|
74 posts
|
4 likes
|
Jan 15, 2022 13:49:57 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Nether on Aug 17, 2016 13:10:47 GMT
Quick mini-update: tossed common sense to the wind and dumped both Focus and Intuition in favor of Novice Charm and Charm Skill Stunt: After Battling to properly run with the whole "drinks and partying after a match" idea. This is definitely much more social-fu than I initially envisioned the character to have, but we'll see where it leads.
|
|
|
278 posts
|
15 likes
|
Feb 11, 2020 18:33:13 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Goliathus on Aug 17, 2016 15:55:18 GMT
endlessrain , on the Cacturne taking sand damage, yes, I know it was throwaway, I do this. Sand veil negates sandstorm damage. I think Sandrush does as well. So, no, Cacturne don't take sand damage. Pedant mode: Off. Maractus, another Cactus Pokemon, does take sand damage though. But that's only in the video game because in PTU it has Desert Weather, making it a versatile Pokemon for a weather team as Hail is the only weather it has no benefit in.
|
|
Member
|
Post by Lessah on Aug 17, 2016 16:12:46 GMT
Maractus doesn't *have* to have Desert Weather, one can pick Own Tempo if one really really want (But I'd totally pick Desert Weather and give it a Winter Cloak for a totally sweet all-weather cactus!)
|
|
|
658 posts
|
0 likes
|
Apr 30, 2024 23:17:53 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Greenwolfkate on Aug 18, 2016 1:40:59 GMT
Greenwolfkate 1. Just an idea, what about her father is someone who is trying to incorporate herbal medicine into modern medicine? The whole herb and repulsive thing is Chinese medicine or in Japan, Kampo, and has very different perspective on medical approach than the "western" and some USA athletes are using Chinese medical therapy for their Olympic preparation. In real life, western medicine are trying to incoporate some eastern stuffs too. It fits the theme because Dinisfora is a forest city and herbs are aplenty around. And if he is strictly working on medicine research, he is likely a biomedical scientist than a doctor. Just spitballing some ideas here, no need to change anything. 2. I would ask the same question as I did Gwen, what makes her choose a Pokemon school instead of an art college? There's no need of Pokemon involvement in the musical gloves performance and such and with her parents' objection at that. Although I would argue that the music business isn't really stable, counting out backstage jobs like technician. I guess she made it in so she at least has the raw talent to keep her motivated. 3. Definitely detail on Hunter if you make it in. 4. Chemist, what trigger her interest in that field? Sorry for the late response! But for your answers here we go: A1. I could see that being a neat idea. I will reflect on your suggestion for sure. A2. She feels that incorporating Pokemon into her plan to promote her gloves could lead to a wider audience. As well as giving her more chances at inspiration for music creation. Seeing a battle is different than actually being in one. An example of reaching a larger audience, she could connect her gloves to a system and set the mood she wants at the turn of importance in performance, with the movement of her hands as a stylish performance add-on. Her parents are wanting her to pick a career with a set income, instead of being a Trainer or getting into the musical business. But her sister, who already has a good position in Music, is all behind Sam's attempt. A3. I can work on getting more detail on Hunter down in case I get picked. A4. I was mulling over the other Researcher fields and debating what might make sense for her to take. And felt that Chemist could make sense, that Pester balls would be something she began to experiment with when she had hit a wall with the gloves. Something in a slightly similar field of research, but a completely different medium of work. Allowing her to find a way to use the knowledge she learned to creating items to keep her from getting too rusty. If that makes sense?
