DEADLINE: MARCH 31ST, 11:59PM PST

EXPOSITION

EXCURSIONS INTO AREA ZERO ICLY STARTS IN MARCH AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH

IN THE SILENT ICELANDS LIES THE GIANT CHASM. This capacious scar, created by a fated combination between WHITE KYUREM & UNBOUND HOOPA'S REDIRECTION OF Zev Harcourt'S DEVASTATING LASER, in the Hoenn region has been dubbed THE GIANT CHASM as a direct parallel to the obliterated crater forest in UNOVA.[break][break]

THE GIANT CHASM is comprised of a sprawling expanse of waterfalls, rocky cliffsides, stream-cut fields and patches of jungle. Somehow, the air is humid here. Cycads, ferns and other ancient plants obstruct your adventure with their thick growth. Wild Pokemon from Hoenn's natural ecosystems have ventured into this space, causing unforeseen turbulence within its environment.[break][break]

AREA ZERO is the most expansive TERA CAVE SYSTEM that has been discovered thus far. Situated beneath THE GIANT CHASM, this vast cave system is rumored to connect with all other tera caverns within the region. This multicursal catacomb of crystals has been called Hoenn's AREA ZERO, named after PALDEA'S own.[break][break]

In AREA ZERO, Pokemon are able to TERASTALLIZE even without the use of a TERA ORB OR SHARD. A Pokemon TERASTALLIZING in this way can only TERASTALLIZE INTO ONE OF THEIR BASE TYPES.[break][break]

These newfound locations are perilous. The League and Team Rocket are not the only forces drawn to this epochdefining underdepth...

HOW TO PLAY

HOW TO & RULES

TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT, players must select an excursion listed below. Each excursion is like a mission. However, you must sign-up for these excursions in this thread.[break][break]

If an excursion specifies you need "2 LEAGUE CHARACTERS AND/OR 2 ROCKET CHARACTERS", you can not go into that excursion with 1 LEAGUE & 1 ROCKET. You will require at least 2 characters from the same faction to encourage faction-based premises for this event.[break][break]

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES.

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• All of your characters can participate. However, you must exercise balance and discipline in order to complete threads by the deadline.
• Your characters can be in MULTIPLE EXCURSION THREADS simultaneously.
• There is NO LIMIT TO HOW MANY EXCURSIONS you can participate in.
• Please ROLL WITH EVERY POST YOU MAKE to take advantage of the ROLL-BASED PROMPTS.

GREAT CHASM REPORTS

GC EXCURSION A:[break]
EXPLORE

EXPLORE AND MAP OUT THE GIANT CHASM. This excursion is meant to be a relatively blank slate to allow for maximum flexibility for plots, narratives and more.

requirements: at least 2 characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars.

GC EXCURSION B:[break]
RESEARCH STATION

DEFEND OR DESTROY A RESEARCH STATION built by the League or Team Rocket. Research stations are pivotal checkpoints, like Ranger outposts, for those venturing into this new realm. Research, resources, and refuge can be found in each one. They can be constructed relatively quickly; however, they are under constant threat of being attacked by Paradox Pokemon or antagonistic factions.

requirements: at least 2 league AND/OR 2 rocket characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars.

GC EXCURSION C:[break]
MONSTER HUNTER

TRACK DOWN A ONE OF THE FOLLOWING POKEMON: a WALKING WAKE, GOUGING FIRE, or RAGING BOLT. Search for droppings, tracks, and other signs of their existence. These Pokemon are inherently hostile and must either be slain, captured, or rerouted when discovered.[break][break]

NOTE: you are able to redeem a WALKING WAKE, GOUGING FIRE, or RAGING BOLT if you complete 4 EXCURSIONS.[break][break]

requirements: at least 2 characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars.

GC EXCURSION D:[break]
CONFRONTATION

THE LEAGUE & TEAM ROCKET FIGHT FOR TERRITORIAL CONTROL. The chasm's steep slopes, cliffs and caves allow for complex war tactics. Skirmishes between Team Rocket squadrons and League Officers can erupt at anytime.

requirements: at least 2 league characters and 2 team rocket characters (total 4 characters). 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 100 pokedollars, 1x tera shard.[break]
repeat rewards: 75 pokedollars.

