Pony Form Pony Form

Name of pony Aptitudes ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ dice Physical Description

Muscle Size and build
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Hardiness z
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Fill in one of each Speed Eyes
{ Mare z
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{ Earth pony { Stallion Agility z
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Smarts Mane
{ Pegasus pony { Filly z
{ { { { {
{ Unicorn pony { Colt Learning z
{ { { { {
Tail
Talents Talent Names ① ② ③ ④ ⑤ dice
{ Earth { Air { Spell z
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{ Fire { Water { Levitation z
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{ Earth { Fire z
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{ Earth { Fire {{{{{ Other Description
Personal weakness
Talent Descriptions

Name of player

Important Possessions Major Med. Minor

Saddlebags { { z
{
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Cutie mark sketch Fatigue (Tiredness)
{ { {
{ Tired: –2 dice { { {
{ Winded: –1 die { Exhausted: –3 dice { { {
Illness or Injury { Serious: 7–9 { { {
{ Bruised: 0 or less { Major: 10–12 { { {
{ Stunned: 1–3 { Mortal: 13–15 { { {
{ Minor: 4–6 { Death: 16 or more { { {
 Creating a Pony

Aptitudes Muscle Mare Stallion Speed Mare Stallion Smarts Mare Stallion
In the tables to the right, the
Earth pony 2 dice 3 dice Earth pony 2 dice 1 die Earth pony 1 die 1 die
extra dice for kind of pony
and mare or stallion are add- Pegasus pony 2 dice 2 dice Pegasus pony 2 dice 2 dice Pegasus pony 1 die 1 die
ed to the basic 1 die for each Unicorn pony 2 dice 2 dice Unicorn pony 1 die 1 die Unicorn pony 1 die 1 die
Aptitude.
Add a total of 8 more Hardiness Mare Stallion Agility Mare Stallion Learning Mare Stallion
dice to Aptitudes, but no Ap- Earth pony 2 dice 3 dice Earth pony 2 dice 1 die Earth pony 1 die 1 die
titude can end up with more
Pegasus pony 2 dice 2 dice Pegasus pony 2 dice 2 dice Pegasus pony 1 die 1 die
than 5 dice in it.
Unicorn pony 2 dice 2 dice Unicorn pony 1 die 1 die Unicorn pony 1 die 1 die

Talents Primary Talents Talents Start With . . .

In the tables to the right, the extra dice are
Earth pony One Earth Talent, one Fire Talent 2 dice in one, 1 die in the other
added to the basic 1 die for each Primary
Talent. Pegasus pony Air Talent, Water Talent 2 dice in one, 1 die in the other
Add a total of 3 more dice to Talents, Unicorn pony Levitation Talent, one Spell Talent 3 dice in one, 2 dice in the other
but no Primary Talent can end up with
more than 5 dice in it and no Secondary Secondary Talent Talent Starts With . . .
Talent can end up with more than 3 dice
Any pony One Earth Talent or Fire Talent 1 die
in it.

Weights and Measures

How Big Is a Pony? Height at Withers Weight (Mass) How Far Can a Pony See in Daylight?
Young mare about 30" (75 cm) about 75 lbs. (34 kg) Clear weather Line of sight
Young stallion about 36" (90 cm) about 150 lbs. (69 kg) Light rain 160 yards (146 meters)
Very old pony may be shorter may be lighter or heavier Heavy rain 80 yards (73 meters)
School-age foal 18 to 24" (45–60 cm) up to 50 lbs. (23 kg) Fog or clouds 16 yards (15 meters)
Baby foal less than 12" (30 cm) a few pounds (kg) Light snow 120 yards (110 meters)
Older princess about 60" (150 cm) 400 to 600 lbs. (180–270 kg) Heavy snow 60 yards (55 meters)
Younger princess about 30" (75 cm) 75 to 100 lbs. (35–45 kg) Blizzard 30 yards (27 meters)

How Far Can a Pony See in Darkness? Modifier

Twilight Half distance; 80 yards (73 meters) in clear weather +5 to difficulty
Live and Learn Night One-fourth distance; 40 yards (37 m) in clear weather +10 to difficulty

Most Dice Allowed in a Talent Light Day Twilight Night Lasts

Any pony’s Primary Talent 5 dice Match 0 yards (0 m) 1 yard (0.9 m) 2 yards (1.8 m) 4 rounds
Earth pony’s Secondary Talent 5 dice Candle 0 yards (0 m) 1 yard (0.9 m) 3 yards (2.7 m) 1 hour
Other pony’s Secondary Talent 3 dice Lantern (360°) 1 yard (0.9 m) 2 yards (1.8 m) 5 yards (4.5 m) 6 hours
Lantern (front 30°) 2 yards (1.8 m) 4 yards (3.6 m) 10 yards (9 m) 6 hours
Flashlight 5 yards (4.5 m) 10 yards (9 m) 30 yards (27 m) 6 hours

