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

[Dragonstrike]

Is it alright if Terra just meets up with Nathan where at a common point in Great Divide, Iron, instead of heading to Cress straight away? I wasn't expecting them to spring that on me, but its a great idea that saves hours in the day, and its not like either can't handle a trip into the wilds alone until they group up.

One problem: Terra isn't near either of the locations we'd be going to.  One's north of Cress, the other is east :/ And of course the one we were preferring to do was the eastern one.

So the idea didn't hold much weight after all!  Oh well.  *shrugs*

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Its better to use Extreme Speed and discover they have it, then don't use it at all if they don't and just have them out speed you naturally. ES on Raphael is only barely weaker than an Air Slash after a Nasty Plot, and using Aura Sphere is a risky play overall if Raphael can't survive a hit or two.

You're not wrong on that, dear. And priority against a foe that's rather fast is fine way to bypass their speed indeed. The drawback is that it's less accurate because Shiva's better at channeling energy than brawling, and it'd kinda kill of the bonus of Expert Belt. *more pondering*

I hope you also like Raphael's first Suprise of maybe one or two more!~ I've been allowed to convert the Evasion one back into XP.

[Lord Windos]

Its better to use Extreme Speed and discover they have it, then don't use it at all if they don't and just have them out speed you naturally. ES on Raphael is only barely weaker than an Air Slash after a Nasty Plot, and using Aura Sphere is a risky play overall if Raphael can't survive a hit or two.

You're not wrong on that, dear. And priority against a foe that's rather fast is fine way to bypass their speed indeed. The drawback is that it's less accurate because Shiva's better at channeling energy than brawling, and it'd kinda kill of the bonus of Expert Belt. *more pondering*

I hope you also like Raphael's first Suprise of maybe one or two more!~ I've been allowed to convert the Evasion one back into XP.

Oh yeah, I remember you deliberately let your Brawl Specialty lag behind foreeeever, and you are leaning heavily on an Item to make up for damage. Guess that's a consequence of your character specializing in other areas, eh?

You can go for a Channel attack ,but the problem with that is that Linoone could have a Slash or Fury Swipes to completely destroy Raphael if the archangel is REALLY unlucky if ES isn't used to get some damage in. If it uses ES, it at least doesn't use Multihit move or a High Crit one, but it will still hit like a truck. I say its better to take the risk of missing an ES and getting ahead of the furry speedster, and then switch over to using Aura Spheres if they DO start have ES and spams it to keep its lead. Assuming that Raphael can survive long enough, of course.

Yeap! You could have also used the XP to perhaps get a pre-evo Move, but a Surprise like that is just as good imo!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Yeap! You could have also used the XP to perhaps get a pre-evo Move, but a Surprise like that is just as good imo!

I assume the Suprise remains even if Raphael goes back into Ven's care, so win-win~

I know, but none of the pre-evolution moves really caught me and looking at them again now they still don't. A Fairy STAB would do Raphael well but he actually doesn't directly need one when I have enough other Pokemon to take that role. Wish would be worth it, but Luxi learns that much earlier and it matches her better with her increased Vitality.

[Dragonstrike]

Whoa. Speed Boost Linoone.

Whoa.

Welp, there's no outspeeding that one without priority, that's for sure.

[Lord Windos]

Nope. No hope in hell, unless your Calam with Nathan.

Those dice rolls were also awful, for both Shiva AND Tanuki. Stupid snake eyes....

[Dragonstrike]

Nope. No hope in hell, unless your Calam with Nathan.

Unless the dice say 'nope!' and don't roll anything higher than a (3) for Nathan's initiative. I'm was surprised that happened in Nathan's battle with Tanuki...

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Well, I know how I can attempt to counter the speedy badger~, but not today anymore because it's bedtime and I can't afford staying up the whole night because work. Friday I'm free though, so hopefully then we'll be able to wrap that battle up.

[Spiritmon]

Wait a minute...shouldnt Linnoone receive neutral damage from Raphael Quick Attacks?

Extreme Speed 1
(4)(1)(6)(2)
8d6 -3 vit = 5d6
(1)(6)(3)(1)(5) Linoone takes 1 dmg 7/8hp

Extreme Speed 2

(4)(1)(5)
(5)(1)(4)(1)(6) Linoone takes 2 dmg 5/8hp -1 pain

If I recall, Normal type pokemon dont resist to normal types attacks. They dont actually have any resistance against any type regardless the immunity to ghosts. The first one should be 2 Damage and the second 3 Damage.

[Lord Windos]

Snake Eyes in Damage Roll reduces damage, Spiritmon.