[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

And... *faintly sobs*... Insight is my favorite Skill... I still enjoy to max this Stat out. It may be not that important in practical battle, but as Windos said, it prevents big trouble with Sleep, Confusion and Infatuation... Insight has been rolled few times already out of battle to determine things like where is this or that person, what's wrong with this Pokemon here (namely Azurill and that oversized Poliwhirl). But most important, it adds so much to the Roleplaying-Parts, the interactions between character-character and character-Pokemon - just as important as the battles! >:V At least...to me...

High default Insight led me successfully acquire so far 5 of the in total 9 Pokemon Shiva owns (not counting black-spotted egg), which is quite neat, given how important happy Pokemon are to her. At an Insight of 4, she will likely be able to understand more clearly what a familiar (not every!) Pokemon is trying to tell her, be more secure in reading other people's strong emotions, and clearly distinguish between Ventus' real honest smiles and those that hide a different feeling. C: At Insight of 5, I don't know yet... Semi-Medium? She has so many Psyhic-Types, after all.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Whoops, another thing before I jump into Game Thread! Concerns Lucky Chant. Just as @Iron suggested, if we as a party of four do EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to stick together in an area where Ghost-Types knowing Curse could be present, the Lucky Chant from Fennekin would affect all of us. No real need to teach it to Kirlia - more XP for other good moves, Dragon!~ - nor spend Encounters of mine tutoring it to Raphael when I could instead collect battle experience and XP in these Encounters - as for tutoring Nasty Plot, Windos, this is stil on the table, no worries!~ As for Shiva, this way she would be vital  in these areas despite not being such a strong battler (yet?) compared to the others, which would benefit her self-confidence and she's also be to keep Lucky Chant as exclusive move in the party.

This way, we all would be happy, I guess.^^

[Dragonstrike]

Again, I'm aware that Lucky Chant affects everyone.  The issue is that we aren't always going to be sticking together, be it due to choice or circumstance.  And on top of that, in official League battles, that's not even an option since you're not allowed to buff your pokemon beforehand.

Also once again, it's still not a priority for now, but those four 1s Windos rolled last night in his campaign certainly smart...ugh...told ya my luck was terrible whenever it's bad...

As far as Insight and Contest and stuff in my campaign is going to work, I'll say that having higher values in those types of skills is going to be useful.  Society interaction is going to be an important part of the campaign, so those social skills are going to be good to invest in, and a higher Insight will help too.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

None said I'd buff my Pokemon beforehand... It'll be like "Oh hell! I fear these Ghost Types are capable of knowing Curse... and they're attacking us!" Shiva: *stays chill and orders Fennekin to use Lucky Chant in the first Round like a boss*

You can't run away from everything and prevent everything, either.

Don't mix up Iron's and Windos' campaign too much. I'd rather handle my own campaign or join one that SOLELY consists of Pokemon raising and Contest participating than including it as major features in a campaign where Gym Battles are a thing, but what you're saying surely sounds good!

[Iron]

Pretty awesome that Dies Irae inspired us all to work on campaigns. It will change the face of the forums.

[Dragonstrike]

Indeed. It's a good change, that's for sure, though I'd definitely like to see more than just us few playing them eventually.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

It indeed is! ^^

That reminds me... I still wanted to look into Pathfinder...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh my, and adorable Helioptile! It likely has Dry Skin as ability. There's steady sunny weather on the cruise and I have Fire STAB on hand... Guess there are still chances that I turn this battle to my victory.

[Dragonstrike]

It could also have Solar Power as well...just a thought, though.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

What a coincidence, @Nylon. You hava Ghastly that you want to evolve into a Gengar, I have a an Abra that I want to evolve into an Alakazam. Maybe at some point we two can conduct a trade and immediately trade back, I'd be down with that. ^^

'Dream Stone'?