[Meta Thread] Dragonstrike's Pokerole Test Game: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Dragonstrike]

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Well, you were right, those Gyarados and the Surprise(s)! they have ARE intriguing. It's raw Attributes are pretty low surprisingly for a Lv 70, but it's bulk and wealth of Moves/Specialties does balance that out. Particularly interesting thing about it is the Damage Reroll Mechanic it has, as that reminds me of the use of Luck as a stat in my campaign, only more specific but arguably more useful. Having access to Screech and Aqua Jet is also quite nice, but Ran's Gyarados (Which will be Male, btw, as I find the idea of a male dragon serpent getting totally emasculated by a bunch of little girls supremely funny!) being Happy with him, even only slightly, is perhaps the biggest surprise/Surprise! . If I had to guess, it's 'cause he forced the darkness out of them with Espeon's help?

Not entirely sold on the idea of still using them, though. They're certainly uniquely powerful in the best ways, but that doesn't change the fact that they're basically Sekmet but worse in terms of potential havoc they can wreck. That, and at 5 Disobedience it'll automatically try to ditch/rebel at Ran every step of the way until he gets its 8 total Loyalty/Happiness or finds a way to bargin with the easily angered and highly destructive carp dragon. If he ever ends up using it, it'll probably be in a situation of extremely dire need, as you don't unleash Godzilla unless everything is totally *&^% .

Also, just to confirm, those Gyarados were what I think they were, right? Don't want to really spoil things if neither Spirit or Phantom don't know, so you don't have to directly confirm it.

Going to post more tomorrow, mate. Getting tired now, and I want to savor that victory a little longer before it's time to move on.

You'd be surprised how high you can push a pokemon's levels just by teaching it level up moves.  A good chunk of the levels on Lucas's pokemon actually come from the sheer variety of moves they know.  It's kinda ridiculous.

Yup, that single point in happiness is due to freeing them from that darkness!  They may be a type of pokemon known for being rebellious and difficult to control, but they damn well know they were pretty f@#$% if you guys hadn't come along.  So...it's something, I guess?  *shrug*

I dunno.  What do you think they were?  (I'll clear out my PM box a little bit if ya want to double check your guesses/hypotheses that way.  Seems like I'm gonna need it fairly soon anyways...)

Edit: I have some space in my inbox again. I need to clean that damn thing out properly tomorrow, tbh.