A tale of friendship, the open road, and a thirst for adventure. Let us go down the rabbit hole.
>>26089797
Is this something established or brand-new?
Because if brand-new, then pic related, let us dive in!
>>26089797
>Down the rabbit hole
GC pls.
>>26089797
First for Not All Who Wander Are Lost.Onward with the quest!
>>26089797
Nah, I'm fine out here.
>>26089797
Neat.
>>26089797
Alright, I'm curious.
Let's see what you've got.
>>26089797
Let us start with selecting the race of our protagonist.
Earth: Strong ponies with a magical connection with the Earth.
Pegasus: The masters of the sky and clouds with warlike tendencies.
Unicorn: The usually weakest but most intelligent of the main three races. If all else fails then stabby stab with that sick horn.
Other: Any other race you fancy the protagonist to be.
>>26089905
Erf.
>>26089905
Earth.
>>26089905
Moth.
Pone.
>>26089905
Horn pone.
>>26089905
Earth.
>>26089905
Changeling.
>>26089905
Earth
>>26089905
Earth is good.
>>26089905
Pegasaye
>>26089905
Earth Pone that thinks he/she is a unicorn.
>>26089905
Other:
Crystal Erf
>>26089905
E A R T H
>>26089905
Do you have your meme permit?
>>26089905
mud horse because other people is saying mud horse
>>26089905
Erf pony strength ftw
>>26089948
....This is interesting.
>>26089905
Moth or E A R TH
>>26089976
only if he/she has a unicorn friend who helps to keep his/her delusions
>>26089905
changeling pony hybrid
>>26089905
>Other: Any other race you fancy the protagonist to be.
plane pone
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>>26089959
You were an Earth Pony who firmly believes to be a Unicorn, although nopony really buys it.
Are you a Stallion or Mare?
>>26090027
stallion
>>26090027
both
>>26090027
Mare
>>26090027
Give me the horsecock.
>>26090027
Stallion
>>26090027
We don't think we're a unicorn, that's stupid.
We are, however, a pretty mare.
>>26090027
I can't believe you took that.
Stallion.
>>26090027
WE THE MARE NOWpost time: checked
>>26090027
Mare
>>26090027
>>26090039
benis pone
>>26090027
Stallion.
>>26090027
M A R E
A
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E
>>26090027
Stallion thinking about getting the operation to be a mare.
>>26090027
why not have both sets of genitalia?
also is this going to be a text only cyoa?
>>26090027
Stallion
>>26090027
NAH-TEEN EN-CHES!Stallion.
>>26090027
mare who thinks is male because she has a "penis" in her head
>>26090027
We are Stallion
>>26090099
>tfw no more na-pone
>>26090027
Can I just say I DON'T like the trans idea? We're already race mistaken, don't make us a Tumblrite
Going with mare
>>26090099
...God, I miss those threads.
>>26090194
fucking shitlord
don't you know trans people needs more representation in cyoas?
>>26090218
No.
No.
No.
>>26090218
I'm sorry, I don't want the inevitable spouting of "earth pony cis scum" coming out of our avatar's mouth.
>>26090218
lol no
>>26090027
The most marely of mares.
Like RGRE style marely.
Did you know Earth ponies have the biggest Dicks?
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>>26090099
You were certain you were a Stallion, but whenever you tried to do "magic", you could hear a voice in your head growling in a feminine tone. You've never told anyone else about it, they'd think you were crazy!
Alright so what was your vocation?
Adventurer: Your curiosity got the best of you as you packed your things and left to see the world.
" Earthgician": You studied under a unicorn to learn magic. After much time and effort you learned to use actual telekinesis!
Outlaw: After being falsely accused for stealing, you were forced to leave before you lost a good over it. Now you embrace the life of a wanted Stallion. Whether you turn this around or continue down this lifestyle is up to chance.
Other: If above choices do not suit your tastes.
>>26090319
Outlaw
>>26090319
Replace earthgician with 'geomancer' and yes.
>>26090319
ADVENTURE!
>>26090319
Other: All of them
>>26090319
Outlaw
>>26090336
This and have some actual earth magic (rocks and shit).
>>26090319
earthigician
>>26090336
That implies something else
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>>26090353
This would make sense if we think we're a unicorn.
>>26090351
.....This.
>>26090319
Adventurer.
