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

[Dragonstrike]

Aegislash is in Ubers for a reason, after all.  A good portion of that is from it essentially having 60/150/150/150/150/60 base stats (which is a total of 720. Which is on par with Arceus) due to how abusable Stance Change is thanks to the priority of King's Shield and that low speed stat. Coupled with its great type, it's incredibly hard to KO.

Granted, it also got nerfed quite badly in base Pokerole due to how Stance Change works with the current Round mechanics.  Either you spend the whole Round being a true glass cannon or become nigh unbreakable at the expense of not being able to fight back.  Aegislash does have a half decent variety of non-attacking moves, I suppose...but since you have to give your opponent a free turn to use them in the base rules, how useful that is ends up being incredibly situational, tbh.

[Iron]

Hmm...in short I will have to choose evolve Honedge in Aegslash or evolve him in Doublade. Its that right @Iron?

Incorrect. 

Honedge evolves into Doublade using a Dusk Stone. Doublade evolves into Aegislash in the hands of a Champion-level worthy wielder. 

And actually Aegislash IS a plot device Pokemon in many ways...but only the Champion, who is himself a plot device, is supposed to have one.


In Creshire, the Elite Four and Champion are fought over the course of an entire week. So switching and healing is allowed - it's not a gauntlet like in the handhelds.


I haven't looked at the mechanics of Stance Change and all that yet, and I'm not gonna do so for a while UNLESS that is the difference between Heart seeking a Honedge or not.

[Dragonstrike]

In Creshire, the Elite Four and Champion are fought over the course of an entire week. So switching and healing is allowed - it's not a gauntlet like in the handhelds.

TBH, that's kind of a relief to hear.  Doing a gauntlet of four incredibly tough trainers (that could all in theory sweep a gym leader with a single pokemon according to the book) in a row would be...ick.

[Iron]

I don't mind putting HA Bunnelby/Diggersby on your wishlist for another time. This was a good rationale for Bunnelby to have his HA, but Terra is playing time travel on Challenge Mode! So yeah that does limit his options/chances.


Your Pokedex does show Meditite living in the Great Divide (the group has even seen them - I think it was Heart.)

[Iron]

In Creshire, the Elite Four and Champion are fought over the course of an entire week. So switching and healing is allowed - it's not a gauntlet like in the handhelds.

TBH, that's kind of a relief to hear.  Doing a gauntlet of four incredibly tough trainers (that could all in theory sweep a gym leader with a single pokemon according to the book) in a row would be...ick.

I just don't think it would be safe. Every challenger's Pokemon would just wind up dead from exhaustion. 

It's also very common for Trainers to rest up and get to max Willpower before submitting a challenge, of course.

[Dragonstrike]

Another thing I sent in that PM is that Sarimanok's culture didn't really consider women as less independent, and Nathan would know that and probably wouldn't have said that to Shiva earlier. In the early industrial era that was a much more common viewpoint, but to Sarimanok it's all about the ability to control Pokemon.

Yeah, Bill sent almost enough canvas to make a tent. He sent as much as a traded Pokemon can hold, which is a full bolt. It would also have included some gaudily colored and metallic threads for simple line patterns.

@PhantomUnderYourDesk

Alternatively, Nathan would have simply probably recommended wearing a cloak or simpler clothes of some kind if you reeeaaalllly wanted to go and talk to the soldiers.  (Yes, they're soldiers.  More on that later IC)

Let's just...not have any tension between the two of them over this, alright?  The statement wasn't meant to be ill intentioned (and was slightly uninformed.  Ah well...).

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So, any particular colors or simple line patterns you guys want in your cloaks @Spiritmon and @Mikaruge108?  And if you also want some more colorful cloaks Phantom and @Lord Windos, Nathan can make some for Shiva and Terra later.

[Dragonstrike]

I don't mind putting HA Bunnelby/Diggersby on your wishlist for another time. This was a good rationale for Bunnelby to have his HA, but Terra is playing time travel on Challenge Mode! So yeah that does limit his options/chances.


Your Pokedex does show Meditite living in the Great Divide (the group has even seen them - I think it was Heart.)

Heart fought a trainer owned Medicham on top of Vapor Falls.  Shiva met a trainer who owns a Meditite in Fireweed Forest, but never actually saw the pokemon in question.

