[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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Led by Cosh, you very quickly find the eroded area, and follow it to an area where broad castle towers and delicate swirling minarets poke through the bedrock at random. Some of these are decorated with stairways or climbable decorations, but very few contain any form of entranceway.

"The lower levels won't be accessible from these towers, but be very very careful! We are in the heart of the King's domain now, essentially. Do NOT lose the Sword and Shield! Everything is well-defended, and some of the King's Pokemon could be long lived enough to still be around. He had Golett and Golurk, primitive ancestors of Voltorb, and lots of alert species who have probably bred up quite a community."

"That's not all. The Scavenger Society who lived briefly after the King, like we saw in the Slowpoke Well, may have adapted many of Sarimanok's traps and technologies. Could be hidden away inside ordinary objects.They may also have hidden some useful scavenged objects, though!"

"Unfortunately, most of these few entrances are blocked with the indestructible rubble of Sarimanok's secret construction techniques. Fortunately, we Scimitars came prepared with a legendary Strength spell, so any one of us can let you in to any turret that seems worth exploring."


Here's what you spot along the way. You're feeling the influence of the Eye more than ever, and only carefully avoiding eye contact stops you from assaulting every 'mon you see (you don't have to take an Encounter right now). A lot of them are shy little mons, here, rather than the giant ones you've been seeing.

Minarets Encounters 1


5. Name: Escavalier*
Cap: 1
Challenge: easy enough
Bid: 2

Terra listens to all his arcane master of a partner's warnings with calm seriousness, nodding along with crossed arms and Oinari resting ontop of them, while Angie hovered around curiously/protectively over/around Nathan and his Dratini, occassionally glancing over at her papa to make sure he's alright. If Cosh was concerned enough about the danger up ahead to start giving out major warnings for the group at large, then it was of paramount importance that he'd listen closely and carefully. After all, one wrong move or miscalculation at this point could cost him or his friends their lives, or WORSE....

On the journey deeper down, the sagely monk endeavors more than ever to resisting the influence of The Eye, as after his vigorous and bracing run in with Giant Tentacruel he absolutely did NOT want to lose himself to battle frenzy again. He shouldn't has lost control of himself in the first place, for that matter, and the fact that he did and nearly ended up getting himself and his Pokemon kill brings him no small amount of shame or disgrace. For now on, though, he'll do better, and never again succumb to such a lust for challenge and combat! Never!

When they finally reached the Minerats , it didn't take long for the steely brawler to pick out what looked like an armored knightly Bug of some sort lurking around the place, and after making sure everyone was a-okay he sent off to carefully assess them further, and see if they'd make for a good new addition to his line up. Before he did that, though, he'd request Cosh to tag along with him as added protection and a failsafe, just in case something goes awry like in his last fight. Time for a good old classic knightly duel (perhaps) !