Pokemon Umbral Theatre 22: I can't think of a title
 

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Hey AB, is this Mawchomp?

No?

It should be.

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Yes.

Mawkirby rules.

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There's your idea for a Pikachu Pokeweapon, AB. You can thank me later.

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This is what Elizabeth does with Riolu.

Only it's sluttier.

And finally, avert your eyes if you're faint of heart.

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No, seriously, this next picture is pretty horrifying.

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I'm warning you.

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Okay fine!

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And they rejoiced.




Moving on now.

Battle should be over in, oh, two or three more posts.

Gem, if you want to discuss we can do it on the pad. Seriously, don't PM me, my inbox can't take any more.

... Seriously, the Kirby one and the chest carried Torchic was cute/neat, but the roadkill one was ick.

EDIT: Why is Mio afflicted with status conditions? She's Paradigm Shifted.

And Gem. I hate you. More than ever. I can't even articulate it properly... My plan was right all along. And now the entire team is practically doomed, barring some deus ex machina.

I void any and all future plans from you. They are pre-emptively worthless.

Although why did Mollesk take so much damage? Even unbuffed, Mollesk has more than double the defense of any slayer.

Also, Lola is on flinch turn 2 of 3 now.

Well I warned you.

My bad.

Kurika and Whitney are still switching in. The Wretches can't do THAT much damage and your team should be able to pretty much finish up the Prideguard.

Plus, there won't be any more Wretches generated.

Two attacks using Focus, which boost the power, one of them was super effective and a critical hit.

Nah. She only just got flinched by the Footsoldier last turn. Unless you're suggesting the flinch should've applied retroactively?

Menarker. Shut the goddamn hell up right the fuck now and sit down. My patience is thin enough as it is right now, and believe you me, you do not want to stretch it further. Again, not even kidding here.

Dracorion, I fucking warned you. This is strike goddamn three, and, my friend, you know something?

You're out.

Edit:
To clarify.
Look, Drac. You're a good guy. But you are a terrible, terrible DM. Because what you do is compete with your players. And when that happens, the players can't enjoy themselves, or win. I appreciate that you have a grudge against me. But there's better ways to express that. And I don't even want to discuss specifics, here. If you want specifics, look at the last two rounds.
I simply want you out, and I don't care how long it takes for AB to get back to DMing, I'll gladly wait.
I'll PM him later, I'll CC you. You can defend yourself if you like, and then... well, we'll see.

Menarker, couple of things. Firstly, the implication that this happened because my plan was inferior to yours? I don't think so. Drac isn't playing fair, he's making everything go his way in order to defeat us. If we had gone with your plan, I very much doubt that it would've turned out any better. Defog to clear away the reflect, then have everyone gangbang impact and renny. No chance. Mostly because these enemies aren't supposed to be intelligent or lucky. That's why they outnumber us and have more than double our strength. Drac hasn't quite understood this, I think. Competitive.

Secondly, even if this had been my failure, that hardly makes me worthless. I'm still pretty sure that, on balance, I'm a better tactician than you.

Thirdly, allow me to prove that.

There's a risk here, but I really, really doubt that AB's gonna have luck go against us now. I think that, whatever we do this round, will be completely and totally successful. Call it Karma.

You flatter me.

Geminex sent me a PM regarding multi-turn Flinch and the doubling of status effect chances due to super effectiveness. I shall address them here since doing so without everyone knowing about it would be silly.

Flinch can be cured. Might as well be curable, since other status effects that lock down people are cured. It's just that there's no item for curing it...wait, hold on...

- Liquid Courage: Cures MT (multi-turn) Flinch. Item is available to all classes and in unlimited supply to Medics, both ally and enemy. Just take it easy as there is quite a bit of alcohol in these. And I don't mean the rubbing kind.

There we go.

We all know that the chance of inflicting status effects doubles when the move is supereffective. Geminex's PM question was about moves that are designed to inflict status effects only, if I remember correctly. I'm inclined to make it so that these moves will work on opponents who are normally immune to such status, ally and enemy.

All in favor, say "aye". All opposed, bitch me out and we'll work on it together.

Reposting this since it seem to have gotten missed...


EDIT: And Edupad conversation led to this. ^^ Which I got no problem with.

