Pokemon: Chains of Evolution (8/8 Gyms filled; closed until further notice.)

[Revenent]

The Adventure
OOC Discussion
Interest Check
Recruitment
Character Roster
Region Map/Event Listing
Tetso Pokedex

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Welcome to Tetso.



In myth, Tetso, and specifically the Krakkulon Bay it surrounds, was the region where man and pokemon first came together as friends and learned to live in peace, now reflected in the nature-centric lifestyles of its inhabitants. But today, it's home to one of the largest stadiums in the world, the Seastorm Championship Stadium, connected to the massive, island-based Seastorm City. The stadium has been hosting countless events and expanding for over half a century, attracting some of the most powerful and famous trainers from across the world to spectate, promote events, and, of course, challenge each other thunderous battles. It was the central and perhaps only establishment for organized pokemon battles in Tetso; until recently.

Six months ago, seeing the need to give local trainers a chance to train and grow without having to enter themselves into events that were out of their league, four former Gym Leaders from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh came together and formed a new Tetso Pokemon League, choosing eight local and visiting trainers to set up brand new Gyms for trainers to test their mettle at! With the new League in place, the brand new Elite Four constructed a Pokemon League headquarters just south of Seastorm City and locked themselves away, leaving the new Gym Leaders to train and grow along with their challengers, and to do their parts as the new unofficial guardians of the region...


Things to Know:

So, if I didn't make it clear enough, the majority of the characters in this RP, i.e. the ones you playing, aren't going to be just any old trainers, but the budding Gym Leaders of this original region, who will actually have to train and increase both their strength and the quality of their gym challenge! I'm currently cooperating with a member of a recently failed Pokemon RP to help make this as organized as possible, with an Event system and everything to keep giving players goals, but here's a quick run-down of some of the important details:

-This is a freeform, semi-sandbox RP. There will be a central story, but characters will be free to move around wherever and the main plot will gradually become more important down the line. There will be no stats or levels, but players are expected to be truthful to what their pokemon can do based on actual base stats. I'm considering making it so that all moves learned are just kept forever to remove the micromanagement of remembering the movesets for an entire team of pokemon, but that's still undecided. Bulbapedia will be the main source of information on moves that can be learned, stats, and whatever else.

-A new region means new pokemon, along with ALL currently existing pokemon (no "Gens 1 and 2 only!" here). We won't go overboard, but I have two or three original Legendaries in mind for involvement in the story and the lore. Beyond that, I was considering including these, along with any original pokemon you can suggest:

Fakemon (especially the last page)
Additional Eeveelutions

-Depending on their preference, each player may not only design their character, but also their gym challenge, the town they live in, and even the surrounding landmarks and dungeons if they wish. If not, the GMs can just do it for them.

-Until we have all eight Gym Leader slots filled, I will accept a MAXIMUM of two non-leader characters, for people who don't really feel like playing a Gym Leader. Once we have all eight slots filled, people are free to play whatever.

EDIT: I'm opening this up to all characters now, Gym Leader or not.

Once we get a few more votes of interest going, I'll throw up a character sheet template, and we can start building our new region! For now, if you're interested, just say so and make sure to claim what Type you want to specialize in. So far, the following are taken:

Various (so GL characters MUST specialize in something)
Grass
Dragon
Fire
Dark
Fighting
Psychic
Poison

Also, while the following aren't explicitly taken, they are discouraged to avoid redundancy with our Elite Four characters. If you really, really want one, let me or Ember Star know and we'll work something out...again:

Ghost
Electric
Steel
Normal

Details on choosing your starting team will be up shortly. So, do we have any takers?

Character Sheet:

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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b] Being that this is a new Pokemon League, it's reasonable to expect most of the Gym Leaders to be younger.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Pictures are welcome, but not necessary. If you don't include one, be sure to be detailed with your description.
[b]Specialization:[/b] Mandatory if you're playing a Gym Leader.
[b]Orientation:[/b] Might as well include it. Any are welcome, but feel free to leave it blank if you haven't decided yet.
[b]Personality:[/b] Keep it simple if you want, but remember that this will probably reflect on your character's Type choice and the style of Gym Challenge they instate, as well as their battle methodology.
[b]Hometown and Region:[/b] If they're a local, you don't have to include the town, unless you've already thought of a name for one.
[b]Background:[/b] At least a paragraph or two would be appreciated. Especially important is their trainer history, how they came to choose their Type, and probably how they got noticed by the Tetso Elite Four.

[b]Starting Team:[/b] Since they're all new Gym Leaders here, and we want some sort of progression in the RP, here are the rules for your opening team:

-One first stage pokemon and one second stage (mine being a Turtwig and a Gloom, for example).
-No second stage starters or pseudo-Legendaries (i.e. you can have a Charmander or a Dratini, but not a Charmeleon or a Dragonair, at least not until the former evolves).
-A second stage of a two-stage family or a pokemon with no evolutions or preevolutions is acceptable for the second slot.
-Pokemon that seem too powerful may be denied. (I wouldn't want someone starting with a Rhydon, even though it's only the middle pokemon in its family. A Magmar might be okay, though.)
-Include their moves. The first stage can start with three, the second stage can start with four. Keep it as something they would learn under level, say, 20 or 25, or by TM if it's not too strong.
-For the sake of making this less confusing, without special permission, you may only nickname your character's primary pokemon (or just one of your choice).
-No legendaries, obviously.

[Latooni Subota]

Hmm. While I normally don't tend to do sandboxy games since I like heavy gm involvement/control, this is actually kind-of a nifty concept. I'm not sure if I'd try to leap on one of the two trainer slots, or make a Gym Leader though . . . hmm. I can guarantee that my Gym Challenge would probably be pretty weird, or annoying, to the poor trainers though!

Mid-posting Edit: Okay fine, I totally want to be a Gym Leader and design my own area and town and stuff! Hahaha! Has anyone chosen which towns they want yet? Are we free to request a town added in a certain place, or another landmark? Still thinking up my Gym Type though.

