Thread 58578711

Come here for talk about all things Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.

Previous thread: https://arch.b4k.dev/vp/thread/58546070/ >>58546070

(DOWN) PMD Catalog (read Branches.txt for MEGA navigation): https://mega.nz/folder/gi5k2DBL#wVscYMtiXMuAeWDvKYyfmw

(DOWN) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon ROMs and Emulators Catalog: https://mega.nz/folder/ciVjBRoD#5vICIpkn16o-i1co11yFFg

(DOWN) PMD Fangames Catalog: https://mega.nz/folder/Yyk3gQaI#NNSyFhuoa2Cg5HuL2oEyTg

Romhacks Overview/Reviews: https://rentry.org/pmdglph

PMD Fan Fiction Archive: https://rentry.org/pmdg-ffarchive

PMD Guides: https://pastebin.com/Dbq61R5u
Explorers of Sky Romhacking Guide: https://rentry.org/skytempleguide

Everything about the Clover Guild: https://cloverguild.com/
Drawing Board: https://magma.com/d/vE8xMGVGRh
Mobile Drawing Board: https://magma.com/d/VKX3y9Ud61
Drawing Request: https://rentry.org/DrawReqPublic

Questions:
>>Do you think grass-types can soley survive on air and sunlight or do they also need to eat food?
>Is there any PMD fan media that you believe is underrated and needs more recognition?
>What foods/dishes/cuisine aside from berries and apples do you think PMD pokemon would eat?
>If you could have one item from PMD in real life, which would you choose and why?


Recap of the previous thread:
>Reminder that the "Boo! Haunted Guild!" writing collab is still ongoing (Rules: https://rentry.org/BHG_Rules) (Intro: https://rentry.org/BHG_Intro)
>Various pieces of art were posted
>Thread died early due to ZA announcement

Saw this while the thread was dead, Wiiware's translation patch got updated to allow for Wi-fi rescues. Not sure how you get it working on emulator though.
https://projectpokemon.org/home/files/file/5781-pok%C3%A9mon-mystery-dungeon-wiiware-english-fan-translations/

https://pokewii.net/
You can also see people's rescue requests on this site apparently
https://rescue.pokewii.net/

I was planning on trying this game out soon, what's the best version of it to try?

Face it, this general is dying. Clover Guilds abandoned it long ago and nobody else is using it

>>58578944
Writing is hard, and it doesn't help that whenever some new shitty design is revealed people make 40 threads about it.

>>58578944
I will revive this general

>>58578711 (OP)
the art for red/blue rescue team is so good

>>58578739
It's been a long time since I played through the Wiiware games, and I think they are worth talking about, so I've decided I wanna try something. I've finished the (very short) story of this game before, but never played it for very long afterwards, so I'm going to attempt to get all recruits in this game. I HIGHLY doubt I will actually have the patience to do it, but I want to give it an honest attempt. I'll post updates in here to hopefully boost the thread and generate some discussion, because I have a lot to say about these games, and people seem to rarely discuss them.

I'm starting with Tempest/Arashi version, and to keep things interesting, I'll refrain from using Buddy Passwords at least until the end of the main story, just so I don't stomp the main game with level 50+ legendaries, shinies, and fully evolved mons. I don't expect this to be easy at all, as the main game is surprisingly tough due to it's short length, and recruiting everything is going to be its own ordeal entirely.

Wooper and Riolu are the choices for the first dungeon, I doubt either of them will be team mainstays as they aren't IQ groups B or H, but they should be strong enough to help with a lot of the main game. I am FAR from an expert in these games so maybe this is a completely suboptimal choice, but we'll just have to see.

>>58578711 (OP)
I think there would be plenty of food options, that said berries are pretty robust with the stuff you can make with them, veggies and sandwiches do get eaten by pokemon so it wouldn't be unreasonable for the PMD universe to actually be able to produce baked goods not just bread but pies, cookies, sweets, soups/broth, curry/rice and some pokemon can make stuff like milk so cheese and dairy is on the menu as well, meat would be the awkward thing to handle in PMD, drinks like coffee and tea are possible too.

each type of pokemon would have a preferred taste, like fire types will like spicy stuff, ghost types like sour, fairy would like sweet and so on (though some individuals would break the mold), some pokemon wouldn't need to or would not be able to eat like artificial stuff like magamite doesn't seem like it would though it could feed on electrical energy

>>58578739
>best version
Blue because Wooper's a starter.

>>58579146
Wooper is Group G, which is a great one to have for general exploration

>>58579146
Rumble Mystery Dungeon kino...

>>58579146
All 3 save files are set, time to start for real. Teddiursa will likely be a mainstay on the team for the entire game, don't know about the other team members. For now I'll roll with Wooper and Mareep, and I guess Riolu can stick around as well.

