Creator is interviewed about it on this show:
https://youtu.be/hdLf27704FQ?t=41m54s
>>26803647
Wait, so what is this?
>>26803883
Dungeons and Dragons but with ponies
>>26803901
Not surprising considering Hasbro owns DnD.
>>26803901
mite b cool
>>26803901
Really? That'd be fucking incredible.Equestria sourcebook when?
>>26803647
so how neutered is it going to be? As the target audience for pone is 6 year old girls.
>>26803908
I wasn't aware they owned Wizards of the Coast
I learned something horrible today
This is a pretty cool development.
>>26803947
I'd say anything that gets more girls interested in pen and paper games is a good thing.
>>26803947
Oh I know what I'm bringing for DnD night now.
What's your ideal pony roleplaying game? I'd want a book similar to SCAG but for Equestria.
>>26803959
I'd say anything that gets girls interested in anything in the western world is a bad thing. The last thing hobbies need is more roasties.
>>26803994
Don't worry, I'm sure all the nasty old girlies will stay far away from your he-man woman haters club, Spanky.
>>26803994
Roasties?
>>26803947
Other that no death
There's a lot you can get away with
>>26804032
>merely pretending
>>26804029
/r9k/ term
>>26804017
>he wants the drama that is the modern antia video game industry inside /tg/ shit
Man, its like you'd allow rapists and terrorists into your country under the guise of progress.
>>26804051
Well. That's more than I wanted to know.
>>26804017
look at vidya back when it was a thing most people hated
now look at it
you see how shit it got? that's because it got popular enough with the common man that the powers of Politically Correct came out of the woodwork and fucked shit up
do you want that to happen to our PnP games too?
do you want "progress" to ruin something that's survived just fine without being Politically Correct?
>>26803647
Get the wings out, it's racist!
>>26804050
>marely pretending
>>26804090
What's wrong with the vidya nowadays?
Hey, this finally updated to 0.93 back in February.
http://cheezedoodle96.deviantart.com/art/MLP45E-Dungeons-and-Dragons-With-Ponies-490872927
Any experiences with playing it? I really want to but haven't found any nor/mlp/people who are also elegen/tg/entlemen.
>>26804135
Tony Hawk Pro Skater 5 exists
>>26803647
what are the implications of this?
>>26804144
Do you just blame women for that or...?
>>26804176
Nah, that was just something I hate in particular right now because of how much I enjoyed Pro Skater 4, also I'm not a woman hater, I'm a "Politically Correct" hater. look at the crazy shit that games got away with in the past that wasn't just violence. Can you imagine if Conker's Bad Fur day were to be released in today's world? everyone would call it trash because of the giant poop boss and it wouldn't have done nearly as well, nowadays "Political Correctness" has gotten rid of pretty much all the crazy shit EXCEPT the boring ass gratuitous violence with le ebin graphics.
I just want to go back to the simpler days, ya' know?
>>26804176
The problem isn't interested women, its once those actual hobbits come,then other women see women are there and they want to steal the male attention from those women. The attention thieving women bring with them bullshit like political correctness.
>>26804246
>>>/r9k/
>>26804221
>>>/vr/ probably
>>26804246
This is true, but if we teach girls to get into these hobbies at a young age, then their enjoyment of said hobbies will be genuine.
>>26804257
I appreciate /vr/, but I'm more of a PS2/Gamecube gen person and that's not /vr/
>>26804257
>>>/lgbt/
>>>/suicide/
>>26803971
>God damn it, you and your stupid horses, Nicholas.
>"Who's the DM, Bill? That's right, it's me. I provide you with Mountain Dews, you accept to follow my stories! That's how this works!"
>Ok fine! I roll for initiative.
>>26803647
>race = class
>>26804308
Because there is no such thing as an earth pone mage.
>>26804316
That's called a druid/pathfinder/shaman. Get your priorities straight.
>>26803647
>Still not a pony videogame
It would save the WiiU.
>>26804316
Literally only sorceror should be Unicorn-only.
