[quote=DimCarcosa]
I was considering starting as a chef, but I'm worried about being useless in battle near the start. I'll probably still end up taking it anyways.
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Cool! So make sure your Pokemon have Gluttony or something, and you'll always be able to help!

Oh, and VERY IMPORTANT: I modified death related rules. Injuries aren't their own thing, but instead, you can get story injuries through HP loss, to which Pokemon Centers don't have a once-per-day limit. Pokemon or Trainer, you begin to have a chance of dieing, if your HP falls under -50%. Between 0 and -49 is unconsciousness range, and after the -50%, you take one HP of damage for every standard action like normal. -100% is pretty much actual dead.
If anyone benefits from injuries in some way, it is now counted as -20% HP for that case only, and does not count for story injuries.