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[PTA] Team Wang! Hey, what do you know? Updates!
Capfalcon
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About time you got here, recruits! Welcome to the world of crime! My name is GIOVANNI. Some people call me the ROCKET BOSS, and I'm the new leader of TEAM WANG.
This world of ours is filled with lots of ways for criminals to quickly get rich. Crime means different thing to different people.
Some rob people...
Some blackmail people...
Some even kill people...
But, to most criminals, POKéMON are their chief concern.
Luckily, many people have POKéMON that we can take to help us. These people train the POKéMON, and in return we steal the POKéMON out from under their noses. It's a beneficial arrangement for the both of us!
While many people are foolish enough to work to take new POKéMON from the wild, we prefer to stay in cities and towns. These others venture out into this wilderness are the main targets of our efforts.
We call these foolish individuals POKéMON TRAINERS. They capture and tame POKéMON to while traveling in the most dangerous areas of the world. Thus, while they are risking life and limb in pursuit of their goals, they are isolated from police and others who would help them.
So, tell me, do you think you have what it takes to be a member of TEAM WANG?
What is this?
This is the Pokemon Tabletop Adventures RPG!
What's that?
... It's a Tabletop RPG based on the Pokemon series!
I don't share a table in common with you?
Ok, first off, that's not a question. Secondly, this is going to be done in a Play by Post format.
So, what should I do?
You should probably break up with her.
... So, if I want to play this game, what should I do?
Well, you should make a character and post it here!
... You really should break up with her, though.
What kind of character should I make?
Well, Team Wang is a group of thugs, thieves, and mad scientists. Go nuts.
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Rent - Sara Draggin {Lotad the Lotad}
TiamatZ - Mitarashi Shino {Zuul the Zubat}
Spoit - Sam Shade {Maxie the Togepi}
Speed Racer - Alex Marshall {Sarlack the Trapinch}
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Verity's tough as nails. With a bit of tweaking she could be a bit more not-Team-Rockety.
I think if anything a pokemon villains campaign would do well with a running sense of comedy and a few actual "OMGWTF actual drama and evil" moments.
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whatever it is
Steam
This is the guise under which we're going to plan the elaborate murders of everyone that Marsh picked so that we'll get to play instead.
Right? I mean I only skimmed the first post but I mean what else could this possibly be about
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but then I'd loose my psychic compass in RADlands
Steam
shit
Do I plunk my brand new thread into CF?
Or do I hijack this one?
I was just gonna run an entirely different campaign set three years after Marshmallow's >.>
EDIT: I mean, slightly tweaking the setting won't be any problem at all, I just don't know if we're actually doing the saboteur thing, or if we're going to play it straight.
Keep in mind I'm new to DM'ing, so I'm antsy about getting too ambitious.
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
Also because I really want to use my character
I will be watching! If it's a game that doesn't impact on Marsh's, then no spoilars will be involved.
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Not sure but that's what it looks like to me anyways
I think I might just pick up the splinters who haven't made characters yet and do soemthing with them
Or I might sit here and let my head explode
So lost
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
Well this thread just got started like 2 hours ago dude, cap'll probably come back and fill us in on the plan tomorrow or somethin
We could play another batch of trainers that really rub Group A/B the wrong way (or they rub us the wrong way), instigating a very heated and antagonistic rivalry
Outside of that, we'd have a fairly normal batch of trainers on our hands
Just thought I'd throw that out there, especially since there isn't so much in the system that explicitly accommodates for playing as the bad guys
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
Indeed, Neil Patrick Harris would be an excellent cocky, snide rival.
I assume we're talking about the Neil Patrick Harris that Neil Patrick Harris played, and not actual RL Neil Patrick Harris (who doesn't act like that at all, allegedly).
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
3DS FCode: 1993-7512-8991
For example, in the cartoon, the lucky winners were Ash and his ever changing entourage. Us rejects would be Jessie, James, the two competent ones that I can't remember, etc. However, we'd also make a few thugs and toughs that would be the faceless goons that would probably be the generic Team Wang member.
Of course... Now, I'm thinking that running a heist game in the world of Pokemon would be kinda badass...
I shall go and meditate upon these truths.*
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Whatever works though
ed: it could be like as the result of our dastardly deeds that the PCs arrive at say Vermillion, which has not been taken over by team WANG's presence. When the NPCs ask them for help they decide to assault TW's evil headquarters
Or something
ed: but I really love cap's idea of the PCs fighting WANG flunkies up to lieutenants and such
Yeah, I'm thinking that might be the path this ends up going, but I'm still waiting on Marsh to get a little bit of the nitty gritty down.
