Drufle (GM)	Right so, what may or may not be session 17. Or session 16b. We'll find out later.
Moppy	augh that golurk needs an outline golett
Drufle (GM)	Yeah he's a bit fady compared ot the other pogs.
Horanoven A.	I knooooow
Drufle (GM)	Doesn't matter much because he's going to almost immediately evolve.
Horanoven A.	its only temporary
Drufle (GM)	And then we'll never see that pog again. So, about this ranch. Let me go get my notebook. So currently, we have a single apricorn orchard, a berry orchard, a plot of wilderness, a villa, a battlegrounds, some condos, and a pokemart.
Horanoven A.	sounds small lets made more stuff
Drufle (GM)	For a total of 27.5k pokeyen. As I mentioned earlier, and as Phoone also attested to, we now have over 70 different Pokemon among the group. This means that everything possible is unlocked, and the only restraints are money and buildings.
Moppy	cool
Drufle (GM)	Now, I believe Sol asked if we could hire a retainer who specializes in breeding Pokemon. So we can have some potential for eggs at the ranch.
Horanoven A.	that's a good idea clearly he wants Tantalus 28
Drufle (GM)	Basically, yeah. So let's see what we can do. We can open an unofficial gym for 3k, since we have the battlegrounds. And then immediately slap an official gym on top for another 3k.
Moppy	I think we should beat the other gyms before doing that except that's the end of the game
Horanoven A.	yeah, we're not qualified to be gym leaders yet
Drufle (GM)	We can open a museum for 5k, which gives a bit of upkeep and lets you raise fossils. :D :D :D
Horanoven A.	"raise" fossils?
Drufle (GM)	Well, revive them.
Horanoven A.	okay
Drufle (GM)	We can open a research facility for 5k, and have some researchers try to make new things.
Horanoven A.	do we decide what things they work on
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
Horanoven A.	or do they just do stuff okay
Drufle (GM)	This involves things like synthesizing mega stones, making new kinds of Pokeballs, or even cloning Pokemon.
Horanoven A.	oh jeeze okay
Drufle (GM)	Three researchers take about a few months to complete such a project, however.
Horanoven A.	oh
Drufle (GM)	So to complete any of these in a reasonable time frame you'd have to hire a bunch of dudes.
Horanoven A.	I don't think we'll be around that long
Drufle (GM)	Retainers are 1500 each, so you'd have to get a bunch.
Horanoven A.	let me see how much money I have 18,800
Drufle (GM)	If you buy two more wilderness plots, you can open a safari zone, which vastly increases the kinds of Pokemon you can get, as well as another source of income. That costs 6k itself.
Horanoven A.	hmmm Axel, being a scientist would probably want a research facility not sure what Jack would want
Moppy	museumuseumuseumuseum
Horanoven A.	we're gonna need retainers
Drufle (GM)	For 4k you can upgrade the Pokemart into a super store, at which point you can buy any city-type items from it.
Horanoven A.	it would give one more place to do that
Drufle (GM)	And then for 3k you can put a radio station on that superstore.
Horanoven A.	oooh galens doesn't have much radio yet, does it?
Drufle (GM)	There's a radio station up north, but it isn't fully operational yet. You can also spend 3k for the superstore to open your own company, which will allow other cities in the region to have items your research team makes.
Horanoven A.	which needs a lot of researchers to get things out fast enough before we finish the game
Drufle (GM)	For 5k, you can open a resort among the condos, which does nothing aside from give you lots of money.
Horanoven A.	I am a fan of lots of money
Moppy	same
Drufle (GM)	And of course then we have the Big Things. 6k to attract a village, and then an extra 1.5k to attract a town. And then the 6k to build a monument to a Legendary. And that's everything we can do! It's a lot of options.
Horanoven A.	until we get the master ball we should leave legendaries alone
Drufle (GM)	Also you guys don't have the legendary boon. So it wouldn't do much for you.
Moppy	I think we should get the museum, the research facility, the resort, and sol's breeders
Horanoven A.	I can pay for research facility
Moppy	dibs on the other buildings
Drufle (GM)	That's 15k, and then 1.5k per retainer we hire.
Horanoven A.	alright then the research facility is 5k itself, right?
Drufle (GM)	5k for each of those big buildings.
Horanoven A.	I'm down to 13,800 now to get researchers
Moppy	I have 26k oh did you spend something?
Horanoven A.	I grabed the research building
Moppy	ok I'll take 10k off for the other two
Drufle (GM)	You can spend the 10k, yeah. So I'd recommend you hire at least 3 researchers for the facility, but you only need the one breeder.
Horanoven A.	I can get up to 9 retainers with my remaining money
Drufle (GM)	Geez. Well, let me think.
Horanoven A.	probably won't get that many
Drufle (GM)	3 researchers can complete a task in, say, 2 months, so I think it's safe to say one person does it in 6 months. So the time for a task will be 6 months/#researchers.
Horanoven A.	oh dear
Drufle (GM)	Or perhaps something else... Let me find a better equation for this.
Horanoven A.	researchers would be additive in how much work they do do we only have the 3 researcher benchmark?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, that's the only thing the book lists.
Horanoven A.	uhg
Drufle (GM)	How about... Let's try this instead.
