The story will be based around a group of late teens/young adults setting out on a Pokemon adventure in the search of gym badges, glory, wealth, knowledge or whatever it is that makes them tick. In addition to each persons individual goals, there is a threat stewing that could threaten not just all Pokemon, but all life as everyone knows it.

⊙ No canon character PC's although you can create a character who is related to someone from the original series
⊙ Character age ranges must be 16+
⊙ Characters will need to be sensible. By that I mean no anthromorphs, characters with horns etc
⊙ I encourage people to be creative with their backstories. Most people are likely going to choose a character who wants to be the best Pokemon trainer in all the land, what I want to see is different reasons as to why.

⊙ Since the days of Ash Ketchum decades ago, the world has changed. Pokemon breeding programs have resulted in Pokemon no longer being specific to certain regions, this is thanks to the Oak Institute. The institute is responsible for cataloguing and monitoring the wider Pokemon population.
⊙ The RP will take place in the Kanto region, pretty much following the original path taken by Ash Ketchum to reach the Elite Four. Assuming people stick around long enough, the "end" will feature a Pokemon tournament with PvP (NPC's to fill the spaces) in which the winner is announced as Kanto Region Champion.
⊙ If people wish to continue on after the Kanto Tournament we will vote on which region follows.
⊙ Team Rocket, Team Magma, Team Skull and the like were all disbanded over a decade ago, leaving a void for some other villainous team to step into the space left by them.

⊙ Generic forum rules will apply.
⊙ While there isn't a hard age limit for people taking part, mild and infrequent use of profanity is allowed.
⊙ Romances are perfectly acceptable but only for characters with a minimum age of 18. All usual forum rules regarding romances apply.
⊙ There will be a dibs list on 6 Pokemon per player. Once all player CS' have been posted, I will have each person send me their 5 preferred Pokemon of choice. 1 other Pokemon will be chosen at character creation and is free to roam outside their pokeball at all times. The list will be numbered in order of preference, 1 to 5, and will determine the 'dibs list'. This will be done is the fairest way I can think of which is as follows:


⊙ Pokemon not on the dibs list can be be caught by anyone in the wild, however each person will be limited to 1 catch per week to stop people spamming. These Pokemon are then added to the dibs list.
⊙ The only exception to the dibs list is Pokemon that have different evolution options. The perfect example of this is Eevee. In theory 9 players could each have an Eevee to start. Each would have dibs on one of the eeveelutions with the last player keeping standard Eevee.
⊙ Standard battles versus wild Pokemon and generic trainers will give players free reign to make them as easy or difficult as they like. However, gym battles will take place using Pokemon battle simulator or if GM free time allows it, Pokemon Showdown. If anyone wants to have a friendly PvP battle in story I would suggest using the simulator or Showdown as it can give you a bit of guidance of how even or one sided a battle is.