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Esquestria: The House of the Sun - A pony cultist experience

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[X] (THRONE) You will try to change things.
-You WILL roll a dice. The DC of this dice, and its thresholds, bonus or Lore usage, will not be explained to you ahead of time.
-This option is the equivalent of "being creative" with your authority, and trying to make certain changes to the system as a whole during your limited time here.
-The thresholds of your success can range from "catastrophic" to "things get much better", and this roll also has a CHANCE to further aid or hinder Cadance in her roll (or to not affect her roll at all).
-This is a risk.
 
OurLadyOfWires said:
Some of the issues are large, and slow-moving, like the worrying increase in crime plaguing all major cities.
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Our detectives really should be put on follow up so the Bureau can actually deal with the Changelings but after that it might be a good idea to help out.

We could even get our hooves dirty and liberate some books and bits.

OurLadyOfWires said:
But you don't really have a choice, do you?

After all if you don't do this, who else will?
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I see a lot of empty space here that's missing Caddy's good trusted friend Mareinette.


OurLadyOfWires said:
-If you absolutely want Smiles to be able to take more/all artifacts, and for Velvet, DoA and Cherenkolt to join him, you may vote for Smiles' expedition to be delayed, in which case it will take place closer to the end of the turn and after Cadance's roll (and risks interruption).
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Seems good to me.
 
[X] (THRONE) You will try to change things.
-You WILL roll a dice. The DC of this dice, and its thresholds, bonus or Lore usage, will not be explained to you ahead of time.
-This option is the equivalent of "being creative" with your authority, and trying to make certain changes to the system as a whole during your limited time here.
-The thresholds of your success can range from "catastrophic" to "things get much better", and this roll also has a CHANCE to further aid or hinder Cadance in her roll (or to not affect her roll at all).
-This is a risk.

I mean, come on, it's Velvet. Meddling because she thinks she knows best is just what she does, man.
 
[X] (THRONE) You will be careful.
-You will NOT roll any dice.
-This option is the equivalent of "managing the decline" of Equestria during the Princesses' absence. Hoping that they will return in time to bring it back to good order.
-The affairs of Equestria will be "a little worse" than before Cadance's absence, and she will have to do some cleaning up. But if Cadance succeeds in her roll with Celestia, everything will turn out well.
-This is not a risk.
 
[X] (THRONE) You will try to change things.
-You WILL roll a dice. The DC of this dice, and its thresholds, bonus or Lore usage, will not be explained to you ahead of time.
-This option is the equivalent of "being creative" with your authority, and trying to make certain changes to the system as a whole during your limited time here.
-The thresholds of your success can range from "catastrophic" to "things get much better", and this roll also has a CHANCE to further aid or hinder Cadance in her roll (or to not affect her roll at all).
-This is a risk.

[X] (YUXTABEI) Artifacts and curios: Everything

[X] (SMILES) Accompanying team: Mareinette, DoA
-[X] (SMILES) Delay this expedition

OurLadyOfWires said:
For the "Throne" option, there is a world where you roll well enough that I offer choices of how you want things to turn better.
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Sigh, I just hopes it's not something like starting some fires to add plus ten points to the befriending Smiles project and helping some plebs that offers nothing to our goals.

Wise Wolf said:
Do we really think there's likely to be anything on that expedition that Mareienette couldn't solo?
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Not especially no but I'm not really seeing a reason not to wait so we can load them up with all the artifacts.
 
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[X] (THRONE) You will try to change things.
-You WILL roll a dice. The DC of this dice, and its thresholds, bonus or Lore usage, will not be explained to you ahead of time.
-This option is the equivalent of "being creative" with your authority, and trying to make certain changes to the system as a whole during your limited time here.
-The thresholds of your success can range from "catastrophic" to "things get much better", and this roll also has a CHANCE to further aid or hinder Cadance in her roll (or to not affect her roll at all).
-This is a risk.

[X] (YUXTABEI) Artifacts and curios: Everything
[X] (SMILES) Accompanying team: Mareinette, Selene
[X] (SMILES) Artifacts and curios: None
 
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OurLadyOfWires said:
Yes. This sounds right.
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Thank you kindly.

