Earthbound: The Rainbow Omen (discussion)

[Soaring Pikachu]

Are we going to do anything with the dream world or Magicent?

[Raiden193]

Yup, thats me! As long as there are some warning signs, I think I will be able to avoid getting myself killed. (probably)

Currently, your horoscope predicts you will be hit by a giant boomerang. *salute* Good luck.

Also, feel free to use any titles that Mic may give you on your characters. With just that, we can make the miracle happ- *get's diced*

[coolminun]

Can Bowie get hit by two metal projectiles? It won't kill him, I promise XD. Also, the enemies are getting out of control with Kyornik, some help would be greatly appreciated.

[Soaring Pikachu]

As much as I like the idea of my person getting hit repeatedly, Bowie would have already fallen to the ground by then. But you could have the bat hit Santanas robot (if Raiden allows) since it seems pretty sturdy.

[coolminun]

Never mind. I know how I'll twist it around.

[Kiruria]

Well, sorry for my absence, everyone! Fortunately I am planning on posting soon, after I read your posts. But first, to address some questions and such here:

@coolminun: Yes, there will be some Mother 1/Earthbound Zero stuff in this RPG. Not a whole lot, mind you, but you'll just have to see.

And about the number of PSI techniques, yes, while that was certainly true for Lucas, I recall Ness starting out with far fewer techniques (just Lifeup at the beginning, as I recall). And both of them were in a smaller party than our characters are now. Thirdly, it'll be time to learn even more PSI after this upcoming boss fight.

And sorry, but your Fly Honey will not help at all. Master Belch? Come on. That was like my least favourite boss in Earthbound. And plus, I'm not gonna just throw a pre-existing boss into this RPG. I'm more creative than that! And what business would Belch have in a garden anyway? Nope, the upcoming boss will more closely resemble a certain Pokemon...

(Actually, I do have a Mother 3 boss scheduled to show up in the next phase of the RPG, except he won't exactly be a boss. Nor even an enemy, perhaps.)

Also, I want everyone to know that there'll be a new person joining the RPG! chihaya01 will be joining with Naneth, and heading into Jardin de Colores with everyone else. I'll add her info to the character list now. And at this point I'll just delete Louis and Amos, as neither of their creators have been active in this RPG.

EDIT: I started reading some posts. Coolminun, the flower that made Gon laugh was a Merrygold, not a Pigtunia.

[Raiden193]

As much as I like the idea of my person getting hit repeatedly, Bowie would have already fallen to the ground by then. But you could have the bat hit Santanas robot (if Raiden allows) since it seems pretty sturdy.

As much as that would be interesting and provoke Santana, I find it hard to believe that someone who's in the Jardins de Colores would be able to throw a baseball bat at someone who's barely strayed form the aircraft.

And since minun seems to have thought of something, I'll just fill in the blank.

Wait, minun, can you change it to a thud then a PANG?

[chihaya01]

Well, it would have been Naneth but with the water theme, I just changed her to Aqua. What, she has a long blue stick? I haven't played Kingdom Hearts >.> Besides, I was going through an evlish phase in my life...

Now for a question! Are we able to learn a new PSI ability in battle or would we have to wait for the battle to end before learning another PSI ability?

Uh, so, I hope we can all get along! Also, to the other two people that also have characters who like cats, were obviously the most original people ever.

[Kiruria]

@chihaya01: (and this applies to *Kyurem* as well) Your new PSI technique will awaken while you battle the Fleshy Flower. And haha, looks like I'm not the only one who caught my silly Foppy-Fobby error.

@Everyone: Alright, so we now have two new people in the RPG! I added Aqua and Dell to the character list, updated the Plot Summary, and added the No Good Fly ad Fleshy Flower to the Enemy Index. Also, I just got an idea for a new NPC, who I'll be introducing shortly. An NPC who isn't a canon character from the series, for that matter!

[chihaya01]

Is this npc possibly a prince? Who has PSI abilities? The Poo/Beartiger of the game?

Fobby, foppy, fappy, I think all of those are mistakes that could be ignored.

Also, I hope it's okay if Peppercorn stays for the boss battle then leaves afterwards. He wants to make sure his number one catnip provider survives the battle!

[coolminun]

Vileplume!

I have an idea for the ending result of the boss fight. So I realized that this thing can call a large amount of flies to do its bidding and the flies recover hp from drinking its nasty nectar. This puts us in a bad situation, and I realize we have no big offensive Psi like pk love or Psi rockin to deal with crowd control. So what I was thinking, is a team attack of alpha level offensive psi to destroy the enemy. This involves creating large fire within the garden that will land us in the custody of the Quetzal police force. The fire dept is gonna come and help out the fire, but we made a large mess, almost destroyed the Jardin de colores, ended up in jail, and in true earthbound fashion we have to find some cooky way to get out of this situation.

