ooc New Pegas, A Fallout: New Vegas inspired RP

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

Here's the OOC for the RP. The players are as follows:

@GeneralDirection Playing Nebel and Nightfall

@Props Valroa Playing Carnelian

@14Fan Playing Empire Jack

@StrawberryMilk Simp Playing Kuya

@Jesse Terrence Playing Daisy Rider

 

RP link: https://mlpforums.com/topic/200520-new-pegas-a-fallout-new-vegas-inspired-rp/

 

If you're interested in joining this RP please post in the Interest Check thread for this RP.

Edited August 14, 2023 by Illiad Easle
Added RP link

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

Im up!..... What did i miss?

[14Fan 1,305]

So does response length matter here?

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@14Fan

Not beyond the site rules. So long as you give a clear indication of what your character does such that I can advance the scene, that is fine.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@14Fan @Props Valroa @StrawberryMilk Simp @GeneralDirection @Jesse Terrence

Sorry for the delay, let's talk starting equipment while we wait for @Jesse Terrence to post.

Each of you will pick one armor, one weapon (comes with ammo), and two extras, from the list below. Post what you picked so I can keep track.

Armor:

• Heavy cloth armor (8 protection)
• Lightweight metal armor (12 protection)
• Armored Stable/Vault jumpsuit (8 protection)
• Herd Raider armor (4 protection, +melee skill)
• Standard Stable/Vault jumpsuit (0 protection, +melee skill, +speech skill)

Weapon: (T is Trojan, E is Equestrian, G is Gryphonian)

• Trench gun (T)
• Burst gun (E)
• Explosive launcher (T)
• Spell Launcher (E)
• Talon gun (G) (Can be used by unicorns without modification, will need equine mods otherwise)
• Broad Machete (Enchantable)
• Lightweight rifle (T)
• 8 Dynamite sticks
• Lightweight laser rifle (T)
• Weak Energy Caster rod (E)

Extra:

• 4 repair kits
• Binoculars
• 3 medimancy packs
• 3 surgomancy packs
• Canteen
• 5 venom bottles
• 10 throwing spears
• straight razor
• Spiked Boxing shoes

Everyone gets the following:

• 4 ingestible healing solution (Trojan, Equestrian, Legion, or Herd style)
• $18 (Trojan, Equestrian, Legion, or Chips)
• 6 lockpicks

I can give extra information as needed.

[Evil Pink One 13,506]

.Herd raider armor

.going to request a very special blade from my new master.

. Binoculars.

[GeneralDirection 1,050]

@Illiad Easle

Armour: Armored Stable/Vault jumpsuit

Weapon: Spell Launcher

Extras: 4 repair kits, 3 surgomancy packs.

I have a question regarding Nightfall. Since she will be Nebel's companion, will there be an opportunity for her to get geared up before they head out? I doubt that he would let her go anywhere unarmed.

 

[14Fan 1,305]

@Illiad Easle

Lightweight Armor

Whatever weapon best fits a pegasus

4 repair kits

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

Interesting that she'd choose the Trojan weapon despite her professed hatred, but thematically it makes sense given she started on the Æther, so that's likely where she got it from.

@StrawberryMilk Simp

You'll have to earn anything special, so you'll start with the machete. Is it okay to say that you brought it with you along with your armor?

Also, you only picked one extra, you get to pick another one.

@GeneralDirection

I like to think that she snuck out after him, but that's up to you. I think it makes sense for her to start with a stable suit, a talon gun, the canteen, and some food. But I'll let you set her starting equipment with the limitations that her armor is either a stable suit or light cloth armor (4 protection, +sneak), her weapon is either a talon gun, weak caster rod, or a knife, and she only gets one extra that does not include the medimancy or surgomancy packs, the throwing spears, or the venom.

@14Fan

As a pegasus from the SE, I think a Spell Launcher would fit best, as it allows you to drop magic from above or behind cloud cover. Alternatively the machete, or the spiked boxing shoes as an extra, would allow you to do more effective dive attacks.

Also, you only picked one extra, you get to pick another one.

 

If @Jesse Terrence doesn't reply by Wednesday we'll move on without them. Their start allows them to join in later with no issue anyway.

[14Fan 1,305]

@Illiad Easle

(I get to, but I choose not to)

[14Fan 1,305]

@Illiad Easle

on second thought, maybe the medimancy kits would be good too

[GeneralDirection 1,050]

@Illiad Easle

Ah! I actually like that idea a lot better. What you've suggested here sounds good to me, so let's go with that.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@14Fan @GeneralDirection @StrawberryMilk Simp @Props Valroa

Alright, combat and evading detection!