Dracorion: Status moves are going to be subject to type effectiveness now?
18:08 Armored Bishoujo: I should probably change my color.
18:08 Armored Bishoujo: Geminex makes a good point...like, maybe 30% of the time he opens his mouth.
18:09 Dracorion: Is that a yes or a no?
18:09 Armored Bishoujo: Yes.
18:09 Armored Bishoujo: Although I never really understood it.
18:09 Armored Bishoujo: Don't those moves already have 100% effectiveness?
18:09 Renny: not all of them
18:10 Dracorion: Okay.
18:10 Dracorion: Effectiveness is a bit misleading.
18:10 Dracorion: Accuracy is the problem.
18:10 Dracorion: Like how Hypnosis only has like 60% accuracy.
18:10 Dracorion: In fact.
18:10 Armored Bishoujo: Oh, so that's the issue.
18:10 Dracorion: That pretty much makes them entirely different from moves with a chance to inflict a status.
18:10 Dracorion: Because those actually work on probability.
18:11 Armored Bishoujo: Then double the accuracy instead of doubling %affliction.
18:11 Dracorion: Right.
18:11 Dracorion: Thanks.



EDIT: Did lots of talking with AB who graced us with his presence on Edupad!
Questions were asked and thus the data rulebook has been edited some more. Mind you, this is not the final draft, since there are still things to be worked out, such as actions and sync techniques. But it has been edited a fair bit.

Hence I'm putting it here for upload again.

Over the course of the rest of this week and maybe even this weekend, I intend to review said guide and hopefully finalize it. If I can't finalize it, I'll bring it up with the rest of you so we can work on finalizing it together.

That works.
BTW, are you gonna reply to the PM? There were a couple of Drac-related topics in there. There's no particular feud at the moment, I'm not trying to get at him by asking that. Hell, I sent him a copy of the PM, he know's what's up. I'd just appreciate answers, just for future knowlege.

And I am really low on time right now, I can't get through the chatlog this evening. Someone please recap? Tell me what was discussed, what's been changed?

Oh, and what's the final ruling on heal Bell? Does it cure flinch?

I answered your PM three posts ago. I'd talk more about it but I gotta go to work now.

I don't think you did. I mean, I did read your post, obviously, and you're introducing an item to cure flinch, which is necessary, and which I'm grateful for. But you don't go as far as to classify flinch as a standard status effect, nor do you make any mention of heal bell. That was the stuff I was hoping for clarification on.

Also, again: I mentioned Drac a couple of times in that PM. I'd like to hear your response to that. When you've got the time, do you mind?

Drac is a douche, I say boot him right fucking out.

Oh come on. He is not nearly as bad as that asshole Geminex.

Heal Bell will cure MT Flinch for the turn you used it on. I'd think that'd be obvious from what I posted.

Also, you really didn't go into specifics about your issues with Dracorion, which honestly I'm not inclined to hear about.

The day that Geminex doesn't hate every fibre of Dracorion's being about some subject or another is the same day I gain the ability to actually transform into a mecha-piloting blue-haired space pirate amazon instead of masquerading as one on a forum.

You don't like the way Dracorion GMs. Well, all I intend to do about that is reiterate what I promised before, that I would pick shit up once the current battle concludes.

Which is why this battle will never finish!

Mwa.

Ha.

Ha.

That's correct.

In fact, we've gone far in our little conspiracy to keep introducing new reinforcements. Like Lopunny Pokebrids in bunny girl costumes. See if you can figure that one out.

Lopunny Pokebrid: "Aaaaahhhh! I'm covered in Wretches!"
Lola: "They're crawling all over me!"

Anyway, AB, I kinda get the feeling that Gem's qualms about my GMing are slightly more serious than his usual hating me.

Which is why I suggest we piss him off further. Did someone say Pierce killstealing Gardenoir?

I can't really help Geminex anymore than I already have right now.

And if we really wanted to piss him off, it'd be more like Pierce hooking up with Gardenoir.

Gardenoir: "Oh, Mister Granger...your Dragon Slave is soooo big!"

We should probably throw in Dinner too.

For some reason, I'm not longer certain that Impact is the true antagonist here.

Sssshhhhhhhhh!

Pierce being the actual real villain is supposed to be a secret!

Oh for the love of...
AB, this isn't about me vs. him. I have told you this.

This is about you promoting a fellow player to GM without consulting any of the other players, and then this player doing, what I feel, is a pretty terrible job. I'm not saying "Hey, demote him now!". I wanted to initially, and I would have argued my fucking case, and I would have done so successfully, but I'm not.

But I do want to hear what you actually think about the job he's doing. And somehow, I don't think that's unreasonable, y'know. Sayng "OH NO YOU HATE HIM CLEARLY YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO CRITICIZE HIM" is
a) kinda oversimlifying stuff
and
b) well... Stupid. Even if I'm not unbiased, all I'm doing is asking for the opinion of the person who should be.

And jesus, stop being so curt. If this were true:
I would not have asked the fucking question.

