[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Shuckle's head pops out to glare at you. He was resting, until you came along and tripped on it! It does preen a little when you mention those sapphires. Shuckle knows he's a special bug, who once was the favored pet of a nobleman!

He takes the Nanabs in his mouth and puts them in his shell. The scent of dacquiris arises from the shell - those fermented old berries have gone alcoholic. The Nanab taste should lighten the strong alcoholic taste a little.

[Mikaruge108]

Yanmega Round 2

Chew chew chew.
Crunch 1
12 dice -4 actions = 8d6
(4)(6)(4)(4)(5)(3) (4)(3) Critical hit.
(3)(3)(3)(2)(4) Dusknoir takes 2 dmg 8/10hp -1 pain.

If you have 13 dice, and you're using 4 actions, you start by subtracting the number of actions. That gives you 9 dice for your first attack.
Then you get one less for every additional action.

For disable, that will be 11 dice -4 = 7d6, then 8d6 for the Fire Punch afterward. And -1 pain on each.

Disable 1
(4)(1)(1)(6)(3)(1)
Yanmega's Crunch was disabled!!

The dark light fades, and it becomes a much buggier attack.

Bug Bite 2
(1)(4)(3)(2)(1)(3) (6) It barely even affects Dusknoir.
5 Str +2 str -5 vit = 2d6-1
(3)(3) no damage.

Fire Punch 2
-1 pain = 7d6 accuracy.
(2)(4)(6)(4)(2) (5)(4) Critical hit!
(5)(3)(1)(5) Yanmega takes 3 dmg 7/10hp -1 pain
Burn: (5)

Dusknoir gets his hands down Yanmega's throat and starts trying to pull the mighty jaws apart, but with all the extra strength of Stockpile it's not working very well. It's still hurting the giant dragonfly, though, and Dusknoir wriggles free.

The dragonfly immediately pursues.
Pursuit 3
(6)(4)(2)(6)(2)
(6)(1) Dusknoir takes 2 dmg 6/10hp -1 pain

Thunder Punch 3
(2)(5)(3)(1)(3)(2)
(5) Yanmega takes 2 dmg 5/10hp -2 pain
CD: (4)

Yanmega darts away just as stony artifacts arise from the ground to clamp around Dusknoir! Engravings of long-dead kings jut out from their resting places, and Yanmega becomes faster and stronger in this area which was once the seat of their power.

Ancient Power 4
(6)
(3)(5) Dusknoir takes 1 dmg 5/10hp -2 pain
CD: (6) +1 to all stats for Yanmega!

Ice Punch 4
(3)(3)(5)(1)
(2) Yanmega takes 1 dmg 4/10hp -2 pain.
CD: (6) Ice forms along the dragonfly's wings and he crashes to the ground even as he absorbs the Ancient Power! Yanmega was frozen.

"Okay, we've almost taken out that dragonfly, Let's keep it from getting back up! Use Gravity! Then follow that up with Bind, we don't want it thawing prematurely, but if it does, finish it off with Fire Punch!"

Gravity:
11D6 Base accuracy-2 pain= 9D6
Effect: Yanmega is now grounded for 4 rounds

Bind:
13D6 Base accuracy-2 innate penalty-2 pain= 9D6
Damage: 4D6
Effect: Yanmega is now unable to escape, also takes 2D damage at end of each round; lasts 4 rounds.

*If Yanmega breaks free of the Ice*
Fire Punch
13-2 11D6
damage 7D6
notes: 1CD Burn; ought to faint it

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

She flinches a little as the special rocky bug is giving her an annoyed glare and returns an apologizing one of her own. "A-as said, please fogive my clumsiness... I was just, well, taking a walk through this grass to see what I'd find on such a moonlit night." Held back chuckles and more admirering follows when Shuckle preens at her, she's happy that he has accepted the Nanab from her. "Where this one comes from there's muuuch more.~ *telling smile* A Pokemon of mine grows them. Maybe you'd like to meet him once? I'd be happy to introduce you - because, you know, I do like you. .... You ARE special, indeed - deserve someone who admires and values you. Appreciates your skill of brewing natural alcohol all by yourself!" Very hesitantly she continues:" What, uhm... has happened that you're not with yor old Master anymore...? You don't have to tell me if it's making you uncomfortable, dear Shuckle..."

[Iron]

Yanmega Round 3

Ancient Power 1
(5)(2)(2)(6)

Yanmega summons stones from below the earth to shatter the ice around him.

Gravity is a battlefield move, btw, so it affects Dusknoir too.

Fire Punch 1
13d6, -2 actions, -2 pain = 9d6
(6)(6)(5)(5)(5)(1)(6) (1)(5) Critical hit.
(6)(6)(2)(4) Yanmega takes 4 dmg and faints!!

Dusknoir gains 8XP and Spira gains 4XP.

[Iron]

The promise of unlimited berries is certainly tempting to Shuckle, but he shrugs when you ask about his master. You get the impression they have been separated a long time by some accident. There don't seem to be any bad feelings.

9 Empathy vs 5 will
(6)(6)(5)(6)(5)(4) (1)(1)(1)
(1)(3)(5)(2)(3)

Shuckle agrees to join you if you keep him filled with berries!

Gotcha! Shuckle was caught!

The two gems together are worth $3000 in 2017.