Stacking is unlocked. I have a LOT of issues with this mechanic personally, whenever I think about revisiting this game, this mechanic is usually the reason why I don't bother, I strongly dislike it because of how absurdly broken and overcentralizing it is. Any deaths in this playthrough are almost certainly going to be at the hands of an enemy stack after my own stack is toppled. Stacks are a huge part of this game's difficulty and feeling of unfairness, so for now, I'll continue on and hope i don't get screwed over by some dumb luck.

>>58578711 (OP)
hate those fleeing bastards
YOU. WILL. DIE.
also just recruited a ditto I hope he doesnt die

>>58578711 (OP)
Cute blue friends

Time to stop playing for tonight, there hasn't been any noteworthy progress aside from recruiting a handful of random pokemon, and my Mareep evolving, which doesn't make much of a difference but it's still nice. The final 2 story dungeons (yes, the main story is only about 7 dungeons long, a majority of which are entirely optional anyway) will probably be a jump in difficulty, so tomorrow i'll tackle that.

also just beat groudon with linked sing/double slap, too bad my buddy houndour got double kicked on like floor 3
>>58579985
he didnt die

>>58578944
>>58579002
I've sorta quietly given up on writing because I've become disenfranchised with what I wrote again and don't want to admit to it.

>>58578944
I’m sure CG anons are still here and bumping the thread anonymously. I think the issue is that most of them aren’t writing stories anymore, and there’s no more CG discussion or worldbuilding in the threads, unlike the early days.

>aerodactyl hits me for half my health
>move back to let pikachu fight
>pikachu gets confused by aerodactyl
>uses thunderbolt and it hits aerodactyl (obviously)
>hits me for 50 and I die
HELLO! THANK YOU!

>>58580789
>rescue myself
>feed pikachu 1 (ONE) ghost type gummi
>Pikachu's IQ rose!
>It learned the IQ skill "Nontraitor"!
NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER

>>58580789
Aerodactyl's killcount rivals Vietnam

>>58578711 (OP)
I wish there was a PMD with pokemon from clover... like a... GREEN rescue team...

>>58581356
Why don't you try to make one? Fuck, I'll make the engine in GM81 if you want, I'm already planning to make a PMD fangame anyways.

So, if you were to make a PMD game, how would you change the dungeons?

>>58578944
>>58580730
I definitely haven't given up on the thread, but I haven't been posting like I used to because I've been distracted. But I've also been hesitant to talk about as much Clover related stuff as I'd like because I got it into my head that people don't like it and don't want to discuss that kind of stuff, which made me a bit sad. But if that's not the case I will resume trying to push conversation. I like talking about my lame OCs and thinking about them, even though I'm not writing because I suck.
>pic related. I look like this and do this.

>>58581811
>Clover
For what little it's worth given my lack of presence, I'm upset that the Clover Guild abandoned this thread to hide in Magma and Discord.
Then again, I have little to stand on, I abandoned the thread myself because I felt like I wasn't contributing anything that anyone actually wanted.

>>58581811
I love your characters too. I wish people still posted about their characters but to be fair, it's not easy to keep up any creative endeavor for as long as Clover's been around.

>>58581811
(Was going to reply to these before the thread was kill)
>>58558604
>>58567737
Even though I haven't written it (or even started it) yet, it is canon that Team Petal-Purr have their first official Clover Guild mission at Moonlit Thicket. I haven't got any special ideas for the dungeon itself in mind, other than I know it is primarily ghost types. This is where Heidi learns Odor Sleuth for the first time and the team realises and has to come to terms with the fact they are jobbers and kind of suck at their job when out in the real world.
When it comes to using the dungeon in a story, go ahead and use it however you please, including describing it in more detail if you have ideas.

>>58571559
I like eyelashes(obviously), but I also believe in designing the eyelashes of each individual to help say something about the character and their personality. The cartoon that must not be named does this a lot and sort of inspired me to do the same.
>Blossom: has two short lashes that don't curl very much. This shows femininity, but in a more laid back, casual type of way.

>Shelby: one single spiky lash, resembling winged eyeliner. This shows a harsher, sharper personality and implies a little more toughness.

>Heidi: three long lashes that curl more dramatically and come up higher on her eye. This shows that she is the most "girly" of the three, with the most stereotypically female behaviour. These are the lashes of someone soft and delicate. Also helps indicate that she is the prettiest by conventional standards, she has the most "done". If Blossom or Shelby put on mascara, their lashes would look more like this.

>>58581868
I don't post about mine much because i'm not totally sure where to take them from here. I feel like Wooper doesn't have enough character flaws and it might seem forced to introduce any at this point.

>>58581811
I like seeing people talk about their characters and feel like lurking in the Magma would be weird so I'd be up for more conversation in the thread. It's not like it'd be interrupting nonstop conversation.