[Revenent]

Trust me, it's not going to be that sandbox-y. Aside from meeting up with other characters, the majority of a Gym Leader's movements are going to be to respond to Events, which will be either put in place by GMs or requested/suggested by players. Events can be calls for aid by the locals, challenges by trainers, challenges by prospective GLs who want to take your place, and so on. Basically, since GMs will be organizing most of the random battles/trainer encounters, expect a ton of involvement on our part.

So far, the only town that's taken is the small town that's furthest east on the map, which I'm using for my character. Other than that, you're free to any of them, and yes, feel free to request one in a new location if you have a good idea for it. I also highly encourage you to think of landmarks near by, since every town should have stuff to do around it.

[Latooni Subota]

I think I'd get a kick out of going as a Dark-type gym leader, since there haven't been any in canon before. I also wouldn't mind claiming the big city to the north of the stadium, since Dark Types feel like they'd fit in well in a big honkin' city. Which I'm starting to have ideas for . . . The city and the area north of it was mysteriously 'sunk' through unusual earthquakes waaay back when, creating all sorts of underground ruins and tunnels. Rather than move away, the people built up a new city on TOP of it, and history continued on from there. Basically, there's the city on top, the sewer systems and stuff the next layer down, then under that there's all manner of tunnels and collapsed ruins and things that may or may not have cool things in them. Think that's something we can work with?

Edit: Also, northern edge of the map? We should totally have a Safari Zone. I'd love to mess with a Safari Zone. :3

[Sylia]

Hrm, I'd like to say I'm interested in doing a fighting type gym. Not too sure on the details juuuust yet, but I figured I'd put my interest in first. Also, is it okay if I import the general idea behind my character from another pokemon game I was in? I just really liked her and she was a fighting type trainer.

[Revenent]

Latooni: The only thing I had in mind for the big city to the north was that there would be access by ferry to the Stadium, as I want at least three routes leading into Seastorm City from the mainland. But I don't see that being for you idea, which I like a lot. ;D It would actually work rather well with the lore of the region, too, as a sort of echo of events from the past that created the bay in the first place. So yeah, I'm fine with that.

As for the Safari Zone, sure, why not? My character, an aspiring Pokemon Professor, is already going to be working out of a wildlife reserve, but's that more like a Safari Zone minus the safari, so having both should be fine.

Sylia: I have no problem with that. Gym Leaders are quite varied in terms of personality, so just about any type of character can be made to work.

Should I put you both down as confirmed participants, then? Asking mainly so I know if I should edit the thread title.

[Latooni Subota]

Heck yeah :3

Maybe rather than a straight-up Safari Zone, it can be more of a Casino/Resort area. The big city tries to get tons of tourism via the ruins for intellectuals, the casino part of the area for the gambling/rich types, and the 'Safari Zone' part where they ship in all sorts of pokemon (or hire trainers to catch pokemon for them in exchange for some traveling money, hint hint) so they can have contests of people trying to catch the pokemon and stuff. Sort of a 5 trainers enter, whoever catches the best one gets an extra prize, sort-of thing. Kinda like the Bug-Catching Contests, only  . . . MORE. XD

[Sylia]

Definitely. Also I gotta message you over some of the other details about the character to ensure I can actually use her in this game.

[Revenent]

Cool. :-)

And Latooni, that's fine with me. This is your city to play with anyway, so feel free to work on the details all you want.

[ShadowFox89]

 I would be interested in playing a Gym leader... Would a psychic gym be fine?

[Revenent]

Yep, that should be fine.

[Latooni Subota]

Helpful Latooni is Helpful!

These are the remaining Types that aren't taken-

Ice
Poison
Ground
Flying
Bug
Rock
Steel

Lots of cool stuff to play with, yeah? X3

[Revenent]

Steel is taken (more or less), but Water is still open (probably).

Also, just so you guys know, I opened this up fully for non-GL characters, so there you go.

[Latooni Subota]

WHoops, my bad. I made a mistake when copying down things! XD

[Revenent]

I'm hoping for at least one more now to round things off. Should I just put the character sheet up now?

[ShadowFox89]

 I think so. Would twin psychic gym leaders be fine with you?

[Latooni Subota]

Yeah, might as well put the sheet up now.

[Revenent]

Character sheet is up.

Shadow, I'm not too sure, but feel free to PM me with the details and try to convince me.

EDIT: We also may or may not have our eighth Gym Leader; I'll let you guys know once the details are clear.

[Latooni Subota]

I'll work up more details on the city and related areas when I get the chance, but here's a character sheet for now!


Name: Elly MacDougal
Age: 22
Appearance:

Specialization: Dark
Orientation: Bisexual

Personality: Self-Centered. That's the biggest thing about Elly that you'll notice. As one of the 'priviledged', she's grown up to be rather lazy and sort of a pain. The world is supposed to revolve around her, and you should understand that. She tends to get bored easily, and wander off to do any number of things as long as it's something that can hold her attention. She's fairly cat-like in that regard.

Hometown and Region: Douglasberg City, Tetso Region.

Background: Elly is quite possibly the wealthiest girl in the entire Tetso region. Her family goes all the way back to the founding of Douglasberg, and were the people that over the years have made the city what it is. Growing up as a little princess with all of her needs and wants fulfilled . . she was pretty damn bored. The girl took up wandering about the ruins that Douglasberg was built over, when she finally found something interesting: wild pokemon! The ruins always seemed to be a magnet for Dark-type pokemon, so she found herself quickly growing to like them.

A bit of pouting and "Daddy~"-ing managed to convince her father to expand his shiny new casino and resort, to have battling facilities and a Safari Zone installed so she could have fun. Since this was the first time in years that she'd actually showed initiative, he caved in, and to his surprise the city became even MORE popular! In the years that followed, Elly was revealed to have a rare talent when it came to catching and battling pokemon. She was difficult to read, and nearly impossible to panic, so she managed to win battles that should have been all but impossible. When word of her skills reached the Elite Four, they granted her the chance to open up her very own Pokemon Gym in the city.