I do believe that we had discussed the issue of Dracorion GMing the RP before I left and had a general concensus about it because this was Pierce's sidequest.

I can't give a review on Dracorion's performance because I never actually read the RP thread all this time. No time to read through it all. And if I did, I would still never give a review. This whole thing was based on circumstances that were beyond my control. And GMing Pokemon Umbral is by no means an easy task.

So, I'll just say this. He passed. Pokemon Umbral still stands, not that I would very much mind if it wasn't standing anymore. And the fact that he passed means that should these circumstances beyond my control happen once again, he might once again be the man in charge. But that's only after other people who want to GM get their hands on it.

Another thing: just because you're not the GM doesn't mean you are powerless. Pokemon Umbral is a group effort. That means all six of us have the power, not just me and not just the temporary GM. If you had a problem with Dracorion's GMing being "...difficult", please feel free to talk it out with the rest of us and not just me and Dracorion. If the lot of you wanted, you could have discontinued the RP, or even switched the GM responsibilities to someone else. And then maybe sent me a PM saying "Hey, Armored, Geminex is GM now, bye bye!". I honestly don't care as lot as you don't start a war over it and burn the forums down with your Brooklyn Rage or whatever.

Okay, reading over Menarker and AB's latest Edupad conversation, three things:

First: Sophia already has Rotom. You already took away Lugia, so I have to protest.

Second: There's a very real possibility that she had Rotom possess a vibrator once. This isn't my libido talking, it's the character.

Three: I was going to add some Gen V pokemon to Sam and Sophia's formation once AB actually implemented it, so I'd appreciate it if you all didn't take all the good ones.

1: I think we can work the Rotom thing.

2: Yeah, unless possessing a vibrator gives it a new type and a new attack, I'm probably not going to be too worried about that.

3: Well, I'm trying to help AB fill in the big gaps that is there in the Kimono formations while keeping them within their personality traits or so. And it's more of a guideline.

If you actually tell me which ones you were thinking of getting, then I have more room to work around.

Because it's not just the Kimonos. I'll also be editing some pokemons from the NPCs currently accessable to PATCA, due to reasons like severely duplicated pokemons, extremely weak ones with no value to higher stated ones, or conflicting movesets.

So basically, don't just tell me not to take all the good ones. Tell me what you are aiming for. Same for Bard and Dante.

Okay, Menarker, what exactly have you and AB been talking about? You've filled me in on the damage, but now you're modifying NPC teams? What gives?

Long story, but I'll try to keep it simple.

I'm doing stats write-ups of all the PCs and NPCs that we can expect to be using. Pokebrid, pokemons and what not. This is for everyone's sake regarding keeping the RP flowing smoothly with damage calculations and all that. (Everyone needs their hitpoints calculated)

For starters, I've discussed in a good amount of details about each of the custom pokemons like the ruin pokemons and the custom eevee evolution regarding their stats. So that we actually know a gist of what their stats are like when we use the damage calculator. I also asked about the new pokemon moves that would be added to Mio's pokebrid forms and such.

In regards to the Kimonos, they will have basic slayer stats (although it does seem like they should have higher stats). I imagine AB will give them extra abilities perhaps, but that's not my jurisdiction. AB wanted to give the Kimonos all 6 pokemons so they are like battle masters (except for Nyako who is destoyer class). What I mainly did was ask AB what pokemons he thought each of the kimonos would be attracted to.

And finally, with the advent of new pokemons and new pokemon moves, the NPCs get a makeover. Mainly in regards to moves. But some NPCs have pokemons that are...
A: Overused. (like 3 or more other people use them)
B: Conflicting or weak movesets. (Like giving offensive special attacks to a pokemon with 30 special attack and 90 physical attack)
C: Useless. And I don't just mean difficult. I mean tiny damage and die in one hit and similar issues.

So AB is allowing me to look them over, make some possible modifications and submit them for his approval. A fair deal of NPCs won't need changes or only minor ones. But there are a few that could stand to benefit a lot from a second look.

As always, will present for discussion when ready.

AB said we will have a "joke mission" and an extended intermission to test out the mechanic changes to see how everything goes. (For that matter, we would have had an extended intermission regardless. There is just so many PCs and NPCs interactions and events going on lately.)

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Normally I'd say something, but I'm going to let AB handle this one.

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawd.

I really really don't want to have to pore through the Gen V pokemon yet.

At least not until they get English names.

Here's a general announcement:

We won't be using Gen V Pokemon until I get a guide in my hot little hands.

In the meantime, you five PCs have ultimate jurisdiction to decide who gets what Gen V Pokemon when the changeover does come. Legendaries cannot be picked, yet.

