence falls upon the land. For a short moment nothing moves. Not even the air. As time stands still, you can feel the world die and be reborn a thousand times.
The universe screams.
The stars themselves buckle as the heavens are torn asunder.
The great Star God Bear is annihilated and drained into your body.
You throw up.
You are pretty sure blood and dark bile is not something you ate for lunch.
Your heart claws its way out of your chest. Veins twisting into tentacles that grasp and tear at you from within.
You fall over, your mortal body splattering open with a horrible crack. Your heart, so black no light can hope to touch it, stands tall above your destroyed remains. It sends out a tendril and spears one of the Ursa Minors, dragging it in and devouring it from within.
The heart then takes a step forward. It has tasted life, and now hungers for more.
Three Ursa Minors and the HEART OF DARKNESS remain.
>>2253742
The heart ignores your feeble mortal arms. It is a god onto itself now, ready to challenge any and all deities this world has to offer.
>>2253744
Your flames seem dimmer in the darkness radiated by the heart. You still land a mighty fiery punch on a Ursa Minor. It takes 20 damage.
>>2253802
Throwing caution to the wind, you attempt to strike a Ursa Minor.
It counters, sending you crashing to the ground. You are down to 7 HP
>>2253805
Everyone feels a bit better about the situation.
+1 to all rolls next round.
The heart spears another Ursa Minor for 100 damage.
>>2253916
Your spirit of the fight is catchy indeed.
+2 to all rolls next turn
>>2253921
You drag your beaten, broken body beneath the speared Ursa and thrust upwards.
You are too weak to even would the bear.
It steps on you, and you die.
The Heart of Darkness then devours it, and pulses for a moment.
>>2253930
The fire rebels. Your Avatar Form explodes, dealing 20 damage to you.
You return to pone form.
>>2253943
You cannot find a weak point to strike. As you poke around the bear slams you away for 20 damage.
The Heart of Darkness pulses violently.
Roll to dodge
0 = death
1-4 = 50 damage
5-8 = 10 damage
9 = no damage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieQ0rXQ4z-U
>>2254076
>>2254097
You manage to avoid the worst of the tendril storm, taking only minor damage.
>>2254082
You, on the other hand, are unable to drag your weakened body to safety, and are speared to death.
The Ursa Minors are also killed and absorbed.
The Heart of Darkness uses this new matter to forge itself a body, that of a mighty dark ram.
You now face an Avatar of Grogar
Roll for initiative VS me.
>LOOK AT YOU, WEAKLING MORTALS. FIGHTING THE REMAINS OF YOUR OWN DEAD. IT WOULD BE AMUSING WERE IT NOT SO PATHETIC.
You see a gigantic skeletal form descend from the burned out skies.
The main body is that of two ancient dragons, their spines twisted into a double helix, their ribs woven into a jagged shell. Seven massive wings hold the form aloft, and ten limbs, all forged from the remains of dozens of creatures grasp at you.
As you are lifted up a long serpentine neck made of skulls turns to stare at you, each one accusing you of a different thought, deed or failure.
At the top of the chattering neck lies a familiar, terrible sight. The skull of the Draconequus you saw earlier.
With a single bite it tears the Grogar Avatar in half, sucking down the powers of death within.
>AS THE FOOL DISCORD TOYED WITH A SINGLE KINGDOM, IT WAS I WHO DESTROYED THE BUFFALO EMPIRES.
>IT WAS I WHO ENSURES THE BEARS WOULD NEVER AGAIN SHARE THEIR LORE WITH MORTALS.
>IT WAS I WHO STARED INTO THE EYES OF THE LAST BEYONDER AS LIFE SLIPPED AWAY FROM IT, SEALING THEIR KIND OUT OF THIS WORLD FOREVER
>I AM STRIFE, DEATH OF CIVILIZATIONS
>AND TODAY, I TAKE MY REVENGE FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ME ALL THOSE CENTURIES AGO.
You are crushed by an infinitely powerful grip, and take 9999 damage.
You have all died.
As has Equestria.
You awaken. It is nearly dawn.
You now understand what is at stake here.
You cannot allow the draconequus Strife to be reborn, or all life may well be doomed.
>>2254797
Your heart is still there.