|
|
|
278 posts
|
15 likes
|
Feb 11, 2020 18:33:13 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Goliathus on Aug 19, 2016 9:50:48 GMT
endlessrainN1. Why the decision to homeschool in a region with a very solid education system? Is it because his parents just want him to be with them all the time? N2. What are some of the difficulties he has faced going from homeschool to an actual school, likely his first experience to interact with many others socially and be part of a community? sandsofazorinN1. Mmm curry, one of my favorite foods. LockonNo worries on the hyperbole, adjustment can always be done. bloodmankeySix Smeargles and you can make any music you want. *Jots down idea of a sound effect company with a lot of Smeargles* GM_3826Ah, that's some good info. I thought he was a local at first, not like it make a lot of difference but it does lead to some extra questions from me: How does he feel about Varius? Any major difference between here and PokeIreland? Any difficulties settling into this new life? Lessah6. I always see quick thinking and maybe wits too as part of Intuition, but meh some things are hard to categorized. N1. Not sure how clubs are operated in the schools in your country but in mine a student can only join one club. And she can pick the knowledge up in official class anyway, so no need of a club unless she devoted into that activity, but I think engineering club takes her interest more than that. And all hail Castform and Maractus, the king and queen of all weathers. Robot3. The school will have no problem taking care of your Pokemon but you can always put them in the Tower of Babel under your original name and visit them when you are in the capital. An alternative, no need to do that if you prefer the school. N1. Seeing that you don't have Elemental Connection to Electric, and you will need 2 electric Pokemon to be eligible, you can change it to another feature and go into Electric Ace later if you want. WarrIt's up to you, really. You can go the prodigy path or the normal person path. cbeck785Heck yeah for probably the final applicant to the game. 1. You might want to make your background easier to read, the paragraph are breaking in all the weird places and I have to manually re-attach them on a notepad to read. Alternatively, you can put the background to a Google Doc and put a link to the background row. This will make the sheet easier to navigate and your physical description to show up without hovering. 2. Calder would have studied in both the Pokemon academy and the Elementalist academy at the same time because both academies have a minimum entry age of 15/16 and your character is 18. Before that, he would have to be homeschooled or go to a normal school like other children, and maybe getting all sort of "Naruto treatments" unless the school agree to keep his identity hidden and none of his childhood friends bust his bubble. The region believes it is important for everyone, mutant or not, to learn all the basic knowledge to function in the world, before seperating them. Plus, teaching them to harness their power at a very young age might lead to extra danger due to their naivity. Hence, the age limit. If you don't mind your character being a little older and don't want to edit the background, you can make him 21 or 22. This means he goes to the Elementalist academy full time from 15 to 18 and then into the Pokemon academy full time from 19 to 21. 3. Detail on the mysterious benefactor, unless you want to give me full creative control on what to do with him/her, which from my brief consideration, will not be very bright and happy. DarnellJermaineN1. The acrobatics can make sense either way. Sumo fighters actually have great flexibility for their size. And this is a world where human can survive a flamethrower from a 3 meters lizard, so anything is fine. Yoga Sumo can even be a thing although that doesn't seem entertaining because it would be incredibly hard to push the opponent out the field. N3. Alternatively, some of your former biker gang members, maybe the younger ones, might pop up in the campaign instead of the sibling. We will see about that. birdy511. No one professor teaches every subject so Craig doesn't have to feel too bad about his student's failure. He would likely be one of professors who teach breeding and pokemon caretaking, and other caretaking subjects like grooming and so on. hazz3rd1. Great information on Pure. When I first read about Pure, I imagined them as some sort of Sand Mystic hiding in the outer world. As for the general edu, that's fair but 2 is a good starting point since general edu in my game includes things like Varius knowledge and Varius custom, which Hakan is still very new at. 2. I would ask you to elaborate on the theology if you go in, just don't want to waste your effort for now. 3. Your idea would have been fine if the schools aren't so cutthroat on their tests. As I have explained mainly in my last post on Warr's segment, it is super hard to pass the test and as much as Virizion wants to give a chance to Hakan, the tests, designed by the PBCA association itself instead of the schools(though they are allowed to add more things to their version of test), show no mercy to the applicants. The Virizion pulling string can also be a possibility. Mainly fluffs anyway, we can move on from this. 4. The Varius vegetarians and their varius organizations will be ever so happy to meet Hakan one day. NetherPossibly leading to more friends, a few bitter enemies and some sexy encounters. The PBCA might have to start hiring "Condom Guys" like the Olympic (just a joke though and if any mod read this, everything will be keep at a PG-13 level). Greenwolfkate2. That's true. Heck, if you can train Pokemon to be able to use those gloves, they can compose music without having to be born a Chatot or Jigglypuff. 4. That's fine. Any reason is fine really as long as you can make sense with them. Plus she might pick up some chemist knowledge from his father, I would assume chemistry can be related to medical research and such.