Horanoven A.	so per month they each to 66% of a month each
Drufle (GM)	The base time will be 8 months instead, and every researcher after the first will half the time needed. So 6 researchers could do it in a week.
Horanoven A.	well alright then 9k pokeyen for that many
Drufle (GM)	8 researchers could do it in under 2 days.
Horanoven A.	I think I need to save a little money
Drufle (GM)	Fair enough. So, 6 researchers?
Horanoven A.	I'll get 6 yeah down to 4,800 I think I'm down spending money I need to get more mopp, do you want anything else?
Moppy	how much was the breeder?
Horanoven A.	I think you need to hire that breeder 1.5 k retainer I think?
Drufle (GM)	1500, yeah.
Moppy	ok
Drufle (GM)	Do we have enough/want to get the village and Pokecenter?
Horanoven A.	I don't have enough but mopp probably does
Drufle (GM)	It's 6k for that.
Horanoven A.	yeah I can't afford that mysefl
Moppy	I don't want to get a village right now
Drufle (GM)	Gotcha.
Moppy	now let's fight something and recoup all our losses ' 3'
Horanoven A.	yes oh, did we get pokecenter though?
Drufle (GM)	So, because we're retconning this such that Jack and Cici drop off the money with Aidan during the nonsense route-building, almost all of this will already be built. No, the Pokecenter comes with the village.
Horanoven A.	oh okay
Moppy	shame
Horanoven A.	should we also work towards the safari zone?
Moppy	yes we should
Horanoven A.	which is two more wilderness plots?
Drufle (GM)	Oh, so another plot of wilderness? Yeah, three total for the safari zone.
Moppy	yes another plot please
Horanoven A.	we have...1 wilderness so far
Drufle (GM)	It's 3k for each.
Horanoven A.	what biome is our current one?
Drufle (GM)	The current one is forest/mountain/grassland, basically. Just natural terrain for the area.
Horanoven A.	clearly these other two need to be different
Moppy	let's get a fire terrain place
Drufle (GM)	We could add some water? Fire too, yeah.
Horanoven A.	water for marsh, fire for...fire
Drufle (GM)	Maybe an icy area a bit higher up the mountain, with a river?
Moppy	yeah!
Drufle (GM)	And then a molten region with a cave, perhaps.
Horanoven A.	that sounds cool
Moppy	how much electricity does it take to melt rock
Horanoven A.	the best safari zone uhhh
Moppy	or is it Imported Lava Substitute
Horanoven A.	just hire Heatran he's clearly got nothing to do
Drufle (GM)	That would cover ever biome aside from desert and ocean. every*
Moppy	oh which there is plenty so let's get those two!
Drufle (GM)	So that's 6k. For the two new plots.
Moppy	cha-ching
Horanoven A.	now we've got three woop woop
Drufle (GM)	And I assume none of you have enough cash for the actual safari zone at this point.
Moppy	I have 8500 left
Drufle (GM)	Oh, you actually do.
Horanoven A.	never assume mopp doesn't have enough
Drufle (GM)	It's a final 6k for the official safari zone, if you want it.
Moppy	...can we wait till someone else gets in
Horanoven A.	more money income
Drufle (GM)	:P Fair enough.
Horanoven A.	yeah, lets have phooen chip in
Drufle (GM)	So, as a recap. This ranch, which was once just Professor Hawthorne's home/lab. Now contains two orchards, one for berries and one for apricorns.
Horanoven A.	is Hawthorne back at the lab yet? does he know this is happening?
Drufle (GM)	Three plots of cultivated wilderness, each their own type. Hawthorne is still exploring, but he's been checking in with Aidan. You guys bought part-ownership so you have full say of what happens with this part of the lab. There is also a villa, where the retainers will be staying, as well as a full-blown resort that caters to tourists and visitors.
Horanoven A.	they just got like. 6 more researchers
Moppy	I wonder what his reaction will be when he gets home
Horanoven A.	he probably already owns a house
Drufle (GM)	A nice grassy battlegrounds is off to the side.
Moppy	does this resort have rides
Drufle (GM)	A Pokemart is by the resort as well.
Horanoven A.	oooh, a theme park?
Drufle (GM)	The buildings included in the construction of this resort are up to yourself and your game master
Moppy	this is what I assume resort means these days
Drufle (GM)	So, sure?
Horanoven A.	waterpark resort would be awsome
Moppy	Roller Coaster Cascoon
Horanoven A.	everyone loves a waterpark oooh, nice name
Drufle (GM)	We also have a newly built museum and research facility, which I think should be next to each other.
Moppy	yes
Drufle (GM)	If not like part of the same building.
Horanoven A.	they probably are the same building
Drufle (GM)	And finally, we have the 7 new employees of the ranch, 6 researchers and 1 breeder.
Horanoven A.	first research task: some way to avoid the Rock typing I want to see Galensi fossils
Drufle (GM)	The ranch is now worth 59000 pokeyen.
Horanoven A.	hooo boy
Drufle (GM)	This is a shitton more than you could possibly need for building requirements. The highest is, I believe, the monument to a Legendary, which needs only 35k spent on the ranch.
