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[Tawa]

Yes. I'm going this far.

So, I picked up the PDF of Pokémon Tabletop United, and I figured, "Hey, I oughta GM a campaign of this! It'd be FUN!"

So I'm doing it.

Spoiler: The Paratria Region (click to show/hide)

This is the Paratria region. It is located in the far south of the (stereotypical, albeit) Pokémon world. You see that red town in the northeast? You're starting there, in Amatac Town.

The Paratria region is home to many Pokémon and Trainers, as always. There are 11 towns and cities in the region (towns with Gyms are marked with an asterik): Amatac Town (red), Guala City* (green), Seloy City* (blue), Hilche Town* (white), Ruma City* (yellow), the sprawling metropolis of Camachu City* (the one with a Poké Ball in it), Port Coria* (brown), Tamba City* (pink), Tunsi Island (purple), Hualla Island* (orange), and the green-starred Paratria Pokémon League at Jauja City.

The bay in the center is called Pisuca Bay. That brown blotch north of Camachu is the Tilco Desert. The mountain range to the south is the Huaco Mountain range. The forest covering Route 2 is known as Chimbi Forest. The forest north of Route 6 is the Taurca Woods.

Spoiler: What the 'eck are you thinking, Tawarochir? (click to show/hide)

I know EXACTLY what the 'eck I'm thinking.

Basic setting info.

This is a standard "Pokémon League"-type game set in a region similar to that of the video games. I'm going to be lax with the Pokémon the region contains and just throw whatever ones I feel like at you for that particular part of the region (read: the Paratria region technically has all of the Pokémon from all the other regions from the games thus far but no exclusive ones.)

Basic rules and limitations.

-No psionic classes. Ever. Period.
-Starting at level 1.
-Play-by-post. I guess that was a given, but whatever.
-At least one of you is taking the League Challenge. More is fine, fewer is ideal. I don't care about your character's ages, although for a more game-ish feel the person who is taking the challenge should be a teenager or kid of around 10.
-Starting with P5000, a Pokédex, and 5 Poké Balls.
-I'm cool with your character having their first Pokémon for a while, but you're starting with one each and the local professor will hand out starters to anybody who doesn't already. Starting Pokémon are level 5.
-I know that the games seem to have a lot of major problems like the nonexistence of food stores, an abundance of buildings without doors and an abundance of people with no houses, and a major lack of education, law enforcement, and the like. These things are not problems in this incarnation of the game.
-This is probably going to be heavy with inter-Pokémon combat and light on interpersonal combat, so a couple things:
1. Don't build your character around beating the crap out of other guys.
2. Combat will have abstracted distances, which also helps keep the feel of the game.
3. DO. NOT. KILL. OTHER. PEOPLES'. POKéMON. Unless you LIKE police with level fifty Luxrays chasing you everywhere. (Yeah, that's kinda a given, but still.)
-In keeping with the spirit of the game, I'll throw one, two, or five wild Pokémon at you at once, in increasing order of rarity. In encounters of one, I expect you to not gang up on it and for one person to face it solo. In encounters of two, I expect one or two people to fight. In horde encounters, I will let the entire party get in on the action.
-I know it takes a little out of the fun of a role-playing game, but I'm not going to go with the ridiculous types of Gym challenges suggested in the handbook; they're going to be a bit more similar to the game challenges, with a couple of trainers and a maze or puzzle or something.

Less basic stuff.

-I'm putting a new item in the game and changing a couple rules for current ones, because I like items.
  -The official Pokémon League hat. You can buy postcards to send into the official League Council. For each postcard you send, I roll a d20, and if you get a 20, you get the hat the next day. The hat gives a +1 bonus to Charm and Command checks, because it's OFFICIAL. Regular hats typically don't have that kind of effect.
  -The Sunglasses item is P1500 less now. Seriously, why the heck would tinted glasses cost MORE than night-vision goggles?

As always, questions, comments, and concerns are welcome. If you're interested, just post a character sheet image or post your stats with plain old text. (If you're doing the text thing, please use mono font to make it even.)

Players (5/5)
kj1225
highmax28
Lyeos
birdy52
flameboy99
Waitlist

[kj1225]

As much as I hate doing this I'd like to reserve a spot as I probably don't have the time at the moment.

[Worldmaster27]

PTW

[Lyeos]

Posting to lurk.
Maybe make a character, but I don't feel like it since I've been way too minimalist with detail with all but one character so far. 

[highmax28]

I have NO idea what this is like, but I'm in! POKEMON MEETS TABLETOP GAMING!??! COUNT ME IN!

