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Memorable Pokemon Tabletop Campaign Moments?
Topic Started: Jul 25 2012, 10:51 PM (62,305 Views)
DNA
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Mike called out to Poliwag "Ha! So that's your secret! Poliwag, use water sport!"

And that's when I saw where this was going. Round of applause.
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DrStraightLord
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Keil. That is fucking awesome. No exaggeration.
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passinglurker
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most epic speed run ever
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passinglurker
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So a PC in the game I'm running (who is a psychic trying to keep their powers secret) had a series of bad d100 rolls in the 90+ range. Not wanting to do a simple "you fail" I tried to get creative with the results so here is what happened.

wild roll(98): A wild caterpie surprise thread shift tackles them in the kitchen and glomps to to their face.

They then telekinetically peel it off and while holding it in mid air attack and attempt to capture it.

capture roll(105): They sneeze and the ball fly's out the window with telekinetic force capturing a status afflicted Magikarp their team mate was attempting to capture outside instead.

capture roll(forgot but it was high): They waste a ball, and Their psychic cover is more or less blown to the teammate they stole the Magikarp catch from. and there is an unrelated explosion nearby

capture roll(104): A shurkit scared by the explosion comes running in and glomps to their head causing them to drop and waste another ball the surskit and telekinetically levitated caterpie then exchange words, the caterpie thread shift pulls the surskit over, and the two spontaneously start breeding in midair. locking either from realistically being caught for at least 4 hours.
Edited by passinglurker, Dec 6 2012, 11:43 PM.
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DNA
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and the two spontaneously start breeding in midair

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planswalker
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yeah... that one's quite memorable, Lurker. At least Nessa managed to remove the catterpie from her face first. Otherwise, she'd be in a REAL fun spot...
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It's more than just a short series of bad rolls. I play Nessa, and I'm very frustrated with the dice gods.

Those rolls are so annoying. In 11 rolls I have gotten nothing better than mediocre results. My best roll so far has been 52 (and that's the best). I've gotten the four worst rolls physically possible without repeats and 5 of the worst 10% of rolls without repeats. It is especially frustrating, because three of the members have caught/likely will catch a skarmory, shiny charmander, type shifted swablu, and shuckle. Memorable, yes, but very frustrating for me.

EDIT: sorry for using frustrated so much in that mini rant. You can probably tell what I'm feeling right now - frustration :D

Edited by CosmicOccurene, Dec 7 2012, 08:33 AM.
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passinglurker
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Looking back it appears that Nessa has been through a lot of abuse this game. being she has been robbed, attacked by crazy hobo birds, had her choices scrutinized by medical professionals, yawn bombed, yelled at by a back sassing talking eevee, subject to haircut inducing panic attacks out of fear of being discovered, face glomped by bugs twice, and covered in string shot.

Note to self: Nessa has huge positive karma headed her way.
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Here’s one from a few weeks ago:

So our party consisting of our stubborn and mischievous Breeder, our elderly Flying Type Ace, and our young and inexperienced Petrologist were traversing the southern shores of a newly colonized region. The game was pretty new so none of the Trainers had any particularly strong Pokémon, certainly nothing about level 10. The Petrologist, the star of this fiasco, had already made nine captures and had scanned 73 Pokémon with his Pokédex previously.

So after a couple hours of traveling, the GM announces that the group has come across a large delta/marshland connecting to the ocean, making a point to emphasize the soft ground and mud pits scattered throughout. Knowing the GM, we figured that he loaded the map with hidden Stunfisk, his favorite Pokémon. Hoping to score some favoritism points, I decided to have my Petrologist roll some perception die to see if he could spot and capture one. Using his Staryu to wash away some mud while the Breeder and the Type Ace looked for Pokémon nests, he eventually hits his mark: a very irritated electric flounder.

I call for a battle initiation. The Petrologist sends out his Girafarig, Strawberry, and immediately attacks with Confusion with a barely passable Accuracy Check but with a high Damage roll. The Stunfisk intercepts, uses Bide, and takes the hit like a champ.

The Girafarig uses Confusion again. High Damage. Stunfisk is still standing, but a Perception Check reveals its getting pretty worn out. The Petrologist readies his last free Pokéball in preparation to catch it next turn just as the Breeder and the Type Ace wander back with a mother Lotad and her egg. The Breeder quickly realizes what the Stunfisk is doing and yells for the Petrologist to back off, but it was too late. I, and by extension the Petrologist, forgot Bide’s turn length.

The GM pauses for a second, “…The Stunfisk unleashes Bide.”

