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A high fantasy/steampunk version of My Little Pony


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Picture, if you will, a My Little Pony setting that looks and feels like something out of the Tolkien books and Chronicles of Narnia, where the ponies exist alongside humans, dwarves, elves, giants, fairies, and talking animals, and other races. The human realms very from Ancient Greek city-states, Ancient Egyptian, Medieval Europe, Ancient Rome, the 18th Century, and the 19th century and World War 1. And the technology is steampunk mixed with medieval technology.

Does it sound like a good setting?

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Nah, I like MLP the way it was. Steampunk or more story-like might be a little bit too much (my opinion). As a fan of technical things, I don't like random noise where you see details that are only there to be details, and not to serve a function. FIM was good at showing details that served functions (like Pinkie's umbrella in Season 1).

 

Example, switching every song in MLP to rock music versions, it just adds too much noise, and becomes a distraction.

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I am a VERY big fan of high fantasy worlds. I like steampunk, but its not my favorite thing in the world. The idea of playing a DnD campaign or something where pony was a race you could play seems super fun to me.

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As long as it is My Little PONY, it can never become a high fantasy. My Little Hobbit would be a worthless experience.

 

 

Also, it does show how terribly they've ruined non-pones when the OP doesn't even register them as elf/dwarf alternatives.

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23 minutes ago, Goat-kun said:

As long as it is My Little PONY, it can never become a high fantasy. My Little Hobbit would be a worthless experience.

The ingredients of a high fantasy are all already there. You just need to up the target age demographic.

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1 hour ago, -Juniper- said:

I am a VERY big fan of high fantasy worlds. I like steampunk, but its not my favorite thing in the world. The idea of playing a DnD campaign or something where pony was a race you could play seems super fun to me.

Have you seen Tails Of Equestria, or the Ponyfinder rules?

12 hours ago, ShadOBabe said:

My own personal tastes makes me not enjoy ponies in the same vicinity as humanoid races, but I am ALL ABOUT the steampunk.

I agree. I am not a fan of having ponies meet humans (like every single live action adaptation of a cartoon). I know that the original MLP had humans but FIM is a horse of a different color. :nom: Putting them with humans, elves, and dwarves makes them just another race of creatures.

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38 minutes ago, BornAgainBrony said:

The ingredients of a high fantasy are all already there. You just need to up the target age demographic.

Careful there Sonny Jim, or you may unwittingly call Steven Universe a high fantasy.

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I do love steampunk

I like the aesthetic of the gears and the sort of old fashioned futurism. It kinda suits MLP which seems like it has technologies but not so much things like phones. Though mostly magical artifacts. Maybe a bit of lovecraftian vibe with the monsters too.

My oc has goggles and having them in full steampunk gear would look good.

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