Pokemon Umbral Discussion 15: The PCs Think Their GM Is Smart. That's a Laugh.

[Astral Harmony]

Impact only took damage, he's not abducted, and I have a strange feeling that he's a little disappointed about that.

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Magnezone is still alive, but only a sliver away from death.

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Dormond still has his full strength and you can said Whitney over. You're the leader, y'know. Just remember that if the person's a trainer (like Rayleen), their Pokemon goes with 'em.

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That was my bad on the Shadow Tag shit as well. Definitely no more big battles in the future. It's difficult to keep up with all the abilities and whatnot. Hell, last night I was confused as shit because I couldn't for the life of me figure out if Steelix was Mr. Skarmory's Pokemon or Mr. Donphan's. We'll uhhh...just ignore that illegal move. And if anyone brings it up, you'll get a hug from Dinner. Believe me, you're not going to want a hug from Dinner. Unless you're fat and really want the weight squeezed out of you.

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Meditation, Geminex? Seriously? I'd never credit Impact with the mental ability to reach a higher state of consciousness. But if you really must have it, then I suppose I can allow it, effective immediately. Go crazy, wanker.

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Impact shouldn't need a support NPC to heal him. As he is his own character, he's allowed to use an item and attack on the same turn if he so chooses. He just can't sacrifice his attack for the ability to use two items like the support Pokebrids can.

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Kiyomi's Raging Raider Signature Technique hits all enemies...however, against an enemy force so large and widespread, it won't hit all targets in this case. Here's the basic enemy formation on the Ruin Pokemon side:

From your left to your right, you've got Orbishriek A, Raikner A, Orbishriek B, Juggernaut, Raikner B, Raikner C, Orbishriek C, Raikner D, and Orbishriek D (this labeling is likely different from what's in the RP). And then there are two Harpressors in the air. Kiyomi's Raging Raider, like Shizuka's Apple Splicer, will hit the target Impact designates and the targets on both sides of it.

Here's putting it into practice. If Impact has Kiyomi target Orbishriek C, then Raikners C & D will also eat damage. As for the Harpressors, they're flying too far apart for Raging Raider to hit them both, so the technique is wasted if you're just trying to ground the birds.

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The Juggernaut is not a Ruin Pokemon. It's difficult to say what it is exactly, but fighting type damage will hurt it. It's just one of those little sacrifices an Atunhand makes when it merges with a corpse.

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Yes, Dormond and any Pokebrid for that matter can Pokeshift, Paradigm Shift, and still attack all in one turn. Once in a Paradigm Shift state, however, he cannot Pokeshift. And if he or she leaves that state without using their Synchronization Technique, they can't correct that. Then all they can do is Pokeshift.

Paradigm Shifts and Synchronization Techniques are one use only in one form only per each battle.

[Geminex]

Originally Posted by Dracorion

I'm against sending Rachel over, because then we're just left with Dormond for support.

By the way, is a support NPC really necessary to heal Impact? Can't he just pull out a Full Restore and dump it on himself? He can carry his own items, after all.

Or, God help me for suggesting this, we can just move Impact. I realize he's in no condition to move, but I figure we can just get someone to carry him a short distance away and free up his space. Because screw Impact.

Huh, you know, reading Kiyomi's signature techniques, I see no mention of Raging Raider being random. So AB, does Raging Raider his random targets for random damage, or is it fixed? And if it is fixed, how many targets does it hit? I'm guessing it hits three, because both Mechanized Cavalry and Apple Splitter hit three targets too.

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Impact: Retreat from the battle.
Shizuka: Attack Orbishriek A.
Rachel: Have Registeel use Flash Cannon on Orbishriek A.
Charlotte: Revive Spitz, have it use Super Fang on Orbishriek B.
Rayleen: Have Rayquaza use Dragon Pulse on Orbishriek B.
Dormond: Paradigm Shift, Iron Head on Orbishriek C.
Whitney: Use Psych Up to copy Dormond's boost.
Mika's Juggernaut: Taunt Juggernaut.
Kiyomi: Raging Raider (hopefully to target all Raikners).
Pierce: Dragon Pulse living Raikner. If all Raikners are dead, Draco Meteor Orbishriek A. If that's also dead, attack Juggernaut.
Pierce's personal: Attack live Raikner. If dead, attack Orbishriek C. If that's also dead, attack Juggernaut.
Charlotte's personal: Attack live Raikner. If dead, get Orbishriek C. If that's also dead, attack Juggernaut.

What this'll do:
Kill all Raikners.
Hopefully kill three Orbishrieks. More realistically, kill two and A or C is critically damaged.

To elaborate: I think Kiyomi's Raging Raider hits three targets. If the surviving Raikner is C or D, Pierce and Charlotte will kill it. If it's A or B, Kingdra will Dragon Pulse at it.

Also, Mika's Juggernaut shouldn't have been damage at all by the enemy Juggernaut's Slam Fist, since Ruin pokemon are immune to Fighting damage.

Ok... Thanks for the clarification, AB. One more question, when the Raider explodes, does that destroy all corpses on the battlefield? Cause I think it should destroy all corpses on the battlefield.

