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| | '''THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE''' ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY. Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are ''not'' official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with JOEL). |
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| [[Ponyfinder]] is a roleplaying game based in characterization and theme upon the "[[My Little Pony]]: Friendship Is Magic" television show. Initially created as a 3rd party setting for the [[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game]] mechanics, it slowly grew over time to include mechanical support for [[Starfinder]], [[Pathfinder Second Edition]] and [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], and in fact currently seeks to produce material that is mechanically supported by all four games simultaneously.
| | They operated out of the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until it was terminated in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before returning to SilvaGunner in June of 2018. |
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| Amazingly, this idea proved so popular that it's now a gameline in its own right, with around a dozen different print-on-demand [[splatbook]]s and even more PDF-only ones available on DriveThruRPG. Thus proving the close kinship between bronies and [[furries]].
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| | The original forums appeared to function as four services: preparation and communication in service of coming events, discussion about new HIGH-QUALITY RIPS, MEME showcase, and general VINESAUCE or unrelated discussion. |
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| ==Setting== | | == EVENTS == |
| The default setting of Ponyfinder is a world called "Everglow". Styled after the MLP homeland of Equestria, it is described as a world particularly close to the elemental planes, resulting in an abundance of fey races - all of the "not!Equestrian" races are Fey. The assumption is that the players will adventure during "the Present", when ponies rule the known world under the reign of the first Alcorn <s>(and possible Greater Daemon of Slaanesh)</s>, Queen Iliana, with regular humanoid races existing more on the margins. Notes are also provided for pre-Empire, dying Empire and post-Empire play as well. | | The VINESAUCE MEME events that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE held were known for being diverse and involved, due in large part to their incredibly strong YTP scene. These events would involve VINESAUCE-branded fan-made HIGH-QUALITY RIPS for SONGS that wouldn't exist for nearly a decade, and some that still don't! They also hosted some of the first KING FOR ANOTHER DAY tournaments, with fan HIGH-QUALITY RIPS. |
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| ==Races==
| | In later years, an event known as GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69, and MEME Wars, as of 2019. |
| Obviously, the big race of the setting is "Ponykind", which takes full advantage of Pathfinder's system for racial variants to allow for a variety of tribes and sub-tribes(Like Gem or Sea Ponies). Other races include "Cloven"(Goats), Griffons, "Sun Cats" (arrogant sun-worshipping lions), "Phoenix Wolves" (redeemed-to-Neutral former hellhounds), "Purrsians" (winged cats who are all greedy, gem- and- treasure-obsessed jerks, most commonly merchants), Flutterponies, "Steelhearts" (basically [[Warforged]] in Pony shape and the ''laziest'' idea in the whole corebook) and Pony Satyrs (from a web-splat; [[monstergirl]]-style human/pony halfbreeds born from... well, a human fucking a pony(or a cat)).
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| In fact, a complete list of races-by-source consists of:
| | == HIGH-QUALITY RIPS and MEMES == |
| * '''Pony:''' Your basic My Little Pony protagonist. Debuts in the corebook, with an expanded array of subraces debuting in ''Tribes of Everglow''. Actually divides its subraces into "true" subraces - physically distinct variations - and "spiritual paths", representing micro-templates that can be applied to any of the subraces. For example, Anteans are Giant versions of regular ponies, so you can be an Antean Earth-Bound, Pegasus or Unicorn.
| | Some HIGH-QUALITY RIPS appear to have seen releases or updates in 5th and 6th edition. Note that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE seem to have been most active between 2012 and 2019. |
| ** ''Earth-Bound:'' Your basic Pony.
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| ** ''Unicorn:'' Magic-using horn-headed pony.
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| ** ''Pegasus:'' Winged flying pony.
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| ** ''Zebra:'' Stripy Earth-Bound with an affinity for [[Alchemist|alchemy]].
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| ** ''Doppelganger:'' Shape-shifting ponies based on [[Changeling]]s. One of the "Spiritual Path" strains.
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| ** ''Leatherwing:'' Bat-featured nocturnal versions of pegasi.
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| ** ''Tribe of Bones:'' An outcast clan of benevolent [[necromancer]]s and ancestor-worshippers. One of the "Spiritual Path" strains.
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| ** ''Ghost Pony:'' Ponies who fled to the [[Ethereal Plane]] and adapted to live there, essentially a pony version of [[Ghost Elf|Ghost Elves]].
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| ** ''Chaos Hunter:'' Ponies who have dedicated their lives to destroying Chaos in all its manifestations. One of the "Spiritual Path" strains.
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| ** ''Antean:'' Giant versions of regular ponies. One of the "Spiritual Path" strains.
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| ** ''Gem Pony:'' Crystalline-skinned ponies who have an affinity for manipulating crystals. One of the "Spiritual Path" strains.