Bonus round
>Val: Rounded, lashes that droop to the side, plus bottom lashes that also sort of droop. The eyelashes of a mother with adult children. Along with the drooped eyes and coloured eyelids that look like a mix of dark eyeshadow but also baggy, sunken eyes, they convey the eyes of someone tired, but content, while also showing her age. She is not young anymore, but still tries to look presentable.

>>58581823
>>58581868
While I'm already sperging, I kinda would love more discussion about the collab, whether anyone's working on something or struggling with ideas. I don't know if it's too spoilery to talk about at length, but I've been trying to find motivation to actually sit down and write a story for it, considering I already have a pretty good idea of the specific fears my characters would have to overcome. I sort of want to talk about it.
I'm also considering maybe forgoing writing altogether and instead making a short animatic to tell the story that way. But it would be set to a faggoty pop song nobody but me will likely appreciate, considering the demographic here.

I miss their stories :(

Which are your favorite Clover Guildies, anons?

>>58581952
>I kinda would love more discussion about the collab, whether anyone's working on something or struggling with idea
I've been writing a bit, but I've got the feeling my story will be the shortest by a considerable margin. also markedly less serious than everybody else's is my guess.

>>58581953
Aw man, Smith stopped writing?
I haven't been here in years, I should probably reconnect to the other Clover guild members. I wonder if they'd accept a failure like me back...

>>58581952
That would be great. It'd keep the thread alive.
Love your character designs like the way.

>>58582021
Who are your characters?

>>58582040
I wrote Preston.
He's not apart of the Clover Guild.
Technically I also wrote another PMD fic too that I posted here at one point, though this one was way different and far more out there. I don't recall the name of it anymore, just that the character was a human and a Thievul, and I last left off with Suicune.
I stopped both because I didn't feel like anyone enjoyed them compared to what everyone else was doing, and I disappeared because I couldn't work up the courage to write an actual Clover story.

>>58582040
I wrote Preston.
He's not apart of the Clover world.
Technically I also wrote another PMD fic too that I posted here at one point, though this one was way different and far more out there. I don't recall the name of it anymore, just that the character was a human and a Thievul, and I last left off with Suicune hunting them down because their very existence was causing problems very early on.
I stopped both because I didn't feel like anyone enjoyed them compared to what everyone else was doing, and I disappeared because I couldn't work up the courage to write an actual Clover story.

Can I PLEASE POST ONE POST without needing 60 revisions?
>>58582040
I wrote Preston.
He's not apart of the Clover world.
Technically I also wrote another PMD fic too that I posted here at one point, though this one was way different and far more out there. I don't recall the name of it anymore, just that the characters were a human and a Thievul, and I last left off with Suicune hunting them down because their very existence was causing problems very early on. It was set in this weird dystopian setting(technically Preston's story also took place in one, but this was a very different dystopia.)
I stopped both because I didn't feel like anyone enjoyed them compared to what everyone else was doing, and I disappeared because I couldn't work up the courage to write an actual Clover story.

>>58581959
I especially like these guys stories.

>>58581959
I really liked seeing Beast's little shitposts and stories. I hope he comes back.

>I kinda would love more discussion about the collab, whether anyone's working on something or struggling with idea
I've got nobody to work with on the collab, and I don't have any ideas. Figure it's too late to start now and I just don't care because of it

>>58582422
It's only too late if you give up. If you don't have any ideas that work for a full story, maybe you could share a little interaction your characters could have with someone else and they could get slotted in with their story?

>>58582500
Would be great if there was someone to work with but again, there is nobody

>>58581910
youre right that it would feel forced to give wooper more flaws, but him being an overall good if not naive guy is totally fine. chespin has enough flaws that a less autistic wooper sidekick can work, and even then, character flaws are do-or-die for story writing.
That being said, clover guild does rely more on character flaws for stories than regular fiction, thanks to the slice of life tone and reliance on character interactions for drama. that's why the collabs are usually great, they introduce new stakes and situations for storytelling. I'd love to contribute to the Halloween collab but school is gobbling up all my time. I still like to check the thread every day, though, so I appreciate clover discussion.

>>58581964
There is nothing wrong with a story being short, I actually prefer a shorter story, as long as it gets to the heart of what it's trying to say. As long as it has a beginning, middle and end, it's a story and a welcome one at that.
>>58582422
I feel like I could take some of the blame for that, since I was one of the anons that wrote the intro story, yet have done nothing to help facilitate the bringing together of other anons to collab with each other. I also don't know how I would do it.
When it comes to ideas, I have the opposite problem: too many ideas and not enough motivation or skill to bring them to life. I wanted to make the goal of the collab something that would help writers get to the real core of their characters; what do they truly fear?
I might as well share my ideas for my characters to give a sort of example and maybe help spark something for those that are struggling.

