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Hello everyone! Is it alright to discuss our character concepts with eachother?

Sure.

Cool.

Hey Portia, what sort of trainer are you thinking of building? Seymour is probably going to be more mental-based and weaker with physical skills. I am thinking that IG and Intuition will be his best stats, and Strength and Agility will be his lowest. His starter pokemon is a lotad.

Howdy there.

I'm still in the midst of putting things together and figuring out my bonuses/negatives, but so far Portia is built in a similar manner.  More mental, but with average physical stats.  Pokemon can generally handle any primarily physical tasks anyway.  Portia's starting partner is Abra.

And the first post is up, catching up with your characters as they get off the train in the town of Bébagne. You can still adjust your character sheet, since there won't be too many checks until you leave the town.

I'll bump the add tonight, hopefully that will draw a few other players. For now, it was just the two of you on the train, with a couple of adults who paid you no attention.

Hi all,

I haven't gotten my stats figured out yet, but needless to say, Jakey is not much smarter than average (he might even be below average). He will chill out a bit soon, I promise :D

Not a problem - he's very much got that OG Ash Ketchum vibe going on, which works fine.  :3

I am watching sun and moon with my wife now, and I am trying to capture a bit of Ash's enthusiasm. I guess it is working!

Edit: Speaking of Ash, is this game canon in terms of Ash being an in-universe character? He probably would have been talked about in Kanto when he won the Alola league
This message was last edited by the player at 03:28, Thu 24 Oct 2019.

Sorry for the quiet. My first baby is five months old and having a massive sleep regression. My brain is slightly melted. I'll post as soon as possible.

I can sympathize. I have a 16 month old, and he doesn't always like to sleep through the night. Lack of sleep can be a huge problem sometimes.

GM, I will have a new post up later today.

No problem.

And i will be able to get a post up tomorrow. Jake will not be sticking around to fight the wurmples.

Just a reminder for when a combat takes place, I'll need to know when, how, and how many Favors you want to spend.

A quick recap: Mythic rolls are a d100. Favor gives a + or - 1 per point spent. If you say you want to spend Favor on something, I'll use them to shift the result of a roll if the amount you want to spend would make a difference.

For example, say you want to spend up to 10 favor to avoid an attack, and you face a foe that need a 40 to hit.
If the foe rolled a 36, I would spend 5 favor to make him miss.
If he rolled 30, I wouldn't spend any favor, since 10 points isn't enough to avoid the blow.
And obviously, if he rolled a 42, no favor would be spent since he already missed.

How many favor do we have available to spend? Is there a good online source for learning the Mythic system?

The maximum is 25 on a single roll. However you only have 50 to start with, so you may want to keep your spending low until you made some story progress.

As for learning Mythic... other than getting the books (all in pdf, from Word Mill Publishing), there's not much guidance I know of. Just a few tools and the occasional review. I tried to give the best rundown I could in the Game Rules thread, but it may be a bit hard to figure out. Mostly because it's easier to understand by using it or reading examples.

And if you want to read examples, this Reddit thread is probably your best bet.
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/c...ulator_game_reports/

Thanks!

Another question. Is capturing Pokemon more like the show (where you basically try to knock them out), or like the games (where you want to weaken them without knocking them out entirely)? And is it possible to win over a wild Pokemon without even battling it? By, say, befriending it?

It's more a question of weakening them. It's a contest between your Pokéball resource and the Pokémon's catching rate. If the Pokémon is wounded, that gives him a penalty to resist.

And it is possible to befriend Pokémon to get them to join you, sometimes. It all comes down to what the Pokémon wants, and how you role-play the situation.

Befriending Pokemon is pretty much going to be Portia's M.O., so here's hoping there's some good odds of that stuff working.  :3

Thank you for the battle summary, Storyteller. It was very helpful. Also, woohoo! A shroomish! That was one from my wishlist. Sweet!

When I had lotad use astonish, I was thinking it would use his special attack stat since it is a ghost type move, but I see it was actually marked as a physical attack on lotad's sheet, so my mistake there. Something that both myself and Seymour have learned for the next battle. ;-)

I will make the necessary stat adjustments when I'm not posting from my phone.

Yeah, that's one of the weird things about Pokémon. The Ghost type is considered Physical, because it have more Physical move than Special moves.

And it's apparently why there's no Ghost Eevee: they only made eevelution for Special types.

Wow, that was a rough first battle for most of us :). It was good to see how the system works, I was assuming that higher number is better, but I was wrong!

So it turns out there were a few mistakes in the Fate Chart I posted. I just went and fixed it so it's in line with the third party program I use.

Also, I want to mention that even though all fights ended on the third round by pure luck, I would have pause at that point to give you a chance to react. Mostly because your Pokémons were getting injured without managing to reply.

Now for the big question, do you want more battle breakdown? Or just see the questions and dice rolls?

On one hand, it's nice to see the logic and flow of information behind battles, especially since it can serve as a log to track things with.  But, on the other, if we're not using the rulebook ourselves we don't really have any context for a lot of the terms being put out.  Events like "Adjourn The Public" don't mean anything to us as opposed to what effect they have on the outcome.  So if it's more work on you to list all that stuff that doesn't really give us any benefit, it might be better to just post the condensed questions-and-rolls version for your own sake.

I love it when Eve gets to put on her sassy pants.

The potential downfall of all rivals and villains: smart-ass teenagers.  It's a tale as old as time.

Also GM, I like the breakdowns but they seem like an awful lot of work for you! Please don't overwork yourself! If it's a big hassle, I'll be happy with the simpler version.

I'm fine with or without the additional info. It's nice to see, but in battles it ends up being a lot. Some simple notation is all I really need (e.g. success vs super success).

Similar to the others, I like the breakdown you gave, but don't want to make you go through all that effort every single time. I am happy with a simplified version. Maybe with a more detailed explanation if there is ever a situation that is extra confusing or complex.

Portia, nice! Very clever.

Lucky for me, the Black Magic tool I use for the rolls has a log function that I can copy/paste from. I just have to remember to keep comments with each rolls.

In case it matters, you're about 2 km from the city.

Would it be against the rules (in-character) for one of us to send out a Pokemon to help Eve? I know Pokemon battles are usually one on one.

In my opinion, the 'rules' of a Pokemon battle apply to league sanctioned battles. Getting jumped by some random jerk does not qualify as such unless it's remarked as an official challenge. Or at least that's how it works in PTU. Of course in PTU you can also punch Pokemon in the face.

That's pretty much how it is here too. Official matches have rules, but in random trainer battle it's up to them to the participant to agree on the rules.

In this case he's pretty much challenging all four of you at once, so feel free to let loose!

Hey, Ash threw a punch at Mewtwo.  Anything goes.

I've got a little feeling that this bad dude is going to be a reoccurring rival. I'm not looking forward to that teddiursa turning into an Ursaring. We are getting whipped by a little teddy bear!

Odds are, he will be. I can't tell for sure though, as Mythic has a tendency to throw curve balls. Including one you'll see pretty soon...

Mythic seems to be pretty nifty in some ways for sure. I am full of questions tonight:

Out of curiosity are you following the developments that mythic throws at you fairly strictly or are you treating it more like suggestions that you either implement or leave out?

I was also wondering if someone gets a successful hit in, but it doesn't do any damage if the next successful hit gets a +RS because there was already a hit on the foe.