>>26090319
I like adventurer.
>>26090319
Outlaw mane
Best choice
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>>26090399
With a book of arcane knowledge and your tutelage complete you set off to hone your magical muscle.
Upon leaving the tutor you recieved a package from a courier. Within you found...
Timberwolf Totem: A piece of wood. Creates a Timberwolves companion. Becomes Timberpony if blood is given.
Gold War Horn: Stores magic than be used later. A treasure of Equus.
Circlet of Merlinus: A headpiece worn by descendants of Starswirl. Amplifies magic and allows use of Unicorn Exclusive Magic.
>>26090539
Circlet of Merlinus. We be wizards now, bitches.
>>26090539
Timberwolf
>>26090539
>Gold War Horn
this
>>26090539
Timberwolf totem.
Because Wooden Dogmeat.
>>26090539
First things first, use that totem and give it a bit of our own blood. We want somepony to talk to.
>>26090539
I vote the gold war horn.
Wait
Why do we have to choose?
>>26090539
I'm curious as to what the timberpony is like.
>>26090539
Timberwolf Totem.We shaman now.
>>26090539
I misread post, so never mind that. Timberwolf Totem go then, yes.
>>26090594
Fucking this.
>>26090539
Timberwolf Totem
Having a companion is for the best.
>>26090594
do the Op even want us to choose?
>>26090594
It just says we found the stuff within. Doesn't imply choice unless I'm missing something.
>You were an Earth Pony who firmly believes to be a Unicorn
I vote that we have a toilet roll strapped to our forehead as a makeshift horn.
>>26090674
There's nothing after the items we received, so I could see why it'd be interpreted as a matter of choice.
There's nothing else to really respond to.
>>26090539
>Merlinus
The bad naming reminds me of somebody.
>>26090717Stop.
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>>26090627
With the strange totem in your possession, you study it with your telekinesis as you smack against a wall, scrunching your nose as you wait for the pain to subside.
"God job idiot now why did you go and do that to yourself".
>On goodness it's my bestie!
>I get back on my hooves as I look at my best friend...
>Your name & Cutie Mark?
>Who was he/she again?
>Steel Mark, The Unicorn: The blacksmith's son who stood by you when everypony else wouldn't.
>Winter Gust, The Pegasus: Nicknamed Windigo for his uncanny ability to use ice instead of thunderclouds.
Arrow Flynn, The Earth Pony: Nicknamed Longstride for her fame of hitting a bit 200 feet away in one shot.
>>26090864
Steel Mark, but their name was actually Steel Charge.
>>26090864
As a racially pure unicorn, we of course only hang out with others of our kind.
>>26090864
>Arrow Flyn
I see what you did there, and I'll vote for that just because it amused me.
...If this is a vote. This is a voting point, right?
>>26090896
This.
>>26090864
Winter Gust
>>26090896
Sounds right.
>>26090864
Winter gust
>>26090864
Arrow Flynn
>>26090904
Yes, yes this is.
>>26090864
>Arrow Flynn
>Marksman
>Erf
>Punny name
Not voting for this is a crime.We have too many pegasi anyway
>>26090864
Longstride
>>26090864
>Your name & Cutie Mark?
Wood Spire - A wooden horn with leaves coming off it.
>Who was he/she again?
Steel Mark
>>26090965
Oh right, we're also finishing our character.
>>26090864
Name: Solar Flare
Cutiemark: pic related
Steel Mark.
>>26090864
our name is tough bark and our cutie mark is a tree.
>>26090864
Our name & Cutie Mark
Patches - A sapling.
Arrow Flynn.
>>26091022
>Solar Flare
>not Red Sun
>hot having the cutiemark of a red sun protected by a shield
>>26090965
>Wood Spire - A wooden horn with leaves coming off it.
i like this.
>>26090965
Go with this one.
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Current Votes
Steel Mark: Blacksmith - 5
Winter Gust: Frostventurer - 2
Arrow Flynn: Archer - 5
Name: Wood Spire(Name I like the most right now).
Steel Mark and Arrow Flynn are tied with Winter Gust falling behind.
>>26091139
voting for arrow because I want to say 'what do your earth pony eyes see?"
>>26091170
Fucking this.
Also, kek.
>>26091139
Arrow Flynn
>>26091139
Steel sounds cool.
