Recently: You're battling the fourth and final Elite Four member, Geno. Aria hurt her voice from pushing too hard.
General rules:
There is a 10 minute voting period after each post. Non-contradictory votes will be combined as best as possible.
Write-ins for all votes are always welcome and encouraged. They may not all make it into the post or be altered to fit in, but I'll do my best to at least try to address the spirit of the write-in.
Very important or contentious votes may be redone in a stricter voting system as it comes up.
Combat involves rolls! Once there's a clear vote winner, we roll for the move accuracy/crit/secondary effect. Usually it's just three 1d100s. Sometimes you can get a modifier from circumstances, so be creative! Add flair, do tricks with moves, mess with terrain, whatever! This is not a video game.
Call me out on a mistake and receive an apology butt or suggestive picture.
Badges: 10
Pokemon on you: Zappy Dan (Magnezone) Destiny (Kingdra) - Fighting Fel (Butterfree) Oberon (Garchomp) Nibbles (Tyrantrum) Aria (Meloetta) - KO
Not In Party: Raistlin (Alakazam) Devon (Houndoom) Trunks (Trevenant) Vlad (Crobat) Leviathan (Gyarados)
Zachary Rivera
This is a nice quest.
Brody Johnson
Destiny is out and doing great. She just gracefully dodged the opposing Dragonite's Thunder Wave.
Your inner doubt, Dark Kat, has surfaced. But screw her! You won't let your self-doubt trip you up. You owe it to your Pokemon not to let that happen
You do a quick mental checklist to regain our focus.
Ancalagon (Garchomp) - Out Saphira (Dragonite) - Damaged Desghidorah (Noivern) - Out Rhaegal (Salamence) Fin Fang Foom (Tyrantrum) Shenron (Flygon) Altaria (Altaria)
The only Pokemon of yours to suffer a knockout is Aria.
The arena is balanced. There are a few small ponds here and there, two remaining small bushy and tree-filled areas that are good for hiding in, and two rocky areas near each battler.
Destiny is in the pond that has a covering of leafs. If she were to dive, she’d have visual cover.
That Dragonite seems to be pretty beefy. Like all of Geno’s Pokemon, it’s also very fast and excellent at landing critical hits.
>Smokescreen, lower its accuracy >Bubble, you might lower its speed >Outrage, out dragon the dragon master >Scald, you can burn it! >Signal Beam, a confuse chance >Ice Beam, it’s the most effective move ehre >Rain Dance, great for Swift Swim >Hydro Pump, try to knock it from the air >Dragon Pulse! Freeze it out of the sky! >Agility, get really, really fast >Hide in the water and use Shell Smash. Pump offensive power at the expense of defence >Whirlpool, trap it. >Something else
Dominic Gutierrez
>Ice Beam, it’s the most effective move here
Kevin Hughes
Wanted to say thanks and good on you, Gobble. Have fun finishing the quest. Love ya.
Austin Morgan
>Ice Beam, it’s the most effective move ehre I heard rumors of thread!
Christian Kelly
>>Ice Beam, it’s the most effective move ehre
Matthew Hughes
>Ice Beam, it’s the most effective move here
Robert Campbell
Ice beam, ice beam, we all scream for ice beam
Owen Cooper
>Smokescreen, lower its accuracy Hope you're doing OK, gobble.
Levi Flores
>Smokescreen, lower its accuracy
Mason Wood
[Thanks!
Roll 'em!]
Nolan Taylor
It was 6v6, right? Wonder which pokemon he won't use...assuming he doesn't pull out another surprise pokemon of course, in which case it'd be more than one.
Isaac Parker
Rolled 85 (1d100)
Jacob Wright
Rolled 48 (1d100)
C'Mon dice gods!
Ayden James
Rolled 92 (1d100)
Leo Clark
Rolled 100 (1d100)
[I forgot]
Hunter Walker
You gonna roll Gobble?
Aaron Jones
Oh hey- Fuck. Well atleast we tried to freeze him.
Joshua Sanders
Destiny da bes-
Gobble...Gobble pls...