>wizard: learn magic through study
>warlock: learn magic through a bargain with something
>cleric: learn magic through faith
>druid: learn magic through nature (LITERALLY BUILT FOR EARTH PONIES)
>monk: learn magic through meditation
You fucking what mate?
>>26804308
Because each of the three races can easily represent the holy trinity of RPG classes:
-Earth Pony= Fighter
-Unicorn= Mage
-Pegasus= Thief
>>26803947
Im pretty sure the intent is completely supposed to be babys first rpg. Which is exactly what people are wanting. A gateway rpg to get into the more advanced stuff when the little kids that play this with their dads/creepy uncles grow up.
So I would actually be more disappointed if this was designed for the bronys rather than the target audience of the show.
>>26803647
>"Why My Little Pony?"
>The guy struggles at first to come with an answer other than "because we know that there are a bunch of manchildren that will buy it".
Still, what he answered with was still pretty good.
>>26804363
Were you watching the same video as me? He just explained how he realized that this was a good show that deserved to be expanded on with an rpg without going cringe-inducing-brony-mode. This guy is a hero to people who like the show but don't consider themselves bronies.
Seriously, fuck bronies.
>>26804355
>Pegasus= Thief
Anon, that's horribly racist.
>>26804412
Let's be honest here, man. People who love the show but don't consider themselves bronies are good. However, people in this board do not fit into this category, hence why they call themselves horse fuckers.
>>26804136
That looks pretty cool.
Holy shit, this guy is showing off the character sheets he designed, where can I get these? I cant find it anywhere
>>26803647
>mentions they will release a big hardback rulebook for it
Welp, I guess my big hardback rpg rulebook collecting fetish is going full crave mode when this gets released.
>>26804412
>Seriously, fuck bronies.
10/10 post right here
>>26804357
I can get behind this. I've only been in one pnp rpg session before and it was more of a table-top team deathmatch than a campaign. I would appreciate something simple to start me off before moving on to more advanced systems that involve ponies.
>>26804279
<--Actually, it's more likely they will get something like this out of the experience.
>>26805138
god damnit he's right
Someone's gonna write fanfiction of their ponies.
>>26807032
and thats different from now, how?
>>26807116
I meant those people in the video specifically. I know all about the self-insert OC stuff you find all over fimfiction and/mlp/
>>26807159
Firebrand does sound pretty cool. I'd play that character.
There's a chance that any ponies featured in the RPG books might make it into the show. With the talent in the studio, there has bound to be maybe a fa/tg/uy or ca/tg/irl or 2 among them.
>>26804316
*cough*
>>26803647
So they know exactly who's the target audience. Cool. Can't wait to run a game with some of you fags
I'm the unicorn archwizard
>>26804136
Then you aren't really looking hard enough.
That's a 5th edition hack. It's alright, but the non-D&D rpgs are more interesting to me for this.
>>26804051
Oh, so a retarded overreaction.
What does /tg/ think about this?
>>26810535
they thinkglobal rule 15
>>26810535
I don't know its not released yet
>>26810644
Would it be against the rules to link this thread to a thread with an OP that is intentionally vague as to what the thread is about?
>>26811683
Sorry I meant post a link to this thread on /tg/.
>>26811683
Yes. No /mlp/ on /tg/ at all. Period. No linking, no reaction images, etc.
Mentioning it is ok, but you can't make a thread specifically to mention it.
>>26811708
Oh okay.
>>26803647
>I'll call mine Silver Shadow
That Guy detected.
>>26811708
This is why GR15 needs to be abolished: It's just getting in the way of good discussion.
>>26803647
>TAILS of equestria
Sounds good, Hasbro owns d&d so it shouldn't be a complete failure as a game. Sales, however...
Well, who knows. They keep making books and comics
>>26808217
>Zecora
>pone
>>26812794
#zebralivesmatter
>>26812967
Nice dick :^)
>>26803647
so instead of being manly men, banging princesses and bar wenches, you're a cute little mare having lesbian sex with princesses and bar wenches?
SIGN ME UP!
