#tera raid npcs

[divergent-paths]

Got a couple of posts in colour for the story coming up, and they're taking a while to get through (this is probably gonna' be the norm with full colour work, sorry all) so here's another filler post while you wait. And in both flavours, even! although lbr, uva is clearly the superior school here, the purple uniform doesn't make my eyes bleed lmao

If you recognise these guys, great! If you know their type specialties, very cool! If you know their names, then you can hang with me. :D For those that don't know them, they're the NPC Team that joins you when you take on Tera Raids with less than a full party of players. I've grown to like them a lot once I noticed that the NPCs that join you weren't randomly generated, and are instead consistent recurring characters. I've also already started to come up with headcanons and personality quirks, and judging by the uh, ...commentary, I've seen around online, I feel like I may be the team's first and only fan :'D They're defo' gonna' be showing up a bunch in the Alex/Violet story side regardless though, because I think they're a lot of fun.

As for why I even have them drawn out in a big line up though, a big thing for me personally while drawing is that I have an almost incessant need to be consistent, which demands accuracy, which means I need ref, looooots of ref. And when I can't get clear key art, model pics, swatches, etc, I make my own ref. Oftentimes, I'll make my own refs anyway just so that I have an easy and consistent swatch base to pick from. These guys fall under that need for ref, because obviously they don't have key art, and they don't wander around town either, but they're unique enough in my book to warrant drawing. :3

[sudoscience]

Getting really tired of Tera Pokémon being able to attack two or three times in a row. If they were going to bring back Strong and Agile styles, it would have been nice if the players got it too.

(To be clear, I'm not talking about when it removes your buffs, removes its debuffs, and steals your Tera Orb charge all on a single turn, although that's annoying too. I mean when it attacks you and then attacks again, knocking you out before you even get to have your turn. Or when it does something like use Swords Dance followed by immediately attacking.)

[thelaughingmerman]

Someone should Tera raid battle with me later so we can get the mightiest mark primarina

[skarletfantasy]

Need help with Iron Leaves!!

My bf and I need 2 people to join us in a Tera Raid for Iron Leaves. Will be via code around 2pm est

(Reblogs to spread the work super appreciated)

[xxtc-96xx]

So I still hate Tera raids :V apparently now even doing them solo, it will just randomly decide to eat a chunk off of your timer if you faint despite it never doing that before unless you battled online with other people

So top that off with the fact the NPCs do nothing when you’re out and the dialogue eats your time as well as random lag when hitting a button, Tera raids are some of the most infuriating things I’ve ever had to do in a game in a very long time, bring back dynamax dens O-O

[feeling-horsey]

D --> Magearna is so good for solo tera raids in pokemon Scarlet D --> Her ability makes her STRONGER every time the useless NPC's pokemon faint D --> So she can just spam her Fleur Cannon with no drawback as the special attack drop is immediately negated as the 3 allies die

[lunarscaled]

Lord Dullanathri the Season Keeper requests the pleasure of your presence at the turning of the season in the city of Baldur’s Gate for a party of great splendor in celebration of the arriving fall season and Autumn Equinox. Guests are expected to arrive Saturday, the 9th or fashionably late.

Formal partywear will be provided. Further details are enclosed.

>Check the envelope contents?

A Dungeons & Dragons / Baldur's Gate RPC Event ( crafted w/ assistance from @charmsperson and @heincus ! )

Essentials:

THE SETUP

Hi Hello Hallo Bonjour Ciao! This section will contain a rudimentary breakdown of this event in plainspeak for muns, as I understand the google doc might seem intimidating at first glance.

Essentially: this is a big excuse for dnd + bg3 muses to be dressed in fancy formalwear and interact! I saw a lot of people on dash saying they wish there was a DA: I Winter Palace equivalent event in BG3, and several people seemed interested in having a form of open-fandom event taking place that gave them a reason to do that. That is the main goal of this event---to let muses have fun in fancy clothes.

