Pokésona Red - Safe Room (OOC)

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

As the chittering, bucktoothed shadows chase you through the brush, you find a small building at the woods' edge. It's unfamiliar, but the light pouring out through its windows and a neon Pokéball sign seem to indicate that it's open. Without a second thought, you dive inside and pull the door closed behind you. The shadows slam against the glass and try to claw their way through, but you just manage to seal it and turn the lock.

Relieved, you finally get a look at the building's interior. A large fan above the hanging light fixture casts a faint, rotating shadow on the ceiling in an otherwise well-lit waiting area, with a few benches of seats and a single computer in the corner like you'd find in a hotel. At the other end of the room, a young woman in a cartoonish nurse uniform watches you from behind a counter. Her yellow eyes are striking, though so far they only seem to express mild amusement.

"Hello, trainers. Welcome to our Pokémon center!"

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Welcome to the OOC thread! Post character sheets and ask questions!



Player Name
Character Name
Starter
Concept
Speed


Kuro Dmon
David Black (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12AZUZmAfdKJfgS0m8SzTDgfxAkOuicgnxmfRqzUMHMg/edit#gid=0)
Riolu
Honorable Fist
5 / 13


Zelphas
Veronica Saab (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IZhPbW6o-d7Oagd6E5K3oDG_4wJ63lolcpwsg07ccp8/edit#gid=0)
Whismur
Wrathful Former Med School Hopeful
5 / 1


Llyarden
Lily Leijon (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZilwKfd_IFJZAQnQVo8KcdaHf9d1MmqFxnYUQiZXgR0/edit)
Tinkatink
Daughter of Corrupt Sheriff
10 / 5


Feathersnow
Jean MacElroy (https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=25784594&postcount=47)
Deino
Girl Scout/Air Force Brat
10 / 4



Here's the discord server (https://discord.gg/NWEBUnnH9h) for whoever wishes to join it.

Here's the IC thread! (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?657096-Pok%E9sona-Red-In-Character&p=25798789#post25798789)

You can roll dice Here! (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?657269-Pok%E9sona-Pinball-Neon-Crystal-Dice-Rolls)

[Zelphas]

Hello!

Assuming the probably in the recruitment thread was based on my interest, I am here! Here is Ronnie's character sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IZhPbW6o-d7Oagd6E5K3oDG_4wJ63lolcpwsg07ccp8/edit#gid=0), once again.

If it works, I'm going to grab Bold Indigo for Ronnie's speaking voice, so that she can be differentiated more easily.

Looks like it should be a fun game!

[Llyarden]

Here's a Lily. (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZilwKfd_IFJZAQnQVo8KcdaHf9d1MmqFxnYUQiZXgR0/edit?usp=sharing)

As for colours, I guess she can talk in...how does this kinda peach-y pink-y look?

Yeah that seems fairly readable.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Peach is good!

Here's the IC thread! (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?657096-Pok%E9sona-Red-In-Character&p=25798789#post25798789) Because sometimes I just need to throw something together and post it so as not to get in an infinite loop of planning stuff in my head and then forgetting most of it.

[Feathersnow]

Sorry I'm late to the party! Jean will talk in This color

[Llyarden]

Rolling all the things...

Tech Edu: [roll0]
Occult Edu: [roll1]
General Edu: [roll2]
Pokemon Edu: [roll3]

[Zelphas]

Tech Ed (DC 7): [roll0]

Occult Ed (DC 7): [roll1]

General Ed (DC 7): [roll2]

Pokemon Ed (DC 7): [roll3]

[Kuro Dmon]

[roll0] Tech Ed vs DC7
[roll1] Occult Ed vs DC7
[roll2] General Ed vs DC7
[roll3] Pokemon Ed vs DC7

I had a hard time thinking about what color I'll be picking.... How about Goldenrod, as a brownish balance to the blue-y colors and redish that we've already got?

And while I might still tinker with a few other things fluffwize, this remains where I'ma keep David's sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12AZUZmAfdKJfgS0m8SzTDgfxAkOuicgnxmfRqzUMHMg/edit#gid=0) linked for the feasible future.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Are we waiting for any more interactions in the safe room, or are we waiting for me to move on to the next scene?

Also, it seems that there is this thing called Base Stat Relations, and everyone I talked to who has played this game says you're supposed to ignore that rule because it's annoying and stupid. I'm willing to believe them on this, so you all can ignore Base Stat Relations too.

[Llyarden]

Sorry, busy few days. I have like half a post written for Lily meeting her Pokemon but I got caught up with other things.

Also am I the only one who's never really found BSR more than, like, a mild inconvenience?

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Also am I the only one who's never really found BSR more than, like, a mild inconvenience?

I always kind of liked it as a little puzzle. I was thinking of just saying that you can ignore BSR for stats affected by a nature, since that felt like a fun thing to lean into, but that's just a more complicated version of ignoring them anyway.

[Kuro Dmon]

I always kind of liked it as a little puzzle. I was thinking of just saying that you can ignore BSR for stats affected by a nature, since that felt like a fun thing to lean into, but that's just a more complicated version of ignoring them anyway.

I liked them at first, but anything that over-complicates the game without giving it more nuance isn't usually worth it, and the nuance that makes less viable/popular Pokemon run into more problems while barely impacting the cool Pokemon seems niche at best.

