[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Great job in our first combat encounter, everyone! I hope you're enjoying it as much as I am. The rules from Pokerole and from our little adaptation seem to be working as intended. And I think you all got better at applying them by the time your first encounter ended.

Housekeeping stuff: Make sure you write down the XP you and your Pokemon earned! Larry and Vincent, I noticed you still hadn't done that from Ekans.

Whenever you find money, you should probably split it up among the people who were in the encounter. It looks like Vince may have already written down his 18$ from the Ekans encounter.

Nurse Joy is happy to heal your Pokemon for free, of course, and we can assume she does so. You don't even get a tongue-lashing because no one battled too dangerously. The Ekans will need to stay overnight to be healed though.

I'm going to post a revised Encounter table, but you are not under any obligation to always clear all the Encounters - there will be more wherever you decide to go. Also, if some people want to do noncombat things in town, or want to do both, that's fine! Think outside the box. Let me know when the party wants to move on toward Ginger Town.

Encounters!
Kricketot fled. A Venonat encounter becomes available.

1. Name: Biker Springle
Cap: 2
Bid start: 1
Challenge: Slightly difficult
Notes: Springle likes to race down Breakneck Ridge on his bike with his Pokemon keeping up.
He's interested in a singles 1v1 battle or a doubles 2v2.
Prize money: $200. Normally you need to be able to put up the money, but he's willing to take an IOU since he travels a lot.

3. Name: wild Paras
Cap: 1 (2)
Bid start: 1
Challenge: easy
Filled by: Vincent

4. Name: Wild Venonat
Cap: 1 (2)
Bid start: 1
Challenge: easy