>Blossom's fear:The lingering trauma of the Apple Woods fire, her inability to get over the "what if?" fears of everything and everyone she knows being killed and destroyed by a great disaster beyond her control. Also, inspired by pic related, reckoning with the idea that she almost certainly knows by now that Team Misfits caused the fire but, like Tony, wants to avoid confronting a painful inevitability.
>Shelby's fear:Abandonment/the breakup of her family. The idea that her parents might one day split up, meaning that she technically no longer has a mother and a sister. The fear that if that were to happen, Val and Blossom would stop treating her like family, because they aren't anymore.
>Heidi's fear:An enhancing of the many fears she is already very open about. That she is not good at anything and doesn't deserve a spot on the team. Also the knowledge that the haunting at the guild is directly caused by her mistake, and the fear that everyone will hate her for it and she will be asked to leave the Guild forever.

>tfw my colab story won't even focus on the team's fear

I'm explaining it away as them getting lucky with the spirit they ended up having to deal with. I've already done a few stories about chespin's fears, so going over it again would feel like he made no progress, or it'd be retreading old ground.

>Joltik eats apple
>fills the same amount of Hunger as if a Wailord ate an apple
Make it make sense.

>>58582632
The joltik was very hungry. The wailord just shrunk while eating

>>58582632
the world is full of fantasy creatures with super natural powers but an inconsistent apple is where you draw the line?

>>58582686
This applies to literally all food items though. Apples were just the first example.

>>58581634
love that idea but my pc is currently dead so Ill have to fix that first
>>58581803
special hidden rooms you can only get to via the water/lava tiles, less of those long dead end pathways

i was under the impression that the thread DIDNT want clover discussion since it was a bunch of fags circle jerking about their OCs

i dont like talking about my character in the thread very much, so i won't, but I will say I have plans (and in progress work) for him and other clover projects as well. Only so much creative juice can be squeezed at a time, but i hope to share it with you all when each is done. next will be the collab story project I am working on with another anon, but there's plenty of other things waiting in the wings as well

>>58582632
Joltik didn't finish the apple. He ate what he wanted and threw the rest away because it's gonna go brown before he's hungry again.

>>58583208
>i was under the impression that the thread DIDNT want clover discussion
It is the only thing keeping this thread alive outside of the game discussions which are slowly dying out because there hasn't been a new installment in a decade. Please talk about your character

>>58583208
>i was under the impression that the thread DIDNT want clover discussion since it was a bunch of fags circle jerking about their OCs
Wrong. Tell me random trivia about your characters that never made it into a story for one reason or another

>>58582312
>No more Beast, no more Cider
Fucking humons got too much for both of them.

>>58584050
>Glass her
Totally not cool, man!

>>58585026
now post the money guy

>>58585041
The what?

>>58585137
the money guy

>>58585137
the mooney suzuki

>>58578711 (OP)
>>>Do you think grass-types can soley survive on air and sunlight or do they also need to eat food?
i believe they need to eat food as well
>>What foods/dishes/cuisine aside from berries and apples do you think PMD pokemon would eat?
anything with grains would likely exist if you take certain promotional materials and background 3d models into consideration
>>If you could have one item from PMD in real life, which would you choose and why?
tunnel wand because barricades go byebye

>>58578944
i sort of grew tired with my chars from the guild mainly because i'm busy writing an entirely different public pmd fanfiction that nobody (read: people in the single digits at an extremely slow trickle) reads and that i'm busy sculpting in to a giant hyper-obsessive void that is best kept sealed away for the purposes of tact and simplicity. then my hard drive had to crash a month ago (unrelated to my writings mostly thank fuck) which has further lowered my interest in writing for clover, which further makes me recoil into a tiny ball

i generally read the stories posted here rather than posting myself since what i write doesn't really mesh with the clover lore. since nobody's reading, i don't like to impose what isn't interesting either, because i could talk at length about the marvels of my pile of shit but considering the demographic and my sensibilities that's just a bad idea in general

i would be supportive though of random tidbits of clover chars being posted in the thread. general's gotta ride the wave of inactivity while there are no games right

>>58581811
THERE'S NO WAY people wouldnt love to hear clover-talk, it's the most fun ever. Please keep yapping about your characters and clover, I personally like it a lot and team petal purr makes my little heart filled with joy

I feel like I don't give Wooper much dialogue in my stories. Been trying to think of ways to fix that.

>>58585337
Reminder that that schizo Cider beefed with Wooper who is either retarded or a child. That owl's problematic.

Nice to see guild discussion cropping up in the thread again.

>>58581884
>>58581952
It's cool to hear about your ideas with everyone's lashes. Character design is such an interesting subject.
>more discussion about the collab
I'm working on my entry, but it definitely won't be done by the deadline. It's been tough to write, and I feel like I need to finish writing an entirely separate story first, because the haunted guild story revolves around a concept that I've mentioned but never properly introduced. Predictably, said other story is also giving me trouble--I've been at it for a year and I'm on the 9th rewrite now.
It's yet another case where I write stories out of order and need to fill in the gaps... Honestly, for quite a while now, I've been feeling like I seriously fumbled my characters and their development by jumping around the timeline so much, resulting in plot holes and contradictions. If I could do it all over again, I'd write in chronological order and be sure to include an overarching narrative and character development.

