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Roland is 2nd badge level, and this is only a 1 on 1 against wild pokemon, not trainer-led. He'll win, the question is "how wounded will he get?"
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Trails of Tera Steel (Kiseki-inspired Pokemon Academy Quest)
- Thread starter ArvisPresley
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I don't know about the rest of the thread, but I'll definitely be voting to spend the time helping Theodora catch that Lokix, so idk how much time there'll really be for training.
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Would imply to me that the good naturedness of this rivalry is rather one sided.
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Nacli's version is as follows:
Emphasis mine. We all know, even if Mary does, that our little ghostworm can hold a grudge something fierce, and I would expect this to end in a confrontation at some point. Not insurmountable, but potential added difficulty.
Wednesday is definitely going to be an AP bottleneck. We might have to forgo the second exploration round depending on how much we'll get out of a single training/gym prep action.
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I bet the bond actions with our pokemon we just bought items for cost AP aswell. 4 free AP, if too get taken by bond actions that's a grand total of 2 for everything else, including optional tasks and training our new capture. I expect one action with them before our gym battle, two at best.
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The items are for next time we do a regular weekly bond event.
The Iron Chef challenge: figuring out how to eat steel types as a bonding activity.
*Horrified Ostia noises*
I can't think of any steel types we could eat together right now, we could eventually go Corviknight hunting together.
StattStatt
Supplier of suspenders for your disbelief
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Considering Rin's part ghost, it might not need to, but I can easily imagine Elise sharpening Rin's blade being like scratching a dog/cat behind the ear or something.
On a different note. Nacli's, as mentioned, one sided rivalry feels like something that could evolve into a pretty great friendship down the line. Like Nacli's being a salty boi, Roland gets fed up or something, and they have to sit down and talk out how they both percieved their relationship and then slowly they become truly great friends. Or maybe that's just wishful speculation on my part
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So, as a person that has just been catching up with the Quest and still remembers the innitial context in which the nickname Roland came up, this just makes me think "Wheel Industry."
Anyway, talking about references
People have been talking about Rage on a mechanical level, but I have to ask: What would an Orlando be without his Furioso?
That's not to say I think people should vote for the tinkatink just for the sake of a literary reference, but—between things like one being a weapon maker and the other a natural missile, the Mold Breaker/Infiltrator contrast and their dynamic being innitiated by Roland inviting them on the team—it's just one more detail that makes me feel like the two of them fit very nicely together and could develop a great dynamic to have on the team.
There's other things—like the cuteness factor—of course, but I feel like people did a good job breaking that down already.
Skeith
An Occasional Master of BS
I for one like the custom Tink. Drillbur is interesting because of it knowing a move it shouldn't by any rights know so it could tie back into Renne. Though the issue with Drillbur and Aron is we have to go mineing if we want to evolve it unless we want Aron to do its best Scraplet impression and eat anything metal insight.
That would fit with the Trails setting.
As for the pokémon, I'd go with Drilbur. I don't think the relationship with Roland is as bad as people are making it out to be, it's just Roland experiencing their shenanigans from the other side.
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Drilbur sounds fun. Aron sounds easy to deal with. Nacli is the easiest to evolve. Pawniard sounds clever and useful, but both our Pokemon don't like him. Tinkatink sounds interesting with their different possible styles, and I feel bad for it.
@ArvisPresley In future posts could you consider including the types of the potential Pokemon? It's easy to check on Bulbapedia, but having all the information presented is useful for discussion.
@ArvisPresley In future posts could you consider including the types of the potential Pokemon? It's easy to check on Bulbapedia, but having all the information presented is useful for discussion.
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If that was going to happen, I doubt it would happen here. Otherwise things would be even worse in the areas the Treasures are actually sealed. Still a good ways from Chien-Pao.
If this distance is enough, we'll be seeing the move a lot in the Pokémon votes to come.
SolarGemX
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Hmm, i have a quesion and sorry for asking, is this a catch 1 or an eventual catch 2? What i mean is that the plan (if i remember right, im currently using a tablet to write) was Lamps -> Gym registry -> Badajoz heights; right? So im wondering if the options avaible where because of the combo so we get a choice here and then go to the heights for another pokemon or is this a one and done deal? Sorry in advance if this was anwsered earlier just wanted to be certain.
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Doing a capture action in the same turn as we do the unlock for that capture action combines them. As happened here. We're getting the Heights capture now alongside the action that unlocked the extra options.
SolarGemX
The Crystalized Sun
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Aaaaahhh ok, ok thanks for the clarification
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this is the first catch on this FE and our third 'mon. I don't think there's a lot of appetite in the thread for picking up a fourth team member atm
Hmm.... Null is how that one church referred to Dark Types, wasn't it?
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She also consistently refers to Roland as "Wyrm", and I wouldn't be surprised if that was also the Geomantic term for Dragon-types. Of course "Null" is also a pretty reasonable thing for a Psychic-type to call the things that are immune to Psychic moves, so she could just be being flowery. I need to get around to dissecting her POV chapter to try and get a handle on her terminology, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was church-based.
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...I wonder if the Church got the name from Psychic types in the first place?
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While I understand why people tend to think this way, this isn't actually particularly correct.
Drilbur is a fast Pokémon, but the fighting style of a Pokémon doesn't have to rely on continually being faster and faster than the opponent. The 'evasive speedy Pokémon who relies on hit-and-run tactics' niche is already filled by Dreepy; a second Pokémon who fights in the same manner isn't overly necessary.
One could instead look at Drilbur's speed as a safety pool.
Most of the time, it's good to outspeed your opponent, and by more than a little bit; but unless you're going for either evasive tactics or alpha strike tactics, you generally only need to be faster enough than them to be able to seize the initiative and keep the battle proceeding at your own tempo. Beyond that, extra speed is close to superfluous.
Therefore, one could consider Drilbur's high speed as a safety margin. Drilbur can safely use Curse without being outsped by other Pokémon more often than other Pokémon can, whereas the others on the list have to consider the trade offs; will using Curse make my opponent faster than me? Is the increase in capabilities worth it?
I personally would actually define Drilbur as the best possible Pokémon on that list to have Curse.