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

[Lord Windos]

I believe that Iron more or less stated we auto passed the night in Cofagrigus' Kingdom, so we could get started on opening the way forward and proceeding deeper into the Ruins?

Until he states that we've hit the next day, I'm not going to assume the night has passed.

Besides, just because we're stopping there doesn't mean we can't spend our third encounter doing something.

Fair enough!

Terra wouldn't do a Third Encounter himself, as he's tired out from exerting his Will on DMG through Oinari and would impression a nice long and relaxing (relatively speaking) evening.

Will state now that Terra' ready to move onwards whenever, and is currently hovering over Shiva protectively while giving the Ghosts they wary eyes.

[Lord Windos]

@Dragonstrike, @Spiritmon, @Mikaruge108

Mind quickly stating what you want/don't want to do as your 3rd Encounter after DMG Fight, so that Iron can progress the day after we rest in Cofagrigus' Kingdom and FINALLY move on to the next set of Encounters? I rather not wait around anymore, if its all the same to you mates.

[Dragonstrike]

So, as a point of reference/reminder for everyone, here's what Lurantis said about the locations of the Artifacts.

[Lord Windos]

So, as a point of reference/reminder for everyone, here's what Lurantis said about the locations of the Artifacts.

So we're are near one artifact, and another Item of great important in the Slowpoke Well? Am I getting that right?

That Cavern Layer, tho......omph, that's going to be a pain to navigate, when we get there. Hopefully we'll be ready for it when the time to explore it comes....

[Dragonstrike]

So, as a point of reference/reminder for everyone, here's what Lurantis said about the locations of the Artifacts.

So we're are near one artifact, and another Item of great important in the Slowpoke Well? Am I getting that right?

That Cavern Layer, tho......omph, that's going to be a pain to navigate, when we get there. Hopefully we'll be ready for it when the time to explore it comes....

Gallade was already pretty confident we're near the first one, yeah.  Cofagrigus is probably the one who hid it, in fact, which would be why the Yamask know where it is.

And yes, the next one should be hidden where we're headed next.  The trick is going to be figuring out how to find it if it's underwater...

By the time we get to the third layer, it'll probably also be hard for the Scims to retreat/call for reinforcements if they don't have a larger force tailing us the whole way.  We're probably a lot more prepared for it than they are.

[Lord Windos]

Gallade was already pretty confident we're near the first one, yeah.  Cofagrigus is probably the one who hid it, in fact, which would be why the Yamask know where it is.

And yes, the next one should be hidden where we're headed next.  The trick is going to be figuring out how to find it if it's underwater...

By the time we get to the third layer, it'll probably also be hard for the Scims to retreat/call for reinforcements if they don't have a larger force tailing us the whole way.  We're probably a lot more prepared for it than they are.

Ah, then we're about to claim our first Treasure/Artifact soon! Wonder what It'll do for the group! ...Or the Scimitars, if we don't want them getting the Sword instead of whatever we're going to be obtaining, unless we get two Treasures/Artifacts before reaching it.

We have plenty of Pokemon that can swin/breath underwater easily, with Posei and Solomon being the best searchers given the former's ability to find King's Rocks/certain Treasures, and the later being such a smart cookie. 

Goodie, since that means if they try to pull a backstab, they'll be woefully unprepared to handle us AND the dangers of the Skull Ruins! I do love how dangerous this dungeon is, as it forces what would be the bad guys and our charas. to play nice and work together, least they die alone!

[Lord Windos]

So.....@Dragonstrike, @PhantomUnderYourDesk , since it seems you guys okay with the extra Scims us/the group getting the first Artifact, can we get a Move on to Slowpoke Well? I want to get on the next leg of our quest sooner rather than later, especially since we're sooooo close to getting our first True Quest Reward .

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

I am mostly waiting on what Iron responses about things and how he progresses the scene. There's no need to jump head-first into things! >o<

[Dragonstrike]

Also, as a reminder of what each Artifact is in the first place, as stated by Juni...

- A Helm to Outrace the Wind (Dex related)
- A Hauberk to Protect and Empower (Insight? Related)
- A Sword to Pierce any Defense (Strength Related)
- A Shield to Weather any Attack (Vitality Related)

In addition, given that Lurantis said the Sword was entombed in stone by Dragons, the dragon-prophecy states that only a king may pull it free, and Nathan had a really weird feeling about that bust in Atheneum that was being constructed after Sarimanok's, too...I have a feeling the Scims wouldn't be able to pull the Sword.  That, and given what the Sword itself represents on its own, Nathan wouldn't want the Scims to wield it in the first place anyways.  But just to be safe, if we want the sword, given the current 'deal' we have with the Scims, we probably need to take the first Artifact.

And lastly...

I just want to drop a reminder that not everyone is going to be able to wield one.  Yes, I know that most of our characters want to wield one for one reason or another.  There aren't enough of them for everyone to get one, though.  Even more so now that the Scims are probably going to end up with two of them, much to Nathan's displeasure...

[Lord Windos]

I am mostly waiting on what Iron responses about things and how he progresses the scene. There's no need to jump head-first into things! >o<

I'm doing that mainly because I don't want another day passing where nothing of real import happens, and simply get the group moving to a new area were we can at least discuss/plan what we want to do there, rather than be stuck in the Regal Chamber admiring the scenery/small things. Sometimes dwaddling is a good thing, but there's hardly anything to dwaddle on where the group currently is beyond what's been discussed and The Art Cards (And the former has more or less been handled), so I want us heading to the next area soon rather than wait another day or two IRL before that happens. 

Oh, and this is not counting how much time it'll take for us to decide what we want to DO when we actually get to the Well. That's another reason to get the group moving ASAP to the Well, me thinks.