Pokemon Fragments

[Lord Windos]

So far and so good on wielding the Crime Arc to the Protector Arc. I like the way you have them go on mission into gyms in order to get valubles and things to explore the region, but how are you going to go about with that idea? Will they have to do several smaller mission to prove themselves before they can start looting Gyms, or will they be sent to raid the place right off the bat? If the former, is that going to be the case with every gym? If the latter, how will you pace the rate missions are given?

There also is the fact that your breaking into a gyms, so how you go about clearing it must be different as well. Hit it at night, or when the Leader is distracted by something else. Or maybe go in gun blazing, and see if you can brute force your way to the objective. Maybe even espionage, if you really want to get detailed with Gym heist. The point I am making is that regardless of what mission style you implement, each Gym heist, as a thief, has to be a semi-unique experience, as is the case for challenging gyms the regular way in the main arc. Otherwise, people might get board of doing the same thing over and over again. Variety is the spice of life, after all.

I have nothing to say about the detective, as I agree with you on how to implement them. One thing that would be interesting, though, is how the Robber/Theif's family and other (would have been) Rival will think of their behavior. Their is much potential to be had there...

I don't like the idea of implementing special conditions on top of specific tasks to do in a gym. I think it will be quite frustrating for them to play with or around the special rules, and it would force them to carry Pokémon or moves on Pokémon they do not want to run. Still, choosing the Crime path is supposed to be hard, so I don't expect it to show any mercy to those that go through with it. They are going against the spirt of the game, after all, to play the dark side of the Poke underworld...