/mlp/ - Clopper's Closet

>>OP
Scotland
Shetland
Ornery

>>OP
>civilzation: horsefucker
>race : spaghettiman (we super sayan with our spaghetti level)

>>OP
Pegasopolis
Pegasi
Greek Style Military Society

>>OP
The Horseies

>>11927112
Cilization: Off By One
Race: Batemen

>>OP
USA
American Cream Draft
Easy Going

>>OP
nigger from space
flying nigger
rape and penetrate

>>OP
I'm bad with names but I'd suggest Minotaurs as race, endurance as quirk.

>>11927212
Taurica? Actual place, look it up.

Captcha: Midasy and

>>OP
brony
autistic
love and tolerate

>>OP
>3 minutes

>>11927384

okay not three minutes, instead, "whenever I feel like it.

You are the great civilization of Scotland, of the species Shetland Pony. You are basically an earth pony except nobody takes you seriously and you have a lot of pent-up anger about this.

After wandering the great freshwater sea for generations, your people has decided that you should soon settle. There are forests and mountains to the north-east. The coast continues to the north and east. There is abundant grass here for your people to feed on; food should never be an issue as long as nothing bad happens.

Would you like to settle here?

>>OP
Niggerians
Niggers

>>11927567
>tfw I never played civilisation

>>11927567
Yes. Coastal regions make for good cities, and the sooner we start developing, the better.

>ambitious economic advisor

>>11927567
Yep

>>11927567
Yeah. Proximity to the coast and a forest is neat. How close are we to the mountains? Might be smart to found our city near to them so we can't be attacked from that direction.

>>11927613
Don't Ctr+c,Ctrl+v Canterlot
also water boosts economy
Mountains boosts defence

>>11927567
That's basically the region IRL shetland ponies live in. They even eat seaweed.

>>11927567
>>11927590
"We're settling here." You announce. Your people cheer, and sit down.

You do a quick headcount of your people. 14 mares, 6 stallions, including yourself, the chieftain. For some reason, your people's birth rates naturally cling to a 70% female 30% male population. Not that you complain.

Your people look at you, awaiting orders. You're settling! What does that even mean?

>>11927741
Gather some wood for simple houses and a stockade in case we encounter other, hostile tribes.

Send the best scout/fastest pony to survey the nearby land, see what kind of prospects we have for the future.

>conservative military advisor

>>11927741
Gather peat for fuel for fires.

>>11927741
>What does that even mean?
We need places to live, so we should probably build a few houses.
Also, sending out some of us to gather food would be useful.

>70% female
We will need a lot of orgies so amass a proper army.

>>11927741
Build houses and start planning something that would produce food

Ghandi
Ghandi
Nuke everyone

>>11927877
Heh, in my last civ game, I was Babylon and ghandi was my only competition in the game. He had massive growth/cities but I still surpassed him in science.

Ended up winning with space race but I build a nuclear missle just incase...

>>11927925

Urgh him and Darius are a pain in the arse

>>11927741
Being industrious earth horses, you quickly build little huts of straw and twigs. You don't really have any tools nor the knowledge to construct them, but you're almost finished.

You quickly send out the fastest scout among you. Her name is Blue Moon. Reliable and friendly. Sometimes, a little too friendly. She explores the coast a little more.

While everyone was working, you saw a thin little colt by the name of Crazy Pete, who was slacking off. You remember him from your childhood. He was about as smart as you, but he didn't have your charming good looks, so he got beat up way more often.

He claims he's on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, something to do with sharp sticks. Of course, he's crazy, and you need the wood to complete the houses. What do you do?

>>11927993
We Shetlands have thick fur anyways, go for pointy sticks!

>>11927993
>Reliable and friendly. Sometimes, a little too friendly.

She's a changeling spy! Kill her!

>>11927993
Take the pointy sticks. You never know when you need them and better sleeping in the cold for a few days then getting ass ravaged by Diamond Dogs or something like that.

Poor blue Moon, she's as good as dead.

>>11927993
He's onto spears. Let Crazy Pete build.

>>11927993
>Crazy Pete
>tfw my name is Peter and got beat up as a kid

Give me the sticks, yes! I can make them pointier! And stickier! Yes! Hahaha!

>>11927993

Boys I think its time we had us a which hunt.

look water near bye, just drown them if they survive they are a witch, if they die they are innocent and then saved

>>11928029

>>11928029
>>11928094
>Girl has a thing for us
>Quick! Drown her!

>>11928094

>>11928113
We're ornery, not paranoid.

>>11928145
Yeah, I know. I hope OP doesn't take those guys seriously.

>>11928094
we 1700's now

Crazy Pete sharpens a few sticks, and discovers it hurts a lot more than just hitting things with blunt sticks. He's bleeding out by the time you get to him, but he'll be fine.

Cinnamon Twist and Star Gazer, the two unlucky mares to be left without houses, grumble a little, but you offer to share your hut for the night and they quickly brighten up. You never liked sleepovers.

You don't really think Blue Moon's THAT bad of a pony. Sure, there are some...rumors, about her, and they all start with "Once in a blue moon...", but you've known her for a long time.