Horanoven A.	wow
Drufle (GM)	You have far surpassed that.
Moppy	hey big spender~~
Drufle (GM)	And, as I mentioned earlier, this is all now complete as we begin day 19.
Horanoven A.	sweet
Drufle (GM)	Since this was being constructed while you guys were working.
Horanoven A.	so the research project has started then
Drufle (GM)	I think I'll say that you can start it now.
Moppy	:D Axel calls up his research lab
Drufle (GM)	I'll give you one day free, because they would've had some preliminary work done. So this project will take 6 days to do.
Axel	"Hey guys, you know how revived fossils always ended up with rock types?"
Jack	"I do!"
Axel	"Well uh...how about we work on a way around that" "These creatures likely wern't part rock beforehand, and may have lost some secondary typing"
Head Researcher Lee	"An interesting proposition. We'll see what the museum operator has on hand, but we'll get right to work on it!"
Axel	"Oh uh, th-thank you" man, Axel has a crew he's not used to this
Drufle (GM)	Lee is a researcher from the Sinnoh region, and he's now head scientist on the ranch.
Axel	sweet
Drufle (GM)	So, how about we make some of that money back?
Axel	sounds good
Drufle (GM)	Now, we are technically out in the middle of nowhere, so I think I'll do a grasslands encounter?
Axel	man, 40 minutes into the session and we've already beefed up the ranch
Jack	yeah
Axel	lets go for it WILL!!
Jack	HELLO
Drufle (GM)	Let's go over here.
Axel	HOW YOU GET HERE?
Jack	can I switch my team around a bit
Drufle (GM)	Uhhhhh. We'll have to reach a city first. Unless we actually just want to fly back to the ranch?
Axel	I mean, I really want Tantalus out of the PC and I want Wolfram back
Jack	yeah let's go
Drufle (GM)	Oh, you don't have Wolfram.
Axel	also we can do ranch stuff when we get there I'll be riding with Jack
Drufle (GM)	How many people can Mega Rodan take? Can he take all four?
Jack	everybody Rodan is Strong
Axel	as many as he damn well pleases, he's a pterdactle
Jack	powerful
Drufle (GM)	Fair enough.
Jack	and my friend
Axel	do you argue with pterodactles?
Drufle (GM)	To a different map, then.
Axel	right, I assume this is the ranch?
Drufle (GM)	Yep.
Axel	right, we got a berry plot and an apricorn plot I would like to harvest those
Drufle (GM)	Oh, of course.
Axel	right so, that's just Aptitude?
Drufle (GM)	No, it's a normal roll. Let me go find it.
Axel	oh, okay
Drufle (GM)	Roll 2d6 twice for the apricorns.
Axel	rolling 2d6+2d6( 6 + 6 )+( 5 + 2 ) = 19
Drufle (GM)	Actually, wait.
Axel	hmmm
Drufle (GM)	Does anyone actually have a berry kit?
Axel	we need a berry kit?
Drufle (GM)	To harvest berries, yeah.
Axel	I was not aware that existed
Drufle (GM)	I think I'll say that you don't need one for the ranch, since it's an orchard.
Axel	I don't any berries, so I guess so but berries would be nice any those were my apricorn rolls high rolling
Drufle (GM)	You find a single black apricorn.
Axel	sweet
Drufle (GM)	Roll 3d6.
Axel	rolling 3d6( 3 + 1 + 6 ) = 10
Drufle (GM)	You find 4 pecha berries! Free poison cures.
Axel	:D
Drufle (GM)	Now, I did realize something, reading this book. You can't find treasure if you have encounters in the cultivated wilderness.
Axel	D:
Drufle (GM)	Since, you know, it's made as a Pokemon haven and it's not crawling with trainers.
Axel	well lets fly out elsewhere then now I have Wolfram
Drufle (GM)	I mean you could just walk out the front door and have a grassland or forest encounter.
Axel	true Mopp, you feeling like a grassland fight?
Drufle (GM)	If you want any specific biome, just say so.
Jack	grassland pls
Axel	I mean, I'd like a fight against something Tantalus is good against
Jack	I put rodan away!
Axel	grasslands away
Drufle (GM)	Alrighty then.
Axel	woah what, Rodan ain't with us?
Drufle (GM)	Let me roll up something for you guys then. (To GM) rolling 3d6 ( 5 + 3 + 1 ) = 9
Axel	you're gonna have to fly on Wolfram then if Tantalus doesn't make it through this fight
Drufle (GM)	(To GM) rolling 3d6 ( 3 + 3 + 6 ) = 12
Axel	roll them dice will we roll something sensible? or will we get like 4 pidgies or something
Jack	I thought we were just going outside
Axel	oh, you'll get Rodan back when we leave?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, you aren't flying anywhere.
Jack	yes
Drufle (GM)	You're literally just walking like 50 feet outside of the ranch and looking for wild Pokemon.
Axel	moreso looking for loot, the pokemon are just the intermediate step also evos
Jack	ok reddy
Drufle (GM)	What's this??????
Axel	oh snap FAIRIES
Drufle (GM)	Well, one fairy.
Axel	oh right skitty just looks like a fairy
Drufle (GM)	Skitty is somehow not a fairy type. Cleffa is pure fairy though! And also adorable.
