Pokemon Umbral Theatre 10: Pictures I Don't Think You Want Explained
 

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This is why sometimes logic has to be ignored in Pokemon.

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Hot Eevee on Dusknoir action?

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I like this. I can imagine you guys camping out, dining on Furrets 'n' shit. Anyways, on to the questions...

Unless Double Attack is a Character Skill (which relates to their specialty), then NPCs don't get it. And if it is available to specific NPCs, then it won't have any kind of penalties except that the Rage will only count for one of the hits.

I've fixed the problem regarding Alice.

Not all NPCs are created equal. And usually when an NPC falls way behind, like Dormond and Lola as you mentioned, they tend to be retired, sometimes permanently.

I'm not going to say which characters live or die or get retired, but just note that you're going to be kicking off the sequel with a greatly diminshed force. It allows space for new characters to join up.

Menarker would object to me retiring Lola, but let me explain why. Lola might be retired only to show up for the purposes of LoveTechs and HaremTechs. Why only then? Because I don't think Menarker would want to wait until the epilogue of the sequel until Renny marries Lola and gets her pregnant. And I know for damn sure that Renny wouldn't make his pregnant wife fight on the battlefield...at least when they both realize that she is with child.

Characters who will hit their limit at ten ranks (like Dormond and Lola, again) will usually catch up by some other means, usually by increasing the potential of their specialties. But expect for some of them to go non-combat, or non-living, in the sequel.

Gem did ask me about who he was allowed to kill in a PM a long time ago, after all.

Callsigns are updated.

I can't explain them now. I haven't created them now.

Irene can't use Double Attack, at least not anymore.

RDPAs last five turns and have no immunities.

Mio and Silk don't have five Pokebrid forms. They may in time, but they don't now.

Honestly, the reasons this is so is because I'm woefully lazy, but let me go ahead and try a logical approach as to why.

For Irene, she's suffering weakness because of the coma. Sakuya hasn't seen much battle since the Second Honmyr War. Too much politics. Same with Silk. Mio needs time to adjust to her body.

And if you don't believe that, I don't really care. Go yiff yourself or whatever.

This is because of her armor as an Overblade, and has nothing to do with her nature as a Deva (Asura, to be technical). Her armor is designed to cover up for the fact that all of her forms are Ruin Pokemon.

And speaking of which, I'll have the Ruin Pokemon listing up shortly.

Current choice is Mirror Brisholm. Currently editting in my levelling guide up to level 10 as I'm not sure which way he's going after that.

Deva level 1 remains the same: (Base Rage generation increased by 1.5x)

Deva level 2 keeps the stat growth (+10 to all stats) and gains:

Potent Poison: While in Venomoth form Matthias can expend 15 rage to allow his poison to bypass any abilities or types that would otherwise negate the status he's trying to inflict for one turn.

Deva level 3 remains the same: (+20 to all stats, Ruin pokeshift form)

Deva level 4: Paradigm Shift lasts for five turns stays. Matthias gains:

Air Lock: When Matthias shifts the weather in his Castform state he can expend a minimum of 10 rage to prevent other pokemon from overriding his weather effect for 1 turn. For every 10 additional rage he uses he can lock it in place for another turn (though all have to be expended when the weather is initially shifted)

Deva Level 5: - Base Rage generated is increased by 2 times.
- Devas can choose a Legendary Pokemon as a Pokeshift form.

Emergency Adaptation: While in Porygon Z form Matt can expend 20 energy to use conversion or conversion 2 without using his regular move for that turn.

Feel free to edit, rip apart, murder with an axe. Whatever it is you guys do. That's just the basic idea. I want his initial 3 forms to get stronger and thus not be completely obsoleted by his last 2 forms.

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Shizuka's got some weird news for you, boy.

That Quagsire picture strikes a little too close to my Swampert and his quad weakness to grass too! >_>


Interesting to hear about characters being retired and all that. Makes me worry which ones are hinted to get killed off. T.T


Anyhow, as for Dante's upgrades, there is no problems, and I think there is plenty of room for growth.

Only specific thing I might suggest to change for the better is:

Passive Poison: Make this a passive upgrade with no cost. Kinda like giving his Venomoth an upgraded version of the ability Mold Breaker. Although, I wonder if you meant for it to effect things like robots that normally don't have a mind or biological aspect to poison.


EDIT: Dante, have you any particular thoughts of what your legendary pokemon form of choice would be? I think you said you might choose Jirachi sometime before.

Jirachi possibly. Articuno is also on that list. Those seem the most likely currently.

I think AB said that the Flying Eevee trainer has Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres in addition to her flying type Eevee.

Not that I blame you for the choice. Articuno would be a fine one. Especially since it's the only pokemon aside from Smergle that can learn the combination of Mind Reader and Sheer Cold.

We're five missions off. I think there's a decent chance we'll run into that trainer.

Yeah, especially since AB said that she would likely appear during the beach mission after Pierce's sidequest. If I'm not mistaken.

Is it the news I'm thinking about, or did you change your mind?