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

[Iron]

I feel drawn to that artistic Ratsy.  Though, Shiva would not want to outright start a battle, so is it possible that she'd take that Encounter without agressive Archnautilus?

Forgot to mention this - the Scims aren't interested in any of those Pokemon, so they don't apply to the cap. You can leave your Scim behind if you wish.

Given that Nathan, Heart, and Shiva aren't doing particularly tough encounters (assuming I pick an easy one as well), could the Scims/Marco's pokemon definitely help with the harder ones instead?

I'd kinda like an idea of who would be available to help Spira in the event Nathan doesn't take that encounter, tbh.

Yes, but they will then count as an extra person for the Cap. (which doesn't apply to the ghost one since it has no cap)

[Lord Windos]

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Lord WindosHuh, I just remembered some important things: Solomon has FLASH and Yawn, and Posei has Hyponsis and Rain Dance. If I send them out with Michael, I could just put FLASH those blighters and put them all to Sleep, and have Cosh help crush the ones that are still awake! That would make things MUCH easier, for as we all know, Spore is Spore, and Spore is the best, so much so that it even mandated a rules update from Iron! If Posei's out, then Hyponsis could also work reasonably well, and if their's enough moisture in the air (IE: Is there, Iron), it could entirely cancel out Sand Stream! Those Gigies don't have any natural sleep canceling  Moves/Abilities, and they would have to waste actions to reset Sand if they have the Move, so they shouldn't have any Defense towards either tactic!

With that in mind, so you think it would still be a bad idea to take the Gigies on, Dragonstrike?

There actually is a bit of moisture in the air thanks to the Wishing Well being nearby. I'll allow Rain Dance at a -3 penalty.
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Alright! I'll keep this in mind, should I end up switching to the princely froggie!

[Dragonstrike]

I feel drawn to that artistic Ratsy.  Though, Shiva would not want to outright start a battle, so is it possible that she'd take that Encounter without agressive Archnautilus?

Forgot to mention this - the Scims aren't interested in any of those Pokemon, so they don't apply to the cap. You can leave your Scim behind if you wish.

Given that Nathan, Heart, and Shiva aren't doing particularly tough encounters (assuming I pick an easy one as well), could the Scims/Marco's pokemon definitely help with the harder ones instead?

I'd kinda like an idea of who would be available to help Spira in the event Nathan doesn't take that encounter, tbh.

Yes, but they will then count as an extra person for the Cap. (which doesn't apply to the ghost one since it has no cap)

Hmmm...I guess I'll take the trainer skeleton, then.  There's a decent amount of help for our Ghostly Gym Trainer, now that I think about it...

If Luxray ends up involved in the encounter and either dropped Marco during the fall or has to hand him off to help Spira, then something can probably be worked out for that, I guess.

I have an idea for how Nathan ends up investigating that skeleton, too.

[Mikaruge108]

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Honestly, a lot of things.

- I'm concerned about Spira facing those Ghosts alone since his team isn't exactly geared towards fighting a large horde of enemies.  Hida is his only spread move user, and his Ghosts stand to take a lot of damage just from the virtue of taking SE damage (Machamp would have probably been fine if it weren't for all those Psychic types...).  Particularly since that encounter would have 100% been mandatory without the Repel and Cleanse Tags...the Scims and Marco's pokemon are here to help now, yes, but Mewostic should probably stay away from those Ghosts and Luxray's carrying Marco, so that leaves Skarmory (who does know Air Cutter but might use Night Slash instead) and Feraligatr (who could do a lot of chip damage, granted, but mostly uses single target moves and is the most likely to use Lethal force)

- Statues might be kinda neat to investigate
- Mural as well
- And the collapsed tomb.  Lots of history here for Nathan to potentially gawk at.

- ...and then there's the skeleton of a trainer who was apparently unfortunate enough to find themselves here previously.  Could be some interesting stuff (of varying kinds) to find there as well...

If all else fails, then just go with what Nathan would want to do most, which I believe would first be helping out a friend in need (Like Spira), or going over to investigate the skele of the trainer since I think that would override his interest in the ruins, given how much he cares for life like the average Cheshirian (or even more, imo). 

Ultimately, you do you, or you do Nathan, mate!

Yeah, I was actually thinking about picking one of those two...but given Mika didn't really respond to my earlier concerns while he was online, that doesn't really help me with my decision any...hmmmm...

Sorry 'bout that, partly was waiting to see wht the others would choose. So it seems that, not including npc's, for now, Spira's on his own for that rather Gastly encounter, and like Windos said, if things got to be too much, he'd call for the aid of the fellow pc's. Post incoming.

[Dragonstrike]

@Mikaruge108, using Transform as Ditto's first action might not be required, given the wording of that surprise effect it has. Regardless of who it targets, though, it's going to trigger (I forget, but did we agree on whether that surprise can use a present ally as the target, @Iron, or does it only target opponents like in the games?)

Regardless, as long as Ditto can see the target pokemon in this particular game, no roll is required to Transform, regardless of the method.

[Lord Windos]

Hey Spira, I'm interested in one of those Shednija! If you get me one for Terra, I'll owe you big time, mate!

[Dragonstrike]

Hey Spira, I'm interested in one of those Shednija! If you get me one for Terra, I'll owe you big time, mate!

Still want to play around with Wonder Guard, eh?

[Lord Windos]

Hey Spira, I'm interested in one of those Shednija! If you get me one for Terra, I'll owe you big time, mate!

Still want to play around with Wonder Guard, eh?

Of course! That, and Shednija are one of my favorite Pokemon too (and Ghost types, to boot!), so why wouldn't I pass on the chance to get another? Sure, It'll hate Terra in the beginning (Maybe), but it'll see the brighter side of things when it realizes it has + 6 VIT and IMMENSE POWER flowing through its empty shell!

[Lord Windos]

Wait, don't kill that Nincada @Mikaruge108! Such a Pokemon could be worth TONS to the Professor, so catch them to and sell them later for BIG profit! If nothing else, Terra can fence it for you later!

[Dragonstrike]

It's a good thing Pokerole's version of Sturdy doesn't make its user immune to OHKOs in the base rules, eh?