Jack	some encounter
Axel	tiny star child I feel so bad now why drufle, why
Drufle (GM)	Hey, I told you, now that all of you guys have actual Pokemon, I'm going to just go with the dice.
Jack	can we just give them milk and cookies
Axel	bad feeling over, Tantalus!
Drufle (GM)	No, you must CRUSH them.
Axel	"Alright, uhh...where is your ball..."
Jack	"eenie, meenie..." Tantalus leaps out of his own ball, striking a pose
Jack	"Ah, this one"
Axel	"Wait...you didn't look like that before..."
Drufle (GM)	Shhhhh Jack sends out Maastrich
Axel	"Jack...look at the Golett" "Did he look like that before?"
Jack	"What? looks normal to me."
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, totally. Always looked like that.
Jack	"Helmet's there, gun arm"
Axel	"I could've sworn...bah, alright"
Jack	"typical Galensian Golett!"
Drufle (GM)	Well, I have 6 speed, so have at thee! Tantalus spins around and salutes
Drufle (GM)	You two should roll though. To see which of you goes first.
Tantalus	rolling 2d6( 2 + 3 ) = 5 Maastrich preens themselves Tantalus rolls some dice with Masstrich
Maastrich	rolling 2d6( 4 + 2 ) = 6
Drufle (GM)	Skitty, Cleffa, Maastrich, and Tantalus! Wow, uh, Skitty is in a bad place right now.
Tantalus	-Well darn, I guess I go last then- just try and hit me, kitty JUST TRY IT
Drufle (GM)	A Rock type and a Ghost type, cool. Tantalus taunts the skitty
Maastrich	does sandstorm do anything in this situation
Tantalus	it doesn't hurt me deals 1 damage to both of the enemies
Drufle (GM)	It'd mess up the other two, yes. I don't think any of you guys have sand abilities.
Maastrich	that all, though?
Tantalus	gaurenteed
Drufle (GM)	Yeah.
Maastrich	darn
Drufle (GM)	One free damage to both of them, but only that.
Tantalus	you don't have to roll for damage though, no miss chance Drufle (GM): Skitty used Giga Impact! Target Maastrich Roll 1 5 3 + 5 AC 15 Damage 1
Maastrich	ok
Tantalus	oh jeeze Drufle (GM): Skitty used Giga Impact! Target Maastrich Roll 3 1 3 + 5 AC 15 Damage 1
Tantalus	skitty why
Drufle (GM)	A miss, and a miss. She tried very hard. Maastrich calmly hops out of the way
Maastrich	druf remind me again what the readout means
Jack	roll 3 dice plus... what?
Drufle (GM)	That's your ATK or SPA.
Tantalus	that's physical attack at the end of Giga Impact
Jack	oh so that's skitty's
Drufle (GM)	Yes.
Jack	AC is calculated by what?
Drufle (GM)	9+DEF/SPD
Tantalus	Cleffa is in a bad spot too, really
Jack	ohh okay then!
Drufle (GM)	Well, Maastrich at least doesn't resist Fairy moves. Or, I could do this!
Tantalus	Sing? I'm betting sing
Drufle (GM)	I'm going to use Charm on Tantalus.
Tantalus	oh?
Drufle (GM)	Now, this move states that it auto-hits, and I want to ask you guys if that's ok.
Tantalus	how's that work in this game
Drufle (GM)	It gives you a disadvantage on physical attacks.
Tantalus	eh...
Drufle (GM)	Is that too powerful to be an auto-hit?
Jack	it's fine
Tantalus	I mean, before I would've said okay
Jack	if Mas gets in trouble I'll switch
Tantalus	but recently I actually looked up hit chances with dis/adv
Drufle (GM)	:P
Tantalus	and like...that counts for a lot its a huge jump
Drufle (GM)	You'll be fine, you're only neutral now if you're using STAB. Which I assume you are.
Tantalus	well okay
Drufle (GM)	Maastrich!
Tantalus	-I wasn't going to use a physical attack anyways- MUAHAHAHA Tantalus charges up his arm cannon in preperation
Drufle (GM)	I already nerfed it, by the way. Normally it's supposed to give you a disadv on all attack rolls.
Tantalus	man
Drufle (GM)	But we're splitting those kinds of moves because they're dumb.
Jack	"Lube yourself up, boy! Rock Polish!"
Tantalus	-that- would've been too powerful
Drufle (GM)	MEGA SPEED Maastrich gets out the vaseline
Drufle (GM)	Alright Tantalus, you're up.
Tantalus	oh snap, he's going fast Tantalus aims at Cleffa
Tantalus	fire the lemons
Jack	that's +5 speed to moi
Drufle (GM)	Holy hell, 5? That's nuts. Tantalus: Tantalus used Flash Cannon! Target Cleffa Roll 5 3 6 + 6 AC 13 Damage 3 PEW PEW
Drufle (GM)	That'd get you past most speed focus guys.
Jack	it's restricted in that only pure rocks can use it
Drufle (GM)	Ah. Well, a hit! And out goes Cleffa. Tantalus launches a barrage of shiny pellets at the cleffa Tantalus does a pose to celebrate
Drufle (GM)	Skitty looks very concerned.
