Pok?mon Umbral Discussion 10: PvPing Inside and Outside the RP

Astral Harmony · 04-08-2010, 03:13 AM

Well, I dunno about leaders in the future, but I will say that Renny's the protagonist of this RP since he's, y'know, the only good guy player character. The rest of you keep talking about manipulations and distrust. You may even be worse criminals than the Evil Eevee Eight.

Anyways, with all these sidequests, we'll never get to go to the beach. Not like there's anything worthwhile at the beach anyways...

...I mean, yeah, there's a likelihood of there being a Ruin General but not much else of anything nice to look at...

...and okay, sure I'm planning to introduce the Snagger there to replace Mike but that's more or less the gist of it. I can't think of any other good reason to be there at all...

...Oh, wait, that last one's Mission Twelve at the public hot springs. Feh.

Hopefully I can make all my other interesting plot points and have time to dish out the upgrades, then let Menarker take over from there, so I'll get crackin' on that immediately.

Actually, there's also a really sexy picture of the Pok�mon girls at a swimming pool, but I can't put too much fanservice in one post. Gotta have something for the threads in the future, y'know.

Menarker · 04-08-2010, 03:16 AM

... *Jaw drop*

Wow.

But yeah, looking forward to the updates and such.

Geminex · 04-08-2010, 03:22 AM

Oh come on. How does being good-aligned make him the protagonist? Impact's totally good-aligned too! Or at least he sees himself as being so. And Charlotte's good-aligned too! I mean, how's she supposed to know that chewing people's legs and then beating them to death with them is wrong? Because a "protagonist" is the chief actor, main character. And that'd make things quite boring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist

And yeah, we'll see about that. Impact's power hunger will not be sated until he rules the PATCA.

Second picture's my favorite.

Astral Harmony · 04-08-2010, 04:37 AM

That post is pretty much a big change to Menarker's PM so make it all meet together. I'll get to work on coming up with the upgrades now. It should all be in an edit of this post.

EDIT: Here you go, fresh off my steaming brain.

Slayer Upgrades

New Medium Weapon!: Ricewood Rifle ~ A rifle so special that Professor Ricewood put her name on it since she worked on the damn thing from start to finish day in and day out for a whole week. This weapon is a modified organic weapon of the Raikner, a Ruin Pok�mon with dual armcannons. Place one arm in the tight slot at the bottom of the weapon to have a good, sturdy grip on the weapon. Reach into the hole near the top and pull on the violet tendons to fire the weapon. The weapon fires yellow laser beams from an altered sensory sphere and inflicts Ruin type damage. Ultra effective against Fighting types. Super effective against Grass, Ground, Rock and Ice types.

New Armor!: Guardian Globe ~ Looks like a sensory sphere attached to a bracelet. Kinda looks a little too pretty for a man to wear, but the protection it affords against Ruin type attacks will make the people making fun of you wish they were wearing them when the Ruin Pok�mon amass on the battlefield.

New Slayer Ability!: Sweep ~ The Slayer can now make any attack hit two or more enemy targets in the same battle. The power is divided appropriately (in half if targeting two, in thirds if targeting three, and so on and so forth). A great way for a ticked off Slayer to show 'em who really owns this bitch. Can be used with any weapon and all accessories as applicable.

Pok�mon Trainer Upgrades

New Pok�mon Upgrade!: Leader Pok�mon Number Increase ~ Increases the number of Leader Pok�mon (Pok�mon that can have six moves instead of just four) by one. Trainers now have two leader Pok�mon.

New Power!: Trainer Attack ~ The Pok�mon Trainer uses a weapon of sorts (or not) and attacks a single target. Available every turn. Power, accuracy, and other effects are determined by the context (the weapon/s available on your person or in the environment). Weapons available in the environment will be noted at the start of the battle. The Trainer is not exposed to danger by attacking, so the Trainer isn't in any additional danger by helping his Pok�mon with a little personal assistance.

New Command!: Divide ~ The opposite of Focus. Use it to make attacks that normally hit one enemy hit two foes at once. Attack power is halved. A great tactic is to use this move to defeat two weak Pok�mon instead of defeating just one and wasting the move's potential. You can choose which two Pok�mon to hit, so long as both are in the same battle.

