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Trails of Tera Steel (Kiseki-inspired Pokemon Academy Quest)

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Got a potential plan here focussing on improving Mariana and cementing the social relationships she has started.

[]Plan Hit the Books
-[] I Work Out at the Library
-[] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[] You Can't Run from a Trainer Battle
-[]Ostia and Argy
-[] Erika
 
We should probably do a study action and a battle/skill action + 1

Trying to find the +1 that gives us the best chance at future pokemon catches would be my guess since it would be good to get started on training a 2nd for 2v2 battles.
 
Oh dear......in addition to a Erika faceclaim we've got a Beatrice faceclaim.
ArvisPresley said:
Bonds with Human characters and Class operate similarly to Bonds with your Pokemon, though benefits are primarily story and character beats with some occasional benefits. (ie. At Bond 2 Erika will automatically join you during Library Studies increasing KNOW gain. At Bond 2 Ostia will join you in exploring Mesagoza giving +20 to random event rolls)
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Would it be safe to assume that improved bond with a classmate also improves performance in multibattles?
 
Alright, got a plan cooking up.

[ ] Plan: Punching Down and Punching Up
-[ ] You Can't Run from a Battle Between Trainers
-[ ] Advanced BATTLE
-[ ] The World in a City (1/10)
-[ ] Ostia and Argy
-[ ] Erika

Punching Down is beating up some nobles for that PROW boost, maybe start gaining an ally among them, and learn who the classists/racists are.

Punching Up is fighting the people who already have a badge, we're going to lose, and more importantly we're going to lose money. But, crucially, this is the best way to become a better trainer, punching up and learning our weaknesses. Get a big SKILL boost early.

This also works on unlocking the ranger missions, and getting money and maybe a second pokemom eventually.

In the future we should prioritize Roland, but I want to get to know our new friends first. Next few turns I think we should do Roland+Friend and rotate through the two every turn.
 
While Advanced Battle is good for our skills, it's bad for our wallet. And we're poor, but skilled already. Trading a resource we don't have much of for something we're alot more able to do for free doesn't seem sensible, not until we have a better grasp of costs and prices here.
 
What if I swapped for To Train Them is Your Cause? Still a SKILL gain, no money lost, and we get some MXP for Roland?

Might be even better, we still spend time with Roland even if it isn't a dedicated social link action.
 
Nerdorama said:
For a girl named *rika Furu* she's actually doing surprisingly well.

@ArvisPresley does the trainer battle option (or the dueling option) give money if we win/cost money if we lose? Or is that only for Official League Battles like going to bother the Gyms?
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It does give/take cash if you win/lose. Yea
Edited it in. Operates on the same DC as the fights itself. Get less than 20 lose cash. More than 20, gain cash
 
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That can be seen as a pro or con.
Chance to lose money, but chance to gain money.
However, I still think "To Train Them" is the better option for gaining XP and MXP. It might be less overall, but its more likely. Also, MXP is what Roland will evolve from, not XP, so getting the extra 2-3 MXP means faster Roland evolution! Not like we particularly need the SKLL levels that desperately either given that Nemona's is... what did Arvis say, 14? We're only 2 levels below that on a D20 system we should be finnnne~

EDIT: This is to say, I'm gonna stick with my proposed plan of To Train Them + Explore x2
 
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Been thinking over the maths for our Knowledge gains up to 8, and I think we should only take 2 library actions before FE1.

ArvisPresley said:
Due to low KNOW: Gain 150 KNOW XP per week (Increases to 330 KNOW XP with traits). Ends at KNOW 8
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ArvisPresley said:
Gain 300 KNOW XP (Increases to 660 KNOW XP with traits)
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At the moment we're at 950/1000 to KNOW 6, and we need 2650XP in total to get to KNOW 8. With 2 study actions after 4 weeks we'll have (2*660) + (4*330) = 2640 KNOW XP, which only leaves 10 XP to get to rank 8! We can get this either with the passive gain over FE1, or by getting lucky in RER's from exploring the city. Taking more than 2 library actions would be a waste since we would lose out on the passive XP gain for 1 or 2 weeks.