Bad Conditions for Moving (add to difficulty of any movement) Add

Uneven surface, small obstacles, choppy water, climbing a tree 5
Big obstacles, strong current in water, climbing a rough wall; flying sideways, upside-down, or backward 10
Lots of big, close obstacles, stormy weather, a few hazards in the air 15
Narrow walkway (e.g., rope bridge, cliff trail), big waves, lots of hazards in the air, climbing a smooth wall 20
Collapsing hallway, swimming or flying in a hurricane 25 or more
 Weights and Measures

How Fast Can a Pony Move? • Moving 5 yards (4.5 meters) per round is about 2 miles (3.3 kilometers) per hour.

Movement per Round Difficulty +1 Yard Moved * Pony with a Talent that includes climbing can climb 10 yards
(9 meters) instead.
Walk 1 to 10 yards (0.9–9 m) 0 —
Trot 11 to 20 yards (10–18 m) 5 — † Pony can gallop up to two rounds to get a running start.
Canter 21 to 40 yards (19–37 m) 10 — If galloping rolls are successful, subtract 5 from jump’s dif-
Gallop 41 to 80 yards (37–73 m) 15 +1 to difficulty ficulty for galloping one round; subtract 10 from jump’s dif-
ficulty for galloping two rounds.
Swim 1 to 5 yards (0.9–4.5 m) 5 +1 to difficulty
Climb 1 to 5 yards (0.9–4.5 m)* 5 +5 to difficulty
Jump† 2 yards (1.8 m) 5 +5 to difficulty
60° Turns in a Round
Trotting 12
Speeding Up and Slowing Down Up to . . . +1 Yard Change Cantering 8
Swimming 10 yards (9 meters) per round +1 to difficulty Galloping 4
Walking, trotting, cantering, galloping 20 yards (18 neters) per round +1 to difficulty Swimming 4

Flying • Moving 20 yards (18 meters) per round is about 8 miles (13 kilometers) per hour.

Flying Actions Difficulty * Pony can gallop up to two rounds to get a running
start. If galloping rolls are successful, subtract 5 from
Take off Jump up to 2 yards (1.8 m)* 5
jump’s difficulty for galloping one round; subtract
Land Jump from height above landing spot 5 10 from jump’s difficulty for galloping two or more
Flying faster than walk before landing† +5 rounds.
Flying faster than trot in before landing† +10
† Relative to landing spot.
Flying faster than canter in before landing† +15
Flying faster than gallop in before landing† +20
Fly 20 yards (18 m) per round 1
For every 20 yards (18 m) per round more +1
Glide Must move at least 20 yards (18 m) per round 5
For every 5 yards (4.5 meters) per round more +1

Basic Maneuvers Counts as moving Side Effect * Add to or subtract from next round’s
movement.
Speed up 20 yards (18 m) faster (can’t while gliding) +1 to difficulty
Slow down 20 yards (18 m) slower — +1 to difficulty † Can make up to 2 turns after a slip.
Gain altitude 20 yards (18 m) higher — –20 yards (18 m)*
Lose altitude 20 yards (18 m) lower — +20 yards (18 m)*
Turn 60° turn 20 yards (18 meters) –20 yards (18 m)*
Slip 20 yards (18 m) slipped† 40 yards (37 meters) –40 yards (18 m)*

Advanced Maneuvers Counts as moving Side Effect * Subtract from next

round’s movement.
Half-loop 180° turn, gain or lose 40 yards altitude 20 yards (18 meters) –40 yards (37 m)*
Full loop No change in hex 40 yards (37 meters) –80 yards (73 m)* † Gravity subtracts
Half-roll 20 yards diagonally forward left or right 20 yards (18 meters) –20 yards (18 m)* extra altitude: 240
Barrel roll 20 yards diagonally forward one direction, 20 40 yards (37 meters) –40 yards (37 m)* yards (219 m) per
yards diagonally forward opposite direction round, each round.
Zoom-dive Turn horizontal move into lost altitude† — 1 difficulty per
Level zoom Turn lost altitude into horizontal move — 40 yards (37 m)
Zoom-climb Turn horizontal move into gained altitude† — of zoom
 Fatigue and Rest
Level of Work (with examples) Roll Every
Light Walking, carrying (or levitating) a light load hour
Moderate Trotting, jumping a few times a minute, flying up to ten minutes
250 yards (228 meters) a round, carrying medium load
Heavy Cantering, swimming, climbing, jumping constantly, minute
flying more than 250 yards (228 yards) a round but
slower than sound, fighting, carrying heavy load
Maximum Galloping, flying faster than sound, round
Effort carrying load that’s at least very heavy

