Trails of Tera Steel (Kiseki-inspired Pokemon Academy Quest)
- Thread starter ArvisPresley
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Points for Gym challenging:
1. We HAVE to start the Gym process either today (to fight Katy on Wednesday) or tomorrow (to fight Katy on Thursday)
2. We WANT to pick up our new party member before the Gym fight fires, meaning today, Tuesday, or if we start the Gym ball tomorrow, Wednesday.
3. Every available Pokémon in Heights and Ruins has some form of type advantage over Katy except Pawniard, Yamask, and Woobat (neutral, although Woobat has supereffective STAB). Of the latter two sections, Combee and Shroodle have some form of advantage, where everyone else is either neutral or weak against Bug.
4. Exploring or shopping will benefit everything we plan to do here that ISN'T Gym or Pokémon catching so we really ought to fit in one.
We can both Shop and Explore today and get the Gym and Catching balls rolling tomorrow without screwing ourselves.
If we want to be aggressive and don't want a sidequest-locked Mon, I recommend Shop+Catch
If we want to be aggressive and do want a sidequest-locked Mon, I recommend Shop+Gym Leader
Eesh, though, +10% success odds on all our tasks is really good, especially since in the example back in the informational, failing on a Mandatory gave a Wound, which is something we really really want to avoid if possible given our tight schedule and Roland's adorable face. I think I'll probably vote for Shop+Explore.
1. We HAVE to start the Gym process either today (to fight Katy on Wednesday) or tomorrow (to fight Katy on Thursday)
2. We WANT to pick up our new party member before the Gym fight fires, meaning today, Tuesday, or if we start the Gym ball tomorrow, Wednesday.
3. Every available Pokémon in Heights and Ruins has some form of type advantage over Katy except Pawniard, Yamask, and Woobat (neutral, although Woobat has supereffective STAB). Of the latter two sections, Combee and Shroodle have some form of advantage, where everyone else is either neutral or weak against Bug.
4. Exploring or shopping will benefit everything we plan to do here that ISN'T Gym or Pokémon catching so we really ought to fit in one.
We can both Shop and Explore today and get the Gym and Catching balls rolling tomorrow without screwing ourselves.
If we want to be aggressive and don't want a sidequest-locked Mon, I recommend Shop+Catch
If we want to be aggressive and do want a sidequest-locked Mon, I recommend Shop+Gym Leader
Eesh, though, +10% success odds on all our tasks is really good, especially since in the example back in the informational, failing on a Mandatory gave a Wound, which is something we really really want to avoid if possible given our tight schedule and Roland's adorable face. I think I'll probably vote for Shop+Explore.
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This line is really fun if you know anything about Emma from Cold Steel, who Erika is filling in for narratively.
In Cold Steel, Emma's grandmother is something called a Divine Beast, one of seven divine creatures sent by the god to protect divine treasures. In this case the implication sort of means that... Erika was adopted by a legendary pokemon and thats what she means by "granmo- god" which is really funny to me.
I loved it when Emperor
Protagonist benefit. Elise is save-scumming for perfect Triple Triad wins.
Oh come on! Protagonist benefit twice in a row! I thought we bonded Missy~
I think we'll want to do this regardless of what we spend the other AP on. Reducing the DC of all side quests is kinda amazing.
- Location
- United Kingdom
I agree on doing full prep today by going for Exploring and Shopping, but why can't we fight Katy on Friday? The exercise proper is from Tuesday to Friday, so I'm not seeing a reason why we can't start the process on Wednesday.
- Location
- Australia
Aron though, Aggron is still one of the best designed Pokemon in the games 😍
KnownParadox
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- Location
- Canada
All right, let's see here...
Well, first of all, the chapter itself.
Also that poor group, already running the sane ones ragged.
Well, right now I'm thinking When In Rime is a necessity, a 10% decrease in task difficulty is big. We should do this now. The second choice is a lot harder. I'm thinking we maybe do the gym sign-ups tomorrow? We have time. Then again, doing it today means having more AP for tasks tomorrow. On the other other hand, getting medical supplies could be good, on the other other other hand, why get potions if you never get hurt? Just don't roll badly 5head.
Well, first of all, the chapter itself.
That pokemons a Gengar, but didn't feel like editing to put it in this quote. It's amazing that this woman isn't a villain the games, but unless she's red herring even harder here she's definitely evil. She has a Malamar on her team for gpds sake!
Well, I'm glad it's known among some of Class VII that Raifort fucking sucks as a guardian, and if we thought it work CPS would've been here weeks ago.
That would be an issue for the trainers who pride themselves on roughing it through the woods, yeah. It is sort of a class privilege thing I guess, even if we ourselves aren't nobles. It's understandable-
-but they're bullying Ostia, and that isn't fucking allowed. Mariana remember their faces so we can find their names later. We got a List to form.
