[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

When Nathan sees the Tangela successfully trip Ralts and Cottonee's Fairy Wind do no damage, he gets much more nervous much more quickly.  Ralts was reeling from that attack, just barely managing to consume that Oran Berry, and he didn't have a whole lot of resources right now to try and make up for that heavy blow.  He tries not to panic though since Ralts can sense exactly what he's feeling.  As this is all going through Nathan's head, he hears Shiva give Cottonee the order to evade first, attack second.  And it's at that point that Nathan gets an idea that might help them get through this...

Ralts knows what to do even before Nathan calls it out, sensing his master's worry and resolve both.

"Ralts, evade any attacks that come your way and try to stay behind Cottonee!  If nothing attacks you, use Growl again from behind Cottonee!"

'Cottonee might be small, but it at least resists the STAB moves those two pokemon have.  I hope Cottonee and Shiva will cooperate with me on this.  If they don't...' Nathan didn't even want to think about what might happen if Ralts got hit again.  The last thing he needed to do was panic Ralts, and he didn't want to lose his cool in front of anyone either.  Keeping it together was getting hard though...

Order: Evade and take cover behind Cottonee, use Growl instead of evading if you don't get attacked
- Evade: 3 Dexterity + 0 Fight + 0 Evasion
- Cover: May reduce damage from ranged attacks (potentially to 0) by having something else absorb the brunt of the blow.  Effectiveness is determined by the size of the object or ally providing cover and the GM's discretion.  Cottonee has an average of 0.3m/1'00" size in the pokedex description.  A Ralts's average size is 0.4m/1'04", though it could also potentially crouch to make itself a smaller target due to its humanoid shape.
- Growl: 3 dex + 0 fight + 0 canalize/contest (as per the GM's judgement.)
Current Pain Penalization: -2 (half HP)