Lord Dullanathri the Season Keeper is an Archfey who has brought his Domain of Delight to Baldur's Gate for his annual festivities celebrating the ushering in of Fall, which it is his duty to oversee. All of Baldur's Gate, including the Outer City areas and Duskhawk Hill, are encompassed by his domain at this time and subject to its rules and aesthetics to some degree. Namely: fall leaves and colors, Feywild plants, lots of fall harvests ( plants such as corn, kale, pumpkin, turnips, beets, etc. ), music, large feasts, and a good dose of fey whimsy. Dullanathri's presence, for those who are aware of him, is considered to be a blessing as his domain's arrival will ensure the successful harvest of all crops and forgeables in the surrounding area, leaving plenty to preserve for the upcoming Winter. Baldur's Gate also loves a good party, and though there is typical Fey mischief afoot, Dullanathri is a neutral party and will not intentionally harm others personally. While the party is going on, all individuals inside the domain will be automatically dressed in formal gala attire; feel free to choose any outfit you would like that you feel is suitable for your character and share it with others! Draw it! Make an image collage of references! Dress your character up in appropriately fancy clothes from the game! Write a drabble about it, Cinderella style! Approach this however you like, before or during the event.

🍂FAQ🍁

What is an RPC / Dash Event ?: Consider this the dashboard equivalent of an in-game event, such as the Lantern Rite Festival in Genshin Impact or special 7⭐ Tera Raids in Pokemon Scarlet+Violet, where many people can come together to participate.

Who is Playing the NPCs?: You are! Or your writing partner is. Feel free to fill in the gaps of the personalities of other party attendants and citizens of Baldur's Gate in a way that is interesting to you and use the skill checks as a guide for your interactions (if you wish). This includes any battle segments, such as Flower Wars---you are free to play this as true-to-form of a real campaign battle as you want, or to plot out things with your partner in advance. Do what suits you.

Is this Mutuals Exclusive?: No! Anyone is free to take the event information / set-up and post opens or write while also respecting the rules of individuals

( ie. you do not have to be mutuals with me to participate in this event, but you must still respect the rules of other writers ( such as being mutuals-exclusive ) unless they state otherwise. )

Do Characters Have to do Side Quests?: No! The Side Quests are merely additional scenario prompts to help flesh out the party, and to give various types and personalities of characters a reason to attend and interact. Not every muse is an extrovert but some are heroic, or power motivated, or curious. These quests exist to give writers material to interact with the party in a way beyond just attending, and to write with others. If you aren't interested, you don't need to focus on them.

TLDR;

If you have questions, feel free to send me an ask, and I'll do my best to answer them!

I hope this can be an event people have fun with, so I've left a large timeframe open to give people more of a chance to participate, as I know people have busy lives and different timezones.

When?: Saturday, September 9th, 2023 - Sunday, September 24th, 2023

Where (in game)?: Baldur’s Gate ( all city districts ); Dusthawk Hill

Who?: Dungeons & Dragons / Baldur’s Gate muses + OCs. ( mutual status is not required to participate. Anyone interested or with an affiliated verse may use this content to interact, write threads, create art, etc. )

Tags?: #EquinoxEvent_2023

please use this tag to track opens, prompt lists, interact with others, and so that non-fandom blogs make blacklist it if necessary (for those who are multi-fandom)

[nelvana]

A couple months ago now I was fortunate enough to buy a used switch lite from my friend, and even luckier to obtain a copy of Pokemon Scarlet at the local pawn shop at a very reduced price (plus a couple other things but that's not the point rn). So, we go right from the earliest generation of pokemon to the newest back to back, with possibly just as many bugs and glitches, to my gen 9 team!

Team stats and general gameplay info under the cut:

"Nila", Meowscarada, ♀, U-Turn - Play Rough - Flower Trick - Night Slash

"Quaord", Clodsire, ♂, Poison Jab - Earthquake - Liquidation - Megahorn

"Guache", Grafaiai, ♂, Slash - Knock Off - Poison Jab - U-Turn

"Stella", Luxray☆, ♀, Volt Switch - Spark - Crunch - Ice Fang

"Étoile", Pyroar☆, ♀, Flamethrower - Hyper Voice - Swift - Crunch

"Pharle", Farigiraf, ♂, Crunch - Shadow Ball - Twin Beam - Tera Blast

General Playthrough Notes:

Okay look I need to level with you all right off the bat, I don't like the vast majority of the pokemon introduced in gen 9. They feel like such first drafts to me. I normally go into these games with a team plan but this time I literally had two slots missing going in, I just could not think of what to put in there. And I already planned on using two poison-types and two normal-types! Normally I avoid doubling up on types as much as possible! After a bit I used the codes to get a bug-tera mew and a cetitan and was just thinking "I guess they'll be mainstays??"... then I immediately ran into a shiny shinx. Then a shiny litleo. They happened to slot right into the team and I've never been fortunate enough to use shinies in a playthrough (except my soulsilver randomized apocalocke but shhhhh we aren't there yet), so I put them on. But if they hadn't shown up and essentially saved my ass I would have been hard pressed to fill up a team of six (look I literally just used a mew I'm not in a hurry to use it again, at least it's been a couple years since I used luxray in a playthrough).

