[OOC] Avatar/Pokemon (A Crossover Roleplay)

[NuttsnBolts]

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Interest Check - Characters

This is a unique roleplay in which the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender will be crossed over with the universe of Pokemon, thus allowing each bender to pair up with a familiar that uses a similar set of abilities to their own. It will contain a light story for people to follow but will more or less be focused on the personal journey that each character will endure.

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Since this is going to be such a different style of roleplay, it will more than likely be set in a different timeline to the one that contained Aang and Korra. I will admit that I haven't completely thought of all the storyline details for the adventure but I am willing to listen to the input of those that enter the roleplay. As of this moment the current Avatar is Avatar Kyoshi, an Earthbender, who has fallen gravely ill thus making it difficult for her to keep the balance throughout the world. Due of the severity of her illness it has the possibility to break the link between the spiritual world and the current realm, triggering a chain reaction that may end all bending abilities.

The Earth Kingdom, both hungry for power and believing that the Avatar's illness was the cause of another nation, has set forth and started to push their might unto the rest of the world. The Fire Nation, who is currently under a heavy spotlight for their aggressive ways, has being accused of poisoning the Avatar. Could this be a selfish desire to trigger the next Avatar cycle who will be a Firebender? Throughout all this are the Air Nomads are desperately trying to disarm the tense situation with a more peaceful manner. They believe that everyone's hunger for anger and short-sighted blame is blinding all those that should be focusing their efforts elsewhere, or more importantly on someone else. The Water Tribes, who are both experts healers and ones blessed with raising the previous Avatar, have been commanded to help aid in the recovery process. While this is an important duty, the Waterbenders don't seem too happy about it and feel that they are being treated more like slaves to the Earth Kingdom than actual people.

Times are tough, people are becoming less trusting of those that are not of their kind, and the people that you meet may either become worthy allies, or a fierce opponents. As a player your character(s) have been thrown into this harsh world whether they like it or not. They are normal people, living normal lives with not much to really aspire to other than the faint call of adventure.

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All players will select 1 of the displayed nations for their desired character. Once you have made your selection there will be a set of rules that will govern which Pokemon you can choose from. (You cannot select the Avatar)

Water Nation:
Air Nation:
Fire Nation:
Earth Nation:

All Nations: *

✻ You are allowed a Pokemon if it will gain a type assigned to your selected Nation in it's final evolution.

(ie: A Torchic can be used by an Earth Nation as it will gain the 'Fighting' Type)

✻ If by evolution a Pokemon is not compatible your Nation cannot use that Pokemon.
✻ Normal and Fairy type can be used by all Nations but if there is a second type attribute than only the nation with that attribute can use that Pokemon.

(ie: All Nations can use a Ratata, but only Water Nations can use an Azurill since Azumarill is a 'Water/Fairy' type)

Adding to this, new Characters will only be able to start off with a single Pokemon that is at it's first stage of evolution. As you venture out onto your journey you will have the opportunity to extend your party up to a maximum of three Pokemon. There won't be anything such as Pokeballs so your Pokemon will simply tag along. Legendaries cannot be caught and characters will be limited to only 1 Pseudo or Semi Pseudo Legendary. This is mostly to prevent any Mary-Sue like characters.

In order for your Pokemon to evolve your Bender will have to train with them and teach them various techniques for them to master. Therefore the stronger your Bender becomes, the higher the chances are that your Pokemon will be allowed to evolve. Remember however that your Bender is a normal person so their skills will be fairly poor, much like Katara in the first few episodes.

