From: Brian Brokaw <brokaw@teleport.com>
To: Emerson (by way of The PoJo <thepojo@thepojo.com>) <emerson@cygnusoft.com>
Subject: Re: A couple of Qs
Date: Monday, September 06, 1999 9:55 PM

From: Emerson (by way of The PoJo <thepojo@thepojo.com>)
<emerson@cygnusoft.com>
To: brokaw@thepojo.com <brokaw@thepojo.com>
Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 5:31 AM
Subject: A couple of Qs


>Hi there!  I saw, in one of your old Q-and-As, a discussion of Haunter's
>Hypnosis attack.  The question was, basically, "What, I just always get put
>to sleep?"  The answer was, "Yes, always.  But you get to flip at the end
of
>each turn to see if you wake up."  It sounds like the word "turn" is being
>used as different from "round."  In other words, you play, then I play, and
>that's a round, but it's two turns; each player gets a turn in the round;
>two turns make a round.  Do I understand this correctly now?
>
>And another question:  What's the deal with "levels?"  I see, in lots of
>online Pokedexes and spoilers that a Pokemon's attacks depend on its level.
>But the rules don't discuss levels.  I can't find any explanation anywhere
>of what a level is.  It doesn't matter with regard to combat play, because
>you just use the attacks you have.  But how about rarity?  I see no
>differentiation between the various levels of a Pokemon in any of the
>collectible materials I have checked (I may not have checked enough!).  I
>can't believe that all levels of a given Pokemon are equally common/rare.
>
>And yet another question:  About poisoning... once an active Pokemon is
>poisoned, does it just stay poisoned as long as it's active?  So, for
>instance, if my active Pokemon gets poisoned, then my opponent retreats and
>puts up something that paralyzes me or puts me to sleep, can they just keep
>me like that until I die?
>
>Finally, a little suggestion for a variation on the basic combat game.
It's
>hard to play more than 2 colors in a standard battle deck.  But try an
>80-card, 3-color deck some time, and start with a 9-card hand.  It plays
>pretty well, and you can get a lot more variety of combinations.  You can
>even play all 6 colors if each side builds their deck right.  It works best
>if you build half the deck of one color, and split the other half between 2
>other colors.
>
>Thanks for any help you can offer.  And thanks for having the most useful
>battle strategy site on the web!
>
>Thank You,
>Emerson W. "Chip" Swan


Hi.

1) Sleep: YES. 2 turns make up a "round" (or whatever). YES. the trainer
who has a sleeping pokemon gets to flip a coin at the end of EACH TURN
(meaning 2 times per "round") to see if it wakes up.  (i.e.  Sleep kinda
sucks.)

2) Levels just help define the card so you know which card you are using.
There is no correlation to rarity. A level 12 Pikachu is a different Pikachu
than a level 14 Pikachu and so it will have different attacks and hit points
and what-not... Just use the Level to help describe the card to someone
else.

3) I LOVE THIS IDEA! 60 cards always seems so small to me! My hardest
decisions are on what NOT to use in my decks!  I'm definitely trying this
variation out next time I'm at the game store!  Thanks Chip!

Brian Brokaw