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

[Lord Windos]

Don't forget: With my houserules, evolution does not determine who is viable in battle. Zippy has just as much of a strength score as Vespiqueen will. He has 1 less HP than he would if he evolved. All he loses out on are the awesome moves that Vespiqueen gets, like the Orders, which wouldn't make sense for a drone to learn anyway. Zippy is welcome to learn his ? moves as tutoring or TMs.

Honey Gather is quite useful, especially when the alternative is Pressure which is a very niche use.

If Nathan continues to invest in Zippy, I'll be sure to give him some opportunities for improvement, though, and may even circle back around to an alternative evolution. But it would be a very special thing, not a known Pokemon. The amount of 'supernatural' in this campaign is going to increase as you become better trainers.

Personally, I like when Pokemon are different, and that means some will be a little weaker or stronger than others. Some trainers are interested in only strong Pokemon, and those trainers can choose their team accordingly, or even swap between multiple teams. Nathan does this all the time and I like it.

That make more than enough sense and seems plenty fair, so I have no further complaints to issue/raise! I especially look forward to seeing what Zippy is capable of, given enough time and attention!

I like it when Pokémon are special to, but not to the point that it cripples them without some  benefit in exchange. As for my preferred team, it will ALWAYS have Raphael and Apsis in it due to them being his first Pokémon and most powerful fighters, while the rest are variable depending on trades and the like. Ideally, I don't want to change my Team comp much at all from the basic line up of Raphael/Apsis/Michael/Haneal/Dragon Pokémon/Abaddon or Extra , since they all are competent in battle, cover each others weakness, and provide Ven a variety of resources to draw upon. If it wasn't for you keep throwing interesting Pokémon that Ven would WANT on his team, I would have probably have my team set in stone by the time Haneal was added. As it stands, I don't plan on doing what Dragonstrike/Nathan does , since having a short but concise Pokémon selection makes it easier to manage/less fiddly for me.