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June Plotting Post
⋆✩ plotting post ✩⋆
MEMBER & GUILD RANKING
New quests are released! Sign-ups will open officially on the 3rd of this month, so until then, here's a plotting post for you all to get your Duckletts in a row! Before we hop right into things, though, here are the tallies from total quest points!
Click here for the rankings!
⟡ MEMBER RANKING
ICly, Rankings will show the points earned of all Pokemon in guilds, including NPC Pokemon not listed here OOCly. We didn't list guild leaders this time, but might in the future for fun. Keep in mind that quests available to player characters are not the entire pool of quests, and that some are likely snatched up before they can get to them regularly, which is how points vary and how some guilds pull ahead even without much player help. However, over time, player points will certainly affect the standing of guilds! Without further ado, here are the characters in ranking order by guild:
Oran Berries
Goro 1300 points
Shoka 1250 points
Ren 950 points
Emmet 850 points
Ingo 800 points
A.B.A 550 points
Conrad 550 points
Akari 500 points
Dark Heart 250 points
Cheri Berries
Firoza 750 points
Firepaw 700 points
Siffrin 600 points
Guilmon 550 points
Laios 400 points
Junpei 350 points
Lum Berries
Emporio 1050 points
Narciso 900 points
Courier Six 550 points
Ring-Spirit 300 points
⟡ GUILD RANKING
And of course, posted everywhere is the guild ranking.
1. Lum Berries
2. Oran Berries
3. Cheri Berries
AVAILABLE QUESTS
This is a HEAVY QUEST month, meaning there are quests in the mix that are classified as "heavy!" What does this mean? More chance for plot, and more risk of consequence! Characters can try each quest more than once as long as no claim limit is listed, but will only receive points for any given quest once. However, consequences can occur within these dangerous listed quests. Due to potential for consequence or harm, we recommend waiting for results of one exploration-titled quest before submitting for another.
In addition, we would like to remind players that for these heavy quests, failure is possible. While light quests use solely RNG to determine results, heavy quests use a combination of a point system and RNG-style changes. Success vs failure is calculated via points after gathering information from your submitted summary and some limited mod knowledge (quest history, Pokemon type, etc). Then, using either our “success” or “failure” map, we use a pre-written list of outcomes to formulate what the quest group experiences and form the reply from there. In the previous heavy quest round, we failed to stress the importance of the summary section, and failed to take into account certain Pokemon typing that may have advantages or disadvantages. We also realized that failure resulting in zero points may be too harsh, and have reevaluated that partial points be rewarded even for failures. These have been adjusted this round, and we will continue to make changes as needed with player feedback. The importance of the summary section will be reworded on the quest page itself, as well. Thanks for your patience!
Previously, in addition to sending teams for further investigations to the surrounding forests, investigations of violence along the coastline were made. Thanks to these efforts, three dangerous Pokemon and potential Pokemon have been identified as targets with a Bounty on their head for the month. With that in mind, here's some information about each of the areas for you to use for your threads, to keep in mind while signing up, and to use for knowing what sort of angle you want to use to tackle these.
BOUNTY LIST
Unlike typical Explorations, each of these quests have so great a level of danger ascribed to them that various NPC teams will be patrolling the locations of each Bounty. Their task is to extract any teams who need help on a retreat, so that they can live to fight another day. Success and Failure won't hinge on totally defeating these bounties; no one Pokemon team could hope to take these creatures out on their own! Instead, teams will be expected to do their best to venture into these still somewhat unknown regions and do what they can to try and do their part in the fight.
Bottlecap Bay's Coast
The open ocean Bottlecap Bay overlooks has recently been the scene of various water related attacks, and even possible deaths. Thanks to the efforts and studies of other Pokemon, this is the only Pokemon to be identified. A massive Dondozo, rumored to be a white gleam in the water, now thrashes out in the fog of the bay. Further information can be found on the quest page, but notably, bird Pokemon will find themselves at greater risk against their natural predator.
Middle Forest
A fog-laden stretch filled with steep declines and hidden pits. The mist clings to Pokemon, curving around them like a living being. The forest floor is incredibly unpredictable, and familiar figures might attempt to coax Pokemon apart from one another, or trick you further into the forest in tandem with hallucinations. Recently it has been proven that ground type moves have been playing a role in the shifting terrain, and large shadows were seen lurking near discarded bones. It would be best to prepare for a battle against a truly formidable foe.
Southern Forest
The most treacherous in terms of navigation. Landmarks and markers shift unpredictably, and even weirder, some look aged beyond comprehension. The fog exists here, but it's far less thick than in the center of the forest, even if just as disorienting. Worst of all, parts of the forest floor have already collapsed into a system of unstable, old caves. These caves may collapse even further, leaving Pokemon stranded, separated, or struggling to free themselves. While Ghost Pokemon thrive here, imitating teammates or other wild Pokemon and causing confusion, recent reports have grown sinister— while most content themselves with turning Pokemon on one another, separating them or causing cavern collapses, Ghost Pokemon with traces of green and violet auras have begun to show resistance to Ghost and Dark attacks. Pokemon should be wary of a truly deceptive creature.
A UNIQUE REWARD
During the Test Drive for May, it was stated that any characters to participate in the team building activities of the Archive during the heavy rains would receive a 'Unique Reward'. This reward will be presented to them on June 1st, after careful discussions amongst local tailors. What is this reward?
