[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

Spira is dumpster diving, though I didn't intend that as a literal dumpster. It's more like picking through the roadside garbage. He might come across a Pokemon (1-2), or a useful item (3-6).

(5)

Now for the rarity.
(6)(3) = 9, uncommon

Spira finds a pretty cool Pokemon hood ornament for a car. It's chrome, of course, and shaped like a Dodrio with its heads forming a triangle design.

This would be futuristic in 1925. Could make a good piece of jewelry or something perhaps.

(in 2017, it is worth $2500 to an antiques dealer).

Again:
(6)
(6)(1)
Spira finds an Oran Berry bush with a single berry on it, growing out of a tire.

And if you want a discarded doll for Shuppet, you can find one here, since there's lots of toys.

[Iron]

The mysterious lizard Pokemon is really not scared. It follows Nathan with one flexible eye and doesn't move the rest of its body at all. It does look a little cold and sluggish.

"Cold?  I've got a pokemon friend who's rather warm.  Give me a sec and I can get 'em.  And get ya some food as well if you're hungry.  Nothing fancy, but it's better than nothin'.  Okay if I come a little closer to help ya out?"

Basic niceties, but Nathan's being polite.

The lizard doesn't seem to mind that idea. 

[Spiritmon]

(@Iron Rose reaction and iniatives please?)

[Iron]

Bastiodon Round 1

Agility 1
(1)(1)(2)(6) Angie tries to rev up, but Bastiodon is standing on her tail! So instead she prepares to burrow with her tail and escape.

Bastiodon begins with a bluff charge. He paws the ground and lowers his head as if he's fierce. He tries to look as tough a threat as possible. It sure makes Angie nervous and uncertain!

Swagger 1
2 Dex + 4 Fight + 4 Intimidate -2 actions = 8d6
(3)(3)(4)(3)(1)(4) (5)(6)
+2 str for Angie
Angie became confused

Rage 2
(1)(2)(6)(4)(4)(6) (5) Critical hit.
So now that's 7 Str, +1 power, +1 stab, +2 crit = 11 dice, -6 vit = 5d6-1
(6)(3)(5)(2)(2) amazing, it did 1 damage. 9/10hp.
The secondary effect is no longer relevant thanks to Swagger.

Heavy Slam 2
9 brawl dice, -3 actions = 6d6
(2)(5)(4)(6)(2)(4)
4 Str + 5 power +1 STAB -6 vit = 4d6
(2)(6)(4)(3) Angie takes 2 dmg 7/9hp -1 pain.
Angie just gets trampled, so away she goes underground. She's already halfway there lol.

Dig 3

Bastiodon Round 2

Dig 1
(6)(1)(1)(1) She digs right into a street sign and knocks it over.
(2)(1)(4)(5) She does 2 damage to herself. 5/9hp

Heavy Slam 1
(6)(2)(3)(4)(2)(2) (2)
(5)(2)(2)(2) Angie takes 1 dmg 4/9hp -2 pain

Bite 2
(5)(1)(2)(6)
(6)(4)(4) Bastiodon takes 3 dmg 6/10hp -1 pain
Flinch: (3)(6)(2)(1)(6)

Bastiodon flinches 2

Bite 3
(3)(5)(6)
(5)(4)(2) Bastiodon takes 2 dmg 4/10hp -2 pain
(5)(6)(4)(3)(2) Bastiodon flinches. I'm not sure how to handle this, actually, because it's 2 actions vs 4. I think at a certain point Angie is just moving so much faster that flinching has little meaning into the next round.

Dig 4
(5)(6) Angie successfully digs away.

Bastiodon Round 3

Dig 1
(2)(2)(4)(3)(6)
(4)(6)(3)(1) Bastiodon takes 4 dmg and gets very mired within the earth as it almost passes out. Angie is easily able to subdue it with her next attack.

Bastiodon is paralyzed by Breloom or whoever.

Pokeball: (4)(5) vs (3)(6)

Gotcha! Bastiodon was caught!