Also, in terms of applying favor, is it something that we do in advance, conditionally, or retroactively?
In advance would be like, "I'm spending 10 favor on this attack"
Conditionally would be like, "I'm spending up to 10 favor on this attack to bump it to success, if possible"
Retroactively would be like, "Dang, I missed by 5, can I do 5 favor to bump that to a success?"



I do also want to say that I like how the mythic system models the show pretty well, it isn't uncommon to see a pokemon get nailed by an attack, but when the smoke clears the pokemon appears unhurt. The HP stat making tanking moves without real damage is cool.

Depends on the twist. If something obvious comes to mind, I roll with it. If not, I may skip it. It all depends on the check. For example, when Teddiursa got a random event during his Fury Swipes, I decided the best way to interpret it was that it stopped the multiple-hit at that point instead of continuing for the full five attacks. I also added a bit of banter to fit with the event's prompt.

The thing to remember about random events is that I don't have much more to go on than what I post in the summary: I have the Type of event (PC Positive), an Action (Develop), and a Subject (War). They don't have any inherent meaning, they're just inspiration so I can come up with something.

There are cases where I'll just ignore the event's prompt, and go for a more situational effect. For example, getting a random event while trying to heal your Pokémon would result into either an injury or a penalty that can't be healed outside of a Pokémon Center.


'Chip damage' isn't really a thing in Mythic. If you fail to hurt, the hit has no effect at all... unless it's a move that can have a special effect, since those aren't usually linked to the damage done. So even if a Lick fails to cause a wound, it could still cause Paralysis.

That does mean the rules need a few 'fancy' changes to reflect certain Pokémon move. The best example right now would be Leech Seed. By the book, I'd have to roll a very low damage (or an unopposed check) to see if it dealt enough damage to count as a wound. Instead, I decided to turn it into an RS bonus to other attacks the victim takes to represent the cumulative damage taken.


For Favors, they're normally retroactive. However, since I'm doing the rolls, it's not really feasible to do it that way. That's why we're going the Conditional route, telling me in what condition you want to use your Favors, and what's your spending limit. So you could set it as a small bonus to hit (say, up to five points to change a Miss or No Wound into a Hit/Injury), or you could use it as a safety net (having up to 10 points ready to try and avoid an Ex Yes injury).

Eve would let the money be distributed to the others, but would like the focus sash for Athena, unless someone else would like it.

Sounds good, Eve.

I added a bit more to my most recent post after reading the GM's post that appeared at about the same time as my own.

OOC: Favor can be used for almost any roll, including the shopping ones. Although your shopping will take place after the fight, if you do fight, you can increase your healing by one right away, at the cost of dropping your cash by one. It would cost 21 favors to get the increase without the cost.
I'll go ahead and use up the 21 favor. I am going to mark the increase for Healing items on my sheet so that I don't forget, but also mark that I don't have them yet.

I think I'll create a new thread just for the battle summary. Otherwise, I think that will leave the story threads a bit too crowded.

Might not be a bad idea, especially for larger or more involved battles as we grow our teams.

Oh, while it likely won't make a difference since the battle went exactly as I expected it to - did you remember to factor in Houdini's "Synchronize" ability when he got hit by Stun Spore, and would that have any effect on events?

Huh. What an interesting and unique system. Hey everyone, excited to be a part of the game with my anxious Atticus!

Welcome aboard!

Doh! Completely forgot about it. It would have canceled the speed penalty Houdini suffered... and not much else. A paralyzed Pokémon won't act if the last digit of the initiative question is a 1 or 2. Even then, the real problem in that fight was a pair of low ATT facing better DEF, in part because Houdini increased his by teleporting.

Of course, a few TM will make a great difference for Houdini, and Glumpy's main strength right now is tanking.

Not a problem at all - given Houdini's absolutely pathetic ATT stat, I figured his Tackles would be doing absolutely nothing anyway.  ^^  The fight was a narrative choice for the sake of characterization and to justify Portia suddenly buying a bunch of combat-related TMs (and maybe getting a little extra cash on the side).  Still, just something to keep in mind for the outcome and for Seymour to notice; Glumpy would've become paralyzed as well the moment Houdini did because of his Ability.  Psychic powers be cray.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:46, Fri 15 Nov 2019.

Due to it being a holiday week here in the States, my posting is a little slow so I apologize. I'll get something up either tonight or tomorrow!

And once again Mythic throws me a curve ball. I didn't think there was a beach in Rivierstel. Mythic told me otherwise, and insisted there were Pokémons to catch there too.

I can only wonder if it will throw us something else at the restaurant.

Sweet!

Hope everyone's been having a good holiday weekend so far.  ^^  How we feeling about getting back on track?

Ready! I missed that the time skip happened due to holiday fervor. I'll get a post up later today.

I want to give a chance to Atticus to introduce himself during the car ride, but feel free to describe your return trip, Portia.

Ah, gotcha, I'll wait for that

I didn't want to post again, but should I? I was waiting for everyone else to respond too.

I say go for it.

Yeah, if it's been more than a day since the last post, you've given enough time for others to post, so feel free to write something more.

Don't wait for me. I'll just be reading for a bit. I loved reading the new lore, but it isn't something that jake would really comment on other than, "Wait, honey is poison?!"

@Storyteller
Is everything okay with Evelyn?  She hasn't been online in a while and this whole scene was set for her character in the first place.  Is she just busy with holiday stuff or have you heard from her lately?

I don't know. I haven't heard from her for a while. I sent a PM, and I'll see if there's an answer. If not, I'll probably have her character split up from the party when you leave the city.

Enjoy your time away!

Just a clarifying question or two: All characters are getting the +1 rank to a stat? And I am assuming we can't go above exceptional (not that I am planning on it with Jake, he needs to fix his lower stats a bit.)

Considering you're the only one with an Exceptional stat, I don't think limiting attribute increase is necessary.

Cool, I might do that eventually. How else am I going to with the Cadien marathon. Wait, does Cadien even HAVE marathons? XD

Oof holiday season is rough. I'll be touch-and-go till the weekend after new years.

Gonna be iffy until New Year's too but should be able to post regularly still!

I hope to get a post up before bed tonight, or possibly tomorrow. Life has been a bit hectic this past week, but things should be calming down again.

Which resource can be improved? All of them at once? Or do I have to pick one?

Just one between Pokéballs, Healing Items, or Survival Gear.

Jake will wait for Portia to decide what to do next, unless she is waiting for Jake :D

Ran into some problems here at home. Will post either tonight or tomorrow.

Props to the GM for making a group called team Gaia and have them littering in a forest to the extent that local pokemon get mad. :D

Is the woman they caught still currently still conscious? And would it be feasible to get her safely down the cliff side without getting seriously injured?

I am unsure of what to do, both IC and OOC.

Jake only pinned the woman down, he didn't knock her out or anything. Getting her down the cliff would be pretty difficult, though Portia has enough spare rope that you could tie her up, if you had time.

And that's your main problem right now. You're about to be discovered by the rest of Team Gaia, and can't really escape them while dragging your prisoner.


On a side note, I didn't come up with the idea for Team Gaia. It's something I found on Reddit, and adjusted to fit the setting.

I should be able to get a post up tonight. I started a full time job a couple weeks back and turns out 40 hours a week takes up a lot of free time?

I can imagine. Real life comes first, after all.

Sorry on the quiet.  Busy life is busy.

@DM
Are the floaty blue lights setting off Portia's spidey-sense at the moment?

It does give you reason to worry. Kinda like a Will-o'-the-wisp.