GC EXCURSION E:[break]
RESCUE

RESCUE CAPTURED TRAINERS from the opposite faction. One of these hostages may be NPCs, one of the participating characters or valuable Pokemon. Whether by force, trickery, or a deal, attempt to rescue those who have found themselves imprisoned behind enemy lines.[break][break]

For characters not involved too deeply in the faction conflict of Hoenn or those who wish to engage in this premise in an alternative way, feel free to rescue characters or Pokemon from a hostile threat (e.g. Paradox Pokemon) or from the natural dangers of this landscape.

requirements: at least 2 characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars

AREA ZERO EXCURSIONS

AZ EXCURSION A:[break]
EXPLORE

EXPLORE AND MAP OUT AREA ZERO. This excursion is meant to be a relatively blank slate to allow for maximum flexibility for plots, narratives and more.

requirements: at least 2 characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars.

AZ EXCURSION B:[break]
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

DEPLOY A DRILLING RIG WHICH WILL RUN A SURVEY. Defend against threats (Pokemon and/or the opposite faction) as the rig extracts information from the earth. If successful, analyses will extract spatial patterns for tera crystals, mega stone mineral strains, and contribute to the ever-expanding geological map.[break][break]

requirements: at least 2 league AND/OR 2 rocket characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars.

AZ EXCURSION C:[break]
CULL THE HORDE

[player]https://file.garden/ZXZrnWMYuz15frfJ/HOENN%20MUSIC/cryge.mp3[/player][break][break]
INTERDREAM MIST AND THE ACTIVATION OF TERA CRYSTALS summon an aggressive army of PARADOX POKEMON. Upon spawning, they rampage and stampede through AREA ZERO. It is likely that if these hostile Pokemon are allowed free reign that they would escape the caves, the chasm, and ultimately invade all of Hoenn, disrupting the ecosystems to an irreparable degree. Stop them before it's too late.[break][break]

requirements: at least 2 characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars.

AZ EXCURSION D:[break]
CONFRONTATION

THE LEAGUE & TEAM ROCKET FIGHT FOR TERRITORIAL CONTROL. The chasm's steep slopes, cliffs and caves allow for complex war tactics. Skirmishes between Team Rocket squadrons and League Officers can erupt at anytime.

requirements: at least 2 league characters and 2 team rocket characters (total 4 characters). 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 100 pokedollars, 1x tera shard.[break]
repeat rewards: 75 pokedollars.

AZ EXCURSION E:[break]
DARK

DISMANTLE A BASE OF OPERATIONS CREATED BY THE DRK TRIAD. Grunts from this shadow organization have set up outposts this deep into Area Zero. Though their motives are uncertain, it can be surmised that they too are curious about what this anomalous location will herald.[break][break]

If discovered, these masked, black-clad trainers will use their UNOWN against you. However, their UNOWN do not possess the ability to warp your Pokemon and your characters away to an alternate dimension.[break][break]

If you do not know who The DRK Triad are, please check the glossary.[break][break]

requirements: at least 2 characters. 5 posts each.[break]
rewards: 75 pokedollars

SPECIAL PROMPTS

SPECIAL PROMPTS

DEPENDING ON YOUR CHARACTER'S BACKGROUND, lucky rolls, or your personal preferences, you may unlock special prompts to use in your excursions.[break][break]

If a prompt can apply to at least one of the characters in your thread, the prompt can be used. If a prompt is used within the thread and has a PD BONUS, the bonus applies to everyone in the thread.[break][break]

The list of prompts can be found below:[break][break]

CHARACTER-BASED PROMPTS

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• A CHARACTER IS LEAGUE-AFFILIATED. - From Ever Grande City, Commissioner dahlia goode will direct TAPU BULU to your location to create a defensive bramble of vines and roots before leaving OR will use JIRACHI to summon a DOOM DESIRE to strike your enemies.
• A CHARACTER IS ROCKET-AFFILIATED. - From Sootopolis City, Boss declan walsh will offer cover/escape through the sudden manifestation of smokey shadows OR a passing airstrike from a squad of GENESECT.
• A CHARACTER IS AN AVATAR. - Grunts from The DRK Triad will attempt to assassinate you and your party with their specially-trained UNOWN. They can not be captured and will be either teleport away or terminate themselves before they can reveal information.
• A CHARACTER IS A GYM LEADER. - One of their gym badges can be pilfered from the battleground or a dead body as a grim reminder of Team Rocket-League war OR they can call upon their GYM TRAINERS as reinforcements.
• A CHARACTER IS A ROCKET BEAST/ADMIN. - They can call upon TEAM ROCKET GRUNTS as reinforcements.
• CHARACTER IS NEW (MADE IN JAN/FEB) - Retrieve a MEGA SHARD as a bonus reward (ONE TIME ONLY). Indicate this in Mod Reqs
• INCAPACITATE A CHARACTER. - Receive a bonus 25 PD (once per thread). Indicate this in Mod Reqs.

