[Meta Thread] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

Alrighty, I'm done with Deltarune for the time being and got my work related business put away for the next yonk, so I'm ready to resume the campaign at anytime mates!

Right, so thus far while their haven't been much actual in-depth planning, here's what I have dug up so far:

- Akamu gets Cosmic the Hydrapple, and is thinking of teaming up with Oz + their Supports to tackle the Chaotic Sand-goth.
- Bern got Mawhile Linked Up, and wants to try and do a Stealth Attack on The Rival Leaders; Seddi may or may not be interested in joining in.
- Got some interesting discussions on Weather and Support Move shenanigans , though not much (I think) on how the Buff Moves are going to be spread around and coordinated since some (Like Safeguard, Mist, Tailwind) are tied to locations or specific Teams while others can be 'fire and forget' (Like Swaggering someone) and others still require it be done 'on the spot' (Helping Hand, Screens, After You, etc..).
- No real PLANS or approaches to tackling individual groups, beyond general things and seeing what everyone has buff and Spread-wise (Good stuff to do!) . If you want more Intel to make more intricate plans and/or give Bonuses to Rolls, Scouting of some sort is necessary.
- In regards to plans: Choose which Group(s) you each want to do, decide if you're going to team up with a fellow Player or only use NPC help in Tackling a Group, state HOW you're going to overall approach each Group (Going Direct and Bold? Stealth? Scount it out for another Player/NPCs? Shock and Awe? etc..) , and then once the Group is Introduced (however THAT turns out) THEN you can start making more focused Plans of Action. Be sure to make a Post in the Game Thread that roughly correlates to what you decide upon in the Meta Thread too, just for record keepings shake on both ends (Which includes any NPCs brought , Loaners taken, Supplies got, etc..) .
- I got Akamu's, Bern's, and Oz's Supplies from the Depot, but not sure if I got Seddi's or if I missed it.

*Claps* SO.... what I need most is Which Groups You Guys are Fighting, What NPC Help/Aid You're Taking, and What's Your Initial Approach to Said Groups going to Be . If their is more discussion to be had about Move Strategy and Synergies (it's been a few days, so maybe a Refresher is in order) go nuts on that too!

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

Hope you enjoyed Deltarune, my dear love!~

So, in regard of:

(...)what I need most is Which Groups You Guys are Fighting, What NPC Help/Aid You're Taking, and What's Your Initial Approach to Said Groups going to Be(...)

I'm wishing to take on Group 1 with Citrine and Ralice and @Dragonstrike(? Plus his assigned NPCs?), scout the area of that group first with Lunn's aerial drone, set up defenses and buffs before the fight, then do a Stealth Attack on whether we can get a free Action against them, then take this Group out fast with Equinox and a colorful mixture of strong spells. What needs discussion/what I'm yet unsure of whether to set up Hail+AuroraVeil right away or not yet, depends whether/how much Seddi and Citrine benefit from it.

[Redstone]

I can elaborate a bit on the previous plan shell but yes, it would involve attacking the chaotic group with @Spiritmon and our supports.

With sending someone in to scout for a temporary secure location (a blade perhaps) we can quickly create a defensive ''fortress'' in the teritorry by stacking buffs in one place and establishing a defensive formation, from which we can target the enemies with strong ranged fire.


Against the chaotic group i think this leaves us the least vulnerable to random bs compared to other strats. we can snipe approaching sands acting as bombers with reactive ranged attacks.

Officers can help with holding the defensive line, the lineage, the BBs (if they join us) and gloom could act outside of the bubble to flank and take advantage of the major diversion the bubble will represent.

[Spiritmon]

I can elaborate a bit on the previous plan shell but yes, it would involve attacking the chaotic group with @Spiritmon and our supports.

With sending someone in to scout for a temporary secure location (a blade perhaps) we can quickly create a defensive ''fortress'' in the teritorry by stacking buffs in one place and establishing a defensive formation, from which we can target the enemies with strong ranged fire.


Against the chaotic group i think this leaves us the least vulnerable to random bs compared to other strats. we can snipe approaching sands acting as bombers with reactive ranged attacks.

Officers can help with holding the defensive line, the lineage, the BBs (if they join us) and gloom could act outside of the bubble to flank and take advantage of the major diversion the bubble will represent.

Precisely. And by using some buffs in our groups to increase our chances of survival with some powerfull buff moves in Oz side:

Tailwind to increase everyone speed and dexterity stats.
Lucky Chant to negate any "1"s we might get in our rolls.
Rain Dance with Akumo so Oz may combine with Life Dew who will be increase by the artificial rain and by Hecate Mega Ability.
And finally Calm Mind and Nastly Plot since both are useful boost moves for Oz to increase her Special power and Special Defense.

Not sure if I will be able to use so many buff moves in the pre-fight with the danger of using so many moves at the same time, so I will problably summon Fortuna and Persephone to the preparation of buffs to summon Tailwind and Lucky Chant, while Oz will set up with Akumo the Rain Dance+Life Dew combo. Then I problably going to use Calm Mind to increase my Special Defense and Special Damage. Thats my plan at least. Fortuna will also provide her with Mega Power using Nastly Plot on herself, since in terms of power, Fortuna is one of Oz strongerst mons.

[Spiritmon]

Also, as a side note (and very no related to the subject) me and Dragonstrike did test on a voice call yesterday. I was pretty nervous yesterday since I never did a call and try to have a conversation on english...But its turns out, we manage to understand each other, and I manage to keep the conversation while we play Sunderfolk! Still need to work on my english speaking, but I think I now feel confident to GM to people speaking english on voice channel. That will do wonders on the future if we decided to have conversations voice channels.

[Iron]

Good job!

[Lord Windos]

Hey @Dragonstrike , you busy IRL ? 'Cause if you are let me know, since me and Phantom need your input before we can properly get into things.

[Lord Windos]

@Spiritmon

Sorry I haven't gotten to your lasted post yet - I'm still trying to workshop the Sister's own reaction to things without missteping again. I also was waiting for others to react in the game thread to the situation and the NPCs I presented, as well as maybe a little IC talk about the upcoming Fights, but it seems like such things stalled out between Battle Prep and the break we all took...

[Spiritmon]

@Spiritmon

Sorry I haven't gotten to your lasted post yet - I'm still trying to workshop the Sister's own reaction to things without missteping again. I also was waiting for others to react in the game thread to the situation and the NPCs I presented, as well as maybe a little IC talk about the upcoming Fights, but it seems like such things stalled out between Battle Prep and the break we all took...

Nah, don't worry. I understand. I can wait without any issue friend.

[PhantomUnderYourDesk]

(...)I'm also was waiting for others to react in the game thread to the situation and the NPCs I presented, as well as maybe a little IC talk about the upcoming Fights, but it seems like such things stalled out between Battle Prep and the break we all took...

Now that I'm back and unpacked from my (very exciting, but also very exhausting) convention trip, I can properly response in GameThread again! I'll get to it right away~ I'm also free from my job for a few days still to unwind and sort everything I bought + all the photos I took before real life kicks in again.

Also, as a side note (and very no related to the subject) me and Dragonstrike did test on a voice call yesterday. I was pretty nervous yesterday since I never did a call and try to have a conversation on english...But its turns out, we manage to understand each other, and I manage to keep the conversation while we play Sunderfolk! Still need to work on my english speaking, but I think I now feel confident to GM to people speaking english on voice channel. That will do wonders on the future if we decided to have conversations voice channels.

That's so great, well done, Spirit!! A tiny  but very meaningful step forward indeed!