Rune_Alchemist

Grim Odyssey (Grimgar x Etrian Odyssey)

Okay, I get that.

But why the dice? If the character is obviously unskilled in using a certain skill, then the writer should take that into account in his post and determine whether or not he is skilled enough to use it in it's fullest potential. Likewise, the other party should take that into his characters reaction. Obviously if a novice swordsman is going up against someone better than him, he's likely gonna lose unless the more skilled swordsman slips up in some way.

But we don't need dice to tell us that, do we?

The way I see it, RNG just replaces a sadist, making it so we can randomly succeed.

@Pacha

I see it as the exact opposite, to be honest. RNG makes it so that you just randomly fail things you would otherwise succeed at. Which is bullshit, if your character is supposed to be good at something. There's always a reason for failure, and some mysterious force known as 'luck' shouldn't determine that.

...I should stop now, this isn't getting anyone anywhere. Eh, off to bed with me.

Grim Odyssey (Grimgar x Etrian Odyssey)

Monster species aren't any different from any other opponent. It can have all the chitin plating and what things it wants, but if my character is an assassin with probably fairly good eyesight and awareness, then that isn't exactly going to be a problem. Just stab a weak point in the armor...or, or don't even try it, and just slip past.

I'll just have to disagree, to be honest. Maybe it's just because I don't really believe in things like Luck, and prefer things to be based purely on skill more or less. Some level of luck is needed for a good story, but it should be little things.

If you want to throw a wrench into someone plans, then there are tons of better ways to do it than some silly concept known as 'luck'. I'll wait for Ash's reply and more detail about it...but eh, I'm not getting my hopes up.

Grim Odyssey (Grimgar x Etrian Odyssey)

I never said anything about Predetermined stuff.

I hate predetermined stuff. I simply like that if my character is good at something, and should be able to do something realistically, I don't want a dice roll telling me I've suddenly failed in the worst way possible.

I simply like letting things play out as naturally as possible, using dice rolls is the exact opposite of that. It makes things to random and luck-reliant, and I dislike that very much. If my character is good enough to sneak easily by a group of soldiers, it just doesn't make sense for one of them to suddenly see my character because a dice roll said I suddenly fail.

Or if I set up a blow that someone shouldn't realistically be able to dodge - like say shooting them in the face at point blank range...how would someone realistically dodge that, even if a dice said they do? Does the gun suddenly not work, despite it being kept in probably excellent condition?

But eh, I'm rambling. I'll leave it at that, and if you guys are using dice then I'm just gonna be out probably.

Sorry Ash, I do like everything here, it's awesome and right up my alley, but I just can't handle the dice.

Grim Odyssey (Grimgar x Etrian Odyssey)

Hmm...I might just need to know how involved Dice Rolls are...the more and more I think about it, the less and less I like them.

Are they gonna determine if we hit something or another? Because if I'm behind something and it doesn't know I'm there and I attempt to cut it's head off, I better damn well cut its head off, I don't care what a Dice Roll says, and that's just one of my gripes with dice stuff.

Honestly, dice rolls take so much realism and fun out of things to me, but eh.

Grim Odyssey (Grimgar x Etrian Odyssey)

Personally, I hesitate to use any sort of dice systems in an RP.

That said.

I wouldn't mind using it if everyone else wanted it, as long as it doesn't completely roll...bullshit rolls or something.

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

Alright, cool~

I'll get a post up after some dinner.

EDIT: I'ma have to hold off on posting until tomorrow sometime. Something came up on my end.

Grim Odyssey (Grimgar x Etrian Odyssey)

Oh hey Ash, thanks for the invite!~

this is...well...I like the entire thing. Count me in.

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

OKie dokie.

I'll do something after I see what Tex does with Tesh, unless he starts first.

then I'll just have Sneasel swoop in and steal the pokemon KO from him~ xP

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

@Lasrever@Tex

Shall I have Lynn start the battle, or do you two wanna have Abigail or Tesh do something first?

Pokémon: One (~Looking for one player and a Co-GM!~)

~Lynn Haywood~

"Wow, sounds like you nerds can't even do your jobs right." She laughed somewhat harshly as Quill returned the smile Abigail gave her. The Sneasel definitely seemed a bit better...adjusted towards people than its trainer did at least. "As long as I get paid when I find 'em, don't care too much I guess." Lynn sounded as though she thought she was already going to be successful in finding them, and apparently either thought it was going to be easy or she was just going to be that good at it. "Come on, Quill we've got some money to get our hands on." At this, Quill simply shrugged, and walked over back to Lynn as Bruce asked if they had any more questions, but she had already got what she wanted, and had already stopped listening.

She was too busy glaring at the snot slinging assistant and making sure she was as far away from him as possible.

Quill eagerly followed after Lynn as she left, probably a bit excited to see the outside of the lab and get on the road even if she didn't seem entirely overly emotional about it like Abigail seemed. It seemed the two of them were the last of their little group to leave the lab. Not that it mattered much, but she was slightly irked that Braids had held her up a bit with that idiotic usage of a pokeball.

Just irked enough to want to beat some sense into some upstart little punks.

“Heh, so what do you say? How about a team battle, us three vs. you three?”

And thankfully, there were some offering themselves on a silver platter, ripe for a good beating. Well, she was never one to back down from a challenge, plus this would be a good chance to show everyone here just how good she was. Well, she wasn't exactly keen on having a team battle with chucklefuck 1 & 2, but...well, she supposed she could tolerate them long enough for the moment. Besides, they would definitely be a good distraction, especially braids from the look of it.

"What's that? You little punks think you can actually beat me?" She wore a confident, but calm smirk as she spoke. Quill was giving them much the same look as it folded it's arms across her chest area. "Well," She shrugged dismissively, taking a quick look to the other two. "I'm not really one to team up with a complete ditz and an untalkative kid with probably enough angst to be edgier than a honedge...but if you brats wanna get beaten so badly, I can make an exception."

Well, despite her bravado and talking, she really didn't have much of an idea of what all Quill was capable of in regards to moves and stuff. She had never handled a pokemon before at all...eh, whatevs. She'd deal with that as it happened.

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Location: Red Orchard
~Current Team~


Quill the Sneasel
Status: Perfectly fine!
Level: 5

Notable Inventory:
Potion x1
500 P (Pokédollars)
Ficus Pokeball x1
Ficus Pokedex