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

[Dragonstrike]

@Spiritmon, keep in mind that Hypnosis also has a large -4 Accuracy penalty attached to it. It's not an easy move to use.

[Iron]

Nuzleaf flees deeper into the forest and if Genie can manage to Grapple Duskull while Manectric is sparking the shadows, Terra will be within range for a Recall.

There flees my last pink petal. Is pursuing Nuzleaf possible for Terra or Melly on Quick Attack?

Quick Attack could probably do it.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Nuzleaf flees deeper into the forest and if Genie can manage to Grapple Duskull while Manectric is sparking the shadows, Terra will be within range for a Recall.

There flees my last pink petal. Is pursuing Nuzleaf possible for Terra or Melly on Quick Attack?

I'm certain there will be more pink petals to collect in the future, Phantom.

But I am not, I don't wish to gamble and I'm only missing ONE for a full flower for a big object of a side quest of mine completed and we're readying to head in direction Elanor if all goes well... I'm overworried....over a flower petal. But it's having a meaning, alright? >//<

@Lord Windos, if you could at least TRY to pursue that Nuzleaf  I'd be increadibly grateful. Please, do it for me? Is there any good reason why you can't least attempt to get that Nuzleaf? Please tell me if there is because I can't see one. You got Duskull, all is well, so why? Don't tell me 'He hasn't seen something curiously pink on that Nuzleaf', that'd be too easy.
EDIT: Maybe Melly would enjoy hunting that Nuzleaf down even?

[Spiritmon]

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Technician is too a powerfull ability for battle reasons since its have the effect to power up moves with 2 or less power. Fury Swipes can become a mortal move with such ability. That with the normal type STAB of Ambipom become a move with 3 base power. And that thing is a Successive Action move, what mean the foe can receive a good mount of damage in each hit. And with the strengh of Heart this raise quite a bit. And with Silk Scarf...well thats a pretty badly power. Gonna use a Dice App here with me to make the rolls:

Fury Swipes Accuracy (5): Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Brawl (3) - Accuracy (1) - Actions (5/6/7/8/9) = 5d6/4d6/3d6/2d6/1d6
(4)(4)(4)(3)(5) Hit
(1)(1)(6)(3) Nope
(2)(5)(4) Hit
(5)(5) Hit
(1) Nope


That mean I hit three times and loose two
Damage: Power (1) + STR (3) + STAB (1) + Technician (1) + Silk Scarf (1) = 7d6 base of damage.

Lets say I fighting against a Bulbasaur who have 3 Base HP and have 6 total HP.
Damage diference: 7 Base Damage - 4 Vit = 4d6
1 Hit: (2)(6)(5)(6) = 3damage
2 Hit: (6)(4)(5)(1) = 3 damage
3 Hit: (5)(4)(3)(1) = 2 damage
Total Damage: 8 Damage!

Thats a lot of damage.

Yes, yes it is a lot of damage.  You'd expect 6 on average (assuming all 3 hit and no double (1) results were a factor), which is still enough to KO a 3 base HP mon with 3 vit.

However, there are some big downsides to consider: Fury Swipes's innate accuracy penalty, and leaving yourself entirely open to retaliation if you miss the KO.

I've stated some of Grid's damage calcs before, but I'll do so again just to illustrate how scary a successive action attack can be in the right hands.

Grid has a few things going for him that make using Fury Cutter really easy: Compound Eyes, Itching Powder, high base accuracy pools, and Screech.  And a potential bonus from dealing SE damage as well.

With Screech (which has 7 dice with 5 actions, btw), it's reasonable to assume his targets will usually have 3 Defense at most.  He can then immediately follow up with as many FCs as he can manage (and he can reliably use the full 5 thanks to CE making the base accuracy 13 dice).  His FC for actions 2-5 looks like this:

Acc: 12 - 1 acc + 2 CE - 6/7/8/9 = 7/6/5/4 D6
Dmg: 1 Pwr + 4 Str + 1 STAB + 1 IP - 3 Def = 4 D6 per hit

Tack on each hit doing +1 damage against opponents weak to bug, and assuming all 4 strikes hit, the final damage pool is a total of 16 D6 + 4 damage, which is usually going to be enough on average to outright KO most 5 base HP pokemon on average.

Need I say more about how scary successive actions are on a strong and fast character?

Indeed it is. Perhaps I should focus in Dexterity for a while.

[Iron]

You do know for a fact there are multiple tribes of Nuzleaf who wear the Gracidea. Some way or another Shiva knows it's possible to get more.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Back to something different  that I missed to share right away, I had to heavily restrain laughing when Towel Day became real at work the moment I saw one of our storeman wearing a red towel around their shoulders for almost the whole morning.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

You do know for a fact there are multiple tribes of Nuzleaf who wear the Gracidea. Some way or another Shiva knows it's possible to get more.

For real? Huh, that eases my initial worry over a chance lost forever quite a lot, thank you.
Doesn't prevent Terra from at least attempting to have Melly pusue that one if wants to.

[Iron]

Back to something different  that I missed to share right away, I had to heavily restrain laughing when Towel Day became real at work the moment I saw one of our storeman wearing a red towel around their shoulders for almost the whole morning.

Towel Day is real and it's really on May 25th. It celebrates the life of Douglas Adams, who wrote the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Douglas Adams doesn't exist in the Pokemon world, so their holiday is a little different.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

So that Holiday is indeed real? That's like...so cool, I didn't know that! Learned something today.

[Lord Windos]

But I am not, I don't wish to gamble and I'm only missing ONE for a full flower for a big object of a side quest of mine completed and we're readying to head in direction Elanor if all goes well... I'm overworried....over a flower petal. But it's having a meaning, alright? >//<

@Lord Windos, if you could at least TRY to pursue that Nuzleaf  I'd be increadibly grateful. Please, do it for me? Is there any good reason why you can't least attempt to get that Nuzleaf? Please tell me if there is because I can't see one. You got Duskull, all is well, so why? Don't tell me 'He hasn't seen something curiously pink on that Nuzleaf', that'd be too easy.
EDIT: Maybe Melly would enjoy hunting that Nuzleaf down even?

Terra has no desire to hunt down what is CLEARLY a child of a Pokémon, even if its a Dark type and part of the number of Nuzies that has caused the group no end of trouble/headaches. Melly and Genie don't share that disinclination, but they know that their master has it , so they won't go off to savage to poor kid.

Additionally, he has a meeting with Nathan about something, and he doesn't want to delay them or waste hours in the day, so the Nuzy is going to be allowed to escape.

Also, @Iron : How much XP did I get in total for that Hunt and Pursuit? You said I got 'an additional' amt for Terra and co, so that meant he go some before that point, but I didn't notice it.