Rocky Road Extra Nuts [Gym Battle]

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Rocky Road Extra Nuts [Gym Battle]
POSTED ON Feb 8, 2021 16:52:15 GMT
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Hey Jonathan!
    How's it goin'? Thanks for your gym challenge mate. I've found us a great spot on the side of Mt Chimney where we can have an absolute blast. Lots of loose stone and sharp cliffs. Potential landslides galore! It'll be a blast.
    Head along Route 112 until you hit the big group of pines covered in reflective markers and a big red sign for Jagged Pass. Once you see that, just set off the pink flare you should have gotten from the gym and I'll come grab you.

Message sent from Zac's Phone,

GPS Location - 32°31'49.44" N 131°03'41.04" E

(1)Attachment - Devin's Letter

Hi Jonathan Aquil,
Thank you for your challenge of the new Lavaridge gym. Your traditional gym challenge for the Biome Badge has been accepted. I've reviewed your Pokemon's movesets and abilities.
Suggested tags have been included, but feel free to deviate as appropriate. 

CHARIZARD, Male
ability: blaze
gains a +10 buff to fire moves when at 2/3 hits 
mega ability: tough claws
gains a +10 buff to contact moves


hurricane  
heat wave
thunder punch
 bulldoze
solar beam
breaking swipe



ALTARIA, Male
ability: natural cure
1 free dodge against a dodgeable status move
mega ability: pixelate
gains a +10 buff to normal type moves


tailwind
 breaking swipe
 dazzling gleam
earthquake
 steel wing
 heat wave

Zac's Pokemon and moveset are included below. Should you have any questions, please let us know.

STEELIX, Male
ability: sturdy
1 free dodge when being double attacked
mega ability: sheer force
gains +10 buff to attacks with a secondary effect, but cannot use them for status


 dig
 head smash
 rock slide
 magnet rise
 smack down
steel roller



ABSOL, Male
ability: super luck
Absol's range for undodgeable attacks is 80-100

future sight
night slash
detect
sucker punch
icy wind
double team


Please let us know if you have any questions, or are unable to locate Zac on the mountain side. Happy battling!
-Devin



    Zac kicked some of the loose rock, clearing a space to stand. He had found a strip of mountain trail half buried by a recent landslide. On one side of the path rose the indomitable slope of Mt Chimney. On the other, a fifty-foot drop down to the tips of the pines and double that again to the ground.
    It wasn't a great place to be up against flyers, but that's what made these battles so exciting: the location.
    He could feel Steelix burrowing away through the mountain underneath him. Absol was...probably around somewhere. "Now all that's missing is Jonathan!" 



BIOME BADGE: ROLLING MECHANICS

You have 2 ACTIONS per post: Damage, Status, Buff, Dodge, Heal, and Switch Out.

You do not need to roll to Dodge, Buff, or Switch Out.

When a Pokémon has been successfully Damaged by an attack 3 TIMES, they will be UNABLE TO CONTINUE. Switching a Pokemon out does not reset this total.

Dodge includes using defense or evasion moves to weaken/endure an attack, or otherwise rendering it ineffective.

Buff and Status will give you +10 to your next consecutive roll or your opponent -10 to rolls on their next turn.

If you attempt a Damage or Status attack, PLEASE ROLL.
*You cannot make two Damage attacks on your first turn.

1-9: Your attack can be dodged as a free action. Your opponent can still use both their full actions afterwards.
10-49: Your attack can be dodged as a single action. Your opponent can still use one action afterwards.
50-89: Your attack can only be dodged as a full-round action (using both actions). Otherwise, it hits.
90-100: Your attack automatically succeeds and cannot be dodged or weakened.

If you attempt to Heal, please roll on this table instead.

1-9: The heal is interrupted or fails.
10-49: You heal 1, but lose one action next turn (or choose to fail)
50-89: You heal 1 successfully.
90-100: You heal 2.