Chances are it won't be as good as any of the other three or four horse RPGs that already exist, but since it's "officially licensed" and will have tons of Jewbux spent on making it look pretty, it will likely do better.
>>26813230
>just because its licenced does not mean it will be good
>only amateur rpgs are good
How is it living in fedoraworld?
>>26813349
Not him, and I actually think this one looks good, but I kinda see where he's coming from. This game is being designed to accommodate the target demo, sort of like a "D&D Jr.", so someone who likes their pnp games to be a bit more complex would likely to be underwhelmed by this.
>>26803647
I'm honestly surprised they're not just having Wizards of the Coast do it in-house.
I'd stream this.
... now all those OC's will come with stats
this is one step closer to becoming their ponysona irl
>>26814407
I was thinking about that and I think they did it specifically to broaden their audience. I could see them fearing that as soon as someone sees the wotc logo on the book they will discard it due to the stigma (however little there is anymore) levied against magic and d&d.
And it could also be the competing product issue. As soon as wotc bought TSR, they canned any other (superior) non-d20 rpg at the time because they didnt want to have 2 competing products produced by the same company.
So if hasbro wanted equestria for 5e then wotc would have taken care of it, but since they didnt want to do dnd for this, they would have a different company take care of it.
Of course it could also be that allessio calvatore, being the apparent brony he is, reached out to hasbro and pitched them the idea. It is likely he had the main mechanic and idea of the game system, and even the character sheets, mocked up before he even went to hasbro.
>>26803951
Hasbro basically pushes 2/3rds of the content on /tg/, yo.
Booping better be a skill in this game.
>>26814866
The main campaign is you have to save Equestria from The Cuddler.
>>26815536
oh god, now all those greens will be acted out in roleplaying form
>>26815643
don't know what else you expected from autists
>>26808217
Zecora is a chemist. Not a mage.
So are these things like Warhammer 40chromosomes or stuff of that variety? I've never roleplayed before primarily because I have no friends.
>>26816520
It's interactive storytelling. One person, the gamemaster as it is often called (also known as refreree or storyteller) sets the stage and plays the role of everyone else in the setting.
Then the players each have a character that they have named and designed on their own, following some limitations and rules. Those players role-play (or just narrate what their character is doing) as they interact with the world around them and the story and plot the gamemaster is setting out for them.
The game system itself uses dice to determine random outcomes and the players have different skills that can alter those dice rolls (a stronger character - aka buff earth pony farm hand) will have a much easier time breaking down a door than a booksmart unicorn and the dice will reflect that.
The goal of the game is not 'winning' in traditional sense, but for the gamemaster to weave a cool story for the players to interact in. The players also change the outcome of things based on their decisions and actions. Think of an RPG vidya like mass effect or dragon age (or whatever the kids are playing these days) but without a set script to govern what is happening and your only limit is your imagination.
Likely bronies will have online roleplay groups that will advertise here, like for roll20.net and what not.
>>26814407
Maybe they wanted it to be good.
>>26804412
Hey, remember when we made up "brony" back in 2010 as a joke about people who'd get waaaay too into pony, like furries? Back before they existed? Back when we thought us ponyfags would have our one thread on /co/ and nothing else?
Good times.
>>26813665
>the rule mechanics for killing things aren't very well developed
>you can defuse tense situations with the right arguments
>you get more xp by making friends from enemies than by killing
>you win by bringing peace to Equestria and beyond
All my feels-boners if it works like this.
>>26816857
the guy interviewed said you cant get killed in this game, but you can get knocked out or depressed.
So someone could make a character who specializes in making other ponies depressed, and his cutie mark would be pic related
>>26816877
Where in the video does he say that? Also nice dubs.
>>26816892
well im not going to find the exact point, but OPs link does start where they start talking about the game. youll just have to watch the whole thing. the segment is only about 25min
>>26804246
This desu.
>>26804279
But this even more so.
I thought this thread would be more active than this given 80% of /mlp/ is nothing but autistic role playing.