... Twice now I have laid hand upon the story. Both times telling the known story from another's eyes. It is greatest complement and grandest horror.

I am glad it was music. Even the sounds we didn't want to hear.
Now then! Uh.... what hurdle is next? Goodness...
 
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[X] (THRONE) You will try to change things.
-You WILL roll a dice. The DC of this dice, and its thresholds, bonus or Lore usage, will not be explained to you ahead of time.
-This option is the equivalent of "being creative" with your authority, and trying to make certain changes to the system as a whole during your limited time here.
-The thresholds of your success can range from "catastrophic" to "things get much better", and this roll also has a CHANCE to further aid or hinder Cadance in her roll (or to not affect her roll at all).
-This is a risk.
 
If we didn't go to the Expedition, I would advocate for changing things. But half the month we won't even be in Canterlot. We are already spread thin, let's just play it safe this time and not risk it.

[X] (THRONE) You will be careful.

I would like to delay the Smiles' Expedition. With the 5 APs we dedicated to calming Celestia, the risk of interruption happening should be minimal. We are trying to squeeze the most value out of all Expeditions, after all.

-[X] (SMILES) Delay this expedition.

As for the quarry, is there a reason not to take all studied artifacts?

[X] (YUXTABEI) Artifacts and curios: Everything
 
[X] (THRONE) You will try to change things.
-You WILL roll a dice. The DC of this dice, and its thresholds, bonus or Lore usage, will not be explained to you ahead of time.
-This option is the equivalent of "being creative" with your authority, and trying to make certain changes to the system as a whole during your limited time here.
-The thresholds of your success can range from "catastrophic" to "things get much better", and this roll also has a CHANCE to further aid or hinder Cadance in her roll (or to not affect her roll at all).
-This is a risk.

[X] (YUXTABEI) Artifacts and curios: Everything
[X] (SMILES) Accompanying team: Mareinette, DoA
[X] (SMILES) Artifacts and curios: None
 
[X] (THRONE) You will be careful.

Let's not add a new variable to an already precarious situation.

[X] Plan: All and One
-[X] (YUXTABEI) Artifacts and curios: Everything
-[X] (SMILES) Artifacts and curios: None
-[X] (SMILES) Accompanying team: Mareinette

No reason to go overboard on the Smiles team. This is a short, easy expedition, after all.

(also, remember guys, the expedition votes need to be part of a plan, not just free floating!)
 
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Wise Wolf said:
Might as well send Selene too? Knock is a pretty common expedition Lore after all.
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It's a short, easy expedition that is happening mainly because we have to do something with Smiles's free action. I don't think Smiles, Selene and Mareinette will be at all necessary, and mostly would just be spending bits to spend bits.
 
[X] (THRONE) You will try to change things.

I feel a similar feeling as the Twilight-swap vote. We're already in a sort of bad ending, so we ought to seek situations with greater "variance". Hoping that the princesses can fix things isn't certain either. In other words,

LET'S GO GAMBLING
LET'S GO GAMBLING
LET'S GO GAMBLING
LET'S GO GAMBLING

@OurLadyOfWires:
OurLadyOfWires said:
Thank you again, as always! I have no doubt this takes a lot of work and time, so I am honestly grateful for this!
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Thank you; this machine is powered by appreciation and side quest acceptance.

OurLadyOfWires said:
The pegasus mare, you finally realize she is a pegasus, is surprisingly young.
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The middle part is actually an independent clause. Only linking a fragment with commas is for dependent clauses only (info), so this would be considered a "comma splice".
The pegasus mare, who you finally realize is a pegasus, is surprisingly young.
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The mare, who you finally realize is a pegasus, is surprisingly young.
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The mare is surprisingly young, and you finally realize she is a pegasus.
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OurLadyOfWires said:
So, you know you won't really have the will to do any chicanery during your… temporary regency? Whatever this is called.
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This is still grammatically correct, but all regencies are temporary by definition. So this sentence is unintentionally tautological. It would be more proper to simply say:
So, you know you won't really have the will to do any chicanery during your… regency? Whatever this is called.
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