Starting Team:
Scraggy
Attacks: Low Kick, Faint Attack, Brick Break

Krokorok
Attacks: Rage, Bite, Sand-Attack, Sand Tomb

[Revenent]

Don't worry too much about the city just yet. I'm going to have a separate thread later listing details of each city and the Gym challenges for those that have Gyms. For now, just take your time to go over the details in your head.

The profile looks good, excepting your starting team have four and five attacks respectively, instead of the three and four that were allowed. Work that out, and you should be good to go. :-)

[Latooni Subota]

Whoops, that was me not re-reading the instructions properly. Lol

[Revenent]

Thanks for fixing that. I'm still working out the details on how we're actually going to reward players with new moves and evolutions, but I figure it's easiest to just start with a small moveset and work our way up from there.

Elly Macdougal - Approved

[Sylia]

I'll work on mine tomorrow! I'm still trying to decide what fighting types I wanna use.

[ShadowFox89]

Name: Natasa
Age: 19
Appearance: .http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=857705
Specialization: Psychic
Orientation: Bi
Personality: Natasa is driven and fierce, throwing herself completely into any project she sets her mind to. She doesn't like being told no and can have a dangerous temper when provoked. Most of the time, however, she keeps her temper under control.
Hometown and Region: Slateport City, Hoenn
Background: Natasa was born in Slateport City in Hoenn, the only child of two former trainers. Living around pokemon her entire life, her psychic potential was obvious from the age of four. Natasa spent years honing her psychic ability, focusing on telekinetic and empathic abilities. By her 16th birthday, Natasa had left Slateport on a boat headed to the Tetso region, leaving everything familiar behind, with the exception of her two pokemon that she received as eggs.
Natasa traveled through Tetso until she arrived at Reinso city, which was under attack by a swarm of Beedrill. With the aide of her Meditite and Ralts, Natasa was able to drive off the bug pokemon. A member of the elite four [steel trainer's name] was watching. Impressed with her skill at handling the swarm, s/he offered Natasa a position in the fledgling pokemon league. Natasa accepted, and soon started working on constructing her own gym.

Starting Team:
Meditite ♀ - Level 10; Bide, Meditate, Confusion, Low Sweep
Ralts ♀ - Level 10; Growl, Confusion, Double Team

[Revenent]

Did you decide not to go with the twins thing, Shadow?

[ShadowFox89]

 Yeah, decided it'd be more trouble than it's worth.

[Revenent]

Yeah, I imagine it would have been kind of a pain to be constantly playing two people at once.

[ShadowFox89]

 It's not that, really, it wouldn't be too hard to be playing two people. But I imagine it would annoy the others too much.

[Revenent]

What makes you say that? I don't see why anyone else would have an issue with it. And if they do, they should probably say something now.

[Revenent]

Water is available again, and we have one Gym Leader slot open again. It turns out the person we weren't sure was joining or not can't take part. Hopefully we can find at least one more person to fill the position, and hear from a couple of our reserved players soon so we don't have to find more. If you happen to know any Pokefans who are reliable and decent posters, and who would be interested in this sort of thing, you know what to do.

[DRoux]

For which Gym do you need a Leader?

[Revenent]

Any of the available Types (those not listed in the original post) is fine. There's no premade Gyms or anything.

[DRoux]

Alright, I'm on it.


How do you feel about a cybergoth running an Electric gym?

EDIT: Disregard that, probably going for Poison since we have an Electric trainer in the Elite Four.

[DRoux]

Also, I had an idea for another big city. This one could probably find a good spot on the western portion of the map.

Astorpoint City
Smog and neon are the two most prevalent things on Astorpoint City’s skyline. Soaring skyscrapers house apartments and businesses near the city’s center, while more squat buildings that form intricate alleyway labyrinths house clubs, those who aren’t looking for a high-rise apartment or a penthouse, and the occasional warehouse. On the outskirts of the town are its factories, their smokestacks spitting smog into the air and drawing in all sorts of Poison Pokemon to feast on the industrial waste.

The sort of city this would be

[Revenent]

These last two cities seem to be going against what I said about the locals living very closely with nature, but maybe that can be sort of a running theme with the three large cities on the map (and maybe the mega-large Seastorm, to some extent). I certainly think it's a good fit if you're going with a Poison Gym, so we can roll with it.

[ShadowFox89]

 Hmm... Not sure about a city for Natasa...

Maybe one where lot of meditating and getting in tune with yourself is involved.

[DRoux]

Sorry. Couldn't think of much else for a city with a Poison Gym.  :-\


On the other hand, I can set to work on dreaming up some nice little hippie sorts of places if you'd like.


Almost finished with my Gym Leader, just need to polish the bio.

[Revenent]

I'm not too worried about it, to be honest. I think it makes more sense for it to mostly be the smaller towns that are more in tune with nature, anyway, like White Forest, or maybe something like the White version of Opelucid City.

[DRoux]

One thing I'm curious about for the bio section...


You mentioned types in the first post, but who makes up Tetso's Elite Four?

[Revenent]

Spoilers.

[DRoux]

Fair enough. Here we go then, language vague enough so spoilers are unspoiled for all.

Name: Elouise Fairchild
Age: 19
Appearance: See left
Specialization: Poison
Orientation: Bisexual, but prefers girls.

Personality: Likes  trying new things, but will often stick to what she knows, looking for patterns that she can use to her advantage. She is playful and fun-loving, but making her angry is generally a bad idea, as she is quite capable of holding grudges. Other than that, she is bubbly, upbeat, and generally a happy-go-lucky girl.

