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BOSS BATTLE EVENT

SCHEDULED END: JULY 31st, 11:59PM PST

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INTRODUCTION

In the heart of the desert, a monumental shift has occurred. Giant ancient pokemon, revered as THE LOST, have risen from the sands, their colossal forms casting shadows across the endless dunes. These sentinels, empowered by dynergy, now roam the desert, targeting anything they deem unnatural with relentless force.
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Sprouting from the desert's underground, tera crystals have begun to surface, their mysterious energies manifesting monsters that add to the chaos. While the desert's native wildlife remains unscathed, these ancient guardians are determined to bring order to their domain.

SUMMARY

In this member-driven event, four players band together to face off against a colossal boss in the desert. Using dice rolls and strategic moves, players chip away at the boss's health bar, gaining beneficial modifiers from specific attacks and completing various challenges during the battle.
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The boss rolls four times per turn, and players must roll higher to avoid damage. Even if players are hit, their attacks still reduce the boss's health. However, if the group sustains three hits, they lose the bounty, and the thread ends. Each player is limited to one pokemon per bounty due to the restless desert conditions preventing swaps. Victory is achieved when the boss's health bar hits zero.
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Although Hoenn events are typically statless, this boss event is stat-based. Success hinges on selecting the right movesets for your pokemon and carefully planning with your team. Strategic coordination and thoughtful planning are crucial, as poor preparation can lead to a quick loss. This event is not for the faint of heart. Be prepared to fail if you do not strategize effectively with your team.

DISCLAIMER: This event has a chance of failure. Players may need to attempt it multiple times in order to succeed.

INSTRUCTIONS

GUIDELINES

HOW TO PLAY

• I. FORM A TEAM: Find three other members and create a thread in The Desert with the (botl) tag.
• II. INTRODUCTION: Each participant will make one introductory post in this thread to determine the posting order.
• III. BOSS SPAWN: Once everyone has posted, mention TEAL in #member-events with a link to your thread and wait for the initial boss post.
• IV. COMMENCE BATTLE: After the initial boss post, each subsequent post by participants must include a move used by their pokemon and a roll with the appropriate modifiers.
• VI. COMBAT: Continue this sequence with each participant posting and the boss posts in-between. The battle continues until either the boss's HP reaches zero or the team fails to surpass the boss's rolls three times.
• VII. CLAIM REWARDS: If successful, claim your rewards through the shop.

RULES & REGULATIONS

• Every trainer is limited to one partner pokemon. This pokemon cannot be changed during the event. Once your character has used a certain pokemon for a (botl) thread, they're stuck with that pokemon for the duration of the event. Choose wisely.
• Your designated partner pokemon must have at least six moves.
• Only one character per member may participate.
• You may only use one move per post. Once a move has been used, you cannot use it again until you've used every other move in your partner pokemon's moveset.
• Remember that bounties follow their own rules. Certain battle mechanics may influence your writing and story-telling, but they will never directly affect the results of your dice rolls.
• Legendary and Mythical pokemon cannot be used as partner pokemon.
• Your chosen move and move effect should be decided and mentioned before you roll.
• You cannot change or remove modifiers once they've been added to your post. Please contact TEAL if there are any issues.
• Salac berries cannot be used in bounties.
• Moves that require charging, recharging or apply recoil will not apply those debuffs in this event.
• You cannot use dynamax or gigantamax in bounties.
• Bosses will always start with 1500 HP.
• You may only participate in one bounty thread at a time. If you've already claimed the rewards for successfully completing a bounty, you cannot claim them again.
• Anyone caught cheating will have their character disqualified and they will lose access to all rewards.
• You may loan your pokemon to other members of your team for the event. Please use a single thread to record these exchanges.
• You are required to track your character's pokemon and their movesets along with the other necessary information found in the tracker. Your trackers must be posted within this thread. You may use the template provided down below or another one of your making as long as it provides all the necessary information.
• Bounties cannot double up as missions.
• If confused about a certain mechanic, feel free to ask TEAL.
• Make sure to add a summary of your post at the end of your post. This needs to include the move you're using and the included modifiers.

CHALLENGES

Challenges are unique prompts offering clear objectives for characters to complete during their battles with the colossal bosses. These challenges add an extra layer of storytelling, as players must engage with tasks such as solving puzzles, aiming for exposed weak spots, or climbing the target's exterior. Inspired by boss mechanics from other video games, these challenges exist to push players to think creatively.

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Successfully completing a challenge grants players additional modifiers on their rolls, providing a crucial advantage in the fight. However, if players fail to complete the objective, the modifier will not count or apply. These challenges not only enhance the combat experience but also deepen the roleplay experience, so make sure you're having fun with them!