>>26816973
waaaaaat? thats gotta be shopped. tomorrow im watching the EQG movies again just to see if i can find this
>>26803647
Sounds neat, but I'm never going to have anyone to play with, so what's the point?
>>26818103
It only shows up if you play it backwards.
>>26818119
Play online. Roll20.net and the like. It's all the rage now. Seriously, ask /tg/ about it, but don't mention you will be wanting to run mlprp
>>26818103
Fucking kek, it's legit.
Skip to 1:09 here. https://youtu.be/iTmZ3UEpkBs
>>26818129
you cheeky fucker
>>26818137
holy shit youre right. hahah oh wow
>>26816973
I bet he's behind all the IWTCIRD threads.
>>26803647
I am intrigued
>>26805138
Wait did DC auctualy do that dam I thought idw fucked things a lot.
>>26811683
Well /tg/ is one of the boards most tollerent of /mlp/ but I still wouldent risk it.
>>26812745
I would think the fact that Hasbro owns d&d is a bad sign.
5e is fucking horrible.
>>26819089
You didn't hear about the controversy?
>Roll to see if you befriend him and if so, how hard.
>>26804050
>>26811708
They just tried actually, It was scrubbed by the janitor.
> "Hey girls, my uncle agreed to mayor our pony game!"
> *Cheering ensues*
> "Alright fillies. *heavy breathing* We're gonna play my custom setting, it's a bit different from the *snort* show, but based on one of the alternative realities shown in episode 26 of season 05. *Coughs* You're gonna be resistance fighters in the war against King Sombra and Queen Chyrsalis who have joined forced to take over Equestria. Also I modified the classes a bit, so you can now choose between an earth pony inquisitor, a pegasus assassin or a unicorn warlock. You're already battle hardened veterans, so we can have some real action very soon, okay? *Ech* Also the princesses haven't been heard from in a long time so you can assume they have either been captured or killed."
> *Whimpering*
>>26819733
Wandering Fa/tg/uy here, I'd actually play the shit out of that.
>>26803647
>guy who grew up on RPGs excited to make pony RPG
things could not have gone better.
>>26819738
yeah, if you've got to go warlike, the crystal war timeline is probably the one you want to go with.
Throw in the Buffalo trying to reclaim their homelands, and griffon mercenaries, and you've got an interesting start.
>>26804050
>>26819697
>>26819758
Since they were using WW2 iconography, that would also set the tone overall. The conveyor system was also something more advanced than the average tech level shown (Flim-Flam brothers not included)
I have the Savage Worlds of MLP pdf saved, I might have to see what can be done with this idea.
>>26819493
I don't read many comics never had any comic stores nearby growing up.
My extent is the idw pony comics the first few chapters of a few mangas and a few judge dread and Spiderman.
Although the pony comics have inspired me to get into some other comics.
>>26819806
Oh that and a decent amount of bongo comics.
>>26803647
So this is how we survive on the ride forever...
>>26803647
This is amazing
>>26803647
i'm actually interested to see if little girls will be into an rpg, considering normally it is more of a "guy" thing(or unless you are a REALLY nerdy teenage girl)
>>26820004
Get 'em started young. Get them interested.
We could see a whole new generation of "male elf slave, wat do?"Of course I'm kidding. There's no such thing as a male elf
>>26820014
We are not also having this discussion on /mlp/.
This board is bad as it is.
>>26819493
Strong independent Titan.
>>26820014
Its like I really was on /tg/
>>26820014
Majority of Drow players use a male.
>>26803901
Cool. Might help stave off my suicide.Who am I kidding? I'll do it anyway.[\spoiler]
>>26803647
I'm so fucking hyped for this holy shit
Seems most people here have never heard about Ponyfinder. Or even Buck: Legacy if you're into table top card games that are dungeon crawlers.
>>26820165
>Not wanting to be dominated by the matriarchy.
Dos vel'bol m'ranndii?
>>26820547
*Speaks Unicornian*
>>26820559
I don't speak faggot.
>>26820572
Could have fooled me.
>>26820579
I roll well.