Hometown and Region: Astorpoint City, Tetso Region

Background:  An Astorpoint native, Elouise grew up with the big city as a facet of regular life. During her early years, she lived in an apartment with her parents. The first Pokemon she caught at the age of ten (with her father’s help) was a Zubat that had been separated from its colony and ended up dangling from their upstairs neighbor’s windowsill.
Years later, when she was sixteen, she picked up a job clearing out anything that happened to clog factory smokestacks, usually a Koffing, with the help of her now-evolved Golbat. She caught one of them, as opposed to chasing them off as per her usual job, and started training it alongside her Golbat.
Come the age of eighteen, however, she decided that she wanted to do a little bit of travelling, and see the region. She did a full circuit of Tetso’s towns and cities, with Douglasberg City in particular reminding her of her home. She spent a few weeks there, traversing the city’s underground ruins, when she met the Elite Four’s Ghost Trainer, also exploring the underground. After a friendly chat, and guessing that she would have to be a decent Trainer to make it as far from the surface as Elouise was when they met, the girl was extended the invitation to join the new League as Astorpoint’s Gym Leader.

Starting Team:
Koffing
Attacks: Poison Gas, Smog, SmokeScreen

Golbat
Attacks: Toxic, Confuse Ray, Venoshock, Wing Attack

[Revenent]

Very nice; I don't see anything that requires fixing. She certainly seems like the type of person our Ghost Elite Four member might take a liking to.

Elouise Fairchild - Approved

Though now I've noticed all four people who joined in from this topic are playing female characters, and my co-GM is playing a female character, so that puts us on a one-to-five gender ratio until we hear from our remaining two. Shouldn't be an issue, though.

Oh, and feel free to include the nickname of your character's main/chosen Pokemon in your character sheet if you already have one in mind.

[Occident]

May I ask if merchants are allowed? Perhaps a researcher for whatever large company is in the region? That or set up some spa area or breeding center.

[Revenent]

Sure, though my character (who I will put up a sheet for soon) is already a researcher and aspiring Pokemon Professor who focuses on the effects of cross-breeding pokemon, so you might want to be careful about overlap.

[Occident]

I will wait to see what sort of projects your profile mentions and avoid similar things. Though having them overlap at one area and start to compete for funding might be interesting for later on. Would your character have a sponsor?

[Revenent]

I don't know. I think he would probably be funded by an accomplished Professor, if anything. Most likely Elm, since he's an expert on breeding.

[Revenent]

Sorry for taking so long on this; a busy couple of days kept me from thinking about the details as much as I wanted to. Once we have another profile or two up, I'll get a character thread, and then we can start to do some work with our towns and gym challenges while we wait for the rest.

Name: Cedric Oleaster
Age: 24
Appearance: See left.
Specialization: Grass
Orientation: Hetero
Personality: Cedric is a quiet and thoughtful man, preferring to think through almost anything he says rather than blurting something out and risking sounding like a fool. Outwardly, he seems strong and perhaps a bit distant, but has lingering confidence issues over mistakes he's made in the past, especially when it comes to training pokemon. It's difficult to earn his full-hearted trust, but because so few have it, he'll fight to the death for whoever does.
Hometown and Region: Driftveil City, Unova Region
Background: Driftveil was not the best place for a mind like Cedric's. While the city was a great place to find work, prospering from both the region's central dock operation and Clay's mining company, the young man wanted more than to just be a laborer for the rest of his life. He saw how pokemon worked alongside the miners and the dock workers, but wanted to learn more about the psychology of pokemon: why they were so willing to help humans, and what made them all different, yet so similar and easy to befriend. By the time he reached 16, an answer was brought to him, but not the kind he expected. Men came to his town and preached that pokemon were really not happy with humans, but enslaved and miserable. He was told they needed to be rescued, and he made up his mind to join the fight.

Cedric received his first pokemon at the same time as he left Driftveil for the first time of his life, and he was immediately set to doing the dirty work of this new group. He didn't understand how his seemingly harmful actions could benefit the pokemon population as a whole, but he believed he was learning the truth about their nature, and did whatever he was told as he sought more truth. Unfortunately, by the time he came to his senses and realized he was the one enslaving and hurting pokemon, justice had come for them, and he was a changed man; not even Clay, who he had known all his life, and who has father had worked for for decades, recognized him with his new uniform and attitude. Abandoning his pokemon to be returned to their trainers, Cedric fled his home as an outlaw, believing he would never be able to raise a pokemon again.

Time made the difference, though. He traveled around for a year or two in flight of his past before he came to Kanto, where he found a poor Oddish being poached by two awfully familiar men in black uniforms. He took the two men down before they could manage to get their own pokemon out and left the Oddish to go free again, but, strangely, the little weed creature decide to follow after him instead, much to his chagrin. It was while trying to get this pokemon to stop following him that he was discovered by a man named Oak, who questioned why anyone would not want the friendship of such a kind creature. Of course, Oak could see the answer in Cedric's eyes; he saw a damaged man, plagued with self-doubt and loathing for his past, but there was still a spark beneath of someone who wanted to become more, to learn more about pokemon and create a better world with that knowledge. Despite much resistance, he managed to convince Cedric to become a research student.

With the help of Oak, Elm, and various other Pokemon Professors (along with his friendly new Oddish, Priscilla), Cedric gradually started to trust himself with pokemon again, eventually accepting an offer from Professor Elm to perform a research project for him. The locals surrounding a wildlife reserve in the distant region of Tetso had agreed to let Elm set up a new lab on the site to study effects of cross-breeding, especially among Grass pokemon. Having taken a great interest in the Grass type himself, Cedric agreed and departed to perform research on his own, not nearly a Pokemon Professor in his own right, but on that road nonetheless.

A visit from the friendly Elite Four Steel trainer eventually presented an opportunity for Cedric to get even more funding for his and Elm's project. With the hearty approval of the locals, he converted part of his lab into a Gym, deciding to dedicate his challenge to making trainers realize the importance of trust between them and their pokemon.

