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[Neonivek]

Trainers start at 1, pokemon typically start at 5-10 for the starter.

Also I can't believe there is no "food" in the rules... There is a water purifier, but no... Food.

Here is my sheet... tell me of any issues.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Charles Juanne / Gender: Male / Age: 20
Background: Galen, Sheltered Pokelover (General +, Medical +, Initiative -, Focus -)
Height-size: 6 / Weight: 180 lbs (WC 4)
Description: A lover of pokemon he has been allowed to continue his poke-education under close supervision, yet the sterile environment eventually became too much for him. He strolled out so he could experience the pokemon he would meet first hand. Though he thought himself boisterous the outside world quickly made him feel tame by comparison. He has a deep love and fascination with pokemon which can be encouraging, yet his naivete might in the end limit him, especially as he is good natured to a fault. His Munchlax is his first pokemon, he purchased it with most of his remaining money
-He has Dirty Blond hair dressed in a somewhat poorly done formal haircut, Kind Brown eyes, with a plain white T-shirt being covered by a white denim jacket with brown denim pants. He seems reserved yet friendly.

Body: 0
-Acrobatics: 2
-Athletics: 2
-Combat: 2
-Initiative: 1b
-Stealth: 2
-Survival: 2

Mind: 3
-General Education: 3b
-Medical Education: 3b
-Occult Education: 2
-Pokemon Education: 3*
-Technology Education: 2
-Guile: 2
-Perception: 2

Spirit: 2
-Charm: 2
-Command: 3*
-Focus: 1b
-Intuition: 2

Capabilities
-Overland: 5 / Swim: 2.5 / Power: 4/ Throw Range: 6 / Jump:1|0 /

Class: Hatcher
-Birthright

Class: Underdog

Edges:
-Breeder

General Features:

Moves:

Stats:
-Level: / EXP  0 Out of 10
-Action Points: 5 / Hit Points: 54 / Injuries:
-HP: 14 / Attack: 5 / Defense: 7
-SpAttack: 6 / SpDefense: 7 / Speed: 6
-Physical Evasion: 1 / Special Evasion: 1 / Speed Evasion: 1
-Abilities:

Items:
-Sleeping Bag: 1000
-Tent for 1: 900
-Waterproof Flashlight: 400
-Water Purifyer: 500
-Sturdy Rope: 400
-Five Pokeballs: 1250
-One Bandages: 250

Pokebucks: 300

[highmax28]

Truthfully I am choosing Munchlax because... Snorlax is my favorite pokemon... >_>

Yet if it is a problem I'd have no problem choosing a different one.

I'm a snorlax lover myself, but after thinking about it and seeing this:

Would Riolu be fine as a starter? Or would it be too weak? I notice an underdog tag. >_>

Underdogs are pokemon with combined stats below 45 it is only important for the Underdog class who specializes in making weaker pokemon strong (In fact, Breeder plus Underdog can make a significant difference.).

Basically it is a helpful tag.

In fact your starter really should be a underdog.

If it isn't, you might want to ask the GM for a "Young" form (which gets 1-4 stats taken off all their stats, gaining one back every 5 levels or something along those lines)

I'm tempted to say you should probably base it on that. So you'll have to pick another. Also, starters will start at level 5

I think I'll just start with the Riolu in that case. (If it's allowed as a starter.)
The background I've thought of for my character may be too dark for a Pokemon world though, so I'll have to pass it by the GM before I can really consider myself 'done.'
I know how I'm going to change it if that's the case, at least.

Actually, do our starters start at level 1 or 5?

PM me the backstory and we'll see. Honestly though, the storyline I made for this world is probably even darker and I hope to god no one gets offended by it

I've got a sloppy character sheet drawn up. I've never really played a tabletop game so I'm kind of doing it by ear.

If we're choosing our own starters, any chance I can start with a Zubat?

I don't see why not either

Trainers start at 1, pokemon typically start at 5-10 for the starter.

Also I can't believe there is no "food" in the rules... There is a water purifier, but no... Food.

Here is my sheet... tell me of any issues.

Give me a bit to review it and plug it in and hopefully it all checks good. In all honesty, I have no clue if its good or not, as I kind of made a really bad starting character that had an Aron and was really bad in everything but breeding, making pokeballs, and digging up stuff

[TomatoWalrus]

Ah, here's my sheet too. I wasn't sure about what money and/or items we started with, so I just left that blank. Edit: Followed Neonivek's lead on the items

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Name: Tom Walman
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Background: Super Nerd
      (Rank Up:  Gen. Edu, Med. Edu, Tech Edu, Guile
       Rank Dwn: Charm, Intimidate, Intuition, Combat)
Height/Size: 6 ft
Weight:        140lb
Description:
Spent most of my life studying the more technical side of Pokemon.
Has a good understanding of the mechanics but without much
real experience. Father was a doctor, giving plenty of exposure
to Poison type Pokemon and ways of treating injuries and illnesses.