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| ** ''Clockwork:'' Ponies transformed into living clockwork by a divine curse. One of the "Spiritual Path" strains.
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| ** ''Sea Horse:'' Amphibious ponies native to the sea.
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| ** ''Sun Pony:'' Desert-dwelling, heat-resistant ponies. One of the "Spiritual Path" strains.
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| ** ''Short-Leg:'' Tiny and adorable versions of ponies created by Lashtada, and nearly wiped out by gem gnoll slavers.
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| * '''Pony Satyr:''' The result of crossbreeding between human and pony, duh. Pony Satyrs come in any of the "physical" subraces, so you can have earth-bound, unicorn, pegasus, zebra, leatherwing, ghost pony, sea horse or short-leg satyrs. It would later be established that humans can also crossbreed with purrsians, ruminants, proto-ponies and kava, which are considered part of the overarching pony satyr racial family tree, which makes a certain sense. Weirdly, ponies can also interbreed with purssians, and the resultant horse-cats are also considered a form of pony satyr, perhaps due to the purrsian's naturally bipedal stance. Introduced in ''Princess Luminace's Guide to the Pony Pantheon'', with ''Tribes of Everglow'' adding further subraces, ''Forgotten Past'' adding ruminant and purrsian satyrs, and the PDFs for krava and proto-ponies featuring their pony satyr offshoots.
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| * '''Luminous Dragon:''' Small and benevolent dragons who have integrated into pony society. Introduced in ''Princess Luminace's Guide to the Pony Pantheon''.
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| * '''Griffon:''' Flying bird-cats with a predatory streak and a complicated relationship with ponies, debuting in ''Griffons of Everglow''. Griffon subraces are called "Aspects", and refer more to archetypes to which their avian & feline halves fall into rather than distinct species like with the ponies. These Aspects consist of:
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| ** ''Predator:'' The typical griffon, with this representing the "base" griffon.
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| ** ''Prey:'' Less physically adept, but more gregarious and with a greater affinity for benevolent magic.
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| ** ''Scavenger:'' Physically weak even compared to Prey Aspects, but incredibly smart.
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| ** ''Cursed:'' Afflicted with painful crystalline growths that sap strength, but grant a natural affinity for [[psionics]].
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| ** ''Cheetah:'' Renowned for their land speed, these griffons have the feline half of a cheetah.
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| ** ''Pride:'' Naturally gregarious and social, these griffons have the feline half of a lion.
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| ** ''Sea:'' Griffons adapted to hunt from the sea, having the aspects of fishing cats and birds, or even otters.
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| ** ''Snow:'' Griffons adapted for life in cold, snowy environments.
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| * '''Hippogriff:''' The uncommon result of ponies and griffons hooking up. Obviously, these showed up in ''Griffons of Everglow''.
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| * '''Cloven:''' Sapient goats, essentially Everglow's quadrupedal fey beasty analogue to [[dwarf]]s. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''Flutterpony:''' The pony version of [[pixie]]s, coming in ''Butterfly'', ''Dragonfly'', ''Feral'' and ''Moth'' subraces. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''Gem Gnoll:''' A subterranean-adapted strrain of the [[gnoll]] race obsessed with gemstones. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''The Impure:''' Donkeys who are literally characterized as the unloved and forgotten brothers of ponykind, having been used as their scapegoats throughout pony history. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''Phoenix Wolf:''' Redeemed hellhounds who still retain a fiery elemental nature. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''Purrsian:''' Winged cats with a lust for treasure and excitement. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''Steelheart:''' Literally [[Warforged]], but in pony shape, and utterly pointless considering you already have the Clockwork spiritual path. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''Sun Cat:''' Solar-worshipping sapient lions. Featured in ''Races of Everglow''.
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| * '''Ruminant:''' Mystical deer who are the Everglow's fey-beast analogue to the [[Elf]] race. Introduced in ''Forgotten Past''.
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| * '''Mineralite:''' Pony hybrids with a species of living gems. Introduced in ''Beyond Everglow'', the Ponyfinder equiivalent to [[Starfinder]] and [[Starjammer]].
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| * '''Unspoken Spawn:''' Ponies warped into mutated [[aberration]]s. Introduced in ''Beyond Everglow'', the Ponyfinder equiivalent to [[Starfinder]] and [[Starjammer]], then reprinted in ''Depths of Everglow''.
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| * '''Reptilin:''' Everglow's version of [[lizardfolk]]. Introduced in ''Everglow Bestiary''.
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| * '''Big Mao:''' A race of humanoid pandas. Introduced in ''Tactics of Everglow''.
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| * '''Drakhooves:''' [[Kirin]]-like dragon/pony hybrids. Introduced in ''Tactics of Everglow''.
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| * '''Vulpony:''' The pony version of [[kitsune]]s. Introduced in ''Tactics of Everglow''.
