[Game Thread] Lord Windos’ PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Iron]

-1000$
Vernon will enter Pwee into the Spectacle category (unless Power is better). The plan is for the enormous Pokemon to do the biggest possible cannonball into the pool, using Surf (is that a rare move in this campaign?) to enhance the splash, and catch as much of the descending water as possible in the colossal lilypad (Rain Dish). 

He'll Stockpile a big dense meal ahead of the games to be as dense as possible. Maybe the re-emergence could be an Astonish.

Vernon is just as interested in scouting out how other trainers handle their own huge or rideable Pokemon. Perhaps there's racing in different categories he can observe while awaiting his turn.

Spectacle would be the best category for that kind of complex stunt, yes. Power would be more along the lines of the Power/Move/Feat itself being the highlight, rather than using it as one part of a series for a intended effect. Sorta the different between Swordplay as ART (Cutting something into shape to present or in an elaborate dance to WOW) vs Swordplay as MASTERY (Like pulling off a CUT-tier Move to show how unfathomably POWERFUL you are). Perhaps the difference between the two categories are not granular enough, but that's how the Pokeathon sees it and therefore how it goes.

Anyway, let's see how Pwee's Debut in the Pokeathon will go! The judges on hand watch carefully as you prep your gigantic lily duck (and bribe them to go along with it, of course) for a -

BIG SPLASH SPECTACLE!

For Stockpiling, I'll say that you have the time to pull it off to THE MAX for the 'Splash' Portion - + 3 Dice to that Performance Roll ! 

First, the Cannon Ball - This will be treated as a Simple Strike for terms of 'Move' Calcs

DEX (2) + Fight (3) + Brawl (1) - 2 Actions = 4D6 Dice + (1 Perform + 3 Dice = 4D6 Performance Roll)
(1)(6)(6)(6) 3 Successes!
(4)(2)(3)(6) + 2 Appeal!

Pwee *SLAMS* into the water with enough force to cause it to crater, before the water surges up around him in a big, BEAUTIFUL jet the gets some nods from the committe and 'ooh's from random spectators!

Now for the SUR(F)GE Up! Regular Surf isn't too uncommon, but coming from a Untrained Mon like your (admittidly robust) Overgrown Lotad would be a bit of a surprise. Combine that with the great Cannon Ball and I can see it being a particularly effective follow up: + 2 Dice to that Performance Roll!

Surf's Up!
SPE (1) + Fight (3) + Channel (1 [They're IN the Zone!]) - 4 Actions = 1D6 Dice + (1 + 2 = 3D6 Performance Roll)
(4) 1 Success!
(6)(2)(2) + 1 Appeal!

Your green ducky's re-emergence was not exactly the most elegant or well controled, but it sure did make for great Spectacle. The Cannon Ball made what would already be a decent splash into a stunning geyser of Water that perfectly collected in his Rain Dish, from which he with unusual casualness drank from and stared at the judges, as it to say 'Yeah, I did that.' 

Such bravado proved quite endearingly effective: Double Total Appeal Earned, then at + 1 Appeal!

End Result:
2 - Part Performance: + 1 Appeal
All Moves Worked: No Penalties
Simple but Good Plan: + 1 Appeal
Move Technical Aspects: 1 + 3 / 2 = + 2 Appeal
Raw Appeal: [(2 + 1 ) X 2 ] + 1 = + 7 Appeal
Total: 11 Appeal Points!

You JUST received enough points to Enter into the Bronze Spectacle Category as a fresh-faced darkhorse! For that alone you get refunded $250 Poke back as compensation for entering - if you do well in there you could stand to earn more !

As for scoping out the competition/any BIG Mons...

*Rolls* + 1 
*Rolls* 3 Successes

Not a lot catches your eye in the Assessment Area - as the real showstoppers were usually already screened and entered ahead of time or given private testing to maximize their show stopping potential/hide their secrets - but you do manages to see two Trainers that catch your eyes: One that was Riding and Performing with a Lapras in a 'Surf and Ice Skating Combo' of sorts, and another that was trying to cheer up their Wailmer, who looked very disappointed at their failure of a Water Spout in impressive the judges (Tough crowd, seesh) with its POWER.

You figure you have enough time to chat with one later before the first Rounds of the P-Thon begins: will you speak with a would-be competitor in Spectacle or the drop-out with the Wailmer?

haha I love that Pwee is a glutton even for water. Cool mechanics for this, too.


Lapras is a tryhard mon. Vernon will approach the Wailmer's owner and ask what tricks it knows and where it was obtained.