Get ready to be starved of new information regarding this game for the next several months because pnp rpgs don't get as much attention as vidya games, much less pony themed pnps made by a literally who company.
Honestly, this game will be excellent for somebody who's a huge DnD fanboy and wants to do something with his little sister(s).
>>26808217
With stripes, all you'll get is gripes
>>26816123
>chemist
She's an alchemist
>>26820646
Chemistry is just alchemy which works.
Zecora's shit works.
>>26803647
>No Alicorn PCs
It's shit. I want to be a princess.
>>26820624
> The dragon roars and breathes fire at you!
> Imma hug da big bad dwagon.
> You wha..but..right my little pony...uh make a hug... roll?
> I wolled a...one...two...fwee...fo...sewen!
> Uh yeah, you hugged him so good, he's now your friend.
> *gasps* MOMMY I MADE A DWAGON FWIEND
And on that day anon's heart grew twice the size.
>>26820981
Houserule your own mutliclass then.
Have you no sense of adventure?
>>26820981
Wait for the inevitable expansion.
>>26820993
>>26820624
>>26820993
Plus it can give our board more /tg/ shit to discuss or circlejerk in, and the best part is that it wouldn't be shitty romance greentext.
Out of all the systems, I'm kind of surprised there's not been a Ryuutama hack.
>>26805138
>a character who was sexualized since 80s should drop her characterization and history because of some shitty cartoon
This image always get me flustered.
>>26821041
Yes it will. The rules will be modified for
SEXUAL COMBAT
in less than a day.
>>26820993
>Meanwhile, Anon plays with his friends from his indonesian bulletin board through meetups
>"The dragon roars and breathes fire at you!"
>Can I stick my dick in it?
>"You-"
>I'll make a dick roll
>Anon can only sigh while bring me to life plays in the distance
>>26821070
Boring. Least we can do is add more other than sexual escapades.
>>26805138
>people believe this only being brought up on the show with their character they like
>meanwhile, comic fans wonder where the sudden fuss came from out of the blue
>>26821070
Just steal the ones from FATAL.
>>26819764
ebic bro
>>26821062
>some shitty cartoon
Indeed. Teen Titans go is the only version I can tolerate because at least it's funny sometimes. The original was some shitty anime wannabe.
>>26821116
That's an extremely shitty view of humanity right there. The paragraph describing human rape is twice as long as the other races combined, for fuck's sake. Completely unnecessary, too. The other races just get a description of the penalty, we get fucking rape lore. The person who wrote this was probably masturbating.
>>26821193
That's tame. FATAL...
FATAL is the worst possible RPG.
>>26805138
But teen Titan starfire was my waifu...
I thought she was cuter in the show.
Time to brainstorm some plothook.
Non-sexual please because think of the children.
>>26803647
Damn this looks cool, I've always had a fringe interest in PNP games but I haven't really had a chance to play, this looks like a nice and simple way to give it a try.
>>26821249
The player's characters are members of SMILE, devoted to tracking down and pacifying dangerous monsters.
Gives you an excuse to send them all over Equestria, using lots of different mythological creatures, and you can have fun with secret agent jokes.
>>26820981
Honestly, that's okay. I do believe that they should make some rules for alicorns, but also that it should be a near-univerally upheld house rule that alicorns are exclusively NPCs (e.g. Celestia, Luna, Cadance, Twilight, Fausticorn, and the hellspawn- I mean "Flurry Heart"), never player characters.
>>26822364
I can see a player using an alicorn. That of course only for a few seconds before I'd have Discord take his powers away from him permanently for shits and giggles.
>>26822364
Alternatively, implement rules that force Alicorns to level more slowly and start at a lower level than the other PCs, which might balance things out.
SHARE YOUR PC's EVERYPONY!
DON't HOLD BACK! THIS IS NO LONGER OC SHIT!
IT'S OFFICIAL ROLEPLAYING NOW!
What's a PC? Also when will we have more info on this? Next decade probably?
/tg/ and /MLP/ are the two boards I browse the most, so..
>>26822888
Player character.