Blue Moon returns, but this time, she's not alone! Her friendly nature is both a blessing and a curse. Three strange creatures approach, wearing shiny clothing you've never seen before. They tower over you, and carry sticks even sharper than yours! The lady one with the missing eye speaks.

"Greetings. I am General Aurelia of the Diamond Dog clans, to the East." Despite her polite words, they come off as rough-sounding, and terrifying. You try your best to keep your composure.

"We have no quarrel with your kind, and are a peace-loving people. As long as you don't settle further east along this coastline, I assure you, we will get along fine." She never smiles, or changes her expression.

How do you continue negotiations?

>>11928345

>Being told to not settle east.

FUCK HER WE SETTLE WHERE WE WANT. In a barely-controlled, more polite way of saying of course.

>>11928345
Oh man, I knew the fucking Diamond Dogs wouldn't let us have a hippie life full of orgies.

Uhm, she should probably try to trick her into giving away some information about the size of her town. Maybe we don't actually have to fear them.

>>11928345
Let it go for now.
Then we science our way to god hood and completely demolish them with machine guns we somehow have in the 1500s

Ask if we can settle north and/or south.

>>11928345
Agree not to settle eastward. We don't really have the ponies for serious expansion yet anyway.

See if we can secure anything in return for our courtesy.

Be friendly, but not pushovers.

>>11928437
Yes negotiate trade agreements that will stop us and them for expanding into each other.

"Of course." You reply. She's clearly not built for the subtleties of pariliament house diplomacy; she doesn't show any signs that she picked up on any of your intentions, whether they be terror or deceit. That, or she's even better than you are, and doesn't show it.

You spend a few minutes asking her about her people, and asking her of the lands around your location. She reveals very little of her people, but she does reveal that they are a very war-hardened people from hostilities between them and the pegasi. It turns out that there's more coast to the north and a lot of water to the south. You don't know how to traverse water, so a load of good that does.

Before she leaves, she takes one look at the sad state of your town, and says, "Be careful out there. There's things a lot more scary than big, mean, old diamond dogs."

Afterwards, Pete asks you if you have any ideas for research projects, or something the town could build. Blue Moon also asks if you have any priorities for scouting, otherwise, she'll continue scouting in a circle.

>>11928639
I'm not good at progression without a "tree" of some sort.
But i say metalworking. Figure out how to smith metal and we should be on our way

>>11928639
Looks like there's a heck of a lot of water, Pete. A way to traverse it might be good.

We could build a warehouse to store food, make hay out of bountiful grasses, all that kind of thing.

No real priorities when it comes to scouting, imo.

>complacent advisor, no speciality

>>11928639
Get Blue Moon to explore that central land.

Work on Fishing/Sailing and push towards that Lighthouse.

How's the situation with Twist and Gazer with us?

>>11928639
Blue Moon should try to find the Pegasi, maybe we can form an alliance with them.

Pete should research something related to arms/defense. If the Diamond Dogs already knock on our door know, we probably should prepare rather quickly.

Research better farming techniques so we won't need as much land to keep out people feed.

>>11928751
Already learned sharp sticks and we have coast all over us. Let's get to fishan.

>>11928751
Pegasi sound violent to me. Not sure they'd make the most reliable allies.

But OTOH, all we know about them comes from their enemies so who the hell knows.

>>11928639

Research, fishing or construction or something like that.

Trade knowledge of mining and forging with the diamond dogs.

Build more houses and shit, as well as a wall.

(Assuming this is kinda like Civ4 and we can actually trade shit)

>>11928639
DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE
we don't need any more food for now

>>11928840
also scout the east, I wanna know how big this diamond dogs are

>>11928639

Research archery.

>>11928639
A week passes. You have to endure sharing your hut with two giggly and annoying little mares, but that time has passed, and your town is looking rather town-like now. You have a small fence around the town now (only good for keeping out animals at the moment), and production on crafts and arms has begun.

One day, your scout comes back with a surprising find; a pony, like your people, but with wings!

She's clearly in no state to satisfy your curiosity, however. On the verge of tears, she tells you her name is Breeze Runner, and that her village has been completely destroyed by a small diamond dog raiding party! She tells you her parents have been captured, and will be turned into slaves.

She tells you that if you leave immediately, you can intercept them. An argument breaks out among your village on whether or not you should help her. It's rather obvious that the diamond dogs are far better trained and armed than any of your people, even if helping her is the right thing to do.

Meanwhile, Pete is clearly curious about the filly and her wings. He quietly leaves the town meeting with a smile on his face.

What do you do?

>>11929086
Does she have any information how many Diamond Dogs raided the village? Maybe we can crush them through sheer numbers.
If there are too many, we should ramp up our military first and turn her into an avatar of revenge.

>>11929086
next those dogs will go for us... they know we're weak. We gotta strike that small raiding party while we have the chance, and hope for a possible alliance with this strange winged ponies

also keep an eye on that Pete, goddammit

>>11929086
Ramp up that military so we can have a chance to survive in case they come after us

>>11929086
Well, i'd like to help the pegasi. Sounds like they're suffering, and it seems we're naturally much better friends.

Plus, the Diamond Dogs came right up to us at the start and made demands, so.