Class:   Medic
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Healer's Touch

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Class:
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Class:
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Class:
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Edges:

Medic Training
Pokemon Edu Skill Up
Focus Skill Up

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General Features:

First Aid

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Moves:

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Stats
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Level: 1
EXP: 0/10
AP: 5/5
Hit Points: 42/42
Injuries:
HP:    10
ATK:    5
DEF:   5
SpATK:   10
SpDEF:   5
Speed:   10
PhyEva:   +1
SpcEva:   +1
SpdEva:   +2
Abilities:

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Body: -1 Poor
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Acrobatics:   Untrained
Athletics:   Untrained
Combat:      Pathetic (-1 from Background)
Intimidate:   Pathetic (-1 from Background)
Stealth:   Untrained
Survival:   Untrained

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Mind: +3 Great
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General Edu:   Novice (+1 from Background)
Medicine Edu:   Novice (+1 from Background)
Occult Edu:   Untrained
Pokemon Edu:   Novice (+1 from Edge)
Technology Edu:   Novice (+1 from Background)
Guile:      Novice (+1 from Background)
Perception:   Untrained

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Spirit: +3 Great
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Charm:      Pathetic (-1 from Background)
Command:   Untrained
Focus:      Novice (+1 from Edge)
Intuition:   Pathetic (-1 from Background)
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Capabilities:
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Overland: 5
Swim:     2.5
Power: 3
Throwing Range: 6
Jump L/H: 1/0
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Background Name: Super Nerd
+Skills: General Edu, Medicine Edu, Technology Edu, Guile
-Skills: Combat, Intimidate, Charm, Intuition
Lv1 Edge:   Medic Training
Lv1 Edge:   Pokemon Edu Skill Up
Lv1 Edge:   Focus Skill Up
Lv1 Feat:   First Aid
Lv1 Feat:   Medic
Lv1 Feat:   Healer's Touch
Notes:
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Equipment/Inventory
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Head:
Body:
Main Hand:
Off Hand:
Feet:
Accessory:
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Items
First Aid Kit x1 - 500
Tent (2.25 m^3) - 900
Sleeping Bag (Single) - 1000
Lighter - 150
Waterproof Flashlight - 600
Water Filter - 500
Pokeball x5 - 1250
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Item                #
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First Aid Kit     | 1
Tent                | 1
Lighter        | 1
wtrprf FlashLght| 1
Water Filter     | 1
Pokeball             | 5
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Money: 100 P
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[Neonivek]

The book says you have 5000 pokebucks for the start.

Though the book is extremely selective on what it will and will not charge you for.

[Fabulous death bringer]

So how any people want to play? because I kind of want to paly....

[Neonivek]

So how any people want to play? because I kind of want to paly....

Four are officially trying to get in.

Two are iffy

[UXLZ]

Man, I'm going to hate it if I don't get in because I've put too much effort into trying to think out my character's back story and reasoning behind all of his attributes and skills. >_>

[Neonivek]

Riolu seems somewhat competitive with Charmander to be honest.

[highmax28]

I just went over Neon's sheet and you got two more edges to pick. Otherwise, its fine. I'll go over Walrus' sheet in a bit

[UXLZ]

Spamming highmax with PMs because my background is enooooormous. I'll write out something in the same format as the other guys here, though (As in, I'll edit it into THIS post). I dislike looking at other people's character sheets when I can help it. It feels strange knowing someone's personality without having met them.

On a side note: Do you choose our starter's nature/ability, or do we?

Spoiler: Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name: Kodoku Eien
Gender: Male
Age: 17

Height/Size: 1.72 m/WC 4
Weight: 55 Kg/121 lb

Background: Darkest Memories.
     Rank up: Acrobatics, Stealth, Combat.
         down: Guile, Intimidate, Occult Edu.

Description:
Had extremely traumatic events happen to him several years ago. Quite reserved as a result.
Despises kidnappers and poachers. All family died when younger.
Has received quite a lot of physical training but relatively inexperienced with real situations. Doesn't know
a great deal about Pokemon but knowledge is passable.

