[PAG] The First Annual CF Pokemon Tournament!

SUPERSUGA

Lucky he has that electric immunity!

piL

"Good dodging Weedle!"



"You have him on the ropes, Stringshot again, it's your only hope!'

Spoiler:

Another String Shot: 1d6 1
no damage
Shock the boring Weedle: 1d6 1
no damage

"Well. Crap."

Edit: Commence ineffectual slapfight!

Lucedes

i feel confident in my ability to win this ineffectual slapfight.

thank goodness no one has real attacks!

"Just keep attacking, Sandshrew! Sand Attack, forever!"

slap ineffectually! sand attack!: 1d6 3

In the stands, the spectators begin to yawn, and shuffle about.

SUPERSUGA

As the crowd start to boo the adjudicators consider increasing the voltage...

Lucedes

this is cruelty to animals!

animals other than sandshrew

please proceed

piL

I swear to God Lucedes, if I somehow manage to beat Sandshrew and your other two pokemon are Sandshrew, there will be no end. NO END.

Weedle pants and tries again:

Spoiler:

Stringshot please work: 1d6 3
I hate you Orokos: 1d6 2

To no avail.
Also I don't really hate Orokos.

kime

The longer this goes on, the more perverse amusement I gain from it

Capfalcon

SUPERSUGA wrote:

As the crowd start to boo the adjudicators consider increasing the voltage...

We want blood!

piL

This is going to be one of those matches where we run out of PP

SUPERSUGA

Effective immediately the shock arena now makes a 2d6 attack against anyone that makes an unsuccessful attack.

The voltage is so high that even those immune to electricity can be hurt! Such pokemon count their electric defence as 5 against these attacks.

Spoiler:

Yes, I am a bastard.

piL

Don't worry Suga, it'll be 6s from here on out!

kime

Yeyyyy more damage!

Egos

that's brutal

SUPERSUGA

The adjudicators may lower the voltage at a later point... Or not...

Lucedes

well damn

that is harsh

hummmmm...

this disincentivizes attacking completely, is there a way i can do that and not get shocked?

kime

You can try, you know, doing damage

SUPERSUGA

Remember you have super attacks at your disposal. And no, as it stands you must attack.

I'll rule that as soon as one pokemon is down the shocks go back to normal.

piL

Roll a 4 or higher.

Edit: But I'm about to leave. Hope I get to take one more turn before I gooooooo go go.

Lucedes

alright, then.

'SANDSHREW! GET IT IN GEAR, NOW!"

Sandshrew scrambles to put together a decent attack, with ominous sizzling in the background from the increased voltage.

Spoiler:

Sand Attack, Break Defenses!

Sand Attack! Break Defenses!: 1d6+1d6 6 + 5

(i rolled both dice at once, to make it concise. first attack hit, break defenses was useless! sigh...)

All that shouting took a toll on the normally nice trainer.

Stress from super attack.: 1d6 3

Sandshrew's Defense Curl triggers! Sandshrew's Sand Attack triggers!

Sandshrew's defense against normal attacks is 5, and Weedle takes -1 to make normal attacks.

Weedle takes 3 Stress, Nice Trainer takes 3 stress.

Lucedes

have fun attacking. <3

piL

Weedle is buried in a mound of sand and "worms" its way out, covered in scratches and torn flesh.

"Weedle, do what you have to. You have no choice."

"Weedle" it responds grimly before charging off.



The weedle charges forward before leaping into the air,

Spoiler:

Poison Sting WITH BREAK DEFENSE: 1d6 2 -1 = 1
+ Break Defense: BREAK DEFENSE (I accidently rolled 2d6 before this whoops): 1d6 1

= 2. Of course the only thing higher than a 3 I roll doesn't count because I accidently rolled 2d6.

Well, and this:

Super Attacks Hurt!: 1d6 6

And Weedle's Damage: 5

Weedle is shocked to death for his bravery, Elliot gets a headache, and out comes

Meowth!

Goddamnit.

Spoit

You Rang?

Egos

Poor Weedle, he was filled to the brim with juices of life.

SUPERSUGA

I feel so bad for you, pil

Voltage is now lowered back to 1d6.

SUPERSUGA

Although meowth's fronts attack power looks very useful here! I'd rule it protects him from the shock cage.