>Racist Reactionary Advisor

Strike the raiding party and heighten relations with Pegasi begin united invasion of Diamond Dogs.

>>11929086
Learning towards getting rid of the raiding party but ask for more info real quick. You already know next to nothing about the diamond dogs other then who you met with. Don't wanna bring a knife to a gun fight.

>>11929086

Give her to Pete to experiment on.

>>11929086

We're not at all ready for war. Simply not feasible population wise.

Offer her sanctuary but otherwise there's nothing we can do.

>>11929086
She tells you that although the main army was the one to destroy her village, it's continuing farther north. The ones that took her parents was a small group, maybe six, sent back to the diamond dog capital to bring back news. A group that small may be heavily armed and trained, but this is a far better situation than you first feared.

She shows you the route the diamond dogs will take, as well as her destroyed village. Across a shallow part of the water, called the Coral Corridor, and around the forest northeast of your village. The soldiers are terrified of crossing directly through the forest, due to dangerous creatures, but they are also hindered while in the water. She's surprisingly knowledgeable about warfare; perhaps it's a pegasus thing.

You're not sure if you can make any promises yet, but you pat her on the head. She gives a small smile, before bursting into tears. You leave her with Blue Moon.

You can wait for more weapons to be ready, but then you would have to fight in the forest.

Pete also has an idea for getting across the water now, but it seems like it would take too long to build and test at the moment.

What do you do?

>>11929550
Wait for more weapons to be ready, then set up an ambush on the far side of the forest?

Seems the best course to me if at all possible.

Take them in the water with a surprise attack then take there weapons for Pete to study.

>>11929550
attack now! they won't know what hit them

>>11929608
0: Critical Failure
1-2: Failure
3-4: Pyrrhic Success
5-8: Success
9: Critical Success

>>11929550
Smash them now. But make sure that no one escapes or survives and that we don't leave any traces behind which could tell the main army who did it once they come back.

>>11929722
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

Wait you mean you chose his option and it effed up?

>>11929722
Were you rolling, or are we supposed to? Oh god, I hope it's the latter.

>double failure

>>11929760
>>11929753
>>11929722
If you confused it, just say official roll or something on next post.

>>11929722
OFFICIAL ROLL MOTHER FUCKER.

>>11929722
>>11929753
>>11929760
>>11929831
We're boned.

>>11929831
YA BLEW IT!

>>11929831
quick! flee to the pegasi city! they're coming to rape our fillies!

>>11929722
>>11929608
I was rolling.

also you guys can't roll to save your life, huh.

You setup along the forest, using the bushes as cover. Eventually, the soldiers come along, dragging wooden things filled with boxes, which you somehow instinctively know are coffins. Those pegasi put up a serious fight. In the rear is a cage, with a small frightened group of ponies.

Something goes wrong. Maybe they smelled you, or someone screwed up. Either way, one of your friends besides you suddenly dropped to the ground, an arrow sticking out of him.

And all hell broke loose as, with a warcry, you charged.

(cont)

>>11930004
what's an arrow

>>11930004
I guess we can't. Must be too busy ogling the DM.

>>11930004
DONT WORRY GUYS, WE'RE ORNERY. WE"RE SORT OF LIKE DWARVES!

Adjective
Bad-tempered and combative.
Stubborn.
Synonyms
mean

THIS WILL BE OKAY.

>>11930057
>Shetland
Nigga, as far as ponies go, we -are- dwarves.

>>11930080
STRIKE THE EARTH, UNTIL YOU STRIKE THE DIAMOND.

>>11930004
You couldn't penetrate their armor. You couldn't handle get around their shields, or block their spears .

But they couldn't handle your sheer numbers. One by one, you fell, but they couldn't defend themselves from your ambush. Weakpoints were struck, your group fought as savagely and as dirty as you possibly could.

Eventually, the diamond dogs managed to retreat, bringing their carts with them, as well as Breeze's family, but you were in no position to pursue.

There was victory from this, even if you had forced them to retreat. You couldn't even save her parents. The only consolation is that you could at least salvage a few of the weapons left behind.

"At least three of us dead, six wounded. I don't think two of them will make it through the night." The one you appointed to watch over the wounded, Whisper, tells you. "I don't know how to save them."

What's the best way to recover, now?

>>11930157
Give the weapons to Pete and see if he can salvage them.
Focus on stocking up on food and building a proper wall, if they come back with reinforcements we have a huge problem.

>>11930157
Ask if there are any more Pegasus villages around in hopes of setting up some kind of diplomatic arrangement, and just... hope the Diamond dogs don't come in for violent retribution, I guess.

Take care of the wounded best we can.

>>11930157
Fishing/Sailing/work towards light house. We need growth.

Make a book of grudges. We're Shetlanders, we shall not forget those who we have lost and what others have done to us. Let this fuel our motivation.

Also: Roll for free technology from the weapons recovered?

>>11930224
this, we gotta prepare for a long siege. we can only hope to outlive them, now

and find those pegasi, we need them now

Send scouts to find any nearby pegasi (yes, I rhymed bitch) and recover loot from battle.

Take injured and mend them to the best of your abilities, using tourniquets and local plant life.

