Session 9: Old Rough Road
## Dungeon Details
- Name: Old Rough Road
- Type: Flying
- Biome and Location: Taiga Cavern
- Key Words: Unhappy, Dent, History
The group goes deep in the tall grass. As they walk forward the environment seem to get darker and darker. Their steps echo like they were in a cavern of some sorts until all of a sudden they find themselves in an open outdoor area.
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The group starts in room B. The sun shines bright in the sky above them and they seem to be surrounded by walls of grass and tall rocks. There are many dead and hollow trees in the room with dark holes.
On the floor there's 2 Elixirs, a Pecha Berry, and orb and a stack of Poke. However they are being guarded by 1 ledyba and 3 chatots. There seem to not be any visible exits.
Initiative Starts:
- Riolu
- Pooch
- Sky
- Slash
- Environment
Round 1
Riolu goes first. He searches his bag and throws an Iron Thorn at the Ledyba. It hits and does 2 damage (8 HP).
Suddenly, from one of the nearby trees comes out a volley of small projectiles in his direction. Riolu evades them, the projectiles seem to be some kind of scales.
Pooch goes next, he looks at his surroundings, trying to figure out what is wrong with the hollow trees. However he is interrupted by a barrage of scales coming from the trees, he manages to evade them all, but didn't get closer to figure anything out.
Sky uses Iron Tail against a Chatot. She hits and sends it flying towards one of the trees. It takes 13 damage and disappears in a puff of smoke.
Slash uses their signature move "slash" against another of the Chatots and deals 18 damage, knocking it out instantly.
Some scales come from a tree near Amapola and hit her, she takes 3 flying damage (17 HP).
Ledyba attacks Pooch, but he manages to avoid the attack using Run Away to take some distance.
The remaining Chatot hits Riolu with his wing, its super effective. He takes 6 damage (14 HP).
Round 2
Riolu Uses Force Palm agains the Chatot, he hits and deals 4 damage to it (6 HP). He takes 2 super effective damage (12 HP) from a volley of scales from one of the nearby trees.
Pooch manages to take note of the nearby holes. He makes 3 points of progress (7 left) towards figuring out the room's puzzle.
Sky uses Iron Tail agains the Ledyba. She hits and knocks it out.
Slash uses Metal Claw in the remaining Chatot. They hit and do 9 damage, knocking it out.
Round 3
Pooch tells everyone which are the holes where the scales are coming from.
Riolu goes to the hole nearest to him and punches it, doing 3 progress points (4 left). He seems to have hit something and the scales stop to come out of that hole. However a volley hits him in the back and he takes 6 damage (6 HP).
Pooch runs as fast as he can and hits every hole where a scale has come out, doing 4 points of progress. The room is quite after that. Combat is over
"Are you ok Riolu?" Pooch says. "I think so." Riolu responds, looking pretty beat up.
Slash gets closer and gives Riolu an Oran Berry. Then turns to the rest with a very serious expression "Lets try and get out of here as soon as possible." they say. Riolu eats the Oran Berry and recovers 1 heart (16 HP).
They look around and see there are two paths. "Let's go through there" Sky says at the same time as Slash, pointing at the path to the left. Slash's serious expression immediately drops "I SAID IT FIRST" they scream "THAT NOT TRUE" Sky screams back.
The two of them growl at each other while leading the group through that path. On the way out of the room the party picks up some items that are around it:
- Pooch picks up 2 scales from the trees. They turn out to be Hakamo-o Scales.
- Sky picks up 6 Hakamo-o Scales.
- Slash picks up a "Follow-Me Flower"
Room A
The group enters Room A. It's a sanctuary! The room seems to be an open area with a big prysm stuck inside a log at the center. The party touches the prysm and recovers 1 heart and 5 PP.
They search around the room and find the following items:
- Sky finds a Big Apple
- Slash finds a Blinker Seed
- Riolu finds two Apples
The room only has one path forward, towards the south. The group decides to go through it but leaving Amapola in the Sanctuary as it is safer.
Room D
It's a normal dungeon room, it has no items and 4 enemies: 2 Ledybas and 2 Chatots. Combat Starts
Round 1
Riolu throws a Hakamo-o scale at the Ledyba and hits! It deals 8 super effective damage (2 HP).
Pooch throws an Iron Thorn at the hurt Ledyba, but fails.
Sky uses Iron Tail against one of the Chatots. She slams it agains the floor, dealing 15 damage and making it disappear in a puff of smoke.
Slash uses Slash against the other Chatot, trying to defeat the enemies with flying moves first in order to protect Riolu. They hit and deal 16 damage. In the blink of an eye, the Chatot is nowhere to be seen, only a trail of smoke in Slash's direction remains.
The Ledybas attack Riolu and Sky. Sky takes 1 damage (19 HP) and Riolu takes 2 (14 HP).
Round 2
Riolu goes towards the hurt Ledyba and prepares to hit it with a regular attack. Suddenly a blue aura surrounds Riolu, his eyes shine bright with energy and hits the Ledyba with a powerful punch! The Ledyba takes 9 damage and is knocked out.
Pooch throws a scale to the remaining Ledyba but fails.
Sky attacks the Ledyba with a regular attack. She manages to hit it with her tail and it takes 6 damage.
Slash tries to finish off the Ledyba. They use Metal Claw, but the Ledyba avoids the attack.
The Ledyba attacks Riolu and hits. It deals 2 damage (12 HP)
Round 3
Riolu uses the momentum of the Ledyba's attack and hits it with a powerful kick. The Ledyba falls to the ground unconscious, before disappearing.
Combat is Over
The group looks around the room and find the following items:
- Pooch finds a Cheri Berry
- Sky finds a Rainbow Seed
- Slash finds 6 Hakamo-o Scales
They move to the east towards the only exit of the room.
Room E
It's a regular room. It has 1 seed on the floor and 6 enemy pokemon: 5 Ledybas and 1 Chatot. Combat starts.
Round 1
Riolu throws a scale towards one of the Ledybas. It hits right in the head and deals 12 damage, knocking it out instantly.
Pooch also throws a scale towards one of the Ledybas. It hits and deals 8 damage (2 HP).
Sky tries to use Iron Tail agains the Chatot but it avoids the attack. There's a loud "BOOM" in the room as Sky's tail hits the floor where the Chatot was.
Slash tries to catch the Chatot's escape by hitting it with Slash. But the Chatot moves in an unpredictable way and avoids the attack.
Two of the Ledybas attack Pooch, but he avoids one of the attacks with Run Away, and manages to jump out of the way of the second attack.
The other two Ledybas attack Sky and Slash, but both of them miss their attacks.
The Chatot then uses wing attack against Riolu, its a critical hit! Riolu takes 16 damage and falls to the ground unconscious.