Adam Campbell
...
Dylan Rodriguez
Where's the dodge roll?
Nathan Bailey
Well shit, sorry I asked.
Nicholas Anderson
We still get our evasion roll, r-right?
Ryan Hall
Do we also roll to dodge?
Christopher Gray
[Destiny still has a dodge roll. Let me have it!]
James Sanchez
Rolled 9 (1d10)
Blake Peterson
Rolled 1 (1d10)
May dice gods have mercy
Chase Harris
Rip Destiny.
Adam Williams
We don't have crit fails on evasion.
Ethan Turner
Rolled 4 (1d10)
Ethan Bennett
You're my favorite user on the citad- uh, board.
Robert Mitchell
Ok, I think we're good, the pastebin said dodge on an 8+.
Juan Hernandez
Wonder if we fully avoided the impact of a 100 roll just by successfully dodging. It makes some sense but at the same time I know we'd be salty as fuck if the roles were switched here, haha.
Brayden Reyes
We also have the crit negation training. So it will probably be a normal hit or something along those lines.
Logan Rivera
Should also point out Ice Beam has a 10% freeze chance...
Cooper Brown
Oh, that's right. Can't freeze 'em all I guess?
Luke Adams
Yeah, but with 3 dice the probability tables go up, I think we need a 94 to crit.
Joseph Perry
A 92 is still pretty good, but I get what you mean.
Joshua Foster
“Ice Beam! Let them have it!” Destiny jumps at the command.
But Geno interjects. He’s done playing around. “Destroy everything! Draco Meteor!” He looks to you and Destiny. It’s not an angry glare, but the look of a predator that’s found a competitor instead of just more prey. “There’s no avoiding this!“
A rushing sound comes from above. The sky darkens, but there aren’t really any clouds. Meteors swarm down and start smashing into the arena. Crashes and explosions light up the field and you quickly lose sight of Destiny. Dozens of Mr.Mimes do their best with barriers to contain it.
You hear the announcers hyping the audience.
The arena turns into a flashing nightmare of purple and red. The explosions press against the barriers like window panes. Geno loses his composure just a bit as he encourages Saphira to keep it going.
Finally, after what feels like an eternity, the cosmic dragon storm dies down.
Geno and his Dragonite smirk almost in sync. “I’m sorry Kat, but-”
A beam pierces through the clouds of dust and hits Saphira dead on, coating it in ice. It comes crashing down ungracefully.
“What!”
“Unbelievable, Chip! This is unbelievable!”
A gust of wind whips away the obscuring clouds. Destiny sits on the edge of one of many craters. Saphira struggles to move in it’s icey container.
Destiny breathes heavily, exhausted. She must have been moving like crazy. She looks entirely untouched from the attack.
(continued)
Dominic Lopez
“Good job, Destiny!”
A single bubble is all she can manage, but she smiles.
The arena is a mess of craters and impact areas. The grassy areas and ponds and some rocks have amalgamated into a muddy sludge in several places, including a large pit in the center.
“Saphira! We’ve trained for this! Remember!” It looks badly hurt. You’re impressed that it’s sticking it out.
>Outrage, don’t give it a chance! >Scald, melt it out and KO >Signal Beam, a light tap knockout >Ice Beam, finish it with another special attack >Rain Dance, great for Swift Swim >Hydro Pump, pump it off the arena floor >Dragon Pulse! >Agility, get really, really fast >Shell Smash. Increase speed and offensive power at the expense of defence >Whirlpool, trap it >Something else
Lincoln Baker
>>Outrage, don’t give it a chance!
Blake Morgan
>Agility, get really, really fast
Aaron Gomez
>Shell Smash. Increase speed and offensive power at the expense of defence
Ethan Russell
>Shell Smash. Increase speed and offensive power at the expense of defence
Dominic Murphy
>Agility, get really, really fast
Carter Thompson
>Scald, melt it out and KO Bestiny after all, that was pretty sick.
Lucas Watson
>>Shell Smash. Increase speed and offensive power at the expense of defence
Robert Gomez
>Agility, get really, really fast
Oliver Sanchez
>Agility, get really, really fast More dodging!
