Pony Tales RPG Session

Rules available at: http://catspaw-dtp-services.deviantart.com/gallery/32801780.
Silly crossover trailer introducing the world RPG-style: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egrlzkKa6O8.
Flash pony creator: http://generalzoi.deviantart.com/art/Pony-Creator-Full-Version-254295904.

SIX THINGS TO KNOW:

1. You're Ponies: Intelligent, talking quadrupeds. You can use tools with your mouth and (thanks to some anthropomorphism and ill-defined magic) hold things like shovels in your forehooves.

2. Horse Races: Unicorns have innate telekinesis (handy!) and magic that varies by the individual's talent. Pegasi have wings and innate magic that lets them hover, control weather, and treat clouds like solid matter whenever they want. Regular "earth ponies" have neither wings nor horns, but have the most endurance plus a talent for natural and creative skills. In the bad old days the unicorns were royalty, pegasi warriors, and earth ponies the peasants. Zebras, griffins and other intelligent races exist.

3. The Land of Equestria: A country of plains and mountains ruled by the sister goddesses queens princesses Celestia and Luna. Together they control the sun and moon. Celestia is almost universally loved; Luna rarely seen and somewhat feared. Technology is roughly Victorian, with trains and some electricity, but magic and weather control make life unusually pleasant. Guns exist, and so do a variety of deadly monsters including dragons.

4. Marks: Everypony gets a magically appearing mark on their thigh around adolescence, based on a personality trait or talent they discover. Names are oddly descriptive too, like gem hunter Rarity, stunt flyer Soarin', and DJ Vinyl Scratch. (A few other example names: Cherilee, Spitfire, Photo Finish, Big Macintosh, Carrot Top, Silver Spoon, Lyra.)

5. Recent Events: Legendary devil figure Nightmare Moon was defeated a year ago by six heroic ponies, turning her back into benevolent goddess Luna. Evil chaos god Discord awoke and wreaked havoc, but was soon imprisoned in stone. The western town of Appleoosa brokered a peace treaty with a wild buffalo tribe. High society was scandalized by the national heroes damaging the royal palace during a party. A superhero appeared briefly in Ponyville.

6. Places:

  • Canterlot: Royal capital, troublingly stuck-up.
  • Ponyville: Farming town of the national heroes.
  • Appleoosa: New settlement in the Mild West.
  • Manehattan: The Big Orange.
  • Cloudsdale: A flying city made of clouds and rainbows.
  • Everfree Forest: A place of ruins and monsters.