PokéMMO Hanadera Nodoka, who will from now on be abbreviated as PHN, has just moved to the Johto region and found herself with a rulebook of how to live life and complete challenges there. She’s been left a different set of rules for different game segments, and this will detail how that goes.
This challenge involves friends giving me specific rulesets to make the game harder, so I asked some friends and some followers to help me out – some of these segments are left blank, so if you want to throw your hat into the ring and take up a section, let me know what section you want and what rules you have for me.
From Johto Arrival Until Beating Falkner – By Yami Bakura of @cosmosiscollective
I was tasked by Yami Bakura to Fight Falkner without utilizing the flying type’s natural weakness, and that I wasn’t allowed to catch Pokémon that could do that kind of supereffective damage until I beat Falkner. To stick with the spirit, but make the challenge a little harder, I interpreted this to work in a slightly more challenging way. The rules of this segment are now as follows:
I am not allowed to catch any Pokémon of types that would be supereffective against the Flying type (Rock, Electric, Ice, etc.)
I am not allowed to catch any Pokémon of types that would RESIST the Flying type, even if their other typing would be weak to it (So no flying types, even if the other type is grass or bug – Hoppip and Butterfree are BANNED)
Pokémon I catch MUST be of types that are weak to the Flying type (Fighting, Bug, Grass)
I am not allowed to use moves that would be supereffective to the Flying type, but neutral and not very effective moves are permitted.
I was tasked by Frosted Flakes to use Bellsprout on my team, though I’m allowed to keep Pokémon from the previous segment. While I can keep those Pokémon from the previous segment on my team, it is MANDATORY I use Bellsprout until beating Bugsy. I have to use Bellsprout to beat Bugsy, and if Bellsprout faints, I need to restart the Bugsy fight. I’ve changed the rules here slightly too, to make it more interesting. They are now as follows:
I must use Bellsprout on my team for this section. No boxing him.
While the Pokémon from the previous segment are permitted to be on my team, they CANNOT be used in the Bugsy fight itself. Bellsprout has to Solo the gym.
If Bellsprout faints at ANY point during this segment, I must also go back and catch a new Bellsprout to use, to honor the Bellsprout Tower monks.
I must nickname the Bellsprout
From post-Bugsy to Whitney – Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
From post-Whitney to Morty – Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
From post-Morty to Chuck – Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
From post-Chuck to Jasmine – Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
From post-Jasmine to Pryce – Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
From post-Pryce to Claire – Nobody has claimed this segment yet.
You may be wondering why PHN is dressed in all black rather than my signature color of pink. That’s Sinister’s doing, given this rule segment. For this segment, I have to dress up as a Team Rocket member, and roleplay Team Rocket. There’s a lot of things this could mean, but I’m going to be interpreting it as being a Team Rocket Grunt for this segment, and turn it into a ruleset properly. The rules are as follows:
I must be dressed as a Team Rocket Grunt at ALL TIMES until beating the Champion
I must ONLY use Pokémon that Team Rocket grunts can be found using in Heartgold Soulsilver (These are the Drowzee line, Zubat line, Rattata line, Oddish line, Grimer line, Ekans line, Koffing line, and Venonat line)*
*UNLESS that Pokémon’s Trainer ID is not mine – These will count as Stolen Rocket Pokémon, opening up encounters with the Spearow in Ilex Forest and the Shuckle in Cianwood City
Most grunts aren’t too friendly to their Pokémon, Jesse and James being an exception, so Anything I Catch Myself must have a Friendship Value of LESSthan 150 to be useable. This can be determined at the friendship checker.
As you can see, followers! This run will be difficult for us!
We like that it’s going to be difficult for us! It’s fun seeing everyone’s ideas for different segments! I’m currently in progress of segment one, the Falkner Struggle, and excited to post about it when I’m done!
If you’d like to claim a segment yourself and give me some rules, reblog and put what you’d like and the ruleset in the post body or tags! Replying also works! I hope you enjoy our fun little playthrough!
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