Page 229 - Friends Like These

Sometimes the players concoct and perform the most complicated, convoluted plans imaginable.

And sometimes they employ Occam’s razor.

Rarity: Let’s see about that door, shall we dears?
DM: Peering through the window, you can tell that there are a lot of makeshift traps ready to trigger when the door opens. In fact, Zecora seems to have gone kind of overkill on the number of traps. It’ll take a Thievery skill challenge to disarm them all, and your hair condition will give you a penalty.
Twilight Sparkle: All yours, Rarity.
Rarity: I’m not enthused by the odds… Ah, IDEA! I’d like to pick the door’s lock silently, please.
DM: Make a Stealth check, then a Thievery check with a -2.
Rarity: <roll>
DM: Pass.
Rarity: <roll>
DM: And pass. The door is now unlocked.
Rarity: Brilliant! Now, with my magic, I conjure a bright, colorful flare into the sky.
Everypony: WHAT?!
Rainbow Dash: ZZZ- Wha? A flare? That’s my cue!