Jack	or mons with HP and DEF as highstats
Drufle (GM)	Back to the top! But wait! I can't do anything.
Tantalus	hes GOING TOO FAST
Drufle (GM)	Maastrich? You're up.
Jack	nevermind I was readinf the wrong bit "Any Pok�mon that is only Rock-Type, or any Pok�mon with SDEF as its High Stat that is also a Rock-, Ground-, or Steel-Type."
Drufle (GM)	Ah, gotcha. Well you're mega fast, so you're up.
Jack	ok so
Drufle (GM)	Also Skitty can't do anything because of Giga Impact.
Tantalus	if you miss I have a plan
Drufle (GM)	Does that plan include "shoot Skitty with large lasers"?
Tantalus	I'm not that simple Maastrich: Maastrich used Ancient Power! Target Skitty Roll 4 1 1 + 6 AC 13 Damage 2 wah
Drufle (GM)	Oh dear.
Tantalus	right, my turn then
Drufle (GM)	Ooh, so close to exp! Tantalus brings his arms together
Jack	shoot those lemons! Tantalus then scrapes his arms together, making a horrid screeching sound! Metal Sound!
Drufle (GM)	Oh no not more of these.
Tantalus	I think we split this too yo special D is down
Drufle (GM)	Yeah. Ok, Maastrich again! Because you are so fast.
Tantalus	Skitty is in one-shot range
Drufle (GM)	Is she now????
Tantalus	oh, leader eh, whatevs
Drufle (GM)	Also, 6 hp. Also, HP focus. >:D Jack: Maastrich used Ancient Power! Target Skitty Roll 1 2 3 + 6 AC 13 Damage 2
Tantalus	all the more reason to debuff
Jack	:(
Drufle (GM)	Exp!
Tantalus	not that its...much of a threat
Drufle (GM)	Wait, no. Not quite. That's a 5. Skitty!
Jack	is it? oh yeah
Drufle (GM)	2+3, yeah.
Tantalus	skitties turn
Drufle (GM)	Whelp, Fairy gives me nothing, so more normal moves!
Tantalus	yay Drufle (GM): Skitty used Giga Impact! Target Maastrich Roll 5 1 5 + 5 AC 15 Damage 1
Tantalus	ow Drufle (GM): Skitty used Giga Impact! Target Maastrich Roll 6 2 2 + 5 AC 15 Damage 1
Tantalus	less ow
Drufle (GM)	Hit! Miss! 1 whole damage to Maastrich. Tantalus, you're up. Tantalus begins charging his cannon Maastrich feels a bump Tantalus: Tantalus used Flash Cannon! Target Skitty Roll 3 4 1 + 6 AC 13 Damage 3
Drufle (GM)	A hit!
Tantalus	oh my god that actually hit your special d is shit
Drufle (GM)	Just barely. Tantalus leaps into the air and fires down lemons
Drufle (GM)	My stats are 6/5/5/4/4/6, friend.
Tantalus	we're used to the bulk
Drufle (GM)	Skitty is fast and bulky, and very physical.
Tantalus	relentless bulk
Drufle (GM)	Nothing in the way of special. Maastrich! You're up.
Jack	oh whatever SANDSTORRRRMMM Axel begins coughing on the sand
Axel	"Agpsdffft"
Drufle (GM)	A wild blast of sand whips up from somewhere, and the skitty is grazed by the harsh grains!
Jack	"learn to bring a mask!"
Axel	"I didn't know you had sandstorm!"
Drufle (GM)	Flensing the hell out of this poor cat. Tantalus!
Tantalus	right
Jack	"been workin on it!" Tantalus: Tantalus used Flash Cannon! Target Skitty Roll 4 5 3 + 6 AC 13 Damage 3
Drufle (GM)	Man, remember when you guys got like a million exp last time. A hit! Tantalus walks up and aims right down at the skitty
Jack	yes
Drufle (GM)	Skitty is badly hurt, but still up! Come at me, scrub!
Tantalus	-Is that a challange?-
Drufle (GM)	Maastrich, your turn.
Tantalus	-Challange accepted-
Jack	"just keep trying with special attacks, boy! we'll be sure to hit one day!"
Tantalus	"Beep beeeoop" Maastrich: Maastrich used Ancient Power! Target Skitty Roll 2 4 3 + 6 AC 13 Damage 2
Tantalus	does sandstorm give no other buffs?
Drufle (GM)	A hit! Let me look, but I don't think so.
Jack	"there we go!"
Tantalus	I know it does mroe in the actual games
Drufle (GM)	Ok whoops I was wrong. Maastrich leaps for joy
Drufle (GM)	Ground and Rock types get a free advantage on all attack rolls. Tantalus raises his hand for a high five
Drufle (GM)	So that Charm was negated by the sandstorm, not that it ever mattered. Maastrich is sad again, for his arms are too small
Tantalus	I'm not ground though
Drufle (GM)	Oh, right. Forgot about that. Tantalus lowers his hands for a low five Maastrich gets it on the down-low
Tantalus	woo I'm guess we got two evos now
Drufle (GM)	So it's a 26 for Skitty and a 22 for Cleffa, if you guys want them.