SPECIAL RULES

LAST STAND: When your last Pokemon reaches 2 out of 3 hits, you immediately gain an extra action (for a total of 3 per post.) You cannot use this action to make three Damage attacks. If you Heal, this extra action goes away.

RE-ROLL BONUS: A player can voluntarily choose to take or extend a Status ailment on themselves for one or more turns during RP. A player who does this will gain one re-roll to use any time during the battle (does not stack.)


 



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Rocky Road Extra Nuts [Gym Battle]
POSTED ON Feb 8, 2021 17:49:16 GMT
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Valerio never strays the familiar path.

It is the same path he takes on his way to Meteor Falls. This route is a routine for the dragon slayer: to the round trip from Mauville to Fallabor, then from Meteor Falls to Rustboro, and from Vendanturf to Mauville again. More than a habit, it is a demonstration of faith, devotion, and willingness to tame the dragons.

To be able to deserve having them again. More than training, it is a way of life imbued in the series of visits he makes to rebuild his famous dragon herd.

Valerio arrives with his mount charizard and altaria following beside. After seeing the markers and the sign that he mentions in the mail, the redhead fires off the flare. He still sends him a message, just to be sure that he gets the signal.

JONATHAN AQUIL
Hey bro!
I'm already here! Just wanting to make sure you've seen my signal.
Now what?
Sent 02/09/2021 10:15 A.M.


Prior to issuing his challenge, he doesn't even know who the hell is. He doesn't know what kind of trainer he is or what his credentials are for being entrusted to run a gym. More importantly, is he the same as those league officers?

Today's the day his questions will be answered.



VALERIO will choose ALTARIA for first round.

GYM CHALLENGE: NON-TRADITIONAL

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Rocky Road Extra Nuts [Gym Battle]
POSTED ON Feb 15, 2021 2:05:23 GMT
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    Zac saw the pink smoke before he read the text. Jonathan was nearby. "Davenport! Lucretia!" Zac called, and two rocky orbs rose from the rubble. The pair of Minior cracked as they rose into the sky, revealing rippling Violet and Indigo lights.
    "Over here mate!" Zac called, waving wildly to signal the battle spot.
    Once Jonathan had safely made his way up to the site, Zac offered him a warm handshake. "Pleasure to meet you mate!" Zac looked past Jonathan at the pair of dragons he had brought with him. "You're the first stranger I've had take up my gym challenge so far, and I can already tell it's gonna be a wild one." 
     "I've always been a fan of these mountains," Zac admitted with a grin, "so you've already made a good choice there. Altaria first is it?"
    Zac moved back down the track, making room for the Pokemon to do battle. The cliff on one side of the trail ruptured, and Steelix ground out onto the path in a wave of loose stone. Kev roared, iron body ringing with his battlecry. "Whoa! He's sure ready to rumble this morning!" Zac said, and he pointed up into the sky where the two Minior orbited the battle. Each of them had multiple mounted cameras, and were recording the battle in HD. 
    "Go get 'em Kev!" Zac shouted, and the Steelix slammed against the cliffside. The impact knocked loose chunks of stone big enough to total cars. The massive stones fell towards the path like dry meteors, along with a hail of fine gravel and obscuring dust.

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Rock Slide (Damage)


Rock Slide (Status)


"So why did you pick these two beautiful 'mon?" Zac shouted over the sound of shattering stone.


Steelix used Rock Slide (Damage)
Steelix used Rock Slide (
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POSTED ON Feb 15, 2021 17:31:55 GMT
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“They're part flying-types so I figure this is where they are suited best.”

Valerio responds, still mounted on the flying charizard as his altaria takes the lead for the first match. Zac, like all the other gym leaders he have met, are overfriendly but surprisingly not irritating. Almost all of them are pleasant to talk with. He has come to realize that maybe the middle echelons of the League are not as accountable as their leaders.

Or at least that's how he likes to see it.

“And I reckon you're gonna know next why I choose both of them.”

He shouts back. With a wink, the redhead begins instructing his bird dragon to move. Zeus's fluffy wings shimmer with the sunlight, its cotton hardens with every passing second as the rocks cascadedown on him. He moves swiftly, his STEEL WINGS breaking the stones on his path, breating air as he prepares for his first attack.