It's a customized accessory! Anything from hats, to scarves, to simple sashes- every participant will receive one such accessory, and they'll find it imbued with a special power. While defending friends or teammates, it makes them stronger.
OOC PLOTTING & INTRO TO NEWBIES
Lastly, along with plotting for the monthly quests, this post doubles as an OOC intro post for all new players! Because of this, there is a newbie directory for new characters to link their top levels for extra visibility.
PLAYER INFO
PLAYER: Your handle
ABOUT: Tell us a little about yourself.
CONTACT: How do you prefer to be contacted?
CHARACTER INFO
CHARACTER: Character name
CANON: Canon, or Original if an OC
POKEMON: The Pokemon they ended up as, and if they're shiny or a regional variant!
GUILD: Represent your new home! Feel free to change the hex #f29923 to your guild hex color, if you want.
INFO/PERMISSIONS: Link your info/permissions post and any other relevant posts (opt-outs, etc) here!
ABOUT:
Give us a little blurb about your character here!
PLANS:
Talk about goals, plans, things you're interested in, quests you want to sign up for, etc!
ANYTHING ELSE: Extra pictures, memes, or other little tidbits you want to add can go here.
FULL NAVIGATION
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But looking over learnsets please don't bully as hard as Perish Song into Baton Pass. Or actually do. Akira has Block so it would sure be effective...Morpeko's learnset is so good for cheesing this, too. When you get the go-ahead just let me know, this could be so stupid and fun.
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SLDKJFLSDF Perish song is so funny to me- But not altogether fitting to his character xD It would bully him just as much as you guys at least! (is this a good thing? Probably not) However I think I'm probably going with Bite, scratch, Flamethrower, and Retaliate since those feel good to me! I'm open to ideas or notes tho. LDSKJFKLDSF OH NO the ultimate self destruction strat- they just need someone who knows explosion and this would truly be the kamikaze team xDHELPPP, amazing, we've made the most broken team. Heck yeah! Will do o7 This is the most ideal outcome!
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also open to plot this out elsewhere if preferred! whatever is easiestBigby being the smallest and also an Electric type will easily make him the biggest liability here WHOOPS so he may need to hitch a ride (hi Flamebringer) to avoid direct damage at first. Being new, his moveset is not amazing right now and Thunder Shock will be completely useless BUT I’m thinking he can use his speed to run around as a distraction. Climb up some trees. Knock down branches and create some smoke by Thunder Shocking the environment. Jump on the
hydra’sbear’s back for a few Bites. You know, the usual.There’s a possibility of him learning Seed Bomb during this, but if it turns out they’re up against a regular Ursaluna with Bulletproof...... :)) Or if he uses up all his seeds and goes Hangry Mode to just use Take Down too much..... :)))
Biggest advantage with him though is he knows how to track and use his animal senses to their fullest. They’re not as strong as before, but it could make it easier to navigate even through fog and gnarly terrain.
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Do we all have discord or something so it doesn't accidentally come off like I'm ignoring either of you pff
Akira would also happily carry the tiny hamster. He's had lots of practice holding animals that don't want to stay anywhere near him.
Though getting Thunder Shocked himself before the fight even starts may not be the most productive route.But extra advantage is even if Thunder Shock can't hit the bear, having someone like Akira who's constantly monitoring the surroundings could mean being directed to target trees in the right moment to knock branches down as a ranged physical attack too. (Rather than having to hop around between them and be in any danger)
But also please know I'm just picturing this trio having the most perfect foolproof strategy, guaranteed win, and then
Ursaluna just being lv 100 and oneshotting the party with an Earthquake.
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Flamebringer will absolutely take issue with being used as the team mount
but ya know he's only going to fight back so much. Its exhausting to keep getting angry about stupid crap on top of having to deal with feet you're not used too.Using teamup tactics to keep him suffering is ideal!Oh I wonder then- Flamebringer might be on distraction team with Bigby. He has no type advantage either way- With Flamethrower in fact being less helpful. I would assume he's probably faster than Akira- But he's oriented towards ATK not SP.ATK so this isn't a good set up for him doing lots of damage- but he can definitely play the song and dance of keeping the Usraluna's attention while the other two plot. Mind he's not going to be happy about it. But he'd rather take the fight to the enemy any day. Just don't hit him with stray shocks or tree branches and they'll get along alright.
He'll still be trying to do actual damage of course. But our trap card is ultimately going to be Akira with Watergun I would assume. Unless Bigby and Flamebringer really do get in enough chip damage to take it down- OH, fun tho- If Bigby DOES go down tho- Retaliate will do a lot of damage :) Also wheeze Take down just becomes a beefed up version of Struggle at that point xD Excellent. Surely nothing will go wrong-
TRACKING IS IDEAL- Flamebringer is used to having above human hearing- but the nose is new. He has no idea what he's doing with this body save him.
No mood thats exactly the feeling right??? xD My brain is too coded to other RPGs at the moment where I'm like? Big bad guy? He's going to kill us.
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My discord's osoroshia as listed above, if either of you want to add! Mobile's silly and won't show friend requests but I'll check in as soon as I'm home to laptop.
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My discord is insertsometinawesome (insert somethin awesome : for better clarity) feel free to bonk me as well.
course heckin mobile is bustedI'll probably add you in a sec-no subject
Also I responded below so :)b
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