This includes Pokebrids for future forms.

Menarker, if they pick anything that the Kimonos already have, go ahead and remove it from the Kimonos's arsenals. I'd rather not have duplicates anymore, and that includes the Metagross that I think three different Trainers have. So we'll...or rather, I'll have to pick new Pokemon for Angelo and Rachel.

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I'm not sure what else I could type here, so did I miss anything? Oh, well, that's it for my announcement so far.

Oh, wait! There's this idea I have about there being two different versions of each Love Technique depending on who initiates it. Approval or disapproval? Just an idea I had.

In order to allow everyone's "lovers" to be in the formation to utilize this, any Medic, Engineer, Sniper and Shock Trooper can give up the benefits of their specialties and fight as Enforcers using only their classes.

Ill see about a post today.

AB, I got a question to ask since you're not on the pad right now.

How exactly do you want us to deal with pokebrids regarding Hit Points? Several pokebrids (probably all of them) have multiple forms with different hitpoints base stats. Meaning that every time they shift form, they constantly alter their maximum hitpoints.

Drac suggested we just use percentages during pokebrid shifts to keep all the stats proportional. (I'm assuming that Paradigm Shifts won't influence it in a manner similar to how there are no ways to buff hitpoints stats ingame)

I think it's a good thought. Just wondering what you think.

Also, waiting for Gem to suggest a plan. Otherwise, I'm tempted to just make my post since I had a plan ready for at least a week already.

Try doing the math. If it works, and it's fair, then I say Dracorion's a genius.

Well, the math is plausible. It is simple enough. Just wanted to ask before I make that a standard rule.


Drac, are you writing your post soon? If so, let me get write my post with my battle plan which has been ready for a while. A week and a half is really too much time to wait for Gem to start making a battle plan when he has been on all week.

We should probably give Bard a chance too, since I provided a battle plan for him as well.

Naw, I'm just still trying to finish the last one I posted.

Menarker sent me a PM. Here's hoping I can fend off the tide of blood.

The first question was about Impact's ability to take action despite being rezzed during the same phase.

I say that as long as his Enforcer hasn't attacked, then yes, he should be allowed to do that.

However, Geminex wouldn't be able to prevent the automatic switching out with his Enforcer if he is KO'd. After all, while KO doesn't mean death, any enemy could easily remedy that niggling little detail. It's only logical to kill an enemy before someone can save them to get them permanently out of the way. Even as the GM, my hands would be tied on that issue.

Then Impact would really die and Dracorion would jizz...in...his pants.

As for the issue with Heal Bell healing the status effects of all the Trainer's Pokemon, I don't see why it's an issue to argue it right now. I mean, how many times has someone had like, maybe more than one Pokemon in total with a status effect at any given time?

I guess the point I'm trying to make is that you haven't even abused something in-game and yet you're already arguing about it.

But let's try this. Menarker suggested modifying it into a splash skill, hitting the target and a single unit to the left and right of it. Would that quell your bubbling rage?

Finally, what's DanteFalcon up to? I'm starting to get "and then there were four" vibes going on here.

True. But simply standing in front of him, or even pulling him behind cover, doesn't necessarily qualify as 'switching in', I think, since, gameplay-wise, switching in is always accompanied by an action. If you say that Impact can still take that action, I'm cool with any Impact-saving shenanigans an enforcer gets up to.

Our discussion about Heal Bell wasn't really much of an argument. More us puzzling about what it does, and what it should do. The suggestion to make it splash was actually mine, I think, and I continue to support it. But I don't think anyone considered this a huge deal, so no need to worry.

As for Dante, I've got his e-mail address, I'm trying to get in touch. He hasn't been on since, what, January? But I'm hoping that's cause of life stuff and not cause we've been abandoned.

And Menarker, thanks for taking care of asking AB.

You're welcome. I had to take the time to kinda read over your arguments and try to keep it as neutral and portray the two of you with as much dignity as I could manage while presenting the different viewpoints. ^^; Well, more dignity than your actual arguments.
Anyhow, now that we got the argument dealt with, we can proceed with battle plans and thus with the RP overall. *Made some comments/edits in your battle plan, but otherwise, it looks good to write up on.*


Anyhow, Heal Bell wasn't really a concern for meat all. But I felt I should ask in case AOE status effects start occurring with more regularity.

But yeah, hoping Dante is healthy. >_> I hate the thought of a forum member being hospitalized or dying, but sadly, such things are not impossible. Wishing the best for him.

That sounds plausible, I guess. I kinda wonder where there would be any cover, but it is a garage-y sort of place so there's likely a vehicle or two to hide behind.