Tantalus	hmmm
Maastrich	did we beat them both?
Drufle (GM)	Yeah!
Maastrich	oh! I didn't notice
Drufle (GM)	Cleffa got knocked the hell out long ago.
Tantalus	If I had to pick, I'd take Cleffa
Drufle (GM)	And you just took out Skitty.
Jack	I have no use for this thing cool Tantalus grabs a pokeball
Tantalus	"Beep!"
Drufle (GM)	They're both insta-catches with mere Pokeballs. So why not? Add to the Pokedex.
Jack	oh ok Tantalus spins in on his finger before chucking it at the Cleffa
Jack	YOU GOT: C-MAGIC
Tantalus	I actually have a fairy boon, so... and basic boon as well so I could get both these guys moves Jack lobs a ball at the cat Tantalus raises the Cleffa's ball like he's in the LoZ
Drufle (GM)	A Skitty for Jack, and a Cleffa for Axel!
Tantalus	"Beepbeepbeep boooop"
Jack	"Good job, Mas!" Jack pets the dinosaur on his shiny noggin
Axel	"Uhhh, greate work Tantalus but..." "Did you need to take that pokeball" Tantalus nods
Jack	guided by voice s
Axel	"...I uh...guess I can't argue with that"
Drufle (GM)	Man, I just saw Brunt's stats. 6/6/6/6/6/5. Terrifying.
Axel	pffftahahaha
Jack	ehheheheheh
Axel	amazing
Drufle (GM)	So both of you take your 2 exp and I'll do the evolving.
Jack	hooray!
Axel	already back at 8 exp
Drufle (GM)	Uh oh. We'll, uh, have to fix this later, but here you go!
Axel	oh dear
Jack	what happened
Axel	"Oh...wow...you got big"
Jack	what did I do
Drufle (GM)	Kinda forgot to make the background transparent. :P
Axel	is this a png or a jpeg?
Jack	how
Axel	jpegs can't transparent
Jack	png
Axel	hmmmm
Drufle (GM)	No, it's a jpg. Or at least it is for me. Either way, give me an Attention check, please. And then the customary Aptitude check. Jack: Attention
Check: 14 Aptitude
Check: 13
Axel	not bad
Drufle (GM)	Alright, 2d6 from you and 1d6 from Axel.
Axel	rolling 1d6( 1 ) = 1 hmm
Jack	rolling 2d6( 6 + 1 ) = 7
Drufle (GM)	er I think I just swapped the picture for the same one.
Jack	I don't know what's wrong!
Drufle (GM)	Nope, background is still white.
Jack	it can't be! put koffing on there
Axel	ty now try
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, still white.
Axel	wut is going on
Jack	...why
Drufle (GM)	Let me try something else.
Axel	I put my image of golurk up I downloaded it when mopp first showed me maybe mine works
Jack	worth a shot
Drufle (GM)	Fixed it.
Fun fact	don't download directly from telegram. It downloaded them as jpgs and they weren't transparent.
Jack	yeah I just found out for myself
Drufle (GM)	I went to the dropbox link and downloaded them and they were pngs like they're supposed to be.
Jack	:)
Axel	well then I got mine from the dropbox then I think since my version is a png now there we go
Jack	huzzah!
Drufle (GM)	Tada!
Axel	man that's so cool Tantalus poses with one arm curled and the other pointed up
Tantalus	"Veeeroooom"
Jack	"he's beautiful..." "and real shiny too what the heck" Jack is blinded by the glinting
Drufle (GM)	10 potions, 12 Pokeballs, 4 revives, 2 ethers, and 5k pokeyen. (To GM) rolling 1d6 ( 3 ) = 3
Tantalus	oh okay even split
Drufle (GM)	You rolled two 1s, you don't get much cash.
Jack	wah
Drufle (GM)	You did, however, roll a 6. Which means we have to go do something now.
Jack	ohh for both of us?
Drufle (GM)	I mean, I assume you both want it. Do either of you not want a free mega stone?
Jack	heck yeah do I want to design Tantalus #28 FX and Maas is good since he now matches Ordo!
Tantalus	yes, golurk needs one
Drufle (GM)	Off they go!
Tantalus	and in one level I'll have enough PP for it
Jack	one runs and the other ZOOMS into the sky
Drufle (GM)	Maastrich and Tantalus suddenly perk up and run/blast off. Tantalus suddenly points off in some direction
Jack	"This again?! at least let me ride along this time!!"
Drufle (GM)	Never!
Axel	"Oh for...wait for us!"
Jack	"Maastriiiich!!"
Drufle (GM)	Maastrich bolts off into a nearby forest, and Tantalus heads towards a nearby cave. Wolfram pops out of his ball and picks Axel up Jack 's yell dopplers into the distance
Wolfram	"SCRAAAAAW" we have lift off Wolfram grabs Jack on the way
Jack	"AAAGH!!"
Drufle (GM)	I mean, they're headed in two completely different directions. I wouldn't recommend that.
Wolfram	"muffled caw"
Jack	oh ok Wolfram drops Jack at eighty feet
Drufle (GM)	One's going towards the mountain and one's going to the forests. Wolfram drops off Jack closer to Maas then turns off after Tantalus
Drufle (GM)	For a while, Jack does his best to scramble after the now Big Maastrich, who is rampaging his way through the poor forest.
