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Pokémon Things get Dicey - Interactive PMD D&D story!

Waking up
  • Kandykorn

    Lion Apologist
    Location
    The Goof Realm
    Pronouns
    They/Them
    You blurt out several answers all at once, but Frantically, the world hears Two:

    "Bernarrio" is certainly an amalgamation of names, but as you sigh, you decide it's the one for you. As for class, You yelled out several, and multi-classing isn't available for another level!

    I am as of current hearing four main options, so I took the liberty of rolling a d4 to determine your fate.

    You, Bernarrio, will be a barbarian.

    The void around you turns a light red color, and everything fades to white. You awake sitting in a field of light blue grass, a light yellow sky and brilliant red sun burn down over you. You also notice that you feel significantly... Smaller. As you look down, you see that you are a Mankey, but not just a mankey, a mankey holding an axe.

    Statistically, as a barbarian (and a mankey), you will get advantage on any action done "through rage."

    As you continue to look around, you notice, sleeping next to you, a croagunk who seems to have a hood on, a popplio who's cuddling a saxophone in it's sleep, and a blipbug with a book larger than it. In the distance to the north, there is a large tower, while to all other sides of you there is a vast forest. It starts to dawn on you a little that this feels... Real.

    You feel like a mankey. A mankey in a strangely colored field.

    "Die!" You hear a voice yell out. Two sableye holding bows confront you. one knocks an arrow and fires.

    <9>

    The wind rushing past your ears definitely felt real.
     
    First encounter
  • Kandykorn

    Lion Apologist
    Location
    The Goof Realm
    Pronouns
    They/Them
    Time to yell and wake up the rest of the cast and maybe close with the closest archer.

    (I'm in a sharing mood. Wakey wakey)

    <18>

    You cry out to the rest of the cast, and they spring up, dazed and confused. You quickly explain the situation.

    And just because I feel like taking a guess now, the Popplio is a bard who is clearly just the greatest person ever based on instrument choice, the Croagunk is a rogue that will pocket everything and sell it to the rest of the party, and the Blipbug is a Wizard who will be using Mage Hand a lot

    They all nod, realising that, Hey, you're right!

    "Name's Jewel!" The Popplio smiles. You remember her voice as the girl in the yellow dress.

    "Carmen." The Croagunk says gruffly. She was the goth.

    "Harold!" The blip bug says. He was probably the nerdy one with the suspenders. "Do you know what's happened to us? I am a human. not a blipbug!"

    You go to explain what little you know about the situation, and share your very random but also badass name, when another arrow whizes by.
    > We're being ambushed and everyone is chilling? WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK ARE YOU ALL PLAYING AT
    > Berserker State Engage: Wake everyone up

    You yell in rage about probably needing to attack, and soon!

    "Attack?" Jewel asks.

    "Yes." Harold says. "Obviously we've been 'sucked into the game' as it were. To get out, we probably have to beat it."

    "Nerd." Carmen scoffs.

    So our cover stories if we wrangle with the plwers that be are the croagunk is a traveling gymnist we're ah escorting? Poppolios his musical back up... And blipbug kinda showed up one night and wouldnt go away? No wait hes the troups writer... Thatll pass off the book.

    And we are the bouncer because one of the threes popular and we gotta ward off fangirls?

    You also come up with a subpar cover story in case you do get caught. You're proud of it, but

    <4>

    The other members of your party hate it.

    "Why can't I be the popstar?" Harold asks.

    "Why do I have to travel with Harold? he smells!" Jewel cries out.

    "I hate the gym." Carmen admits.

    in the background, initiative is casually rolled.

    Harold <20>
    Sableye 1 <18>
    Bernerrio <16>
    Sabeleye 2 <16>
    Carmen <7>
    Jewel <2>

    Harold looks down at his gigantic spellbook, and grins slightly, before casting a spell to try and disarm an enemy!

    <6>

    Unfortunately, Harold cannot open the book to the right page by himself, as he is too small and weak, and the book so big and heavy! Under his breath, he curses "Stupid 7e's stupid casting rules..."

    Sabeleye 1 attempts to shoot Harold.

    <15>

    and successfully does so, striking him on the shoulder! The arrow is small, and seems to do a miniscule amount of damage, but Harold still looks really hurt for no reason.

    What do you do, player?
     
    Evil wife and kids
  • Kandykorn

    Lion Apologist
    Location
    The Goof Realm
    Pronouns
    They/Them
    > put these newfound muscles to use! help Harold by holding the book open for him!

    <19>

    As a bonus action, you run over to Harold and help him open up his book! Harold looks at you and smiles, knowing he can finally use magic on his next turn.

    Charge the Sableye archers in a blind rage!
    i vote we use our axe to sheer through the bows starting with whatever archers closest.
    Charge the next Sabeleye to attack, and try and get them locked in a grapple!

    <12>

    You do so, running at the closest samurai while entering rage! You swing your axe at him, and...

    <18>

    You smack him in the head! The sabeleye immediately falls down, presumably dead. The other sabeleye tries to punch you in a fit of rage!

    <13>

    But barely misses! You wonder to yourself why it didn't shoot at you with it's bow and arrow, but it seems that

    <20>

    Carmen was so sneaky that they stole it without anyone noticing! They then fire it at the sabeleye!

    <14>

    And hit it! the sableye Screams out in pain. "If I die, tell my evil wife and kids I love them!"

    "Wife and kids?" Jewel asks. "Guys I don't know if I can do this."

    "Come on Jewel!" Harold protests. "He literally said they were evil!"

    "I'm indifferent." Carmen sighs. "It's a three way tie on what we should do."

    "Bernarrio, what do you think?" Jewel asks.
     
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