>>26091139
...Why not take both and have a power trio?
Power quartet if we get the timberpony.
>>26091139
I vote for racial purity
>>26091139
Arrow.
>>26091139
both
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>>26091223
>"What do your Earth pony eyes see Flynn"
>You snap back at her.
>She only shows a smirk in response.
"I spy a unicorn trapped in an earth ponies body wanting to volunteer as target practice".
>you gulp nervously trying to laugh it off.
>You still remember when you played Apple on the Head in your foalhood.
" Hey Flynn knock it off will ya. You aren't going to be using nopony as target practice".
>Your savior, the Stallion with the pitch black fur and the short steel mane.
>While Flynn would would joke around and be pretty carefree.
>Mark was the voice of reason and action. He always kept the bullies off your back.
>He was the only one to play along with you believing you were 'are' a unicorn.
> Like how elsy could you learn telekinesis if you weren't.
>"So I was gonna ask if my two best buddies would go on an adventure ".
" Sure me and Mark will go on an "adventure with you".
>Hurray for friends!
" I never said that I wanted to come along on some "adventure".
>Mark quoted with his hooves.
>How does he move his hooves like that?
>He Nevers shows me how to do that.
" Alright Spire, me and Flynn will get ready for the "adventure".
>You were always glad that Mark put up with your hair brained ideas.
>Your friends left to get their things in order before you head out.
>You might wanna get some stuff before you have to meet up with Mark and Flynn tomorrow.
>Wouldn't wanna go in unprepared.
>>26091508
It begins.
>>26091508
what color coat does her earth eyes see.
Just stumbled into this thread. Trans-unicorn, huh? Intriguing. I must see more.
>>26091553
Wood Spire has a green coat and a straight short brown mane. His eyes are the color of gold.
>>26091508
Be sure to bring a warm jacket.
>>26091508
food, a nice coat, ashovel
We'll also need some spending money and a sleeping bag. maybe some rope too
>>26091768
Reminder
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>>26091768
>You stop the home get some things for the trip.
>After gathering everything you could possibly need.
>Alright, what have got.
>Saddlebags, Check.
>Miscellaneous Foodstuffs
>My traveling cloak.
>Canteen
>Sleeping Bag
>A Dagger
>Mystic Help Book
>And that seems to be everything I can think of at the moment.
>All right I think I'm set for tomorrow.
>I wonder if there's anything I need to do before heading to bed?
>>26092000
Did we activate that timberwolf thing or not? I can't remember.
>>26092000
Shovel.
>>26092020
>can't remember
There's been two story posts. Scroll up and look.
>>26092000
Money?
Medicine?
Our buddies packed their own stuff right?
>>26092000
>>26092042
SHOVEL
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>>26092000
>No shovel
>>26092000
We also need matches and possibly rope too.
>>26092020
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>>26092094
You can activate the Timber Totem tonight if you want to. You can add your blood into the totem before burying overnight.
With blood-Timberpony.
No Blood-Timberwolf.
>You grab some medicinal herbs and bandages and place them into your saddlebag.
>Grabbing your shovel from the toolshed and pulling the totem out.
>What should I do about you?
>You have a good amount of money.
>Will you do something with the totem or go sleep for the night?
>>26092000
Come on, shovel. It has a million and one uses~
>>26092108
Damn son! He's beautiful. God bless you sir. You bring tears to me eyes.
>>26092124
I'm voting for the dog. At least for now.
Come on Anon we can have a wood pone tomorrow. Can't we have a wood doggy first? Please?
>>26092124
Is the timberwolf/pony a one use thing or can it be used more than once?
>>26092124
I don't think we need it right now.
>>26092124
Burn incense around the totem overnight along with our blood.
>>26092165
I think as long as we have it we can summon our minion
>>26092124
S H O V E L
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>>26092165
Planting the totem will activate the totem, allowing you to summon the Timberwolf/pony.
Standard summon is wolf.
Using blood summons pony.
Totems of different creatures can be found during your travels if you look hard enough.
>>26092269
Timberpony.
>>26092269
Timberpony.
Lets make an abomination of science/magic.
Also 4 seems like a good party size.
>>26092269
Timberdoggy!
>>26092269
Timberpony!
>>26092269
Can we change it later?
If not then Timber Pone
If we can change it then Timber wolf.