“Blaze it!”

HEAT WAVE blows from the altaria's beak into the steelix's direction, scorching fire folding in the air towards Zac's metal serpentine.



ALTARIA uses STEEL WINGS to DODGE (1st move)
ALTARIA uses HEAT WAVE to DAMAGE (-10).
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POSTED ON Feb 21, 2021 3:34:06 GMT
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    “They're part flying-types so I figure this is where they are suited best.” Jonathan said, and Zac shook his head in disappointment. It was a common answer, and one that betrayed the trainer's complete misunderstanding of the badge. "I hope you put more thought into your selection that that," Zac said.
    He gestured around them, lingering on the sheer cliffs, the clogged, rocky path, the patches of winter frost on the high ledges, and the mighty pines down below. "Look around you Jonathan. This isn't a sky battle. This is a mountain battle." 
    Steelix's Rock Throw shattered against Altaria's Steel Wings, but Zac found it hard to get excited by the impressive defensive move. "You've clearly got a ton of experience, and a great knowledge of how to fight, but I think you misread the memo."
    The fluffy dragon counter-attacked Steelix with a wave of fire. Kev burrowed underground, avoiding the Heat Wave that washed over the path and turned the rocks black. The cliffside shook as Kev burrowed his way through the gray stone.
    "There's a thousand ways that you can use your surroundings to your advantage." The shuddering moved up the rock face as Kev climbed higher, digging his way above Altaria. " Charizard and Altaria are at home in the mountains, but if all you show me is how well they can fly around, I can't award you a badge."
    Above them, the steel serpent burst from the mountain. He roared, spinning in a reckless freefall, his body a giant metal spike that drove downwards towards Altaria.

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Steelix used Dig (Dodge)
Steelix used Slam (
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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 1:28:58 GMT
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Valerio bursts laughing at 's comment.

“Of course they won't just be flying!”

Zeus receives the brunt of steelix's attack, only so that he can take advantage of the close distance between the two. He perches on its head, flaps his wings with vigor, until his plumage is surrounded by pink aura which glow GLEAMS A DAZZLING light through its eyes.

Altaria brings his enemy down, his feathers continue to glow while may feel the trembling terrain around him. EARTHQUAKE crumbles the earth before steelix, attempting to lock him the moment they plummet back to the ground.

“If you know me better, I'm more of a dragon-type trainer than a flying-type.”





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ALTARIA is hit by SLAM. (1/3)
ALTARIA uses DAZZLING GLEAM as STATUS.
ALTARIA uses EARTHQUAKE to DAMAGE.

GYM CHALLENGE: NON-TRADITIONAL

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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 5:06:40 GMT
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    Altaria's Earthquake shattered the stone and rocked the cliffside. Zac staggered backwards, wide stance keeping him upright as the world shook. Chunks of stone and snow cascaded down the mountainside. The mountain was no longer safe for burrowing.
    Steelix never hit the ground.
    The steel serpent slithered through the air. Levitating, it curving away from Altaria and the treacherous terrain.
"I hope so mate! Turning the ground against your opponent is a great start, but you can do more." Zac shouted, his voice shaking with the tremors. "You've got a pair of bloody dragons, so bend the biome to your will. Show me just how much they can do!"
    Steelix spun around, head and face gleaming with the sparkles of Altaria's Dazzling Gleam. The serpent was squinting, trying to focus on its opponent. Half-blind, Kev swung his jutting head like a blunt weapon. He was a thirty-foot hammer, and Altaria was a just a fluffy nail. 

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Steelix used Head Smash (
Damage)




Steelix was hit by Dazzling Gleam (Status)
Steelix used Magnet Rise to (
Dodge) Earthquake
Steelix used Head Smash (Damage) -10

 



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POSTED ON Feb 22, 2021 8:33:46 GMT
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Altaria almost dodges the steelix from its attack. Despite the strategy that he employs dazzling his opponents, he guesses his luck is just working against him.

