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

[Iron]

A common misconception, made worse by Pokerole.

[Dragonstrike]

Kinda wondering now when he'll finally get to evolve into either a Gallade or Garvendour, though. Little guy certainly deserves to evolve after all the hardship he's been through!

I'd very much like him to evolve soon, that's for sure.  Evolving into Gallade, that just requires a (rare) Dawn Stone.  Gardevoir, though, Iron and I agreed that doing it through 'level' is the chosen method.  The whole shiny stone gender based thing the book does didn't make much sense to me when Snorunt still essentially follows its evolution method from the games to a T.  Don't really care how meme/conspiracy/whatever like a male Gardevoir is in the community's eyes.

Almanac's stuff can still sorta follow the core book's Shiny Stone evo methods though, interestingly.  Not that Kirlia would EVER want to touch that stuff...

*snort* It would be kind strange/funny if Nathan would evolve the male Kirlia in Gardevoir XD

There's nothing inherently wrong with a male Gardevoir, thank you very much.  In fact, poking fun at a male Gardevoir is probably a quick way to get blasted with a psychic attack.  Particularly since Gardevoir can see the future and blast you before you even say it.

[Lord Windos]

Alright, I need to get started on studying, so Imma going offline now for the most part. See you guys tomorrow, where hopefully I have more time to actually have some fun!

EDIT: Also, Ventus thanks Heart for their advice, and wishes him well again! Just wanted to let you know that your character's advice wasn't unappreciated, @Spiritmon !

[Spiritmon]

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Alright, I need to get started on studying, so Imma going offline now for the most part. See you guys tomorrow, where hopefully I have more time to actually have some fun!

EDIT: Also, Ventus thanks Heart for their advice, and wishes him well again! Just wanted to let you know that your character's advice wasn't unappreciated, @Spiritmon !

No problemo my friend! Good luck in your study!

Also no problem too windos
Heart is here to help when necessary

[Lord Windos]

While researching my Pokémon's move choices and possible actions in the future, I thought of a problematic and odd move sequence that I think needs some oversight first.

Namely, Michael can learn Mind Reader at Lv 33/37 (Depending if ORAS or XY learnest), and in Pokerole its says that it adds two automatic successes to its next action, which is somewhat vague. Does that mean he gets two extra dice in his next move's roll that are always (6)s , or are they just 'invisible' that still count as Successes in a roll,? If the former, does that mean that Michael could exceeded his normal Accuracy Roll Limits with it?

Example: Michael has a max of 9D6 Dice, and has no Pain. He goes first in a round with a random opponent, and uses 3 Actions: Spore, Mind Reader, and Dynamic Punch. First Accuracy Roll is 5D6, second is 4D6, but the last should not be possible due to the - 5 Accuracy + - 5 Actions, right? Well, if Mind Reader Process successfully, then the Dice Roll for Dynamic Punch would be actually 11D6 - 10 = 1 Always Successful Dice if Mind Reader works that way.

If it doesn't, could Michael still use Mind Reader with any of his attacking moves, and have the 2 automatic Success count towards the Crit Total? Say for example he gets 3 Accuracy on a Façade via roll or 2 with Stone Edge, but with Mind Reader he actually has 5/4 Successes, and so the attacks should Crit. It be an interesting way to fish for those powerful blows, and this mechanic is balanced out by the fact that Mind Reader + Move combos can only be execute 1-3 Times per Round depending on when used, so you give up spam in exchange for the chance for a harder hitting blow.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Before I continue, Dragon, I'm not quite sure whether it's that much of a good idea to bring N into play towards Shiva, as she has a somewhat strong belief in and about him. It's not love, mind you, but let's say in an AU she'd join Team Plasma to ally herself with him (not Ghetsis, he's a bastard and a madman beneath that fascade) to support him from the background as she'd be too young to actually engage in any real activities and wait for him after he disappeared while following her own life.

[Lord Windos]

Before I continue, Dragon, I'm not quite whether it's that much of a good idea to bring N into play towards Shiva, as she has a somewhat strong belief in and about him. It's not love, mind you, but let's say in an AU she'd join Team Plasma to ally herself with him (not Ghetsis, he's a bastard and a madman beneath that fascade) to support him from the background as she'd be too young to actually engage in any real activities and wait for him after he disappeared while following her own life.

Better not bring up the fact that Shiva admires N, since Ventus has rather......uncharitable opinions concering the mysterious green haired waif . Heck, I'll outright say once more that Ven despises N due to him getting off extremely lucky for being a whole hearted endorser for Team Plasma, his naivity/lack of strong commitment towards the goals/ideals that inspired Reshirim to accept them as their partner after getting creamed by Hilbert (Is that right, Dragon?), and for essentially become the Good Boy of Unova without much in the way of adversity or challenge. Even before he left Team Plasma he didn't really care one way or another about them, besides the fact they were Ghetsis's son and vital to their plans on world domination/unification.

Of course, he wouldn't explode or fully reveal why he find fault with N with either Shiva or Nathan, but he would make no bones about his stance on them.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I know, I remember you stating this somewhere already, Windos. C: It's totally fine for Ven to despise him, I'm finding it somewhat interesting how Ven and Shiva have a quite different opinion about that, even to the point where their beliefs and ideals would inevitably and heavily collide if they'd be both members of Team Plasma or even only meet one another when Ven was still a member.

[Iron]

While researching my Pokémon's move choices and possible actions in the future, I thought of a problematic and odd move sequence that I think needs some oversight first.

Namely, Michael can learn Mind Reader at Lv 33/37 (Depending if ORAS or XY learnest), and in Pokerole its says that it adds two automatic successes to its next action, which is somewhat vague. Does that mean he gets two extra dice in his next move's roll that are always (6)s , or are they just 'invisible' that still count as Successes in a roll,? If the former, does that mean that Michael could exceeded his normal Accuracy Roll Limits with it?

Example: Michael has a max of 9D6 Dice, and has no Pain. He goes first in a round with a random opponent, and uses 3 Actions: Spore, Mind Reader, and Dynamic Punch. First Accuracy Roll is 5D6, second is 4D6, but the last should not be possible due to the - 5 Accuracy + - 5 Actions, right? Well, if Mind Reader Process successfully, then the Dice Roll for Dynamic Punch would be actually 11D6 - 10 = 1 Always Successful Dice if Mind Reader works that way.

If it doesn't, could Michael still use Mind Reader with any of his attacking moves, and have the 2 automatic Success count towards the Crit Total? Say for example he gets 3 Accuracy on a Façade via roll or 2 with Stone Edge, but with Mind Reader he actually has 5/4 Successes, and so the attacks should Crit. It be an interesting way to fish for those powerful blows, and this mechanic is balanced out by the fact that Mind Reader + Move combos can only be execute 1-3 Times per Round depending on when used, so you give up spam in exchange for the chance for a harder hitting blow.

37 in the rules this campaign uses. 

Comparing it to Helping Hand, I'd say it just adds two (6)'s, allowing a higher crit chance for sure. This would sometimes allow you an extra action in the same way that Tailwind does. Doesn't sound overpowered to me.

[Lord Windos]

37 in the rules this campaign uses. 

Comparing it to Helping Hand, I'd say it just adds two (6)'s, allowing a higher crit chance for sure. This would sometimes allow you an extra action in the same way that Tailwind does. Doesn't sound overpowered to me.

Alright, thanks for the clarification! Mind Reader is sure going to be real treat for Michael when he gets his shroomy mits on it, heh! Of course, their is always the opportunity cost to just attack without wasting an Action to make sure it hits/Crits for sure, but that is a cost I'll have to make myself!