Hmm...

*write write write*

Menarker has been telling me to think more about the environment. It'd only make sense for someone to just jack a car and use it to attack or provide cover. It wouldn't work in these relatively tight quarters, but I'll remember to apply the environment in the future for reasons other than affecting Pokemon types.

Anyways, as for the other bit, I'll allow it since what you're requesting doesn't at current sound like any kind of cheap benefit to your side and could even somehow be used as a story device for some kind of character building, maybe.

Or a gag. Those're fun.

Impact: "Ugh...the pain, the pain..."
Kurika: "Are you all right? What could I possibly do to help?"
Impact: "You're...going to have to...suck out the poison..."
Kurika: "Hmm? But where do I suck it out?"
Impact: *unzips pants*
Kurika: "..."
Impact: "Well? Help your leader."
Kurika: "I don't think I can help you with the poison, but I'm an excellent chiropractor!"
Impact: "You...you are?"
*Kurika's face is shadowed from view and her eyes glow with dangerous light*
Kurika: *cracking her knuckles* "Oh, yes. Believe me, sir. You've never felt what my hands can do to your body."
Impact: "For some reason, I miss my mother."

^^ Hahaha, oh it's been too long since we had an omake or something funny quite like that.

Also doesn't help that sucking out poison is actually a medically proven ineffective and dangerous tactic that has practically no value whatsoever aside from risking infection. Impact would have to be dangerously naive or ill-informed to request something like that even if he was seriously poisoned.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...ckOutThePoison

Anyhow, Impact, let me know if you approve of the slightly modified plan on the pad, so I can make a post soonish. This mission is already taking a heck of a long time. (No fault of anyone)

It doesn't really work? The anime has lied to me! My whole life is a lie!

*jumps from Golden Gate bridge*

Anyways, I'm off to bed after I see how badass this Knight's Contract game is. Bigass guy with a huge weapon (in this case, a scythe) and the sexy, scantily-clad sorceress. The classic RPG duo since time immemorial.

FYI Menarker, in response to a comment you made on the pad...

You'll be GM over my dead body.

Geminex will be GM over the dead bodies of everything in the universe.

EDIT: Also, get on the pad so I can yell at you.

Why can't Menarker be GM?

Personal ancient hatreds from the time before recorded history aside, Menarker has a great understanding of the rules and he clearly doesn't play favorites amongst all of you. Plus, he does think ahead (too far ahead for my personal liking but that's my bad more than his) and he's been an immense help with the rewriting of all the rules and-

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Y'know what? I'm gonna stop talking because I can feel my breakfast making a u-turn. The bottom line is, despite you hating Menarker, I'm sure that even you are so stuck-up on your own pride to admit that this RP needs him just as much as it needs you and Geminex.

It's just our usual hateful banter, AB. Nothing to take seriously.

EDIT: And get on the pad so I can yell at you too.

Nay, I shan't. Too much fun playing games these days.

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God, speaking of that omake, can you imagine Impact trying to get laid? I honestly cannot see any scheme like that working. Not even domination powers would get him some.

But I think it's mainly because I don't see Impact wanting to get laid. Seeing his grand plans unfold exactly as he desires most likely gives Impact all the orgasms he could ever wish for.

YOU GET ON THAT PAD RIGHT THIS INSTANT YOUNG MAN

You can't make me! You're not my real dad! My real dad would give me an allowance!

Your mom and I are getting married and you need to accept that!

I admit, this made me smile.

Geeeeeem, did this make you smile?

You misunderstood. I'm just not writing Renny's reactions to getting healed or what not until it actually happens.

Anyhow, everyone of us who needed to post has posted. So now, it's your turn to push things ahead a little more Drac.

Black and White is being released as we speak (if not already), so if any of you guys have been wanting to discuss changes to your pokemon teams in future missions for new pokemons, now might be a good time to discuss them especially since english names have been given for pretty much all of them. Around the same time, NPCs will also be editted with new pokemons to give them more variety, upgraded movesets and all that. Although I'll try to ensure that they don't duplicate your personal choices.

And Drac, we're still waiting for your post. I mean, we have been on this battle since New Years day and the mission itself is already one of the longest running in real life time, too long. I REALLY don't want to see the RP die out.

Well fine.

I was hoping I'd run into AB on the pad, since it's easier to talk to him there, but I'll just shoot him a PM.

Second: maybe the reason I'm all aggressive and insane is because you keep complaining that the mission is taking too long, huh, didja ever think of that?! You insensitive bastard.