Hey all - sorry to have gone AWOL all this time.  Life has a way of popping up and causing trouble, which in turn saps capacity for being creative.  I've been keeping up with the game all the same though, even if I haven't been posting.

@Storyteller - if there's no signal on the Pokedexes, can they still be used to make calls in the immediate area?  Such as for Portia to call or text the group to figure out where they are?  Or can Houdini figure it out with some plot-device mind reading and jump them back straight to rejoin the group at the Bug Hunter's place?

The Pokédex work pretty much like a cell phone as far as calls go. If it can't contact a communication tower or satellite, it can't call anyone. Although it seems almost able to connect, but the connection isn't stable enough to maintain a call.

As for Houdini's telepathy, it isn't strong enough to find someone yet. But climbing a tree, you can spot a few interesting things:
 - There are a bunch of lights on the mountains to the South-East (probably Bluweil). It's still pretty far, but you could reach it with a bit of luck.
 - The blue lights are still heading North-West, in an evenly spread line about East to West.
 - And they seem to be heading toward another, yellowish light. It's hard to spot, but it seems to be a weak light bulb. It's far by foot, but Houdini could reach it without too much issues.

Hey Jakey, I am planning to wait and see what you do before I make my next post. If you have interest in a dunsparce, I can help you try and catch it. If you were planning to try and escape instead, I would probably have Seymour trow a pokeball without even thinking about it, then make a break for it whether it is captured or not. (Catching pokemon brings out my greedy side, so don't ever feel bad about "stealing" a catch from me.)

Also, Storyteller, what happens after we catch six pokemon?

Normally, the extra pokémon gets teleported to the region's storage system, just like in the game. It's a normal function of the Pokédex.

Of course, if the Pokédex can't connect to the PC, you could end up carrying an extra Pokémon or two.

Jake is just wanting to run, especially given Atticus just shouted and team Gaia might still be close.

Otherwise he would love a derpy Pokemon like dunsparce, but it isn't something he really really wants.

Does this include his new Dunsparce? I don't have its stats yet though, so it doesn't matter too much yet anyway.

Lotad: Raising special defense from "above average" to "high."
Glumpy: Raising HP from "above average" to "high."
Locke: Raising special attack from "above average" to "high."
Farrah: Raising attack from "exceptional" to "incredible."
This message was last edited by the player at 20:07, Fri 28 Feb 2020.

ONE of your pokémon. If you want to use that upgrade on Dunsparce, you can. The part about those that didn't participate was for Atticus and Evelyn.

Ah, that makes sense. Whoops. Apparently I need to read more carefully. Sorry about that.

I will undo my adjustments when I am not posting from my phone. I will leave Locke's stats and revert the others.

[Edit] Done.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:58, Sat 29 Feb 2020.

I'll keep the stats on mudkip. The poor froggy needs some love (though he will probably become more beastly once he evolves). Right now Fetcher blows him out of the water.

No amount of love will save Skipper from 2 speed rolls of 99 @.@ that is some seriously bad luck. At least he didn't take any damage.

That was an impressive lack of luck... and it gets worse: Skipper fell to the Clefairy's charm, and is Infatuated with her.

Feel free to progress to the next post. I don't want to post just one sentence of Jake being surprised

Seymour doesn't have any noteworthy questions. I am fine with moving on to the next step of the journey whenever everyone else is ready.

Welp, the pandemic has thrown my entire life into chaos but at least I have more time to post! Will be catching up either tonight or tomorrow.

It now official, I'm infected. Not that it's a surprise, between my roommate having caught it and the coughing I've got. At least I'll be done with it in a few weeks.

Sorry to hear that. Hope you heal quickly though!

Greetings to all :)
I'm the new kid in town

@GM
I wish you a speedy recovery!

@Newbie
Hi

Atticus is being quiet for the time being. Welcome Kyren!

How you doing storyteller? Are you one of the lucky ones not getting overly sick from it I hope?

Thanks Att :)
This message was last edited by the player at 03:56, Tue 07 Apr 2020.

Pretty well, actually. The worse of it is already passed, and my quarantine will probably be lifted next week.

so is this laconney a pokemon specific to this region? I can't find one in the pokedex 0.0

So I'm picturing a rabbit with a blazing blue tail - is it literally on fire like charmanders tail or just a blazing blue as description for shade of blue?

He's one of the 'fakemon' I've decided to use to represent the local pokémons. Here's what they look like:

lol awww he is cute.  awesome.  should of seen me testing to see if I was spelling it wrong or.. somehow searching wrong before deciding it must not be in the pokedex

And here I thought things would be calm for a bit. It looks like my Random Generators want to spice up the situation instead.

If Kyren wants to participate too, maybe we could do a 2 v 2 battle!

Definitely!

I've edited my post for clearer instructions, GM!

Sorry for the small delay. My confinement is over, and that means going back to work. I'll work out the fight tomorrow, hopefully.

Congrats on beating the sick!

Thanks. I got lucky, I barely had any symptoms. It's a good thing I knew my room mate was at risk, otherwise I wouldn't even have known I had it.

What Jake said -- good to hear you're doing better now.

Seymour is planning to head to Roarac, but I don't want to make anyone feel obligated to tag along. Join him if you wish, but I won't be sad if you have other plans you would rather pursue.

Edit: Oh, and apparently I haven't said this yet. I am glad you are feeling better GM!
This message was last edited by the player at 19:45, Sat 25 Apr 2020.

I really love the way the NPC in Jakey's thread talks.

Glad you do! I felt I had to give her something, since the first thing I knew about her was her 'booming voice'.

So... that first geodude was a wash. Literally. It's not even worth writing the Battle Summary, since you rolled a 1 on the first damage check!

I didn't mention it before, but I have a conversion table to figure out a normal pokémon's stats in Mythic terms. And as it turns out, despite their hard head, I never realized how bad of a Special glass jaw they are.

Rolled a 1 and super duper effective. Wow, I almost feel bad for the Geodude. Glass jaw is a good name for a Geodude!

Hey Storyteller, my reply has been up for almost a week now?

Oups. I don't know what happened, but I managed to miss it.

It just so happens that Roggenrola is my current Pokemon Go buddy. Interesting coincidence.

Wait, Roggenrola is a canon Pokemon? I was assuming it was another custom one for this game. I am so behind on Pokemon!

Jakey, what was our plan for tomorrow? Was it to stop at the bike place in the morning, then head toward Windzaal?

Yup yup!

I am ready to head to the next scene too.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:12, Wed 20 May 2020.

I am planning to wait for Jakey before posting. I think he mentioned seeing about maybe procuring an old bike from the mountain biking place? Whether he does or not, I will wait and see.

I'll make an ambiguous post and wait on GM for whether a bike is present enough. Jake's pokedollar is weak, so its probably not likely he can get one, but is willing to spend the rest of his money on it (food be damned).

Considering the only price tag we ever had for bicycle is one million pokédollar... yeah, Weak won't cut it, even for a used one.

Atticus never struck me as the type to break into a military compound. :-P

People, if we don't stop breaking all the laws, Cadien will close their borders again XD

Hey, there was no other choice! Haha. We're definitely getting deported at some point.

If Seymour got a better glance of whatever it was in the woods, I'll hold off on posting until Seymour does.

Sorry my posting rate has slowed down. I am in the process of moving right now, so a lot of my free time is devoted to packing. I do still hope to get a post up later today, but feel free to press onward without me. You can usually assume Seymour is going along with whatever Jakey is doing.

No problem, I'll scoot ahead a bit.

