[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

There it is...the Absol with the scar over its eye. He charges forth, leading the pack, coming straight for Nathan.

Ventus surges forward, trying to interfere. Apparently his priority is to engage the extra Absol, which is much more helpful than getting into the crowded battle. Nathan and Kory are moving faster than Ventus, though Raphael is there.



Nathan and Kory are going to roll Vitality + Survival to try to corral it.

Absol's roll: 4 Vit + 3 Survival
(1)(2)(6)(3)(5)(2)(1) The scarred Absol trips.
Nathan: (1)(3)(4)(4)(2) Nathan and Kory's practice pays off. Lucky Chant may be helping too. They successfully isolate the scarred Absol! It turns to face Nathan and Kirlia, leaping back and forth with frenetic energy. It paws the ground in agitation. Kirlia has his hands on his head, trying to organize all his thoughts and his/his trainer's conflicting emotions.





When a Pokemon is not seeking a trainer in particular, the rules are a little different. Ventus is being buffeted by a constant stream of random Pokemon as he runs along. He can attempt to struggle in one direction or another with Dexterity, and he can stay in the fight as limited by Vitality (1 point per encounter).

I'll let Raphael, as a fast flier, engage one of the pack Absol if you so order. Breloom and Ventus himself are at the mercy of the dice though. That's something Shiva would be able to see on TV.

I have a list of 19 Pokemon in the race, with the common ones toward the middle. I roll 2d10, producing a number between 2 and 20, with the highest and lowest numbers being rarer of course.

You can spend your Dexterity points to lower or raise the result by the number of points you spend.

list of Pokemon

There are also packs of crafty Meowth and befuddled Psyduck slinking and running along with all the bigger Pokemon! Meowth enjoys himself, confidently collecting fallen objects or just being daring. Psyduck clearly don't want to be here, but they're so clumsy they have little choice. None of them ever seem to get hurt, though, with pure dumb luck.

Ventus' encounter roll: (3)(10) = 13

Ventus encounters a Ponyta, which gets in his way along with a herd of common Running Pokemon. He's cut off from the pack of Absol, all but Raphael.
You can fight it (which takes mere moments, like all combats), you can try to run and get another encounter roll, and you can spend up to 2 dex to move elsewhere in the list.