[Meta thread] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure : Celadon City Vandels

[Lord Windos]

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WAIT!  I just had another thought!  Arial can't possibly be killed by that Explosion!  Muk's got Burn 3, so it has a -3 Strength Penalty, meaning Explosion only has 7 D6 in its damage pool!

Arial is NOT dead.

But he IS heavily wounded and stuck with three lethally damaged pokemon.

Problem with that is Filter's modification is that it ignores the Damage and Dex Penalty of Burn and Paralysis, and makes it immune to Powder Moves like Spore, Stun Spore etc... That's why I didn't put an indication that Muk's STR dropped with Burn 3, though in retrospect I should've pointed that out instead of just leaving it blank....

WHAT?! So Arial is really dead dead?! What kind of modification is that.

The type of modification that would have made Delta Muk into an extremely hard to remove tank, since in conjuction with Iron Defense you can't hope for either Burn or Paralysis to help cripple it (Though Burn can still hurt it, albeit not that much since Filter applies to the Fire damage as well!), you can't lower its Attribute with Attacks reliably (With attribute lowering moves I was thinking they would just have reduced effectiveness or a lower chance to proc) , and you can't put it to sleep with any other method but Hyponsis, Sing, or Grass Whistle. If you caught it, they would have been a powerful addition to your team.....just one you would have to use carefully.

Unfortunately....this happened.

EDIT: Filter just reduces the amount of Damage Dice Rolled for Burn 2 and 3 by 1. Burn 1 is unaffected by Filter, so the Burn Status will ALWAYS do some damage to Delta Muk. I just keep forgetting to clarify details....