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

[Dragonstrike]

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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.

Buying specific cards is never cheap, even irl.  Unless the card in question is really common.  And even then that can still be as much as just buying a booster.  'tis the nature of trading card games, unfortunately.

I actually do play the PTCGO from time to time.  It's a nice way to actually play with the cards since I don't have anyone to play with irl.  Don't play it very often, but I do have some nice digital cards.  I think my nice irl ones are cooler, though.

In this campaign, I think it's a nice little thing for additional RP stuff.  It's not a main focus of the game by any means.  Slotting it in as a fun little thing for flavor (and with the new, streamlined system that brings it down to dice rolls instead of playing an actual game) like what the High Rollers did in that holiday stream I linked can very easily be a nice touch.

Normally, Nathan wouldn't indulge in this kinda stuff either, but it's his birthday, and that print of the skarmory card piqued his interest.  *shrug*  He probably won't collect too many more of these cards, but if he ends up seeing/getting some he particularly likes, he probably won't complain.