[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Oversized Houndour Round 1

Froakie: (5) +3 Dex + 3 Survival = 11
Houndour: (3) + 2 Dex + 4 survival = 9

Bubble
3 Dex + 1 Fight = 4 dice
(2)(2)(2)(4) - 1 success
Evade
2 Dex + 2 Fight + 1 evasion - 2 actions = 3 dice
(4)(3)(6)
Houndour slips out of visibility as the Bubble expands outward. Then he slips back in to fire an Extrasensory at Froakie. This does slow the Hound down, though, just a bit, because Valder can run onward while he hound is dodging.

Extrasensory
(4)(1) Hit
2 Str + 3 power + 1 STAB - 2 vit = 4 dice
(4)(1)(3)(3) Froakie takes 1 damage.
Flinch: (5)

Valder runs and runs, but Houndour makes up the ground.

Oversized Houndour Round 2

Bubble
(4)(2)(6)(2) 2 successes
Evade
(2)(2)(4) Bubble hits.
3 Str + 2 power + 1 STAB -2 vit = 4d6+1
(2)(5)(3)(3) Houndour takes 2 damage. 5/7hp.

The hound unleashes one last blast as Valder escapes him, striking the human this time, hoping to make him flinch.

Extrasensory
(1)(6)
(2)(1)(6)(1) Valder is unharmed.
Flinch: (3)

By this point, Valder has worked his way around to the back of the ridge. He's on top of the stone that holds the cave. He hears his companions on the far side, muttering to themselves!





Nathan and Ventus (and Shiva, technically) have advanced far enough that they can peer into the cave. They see four Houndour digging at the cave, enlarging it, making it more homey. They also see a new creature: a Houndoom, but with purple spikey armor all over its body, and a reaper scythe for a tail. Instead of an exposed brain, it has a third eye on its chest, the sign of the enlightened psychic. Its normal eyes are closed in meditation. Between its purple crystal horns, scenes of the bleak landscape play out in hologram form: humans in pajamas running from packs of Houndour, who do not bite but feed on fear and sport.

The enhanced Houndoom sighs in pleasure as its sixth sense picks up on these scenes. In its mouth, you see a small purple orb like a marble with red swirls in it.

You aren't sure if it has sensed you or not. Ventus thinks the guard Houndour might be acting a bit fake.

Kirlia alerts Nathan that an ally has arrived on the far/upper side of the cave.

Initiatives if you decide to fight:
Nathan: (1), (3)
Ventus: (4), (1)
Valder: (6), (6)
Mega-Houndoom: (2) + 3 Dex + 4 Survival
Houndoom guards: (3) +2 Dex + 4 survival