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

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So I was seeing the Pokerole to refresh my memory about level up: 



In this case I want to level up my dex (who is 2) to 3, so that means the cost would be, 10x2 = 20. 35 - 20 = 15
That leave me with 15 (since I orinaly have 35 XP)...I dont think I can increase anything for now. I think when I finish that battle, perhaps I should a train session to make Koa learn Assurance since its cost 7 XP to learn that move, and according to the Book, I can do Training sessions to reduce the cost of the move. Gustav I will wait to have enough XP to teach a good move, like Swords Dance, and if we find Water Pulse in the form of TM I right away teach move because of Clauncher Ability who increase Aura or Pulse moves. And Rose...perhaps Mach Punch or Torment. I dont know.

Yes, you could level Dex from 2 -> 3 for 20 EXP.  And since you have a rather low accuracy pool and kinda low initiative, I'd highly recommend doing so.  For reference, getting to an accuracy pool of 8 on your moves would put you around Nathan's current level of battle capability (I intend to increase some of his stats soonish, though, so he'll be pulling ahead again fairly soon).  You could also spend 16 exp on a level in Fight or 6 in Brawl (or Canalize, but most of the moves you're using have used Brawl so far) to up your accuracy a little.

Should note that Caluncher learns Water Pulse without a TM for 34 exp.  That's decent for a 4 power move, particularly when it's your strongest attack.  I agree that Swords Dance is a nice choice too, though.

Training sessions technically reduce a move's cost, but in this campaign, we just treat it as normal exp since tracking it for individual moves is a bit of a pain.  You'll have to do a couple training sessions before you see any gains greater than 1 EXP though.  Oh, and here's a tip: since you have a Black Belt on Rose, if you do a training session involving a Fighting move/technique with the Black Belt as an aid of sorts, you'll get an extra die if a training roll occurs.  Bit of a house rule there.

Mach Punch and Torment would both be interesting options on Rose imo.  Though do note that using Torment effectively will require you to put some more effort into raising its accuracy pool by putting points in Dex, Fight, and Intimidate.

Assurance is a weird case of a move.  In Pokerole, it acts like Revenge, which is the complete opposite of how it works in the games.  And in some of the Mystery Dungeon games, it acts like Brine instead because its mechanics in the main series are weird to implement there.