Pok�brid Upgrades

New Pok�brid Power!: Synchronization Technique ~ A powerful arsenal of supernatural techniques that are not moves per se, but like ancient powers that your average Pok�mon cannot do. Use of a Signature Technique requires the user to be Paradigm Shifted into the appropriate Pok�mon form (Whitney's use of this move earlier and it's effects are the only exception and will not be repeated). Each technique can be used once per battle and can be used in the same turn as when the user first Paradigm Shifts. The list below details all eight Pok�brid forms available, the two for Matthias, the two for Whitney, the two for Rachel, and the two for Lola. You are not required to shout the name of the attack, but it just seems to feel more powerful that way, y'know?

- Venomoth (Matthias) [Powder Punishment] ~ Uses Disable, Toxic, Supersonic, Stun Spore, and Sleep Powder on the target with 100% effectiveness. Need to rid yourself of a threat but couldn't possibly do so by killing it? Try this move and see if you don't fuck 'em up royally.
- Castform (Matthias) [Forecast Shift] ~ Takes control of the weather and allows it to be whatever Matthias wants it to be. Got a sandstorm you don't want and wish Sunny Day was in effect? This is your move. Oh, and you can still use a move in that turn! Turn the tables on the environment and on your opponent.
- Gardevoir (Whitney) [Black Hole] ~ Swallows the enemy on the first turn, deals huge damage that ignores type, and spits them out the next turn. Get rid of a threat for a crucial turn and leave them bleeding. Could be helpful during certain touch-and-go battles.
- Mismagius (Whitney) [Dance of Illusions] ~ Creates three illusory copies of the user and prevents attacks targeting the user from connecting. When attacking, these illusory copies amplify damage by half, creating an attack power of more than 2.5 if all illusions are present. An illusion is banished at the end of any turn where the user is targeted by an attack, even an attack that normally would not hit.
- Pikachu (Rachel) [Thunder Swarm] ~ Creates a thunderstorm that attracts dozens of Pikachus. Deals powerful electric type damage and high paralysis chances to random enemies. Let the lightning crash down!
- Magnezone (Rachel) [Magnet Crush] ~ Locks down all metal Pok�mon and objects used by the enemy and renders them unable to act or otherwise unusable (Steel type Pok�mon, metal Slayer weapons and metal improvised weapons). When Rachel shouts "Drop your weapons!", you don't get a choice but to comply...unless you use wooden or stone weapons, you old-school pussies.
- Lopunny (Lola) [Sexy Party] ~ Uses Helping Hand on all allies. The more allies with her, the more effective this crucial table turner is!
- Chimecho (Lola) [Heavenly Chime] ~ Uses Safeguard, Light Screen and Reflect on the user and two other targets. A great move to kick off a tough battle. Just another way that Lola shows how much she loves keeping people alive.

Pok�mon Snagger Upgrades

New Pok�mon Upgrade!: Leader Pok�mon Number Increase ~ Increases the number of Leader Pok�mon (Pok�mon that can have six moves instead of just four) by one. Snaggers now have two leader Pok�mon.

New Power!: Trainer Attack ~ The Pok�mon Snagger uses a weapon of sorts (or not) and attacks a single target. Available every turn. Power, accuracy, and other effects are determined by the context (the weapon/s available on your person or in the environment). Weapons available in the environment will be noted at the start of the battle. The Snagger is not exposed to danger by attacking, so the Snagger isn't in any additional danger by helping his Pok�mon with a little personal assistance.

Snag Ball Upgrade!: Effect Choice ~ Grants the Snagger the ability to choose what negative status effect a thrown Snag Ball gives the targeted Pok�mon when it doesn't catch the target. Poison, Sleep, Confusion, Frozen, or Paralysis are all available for each and every Snag Ball.

Geminex · 04-08-2010, 05:06 AM

Ok... so now Menarker'll be posting his thread and then off we go to celebrate?

Astral Harmony · 04-08-2010, 05:46 AM

Upgrades are now available, two posts above this one. No choices, each class gets all the upgrades granted to that class.

I will start a new thread for Renny's Sidequest. My post will be brief and then Menarker can take it from there. You all can more or less socialize amongst yourselves and ask the NPCs stuff which I'll answer when I have time to post. You can start PvPs amongst yourselves if you like and whatnot.

I'll start posting that now...j-...just as soon as I can get my eyes off the first post in this thread.

Geminex · 04-08-2010, 05:55 AM

Nice. Ruin weapons will be very fun. What slot does it go in? Heavy?
I'll always be wearing Ruin armor from now on... unless we're fighting only Faynoc, and even then...