>>26822888
PC, short for Player Character.
The character run by one of the players playing the game, as opposed to Non-Player-Characters, or NPCs, who are handled by the game master or GM or <insert game master title of choice here>
Commonly original, although it varies by game.
>>26822815
I really can't wait to make a unicorn mage
>"IVE GOT A SPELL THAT WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING!"
>>26823014
I'm looking forward to hacking together a changeling.
Think Hasbro will purposely butcher the first few editions just so they rake in the money and get it slightly more right with each one after? I mean, considering they own Wizards, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried a stunt like that.
>>26823043
Probably not, since Hasbro isn't making the rules.
>>26823077
They aren't, but that doesn't mean that they can't tell them how to do something their way or drop the support on it entirely.
>>26822913
>>26822925
You guys.
PC = Pony Characters.
>>26821249
1) A giant sapphire dragon is snoring magic dust all across Equestria. It is up to the mane6 to defeat her and rescue Princess Celestia from her crystal prison.
The mane6 must survive on a giant icy mountain and then go deep inside the caverns full of ghosts, illusions and crystal creatures.
>>26823237
See, that's why we're practicing.
When you're planning the story for a roleplaying game, you're making it for your players and their characters.
The mane 6 and every other pony is being put aside, making cameos or act as helpers or quest givers.
The main cast are the PC's, created and played by your friends and family.
You as the Game Master guide them through the story, have them face obstacles and take on the roles of every other character they meet.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned http://www.roleplayingismagic.com/ yet. It was the first pony RPG ruleset the fandom came up with.
>>26823317
> This fandom.
> Ever producing anything good.
I'll look into it, but I'm skeptical.
So will any of the main characters be romancable?I hope not.
>>26822888
The announcement says 2016, so im guessing this year. Alessio seems to pretty much have most of it done already. It's just about getting everything polished and ready for publishing.
>>26822815
I know I want to do an earth pony, the least mary sue of the different ponies.
>>26823043
I dount it, again the things is being designed by a 3rd party. The guy doing it seems to be a fan of the show and not a brony, which is important. A fan of the show would try to keep things in line with the tone of the show, and he's designing it with his young daughter in mind. A brony would try to 'push the boundary' like some edgy motherfucker and try to pass stuff off through hasbro, which they would most likely not sign off on.
>>26823120
That's exactly right. I am going to have to get used to that.
>>26823237
You're missing the point of an RPG bro. You aren't taking control of the mane6. You are playing your own original characters.
>>26823623
I think you don't get it. This is a pen-and-paper rpg, it's all about what the gamemaster is controlling. Whether or not the mane6 are romanceable is entirely up to the guy running the game. This isn't a vidya.
>>26823623
... are you thinking this is a computer game?
Look, it's simple. Are you running the game? If so, do you want them to be romancable. If not, then no they're not romancable.
>>26823623
>not knowing how RPGs work
If a character is included in the game, the GM should be prepared for that character to be romanced
Fuck, if i were running a game I would take it as far from the mane6 and ponyville as I possibly could. There are other places in equestria, other players that need friendship. The mane6 can't be everywhere at once.
>>26823718
Yeah, there's enough other places and groups that you can have fun.
Wonderbolts, SMILE, explorers, settlers, soldiers. Plenty of options, even ignoring alternate timelines.
>>26823803
A game set in the dark ages before the tribes were united. A game set during the first war against King Sombra. A game set in a time where changlings were fucking everywhere. A game where you just sit around all day and eat hay.
So many goddamn possiblilites.
And don't get me started on all the weird shit that can crawl out of the everfree forest.
Hell, everything can happen with Discord around.
>all these people completely oblivious to pnp rpgs
I thought it was common knowledge nerds played this stuff
>>26823969
It just shows that the common brony is a halfbreed species.
> So I just got the new mlp rpg and OMG this is such a ripoff. First off, there is no physical copy in the box and they didn't even include a code for a digital download. All I got was this big thing made out of lots of paper with words written on them and these hard candy drops with numbers on them. They were really tough to chew and didn't even taste like anything. But it had Pinkie Pie in the cover, which is like, my favorite pony, so I'll give it a 7.5/10 gold stars.
