Pokemon Umbral Theatre 30: Go Get Some Snacks...

[Astral Harmony]

The Pokemon Gyms don't have any relevance to the story, and anyone who had Pokemon at the start of the game could claim to have conquered them all. The only reason there's seven is because I just haven't created enough towns or cities for more.

But they're ultimately there just for flavor. Pretty much anybody who had Pokemon at the start of Umbral can truthfully claim that they've challenged and beaten all of the gyms. In fact, having done that is a great way to get your foot in the door if seeking employment in PATCA.

Whether a dungeon is stat-based or freeform may as well be left up to your personal preferences. Stat-based creates neat, organized battles while freeform allows for creativity and a lot more action.

I'll work on providing rewards for each and every dungeon as well as requirements. Since the rewards will affect some of your Pokemon and some of the NPCs, obviously you'll need to plot that NPC into your party if you explore that dungeon, or maybe not. I dunno yet. I just created the dungeon, after all.

And there will be a Cave of Assrape which Elizabeth will need to participate in to upgrade Leprihare if that's what you really want, Drac. Otherwise, you have some rather absurd moments to look forward to...

Violet: "These stalagmites sure look phallic."
Elizabeth: "Geez, Violet. Are dicks all you think about? You need to get your head out of the gutter."
Violet: "Says the one who has three of them in her labcoat, and one currently where I can't see it and won't mention further."
Elizabeth: "You should always be doing research into new discoveries. Oh, hey, did you know that they vibrate when their temperature increases past a certain point?"
Violet: "..."
*Violet breaks off two nearby stalagmites and stores them away.*
Elizabeth: "That's my bitch."
Pierce: "Life is hard in Honmyr where a giggolo like me has feelings of inferiority to a fucking cave."

I think there could be some rewards for PCs now that I think about it. But I don't wanna make the rewards so great that we put off the RP until every dungeon is explored.

*thinks*

An idea might be to have many of the dungeons off limits until certain missions are done.

Most of the rewards I have in mind will be stuff like better Slayer equipment (like a more powerful Dragon Slave), better hold items, unique signature moves for certain Pokemon, and the like.

Rapturous Depths (AKA the Cave of Assrape), Gaea's Navel, Everstone Lake, Moonlight Cove, Eternal Engine, Lakeblue Town, No-Man's Land have been added to the map.

[Menarker]

One last place I might suggest, but it's up to you... But I felt we needed something for the psychic types. :3

Grandeur's Crevice: A large crack in the earth leading a large cavern. In the first level are underwater hot springs which makes a wonderful and suprisingly safe tourist attraction. However, people easily wander off from them and head to the lower levels where the earth is hotter supporting the hotsprings above and aplenty with vicious fire and rock pokemon. The level below is unnaturally cooler and littered with crystal walls and stalagmites. However this level also seeps a gas which causes delusions and visions, although a select few who have gone there claim to have temporaily gained an oracle's vision, making this a place that psychic types and some ghost types would want to visit. Even more persistant is what happens if you fall asleep while you're in this region... Once or twice someone have reported having a vivid dream and waking up finding they had something of tremedous value in their possession... or having lost a limb... as a result of a dream that happened to be much more than mere fiction.


As for why we would want to go to these locations, I'd imagine the ruin generals probably know some of these locations due to centuries of hiding and they might know some reason (resources) as to why we might want to go there. (Marionetta might suggest the above location oddly enough. Or maybe she always hidden there because if the rumors are true, then submersing intruders into the mind's depth makes them more vulnerable to mental malipulation like she could.)

Otherwise, we could be searching "random locations" for a rumor of the last Progenitor or something like that.

[Menarker]

Why do I get the feeling that Rapturous Depth might end up being an actual PATCA mission with potentially party wide results?

I mean, I might as well list in order the people who might end up intending to stay! Elizabeth, Muon (from what AB tells me) for starters...

EDIT: As for rewards, may I suggest for slayers new accessories that are unlocked for all other slayers? Basically, instead of finding just one new item for that PC or so, the adventurer finds something which the scientists back at Ricewood can innovate to create a new invention. It also works better than just improving a single weapon (as suggested above with the "improved dragon slave") because then it would limit the uses of other elements which become lower in power and thus less desirable to bring along.

Am uncertain what could be offered for Trainers/Snaggers or Pokebrids that would not have to be decided on case by case basis. It might be easier to see what rewards are appropriate after some more missions have been completed and we see what the difficulty is like after the new rules.

Additionally, for all the classes, once a certain number of later missions have been completed, access to carry one Wonder Launcher exclusive item per PC per mission. Great to use for a really tight spot! I dunno though. They are pretty powerful, but it's a one-shot thing.

[Dracorion]

Originally Posted by Menarker

Muon (from what AB tells me)

... Just what is Muon going to tell Whitney about her feelings for Renny?

[Bard The 5th LW]

rapterous depths

you guys are terrible people. I'll work on a location later.

edit: Me and Gem took the time to make this collab post, but then when I copied/pasted from the edupad it for some reason obliterated the paragraph and dialogue structure and I had to fix it all manually. Might be hard to read.

[Dracorion]

Yeah, I so missed Gem's bullshit posts.

I'm surprised Charlotte didn't ask what Impact even wants. I thought even she would know better.

Anyway, I do enjoy how Impact's pretending this is a big commitment thing, even though he didn't give Charlotte anything that actually matters and they didn't agree to anything real.

[Bard The 5th LW]

No agreement of any sort really means anything to Charlotte if she decides it doesn't mean anything anymore. So its Impact's risk for whatever it is he wants to accomplish with this.

[Astral Harmony]

Should have a post up this afternoon. I'm exhausted from sifting through sprites and backgrounds. But you do get to see a lot of interesting sprites that way. Romancing Saga 3 has got some pretty good ones that I think I'll switch the Final Fantasy VI sprites out for should I ever get off my fat ass and start spriting again after the map is finally done.

[Dracorion]

I mean, it cracks me up that Impact's being so melodramatic about lunch. One could think it was because it was lunch with Charlotte. Otherwise he's getting excited about nothing.

Maybe we should start considering CharlottexImpact as an actual pairing. Dante, Menarker, thoughts about this?

Anyway, their whole conversation boils down to:

Impact: "So, I'll give you leadership if you'll work for me."
Charlotte: "Cool. So what're we doing?"
Impact: "Um... well, y'see... I'll get back to you on that."

But the part that really cracks me up is that Gem is trying to play it up as Impact laying the foundation for his world conquering.

Except, y'know, the way that's really going to happen is that Eldys is going to choose to back him up because he's a Chosen One, not through any of his own machinations. And Eldys backing him up means Irene, Rayleen and Sakuya back him up. And Irene and Rayleen backing him up means the President of Honmyr backs him up.

Eldys is connected, yo.

While I don't doubt that Impact is going to do a lot of work in the future, the fact is he's got these powerful, well-connected people to lift him up there in the first place. That's the only reason he's going to get to the top in the first place.

That's the bullshit part, by the way. And in the end he's just another Faynoc and Burkmont, only a slightly different kind of sick.

Maybe I would've liked it better if it happened after Impact met Eldys, I guess?

I do enjoy that Impact admits to his own lousy performance in bed in his own thoughts, though.

[Bard The 5th LW]

Gem actually was worried that it seemed too dramatic, and I was admittedly a bit too preoccupied to give enough thought to say "Yo change it"