Page 370 – First Responders

The tabletop is nothing if not a place where you regularly have to convince people that your crazy makes sense.

SFX: (ROOOAAAARRR!)

PM: It’s a giant, black, three-headed dog monster!

Applejack: Cerberus?? Actual freaking Cerberus?? Well hot diggity dog!

PM: Heehee!

Applejack: Pun partially intended.

Twilight Sparkle: Why is a creature from Greek mythology…?

PM: Hold it! Roll a History or Dungeoneering check! Check your IC knowledge!

Twilight Sparkle: Um, History.

<roll> 31.<br/>
PM: …Yeah, okay, it’s Cerberus. The guardian of the gates of Tartarus. And he’s TICKED!<br/>
Applejack: Oh man, our little barbarian is gonna be SO jealous! Rollin’ for Initiative! <roll><br/>
Fluttershy: Um, I’d like to make a quick Nature roll, using Animal Empathy, if that’s okay… <roll> 28. And with the +2, that’s 30, right?<br/>
PM: <whistle> You’re totally on Cerberus’s wavelength. He’s lost and confused, and since he’s a guard dog, his first idea is to, like, intimidate everything in sight until the problem’s solved.<br/>
Fluttershy: Mm, okay. I’m going to use Charm Beast.<br/>
Twilight Sparkle: Good idea, but that’s an attack power. You’ll have to roll Initiative and wait for your turn. Speaking of which… <roll><br/>
Fluttershy: O-Okay. <roll> <br/>
Applejack: Hold up. What about Pinkie?<br/>
Twilight Sparkle: Isn’t she technically a DMPC now?<br/>
PM: A-HEM.<br/>
Twilight Sparkle: I mean, uh, PPPM…PC?<br/>
Applejack: That doesn’t mean we can’t have an extra ally. So is she rolling for Init or not?<br/>
PM: She’s talking to the Pony-villagers!<br/>
Pinkie Pie: Okay, everypony. Follow my lead. YAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!<br/>
SFX: (ZOOM)<br/>
Applejack: Um, that’s not helpin’ US.<br/>
PM: Actually, she’s leading the panicking bystanders away from Cerberus’s warpath. That’s helping!<br/>
Twilight Sparkle: That… kind of makes sense?<br/>
Applejack: <sigh> Sometimes, I dunno what’s scarier: The madness, or the fact that there’s a method.