Lucedes

also, to add insult to injury, Stress Fix! Protective: Your Pokemon has not taken any Stress since its last turn.
Nice Trainer is at 2 stress.

She smiles broadly.

"Don't give them a chance! Sandshrew, Sand Attack Combo!"

Spoiler:

Sand Attack, with Follow-Through!

Sand Attack + Follow Through on Meowth!: 2d6 5,5

Meowth takes a pair of punishing sandy blows to the face!
3 stress, then 3 stress.

Nice Trainer takes more stress... seems like all this excitement is catching up with her.

stress from follow through: 1d6 3

2+3 = 5 Stress total for Nice Trainer.

Next turn: Sandshrew's Defense vs. Normal is 5, since defense curl triggered.
Meowth gets -1 to Normal Attack rolls.

JacquesCousteau

Ha. This is hilarious. Cool game Suga.

SUPERSUGA

Remember that when your trainer reaches their stress limit you suffer -1 to attacks and can't use super attacks or trainer bonus powers.

We won't go back and redo anything but the way meowth was thrown down wasn't quite right, so make sure you've all read the throwing down and recalling pokemon section in the game doc.

Egos

Meowth was suppose to attack, piL

piL

Sorry, posting from my phone. I was late in leaving trying to get one more post because I don't expect to have very much access today.

Also Spoit, I saw your name and thought it was the appropriate sound effect.

Lucedes

oh!

Meowth can attack before my attack! i don't mind!

i thought the turns just alternated, and since Weedle just attacked, i assumed wrong things.

SUPERSUGA

Well new pokemon are thrown down at the start of the owner's turn, so sandshrew would have had a turn with no opponent, which is an area I actually need to address in the rules. I'd say he could use any action he wanted, ideally to grant himself a bonus, but won't treat attacks as unsuccessful as there's no target. I'll add this into the rules soon.

SUPERSUGA

Not to rub further salt into your wounds, pil, but weedle's poison sting doesn't need to hit to cause a poison token, and as such is only unsuccessful if the target is immune to poison (sometime miswritten in the doc as 'ignores poison tokens' which is misleading.

Again, we won't go back, as I only just noticed myself. Just a reminder to all to make sure you aren't missing out by not checking your rules!

Lucedes

how does it poison if it doesn't hit?
that is totally counter-intuitive, suga.

also: free switch on an idle turn would totally make sense, since it's not a tense situation.
more like breathing room, which is how the game handles it.

kime

Lucedes wrote:

how does it poison if it doesn't hit?
that is totally counter-intuitive, suga.

also: free switch on an idle turn would totally make sense, since it's not a tense situation.
more like breathing room, which is how the game handles it.

You gotta watch out for the lack of "if this attack causes Stress." Those are the best moves

It makes sense, too. How often when stung by a bee or whatnot do you think, "ow! That pointy thingie really hurt when it pierced my skin!"? No, you think "Ow! That venom is making my foot feel like it's on fire!"

Lucedes

like i am picturing this sting
this sting that ineffectively glances off
and i do not feel that it causes poison

because the function of the stinger is to deliver poison by injection
ergo, if there is no stinging, no injection, there can be no poisoning

kime

Lucedes wrote:

like i am picturing this sting
this sting that ineffectively glances off
and i do not feel that it causes poison

because the function of the stinger is to deliver poison by injection
ergo, if there is no stinging, no injection, there can be no poisoning

Re-think the attack. The sting hits and injects poison every single time. The roll is to determine whether it went deep enough or hit a vulnerable spot to cause damage on it's own.

Problem. Solved.

Egos

It's that poison-y

SUPERSUGA

It's also worth remembering that stress is quite abstract and may not always mean a physical hit. Having to dive to the ground to avoid a knockout blow would cause stress, for example, without physical contact. It's all down to how the players describe things. It's a bit of a shift from HP but that's why I used stress and not HP.

As for weedle the intention is that if he wants to sting you, he will. It's just whether he gets to cause you stress too or not, remembering this doesn't necessarily mean a bigger physical hit.

Yes, this may be counter intuitive at first but I think its something you'd get used to pretty quick with help from the gm.

Lucedes

it is pretty much relentlessly dumb forever, but that's cool.