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Page 1129 - Switch Hitter
This might end up being a rare situation where I steal a concept from myself, because “imaginary damage” sounds like an interesting way to handle mostly-unavoidable, tension-ratcheting events without actually stealing player resources and wasting their time healing minor injuries.
 
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DM: …Night has fallen.
Pinkie Pie: By the time we march on Ponyville?
DM: No, just… right now.
Applejack: Oh WAAAOOOW. Your mastey of the art of DMing is truly amazing. Light switches. What immersive storytelling.
Discord GM: Hmph.
Applejack: Too much?
Discord GM: Oh no, not at all. I enjoy a good riffing. It’s just, I was going to do this anyway, and now it’s going to look real petty. What is your Fortitude defense, Applejack?
Applejack: Uh… 24?
Discord GM: <roll> Hmm, that won’t do at all. You slip and slide across the “dirt road,” knocking over your friends like bowling pins.
Applejack: …Fer how much damage?
Discord GM: Just a few points of pride.
Applejack: So nothin’, then.
Discord GM: Hey, for some players…

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