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

[Lord Windos]

Oh, so you'll be using three Pokemon in the potential battle then, Windos?

Yeap, since Iron mention it was a Insight roll to see if they parse his orders right, and given that Ven has 5 in that stat and plans to keep his orders simple, why not try it out? He'll at least have a better chance at it than the one time Larry tried, at any rate.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Cool! I wasn't blaming or warning from doing so, sorry if it pointed to that direction. It's more like I'm curious to see how it'll turn out, if positive/no horrible mess I might feel like doing so once as well when the opportunity feels right.

[Iron]

Nerfs to Sleep

Looking ahead to important battles yet to come, I feel the need to reconsider how I've handled the Sleep condition.
Top-tier fighters like Gym Leaders and the Elite Four are canny enough that they have plenty of strategies for dealing with Sleep, but for the average trainer, it's an automatic win in its current form.

Though there are several confusing turns of phrases in the rulebook, I think the majority of evidence shows I've been doing Sleep wrong. The Pokemon should get an Insight roll after every (attempted) action.



I'd like to transition to this interpretation once you return to the surface.
That gives you plenty of time to adapt. If you want to discuss refunding Awakenings or move purchases, please do so in the meta thread!

Frozen doesn't seem like it needs a nerf, since only a single Str check at the end of the round is required, or a supereffective move in a single action.

A character not in battle doesn't get the Insight rolls, so it's still definitely supported to use Sleep to win an informal battle without reducing the foe's HP. This new interpretation would mostly affect formal battles.

Feedback is welcomed.

[Dragonstrike]

@Spiritmon

Can I pleeeeaaaassse catch that Delta Hippopotas? Pretty please? Particularly if it has Drought (Edit: Flash Fire. Eh. Still wanna catch it, though). That'd be soooo useful for some of my later strategies. It'd help Nathan cheer up a little, too.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

So practically, a Turn and a Round are not the same from how things are phrased here?

Concerning the nerf of sleep status, I don't have anything to complain about = am fine with it, as I usually don't inflict Sleep Status with my Pokemon anyway.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Can I pleeeeaaaassse catch that Delta Hippopotas? Pretty please? Particularly if it has Drought. That'd be soooo useful for some of my later strategies. It'd help Nathan cheer up a little, too.

Where does it say that it's a Delta Species? It could be something similar like my Poochyena.

[Dragonstrike]

So practically, a Turn and a Round are not the same from how things are phrased here?

Concerning the nerf of sleep status, I don't have anything to complain about = am fine with it, as I usually don't inflict Sleep Status with my Pokemon anyway.

I pointed that out when I asked about how we were going to apply Follow Me's effects.

Concerning the sleep nerf, I'm perfectly happy with it.  Means I don't have to feel like a scumbag when using Hypnosis in the future, and it gives low Insight characters a way to effectively deal with statuses, too.

Where does it say that it's a Delta Species? It could be something similar like my Poochyena.

No, it doesn't, but while female Hippowdon are pitch black, female Hippopotas are just a flipped color scheme of the males.  This Hippopotas is vastly different from a typical Ground type one.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

When Follow Me has been discussed, GM stated that a Round and a Turn are the same if my memory is correct, therefor I asked about this now that something came up that speaks against this.

It IS vastly different from a typical Ground Type - but to me it could still be something that adapted to the environment it lives in and eventually changed it's appearance. I won't personally take it as a Delta Species unless it's been stated that it is, but maybe only my and Shiva's dislike for these shines through in this case...

[Iron]

I'd been treating them as the same, but they're not.

Follow Me will work for a Round.

[Lord Windos]

Nerfs to Sleep

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Feedback is welcomed.

Nerfs to sleep stings a little bit, but for the most part all this really does for me is modifying all of Michael's orders to have the conditional clause of replacing the Sleep Status instead of attacking a Pokémon should it decided to wake up, and Raphael doesn't primarily use Yawn that much anymore anyway because of Michael. That, and I still have Apsis with Ice Fang to put the Lock Down on a foe if they get particularly unlucky, so I'm fine with them for the most part. Going to be a bit more difficult to work with Sleep, but its by no means insurmountable challenge.

On to other topics, that's a Black Sludge you found Shiva! Only people I know that have Poison types are Ven and Heart, but as Nidorino already has Poison Barb to boost its STAB and Aspis is so bulky/has Necklace of Serenity to play with, whatever you do with it is entirely up to you.