[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Dragonstrike]

"Yes, Keenglaive are all male as far as I know. The rare item that unlocks their evolutionary potential has no effect at all on female Pawniard. Black Keenglaive has Wonder Guard and very poor defenses. I had to train the hell out of mine to get him as tough as he is. The White variety is faster (Autotomize) while the Black variety is trickier (Parting Shot). He's cloaked in darkness, while I hear the White variety is cloaked in blazing glorious fire. Mine had the potential to learn Moonlight, Psycho Cut, Headbutt, and came to me with Hypnosis."

Nathan's definitely taking notes on this as well.  And he doesn't mind sharing some information in return, either.

"Yeah, the White variety has a cape that's made of fire.  Gotta be careful around it since the temperature and intensity of it can't be adjusted like a Rapidash's mane, though, particularly since it's hot enough to enable dangerous Overheat attacks.  White Keenglaive are also just as frail as the Black variety, but their Fire/Steel typing gives them fewer weaknesses.  On top of that, they can also use Magnet Rise to eliminate one of their only two weaknesses entirely, meaning their Wonder Guard is incredibly difficult to get past since they're naturally immune to almost all forms of chip damage.  Thankfully, they don't carry the same hypnotic powers that the Black variety does.  They still command a lot of respect among all Steel and Fire types, but they're much less ruthless and a lot calmer.  'Course, they'll still drag ya down with them with Destiny Bond if ya happen to somehow get an advantage anyways despite all their defensive advantages.  Funny thing is, despite being able to use Autotomize, White Keenglaive actually make a lot of slow, carefully thought out movements, partially because their legs are a little stubbier than a Bisharp's.  That's about the extent of what I know about White Keenglaive from my brief time around one.  Predictably, there are probably also other Fire attacks a White Keenglaive could utilize since the Pawniard line isn't naturally Fire type.  Could maybe use Fire Punch or Sunny Day, I imagine.  The fires definitely seem intense enough for those.  Headbutting capabilities are probably unchanged as well."

So the current offer on Zorua is 12k + Rock Smash access. After being buttered up with gifts he'll take that deal. He actually seems pretty excited and includes 3 flareglass shards into the mix for each of you. "I've been putting a small amount of evolutionary powder into their food. You can give them opposing elements for them to resist, or aligned elements for them to absorb energy."

Nathan's kinda excited too, and doesn't have any major issues with forking over his quarter of the deal even though it's most of the cash he has on hand at the moment.  Zorua are an incredibly rare species, after all.  And this one's certainly very skilled, too.  "So just grind up one piece of Flareglass and sprinkle it in the food?  Hmmm...alright, I can give that a try.  Out of curiosity, when the time is appropriate, how would you recommend evolving them later?"

Nathan wouldn't want to get in trouble if he had to evolve a Zorua the 'traditional' way, after all.

I also kinda wonder if the Zorua might end up liking Calam to some degree since he knows more than a thing or two about stealth and deception...except he utilizes those skills for Justified purposes primarily, so that may affect how that might go, too...well, that, and he's also a Fairy type now...hmmm...

Oh yeah, and any pokemon of Howl's in particular that he wants ROCK SMASH to be taught to that I might want to take note of?