Isaiah Nelson
>>Shell Smash. Increase speed and offensive power at the expense of defence
Jose Sanders
[Tight. Let's do a quote-only vote to be sure.
Will you pump Destiny's speed, or use Shell Smash to increase her speed, attack, and special attack at the expense of her defence and special defence?]
>agility >shell
Gavin Gutierrez
>shell
Brayden Hall
>shell
Eli Martin
>agility
Benjamin Taylor
>shell
Anthony Richardson
>shell
Carter Campbell
>shell
Asher Ward
>shell
Jason Young
>agility
Caleb Gutierrez
>>>qst is LITERALLY made for this.
Aiden Wilson
Rolled 68, 88 = 156 (2d100)
[Dice dice dice!]
Gavin Cooper
Rolled 98 (1d100)
Jacob Jenkins
Rolled 82 (1d100)
Julian Morgan
desu
Asher Gray
Geno and Saphira are rolling well, Destiny bringing her a-game though.
Daniel Fisher
Rolled 80 (1d100)
Good to be here for a thread again.
Sorry to here about the break up.
Isaac Scott
Rolled 31 (1d100)
DICE!
Austin Turner
What the hell does a crit shell smash even look like? Instant max'd stats or something?
Jordan Bell
Who knows. Don't we need a 100 for crit though?
Robert Rogers
So which new starter is your favorite so far Gobble
Christopher Peterson
Crits are 95+ I'm pretty sure.
Jeremiah Bailey
Personally I prefer the Fire one but I'm pretty meh on all of them. Nothing horrendous but definitely nothing great.
Adrian Edwards
94+, we missed it by one last thread which led to Aria getting hurt.
Jordan Bell
That was actually because of the 1 we rolled.
Elijah Young
I like the Owl personally
Kevin Anderson
Rowlet is best Gen 7 starter.
Ian Reed
No dodge roll apparently so I guess Saphira didn't manage an attack at least.
Julian Davis
Or maybe a crit was an auto evade?
Nathaniel Miller
Usually our roll for a move and our opponent's roll for a move are strictly separate though. Except if one pokemon is KO'd sometimes.
Ayden Diaz
My point was that we would have scored the KO early and wouldn't have been in that situation if we'd gotten the crit then.
Christian Moore
Rolled 1 (1d10)
Rolling for DODGE
Chase Brooks
Saphira struggles against the ice. It cracks and creaks, but she’s not out quite yet.
“Destiny! Shell Smash!”
Destiny pushes aside her exhaustion and uses Shell Smash. You’re no expert on these types of moves, but you can tell from watching her that she’s gotten a good groove going with it. She’ll be faster and stronger than ever!
You just need to make sure she doesn’t get hit.
Saphira’s ice starts sliding into the muck by a few inches.
Geno narrows his eyes. He’s considering something. Or planning something. Either way, you don’t like that look.
>Shell Smash again! Push it to the limit! >Have Destiny catch her breath for a second >Outrage! Destroy it! >Bubble. Light tap it >Scald, melt it out, KO and boil the muck >Dragon Pulse. Reliable and strong. >Agility, get even faster! >Whirlpool. Trap it so he can’t switch >Something else
Josiah Ward
>rolling when not asked for
Cameron Jones
And this is why we don't entreat the Dice Gods unless required.
Parker Bailey
>Ice Beam because its a KO
Jackson Smith
>Scald, melt it out, KO and boil the muck
Asher Clark
>Whirlpool. Trap it so he can’t switch Might let us get even more setup in if we're lucky.
Daniel Hernandez
>Scald, melt it out, KO and boil the muck
Kayden Wilson
>Whirlpool. Trap it so he can’t switch
Jason Sullivan
>Scald, melt it out, KO and boil the muck
Carson Bell
[They're all surprisingly good looking. If I had to choose, it'd be grass > fire > water.]
[Thanks]
Bentley Miller
>Agility, get even faster!
Carter Peterson
Changing to >Scald, melt it out, KO and boil the muck
