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

[Spiritmon]

And when Phantom battles, a little spar between man vs dragon. Lets see if Heart can handle Axew might....

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Missed out to reply on this right away:

Concerning the revelation of Delta Houndour, there are actually two ways to go.

1. Reveal the dog as soon as even possible, and widen the crack of trust in Shiva towards Nathan. Panic Attack and relying even more on Ventus' support and over-the-counter meds to not fall into a constant state of anxiety might be the result, and this time she might not succeed in nevertheless interacting normally with Nathan for a while, although she'll hate that. But the fear of approaching him is bigger. This way though, no secrets that affect more than one character are kept longer than necessary.

2. Keep Orthros hidden from her as long as even possible, awaiting until she seemingly feels better and confident again to trust Nathan completely. Prevents a strong reaction like in the first option, but the aftermaths could be more serious in she'll certainy need Ven's help and meds, because her freshly rebuild confidence in Nathan as well as self-confidence got slapped again. Rebuilding that broken trust might take shorter than on the first option though.

Both options have their pro and con, neither is better than the other. Certainly Shiva will explain why she reacts the way she does to the dream demon, and dear Kyuu's (Espurr) apparant origin will be revealed as well to the group. As for Mesprit, there is in my view no need to tell the others about is unless the plot strongly calls for it. 'Inferior because she is the only one that hasn't met a Legend'... :C I'll solve this by having Shiva find Legendaries overrated and being way more fond of Mythical Pokemon.

[Dragonstrike]

Missed out to reply on this right away:

Concerning the revelation of Delta Houndour, there are actually two ways to go.

1. Reveal the dog as soon as even possible, and widen the crack of trust in Shiva towards Nathan. Panic Attack and relying even more on Ventus' support and over-the-counter meds to not fall into a constant state of anxiety might be the result, and this time she might not succeed in nevertheless interacting normally with Nathan for a while, although she'll hate that. But the fear of approaching him is bigger. This way though, no secrets that affect more than one character are kept longer than necessary.

2. Keep Orthros hidden from her as long as even possible, awaiting until she seemingly feels better and confident again to trust Nathan completely. Prevents a strong reaction like in the first option, but the aftermaths could be more serious in she'll certainy need Ven's help and meds, because her freshly rebuild confidence in Nathan as well as self-confidence got slapped again. Rebuilding that broken trust might take shorter than on the first option though.

Both options have their pro and con, neither is better than the other. Certainly Shiva will explain why she reacts the way she does to the dream demon, and dear Kyuu's (Espurr) apparant origin will be revealed as well to the group. As for Mesprit, there is in my view no need to tell the others about is unless the plot strongly calls for it. 'Inferior because she is the only one that hasn't met a Legend'... :C I'll solve this by having Shiva find Legendaries overrated and being way more fond of Mythical Pokemon.

Aye yai yai...knowing that there's not really any way to soften the blow isn't making this any easier...unless you have any ideas for how that might be done?  Part of the reason Nathan's not showing everyone now is because he's trying to show that Delta Houndour are just like any other pokemon, after all...maybe if Nathan explains why he didn't think it would be that big a problem?  That the only reason he didn't say anything sooner is because of 1. his own concerns (but those might have already been stated by now) and 2. Ventus's insistence that he keep it quiet for a little longer?  I don't know, just trying to throw out a few ideas here...

One flaw with that logic is that Genesect is mythical, not legendary, so...yeah...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Hmm, then I'll edit that to 'being more fond of certain = not all Mythical Monsters', what coincidently excludes Genesect.

*shrugs* That's the way it is, the thought that she lured danger onto herself (what if she never woke up?) due to curiosity and fascination over a mysterious creature lays deep. For now I'm not sure about any ideas how to lighten the blow somewhat, inevitable there will be effects of some sort, but having Nathan explain why he didn't think it'd be a big problem as well as clearly showing that he disciplinates the dog would help, especially when choosing Option#1. In her view though, Delta Houndour is a dream demon and should stay in that dream world = not dragged into the overworld, what somewhat collides with Nathan's jo

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I also cannot estimate Kyuu's reaction towards the dog, since it's GM's discretion. If he instead of being scared and repulsive towards the Houndour but, dunno, eager to fight (not a Pokemon Battle, but figuratively) to protect himself and Master who saved him from the dogs in the first place, it'd surely help to feel better and get to some degree used to Orthros faster.

[Dragonstrike]

I also cannot estimate Kyuu's reaction towards the dog, since it's GM's discretion. If he instead of being scared and repulsive towards the Houndour but, dunno, eager to fight (not a Pokemon Battle, but figuratively) to protect himself and Master who saved him from the dogs in the first place, it'd surely help to feel better and get to some degree used to Orthros faster.

Well, having more than just Scratch to defend himself and Shiva with would certainly help with that, I'm sure.  Plus, there'd only be one dog as opposed to two, so that could also help in that regard.

[Iron]

Playing some D&D today. Be back this evening.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Aww, face-to-face campaign. As a player or as the GM? Whatever it may be, have fun!~ I'll be waiting until then for the start of Gym Battle.

[Lord Windos]

As am I, since I want to see what strategy Shiva (and by extension, yours) is in regards to dealing with Zamboni. Ven was brute force + debuff city, Nathan was Buff + Type Advantage usage, but what will her strat be....?

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

As am I, since I want to see what strategy Shiva (and by extension, yours) is in regards to dealing with Zamboni. Ven was brute force + debuff city, Nathan was Buff + Type Advantage usage, but what will her strat be....?

Something fairly different that you people did, certainly.