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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Added, thankies~

[Iron]

Happy 2 year anniversary, Skull Ruins!

Remember when I said it would take about a year? Oops!

It's been great fun, I feel lucky to have this awesome online crew!


New timeline for the main plot... maybe another 3 to 6 months from now? Then we'll go diceless for a bit.

[Lord Windos]

Happy 2 year anniversary, Skull Ruins!

Remember when I said it would take about a year? Oops!

It's been great fun, I feel lucky to have this awesome online crew!


New timeline for the main plot... maybe another 3 to 6 months from now? Then we'll go diceless for a bit.

Oh, I remember that quite clearly! Time sure gets away from us when we're having fun/trouble, eh?

I feel equally blessed to have such a amazing DM such as you, Iron! Kudos for sticking with us and the game for so long, and through so many shake ups!

I'd say 6 months or more, depending on IRL stuff and other randomness that would stretch out the campaign length. Not sure how the campaign would function without dice, but I'd be willing to give it a try.

[Lord Windos]

@Mikaruge108

Been reading your recent orders for Spira's Gym Battle, and I'd notice you didn't account for Mightyena's Taunt with a set of Conditional orders for Hilda. I can't blame you for falling for it the first time, as being prepared for it required being paranoid enough to read up on its Bulba page and planning accordingly, but after that you should have been expecting it to happen to prevent the lava slug from healing or buffing. If you had, you'd probably gotten an extra attack in without wasting an Action + Accuracy Dice, which could have meant taking down Mightyena all the quicker. Conditional Orders for when something doesn't go as you planned to keep up a strong offense/things from falling apart is something to keep in mind when battling, generally speaking, though up against weak opponents or a Pokemon you know doesn't pose much a difficulty you don't have to make them.

Its pretty much what I do with all my Battles, and it usually pays off in the long run, bar the dice being especially uncooperative. Takes longer to make the post, sure, but if that extra time can make it so that things turn out more good than not.....

[Dragonstrike]

Yes. Pyroar can see how Orthros is part of your pack, and Gallade is like the human equivalent. He'll be comfortable around those two Pokemon and also Rapidash. Also, any Pokemon with 0 Disobedience. But even an Obedient Pokemon who still has an Obedience score will make him nervous and require a roll to obey.

Gotcha! Pyroar was caught!

Yes!  Finally!  It finally paid off!  Whoo hoo!


Just for clarification, though, Iron, when you mentioned the Disobedience roll for Pyroar, does that mean he only rolls for Disobedience when Nathan tries to get him to work with a pokemon with a Disobedience score?  Or will it still be rolled as normal until Pyroar is as Loyal as he is Disobedient? A pretty important question given that Pyroar are able to learn Hyper Beam for 0 exp, and also because I remember something being said about stopping Pyroar from continuing to attack in a battle after the opponent has been defeated being a potential issue.

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Also, slightly off topic, but I only just now noticed that male Pyroar's mane has the Japanese symbol for Fire on it...

[Dragonstrike]

Also, a question about Endeavor, @Iron, since the move hasn't been used at all during the campaign yet.

Are we going to stick with the book's interpretation?  Or are we going to go with making it more like the games, where it isn't dependent on how much HP the user is missing at all, just the difference between the user's HP and the target's?  Asking because of a) how we're treating Super Fang in this game and b) the book's version of Endeavor isn't exactly as strong as strong as the games' version.  The move's pretty dang situational as it is, but the book makes it almost useless for pokemon with low base HP (like Zippy, who'd be a fantastic user of it if it wasn't also tied to the amount of HP he's lost). It's more usable on the large lion than it currently is on the tiny bee because the lion has a higher maximum HP, which feels...off to me, to be blunt.

[Dragonstrike]

By the way, everyone, is it okay if Nathan gets to battle Howl next?  I'd like that to be Nathan's third encounter for the day.

[Lord Windos]

By the way, everyone, is it okay if Nathan gets to battle Howl next?  I'd like that to be Nathan's third encounter for the day.

I'd wanted to battle him in the Third Encounter, but if you wish I'll concede it to you. I'll just find something else to do during them, like borrowing a Teleporting to go challenge Tanuki if anyone would allow that. Need to cross that Gym off my to do sheet sooner or later!

[Dragonstrike]

By the way, everyone, is it okay if Nathan gets to battle Howl next?  I'd like that to be Nathan's third encounter for the day.

I'd wanted to battle him in the Third Encounter, but if you wish I'll concede it to you. I'll just find something else to do during them, like borrowing a Teleporting to go challenge Tanuki if anyone would allow that. Need to cross that Gym off my to do sheet sooner or later!

You could also challenge Angela.  She's in the area at the moment.  Just gotta ask Nathan about where to find her and why Terra would want to battle her in the first place.

[Iron]

Yes. Pyroar can see how Orthros is part of your pack, and Gallade is like the human equivalent. He'll be comfortable around those two Pokemon and also Rapidash. Also, any Pokemon with 0 Disobedience. But even an Obedient Pokemon who still has an Obedience score will make him nervous and require a roll to obey.

Gotcha! Pyroar was caught!

Yes!  Finally!  It finally paid off!  Whoo hoo!


Just for clarification, though, Iron, when you mentioned the Disobedience roll for Pyroar, does that mean he only rolls for Disobedience when Nathan tries to get him to work with a pokemon with a Disobedience score?  Or will it still be rolled as normal until Pyroar is as Loyal as he is Disobedient?  A pretty important question given that Pyroar are able to learn Hyper Beam for 0 exp, and also because I remember something being said about stopping Pyroar from continuing to attack in a battle after the opponent has been defeated being a potential issue.

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Also, slightly off topic, but I only just now noticed that male Pyroar's mane has the Japanese symbol for Fire on it...

In battle he'll have to roll Disobedience based on his 2/3 stats, maybe with a bit of fudging based on how cute his opponent is, but outside of battle he might still disobey if he has to work with scary Pokemon. It will be a bit shaky for him until he fully learns to tolerate other Pokemon.