>>11930496
That was a bad goof...

>>11930423
wats a tourniquest?

>>11930157
It's been a few weeks.

Breeze was absolutely devestated upon hearing about the battle, breaking into tears and begging for forgiveness to no one in particular. You've let her sleep in your hut with you, for now.

You held a funeral for the dead, but your people serve no particular gods, so the whole thing was mostly out of respect for the dead.

Pete revealed to you his newest invention: a glider! It's very stupid and you're rather upset that he wasted his time on it, because there doesn't seem to be any practical use for it, but he insists that it's the first step to a new style of warfare. You're too tired to argue.

Your town is very heavily fortified, now. Breeze has taught your people about masonry and mining, and before long, you assembled walls made of hard stone. Pete and Breeze have been working together to try and find the best method for bronze-working, like the diamond dogs, but so far, the methods elude you.

Your scouts discovered a mysterious stallion observing your village, naming himself Starswirl. He seems rather eccentric, muttering to himself about your village being the birthplace of the sun, or some such nonsense. You have yet to actually meet the unicorn civilization, and some of your followers are worried he may be a diamond dog spy. What do you wish to do with this madman?

>>11930861
Talk to him. But don't... you know... get -too- friendly without finding out why he's here.

Attempt to speak with him but be prepared to capture him if necessary to get information.

>>11930861
>we have no religion yet
>our town is the birthplace of the sun
Noice, god unit incoming.

Anyway, we should probably talk to him and find out what he wants from us.

>>11930861
>Birthplace of the sun
AWGH SHET

>>11930861
CHARISMA CHECK
0: Critical Failure
1-2: Failure
3-4: Pyrrhic Success
5-8: Success
9: Critical Success

>>11930992
God dammit, we really suck at rolling. Let's just hope he doesn't scorch us from the surface of this planet.

>>11930992
>2 again
lel

>>11930992
YA BLEW IT!
AGAIN!

>>11930992
What's with all the shit rolls?

>>11930992
>>11930861
He quickly becomes irritated with your questions, and stomps out of your village, muttering curses under his breath. You hope he's just swearing, and not actually muttering actual curses.

Some of your followers were married today. How sweet; newborn ponies can walk mere minutes after birth, and can probably make themselves useful in a few months.

The scouts have been utilizing Pete's invention, enjoying their job perhaps a little too much. They tell you of another coast across the sea. Not only that; there's a massive construction of stone there; a castle! You have no idea who could be on the other side of the canal.

>>11931305
>south east
I sure hope that isn't a diamond dog castle. With our roll luck, they will destroy us in no time.

We should send a diplomat over to find out who's living their. Maybe we encountered Unicorns.

Also, what's Pete working on? Would be nice if he found something explosive or flammable so we can use the gliders to our advantage when the Diamond Dog main army comes back.

>>11931305
As intriguing as this castle is, the people have not come off any better from encountering other tribes.

We should keep to ourselves for the time being.

>>11931305
SAILING/FISHING, NOW.

Are those two ponies having their own place now?

Blue Moon should really explore the land up north/northeast.

Pete having relationship with Breeze? Helps speed research along?

>>11931305
send a diplomat to the castle and hope we don't get raped

>>11931305

Continue building. I want guard towers trenches, spike pit traps. Everything. We will be protected.

>>11931305
Without a way to traverse the water yourself, you ask that Breeze scout out the castle for you. She looks terrified at first, and so Pete recommends that you take the glider to accompany her. You quickly tell him that you'd rather not risk your life on some contraption that you aren't even sure works, but at the sight of Breeze looking disappointed, you sigh and agree. She lights up, and hugs you.

"Don't worry, boss." Pete smiles, "If you fall, I'm sure she'll catch you. And hey, when you get back, I'll have something new to show you." She nods excitedly in agreement. You groan.

It's the worst few hours of your life, but you get across. You're carrying a few provisions, as well as small, concealed, bronze dagger from one of the diamond dogs.

You land near the castle, and find yourself face to face with another pony; but this one has a horn sticking out of her head!

"Well, hello there!" She smiles jovially. "My name is Princess Platinum, leader of Unicornia. We've been watching you from the sky! Quite a spectacle." You're beginning to feel that that smile isn't so 'jovial' as it is 'flirtatious'.

She doesn't seem to be hiding any malice from you, but for some reason, you have a bad feeling about all this. What do you do?

>>11932151
Ask about her people if shit goes down take her hostage

>>11932151
Flirt back.

>>11932151
Ask about their tech and see if they can tell you about the land around you

>>11932151
Back and forth talk but be evasive of our own civilization. We've already been screwed over several times.

>>11932151
>Princess Platinum
Better be careful.
Flirt back a bit and then try to find out if they have encountered the Diamond Dogs and Pegasi too and find out what their relation to them is.

If she goes all the way, produce a shetland-unicorn bastard so we can utilize magic.

>>11932253
>>11932214
spaghetti roll
0: Critical Failure
1-2: Failure
3-4: Pyrrhic Success
5-8: Success
9: Critical Success

>>11932304
We're getting raped/emsculated.

>>11932151
Aww shit nigga, better play it smooth.

>>11932304
Well, at least we won't get castrated.