Starting Team:
Gloom (Priscilla)
Attacks: Mega Drain, Acid, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder

Turtwig
Attacks: Cut, Razor Leaf, Withdraw

[Occident]

That reminds me. Did you choose legendary pokemon for this reason from the fakemon listing?

[Karasu]

Totally interested myself. I'm working on a male, though I definatly could use my female from another pokemon game, tho I'll have to see..

I absolutely love those new eevelutions, aireon, eeveleon, and eartheon are so cute! hehe well I'll have this up very soon.

[Revenent]

That reminds me. Did you choose legendary pokemon for this reason from the fakemon listing?

That particular fakemon list? No. But I have seen some elsewhere that I may incorporate. I just want to discuss it with my co-GM before making any final decisions, and she has her hands full with real life at the moment, so nothing's set in stone yet. Aside from the two or three original Legendaries that will be involved, anyway.

Totally interested myself. I'm working on a male, though I definatly could use my female from another pokemon game, tho I'll have to see..

I absolutely love those new eevelutions, aireon, eeveleon, and eartheon are so cute! hehe well I'll have this up very soon.

Welcome aboard. ;D I look forward to seeing what you bring to the table.

[Wolfy]

Hmm...I hope I may be allowed to join....

Though I'll have to do up a profile later tonight, after work.

[Revenent]

The more the merrier, Wolfy.

I know it's a fact of life around here that people will inevitably drop out or just disappear entirely, so I'm kind of stockpiling players right now so that we'll at least have enough to keep the Gyms filled, hopefully. I do have some big ambitions for this game that I haven't even talked about yet, so I want to make sure it keeps going.

[ShadowFox89]

 Tempted to fire up Black and train a ralts and meditite to level 10 each, then use those stats for my  character's mons.

[Revenent]

I'm sure there's probably a website somewhere where you can just put in level, Effort Values, and Individual Values to figure that out. Stats likely aren't going to be a huge deal in this game, aside from relative base stats (i.e. whether it would hit better with physical or special, how resilient it would be, etc.). I don't think I'm going to include a level system, though there may be something in place for unlocking attacks and evolving.

[Acid Lips]

Are you still looking for players?

[Revenent]

Yup. Adding you would bring us up to 12, so I may allow one more before closing it.

[Acid Lips]

I will see if I manage to come up with something, not sure though yet.

[Karasu]

I should have it up later tonight  are anime pictures accepted or must they be real pictures? cause otherwise I'll have to find a new pic XD

[Revenent]

Considering this is based on a video game/anime/manga, it would be rather silly of me not to accept anime pictures. :-) Honestly, I tend to prefer anime/drawn pictures for that reason, but people are free to use whatever they like best.

[Acid Lips]

Do the rules of the opening team apply to both trainer and gym leader?

[Revenent]

Unless you had something different you wanted to pitch to me for approval.

[Acid Lips]

mmmm it can be any starter pokemon right?, how does the battle system work?

[Revenent]

Any starter is fine, yes; even the three included in the first Fakemon listing. And there is no battle system, this is basically freeform. All you have to worry about is what moves you have available to you and how you can write them into a post.

[Acid Lips]

let me think about it, I am really not sure what to make if I join

[Revenent]

If you need any help or a second opinion, just let me know. I'm not going to be overly strict so long as no one is overpowered.

[Wolfy]

Will post after Din Din. <3

[Wolfy]

So Reve...about the Type specializing...Do regular trainers fit into that?

[ShadowFox89]

 Regular trainers don't need to specialize.

[Revenent]

Shadow has the right of it. You can specialize if you want to, but it's not necessary. I know a couple people in the previous RP even specialized in things like "defensive" and "status effect," so you're not limited to Types in that regard, either. It's totally up to you if you want to do it at all, though.

[LeSane]

I was wondering if you were still accepting Trainers. I read this and found it highly fascinating, and I was tried of lurking about in wonder so I felt I should just come out and ask.
If yes then I will be writing the profile post haste.

[Wolfy]

Name: Sam Tarly.
Age: 19
Appearance: See above. Stands at 6' 1", with blond hair and green eyes.
Specialization: N/A
Orientation: Hetero
Personality: A fun loving guy who likes to ride his bike just as much as he likes to be with his Pokemon, Sam is a free spirit that travels where the wind takes him. With his Trusty Jolteon and Solosis by his side, he's set on traveling throughout the world.
Hometown and Region: Black City, Unova.
Background: (Will work on this)

Starting Team:

Solosis
Attacks: Psyshock, Protect, Toxic.

Jolteon
Attacks: Thunder Fang, Pin Missile, Wild Charge, Thunder Wave

[ShadowFox89]

I was wondering if you were still accepting Trainers. I read this and found it highly fascinating, and I was tried of lurking about in wonder so I felt I should just come out and ask.
If yes then I will be writing the profile post haste.

Scar, could you please please not use 8pt font? It is impossible to read.


And... oh, wow. Is Wolfy actually playing a guy?

[Revenent]

Sure, Scar (Scare?), there's still room. But yeah, like Shadow said, the 8pt font can be a bit difficult to read.

Wolfy, the limit's three moves for your first stage pokemon, so the Solosis will have to drop a move. Other than that, looks fine so far.

With a possible (hopeful) 13 members, I'm going to close this off for now, at least until I hear whether Acid Lips wants to join or not for sure. I'll just ask everyone to keep working on their profiles for now, while I organize some things.

[Karasu]

Hey revenent, Could I be allowed a Snivy and a Ralts as my pokemon? If not then I'll pick one or the other. I wasn;t sure if we were limited to just the starters or not.

[Revenent]

Yeah, that's fine. Why, what was the rule you were concerned about?

[Wolfy]

I certainly hope it's fine that my character gets around on a Motorcycle.....o3o

I mean, we've seen plenty of them in the series..:3


Edit:

Omg guys...I just thought of the best. idea. ever.

POKEMON BATTLES.

ON MOTORCYCLES!


