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

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Um...Rock Smash is Fighting type, Phantom.  Not Rock.

*curses* @Iron, I'll edit my orders, please wait a moment!

[Dragonstrike]

I think Nathan should ask Heart about the wolf pokemon he have see. Maybe it can bring some enlightment perhaps?

Nathan knows what species Ditto currently is, he just hasn't commented on it yet because of Ralts and everyone else going missing.

He also knows what the 4 elemental bugs from Tandor are, but he doesn't know much about Seikamater at all.

[Dragonstrike]

I am SO glad Iron forgot to trigger Deep Freeze whenever Aspis made contact with Frosthra with Wrap and Fire Fang...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Orders have been edited and can be rolled out then. If something's accidently wrong, please do excuse me as I may forget how to count in the middle of the night.

[Lord Windos]

I am SO glad Iron forgot to trigger Deep Freeze whenever Aspis made contact with Frosthra with Wrap and Fire Fang...

In the former case, I AM glad that happened, but in the later wouldn't Fire Fang logically insulate Apsis from becoming Frozen, or immediately free her after it procs?

Also, I ain't keeping Frosthra, as its getting sent to the surface and most likely getting sold to Zambonii ASAP, since he's about the only person Ven would trust actually keeping that viscous moth under control! Damn, that thing hurt more than Gyarados, and that's saying something!

[Iron]

I am SO glad Iron forgot to trigger Deep Freeze whenever Aspis made contact with Frosthra with Wrap and Fire Fang...

I triggered it on both Wraps that hit. And I agree it wouldn't always make much sense with Fire Fang - guess it depends on the situation. In this case it would have only drawn out a foregone conclusion.

[Dragonstrike]

So, quick question about Ditto, @Iron.  Shouldn't it only have 4 base HP still because Transform doesn't copy Base HP (it would have 5/7 after being brought down to 1 HP in that case)?  Just need some clarifications on Transform's mechanics and Ditto's special trait here.

[Dragonstrike]

I just realized something: I'm lacking any Super Potions, but I'm having that MAX POTION. Is it unaffected by previously used Potions actually, or will it restore all HP no matter what? If things get really really dire, I might just use it at some point.

I have it noted as being unaffected by Potion effectiveness debuffs.  Half of infinity is still infinity, after all.  But yeah, definitely a last resort item since it means you can't use any more potions on that pokemon for the rest of the day...

[Dragonstrike]

By the way, when I looked up the wording on Mold Breaker's description, I noticed that they actually buffed it a little in Pokerole.

In the games, it only ignores Abilities, but in this TRPG, if anything would force a move to fail, Mold Breaker ignores it.

Opponent used Mist?  That's fine, you can use Growl anyways.  Opponent is a Flying type and/or has Levitate?  You can hit them with a Ground move regardless.  (Funnily enough, this means you can hit Rotom Fan with Ground moves without having to ground it like you have to in the games)

Of course, not sure if that means it will still ignore things like Sturdy's 'Focus Sash' effect and Multiscale like it does in the games (it ignores those because the abilities affect the moves' damage potential, not causes the move to fail...though it also ignores Sturdy because the Ability causes OHKO moves to fail, so...). So here's another question: Are we going to follow the list on Bulbapedia for the Abilities Mold Breaker ignores, @Iron, or keep a simplified (yet still slightly stronger imo, but only slightly) version that only focuses on nullifying move failures?

[Lord Windos]

You know, I realized something: Ven's almost exclusively been catching Bug type Pokémon since he came down here, all without intention of that happening, and all of them useful and/or powerful to varying degrees. At that rate, I bet he'll gain a fondness of Bug types before too long!

Also, I have a non serious question for everyone player: how would you have tried to conquer Frosthra, if it were you that was force to fight them instead of Ven?