|
|
Member
|
Post by Lessah on Aug 19, 2016 10:13:03 GMT
6 - Yeah, it could certainly be both I guess. I'd see Intuition more as understanding (DnD Wisdom?) though but trying to assign wide human characteristics to gameplay stats is always a bit tricky. Coincidentally, I felt Guile was nice to have if she ever wanted to pick up Trickster in the future : )
N1 - Interesting! We can join any number, but usually most clubs are alot less formal. (Also if you join up with the more serious one, like the build-a-car, you are expected to actually show up which does cut down the number one would reasonably have time for!) But the proposed arrangement work perfectly fine for me!
(And wouldn't it be awesome if Castform had dual-weather forms for climatologists?)
|
|
|
74 posts
|
4 likes
|
Jan 15, 2022 13:49:57 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Nether on Aug 19, 2016 11:17:53 GMT
<Guile>Don't worry, I'll keep the awesome sexiness toned down!</Guile>
|
|
|
1,807 posts
|
6 likes
|
Apr 27, 2024 14:22:13 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by birdy51 on Aug 19, 2016 13:44:56 GMT
birdy51 1. No one professor teaches every subject so Craig doesn't have to feel too bad about his student's failure. He would likely be one of professors who teach breeding and pokemon caretaking, and other caretaking subjects like grooming and so on. Indeed! I would actually say that Craig is actually pretty chill about not being the best trainer. The fact that his advisees tend to not become great battlers doesn't bother him all that much. They excel in other areas outside of battling, which is it's own reward for him. In this however, Ben doesn't share his father's ideology. He desperately wants his dad's advisees to excel in the field as trainers, which rarely happens. To me, that's an interesting point in itself, since the people who are closest to him can indeed make him the angriest. --- But! Perhaps it may help explain what I mean by advisors! In music, we often take lessons from our own private voice teachers. They provide one on one interaction with us that cannot quite be emulated in a class room setting. I imagine the same to be true as a Pokémon Trainer. Soon after entry, teachers would meet amongst themselves and decide who would be the best fit for who. Those people would be added to their training studio. For instance, Professor Tollhouse would take those who might make better breeders than battlers. Some professors might take students who actively desire to fight alongside their Pokémon and others still who advocate the hand's off approach. Whatever the case, they are around to give one on one advice should it be desired, functionally serving as wise old quest givers module wise. They'll be around to say what might be a good idea as a trainer at your level and perhaps gauge progress from time to time. On the field, you not only represent your school, but them as well, giving a tangible face to your alma mater. Edoot: I suppose it also gives a reason to interact with other students as well. Meeting the other people you're learning with and helping them improve is important too!