It worked for Card Games! :D

[ShadowFox89]

 Well, I know what my character's gym challenge is going to be: A motorcycle race through the country while battling pokemon.

[Karasu]

I just wasn't sure on the rules for a pokemon team. CAuse in the games my usual tactic is to get the first 5 pokemon I run across first XD

[ShadowFox89]

 You know, there is a pokemon D20 system.... It's not hard to learn either >.>

[Revenent]

I just wasn't sure on the rules for a pokemon team. CAuse in the games my usual tactic is to get the first 5 pokemon I run across first XD

Well, you'll have opportunities to run into pokemon on your travels (both canon and "native" Tetso pokemon) and capture them, so you can always catch some and switch them out as you catch ones you like more. Likely, I'll have people work out their "endgame" team at some point so me and my co-GM can make sure you catch all of the ones you really want at some point. I'm just more concerned about organizing the profiles and towns out for now, though.

You know, there is a pokemon D20 system.... It's not hard to learn either >.>

This isn't going to be a system game, when it comes to combat or catching pokemon. I wouldn't mind there being some sort of side thing at the Stadium where people can go and fight each other with that system for some added fun, but the main game stuff is going to be freeform.

[Karasu]

there's actually a free little program that works for battles..  best way to have pokemon battle it out.

[Karasu]

Here's a good question for you REv.. Coule my character perhaps have a baby pokemon that isn't used for battle? Like.. a baby hoothoot for example? In addition to the other two pokemon of starter snivy and Ralts?

[Wolfy]

Soooo...when do we start.....

[Revenent]

there's actually a free little program that works for battles..  best way to have pokemon battle it out.

I'll talk it over with Ember, but I'm hesitant about including a system. I prepare the narrative and even the narrative of battle to be directed by players, not worked around what chance dictates.

Here's a good question for you REv.. Coule my character perhaps have a baby pokemon that isn't used for battle? Like.. a baby hoothoot for example? In addition to the other two pokemon of starter snivy and Ralts?

I don't see any issue with that. If a player or two wants to start off in possession of an egg, too, that would be fine. This is just a starting point, after all.

Soooo...when do we start.....

Probably when more than two of the twelve players beside myself have done their character applications. :P

[ShadowFox89]

 Finished Natasa's sheet. She could just as easily be a fire trainer....

[Karasu]

kk Rev thanks, I've marked it on the sheet, though Hoothoot's freshly hatched, he won't let it battle just yet, it'll be a long while (like lvl 5) before he'd let Hoothoot battle XD but I'm almost done, just need to finalize the details on appearence and background and im set.

[Revenent]

Natasa - Approved

So you decided to just go with the two stage ones? That works for me, though I figure I should let you know one of the native Tetso pokemon is going to be a Medicham evolution, so that could be a stage two starter if you want the Medicham, I mean):

Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide

Doesn't matter to me either way, though.

Anyway, once one more person gets done (or maybe just tomorrow, if I have the time), I'll set up a couple topics to help us move into phase two of setting up here.

kk Rev thanks, I've marked it on the sheet, though Hoothoot's freshly hatched, he won't let it battle just yet, it'll be a long while (like lvl 5) before he'd let Hoothoot battle XD but I'm almost done, just need to finalize the details on appearence and background and im set.

Sounds good. ;D I look forward to seeing what you have.

[Karasu]

Also rev.. what moves would Kindlemurr have by lvl 20?

[Karasu]

Name: Katsuo
Age: 17
Appearance:
Specialization: Psychic and Dark mainly
Orientation: Bi curious
Personality: Katsuo is a caring kind of guy, he loves seeing pokemon achieve their fullest potential possible, but on the counter side, he is fierce in battle, never going so far as to push his pokemon too far, but seems to share a kind of link with his pokemon who tend to respond appropriately.
Hometown and Region: Tetso, South Point town
Background: Katsuo was born in South point town, a small town that is located at the south tip of Tetso. He could always see the lights of the stadium from his ocean side window and his best friend, an Eevee named Toshi,  always stood by his side since he had rescued the poor pokemon a year ago.

At 10 Katsuo left home with Eevee, and received his starter pokemon, Kindlemurr. His mother had given him the Egg of a Hoothoot that was her favorite pokemon, and when it had hatched, Katsuo took such a love of it, but would never let it battle for its own safety of course, though the hoothoot did watch the battles he had. Though Katsuo seemed to be more suited to the psychic and dark types, which he did not have yet, but would, at least he expected to, he did like the psychic and dark types even from a young age.

Starting Team:
HootHoot (M), Baby, Not active for fighting, counted as "Egg" until lvl 5
Kindlemurr (M), (Lvl 21) Moves: Rollout, Smog, Flame charge
Eevee (M), (Nicknamed: Toshi) (lvl 24) Moves: Tackle, Growl, Shadow ball (TM)

[ShadowFox89]

 Eh, don't like the Nirvomah. Doesn't follow the Meditite/Medicham naming scheme or design scheme too closely.

[Revenent]

I'd say just look and compare with other Fire starters, stage one Fire types, and rodent-like pokemon, then decide what moves you would want to go with that would fit. If you're having trouble setting up a moveset after that, just let me know and I'll help out.

The profile looks pretty good, though. :-) The one thing I'm going to ask you to change is to drop either Dig or Shadow Ball as one of Toshi's moves and pick something a little weaker. I'm okay with him having one move of that power level, but I'd rather him not have two to start with.

Eh, don't like the Nirvomah. Doesn't follow the Meditite/Medicham naming scheme or design scheme too closely.

Well, in any case, it's there, so Medicham would count as a middle evolution in this case. I just wanted to let you know in case that affected your choices in any way.

[ShadowFox89]

 I was going to go Kirlia, but Kirlia evolves around level 28. And because we are only given 3 moves for our 'mons (4 for one of them), it wouldn't make much of sense. Bad enough that she's only got 2 mon >.<'

[Revenent]

I said this at the start, but levels mean absolute, 100% nothing here, so you don't really have to worry about that. And in any case, there are plenty of gym leaders in the games who have "impossible pokemon", ones that are evolved when they're too low-leveled to be evolved, so just go with what you want.