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| * '''Nedjes Sphinx:''' Lore-obsessed human-faced winged cats native to the Everglow's [[Underdark]]. Introduced in ''Depths of Everglow''.
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| * '''Deep Elf:''' Albino elves who have been in the Everglow's Underdark fighting a generations-long war against the [[aberration]] hordes for so long that surfacers have forgotten they exist. Introduced in ''Depths of Everglow''.
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| * '''Krava:''' Pony-like sapient cattle who have been integrated into pony civilization for so long that nopony realized they exist. Currently only exist in a PDF called "Hidden Draft".
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| * '''Protopony:''' The weird amphibious "ancestral race" of ponykind, representing remnants of those first ponies to emerge from the sea and adapt to life on land. Currently only exist in a PDF called "First Steps".
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| ==Gods==
| | * GRAND DAD 2: SPASTIC BOOGALOO |
| The gods of the setting are pretty much what you'd expect; expies of Princesses Celestia/Luna/Twilight Sparkle, a Discord expy, a Nightmare Moon expy, a Queen Chrysalis expy, a Lauren Faust shout-out, and a "Nightmare Sun" goddess. A web-splat added two setting-unique gods, the Love Goddess Lashtada and the Death Goddess Soft Whisper.'
| | * GRAND DAD 3: THE GAUNTLET OF ASS (FEATURING SMOL NOZOMI, TITO DICKMAN, SPONGE, HE THICC, and SANS UNDERTALE) |
| | * GRAND DAD 4: GRAND DAD IS GOD |
| | * GRAND DAD 5: DEATH TO 1D4CHAN |
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| ==Splatbooks==
| | GRAND DAD IS LOVE |
| This thing has been going for ages, and that means that there's actually a shitload of books, ranging from setting lore splats to setting books to race books to adventure modules and even full-fledged adventure paths!
| | GRAND DAD IS LIFE |
| | GRAND DAD WILL CONQUER THIS WIKI |
| | FOR MEMES |
| | FOR VINESAUCE |
| | AND FOR |
| | SILVAGUNNER |
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| ==Racial Pages==
| | [[Category: Meme]][[Category: GRAND DAD]][[Category: GRAND DAD Fantasy]] |
| Found the author! Look for this tripfag: ''FightingFire!r7KTjuynTM''
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| ==Villain Conversion==
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| There was an idea to convert the villains from [[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]] into D&D-analogous villains. This is a temporary location for this fluff, it may be moved to a separate page later.
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| ===Parasprites===
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| An all-consuming swarm that can only be defeated by playing a complicated song. A bard and multiple musical instruments are required, but the only bard available in town may need convincing, and the musical instruments may require finding.
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| ===Princess Luna===
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| A temporally-displaced Lawful Neutral sorceress who led a nation to glory by means of blood, sweat, and tears. She rode out into battle one day and never returned, but her legacy lived on. A thousand years later, her name has passed into forgotten myth, and her contemporaries have risen into godhood or legend.
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| She returns a thousand years later to find her queendom is in a pitiably weak state. She seeks about to rebuild it, but much has changed in that time: the methods that served her well in the chaos of the past are now reserved for the villainous.
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| Would be Mary Sue, but then the archaicsm kicks in.
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THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY. Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are not official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with JOEL).
They operated out of the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until it was terminated in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before returning to SilvaGunner in June of 2018.
CHANNELS
The original forums appeared to function as four services: preparation and communication in service of coming events, discussion about new HIGH-QUALITY RIPS, MEME showcase, and general VINESAUCE or unrelated discussion.
EVENTS
The VINESAUCE MEME events that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE held were known for being diverse and involved, due in large part to their incredibly strong YTP scene. These events would involve VINESAUCE-branded fan-made HIGH-QUALITY RIPS for SONGS that wouldn't exist for nearly a decade, and some that still don't! They also hosted some of the first KING FOR ANOTHER DAY tournaments, with fan HIGH-QUALITY RIPS.
In later years, an event known as GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69, and MEME Wars, as of 2019.
HIGH-QUALITY RIPS and MEMES
Some HIGH-QUALITY RIPS appear to have seen releases or updates in 5th and 6th edition. Note that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE seem to have been most active between 2012 and 2019.
- GRAND DAD 2: SPASTIC BOOGALOO
- GRAND DAD 3: THE GAUNTLET OF ASS (FEATURING SMOL NOZOMI, TITO DICKMAN, SPONGE, HE THICC, and SANS UNDERTALE)
- GRAND DAD 4: GRAND DAD IS GOD
- GRAND DAD 5: DEATH TO 1D4CHAN
GRAND DAD IS LOVE
GRAND DAD IS LIFE
GRAND DAD WILL CONQUER THIS WIKI
FOR MEMES
FOR VINESAUCE
AND FOR
SILVAGUNNER