>>11932304
It may not be a full success but at least it isn't a failure

>tfw this is probably going to be the best roll we ever manage
>tfw we go full dwarf and retreat underground to avoid extinction
>tfw the Diamond Dogs are already there

This is a really slow thread.

>>11933075

>>11933075

OP is too busy wanking

>>11933075
i'm sorry

by the way, how am I doing? am I too slow?

>>11932304
>>11932151
She briefly tells you about her people; the Unicorns, a people proud of their culture, heritage, arts, and magic.

Well, she didn't mention anything about "military tradition", but you talk a little more about the arts, until you decide to show off one of your craftsponies' work, a beautiful necklace of beads and precious stones.

"Oh my...It's gorgeous!" She's quite clearly impressed, and so you push your advantage, and say that you think it'd look even more beautiful on her.

Wait, wait, no, why did you do that. Deft-of-Hoof took months to make that! It was a gift! Platinum smiles sincerely, and kisses you on the cheek. Beside you, Breeze is looking rather upset.

The discussion moves on, and you talk about the problem with the diamond dogs. Platinum hesitates, saying that her people are not a bunch of savages and brutes that would fall to fighting, but...

Using your legendary acting skills, you get into a speech about standing together against tyranny, and helping the weak, and fighting for the greater good. She's awed by your passion, and breaks into a smile.

"Very well! We'll fight with you to the end! But, ah, one more thing..."

You have a very, very bad feeling about this.

"It is customary among my people for us to cement alliances through marriage. I'm afraid I have not been blessed with any children yet, but my sister is currently available. Do you have any sons, or brothers?" She proudly points to her sister, in the corner of the room.

Platinum's married already? Urgh. You quickly tell her that no, you don't have any sons. You're not married at all.

She's clearly surprised. "No? Not married? Well, tell me if you take a fancy to my sister, then."

You hesitate. You can't marry someone you've never met before! Can you? Platinum smiles.

"Well, I suppose we can marry together some of our retainers, but..."

>>11933347
It's pretty slow, OP, but speaking for myself I honestly don't mind.

>>11933404
o-okay

>>11933347
Slow as hell but worth the wait. Playing vidya between posts.

I don't like the route this is currently taking writing wise, but ask for a dinner, especially after your journey to feel things out. I'm sure she'll see the reasoning behind it.

>>11933457

May I ask what is taking you so long? Is it thinking of the actual story and writing it or is it just the pictures? Because although I'm also doing something else, it would be nice if it was a little faster.

Also, I agree with >>11933463

Dinner with people you might want to marry. Also switch technologies. They can have the glider if we get some armour etc.

>>11933347
>inb4 Breeze backstabs us if we say yes
We should probably try to weasel our self out of it for now. Something like talking about how such a marriage has to be prepared and you would like to get to know her sister first.

Though getting a Unicorn would be sweat

>>11933574
And say it with that really James Bond like sway of how to hold a pretty lady's hoof takes at least a date.

>>11933557
a combination of indecision, slow writing, and slow drawing.

You manage to weasel your way out a marriage, by saying that time is of the essence, you should really get to know her sister first, and a myriad of other reasons. Amused, Platinum laughs and says she'll be glad to postpone the whole thing until after the war, but for now, it would be her honor to host a feast in your name.

During the dinner, you briefly take the opportunity to talk with Sweetie Bun, and ask her opinion of the whole thing.

"Well, a wedding is basically a big party, right? I love parties! One time, my sister and I went to this one party at this scary unicorn's house and there were these skeleton butlers and-" She happily chirps into your ear the entire night.

Before going home, you ask the princess if it would be possible to exchange technologies, but she shrugs.

"We do everything with magic, darling. We're unicorns, after all." Despite that, you learn a little about precious metals. With a little bit of experimentation, you can probably build bronze equipment soon.

By the time you get home, something seems...odd. Like there's more...green. Your walls are massive now! Pete trots up to you, a smile on his face.

"Hey, boss. You know the whole 'growing' thing we found out we could do, but never needed, because we never really had a food shortage? Well, it turns out there's a little more of a practical use for it. That old Starswirl dropped a scroll on some people called the 'Druids'..."

Your scouts have also discovered a settlement to the east, but retreated when they saw diamond dog guards. This is definitely it.

>>11934165
Guessing Sweetie Bun is the sister?

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SAILING/FISHING! PULL SOME GODDAMN COORDINATION WITH THE UNICORNS WHERE THEY CAST SPELLS FROM SHIPS OR SOMETHING.

>>11934165
Huh.

Well that thin spit of land between us and the Diamond dogs looks pretty defensible if we could manage to set up some kind of barricade.

Assuming they have no settlements in the forest, obviously, but who knows.

Should probably try and find out more about these 'Druids'.

>>11934165
>We become shetland druids
>We're behind a forest
>We're behind a potentially 800 acre living weapon

YES.

YEEEEEEEEEES.

>>11934165
>>11934227
Yeah, its kinda getting time to get into sailing and fishing. Pete should get onto that.
Also, just having massive walls will keep the Diamond Dogs outside, but won't defeat an attack from them. We should install a catapult or something like that on the wall.