One way I was thinking was an awesome display of Tekina, Gale, and Kyornik's offensive psi teamwork. (Haven't heard from Cal in a long time so Idk if he wants to contribute.

Another way, was for Tekina to set fire to the canopy of a large tree. Yako could then use his swing ability to lift said burning tree and Smaaaaash!! it into the Fleshy flower and end it, while waving the flaming tree around like a burning fly zapper to incinerate the flies. But again I haven't heard from sluggy either so idk.

What do you think? To make it awesome, I'd have to bunny the characters but I'd ask JeanGrey and Zekshirom if its okay with them first. I also want to wait until mostly everybody has their posts on the battle in.

[Kiruria]

@chihaya01: That's fine. And you can pick a new PSI technique for Aqua to learn now--just pick one from the PSI list at the beginning of this thread. It can be an offensive or non-offensive technique--doesn't matter which. Which reminds me, we currently don't have any users of status-afflicting PSI like Paralysis or Brainshock, nor any users of PK Ground or PK Flash. But I think you were planning to have her learn PK Freeze next? That works too.

@coolminun: Those are both interesting ideas, but the first one would definitely be too hard to pull off. In my next post (which is coming up very shortly), I'll have an NPC come along and briefly help with the battle as well, so hopefully that will make things easier.

@*Kyurem*: Hmm, so you're not deciding to go to Quetzal at all, deciding to pay a visit to Dr. Andonuts instead? Well that is interesting.

Yeah, as I said before, expect a new post shortly.

EDIT: I have posted. Now that the Fleshy Flower is weakened, it should be a bit easier to fight. You may follow Gon's plan, or the ideas coolminun offered here, or even a creative plan of your own to stop the Fleshy Flower. That mystery girl will play a key role in this RPG, but just who is she? And what did she do to the Fleshy Flower?

[coolminun]

Oooh. creepy pk hex

[chihaya01]

Aqua is a Lucas, minus the two offensive moves. She provides heals and shields. Her version of PK Love/Rocking is PK Herb which is a Lifeup+Healing. Then it will later evolve to PK Garden where it will be a group effect. I was thinking of Psi Freeze but I got the idea of using the ice for Counter. Shield itself will be a wave of water while Psi Shield will be a bubble. Over all, she does no damage using Psi. I would also like to beg now. Can Aqua learn Aurora Wave? It would work as Gon's Aurora Tracker. She would clear her mind and summon her water. If she opens her eyes however, she'll be able to have the water bounce off of any aurora that is hidden from the eye. It would be helpful if our party is to ever have to split from one another. I will also offer an enemy! Or two!

Dancing Winds- Unlucky gusts of wind that blew in the wrong place at the wrong time. The Aurora Particles that hid in the air mixed with the wind to form a humanoid wind being. They fight using Psi Wind. They enjoy kicking up dust storms.
Cactus Crabs- A shellfish that lives in the desert. How did it get there? It's a mystery. Through further research, it is believed that they may actually be scorpions that were mutated by the Aurora.

Why they have a desert theme, I don't really know.

EDIT

Awkward moment when Counter isn't on the list....

[Soaring Pikachu]

Can Bowie learn pk Starstorm if I have him go through some sort of sub conscious challenge? My other question is where is the group headed after the garden?

[*Jean Grey*]

Gale's progression is like that of an offensive mage's, therefore, she will probably be the last person to learn healing in the group, she's no lady after all. XD I plan to focus of "weather"- like offensive PK first, therefore, the next one she'd probably learn is PK Ice. XD Overall one of the harder-hitters, at the expense of healing. XD She's the antithesis of the party Staff Chick alright. She's a Black Magician Girl. XD

[coolminun]

Kyornik grows with powerful offensive psi used mostly for crowd control. When having to focus that on one opponent, the damage is beyond destructive. He's gonna learn some healing psi. Life up and healing to the gamma level and psi magnet to the omega level. No status psi is needed because his offensive psi causes status. Freeze is self explanatory, thunder equates to paralysis, and Pk nature is akin to flash because it uses golden light. it just doesn't instant kill

[Kiruria]

@chihaya01: Yeah, Aqua kinda came across to me as more of the supportive type of PSI user. And she totally is a Lucas, especially since she's one of the youngest in the group (besides Santana). And no, you're only allowed one Favourite Thing move. So Aqua will have PK Herb or PK Garden, but not both. It's only fair to the others. Personally I think PK Garden would just sound better. And you're right, Counter isn't on the list of available PSI yet. That's because it's slightly more advanced, especially when compared to Shield. Same thing goes for PSI Magnet. And the Offense/Defense modifier spells will be... completely omitted in this RPG, just so we don't have too much PSI to deal with. I'll let Aqua learn Counter though, just because.

