Pokemon Umbral Discussion 16: Should We Throw a Sweet Sixteen Party?

[Menarker]

A thought occurred to me regarding the move/ability. What about Pokebrid's Sync? You gotta be careful timing that move, or they'll eat through that without using it to its full benefit.

Anyhow, I think it being an ability sounds better, because that's already opened up to you due to Pressure being useless. You aren't upgrading to a pokemon specific class for an update, and Dialga isn't a custom pokemon you made.

*Shrug* Ah well.

An easier way to phrase the ability might be "Every turn counts as two turns, although no additional actions are granted." Double just about everything, half the duration for stuff with duration due to double time, cool-downs and charge-up negated due to double time again.

[Dracorion]

Meh. Pokebrid's Paradigm Shift would still last three turns.

See, the move doesn't actually make time flow slower or faster. It's really Dialga telling Time "you my bitch now".

Unless you're talking Pokebrid's Synchronization Techniques, in which case what do you mean?

[Menarker]

I meant the Paradigm Shift.

And I fail to see how Dialga telling Time to sit down and shut up fails to alter time speed (Since that's how TIME is measured), unless you want to have Dialga's ability to alter how people PERCIEVE time.

Then again, I'm one of those guys who groan whenever someone use time alteration as a plot device.

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Menarker

An easier way to phrase the ability might be "Every turn counts as two turns, although no additional actions are granted." Double just about everything, half the duration for stuff with duration due to double time, cool-downs and charge-up negated due to double time again.

See, if we halve the duration, then Paradigm Shifts last one one turn (turn and a half?). Sandstorm and Hailstorm last two or three turns.

And that's not nearly broken enough for this ability.

Originally Posted by Menarker

And I fail to see how Dialga telling Time to sit down and shut up fails to alter time speed (Since that's how TIME is measured), unless you want to have Dialga's ability to alter how people PERCIEVE time.

Dialga tells Time to measure itself differently? Not measure itself at all? Hell, I don't know!

... What? This is Pokemon. Half of everything is impossible anyway. At least I'm not trying to explain it in a way that makes sense.

Originally Posted by Menarker

Then again, I'm one of those guys who groan whenever someone use time alteration as a plot device.

Good thing this isn't a plot device.

[Menarker]

Well, it won't effect Tyranitar's Sandstream since those are permanent as long as he is active. Since you got Tyranitar himself as well... I don't see the point unless you're in a situation where you're limited to one pokemon.

[Dracorion]

What if I'm partnered with Garus and he wants to use Hailstorm, hmmmmm?

Anyway. If we're going to keep discussing this we should take it to PMs.

[Menarker]

Nah, I'm pretty much done. ^,^ I did my suggestion and all that.

All I ask for the service of my brainchild is to leave Renny and Lola alone. ^^;

Also, if you were partnered with Garus, Hailstone would hit twice, thus making it more effective combat wise, unless you were going to use it for some other purpose, like Blizard's accuracy.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Who votes that we kill Lola sometime in the RP? Renny won't be able to know, of course, so we'll have to do it when they are separated. After that, it should be easy. Some fighting type attacks to do the deed, flamethrower to remove DNA evidence, and Dig to hide the body.

[Dracorion]

You think too small.

Just nuke the bitch.

As an afterthought, I'd like to point out to Menarker that we're talking about messing with time. It's never going to make sense.

[Geminex]

The entire "Time Slip" thing sounds rather complicated. Not to mention that it'd be rather strong for a legendary's ability. It had "Pressure" because it made sense for the opponent to be nervous when fighting a legendary. Why not just keep pressure and change its effect? Say, instead of PP loss it lowers the accuracy of enemies attacking it.

Edit: Still a good idea, though. Very thematic.

And wait:

All I ask for the service of my brainchild is to leave Renny and Lola alone. ^^;

We get to ask for compensation?
Allright, for coming up with sidequests and a way for us to dual-class, I'll have your eternal obedience. For coming up with Fanservice-on-every-page I'll have more fanservice on every page. And that doesn't even start on all the tactics.