You kinda feel like stabbing someone a little. Just a little stab. Nothing deadly. Just hurt them. It would be fun.
>>2254801
OH GOOD HEAVENS YOU HAVE A HORRIBLE STALLIONFA-no wait you're still pretty.
>Come back to bed
>We still have hours before the preparations for the attack begin.
>>2254810
You leave Trusty and the undead kid to sleep and head out to the Mage Academy
Headmaster Grimoire offers you one of two options - a crystal plate that, while heavy and noisy, offers good protection without any lost spellcasting power, or an Ironweave Robe, which is quiet and light as cloth but as sturdy as chainmail.
You count 4s as successes when casting and your body is made of fire, so just touching enemies burns them. Also, as a fire elemental, you can heal by absorbing fire (other than your own)
>>2254946
"Beyonder? Supposedly they came from another world to visit ours in ancient times. Some say they were the ones who slew Grogar and Tirek in their mortal forms. But those are all legends. The only notable mention I know of comes from an obscure and highly debated part of Startswirs the Bearded's private notes. Archivist Dustbunny might know more, but unlike me, he isn't much of a night owl."
>>2255095
Dustbunny is still asleep. You decide to let him rest, he looks very tired from having to manage everything after Greymane's death.
>>2255115
Ask around about the voices of the death god in your head might not be smart.
>>2255143
Her wings are so pretty~
>>2255145
>It is the least we can do
>for you
>now lest us rest
>tomorrow will be a great day
>>2255227
>perhaps "important" would have been more fitting
>but we know our place
>and our duty
>we are just happy we got to meet you
>if we must die soon
>we can at least die with a smile
>>2255246
You find mentions of Beyonders here and there. They are described as strange and alien. Tall and slender, with impossible posture and strange native language. Highly intelligent and cunning. Devious even.
The only name you can find for one is Meg'Ahnn the Nightslayer, said to be the one who killed Tirek.
A guard walks up to you.
"This might sound a bit crazy but are you called Campfire?"
>>2255347
"Oh man I just lost a bet.
Hah."
He hands you a scroll
"This is just too spooky for me man, you have fun with that"
A note on the scroll has your name and description on it, and it has been signed and dated hundreds of years ago.
>>2255373
>not a wish
>just an acceptance
>but perhaps we have more positive things to talk about
>or do.
>>2255428
"Dear Campfire.
Do not attempt to understand this yet.
It will all make sense soon enough.
For now, know that you are one of those needed for a very important mission.
You carry within you a fire I need to combat a great evil.
You are one of the chosen.
So are your comrades.
Keep this pendant safe, as it will aid me later.
-Starswirls the Timekeeper"
There is a small pouch with a blank pendant inside.
>>2255478
>as you wish
>let us continue then
The twins take up more comfortable positions, their bones still making some nasty noises as they move too quickly. A few pained grunts later they settle down, and you climb on top. Eager and wet from your encounters within the dream, you run your wings across their bare bodies, softly caressing the masculine, scarred forms. You reach down and slowly begin stroking their expanding members of the parliament have voted today on the banning of the dungeon master writing smut in the middle of a quest, please put your pants back on guys.
>>2255508
For the shortest of moments you can see a glimpse of a bearded unicorn before you. He nods, then is already gone.
>>2255599
>99
Celestia wraps a wing around you, pulls you under the covers and whispers "it was more than a dream, but it can wait a few hours, can it not?"
>>2255733
"I know. I had the same dream. Strife is trying to work into our hearts and undermine our determination. He feeds on uncertainty and distrust. That is how he brought down entire empires in the past.
It was only when an exceptional group of heroes handed together with the mightiest allies they could muster and united all nations they could find under a single banner that Strife was weakened enough to be killed.
Or, so I've heard. I had my share to deal with taking on another draconequus, Discord."
>>2255800
"I won't let them revive him. And if they do manage, I will kill with my own bare hooves. I will sooner endure thousands years of torment than to see and feel you dead again... I will stop him. I won't let them hurt you, Your Highness."
>>2256145
Celestia is acceptably pleased.
I was going to do the same joke a third time but decided no to.
"Now, let us rest. Tomorrow many things await us"
END.
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