>>58581953
Same. Skorupi-anon was a good writer.

>>58581959
Arimis may be my favorite character because of her voice, personality, and conflict. I like Heidi for similar reasons, in addition to the fact that she's just plain adorable. Also, Toge and Dewott are both interesting characters, especially considering their connection.

>>58582228
Thanks, anon. I also enjoy Toge-anon's writing a lot.

>>58581964
I don't think that's anything to worry about. Stories don't have to be long or serious to be enjoyable.

>>58582513
There's a sign-up sheet in the rules for people who want to collaborate with other writers. You could check it out and add your name.

I guess I'll ask this again since people are finally paying attention to the thread. Is Moonlit Thicket being used for anything or is planned for anything? I see it in the locations reference, but there are no stories attached to it

>>58586779
>>58567737
>>58581884

Almost done with the story of Tempest/Stormy Adventure Squad. It seriously pisses me off that some people will just write these games off JUST because the story is subpar, without considering that Adventure Squad is a $10 (technically $30 if you get all 3) WiiWare game that has much more limited content. No shit it doesn't have a story that rivals the other Mystery Dungeon games. Imo, the cutscenes are pretty cutesy and goofy, and the Rumble models add a sort of janky charm to the scenes that make the story tolerable, even if it is pretty short and basic. The big downside is that story progress is not shared between all 3 versions, which means I will have to sit through the entire story and all the cutscenes 3 times in a row. Fortunately, the other 2 versions should be much quicker to complete as i can just use the same team which already has some levels on them. Anyway, time for the final dungeon.

>>58586905
I. F*CKING. LOVE. RUMBLE STYLE!
I wanna play the 3DS game now but I dont think I have it anymore

Tempest Adventure Squad completed. As I expected, the final dungeon was pretty brutal, and I got really close to dying a few times at the end, but I did it first try. When you enter the postgame, you unlock a bunch of new dungeons all at once, I am pretty sure you just unlock the rest of the dungeons in the game, in fact, as there is no postgame story. You also get a freebie legendary of Entei/Suicune/Raikou based on the version, I guess they couldn't think of anywhere else to add the Johto dog trio. Now it's time to use some Buddy Passwords to get some new members, the most important one being the shiny Budew, who will become a permanent member of the team. I'd like to also get a Mantine as a permanent team member to finish the team, but it only spawns in Blazing version, in a postgame dungeon, at a -10% recruit chance, so unfortunately it'll be a bit before I can get my hands on one. In the meantime, I'll just be grinding out EXP on the team and points towards ranking up. I will still try to post about this playthrough if anything relevant happens, but the next few hours of playtime will just be spent finishing the other 2 versions' stories.

>>58586932
I still own Rumble Blast, it was the very first 3ds game i ever owned I think, it came with my 3ds all the way back in 2012. The cartridge is all chewed up because my dog got to it a long time ago, but it still works, lol. I haven't played it in a super fuckin long time, and I never beat it, but i remember it being decent. Rumble on the Wii is probably a little better just because of the 4 player local co-op, although that game is WAY more repetitive. Also, on the topic of Rumble models, shout out to Pokemon Ranch, for what it is, it's pretty kino.

>>58572487
>>58573233
Bumping questions from last thread because it died soon after they were posted

>>58586978
What the hell is this?

>>58587693
Well, I can't say shit about the second reply, but the first one...

The badges can teleport Pokemon. Seems obvious you'd just teleport the crook back to your headquarters, where you'd theoretically be more well equipped to restrain them and also, in the case of a guild, surrounded by other Pokemon who can immediately assist you.

For restraining items, you've got tons of options. Stun, ban, blinker, sleep seeds, you've got all sorts of orbs such as foe-seal or the itemizer...
As for moves, I can't think of anything that disrupts Disable, and Disable does disable all moves on a Pokemon in the PMD world, instead of the last used move.

Given that the moves and items exist, there's probably also some sort of equipment you can assemble which also exists to restrain a Pokemon's abilities within a given radius, though we're not outright told that this exists as far as I'm aware.

>>58588475
Badges are honestly kind of a lore-breaker. So they're able to teleport you out, right? You can clearly do that when you finish a mission objective. You can also send team members back home. But then why can't you pull the entire team out at any time? Why do we need escape orbs? When you reach the end of a dungeon, you also don't teleport back, the narration and the animation says you go back. Why are the badges never used in any story moment? There's plenty of situations where having a button to teleport back home would be incredibly useful.

Badges are a gameplay tool, I don't think they were really considering lore implications when creating them, so trying to make sense of them is like trying to make sense of why someone sends you to retrieve an oran berry from the floor 20 of a dungeon and is willing to pay you three gummies for it.