Or how about expanding a bit? The Diamond Dogs seem to be a few miles away, we should be able to expand north without immediately having them at our throat.

>>11934165

Sailing/fishing as well as more glider technologies.

I want unicorns firing spells from the air, taking off from ships where the dogs can't get us.

>>11934313
We could learn how to grow placements along the wall to allow archers to stand on, research how to make small parts of the wall open with a push of a hoof, fire, then close.

>>11934345
>develop airships
>fuck the diamond dogs from above with an army of shetland-unicorn-hybrid druids

>>11934313

Remember the fact that we only have a very small population, with children at that. We shouldn't expand until we have 50 full grown shetlands at least

>tfw its getting way too late to keep playing
Is someone gonna archive this?
With pictures I mean, since heinessen doesn't save those.

>>11934387
>We learn how to hide our villages among the trees, to the point not even Unicorns or Pegasi can find us from the sky
>Only way in and out are druid sky ships

>>11934406
>50 shetlands

>>11934313
>>11934165

It's been a few months. You've appointed a few ponies to research more into your druidic powers, and your people are getting very creative with your newfound powers. Vine lashers, seeds that shoot faster than arrows, even minor earthquakes. Blue Moon has even been bragging about her own specialty, something about a "tree-ant".

You've expanded east, and setup a warcamp in the middle of the forest, built of toughened logs, harder than any stone. You have been able to get along very well with the creatures of the forest, but you're still wary of them. There's been talk of a secret civilization living in the forest, but there's no way of confirming or denying that.

Trade has opened up between your followers and the unicorns, upon massive logships constructed by your druids. It's only small for now, but they seem to have a problem with food, so you should soon be able to profit very nicely from these exchanges. Some unicorns have even expressed their desire to live among your people!

You can also fish now, but...you're vegetarian.

Your spies have been reporting that the diamond dogs have been reinforcing their walls, as well as hiring more soldiers. There are rumors of ponies in their desert prisons.

>>11934888
If any pony is confident enough, we should explore the forest more thoroughly.

And plan to rescue ponies from the work camps eventually, but that's priority #2.

>>11934888
Build up arms/economy more. We're making great progress.

>>11934949
Scouting seems in order here while we build up more.

>Vegetarian

Well guess we should find another use for Fish now, don't we? Too bad we're not druids and don't have an eccentric researcher...

Do one or two search rolls for scouting?

>>11934995
>>11934949
Very well.
0: Critical Failure
1-2: Failure
3-4: Pyrrhic Success
5-8: Success
9: Critical Success

>>11934995
>asking for rolls

Aw shit nigga what are you doing?

>>11935045
HAHA

TIME FOR SUCCESS

>>11935045
Finally a regular success.

>>11935045
>>11934888
Pete claims he's built improvements for the glider. Now, it can hold cargo and more passengers, and with the help of the unicorn magic, can take off and land anywhere. No more climbing hills and mountains and leaping off the edge!

You notice that Breeze has been trying to impress you as of late. It's kind of like you have your own daughter.

Your scout returns after a week, claiming there are two things of interest in the forest.

First of all, there's a mountain...with many dragon's nests. They won't bother you if you leave them alone, but...it's good to know something so dangerous is so close by. There's also a lot of treasure. Perhaps it will attract adventurers from faraway lands in the future.

The second thing of interest are some ancient abandoned ruins. Your scouts picked it clean; there's nothing of value there, only some decaying buildings.

Your people are getting restless. They're at a constant state of alert, and are feeling war fatigue.

>>11935450
Heh, we can do airlifts now past the Diamond Dog's walls now.

And seems like we're revving to go. What can we attack in DD lands? Where are the prisons?

>>11935450
>Breeze has been trying to impress you as of late

Don't pull a Robb Stark. Fuck her if you must but don't marry her.

>>11935510
>>11935554
Heh, she wants to impress us, let her lead a raid.

Also gives opportunity to roll again, hue.

>>11935698
If she's inexperienced we probably shouldn't put her in charge, put her in the raid but put Blue Moon in charge as our scout leader it should be right up her alley.

>>11935450
>>11935510
Your spies make their best effort to map out the nearest diamond dog city, aided with some unicorn clairvoyance.

There are two major prisons on opposite sides of the city, with the main government building on the far right side. The population is most concentrated in the south; fighting there will be tightly-packed in streets and alleys.

There are arrow towers setup around the city, and the sandstone walls are about twenty feet high.

The city is based around the river; your boats can probably enter from the coastline and through there. There is only wooden gates protecting the river, and the river itself is very deep.

It seems impossible to approach the city undetected with a large army. It's desert all-around.

>>11936204
Could we set up ships to siege from the south as a distraction while a small raiding party sneaks in from the north to free prisoners and steal supplies?

>>11935698
>>11936177
Either way raids should take a back seat to rescues.

>>11936204
Stealthy liberation of ponies from prisons. Airdrop in the night while one of Blue Moon's treants makes a distraction on the opposite side of the town, and escape down the river to a waiting boat?

>inexperienced military advisor that fancies himself a strategist

>>11936204
Use the cargo-carrying gliders to drop large stones and any type of druidic bomb possible onto the government building.

