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

[Iron]

Is there 2 Gustav's?

Lol no idea how that happened.

[Iron]

I volunteered to work backstage at the theatre for the next week, and then the next two weekends. You might see a delay in posts.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

At the same theatre where you played Perchik? :>

I'm traveling the first few days of next week anyway, so that's perfectly fine for me!

[Iron]

At the same theatre where you played Perchik? :>

I'm traveling the first few days of next week anyway, so that's perfectly fine for me!

Yep.

[Lord Windos]

I volunteered to work backstage at the theatre for the next week, and then the next two weekends. You might see a delay in posts.

What projects you working on behind the stage, mate? And are you thinking about participating in another play yourself again? Just curious!

[Iron]

I volunteered to work backstage at the theatre for the next week, and then the next two weekends. You might see a delay in posts.

What projects you working on behind the stage, mate? And are you thinking about participating in another play yourself again? Just curious!

It's actually very interesting - I am responsible for flying all the flying actors. Glinda, Flying Monkeys, and the Wizard. I have four sets of ropes that control everything. If I let go, they will come crashing (almost) to the floor or go flying up at high speed lol. But there are counterweights in place to save them from crashing.

I'm auditioning for Into the Woods in the fall.

[Lord Windos]

.....I've been crackling non-stop ever since I read the post, and I can't stop grinning either! That was an AWESOME conclusion to an EPIC FIGHT! Oinari and Edmundi got to be total BADASSES, and Mikey got to be the heroic champ he's always inspired to become! Heck, Terra even got a relic from DMG because of some GREAT help from Gustav (Confusion for the win!) and has ingrained himself in the memory of a Legend as a TERROR alongside his furry fox! Everything was just......amazing, despite it being a Legendary Battle. Outstanding, out bloody standing!

I'd like to give a personal thanks to Mika and his Pokemon, as if it was not for them Disabling Rock Slide and setting up that Lucky Chant, I imagine things would have gone way worse and rougher for everyone. Probably to the point of necessitating me sacrifing Terra to bail everyone out, even! I'd also like to thank Dragonstrike, for if it was not for Nathan's Knowledge of all things historical and Legendary everyone would have suffered much against DMG. My plan would not even be possible without the intel provided by Nathan's Lore, so I really owe it to you too for enabling my plan in the first place! For Spiritmon, if it were not for Quetzal's Tailwind and Gustav's Water Pulse, things would have been even harder for us scaring off DMG, so a big hearty thanks to you as well! Phantom.......well, I appreciate the support you gave for my plan and willingness to enable it, despite the grave risk towards your Pokemon, and Whimsi's HURRICANE and Azu's Rain Dance played a part in sending DMG packing too, so I'd like to thank you for those things.

Everyone, we did a fantastic job. We managed to beat a Legendary Pokemon, even if they were weaksause compared to the other ones we've faced and will be facing in the future. We still have Deoxys and whatever else is lurking deep within the Skull Ruins to face, but after this.....I have high hopes we can take them too.

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Post Battle Stuff:

- Everyone, mind if you list which Pokemon got hurt by DMG , by how much, and which Pokemon got Healing Items/Revives? I'm planning to bring out Solomon to go on Heal Pulsing Duty, so knowing which 'mon is hurt the most/ the ones that already got Potions would be helpful for who needs the HPs the most
- Is Oinari down in pit that DMG was in? Also, does Oinari ALWAYS have DMG as a potential target for her Illusion, or is that gone now that she doesn't have the 'original' to emulate?
- Given that the Genesect Cresent has DMG's DNA in it.....could Terra possible use it later to Revive a even weaker version of the Genesect the group fought, or in some other application? I can understand you not giving me a straight answer with this question, but....well, since Heart will eventually get a Legend of his own to take care of, and if their is a chance for Terra to get one he could share a connection with.....
- Mates, mind if we sell those Keys to that guy in Cress that collects artifacts for more muns (Possibly), then split it between the group? That's $6000 Poke apiece if split 5 ways, which is plenty enough reward if you ask me!
- What about plundering the muesium for the Fossils/Relics in it? If Cofagrigas deal is going to be upheld, then Heart will gain possession over them, which means everything in the muesuem would default to him/the group if it was the grinning Ghost's.

