Rumble 17: Pokemon!

[Xdaamno]

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RUMBLE 17

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For this rumble, the rules have been modified so that there is less emphasis on the pregame and more on the actual combat, which will hopefully mean it won't need to be abandoned midway through. The original rumble rules can be found here, but this game will be played differently.

Rules

If you enter the game, please read this box:

Pregame:

Instead of each player submitting powers to be used in the game, each player will submit

one pokemon

, and

two moves

that can be used by this pokemon. The Pokemon must be from Generation I - one of the original 151. You must select the two moves from the 'Table of Moves' shown later in the post. Furthermore,

the moves you select must be able to be learned by the pokemon you have selected.

To see which moves your pokemon can learn, you can look up the pokemon on Bulbapedia - if the move appears anywhere in the tables under 'Learnset', it is legal.

Once the player list has been cut off, players must then send in a private 'bid' on each of the pokemon available, from a value of 0-100. These bids will be used to determine which pokemon each player will receive.

A bid must be submitted for every pokemon available.

Each player can only win one pokemon. The bid of that player for that pokemon will then be sapped from the Energy that your pokemon starts with at the start of the rumble -

note that you do not 'pay' for the bids that you do not win.

When all the bids have been collected, the

highest bid

for any pokemon by any player will be resolved, and that player will receive that pokemon. Then, all other bids by that player and for that pokemon will be discounted, and the next highest bid will be resolved, and so on and so forth until all the pokemon have been distributed. If there are multiple highest bids, one will be selected randomly to be resolved.

Each player will then start the game with their pokemon. This pokemon originally has an Energy of 100, but the amount that the player bidded for it will be subtracted, and a tenth of the pokemon's total base stats (rounded) will be added to its Energy.

The game will then alternate between

Allocation Phases

and

Resolution Phases

- these boxes are not necessary to read if you already know how to play Rumble, except note that you cannot spend more than 100 energy on Attack or more than 100 energy in Defense on a turn.

Allocation Phase:

During the Allocation Phase, players choose how much of their Energy to assign to generic Attack, how much to assign to generic Defense and how much (if any) to pump into their moves. You may not use both of your moves at the same time. Defense will defend against all opponents, but Attacks (and offensive moves) should be targetted towards specific opponents. These choices will be made via pm.

Example: Squirtle has 80 Energy. He decides to assign 50 Energy to Defense, 10 Energy to an Attack against Ivysaur, 10 Energy to an attack against Charizard, and 10 Energy on his move 'Water Gun' targeted at Pikachu.

You cannot spend more than 100 energy on Attack or more than 100 energy in Defense on a turn. When all the Pokemom have decided how to spend their Energy, their choices are revealed simultaneously and the game moves on to the Resolution Phase.

Resolution Phase:

Attacks now resolve, and we see whether Defenses are adequate. Each Pokemon totals the Attacks that were made against them this round, and subtracts any Defense they may have made. The remainder is the damage they suffer - this is subtracted from their Energy.

No pokemon can have more than 140 energy at once.

Any moves come into play in the way that they are specified under the Table of Moves. When a pokemon reaches 0 energy it is KO'd - the aim of the game is to survive as long as possible, as the pokemon will be scored at the end of the game based on how many other pokemon were knocked out when they were.