>>58588554
You can hit "give up" in the UI to leave with the badge, but it also penalizes the contract.
In universe, I guess maybe the explaination is that the escape orb is just used as an excuse. "Uh, a Pokemon defending their home threw an escape orb at us so we have to visit another day."

>>58588617
Hitting give up counts as fainting and you lose items/money. You can escape without using an orb and without losing items, but ONLY right after finishing a mission objective. You can't even do it if you finished a mission and decided to go further. It really makes no sense.

>>58588633
>>58588554
This
This
This

>>58588475
>>58588554
Considering how quickly items wear off, you’d need a mountain of items to keep the criminal restrained until you get back to town. I don’t think relying on consumable items is feasible. And most Pokemon don’t have access to restraining moves like Disable.
As for badges, I always assumed they only work in dungeons. They can teleport you outside, but they can’t be used to warp back to your base when you’re outside a dungeon. For what it’s worth, I think this is how they’re portrayed in Clover Guild. I remember several stories where characters need to walk or ride home after a dungeon, and no stories where they use a badge to teleport right back to Capim.

Just keep the criminal perpetually knocked out by hitting his head every time he wakes up.

>>58589856
I too assume that badges only work inside dungeons and only teleport you outside rather than giving you a free ticket home on demand.
As for the Badge vs Escape Orb thing, I assume that using the badge teleports you without your items, so it is more of a last-resort.

Still, for writing I prefer to just not acknowledge the badges as having teleportation properties, otherwise it would take tension away with characters always have that "get out of jail" card.
Same for Reviver Seeds and most Wonder Orbs. They are so convenient/powerful that you would have to constantly write excuses as to why the characters aren't carrying a lot of them at all times.

What's something I can do in a fresh playthrough of sky to spice things up?
I'm jonesing to play, but I want something unique for this playthrough outside of starter and partner species

>>58591574
Could try out a QoL hack if you haven't already. Maybe put more focus on level 1 runs if you're feeling up to it?

I forgot badge teleportation exists half the time when I wrote my stuff. To be fair, I forget half the mechanics to the goddamn source material. It's a composite memory of all the games and some fanfiction at once at this point.

In no particular order if you ask me to explain PMD: Something something dungeons, jellybeans, talking Pokemon, humans becoming Pokemon, befriend talking Pokemon, the economy ran by jewish lizards, magic bracelets give you super powers, scarves are the best fashion accessory, mega evolution, time is controlled by magic gears that are secured in the most poorly guarded locations, the cycle of reincarnation and something about a tree of life, the true final boss is the collective manifestation of everyone being a mean poopyhead, come on grab your friends it's adventure time.

>>58591984
And oh yeah, FUCK Gengar.

>>58590087
Bro the brick actually increases in length to snipe that dog's head

I love reading clover lore in thread and popping in the magma as a random smuck just to disappear in a few minutes feels awkward as fuck. I've been lurking here for like 9 months now and I love all your little retards trying to find their places in the clover world.

>>58592292
I was 90% sure that nobody cared about Clover Guild outside of the magma at this point. Then again, people in the magma don't seem to care either

>>58592302
>cause of death: self fulfilling prophecy

>>58592371
Fuck prophecies.

>>58592292
Here's some lore for you.

I've kinda lost confidence in what I've written for a few months now and I'm being strangled by my own IRL issues on top of it.

I've considered more than once to just plot dump the summary of what I wanted to write in order to "kill" it. I can't figure out how to commit this shit to word anymore. It'd be a horribly unsatisfying way to end it but at this point I'm just getting gradually more frustrated each time I go back to it. I feel constantly at odds with it.

>>58592511
You'll regret it if you end up doing that. Taking a long walk can help clear your mind and get you feeling a bit more motivated. You definitely shouldn't just give up.

>>58593192
is that real?

>>58593276
>he doesn't know the super deep lore
no but there was some dogshit podcast that stumbled upon it once

>>58593192
What IS the group's disturbing past?

>>58593798
Pic related, or as i like to call it, Wave 0

>>58593798
This image is two years old now. I would love to see this updated

>>58594506
some of these aren't even cryptic anymore. We know Chespin's real name and Phanpy is definitely a fat fuck

>>58594850
I'm pretty sure we knew Chespin's name before this iceberg was made

Have the exclusive items from the DS games been used in any clover guild stories? I haven't seen them mentioned in any of the stories I've read and I think the concept is neat.

>>58595327
I used them in one part of the Chespin's Week story when he had to team up with another team to nab an outlaw.

>>58594384
Nonsense, nothing's stopping you.

>>58572487
Came up with something for this: Apricorn rope, made from braided apricorn husk. Very hard to break out of and weakens any Pokemon in direct contact with it. The strength of the rope varies with the color of the apricorn. Stronger Pokemon can break out of weaker ropes, so stronger ropes are given out to higher-rank outlaws. Making these ropes is a serious specialty, and apricorns themselves are rare, so usually only guilds and local authorities have consistent access to them.