The mission itself isn't too long at all and I'm eager to see what else is in your mission. It's the time frame between posts and thus character interactions/development that seems to be taking its toll. 2 weeks to make a plan for a single round especially due to arguments does not improve the RP. I'm really looking forward to seeing what all our characters are doing, yours included. (My mission so far was longer but it also ran much faster, although there was less battles and more character interaction and exposition. And the battles didn't take as long either.)

I like your mission's content! I really do. It's just the process toward making it in real life being slowed down to a crawl that makes me worry, because I like what your sidequest is leading toward.

AB has already signed on the forum for a tiny bit, but he's doesn't seem that interested on coming on the pad lately. Especially since he seems to have gotten new games he's excited to play. :3

Oh come on, I'm hardly taking longer than AB usually does.

In regards to Drac being agressive and insane, that is him and him alone.

IN regards to the RP taking a while...
Eeeh. I think we're okay. This has never been very fast-paced, but it's fun, and, right now, not too time-consuming. I'm good.

Dooooooooouuuuuuucheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

In regards to me being a douche, that is me and me alone. Drac's still an ass, though.

CAN I GET AN AMEN FROM ALL THE OTHER ASSHOLES!?

Edit:
Btw, did I mention? Dante's MIA. Or, well, I'm declaring him that. He hasn't been on, I haven't been able to get contact info, and the one e-mail address I got didn't work.

I hope he isn't gone forever. I really like Matthias.

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No homo.

Poor Impact, though. If Dante never returns, then Impy's down a powerful Pokebrid in the sequel.

NEVER AGAIN

And yeah, I like Matt as well. Though as for the sequel, Dante was going to join me. I think we should honor his wishes, and have Matt swear allegiance to Impact.

It's what he would have wanted.

I personally feel that his character shouldn't be touched until he comes back. Just out of respect for not handling other player's characters. (I suggested Matthias being in a coma as a result of the battle with Moera until Dante comes back as a viable instory reason for his absence.)

Although, AB, did you have any important plot related plans in mind for Matthias, like the results of his hacking reseach? If so, do you have any ways to deal with them with Dante's absence?

But yeah, hoping he's alive/safe and hopefully he'll be able to come back here.

And lastly, Drac, you having any luck with making the next plot post?

Well, putting him in a coma is interfering with him. Interfering pretty damn hard, to be honest. If you really want to go with 'don't touch him', then we write him out of the story entirely and don't mention/include the character until dante gets back, and afterwards, dante decides what Matt did in his absence. I'd be okay with that.

But if we keep matt in the story (and I think we should), why not make him an NPC? AB can control him in a way that doesn't go against Dante's wishes, and, as a plus, Matt will actually be involved in the story. If we write him out, or put him in a coma, Matt's going to come back to a character who's been doing basically nothing, and getting back into it would be hard, to say the least. NPC works better.

And Drac, to preempt your question, if this were Impact, I would say the same thing. If I left suddenly, I'd want Impact to keep doing the shit I've been setting up, even if AB was writing him.

But yeah. This is all a bit long-term. Let's hope he gets back in time.

Tuesday at the latest.

God.

I'm a helper!
 

How about this. If you fail, I'll say that I told you so and you will feel humiliated. How's that for motivation?

I'd be ok with this too. That's kinda more along the line of what I meant.

But yeah, I'm pretty much leaving it up to AB really.

I know just what to do with Matthias as an NPC. I don't wanna do it without Dante's permission, but if he never comes back, I'll just make that choice for him.

I think Matthias fits the role of an investigator, hacking and digging into information, usually the type that certain enemies of ours wouldn't want him to have.

If Dante doesn't return by the end of this mission, I think I'm going to remove him from combat and have him working different tasks. He'll probably be spending quite a bit of time at Millenium House even after the large explosion.

Heh. He can do a good cop/bad cop interrogation thing with Charlotte.

Charlotte: "You fuckin' murdered him, didn't you, you sick son of a bitch!"
*Charlotte proceeds to beat the shit out of a man whose innocense or guilt is undetermined.*
Matthias: "Look, Charlotte, would you just leave already? Go...have a cheese danish or something."
Charlotte: "Tch!" *leaves*
Matthias: "Okay, look. We're not saying that you're the one who killed him, just admit that you did. It'd only be a slap on the hand. I promise that you won't go to jail."
Criminal: *crying* "And no anal rape?"
Matthias: "And no anal rape."
Criminal: "...Wait, you can't be serious."
Matthias: "Does Matthias Sona gotta Toxic a bitch?"
Criminal: "But I didn't really-!"
*two minutes later, Matthias leaves the room after the police escort the criminal away who pleaded guilty.*
Charlotte: "So, uhh...which one of us was really the bad cop?"
Matthias: "Don't sweat the details, okay?"
Charlotte: "Eh."
Matthias: "By the way, Charlotte. I don't see my cheese danish anywhere."
Charlotte: "You told me to go eat a cheese danish. I didn't mind eating a cheese danish at the time, so I did. Was it yours?"
Matthias: "Brooklyn Rage!"
Charlotte: "Oh, piss off. You're not even from Brooklyn. Hell, you're not even from the same world as Brooklyn."
Matthias: "There you go, sweating the details again!"
Charlotte: "Incidentally, I noticed that the guy you interrogated wasn't badly poisoned. Didn't you use Toxic on him?"
*Matthias holds up a Britney Spears album.*
Charlotte: "Yep, I was definitely not the bad cop as I predicted I would be."