Table of Moves

Move	Effect
Water Gun	Spend 30 - Adds 50 to your Attack on a pokemon
Ember	Spend 30 - Adds 50 to your Attack on a pokemon
Razor Leaf	Spend 30 - Adds 50 to your Attack on a pokemon
Thundershock	Spend 30 - Adds 50 to your Attack on a pokemon
Bite	Spend X - Adds 1.5X to your Attack on a pokemon
Karate Chop	Spend X - Adds 1.5X to your Attack on a pokemon
Peck	Spend X - Adds 1.5X to your Attack on a pokemon
Shadow Ball	Spend X up to 30 - Adds 2X to your attack on a pokemon
Blizzard	Spend 40, Burn 20 - Adds 110 to your Attack on a pokemon
Thunder	Spend 50, Burn 10 - Adds 90 to your Attack on a pokemon
Fire Blast	Spend 60 - Adds 70 to your Attack on a pokemon
Quick Attack	Spend 50 - Deal 30 damage to a pokemon without taking into account their Defense
Defense Curl	Spend X - Defends for 1.2X
Withdraw	Spend X - Defends for 1.2X
Whirlwind	Spend 30, Burn 10 - Negate any damage done to you by one selected Pokemon
Double Team	Spend 70 - All attacks have a 50% chance of failing to damage you this turn
Fly	Burn 10, then Spend all your energy - Target 1 player. You are immune to damage this turn. Next turn, you cannot spend energy, but all your energy will be used to attack the player you have targeted.
Tail Whip	Spend X - Negate 2X of a Pokemon's Defense
Growl	Spend X - Negate 2X of a Pokemon's Attack
Disable	Burn 5 - A pokemon cannot use the move they used this turn on the next turn
Confuse Ray	Burn 10, Spend 40 - There is a 50% chance that a targeted Pokemon will not be able to use any Attacks or moves this turn, but will suffer an attack of 50 damage instead.
Will-O-Wisp	Spend 20 - Halve a Pokemon's Attacks this turn
Thunder Wave	Spend 40 - A pokemon may not use a move this turn
Poison Sting	Spend 50 - Adds 30 to your Attack on a pokemon and causes them to lose 10 energy at the end of the following 2 turns
Mist	You are immune to the effects of Confuse Rays, Will-O-Wisps, Thunder Waves and Poison Stings that were used on you this turn
Earthquake	Spend all your energy (X) - Adds X/4 to your attack on every pokemon
Recover	Spend 50 - At the end of this turn, gain 20 energy
Focus Energy	Spend X up to 50 - Add X to an Attack you make next turn
Absorb	Spend 40 - Attack a Pokemon for 40, and gain half the damage that was inflicted to that Pokemon that turn in energy (up to 20 energy)
Mega Drain	Spend 70 - Attack a Pokemon for 70, and gain half the damage that was inflicted to that Pokemon that turn in energy (up to 30 energy)
Swords Dance	Spend 30 - Adds 10 to all your Attacks this turn
Metronome	Spend 50 - One random move will be used without incurring its cost. If the move requires you to choose a variable X, X will be taken as 50. Target a Pokemon when you use this move
Super Fang	Spend 40 - Adds an amount to your Attack on a Pokemon equal to half of its current Energy
Pay Day	Spend 40 - Adds 40 to your Attack on a Pokemon. Also, if that pokemon receives damage this round, when that pokemon is KO'd you gain 20 energy. This effect is stackable
Mimic	Burn 40 - This move becomes the move that a targeted Pokemon uses this turn. If they use none, nothing happens
Egg Bomb	Spend 40 - Adds 20 to your Attack on four random Pokemon
Rest	Spend all your Energy - Gain 100 Energy at the end of this round. For the following two rounds, you cannot Attack or use any moves, and cannot defend for more than 80.

(Spending energy means you use it up for that round, while burning energy means you lose it forever.)

Pokemon List:

Player	Player's Pokemon	Moves
Cybele Died Phase 2	Alakazam	Disable: Burn 5 - A pokemon cannot use the move they used this turn on the next turn Recover: Spend 50 - At the end of this turn, gain 20 energy
animorpherv1 Died Phase 5	Charizard	Ember: Spend 30 - Adds 50 to your Attack on a pokemon Will-O-Wisp: Spend 20 - Halve a Pokemon's Attacks this turn
KageLord Died Phase 4	Mewtwo	Metronome: Spend 50 - One random move will be used without incurring its cost. If the move requires you to choose a variable X, X will be taken as 50. Target a Pokemon when you use this move Shadow Ball: Spend X up to 30 - Adds 2X to your attack on a pokemon
Blackberry	Kabuto	Absorb: Spend 40 - Attack a Pokemon for 40, and gain half the damage that was inflicted to that Pokemon that turn in energy (up to 20 energy) Blizzard: Spend 40, Burn 20 - Adds 110 to your Attack on a pokemon
Wizardcat Died Phase 4	Pikachu	Thunder Wave: Spend 40 - A pokemon may not use a move this turn Defense Curl: Spend X - Defends for 1.2X
millar13 Died Phase 0	Raichu	Mega Drain: Spend 70 - Attack a Pokemon for 70, and gain half the damage that was inflicted to that Pokemon that turn in energy (up to 30 energy) Thundershock: Spend 30 - Adds 50 to your Attack on a pokemon

Player List:

• Cybele
  
• animorpherv1
  
• KageLord
  
• Blackberry
  
• Wizardcat
  
• millar13

[Cybele]

YES! Thank you for fixing this game.
/in so much.

[Xdaamno]

Thanks, that's encouraging!