Oh boy, work is gonna be bad this week. I'll probably have just one update per day for a while.

No problem here, just take your time and do what you can!

I am moving this weekend. Just as a heads up, I will be packing away my desktop computer soon, so it may be up to a week before I can post from anywhere but my phone. Hopefully it doesn't cause any major issues, but I thought I would mention it.

Thanks for the warning! I'll keep you following Jake until you come back.

My computer is set up in my new place now, so my posting should be pretty much back to normal.

@Seymour
Awesome! Moving is always uuugh.


@GM
I am in love with that Ghowl. It is so spooky and adorable at the same time.

Agreed. I want all of the spirits but that's not realistic...

I'll just file this under 'things to throw at you when you get to the ghost gym'. :)

Hey Jakey, if the Gyarados shows up again, were you thinking of throwing a pokeball at it? It seems like more of a Jakey pokemon than a Seymour pokemon. A rowdy troublemaker. ;-)

I am a bit confused about what just happened in the IC thread. Is Seymour blinded? Is the pokemon not there/invisible? Was it automatically transported to a PC? I'm not sure how Seymour should be reacting.

Seymour literally cannot see anything. I will clear things up!

Currently dealing with a flooded basement. Posting is slow because of that. Will get something up in the next couple of days.

Gotcha.

Also, *sigh* I always get these two mixed up.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:40, Wed 17 June 2020.

Does the Rhyhorn seem down for good? Or should Glumpy drain it while she has the chance?

It doesn't seem KO'd, but it seems completely exhausted, on top of the paralysis. You're pretty sure it won't get up anytime soon.

@Storyteller and Seymour

I am a bit busy with Father's Day stuff (for my dad, I'm not a dad.... yet). Feel free to move on. Jake's just paying attention to whatever the deal is with the flyers and Rhyhorns.

Vote Jake Faulkner for Mayor. He has NOTHING TO HIDE

I'm going to go ahead and wait for Jakey's analysis before making my next post.

Jake didn't have much of an analysis.

I also want to thank the GM for doing a good job of keeping things moving along when I get distracted for a couple days. Lots of other games I've been in just get stalled out if someone hops off for a bit (or just doesn't connect with a prompt as much) because the GM is too cautious in auto-piloting characters.

In other news, I'm done binging Civ4 for a while I think, so I'll be able to contribute to the investigation more!

I try. Truth be told, it's only the third game I've GM'd online, so I'm glad it's going so well.

I've been pretty busy these last few days. I think I will be able to post from my lunch break tomorrow.

Edit: Nevermind, I have a bit of time tonight because waifu does not need my computer yet. She is defending her PhD dissertation tomorrow, so she wants to use my gaming laptop to do the presentation to minimize tech hiccups :D
This message was last edited by the player at 03:32, Wed 15 July 2020.

Jakey, what path are you interested in taking going forward? I was wondering if it made most sense for our characters to split ways or not. I don't think Seymour has much interest in hanging around Windzall with everything that is happening there, but Jakey seems more into it. I am fine with it either way, but I was wondering what your opinions were.

Jake will probably see if the pirate could give them a lift to the next city if that is one Seymour wants to go to because the pirate is planning on skipping town anyway. I'll post tomorrow

Joe will be heading to Herenport, so it would be a shortcut for you. From there, you can reach Roarac (and the Bug gym) in just a day of travel.

Did we register the pokemon we were going to use before the battle, or is it that you bring in 6 pokemon, but can only use 3?

You register what three pokémon you will use for the fight. A bit like an online battle in the game, just without seeing the opponent's team first. But I'm more concerned about making thing interesting, so I won't slow things down my making you write things down before each fight. Just pick your team in your first strategy post, and we'll roll from there.

Makes sense! I'll be going with my team that Jake had already talked about. Skipper, Growler, and Duder.  Lotad can beat them all, but hey, that's just how things roll. And Seymour could pick something to beat Lotad.

Quick question:
If you have EX: No for outspeeding and end up losing your turn, do you get a bonus on your next speed check against the target?

Also, for doing buffs, even if you are EX:no outspeeded, since it is just targeting yourself, does it still proc?

Outspeed is more than just a question of targeting. It's more like what you see in the anime, where a pokémon fires off multiple attacks before his opponent can even react. It is pretty unfair compared to what we're used to, so I'll usually interpret random events in a way that will help the player when I can.

And if you think Duder had it bad against that Pikachu, keep in mind that in the normal Mythic rules, you don't ask if you act before your opponent, you ask if you get to act at all. Mythic is not setup for large stat disparity.

Is Malley able to transform again? Or is it only once every time they are released from their ball?

He can transform anytime you want. It just counts as it's 'attack' for the turn.

Wow, I didn't expect ditto to transform into an ally. Super clever

Yeah, it's pretty good. Oh, and I was forgetting again. Here's Malley new move set:

Bite (Dark, P, Average, Acc 0) Causes Flinch if a 1-3 is rolled on the Damage check
Odor Sleuth (Normal) Allows User to ignore Acc penalty, as well as Ghost type resistances
Ember (Fire, S, B. Av, Acc 0) Causes Burn on a double Damage check
Flame Wheel (Fire, P, Ab. Av, Acc 0) Removes Frozen on target, and causes Burn on a double Damage check
Leer (Normal) Very Likely to reduce close opponent's Def by 1
Roar (Normal) -6 Priority, Near Certain to force opposing pokémon to flee

So.... how are we about using moves unconventionally? I figure a roar might be able to wake up a pokemon. Its not in the rules though.

Interesting idea! I would give it a... let's say Very Likely chance to wake it up, but it would also risk force it out of the fight. It could be throw it later, and would have to transform again, but that's an option if you want to try.

Hmm, gunna stick with the bites. Landing a flinch or actual damage would be more useful than spending a turn to get it to wake up and force my ally to change pokemon.

True, but as a counter-point, if Seymour decides to switch anyway, it could be worth spending a turn to have Malley wake up if it has to come back.

If being attacked wakes something up, growler could also use a fire attack to wake up malley (though if the ability carries over, it should do no damage)

My concern is losing priority and roaring/attacking a severely injured or KO'd Pokemon. Sigliph too fast!

Had to check, I wasn't sure if Ditto copied it's target abilities as well. Turns out, it does. Unfortunately, damage doesn't normally break Sleep, though I might let it happen when someone rolls an Ex No damage.

And yes, Sigilyph is extremely fast. But on the up side, it's nowhere near as tanky as Sandslash was. That guy had a Superhuman defense! Still, as long as you're two against one, he's almost as likely to loose a turn as one of your team is. Or just as likely, if Malley stays transform as Growler.

FYI, I am camping this weekend so I'm not sure if I will be able to get a meaningful post up in the next day or so. Maybe. Feel free to press onward and assume Seymour is going along with things.

Enjoy the nature, and don't get stuck in a spooky swamp.

I am hoping to going camping some time before winter sets in, but somehow never get around to it

No problem. I wanted to give you an RP scene to wind down from the fighting anyway, so thing won't be moving too fast for a little while.

When I finally found some time to post, the site was down. I should have time to get a good post up tomorrow though. Probably more than one!

Now I want to go to orange arcipeligo!  Unfortunately for now I need to focus a bit on packing and moving. Feel free to move ahead, I'll post as I am able

Quick question. Do moves with low priority like retaliate proc even when extremely outspeeded?

