[Meta Thread] Pokerole Mystery Dungeon: Primal Shadows

[Lord Windos]

I'm gonna hold off on responding with Marcus and Karen for the moment.  If what Karen and Marcus have said already isn't enough to say/imply what they think Pyra meant and the gravity of such implications, there's larger problems here that need to be addressed by the party as well, not just by the NPCs.

Fair enough, mate. Communication is key in any TTRPG, and if it's not clear or working well then it needs to be addressed and fixed ASAP.

Personally I didn't think that hitting the Conk with a Strike would actually do Lethal Damage, just give him that one extra bit of hurting to properly Faint him, so naturally that 'understanding' transfered over to Pyra. Didn't know WHY Marcus and Karen were so shocked over Pyra's insistence on fully KOing Conk, so I just assumed they were just against her being extra mean / vindictive / carrying out her own brand of justice . It is only after you explicitly pointed out that Pyra Striking Conk would deal Lethal Damage and brought up the matter communication that I started to get what was the big deal you were trying to convey with that scene.

However, Pyra wouldn't so easily come to the same realization as me, as she just doesn't have the same common sense and set of values/perspectives/morality most civilized Pokemon have due to her status as both a demon and probably some form of psychopathy/sociopathy (whichever of the two) to go 'Oh, so that is what they meant, and I should now be horrified/upset over my actions' .  That, and she's been a mood for awhile over her place in the team and her continued friction with them, which combined with this most recent incident of them 'denying' her what she believe is simple but not TOO extreme justice and Marcus getting threatening/sanctimonious about it.....yeah it turned into a huge mess. 

The fact this whole situation in retrospect was born partially out of continued misunderstanding on EVERYONE's part is just.....wow. Yikes, I did not expect things to get this complicated...