Zeus bites into the sitrus latched on her neck, the sharp acidity setting back her focus from the fatigue (HEAL). The altaria looks back on his trainer: with no need of communication, both can sense the need to employ a strategy that can truly utilize the terrain. This is just different from a trainer that relies on his full force.

“As you suggest, Sir.”

From above with Hoon, the redhead gives the gym leader a salute before turning back to his bird dragon. Altaria begins soaring the sky once more; his confidence boosting as he sails through his main domain. The steelix may witness the cotton plumage glisten like STEEL (WING) before the dragon besides to slide them through the rocky terrain, producing boulders that cascades down towards the steelix's position.





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ALTARIA is hit by HEAD SMASH. (2/3)
ALTARIA eats SITRUS BERRY to HEAL.
ALTARIA uses STEEL WING to DAMAGE.


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POSTED ON Feb 23, 2021 1:42:47 GMT
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    Altaria soared back up the mountainside, carving chunks of rock out of the cliffside and sending them plummeting towards Kev. "Yes! That's the way mate! You've got a whole bloody mountain right here. It's a powerful weapon and you're finally using it." 
    With the boulders falling towards Steelix, the snake took a gamble. He hurled his body, not out of the way but into the cliff. Already unstable from Altaria's cuts, the impact sent an avalanche of stone of ice tumbling from the cliffs above down towards the dragon. 

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Steelix used Rock Slide (
Damage)

    Unfortunately, the cost of this attack was that Kev had no way to avoid Altaria's attack, and the chunks of stone slammed down on and around him, chipping at his steel hide and filling the path with choking rock dust. 
    "Knock 'em back buddy!" Zac called. It wasn't often that he commanded his Pokemon in battle. He preferred to let them follow their intuition, but this was too good of a move to pass up. Steelix swung it's massive tail like a bat, and knocked some of the avalanche back up at Altaria!


Steelix used Smack Down (
Damage)


Now the dragon would have to contend with a barrage of stone from both above and below. 


Steelix was hit by Steel Wing (1/3)
Steelix Rock Slide (
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Steelix used Smack Down (Damage

 



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POSTED ON Mar 8, 2021 13:15:02 GMT
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It's weird having an enemy cheer up for him because he made an ingenious move. Valerio doesn't get it. Maybe that's just how some gym leaders act.

The strength he utilized to perform the last move has taken a toll on Zeus, leaving him no space to escape or retaliate the steelix's wrath.

“Fly away!”

Fortunately for Zeus, hovering above makes him see the cascading rocks before he dashes out of its way. Unfortunately, he fails to notice the ones from below him being hurled by the steel serpentine's tail.

“Zeus!”

Valerio calls, Hoon plunging to where he falls. The altaria is weakened, battered by all the attacks that he receives. But there is still a fight in him that he will exhaust just to win.

This match is far from over.





ALTARIA dodges ROCK SLIDE.
ALTARIA is hit by SMACK DOWN. (2/3)
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POSTED ON Mar 9, 2021 1:22:03 GMT
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     There was fight left in the Altaria, but the odds were swiftly shifting in Steelix's favor. The steel serpent ground its floating body against the cliffside, continuing the avalanche that now threatened to bury Hoon.
    Giving no quarter, Kev launched more of the fallen rocks at Altaria, filling the air above the bird with a grounding barrage. 

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Steelix used Rock Slide (
Attack)


Steelix used Smack Down (
Attack)


    "Not sure what you've got planned, but you'd better get it started quick, mate. That bird's in bad shape." Zac said to Jonathan. 
    Zac's Minior floated outside of the range of the tossed pelting stones, their cameras trained on the besieged Altaria. Whether it was defeat or reprieve, they were ready to capture whatever was in store for the dragon. 


Steelix used Rock Slide (Attack)
Steelix used Smack Down (Attack)

 



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Rocky Road Extra Nuts [Gym Battle]
POSTED ON May 2, 2021 1:27:20 GMT
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