Modifiers to Difficulty of Exertion Roll

Hot weather +5
Very hot weather +10
More than one exertion: roll for heaviest exertion and add modifier +5
for each extra exertion (example: cantering is heavy work; carrying
medium load is moderate exertion — roll for heavy work and add 5)
Doing only light work may be treated as a trivial task No roll

Tiredness Rest for . . . Rolls * Pony can’t exert herself

any more until rested.
Winded Half as long as exertion –1 die
Tired As long as exertion –2 dice
Exhausted* Twice as long as exertion –3 dice

Sample Hexagon Grid With Example Maneuvers

60° turn

Starting point Barrel roll

Slip or half-roll
 Icky Stuff

Result Level of Illness or Injury (and effects) * Make a Hardiness roll with a difficulty
of 15. If successful, pony stays con-
0 or less Bruised No effect
scious. If failed, pony is unconscious
1 to 3 Stunned –1 die from all task rolls this round and next for 10 dice of minutes (or rounds, in a
4 to 6 Minor illness or injury –1 die from all task rolls until healed literal game).
7 to 9 Serious illness or injury –2 dice from all task rolls until healed
† Each minute, make a Hardiness roll; if
10 to 12 Major illness or injury –3 dice from all task rolls until healed*
result is less than number of minutes
13 to 15 Mortal illness or injury Unconscious until healed† since suffering mortal illness or injury,
16 or more Death Pony dies immediately pony dies. (A literal game may ignore
this.)

Barding (armor) Protection* Natural Healing Roll After* Difficulty

Leather 1 die From stunned to healthy 1 minute Automatic
Mail (chainmail) 2 dice From minor illness or injury to healthy 3 days (minutes) 6
Plate 3 dice From serious to minor illness or injury 3 days (minutes) 6
* Add to Hardiness roll for resisting injury from From major to serious illness or injury 2 weeks (hours) 6
attacks. For each die of protection, add 1 to the From mortal to major illness or injury 5 weeks (hours) 8
difficulty of any task that uses Speed or Agility.
* The referee of a literal game may want to use the time periods in
parentheses.

Activity (add to or subtract from Hardiness dice for healing roll) Modifier
Pony is active (for instance, working or adventuring), not resting –1 die
Pony rests for twice as long as the level of injury or illness needs +1 die

Medical Treatment (roll once per day) Difficulty* * Reduce the difficulty if medical supplies are available; reduce it
more if patient is in a clinic or hospital.
From minor illness or injury to healthy 10
From serious to minor illness or injury 15
From major to serious illness or injury 20
From mortal to major illness or injury 25

