[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan frowns as he sees Porygon get absolutely destroyed by the Glaceon. The digital duck had barely left a mark on that Glaceon. 'I'll have to work on getting him more used to battling. This was probably his first battle, and it's definitely one at the deep end of the pool...'

Despite this thought though, he still thinks Ventus can do respectably well. Setting aside thoughts of Porygon for now, he keeps cheering! "Come on Ven, keep going! It's not over yet!" Plusle and Minun are still cheering as well! Ralts even joins in!

[Iron]

Zamboni vs Ventus, Round 4

Charm
Acc: (6)(3)(3)(6)
Glaceon's damage output reduced by 2!

Time to see what she can do to this cute little angel.

Icy Wind
(4)(4)(4)(3)(2)(4) Hit, almost a crit!
Dmg: 6 dice, -2 charm -2 vit = 2 dice
(6)(1) Togepi takes 1 damage

Zamboni vs Ventus, Round 5

Let's see what a Metronome whips up, shall we?
Metronome
Power: (6)!
Metronome becomes FIRE BLAST!
Insight:
(5)(3)(5)(3)
Ventus notices just in time and shouts "TOGEPI HOLD BACK!" The little Pokemon twitches just in time to avoid a lethal blast of fire on an Ice type.
Acc: 2 Dex +2 Fight -3 accuracy for the move
(5) Hit!!
Dmg: 2 Str + 6 power -3 vit +1dmg = 5d6+1
(1)(6)(3)(3)(5)(6) +1. Glaceon faints.

Zamboni is visibly shaken. "I did NOT expect that. Thank you for reacting in time, Ventus. That shows you have a tight bond with your friends on the battlefield. Take a breather real quick, I need to bring Glaceon to the actual Pokemon Center. I'll be right back before you know I'm gone. In the meantime, you can get acquainted with Snorunt!"

He sends out the largest Snorunt you've ever seen. Apparently the name is a misnomer! It dances back and forth on its little feet, happy to feel ice beneath it once more. There's a certain amount of splashing going on after that Fire Blast ripped through.

Zamboni vs Ventus, Round 6

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan's in disbelief at the incredible power that Raphael just displayed. 'Yup, that's what I was afraid might happen in our battle...shudder...so glad it didn't...and that it didn't result in anything lethal this time...'

After he takes a second to regain his composure, he resumes cheering. It's an even 2 v 2 now!

[Lord Windos]

Ventus was outright terrified with what ALMOST happened! Cupping his face in both hand, he just shudder to himself at the thought of Raphael killing another Pokémon. 'THANK Reshirem that I was able to call that out in time! If I hadn't...I don't think my little angel could have lived with aftermath of its actions,' the frightened man thought, before he calls out to Raphael. "My angel, for now on if you happen to summon forth an extremely powerful move, hold back! I don't want to make a murder out of you!" Ventus shouts out to them.

Raphael, equally unhappy with nearly turning that Glaceon into a puddle of water, nodded its head fiercely. It want to play with other Pokémon, not kill them!

Order: Have Togepi use Charm until it hits, then...Metronome repeatidly. They now have standing orders to hold back on Lethal Attacks, because NO ONE wants to start commiting Pokemurder this way!

[Iron]

Zamboni vs Ventus Round 6

Charm
2 Dex + 2 Fight = 4 dice
(6)(4)(6)(1)
Snorunt's damage output down by 2

"Snorunt, Powder Snow! Give him the deep freeze so he can't pull any more shenanigans!" The field is quickly covered in snow.

Powder Snow
(3)(4)(3)(2)(6)(5)(6)(5) Critical hit. Luckily he's charmed, so it cancels out.
Dmg: 3 str, 2 power, 1 stab, -2 vit = 4 dice
(6)(1)(5)(2) Togepi takes 2 damage. Now at -2 pain.
Freeze: (3)

Zamboni Round 7

Metronome
Power: (5)
Acc: 2 Fight + 2 Dex, -2 pain
(6)(5)(6)(2)
Instead of rolling damage, Metronome became Pain Split!
Togepi's pain: -2
Snorunt's pain: 0
Add them together and reapportion them, so now Togepi can ignore 1 point of pain penalization, and Snorunt has 1 additional pain penalization. Snorunt also takes 1 damage as an added bonus, but he still has 6 hp remaining.

Powder Snow
(6)(1)(4)(2)(2)(6)(3) Hit.
(4)(2) Togepi takes 1 damage. He has 1 hp left, so I'm guessing he gets withdrawn or a potion used.