We've got other important actions to spend AP on anyway, especially if we want to go for our first badge in FE1. It's gonna be pretty tight getting Roland to 1st badge stage, and we need to catch and train a second Pokemon as well. 2 studying AP is a good balance to get KNOW 8 by the end of our first month and not miss out on other opportunities.
 
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Voting is open it seems! Gonna beat Alvis to the announcement.

[X] Plan Establishing One's Self
-[X] The World in a City (1/10): Mesagoza is huge. Obscenely so. It's so massive and sprawling that you could spend days traveling through every inch of it and still miss some nooks and crannies. But you're going to be spending the better part of three years in this city. Maybe even more in the future. Better get wandering. -1 AP (2 Times)
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause: While live battle is useful in sharpening moves, nothing beats good old practice. Experimentation, Building Muscle Memory or just plain old Mastery. At this stage early on it's still safe to use the Training Fields of the Academy. But as you get stronger you'll have to look for more isolated places. You can't let people find out what you're cooking after. That and something about collateral damage from moves getting worse. -1 AP
-[X] Ostia and Argy: They seem to be doing better now than when you last saw them during your first day together. They're inviting you to go out and eat with them in Mesagoza. They seem really enthusiastic about all the restaurants and eateries in the city. Their treat of course. Next to them Argy stares at you like they always do. Improve Bond with Ostia and Argy. 0/3 to Bond 2
-[X] Erika: She has cordially invited you to join her in perusing the older sections of the Academy's libraries with her. She seems interested in myths, histories and legends from around the period of the Paldean Dark Ages. She even managed to find a couple manuscripts written in Old Andosin. Any reason to practice your Andosin is a good reason in your eyes. Improve Bond with Erika. 0/3 to Bond 2
 
Voting is open. Here is the plan I made.

[X]Plan Hit the Books
-[X] I Work Out at the Library
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] You Can't Run from a Trainer Battle
-[X]Ostia and Argy
-[X] Erika
 
[X] Plan: Building Minds and Building Bonds
-[X] I Work Out at the Library
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] The World in a City (1/10)
-[X] Ostia and Argy
-[X] Erika

My new plan, based on advice and knowledge recieved. We have plenty of PROW and SKILL, what we need is MXP for Roland and doing one of our two library actions this month, as advised by @The Meddler

Social Link plan and working towards getting access to Ranger missions are still the same though.
 
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[X]Plan To Be the Very Best
-[X] The World in a City (1/10)
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] You Can't Run from a Trainer Battle
-[X] Ostia and Argy
-[X] Erika

Explore, battle, train. Books can wait, midterms aren't till November, we're in no rush for KNOW 8. Want to battle Nemona before she overtakes us.
 
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[X]Plan Hit the Books
-[X] I Work Out at the Library
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] You Can't Run from a Trainer Battle
-[X]Ostia and Argy
-[X] Erika

I do like hit the books but I do feel we should also try to do stuff with Roland bond wise. We do get an XP boost if we do for him
 
Would it not be better to wait until we're ab to run out of the passive gain and do like 2 library actions to get the most of our modifier?
 
Sakamander said:
Paradox, you and I have had similar mindsets this entire quest. If it comes down to it I'll approval your plan. Assuming that'll do anything in the last few hours of the vote aha.
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Same, actually. I approve of jumping straight to being able to do Ranger missions as fast as possible.

Actually, why don't we make this official?

Approval voting, go!

[X] Plan: Building Minds and Building Bonds
-[X] I Work Out at the Library
-[X] To Train Them is Your Cause
-[X] The World in a City (1/10)
-[X] Ostia and Argy
-[X] Erika

[X] Plan Establishing One's Self
 
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[X]Plan To Be the Very Best

NGL, just wanna meet Goku. :V
 
[X] Plan: Building Minds and Building Bonds

This feels appropriately balanced. I really like having one study and one training action so we don't fall behind.
 
[X] Plan Hit the Books
[X] Plan: Building Minds and Building Bonds
[X] Plan: Knowledge is Power is Money

I'm fine with anything that has the library action
 
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gonna vote for this one, I think if we wait for our KNOW to get to 7 and then do a bunch of study actions right before it hits8 we can get pretty far in KNOW 8 with our extra bonus to KNOW below 8 exp, i think? I hope. depends on if levels occur during or at the end of turns
[x] Plan To Be the Very Best
[x] Plan Establishing One's Self
 
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