I guess that's neat. Sounds like the sort of thing Matthias would probably be doing. >_>

Anyhow: Bard, you said that your character might replace Hammond or Sol-lek for the new pokemons that just came out, but didn't tell me which ones you were thinking of choosing. I'm trying to figure out which pokemons us players are claiming so I avoid putting too many duplicates on other NPC teams when they are editted later.

That said, there is another dog pokemon in the new generation, although it's a normal type and fairly standard overall.

Yeah the Gen 5 canines are pretty limited aside from Normal Type and Zorark.

Anyways, I'll probably just keep my team until Charlotte's sidequest occurs, and then replace Sol-leks with Revenard. I'm not really going to bother with Gen V.

edit: Charlotte and Mattias are the best team.

Post won't be up today.

I'd say tomorrow, but I've got a big test and I've already spend enough time not studying to work on the post.

So I'm going to go with Thursday.

If by Charlotte and Matthias you mean just Charlotte, sure.

She's pretty great, though.

Don't feed her too much ego, Drac. Then when the sequel rolls around, she'll go form a third party and kick all of your asses.

That's kind of the roll that I felt Charlotte was going to do. Like, there's no more PATCA, kinda, and the government's a little new and hastily developed since Impact took over, so Charlotte decides to actually start killing everyone on her shit list, and I can almost guarantee that a certain three other PCs who aren't named Matthias are on it for one reason or another.

Heeee. I almost want bard to do it. Aaaalmost.

Right, because we all agree on how hilarious Charlotte's branch would be.

I can just see it now. Charlotte needs to breach Impact's headquarters because so-and-so is there and so-and-so is on Charlotte's shit list. She doesn't really wish trouble on Impact, but that's just how shit rolls. It's Impact's fault for recruiting so-and-so.

Harliette: "Breaking into Overlord Impact's headquarters is extremely dangerous, Charlotte. Aside from killing someone who isn't even in a position to make your life difficult by any stretch of the term, what could you possibly gain from this?"
Charlotte: "An orgasm."
Harliette: "A what now?"
Charlotte: "Look, you know the kind of woman I am, Harliette. People die for my amusement. And people whose very existence gives me premature wrinkles shall die for my orgasms."
Harliette: "So you're doing all this for an orgasm?"
Charlotte: "You gotta problem with that?"
Harliette: "No, not really. Orgasms are nice. Especially with cigarettes."
Charlotte: "Yes, and also with the comfort of knowing that someone you hate was murdered by your own hands."
Harliette: "Move over, Impact and Pierce. There's a new evil character in town."
Charlotte: "Impact and Pierce don't know shit about being evil. They think that they can just put Phoenix Wright sprites on the right side of a post and think that they're evil. Nope. Only someone like me who couldn't give a shit less about this world and kills those who vex her and eats their livers is truely evil."
Harliette: "You...eat their livers?"
Charlotte: "With some fava beans and a nice chianti."
Harliette: "Wow. Uhh, anyways, if we're going to kill that person, we should get started. The sun'll rise in like, two hours."
Charlotte: "It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again."
Harliette: "Stop making references and let's go."
Charlotte: "It puts the lotion in the basket."
Harliette: "Frightening me gives you orgasms as well, doesn't it?"
Charlotte: "It certainly lights my fire."

Oh come on. Charlotte doesn't deserve to be compared to Hannibal Lecter. Way too blunt.

And what is it with you and Pierce lately? Are you really assuming he'll come to challenge Impact in any way?

Doing it.

And yeah she totally would spare Mattias. Anyone remember 'Matty'?

Or alternatively she could be lulling Mattias into a false sense of confidence. Unlikely though. Mattias doesn't really say anything so that gets him bonus points.

Baaard. I said 'almost'. Do listen.

It's stuff like that which really makes me and possibly Renny worry about Charlotte's sidequest in the future. (Presumably at least after the beach mission and the Underworld mission with the Kimonos where characters get the chance to become half demons.)