I think our best choice is to have the Raider his Orbishriek C. That should severely damage it, and kill the two injured Raikner. Then we can get Charlotte's Personal (maybe Pierce can chip in as well) to kill Orbishriek C, and Rayquaza+Kingdra to hit the two damaged Raikner. Impact heals and meditates (screw you, he can totally reach a higher state of consciousness! It's just a very, very hateful and militarized higher state of consciousness. Still counts.), Dormond paradigm shifts, attacks Orbishriek B. Whitney leaves our side. (Not, as Drac would prefer it, Impact). Rachel has Registeel hit Orbishriek B as well. Charlotte doesn't actually need to revive Spitz, it might be good for more variety if she just uses Buck instead. He can hit Orbishriek A.

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

Dormond still has his full strength and you can said Whitney over. You're the leader, y'know. Just remember that if the person's a trainer (like Rayleen), their Pokemon goes with 'em.

Ah, damnit. I was hoping to have an excuse to pull Impact back.

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

Meditation, Geminex? Seriously? I'd never credit Impact with the mental ability to reach a higher state of consciousness. But if you really must have it, then I suppose I can allow it, effective immediately. Go crazy, wanker.

He can already use an item and attack in the same turn. Does he really need this? He can carry six items after all. Chances are he won't get stat decreased or a status ailment inflicted on him six times during a mission. And if he does, all he has to do is wait a turn or two for a support NPC to heal him.

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

Impact shouldn't need a support NPC to heal him. As he is his own character, he's allowed to use an item and attack on the same turn if he so chooses. He just can't sacrifice his attack for the ability to use two items like the support Pokebrids can.

Ah, damnit. I was hoping to have another reason to pull Impact back, since we can't spare Dormond or Rachel to heal him this turn.

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo

Kiyomi's Raging Raider Signature Technique hits all enemies...however, against an enemy force so large and widespread, it won't hit all targets in this case. Here's the basic enemy formation on the Ruin Pokemon side:

From your left to your right, you've got Orbishriek A, Raikner A, Orbishriek B, Juggernaut, Raikner B, Raikner C, Orbishriek C, Raikner D, and Orbishriek D (this labeling is likely different from what's in the RP). And then there are two Harpressors in the air. Kiyomi's Raging Raider, like Shizuka's Apple Splicer, will hit the target Impact designates and the targets on both sides of it.

Here's putting it into practice. If Impact has Kiyomi target Orbishriek C, then Raikners C & D will also eat damage. As for the Harpressors, they're flying too far apart for Raging Raider to hit them both, so the technique is wasted if you're just trying to ground the birds.

Well, that sucks. Let's nuke some bitches then.

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Whitney: Move to the other side.
Charlotte: Call Buck, Dragon Pulse Orbishriek A.
Shizuka: Attack Orbishriek A.
Rachel: Have Registeel use Flash Cannon on Orbishriek C.
Rayleen: Have Rayquaza Divide Dragon Pulse between Raikners A & B.
Dormond: Paradigm Shift, Iron Head on Orbishriek B.
Mika's Juggernaut: Taunt Juggernaut.
Pierce: Kingdra to Divide Draco Meteor between Raikners A & B.
Pierce's personal: Attack Orbishriek B.
Charlotte's personal: Attack Orbishriek B. If that's dead, attack Orbishriek A. If that's dead, attack Juggernaut.
Kiyomi: Raging Raider centered on Orbishriek C.

What this'll do:
Kill all Raikners.
Kill three Orbishrieks.
Juggernaut damaged.

[Geminex]

What a delightful reiteration of my plan. Well, ok, you added Shizuka, I had forgotten that we had her. I also like how you split Kingdra's and Rayquaza's attacks. Very nice. Anyway, what I suggest is this:

1: Impact starts giving orders, but collapses from pain.
2: Decides to heal and meditate
3: Tells Pierce to take over (for now).

He'll give some orders, mostly the general strategy, before it'll be up to Pierce to micro-manage everyone.

[Dracorion]

Well, at some point in the future Pierce is going to have to give the whole set of orders to make us even, but sure.

And I still think Meditation is bullshit, but it means Pierce can give orders so I'll shut up about it for now.

Originally Posted by Geminex

What a delightful reiteration of my plan. Well, ok, you added Shizuka, I had forgotten that we had her. I also like how you split Kingdra's and Rayquaza's attacks. Very nice.

For what it's worth, I had already started on it before I saw your post. And even aside from Shizuka, Kingdra and Rayquaza it's still slightly different from your plan. Plus I'm the one who first suggested Dormond Paradigm Shift.

[Geminex]

Fair enough, you re-deploy Rachel as well. So yeah, ok, well done with the originality 'n shit. That's Pierce gets to take credit for that bit. Anyway, I'll make my post in an hour or so, gotta do some stuff now. I'll be back.

[Dracorion]

Don't forget I switched Pierce's and Charlotte's targets from C to B.

[Geminex]

Ok, ok, you came up with it all by yourself. You're such a big boy, we're all very proud of you. Posting now.

[Dracorion]

Thanks daddy!

[Geminex]

No problem, son! Hope you liked my post. Now, go and ask Mommy to tell you about the Birds and the Bees.