d20 Pony

Hariman

Medicine first, research as we go.

Unsure of which book to pick, you decide to ask if you can borrow all three.

Spike: "You can. That's definitely the most use these books have seen yet. I'll just note down your name...?"

You nod, and introduce yourself to Spike.

Spike: "Trail...bla...zer... Hoof...ing...ton. All done!"

You get "Chronicles of the Nine", "The Emporium", and "Yggdrasil"!

You thank Spike, and put the books away in your sidereal bag.

Spike: "No problem. Don't forget to bring them back when you're done; these are part of Twilight's private collection, after all. I'll send a reminder if we don't hear from you in a month."

You nod, and with that taken care of, you bid farewell to the dragon.

Spike: "Alright, see you around!"

After retracing your steps back to the edge of the Everfree Forest, you follow Twilight Sparkle's directions eastward and across a wooden rope bridge, then make a right onto a natural path that leads deeper into the forest.

As you walk down the path to the south, you notice that blue flowers become increasingly common among the underbrush. After a few minutes, you arrive at a field of poison joke.

Apple Basket: "I reckon these are the flowers Princess Twilight Sparkle warned us about?"

Moonflower: "Yuh uh! I usually jus' fly over 'em, but how are we gonna get around this together?"

At first glance, traversing the field without touching any of the flowers might be possible — and the fastest way forward —, but also nothing short of a challenge.
To the east is gullied terrain. The muddy ditches are lined with roots and cluttered with fallen trees.
To the west is a river. You can hear the distant rush of shallow rapids from here.

	10Zhafran:
	Can we just turn around and ask Twilight/someone about the best way to go to Zecora? Gathering info from locals is the best right? If not feasible, I'm all ears to what our friends opinion.
	#279824 May 2022*

	9Yoshimon1:
	It's unlikely Zecora has to walk through the field to reach her home every time, there must be a safe way around it. If it doesn't reach all the way to the water, then maybe we can just walk past it along the riverside?
	#279724 May 2022

	8The Mortal Paper Fist:
	Avoid the field with the plants and instead move through the gullied terrain slowly and carefully. Hopefully Apple Basket doesn’t mind getting a bit muddy.
	#279623 May 2022

	7Borg:
	Can Moonflower carry a pony who's wearing the cloak of Feather Fall? If so, the quickest option is definitely for her to fly Trailblazer and Apple Basket over one at a time. Otherwise, I think picking through the gully is the safer, albeit slow, option.
	#279423 May 2022

	6nopony:
	If we use the anti-magic bracelets while walking through the Poison Joke, it won't affect us, right?
	#279323 May 2022

	The Mortal Paper Fist:► nopony (#2793)
	I’m pretty sure the side effects of Poison Joke count as magic but we won’t know until tomorrow. Personally, I believe it’s better to not take any chances and avoid the plants just to be sure.
	#279523 May 2022

	5terrycloth:
	The river shouldn't be too dangerous since you still have your water-breathing gear. Assuming you even have to go all the way to the river to go around.
	#279223 May 2022

	4Maddjak:
	Use the Ring of Clone to create a second Trailblazer we can ride across the field. One at a time of course.
	#279122 May 2022

	3Spamotron:
	Try to traverse the field possibly using the grapnel to help if we can find a good swinging spot, but as a precaution put on the anti-magic shackles first.
	#279022 May 2022*

	2Duskdweller:
	Look to see if there's a tree in the right place to use your grapnel to swing across, perhaps using your Cloak of Feather Fall to extend the arc. If that is an option, maybe Moonflower can fly the cloak back to Apple Basket to either copy you or make him light enough she can fly him across?
	#278922 May 2022

	1spectrumancer:
	Going too far from the trail might be dangerous. How far does this patch go? See if we can find something nearby, like a section of treebark, that we can use as a sled to get over it, or maybe we can use those vines to swing across.
	#278822 May 2022