Blazing Adventure Squad completed, only Radiant version is left. I picked up Mantine in one of the postgame dungeons of Blazing, so unless I decide to evolve Teddiursa, this should be the final team. Time to beat Radiant version, and the begin the (likely extremely long) grind of getting hundreds of Gummis and level ups. Also of importance is the Golden Mask, which apparently spawns as a reward for a specific mission type, and/or the Friend Bow from a postgame dungeon.

>>58595667
Adding to this, shout outs to Bright the Flaaffy, who helped the team get this far in the first place. May he enjoy his retirement.

Also, Mantine and Roserade (both female) need nicknames, first suggestion for either in the thread will be what i use.

>>58595327
One of my many incomplete, unpublished stories involved my team competing against Team AWD to get a Ruin Armlet. And two years ago, I drew my interpretation of AWD wearing items, including some of their species' exclusive items. I don't think I ever included exclusive items in a published story, though. They are pretty underused in Clover Guild, and it'd be neat to see them pop up a bit more often, but the rarity makes them feel more special.

>>58594264
>hey, wanna listen to some tunes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1KN7SZC7jI

>>58595632
Interesting idea. Reminds me of sea prism stone. I definitely think something along those lines would be required for catching and transporting crooks safely and reliably.

>>58595327
The chief of the Togekiss clan in Togetic's Fortunate Adventure wears a Glitter Robe, though I only described it instead of specifically naming it.

All 3 versions of Adventure Squad are finally finished, and the team is fully assembled. This is where the real grind begins. The whole team aside from Roserade was only about level 30 by the end, so there is a LOT of level grinding to do, which hopefully will be made quicker with the help of chocolates and joy seeds. Finding trawl orbs is gonna be huge here so i can steal from as many shops as possible using Gold Ribbons to make a lot of money, which gets spent on gummis and chocolates. Everyone is gonna be diabetic as fuck by the time this is all done. There probably won't be many updates anymore unless something really interesting happens, but I'll try to see this through to the end anyway.

>>58592511
Yeah, no. Don't give up like I did. It will haunt you for the rest of your days. You just need a break from whatever's stressing you out.

>>58596264
I'm not that familiar with exclusive items. I just thought this was a really fancy robe

>>58578711 (OP)
>floor NINETY-FUCKING-SIX of buried relic
>full health pikachu
>walk up to golem holding B
>rollout
>die
YEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!! JUST WHAT I WANTED!

>>58597350
after losing a run to this shit while using Articuno i always powerlevel my IQ before going in for the first time.

>>58597604
worst part is I had like 5 reviver seeds through the floors and they all got turned into sludge food by traps or eaten by the morons I recruited
lost my stamina band and 5000+ gold too

>>58597651
I usually just wait until i have a tight belt+super mobile so i can mine for items all the way down. Makes the run super long but the gains from the walls are great.

>>58597350
This has happened to me more times than I can count. Your impatience will be your undoing in PMD, always

>>58599018
Sprinting through halls is impatient? Nigga deserves to die for that?

>>58593798
>>58593192
makes so happy to see my silly memes pop up in the thread

>>58599999
This comic is where clover guild peaked. Crazy digits by the way

Is it easy enough to use SkyTemple to check pokemon spawn rates/recruit rates?
Playing Explorers of Alpha and the game tricked me into thinking that getting a shiny Buneary wouldn't be too hard by spawning multiple, and now I'm a day in and WE AIN'T FOUND SHIT.
Anyways I'm just a bit worried that Sunken Cost Fallacy is making me chase something with a Kekleon-tier recruit rate and the page for the mod is frustratingly unclear on their recruit rates.

>>58599999
Is there any worse get than 9s? While it's still a get, it's 1 post away from a 0s get which is the one people care about most

>>58600354
You should be able to go to whatever dungeon they spawn in and check the rates there

Well now I want to know
>>58600000

>>58600685
>eeveespammers claimed the 00000 get
lame

>>58600685
What are you trying to know, exactly?

>>58600720
Statistically speaking, it was the most likely outcome

>>58600354
Skytemple shows exact spawn rate percentages for every floor in the game. Recruit rates are shown as well in each Pokemon's tab, and a number like 84 would mean a base recruit rate of 8.4%

>>58600354
Im currently trying to recruit the regis and Mew on blue rescue team personally
any other recruiters?

>>58600794
I wanted to see who got the get and if there's a better way than >>ing it, I'm not familiar with it.

>>58600863
I love you nick anon

>>58601309
Not him, but good try

>>58601814
They could have at least drawn the
>hay beds

>>58601836
at least he drew something instead of pasting character portraits on backgrounds like that one lazy guy from leddit

>>58601814
waow hes becoming a flareon!

>>58601850
Never heard of that guy. Can I see his art?

