Thread: MLP: Perquisition is Magic (Mission 0)

<STRIFE MODE>

>Use necessary force

As Cogs continues swearing like a mule (none taken), lucky brings both hooves down on the creatures noggin as Kitsune begins sucking away at its energy. Finally the east collapses, shrinking back down to a very unconscious Earth pony.

"By the power of swears, we won! Needless to say, you guys did all the real work." Cogs inspected the mare. "That was a werewolf, or wolf pony, whichever you prefer. What it was doing here, I don't know, but we need to secure it before it regains strenght and kicks our flanks."

"I did nothing but get my flank kicked." Kitsune lied. "Lucky did all the work. I'm utterly useless."
(Remember, Kitsune keeps his ability secret, especially from the closest things he has to friends.)

</strife mode>

That fight was intense; I'm still catching my breath from it. I'm surprised I didn't get hit. "Thanks for the compliment, but I was kinda just doing my job. Did either of you get hit too hard?" I then point towards the unconscious mare-wolf. "And if she can change her size and shape like that, do we even have anything that could hold her?"

((Panting sound effects omitted for legibility. Also the party tank appears to actually be a rogue if my dodge and DPS have anything to say about it.))

((Lol, yeah. I'm not quite sure what happened there, but you were certainly living up to your name! You should be wearing a "Rolling Twenties" T-shirt! ))

Cogs searches around until he finds a few vines that aren't too rotten, tying up the wolf pony so she couldn't move when she woke up - in this form, at least. Lucky quickly reminded him that should the mare revert to her beast form it could easily snap the bonds.

"Well, we need Gold. Wolfponies are allergic to the stuff. It doesn't have to be much- only something like a nugget, a clock, a sprinkle- and we need to tie it to her or something."

OOC- Refering to old legends that wolfmen could only be killed by a Golden Bullet.

(Wasn't that silver?)

OOC- Egad, I think it was. I'll look it up... Yes, it was. I'm so used to crafting Gold Swords to kill werewolves in Minecraft.

"Really? I thought it was silver. ...'Sune, mind checking that book of yours to see if it got updated? Or do you have a spell to request updates, or something? 'Cause if it's got something on wolfponies that'd be really helpful."

"I'll see." he said, pulling the book from his saddlebag and beginning to search through it.

Kitsune flips through the Explorer's Journal. Finding not only updates on the team's current status, but also an addition to the book in the form of the Bestiary section.

Explorer's Journal:
Current Mission: Mission 0
Completed Missions: -
Team Leader: Lucky Star
Team: Kitsune, Cogs a-Turning
Status:

Lucky Star:
HP: 20/20
STR: 4
ATH: 1
INT: 0
PER: 2
SWI: 3
STA: 4
$$$: 10

Kitsune:
HP: 18/18
STR: 0
ATH: 2
INT: 4
PER: 4
SWI: 2
STA: 2
$$$: 25

Cogs A-Turning:
HP: 12/22
STR: 2
ATH: 2
INT: 4
PER: 2
SWI: 1
STA: 3
$$$: 25

Dungeoneering 101:
*Dungeoneering 101
Team Leadership

Alright, before you rocket off to the mission site, you'll need to choose a team leader. It may sound awful fancy, but it's hard work. Trust me, I am one! Normally it's the highest ranked team member by default, but you three joined up together and you all have equal explorer points, so you'll have to work it out yoursleves. I'd give a recommendation, but you'd all do great - Lucky's infinite optimism, good old Cogs is inventive equuinified, and Kitsune keeps a nice level head in tight fixes. The leader gets the final say on loot distribution, the deciding vote on what to do when you reach a fork or an odd mechanism that could open a door or spray you full of arrows, and all that good stuff, but he's also gotta prevent the team from getting themselves killed and most likely to lose points should something go catastrophically wrong. Choose well!

--Glory Blaze

Glossary:
Greenwood Forest: A large forest with a town at its center.
Ever City: The capital of pony civilization and where the Explorer's Guild HQ is.
Explorer's Guild: An organization dedicated to mapping the world and helping ponies in need. You work for the Greenwood branch.
Apprentice: The lowest Explorer rank. Must be accompanied by an Explorer-Mentor at all times on missions.
*Graduation Mission: A mission that treats Apprentices as if they were full Explorers. Should they pass, they will rank up.
Explorer: The second rank of Explorer. Explorer teams operate in groups of two or more. Requires 100 points and a Graduation Mission to achieve.
Explorer-Mentor: The third rank of Explorer. these are authorized for solo missions and can take Apprentices onto their teams. Requires 1,000 points to achieve.
Guildmaster: The most prestigious Explorer rank. These run their own branches of the Explorer's Guild. Requires 1,000,000 points to achieve. ((No, this is not intended to be attainable in the game))
Team Leader: Pony in charge of keeping the team together, gets the deciding vote in debates
Explorer Points: These points are awarded for successful missions and detracted for failures. Accumulating them earns you fame, better gear for sale at shops, and rank-ups.
Loot: Magic stones, bits old gear, and other goodies you find in dungeons.
Shady Deal's Magic Stone Emporium: The place to go for questionably legal magic stones
Black Smith's Gear and Gizmos: The only smithy in Greenwood
General Store: You can get just about anything here!
Scrapyard: Professional tinkerers will be happy to use random stuff from the scrapyard to upgrade your gizmos.
Graph Paper: The wise and kindly Guildmaster for Greenwood City. Cartographer Profession.
Morning Glory: A boisterous white pegasus who hates his girly name. He goes by Glory Blaze, and is the Explorer Mentor you worked under up until now. Bodyguard Profession.
Quill Scribble: Blaze's equally rowdy partner. Cartographer Profession.
Kitsune: A quiet unicorn rookie under Blaze. Cartographer Profession.
Lucky Star: An oxymoronic pacifist bodyguard apprentice with a tendency to space out. Bodyguard Profession.
Cogs a-Turning: Inventive Earth pony apprentice with a prosthetic leg. Explorer Profession.
Scroll Manor: Supposedly haunted manor in Greenwood Forest.
Scroll Family: Xenophobic and eccentric family of unicorn scholars
Health Points: A number derived from the Stamina stat. Every time you start a dungeon or take a short rest, a d20 is rolled and the result added to your STA. This is how much damage you can take until your HP resets.
Bestiary:
Werewolf (Wolfpony): This pony has been cursed to transform into a ferocious, snarling wolf during the full moon, but some Wolfponies can control their curse and transform at will. A bite from a Wolfpony will infect the bitten with the curse. A Wolfpony, in it's wolf form, can only be killed by silver weaponry, and silver is highly irritating to Wolfponies in either form.
Saddlebags:
Lucky Star:
Restoration Stone
Water Stone
Night-Eye Stone
Escape Stone
Flint-&-Steel
10 foot pole (collapsible)
50 ft rope
Chameleon Eyes (+2 PER)

Kitsune:
Seal Stone (x2)
Explorer's Journal
Quill & Ink
Map of Greenwood
Monster Manual (+2 SWI)

Cogs a Turning
Lode Stone (x2)
Torch
Grappling Hook
Smelter
Prosthetic Leg (+2 STA)

((The Journal is available to look through any time you want to. Just ask and it will be posted, rather than appearing at the end of every single post.))

((Do silver bits exist? If so, I have an amazing idea depending on what spells 'Sune knows.))

((Bits are gold, sorry))

"...Now I really want a silver weapon..." Kitsune said, after reading the entry. "A silver sword would be totally awesome!"