Though one more thing, at the start of mission two, didn't you say you were thinking of making up some more accessories that'd give Slayers stats boosts over time, so they'd be "more dangerous, the longer a battle goes"? Cause I was really looking forwards to that.

Astral Harmony · 04-08-2010, 05:57 AM

Ah, sorry 'bout that. The Ricewood Rifle will be a medium weapon. It's kinda bulky, but not particularly heavy and is easy to lift, aim, and fire.

My mind didn't have anything thought up when I started typing up random upgrades that came to mind, but I will try to remember this kind of stuff for the future.

EDIT: There, my mistake is fixed. Now to post.

Geminex · 04-08-2010, 06:06 AM

"The future"?
What kind of future? The "I'll edit the post in a minute and give you the upgrades you so richly deserve" future? Or the "Wait till next mission you greedy bastard, do you think I'm made of upgrades?" future?

Also, does this mean that Lola will be yelling "Sexy party!" in the future?

Edit: Ok, I'm signing off for today, as I'm afraid that doing anything else will be accompanied by profanity, and freezing arrogance. I sorta see the logic behind Renny getting picked as leader of the Watchmen, but god motherfucking dammit. Why?

Astral Harmony · 04-08-2010, 07:00 AM

The after Mission Three future. Satisfied? No? Well tough shit.

Not only will Lola be shouting "Sexy Party!", but she may on occasion act like Stewie from Family Guy.

Lola: "This calls for a sexy party!"
*Lola and a bunch of random sexy woman in bikinis run around at random while some kind of party music plays*
Impact: "Okay, I'll bite. How does this give me Helping Hand?"
Pierce: "I don't know, but it makes me want to do something with my hand."

And so what if Renny's the leader? You're the sequel's antagonist! Do you have any comprehension of how many sexy, evil female servants that'll net you, Devil Lord Impact? And I'm not even counting the succubi!

04-08-2010, 03:13 AM	#1
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	Pok?mon Umbral Discussion 10: PvPing Inside and Outside the RP Well, I dunno about leaders in the future, but I will say that Renny's the protagonist of this RP since he's, y'know, the only good guy player character. The rest of you keep talking about manipulations and distrust. You may even be worse criminals than the Evil Eevee Eight. Anyways, with all these sidequests, we'll never get to go to the beach. Not like there's anything worthwhile at the beach anyways... ...I mean, yeah, there's a likelihood of there being a Ruin General but not much else of anything nice to look at... ...and okay, sure I'm planning to introduce the Snagger there to replace Mike but that's more or less the gist of it. I can't think of any other good reason to be there at all... ...Oh, wait, that last one's Mission Twelve at the public hot springs. Feh. Hopefully I can make all my other interesting plot points and have time to dish out the upgrades, then let Menarker take over from there, so I'll get crackin' on that immediately. Actually, there's also a really sexy picture of the Pok�mon girls at a swimming pool, but I can't put too much fanservice in one post. Gotta have something for the threads in the future, y'know.

04-08-2010, 03:16 AM	#2
Menarker OMG! WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3,802	... Jaw drop Wow. But yeah, looking forward to the updates and such. __________________ THE BIO OF RENNY TRESSERHORN THE BIOs OF POKEMON UMBRAL! Last edited by Menarker; 04-08-2010 at 03:19 AM.