Of course, since some of our players have been waiting a long time to get demon upgrades, AB could perhaps have the Kimonos bring some live Magatamas to the beach party as a sort of gift or drunken dare. The players can always go to the underworld the mission after for some other reason aside from just getting Magatamas or something...

Uh uh. You go to the Underworld. I've got good ideas and goddamnit, I'm going to use them and I'm going to use them there!

Don't worry. She'll only try to kill you all in the sequel.

Actually, speaking of the sequel, how are veteran Pcs going to be treated? If Impact does take over, then Charlotte will most likely play the Dragon , and Impact would be a major Villain (I would think). What about the others though? If new players join, wouldn't it be unfair to put them next to our high leveled PC's?

Really, the most daunting part is the fact that they would be on different sides. Would they be at a constant equal, or would "antagonists" be a bit leveled up?

That's been a burning issue in my mind since before I had to go to that shitty island in the Indian Ocean.

Honestly, I'm not sure. A few ideas come to mind but none of them good.

I could always pull some Metroid shit and have some serious of events cause your ranks to drop. God, but that would be so retarded.

Mainly, I'm banking on the idea that nobody but you five (four now?) would join for the sequel. Otherwise, I think any newcomers would join as already powerful characters.

Or hell, leave it to them to set their own ranks. God knows there've been many RPs I signed up for where I didn't wanna be the most powerful character (or at least the most threatening one).

The thing about new people joining is it keeps our numbers from falling too low.

If we stick to just us, there's the possibility someone might drop out for an emergency or another reason or something.

AB and Bard's concern isn't the issue with numbers (although it is a valid issue).

Basically, we can sum up some of the issues as such >
A: The original PCs had to start from scratch and build up their power over a long period of time. New PCs will start at the same or slightly lower power level from the current PCs to remain strong enough to handle the challenges without segregating them into the "weak group" of the story. In story, this would be strange as these new PCs all have more innate talent than all the old PCs. Kinda like how the new characters in Dragonball Z were able to harness much more power at a younger age than all the veteran characters. Embarressing for some I'd imagine.

B: Current setup with customized level-up development means that we'd have to help customize all of their characters level-up phases. (From level 5 up since the first four levels are set in stone upon choosing your primary class.) You know all those arguments around how Renny, Pierce and Impact will grow each mission with their respective abilities? Imagine having to do that for the entire mass of new potential recruits that come (and aren't sure to stay). Also, new PCs will possibly become overwhelmed by the mass amount of content they'd have to memorize or create about their characters. Making Signature Techs, pokemon choices, grasping the rules to help decide how their character is going to be built around. And of course, how will they have a Love Tech if their character have not had the time to develop a partnership?

C: Increasingly large Deployment system with each new player (a new PC and enforcer slot). Hell, the increasingly customized and complex rules might be a huge headache for those not experienced with pokemon in general.

D: "Holy Backlog Batman! Is there a Cliff-Note's Version of the entire plotline up to this point?"
"No. Go back and read it all, pussy!"

My first thought would be to suggest that new PCs will start out low level (Level 4), maybe as a sub group tackling the less dangerous of the divergent routes that the missions will have, give them time to grasp the notion of their class and see how we do things. After every mission, they get multiple levels (like 2 or 3 levels) until they would get close to catching up with us. Stuff like Love Tech, they can get after they complete a mission or two, enough time to build up a partnership of sort.
So basically, they start out low level, but grow in larger chunks in a sort of apprenticeship program.


On a completely different note...
AB, just out of curiousity, how do you make your sprites for your sprite comics or where do you get them from?
Got this website here in case you need more inspirations on base sprites to alter or so.
http://tsgk.captainn.net/?p=subhierarchal&t=sr&t2=sh

Well it's not going to be easy.

But it's either recruit more players or run the risk one or two people leaving and the RP dying.

In fact, maybe we should open sign-ups before that. For example, during this intermission.

It'd be easy to integrate new characters into the story. At best, we get new players, at worst, we go on as always.

I don't think the chances are very high of someone joining, but we don't really have anything to lose.

That's probably a better idea to have the new PCs tackle smaller, but by context no less important missions.

The sprites were pretty much edited from various parts of Final Fantasy VI sprites (taking Locke's jacket and putting it on Ceres, then lengthening it and changing the colors around to make Charlotte's sprite, for example).

As for stuff like Pokebrid features (Matthias and Lola), it's all made from scratch using the artwork of the Pokemon as a reference.

Sprite editting isn't difficult. Mostly trial and error.

EDIT: And will you fuckers stop getting fake banned? That's so last year.