[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Iron]

I also wonder if Iron needs to give a couple of points of Specialty for Sage's chara, since he has started so late in the campaign compared to the rest of us. Giving him a slight boost would help him keep up with the rest of the party, and make it feel like he's contributing to fights, rather than being a hindrance.

Yeah, I'm puzzled as to why Sage seemingly doesn't have any experience when we've been building ours up for 2 months, and Valder came in with a little to compensate for that...

Maybe it's something to do with his backstory?

Sage has exactly the same bonuses as Valder came in with, plus a little extra money and Pokemon experience. He's just not much of a fighter.

[Lord Windos]

Nothing stacks. Only the highest modifier of a particular attribute ever applies. Otherwise things could be through the roof. It's a rule straight out of the book and I think it's a very good one. Remember how we didn't apply it in the Ekans encounter?

Increasing Vitality across the board would just make for longer encounters instead of more exciting ones, and wouldn't be realistic. Why are all the enemy Pokemon so much tougher than yours? That'd be silly.

I did give Sage some starting boosts but I will revisit and see if somehow one got missed or something.

I'm not usually difficult when it comes to rules, but I explicitly read that Ability boosts and move boosts stack on pg 368. Can you please point me to the rule that contradicts or overrides the one I read? This confuses me greatly...

[Dragonstrike]

Nothing stacks. Only the highest modifier of a particular attribute ever applies. Otherwise things could be through the roof. It's a rule straight out of the book and I think it's a very good one. Remember how we didn't apply it in the Ekans encounter?

Increasing Vitality across the board would just make for longer encounters instead of more exciting ones, and wouldn't be realistic. Why are all the enemy Pokemon so much tougher than yours? That'd be silly.

I did give Sage some starting boosts but I will revisit and see if somehow one got missed or something.

Just to save a little time, @Iron, it's page 336 in the copy you provided, 368 in the most recent version.

In both versions of the book, there's a FAQ that says this:

Q: Can I stack Attribute increases on my pokemon?
A: Moves that increase the same Attribute won't stack, but take the higher increase into account instead.  They don't stack with Items either, only Abilities.

Where in the book did you happen upon move increasing Attributes not stacking with abilities, if I may ask?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

He's just not much of a fighter.

Like me! <3

[Iron]

I see, you're right. I thought we were talking about stacking in general when there is a specific exception for abilities. A subtle difference but an important one. I overgeneralized.
Also reiterated on page 51.

In that case, Shiva, you may now stack something like Nasty Plot with Plus/Minus.

Moves still cannot stack with each other. Moves and Items also do not stack.

I wonder if a move like Helping Hand is intended to stack with something like Nasty Plot.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh, I came in time to see the end of the battle. We won... Choose wisely now what to do, Windos.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

In that case, Shiva, you may now stack something like Nasty Plot with Plus/Minus.

Thank you lots! This opens the door to an Electric Nightmare.

[Iron]

Enjoy the Wombo-Combo!

[Dragonstrike]

Another thing I happened to look at while browsing the core book there: Apparently, Attributes cannot be decreased to 0. 1 is the minimum. So the Paralysis would have taken the Pinsir Trainer's Dex down to 1, not 0.

[Dragonstrike]

Enjoy the Wombo-Combo!

I'm really looking forward to using Sharpen now

And Nasty Plot later with Porygon-Z!