[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

 

Spoiler

That Sudowoodo must have been very concentrated on their 'Me is not a Pokemon, me is a tree~!'- shenanigans, maybe they have already developed roots. Either way, they are blocking the path, so it's THEIR fault that they get fainted now! It's nothing personal, Shiva just wishes to get the job done properly. "Alright, Gloom, this will likely be a quick battle, nothing too challenging. Please show me and your opponent a graceful dance enveloped in raging petals!"

She hasn't yet seen that Diggersby in Terra's care, so now she stares at the glittering sparkles it leaves behind. "Whoahw, Terra, where did you got that shiny rabbit from? :o "

Seeing Shiva's having so much gusto for the fight against the piece of petrified wood brings a slight smile to his face, followed by a small nod. From what he's heard/read about her, that sort of confidence was not always present within the fae woman or squireled away deep within her, so it being there and put on center stage was always a good thing in his opinion!

Her comment on his lucky lagomorph's origins gets her a quick response, his attention unwavering from the battle: "Caught them in the Safari Zone. Tried to bury me alive, but didn't work. We are good friends now."  That it, really!

Spoiler

I've used Outrage a few times. Rampage works out just fine with my rules.




Sudowoodo Round 1

(...)

Hammer Arm 11
(6)(6)(3)(6)(5)(2) (5) Critical hit. Diggersby is following orders and not holding back at all! He's in his element down here.
(3)(4)(6)(1)(4) Sudowoodo takes 4 dmg 3/10hp -2 pain

Stone roots pop out of the ground like cypress knees, knocking Gloom off his stubby feet.

Stone Edge 1
(3)(1)(6)(3)(2)(4)
(1)(5)(2)(5)(5)(6) Gloom takes 4 lethal damage 4/8hp -2 pain

But he just continues his rampage from his sitting posture, spinning on his head.

(...)

Hammer Arm 2
(5)(1)(4)(4)(3)
Sudowoodo faints! Its supple body doubles over where the Hammer Arm landed. The miners stuff the giant treelike Pokemon in a cart and shuffle it off.

"Sometimes we sell these Pokemon, or put them to work after some training. Other times we just release them into the wild, like we're going to do with this one. He's tough enough to take care of himself, I think."

The fight was worth 12XP total.


You move onward. A channel in the ground carries water which washes away effluvium and lets the miners pan for evolutionary glass. You can see a little sparkling in the water.

"We get all kinds of evolutionary glass here, even though Sunstones are the most common. The occasional piece of Meteoric Superconductor, too. But here's the problem: something's been blocking the stream, causing floods. It's down through this tunnel right here, but it growls and stomps and produces a horrendous stench. Will you go take care of it, please? We'll, uh, we'll wait out here."
The men all retreat to the buggy.

Spoiler

In the heat of the battle, a high-pitched screech pierces through the scenery, it's Shiva's startled voice. "Gloom, NOOOO! Σ(°△°|||) " She's half-way to rush forward to her poisonous(!) Grass Type as the pointy stones stab him from below, but she ceases immediately as she realizes that Gloom bravely continues to fight against this not-a-tree-Pokemon. She changes her attitude right away: "That's the right way, dear one, please keep going! You're doing well, concentrate, your foe's almost down!! Come on, you can do it!!!~"

Yessss, and Shiva celebrates as that suprisingly bulky Sudowoodo is defeated and carried away, but she's very thrown off-track over the insight that they'll release this 'Mon again: Well, actually that's very noble and kind, but in this situation she thinks it might be better to capture this Sudowoodo and either train it to help mining or trade it to someone who will care for it, as otherwise it will block the road over and over again in a never-ending circle. Oh, not that Shiva dares to even speak a bit about these thoughts of her out, no way. >o<;

She rushes over to Gloom and carefully picks him up, in this moment all of her worries about being close to a Poison Type are thrown away. "It's okay, it's okay, it's over, dear one... Now, let me see those wounds you suffered - ayyeee." She shakes her head and holds Gloom very close to her beating and sensitive heart. "Shhh, calm down, don't panic - It's all fine. Look, you've got that Angelic Feather; yes, hold it very close to you. Delphox, come, please cast a melodic chant of luck for Gloom." Shiva will humm in sync with her magical fox for a bit.

"Look, there's dust of Sunstones everywhere - concentrate, concentrate, can you feel it? It's there, yes, you just cannot see it with your visible eye. Soak it up, suck it, any sparkling of evolutionary glass and any life force around into you with Giga Drain. Imagine vividly before your inner eye how this sooths the pain, how this empowers and reenergizes you - take deep breaths, yes, exactly like this..."


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Mechanics:
Okay, is this enough to trigger a Stability Check that uses Insight instead of Dext? We agreed that if doing a different thing than the standard first aid/something 'unusual', this is reasoned. Shiva's mostly doing psychic suggestion in combination with a calming Lucky Chant to encourage Gloom to use the surroundings in combination with Giga Drain, which naturally saps vigor, to ease the pain.

(So split between our charas and Pokemon, that's 3XP for Shiva/Terra, and 6XP each for S.Diggersby and Gloom!)

The mountain of a man's spirits were high when the combined assault from his burrowing bunny and Shiva's smelly plant nearly Fainted Sudowoodo right then and there, but his expression immediately harden into diamond toughness when it managed to retaliate with a viscous Stone Edge, prompting him to growl out in distinct displeasure at them.

"You will regret that, Sudowoodo. Diggersby, pound them flat."

Low and behold, his partner followed throw with the command with a surly indignation of his own, as he too didn't like his co-worker getting so badly maimed for just trying to make them git. Sure, he could sympathize with the faux plant's desire to defend their turf, but they've gone too far and done *#$!%& up now!

Later, Terra made sure to give S.Diggersby a pat on the head for a job well done, as he liked the performance they put on! Simple as that!

The miner telling them that Sudowoodo was just going to be released as it was being carted away earned the man a stern frown and comment from the sagely monk, as unlike the mystical lass he didn't have nearly as much reservation/social grace to keep his opinions to himself.

"Bad idea. Sudowoodo are territorial, so it may come back later and cause problems. Better to catch and sale or trade it."

He stares downs the work(ers) with arms crossed, firmly conveying his thoughts on the matter. Whether or not they listen is up to them, but he hopes they do!

Afterwards, he immediately goes over to his whimsical friend's side and gently places a hand on her shoulder to get her attention, looking at her with attentive concern as he pulled out a Hyper Potion and Sitrus Berry and motioned with them at Gloom.

"Gloom okay, Shiva? Injuries look bad, but have medicine to treat them, if you want. They will be okay, so do not worry....."

(...)

Concerning the odious blockage that was impeding the miners , Terra looked down to his colorful critter at his side with a faint inquisitiveness as he gestured in the direction the obstacle was in.

"Diggersby, can you tell if.......thing damming stream Pokemon or not? Can you track and Dig underneath it?"

Orders: Offer Medical Supplies for Gloom's recovery if they are needed/wanted, and have S.Diggersby do his own detective work, followed by them tracking down whatever is causing the miners problems and Digging it right out from under it! Onwards we go, troubleshooting is our goal!