NVM, I reread the rp thread and the battle summary. It looks like the retaliate did not get triggered

Edit edit:
Big moving day tomorrow. I'll probably be able to squeeze in a post. The plan is to have growler growl back. Jake doesn't realize the attraction worked.
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Got it. And I forgot to mention, the Herdier has Intimidate, giving both Farrah and Growler an Att penalty.

It's just -1, but combined with his exceptional Def, he's a massive tank. Especially against Farrah, who's got extra penalty from her burns and now her injury.
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Move went OK, but the internet isn't hooked up (which is a huge problem bc I work from home.) I think there is a coffee shop (hi covid risk!!!) around where I can VPN, but I only know where my work computer is at the moment... I'll get the situation fixed soon, I hope!

Considering the speed of the fight, you should be able to enjoy most of it anyway. I'll have Growler imitate Locke for the next round.

Yeah. I was planning on using ember anyway. I can watch from my phone, but getting posts formatted from the phone is exhausting and requires manual dexterity that my fat fingers just don't have XD

Comcast is coming to hook me up tomorrow, but if for some reason they don't, jake will switch out growlithe for skipper and growl at the herdier several times until it is less of a threat.

Herdier is too tanky, but I am guessing it is a physical attacker, so might as well debuff it into irrelevance and focus on the other pokemons. Though it sucks that it's intimitate will have proc'd 3 times this battle!

Actually, it just triggered twice. And it can't be triggered again, since Tori can't switch it out anymore.

Gotcha. I wasnt sure if it only applied when it came out or it it applied when I switched in a Pokemon too.

Also, does basculin have 2 injuries or just 1? It looks like the finale bide that made the trainer panick also got a wound on it.

Just one. She REALLY over reacted. It doesn't make sense, but it's how I decided to interpret the random event I got. It's one of the funny quirks of Mythic.

Hey GM, for Locke's stat increase, his Def is already at Average. Should it increase to Above Average?

Oops. Yes, his Def is now Above Average. Sorry about that, I made a mistake in my notes.

Were we going to roleplay the entire training, or skip ahead a bit? I am fine with either. Also, when would be the appropriate time for Seymour and Jakey to let out their pokemon?

I'm fine with skipping ahead a bit, but I do love to see how society is imagined differently than ours when pokemon is a factor. I've been sucked into crusader kings 3 lately (also work has gotten a bit more rigorous), so my post rate went down a bit. I'm still here for it though. I am curious if the GM has considered reaching out for more players again, as much as I am enjoying the Jake and Seymour show, it would be cool to bounce off of another PC now and then (assuming th GM can handle another player)

Yeah, I guess I should try to get some other players... though I'm not sure you'd meet them anytime soon. I'd rather have them start their journey at Rivierstel, and let them go from there.

As a bit of reference: the military ships are similar to those of the real world, but with doors and corridors about 25% to 50% wider, to give maneuvering room for larger pokemon.

Meanwhile, the wooden ship is rather plain, with little more decoration than the occasional water-warped plank. The planks seems pretty thin too, and you can almost see light filter through the walls of the hull.

Was Malley anywhere nearby? Or location still unknown?

Also, did Jake rushing ahead separate him from his SCUBA companions? (it seems so, just want to confirm)

Malley isn't in sight right now, but he'll probably return once he hears the noise.

Ava and Arron are slower in their explorations, trying to figure out the ship's exterior secrets, but they can hear your radio. The others can hear you too, but not as well. The radio has a 'mumble' feature, so how loud a person sounds depends on how far they are (though a sharp scream will shut it off, so you can call for help).

Pokedexes, what are they good for?  (Telling you which pokemon will turn and run and which will stay and fight).

Is Seymour fighting too, even as he is attempting to lure the Nommlins away by mimicking what the mermaid pokemon was doing?

The Nommlin may be following Malley, but they will be hostile toward you specifically. If you use Malley to defend yourself, the Nommlin may realize the ruse. Otherwise, you'll have to pick another pokemon to protect you.

Ok, cool. In that case, I'll use Turbo!

All of my stat changes etc should be taken care of now. One of my Magikarps is now Incredibly fast.

The pokeballs were only for Jakey, right? Also, am I correct in assuming we can both pick a pokemon to battle? Regardless, I was planning to let Jakey choose first since he is the water guy. :-)

In reply to Seymour Mons (msg # 199):

Jake got two pokeball increases. One for his purchases, one for the reward. Seymour got just one, bringing his Pokeballs to Average. The other trainers with you also received some for helping with the situation.

What day is it in-game? Before or after October 8?

You're in the after-noon of October 8.

I'll get a post or two up tonight and tomorrow, but this weekend and Monday will be some cold camping, so my hands will be too frozen to type on my phone... And probably no internet! Will be back to post mon evening or Tues. Feel free to move a bit without me! Maybe seymour and Jake can split up and explore the city on their own.

Got it. Have fun camping!

Jakey, found another water bug you might like. Dewpider! (I tried posting a link, but it wasn't working properly.)

I was looking through the list of bug pokemon, and here are a few others I think would also be cool for Seymour to potentially catch: Sizzlipede, Snom, Cutiefly, Grubbin/Vikavolt, Joltik, Sewaddle, Scatterbug, Shelmet, Pinsir.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:33, Mon 26 Oct 2020.

Dewpider, omg, what the heck. It looks like its head is a crystal ball. XD

Well, it need to keep it's water. To breath on land. And to drown other pokemon sometimes...

What would be the benefits of catching some bugs to sell, like Cary does? Might it be worthwhile? I am definitely going after that butterfly though. ;-)

It's not a very lucrative job. You'd need to either sell rare pokemon, or a large number of common ones. It's a bit like gardening: you could sell your vegetables to your neighbors, but unless you're growing a ton of them, it won't make much impact on your finances.

I just went through a in-game day-long battle to capture Suicune in Pixelmon. Now that is a way to get a legendary pokemon!

EDIT: And now a pokemon ranger wants me to visit the end... the latest update of Pixelmon has interesting features.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:12, Tue 03 Nov 2020.

Sounds intense. And fun!

Pixelmon is the one reason why I would be interested in Minecraft, but I'll stuck with pokemon go for now :D

There's an easy way to know if you'd like Pixelmon. If you think the best part of Sword and Shield is the wild area, you'll find it on steroid in Pixelmon.

With some extras:


Oh, and this is what some of the gyms look like:

I might need to actually get that. Been binging Hades lately and doing some playing with Hearts of Iron 4 with the fallout mod.

I also need to get a switch at some point so I can play pokemon for real!

If I was technology-literate enough to add mods to my Minecraft games, I would definitely be checking out Pixelmon.

It seems Pixelmon takes off the gloves when you have four badges. The trainers of the Snowflake Gym all have pokémons matching the level of the strongest pokémon in your team. At least. And the Gym Leader has a Dynamax Glalie. I'm gonna need a dynamax band...


And Seymour, if you're not too bothered by the Twitch Launcher, there's a basic Pixelmon Modpack in the featured tab that's pretty much click and go. I would probably suggest adding a few more mods, but they're more for quality of life than a necessity to play Pixelmon.

Just to clarify, we are working together for the challenge and each of us can use 3 pokemons?

Three at a time. You can switch in and out from your team during the challenge. And yes, you are working together.

This will be a fun challenge! I'll have to do a bit of contemplating before I make my post though. The only thing I know right now is that Snom will be making some ice walls to start with.

Seymour, sounds like you have a clearer idea of what you were planning for defenses, so feel free to take the lead. Seems like the more green on the bottom looks like we should have a fire down there and the ice higher up (also so we don't roast ourselves!)