Given those actions are often a back and forth interaction where you don't tend to do much between shooting and hiding, whenever you are sneaking or attacking/defending, we'll take care of it here, then once the fighting is done we'll post about it in the main thread.

 

Presently, @Props Valroa and @14Fan are trying to avoid detection or about to open fire on an unsuspecting foe. Let me know here what action you want to take, and we can work through the scene.

 

[14Fan 1,305]

@Illiad Easle

Empire’s a very mobile, very agile, very fast, very strong Pegasus guard. So what are the enemies like?

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

3 hours ago, Props Valroa said:

she will show her potential foe she is capable of defending herself.

Describe, what exactly will she do to try and show this?

 

@14Fan

3 hours ago, 14Fan said:

very mobile, very agile, very fast, very strong

Ok, so high strength, endurance, and agility, low perception, charisma, and intelligence?

3 hours ago, 14Fan said:

So what are the enemies like?

Well, he can only see one, and Empire is behind a bush further limiting his perception, so he can tell that it is a pony, lightly armored, probably armed.

He could try to get a better look, but that would risk being detected.

[14Fan 1,305]

@Illiad Easle

2 minutes ago, Illiad Easle said:

Ok, so high strength, endurance, and agility, low perception, charisma, and intelligence?

Well, he can only see one, and Empire is behind a bush further limiting his perception, so he can tell that it is a pony, lightly armored, probably armed.

He could try to get a better look, but that would risk being detected.

Works for me!

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@14Fan

18/13, succeeded. Peering around the bush, Empire can see that the patrolling guard is an earth pony stallion, but he looks a little sickly, like there's a faint purple glow to him. Empire was taught in his scout training something about that, (12, failure) but he can't quite remember what it meant.

The stallion has some sort of weapon that Empire hasn't seen before but it looks like a form of ranged weapon.

 

@Props Valroa

Firing a warning shot gives away her position, and startles the pony, but the don't back down, "Th-there you are!" They point the knife at Carnelian, "Now hoof over your weapons and gear before I have to get stabby."

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

On a scale of 1-10, how nimble is Carnelian? Similarly, how perceptive is she?

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

For both? Or just for one?

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

The ruffian decides to throw the knife at you rather than drop it as they turn to flee. Carnelian barely fails to dodge it, getting scratched but otherwise unharmed.

In dodging, she catching a glimpse of... something... approaching from behind, maybe reinforcements for the ruffian?

The ruffian is running towards the damaged golems rather than seeking cover in the craft. Something else is approaching, allegiance unknown.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

Carnelian gets two good hits on the ruffian before they can take cover behind one of the damaged golems, giving Carnelian a chance to see that what was approaching was a second ruffian, this one was a unicorn mare, and she had some sort of small gun on her. She takes cover on the higher ground and prepares to fire on Carnelian.

Carnelian has a clear path to go inside the craft and take cover there.

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

Even with advantage the rolls just aren't coming out in Carnelian's favor. Which is to say that these ruffians aren't making it easier for her to hit them, which makes sense given they've been in tons of fights before, while this is Carnelian's first time so to speak.

It doesn't look like there's anything worth looting in this craft anyway. (I keep coming up with ideas thinking that Carnelian is a unicorn, but she's a crystal pony, right?)

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@GeneralDirection

Goods and services aren't the only things you can get at a trading hub....

Spoiler

... You can also get information, and some creatures there might even give it for free if you know what to ask.

 

[Illiad Easle 3,139]

@Props Valroa

Since she's a unicorn, she can use melee weapons at a range proportional to the average of her strength and intelligence scores for a duration set by her endurance score. That means that, from behind cover, she can attack with melee weapons to get around their cover.
She can also cast spells directly, depending on what she knows.
She can also teleport to a new position, making escape easy.

Edited October 12, 2023 by Illiad Easle

[GeneralDirection 1,050]

On 2023-10-09 at 9:17 PM, Illiad Easle said:

@GeneralDirection

Goods and services aren't the only things you can get at a trading hub....

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... You can also get information, and some creatures there might even give it for free if you know what to ask.

 

That's a good point. I have edited my response to add some additional dialogue where my characters stop and interact with somepony working at the trade hub.