PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Pyromaniacwolf Kalmia apparently takes bribes. ... Sure, she does. Where the heck does a Pokémon Professor otherwise get her salaries!? XD

The kind of characters we're getting kind of makes me wonder how they'll interact with some of the events I have planned. Haha. Any case.

Lucian is accepted~

Pokémon: Start

@Pyromaniacwolf I do not know how the rest made their characters, but when I make a character I go "Hm, I want to play THIS kind of character!" and then go seek an image that suits my needs, and then I fine-tune the rest of the character so it suits the image. It varies how much I have made of the character before I get the image, but by now I'm at a stage where I don't really feel my character is complete without an image.

As for if you need an image or not, I've said it is encouraged. As you've no doubt noticed, everyone else so far has one. I use safebooru to find suitable images most of the time, and I usually include the "original" tag in my search to not get any images of characters from anime/manga/games/otherwise. I use anime-images because, well, Pokémon is drawn with anime-graphics. But, I'm a fan of letting people play as they like. If you don't want to have an image, that is totally fine too.

I'm happy to hear of your interest~

Edit: ... And I totally acknowledge the difficulty of finding images of male characters using these means... XD

@Delta44 Why stop listening to something that you like? Embrace it. Enjoy it. Let it in.

Pokémon: Start, open for some more players.

Edit: Some more players have joined.

I have this little Pokémon roleplay set up. Right here.

It was first and foremost open for players of an older roleplay, but we didn't fill the spots. I want at least six players, but definitely not more than nine. We currently have five, four of which have created their character-sheets.

This interest check is simply to inform the public of the guild of this change. Random people are now welcome.

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 Yeeeeaaaah... Um, post Ren in the character-tab. Haha.

By the way, I take the silence as complete acknowledgement about that I open for some more players. We have four created characters and I know one person who's making one, but I want at least six characters. So, this roleplay's join-status is now "Apply" for at least one and at most four more players. There.

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 *stares at Ren's story* ... ... ...
*stares at plot-documents* ... ... ...
*looks back at Ren's story again* ... ... ...
*looks back at plot-documents again* ... ... ... Oh, dear.

I like to let people play what they like. As long as it's not the majority of the cast, a somewhat darker past is entirely alright. It's just not going to influence to tone of the adventure. Haha. Besides, it'll give the rest of the cast something to bounce their personalities against~

In any case. Ren is accepted~

Oh, by the way. The mention of teams made me think about that. You guys can form groups any way you like. After having received your Pokémon, you can all go off in different directions (well, eventually, as there are only two routes out of Pureplain, haha), or you can all travel in a single group, or anything in between, all as you like. I'll adapt depending on what you do in that matter. But, it'll be more fun if you're in some form of groups, right?

On another note, I have only one more confirmed player from Pokémon: One that intends to enter. I may need to open the floodgates to the public to make us at least six players, though if I do that we'll likely quickly fill up to the maximum of nine. Haha.

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 Honestly, I thought I had covered all three-step mainly-dragonic Pokémon families with the "No Psuedo-Legendaries" rule, but I see now that the "hax" family slipped my mind. Haha. Still. It's the rules I put down. I'll allow you to have him if you want to~

Pokémon: Start

@Eklispe Well done. I can see you're sleepy, but fortunately, I doubt the personality section will be something that contains anything terrible. There's nothing that mentions Kalmia intending to give him a Pokédex, but I can totally see why she'd give one to this dutiful young local kid that intended to go on a Pokémon Journey anyway. Yupp.

You can fill in the personality-section when you feel you can. Honestly, it's not that important a section, we'll just respond to how you portray him in the game, anyway. Dawkin is accepted~

And oh, while Pureplain is a city and therefore larger than so that everyone would logically know one another, you kids are totally free to decide among yourselves that you know one another if you want to, if you can reason out a reason for that to make sense. Yupp.

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist I would like to point out that finding Pokémon is an integral part of the game design, so of course someone who isn't actually looking for the Pokémon will have a disadvantage. I warn that the gyms will not be pushovers like in the games, and they might have unreasonable challenges that'll test the adaptability of the Trainers. Maybe that'll serve as incentive to search for suitable Pokémon? Haha. Well, we'll see what happens.

@Delta44 A little dragon, eh? Heh. With only two of the rarer types as weaknesses and resistances towards four more common types, that's one heck of a type to start with. The Fairy type made their weaknesses a little more common, but that's going to be a considerable advantage at the start. Ice and other Dragon types typically don't show up until later, after all. Heh. Well, in exchange, it's not going to evolve in a LONG while! XD

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist Hey, I used that feature myself, I know what you were talking about. XD

What I meant was that I prefer that you seek out the Pokémon you want rather than influence the world with a PM to the GM in order to magically increase the chances of encountering those Pokémon.

However, your example does have its merits. It would make my players feel more rewarded for their more random searches, wouldn't it? If it is a feature that my players want, then I can implement it.

Pokémon: Start

@Eklispe Aron is totally alright for starter~

@Rune_Alchemist@Eklispe That's not a realistic feature... XD

There will be means to collect the Pokémon you want. All of them. For instance, if you see a trainer with a Pokémon you want, you can ask where s/he got it. If you also have specific Pokémon in mind then the chances of locals being able to tell you where they are and how to find them will become much higher. You can always use the excuse that "a trainer I once saw as young had one" for how you know about the Pokémon, or similar. With access to information like that, the collection of your perfect Pokémon Team becomes far from impossible, an achievable goal.

As such, no, I'd rather not have that feature. Earn the Pokémon you desire, and be surprised about the Pokémon you might find before you. That's how I like my Pokémon World.

Edit: That is, assuming you're not going to Legendaries. If you are, then we have a bit of a bigger problem. Haha.