My thought was that we would make the left side of the map icy and the right side fiery, with an area in between that was normal terrain. That way the fire wouldn't melt the ice, and the bugs would mostly stick to the normal area so we don't need to focus as much on the fire and ice areas. In the normal area we could place rocks, sand, and other physical obstacles that would slow the bugs down without completely redirecting them.

Ice side: Snom and Laconney make walls and snow.
Fire side: Farfetch'd cuts sticks, Growlithe lights them up.
Normal area: Geodude places rocks in path, and sand on slopes.
Other: I suppose Seymour would supervise placements, and Jakey/Nanny would assist with the stick-gathering and rock-moving?

I'll get an actual post up tomorrow, but what are your thoughts in the meantime?

Yeah, that sounds like a great plan! My brain has been a bit divided lately, so I am glad you are able to take initiative.

Sounds good! I made a post, but let me know if anything needs clarifying.

I really like the idea to use Roar, Jakey. Very flavorful considering our situation!

I didn't use it at first because it seemed a bit TOO apt for the situation. I figure GM wouldn't let it fly if I just spammed it to try to win each round.

It wouldn't work too well against a swarm, and there's a chance the single pokemons will return. Other than that, Roar away!

I'll get a post up tonight. Recovering from thanksgiving still!

All hail our new king, Spectrier! The black horse candidate.

That would be an interesting image. :)

new computer, spent a lot of time setting it up! Almost all done, but need some screws to add in another SSD. I am surprised neither the SSD nor the computer came with the required screws!!

Boy, what a day... Work took forever, and then I had to struggle to get minecraft working for an hour. 2020 cannot end soon enough.

Also, yes, Shedinja could go underwater well enough.

Haha, it looks like we have ourselves a little thief!

I'll definitely wait for Jakey's post before reacting though, since Seymour doesn't know what is happening to his pokedex.

Jakey, you can catch this one if you want. It definitely seems more likely to fit in with you. ;-) I will try to remember to have Seymour mention that too when I make my next IC post.

Does the raccoon still have Seymour's pokedex?

No, he dropped it on top of a garbage bin. You can grab it during the fight.

Did Shedinja's initial Confuse Ray seem to have any effect?

It did. That's why the dragon manage to smack it's head into the ship.

Would ditto, nommlin, and farfetch'd be back with Seymour by now?

Yes, your entire team is back. It's up to you what you want them to do while in the mist, though Lombre needs to keep up the mist while you wait.

Was there a bit missing at the end? Seems like it could potentially be an important detail.

I want to give you a chance to react, mostly because you have so little visibility, you won't have much chance once the thing comes into view.

What does "pointing behind him in" mean though?

Oops. The 'in' must have slipped in. He's just pointing in the direction he arrived.

Ok. That makes sense.

Been a bit busy these last couple days. I will probably be able to post tomorrow evening, but if you want to move on, you can assume Jake would try to prevent the pokemon from escaping by releasing more of his pokemons

I'm not in any rush, so I am fine with waiting for your next post if our GM is.

I'll wait until tomorrow morning then.

I plan to let Jakey take the lead on what we do next, since he is the expert at sneaking around.

Uuuu, can pincir use his head things like pliers to get the nails out, or is that too crazy

Considering Pincir is almost as tall as Jake, his head mandibles are a bit too big. His claw would be a bit better, but the best tool would be a crowbar.

Oh look, there's one! :)

Oh, derp. I was hoping Jake would have a crowbar, but forgot his pokemon came with one! I'll edit if I have time today... Or you can just incorporate it into the next post anyhow.

I'll note it in.

This is pretty unrelated to everything going on right now, but I was recently thinking about how I had already caught a bunch of the pokemon on my favorites list that I submitted for character creation, and I thought it might be nice to update my "favorites" that I thought might be fun to catch. So here is that list:

Castform
Tropius
Phantump
Smeargle
Deino
Onix (crystal or regular)
Clobbopus
Rotom
Torkoal

As always, Seymour is interested in catching almost any pokemon, but these are some that stand out of the crowd to me. At least at the time I am typing this.

Caspar is just going to keep on the same tactics (Skipper bide, inky psychic attacks).

Consider the favor to KO the pokemon spent!

Feel forward to move forward on the enemy boat thread. I feel like jakes trip took a bit of time to swim! I also haven't decided how jake will react

Can jake order a martini while watching the enemy ship sink? Lol

In case anyone is interested, I just updated my character description to include my current pokemon team, and added a list of all my pokemon including their nicknames. I figured it could be a handy and accessible reference. I will try to keep it up to date too.

I should do that too!

Jakey, do you have a preference for which TM you'll choose? I was leaning toward either Dive or Surf, but didn't want to pick the same as you.

Waterfall will be for me. Skipper needs a powerful Physical Water-type move!

Cool. I think I'll probably go with Surf then. I hope to get a new post up in the main thread in a few hours.

Question time:

Is there anything specific I need to do to teach a TM to a pokemon? Also, do I happen to have any pokemon that can use my Payback TM yet? Lastly, what is this gym's badge called? The anchor badge?

It's the Sea badge. As for using TM, you only need to recall your pokemon to it's ball, and use the TM's connector to the ball. The pokemon 'learns' the move after a short time.

Oh, and I forgot to check your 'fakemon' for the TMs... Naiaqua can learn all three TMs, while Nommlin can learn Surf and Waterfall.

As for Payback... none of your pokemon can learn it. Right now, only Jake's Inkay can learn it, to my surprise.

Thanks!

Were there any "level ups" that went along with this challenge?

I decided to wait until you leave to give you all the level ups. I think it will be a good way to close the thread.

Makes sense.

Did Lombre and Farrah's upgrades happen to get combined somehow? Or is Lombre really supposed to be learning a flying type move right now? It seems like it may have been an error, so I figured I would double check.

Doh! Yeah, I managed to skip from Lombre's name to Farrah's upgrade. I fixed it now.

Thanks!

However, now it says to increase Farrah's HP to High, but it was already at High. Should I boost it one more, or leave it as-is?

All of the other changes to myself/pokemon are taken care of.

Boost it to Except. I must have made a mistake when I noted in down.

Cool. Adjusted it.

Jakey, were you still wanting to go look for strong flying pokemon? They could be good for both the flying challenge and for the castle infiltration challenge. If you do want to do that still, where should we head next? I'm not picky.

Getting a strong flying pokemon sounds good. Manty isn't big enough to haul Jakey around!

So you want to head north WEST to Vollemond?

Why did I think you were in Windzaal?
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Sounds like!

Vollemond sounds good to me! Or anywhere in the wild near there where strong flying pokemon may be.

There doesn't happen to be any area nearby where we might find a Tropius, is there? Because that would be my/Seymour's flier of choice. They are cool.

Not that any of the trainers with you know. But you know what, I'll give you guys the CTS: Cadien Trading System. Looking on it, you can trade a Poliwag, a Shinx, or a Meltan for a Tropius.

Meltan are pretty hard to find, hanging out mostly in foundries (something that a naval yard needs), while Shinx tend to roam the plains between Vollemon and Herenport. For the Poliwag, they can be found around the river that crosses routes 113, 207, and 214.

EDIT: Do you want to try finding a Meltan, or just try for the more common pokemon?
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:48, Sat 27 Mar 2021.