>>26092269
Timberpone
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>>26092449
>Grabbing the shovel you start to unearth some dirt.
>After unearthing a few feet of soil.
>You pull the totem out as you ready to place it down.
>The Totem's face clamps down on your hoof.
>B-buck!
>The totem lets go after it drew blood from you as you cover the hole back up.
>With a long yawn you lay down to get some rest for tomorrow.
The Following Morning
>You awake with a chink in your back which you gladly crack.
>Well time to see if the totem actually did anything.
>After eating some crunchy hay for breakfast.
>Heading outback you find the hole where you planted the totem is empty.
>As though something crawled out.
>Shit...
>Please don't be attacking some random long.
"Grrrrr".
>A low gutteral growl is heard from behind you.
>Oh lovely, this is gonna go over so well.
>How will you react?
>>26092490
P U P P Y
>>26092490
Turn around very slowly.
>>26092490
Hug it.
>>26092490
Tell it to sit.
Courtesy bump here
Bump for interest
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>Slowly turning around you were expecting the worst.
>Instead you saw a adorable little timberfilly.
>With wooden claws at her hooves.
>Wood at her barrel and the rest of her skin had the appearance of the insides of a tree.
>She looked at you expectantly with her glowing green eyes wagging her light brown tail and mane that had leaves and twigs in them.
>"Uh, um Sit"? Surprisingly she did just as you asked and waited patiently for you.
>"Alright, so just stay there while I get my things OK".
>With a nod of agreement, you went back inside your home.
>Putting on your saddlebags and clothes you head out as the timberfilly follows energetically beside you.
>On your way to the meeting spot, you ponder what you should name the little timberfilly.
>Name your woodsy companion.
>>26093924
>no reply for an hour
Well fuck
How about we call her 'Woodsy'?
>>26094165
>"Alright my little Woodsy, were gonna have ourselves a good old adventure".
>Woodsy does a little howl in agreement.
>S-so cute, my sides.
>Making your way through the quiet town.
>You see your two friends waiting at the front gate.
>They were all packed up and ready to venture as well.
"Hey Spire were here for this " adventure " you want us to go do".
>Mark does that magical wristhoof thing again.
>So amazing.
>"Oh almost forgot, my little friend here is Woodsy, and she's coming along too".
"Ain't she a little cutie". Flynn ruffles Woodsies many, and get a few licks in return.
" Alright everypony, let's get this show on the road ".
>As we traveled down the winding road.
>We wondered about what things we might discover, obstacles we might face, and possibly a friend or two made along the way.
>Well never know what we could have found if we don't Wander.
>Because sometimes, Not All who Wander are Lost.
>Wood Spires story has just barely begun and yet.
>There are stories of other fellow wanderers traveling across this land.
>Two other tales of Wanderers are open to you to explore if you dare. Choose one.
>Strife & Fringe: Wanderers of the North.
>Life & Flame: Wanderers Beyond the Badlands.
>>26095460
Life & Flame sounds like a pretty badass story. Let's go with that.
>>26094165
Sorry, fell asleep.
>>26095539
This is fine, though I'm wondering why we just made this character if we're already abandoning him.
>>26095706
The choice's made by the character's in either story affects what happens to Spire and the other group.
Strife & Fringe affects Spires story the most.
Life & Flame affects the character's in Strife & Fringe the most.
>>26095754
So we should play them like: Life & Flame>Strife & Fringe>Spire?
>>26095754
Uh, what?
I guess lets do strife then.
>>26095754
...Do Strife and Fringe, I guess.
>>26095754
I don't get this gimmick honestly.
Strife & Fringe
>Some bad business has been going down in the North.
>The Crystal Heart has gone missing.
>Winter storms threaten the Empire.
>And many of her citizens have gone missing.
>You had gone missing.
>You, were lady Tourmaline Tourney.
>You were a not too shabby jouster.
>You won sometimes and lost others.
>You were in some kind of dark cave.
>You still had your armor and boots on.
>Damn no helmet or lance.
>There was a door and a path leading further into the cave
>You brushed the dirt off your mane like the color of the gem you were named after.
>You tied your longnmane into a ponytail and dusted off your silver coat.
>You wish you had wingsnor a horn right now, it would help to have those.
>Great. What have I gotten myself into now?
What shall our poor crystal equine do now?