04-08-2010, 04:37 AM	#4
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	That post is pretty much a big change to Menarker's PM so make it all meet together. I'll get to work on coming up with the upgrades now. It should all be in an edit of this post. EDIT: Here you go, fresh off my steaming brain. Slayer Upgrades New Medium Weapon!: Ricewood Rifle ~ A rifle so special that Professor Ricewood put her name on it since she worked on the damn thing from start to finish day in and day out for a whole week. This weapon is a modified organic weapon of the Raikner, a Ruin Pok�mon with dual armcannons. Place one arm in the tight slot at the bottom of the weapon to have a good, sturdy grip on the weapon. Reach into the hole near the top and pull on the violet tendons to fire the weapon. The weapon fires yellow laser beams from an altered sensory sphere and inflicts Ruin type damage. Ultra effective against Fighting types. Super effective against Grass, Ground, Rock and Ice types. New Armor!: Guardian Globe ~ Looks like a sensory sphere attached to a bracelet. Kinda looks a little too pretty for a man to wear, but the protection it affords against Ruin type attacks will make the people making fun of you wish they were wearing them when the Ruin Pok�mon amass on the battlefield. New Slayer Ability!: Sweep ~ The Slayer can now make any attack hit two or more enemy targets in the same battle. The power is divided appropriately (in half if targeting two, in thirds if targeting three, and so on and so forth). A great way for a ticked off Slayer to show 'em who really owns this bitch. Can be used with any weapon and all accessories as applicable. Pok�mon Trainer Upgrades New Pok�mon Upgrade!: Leader Pok�mon Number Increase ~ Increases the number of Leader Pok�mon (Pok�mon that can have six moves instead of just four) by one. Trainers now have two leader Pok�mon. New Power!: Trainer Attack ~ The Pok�mon Trainer uses a weapon of sorts (or not) and attacks a single target. Available every turn. Power, accuracy, and other effects are determined by the context (the weapon/s available on your person or in the environment). Weapons available in the environment will be noted at the start of the battle. The Trainer is not exposed to danger by attacking, so the Trainer isn't in any additional danger by helping his Pok�mon with a little personal assistance. New Command!: Divide ~ The opposite of Focus. Use it to make attacks that normally hit one enemy hit two foes at once. Attack power is halved. A great tactic is to use this move to defeat two weak Pok�mon instead of defeating just one and wasting the move's potential. You can choose which two Pok�mon to hit, so long as both are in the same battle. Pok�brid Upgrades New Pok�brid Power!: Synchronization Technique ~ A powerful arsenal of supernatural techniques that are not moves per se, but like ancient powers that your average Pok�mon cannot do. Use of a Signature Technique requires the user to be Paradigm Shifted into the appropriate Pok�mon form (Whitney's use of this move earlier and it's effects are the only exception and will not be repeated). Each technique can be used once per battle and can be used in the same turn as when the user first Paradigm Shifts. The list below details all eight Pok�brid forms available, the two for Matthias, the two for Whitney, the two for Rachel, and the two for Lola. You are not required to shout the name of the attack, but it just seems to feel more powerful that way, y'know? - Venomoth (Matthias) [Powder Punishment] ~ Uses Disable, Toxic, Supersonic, Stun Spore, and Sleep Powder on the target with 100% effectiveness. Need to rid yourself of a threat but couldn't possibly do so by killing it? Try this move and see if you don't fuck 'em up royally. - Castform (Matthias) [Forecast Shift] ~ Takes control of the weather and allows it to be whatever Matthias wants it to be. Got a sandstorm you don't want and wish Sunny Day was in effect? This is your move. Oh, and you can still use a move in that turn! Turn the tables on the environment and on your opponent. - Gardevoir (Whitney) [Black Hole] ~ Swallows the enemy on the first turn, deals huge damage that ignores type, and spits them out the next turn. Get rid of a threat for a crucial turn and leave them bleeding. Could be helpful during certain touch-and-go battles. - Mismagius (Whitney) [Dance of Illusions] ~ Creates three illusory copies of the user and prevents attacks targeting the user from connecting. When attacking, these illusory copies amplify damage by half, creating an attack power of more than 2.5 if all illusions are present. An illusion is banished at the end of any turn where the user is targeted by an attack, even an attack that normally would not hit. - Pikachu (Rachel) [Thunder Swarm] ~ Creates a thunderstorm that attracts dozens of Pikachus. Deals powerful electric type damage and high paralysis chances to random enemies. Let the lightning crash down! - Magnezone (Rachel) [Magnet Crush] ~ Locks down all metal Pok�mon and objects used by the enemy and renders them unable to act or otherwise unusable (Steel type Pok�mon, metal Slayer weapons and metal improvised weapons). When Rachel shouts "Drop your weapons!", you don't get a choice but to comply...unless you use wooden or stone weapons, you old-school pussies. - Lopunny (Lola) [Sexy Party] ~ Uses Helping Hand on all allies. The more allies with her, the more effective this crucial table turner is! - Chimecho (Lola) [Heavenly Chime] ~ Uses Safeguard, Light Screen and Reflect on the user and two other targets. A great move to kick off a tough battle. Just another way that Lola shows how much she loves keeping people alive. Pok�mon Snagger Upgrades New Pok�mon Upgrade!: Leader Pok�mon Number Increase ~ Increases the number of Leader Pok�mon (Pok�mon that can have six moves instead of just four) by one. Snaggers now have two leader Pok�mon. New Power!: Trainer Attack ~ The Pok�mon Snagger uses a weapon of sorts (or not) and attacks a single target. Available every turn. Power, accuracy, and other effects are determined by the context (the weapon/s available on your person or in the environment). Weapons available in the environment will be noted at the start of the battle. The Snagger is not exposed to danger by attacking, so the Snagger isn't in any additional danger by helping his Pok�mon with a little personal assistance. Snag Ball Upgrade!: Effect Choice ~ Grants the Snagger the ability to choose what negative status effect a thrown Snag Ball gives the targeted Pok�mon when it doesn't catch the target. Poison, Sleep, Confusion, Frozen, or Paralysis are all available for each and every Snag Ball. Last edited by Astral Harmony; 04-08-2010 at 05:58 AM.