Sakamander already mentioned the Trails side of things here. But yeah, most likely a pokemon of sufficient power and/or influence that her people swear to this grandmother figure instead of god (presumably Xerneas, Arceus, whatever).
Also that poor group, already running the sane ones ragged.
Protagonist-chan please stop cheating. Or at least give us some of that Save/Load goodness.
Hm, I wonder if we can do that with Roland? I know he's a lot more physical but surely it's possible? Also making a note, find a way to stay warm or get used to the ghost chill. Just in case we manage it or get more ghosts.
Oh geez, Paldea and time based themes? I wonder why that could be.
Ostia is great. I'm glad they know that Mariana is a neurotic mess and needs help with anxiety some or all of the time.
Ostia is adorable. 10/10. No notes.
And the votes themselves...
Well, right now I'm thinking When In Rime is a necessity, a 10% decrease in task difficulty is big. We should do this now. The second choice is a lot harder. I'm thinking we maybe do the gym sign-ups tomorrow? We have time. Then again, doing it today means having more AP for tasks tomorrow. On the other other hand, getting medical supplies could be good, on the other other other hand, why get potions if you never get hurt? Just don't roll badly 5head.
Interesting conflict here. Type wise the two groups are net neutral, with their shared Steel Typing negating any edge they'd have over the other.
Stat wise, is very much in favor of the Pawniard line. Not only do these guys just have more raw stats, they're also hefty Physical attackers while the Tinks are more speced into Special Bulk.
One the other hand, Tinkatinks evolve way easier than Pawniard do, so being able to Field potentially more Tinkatuffs could be enough to swing things in their favor.
Although, that However implies something has recently shifted the balance of power between the groups.
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Well that's not ominous at all!
Personally I think we should do both prep actions today, lowering all the DCs is obviously worth it, and we'll want some potions around for the rest of the week. Probably not necessary to buy TMs here though, we can get those back home if we get more cash.
- Location
- England
So, if I'm reading right, the earliest we can get Tinkatink is day three? First day (Now) we can't do the quest to resolve the conflict, second day to actually resolve it, third day to catch a Tinkatink impressed with our knightly showing in resolving it, fourth day to have Tinkatink beat up a bug or two.
It's a tight ship, but even if we picked something earlier like a day 2 Charcadet I doubt we'd have time for a training action anyway. Not between the Gym sapping AP and the actual quests we have to do while we're here.
Reducing the DC for that action is basically a no-brainer, since failing to deal with the Tink/Pawn conflict would just break any hope of that plan. On top of also just being bad from an action economy standpoint. We only have so many options here and we need to get our AP's worth.
"I mean, Magi Mis. Magius?"
Frontrunners: Koraidon (With her counterpart among the local Gnomes equivalent being Miraidon, one of few actually local options even if it possibly completely ignores the canon for what this duo actually are), Entei (Fire type Beast), Cresselia (Psychic is also a valid type for Roselia, putting Darkrai amongst the not-Gnomes to match how Argres is consumed by darkness), a Latias (To capture for our dragon/psychic team! Because Pokémon that can pull off a good human disguise are rare, even amidst Legends), and Diancie (Fits well with Erika's Carbink as Celine)
It's a tight ship, but even if we picked something earlier like a day 2 Charcadet I doubt we'd have time for a training action anyway. Not between the Gym sapping AP and the actual quests we have to do while we're here.
Reducing the DC for that action is basically a no-brainer, since failing to deal with the Tink/Pawn conflict would just break any hope of that plan. On top of also just being bad from an action economy standpoint. We only have so many options here and we need to get our AP's worth.
"Yeah, you should travel the region the way Xerneas intended. Riding a Prehistoric / futuristic dragon motorcycle!"
"You tried to distract me while the tyke-bomb I'm supposed to be watching ran away. You call that bonding?"
"I mean, Magi Mis. Magius?"
It's nice to know that she's possibly out and proud in this world. Though I do wonder exactly what she is.
Frontrunners: Koraidon (With her counterpart among the local Gnomes equivalent being Miraidon, one of few actually local options even if it possibly completely ignores the canon for what this duo actually are), Entei (Fire type Beast), Cresselia (Psychic is also a valid type for Roselia, putting Darkrai amongst the not-Gnomes to match how Argres is consumed by darkness), a Latias (
She just has those abuser vibes. Just one look at her and you know "Yeah, she abuses her non-binary child and we should all hate her."
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I'd like to end up with a Nacli, so I'd be down for this as well.
Gotta get the good salt for cooking!
Honestly, with how the Tinkatink line has been presented in this quest, I'm kind of partial for waiting to catch one. I personally think Aron and Charcadet are cool too. I do think we definitely need to buy healing items if we're going to wait until the end of the week for the gym though.