0/0/1
Sturdy
Protect, Take Down, Iron Defense, Swagger, Ancient Power, Block, Iron Head, Heavy Slam, Wide Guard, Sandstorm, Head Smash.

[Iron]

(@Iron Rose reaction and iniatives please?)

Patience, young padawan.

[Iron]

Rose does a cartwheel. She feels souped up just from hearing Heart's voice giving commands. She hopes she's ordered to use a lot of fire moves!

Rose: (3) = more than 8
Shieldon: (4) + 2 Dex + 2 Survival = 8

[Dragonstrike]

The lizard doesn't seem to mind that idea. 

Awesome.  Nathan takes a moment to exchange Charmeleon for Swiftfire, Marowak for Zippy, and Snivy for Princess with his PTC.  A horse with a fiery mane is quite a lot warmer than most pokemon, and Swiftfire staying close to it oughta help that lizard warm up a little.  Nathan also gets out some dry food and 1 Honey and offers it to the lizard.  "Again, don't have much fancy in the way of food at the moment, but it's something, and I can see if I can find something a bit better later.  The Honey's really good, by the way, and gathered courtesy of my bee pokemon friends.  Princess, Zippy, could the two of you go gather some more Honey real quick, please?  We're been running a little low." Presumably, the bees go off to do a little Honey Gathering while Nathan's chatting with this Lizard.



Outta curiosity, do the yellow parts of the lizard look dirty at all?

[Spiritmon]

Spoiler

Rose does a cartwheel. She feels souped up just from hearing Heart's voice giving commands. She hopes she's ordered to use a lot of fire moves!

Rose: (3) = more than 8
Shieldon: (4) + 2 Dex + 2 Survival = 8

Heart smiled. "You look more excited and happy than ever. Lets do our best in this battle! Lets put in use this new fire power!" Heart amber eyes shine with excitment. "Lets put our power with great use with Flare Blitz! Then Flame Wheel and finally Close Combat 2x! If he stand then go ahead with Mach Punch!"

Flare Blitz Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Brawl (3) - Actions (5) = 6D6
Damage: Power (5) + STR (3) + Jirachi Bless (1) + STAB (1) = 10D6!
Effect: Recoil. 1 Dice chance to cause Burn 3 at the foe.

Flame Wheel Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Brawl (3) - Actions (6) = 5D6
Damage: Power (2) + STR (3) + Jirachi Bless (1) + STAB (1) = 7D6
Effect: D2 to cause Burn.

Close Combat Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Brawl (3) - Actions (7) = 4D6
Damage: Power (5) + STR (3) + Double SE (2) + Black Belt (1) + STAB (1)  = 10D6+2
Effect: Reduce the user defence power, but the hight damage its pretty useful

Mach Punch Accuracy: Dex (4) + Fight (4) + Brawl (3) - Actions (8) = 3D6
Damage: Power (2) + STR (3) + Double SE (2) + Black Belt (1) + STAB (1) = 7D6+2
Effect: Priority Move. Taste my POWAR!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Leaving the whole dumped trash at the side of the road behind her, Shiva made her way into what proclaimed itself as 'Mamoswine Diner' alongside Dizzy (if he is up for a snack as well, in the first place) as well as with Cottonee still warmly within her arms. They weren't especially tired, quite the contrary actually, but given how early at the day it was a fine breakfast while the others are minding their own business felt just right now - that, and maybe it'd be better if she would NOT meet someone who's just adding more trash to the already existing piles as if the'd hit the right wrong nerve, she might just come down at them like a ton of bricks.

Unfortunately inside there wasn't less chrome than outside, despite she expected that it still gave her a slightly uncomfortable feeling - Cottonee suprisingly didn't seem to mind too much and was more interested in any shenanigans with her refelction in these shiny surfaces to keep herself amused. Not once she touched them though, neither did Shiva unless it being necessary. Much to their They all found a free table for one in a corner where they had a good view over the whole place and the entrance, from the inside this diner was much larger than she'd have expected from outside.