The Girafarig is struck head-on for 140% HP loss with massive internal trauma. Death Saving roll fails miserably. The Pokémon immediately collapses into a bloody pile. The party, along with the players, are a little stunned. We hadn’t considered death as a possibility before. Not realizing the gravity of the situation, the Petrologist throws his last Pokéball at the Stunfisk and misses.

The GM asks if I would like to end the encounter out of pity. I respond by having the Petrologist’s Cubchoo and Staryu enter the fray, stating that he’s going to attempt a second Capture Roll using the Girafarig’s Great Ball. The players, the party, and the GM give a simultaneous, “…what?” but the Action is allowed.

Next turn comes around and the roll succeeds. The Stunfisk (nicknamed Gluten-Free to continue with his cupcake-themed names) is caught and the Petrologist gains a level and snags the Reanimator Feature with the GM’s blessing. As soon as the encounter ends, the party scoops up what remains of Girafarig and speeds back to the nearest town. On the way, I explain that we might be able to save Strawberry if we can find a Reanimation Kit and the Petrologist is able to scan two more Pokémon, level up, and get The Good Doctor.

The GM asks for an individual luck roll from me as soon as we make it back and run to the shoreside flea market. We hold our breath. Natural 100. Everyone claps and shouts. This plan might actually work.

The GM quickly whips up a shop and a NPC. They’ve got an old Reanimation Kit at half-price; she doesn’t know what it is so she’s happy to get rid of it and clear up some store space. Her Pichu and Jigglypuff help get the device off the shelf and the Petrologist quickly scans them. With 75 scanned Pokémon, he gains another level and snags The Good Doctor.

So everyone immediately rushes to the Pokémon center and informs the staff of what’s happening. Girafarig is running out of time and the 24 hour reanimation window is closing fast. Aided by the head nurse, the Petrologist quickly sets up the machine and begins preparation for the procedure. Despite being an older, beaten-up model, it boots up normally and registers Girafarig as a suitable target. In order to provide the necessary electricity that this machine needs, they decide to use the newly caught Stunfisk as a secondary power supply.

The Petrologist starts the procedure. The lights dim. There’s a huge crowd gathering around the party as the machine works its magic. Everyone, including the GM, is holding their breath and hoping for the best.

I roll a 14 out of a minimum 25.

The machine powers down and Strawberry is unable to be fossilized. The entire crowd sadly sighs and begins to disperse. The nurse expresses her condolences and collects Strawberry’s remains from the Petrologist. The party, a little downtrodden, decides to turn in for the night at the local Inn and discuss what to do next. We wrap up the session, I fake-cry a little bit to make the GM feel bad, and I make a mental note to have the Petrologist remind the Stunfisk every time he gets that it killed his horsey.

However, it all worked out in the end. My Petrologist learned a few sessions later that by flinging Staryu with Stunfisk attached to it, it provides a lovely little floating light through Strayu's natural glow and Stunfisk's electrical bolts that makes cave exploration a little easier.
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^ The breeder from that story is mine. I told you about bide, bro. I warned you, dog.

Aaaand here are some of my stories:

From the same campaign as above, the trio was hanging out at the beach early in the game. The petrologist decided to look around for seashells and fossils and what have you, but was having a bad time. My breeder, who is not the brightest crayon in the box, but still hella observant, managed to find an anorith fossil just by looking. He ended up giving it to the petrologist anyways, since he thought it was coprolite fossilized poop.

While exploring through a large, abandoned construction area overrun by cats, my character got the wise idea to look inside the oven. I was expecting him to find a nest of rats or something, but it ended up being a joltik that was abnormally warm. It's lazy, so it decides to cling to me for the rest of the session and my character's not particularly mean, so he lets it. He leaves the oven behind because he didn't find a nest. Well, after toting it around for a whole day, he finally opts to catch it (breaking my rule of only hatching his pokemon), and it ends up being delta type fire. With eggwarmer. awwyeah.jpg .

Before this story, I should note that my character doesn't trust Pokedex entries and at best uses it as a photograph collection. While exploring and looking for Pokemon, my breeder encountered an Exeggcute. Since he's kind of dumb, he could swear that the pokemon was actually a bunch of eggs that were about to hatch. He picks them up and tries to calm them down by singing and eventually brings out his bulbasaur to help out when that just upset them. The bulbasaur is smart enough to know the exeggcute wants to battle to test his strength, and shortly after my breeder ends up with a pokeball full of eggs. It still kind of confuses him, but he's accepted that they might be psychic-type pokemon able to move their eggs around before they hatch.

The first gym is ice-type, and my breeder has a habit of only collecting grass types at this point. His main team consists of the Joltik from before, his starter Bulbasaur, and the Exeggcute. Still managed to beat the gym leader.

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there's another rp i could talk about, but i think that's for another time.
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