>>26823969
Are you saying everyone is a nerd here, nerd?
>>26824088
We're schools in the 90's actually like this?
>>26824074
I didn't know this was a cringe thread.
>>26824125
Every thread on /mlp/ is a cringe thread if you think about it.
>>26803647
>exploding hoof mechanic
HAHAHAHA that's gold.
For those of you not in the know, he is punning the 'exploding dice' mechanic common in a lot of pnp RPGs and tabletop wargames.
The way it works is when you roll the maximum on a dice, you roll again and add the result, or something similar.
So for example, say i roll and 8 sided die (d8) and roll an 8, i roll again and get a 6, meaning my total roll is 14, meaning I just rolled a 14 on an 8 sided dice. It can get pretty exciting often times in a lot of games and it's a cool mechanic.
With this game he explained that you roll the next dice up and add the results. So back to the d8 example, i roll an 8, so i get to roll a d10 (10 sided dice), and get a 9, meaning I just rolled 17 with my skill check.
>>26823969
Nerds play this stuff, not geeks. Know the difference.
Why OCs though? Aren't there pre-made character sheets of the canon characters?
>>26824399
That doesn't appear to be the intent of this. Make your own pony characters and play them in this world. It's the spirit of roleplaying games.
I'm sure they may have stats for the mane6 and other characters, but that's for the gamemaster to use as the players interact with them.
>>26824399
Maybe? Or I guess you can rp as Applejack if you want to and the GM allows it.
But usually in pnp rpgs you make up your own characters.
>>26824399
Well, you can run a game with canon characters; whether the mane six, backgrounders, or toy only characters, or whatever.
But part of the fun of RPGing is to tell your own stories, about different characters.
>>26803647
>spilling that much spaghettie
>repeating every joke
At 45:40 "you can get knocked out...be in prison"
For rape aligations?
Gonna be gud tho, hyped for beta
I can feel it in my bones, this is going to be great
>>26803647
I just hope that it's simple enough for young children to enjoy playing it while being deep enough for adults to still enjoy it.
>>26825737
The game send to be designed with young children simplicity at its core, and the depth you want is entirely dependent on your GM, not the game
>>26825737
Well it's not going to be a lamentations of the Flame princess, more of a boardgame version of CYOAs with friends.
So I'm guessing no one has the character sheets or anything?
>>26826760
I'm not able to find it. Don't think we are going to see them quite yet. Those they were using in the video were probably what he would show to Hasbro before they accept it
/tg/ know about this?
>>26827233
Crossboarders generally know. Tg as a whole I'm pretty sure they don't know about it as no one oitside of here has even heard of River Horse until now.
>>26820731
Actually I would say that chemistry follows the Scientific Method while alchemy is full of bullshit mysticism.
>>26827277
River Horse is not a household name on /tg/, but alessio calvatore is.
Mandatory bump.
Anyone played the MLP-based Fiasco playset? IMO, Fiasco is perfect for recreating the nature of episodic conflict (even if it is much more mean-spirited than the show's), wonder if it worked out for someone.
I'm a total virgin to pnp games, but I want to learn how they work, and want to create a story for one, where do I start?
>>26829620
Okay, this depends on a couple of things.
What sort of game do you want? Fantasy, sci-fi, modern day?
Any particular themes? Heroic, espionage, horror?
Do you want something with a lot of hard and detailed rules, or something less defined and more flexible?
Dice or no dice?
>>26824360
I don't think that's his explanation. I think it's that, if you rolled the maximum on your dice, you can roll the next dice and chose which number you want to use instead. So, say, you used d8 and got 8, you can then roll d10. On your d10 you get 5 so you use your first roll, obviously. Unless I'm completely mistaken.
>>26829861
That's how I understood it as well.
>>26829620
Hm, well they all work differently, but just imagine that whichever kind of story you're writing, it's up to your players how it unfolds.
