[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

Spoiler

Gym Leader Tanuki vs Nathan Round 6

"Here we go! This is it, one way or another! Use your speed to your advantage!"

Zigzagoon fades into a two dimensional black spiky ball, a mere shadow, and slides gracefully under Gallade's feet.

Shadow Ball 1
13* Canalize dice -5 actions = 8d6
(4)(3)(6)(2)(1)(4)(4)(2)
(6)(1)(6) Gallade takes 3 dmg 2/9hp -2 pain.
CD: (5)

Back to Normal form.

Rock Smash 1
(3)(4)(6)(6)(4)(2) - 4 successes
Evade 2
13* Evasion dice -6 actions = 7d6
(4)(1)(4)(2)(3)(5)(3) - 3 successes! Bad luck.

Gallade slices through the fluff and clips Zigzagoon, sending the little Pokemon spinning across the room.
(4)(6)(2)(2)(3)(2) Zigzagoon takes 3 dmg 4/7hp -1 pain.
CD: (2)(4)(5)(3)(6) -1 Def

Gallade also reveals a Rocky Helmet hidden among the fluff, along with lots and lots of other unrecognizable little objects.
Helmet: (5) Gallade takes 1 dmg 1/9hp -3 pain.

Gallade will count that as a "similar effect" - a trick hidden within the fur.

"Legendary Pokemon weren't the only Legendary things we found that deep underground, by the way!~"

"That's AMAZING, Nathan! Not in my lifetime have I seen a challenger with a full strength Rock Smash move! That was the real deal! Tell me more...after the battle!"

Confusion 2
(3)(3)(5)(1)
Evasion 3
(5)(5)(3)(3)(1) Zigzagoon avoided the attack.

Confusion 3
(5)(5)(4) - 3 successes
(2)(2)(6)(5) - 2 successes.
(4)(6)(6)(5)(2)(5) Zigzagoon faints!

"Great battle, Nathan!! You're the man! Not many people have the speed to even keep up with Zigzagoon. She runs circles around almost every challenger, and some don't even get a hit in! I'm going to have to watch out for Rock Smash. Let's go to the lounge where it's more comfortable and less dusty."

Nathan gets 32 XP for his Pokemon and half for himself. The payout is $4000. Another Zigzagoon comes to deliver the money, and another delivers a drink, and finally one comes to deliver a feedbag of rice and scraps of food that never runs out - a rare Leftovers!

"It takes a lot of discarded food eaten by certain powerful Pokemon and all bundled together in a special way to make just one usable Leftovers! It's the specialty of my Zigzagoon, but I knew you might have a Gallade so I used the Rocky Helmet today. My most well-trained Zigzagoon has the rare ability to hold multiple usable items at once, and he's been highly trained in all his fighting abilities. Of course, League rules prevent me from using multiple objects, or from using some of the rarer things I've found in my scavenging."

"Please, please, tell me all about how you found Rock Smash! Did you wind up with a copy of it? Are you keeping it a secret?"

Focus, and...

...SMAAAASH!!  That Rock Smash going straight through Zigzagoon's fur was quite a sight to see!  Gallade takes a deeeeep breath after giving that Zigzagoon an impromptu haircut and scraping against that Rocky Helmet...he's still not entirely comfortable with the move yet, but he'll get used to it given a little time.  He dusts off his blade, as he'd like to keep it as clean as possible, and that Zigzagoon is...messy.

...his blade clean, he turns his attention back to that extra quick Zigzagoon...and turns them around mentally, too!  Can't easily evade when you're facing an opponent who can read your mind to predict your every move!

Victory against the Leader!: Victory VS Gym Leader - Pokemon Firered and Leafgreen

Victory is theirs!

...Gallade needs to sit down now.  Phew, that was difficult...

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Inside a Pokemon Gym: Gym Theme - Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Fire Red/Leaf Green

Nathan gratefully and respectfully accepts the rewards for winning this difficult battle from the carrier Zigzag pokemon.  "Wow, you weren't kidding when you said you were gonna give us a nice item for winning.  This is very, very useful."  Nathan hands it to Gallade...who respectfully declines for now so Orthros can use it first.  Gallade are masters of courtesy as well as swordsmanship, after all.  Nathan shrugs and hands the item to his doggy, who happily munches away at the Leftovers while the conversation is going on. Om nom nom.

Nathan chuckles at Tanuki's eagerness to learn about how he got Rock Smash.  "Well, I'll tell you a little bit...but I think you're also forgetting about another one of my rewards for winning the battle."  That being the Gym Badge!  Very important that that isn't forgotten about, right?