[Dragonstrike]

Nathan
- Gallade and Calam both took 1 PDD and are currently fainted. (0/9 and 0/8)
- I could maybe increase Nathan's Vitality to 5 to possibly remedy that latter part, though...
- Everyone else in Nathan's party of 6 is unharmed.
- No Potions have been used on his pokemon yet. Just 1 Revive on Gallade and Calam.
- Getting Gallade back up would likely be especially helpful since he's a Heal Pulse user.




NPCs

Marco
- Almost all took 1 PDD.
- Feraligatr and Skarmory are barely conscious.
- Luxray, Meowstic, and Mamoswine are all fainted.  Reviving them is also practically required since they aren't registered to any pokeballs and will probably have to remain that way until Marco is able to manage them himself.
- Marco himself is fine even despite all that chaos, thankfully...(at least, I didn't see him listed at all in the damage totals)
- No Potions have been used on them either, just 1 Revive on Feraligatr.

Scims
- All took a decent amount of damage.  
- Gendry and Elya's gauntlets kersploded, so they may not be very useful in the foreseeable future.
- They've got their own supply of healing items.

[Lord Windos]

Spoiler

Nathan
- Gallade and Calam both took 1 PDD and are currently fainted. (0/9 and 0/8)
- I could maybe increase Nathan's Vitality to 5 to possibly remedy that latter part, though...
- Everyone else in Nathan's party of 6 is unharmed.
- No Potions have been used on his pokemon yet.  Just 1 Revive on Gallade and Calam.
- Getting Gallade back up would likely be especially helpful since he's a Heal Pulse user.




NPCs

Marco
- All took 1 PDD.
- Feraligatr and Skarmory are barely conscious.
- Luxray, Meowstic, and Mamoswine are all fainted.  Reviving them is also practically required since they aren't registered to any pokeballs and will probably have to remain that way until Marco is able to manage them himself.
- Marco himself is fine even despite all that chaos, thankfully...(at least, I didn't see him listed at all in the damage totals)
- No Potions have been used on them either, just 1 Revive on Feraligatr.

Scims
- All took a decent amount of damage.  
- Gendry and Elya's gauntlets kersploded, so they may not be very useful in the foreseeable future.
- They've got their own supply of healing items.

Hmm....alright, I can have Terra spare his recently obtained Revive for Gallade, and have Solomon use HP on Feraligatr, Skarmory, and Luxray (Once they are Revived themselves), as they don't have Marco supplying them with Medicine and the like. Gallade can heal whomever else he wants, though I imagine he'll prioritize the rest of Marco's Pokemon too once they are revived. Gustav and Ditto probably should focus on healing everyone else that got hurt after having a Potion applied to them. After all, DMG's fight only counts as the group's second Encounter of the day, unless it was so exhausting that it counts as 2 Encounters in one.

[Iron]

Oinari is down in the pit. She can create that illusion anytime, I suppose!

It's possible to clone or partially clone Pokemon from any DNA, but for the usual route (like Professor Laurelin's tech), you need a Fossil. Which none of these body parts qualify for. So yeah you'd need some Plot Device, but it's known to be possible.

Marc would pretty much always be dropped back before a battle starts.

Scimitar Gauntlets slowly heal their wearers over time, and they have enough medicines for the ones whose Gauntlets kersploded.



Genesect's stats:

7 Dex, 8 in everything else, except a much lower Insight.

Could be affected by emotion or responsive moves, if justified

Had 12 dice for each of 5 actions. 3 dice were removed whenever a weapon was destroyed. Always gets at least 1 dice.

Can't be scared off until all four weapons and drones were gone. Drones had 15hp and were treated mostly as their own Pokemon with very high stats. Actually I think I forgot to do a drone's action in Action 1, Round 2, didn't I.

Ability was Super Luck, representing the critically sharp nature of those scythes. Critical hits deal Plot Device damage, normal hits do not - but it only takes 3 or 4 successes to achieve that, out of 12 dice, so it's rather common. You would normally have figured this out before Round 2 after your initial team was wreeeeecked.

Genesect did have a hit point pool, but is immune to pain penalizations and you don't even wanna know how many HP. I estimated you'd all have gotten 4 team members KO'd before you drained his HP the old fashioned way, and if he ever chewed through all your defenders at once, he'd be moving on to trainers. Skull Ruins fights are definitely lethal, especially legendary ones.


Hope that felt like a boss battle, Shiva! I'm glad you were able to deal damage and contribute in Round 2.