>>26099038
The fuck is this, A Song of Ice and Fire?
Go further into the cave.
>>26099038
>down in the north
don't you mean UP in the north? Pick up a rock. It's a great improvised weapon.
>>26099038
door
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>>26099655
>Finding a good sized rock you ready to whack anything that might be dangerous.
>Walking down the passage with only the clink of your boots resounding in your ears.
>After a while you come across some fellow ponies.
>About a dozen of assorted ponies young and old were huddled together.
>"H-hello? Are you ponies okay"? The group were scared stiff by you.
"Your not of them Ice Monsters are you"? A filly asks fearfully huddled against her elders.
>"What do you mean by "Ice Monster"? You inquire.
An elderly Stallion point's towards the way you came.
"All our middle aged ponies went to find a way out of here, but only their frozen husks returned, trying to break in to get to us".
>Damn, just your luck to get caught up in some crazy stuff like this.
>"Look, I'll try to get some help so just stay put okay"?
>You come back the way you came to the room you woke up in.
>You open the door and continue up to a fork in the path.
>One path had blood splattered across the floor and ceiling.
>The sight of it made you want to toss your breakfast.
>The other one was very cold with icicles forming in the ceiling, which sent chills throughout your body.
>Neither way seemed particularly pleasant but...you couldn't just wait back there until you froze or starved to death.
>Which way?
>>26099671
picking blood.
>>26099671
>Ice zombies
So it is A Song of Ice and Fire, then.
...Alright, I like that.
We'll probably freeze to death if we go the icicle path.
Go down the bloody path.
>>26099671
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>>26099711
>Trying to avoid staining your armor with blood you carefully make your through the passageway leading to an even more horrendous sight.
>Body parts littered the floor with a pile of bodies in the corner.
>A table of the murderer ponies belongings lay on a table.
>There was a spear, knife, saddlebag, some bandages and a little container of food.
>You pick the things up and ready to leave the slaughterhouse of a room.
>You notice a trap door near the middle of the room.
>'Well, maybe this'll be easier to checking the ice path'?
>>26099955
Let's open the trap door and see what the way down is, stairs? A ladder? Just a drop down? I don't want to go down if it's a ladder.
>>26099955
Open the trap door, but be ready to fight anything that tries to pop out.
>>26099993
>>26100098
>Slowly undoing the latch, you open the creaky trap door expecting danger to pop out at you.
>However it only was a little drop down into a tunnel big enough for you to fit through.
>You can hear whispers of wind coming through the tunnel.
>This could possibly be a way out but you wouldn't be to jump or climb back up if you jumped down.
>Will you go into the tunnel?
>>26100693
Hell no, don't go into the tunnel. That's how all the horror movies start.
>>26100693
We need rope. Close the door again.
>>26100693
Look for a rope.
>>26100747
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>>26100882
>Rope.
>It would be a good to have right now.
>The only source of it in the room was used to suspend a body above the ground.
>You cut the body from the rope as it thumps to the ground.
>Bucking sick!
>Well now I've got the bloody rope(quite literally).
>Anchoring it to the wall you set up the rope to climb back if need be.
>What do you do?
>>26100987
I hope we're a good climber. Go down there.
>>26100987
Scout out the tunnel.
>>26100987
Climb down the tunnel using the rope. Now we have an escape method.
>>26101044
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>>26101080
>You hang to the rope as you lower yourself into the tunnel.
>Nothing seemed creepy yet aside from the tunnel's square shape.
>You started down the way formamwhile.
>You eventually come upon an intersection diverging two different directions.
>One went upward while other went downward.
>Well this is just great.
>Where do I go now?
>>26101133
might as well go down.
>>26101133
Which way is the sound of wind coming from?
>>26101133
We're trying to get out of a cave. Up usually means out.
If it's possible, check the upwards tunnel. If it's a dead end, return to the rope and continue downwards.
>>26101163
This.
>>26101148
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>>26101265
>Following the sounds of wind you head down the lower tunnel.
>After what felt like half a bucking hour you finally reach the end of the tunnel.
>It drops onto a cobblestone pathway leading to the snow covered land before you.
>What do you do?
>>26101317
Follow the path.
>>26101317
Well the other direction is way too far to go back to. Let's see where this path leads.
>>26101317
Head back for the others.
>>26101379
This.