Pony Tales • Narrator’s Screen • by Dave Bryant • Version 2: 24 September 2011

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 Doing Things Weights & Measures
Lifting or Carrying a Load: Look up
How Hard Is the Task? Difficulty the weight the pony’s trying to lift or car-
Routine Task takes no thought or effort; no roll needed 0 or less ry; if it’s between two entries, look at the
Trivial Task takes little thought or effort; roll only if needed 1 to 5 greater weight. (For example, 50 pounds
is between 40 pounds and 60 pounds, so
Easy Task takes little thought or effort unless lacking Talent 6 to 10 look at the entry for 60 pounds.) Right-
Middling Doing the task right takes skill and effort 11 to 15 hand column shows the difficulty for lift-
Hard Should be well-trained in kind of task being done 16 to 20 ing or carrying that much weight.
Very hard Only the best-trained pony has a good chance at task 21 to 25
The table to the
Impossible Succeeding at the task is worth telling stories about 26 or more lbs. kg Diff. left shows light, me-
2 0.9 1 dium, heavy, and very
10 4.5 2 heavy loads; the table
Advantages and Disadvantages (with examples) Add or Subtract 20 9 3 below shows extra-
Huge disadvantage Fixing complex machine without tools add 16 or more 40 18 4 heavy and super-
Big disadvantage Finding another pony in darkness add 11 to 15 60 27 5 heavy loads.
Fair disadvantage Following hoofprints in rain or snow add 6 to 10 80 36 6
100 45 7 tons tonnes Diff.
Small disadvantage Fixing pocket-watch by candle-light add 1 to 5
120 54 8 1.1 1.0 34
Small advantage Springy board to help jump farther subtract 1 to 5 140 64 9 1.2 1.1 35
Fair advantage Sling at the end of a rope to lift a pony subtract 6 to 10 160 73 10 1.3 1.2 36
Big advantage Good tools for job, such as first-aid kit subtract 11 to 15 180 82 11 1.4 1.3 37
200 91 12 1.5 1.4 38
Huge advantage Best tools for job, such as a hospital subtract 16 or more
240 109 13 1.6 1.5 39
280 127 14 1.7 1.5 40
320 145 15 1.8 1.6 41
Taking Extra Time Add Rushing (add to difficulty) Add 360 163 16 1.9 1.7 42
Spend twice as long on task 1 die Spend three-fourths as long 5 400 181 17 2.0 1.8 43
Spend 4 times as long on task 2 dice Spend half as long on task 10 500 227 18 2.5 2.3 44
600 272 19 3.0 2.7 45
Spend 8 times as long on task 3 dice Spend one-fourth as long on task 15 700 318 20 3.5 3.2 46
800 363 21 4.0 3.6 47
900 408 22 4.5 4.1 48
Success! By . . . 1000 454 23 5.0 4.5 49
Barely succeeded; maybe task took longer or pony didn’t get much 0 1100 499 24 5.5 5.0 50
1200 544 25 6.0 5.4 51
Succeeded; pony didn’t do anything special 1 to 4
1300 590 26 6.5 5.9 52
Pony did well and may get something extra 5 to 8 1400 635 27 7.0 6.4 53
Pony did very well and should get something extra 9 to 12 1500 680 28 7.5 6.8 54
Pony did extremely well and should be rewarded by narrator 13 to 16 1600 726 29 8.0 7.3 55
1700 771 30 8.5 7.7 56
Pony did so well others talk about it; should get really good result 17 or more
1800 816 31 9.0 8.2 57
1900 862 32 9.5 8.6 58
2000 907 33 10 9.1 59

Modifiers for Lifting or Levitating Things

Lifting or pushing with one hoof, two hooves, head, or wings +5 to difficulty
Each object unicorn is levitating +1 to difficulty
Each yard (0.9 meter) from unicorn farthest levitated object is +1 to difficulty

Pulling a Load on . . .
Skids or across a smooth, level surface Divide weight by 2
Primitive cart or wagon (include weight of cart or wagon) Divide weight by 10
Modern cart or wagon (include weight of cart or wagon) Divide weight by 20
A train (include weight of train) Divide weight by 100
 Fighting

Defense Difficulty of Attack

Passive Free action; no special effort to avoid attacks 10
All-out Only action allowed; doing nothing but dodge Agility + Talent roll + 10
Normal Dodging and trying to take other actions Agility + Talent roll
Block Trying to stop attacks from getting through Agility + Talent roll
Parry Trying to deflect attacks aside Agility + Talent roll

Special Attack Effect

Disarm Attacker tries to knock weapon or object from target’s grip; target can use an action to roll Muscle
(or Levitation) against “injury” roll in a contest to keep a grip on weapon or object
Entangle Attacker tries to tangle up target with lasso, net, whip, etc.; target isn’t injured, but can’t take any
actions besides trying to break free in a contest against “injury” roll; slipping out is an Agility roll, and
breaking weapon is a Muscle roll
Grab: choke, flip, +6 (or +2 dice) to difficulty of attack; trying to escape is a Muscle contest with attacker and counts as
hold, slam, or throw an action; every round target is grabbed, attacker can use strength bonus
Choke Attacker cuts off target’s air, using strength bonus on first round; after that, use general Grab rules
Flip Attacker yanks target into falling; target suffers 3 injury dice from hitting round and then is prone
Hold Attacker holds target; subtracts 3 or more dice from injury
Slam or throw Attacker lifts and slams or throws target into nearby object; lifting and throwing/slamming are two
actions; both need lifting rolls; injury is equal to toughness roll for object; attacker’s strength bonus
may damage object, resisted by toughness roll
Knockdown/trip Attacker’s Muscle (plus Talent) must be greater than target’s; +6 (or +2 dice) to difficulty of attack; if
successful, target falls but is not injured; target must take a full action to stand up
Push Attacker’s Muscle (plus Talent) must be greater than target’s; +3 (or +1 die) to difficulty of attack; if
successful, –2 dice from target’s next Agility roll, but target is not injured
Lunge Attacker rushes target; add half a yard (45 cm) to range of attack, +3 (or +1 die) to difficulty of attack,
–1 die from injury
Sweep Roundhouse blow or leg sweep; –6 (or –2 dice) from difficulty of attack and –1 die from injury
Tackle Attacker tries to grab target’s body; +3 (or +1 die) to difficulty of attack, normal injury dice first round,
strength bonus after

