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

[Spiritmon]

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I'm going to be real honest here:

These N-Crobat scare me.  7 Dex, 5 Strength, 5 Vitality, and +4 HP is...a lot to try and deal with.

And there's 3 of them.

With backup.




...so how are we meant to be surviving these battles against these nucmon hordes, again?  Because the odds do seem overwhelmingly stacked in the nucmons' favor.

Just a thought I had.

If you want the truth, I rolled out from a list of Encounters that the party was going on each path, and the right one turned out to have one of the worst ones possible. Didn't help that Reiner didn't get enough successes on his Alert Roll to give him a heads up either...

As for the difficulty, a few things to point out:

- For the most part, Wild Pokémon only draw upon their natural Learnset, their Egg Moves, and whatever ??? Moves they have in the Corebook. The Zubat Line doesn't have a whole lot of Moves that are terribly effective against either Steel types, and the ones that do are, spoilers, the higher tiered Evos. Take them out first, and things will prove easier.

- The Crobats are the most dangerous Pokémon out of the whole lot, and lead their respective swarms. Take them out first, and the rest will either scatter, or be hindered in some manner , like the Ratitcate Horde. 


- The Golbats are modest threats in of themselves, but their Attributes aren't maxed out like the Crobats, and the Zubats are just fodder meant to nip and harry vulnerable targets, or provide support if they are capable of thinking of doing as such. 

- Between Frosslad and Giegeroach, you have both Mega AoE Moves AND Barriers to take advantage of, Arial and his Pokémon are pretty solid against the whole lot, and Lindworm….well, he's in dire straights, but Dragonair has Twister and other powerful Moves to handle the bats.

- The Clinic (Once you unlock it), is meant as a place of some healing to your Pokémon, and the facility is littered with both loot and supplies to keep you sustained. That, and Airimid (Once she gets back up on her feet) is a source of considerable Healing with her Abilities and Moves, and her Healing Wish is pretty much a Deus Ex Machina, albeit one with a price. The Golden Apple is an outright Deus Ex Machina, and Yang could also be strong armed into sharing his Lefties with more Pokémon, though he wouldn't be too please about it. Given the situation the party is in, though, a Dragon's unhappiness better on the chopping block than free Healing.


On this subject, they're also the fact that you two could have stocked yourselves to the gills with HP restoring Items, particularly Reiner since he has lots of Poke and access to The Merchant, who could have potentially gave them Medicines that ignore Potion Effectiveness (Like Herbal Medicine/Revival Herb), and a Favor could have been used to request roughly the same Poke Value of Supplies = Riot Armor Price. Sure, it would have cleaned you out Pokewise, but like I said: Loot in NRF, Rare Pokémon, and other goodies could quickly replenish your funds.

I very clearly hinted and alluded that the NRF is a BAD, DANGEROUS PLACE, and I hate to say this, but....well, I warned you.

Yeah...we are pretty with a lot of trouble in our hands. I almost die in the first battle against the Nuc Ratata and N-Raticate. And now we have waves of N-Bats to face. And we are not even close to our next destination. We still have a long way to go, and many foes to face. 

And you must admit too Dragonstrike. Windos have warned us about the danger of that place. I gladly I was able to get the Cleric Alomola. That pokemon have saved my life. 

Also Windos some sort of question: After that mission, its gonna have a hiatus in Celadon City correct? That will be the last mission? How it gonna be make the thing to enter in contact with Nellygator?