Afterwards, lay siege with waterborne forces over the river.

>>11936328
>stone-age air raid
DO IT.

>>11936308
>>11936328
And so it begins. MULTIPLE ROLLS

Distraction roll.
0: Critical Failure
1-2: Failure
3-4: Pyrrhic Success
5-8: Success
9: Critical Success

>>11936204
Siege from South and Air Drop rocks/bombs it is. Keep a Glider or two of Shetland Commandos on standby for opportnies.

>>11936450
i think you botched it m8

bad time old bean B(

>>11936450
well shit

>>11936450
OH SHIT

>>11936450
We ded.

>>11936450
oh jeez

glider roll.

>>11936450
>critical failure

I'm... not sure why I was hoping for anything else, honestly.

>>11936550
YOU NIGGER FUCK

>>11936550
Fuck. We totally ded. Totes. Next game please after ending this one now.

>>11936550
>Why can't I hold all these 0s?

Captcha: nTheop critic

>>11936550
HOW DO YOU FUCK UP TWICE?

>>11936550
>>11936450
You know what. Do a miracle/divine intervention roll or something. Nothing could go wrong at this point.

>>11936450
>>11936550
YOU SUCK

>>11936550
pls no
why
why???

>>11936615
Yes this PLEASE

>>11936550
>>11936450
It is, quite easily, the most one-sided battle in the history of Equestria.

Everything that can possibly go wrong...goes wrong. Your glider squadron, the pride of your civilization, all fell under a hail of arrowfire. Your warships were quickly dispatched by traps, sinking to the bottom of the river.

How could this have happened? How could they have known beforehand, and prepared so quickly, and so well? You were fighting with tactics never before seen in the entire world!

You quickly pull yourself from the wreckage of your flagship glider, the SS Mostly Harmless. The name was originally ironic, but now...

"C-commander? Commander!" You see Breeze and Blue Moon, covered in scratches, but otherwise alive. They look at you with hope in their eyes, but you don't know what to say, or do.

This is it. You're stuck behind enemy lines. Guards and soldiers will be swarming everywhere soon. You're nearby the prison, as well as the main doorway to the city. Luckily, the majority of the soldiers are on the far north and south of the city, but you have to make a decision, fast.

>>11936615
well there's always the option of surrender

>>11936450
>>11936550

Dammit, and to think I whipped out Lost Horizon just for this post full of Shetlands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVjcD_LPukw

No channeling of the inner Highlander or anything?

>>11937121
Call out the big guns

>>11937121
it's all ogre

>>11937121
Fuck you we're Shetlands/Ornery. Divine intervention roll up in this bitch or game over.

>>11937121
Eh, we can't give up now.

If we go back after a defeat this crushing with nothing to show for it we may as well resign.

The least we can do is free some pegasi from the prisons.

Roll for calling upon the power of the sun.

>>11937226

"Shine in my heart... strange colours embracing me
I'm not alone in a way
Wrath in my depths brings me to see I'm a warrior soul

Tortured minds... like a cloud they swarm around me
If I said my soul is screaming - would you believe in me!
Secret cry... hear the souls there howling, howling
While their salvation is so near


Deep inside it's always my time
All around it's only a world no one owns
Deep in heart it's always my time
Grief is nothing life should be
Never bend for misery!
Always standing
Always searching
Always free

Will is the power!"


We Highlanders now.

>>11937254
we will continue no matter what but rolling to see if we're lu bu incarante or in actuality we suck but that's not what we'll tell the historians

>>11937121
If it weren't for you, we wouldn't be in this situation right now asshole

>>11937439
owow

>>11937439
>9
OH YEAH

>>11937439
BIRTH PLACE OF THE SUN. STARSWIRL WAS RIGHT.

>>11937439
Post your Highlander/Shetlander Pictures!

>>11937533

Fuck yeah!

>>11937439
Let it begin

>>11937439
>>11937121
No, this is, quite easily, the most one-sided battle in the history of Equestria.

Everything that can possibly go right, goes right. You cut through swathes of soldiers, while riding atop Blue Moon's massive treeant. It isn't long before the remaining soldiers rout, and Blue Moon is looking at you, rather horrified.

Breeze, on the other hand, is watching you with complete and utter awe in her eyes.

"...I've never met anyone like you before in my life." She quietly mutters.

It isn't long before you manage to find the prison.

Something seems strange about it, but you can't quite put your hoof on it. There's a lot of writing on the walls...

>>11937726
Tree-ant

My sides op, that's glorious.

>>11937726
Hold back and call one of the battle uni-mages to check it out.

>>11937773
I vote this

>>11937726
Maybe it is an insane asylum?

>>11937773

A quick clairvoyance scan before entering.

>>11937726

What do about a technological superior species, like hummies

You tell Blue Moon to run off and ask a unicorn for help in deciphering the runes. As soon as she leaves, Breeze speaks up.

"They're negation seals. Prevents magic use." She quickly tells you. That makes sense, but...

Something doesn't fit right with you here.

"Commander, do you like me?" Breeze asks, prodding the door to the prison. This prison...it's massive. You've never seen anything like it before. Your spies probably knew about its sheer size, but they never told you about this.

