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[Weirdsound]

Hello b12!

Me and my rarely seen buddy Kujiun have finaly got a maptools server up and running. Now we could run Pathfinder seeing as we have the books, but it seems like there are already quite a few 3.5ish games around.

Instead we would like to take you back to your childhoods with this: http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Pokemon_Tabletop_Adventures

Thats right! A homebrew tabletop game staring every-bodies favorite late 90's/early 00's (heh or present) obsession: Pokemon!

The 1d4chan page should have links to the game files. Go ahead and give it a quick browse, and post here if you are interested in joining. I could dream up a standard gotta catch em all/beat the leauge/defeat the evil team senerio, or I could get creative and use a more exotic setting.

Just tell me what class you would like to play, and what days/times you would be available (I'm thinking Wed or Fri for the first couple sessions and then seeing what happens when school starts). I don't have alot of experience with GMing in general, but a vast majority has come from running this game. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Important:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Character Creation Rules:
Trainer Level 0
No Starter (Will be chosen by mystery dungeon style personalty quiz)

Don't forget to give your trainers a bio. They can be from any field, and may have worked with Pokemon before, but they should not have any real experience battling/cordinating Pokemon.

Submit your character sheets to Kuji, first 5 valid characters get to play and if we have many more than that we might have to run a second weekly overflow session. (Forward them to me once they are valid Kuji)

Introduction:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

"Fasten your seat-belts people. We are going to be experiencing some turbulence."

You lean back in your seat, at least you get to fly first class. The airline is pretty good too: You get a personal TV for your seat. You browse through the channels, but keep flipping back to VULPIX, one of the major networks. Your nerves heighten; the commercial is on again.

The screen shows a desert, with two shadowy shapes fighting through a sandstorm and walking in the direction of the camera. "15 ordinary people from around the world..." a deep voice announces.

The shot changes to show a murky lake from above, suddenly the silhouette of a person riding a large sea-serpent dashes across the screen, under the water. "Will embark on an incredible Pokemon adventure..."

Once again the picture shifts, showing a cloudy sky. A large bird quickly tows a human on a hang glider across the shot, but both figures are obstructed by the clouds. "They will all be tested..."

The picture fades out slowly and reveals a packed Pokemon stadium. "Only 5 will earn the right to enter this years Pokemon Grand Championship..." the anouncer declares as the camera slowly zooms in on one of the battleing trainers. He is obiously male, but most of his facial features are obstructed by the shadow of his baseball cap's rim.  The trainer reaches up and tilts his hat to the side, and the camera follows, preventing you from getting a good look at his face. "...And only one" the voice declares "will get a shot to be the best!"

The screen then shows a picture of battle action shots in rapid succession; A Bulbasaur firing leafs at an archery target, a female trainer on a canoe thrusting a spear into a Sharpedo, a Dragonair and Arbok entwined and attempting to constrict each other, a Machamp chokeslaming a Hitmonchan and a Hitmontop at the same time, a Blastoise disolving a gravler into rubble with a hydro pump, and a Venusaur charging up a solarbeam.

The camera pans out from the Venusaur revealing an opposing Serperior preparing a solarbeam as well. Both pokemon unleash their attacks and the beams collide causing the screen to white out before fading to black. "So You Wanna be the Best?" exclaims the anouncer declares as the exact same words appear on screen. "Premiers tomorrow after Will O'Mally's special report on how liberal crime squads are ruining this country. Only on VULPIX."

You take a deep breath to calm your nerves. You are one of the 15 chosen to compete on the show, and are currently being flown with 5 other contestants to an undisclosed location to compete for a shot to enter the worlds premier pokemon tournament.

A flight attendant, obviously understand who you are and where you are going offers all the attendants a cocktail. "Good luck." she says with a smirk. "You are going to need it!"

[Dwarmin]

Sounds fun, especially if kept it light hearted-or make it have bloody permadeath. I would love either. 

I played the Hell out of the old games-blue version old school. You know, before gameboys had lighted screens...

What times were you hoping to run sessions, if its not too soon to ask?

[KujiUn]

Most everyone tries their best to make it light hearted.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

And then someone fails a Death Saving Throw.

I'm available... oh, good question. *notices HUGE gaps in scheduling* Weird may need to answer this one first.

Ah, I miss those days.

[Dwarmin]

-Edited out, this was the old version of  the rulebook-

[Weirdsound]

I'm thinking of either a Wed Afternoon session or a caffeine aided Wed night/Thurs morning. I'm pretty flexible though, and the date and time may have to be shuffled around once school starts in about a month.

If you can think of a better time let me know. For the next month I am working part time with very short and flexible hours. I think I'd just have to ask to change them around a bit.

[Dwarmin]

Well, my saturdays nights are reserved for D&D. Other than that, pretty much free.

Wednesday would be awesome, though. For me at least.

Also, I'm thinking of playing as photographer. There's a nice variety of classes to choose from anway.

[Bdthemag]

Looks fun, if you do start a game up i'd be interested.

[Rebecca Black]

I'd also be interested any day.

e: I'd probably play some kind of Coordinator

[Dwarmin]

Hmm, I'd say we could move foward with four or five players, imho. 

[Haika]

hmm, interesting concept. I suppose I could give it a shot. I've played some games with maptool and hamachi before, so I at least know the standards for that.

And while I've enjoyed the pokemon games. I'd rather see a more exotic and freeform type campaign than the standard league journey.

I'm fine with Wed evenings, at least as long as you are talking EST in general.

[Weirdsound]

hmm, interesting concept. I suppose I could give it a shot. I've played some games with maptool and hamachi before, so I at least know the standards for that.

And while I've enjoyed the pokemon games. I'd rather see a more exotic and freeform type campaign than the standard league journey.

I'm fine with Wed evenings, at least as long as you are talking EST in general.

Pacific time. That would be more along the lines of nighttime for you. The standard league journey is pretty freeform, I'm not the type to put random bushes in your path that can only be broken with cut.

That said I'll think of several setting ideas and run them past you all.

[King_of_the_weasels]

Haven't looked at the books, but color me interested.

[Haika]

hmm, interesting concept. I suppose I could give it a shot. I've played some games with maptool and hamachi before, so I at least know the standards for that.

And while I've enjoyed the pokemon games. I'd rather see a more exotic and freeform type campaign than the standard league journey.

I'm fine with Wed evenings, at least as long as you are talking EST in general.

Pacific time. That would be more along the lines of nighttime for you. The standard league journey is pretty freeform, I'm not the type to put random bushes in your path that can only be broken with cut.

That said I'll think of several setting ideas and run them past you all.

Well this falls under the in general path I believe. as long as we don't go past like 5am EST, I'm pretty good.

Reading the pdf that was linked here. Thinking I'm liking the look of the Psychic path line. Might go for breeder/psychic if I manage the stats. As I understand what I'm reading we don't start off with a class?

[Weirdsound]

I usually start my players higher than level 0, so likely yes. Depends on the setting; if you are a bunch of kids leaving home for the first time you will be level 0 with no class. Most of my settings call for trainers with some experience, and thus I let people make characters with a few levels under their belt and starter Pokemon in the level 15-20 range.

[Dwarmin]

I could deal with starting at level 0ish, actually. Depends how fast we level up, and how much playtime we get in an average session.