[Meta Thread] Dragonstrike's Pokerole Test Game: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

Nice! Looks like Hera is going to be ready to bring on the PAIN TRAIN! The Abomasnow will be on board for one heck of a beating from them, choo choo!

Do be warned, however, that most pokemon are not partial to being statused constantly.  They're not a comfortable thing to endure.  (There are rare exceptions, of course)

*Raises Eyebrow* ....I would imagine Pokemon with Status Abilities would be willing to endure Status for prolonged periods of time in exchange for the buffs they received, but if that's a counter balancing measure you want to implement, I'm okay with that. Wouldn't be too hard (or expensive) to just keep a Pokemon Status before/during a battle, especially if you get a Pokemon with Aromatherapy/Heal Bell to act as Cleric or in the case of Burn have a Water type put it out after a fight. With that in mind, you might want to invest in teaching Nagi Wil-lo-wisp at some point, @Spiritmon .

[Dragonstrike]

*Raises Eyebrow* ....I would imagine Pokemon with Status Abilities would be willing to endure Status for prolonged periods of time in exchange for the buffs they received, but if that's a counter balancing measure you want to implement, I'm okay with that. Wouldn't be too hard (or expensive) to just keep a Pokemon Status before/during a battle, especially if you get a Pokemon with Aromatherapy/Heal Bell to act as Cleric or in the case of Burn have a Water type put it out after a fight. With that in mind, you might want to invest in teaching Nagi Wil-lo-wisp at some point, Spiritmon .

Depends on the status, Ability, the personality of the pokemon, and how well the pokemon has been treated.

Feeling sick, numb, frozen solid, or literally on fire for longer than a short span of time would take its toll eventually, though, for obvious reasons.

Statusing a pokemon with one of your own also requires the target's consent, though it's not an issue as long as the pokemon is both treated well and Loyal.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Thowing a nasty purple flame onto a partial Bug Type sounds like quite the daring act, that's something I'd like to see (not, sounds mean).

[Spiritmon]

So people. Do I should try put one of those Megas with Hypnosis or send fire hell with HA?

[Lord Windos]

So people. Do I should try put one of those Megas with Hypnosis or send fire hell with HA?

Hypnosis on the Female Abomasnow DEFINITELY (With a Conditional Willpoint to it too boot, so that it doesn't miss!) as Nagi's first Action, as putting it asleep means that everyone else but Brigid and Magneton can just focus her down freely for that first part of the Round without fearing a Blizzard or worse! Then it can use HP Fire to for Weather supremacy, and whatever other move you wish (Try to limit yourself to three Action, so as to account for Pain, unless you want to use a Potion/Super Potion before either Nagi's or Hera's Third Action or earlier).

Heracross should use a Multi-Hit Move on either the Female or Male Abomasnow, with preferance towards the Female just to take them out ASAP so that the group only has to worry about one slow threat.

Honestly, I say the best strat is to lockdown and focus on Fainting the Female, before turning our attention onto the Male (With the exception of Catherine Confusing it first, and possibly Magneton Paralyzing it with T-Wave). What are your guys thoughts?

[Dragonstrike]

Phew, that took awhile to type up. You guys are doing well, though! Keep it up!

[Lord Windos]

Phew, that took awhile to type up.  You guys are doing well, though!  Keep it up!

Mass Battles typically do! Glad to have seen we're doing well, despite the some fumbles here and there! Our plans to get rid of that dang Hail failed miserably, and the Bonus Dice from the Gems also failed miserably (Makes me wish they just straight up doubled Damage like in the games, but oh well....), and every single one of our Pokemon but Stella and Catherine Fainted, but hey, at least both Abomasnows are on the ropes!

On that note, @Mikaruge108 : If Magneton had used Thunder Wave as its first Action like I suggested (And swapped Electric Terrain as its 2nd Action) then Male Abomasnow (A) wouldn't have been able to use Blizzard, which ended up wiping out a lot of our Pokemon. As Dragonstrike said, coordination is key when it comes to these fights, so bear that in mind and be ready to revise your battle plans if necessary. @Spiritmon, specifying what Pokemon you're targets would have been nice (particularly if you'd chosen Abomasnow B), but Hera's Fighting prowess worked out pretty well regardless, so I don't think in this case it was such a big deal.

Mates, I'm thinking of sending out Mystery Mon #2 , now that both of the Abomasnows are weakened, and I strongly suggest everyone recalls their Pokemon if that happens. Ran's secret 'ace' does NOT play well with other Pokemon, so keeping anyone's Pokemon out with them around is just begging for trouble. You've been duly warned.

[Lord Windos]

Dragonstrike, got a question for you: Since Ran had a Super Potion prepared for Brigid during that Round, but didn't use it due to the conditions for its use not being meet, would it be possible for him to have used on her after she suffered from the first Blizzard? Logically and IC I don't why he wouldn't, especially after it became clear that the evergreen meanies weren't going to target Stella/Kee until they became a problem (so he'd stop preparing a Potion for either of them).

Also, if you and @Spiritmon don't mind, I can start doing the Dice Pool maths for Kogeki's Pokemon. Wouldn't mind doing it at all, and it'd save both of you time doing that yourselves!

Also, everyone, I noticed something: You're not using your Willpoints Conditionally, which means that they're being spent when they don't necessarily have to be. If you're afraid of a Move missing, or want to try and get a Crit on one of your Moves, then specifying a Willpoint be used only in those cases would be the most ideal way of using them. If you want to hard spend Will, you're better off using it to have a Pokemon ignore Pain for a whole Round, as by doing that all your Pokemon's Moves don't have to worry about Pain screwing with their Accuracy Rolls.

Finally, try to aim for at least 3 Actions per Pokemon, unless you want to do a Single Action Move in order to make sure it hits, like bettering ensuring INFERNO hits for Brigid, getting off a Sleep Move not named Spore, or trying to go for a OHKO (won't those be fun to balance Encounters around, once the party gets access to them, eh Dragonstrike?) . With the way the Accuracy System works in the newest version of Pokerole (The Action Penalty for Multiple Actions is static, not increasing geometrically like in Old/Iron's Pokerole), there is literally no reason not to go for as many attacks as possible (So long as you don't go for Luck Dice/specifically specify that no Luck Dice be rolled for attacks that would normally miss) . So go for broke with each attack chain, and hope for the best!

[Spiritmon]

Understood. I already know who gonna be my next Pokemons. Time to Gama and Susano'o show what they made off. Maybe facing two Primal Mega, Gama might unlock his Battle Bond ability. Since Dragon said it is possible in a certain plot point, but I don't know.

[Dragonstrike]

Dragonstrike, got a question for you: Since Ran had a Super Potion prepared for Brigid during that Round, but didn't use it due to the conditions for its use not being meet, would it be possible for him to have used on her after she suffered from the first Blizzard? Logically and IC I don't why he wouldn't, especially after it became clear that the evergreen meanies weren't going to target Stella/Kee until they became a problem (so he'd stop preparing a Potion for either of them).

Ah, right, that was a thing.  Honestly forgot about that because it kinda got lost among all the other information (not that it mattered given the conditions weren't met, as you said).

Unfortunately, Brigid was KOed before Randolph could have used the Super Potion anyways, as Trainer Actions happen at the end of each set of actions in a Round (as stated by the book).