For Pokemon with only two stage evolutions or no evolutions they will be given an easy to judge skill ranking (ie: apprentice, intermediate, master). Master ranks will allow any secondary evolutions but more importantly the Pokemon's full potential. My reasoning for these rankings to be included is to allow other players to make a judgement on how powerful a single or two stage evolution Pokemon will be. Other evolutions (ie stones, trading, happiness, etc) will be discussed later and catered for the individual players as many of these traits won't work well in either a roleplay scenario or the Avatar universe. (No Mega Evolutions will be in this Roleplay)

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I always disliked how Pokemon were roleplayed with the ability to only know 4 moves. It's silly, counter constructive, and simply an over-abundance on controlling the roleplay to the n'th degree. In this Roleplay any Pokemon or Human conflicts will be treated more like an Arena battle, allowing more fluid and more natural fights with an emphasis on writing rather than game-style move selections. You can discuss with me how certain moves/techniques may work in a non turn based format but I don't want to see any "Pikachu used Thundershock, it was super effective" turn-base silliness.

In regards to type match-ups, these will be more of a guide as to what will happen in a conflict and who may have the upper hand. Benders in the Avatar universe don't have type weaknesses like Pokemon and therefore Pokemon will be treated in the same way. To give an example of this a Flying type Pokemon will not be immune to a Ground type Pokemon, much like how an Airbender is not immune to an Earthbender. Instead a Flying type Pokemon will have a much higher chance of evading attacks.

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This is going to be a casual to advanced level roleplay with an emphasis on quality posting of a reasonable size whilst also responding to the IC around a couple times a week. If any speed posting occurs I will give you a warning, tell you to be considerate of others who may not have posted yet, and next time use a collaborative post instead.

I will only be accepting 5 players to start off with as GMing does seriously affect my anxiety and trying to motivate such a large crowd is not as easy as it sounds. This means I may be on the lookout for a possible Co-GM to help but I will not be handing that privilege out for the sake of handing it out. It'll be someone I can trust and who will be able to keep the Roleplay going if I'm caught up for a couple of days. In order to prevent several people from gravitating to one Nation I will be limiting characters to 2 per Nation.

Failure to keep up with the regular posting schedule will mean that you will run the risk of being dropped. If you do feel that you with to leave the Roleplay for any reason, please let me know. That way I can make adjustments to the story and open up positions for any new applicants.

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Links, info and various other things...

✻ TitanPad Collaborative Workspace
✻ Avatar Wiki
✻ Bulbapedia
✻ The Martial Arts that Bending is based on
✻ Fantasy Name Generator

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- Berry Recipe Chart
- Bending Techniques Flowchart
- Tweak format of Char Post 1 until happy
- Character Bios for NPCs
- Map/Location Listings
- Sleep...

[BurningCold]

I'm working on a sheet, but is an image compulsory from the start?

[NuttsnBolts]

@BurningColdIf you wish to add one later, that's fine.
*knows the pain of just trying to find that perfect image*
Just make sure your appearance descriptions are well written. If you find an image and want to change some minor things, let us know first. You can always write that they bought new clothes, got a haircut or anything else.

[Rune_Alchemist]

...combining two of my favorite things into one?

I didn't think it was possible to make something like this even...work. Welp, I'ma throw up a CS in a bit.

[Lunaeria]

Exciting! Will definitely be sure to throw in an application!

[Rune_Alchemist]

@NuttsnBolts
And there she is. Do tell if there are problems.

Arrin Yei

Arrin Yei

Firebender | Late Teens | Female

Appearance:
Arrin is fairly tall for her age, standing at roughly five foot seven. She has amber colored eyes with long, with overall fairly good looking sharp features. Her skin is a dark color from a constant tan from being out in the sun, usually avoiding work or other responsibilities in favor of taking a nap. Her clothing consists of fairly standard Fire Nation clothing. Long, dark red color pants with some fairly comfortable boots. On her torso, she wears a sleeveless vest that covers just her chest, leaving her midriff quite open. Her arms are adorned with simple gloves.

Equipment:
Equipment? Well, aside from always carrying some Mangos on her to snack on or something, she doesn't carry much. Carries food and other supplies in a sack slung over her shoulder, along with a map of wherever she's around at the moment.