>>58602849
mystery dungeon ZA...

>>58602751
They really couldn't draw cubone's face and decided to just make it black. There's no way the artist genuinely thinks that looks better

>>58603109
It does genuinely look better, though?

>>58599999
Holy digits

>>58600252
it was cool. my favorites were this one and the wooper ones

>>58599999
>>58600252
>>58603486
Might as well post the full version because it's kino.

>>58602212
he's called gelly_furry, he's made various comics like this

>>58601141
Just tried the program, and this is way easier to use than I thought it'd be. -24% recruit rate on a 1% spawn rate is certainly doable (With how many enemies spawn in this game I'd have expected to find more by now...), but if I don't have to put up with that then to hell with it, I'm cheating the rates.
I absolutely do not envy anyone who's honestly gone out of their way to recruit every pokemon in any of these games. Getting Mew in BRT back in the day was more than enough of that hell for me

>>58603761
>I absolutely do not envy anyone who's honestly gone out of their way to recruit every pokemon in any of these games
hello

In Rescue Team there was a whole lot of wishing for recruits.

>>58603806
Forgot that's an option, but that many 99f treks is itself much pain. o7

>>58603837
It should be noted that the game shows floor/recruit counts for all saves done on that cart.

>>58603109
I guess it just represents how the helmet would cast a shadow over the head

Pokemon in PMD celebrate Christmas, right? Delibird is right there. What about Clover Guild?

>>58604461
Many civilizations throughout history had some sort of celebration around the time of the winter solstice. It wouldn't be unreasonable to expect pmdworld to have some kind of holiday around that time.

>>58603806
>a whole lot of wishing for recruits
I only ran through wish cave to wish for 2 Chanseys, because fuck recruiting them the normal way.
>this file is around 15 years old now
damn..

>>58605517
how does it even count tje pokemon? do I need to recruit 1 of each evolution or just evolve 1 guy per line

>>58605550
I actually have no idea. My main goal was to fill up the friend areas completely so I got one of each evolution. The busy friend areas look great with every single mon

>>58603515
>kiyo will never hug (you)
why even live?

>>58603515
Still kind of bitter about the one with Adrian. Was a good drawing but holy shit people outside the thread ruined it

>>58606367
What's the lore here?

I'm trying out GX, and I have incredibly mixed feelings on the auto mode.
One one hand, it's nice in moderation. The problem with it IMO is that it's actually too good in the majority of cases.
Like, if you're not careful, you could auto mode through an entire dungeon, which is bizarre.
The mechanic is a viable alternative to playing the game, and I don't think that that's a good thing

>>58606894
It's actually perfect for mystery dungeon fans since they hate playing the games.et the game play itself

>>58607018
I absolutely do love that they route to items. I always was annoyed that there wasn't an IQ skill to have party members snag items in the room

>>58607028
>I always was annoyed that there wasn't an IQ skill to have party members snag items in the room
correct me if i'm wrong but don't one of the later games have party members be able to snag shit for you?

>>58606399
that image was posted in the vp AI image thread alongside a request for "after-sex cuddles" of the two, and (assumedly) the same coomer posted his shipping fantasies between Adrian and Kiyo a few times in here. you can find it all on the archive pretty easily.
In general, kiyo has a history of being lusted over by anons outside the thread.

>>58607344
>In general, kiyo has a history of being lusted over by anons outside the thread.
this shit sounds so fucking absurd it loops around to being funny

>>58607572
Believe me, the humor of it wore off quick

>>58607572
The ironic part is that it would fit with the character in canon. being crushed on and mistaken for a girl seems like it was originally meant to be a bigger part of his shtick, but nobody wanted to play with it.

>>58607838
>kiyo
>booker
>kris
>enny
Any other femboys I'm forgetting?

Guys, I’m at a loss, I’m still playing GX, and I haven’t gotten mad at it once

>>58607838
So who has picrel for Kiyo?
European-extreme toge-must-die hell-on-Earth super hardmode difficulty: no cynda

>>58608419
You have whimsy in your heart

>>58608504
I was expecting to hate this shit like I did the 3DS entries but it’s just a comfy casual mystery dungeon game

>>58608410
wasnt there another vulpix, or am i wrong

>>58607344
>In general, kiyo has a history of being lusted over by anons outside the thread.
That much I knew about. Caught me way off guard the first time I encountered an AI gen of him out in the wild. The Adrian thing is new to me, crazy.

>>58608562
Nick is a Vulpix, but not really a femboy.

>named my own team Skull
Huehuehuehue

>>58608778
I did this but Rocket

>>58608559
he's not a femboy, just gay

>>58608492
cassie duh

Why does it seem like makuhita is an alcoholic and passes out in his dojo every night

>>58609014
Because he's a fat bastard in a japanese roleplaying game

my money is on reincarnation

>>58609538
If heaven is real, for me, it PMD

bf 10