MOVES

STRIKE - Moves that deal damage receive a +10 modifier, including those with variable damage based on certain conditions, even if that variable damage can exceed 100.

CRUSH - Moves that deal damage and have 100 base power or higher and one-hit knockout moves receive a +20 modifier.

SNIPE - Moves with a high critical-hit ratio or perfect critical-hit chance can double their total roll if they roll a 90 or above after modifiers.

SHIELD - Protection moves, self-recovery moves, moves that raise the user's defense or special defense, HP-draining moves, taunt, mist, and substitute can prevent the team from taking damage for one round if they roll a 90 or above after modifiers.

RUSH - Moves with increased priority that deal damage allow the user to roll twice and select the higher result from the two rolls. This includes grassy glide when grassy terrain is in effect.

BOOST - Moves that raise or have a chance to raise the user's attack, special attack, or speed add a +20 modifier to the user's next attack in the following round.

SUPPORT - Moves that raise a target's attack, defense, special attack, special defense, speed, restore a target's HP, moves that heal a target's status condition, grassy terrain, helping hand, leech seed and dragon cheer can add a +20 modifier to any of the next three team members' attacks that come after this move, as long as it's used before the original user posts again. This benefit can only apply to one move, not the entire team's and you must make your target clear within your post.

AFFLICT - Moves that inflict or have a chance to inflict poison, burn, frostbite, apply entry hazards, perish song and leech seed apply a damage-over-time effect that removes 10 HP from the boss each round for the rest of the thread. This effect can only be used once per team for the entire thread.

HINDER - Moves that cause or have a chance to cause confusion, flinching, paralysis, sleep, freeze, infatuation, lower a target's stats, or torment reduce the boss's total roll by 10 for the next round. Multiple players can use these moves in the same round, but the reduction only applies to the following round.

SHIFT - Moves that change the weather or terrain provide a +10 modifier to moves of the same type for the next three rounds. This bonus applies to all team members, regardless of who initiated the change. If a new weather or terrain move is used, it will replace the current effect in the next round. Only one weather or terrain effect can be active at any time. This effect will not apply to moves used within the same round as the move that changed the weather or terrain.

GIMMICK - Mega Evolution, Terastallization, and Z-Moves can be used once per bounty, adding an extra +10 to an attack's modifier. Once used, no other gimmick can be activated by that user for the remainder of the thread. Every team member can use this effect once per thread.

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Terastallization unlocks Tera Blast as an additional move within your moveset. It is classified as a STRIKE move and changes types to match your current tera type. Tera Blast does not count toward recycling your moveset.

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Z-Moves will replace a move of the same type and add +10 on top of its current modifiers.

[attr="class","altbox"]If a move falls into multiple categories, only one of its effects applies. You can choose which effect to use, but make sure to specify it in your post. The effects from damage-dealing moves do not stack.

INCENTIVES

LEADERBOARD

RANKINGS

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[attr="class","leaderboardline"]1st. freya morningstar, lam logan, Gunner Graves, robin coello (19)

[attr="class","leaderboardline"]2nd. priam conrad, oscar clayton, Raziel Beckett, FERNANDO SILPH (20)

[attr="class","leaderboardline"]3rd. Eris Halla, howard slayte, Navy, Kouji Matsubara (21)

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[attr="class","altbox"]The leaderboard ranks teams based on the fewest total posts required to defeat the boss.

REWARDS

Players that have successfully completed a bounty will earn 50 PD, a new move, and may select one of the pokemon listed below. This pokemon is treated as a gacha pokemon when selecting moves and abilities.
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Players who fail to defeat the boss will receive generic thread completion rewards, but this reward can only be claimed once, regardless of the number of attempts.

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[attr="class","altbox"] This specific item can teach Ancient Power to any pokemon, even those that cannot normally learn the move Ancient Power.

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TRACKER

Record your information with the tracker below.

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[blockquote][h1]BOUNTY TRACKER[/h1]
[h2]GOOD LUCK, ADVENTURER![/h2][break]

[b]PARTNER POKEMON:[/b]
SPECIES OF PARTNER POKEMON

[b]POKEMON MOVES:[/b]
LIST ALL AVAILABLE MOVES FOR PARTNER POKEMON.

[b]TEAMMATES:[/b]
@tag, @tag, @tag

[b]ATTEMPTS:[/b]
HOW MANY

[b]COMPLETE?:[/b]
YES OR NO

[b]REWARDS OBTAINED:[/b]
50 PD, ANCIENT POWER, POKEMON NAME[/blockquote]

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