We did also spend the better part of a week traveling through the Great Divide on the way back from meeting Landorus, though, so odds are we could have definitely seen one.  Terra can probably ask Nathan, Shiva, or Heart about if they've seen any Meditite/Medicham if Windos wants to go down that route, I imagine.

[Iron]

Another thing I sent in that PM is that Sarimanok's culture didn't really consider women as less independent, and Nathan would know that and probably wouldn't have said that to Shiva earlier. In the early industrial era that was a much more common viewpoint, but to Sarimanok it's all about the ability to control Pokemon.

Yeah, Bill sent almost enough canvas to make a tent. He sent as much as a traded Pokemon can hold, which is a full bolt. It would also have included some gaudily colored and metallic threads for simple line patterns.

@PhantomUnderYourDesk

Alternatively, Nathan would have simply probably recommended wearing a cloak or simpler clothes of some kind if you reeeaaalllly wanted to go and talk to the soldiers.  (Yes, they're soldiers.  More on that later IC)

Let's just...not have any tension between the two of them over this, alright?  The statement wasn't meant to be ill intentioned (and was slightly uninformed.  Ah well...).

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So, any particular colors or simple line patterns you guys want in your cloaks @Spiritmon and @Mikaruge108?  And if you also want some more colorful cloaks Phantom and @Lord Windos, Nathan can make some for Shiva and Terra later.

I can understand why you'd make that assumption based on real life history. Sarimanok is a spot of Egyptian culture in an Arthurian time frame, so sometimes he breaks the mold.

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Another thing I sent in that PM is that Sarimanok's culture didn't really consider women as less independent, and Nathan would know that and probably wouldn't have said that to Shiva earlier. In the early industrial era that was a much more common viewpoint, but to Sarimanok it's all about the ability to control Pokemon.

Yeah, Bill sent almost enough canvas to make a tent. He sent as much as a traded Pokemon can hold, which is a full bolt. It would also have included some gaudily colored and metallic threads for simple line patterns.

@PhantomUnderYourDesk

Alternatively, Nathan would have simply probably recommended wearing a cloak or simpler clothes of some kind if you reeeaaalllly wanted to go and talk to the soldiers.  (Yes, they're soldiers.  More on that later IC)

Let's just...not have any tension between the two of them over this, alright?  The statement wasn't meant to be ill intentioned (and was slightly uninformed.  Ah well...).

---------

So, any particular colors or simple line patterns you guys want in your cloaks @Spiritmon and @Mikaruge108?  And if you also want some more colorful cloaks Phantom and @Lord Windos, Nathan can make some for Shiva and Terra later.

Another thing I sent in that PM is that Sarimanok's culture didn't really consider women as less independent, and Nathan would know that and probably wouldn't have said that to Shiva earlier. In the early industrial era that was a much more common viewpoint, but to Sarimanok it's all about the ability to control Pokemon.

Yeah, Bill sent almost enough canvas to make a tent. He sent as much as a traded Pokemon can hold, which is a full bolt. It would also have included some gaudily colored and metallic threads for simple line patterns.

@PhantomUnderYourDesk

Alternatively, Nathan would have simply probably recommended wearing a cloak or simpler clothes of some kind if you reeeaaalllly wanted to go and talk to the soldiers.  (Yes, they're soldiers.  More on that later IC)

Let's just...not have any tension between the two of them over this, alright?  The statement wasn't meant to be ill intentioned (and was slightly uninformed.  Ah well...).

---------

So, any particular colors or simple line patterns you guys want in your cloaks @Spiritmon and @Mikaruge108?  And if you also want some more colorful cloaks Phantom and @Lord Windos, Nathan can make some for Shiva and Terra later.

I can understand why you'd make that assumption based on real life history. Sarimanok is a spot of Egyptian culture in an Arthurian time frame, so sometimes he breaks the mold.

Mine can be a simple dark brown one cloak. 

Also @Iron, is Heart having any luck in spot any Honedge?

[Dragonstrike]

Mine can be a simple dark brown one cloak. 

Just a plain cloak?  Alrighty then.  I know Nathan's is going to have some other colors sewn in, so that leaves Mika as far as the necessary cloaks go.