If Seymour is planning to trade it away anyway, he would probably go for the poliwag or Shinx. They are on the way anyway. He may even look to catch two Shinx, since electric types could be helpful against fliers.

But Jakey, if you are interested in searching for a Meltan, I am fine with that too. Meltan is definitely a cool pokemon.

I'm more interested in shinx too!

Tyrantrum seems like an awesome pokemon. Jakey, do you want to call dibs? You can have first pick. I don't mind if you want to be the one to catch it. But if you aren't interested in catching it, I definitely am. ;-)

(>.>) All yours, Jake will just be uh, behind the tree over there... yup... good luck :D

Haha. Well, we are already searching for pokemon so Seymour can trade one for a tropius, so I didn't want to call dibs on this one too. In general, I will catch anything that moves, so don't ever feel bad about "stealing" a pokemon from me.

I'm more concerned about the pokemon stealing a head from Jake or Seymour, haha!

Haha, thinger. I love Jakey's way of describing things.

Jake would have asked the same question as seymour and is waiting for a response from the farmer too! (I guess I could have made an in-game post, but it would have only been a sentence or two).

Are Laura or the farmer still with us?

The farmer is. Laura is waiting with her Tyrantrum.

About the nurse situation, yes, Cadien also has Nurse Joy in most of their pokécenters.

The in-game explanation dates back to an ancient legends, where a pink-haired woman named Joy who befriended pokemon through her kindness, eventually teaching mankind how to tame pokemons. She passed on her talents to her children (as well as passing on her pink hair), and over the years her descendants became associated with pokemon care. So much so that even nurses who aren't descendants of the original Joy would tint their hair pink and take the nickname of Joy.

Given the 'apparently' and 'seemingly' I am guessing the shinx are actually just having a party with fairy, but Jake probably would miss the nuance and/or hop into a situation before fully assessing it :D

How many Shinx are we facing? 5? 20? 100?

It's a horde, like with the bug swarms you faced in Roarac. The individual numbers don't really matters, they'll just scatter once you do enough damage to the group.

Heck yeah, Atticus is back! I can read some other threads now!

Hello all! Long story short: caught COVID, recovered, then had a bad back injury earlier this year. But I'm back and I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone has been up to.

Yikes, glad to hear you are doing better. I just got my second COVID vaccine dose today, so I hope I don't need to worry about it soon. Then again, some of the variants out there are a bit scary!

I still have to way two days before I can make an appointment. On the up side, I should only need one dose since I caught it before.

I haven't heard that you only need one dose of you already had it! I am not up to date on all the recommendations though. I know J and J you only need one dose though.



Also, I saw someone playing Pokemon snap... And the magikarps were super cute. I am thinking of buying a switch just so I can take pictures of magikarp. Am I crazy, or is it a good idea?

It can be both. ;-) But seriously, the best reason to get a game is because you want to. The reason you want to doesn't matter so much.

I think the dose depends on the vaccine.

But the switch is an AMAZING console and Snap is just one good game out of many that will keep you busy!

>.> Threw some cash at waifu for her to get a switch. She is very happy. I think this was the right decision!

I plan on trading the Shinx right away, so no need for its stats.

been a bit busy, feel free to move on without me for a couple days. Should have more time in the weekend. We are hosting some guests at our place thanks to vaccinations! Woo!

Feel free to continue without me. Seymour doesn't have much to add at the moment. I am having fun just watching the battle, both IC and OOC.

I'm glad you didn't meet a character like that in a tournament, because I'm not sure you could break through that poison/stall strategy. A Chansey's HP is Superhuman 4! An Average damage has a 1 in 20 chance to inflict a wound on a critical hit.

And, of course, she knows Soft-Boiled to heal herself...

y u haet moi?

Ok, managed to get a hit. time to bite!

Honestly, I just picked the Chansey at random. What little I rolled at random for your foe was that she's an artist, so she had to have a Smeargle. I grabbed the Crucibelle as an interesting fakemon that could fit the situation (like a paint pot). And then I rolled on a team generator to pick her last team member. Since direct attack are not her strong suit, having a wall seemed like the best choice.

But MAN is it a wall. Honestly, she can barely hit anything. If you hadn't used your Fairy, I'm not sure that Chansey could have landed any blow.

Poor fairy!  So weak!  Only reason why I have been using it is because I want to see it evolve! Jake may shelf it if it is only a pretty butterfly, but I have a feeling its glass wings will be sharp!

I like the crucibelle being the paint pot. Do you have a random number generator for pokemon?

EDIT:
In theory, could growler bite itself to take damage to power up reversal?  That might be a tactic to take out the chancy!
This message was last edited by the player at 17:02, Fri 28 May 2021.

You can't use your own attack to trigger Reversal. However, keep in mind that the Chansey knows the move Take Down (she tried using it a few times). Reversing that move is probably the most damaging attack you can make.

As for the random generator I use, it's a pretty basic website I found that picks random pokemons: https://randompokemon.com/?n=6...false&forms=true

I just replace any Legendary that show up with a fakemon.
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:13, Sat 29 May 2021.

Jakey, what should we do next?

Maybe go ahead to the v town and check out the gym? We ended up getting a lot of new Pokemon, but only a couple flying ones though!

Hmm, I'm having a hard time deciding on my team. Can I bring absol around as  +1 so long as I never use it in a fight until I make it a formal member of the team? I figure since it is just a kid, maybe it would be OK?


ALSO To all the people who said I should get a switch, I think I have shoulder tendonitis as a result of playing too much... curse my aged body!

Sure, she just won't gain experience along the way.

Are you ready to head into Vollemond, or do you want to take some time to search around for more pokemon or to train?

I wouldn't mind searching around for more wild pokemon and spending some more time training. Especially since Seymour and Jakey are not very used to being in the air yet. It seems unwise to do a flying challenge while they are still such novices.


Hope you recover quickly! Hopefully you at least got some cool snap pics for your trouble!

I actually was binging fire emblem when I got hurt.

I wouldn't mind a scene of flying around looking for pokemon and trouble. I'll try to get a post up tonight, but might get busy with paperwork (might have successfully gotten a house!!!!!!!!!!)

Sorry for not posting yesterday, I had a few issues. Both with my car and my teeth. I was just not in the mood to be creative.

lol, no problem. I'm amazed how much the pace of this game has been steady. Its approaching the highest number of posts of any game I've been in... and with basically just 2 players and 1 GM. Its kinda nuts.

EDIT:
Wow, verdakeet is kinda a recover-tank. It just needs more HP then I can try to replicate the strat of poison and wait it out.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:16, Fri 18 June 2021.

Feel free to move on without me for a bit. My shoulder is got a bit of a burning sensation these last couple weeks, so I'll see if taking a break from keyboarding over the weekend will help.

Ok, turns out that my shoulder pain was something that could be solved with 2 minutes of massage. I wish I had known that these last two weeks I have been in pain, lol. Hindsight is 2021

Sweet, a Castform! Another one from my favorites list making an appearance!

...I completely forgot it was there...

Oh, hum... I mean, that was completely planned and expected.

Yes.

So, uh, Jakey... Do we want to play with dynamite? Does Jakey have any experience with explosives?

Hmmm, maybe firecrackers. I might be able to get a post in today. Otherwise I can post on Sunday.

Explosive sounds fun though

Cool. I will definitely let Jakey take the lead on handling explosives.

Move went well! Just need to hook up computer and internet tomorrow and should be able to get a post out!

FYI, my new baby son was just born a couple days ago, so I might be a bit sparse with my posting for a bit. Especially since I will need to post from my phone for a week or two.

