[SW:MLP] [On Hiatus] Please Take Care

[Warp]

Please Take Care

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Please Take Care is a surreal adventure/horror campaign that takes place, canon-wise, after the events of Magical Mystery Cure.  The story will follow four unwitting ponies as they travel the land, trying to find the source of a strange radio broadcast that seemingly only they can hear.  Though, Equestria is by all accounts a nice, friendly place, so...

How Bad could it be?

Cast:

For this game, I drafted up a short, 10 question survey that I presented to each of the players. I thought it would be a fun little character building exercise and would help the players to think about their chosen characters in ways they might not normally when building them. Click on each character name to see their questionnaire answers if you'd like!

Gold Lionheart (Godna) - A novice wandering hero who has set out on a journey to prove himself worthy of his father’s lofty legacy.
Jetstream AKA Fidget (Dashie) - A nervous wreck of a repair pony whose desire to fix things borders on pathological.
Orchid VonBloom (MorningStorm) - Part nobility, part occult researcher, all latex.
Steadfast Aegis (Karnwyn) - A brick wall of a royal guard who does his uniform proud.

Master character register

When: The game takes place on Saturdays, starting at roughly 6 PM PST.

Where: Sessions will take place on Canternet, in #ptc, while OOC chat will take place in Skype.

Spectator policy: If you want to spectate, you are absolutely more than welcome! I simply ask that you not disrupt the game or speak in the channel while a session is taking place.

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Session Logs:

Prologue: Steadfast Aegis
Prologue: Orchid VonBloom (Coming soon)
Prologue: Gold Lionheart (Coming soon)
Prologue: Fidget (Coming soon)

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[MorningStorm]

Yay! I can't wait to see what torture you have in store for us!

[Concerned Reader]

OH MY GOSH SHE ACTUALLY POSTED THE OP

[Toboe LoneWolf]

Nope, couldn't resist.

[godna]

It's happening!

[Warp]

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DO A THING

AND THE THING

YOU DO IT, OKAY?

"2 HOURS, IS WHAT I THINK THIS WILL LAST, YEP"

AND YOU SAY THIS TO YOURSELF BEFORE IT STARTS

AND YOU NOD WHEN YOU DO, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW SURE YOU ARE

SURE ENOUGH FOR


FUCKIN


HEAD MOTIONS


AND THEN WHEN YOU START THE THING, AND

11 HOURS LATER IT'S STILL GOING

YOU JUST WONDER

WHY????????


(it was pretty fun though, even if it literally lasted 12 hours)

(I am going to go pass out)

[Mariangela]

a 12 hour game??? Man... never had a game last that long. I wish I could have seen it! *mumbles curses about work* Good job Warp. Hope you get a good deep rest.

[Toboe LoneWolf]

12 hours wat

that's gonna be a long-ass log

[Warp]

Beep beep, here comes a log.

Right here, in fact.

Now, you may, if you glance at this bloated pile of slice-of-life fluff, ask the question:

"Warp, you goofus, I thought your game was some weirdo horror affair or something! Why was your first session a ridiculous 12 hour marathon 1-on-1 RP in which almost absolutely nothing of any significance happened?"


First off, I would say: How dare you. How dare you call me names, in the year of Luigi.


Second off: You're right!  That's a valid question!  But here's the thing: I'm a stupidly nervous, inexperienced GM who hardly knows what she's doing.  My ability to craft a scene from nothing is crude, my descriptions are lacking, and I'm not nearly as quick on the draw as I'd like to be.  Since I only have 4 peeps in this game and can therefore reasonably do something like this, I thought it would be really nice if I did something somewhat low-key and more personal to each player at the beginning, for my own sake.  

So, to start this campaign off, each character will be getting their own personal one-shot that will show what each of them were doing in Fillydelphia before they all get forced together (spoiler alert).  Doing it this way both lets me get a better handle on this whole "managing a game" thing in a less stressful environment, and also gives the players the chance to really flesh out their characters and establish a nice baseline feel for playing them.

Ssssooooo, yeah!  Next week will be Orchid's turn, then Gold's the following week, with Fidget at the tail end.  



Will they last as long as this one did?  


No fuckin' clue 


EDIT: Also, fun fact, there was actually an encounter planned for this session, but I decided not to include it because its purpose was to give Aegis a chance to get some characterization that he ended up getting anyways through his dialog and interaction with Wendy. Also, I'm pretty sure it woulda made the game take another 2 hours, so fuck that noise.

[Karnwyn]

Warp said:

(it was pretty fun though, even if it literally lasted 12 hours)

Made my weekend. Twelve hours of AWESOME.

Warp said:

I'm a stupidly nervous, inexperienced GM who hardly knows what she's doing.  My ability to craft a scene from nothing is crude, my descriptions are lacking, and I'm not nearly as quick on the draw as I'd like to be.

LIES. ALL LIES.


Also, Wendy is amazing, as is her chemistry with Aegis.

[Dashie]

I realized I hadn't posted in here yet, time to correct that.

[Warp]

Sept 9, 2013 16:26:22 GMT -8 Karnwyn said:

Warp said:

(it was pretty fun though, even if it literally lasted 12 hours)

Made my weekend. Twelve hours of AWESOME.

Warp said:

I'm a stupidly nervous, inexperienced GM who hardly knows what she's doing.  My ability to craft a scene from nothing is crude, my descriptions are lacking, and I'm not nearly as quick on the draw as I'd like to be.

LIES. ALL LIES.


Also, Wendy is amazing, as is her chemistry with Aegis.

Ahhhhh thank you!  Things like this are sincerely so incredibly encouraging to hear!  Especially the first part; it's really an awesome feeling to get that sort of response as a GM 

Really, this whole session hinged on if I could make an accompanying NPC that was reasonably engaging for Aegis to interact with for an extended period of time, so I'm glad a cutesy gryphon princess worked out well.  Also, as a sidenote: if the name "Wendessa" made you groan; good, it was supposed to.  There's a reason she goes by Wendy, after all, and if you call her by her full name when she's in starvation mode I'm pretty sure she would gouge your eyes out.  She'd totally be all super refined and dignified about it, too, with her pinkie-talon extended as she pecked at your face and made loud bird noises.

Anyhow!  Hopefully the other sessions go nearly that well; I've got some...sorta weird ideas for them, but I think they'll really fit each of the characters nicely.  I just gotta...write 'em out now.

No pressure 

Sept 10, 2013 21:25:12 GMT -8 Dashie said:

I realized I hadn't posted in here yet, time to correct that.

You're a player in this thing, so you better post, y'butt

[Warp]

Had a small delay, but Orchid's session will be starting here in just a few minutes. Let the marathon begin!

[Warp]

Okay two things:

First: since I don't want to be up until goddamn SIX AM AGAIN, I will be continuing Orchid's session on Tuesday since she literally didn't even GET TO HER ADVENTURE AND WE JUST SORTA DICKED AROUND FOR FOUR HOURS IN BLOOMSHIRE ESTATE.

Second: ohM Y GOD CR YOU ARE SO GROSS ARE YOU KIDDING ME RN

[MorningStorm]

Sept 14, 2013 21:43:29 GMT -8 Warp said:

WE JUST SORTA DICKED AROUND FOR FOUR HOURS IN BLOOMSHIRE ESTATE.

IT WAS SUPER FUN THO! I FRICKIN LOVE ORCHID'S MANORHOUSE! 

Also, 3 demented minds coming up with crazy occult stuff equals HELLA AWESOME