Jack	"I'm glad that he's helped me, but did he have to ruin my backpack? sigh..."
Drufle (GM)	:P
Wolfram	hes a strong birb
Drufle (GM)	After a time, leaping over logs and ducking under branches, Jack finds Maastrich in a small depressed area, the grass worn away and a variety of stones lurching out of the earth. A large gray stone in the center hums with a bluish glow, and the marble he expected lies within.
Jack	"one of these days one of these is gonna be trapped, I'm sure of it" "oh well, here goes!" Jack grabs the stone
Drufle (GM)	If this was SotDL, I'd certainly consider it. The rock's energy fades as Jack removes the stone, and Maastrich nods at Jack, and then towards his back.
Jack	"oh thanks boy! a ride back would be wonderful!"
Drufle (GM)	Axel and Wolfram race ahead, keeping up well with the now very fast Tantalus, who is zipping and zooming between rocks in the cave.
Axel	"Wolfram he's not even going that fast! Stop going serpentine please!!" birds having too much damn fun
Jack	Star Wolfram
Axel	Can't let you do that, Star Fennekin
Drufle (GM)	After a horribly harrowing journey, Axel finally finds Tantalus hovering in a concerningly well-shaped room, the walls smooth and metallic with a pit in the center.
Axel	"Okay...let me down please...uhagggg" Axel slips off
Drufle (GM)	At the bottom of the pit lays a glowing purple and blue stone, with a shining gem in the center.
Axel	"Right...got it...give me a lift please. NO NOT YOU WOLFRAM!!" Tantalus picks up Axel so he can reach the mega stone
Drufle (GM)	You have a Pokeball, just put him away!
Tantalus	Wolfram tried to pick me up again
Jack	wolfram is horribly offended by your lack of gratefulness
Wolfram	"Cawhahahaw"
Drufle (GM)	Tantalus slowly drops Axel off at the bottom of the pit.
Wolfram	smug ass bird
Drufle (GM)	The stone around you is dark and foreboding, the only light around coming from the glowing stone.
Axel	"Its kinda creepy in here" Axel grabs hold of the stone
Axel	I'm guessing I can't see anymore because of this
Drufle (GM)	The stone around stops glowing, the energy suffused into the mega stone. The stone you hold is now the only source of light. Time to get out of there!
Axel	"Right...can anyone see the way out?" Tantalus picks up Axel and zooms out with his boosters Wolfram hops on for the ride
Axel	a tag team of super heros *heroes
Drufle (GM)	I'm amazed that in all this time, Wolfram still doesn't have a mega stone.
Axel	he doesn't need it he's already too powerful
Jack	what would he even evolve into
Axel	Two Wolframs
Drufle (GM)	Oh please no.
Axel	the only way to make him stronger
Drufle (GM)	Eventually, the two of you make your way back to the grasses outside of the ranch.
Jack	that double-headed eagle coat-of-arms
Drufle (GM)	Unfortunately, Axel can't actually use his yet.
Axel	I need 2 more EXP one more fight?
Jack	"Augh, this was a bad idea..."
Axel	I mean, we're here Jack has saddlesore from hell
Axel	"You alright Jack, you're walking kinda...wide" Tantalus drops Axel onto the ground
Jack	"I'll be fine in a bit! just need to get an ice pack..."
Tantalus	you have Brunt have him use ice breath
Drufle (GM)	I don't think we should bother with more battles, probably.
Tantalus	I really want 2 more exp from anything, really
Drufle (GM)	What I should do, though, is figure out how much money you guys should earn from all this stuff. You can wait!
Tantalus	waiting is half the battle
Drufle (GM)	Let's see, uh. I think you get money from the resort, the Pokemart, and the museum.
Axel	right, we have a condos now err, resort yeah, lots of money stuff we might be able to build more things
Drufle (GM)	You're supposed to be able to collect from these buildings once a week.
Jack	did anyone write down the items we gt
Axel	uhhh did you not mark it down?
Drufle (GM)	The Pokemart should have some cash ready, since it's existed for a while.
Axel	I can figure it out
Drufle (GM)	As well as the condos.
Jack	I was gonna but the stuff happened! now it's gone and I'd have to open The Chat Log
Drufle (GM)	The resort and museum we'll have to wait to get money from. I can just give you guys the list of items again. I remember what you rolled.
Jack	please
Axel	10 potions, 12 pokeballs, 4 revives, 2 ethers... 5k poke
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, that's it.
Axel	literally all from memory
Jack	oh just that? ok
Axel	hooof I took half already so you get the other half I actually have a need for ethers now
Drufle (GM)	Let's make some entirely arbitrary decisions and say that you get 1k/week from the Pokemart, and 3k/week from the Condos.
Axel	okay does it not say?
Drufle (GM)	No.
Axel	well then
Drufle (GM)	It's entirely up to my discretion.
Axel	sounds good to me then
Drufle (GM)	So one of you guys can add an extra 4k to your wallet. Or just split 2k each.
