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Page 30 - Party PandemoniumEvery 10th comic is extra long. Sometimes it’s double-length, sometimes it’s triple-length. The end result doesn’t matter; the point is that size restrictions are thrown out.Unfortunately, the effort that goes into making a comic increases exponentially with the size. Lesson learned.
Transcript:
DM: It appears as though the entire town of Ponyville has gathered in the library. And at the center of the commotion is a bright pink pony you recognize.
Pinkie Pie: Meeeee! It’s me!
Twilight Sparkle: What the heck is all this?!
Pinkie Pie: It’s a surprise welcome party, silly! Were you surprised?
Twilight Sparkle: Well, yes, but… Why…? Ugh, I need a drink!
DM: In-character or out-of-character?
Twilight Sparkle: BOTH!
Pinkie Pie: I saw you on the street and realized I didn’t know you, even though I know everyone in Ponyville! So I HAD to throw a welcome party for you and invite everyone in town!
Pinkie Pie: It’s all part of my special talent! Everypony knows I’m super-duper awesome at throwing parties, which means I’m super good at Streetwise and Diplomacy as long as I’m in Ponyville!
Rainbow Dash: Your special talent is THROWING PARTIES??
Pinkie Pie: Abso-butely-lutely!
Rarity: <sigh> I’ll get to the bottom of this. Hand me that character sheet, would you?
Rarity: Pinkie Pie… Earth-Pony… Unaligned Bard. I see.
Applejack: Am I sensin’ some enmity in yer tone?
Rarity: Forgive me, it’s just… a disturbing pattern I’ve come to recognize. “Oh look, the wandering minstrel. Let’s make a totally strange character out of it. No one has ever done THAT before.” Simply put, the bard class is a player’s license to go completely crazy.
Pinkie Pie: Don’t worry, my bard is COMPLETELY different! For one thing, she’s totally not a performer at all… though she can perform if she wants to. Pinkie Pie’s more about dealing with party guests, streamers, food, drinks, and all that fun stuff!
Pinkie Pie: Although being a pony kinda complicates the drinks. The normal stuff isn’t going to do much if nopony can get drunk!
DM: I’m pretty sure that’s not…
Pinkie Pie: So what else would there be…? Juice? Punch? Hot sauce? Ooh, yeah, hot sauce! I’d totally put hot sauce on the table!
Twilight Sparkle: Wait. WHAT is my character drinking?!
SFX: (FWOOSH)
SFX: (ZOOM!)
I still call bullshit on the shurikens. Unless you’re using one of those oversized ones, you’re not penetrating or cutting very deep. And a throwing knife will do the trick much better. Heck, do like the real ninjas and get yourself a an arquebus. Bitches love cannons.
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And yes, Craft (combat bakery) is a thing in my homebrew. It’s like alchemy, but with pastries.
It depends on the system. A D&D Ninja is a sub-sub-subpar excuse for a rogue, exchanging half of his sneak attack abilities (namely, no using it while flanking) for the ability to vanish for a scant few rounds (invisibility rings do that better, and don’t require you to give up part of your class); Pathfinder ninjas are literal murder machines, basically rogues with less trap-beating abilities but with tons of pain-dealing tricks, including, believe it or not, the ability to snipe an opponent with shurikens (to be clear, in Pathfinder a shuriken is the lowest damage thrown weapon, easily outclassed by a sling: in the hands of a Ninja with the right ability, it reaches a bonus of +2D6 damage,which is kind of a lot).
Sorry, no Glider tricks… you need a Gnome for those.
Actually, the bards DO have an advantage: they’re the only (let me reiterate: the ONLY) arcane healing class.
If your team constantly runs afoul of temples and/or religions - and I’ve known some teams that do - you NEED a bard.
I don’t.
Well, there is a group called the Red Wizards. They’re assholes, but a really good party member (from both a combat and entertainment perspective) from Baldur’s Gate is one.
But the class you are describing best resembles as Cleric. Of course, that is if your willing to call those divine loans they and Druids call magic, magic.
Actually, it’s the ninjas from Naruto. You know, incredibly visible clothing, inexplicable magic powers handwaved as mastery of lifeforce, being anywhere in any alignment, that sort of thing.
Ninjas you say? I saw this video by the Spoony One that talked about ninjas as a class, but they were never called mystics. They had a bunch of weird skills, like man sized kite flying and feigning sleep. I’d actually be really happy to play a ninja character just to see what kind of crazy stuff I could pull off with the giant kite. My characters are usually chaotic like that.
Apparently, they’re basically the ninjas from Naruto, but not as lame.
Can’t say I’ve encountered that sort yet, so I can’t really comment. I do acknowledge that Pinkie dosen’t have the worst character (that honor goes to the terribly built Druid character) but she’s low on the totem pole.
I’ve heard good things about mystics.
But seriously, Bards tend to be underpowered in the games I’ve participated in. They can’t lock pick and handle traps as well as the thief, they can’t fight as well as the fighter, and they can’t cast as well as the mage. And compressing all three sub-par skills into one character isn’t all that neccesary if your group is a good.
If you really want a class to go chaotic neutral nuts with, dual class either a fighter or thief with a wizard.
On top of that, Earth Ponies have more HP than the other races, and they have a greater versatility in melee combat than any class that doesn’t have flight as an ability.
Also, there’s Roleplayers then there’s… people who get waaaay into their characters. In a good way.