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

[Dragonstrike]

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

I think Helping Hand would stack since it doesn't say it increases an attribute, it just grants two extra dice to all the pools in the target's next action.

[Dragonstrike]

@Lord Windos

It was a call, not a text. I've said this before. It'd be a message you listen to instead of a text you read.

[Iron]

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.

Hm. Does that appear anywhere other than under the move section? Kind of ambiguous if that is a hard and fast rule or just more about moves.

[Iron]

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

I think Helping Hand would stack since it doesn't say it increases an attribute, it just grants two extra dice to all the pools in the target's next action.

I'm inclined to agree.

[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.

Hm. Does that appear anywhere other than under the move section? Kind of ambiguous if that is a hard and fast rule or just more about moves.

That's on page 50.  It seems to be a hard rule for Attributes specifically. Though I think even the writers might have messed it up. Take a look at their Pichu vs Onix example on the site's blog, for example.

The Onix had 2 strength and 2 power moves.

Pichu uses Charm.

Onix only has 1 damage dice? If Strength is a minimum of 1, it would have two damage dice while attacking the Pichu UNLESS the Pichu had leveled up its Vitality, which they never state if the Pichu had 1 or 2 Vitality.

[Lord Windos]

@Lord Windos

It was a call, not a text.  I've said this before.  It'd be a message you listen to instead of a text you read.

I'll edited my post then. Sorry about forgetting again!

Looks like it time to break out the appropriate music, since we have scary Ventus now. Ahahahahaha!

[Iron]

So many ambiguities. Honestly Paralysis could use the more effective interpretation.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

@Iron, how many XP fo we and our Pokemon get for the M-Pinsir battle then? Shiva was practically scared the whole time, but managed to pull through with Ven's companion... Her rodents were rather brave as well.

[Dragonstrike]

So many ambiguities. Honestly Paralysis could use the more effective interpretation.

Well, I guess that's what happens when you play a tabletop RPG, particularly when it's still technically in development.  *shrugs*

[Dragonstrike]

Finally the threat was neutralized and robbed man out of sight. Sage let out a sigh and retrieved Rufflet and Poliwhirl, closing them back into their balls. He then crossed to his two new companions. The term wasn't the best but neither was it incorrect, after all the three of them had faced two decently sized threats. After reaching them Sage politely asked if he might remove the Mega Stone from the Pinsir, for safe keeping of course. Sage liked the idea of having this much power.

Although not being a very level headed person in calm and quiet, Sage could easily be trusted in a battle. He wasn't one to lose his calm or kill in the heat of the moment; however, his judgement on life and death was highly questionable. Sage hated himself for it. Killing in cold blood was almost a second nature. It was who he was, it is who he is.

Orders: Try and retrieve the Mega Stone from the Pinsir.

~Sage

Uh, yeah...not going to happen.  @Sage, you're a complete stranger to Ventus and Shiva and Valder still.  And don't have a Pinsir you have a strong bond with to even use that Pinsirite. Or a pokemon even capable of mega evolution, for that matter...  

At least all the orders to 'kill' as opposed to 'faint' make a lot more sense to us as players now...

EDIT: Okay, or maybe it WILL happen because...I don't even want to think about it right now...too many potential reasons...