Zamboni Round 8

[Iron]

Shiva gets another of the ice trainers to train with her. He has two Seel he'd like to raise up so they actually can have an ice type. He introduces himself as Wayne.
"These Seel ran away from the circus at a young age to join me as a trainer! That's why one is pink and one is blue. They're not actually shiny."

There will be $100 at stake in this battle.



Initiatives: both roll a 4
Shiva +3
Seel +2

Wayne Round 1

Absorb
(5)(1)(6) Hit!
Dmg: 1 Str + 1 power +1 stab, -2 vit
(1) With Super Effective, that's just 1 damage to Pink Seel.

Headbutt on Abra.
2 Dex + 1 Fight +1 Brawl = 4 dice
(1)(3)(5)(5) 1 success for Abra to evade

Evasion:
(5)(2)(4) Abra flicks away at the right moment. When Seel finds him again, Abra sticks out his tongue and goes back to sleep.

Headbutt on Cottonee.
(5)(6)(2)(2) Hit
Dmg: 2 str + 3 power -2 vit
(6)(6)(2) Cottonee takes 2 damage now at -1 pain.
Flinch: (1)(5)(5)

Wayne Round 2

Absorb
(2)(5) Hit
(6) +1 Pink Seel takes 2 damage, leaving 2 hp out of 5, so -2. Cottonee is now only missing 1 hp.

Blue Seel is mad at Abra. He had enough being laughed at in the circus.
Headbutt on Helios.
(1)(5)(2)(3)
Evasion:
(5)(1)(6) Abra's tail twitches in delight as Seel misses him again. Obviously there is no threat here! He goes back to sleep.

Headbutt on Cottonee.
(6)(5) Hit!
(3)(1)(5) Cottonee takes 1 damage, now at -1 pain.

Wayne Round 3

Absorb
(4)(1) Hit
(6) Pink Seel is out of the fight. Cottonee is fully healed.

Seeing this, Blue Seel turns its attention to Cottonee. Abra shrugs and keeps on sleeping.

Headbutt
(3)(3)(4)(3) Seel clips Cottonee, who proceeds to spin around and around and around!
(2)(5)(5) Cottonee takes 2 damage, now at -1
(2)(3)(6) Cottonee flinches

Wayne Round 4

Headbutt
(5)(5)(4)(3)
(2)(1)(1) Nothing. If Abra wasn't already asleep, he would be after that nonevent of a round!

Wayne Round 5

Absorb
(4)(3) Hit
(2) Blue Seel takes 1 damage. 4 remain. Cottonee back to 1 hitpoint lost.

Headbutt
(4)(2)(3)(4)
(1)(1)(3) Nothing
(3)(4)(4) No flinching either.

Wayne Round 6
Absorb
(4)(5)(5)
(4) Seel takes 2 damage. Cottonee is healed. 2 hp left for Seel.

"Come on, Seel! You need to be consistent if you're ever going to make progress here."

Headbutt
(6)(2)
(3)(6)(5) Cottonee takes 2 damage
(4)(3)(3)

Wayne Round 7

Absorb
(6)(6)
(5) Seel is down. Not enough flinch love.

Cottonee and Abra earn 3 xp each. Shiva earns 3 as well! and $100

[Lord Windos]

"Raphael, that is enough for now. Come back to me, my little angel, so that we can get you the treatment you deserve," Ventus called out, looking a bit worried but proud of his Togepi's efforts. Despite the rocky start, hie seems to be doing fairly well so far. Even if luck heavily factored into that. Feeling the full extent of its injuries, Raphael quickly skates over to their master, who quickly returns them and hands the ball of to the Nurse.

Sighing to himself a bit, he flicked out his wrist, summoning Apsis onto the field. Upon contact with the ice, it hiss angrily, before slithering over to one of the melted pools of water. Fire Blast had quite the effect on the field! "Apsis, you are my last Pokémon remaining, so do me proud here! Use Leer to lower this pine tree's defenses, then follow up with a barrage of Poison stings!"

Order: Have Apsis use Leer on target until its defenses fails, then have it continually use Poison Sting. Have it retreat to my side when it gets to half health or lower so that I can administer a Potion. I have a bad feeling about this!

[Iron]

It's going to be a tough battle for Ventus. Zamboni may be using his second string of defenders, but his ability to manage his Pokemon is very high. Having the initiative is the best advantage!

To recap: Snorunt has 6/7 hp and is Charmed. He also has a -1 penalty.

Zamboni Round 8

Leer
(4)(4)(5)(4)
Vitality reduced to 2!

Powder Snow
(5)(2)(5)(6)(6)(2) If this is a success, it's a crit. (1) You're safe.
(4)(5) Ekans takes 2 damage and a -1 pain.
(2) Not frozen.

