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Dratini's Will Save was 1d20+4=17

"Dratini, keep using wrap, finish him"

(Grapple: 1d20+7: 13, 1d8+10 damage if successful: 18
2nd Grapple: 1d20+7: 27, 1d8+10 damage if successful: 17
-Rhyhorn's DR)

Well, as long as there's nothing else for the trainer to do, like in an official match like this, I think people are just avoiding half-posts for no purpose. In a standard fight it'll be easier to make a post for each.

"Dratini, shed your skin, then make sure that thing isn't going anywhere"
(Move Action: Maintain Dragon Dance
Standard Action: Shed Skin, restore 1d6+3=7
Rally: Tail Slap 1d20+7=16; 1d8+7=8; Imp Grab 1d20+7=15)

"Dratini, out of the way!"
(sidestep to F8)

"Dratini, Dragon Dance, and tail slap the sandile*." *Once Drast gives the command and Dratini uses a standard action to activate Dragon Dance and a move action to move up to the sandile, Drast activates his Rally ability to give Dratini an extra attack action. (Attack: 18+8=26, Damage 8+8...

Drast releases Dratini into H10.

Drast: 17
Dratini: 22

Drast takes up position opposite J'kul, holding Dratini's pokeball in his hand.

I'll probably open with Dratini if we're going first, balanced elemental defenses and can be a heavy-hitter by round 2.

Drast looks over at the Elf, and at the other party of trainers. He nods at Kentaro, then looks at the Elf. "Perhaps you'd like a demonstration of our ability to help? If you'd care to watch, we're about to engage in a trainer battle," he shrugs, "apparently."

Drast nods in Luca and Kentaro's direction, and waves the three of them over.

Eh, you probably just come across as inexperienced.

Drast looks over at Knox. "First day in town, and already looking for a fight? Try to at least get them outside before we start this time. Don't want to piss off another tavern owner."

Drast gestures toward the man at the res-slab with his rag, as he uses the other hand and slides the egg back into his sack. "Well, he looks rather distraught and in a hurry."

Drast looks up from his map. "I've been working on a few new maneuvers with my partners. It'll be good to test them before we get to a gym. When we are ready to move on, it looks to me like there are two main paths from here to Hellgate Keep: one through the woods and one along the river. Hard ...

A bard would be good: skill-heavy and party-buffs.

Maybe not the alignment, but his goals of power-acquisition are likely known. I imagine we learned a lot about each other's abilities in the Mt Armory story.

Drastrix Renthris (Drast for short) sits at the table, his blue scaly cloak pulled close around him, cradling his golden egg. He polishes it even as he polishes off his plate of food. He's got a map open in front of him, and he's considering the paths ahead.

Well, I imagine most of them would have the [Fire] subtype, which would make them immune to fire anyway, right?

I'm good with the plan of starting near, or heading toward, Hellgate Keep first. However, if you have somewhere you want to put Mt Armory and then start closer to there, heading toward Hellgate to pick up some experience.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Because the intermediate level is what the game's trainer would get, but the trainer isn't dedicating themselves to the particular gym, so they don't get the bonus effect.

Maybe the membership badge has the continuous effect, and the Master's Badge also includes the badge-move?

It strikes me that the badges are just for getting them, as even in the game badges have effects. I think the gym leader effect is to give you a badge and the effect without having to challenge for it. It would be quite odd if you could only get the effect from one badge in your whole career. They a...

Battleoths, Dragon 306, though they should probably be modified slightly to work more like the Cassisian.