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.
PM: …Yeah, okay, it’s Cerberus. The guardian of the gates of Tartarus. And he’s TICKED!
Applejack: Oh man, our little barbarian is gonna be SO jealous! Rollin’ for Initiative! <roll>
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?
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.
Fluttershy: Mm, okay. I’m going to use Charm Beast.
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>
Fluttershy: O-Okay. <roll>
Applejack: Hold up. What about Pinkie?
Twilight Sparkle: Isn’t she technically a DMPC now?
PM: A-HEM.
Twilight Sparkle: I mean, uh, PPPM…PC?
Applejack: That doesn’t mean we can’t have an extra ally. So is she rolling for Init or not?
PM: She’s talking to the Pony-villagers!
Pinkie Pie: Okay, everypony. Follow my lead. YAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!
SFX: (ZOOM)
Applejack: Um, that’s not helpin’ US.
PM: Actually, she’s leading the panicking bystanders away from Cerberus’s warpath. That’s helping!
Twilight Sparkle: That… kind of makes sense?
Applejack: <sigh> Sometimes, I dunno what’s scarier: The madness, or the fact that there’s a method.