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

[Iron]

I'm allowing 6+ specialties but not Skills or Attributes.

[Lord Windos]

I'm allowing 6+ specialties but not Skills or Attributes.

Not by natural/XP spending means, anyway. If Antheneum, the Gym Badges, and hints/lore you've dropped is any indication, their are probably ways to raise those caps a bit, or at least effectively bypass them somewhat. The question is if any of those will come into play, depending on the group's travels....

Personally, I'd like the thought of Terra gaining 6 Survival at some point over STR, as gaining Monk Sense and a deep connection to the land/world sounds like something that would fit well with his aesthetic lifestyle more than just become MEGA STONK! If it never happens, oh well!

[Lord Windos]

Going AFK for awhile, so see you mates in a couple of hours!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

So, first off all, I still want that Shiny Unown, but please without an XP-bidding war occuring. I've spotted it, I've taken measures to isolate it from the stream immediately after that, so I'd appreciate if it'd be left for me to catch please. Alright?

If Shiva wants to pick up the Unown manually, that is possible, but she will be exposed to attacks.

Which attacks especially do you mean here @Iron, the one from Mew or the one from the revived murals active at that moment? Is there enough time for her to leap forward and pick that Shiny U up while the others are busy fainting that Strange Eevee-Espeon, means directly after her Great Ball breaks? If that can be done, I'm all for it.

Or could I send out Raphael if recalling Delphox and Gothy in an instant, and order him to rush over with Extreme Speed and pick that Shiny U up for me, how risky would that be to your guess?

However, me wishing to have it doesn't automatically means Shiva wishes for it as well/just as strongly, I guess in this situation = at the sight of ancient and noble Mew having appeared, she'd be more inclined to do whatever is possible to GET AWAY FROM THE CAVE as quick as possible, picking up Tanuki, Eevee and Umbreon along the way and run until she's out of breath and/or has reached Cress City again.



I'm very against trying to attack Mew or its mural on the wall, as while that might deal some damage, I feel it's a safe way to anger Mew herself, which is an outright BAD idea to my taste. Fleeing sounds like the smarter option here in many ways.

Terra's will is to distract/hold off Mew enough so that the others can safely escape despite it may be a suicide action and the prefered choice of actions to safe him is teleporting him out via Gallage from what I understand, is that correct? Sounds like a plan to me, and I'm for everything that might save the wandering monk's life. Though I'm having another question I'd like to have GM's input please: Could Azumarill help on that with a Helping Hand (I think so?), could she also give Terra a heartfelt smack powered up by her Huge Power to send him flying out of Mew's range to make teleporting him away easier or even send him out of the cave in that process? It'd probably count as a Strike or so.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh right, and I checked in the meantime also... My memory was correct, I'm indeed owning the card which's picture is used in the Round. Don't know if that promo card is actually worth something, but it's quite a nice one for sure!

[Dragonstrike]

Terra's will is to distract/hold off Mew enough so that the others can safely escape despite it may be a suicide action and the prefered choice of actions to safe him is teleporting him out via Gallage from what I understand, is that correct?

Yes, Teleporting him out is the plan since Terra has really low Dex.  The cave is kinda small and the entrance isn't currently blocked, so Gallade can easily do so even though we're not outside.  He has -2 Pain atm, but he also has 12 dice in the accuracy pool before penalties.  And I'd almost certainly spend a Will Point on adding a success to Teleport's accuracy for good measure.

Windos might also have to alter his post a little to fit with what's been discussed here, and the next post in the game thread would most likely have to be mine for everything to make chronological sense.

[Dragonstrike]

Oh right, and I checked in the meantime also... My memory was correct, I'm indeed owning the card which's picture is used in the Round. Don't know if that promo card is actually worth something, but it's quite a nice one for sure!

Ooh, you have an actual Ancient Mew card?  Cool.  That's a reeeaaallly rare card.

