Pokemon Umbral Theatre 11: Things That Make You Go Wuh?

[Dracorion]

Sure, why not.

Anyway, what do you all think about Elizabeth so far? Specifically, what do you think is wrong with her?

[Geminex]

You're writing her.

Okay, sorry. She's not bad. And we haven't seen too much of her. But obviously there was something between her and Pierce. How old are they both again?

And do elaborate on your post before that, please. You can't tell me 'I'm taking advantage of your mind-boggling arrogance' and then just drop it. I'm fine with implied insults as long as they're actually supported with evidence. So come on, out with it.

[Dracorion]

That'd be rather silly, wouldn't it?

Getting you to be paranoid is one thing. Actually telling you is another. After all, you don't even know if I really am trying to make you paranoid and in actuality there's nothing.

She's 22 and he's 24.

Also, I'm surprised you didn't figure it out.

It was a reasonable guess that she was working for Horace, after all. Sure, you didn't know much about her, so she could've been working for Faynoc as far as you knew. But those were the only two possibilities.

And if she was working for Horace, who said to Harliette he ran his own business (which presumably involved more people than Pierce, or he'd be bankrupt by now), and knowing that she humps anything with a pulse, and that I'm a sick bastard, well...

It was a definite possibility that they had something together. You may not have had enough evidence in-RP to know, but you could've considered the possibility, and the fact that, again, I'm a sick bastard should've pointed you in that direction.

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But I can see why you wouldn't dedicate a lot of effort into figuring it out, even though I'm making it look more complicated than it is in this post.

Anyway, I guess I was worried you all thought I had second thoughts about making her such a bland character (WHORE) and decided to give her depth in the most horrible way possible.

Because seriously, that conversation between her and Pierce? Horrible.

[Geminex]

Getting you to be paranoid is one thing. Actually telling you is another. After all, you don't even know if I really am trying to make you paranoid and in actuality there's nothing.

BLUH BLUH
...
Yeah, I know, eloquent. Sue me. And what do you mean, Paranoia? Worst-case, I'm gonna be a little more careful in the future and consider my general strategy (GRAB ALL OF THE POWER) and our past agreements again. In fact, I've done so already. And if I hadn't, I might well have made a mistake some time in the future!
Thanks, man. Thanks.

Also, It's 3 AM. I should have been in bed an hour ago. Fuck your NPC's backstory and fuck you.
Also, fuck Liz. In a slightly different way (WHORE).

See ya.

Edit:
And I don't think she's bland. You can do a lot with her over-sexualness, if you do it right.

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Geminex

Thanks, man. Thanks.

You're quite welcome.

Mwa. Ha. Ha.

Originally Posted by Geminex

Edit:
And I don't think she's bland. You can do a lot with her over-sexualness, if you do it right.

... She hasn't had an abortion.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Sorry. Its been a busier week than I anticipated. May have some time tomorrow, but I'm tired for right now.

Here is a very small, incomplete thing. It is insignificant and uninspiring. I will edit onto it gradually tomorrow.

Matt: Psychic on Pulverot A
Charlotte: Spits to use Super Fang on Pulverot A. Hammond to use Dragon Claw on Narcham B
Cassus: Dragonite to use Dragon Rush on Pulverot A. Scizorto use x-scissor on Narcham B.
Kirie: Morphstrike (dragon) on Pulverot A. Entei to use fire blast on Narcham B.

[Dracorion]

No Trainer Actions for Charlotte?

[Menarker]

At least this gives AB plenty of time to do whatever he wants, including the sprite comic. ^^

[Dracorion]

Hahahahaha oh wow.

[Menarker]

First regarding Trick Room and Tailwind. You're wrong about Trick Room not being that common. Trick Room is available for just about every Psychic pokemon that exists as well as a few others including ghosts types. Tailwind also is specific only to flying types normally with very few exceptions. The only reason why Tailwind and Trick Room are not found in the NPC's skill list except for pokebrids is because for a long time, Speed was a Dump stat and AB just didn't think to use speed influencing moves on NPC pokemon trainers. That is different now.

Also, Trick Room has the advantage that it can be turned on and off. Tailwind on the other hand, cannot. Let's say I was to try to use Tailwind to boost my team's speed so they could take advantage of crit. My foes decide to use Trick Room. Now my team ends up slower than them and thus more likely to be hit for crit. If they change their mind or if I try to send out another pokemon that work better with Trick Room, they can switch Trick Room back.


Now for the weather...
You are selling all the other weather type moves TERRIBLY short and thus nerfing Gravity too much. In fact it shouldn't be nerfed at all because all the other weather type moves are much more powerful.

Rain Dance actually boosts water moves, so it has the effect of Helping Hand for all water types. In addition, it cuts the power of all fire moves as well as weakening Solar Beam and making Thunder Unmissable. And that's before any other pokemon specific abilities like Swift Swim or Rain Dish.

Sunny Day does the same thing in a way. It becomes a field wide Helping Hand on all fire type moves, while also weakening water types. It doubles the firing rate of Solarbeam and reduces the accuracy of Thunder. Once again, pokemon specific abilities also make it more potent for some.

I mean look at the last mission. That was the sole basis of one or two battle plan. Summoning a weather condition and then using only attacks or allies who had the matching element to get a weather bonus to damage.

Gravity on the other hand does NOT have this function. Except for One hit KO moves which are not only exceedingly rare, but still not certain to hit even with Gravity. Moves become no more powerful than normal under the effect of Gravity. So basically, all the group does is help ensure the normal rate of combat. Assuming almost all attacks that the group uses is 80-100% accuracy (since slayer attacks are all 100% base accuracy), Gravity does nothing to improve combat under most circumstances.
The only other benefits, removing flight and leviation and bounce type moves are strictly very specific and don't contribute to improving combat.

So Gravity should NOT be changed at all and should remain the all target weather that it is. If we allow Rain Dance and Sunny Day which have a MUCH stronger effect with a bigger party remain capable of effecting all foes and allies, then naturally Gravity which does not boost combat capabilities above the normal level SHOULD be granted the same right.

But I would hope we won't need items for the early battle. One or two max revives between us should suffice, for the duration the the mission I hope.

As for the current mission, you should probably get out of the mindset that AB will be giving us "warm-up battles" from now on. Yes, AB will give us different types of battles. Many weak mooks with Zerg tendencies. A massive foe of immense power, a few foes with significantly high power blending the benefits of both. But yeah, we should expect all battles to be tough from now on, even from the start.

Although you saying you should probably grab a revive item or two is a good idea.