[quote=@CaptainManbeard]
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Actually, that sounds really cool. I hadn't even thought of using Pokemon as familiars. Shit, I might do something similar with my character now LOL. 
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Now that I've read this, I can't get the image out of my head of a Pokémon acting as a stand for the trainer, it seems both cool and genuinely hilarious at the same time.