Pokemon Umbral Discussion 14: Discussion Thread Player Character Conspiracy #1

[Dracorion]

Well now, that's ridiculous.

I mean, awesome, but ridiculous.

I know that's why AB wanted you to be leader in the first place, but I say that's exactly why you shouldn't be leader.

[Menarker]

Oh please, you guys never hid the fact that "Renny shouldn't be leader" even before AB mentioned that.

Question is, are you going to implement the awesome but ridiculous plan I mentioned above? :3

You think Renny should be given a different title like "Kickass Battle Tactian"?

Whitney can also use Psych-Up so she can use Zen Headbutt and the few other physical moves she has. ^^ Even as low as her attack is, it's still much higher than her special attack after the boost.

[Dracorion]

You're never going to be leader again. Christ.

Gem still needs to have a say, but I guess I'm fine with implementing the plan.

I'll give you just "Tactician". Or maybe "Tactian".

Oh God, now Whitney too? I mean, I wanna do it too of course but JESUS CHRIST MAN GODDAMNIT.

Geminex and I are both going to take credit. Impact will suggest that Dormond Baton Pass his boost to Shizuka, I'll suggest Whitney's.

[Menarker]

Impossible. Renny is the one sending Dormond with the entire idea, telling Dormond what to do and all that. Credit goes to him only in character. In the forums, only Gem is eligible for credit due to him mentioning Baton Pass, but I get Psych Up and teleport credit. (And having set up Snorlax and Togekiss and Maria in such as way as to get it to your group by second turn.)

Of course, Pierce can get credit for Whitney since Renny isn't involved with her tactics in any way. She just happens to have that move in her list and be in your party.

[Dracorion]

Okay, Gem can get Baton Pass.

But I get Whitney using Psych Up.

As for you, we need to work out a system where you can't take credit for all of your ideas. To discourage you from going overboard with munchkinning.

I mean, sure, you can come up with something that completely breaks the game and kills everything, but you'd only be able to take credit for a little bit of it.

[Astral Harmony]

You can destroy corpses in a variety of ways. You could set them on fire with a fire type move (in other words, kill it with a fire move, hit with a fire move after it's dead, or kill it when it has a burn condition). Certain methods will also prevent corpses from becoming useful to Atunhands. For example, Shizuka's Apple Slicer divided her target into eight pieces. Not much an Atunhand can do for a corpse in that condition. And of course, Atunhands cannot mutate other Atunhands.

You can also inflict Overkill on a target. Yes, it's something I just came up with as I'm typing this post. Overkill is the insane destruction of a critically-wounded target using an move that is unnecessarily destructive, like Draco Meteor on a critically wounded Raikner. The Raikner is defeated so badly that an Atunhand cannot use it. Overkills are also a good way to reduce an enemy formation's morale. Well, more than simply killing the enemy. It's not the best strategy right now because you still have a large number of foes on the field, but it's something to bear in mind.

As for the Superpower, I must've read the strategy guide wrong. I was kinda trying to hurry, even if I was enjoying Lil Jon and Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged episodes the whole way.

Now I'm off to work.

[Menarker]

Ooooh, overkill. Sounds useful in my group already due to having that huge power snorlax ready to lay the beatdown on the poor souls with maxed out attack and earthquake. ^^

Well, AB didn't protest, so I guess I'll go along with my plan as soon as I hear from Gem.

[Dracorion]

Impact can get Discord after Pierce meets her, at the soonest (I've got a perfectly good, in-character, make-sense-no-sex reason for Pierce meeting her first, I promise!). But preferably after she dies and he gets his Dialga.

Hm, Overkill sounds like the kinda thing I wanna have a Dragon pokemon for.

I think maybe I'll switch to Kingdra. Pierce hasn't seen her since she ran off to play with Swampert and Shaymin, so who knows what kinda trouble that little bitch has been getting into.

EDIT: You know, I totally forgot to bite AB's head off for this:

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

@ Dracorian (Start of Page 2): Shizuka can be a pretty motivated girl as well when it comes to freedom fighting. If you want to get on her good side, you'd better be ready to bid farewell to your world and live in the netherworld with her, crossing over with her into new worlds and fighting alongside her and looking only at her with those perverted eyes and whatnot. Eh, I think you can do it.

Whether Pierce can or can't is irrelevant: of course he can. The problem is that you've gone on record in the RP saying that Shizuka was impressed with Impact, while Pierce gets no mention. Nevermind that Pierce managed to keep up with a fully trained Slayer in going up against a seven hundred-year-old demoness. Plus she was playing with him the entire duel (unless that whole Ho-Oh thing was on purpose and somehow a sign of respect, but how would that work?).

So go change that.

Pierce's penis size, and mine, are at stake here!

EDIT 2.0: Also forgot about this:

Originally Posted by Geminex

Edit:
And in regards to Drac:
If I don't get lucky by the end of my sidequest, I'll drop it. I'll also make sure not to challenge her in the way you would. I can make that work.

You have no idea how Pierce would challenge Shizuka, even if he wasn't trying to get into her pants. You can take guesses and I can shoot them down for you, if you'd like.

[Menarker]

Well, I need to start writing my post, so I'll assume that Gem would be ok with my plan, and buff Shizuka and give his group Dormond and all that.

If Gem gives me a very good reason otherwise, I'll edit as needed.

[Geminex]

You think Renny should be given a different title like "Kickass Battle Tactian"?

How about "cheater"? "Cheater" sounds nice.

KILLJOY TIME:
I propose the following balancing solutions, to be implemented from this battle onwards:
Self-damage unable to be healed by items (that means if Snorlax belly-drums, he'd better have rest ready)
Psych-up only to be used on enemies (this was its original purpose. To counter teams that rely heavily on buffs. It wasn't supposed to make buffing more profitable)
And, while I'll gladly take credit for realizing a good use for Baton pass, I'd imagine that switching between battles would remove any buffs that a pokemon or pokebrid has. Because, really, for a pokemon, that'd be the equivalent of returning and being re-deployed, which would most certainly cancel the boost. For pokebrids and slayers, I'd imagine that whatever it is wears off in the time from exiting one battle to entering another.

So, even if we teleport, I really don't think it'd be possible. Or that it should be. So, very good reason? Balancing. :3

Pierce managed to keep up with a fully trained Slayer in going up against a seven hundred-year-old demoness

I don't know about this, but I think the entire point of Shizuka being impressed with Impact is that Impact showed a lot more skill than Pierce. Due to, y'know, being a fully trained Slayer. Not that it'd show in combat, mind you, because she's way beyond both of us, but I don't think that Pierce would've matched Impact's skill.