Appearance:
Straight, dark blue chin-length hair. Matching eye color. Irises contain one concentric platinum circle. Usually wears a black jumper with orange trims, dark blue shirt, dark blue pants, white sneakers. Occasionally wears orange blue and white headphones.

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Edges:
Perception Rank Up.
Basic Martial Arts.
Combat Training.

Class: Rogue
Guile Rank Up.
Command Rank Up.

Class: Martial Artist - Reckless
Martial Training Rank One - Double Kick, Low Sweep.

Class:

Class:

General Features:

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Moves:
Rock Smash
Double Kick
Low Sweep
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Stats:

Level: 1
EXP: 0/10
AP: 5/5
Hit Points: 51/51
Injuries:
HP: 13
Atk: 10
Def: 6
SpAtk: 7
SpDef: 6
Speed: 11

PhyEva: 1
SpcEva: 1
SpdEva: 2

Abilities:

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Body: +3 Great
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Acrobatics: Novice (+1 Background)
Athletics: Novice (+1 Background)
Combat: Novice (+1 Background)
Intimidate: Pathetic (-1 Background)
Stealth: Novice (+1 Background)
Survial: Untrained

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Mind: +1 Fair
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General Edu: Untrained
Medicine Edu: Untrained
Occult Edu: Pathetic (-1 Background)
Pokemon Edu: Untrained
Technology Edu: Untrained
Guile: Untrained (-1 Background + 1 Rogue)
Perception: Novice (+1 Edge)

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Spirit: +1 Fair
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Charm: Untrained
Command: Untrained (-1 Background +1 Rogue)
Focus: Untrained
Intuition: Untrained
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Capabilities:
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Overland: 6
Swim: 3
Power: 5
Throwing Range: 7
Jump L/H: 1/0

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Equipment/Inventory:
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Gear:
Sleeping Bag x 1 - 1000
Small One Person Tent x 1 - 900
Waterproof Flashlight x 1 - 600
Lighter x 1 - 150
Utility Rope - 50 ft. - 400


PokeBalls:
Basic PokeBall x 4 - 1000

Potions/Medicine:
Potion x 2 - 400

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Money - 550

Note for highmax: I noticed while writing this out that I appeared to have had an athletics rank up coming out of the ether. I've compensated for it by lowering command. Hopefully that hasn't screwed everything else up. >_>

[highmax28]

Starters are the only ones I'll allow you to pick for nature and starting stats, but I would prefer it if you randomized it all. Your starter can be your strongest pokemon, but it doesn't have to be. I'm just giving you the option to give it a head start

[Neonivek]

Starters are the only ones I'll allow you to pick for nature and starting stats, but I would prefer it if you randomized it all. Your starter can be your strongest pokemon, but it doesn't have to be. I'm just giving you the option to give it a head start

I wouldn't mind randomizing for Munchlax... but goodness are some of the possible results pretty wretched if I get them.

For example any one that raises Special attack or lowers defense would be devastating.

Which to admit is just a 10 in 36 chance... and I am a Hatcher...

It would justify the Mentor, but honestly the fact that he can nuke a pokemon's precious few Training points just to change a pokemon's nature is a very steep price that I don't personally think is worth it.

[UXLZ]

I don't even know *how* to randomize. >_>
I'd be fine doing so if you give me an explanation, though.

Also, I've noticed that the book recommends starters with 3 evolution stages...
I've also noticed that Riolu evolves to Lucario due to getting Loyalty 3. You may want to add another condition or change the loyalty requirement slightly, because it seems like he'll evolve way too fast (as Loyalty 3 is meant to be reasonably easy to get to, compared to everything else at least.)

[Neonivek]

Actually UXLZ according to the rules for the most part the GM tells you when his loyalty shifts. It is easy enough for him to gate off Lucario until a sufficient point in the game.

The rules even go as far as to say that moving loyalty past 0 or 1 is tough. Just have it start at 1.

Riolu actually wasn't as bad as I thought, its only issue is that it is the equivalent of a starter pokemon

[UXLZ]

Yes, but loyalty is meant to start at 2. The issue is that Riolu evolves at *3* which is directly after, and probably the easiest loyalty rank to get to. (All you need to do is treat the Pokemon fairly well. It does take time, but not a massive amount of it.)
So unless my Riolu starts out with a loyalty of 1 or 0 (which is insane), his loyalty growth will have to be gated artificially for a while. That's why I was saying that it would make sense to either add in another condition (E.g. level 20 or something) or increase the loyalty requirement.
Unless the GM decides to not bother with loyalty changes until a while into the campaign, in which case I guess it's fine.