PAGE/ROLL-BASED PROMPTS

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ROLL-BASED PROMPTS do not need to be used and are merely suggestions to add further flavour, unpredictability, and drama to your excursions.

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• REACH PAGE 3. - Receive a bonus 25 PD. Indicate this in Mod Reqs.
• REACH PAGE 5. - Receive a bonus 100 PD (does not stack with page 3 bonus). Indicate this in Mod Reqs.
• TOTAL OF ROLLS MADE BY ALL WRITERS REACHES 377. - You experience an earthquake.
• TOTAL OF ROLLS MADE BY ALL WRITERS REACHES 666. - A rift to the DISTORTION WORLD opens briefly, like an opening eye. Peering into it fills your characters with dread. You can not enter this rift, but one may theorize the DISTORTION WORLD is attempting to map out this new area in order to create an antimaterial counterpart for the world.
• TOTAL OF ROLLS MADE BY ALL WRITERS REACHES 1000. - REGIROCK appears. It can not be caught or stopped. It appears to be searching for something or attracted to something. If attacked, the REGIROCK will retaliate violently before continuing its march.
• ROLL A 1. - Step in Paradox Pokemon droppings or Paradox Pokemon "juice" (the mysterious liquid in 'Future' Paradox Pokemon).
• ROLL A NUMBER WITH A 3. - Encounter sword-like slashes on various rocks, trees, and more.
• ROLL ANY NUMBER WITH A 4. - Feel a sudden debilitating pang of fear.
• ROLL A NUMBER WITH AN 8. - Run into an Ariados or Galvantula web. Alternatively, find a Spinarak or Joltik climbing on you.
• ROLL 2-10. - Hear the following cry echoing from somewhere deep below:[break]
  [player]https://file.garden/ZXZrnWMYuz15frfJ/HOENN%20MUSIC/MysteriousCry2.mp3[/player]
• ROLL A 50. - Experience the weather becoming HARSH SUNLIGHT or the ground turning into ELECTRIC TERRAIN.
• ROLL 89-98. - Hear the following cry echoing from somewhere deep below:[break]
  [player]https://file.garden/ZXZrnWMYuz15frfJ/HOENN%20MUSIC/MYSTERIOUSCRY1.mp3[/player]
• ROLL A 99. - Find a Gimmighoul coin or chest with or without the Pokemon. Receive a bonus 25 PD (once per thread). Indicate this in Mod Reqs.
• ROLL A 4, 14, 24, or 100. - Discover mysterious tracks or footprints.

DEADLINE & REWARDS

DEADLINE: MARCH 31ST, 11:59PM PST

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IF YOU COMPLETE 4 EXCURSIONS, your character can redeem one of the following PARADOX POKEMON. You can only redeem one per character from this event. Choose the movesets like a GACHAPON POKEMON (LEVEL UP MOVES ONLY, 6 MOVES TOTAL).[break][break]

Completing 4 excursions will also allow your character to redeem several items as well:

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[img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msikma/pokesprite/master/items/hold-item/metal-powder.png" title="1X POWDER OF FERRUM - A Pokemon who consumes this powder will learn the move, IRON HEAD." style="border:none;box-shadow:none;"][img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/msikma/pokesprite/master/items/tm/normal.png" title="3X TM/TR" style="border:none;box-shadow:none;"][img src="https://file.garden/ZXZrnWMYuz15frfJ/SPRITES/premium%20gacha%20sprite.png" title="1X PREMIUM GACHAPON TICKET" style="border:none;box-shadow:none;"]

SIGN-UP

TO SIGN UP, use the following template:[break][break]

[blockquote][h1]EXCURSION SIGN-UP[/h1]
[h2]ADVENTURE IS OUT THERE![/h2]
[b]WHICH EXCURSION?:[/b] e.g. 'AZ EXCURSION D'

[b]PARTICIPATING CHARACTERS:[/b] @tag[/blockquote]