My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria – The Fountain of Youth
DIY roleplaying game adventure
Our* pony characters were approaching the double-figure level milestone of conventional retirement when we'd be too amazing for there to ever be any jeopardy in our adventures any more (although, with the ability to summon angels from the start and re-roll bad throws by recycling basically unlimited friendship tokens, it hasn't been an especially challenging journey), so I wrote a reflective and safe-action-packed story as a possible send-off.
Incorporating a totally original gimmick that hasn't been used in loads of things before, it let us put the junior standees and character sheets from the Starter Set to more use and gave the young player the explicit choice at the end of whether to start over with these same characters or return them to normal while we set off for adventure with brand new, hopefully less indestructible characters.
She chose a bit of both.
* I know I'm not supposed to have a character as GM, but it would feel lonely with just one. She has two herself! See those rules? You see 'em? [Karate chop!]
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- Level 0: A Dragon's Bounty (we can probably retcon that it was them, since we unimaginatively used the stock character standees thereafter)
- Level 1: The Gift Horse (mini) / The Pet Predicament (first bit; didn't like it) / The Curse of the Statuettes (abridged; still figuring it out)
- Level 2: Sky Arrow's Big Flight (Bubblegum achieves a place at the prestigious Wonderbolt Academy; never bothers to show up)
- Level 3: The Cutie Mark Mystery
- Level 4: Judge Not By the Cover (introducing recurring frenemy Discord)
- Level 5: The Sister Springs (mini; Bubblegum achieves magic ice breath, completely forgotten after this escapade) / The Secret of Starfall
- Level 6: The Haunting of Equestria (Firebrand joins the gang; player count remains the same)
- Level 7: Dungeon of the Diabolical Draconequus (inconsequential because it wasn't real) / The Festival of Lights (first bit; seemed bored) / One Good Turn Deserves Another (mini) / Melody of the Waves (introducing Captain Rosella)
- Level 8: The Beasts of Black Skull Island (the gang strikes it rich!)
- Level 9: The Fountain of Youth (the seasoned adventurers decide to rest on their laurels)
- Level 10: Bubblegum Has a Choice (a junior Gamesmaster has other ideas...)