"Uhh. Sure. Of course." It's a pretty random, out of the blue question. Your eyes widen, as she lightly touches the lock, with the door opening ever so slightly. She immediately moves up to you, and presses her head lovingly against your chest. She still has the same set of eyes, watching you, but...

"...Do you still like me? Am I still pretty?"

And with that, comes the loudest, collective sound you have ever heard. The beating of thousands upon thousands of wings.

>>11938254
AW SHEET

To be honest, there's no stigma necessarily attached to changelings yet.

I'd say sure we do. She's still kinda cute.

>>11938254
Tell her she's still cute, then panic due to giant SWARM.

>>11938254
Tell her yea
then prepare for battle
Shetlands HO!

>>11938254
Tell her sure but in a more you like her overall way or more half-hearted way.

Get ready for battle/wait for next part. Not much we can do.

>>11938254

Maybe we can befriend the changelings?

They'd be useful allies.

>>11938437
Dangerous though.

And we only have so much love to go around.

>>11938254
You pat her head. You can't see her expression; she's looking too much into your chest, you're looking too much through the doorway, into the darkness.

"You can't win." She finally says something, but it's barely a whisper over the ferocious beating of wings.

"Mom...I mean, the queenmother, my mother, the queen.. She'll kill you. You'll die here. She'll consume and conquer everything. Please...Listen to me."

She's slightly shorter than you; you bring your head to her level.

"Join me. Become a changeling. I'm giving you a chance at life..." She sounds like she's trying to intimidate you, but her voice is wavering. She turns her eyes away from you.

What do you do?

>>11938604
my response is use pic
>>11937187

We won't change who we are, so we'll have to fight.

>>11938604
Call out to the darkness, like a "Who goes there?" or something.

Make a signal or something to those outside the door to get ready to fight.

>>11938604
Never
I love you like my daughter but I can't turn my back on my people

Stand in the doorway with your weapon drawn slowly repeating the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade"

>>11938645
Err the doorway will make a great choke point.

>>11938604
We can't just change like that.

Is there no compromise here?

>>11938658
"Charge of the light brigade"
Fucking perfect for this

Roll for calling upon your druid powers to obliterate the changling swarm.

>>11938699
HOLY SHIT

>>11938699
>DOUBLE NINE
WE'RE THE SUN DRUIDS MOTHA FUCKA

>>11938699
They be fucked

>>11938765
>>11938756
>>11938699
>>11938737
There's an actual breed of pone called the Highlander fyi.

>>11938658
>>11938699
Can we get a combo?

>>11938658
>>11938604
"No. No lies. I can't change who I am."

You take a step forward, and she watches you in shock.

"What's your name? ...Your real name."

She watches you, in almost a dream-like state.

"Chrysalis. Princess Chrysalis."

"It's nice to meet you." You smile a little.

And with that, you die. You're dead, you know it.

The last thing you hear is "We tell them we're peace-loving, but no, they never listen..."

and with that, the end. It's been ten hours, folks.

we shall possibly start a new game at some point, possibly in two or three days although we will probably have to be a diamond dog civ.

>>11939000
bu. but...
Sun druid roll

>>11939000
NO DAMN YOU.

WE HAD POTENTIAah fuck it. I don't care. ;-;

>>11939000

Damn. That trip makes it absolutely final.

>>11939000
GG wont be around for DD one. RIP shetlanders.

>>11939000
I have no words.

Damn it OP why?

Good job but... damn I was hoping for more from our Shetland Scots.

>>11939000
damnit we had the power and then went down like a little bitch
We were shetland masterace damnit

>>11939121
>>11939068
sorry, I was trying to imply that we got rescued by diamond dogs but I think I failed.

and fine, we slay hundreds of changelings before we fall.

There we go. all is right in the world.

>>11939161
b-but it's secure.

>>11939214
Wait, we LIVED? No, I don't care, we survived, fuck killing the changelings.

>>11939214

Good twist OP. Would watch the next civ.

>>11939214
I think he means the triple critical fail, man.

And rescue or no, I still don't see why we had to fight the changelings. We were there to recue them dangit.

>>11939273
^

>>11939256
My intention was that we lived and got rescued and, next thread, we get shipped off to some diamond dog camp and, through some twist, we're forced to lead a diamond dog civ. I'm sorry if there was confusion.

>>11939273
changelings eat everything and are assholes.

>>11939339
>changelings eat everything and are assholes
It didn't have to be this way! We could've lived in harmony!

But seriously, fair enough I guess.

>>11939438
We COULD have waifu'd Princess Chryalis pretty hard.

I mean, look at the face.

She wants the D.

>>11939497
Yeah, it's true.

But for that our Shetland hero would've had to give up everything that he was.

And that's one thing those Ornery Shetlanders never do.

Give up.

>>11939582
I was more hoping of making Chrysallis our waifu instead of us turning bug.

>>11939620
Yeah, well. You heard OP. Kinda' hard to do when there's no compromises to be had.

Does explain where all the pony animosity toward changelings comes from though.

>>11939657
The horde, sure.

Make some sweet, sweeeet bug loving, make some shetland bugs, got ourselves notadumbassswarm