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

[Lord Windos]

Indeed! You going to keep it now, Nathan? Also, might want to ask it if they've known the Move since birth, or they learned it sometime in their life...

Have to catch it first before we decide that!  Fun fact: catching a mon while they aren't pained means they have 2/2 for happiness and loyalty.  That'd be a real neat thing to pull off, but it's difficult to do with harder to catch pokemon, obviously.

I prefer to Faint and heavily status most Pokémon I capture, since they end up being sold or are MUCH easier to catch in a Pokeball. If you're trying to catch a Pokémon unharmed, then you need high end Pokeballs, lots of non-deadly status, and lots of luck, which is.....not good for someone of my caliber of fortune (IE: Its interesting in the oriental sense of the word).

[Dragonstrike]

(Then can Terra simply pick up the Pokémon and wait for the right moment to toss it out to try and catch P-Bulba. ? Should be possible, right?)

I think the main question is if PB is caught, would it have Nathan's OT since Terra is only helping or Terra's since ge made the capture?

[Dragonstrike]

Another mechanical nitpick/question: would a sound based move also bypass Tangled Feet due to the nature of the attack?

[Lord Windos]

(Then can Terra simply pick up the Pokémon and wait for the right moment to toss it out to try and catch P-Bulba. ? Should be possible, right?)

I think the main question is if PB is caught, would it have Nathan's OT since Terra is only helping or Terra's since ge made the capture?

Terra would give the Pokémon right over to Nathan/register it in their OT (Their is president of this being a possibility, since Iron mentioned I could have done so for Overgrown Durant), so I don't think it will matter much. …Hopefully, anyway.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Huh, but isn't the original plan giving that Primal Bulbasaur to Prof. Laurelin? I'm sorry for asking, but now I'm a little confused...

Primal Bulbasaur
People are saying they're seeing a weird Bulbasaur on the western slopes of Mt. Sentry. You'll need a Pokemon that's good at climbing. Anyway, the Bulbasaur's rocky appearance suggests it may be Primal or Delta or something. Or a throwback. Bring it to me unfainted.
Dangers: Rock types, terrain
Rewards: Three Ultra Balls, 1 Fossil Revivification, 1 Mallorn-raised Bulbasaur.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Another mechanical nitpick/question: would a sound based move also bypass Tangled Feet due to the nature of the attack?

That can matter, good point. What would you say, @Iron? If it's more accurate, I might edit my orders a little.

[Dragonstrike]

Huh, but isn't the original plan giving that Primal Bulbasaur to Prof. Laurelin? I'm sorry for asking, but now I'm a little confused...

Yes, that is the original plan, but there's also a third mission that Nathan can do to get the Claw Fossil revived.  So keeping PB around is an option for various reasons.

Whether Nathan keeps it or not is yet to be determined.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh. Yes, that makes sense indeed, thank you!

[Dragonstrike]

Terra would give the Pokémon right over to Nathan/register it in their OT (Their is president of this being a possibility, since Iron mentioned I could have done so for Overgrown Durant), so I don't think it will matter much. …Hopefully, anyway.

If that is indeed possible, then I say go for it!  Though if the Ultra Ball breaks on the first of the two attempts for the round, you'd have to use one of Terra's pokeballs for the second one.

[Spiritmon]

Shiva being badass

Gym Leader Tanuki vs Shiva Round 4 

"It's impossible to effectively use Fury Swipes! Keep trying Slash!"

Slash 1
(1)(2)(4)(6)(4) Spinda's Tangled Feet definitely saved her from a crit!
3 Str + 3 power + 1 stab +1 SS -4 vit = 4d6
(2)(3)(1)(2) :p

Insight: (1)(6)(3)(6) Spinda obeys the complex order and hops onto an oily track, hoping it will lead her to Greased Lightning!
Athletics: 3 Dex + 1 Athletics
(5)(4)(4)(6) Nailed it!

Copycat 1 - this is a great idea
3 Dex + 2 Fight +2 Brawl +2 Athletics bonus -3 actions = 6d6
(3)(3)(6)(4)(5)(4) Critical hit! Spinda goes staggering and sliding into Linoone, suddenly sprouting thick badger claws and impacting the long Pokemon! Linoone hisses at this affront to linearity and tries to get out of there.
Evasion 2: (3)(1)(3)(2)(1)(5)(6)
3 Str + 3 power +1 STAB +1 SS +2 crit -3 vit = 7d6 dmg
(5)(5)(5)(2)(3)(5)(4) Holy Miltank, Linoone faints.


(⊙＿⊙')

Tanuki can only stare at how insane that was. She thought for sure she had a leg up on Shiva even though her Spinda was able to take full advantage of the Confuse-O-Tubes. And not a scratch on Spinda. What a round!

Man, Shiva was awesome and badass in this round. Heart would fear fight her and her Spinda. Caesar learn that in the worse way possible.