[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"No, catching a Carbink's not worth it.  That's not why I'm insisting on doing this.  If you have any really strong pokeballs, now is probably the time to use them if they look like they're insisting on going boom. Get ready to hit them hard, fast, and precisely with Grass and Water moves if they insist on not letting us pass. If you have the chance to faint one of them before they can act, take it, but don't start attacking anything until it's clear they've made up their minds about this. I will do my absolute best to try and make sure nothing happens, and minimize the damage if something does. You can count on that."

Nathan turns to look at the rock types.

"So, here's a question for you rock pokemon: are you really willing to risk seriously harming each other just to get at us?  Self-destructing will put yourselves in just as much danger as us, even if you are resistant to the damage.  Hard to defend yourself if you're fainted and your allies are all badly hurt, and there's always the chance that you could mortally wound each other in the process of attacking everything indiscriminately."

"We need to pass through here.  Are you going to get in our way?  And are you going to potentially hurt yourselves in the process if you do? I'd suggest you think about that very carefully before committing to going kamikaze."

Let's see if we can't talk them out of going boom and/or using other AOEs like Magnitude, shall we?