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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Also @Phantom, I been thinking...sorry if I sound both you to much, but will you willing to settle our battle a day after the Safari Cup? Since after that there is no major plots, we be calm enough for a battle. Unless you have other plans in game, so if thats the case sorry if I bother you.

You're not bothering at all, no worries.

I don't have any defined plans yet for actions after the Safari Cup, aside from a Tutoring Session for Terra in return for an RP'd meet-and-playtime with Mawile. That'll take one Encounter for sure. But given that the mountainous man is busy with exploring the dangers of Safari Zone for three in-game Days including today, that has to wait a bit. I wanted to do some cooking to make UltraSnax - that's another Encounter at some point, and introduce Spritzee to the Aromatic Herb soon. Which battle do you mean, that one of Cottonee+Alola Vulpix vs. Koa+I think it was Golett??, correct? We can hold that as a First Encounter of the next in-game Day right away if you like.

[Spiritmon]

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Also @Phantom, I been thinking...sorry if I sound both you to much, but will you willing to settle our battle a day after the Safari Cup? Since after that there is no major plots, we be calm enough for a battle. Unless you have other plans in game, so if thats the case sorry if I bother you.

You're not bothering at all, no worries.

I don't have any defined plans yet for actions after the Safari Cup, aside from a Tutoring Session for Terra in return for an RP'd meet-and-playtime with Mawile. That'll take one Encounter for sure. But given that the mountainous man is busy with exploring the dangers of Safari Zone for three in-game Days including today, that has to wait a bit. I wanted to do some cooking to make UltraSnax - that's another Encounter at some point, and introduce Spritzee to the Aromatic Herb soon. Which battle do you mean, that one of Cottonee+Alola Vulpix vs. Koa+I think it was Golett??, correct? We can hold that as a First Encounter of the next in-game Day right away if you like.

Correct. Cottonee and A-Vulpix vs Koa and Golett. Also with the other rules we both agreed.

I okay in be the First Encounter of the next in-game day.

[Lord Windos]

Wowzer, I knew that Kaiju was stacked, but not THAT much. Regardless, there is no way Terra's keeping it for himself, as it's just too darn ornery for him to handle, and the last thing he needs to deal with is an giant angry octopus wrecking things up and requiring his constant attention .

Duskull was pretty helpful in the fight, so he's going to get praised for it later! Not now, though, as my class for the day is about to start soon. Just autopilot Terra to the next most dangerous place in Area Six and him adding the M. Seed and Hard Rock to his inventoryd , and I'll deal with the posts later. Also, Lapis is h olding the Life Orb, jst FYI!

[Dragonstrike]

@Spiriton, is the item Heracross holding a Razor Claw or Razor Fang?  The Claw (the one that evolves Sneasel into Weavile) has an increased crit chance.  A Fang (the one that evolves Gligar into Gliscor) is the one that has a small chance of Flinching.

I do remember Heart getting a Fang earlier from some wild Gligar in Mt. Sentry if my memory isn't faulty. I can't remember any other times that might have happened, though.

[Spiritmon]

@Spiritmon, is the item Heracross holding a Razor Claw or Razor Fang?  The Claw (the one that evolves Sneasel into Weavile) has an increased crit chance.  A Fang (the one that evolves Gligar into Gliscor) is the one that has a small chance of Flinching.

I do remember Heart getting a Fang earlier from some wild Gligar in Mt. Sentry if my memory isn't faulty.  I can't remember any other times that might have happened, though.

I do rememer too. Took me a while, but I finally found the post you mentioned of the battle:

Spoiler

Gligar Round 2

Heart sprays the Antidote, careful not to step onto the battlefield.

Dual Chop 1&2
(2)(5)(4)(5)(4)(4)(3) Critical hit.
(5)(3)(1)(4)(4)(6)(1) Gligar B faints. He's holding an Aspear berry.

Seed Bomb 1
(5)(4)(4)(4)(2)(3)(4)(1)(1) Thanks to a little bit of shadow, Gligar A isn't critically wounded, but he's still knocked down by a perfect stream of seeds.
(2)(4)(6)(4) Gligar A faints. He's holding a Razor-sharp Claw which looks like it would make Pokemon flinch on occasion.

