Page 1447 - The Power of Math
24th Oct 2020, 6:00 AM

Shapeshifting is a neat power on the players’ side, but the paranoia of dealing with shapeshifters is terrifying and demoralizing. Something about the horror of being unable to trust your own eyes and assumptions about who is who…

DM: What do you want to roll to triangulate this angle of attack?
Twilight Sparkle: It sounds like I get hurt from a cave-in if I get it wrong, and I’ve probably got some time left before the wedding… Can I just take my time to get it right? Take 10 or 20?
DM: Sure, that’s reasonable. It takes a while with only your wits and the light of your horn to go by, but you figure out what you need. You fire another Magic Missile. It bounces around the room growing larger in size, then hits the wall at the precise point you calculated and…
SFX: (BOOM!)
Rainbow Dash: Dang. We need to get you to explode things more often.
DM: The section of wall is shattered into pieces, and thankfully the rest of the cave remains still. Behind it you see another large chamber full of pale crystals, and inside is… Princess Cadance?
Twilight Sparkle: How does she look?
DM: Disheveled, like she’s been down here for days.
Twilight Sparkle: So it’s the real one?!
DM: Unless it’s a clever fake-out.
Twilight Sparkle: …Why would you suggest something so cruel?