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

[Dragonstrike]

Checked out the descript of that Umbrella, and more or less became instantly uninterested in it after seeing the 'Not Legal In Modern Time League Battles.' An Item isn't fully good if it has a glaring drawback or is rather situationally useful (Berries are exempt from this), and not being able to use a Held Item in a large subsection of all of Pokemon Battling Encounters is a pretty nasty if you ask me. I have to wonder WHY the League bans some Items but not others, and on what grounds/metric they use to do as such, since it makes those normally neat things a liability. From a gameplay perspective, I also don't understand introducing Items with that provision, since it basically make it useless when you want it and tedious to manage.

I'd still take them if my chara. comes across one, but I'd sooner sell them off to get me Items that are more broadly applicable than have them crowding mine or other Charas. inventories.

It's because the League's job (well, one of them) is to standardize everything in battles, particularly since League positions are tied to governmental ones.  The umbrella might not be acceptable in official League formats in the present time, but it's to ensure that nobody has an unfair advantage over anyone else in official League hosted battles.

If your opponent is fine with letting you use unique, weird items like Eternally Gold, the Necklace of Serenity, or Electruxo's Umbrella, you can go ahead and use them.  Like in Dagny's gym battle for example.  Or any battle with random trainers that don't mind bending the League rules.  OOC, you're only required to follow League battle rules in official League battles where they're enforced.  Ventus certainly used the NoS in his fair share of standard random trainer battles, no? (Vs Flareon comes to mind)

If you're not in a League hosted battle/tournament and/or your opponent is fine with bending the rules/you're in a battle where you're free to do anything to secure victory, go ham with wacky items!