Now I confused if Iron was mentioned a Razor Claw or Razor Fang...

[Dragonstrike]

@Spiritmon, is the item Heracross holding a Razor Claw or Razor Fang?  The Claw (the one that evolves Sneasel into Weavile) has an increased crit chance.  A Fang (the one that evolves Gligar into Gliscor) is the one that has a small chance of Flinching.

I do remember Heart getting a Fang earlier from some wild Gligar in Mt. Sentry if my memory isn't faulty.  I can't remember any other times that might have happened, though.

I do rememer too. Took me a while, but I finally found the post you mentioned of the battle:

Spoiler

Gligar Round 2

Heart sprays the Antidote, careful not to step onto the battlefield.

Dual Chop 1&2
(2)(5)(4)(5)(4)(4)(3) Critical hit.
(5)(3)(1)(4)(4)(6)(1) Gligar B faints. He's holding an Aspear berry.

Seed Bomb 1
(5)(4)(4)(4)(2)(3)(4)(1)(1) Thanks to a little bit of shadow, Gligar A isn't critically wounded, but he's still knocked down by a perfect stream of seeds.
(2)(4)(6)(4) Gligar A faints. He's holding a Razor-sharp Claw which looks like it would make Pokemon flinch on occasion.

Now I confused if Iron was mentioned a Razor Claw or Razor Fang...

It looks to me like it was meant to be a Razor Fang.  It'd make sense, too, given the pokemon that was holding it.

[Lord Windos]

Announcement: On Thursdays I'll be offline from 9:00 to 6:00 PM, and maybe even longer depending on other factors, so you can feel free to put off responding to my posts Iron. I'd participate a little by phone, but for some dang reason the main local wifi at college is stonewalling me access, which is odd and disconcerting. Probably have to get in touch with tech support and sort this out, bah......

[Dragonstrike]

So, relevant question time...is Shiva going to watch the Safari Cup Tournament once she's done with her 5th Safari Zone encounter, @PhantomUnderYourDesk? Or is she going to go about doing her own business for the rest of the day when she's finally off duty?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

So, relevant question time...is Shiva going to watch the Safari Cup Tournament once she's done with her 5th Safari Zone encounter, @Phantom?  Or is she going to go about doing her own business for the rest of the day when she's finally off duty?

I'll answer in-chara/in-game. Getting to that now!~

[Dragonstrike]

A few questions, @Iron.

About the tournament mechanics:
- Just to double check, for those of us who caught more than 6 pokemon in the Safari Zone, we can switch around our party of 6 in between battles, right?
- How many battles would you have to win to get, 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Place?
- Is it possible that two PCs could eventually end up matched against each other?
- When you said Nurse Joy can heal up to -2 Pain in between battles, does that mean up to half of the pokemon's max HP?

About Move Mechanics:
- How does Assurance's damage buff work?  Like in the book, where it is almost a different move entirely and functions like Revenge/Avalanche?  Like in the games where it does more damage to a target that's already been damaged in the same Round?  Or like in Mystery Dungeon, where it functions like Brine because of mechanical reasons?  (I'm asking because it baffles me why the writers decided to completely reverse the move's concept.  If they were going to change how it works because it's confusing/difficult to pull off/incredibly powerful if it's too simplified, then why not do what Mystery Dungeon did and make it more like Brine?)
- What are the exact homebrewed mechanics for Thrash and other Rampage type moves?  Randomly determining how many hits it does is incredibly awkward if you take other actions before using the Rampage move since you have to declare how many actions you're making before you start attacking.  (Windos has his own solution for the Celadon Campaign, but it bends the rules a little and might not be suitable for this campaign)
- How do Roar, Whirlwind, and other phasing moves work in and out of Trainer battles after they've been used?  Do they immediately end the Round, or could the phaser continue attacking after forcing their opponent to switch out in less rules heavy battles?  (this question also sorta applies to U-turn and other Switcher type moves)

About a Misc Mechanic:
- During his first League Tournament attempt in the anime, Ash left Pikachu's pokeball with Professor Oak (i.e. in the PC), but Pikachu stayed out of his ball to watch the tournament.  He wasn't legally allowed to participate as a result, but watching from the sidelines was fine.  Could Nathan do a similar thing with Gallade?