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

[Dragonstrike]

Hey, don't mistake my comment as total apathy towards his story/world building! I enjoy all the effort he's put into the campaign and the little details, especially when it comes to how he handles Pokémon, Cheshire's culture around them, and what he does with each location in the world he builds. I loved the what he did with Corsage, the intrigue he's building with the Scimitars and Almanac, the Running event in its entirety, and The Pokémon Shelter and Technophile Café in Stair! The thing is, however, I prefer to experience the story as it goes along and investigate details that are directly relevant to our characters/our character's quest through it, rather than ask questions about details that Ventus can either infer for himself or wouldn't care much about at all. I enjoy the work that Iron has put in this campaign, I truly do, for if I didn't I wouldn't have stuck around and continued playing. I just have different ways of enjoying it than you do, and have different priorities while playing it.

I know, I know...but it's REALLY frustrating to not be able to reliably fill one of my character's main niches :/

All this time spent building up Nathan's academic/historic side, and it's amounted to...very little.

And trust me, you'll want to hear about Bo from Nathan.  *sigh*...maybe when we inevitably meet him for the first time...

[Lord Windos]

I know, I know...but it's REALLY frustrating to not be able to reliably fill one of my character's main niches :/

All this time spent building up Nathan's academic/historic side, and it's amounted to...very little.

And trust me, you'll want to hear about Bo from Nathan.  *sigh*...maybe when we inevitably meet him for the first time...

Well, with the way Ventus is right now he's not going to start asking about the legends or Cheshire or its history from him, and Shiva distinctly doesn't give a darn about the topic so far as its not connect to the mystical/supernatural/relevant interests, but you could always have them explain stuff to Heart, since he seems especially eager to learn more about the region and is slowly warming up to your character's.....abrasiveness. You could also just have him start explaining stuff as he sees them, as Ventus will definitely comment and start asking question if he brings the topic/history up.

[Lord Windos]

Going offline for the night, as my father has arrived and I want to spend the rest of the night with him. See you tomorrow!

[Dragonstrike]

Well, with the way Ventus is right now he's not going to start asking about the legends or Cheshire or its history from him, and Shiva distinctly doesn't give a darn about the topic so far as its not connect to the mystical/supernatural/relevant interests, but you could always have them explain stuff to Heart, since he seems especially eager to learn more about the region and is slowly warming up to your character's.....abrasiveness. You could also just have him start explaining stuff as he sees them, as Ventus will definitely comment and start asking question if he brings the topic/history up.

Nathan's not likely to talk at length about most of those topics if he's not asked or if he doesn't think the person he's talking to would be interested in hearing it.  He talked about the Yarn Destiny Knot because he thought Shiva might be even a little bit interested in hearing a tiny bit about why they're so different, and yet she almost completely ignored that.

He wants to feel useful, I want him to seem useful to the whole group in something other than being a battler...that's the frustrating part.  The only talkative Creshirean in the group, and nobody's using that resource...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Well, someone isn't interested in learning about this world Iron's made... :/

That's a pretty rude thing to assume and might justify a negative rep from me if it repeats itself...
Eh, I agree with Windos here on his saying of different ways to enjoy it (the campaign/world) and different priorities. If an NPC that is especially mentioned will be met by us, there is still a chance to learn about this person then instead of asking questions now. If it won't, well, then it might have not been that important anyway... I'm outta-chara more interested in other aspects of the region than in its celebrities (but I'm a fan of Ken Sugimori), why do you think I had Shiva ask Professor Mallorn for some sort of Guidebook? C:

I said several times that Shiva is someone who would rather investigate on her own first if eager and possible, then ask others, and doesn't really care about history. Plus, just because she didn't comment on what Nathan had to say about Monkey Fist Destiny Knot doesn't mean it's 'ignored', I just don't want to type up a reaction to every detail sometimes. (It's not 'wasted info')

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Oh right, and while you people have already wrapped up both of your Encounter Slots, I'm still in my first, lolz! Doesn't matter, as they're 'lenghtier' this time and I can't nor want to miss out on a special Gloom~

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

If you desire Nathan to be useful for us, Dragon, trying to arise less conflicts about morals feels like a good start. Another thing that came to my mind is input about Gym Leaders/friendly advice how to face and battle them especially for my chara. It'll be greatly appreciated if phrased in a nice way - whether it will really put into action depends.

[Iron]

Threads getting locked in 1.5 hours!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I'm on and free now, do you think we can resolve the Cry-for-Help-Encounter in that time span? (That is, if plan works out)

[Iron]

I'm on and free now, do you think we can resolve the Cry-for-Help-Encounter in that time span? (That is, if plan works out)

Unlikely, but we can make some headway if you like.