Anyways, despite all that, I had fun! I knew going in it wouldn't be too difficult and would have its lion's share of glitches, so I was just along for the ride. I like the friend group you form in this game! I like vibing with koraidon as an honorary team member! It's just a pleasant time.

Back to shinies for a moment, overworld shinies without any sound effects to indicate them is evil. I spent so much time staring at groups of pokemon trying to tell if one of them was off-palette. Thankfully, I never ran into any shinies other than the ones I caught.

The raids are neat, though since I don't have Nintendo Online and no frequent enough local players it isn't super interesting with just the npcs. Caught a few neat fellas though, including a steel-tera breloom and a fighting-tera azumarill.

Speaking of, when I first started playing those mewtwo raids were going on and I wanted to participate in them so bad. I barely missed my window, though from what I've heard I wouldn't have stood much of a chance anyway, haha.

I wish there was more post-game other than the raids. I've redone the tournament like half a dozen times now; I wish there was a battle frontier or something. To be fair, I haven't caught all those ruin legends yet; though the one I have caught I managed to get in the first ball, lol.

Do I have the dlc yet? No! I can't just throw around that kind of money willy-nilly. Maybe someday though.

Picnics are really cute though I wish I could pet my pokemon instead of just wash them. Also why can't I sit down on the chairs that are set up around the picnic table??? Still don't really get the sandwich hype, I might mess around with it a bit though, I want to give it a fair shot.

"Hey Nel, why haven't you talked about the Elite Four? You usually start these notes with them?" The E4 is very unremarkable, sorry. I won't bore you by being the billionth person to rag on how Geeta is objectively the worst champion. Also when I rematched all the gym leaders I didn't have to terastilize or heal my pokemon. They were a bit more impressive the first time around tbh. The gym puzzles were neat though!! Except for Tulip's. Fuck her.

Oh yeah, terastilizing is a thing. Mega evolution is still better.

I wanna hang out with my friiiieeeennnds more, both my irl friends and Nemona, Penny, and Arven. It would be so fun to do raids with them or something like that.

Cold take but the uniforms suck I wanna customize my outfit like Nemona, Penny, Arven and Team Star do

(Normally this is where I'd show a screenshot of me finishing the game, but I'm one of the few weirdos who can't use captchas and haven't found another way to transfer files from my switch to other devices. Have a picture of my cat instead; his name is Prince.)

[characterworkshoppe]

Question for pokemon fans who play Scarlet and Violet!

You know Tera raids...um...out of curiosity do you guys have a favorite Npc?

Because I guess I sorta do!

I'm just so much more hyped when Samantha shows up with her Weavile! ^-^

[bluekat12345]

In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, you know how that one teacher, Saguaro wants you to give him some Sweet Herba Mystica.

I've never really tried to do it since I could never really do those 5 star tera battles, which I've been told is the only way to get Herba Mystica after the main storyline. My Pokémon were never strong enough, and I play Pokémon alone, so I couldn't really get any actual people to help me with the raids, and the NPCs I get are never really helpful.

But since my Pokémon team is either level 100 or in the 90s, I've been giving those 5 star battles a go, and I even managed to defeat some. Even unlocked those higher dark crystal battles.

But I still haven't managed to get a hold of Sweet Herba Mystica. I've gotten, spicy, bitter, even sour, but not sweet. I've also gotten bottle caps or just nothing special from those battles, which I feel is a bit insulting.

This honestly happens when it comes to Pokémon games, when I want something, I can never really get it, and when I don't care or need it anymore, I finally get it. Sometimes I feel like the games are legitimately messing with me.

[bechnokid]

Thoughts on the new Pokémon games? Any favorite Pokémon or characters?

They are pretty good! My favorite character is Nemona and my favorite Pokemon is Chi-Yu, who I have lovingly named "Splashy".

I do have some more in-depth thoughts if you want to keep reading.

Graphics (5/10)

Probably some of the worst I've seen in a mainline game, despite the character and Pokemon models being really high-quality.

The low-quality draw distance is to be expected, but it's still pretty jarring seeing NPCs without their hand animations fully rendered. Some hands would look like 🤚 when holding a Pokeball or even just a pencil.

The environments are really lackluster, and the weather can cause the frame rate to drop into the single digits.

Glitches are plentiful, but not in a good way. Pokemon spawning in walls, HP bars glitching in Tera Raids, environments glitch when camera is not at an optimal angle, etc.

