Pokemon Umbral Discussion 37: You Don't Want To Enter This Thread

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Glad to know that my advice about Mismagius seems to have been appreciated. ^^

Originally Posted by Geminex

In short, the primary class attacks, the secondary class(es) support it. I'm not sure how, exactly, but I'm thinking that it either acts as a basic attack-strength increase, gives extra Stab, gives extra status effects, or a combination of the three.

I would probably object to this simply because Renny as I'm building him is not primarily a pokemon trainer later on if we judge using upgrade charts, but he'd use all his abilities, directly fighting or pokemon fighting as much as feasible.

If anything, my build is going to be (in no particular order of levels and subject to change):
Pokemon Breeder 1 (6 levels of Pokemon Trainer)
Pokebrid 1 (1 level of Pokebrid)
Overblade 3 (8 levels of Slayer)

If anything, you could say that as Renny is growing up, he is hiding behind his pokemons less and less (out of actually having the ability to contribute on his own merits) but still trust them to defend him and his loved ones. And no, I'm not having him go Half-Demon at all. I'll leave that to Pierce/Impact and anyone else.

Meh. I just don't like it. Maybe I just prefer being able to fight at the same time as my pokemon, is that so wrong?

Not wrong at all! I totally want to have Renny do that myself.

Originally Posted by Armored Bishoujo
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I feel the Trainers could do other things besides attack as a free action instead of deal small damage to the enemy. And I might as well let the PCs come up with it. Charlotte could have a Trainer skill called Kick the Doggy that deals a little damage to her target Pokemon and buffs it's damage and critical hit rate for that turn.

Awesome. ^^ However, trying to think what sort of effect Renny cheering up his pokemon might have, especially if it only targets his pokemon and its effect should be "minor". I'd be hesitant to have it do anything that would duplicate an effect of a move such as Safeguard or Haze (even if its single-target).

And before any of you say it... no, Renny the "Love Freak" is not going to be using the improved infatuation, Love! He doesn't believe that bewitchment equals real love or compassion!

EDIT: Drac, maybe think less about how Pierce (or anyone else) would respond to his pokemons, but how they specifically trained them? For example, I could imagine that Charlotte with her pack of hound-dogs could have "trained" them to chase and pursue their targets, leading her targets running away toward a designated location... like in her waiting hands. In-game, that could translate to her "Trainer Tactic" being to have her pokemons chase and scare foes into moving to a different location, thus altering the enemy formation, making it better for us to use AOE attacks on them.

Someone who train several bird pokemons could train them to constantly divebomb and swoop at a particular target sequentially, thus hampering their ability to aim properly. In game, this can translate to an accuracy drop on the foe's part.

I guess with Renny, Togekiss with his blessed charm, Swampert's natural vitality, Mollesk heavy armor, Umbreon's resilient defense, Magnezone's steel body and Shaymin's natural purity could all translate to a sort of insight to resisting status conditions or something like that...