Jack	split
Axel	split it I spend 1.5 k of it immediately to get another researcher
Drufle (GM)	The museum, we'll say gives another 3k/week, and the resort should be something big since that's literally it's only purpose. Maybe like 8k/week? That sounds pretty good to me.
Jack	ok
Drufle (GM)	10k seems like a bit much, but 5k is too little.
Axel	sure
Drufle (GM)	So I'll compromise.
Axel	mark down my new researcher what does that get projects down to?
Drufle (GM)	Uh, lemme look.
Axel	about...3,5 days?
Drufle (GM)	About, yeah. And I gave you one day for free, so it's down to 2.5.
Axel	sweet we'll get non-rock type fossils soon have the other building made money yet? or do they need a week
Drufle (GM)	No, they were just finished recently, so I'll say you have to wait.
Axel	okay
Drufle (GM)	I only gave you the money from the Pokemart/condos because those have existed for a while now.
Axel	do we want to build anything else while we're here?
Drufle (GM)	I don't think you got enough cash to do anything major.
Jack	I'm good
Axel	I have 7,800
Drufle (GM)	I mean, if you want to, you can. But it's gotta be a group decision.
Axel	I think I'll wait for now
Drufle (GM)	Righto. Did you guys want the breeder to do anything in the meantime? Any Pokemon you want more of?
Axel	Sol wanted that Golett
Drufle (GM)	Yeah, but you need a Ditto for that.
Axel	hmmm right, we have no dittos oh wait, eevee Sol doesn't have an eevee
Drufle (GM)	He doesn't, no. Phoone still has that spare one that we never sent to Will, if you want to give him that one.
Axel	let me think Eevee is Field Group, right?
Drufle (GM)	I mean, we should probably ask them first.
Jack	yes
Drufle (GM)	Yyyyyes.
Axel	do we have a girl Eeveelution
Jack	Amery is female
Axel	that's helpful
Jack	and is already a mother of the original set
Drufle (GM)	Gender is very ambiguous in this game since it's not required.
Jack	what's one more, eh?
Drufle (GM)	Let me go look up field types. See if we have any.
Axel	we decide as we please, really
Drufle (GM)	Sol has a Vulpix, but I think that's female. The Growlithe is probably male.
Axel	I have Moly
Drufle (GM)	Hatcha is also Field group.
Axel	but female...
Drufle (GM)	Luxio is Field. So is Pignite.
Axel	oh, I have Galliant he's male
Drufle (GM)	Honestly I think almost all of Saul's Pokemon are Field group.
Axel	and a field grouper Walter would also work he's not doing anything right now
Drufle (GM)	Sure!
Axel	Jack, do you want to do this? Amery has some nice options
Drufle (GM)	Honestly though, I think every single one of Saul's Pokemon are field aside from Lucario.
Jack	what are we actually doing
Axel	getting Saul a baby eevee
Jack	yeah that's good Amery with who
Axel	what if we get a variant eevee depending on the father since we don't have egg moves
Jack	not more work please
Drufle (GM)	Well, see.
Axel	unless we want egg moves
Drufle (GM)	The interesting thing about breeding in this game.
Jack	?
Drufle (GM)	Is that the baby takes the high stat of the father, regardless of whether they can normally have it.
Axel	ohhhhh
Drufle (GM)	Using that you can most likely give just about any Pokemon any high stat, if you wanted to do so. It'd just be the matter of finding the right one.
Axel	both Galliant and Walter are speed, I think I'm tempted to say "give the eevee an egg move" but...
Drufle (GM)	If this is the case, maybe we should just wait to retcon this later, when we can ask Sol what high stat he would want.
Axel	highstat seems to have been the answer to that
Jack	yes
Axel	right, choose later Amery has a husband, but we don't know who he is yet
Drufle (GM)	Well, if that's done with, then I think we'll just end it here for now. We got plenty of work done in two hours.
Axel	a lot happened still need a battle
Jack	alrighty then :)
Axel	want so bad
Drufle (GM)	You guys have almost a literal town, aside from the mechanical town.
Jack	maybe if phoone pops in
Axel	it sounds like phoone isn't having a good time
Drufle (GM)	I mean, a resort, a museum, a research facility, some condos, multiple orchards and wilderness plots. That's more than most actual towns in the Pokemon games.
Axel	we're just not a full town yet town in all but name
Drufle (GM)	You just don't have a Pokecenter and actual residences. Alright, that'll be all for now, then.
Axel	alright
Drufle (GM)	Good work, everyone!
Axel	:D
Jack	:)
Drufle (GM)	This ranch is worth a shitton of money now.
Axel	oh, Cleffa is statted out now
Drufle (GM)	Everyone is looking at this place going "how did that happen in less than 20 days. "
Axel	two moves, Double Slap and Draining Kiss
Drufle (GM)	Not bad, not bad.
Axel	named Nephele
Drufle (GM)	Neato. Alright, I'm out.
Axel	see ya droof
Drufle (GM)	Have fun statting guys if you want.
Jack	mhm~
Axel	jack has the skitty, right?
Jack	yes
Axel	man...will it get any moves?
Drufle (GM)	I should probably turn off the music first. Now I'm leaving.
Jack	we#ll see!
Axel	stay tuned to find out