However, the Pokemon's textures look absolutely fantastic. I love how shiny the Magnemite line looks. :3 I kinda wish the particle effects were better on Pokemon like Skeledirge and Chi-Yu, but that's ok.

Story (10/10)

I'm so glad the story ended up so much better in SV than in SwSh. I remember not being able to play through Shield after playing Sword because of how boring the story was. Not this time, though. SV continued to keep me engaged throughout the whole thing.

(SPOILER ALERT) I kinda wish they put more effort into making Scarlet and Violet different from each other regarding the AI Sada and Turo. I don't think it would have been too farfetched to have Sada a golem because of the existence of legendary titans.

Arven's story is fantastic, and although he is not a favorite character of mine, I've really warmed up to him after learning his goal in healing his Mabosstiff.

Gameplay (7/10)

I really thought Gym Leaders, Titans, and Team Star Battles would be scaled. That would have been really cool...

I was deeply saddened that they decided to remove the majority of the QoL features from PLA, and reverted to its traditional turn-based gameplay. It isn't bad by any means, but it makes the game slower than it should be.

Being able to sneak up on Pokemon and catching them off-guard was really fun, but I wish it can be applied to also catching them and not just battling them.

However, auto-battling is really cool and fun!! I love it! Being able to bring out my Pokemon and battle other wild Pokemon really sped things up.

Follower Pokemon are back!! Although I kinda wished they changed the speeds of some of the Pokemon when they're running/walking with you. Chien-Pao, I know you have a walking animation, please just relax and walk with me!!

RIP sparkling sounds when finding shiny Pokemon. I understand that it makes finding them more exciting, but I think it makes it harder for those who have difficulty telling colors apart to find them. I don't really get having to remove a feature that would otherwise make finding shiny Pokemon more accessible to others.

Characters (8/10)

Although no one really got me all "doki-doki" like Guzma has, the cast was absolutely fantastic this time around.

I love that almost all of the gym leaders have their gym challenges as something they do on the side. Their passion is something else that they're into and they bring it into their Pokemon battles, whether it's baking, creating art, streaming, cooking, etc.

The Elite Four is fantastic, too. It's great seeing another Gym Leader become another member of the Elite Four. :3

That said, I don't trust Geeta.

Please help Larry.

Overall Score (7.5/10)

Pretty good! It's a good start to an open-world Pokemon game, but kinda falls behind compared to other open-world games out there that have surpassed it by a long shot and were released earlier! I mean like. The franchise is nearing its 30th anniversary and it still doesn't have voice acting of any kind.

It's an obvious result of dev crunch, and I really hope they space out release dates if it means getting better games. However, I don't think this will happen anytime soon.

[smallersocksx]

I really hate this Mewtwo tera raid event. How on earth are you supposed to beat it???!!! I've been reading all the strategies online, but it's so powerful, and it keeps using Calm Mind after I've used Acid Spray on it!! And if I terastilize Mew into a Dark-type, which gives it an immunity to Psychic-type moves, it uses Aura Sphere!!!

Plus, it's getting lucky with your online team. I think I ended up with NPCs, I never have a full human team.

[amateurmagic]

THANK YOU YES

I stg I just forced myself to walk away from a 5 star greedant raid I was doing with npcs bc it was wasting so much time with the most time consuming attack ever - bullet seed and stock pile. Not to mention all the npcs were dumb as shut and brought terrible Pokémon, so it was my meowscarada carrying the entire battle. I hate that the timer continues through dialogue/battle commentary. I’m already getting carpal tunnel mashing A as fast as possible and it’s just for the hope of getting some herba mystica. Why do I do these things to myself? 🙃🙃🙃

Kinda unfair for Tera Raid Battles to be timed but all the moves take forever to complete.

Cloyster used Icicle Spear!

5-second attack animation

5-second attack animation

5-second attack animation

5-second attack animation

5-second attack animation

The Pokémon was hit 5 times!

It's not very effective.

Ceruledge used Bitter Blade!

3-second attack animation.

It's super effective!

*tries to choose my next attack*

Cloyster removed all negative effects from itself!

*tries to choose my next attack again*

Cloyster is gathering its energy!

(That's nice, but let me choose my attack, please.)

Terastalize your Pokémon to stop Cloyster!

(I can't even do that yet.)

Cloyster stole some of your Tera Orb's charge!

(Okay, I get it already. Just let me attack!)

*knocks like 2% off Cloyster's HP*

Cloyster used Supersonic!

