There was the left bandit, but he just got a one way ticket to Crit City. I'll say you can reach the sleeping right bandit though.
Whee! I stomped on a sleeping man! Such fun! Such moral courage!
That's actually better, because it turns out if I struggle attack an armed guy while unarmed, I get hit by an AoO. Yay.
EDIT: Whoooooa, this battle really is crit city. Also, next time we fight, I can maybe actually remember to catch things like zigzagoons in my hand net and then we kick them while they're tied up or something.
You have a hand net? That might come in handy in the future.
Yeah... I looked through the weird part of the equipment list. There's still a lot I want, though.
Yarek—did you ever pick an egg move?
You don't have to stomp on a sleeping foe if it's not in your character to do so. Also, attacking a person who has a bow wouldn't allow them an AoO since it's long range.
ANOTHER CRIT?! This is getting silly.
Nah, it's in character. These guys just shot my pokemon with a bow, and Agathis isn't super moralistic.
You're next in Initiative now, Dr. Agathis. Happs got pushed down to 6 by being paralyzed.
Whoops, missed that. Okay. Shift to move, standard action to pick up a held item.
No I didn't, ik had tackle so i didn't think i needed one. I can take sand attack though.
Err... the point of egg moves is to learn moves that are both useful and things you wouldn't normally learn (for instance, I took a STAB move, because Yanma normally doesn't learn any until level 43)). The player's guide also suggests that this is a way to help starters stay unique and as good as the random rare stuff you find in the wild.
Charge and Electric Terrain, for instance, are both moves that aren't super broken but do give you additional combat advantages that should be useful throughout the game.
Electric Terrain would work wonders with a lot of Mareep when I get a herd started and it would also benefit Tesla greatly. Though it would make the Sing strategy ineffective unfortunately.
Charge I can't effectively use yet, but it would be great once I get thundershock at level 8.
Faraday how would you feel about me taking electric terrain? We could both benefit from that, though we would need to discuss when to use it though.
Seems cool to me! I can only use Sing once per scene, so once everything wakes up, there's no reason to worry, other than the twice per day limit on Electric Terrain.
Sorry everyone, slight halt for a bit. I had a 14 hour work day yesterday, and today looks like another long one. I also have a lot going on this weekend. I will get posts in if/when I can.
No worries, Maeve! Just post again when you're back, etc.
Excellent job everyone, thanks for working through that with me. I think we all learned a lot from that first combat, so future ones should be much better.
It wasn't bad at all! Just surprisingly ping-pongy.
Yarek—I do have a few nets I can use if fighting, so feel free to take the bow if you want it. Or maybe there's also other loot.
Sweet! Odd was actually at 3 injuries. Also, I think this means that after tonight's training, our pokemon will level up?
And p1200 for each bandit means p900 for each PC. Does Yarek want the bullseye bow?
EDIT: Is Dex EXP a thing, or nah?
Second edit: This isn't really relevant to anything, but reading the pokedex... and holy cow, butterfree is amazing (although Serperior is an excellent runner up). I sort of want one now, though it doesn't fit my theme.
I was under the impression you all did your training for today in the morning.
If by Dex exp you mean the following, then yes. You wouldn't get exp just from seeing a Pokemon though.
Whenever a Trainer catches, hatches, or
evolves a Pokémon species they did not previously own,
they gain +1 Experience.
Don't feel railroaded into a theme, you're welcome to enjoy whichever Pokemon you want. I would be surprised if you didn't come across some unexpected favorites in the course of your adventures.
Well, my original theme was going to be "only use pokemon from fossils." But that's probably not too practical in the early game.
EDIT: Looks like Mareep has Zapper. Yarek, that means his Struggle attacks can be electric-type and use special attack, which might be more powerful than tackle in future fights.
Thanks thunderbeard/Agathis I'll remeber that for our next fight
Oh yeah, so—can we start growing apricorns, or are they something we'd be waiting to grow until we have a better settlement (and would procure from the trade post in the meanwhile)?
Also, will we be able to put in "requests" with Oleg for acquiring additional items at some point in the future? (Tomes from the next playltest seem interesting, but also just things like weapons and armor to spend our cash on)
You could start a small apricorn plot right outside of Oleg's if you wish.
Right now, Oleg needs to replenish his stock, which will take about a week. After that, he'll have p5000 worth of flexible stock to sell for that following week. Each week, the worth of his stock will replenish and increase until it reaches a certain limit. If there is a specific item that you want that is worth more than what he has, he can special order it to arrive in a week.
Cool. Let's get planting!
I agree, though Yarek will probably search for berries and apricorns along the way as well. Survival may come in handy pretty well.
On that note, @GM: Does Oleg have any balls for sale? I didn't actually start with any, and now it seems worthwhile to buy a few with our new cash.
I didn't start with any balls either. A simple and a light shield adds up to exactly as much money as we started with, so that's literally all I have.
Sure, I'll say he has some basic balls left to sell.
Sweet! I'll buy 3, then, if that's an option.
Yarek, since you already had a sleeping bag, feel free to refund what you spent on it.
Nothing left to do, although the day's training should put us up to pokemon level 6.
Sorry for slow posts, I'm out of town for work at the moment. I'll need to get the world map in order for the next part, so I'll be able to move us forward when I get hone tomorrow.
Hah, nevermind. I had another 14 hour workday, so that's fun. Tomorrow, perhaps.
Hey! Just checking in. How are things going>?