I'll be a 19 year old, slightly veteran (in knowledge, not experience) trainer. If possible, I would like my starter pokemon to be any of the following, in order of the most preferred to least (with nicknames, all preferred male):

- Aron (Grond)
- Munchlax (Lax)
- Larvitar (Crush)
- Nidoran(m) (Caesar)
- Cindaquil (Blaze)
- Froakie (Loki)

[Criptfeind]

This game looks sorta interesting, and hey, play by post.

Although, what starters are available? Also, I assume only the main book is available?

[Tawa]

I have NO idea what this is like, but I'm in! POKEMON MEETS TABLETOP GAMING!??! COUNT ME IN!

I'll be a 19 year old, slightly veteran (in knowledge, not experience) trainer. If possible, I would like my starter pokemon to be any of the following, in order of the most preferred to least (with nicknames, all preferred male):

- Aron (Grond)
- Munchlax (Lax)
- Larvitar (Crush)
- Nidoran(m) (Caesar)
- Cindaquil (Blaze)
- Froakie (Loki)

...
You did download the PDF of the rules, right?

Anyway, let me check the applicable starter lists in the PDF.

This game looks sorta interesting, and hey, play by post.

Although, what starters are available? Also, I assume only the main book is available?

Yes, main book; I'm going with the starters provided by the PDF.

Which means that Highmax could get the Cyndaquil or Froakie. Take yer pick, Highmax!

[kj1225]

Okay, so what exactly are you looking for from players for this?

[Tawa]

Okay, so what exactly are you looking for from players for this?

Elaborate, please.

[kj1225]

Like, is there anything you're looking for besides what's in the OP?

[flame99]

This looks interesting. Reserving a spot, and I'll have a character up by tonight.

[Tawa]

Like, is there anything you're looking for besides what's in the OP?

Well, I guess that it would be cool if we could sort of mimic the typical setup of the anime (albeit with fewer main character gym leaders), with, for example, an Ace Trainer, a Coordinator, some sort of support role, and something else.

Or you could all make battling-type characters and I'd have way more chances than necessary to link the rival battle theme.

This looks interesting. Reserving a spot, and I'll have a character up by tonight.

Cool.

[Criptfeind]

The Sample Starter Pokémon List? Does that include the type lists? Or just the canonical lists?

[kj1225]

Okay.

If you wonder what prompted the question the book said to ask.

[Tawa]

The Sample Starter Pokémon List? Does that include the type lists? Or just the canonical lists?

I meant everything that's there.

So types and canonical lists.

I'd also like to answer the questions provided in the "Running the Game" section now.

Is there a Pokémon League?

Yes.

What's the technology level?

It's basically exactly the same as the games.

Combat emphasis?

As previously stated, this game is mostly about Pokémon battles in the style of the video games. I mean, it's perfectly fine if you get into a scuffle with somebody else, but expect plenty of battles mirroring the games' style. (More mentioned later.)

Supernatural phenomena?

I feel like taking this the way I'd always interpreted the games: Legendaries are usually one-of-a-kind (exceptions include the Kanto birds because you can catch them like seven times without restarting any of your games, Mew because of a similar deal, Deoxys, Lati@s, Heatran, maaaaybe Lugia, and probably the Gen 6 ones.) As a Hex Maniac in X & Y states, the whole "wizardry" show that the classes like Psychic show is just a facade (the psychics who are shown to be levitating Poké Balls are using wires and LEDs,) so that's out. Etc. etc.

Optional Rules?

In keeping with the spirit of the games, Ground moves are always ineffective against Flying types. Ditto with the Baby Pokémon template; the LSCR thing is kinda silly, considering my abstracted combat distance; and with play-by-post, Narrative Frequency is right out.

I'd also like to mention something else. I'm probably going to write out the combat scenes in a crunchy manner like you'd see it in the game and give a spoiler afterward with all the fluffy stuff. Example:

Pidgey used Fly!
Pidgey flew up high!
Bellsprout used Razor Leaf!
It doesn't affect foe Pidgey...
Pidgey used Fly!
It's super effective!
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Bellsprout fainted!

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Your Pidgey acts quickly and flies out of reach. The Bellsprout rips a leaf off its stalk and throws it like a shuriken, narrowly missing your Pidgey as it begins its ascent. Just as quickly, your Pidgey dive-bombs the Bellsprout, knocking it over, unconscious.

That way, all you rollplayers who like the crunch in the battles can read exactly what happened, and all you roleplayers who like the fluff in the fight scenes can get the more evocative description of events. Distances mean basically nil, because a battlemap is a huge hassle, and with how long this can get, your first battle with a rival or whatever could probably eat up a few months with that.