[Game Thread] Pokerole: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

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Randolph vs Candice Round 3

Glalie's orders are still rather straightforward!

DAMAGE! (hopefully)

Blizzard 1
(6)(2)(3)(1)(1)(3)(4)(6)
(5)(6)(4)(1)(6)(4)(1) Stymph takes 4 damage! 4/9 HP -2 Pain
(4) Nope

Stymph flaps her wings, summoning a gust of wind!

Tailwind 1
(4)(4)(5)(1)
A Tailwind blows from behind Randolph's team! +2 Dex for all!  Stymph's now going first!

Something that she's promptly going to take advantage of!

Roost 2
Vitality is replaced with the base value of Defense or Health, whichever is higher.  So it's 4 in this case.
4 + 2 + 2 Nature (make sure to update your character sheet to reflect this change, along with any Will Points spent!) - 4 - 2 = 2 D6
(2)(3) Conditional Will Point spent to add a success!
(5)(5)(3)(1)(5) Stymph recovers 3 HP and loses her Flying type until her next action!  Spend another Will Point since that was a Basic Heal! 7/9 HP -1 Pain

More ice!  Glalie's just trying to do as much damage as possible right now!

Ice Beam 2
(5)(4)(4)(6)(5)(4) Oof, and she is doing so with a VENGEANCE.  The icy ray definitely knocks loose more than a few steel feathers!  Critical hit!
(6)(3)(3)(2)(4)(2)(1) Stymph still only takes 1 damage, as feathers were all it knocked loose. 6/9 HP -1 Pain
(4) Still nope

Stymph takes off again!  Time to retaliate!  She screeches as she divebombs her opposition, following the orders to the letter!

Drill Peck 3 (I'm assuming non-Lethal for now.  Correct me if not)
(6)(1)(5)(5)
(6)(6)(5)(3) Glalie takes 3 damage! 6/10 HP -1 Pain again

Glalie bites down on the bird as she flies past.

Crunch 3
(6)(1)(3)
Intimidate isn't in effect any more.
4 + 3 - 5* = 2 D6
(4)(1) Stymph takes 1 damage. 5/9 HP -1 Pain
(6) -1 Defense for Stymph! (Net +1)

The hail continues to fall.  Stymph takes 1 damage.  4/9 HP -1 Pain
Glalie's Ice Body restores 1 HP! 7/10 HP -1 Pain

Candice is watching that steel bird more carefully now that she knows it has Roost.

(Since Glalie has Ice Body, Drill Peck is Lethal, in order to prevent them from easily healing off the Damage [Ran would have noticed that, and taken measures against it]. If I had known it had that Ability earlier, I'd have changed my strategy completely. I don't LIKE having to use LD, but if I don't, then Candice has good chances to outstrip me and win with just her first Pokemon alone.)

Ran small grin sharply turns into a frown when he realized that Candice's Glalie was a healing from the Hail failing down, and so was forced to use....less than savory tactics in order to stigemy its effectiveness. Fair and disdainful of using such tactics he usually was, when something important was on the line, he was willing to stoop to very low levels in order to accomplish his objectives. He couldn't afford to lose to Miss Jackie Frost easily, so he couldn't afford to be easy on her in any way on her too.

"Took me a bit to figure out that strategy with that Glalie of yours, and I have to say that is a right nasty combination you had going with it. So I had and have to take pickaxe and break it apart. If the threat you're posing now is anything like what the Temple is packing, then I say my actions are warranted. Hope ya can forgive me later lass, but if not.....I understand."

(If I remember correctly, Lethal Damage is Okay in Gym Battles, so long as it does not end up killing the Pokemon later or your actively trying to murder them instead of just using it to help you win. Correct me if I misremembered this!)

He then grows even more severe as he barks out his next set of commands for his ironclad valkyrie!

"Stymph, Drill right into them, and don't spare any mercy doing so, then adjust your plans accordingly! You're an ace at combat, so I'll leave the tactics in your capable wings!"

Orders: Since I had the misfortune to discover that Glalie DID in fact have healing in the form of Ice Body too late to account for it, I'm prioritizing making sure it can't use it as effectively anymore. Starting with Drill Peck, then Roost, the finishing with Steel Wing. If they try to Evade Drill Peck, they switch to using Roost at the last minute, then go for Drill Peck in their next Action. Hopefully Stymph will end up finishing them off, or at least heavily denting them enough that the next Pokemon can clean them up.

Moves:

Drill Peck
Accuracy: 11D6 Dice - 2 Actions - 2 Pain = 7D6 Dice
Damage: 4D6 
Effect: Lethal Damage (Being Used); If a Crit hit would Kill them, make the Move Non-Lethal if possible, or Hold It Back if not (1/2s Damage)

Roost
Accuracy: 9D6 - 4 Actions - 2/3 = 3/2D6 Dice
Effect: Known

Steel Wing
Accuracy: 11D6 - 6 - 1 = 4D6 Base Dice
Damage and Effect: Known