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Members of two rival clans, improvised trainers, set off for the adventure of a lifetime, in search of healing and peace of mind. But the deities they worship won't be so easy to bestow such blessings...
Divine Offering
Get Together 2022 - Pokémon Challenge
- The event is now closed, thanks to everyone for playing along! -
Divine Offering
Get Together 2022 - Pokémon Challenge
- The event is now closed, thanks to everyone for playing along! -
Rules
This challenge involves, as usual, playing a main series Pokémon game from start to finish with some self-imposed rules. This time around, those will be assigned to every new player at sign-up, and will be active since the game starts. They're almost like... curses... and no, there's no way to get rid of them, unless...🌹 You may complete this challenge on any main line Pokémon game (except Legends:Arceus), as well as any hack that still follows the typical '8 Badges and League' format.
🦴 The challenge is considered completed when you see your game's Credits roll for the first time.
🌹 This challenge will last for the entire duration of the Get-Together!
🦴 You can sign-up with the form below. After that, please wait to get a set of rules assigned to you!
🌹 In detail: this set is made up of three rules with different names. Each set is made up of three "stages" which will have to be unlocked in sequence. Keep reading to find out how that's done!
Yes, you can pray for the two Deities, Marowak or Decidueye, to bestow their blessings. But in order to appease them, you will need to offer the right Pokémon in your team... one that they will deem worthy. How does one Pokémon attain such status? By showing its prowess in an important battle...
🦴 If any of your Pokémon is able to KO an opponent during a Final Battle, which means a regular Gym battle (or for games set in Alola, all Kahuna fights plus the Totem fights at the end of the trials in Verdant Cavern, Wela Volcano Park, Abandoned Supermarket, and Vast Poni Canyon), it will become worthy in the eyes of the Deities. A small number of the player rules may override this, but this is the norm for most situations!
🌹 You may notice that each rule given to players has an "Offer Requirement". Well, let's say you have just completed a Final battle and have a few Worthy Pokémon in your team. If one of them also matches with those requirements, the Ritual can begin! Sacrifice that Pokémon by permanently boxing it or releasing it, and have your rule progress to the next Stage. If you don't sacrifice a Worthy Pokémon right after a Final battle, it will lose its Worthy status. Sacrifices need to happen right away!
🦴 Once a Rule reaches Stage 3, you may once again sacrifice a Worthy Pokémon with the right requirements to get rid of that rule altogether.
🌹 You can sacrifice multiple worthy Pokémon per battle! Can you defeat all of the Gym Leader's Pokémon with different Pokémon of your own? You can sacrifice them all (if you want and are able to)! You may even sacrifice Worthy Pokémon without progressing on any rule... again, if you really want to.
The Deities have recognized your concerted effort, though.
🦴 Good news! This sacrifice can be done not just for yourself, but for a teammate, as well! Got a Worthy Pokémon that fits the bill... of someone else's Offer Requirements? You can go right ahead and, starting from their next Segment, their rules will progress one stage.
🌹 This shouldn't happen very easily but just in case... no, you can't use the method above to have a player skip directly from Stage 1 to Stage 3 of a rule, for example. You can upgrade different rules at a time, sure, but you need to go through all of their stages before you can get rid of them for real.
🦴 Now, all of this can be pretty confusing... we're sorry. But you can always reach out to us, Eleanor and Janp, in this thread or over on Discord, for anything you may need or have doubts on! We'll do our best to help and update all of the player information down below, at least daily.
🌹 That said, please remember to keep track of your progress (and your sacrifices) after every badge. It looks like the Challenge mods are in different teams so... we shall be responsible for our own teams to keep everything recorded!
🦴 Communication will likely be key. This is why it's strongly encouraged to keep track of your progress in this thread after every important fight, but also join the PokéCommunity Discord for faster updates. You can find us in our respective team channels or in the GT Challenge Discord thread inside #gt-general (thanks cube and arc!)
A small glossary:
To clarify the way some rules will be worded...- It's already noted that battles during which your Pokémon can become worthy are... Gym battles (or for games set in Alola, all Kahuna fights plus the totem fights at the end of the trials in Verdant Cavern, Wela Volcano Park, Abandoned Supermarket, and Vast Poni Canyon). These are what we have already called Final Battles... but let's be real, we only did this to be more inclusive towards our Alolan friends. (No, your Pokémon don't become worthy of a sacrifice when you defeat the Champion. You do ♥)
- Why 'final'? Because they mark the end of a segment and the start of a new one. The segment being, anything that happens between those two final battles. Another word we might use in the rules, either above or in the player board.
- You might see the word "Major battles" in some of the rules down in the player board. They are not just Final battles, but also battles against your Rivals, villainous team Admins and Leaders, and Elite 4 / Champions. For Alola Games, the other totem battles at the end of the remaining Trials that weren't mentioned before (Brooklet Hill, Lush Jungle, Mt. Hokulani) also fall in this category.
- You may find that a Pokémon may be eligible for a sacrifice if it "can learn a move". That means, not only it doesn't have to know that move right now, but it can also be a move that it could only learn via Egg move, TM/TR, event or even in a game of a different generation than yours! You could go on Bulbapedia's page for a move and if your Pokémon is in there, it counts!
- The same is true for Abilities! If you see an Offer Requirement that says "A Pokémon who may have" a certain ability and you're playing Gen 2... you're still good to go! And yes, you can sacrifice a Pokémon you've caught even if it doesn't have the ability in question: did you get a Rock Head Geodude while the requirements asks for a Pokémon who may have "Sturdy"? Good news, that Geodude is still eligible. Did you get a Gengar in Pokémon Sword and need to sacrifice a Pokémon who may have Levitate? Gengar used to have Levitate so, you can go right ahead.
Points
🌹 During this challenge you shall gain... Challenge Points, through various means. The main one is to sacrifice Pokémon, which will yield 2, 4 or 8 points depending on the Stage of the rule you're trying to remove. You can sacrifice worthy Pokémon without even removing a rule but that's always giving you back 1 point.🦴 Careful with what you sacrifice! Offering the same Pokémon twice will halve the points you get, and every subsequent sacrifice will work the same way. So points will become 1, 2 or 4.
🌹Every person who reaches the Hall of Fame will let their team gain 20 Challenge Points!
🦴 We may distribute points to each team based on some Achievements: specifically, if your team has the largest number of different species submitted; if your team has submitted the sacrifice with the highest level or the lowest level; if your team has made the most sacrifices per person playing.
🌹 Individual achievements are also possible for those who complete their game of choice. You may get some boons if you only sacrifice Pokémon for other players, or on the opposite, if you only do it for yourself with no outside help; if you end the run with no more rules left, or if you just... end the run with no rules removed or upgraded at all; if you sacrifice no Pokémon at all, or if you are able to sacrifice 4 Pokémon in a single fight.
🦴 The team who has the highest amount of Challenge Points at the end of the GT is the winner of the challenge! They shall get 150 Get Together points (the real deal), while the opposing team may get a variable amount of points based on how close they got to first place. We'll normalize the results to be on par with the other events, basically.
Sign-up Form
🌹 Name:🦴 Team: Arqueros or Guerreros?
🌹 Game of choice: let's be real, newer games might give you a slight advantage, but we tried our best to limit the damage ^^;
🦴 Trainer Class: only for cosmetic purposes - we'll put a picture of your trainer class in your Player Board page, in true Challenges fashion!
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