2/2/0
Gluttony
Surprise: -1 Str, -1 Dex, +1 Vitality
Encore, Safeguard, Bug Bite, Infestation, Stealth Rock

[Mikaruge108]

"Whoo! We did it Toya! How do you feel after that battle?" Toya is clearly still in pain from those attacks, but is proud of the accomplishment. Spira then takes a look at the slightly-smouldering Yanmega, the out-cold bug is twitching slightly. "It probably won't last long like this, but that's the way things are." He thinks for a moment, "Although, it seemed to be a bit of a menace, Toya, if you'd like you can absorb what's left of its life-force to heal yourself. The choice is entirely yours."

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Aaaaaaaaaawwwww!~ Joy is waving through the natural fae enthusiast as this special Shuckle is coming closer and giving her a look of 'Moar Berries, please gimme!', it looks so cute to her that it makes her heart skip a beat. Very carefully she raises a hand to softly pet the rocky bug's head in an appreciating manner - if it allows her to stroke him, that is. "Thank you! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou... You'll have it well with me, dear one. Now then, a special Pokemon like you deserves a special Ball, so here's a purple-banded Premier Ball from Violet Tent!~ I'll just buy another one for Vulpix. Enjoy this super sweet Pirsif Berry as well!" The Ball's placed in front of her for Shuckle to nudge and register himself to it, Shiva is savoring this to the utmost. Sweet sweet shiny Pokemon, and it is HERS! ~♡

She picks it up once the Ball stopped shaking and holds it close to herself. "Rest a little for now, you deserve it after I interrupted you by accident. Tropius will hopefully like you as a companion who makes great use of his Berries...!" For now however she is sending precious Shuckle to Bill's PC via the PTC with a short mail saying 'Just a new companion of mine, a shiny Shuckle! Appearantly shiny Pokemon have existed always.' [color=blue]The Balls isn't blinking to alert her of caught seventh Pokemon, much to Shiva's suprise - she just shrugs it off a moment later, somewhat amused by the fact that she is carrying ten Pokemon (counting Eggs) with her.

Scanning the Shuckle's moveset via her Almanac she perks up in amazement once more, what a neat arrangement! Yes, old Master must have really liked this Pokemon.

Regardless, after a short break here Shiva calls out to Umbreon, Dittumbreon, young Eevee and Dizzy to gather again as she wishes to continue traveling, keeping them all out by her side she's returning to the others with a silent and subtly proud smile to herself.


(What's left now is finishing Spira's Encounter and seeing whether *Mawile does agree to come with Terra, once that's done I'm up to continue to the next happenings/list of Encounters.)

[Iron]

Again, you can't send Pokemon to the PC from the past. You can only trade them. So Shiva will have 7 Pokemon now.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Edit concerning this:

The Shuckle Dacquiri is an effective held item. It takes 5 years to produce, from any kind of Berry. (...)
He can make Berry Juice every other day if you give him at least one Berry to hold. 
(...) He can put any number of berries inside his shell to make different tasting concoctions (flavor only), but he can only Hold one Berry as a Held Item.

After Shiva has registered special shiny Shuckle to the special Premier Ball from Violet Tent, she summons him again, she much enjoys how he manifests himself with a spray of shiny sparkles. Aww!~ "So, now that you've agreed to come with me, dear special one... Would you allow me to keep a hold of your fermented juice while I'll let you have this super-sweet Pirsif Berry? Juice made from it by you will be sugary like cotton candy perhaps. I'd just like to see what you're capable of a little more, you'll of course get your Shuckle Daiquiri back once you've done."

It'll be stored in a cleaned empty Potion Bottle for so long, Shuckle (now holding the Pirsif Berry that'll be taken back as Berry Juice at the end of Day69B [or Day70??]) will be withdrawn into his Ball again. Before she'd return to the group, she's giving this 'drink' by her newest companion an inquirering look - seems safe and mixed with a Nanab Berry it should be fine, so she rather boldly takes a tiny sip from it just to see how it tastes. She's fine with that typical taste of alcohol but can't take much.

[Iron]

Edit concerning this:

The Shuckle Dacquiri is an effective held item. It takes 5 years to produce, from any kind of Berry. (...)
He can make Berry Juice every other day if you give him at least one Berry to hold. 
(...) He can put any number of berries inside his shell to make different tasting concoctions (flavor only), but he can only Hold one Berry as a Held Item.

After Shiva has registered special shiny Shuckle to the special Premier Ball from Violet Tent, she summons him again, she much enjoys how he manifests himself with a spray of shiny sparkles. Aww!~ "So, now that you've agreed to come with me, dear special one... Would you allow me to keep a hold of your fermented juice while I'll let you have this super-sweet Pirsif Berry? Juice made from it by you will be sugary like cotton candy perhaps. I'd just like to see what you're capable of a little more, you'll of course get your Shuckle Daiquiri back once you've done."

It'll be stored in a cleaned empty Potion Bottle for so long, Shuckle (now holding the Pirsif Berry that'll be taken back as Berry Juice at the end of Day69B [or Day70??]) will be withdrawn into his Ball again. Before she'd return to the group, she's giving this 'drink' by her newest companion an inquirering look - seems safe and mixed with a Nanab Berry it should be fine, so she rather boldly takes a tiny sip from it just to see how it tastes. She's fine with that typical taste of alcohol but can't take much.

It tastes a lot better now that the Nanab is in it, but it already had a drinkable taste.

Shuckle enjoys being out of his ball and just carried under one arm - he's a little less heavy than some members of his species. If he's sent into his ball, he just naps there.