Miscellaneous Rolls Thread

With "tough trainer" money.

It's not like you can't outpace the healing it provides. It grants 4 temp HP on the Glameow. Additionally, as noted in the battle thread, Temp HP does not stack with itself unless specified to do so; which Shell Bell does not. Therefore, Glameow gained a buffer of 4 HP, which is easily knocked away by even moderately damaging attacks.

It's fine. Everyone has bad days. The shell bell isn't really as powerful as it seems once you learn about the Temp HP restrictions.

Hey, no problems. You're still well within the acceptable timetable for posting, especially considering the holiday.

You have a fair chance at winning the match. Glameow is only level 7, with evenly spread stats. The Shell Bell helps, but you just dealt it two injuries with that crit (massive damage + 50% HP marker). This is the second time it's dropped below 1/2 hp.

If I wanted to be mean, or make it an impossible match, I'd make you fight a Ghost type. None of Volbeat's moves would work on it.

You could get lucky, after all.

Yeah, I wasn't really thinking too much about BSTs when I selected Barry's Pokemon. I just chose "thematically appropriate" Pokemon that had neutral typing. Unfortunately, as you pointed out, Billie Jean stands only a very slim chance against Furfrou. Especially since it's best move is going to be Hidden Power. (Furfrou's only Basic Ability causes it to automatically resist physical moves 1 step.)

I'll try to make things a little less one-sided in the future.

Honestly, for generating random (non-Gym) trainers, this is my first attempt. I'm going to make mistakes. I do apologize if this fight seems super one-sided, or.. other things. I will endeavor to keep things much more balanced with regards to player vs NPC resources in the future.

I'll try to ease up a bit on your trainer fights in the future. Just keep holding out.

You can absolutely respec. In fact, this is the perfect time to do it. We're in between the two rounds of this side-tournament, so there is more than enough time. I would like to point out though, that Contests don't exist in this version of Kanto. I say this because that is what the Coordinator class is focused on. Sure, it gives some bonuses to battling, but not many. While I don't want to force you into anything that you don't want to do, I will remind you that this game's primary focus is exploration and battling.

Building on that note, I recently thought to myself: "What fun is it if players are restricted to the Routes in the video games? Why not let them trek off the beaten path if they wish?" And so, I shall. If it wasn't clear before, while there is a "recommended" order of Gym Challenges, only Gyms 7 (Cinnabar) and 8 (Viridian) will not have adjustable teams. This is mainly for RP purposes, but you're free to go ahead and try to challenge them anyway. They may even let you.