|
|
|
351 posts
|
0 likes
|
Feb 21, 2020 23:41:55 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by cbeck785 on Aug 19, 2016 16:14:30 GMT
1) I hadn't thought about putting it in google drive, will do that right away. 2) The idea was he had went to the Pokemon and Elementalist Academies when he at about 16 and graduating around the time he was 18; prior to that he went to a normal school where he just had practice at hiding the device that hid his powers, but everyone knew what he was because of the few times he had been seen without hiding it. The town was small enough that he could have been treated like Naruto was when he was younger. I can fudge his age a little bit, the concept really isn't based around a set age. 3) I was thinking that Benefactor was actually Elizabeth, the former trainer and one of the influences in Calder's life. She has no grandchildren of her own and her husband passed away, so it is more of a feeling that she wanted to do something for someone before she passed on. However, whichever you think would be better for story in the long, I am for. Edit: I updated the sheet with an easier to read background ( ie link), and I forgot to mention wihich packages I was starting with... I went with with the 3 point Pokeball package (chose a net ball as the unique), 3 point crafting package and chose a cooking kit as the other kit leaving $500 unaccounted for (iu was unsure what else to look at, and then went for the 2 point $1000
|
|
|
63 posts
|
0 likes
|
Jun 12, 2019 12:26:19 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by GM_3826 on Aug 19, 2016 17:13:20 GMT
GM_3826 Ah, that's some good info. I thought he was a local at first, not like it make a lot of difference but it does lead to some extra questions from me: How does he feel about Varius? Any major difference between here and PokeIreland? Any difficulties settling into this new life? Ts Woah there. I never said that he was an Irish immigrant, just that he had some Irish heritage very recently in the family tree. Aiden's parents or grandparents came from there. If he, specifically, came from PokeIreland I wouldn't have left the matter as ambiguous as I did. I will answer your questions, though. 1. Aiden and his family enjoy Varius' culture. That's all I can really say without knowing more about it in relation to other regions. 2. I can imagine PokeIreland would be more conservative then most of Varius, since Varius seems to be a very modernized region. Not saying that Ireland isn't, but from what I know of Ireland it has a lot of villages and hamlets compared to the US, while this campaign's focus on school pride seems to imply an urban feel. If this is an incredibly stupid thing to say, correct me. 3. I can imagine that Aiden's grandparents might have had some difficulties, but Aiden is too "Varian" for his parents to have too much trouble, Aiden IS Varian and thus had zero trouble.
|
|
|
114 posts
|
0 likes
|
There's always room to improve
|
|
Member
|
Post by DarnellJermaine on Aug 19, 2016 21:26:12 GMT
Having old or new younger gang members pop up wold be super interesting, I'll look forward to it if I get picked
|
|
|
6,670 posts
|
92 likes
|
I'm not going to say it was damage, but it was damage.
|
Apr 27, 2024 17:48:03 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Robot on Aug 19, 2016 23:29:15 GMT
Knew something felt off. Shuffled my general edges around and lowered Gen Edu to Novice. Siegfried should be a fully legal build again, sincerest apologies.
|
|
|
98 posts
|
6 likes
|
I don't know what I do but I do things, lots of things.
|
|
Member
|
Post by bloodmankey on Aug 19, 2016 23:38:29 GMT
Well yes Six smeargles could do it but at the same time he wants pokemon that naturally can do things. Eg: Exploud's pipe organ body.
|
|
|
76 posts
|
6 likes
|
Oct 12, 2018 19:37:45 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Lockon on Aug 21, 2016 7:33:02 GMT
...How does the Champion of Champions tournament sound as a rename for the World Tourney?
Or the Supreme Masters tourney? Top of the World? Just say screw it and call it the Training Olympics? Possibly the Tournament of International Brotherhood, with the fluff of it starting after some great war as a symbol of peace and good will?
I'm just throwing ideas at the wall to get the brain juicing again.
|
|
New Member
|
Post by endlessrain on Aug 21, 2016 16:39:54 GMT
N1: They primarily made the decision to homeschool him because they'd be spending a lot of time away from civilisation, and they judged raising him well to be more important than his education (since they could teach him reasonably well by themselves. However, it was by no means an easy choice for them: they recognised that he'd be lacking in other areas as a person were he to live away from society for so long, and that's part of why they did eventually send him to school in Virizion once he was old enough.