04-08-2010, 05:46 AM	#6
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	Upgrades are now available, two posts above this one. No choices, each class gets all the upgrades granted to that class. I will start a new thread for Renny's Sidequest. My post will be brief and then Menarker can take it from there. You all can more or less socialize amongst yourselves and ask the NPCs stuff which I'll answer when I have time to post. You can start PvPs amongst yourselves if you like and whatnot. I'll start posting that now...j-...just as soon as I can get my eyes off the first post in this thread. Last edited by Astral Harmony; 04-08-2010 at 05:48 AM.

04-08-2010, 06:06 AM	#9
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	"The future"? What kind of future? The "I'll edit the post in a minute and give you the upgrades you so richly deserve" future? Or the "Wait till next mission you greedy bastard, do you think I'm made of upgrades?" future? Also, does this mean that Lola will be yelling "Sexy party!" in the future? Edit: Ok, I'm signing off for today, as I'm afraid that doing anything else will be accompanied by profanity, and freezing arrogance. I sorta see the logic behind Renny getting picked as leader of the Watchmen, but god motherfucking dammit. Why? Last edited by Geminex; 04-08-2010 at 07:00 AM.

04-08-2010, 03:22 AM	#3
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Oh come on. How does being good-aligned make him the protagonist? Impact's totally good-aligned too! Or at least he sees himself as being so. And Charlotte's good-aligned too! I mean, how's she supposed to know that chewing people's legs and then beating them to death with them is wrong? Because a "protagonist" is the chief actor, main character. And that'd make things quite boring. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protagonist And yeah, we'll see about that. Impact's power hunger will not be sated until he rules the PATCA. Second picture's my favorite.

04-08-2010, 05:06 AM	#5
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Ok... so now Menarker'll be posting his thread and then off we go to celebrate?

04-08-2010, 05:55 AM	#7
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	Nice. Ruin weapons will be very fun. What slot does it go in? Heavy? I'll always be wearing Ruin armor from now on... unless we're fighting only Faynoc, and even then... Though one more thing, at the start of mission two, didn't you say you were thinking of making up some more accessories that'd give Slayers stats boosts over time, so they'd be "more dangerous, the longer a battle goes"? Cause I was really looking forwards to that.

04-08-2010, 05:57 AM	#8
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	Ah, sorry 'bout that. The Ricewood Rifle will be a medium weapon. It's kinda bulky, but not particularly heavy and is easy to lift, aim, and fire. My mind didn't have anything thought up when I started typing up random upgrades that came to mind, but I will try to remember this kind of stuff for the future. EDIT: There, my mistake is fixed. Now to post.

04-08-2010, 07:00 AM	#10
Astral Harmony Don't Hate Me 'Cause I'm Moe Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Harmonial Sanctum Posts: 6,798	The after Mission Three future. Satisfied? No? Well tough shit. Not only will Lola be shouting "Sexy Party!", but she may on occasion act like Stewie from Family Guy. Lola: "This calls for a sexy party!" Lola and a bunch of random sexy woman in bikinis run around at random while some kind of party music plays Impact: "Okay, I'll bite. How does this give me Helping Hand?" Pierce: "I don't know, but it makes me want to do something with my hand." And so what if Renny's the leader? You're the sequel's antagonist! Do you have any comprehension of how many sexy, evil female servants that'll net you, Devil Lord Impact? And I'm not even counting the succubi! Last edited by Astral Harmony; 04-08-2010 at 07:04 AM.