So I’m heading back underway. Hopefully I’ll see you all again in about a month.

Ok apparantly I’m here for about a half hour now, bleeping Navy schedules. 

I’ve got roughly an hour and a half before I’ll be heading back underway and back to no internet. Until then I should be here for any questions or anything else anyone wants to do.

See y’all in the morning, I hope.

So last post on this Contest, I’ll stick around for another hour to answer any questions you guys have and a little while tomorrow morning, then I’ll be back underway for another month or so.

So, another aspect of this legend, specifically one of the main figures in the family. The family of nobles was the Blackmane family and the one member nearly every foal in canterlot is told of is May Blackmane. May was the most infamous of the Blackmanes, though little of her actions are recorded it was widely rumored and accepted that she was a combination of murderer, kidnapper, and cannibal and that she led all of her family in the same direction. Even to this point Canterlot foals are warned things such as “Go to sleep right away or May will get you.” She occupies the same position as the boogieman.

That’s just the minor rumors that surround her though and she is just one of the many, many ghosts inhabiting the manor. 

 That’s the fluff, at least a bit of it.

A bit more about the game, relevant aspects of characters I’ll want include:

• A reference picture, I’ll be illustrating a lot of this. Any will do, feel free to use the pony maker flash if you need to.
• Name… yeah that was kinda obvious wasn’t it.
• Species… see above
• Home location
• Age, of the character

Oh and as I said the RP will be based on common sense, there are some random aspects of it, such as running from a ghost and there are some encounters that simply can’t be won. Most of the ones involving May aren’t survivable and the ones that are… well let’s just say they require a lot of luck.

As before I’ll be here for another hour or so to answer any questions you might have. Oh and since somepony brought it up, I’ll accept any advance entries you guys want, as of now 5 peeps have done so.

doctorspangleandcompany:

myhorrorpony:

Ok, Second posting of additional data about this brewing contest thing.

A few of the rules I will be using,

•  There is no guaranty on survival, a few friends I’ve shared details with have already said they don’t expect any survivors past the first week.
• Everyone is vulnerable, meaning that something that would kill a normal being will take you down, even if your character would normally be immune. (Example, you play an immortal shadow being, you get hit in the head with an ax, you die, same as everybody else.)
• Magic and Wings allowed, though they may not end up helping you too much. (On a side note the only magic allowed is routine unicorn magic, no fireballs, invisibility, or other over-powered spells)
• No outside gear allowed, (I’m looking at you super-science characters, if I didn’t specify this somepony would bring a proton pack.)
• You cannot leave the house until the night is over, doing so counts as a forfeit.
• Nothing that happens in the mansion is cannon (unless you want to consider it so)
• RP will show up in any of the encounters a player suffers, Rp will run on the “Common Sense” rule. RP, (Especially any bad ends) will be illustrated on the blog.

The other actual mechanics will be explained to all of the contestants. My current planned dates will be from August 1st-30th (Each day being one hour, with Sat/Sun being used as catchup days for anyone unable to participate during the week. Any questions?

I have one question what if when the character dies he becomes a spirit, will he just disappear or what?

Ah, fair enough, even if a character wouldn’t leave a normal corpse (Which is what I assume you were asking) you will leave a corporeal one while in the house. But that’s just the minimum, additionally due to the final fate of those who die inside the house none of the contestants will leave spirits behind.

I’m running it that way for two reasons, one: It could lend an unfair advantage to somepony if their death wasn’t properly permanent. two: The corpses add an important part to the atmosphere especially as it goes on.

However anypony who dies gets a last phone call, by which I mean you can pick one contestant and give them a ghostly warning during their next encounter.

 And of course dieing just means you aren’t the winner, as I said every player gets one of the t-shirts. 

Ok, Second posting of additional data about this brewing contest thing.

A few of the rules I will be using,

•  There is no guaranty on survival, a few friends I’ve shared details with have already said they don’t expect any survivors past the first week.
• Everyone is vulnerable, meaning that something that would kill a normal being will take you down, even if your character would normally be immune. (Example, you play an immortal shadow being, you get hit in the head with an ax, you die, same as everybody else.)
• Magic and Wings allowed, though they may not end up helping you too much. (On a side note the only magic allowed is routine unicorn magic, no fireballs, invisibility, or other over-powered spells)
• No outside gear allowed, (I’m looking at you super-science characters, if I didn’t specify this somepony would bring a proton pack.)
• You cannot leave the house until the night is over, doing so counts as a forfeit.
• Nothing that happens in the mansion is cannon (unless you want to consider it so)
• RP will show up in any of the encounters a player suffers, Rp will run on the “Common Sense” rule. RP, (Especially any bad ends) will be illustrated on the blog.

The other actual mechanics will be explained to all of the contestants. My current planned dates will be from August 1st-30th (Each day being one hour, with Sat/Sun being used as catchup days for anyone unable to participate during the week. Any questions?

The ruby stops in midair and flots down to behind the counter. The figure bows and says “Thank you, a pleasure doing budiness with you/”

Some Things about this proposed contest, specifically the background/basis.

The setting is a haunted house in Canterlot. A mansion that’s been standing longer than anypony can remember. A mansion belonging to a clan of nobles that has been long gone as a result of many decades of tragedy, scandal, and intrigue. The family had a truly horrific and terrifying reputation, one that was passed onto the mansion and amplified following the death of the bloodline.

The principle of this contest would be for the contestants to survive one night (Roughly 1 month in real time) inside of the mansion. Sounds reasonable, but as the locals know nopony entering has survived more than an hour.

However outside of the Deep Chest (The store currently holds the deed to the property) Nopony has any concrete or official information. There are notes of the tragedies and massacres that occurred but much of the how remains unknown, the events attributed to madness or simple bad fortune.

“The store” The figure replies as it places the money in the register.

“Mr.” The figure states. The door opens on its own.