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

[Lord Windos]

Nathan's question was to split the cost, Phantom, not pay the whole thing off for him.  I was kinda hoping for an equal 3 way split originally...share the cost, share the fun, that kind of thing.  Would have been 250 from each of us, but now it'd be 375 each between 2.  Nathan's not being entirely selfish about this decision.  Sorry if that wasn't clear earlier.  Forgot to include a 'we' in the question originally.  I've edited that in now for the additional clarity in-character as well as ooc.

I could have Nathan just get it outright, but that defeats the purpose of what I'm trying to do.  The intent was always to share.

As I mentioned before, neither I or Ventus have any interest whatsoever in Training Cards or their inclusion/mechanics in the game, so Ven would have just outright bought it for Nathan if the told him it was their birthday, or decline on the principle of saving his money for Mr. Finder fee. The reason we are not interested is divided OOC and IC.

I'm not interested because I came here for the RPing/Battling/Adventuring with Pokémon, not to play a training card game. If I want to play the trading card scene, I would just find a simulator out their and play on it instead for a mostly pure experience, which sorta leads me to suggest why you guys don't just use that to play the Trading Card game and keep a record/roll for cards in game so they can be tied together? Seem easier to me than just creating a new system whole cloth, and most likely faster too since nothing has to be rolled out or carefully scripted.

For Ventus, he's just not that into card games or game in general besides board ones, Table Top RPGs, and PC Gaming , all of which are pretty hard to do while in the middle of traveling/rescuing/researching a region. He also doesn't see the appeal of Pokémon Trading Card games, as to him the first question he has about it is: why bother spending hundred/thousands of Poke to build a deck and play make believe/gamble with them, when a Poke Balls cost only upwards to $1200 and $200 minimum, and can capture you a real life Pokémon and do all sorts of neat things with them? That, after seeing the card costs he think they are WAY overpriced for what they are, and believe that the stated price should be a 10th or less given the niche appeal and obscurity of the game, and that includes Morisugi's quality cards. The clerk's sass and the image of the store also didn't do him any favor in liking the game, so there is that as well.

So overall, you and your characters are free to indulge in the training cards however you like, but don't expect Ventus to do so. He has other things to spend his time and Poke on than a game, and likely would say as much to the others if they pressed him about it.

Dentist appointment is done!

...and now I can barely feel my face, let alone talk.  Good thing that doesn't affect my ability to type, though.  I think...

Ehhh.....well, I'm glad your still salient mate. Everytime I go to the dentist I'm always thrown for the loop by the numbing medicine and laughing gas they dose me up on, so seeing you alright makes me happy! Hope those painkiller don't get to you, though!

The mechanics/orders thing isn't really my style.  Feels kinda...jarring to me, tbh.  Like it interrupts the flow.  Attempting to state things more clearly is something that can be worked on, but no promises in the short term.

I include mechanics and orders simply because its convienant for both me and Iron to simply look at the Orders and figure out what Ven's going to do next, and plan accordingly without having to carefully read over the text more than once. That, and for clarification/refrence shake, of course!