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TimEd
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Yeah, this is such a good reason to get Nacli. I wanna season poke eggs before we serve them to
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Assuming that we only have two AP today because we took a train ride, so we'll have 3 AP for the next three-four days (can we confirm if it ends Thursday or Friday), and since we know Mandatory Tasks don't cost AP...
I'm thinking today...
[] Plan: Last Minute Packing
-[] When In Rime
-[] Cortondo Cart
Anyways.
As for the next few days? Again, assuming three AP per day.
Champ In The Makin' can be done tomorrow or maybe even the day after if Friday is a thing. Which'll leave us with 2 AP again for basically the rest of the FE.
For the next few days, assuming we go for the quest-locked pokemon and don't just leap for Charcadet or Drilbur, we'll be doing their quest. Which I'd estimate to be around 2 days likely and 3 at max.
Leaving us with 1 AP for the next few days, which means Optional Tasks or whatever comes up. If we never change a lightbulb on one of the Routes are we even a Trails character? So we're doing that at least. Other than that, we're free.
Keeping in mind if we don't go for the quest-locked pokemon like Tinkatink, Pawniard, or Combee, we can just grab a pokemon for 1 AP and be much more free with AP over the next few days.
I'd just prefer to do When In Rime and Cortondo Cart day 1 while we have the time. I like lowering DC"s.
I'm thinking today...
[] Plan: Last Minute Packing
-[] When In Rime
-[] Cortondo Cart
- Lowers DC of all Mandatory and Optional Tasks for Tuesday and Wednesday by 2
- Increases Bond with Elise and Ostia
- Lowers DC of all PROW Rolls during the Field Exercise by 2
- Current Pokedollars: 33,000
- Increased Bond with Erika and Manuel
- Allows the purchase of healing items as well as some Simple and Advanced TMs
- Healing Item Cost Range: 3,000 - 10,000
- Simple and Advanced TM Cost Range 15,000 - 40,000
Anyways.
As for the next few days? Again, assuming three AP per day.
Champ In The Makin' can be done tomorrow or maybe even the day after if Friday is a thing. Which'll leave us with 2 AP again for basically the rest of the FE.
For the next few days, assuming we go for the quest-locked pokemon and don't just leap for Charcadet or Drilbur, we'll be doing their quest. Which I'd estimate to be around 2 days likely and 3 at max.
Leaving us with 1 AP for the next few days, which means Optional Tasks or whatever comes up. If we never change a lightbulb on one of the Routes are we even a Trails character? So we're doing that at least. Other than that, we're free.
Keeping in mind if we don't go for the quest-locked pokemon like Tinkatink, Pawniard, or Combee, we can just grab a pokemon for 1 AP and be much more free with AP over the next few days.
I'd just prefer to do When In Rime and Cortondo Cart day 1 while we have the time. I like lowering DC"s.
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We'll want at least a few potions so we don't end up with Roland stuck in the pokecenter for half a day due to some bad rolls.
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- Philippines
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That would Absolutely check out, considering she and Cornelia (the Carbink) were raised like sisters.
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[] Shopping and catching
-[] Cortondo Cart
-[] Going into Tall Grass (Badajoz Ruins)
My proposal would be catching Charcadet and getting some healing items. If we catch a pokemon (any pokemon) they may be injured, either due to proving ourselves in battle, saving them from something, finding them wounded, etc. So if we want Charcadet to be in fighting shape, we catch them early.
This means starting queuing for the Gym tomorrow, leaving us two free AP for optional exercises and further prep.
-[] Cortondo Cart
-[] Going into Tall Grass (Badajoz Ruins)
My proposal would be catching Charcadet and getting some healing items. If we catch a pokemon (any pokemon) they may be injured, either due to proving ourselves in battle, saving them from something, finding them wounded, etc. So if we want Charcadet to be in fighting shape, we catch them early.
This means starting queuing for the Gym tomorrow, leaving us two free AP for optional exercises and further prep.
- Location
- Earth
The average strength of Pokemon in these biomes is probably 1st badge, with Badajoz Forest around 2nd badge level. Zero badge only feels likely for very young pokemon or the first stage of Types like Bug.
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The biomes aside from the forest range from Late 0-Badge to Mid 1-Badge while the Badajoz Forest ranges from Late1-Badge to Early 2-Badge.
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While there's a short term benefit to stronger pokemon, a Pokemon is for life not just for a Gym Battle. We should pick pokemon based on long-term potential not short-term power.
Based on the narration of the other quest locked pokemon, we get them at quest completion if we want I think. Less going hunting for one with permission and more one of them joins us after being impressed with our handling. Think Ash's Bulbasaur and Squirtle.
So day 2
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That seems like wishful thinking to me. The option would not have "unlocked by mandatory/optional tasks" next to it if you did not have take it seperately from the mandatory/optional task.