[Iron]

So, first off all, I still want that Shiny Unown, but please without an XP-bidding war occuring. I've spotted it, I've taken measures to isolate it from the stream immediately after that, so I'd appreciate if it'd be left for me to catch please. Alright?

If Shiva wants to pick up the Unown manually, that is possible, but she will be exposed to attacks.

Which attacks especially do you mean here @Iron, the one from Mew or the one from the revived murals active at that moment? Is there enough time for her to leap forward and pick that Shiny U up while the others are busy fainting that Strange Eevee-Espeon, means directly after her Great Ball breaks? If that can be done, I'm all for it.

Or could I send out Raphael if recalling Delphox and Gothy in an instant, and order him to rush over with Extreme Speed and pick that Shiny U up for me, how risky would that be to your guess?

However, me wishing to have it doesn't automatically means Shiva wishes for it as well/just as strongly, I guess in this situation = at the sight of ancient and noble Mew having appeared, she'd be more inclined to do whatever is possible to GET AWAY FROM THE CAVE as quick as possible, picking up Tanuki, Eevee and Umbreon along the way and run until she's out of breath and/or has reached Cress City again.



I'm very against trying to attack Mew or its mural on the wall, as while that might deal some damage, I feel it's a safe way to anger Mew herself, which is an outright BAD idea to my taste. Fleeing sounds like the smarter option here in many ways.

Terra's will is to distract/hold off Mew enough so that the others can safely escape despite it may be a suicide action and the prefered choice of actions to safe him is teleporting him out via Gallage from what I understand, is that correct? Sounds like a plan to me, and I'm for everything that might save the wandering monk's life. Though I'm having another question I'd like to have GM's input please: Could Azumarill help on that with a Helping Hand (I think so?), could she also give Terra a heartfelt smack powered up by her Huge Power to send him flying out of Mew's range to make teleporting him away easier or even send him out of the cave in that process? It'd probably count as a Strike or so.

There isn't time to grab Unown last round.

Here's a potential plan for using multiple actions for Shiva this turn (Page 48 example). 

-Recall Delphox (I think I could even say recalling two Pokemon is a single Trainer action? same for Terra) - no roll
-Grab Unown OR send Raphael to do so - Dexterity + Survival
-Run away - Dexterity

While Terra is being Teleported, he could be using his own actions to recall his Pokemon.

That gives Mew two actions, but divided among all the characters it's unlikely anyone would die.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Yes, Teleporting him out is the plan since Terra has really low Dex.  The cave is kinda small and the entrance isn't currently blocked, so Gallade can easily do so even though we're not outside.  He has -2 Pain atm, but he also has 12 dice in the accuracy pool before penalties.  And I'd almost certainly spend a Will Point on adding a success to Teleport's accuracy for good measure.

With a Helping Hand from Azurill he'd get +2 on the Accuracy Roll of Teleport, nullifying the Pain Penalization neatly. But spending a Will Point of you can spare it sounds like a good idea anyway.

*Bad improvided photo of the card incoming*

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[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Here's a potential plan for using multiple actions for Shiva this turn (Page 48 example).

-Recall Delphox (I think I could even say recalling two Pokemon is a single Trainer action? same for Terra) - no roll
-Grab Unown OR send Raphael to do so - Dexterity + Survival
-Run away - Dexterity

While Terra is being Teleported, he could be using his own actions to recall his Pokemon.

That gives Mew two actions, but divided among all the characters it's unlikely anyone would die.

That sounds like something I can get behind, yes! I'll rather send Raphael to grab that Shiny U instead to doing so myself, as IF he gets hit by an attack I can instantly recall him into his Ball in contrary to if Shiva herself gets attacked... Would using Extreme Speed grant him an advantage or a bonus on the Dexterity+Survival-Check as this move triples a Pokemon's movement speed or will it not have any effect?

And is there time to send out Azumarill to use Helping Hand on Gallage to aid teleporting Terra into safety?

I'll probably spend a Will Point to ensure me an the Eevee Family escaping safely, similar like I did when we ran away from Seikamater.