Conditions Effect
Aiming Shooter taking no other action can add 1 die to attack roll for each round aiming at specific target; +3
dice maximum
All-out attack –6 (or –2 dice) from difficulty of attack, and if it hits,
+1 die to injury; can’t take any other actions in round
Crouched target +3 (or +1 die) to difficulty of attack;
+3 (or +1 die) more if crouched target is moving too;
crouched target can move only half as far as normal
Multiple weapons Multi-action penalty if using multiple weapons in round
Prone target –6 (or –2 dice) at point-blank or short range;
+6 (or +2 dice) at medium or long range
Quick draw Attacker can subtract dice from attack roll and add them to initiative roll for a round
Surprise In first round, attacker goes first or gets +1 die to all actions
Unwieldy weapon +5 to difficulty of attack for weapon that is longer than 2 feet (60 cm), hard to grip or throw, or user
doesn’t understand
 Fighting

Normal Attack Difficulty Injury * For unicorns: not al- Toughness (with examples) Dice
Punching, butting +0 +1 point* lowed or +2 points Flimsy Plywood door 1
(narrator’s choice).
Boxing, clipping +3 or +1 die +2 points Tough Hard wooden door or a weapon 2
Kicking +6 or +2 dice +1 die Sturdy Bolted steel door or a floor safe 3
Bucking +12 or +4 dice +2 dice Very Sturdy A few layers of steel 4
Biting +3 or +1 die +0 Reinforced Many layers of steel 6

Called Shot Difficulty Injury Effect of Injury

Head +3 or +1 die +12 or +4 dice –1 from Smarts, Learning, init. rolls
Heart +12 or +4 dice +12 or +4 dice No actions in next round
Arm +2 or +1 die –2 points –1 from rolls using injured arm
Leg or wing +3 or +1 die –1 point –1 from Agility, Speed, init. rolls

Group Attack: Leader of group rolls Smarts Group Ability (add to or subtract from difficulty of leader’s Smarts roll) Mod.
plus applicable Talent dice to command group
Group will follow leader no matter what –20
in attacking together.
Group’s members will sacrifice themselves for each other –15
Group’s trained a lot to work together –10
Commands (difficulty of leader’s Smarts roll)
Group’s trained a little to work together –5
Simple or general commands 3
Group’s worked together a lot or is willing to None
Easy or specific commands 7
Group’s worked together several times +5
Difficult or very specific commands 12
Group’s worked together only a few times +10
Very difficult or precise commands 17
Group’s never worked together or most of group hates each other +15
Extremely difficult or very precise comm. 22
Group isn’t interested in working together, all of group hates each +20
Exacting commands 28 other, or group’s members can’t communicate with each other

Cover and Visibility (add to or subtract from difficulty) Modifier Scale Examples
Target can’t see at all Subtract 12 (or 4 dice) 40 Full-grown dragon
Light smoke or fog, dim light, twilight, or Add 3 (or 1 die) 24 Building (8 stories)
one-fourth of target hidden 20 Building (4 stories)
Thick smoke or fog, moonlight, or half of target hidden Add 6 (or 2 dice) 14 Building (2 stories)
Very thick smoke or fog, darkness, three-fourths Add 12 (or 4 dice) 10 Train car
of target hidden, or attacker can’t see at all
8 Elephant
Target completely hidden* Can’t hit target directly
6 Large wagon
3 Small cart
* If an attack does more damage than the amount of armor the cover’s worth,
what’s left may hit the target. Most of the time, the cover will have to be de- 3 Sun princess
stroyed before the attacker can hit the target. 0 Adult pony, moon princess
–3 Foal
–3 Medium-size dog
–6 Housecat
Range Distance Example Modifier –6 Breadbox
Point-blank 0 to 3 yards (2.7 m) A few steps away Subtract 5 –9 Rat
Short 3 yards to first range listing Rifle fire across ballroom No modif. –12 Mouse
Medium First to second range listings Pistol fire across ballroom Add 5 –15 Coin
Long Second to third range listings Most shooting outdoors Add 10 –21 Ant