N2: He mostly kept his head down, and avoided people. He knew he wasn't the best with regarded to social skills and general communication, so for a while he just tried not to draw attention. He wasn't the target of outright bullying, but he was ostracised to some small degree as "the quiet kid", and was generally just lonely. Most people respected his skill and knowledge, but he was hardly a prodigy so such kudos would only get him so far.
Eventually he developed a small circle of a few very close friends he could open up around, and he learned to be a lot louder and more expressive in public. This stems mostly from developing the ability to ignore people, however, he's still quite uncomfortable with directly dealing with people he doesn't know.
The fact that Virizion was the first real interaction he had with the public, and the fact that it was mostly an accepting place, has gone a long way to developing his extreme devotion to the school. It was a little hard for him at first, but he adjusted over time and as the school had such a large impact on how he views other people, it means a huge amount to him now.
|
|
|
20 posts
|
0 likes
|
Mar 29, 2017 10:31:50 GMT
|
New Member
|
Post by hazz3rd on Aug 21, 2016 17:46:37 GMT
2. I would ask you to elaborate on the theology if you go in, just don't want to waste your effort for now.
Sounds good, I'll start thinking through it some more, just in case!
3. Your idea would have been fine if the schools aren't so cutthroat on their tests. As I have explained mainly in my last post on Warr's segment, it is super hard to pass the test and as much as Virizion wants to give a chance to Hakan, the tests, designed by the PBCA association itself instead of the schools(though they are allowed to add more things to their version of test), show no mercy to the applicants. The Virizion pulling string can also be a possibility. Mainly fluffs anyway, we can move on from this.
I see, that's my bad for misunderstanding at this point then. I had thought that the schools each had their own entrance exams and then the PBCA exam came at the end of their schooling, but if that's not the case then we can work out some combination of the earth connection and strings being pulled.
|
|
|
278 posts
|
15 likes
|
Feb 11, 2020 18:33:13 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Goliathus on Aug 21, 2016 19:19:50 GMT
bloodmankeyThat's just a random idea for laugh, plus having full team of smeargles is just boring in-game. LockonI am leaning toward something shorter actually though Tournament of International Brotherhood stands out. It is both interesting and weird in a way. And few hours left for the application, although I am quite certain everyone has done all they wanted to their sheet.
|
|
|
76 posts
|
6 likes
|
Oct 12, 2018 19:37:45 GMT
|
Member
|
Post by Lockon on Aug 21, 2016 19:28:56 GMT
Just use the acronym for situations where it's too long. The T.I.B or ToIB if you prefer...
And if there was any mono-Pokémon team that could still be interesting, it would probably be Smeargle. The nonsense you can create with Sketch should not be underestimated. With only 5 moves unable to sketched, one of them being Sketch itself, you can have literally any moveset you want on any Smeargle. Think of the options, man, think of them. I can have a Smeargle be capable of both shaking the timestream with its voice AND tear a whole in dimensions, at the SAME time.
It would be pretty boring to start off, but once it got going, you'd be amazed by the possibilities...
Well, there's my next character concept.
|
|
New Member
|
Post by endlessrain on Aug 21, 2016 23:10:57 GMT
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1928WYQyUQfvbz6-sd5ul9S6Su97UV6OHs0xQ-Kdia-I/edit?usp=sharingSheet updated to reflect better the fact that truly extreme environments are rare/nonexistent in Varius, Richard is now more heavily focused on Paleontology, and the Fossil Pokémon from the era of Kyogre and Groudon. These Pokémon lived in a world of devastating weather, and so fit the gist of my character quite nicely, but Fossils need not be found in currently-inaccessible areas. Knock-on effect of this change is less of a focus on exploring the wilds (though there will still be some) so fewer Survivalist feats etc. and less time spent there, plus the removal of Occult Ed as a weak skill: there's more than a hint f the voodoo around Primal Reversion et al. Hope I'm not too late with this >_<
|
|
Member
|
Post by Oranchello on Aug 21, 2016 23:50:08 GMT
|
|