[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

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Spoiler

D-M-Charizard-X Round 1

Flash 1
(1)(2)(4)(1)(5)(4) (1)(3)(4)(5)
Charizard bellows and reacts violently, quite the opposite of Flash's effect in Shiva's encounter.
-4 accuracy which will fade to -3 shortly

Scary Face 1
(4)(5)(2)(1)(6)(3)(4)
-2 Dex (although it doesn't make any sense that Charizard would be able to see the Scary Face, maybe there is some roaring too)

A change comes over Kelda. Her face becomes suddenly sunken and drawn, and a sandy wind swirls around her. The ancient ground splits at small areas, revealing protruding bone shards, legs and arms snapped in half into sharp points. They thrust forward and pass through the strange Charizard at his head and tail.

Bone Blades 1 & 2
(6)(3)(1)(6)(2)(4) (3)
(6)(3)(5)(6)(5)(5) Critical
(2)
(5)(3)(2)
Kelda is sad to see it doesn't deal super effective damage, but she's demonstrated her stuff by using a Ground "spell" on Mega Charizard.
Foe Charizard takes 1 dmg

Her face goes back to normal, squinting a bit and with a determined expression.

Unblind 1 Charizard rages and wreathes his eyes in dark fire to assuage the bright assault.

Night Slash 2
(3)(4)(2)(6)(6)(2) (2)(3)(1)(4) Critical
(2)(6)(6)(2)(5) Foe Charizard takes 2 dmg, revealing he is part Dark type. 7/10hp -1 pain

Rock Smash 2 - very foresighted orders.
(3)(3)(4)(4)(5)(5) (3)(4)(6) Critski
(6)(5)(5)(1)(2)(5) Foe Charizard takes 5 dmg 2/10hp -2 pain
CD: (2)(2)(4)(1)(1)

Night Slash 2 on your Charizard. Squinting whenever that real fire crosses his field of vision.
(6)(3)(6)(4) - 3 successes
Evade 3: (4)(2)(2)(4)(2)(2) Only 2 successes.
6 Str + 3 power +1 stab +1 from the Ruins -4 vit = 7d6
(4)(4)(4)(3)(6)(6) (3) Nathan's Charizard takes 5 lethal damage and crashes from the sky, his tail reducing some ruins to rubble, his fire flickering on and off.


Calam cries vengeance!
Rock Smash 3
(6)(4)(3)(4)(1)(4) (5)(5)(3) Critical
(1)(5)(2)(4) The Charizard projection faints, crumbling to ash but leaving very real damage. Like Gengar, the refuse of the Pokemon doesn't look like it was very healthy for the environment.

The rock puzzle also splits down the middle of each tile. Within each one is a small nugget of gold, crudely shaped to resemble a sunlike symbol, a web connecting each tile to the others internally. The melt value of the gold is $8000.

Nathan's side of the encounter is worth 12XP.

Charizard's bellowing cry of pain from taking so much Lethal damage from one attack is only accentuated by the humiliation of failing to dodge that move.  And after he did so well dodging all those Sideways Whips in the Almanac Labs, too...

And Nathan was prepared for a moment like this!  He immediately rushes to Charizard's side to stabilize and treat those wounds effectively and quickly!  "...hold still for a moment, buddy...you're doing good, alright?  You're doing just fine..."  Nathan's confidence in Charizard's skill and how he'll pull through this mishap shines through, a far cry from how the dragon's original trainer acted.  If there's anything Nathan wants to reinforce with Charizard, it's that he'll always be there for him, no matter what, and that Charizard isn't disappointing Nathan at all.

If that Night Slash had crit, that could have potentially killed Charizard outright...fortunately, the Lucky Chant outright prevented that possibility entirely, but...phew...that was close...

Stabilize Check:
6 + 5 + 0 - 3 = 8 D6

One Hyper Potion is also used on Charizard to help patch up those wounds lickety split!

(1)(3)(4)(1)(3)(4)(5)(6)

If anything, this encounter increased Charizard's desire to mega-evolve someday. Maybe not into that thing, though.