Just, well, most "adventures" would probably be a heist of some kind.
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There really isn't so much to convert, at least not at low levels - much of it will just be rolling checks to do different things. The real problem is finding a way to re-fluff most higher-level feats to be in line with criminals who don't do much of the breeding or badge thing.
Honestly, I think running our own group that occasionally meets Marsh's group is best, especially if we still accomplish our original goal by besting them in a battle, outperforming them at something, or otherwise stymieing them or pissing them off every time we run into them. We can accustom ourselves to the way the system is intended to work, hopefully giving us a better understanding of how to make it work in ways it wasn't quite designed to...yet, at least.
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
ed: related, but I think that if this leads to where it looks like it's leading, there should be an honor rule for all players not to look at the other campaign's....campaign.
I call the position of an undercover cop who's in too deep
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This would be what I'd be most happy with, if the GMs kept up with each other's games it would be fun to have the groups hearing of each others' exploits, and coming across the effects of each others' adventures.
The problem with having characters straight up fight each other in my mind, is the competitiveness would get in the way of fun. Whereas if the player's were trying to mess with each other without outright battling, you could get some pretty interesting situations and worry less about having optimized pokemon for when the other team decides to roll into town and steamroll you for giggles.
Imagine going to a town for the first time and finding everyone hates you because the other party was there first and spread rumors about your group? Or going to find a special item and whoops, it's been replaced with an unsavory note from our rivals who got there first, the scoundrels!
Plus Team WANG would always win, and always dominating gets kinda old after a while
:P
This is why the big fight gets interrupted because of a terrible Legendary that has awoken and we have to team up to beat it.
EDIT: Anyway, I think actual battling should happen but that it should be rare.
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See if you guys can't win a fair fight.
Notsoy was here
Tommy2Hands is a loser
Just as a frame of reference, guys, legendaries should really only be appearing if it fits the scale of the campaign, or if they're the BBEG (or the BBEG's target), or if the GM is sick of his group being a bunch of shitbags and decides they need to be fed the business end of an Aeroblast. A more suitable alternative to this is "Exploding Gravelers fall, everyone dies".
And catching them is out of the question unless the GM allots someone a Master Ball. All legendaries are listed as sporting a Capture Rate of zero, and are furthermore exempt from most circumstances that compel Pokemon to obey you (having eight badges and/or a class-specific feat, etc.). Short of running into one of the friendlier legendaries (Mew, Celebi, Lati@s, Jirachi, Manaphy, Shaymin), all you can do is be nice to it, and fervently hope it doesn't squish your brain, eat you, or otherwise unceremoniously end you beforehand.
On the other hand:
Summon _______
Weekly Feat - Summon ____ to you for a pokemon battle.
It leaves after.
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
Maybe not some of the lesser legendaries, like the bird trio where it's implied that they're not one-of-a-kind but just extremely rare.
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Well, they DO appear in Sinnoh, which is way too far away from Kanto to not seriously consider there being more than one.
Also, to help put things in perspective, the PTA dex's legendaries section places Heatran in the Ground/Mineral groups with a 40-day egg hatching time, whereas Lugia and Ho-oh are in the None group with a (admittedly irrelevant) 75-day egg hatching time.
Oh, and here's some legendary mons' unique capabilities, lifted from the handbook documents:
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Some legendary Pokemon can change their form into a human like body that retains their power but would fool anyone who does not know of the Pokemon’s disguise. In this human form, they may retain all Capabilities, Abilities and Moves.
(Latias, Latios, Deoxys, Darkrai, Cresselia and Arceus are among the legendaries who can do this)
Blank Slate
If a Trainer looks into Uxie’s eyes, their Intelligence and Wisdom will be set to 0, permanently. Uxie’s eyes are usually shut. Uxie may open its eyes on a roll of 20 on 1d20 once every month.
Divine
Arceus cannot lose HP until it has been dealt 10,000 points of damage in less than one hour.
Void Heart
If a Trainer touches Mesprit, their Wisdom and Charisma will be lowered 6 points each, permanently. They cannot feel emotionally, permanently. Mesprit tends to avoid humans.
Wish Granter
Jirachi has three tags on its body, which will grant any wish that is written on them. Only one wish will be granted per tag. A wish on a tag will remain on the tag for 1d100 + 50 years, at which point the written wish will fade.
GT: HitoriLionheart or dailydro
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awright i'll resubmit with a more evil backstory
edit: so i decided to completely change my character. do you want them level 1 or level 0?