Ceruledge became confused!

*finally gets to make an attack without being interrupted for once*

5-second Terastalization animation

*bird noises*

Ceruledge is confused!

Ceruledge used Flare Blitz!

3-second attack animation that now takes 5 seconds because I'm terastalized

*moves the health bar by 5% now instead of 2%*

Ceruledge was damaged by the recoil.

Cloyster used Shell Smash!

Cloyster's Defense fell!

Cloyster's Sp. Def. fell!

Cloyster's Attack sharply rose!

Cloyster's Sp. Atk. sharply rose!

Cloyster's Speed sharply rose!

Cloyster used Icicle Spear!

(Wait, why does it get to move twice in a row?)

25+ seconds of being attacked

A tremendous energy is gathering! There's not much time left!

(Gee, I wonder why that is...)

Like, the bugs are annoying, but this is worse. You can't even turn off the battle animations, even for regular battles.

At least the music slaps. Thank you, Toby Fox.

[stargazeraldroth]

Lately I've started trying to make a box of Pokemon designated for Tera Raids. Specifically 5 Star+ ones. Online Tera Raids are a blessing for a few reasons:

I don't have the DLC yet, so this is the only way I can really get Pokemon from Kitakami

It allows me to get version exclusives... minus Paradoxes. This is how I got my Dialga

I don't have to rely on NPCs to have a shred of a resemblance to a brain

Online Tera Raids seem to be strangely generous with Herba Mystica. I think all the Sour Herba Mystica I've gotten is from online raids

Anyway, here is the list of Pokemon I have so far. I'm trying to come up with at least one member for each typing, but there are still some where I don't know what I'd want to do with them. I'm open to suggestions on Pokemon to fill these gaps and some additions to make. I'm on Violet so some Pokemon from Scarlet (*cough* Paradoxes *cough*) likely won't be possible.

Normal = Undecided... do I even need one for this type??? Fire = Undecided; potential candidates are Ninetales, Skeledirge, Ceruledge, and Volcarona Water = Milotic Grass = Meowscarada Flying = Undecided; potential candidates are Dragonite, Talonflame, Corviknight, and Staraptor Fighting = Lucario Poison = Undecided; potential candidate is likely Revavroom. Electric = Vikavolt Ground = Clodsire Rock = Lycanroc (Dusk) Psychic = Mew Ice = Undecided; potential candidates are Baxcalibur and Alolan Ninetales Bug = Undecided; potential candidates are Vikavolt, Vespiquen, Leavanny, and there's one I'm forgetting but can't remember right now Ghost = Annihilape Steel = Tinkaton Dragon = Salamence Dark = Hydreigon Fairy = Sylveon and Iron Valiant (mostly Sylveon)

[xxtc-96xx]

Welcome to forever disco hell.

I think I might just wait for a giveaway because this is not worth the headache my god, I already hated tera raids but this is a new level of bullshit. In dynamax raids you could use whatever pokemon you wanted, in tera raids apparently you can only use a small handful of specific pokemon with specific moves and pray that you can actually get an attack in cause no one else is gonna do anything, I might as well be fighting with NPCs

a challenge is one thing but this is straight up unfair

[ersatz-anomaly]

Months have passed and I’m still trying to beat enough 5 star tera raids for the Sweet Herba Mystica quest for the cooking teacher. I’ve got multiple of the other 4…. 🙃

No I’m not taking on an 6-7 stars. Bc I’ll have to depend on the competency of the Raid Community, who 99% of the time just want to show off their shinies. Shooting actual raid progression in the face. The raid community is a joke and the raids freeze so often. But of course Nintendo won’t do ANYTHING to address this issue. When 3 minutes pass and you can’t even take your turn…. That’s just taking the piss. When someone brings a Gardevoir to a Steel or Poison type raid… that’s just taking the piss.

WHEN SOMEONE BRINGS FUCKING KORAIDON TO A GODDAMN PSYCHIC OR FAIRY RAID, THATS DOWNRIGHT INSULTING

I’ve avoided the 7 star raids specifically because the raid community is reliably unreliable. I make better progress with three useless NPCs… and that really says something.

Also I’m going for a Dark Tera mew (just gotta farm 30 more shards) with Snarl and Life Dew in the upcoming Mewtwo 7 Star Raid. My timezone is BST/UTC+1 (England/UK time zone) and I would like allies in the fight who won’t cost everyone the win for pointless vanity, and who a strategy with can be prepared to counter a goddamned Psychic Tera Type Mewtwo that’ll likely have Psystrike…