It would be kind of boring to start with a full team of six straight off, though, wouldn't it? Then you don't have anything to work toward. :-)

[ShadowFox89]

 Especially for psychic trainers, who have more than a dozen 'mon to pick from :P

[Wolfy]

IT'S DRAGONITE, BITCH!!


:D

[ShadowFox89]

 Sorry, couldn't hear you over the sound of my Kyurem, Reshiram, and Zekrom. You know, real fucking dragons.

[Latooni Subota]

Late, but . . . We don't need no systems! As much as I'd like a full PTA game, this is clearly guided freeform, so lets stick to that!

[Karasu]

Edited and fixed. It was hard as hell picking my pokemon.. cause damnit I have a full team I like using XD But like Rev said this is just the start, I canw always catch the little buggers XD

[Revenent]

Katsuo - Approved

Everyone looks good so far. Expect a couple new topics up later in the day, hopefully. :-)

[Karasu]

woottage ^^ Can't wait for you guys and gals to meet Katsuo ;)

[Revenent]

By the way, since you don't have an actual second evolution, you can give Toshi one more move if you want.

[Ember Star]

*waves* I decided to finally show my face here so people know where to find me. Rev, thanks for handling this completely while I dealt with my issues

[Karasu]

I'll save Toshi's final move for when he evolves, at the moment I'm thinking of what to evolve him to, it's someting to think of ya know XD

[Revenent]

*waves* I decided to finally show my face here so people know where to find me. Rev, thanks for handling this completely while I dealt with my issues

No problem. ;D I'm just glad you're back, since I'm not sure I could handle this many players on my own.

I'll save Toshi's final move for when he evolves, at the moment I'm thinking of what to evolve him to, it's someting to think of ya know XD

Works for me, but remember, this isn't like the games; you don't magically forget moves as you learn no ones, and there's no limit of four that you can use (after you learn more than four, that is).

[DemonLord FuriousPyro]

I'm returning as well. Hello n how are you folks?

[Revenent]

It's good to have you aboard, Pyro. :-)

Well, we have our character thread up, so things should be moving along shortly once everyone gets their profiles done

Character Roster

Coming up next will be the Region Map so everyone can get familiar with the locations around Tetso, though it will still be largely blank while we wait for the Gym Leaders to decide what their towns are going to be. I'm hoping to have it up tonight, but it might not happen, since I have to work late and get up early tomorrow morning. I should have lots of time tomorrow to work on it, though, once I'm done with this volunteer construction jazz in the morning.

[ShadowFox89]

 Could you number the blank towns?

[Revenent]

That's exactly what I was planning on doing once I got the Region Map up. Basically, every town would have a number, and every landmark/dungeon would have a letter, and the information would be listed in tabs below. That way we can number and sort everything before we have all the names and information down.

[Karasu]

I gsave you a town , that southern one on the lowest tip of the map up there XD South Point Town XD

[Karasu]

And yes I got the idea for a link from Pokemon Conquest.. Damn good game!

[Revenent]

Are you referring to the on on the left side of the map? I forgot to mention this before, but the one on the lower right, above that single mountain, already has plans for it. Speaking to everyone, you can still have a Gym there if you're a GL, but you won't be able to design the town.

[Karasu]

well you've got the name regardless XD

[Revenent]

So were you talking about the one on the left map or the one on the right?

[Karasu]

the lower tight, that small tip.

[ShadowFox89]

 If possible, I'd like Natasa's gym to be on the left side of the map, the city just above the lake.

[Revenent]

the lower tight, that small tip.

The one that leads to the mountain, then?

If possible, I'd like Natasa's gym to be on the left side of the map, the city just above the lake.

I believe that's already Astorpoint City, Elouise's city.

[ShadowFox89]

The city connecting to the lake then?

[Revenent]

Open. As far as I know, everything is open except for two of the three large cities on the map that aren't Seastorm, and the small town that's the furthest east on the map.

Feel free to request a new location if you want your town elsewhere, too. It's not too much of a stress on my magnificent GIMP abilities to add another town on there.

[DRoux]

Oops. I feel directionally challenged now. :P


I meant for Astorpoint to be large city in the east. Feel free to grab the city by the lake.

[Karasu]

aye rev least i think that brown shape is a mountain

[Revenent]

Alright, well, that town and, more specifically, that mountain are going to play heavily into the region's lore, so keep in mind Katsuo will probably have to be pretty familiar with it once I introduce it. The name you chose is fine, though.

Unfortunately, all, I'm going to be heading out for a large chunk of the day soon, but I will probably be able to get another couple topics up later, most importantly the Region Map.

[Karasu]

sureness Rev. I like knowing lore XD

[Revenent]

Sorry for the delay. Things got...hectic.

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145023.0

Only added the information for the first few towns so far, but if anyone would like me to add something about their town, or they're a Gym Leader and want another town in a new location, just shoot me a PM.

I'll put the OOC up tomorrow so everyone who's been approved or is working on their profile can come and chat, and hopefully discuss an idea I had for a progression and reward system, to see if everyone was okay with it, or they had better ideas.

On a last note, Ember told me she was going to send out PMs to those who have expressed interest but still not done a profile or responded recently, but since I haven't heard from her and don't have confirmation that she did it, I'll do that tomorrow as well. I may just start up the IC thread for those who are already approved, just so you guys have something to do while we wait for the rest.

[ShadowFox89]

 I would like to suggest a gym leader summit.

[Revenent]

As an opening event, or for later on down the line?

[DRoux]

Fair warning, I'm going to be out of the country for a few weeks. I'll try to get on when I can, but I can't guarantee a constant connection.