>>26829620
The easy part will be to learn the mechanics. Find the system you want to use, read the core mechanic bit, make a couple of characters to get a feel for it, and generally play around with it. If you are going to be the GM (the one who is telling the story and running the game), then also look into the mechanics or doing random things like climbing, hang gliding, whatever you can think of.
Creating and telling the story is a bit more artistic than scientific. Best piece of advise I can give you on that one is "Don't plan too much, all you need is the framework for the idea. The players will fill in the rest." Oh, and be ready to improvise. Players have a habit of thinking of something you won't. Roll with it and see where it goes. Some of my favorite stories started like that.
Calling it now Alicorn has tone purchased with real currency.
>>26830202
It's a pen and paper game. How are you going to force people to pay for something that can easily be houseruled in?
If you want to play an alicorn, just play an alicorn. There will be thousands of people writing additional rules for this shit. You can houserule batponies, dragons and diamond dogs in too, if you want. D&D is all about imagination. If you let yourself be limited by the rulebook, you probably wouldn't have fun playing anyway.
>>26830202
tone?
What the fuck?
Do you even know what a tabletop game is?
>>26830217
What does houseruled mean? I'm still learning.
>>26830823
Making up your own rules or tweaking offical rules to fit your personal playstyle.
>>26830823
House rules = altering existing rules to fit group preferences (e.g. everyone forced to play an earth pony in a campaign)
Homebrew = adding in content not part of the original ruleset to expand the game (new items, monsters, races, classes, etc)
>>26830823
House Rules are rules developed for specific locals. i.e. the place where you're playing. They're not universal, and are not official.
For example, when playing monopoly, when you pay a tax, you return the money to the bank.
However, a common house ruling is that the money instead goes into the centre of the board, and that the next person to land on Free Parking can then take it.
... because people think making monopoly even longer is apparently fun?
So, if you wanted to play a griffon, but there aren't any official rules, you can create some house rules for playing one (Presumably based on the rules for pegasi)
>>26830872
Homebrew falls under house rules.
So if this thread needs to be remade, someone needs to make sure they put in the OP:
THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME
because I think a lot of you fags are having a hard time grasping that.
http://atomic-fantasy.80557.x6.nabble.com/
Boop
>>26832300
What is this?
>>26803901
it sounds virgin as fuck
>>26832542
Well fucking duh.
What were you expecting from combining two of the most perpetual virgin things out there. Tabletop roleplaying and ponies. That they'd be drowning in fucking pussy?
>/tg/ threads on /mlp/ will be a thing
Yes
>>26832717
This will be much more likely than /mlp/ threads on /tg/
I'm normally mostly on /tg/, so don't even try guys.
>>26832717
I hope one day they lift GR15 so we can talk about this, ponyfinder, and all the other pony RPGs there.
>>26832542
Well it is intended for 6 year old girls.
>>26832880
Nope. I hope it doesnt happen. I hope we stay confined here, There can be RPG threads on /mlp/, there are no rules against it. But there should not be /mlp/ threads on /tg/ or anywhere else.
>>26832951
Why aren't there more RPG threads here? From this thread alone it seems like there's an audience for it here, and it's not like there isn't enough room on the board to give each game it's own thread.
Is this a case of everyone being into a thing, but never bringing it up because they think nobody else is into it?
>>26833319
Well /tg/ has a lot of different quest threads.
And /mlp/ has a lot of...sexual writefaggotry...so maybe people are afraid that a simple happy go lucky quest could take a horribly sexy route.
>>26833319
I once was sent from /tg/ to FO:E general. I rarely browse this board and I have no idea if this is still a thing, but I'm pretty sure it had some RPG discussion.
>>26819116
I seriously doubt that they're actually involved in the design for 5e at all in anyway.
It'd be fucking stupid to try and change something you don't know about but will definitely earn you money.
>>26819116
Worse than 4e?I'm a dirty 3.pathfinder player
>>26833743
3e best e just sayin
>>26819116
>5e is fucking horrible
kek
I bet your the person that writes their character sheet first before their character.