Congrats!!!

Is this a first kid? I should get a post down later today. Been away from my computer for a while.

Our second child.

I'm away from home today, so I'll post the fight tomorrow.

Okay, if I'd know Locke's second turn would get three critical success in a row, I would probably have written the combat yesterday...

Haha. Locke really does have a vendetta against Team Gaia.

I'm not really sure what to say at the moment IC, so I'll just wait for vulture-guy to reply to Jakey for now.

For the challenge, we will only be able to use two Pokemon? Or do you mean only two at a time? I was assuming only two total, but wanted to double check.

Two at the time. The one you're flying on, and the one attacking. You can change attacker mid-fight, but obviously you have to keep your mount out at all time.

Also, you're not allowed to attack your opponent's mount directly, obviously. Just his trail.

What is the Pokemon that the Colonel is riding?

A big Mandibuzz.

Cool. One more question. Musa is my mount and Flutter is my attacker, but is Musa still allowed to try and attack the opponent's trail? Or is that against the rules?

You can try, though that will expose you to his counter attack.

Do I need to mark off any favor points for that awesome opening move?

Nope, you got lucky right from the start.

Awesome!

Camping for the rest of the day and part of tomorrow. Hopefully will get a post in Sunday. Also need to think about next moves.

Removed the 5 favor points. Is it safe for Seymour to celebrate his victory?

Also, Jakey, that was a very unexpected move with the self destruct. Both cool and interesting!

I finally found a pokemon generator for PTU that includes gen 7 and 8. That will make  things a bit easier when I make your opponents.

Poor Malley. Just trying to do some cheering and it injures its friends. That was hilarious though.

The unexpected side-effect of the Dancer ability! I have to say, I didn't expect you'd get it to transform like that.

What is the name of our new badge?

It's the Air badge.

So where do you wish to go? You can look at the map to pick a route, or what direction you want to go.

If you want more details on what gym each town has, just ask. By now, your characters have already heard about all of them at least once, so even if you don't remember, your character could have noted it down.

I think we are using the following path:
You can reach it by taking Route 206 north of here, then turning west on Route 105

I'm thinking we follow that rout to the next town, then maybe cut across the wilderness to Carcamiar from there. I think that might be more interesting. ;-)

Jakey, you read my mind. I hope to have a new post up shortly.

go ahead and jump forward a post or two without me, a bit busy atm

Jakey, OOC I don't really care much whether we stay or go. So we can do whichever you prefer OOC.

As a player, I want to stay!

I feel like I am supposed to come to a specific conclusion about some of them coming back toward the main swarm, but I have no idea what conclusion that is supposed to be. Is it supposed to seem strange that some end up returning to the larger group?

Well, when you normally scatter a swarm or cause pokemons to flee, they just try to get directly away. Them returning is definitely counter-nature.

Uh, it was definitely not jake that sliced the tires. Nosiree, definitely a ghosty haunty type pokemon.

Haha, I was actually wondering for a bit there if a Rotom or something had possessed the vehicle. The rock on the gas pedal suggests otherwise though.

Had a guest this last week. They are leaving today, so should be able to get a post up by evening.

Hope you had fun! I think I will wait until you post so that I can follow your lead on how you want to handle our current situation. This feels like more of a Jakey moment.

I hope that last image doesn't stretch your screen too much.

Looks fine on my screen.

My computer exploded

(Jk. looks nice)

I decided to change my team to: Shedinja, Lapimage, Lombre, Ditto, Verdakeet, Castform

Is my Verdakeet big enough to carry a passenger?

He's too small to carry you on his back, but he could grab you and lift you for a jump boost.

Sorry for the lack of update, but work is pretty crazy right now. I'll put things on hold until January.

Have a merry Christmas, and a happy new year!

No worries! Happy holidays to you too!

Happy Holidays!

Happy New Year!

Workday for me means morning posts!  Welcome to 2022 everyone. Let's hope it is better than 2021 and 2020... well, and the years before it.

So I've gone through my first six hours of Legend: Arceus. And it feels like Pixelmon, with better graphics.

I REALLY hope it's not the only game they make in that series!

Arg, Arceus is so tempting to me. I appreciate it for what it is, but idk if I will end up playing it enough. Maybe I can find a copy on sale eventually?  I am hoping some of the visuals get ironed out and a bit more interesting landmarks added to make the open world feel a bit cooler than I heard it is.  That being said, I would looooooove if they borrowed someone from Breath of the Wild to spice up the open world a bit for a sequel/dlc.

So I've finished most of the main story line (I consider anything past the credit to be post game). Now for the REAL game: filling out the Pokédex, getting Arceus, and hunting for shinies!

I know I'm not the best judge of graphics (considering my favorite game is Minecraft), but I don't really see the graphics complaints people have. Sure, there's a few glitches around (like epileptic grass), but the draw distance is so much better than SS, and the size of Pokémon is actually visible when you look at them.

Honestly, if you're the completionist type, you will have your plate filled for a long time.

I plan on waiting for Jakey before I post. The reason is twofold. One, because he seems like he is probably going to be better with traps. Two, because I am really curious what Jakey's explanation is for a "waterfall trap." :-P

Oh come on, you know you want to see what the trap does :P

Jake will go along with Seymour's plan of NOT triggering the trap on purpose.

Oh, I definitely want to trigger the trap. I want to trigger all the traps. Seymour doesn't want to though. He is too dang logical sometimes.

My take on the waterfall trap would be the angry DM solution:

Water falls, everyone drowns.

Not as popular as rocks, but easier to clean up afterward. :)

Does Seymour notice that a big haunted tree has appeared behind him?

Yes, the red beam of light was quite visible. You also saw from what tree the Pokémon was sent, though the soldier is too well hidden for you to see him.

Did Locke or Malley take any wounds?

And

Fairy: 1 wound
FeeFee: KO
Growler: 2 wound

Look right?

Do any of those pokemon have healing moves/abilities? Since this is a survival challenge, I purposefully chose a team with a lot of healing synergies.

Unfortunately no. I only pokemon I have with healing abilities are self-heals on skipper and verdekeet

Locke took one wound. He also lost his newly acquired grass typing once you switched him out.

Congratulations on the Crystalid, Jakey!

Fairy was just hungry and needed a nice big meal to evolve :)

Frozen veggies seemed to do the trick!

How much daylight do we have remaining?

Probably a good five hours.

I will let Jakey handle the rock in our path, since he is the one who noticed it.

Am I understanding the situation correctly? Is Seymour and all six of his pokemon asleep? If so, that is hilarious!

Yep, these guys really like putting their foes to sleep. So they can use Dream Eater.

Storyteller, Lombre's HP was already at Average. Should I increase it to Above Average? Or do something else?

Oops. Bump it to Above Average.

I decided to choose Finder's Keepers for my ability and increased my IQ to incredible. GM, what is our new badge called?

Agility becomes INCREDIBLE. Also, snagging trap finder so Jake can 'disarm' more traps.

Oops, I posted my reply in the wrong thread. The badge you got is the Trap badge.

I'll be able to post tomorrow; last week was all planning for a mega party, which is done now. About 60 people showed. I am exhausted! But happy!

The hotel is truly hauuuunted :P

Edit: Seymour (well, player of Seymour), I am curious what you think Jake's whole deal is. Like why he goes by Faulker and stuff. GM censor me if I am out of line!
This message was last edited by the player at 03:02, Thu 04 Aug 2022.