Zamboni Round 9

Poison Sting
Acc: (5)(4)(4)
Dmg: Str 2 + 2 Power + 1 STAB - 2 vit
(4)(2)(4) Snorunt takes 2 damage, leaving -2 and 4/7 hp.
POison: (2)(1)(6) This was super dramatic. The last dice rolled up onto my blanket, showing a 3, then rolled back onto its side.
Snorunt is poisoned.

Powder Snow
(6)(6)(3)(5)(3)(1) The pain penalizations are really reducing the chance of a crit.
(4)(3) Ekans takes 1 damage.

Poison:
3 vitality -2 = 1 dice
(3) Snorunt down to 3/7 hp. That's -3 pain penalization with Pain Split. I guess that means it's possible to get to -4 this way!!

Zamboni Round 10

Zamboni uses a Potion, fully healing Snorunt. I guess the -1 pain remains. This is interesting.

Poison Sting
(4)(2)(5)
(4)(4)(4) Very nice! Snorunt takes 3 damage. Leaving 4/7 hp. -2 pain.

"Let's remind Ekans that he's cold blooded!"

Powder Snow
(1)(4)(4)(2)(3)(4)
(2)(4) Ekans takes 1 damage. That's 4/8 and -2 pain.
(3) Not frozen.

Poison: (2) Snorunt takes 1 damage. 3/7, -3 pain. Zamboni gets an Antidote ready and flicks the needle to keep it from freezing.

Ekans returns for a Potion, then fires a Poison Sting from the edge of the battlefield. It's kind of warm near all this hot cocoa.

Zamboni Round 11

Poison Sting
(3)(3)(5) Phew
(5)(4)(1)

Zamboni skates out onto the ice to give Snorunt an Antidote and a hug. Then he skates back, bearing the Pokemon in his arms. It chirps at him. "Looks like you still have a shot, Ventus. But it'll be tough - I think my next Pokemon is a good matchup for your Ekans!" Zamboni points, and a clod of earth (revealed by Fire Blast) moves aside to reveal a Swinub, rooting around in the mud.

Zamboni Round 12
Ekans is freshly healed, now facing its nemesis: a ground type wielding cold weather! Cue appropriate battle music!

[Lord Windos]

Time to rock it! : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vU7XqToZso

Ventus smiles at Zamboni, tilting his head at his choice of Pokémon. "Ah, a Swinub I see. I figured you'd have one of those in reserve, and I am glad to see it in action. Let see who wins: the cute little piggy or the big bad snake!" Ventus says, an intense current flowing in his voice. Now the time to act in full force! "Apsis, paralyze this Swinub with fear with Glare, and make sure it hits! Then keep up the pressure with Bite. Give it your all!" Ventus says, extend out his left arm in a palm strike. Apsis, sensing the sheer force of will that her master exerting, makes haste to execute his orders!

Orders: Spend a Will Point so that Glare hits (Glare can paralyze Ground types), then have Apsis start tearing in with Bite. The Natural Sage makes his final stand!

[Iron]

Zamboni Round 12

Let the dice fall where they may!

Glare
A -1 accuracy move
(2)(3)(4) +1 Autohit
Swinub is Paralyzed, -2 dex.

Mud Slap
8 dice, -2 paralysis
(6)(6)(5)(2)(4)(1)
Dmg: 3 Str + 1 power +1 STAB -2 vit = 3 dice, +1 dmg
(2)(4)(3) Ekans takes 2 damage. 6/8 -1
-1 Accuracy


Zamboni Round 13

Bite
4 dice -1 pain -1 mud
(1)(1) The infamous snake eyes. Ekans flinches at the thought of putting such an icy, dirty pig in its mouth. By the time she has steeled her resolve, Swinub has moved on.

Mud Slap
(4)(4)(2)(6)(5)(3) The paralysis prevents a critical hit!
(2)(2)(1) +1 Ekans takes 1 damage. 5/8 -1

Zamboni Round 14

It's a barrage of mud from one end, while Ekans comes springing through (much more spritely than his opponent) and trying to hit blindly!

Bite
(5)(3) Hit!
Dmg: 2 Str + 2 power -3 vit
(4) Swinub takes 1 damage.
Flinch: (2)(1)(1)

Mud Slap
(6)(5)(5)(2)(3)(1)
(2)(6)(4) +1 Ekans takes 3 damage. 2/8 health -2 pain.

Zamboni Round 14
I'll pause here in case you have an idea of how to turn this around. The type advantage is doing well for Zamboni, and Swinub has only taken 1 damage.