[Meta thread] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure : Celadon City Vandels

[Dragonstrike]

I would say the Corebook, as I like the mechanic of transferring Pain around to other Targets! Heck, Arial would certain benefit being the recipient of the Move, if nothing else!

Alrighty then!  Sharing the Pain Penalties it is!

Though I should mention that it still isn't possible for a Pain Penalty greater than -3 with Pain Split alone.  I read up on the specifics of it a little.  It basically operates like the HP splitting in the games, but with Pain instead, and it lasts the entire scene instead of being an instantaneous effect.  So if Geigeroach were to get -1 Pain and use Pain Split on something with no pain, her target would have -1 Pain and she'd have none.  The instant the target has accumulated 2+ damage, however, they then both have -1 Pain.

So, in general...

Total Pain:   User's Pain:  Target's Pain:
-1                0                -1
-2               -1                -1
-3               -1                -2
-4               -2                -2
-5               -2                -3
-6               -3                -3

Basically, it works best if the user has accumulated -2 Pain themselves (they're at risk of getting KOed if they're at -3 Pain, obviously).

Or alternatively, Geigeroach can use it on Arial in a teamwork scenario where Arial is at low risk of getting attacked.  That way, he gets a +1 Strength buff right out of the gate as soon as Geigeroach accumulates 2+ damage, and Geigeroach isn't as crippled by Pain.  The downside to this is that Arial needs to accumulate a little Pain of his own to safely get to -2 Pain, and thus +2 Strength (basically meaning Geigeroach has half health or less, and Arial has taken at least 2 damage).  And as before, getting to -3 Pain/+3 Strength is risky business since at least one character would have to be at 1 HP (or KOed?) to do that if items aren't a factor.



Side Note: I also find it interesting that the attack has a note in the book specifically saying the attack does not affect current HP at all