Shiva spent the waiting time until her order arrived mostly with people-watching, interacting a bit with her newest Primal Companion (inlcuding handing a particular egg full of luck and happiness to him once emphasized that this was not something to eat) and simply having the recent happenings pass again in her mind. It was incredible how much she has gotten to see in the past few hours and in what unbelievable circumstances she found herself in, all thanks to Celebi and these lurchs she connects to the grassy Mythic... She couldn't help but to wonder whatelse there was in store with eager anticipitation while a part of her wished for nothing more than to come back to their time. So many things have changed... And despite the particular blessing dear Jirachi has brougth her wasn't as apparent like in the other's case and practically only noticable for her, she was very happy with it.

The breakfast menu Shiva has ordered consisted of a bit of everything the diner served including any local specialities or recommendations as well as a nice bowl of fruit and berry salad and a portion of fresly-fried egg and bacon - despite she's at a table for one, she'll definitely not going to eat alone: She has her dear and loyal Pokemon by her side. As long as even one loved Pokemon is with one, one will never become lonely even if being at a mountain top or the center of a forest; that's something Shiva has learned rather fast while journeying.

The meaty treats are kindly handed to Primal Glaceon as she'd guess despite being an icy Eeveelution now his diet hasn't really changed. He still looked like a decent and successful predator despite his beauty! It was a weird feeling to feed an Eeveelution with meat, but she's intending to not drastically alter his eating habits. "Enjoy your food, dear one...", she'd tell him with a smile, "and I hope you'll soon get used to being out of your natural environment now. But, you're with me now, so please have no worries... We'll get to see many neat things and locations together that there won't be much time to miss the ice and snow that ever-surrounded you! If I may tell you a secret though... *moves a little closer to him* ...sometimes, even I am becoming a bit home-sick despite I'm traveling for a bit more than two months now. I think that's normal and okay.... If something ails you, come to me, alright? I and your other Pokemon companions are there for you... Try to see this breakfast with me in this diner as a new start, as the beginning of your life with a Trainer and caretaker. Alright?" If Primal Glaceon allows, Shiva softly pets his head before letting him dig into his meal.

The ordered fruit and berry salad was mostly for her current Grass Types on hand, which were Cottonee and Nightshade. They both enjoyed their gifted meal with joy and delight, Shiva noticed that Cottonee was trying to explain or show something to the vivid cherry blossom during dining. Nightshade was very curious and interested to listen, as after a few bites of berries she bloomed into her pretty Sunshine Form Shiva understood: Her fluffball was sharing her newest insight after receiving Jirachi's gift: That even the plain and unremarkable berries were filled with earthpower if one only pays particular attention. It may be hard to detect if not having a high affinity to it like she, but it was there!


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Mechanics:
We'll make this a disguised Training Session for Primal Glaceon, Nightshade and Cottonee in the form of a shared breakfast menu, with the former holding the precious Lucky Egg now. Cottonee will gain her 80th XP point, I wonder whether I'll make it to have her hit 100xp before she's becoming a Whimsicott.

How's Dizzy actually doing in this time, does he react in any way worth mentioning to the current circumstances?

[Iron]

The lizard doesn't seem to mind that idea. 

Awesome.  Nathan takes a moment to exchange Charmeleon for Swiftfire, Marowak for Zippy, and Snivy for Princess with his PTC.  A horse with a fiery mane is quite a lot warmer than most pokemon, and Swiftfire staying close to it oughta help that lizard warm up a little.  Nathan also gets out some dry food and 1 Honey and offers it to the lizard.  "Again, don't have much fancy in the way of food at the moment, but it's something, and I can see if I can find something a bit better later.  The Honey's really good, by the way, and gathered courtesy of my bee pokemon friends.  Princess, Zippy, could the two of you go gather some more Honey real quick, please?  We're been running a little low."  Presumably, the bees go off to do a little Honey Gathering while Nathan's chatting with this Lizard.



Outta curiosity, do the yellow parts of the lizard look dirty at all?

The front forelegs are a little dirty, because it uses them to walk. Doesn't look like the Pokemon does much tunneling or anything like that though. 

The lizard eats all your honey and warms itself up near Rapidash. It ignores the dry food. It's treating you rather impersonally.