[Revenent]

No problem, Droux. I'll try to make it so you're not too overwhelmed with keeping up once the IC's started, either if you're able to get on while you're gone, or when you return.

Completely forgot I had this typed up already, but the OOC is up:

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=145264.0

Approved or not, everyone can go ahead and stop in and chat, and pretty soon I want to discuss one last mechanic to make sure everyone's okay with it before we get started.

[LeSane]

I finished the profile if you have any problems with it please let me know. I tried to incorporate a few aspects from an old region so his back story would be more sound.

Name: Cain Dormaz
Age: Twenty
Appearance:

Cain Dormaz

Specialization: None.
Orientation: Bisexual (Leans toward women more)
Personality:
Cain can be highly sarcastic to people he does not like. Most don't see his tone as such until way later. Which in turn people will start to detest him bit by bit until they see him as an a-hole. Being like this is a defensive mechanism meant to keep others from getting to close. Despite all the traveling and battles done by him. He can be fairly relaxed which his pokemon love about him due to this. Most trainers constantly want their own to push forward which make them dislike any kind of growth with the trainer. This part of him makes them more rested and willing to do as he asks. One of his finest points is the level of loyalty he has for others as well as his team. No matter what he'll stick by them. Abandonment is never an option so the saying 'Stuck with me til the end' is a truth.

Hometown and Region: Sootopolis City in Hoenn
Background: He was raised in Sootopolis with his mother who came to live in the place because of its beautiful nights as well as the chance of exercise which all in this town had. At a young age Cain had been introduced to pokemon by riding on the back of a Lapris which was his mothers first companion in her travels. As he grew older his interest shifted toward other types due to trainers coming to see the gym leader Wallace for the badge one needed to compete against the legendary Elite Four in his region. At the age of ten Cain's mother decided his father should be an active role in his life, and was sent on good faith.

It was in Rustboro City where his father worked as a scientist reviving fossil pokemon that was once extinct surprised his son wanting to know more about the past for its number of prehistoric wonders. Here he learned about the other types that he would encounter whilst going to school. When turning fifteen the research department at his fathers work received a new fossils from Sinnoh. Two Skull fossils which had been found by a gym leader/ miner in the Underground. Eagerly Cain begged his father to let revive it to see what kind it beheld. On that that day a set of  Cranidos both male and female came to be. His father studied them, and even evolved them to Rampardos for years those two kept Cain's interest wanting to have one of his own. After about nine years of living with his father the young man decided that he should become a trainer to travel the world and become a better person.

As a gift by his father he received an egg from the two Rampardos who had breed with one another. The duo were reluctant to part with their offspring, yet allowed him to have it as well. When it hatched the baby Cranidos was wild having a bit of a temper. The natural  blue tone like its parents had been altered and was now red and gray. The second gift had been one just as great a trip to Tetso a newer frontier in which he could hone the skills needed.

Starting Team:

Cranidos

Smack Down
Is a damage-dealing Rock-type move introduced in Generation V. It is TM23 as of Generation V.
In battle
Smack Down inflicts damage. If the target is airborne, Smack Down forces it onto the ground, removing the effects of Magnet Rise and Telekinesis. Smack Down makes its target vulnerable to Ground-type moves and Arena Trap even if it is Flying-type or has Levitate. This effect lasts until the affected Pokémon switches out.

Headbutt
Is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM02 in Generation II.
In battle
Headbutt does damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch

Take Down
Is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I. It was TM09 in Generation I.
In battle
Take Down does damage, and the user receives recoil damage equal to 25% of the damage done to the opponent.
If the user of Take Down attacks first and faints due to recoil damage, the opponent will not attack or be subjected to recurrent damage during that round.
Self-inflicted recoil damage from Take Down from the previous turn can be countered if the opponent does not make a move on the following turn. If Take Down breaks a substitute, the user will take no recoil damage.

Croagunk

Pursuit
Is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II. This move has the highest possible priority value of all moves.
In battle
If the target Pokémon is switched out on the turn Pursuit is used, Pursuit's power becomes 80 and will deal damage before the Pokémon is switched out. This does not apply if used on an ally switching out.

Faint Attack
Is a damage-dealing Dark-type move introduced in Generation II.
in battle
Faint Attack inflicts damage, and is unaffected by modifications to the Accuracy stat or Evasion stat. It will not hit a Pokémon during the semi-invulnerable turn of moves such as Dig, Fly and Dive.

Swagger
Is a non-damaging Normal-type move introduced in Generation II.
in battle
Swagger raises the target's Attack two stages and confuses it. Should the target already be confused, or be protected by confusion due to Safeguard, Swagger will still raise its Attack. Pokémon with the Ability Own Tempo are immune to both effects. Because the target's Attack increases, they will receive more damage if they hurt themselves.

Venoshock
Is a damage-dealing Poison-type move introduced in Generation V. It is TM09 as of Generation V.
in battle
Venoshock inflicts damage and its power will double to 130 when the target is poisoned.

[Revenent]

Looks well-done for the most part, but for the sake of balance early on, I'm going to ask that you remove either Revenge or Venoshock from Croagunk's moveset. I don't feel comfortable with anyone having two mega damage attacks right at the start, even if they are situational.

[LeSane]

Switched Revenge with Pursuit so it is not a super powerful move.

[Revenent]

Thank you. ;D

Cain Dormaz - Approved

Go ahead and post him in the Character thread, then you can stop by the OOC and give your opinion on the proposed semi-system idea. I only have a couple opinions on it so far, and I don't want to go ahead with it if I'm not sure if everyone's okay with it.

[ShadowFox89]

Switched Revenge with Pursuit so it is not a super powerful move.

Pursuit is actually a very good move to use if your opponent likes setting up a baton pass or the like....

[Revenent]

Pursuit is actually a very good move to use if your opponent likes setting up a baton pass or the like....

True, but predicting exactly when your opponent is going to switch to a different Pokemon is more difficult than predicting when they're just going to damage you, which is most of the time.