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

[Lord Windos]

Don't be a whiner. Gym leaders are challenges, and you're winning this one.

Chance dice aren't affected by curse so I'll add that in there.

I have my opinions, and I'll leave it at that. We may be winning, but I'm not having fun/a good experience, and if that isn't a failure of an encounter, I don't know what is.

This is normally true, but being challenged by a boss fight is fundamental to RPGs, and it's only been two rounds, and you have a companion player with you in this fight, so I think you should try to be more open minded.

I AM being opened minded about this, Iron. The fact that I have not just straight up quit the battle in protest and not exploding on you, like I sorta did with Officer Lumen, and just trying to grit me teeth and just power through this battle is remarkable for me. I'm doing this mostly for Dragonstrike and Nathan's shake, rather than my own. If it were just me, I'd have left already and never looked back, with a thoroughly bitter taste in my mouth.

Boss battles are supposed to be challenging, but their is a fine line between Fair/Fun challenges and Excuciating ones. This one is beginning to become the later for me, and since this isn't a life or death battle against a Legendary Enemy or Scimitars, I see no reason to suffer a battle that is unenjoyable, other than to get a Badge and XP I can get at other locations.