[Xdaamno]

(By the way, the Pokemon selections are public - don't PM me them. I don't see any real downsides to this in this game... It means multiple Pokemon of the same species is avoided and some Pokemon may counter others, which is fine as you don't know which Pokemon you're going to get when you play.)

[Cybele]

Mist doesn't have an activation method listed, and yet it says 'this turn'.

[Cybele]

Alakazam - Disable and Recover

[Cybele]

Oh, and Recover should probably cap off at full health (100 energy).

[Xdaamno]

Mist is supposed to be free to activate... And though you can have more than 100 energy by having the total base stats added, I think you're right about recover... I'll cap at it 150 so it can't get too broken. (when I get off my iPod I'll fix it)

[KageLord]

Quick question: Will actual Pokemon mechanics affect the game at all? By that I mean, for example, if my Squirtle uses Water Gun and attacks a Charmander, would that attack do any extra damage (except for the 50 from Water Gun) for the type advantage?

[Cybele]

Also: does rest grant you +100 energy, or does it recover you to 100 energy?

[mykonian]

soooo, a mankey with pay day and double team is allowed?

[Xdaamno]

Quick question: Will actual Pokemon mechanics affect the game at all? By that I mean, for example, if my Squirtle uses Water Gun and attacks a Charmander, would that attack do any extra damage (except for the 50 from Water Gun) for the type advantage?

Nope, actual mechanics like that won't come into the game.

Also: does rest grant you +100 energy, or does it recover you to 100 energy?

It grants you 100 Energy.

soooo, a mankey with pay day and double team is allowed?

I'd forgotten that Pay Day is a Gen I TM but isn't TM in the other games, so it doesn't show up on Bulbapedia without a little work... But anyway, yup, Mankey with Pay Day/Double Team is fine

I've added an energy cap of 140.

[animorpherv1]

Charizard - Ember & Will-O-Wisp

[Blackberry]

PAY DAY

Spend 40 - Adds 40 to your Attack on a Pokemon.

If that pokemon receives damage this round

, you gain 20 energy

if that pokemon is KO'd

. This effect is stackable

Blackberry does not comprehend.

[Xdaamno]

Ah... So if the total attacks on a Pokemon are greater than the total Defense, then that counts as receiving damage. The same applies for absorb and mega drain.

[Blackberry]

((I understand the recieving damage part, I was referring to the double if's)).

The following sentence does not make sense:

If that pokemon receives damage this round, you gain 20 energy if that pokemon is KO'd.

The two if's could be taken as...

If that pokemon receives damage this round, you gain 20 energy.

or

You gain 20 energy if that pokemon is KO'd.

Either way, the rest of the sentence does not fit.

[Xdaamno]

Oops, that second 'if' should be a 'when', then

The perils of designing a game like this...

[KageLord]

I have two questions about Metronome: what happens if the random move is something like Bite or Growl or Focus Energy that has a variable x and is the random move chosen from the ones people have or any on the list (including the ones not being used)?

[Blackberry]

Did you mean this?:

Adds 40 to your Attack on a Pokemon if that pokemon receives damage this round.

You gain 20 energy when that pokemon is KO'd. This effect is stackable.

[Xdaamno]

Thanks for catching that about Metronome. I'm going to say X is taken as 50, because that's the cost of the metronome ability. It's also chosen from any on the list.

Gonna /in? Hopefully it'll be a more fun experience than sitting around poking at the rules...

[Xdaamno]

Did you mean this?:

Adds 40 to your Attack on a Pokemon if that pokemon receives damage this round.

You gain 20 energy when that pokemon is KO'd. This effect is stackable.

Nope... I'll reword it to make it clearer in a second.

Thanks

[KageLord]

Did you mean this?:

Adds 40 to your Attack on a Pokemon if that pokemon receives damage this round.

You gain 20 energy when that pokemon is KO'd. This effect is stackable.

No, I think he already edited it to what he meant. Basically your Attack gets + 40 and if they take damage (the total attacks on them, including the +40, are higher than their Defense), you get 20 Energy when that Pokemon is KOed. And you can keep adding this up each turn (if the attacks continue to be successful). So basically one downfall is that you won't be able to collect if you lose before that Pokemon is KOed (at least I don't think you will).

And yeah, lol, I intend to /in soon. I was just trying to get a grasp of all of the powers before picking what to submit to the auction.

[Xdaamno]

Right.

[Blackberry]

Nevermind, I finally got it, lol.

[KageLord]

Mew - Metronome and Whirlwind