Also, there are some things you have to keep in mind about Counter. Counter is not a shield. The user still takes the full amount of damage from the attack--but the enemy also receives that damage. Also, Counter only works on physical attacks. The only physical attacks the enemy performs in this battle are the Fleshy Flower's leaves and the No Good Flies' charging. An incoming liquid attack (was that the Fleshy Flower's nectar?) would hardly count as a physical attack, not to mention there's no such thing as PK Water (unless PK Fire and PK Freeze collide, perhaps). If this is not what you had in mind, you might want to consider editing your post and changing Aqua's newly learned PSI to Shield instead.

@Soaring Pikachu: 1. Yes, but not now. And not anytime soon in fact. PK Starstorm is a REALLY powerful PSI technique, so nobody will learn it until much later in the RPG. 2. Where are we going next? That is a secret! But I'll give you one hint: we're leaving Quetzal for another country tomorrow. And we'll be learning our Favourite Thing technique before we leave. There is a specific order of places we will be visiting, just like there was in Earthbound, kind of.

@Jean Grey: Yup, that sounds about right. And her PK Darkness (that seems to be the best name for it) will be quite formidable indeed... though the mystery girl will probably think it's not dark enough even then.

@coolminun: You sure have a knack of guessing things correctly! And... you know, you could give PK Nature a more offensive effect (I was thinking something more along the lines of the Pokemon attack Frenzy Plant, or Earth Power), and have Kyornik learn PK Flash later. And also, Hex isn't considered an offensive PSI, and therefore doesn't have the PK suffix. Nor does it require an incantation, hence why the mystery girl didn't need one.

But yeah, since nobody had their character learn Hex, I decided it would be fun to introduce another character who uses it... Well, you know what... Even though Hex isn't an offensive PSI, it's probably about as offensive as PK Flash is, and Hex is already the name of a Pokemon attack. So to avoid the confusion between the two, I think I'll just call that PSI PK Hex... Yeah, good idea, coolminun. PK Hex it is. I guess I should add it to the Offensive PSI list then... well I'll do that later, because I'm lazy and tipsy now.

[Soaring Pikachu]

Much later? That is disappointing..

[*Jean Grey*]

@chihaya01: Yeah, Aqua kinda came across to me as more of the supportive type of PSI user. And she totally is a Lucas, especially since she's one of the youngest in the group (besides Santana). And no, you're only allowed one Favourite Thing move. So Aqua will have PK Herb or PK Garden, but not both. It's only fair to the others. Personally I think PK Garden would just sound better. And you're right, Counter isn't on the list of available PSI yet. That's because it's slightly more advanced, especially when compared to Shield. Same thing goes for PSI Magnet. And the Offense/Defense modifier spells will be... completely omitted in this RPG, just so we don't have too much PSI to deal with. I'll let Aqua learn Counter though, just because.

Also, there are some things you have to keep in mind about Counter. Counter is not a shield. The user still takes the full amount of damage from the attack--but the enemy also receives that damage. Also, Counter only works on physical attacks. The only physical attacks the enemy performs in this battle are the Fleshy Flower's leaves and the No Good Flies' charging. An incoming liquid attack (was that the Fleshy Flower's nectar?) would hardly count as a physical attack, not to mention there's no such thing as PK Water (unless PK Fire and PK Freeze collide, perhaps). If this is not what you had in mind, you might want to consider editing your post and changing Aqua's newly learned PSI to Shield instead.

@Soaring Pikachu: 1. Yes, but not now. And not anytime soon in fact. PK Starstorm is a REALLY powerful PSI technique, so nobody will learn it until much later in the RPG. 2. Where are we going next? That is a secret! But I'll give you one hint: we're leaving Quetzal for another country tomorrow. And we'll be learning our Favourite Thing technique before we leave. There is a specific order of places we will be visiting, just like there was in Earthbound, kind of.

@Jean Grey: Yup, that sounds about right. And her PK Darkness (that seems to be the best name for it) will be quite formidable indeed... though the mystery girl will probably think it's not dark enough even then.

@coolminun: You sure have a knack of guessing things correctly! And... you know, you could give PK Nature a more offensive effect (I was thinking something more along the lines of the Pokemon attack Frenzy Plant, or Earth Power), and have Kyornik learn PK Flash later. And also, Hex isn't considered an offensive PSI, and therefore doesn't have the PK suffix. Nor does it require an incantation, hence why the mystery girl didn't need one.

But yeah, since nobody had their character learn Hex, I decided it would be fun to introduce another character who uses it... Well, you know what... Even though Hex isn't an offensive PSI, it's probably about as offensive as PK Flash is, and Hex is already the name of a Pokemon attack. So to avoid the confusion between the two, I think I'll just call that PSI PK Hex... Yeah, good idea, coolminun. PK Hex it is. I guess I should add it to the Offensive PSI list then... well I'll do that later, because I'm lazy and tipsy now.

Eh, Gale is just herself, not a wannabe. XD I mean, she still cooks, bakes and takes care of her friends while being a dark biker chick. XD She never tries, it's just her preferences. XD I would like to see jabs though. XD