[roll0] Survival?
[roll1] Perception?
Riolu's Perception is here (https://forums.giantitp.com/showsinglepost.php?p=25804321&postcount=1457), though I'll be keeping it in the Dice Roller thread in the future from now on.

[Llyarden]

Survival: [roll0]
Perception: [roll1]

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Here is a dice rolls thread (https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?657269-Pok%E9sona-Pinball-Neon-Crystal-Dice-Rolls), for people who prefer to use that instead of double-posting or, worse, rolling IC and editing on top of it like a barbarian i.e. me. :smalltongue:

[Zelphas]

Longshot Perception: [roll0]

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Battle map deployed! When making tokens, I gave Lily a buzz cut and Jean a complementary breath mask.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Could everyone confirm that the map is viewable and that you have the information you need to take your turns?

[Feathersnow]

I can see the map!

[Kuro Dmon]

Could everyone confirm that the map is viewable and that you have the information you need to take your turns?

Not being sure if the front 2 Pokemon are going to be conscious still after everyone else rushes them down does have me wonder. I rolled it just in case, but I'd like to hope that my trainer can just strike the nearest target once his turn comes up?

Also, I can at least see the map at home, confirmed. So that's nice.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

I retconned away the transformation sequence. The random P5 costume change doesn't really need to be in this game.

From now on, after the first round of combat, I will post the initiative order so everyone knows what to expect for subsequent rounds. This doesn't mean you need to post in order, of course. I just don't want you to get screwed over by enemies beating you to the punch all the time.

X: Enemy Spearow
13+: Riolu
X: Enemy Rattata
10: Lily & Jean
X: Enemy Caterpie, Weedle, Cherubi & Poochyena
5: David
5-1: Ronnie & Tinkatink (String Shot'd)
4: Deino
1-1: Whismur (String Shot'd)

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Was that combat format alright? Or would you prefer something on more of an action-by-action format than this start-of-round format? Let me know anything that felt weird or that you'd like me to change about how it's run. It's my first time running this, after all; it's not like I'm set in my ways yet.

Also! Soon enough we're going to go back outside and start introducing downtime mechanics - that is, stuff you can do in the "real world" outside the dungeons. I want your help designing the town!

So, each of you here in the OOC, please suggest a location - a shop, a school building, your garage, whatever - where any member of the team could go and do something. Make money at a part-time job, use tools for crafting or gardening, shop for otherwise hard-to-get items, that sort of thing.

[Feathersnow]

I mean, Jean spends most of her free time running track or volunteering for the Girl Scouts. Both use the School building.

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

Okay! Thanks Feathersnow! I guess I'll be making the rest of the interesting locations, each of which will definitely be great because I am very creative hopefully.

At the 12-o-clock North side of town, you have the park where we're starting. The entrance looks like the map we were just on, except instead of the gold Leijon statue, there's a fountain and a monument engraved with the names of local veterans that were lost abroad over the years. Beyond it are a few gazebos and drinking fountains, then a big flower garden and a bike trail.

Parallel to the bike trail, sharing the 1-o-clock spot on the map, is University Road, which leads several miles and across a bridge to the college that David attends. He (or anyone so inclined) can use his access to conduct research, study for summer classes, or pay to use the engineering school's 3D printing lab.

The East side of town includes all of the properties that are adjacent to the lake. At 2-o-clock is a big construction site, part of a cross-lake train project that the town council hopes will bring in big tourism and commuter money. David knows the land was bought from his college's land grant. A couple of facilities form the college of agriculture had to move to accommodate it.

The land for the project runs right up against the fields and lakefront used by Lakeside High School, in which PCs who grew up here are either going into their senior year or are recent graduates. It includes an indoor court and outdoor field that you could use to train your pokémon if only they were real. The school is right across the street from the small office used by the Girl Scouts officials. A classroom for their after-school meetings, and they have access to the lake and the cafeteria kitchen. Right away, Jean knows that they're a good place to find baked goods and books on gardening and survival.

South of the school at 4-o-clock is Capital Village, named for its proximity to the local government offices and because it's home to the wealthier residents who can afford property on the lake. This means the richest people in town are also the ones with the biggest alligator problems. This in turn means that the police are often called out to shoot alligators because people can't be bothered to remember the number for actual animal control.

South and southwest are partly taken up by ramps for the highway. Venturing a bit past those at 7-o-clock, you'll find a gun range and a gunsmithing shop, right next to a bait shop and an adult toy and video store.

At 8-o-clock you'll find the so-called bad part of town. It's home to the bridge market, where random tent sales and booths open up from time to time under the shelter of the highway overpass. It's a divisive subject among the locals, as it kind of disguises the homeless population and bothers the landlords who own the cheaper residences nearby.

At 9-o-clock is the industrial area. Small factories, breweries, office buildings, windmills and radio towers stretch into the Western distance.

At 10-o-clock is the Junes department store, part of an international chain. It dwarfs the strip malls and convenience stores that dot the rest of the town, both in the building's sheer size and in the quantity of goods it manages.

Finally, at 11-o-clock, there's the police station where the evil Sheriff Leijon ostensibly works.

Any feedback?

[Dr.Gunsforhands]

I have deployed the post to start day 2! I think I put in enough stuff that everyone should be able to say something.

Even if you can't respond IC right away, could everyone please post here to confirm you're still around?

[Feathersnow]

Hi! I'm here!

[Kuro Dmon]

Hope to iron things out to continue the IC again; I'll also go ahead and confirm being present.