Personality:
Now, if one were to describe Arrin in a few words, it'd be 'Lazy, apathetic, and sleeps way to goddamn much'. Of course, those are the words her parents call her when getting on her case about slacking off and avoiding chores and work. They aren't entirely wrong, either. Arrin takes a rather lackadaisical jokester approach to most things, and it's fairly evident in the way she acts and talks. She takes her time with her words, often taking a few seconds to completely reply to someone. Sometimes, it might seem like she's not even listening and has fallen asleep. Some, though take a bit further and say she's a bit on the slow side because of it.

Well, they couldn't be more wrong in that department. While she is probably not the smartest girl out there, she's far from dull or slow-witted. In fact, she thinks she's got life all figured out. Everyone's so worried about their businesses profits, what the next nation over is doing...if they just took the time to slow down and smell the Fire Lillies, then maybe they'd stop stressing over every little thing and have a bit more fun with life. Arrin takes everything in stride, and doesn't let...well, anything really get to her. She'll laugh off most bad remarks someone might make about her, she'll take any conflict with the same lackadaisical approach she does everything else, and often time comes off as incredibly and unusually calm when dealing with what some might call a major problem.

That said, well...she lacks motivation for just about anything, and is just coasting through life at the moment without any goals or plans for the future. She lives most in the here and now, and plans ahead very little, taking a 'she'll take it as it comes' approach to events. If something bad happens, well, big whoop, it happens. If something awesome happens, well, good for her. Point is, she doesn't care what happens in the future, and as such lacks any motivation to achieve anything.

However, despite her calm and lackadaisical approach to most things, one should be aware she does have a horrible temper. It doesn't come out very often since she tends to bottle up her anger and negative emotions for the perceived betterment of everyone else. That means, at times, when she's had a particularly bad day - as rare as they might be - she might just have had enough and literally explode on you. She holds grudges, and if she doesn't like you, or if you have offended her in some way...well, you can expect to receive a cold shoulder and a third degree burn.

She also well, doesn't really concern herself much with others and more or less just looks after herself. While she certainly would help those she called friends in her own special way...well, she's not about to go through a lot of trouble for some random guy on the street.

History:
Arrin's history is...well, rather boring and mundane, to be honest. Her father was a firebender, serves in the military, on a Fire Nation ship. Her mom ran a rather pleasant little tea shop, and greatly enjoys drinking the stuff herself. Some people like to joke that her mom drank so much relaxing tea, that it's the cause of Arrin's rather relaxed approach to life. Most of her early life consists of well...what she always does. Avoiding work, sleeping, and generally being Lazy. She hasn't really changed all that much at all since she was a kid - though some argue that she still is one despite almost being a young adult.

She lived in the Fire Nation capitol most of her life, though she was born in her moms home village some distance away. She had a fairly easy, calm life growing up, and is quite well traveled. Her father often liked to take his family with him to distant ports in all the nations, and she's been to the Earth Kingdom, the Southern and Northern water tribe, though she's never once step foot anywhere near the Air nomads.

It was after one such voyage when she returned home, she met her first pokemon. A small little Chimchar that had somehow managed to sneak its way into the family's house and munch on their food and tea. Her mother was furious, her dad laughed...and she, well, hugged the thing, and after some discussion and persuasion, she was allowed to keep the Chimchar, as long as she stopped slacking off so much. For a time, well, she did, but old habits die hard, as they say.

Her life continued fairly much the same since then. Her parents getting on her case about stopping being lazy and putting some work ethic into things. Her father taught her the basics of firebending, and her mom managed to drill some tea-related things into her head. Eventually, though, she...well, got tired of it. The constant harping of her parents. It was mostly her mom, really, telling her that she should start working better around the shop or join the military like her father. And well...one day, she just had enough of it.

She packed some mangos, other fruit, a map, took all the money she could find in the house...and left.

Aspirations:
Arrin, well, she needs motivation and some goal of her own. She currently doesn't really have one, and is just coasting through life doing...well, whatever she wants and dealing with whatever the world throws at her as calmly as she can. While this isn't necessarily a bad thing, she does need a goal and some motivation to work towards that goal. This goal...well, can be anything really. It might end up being bad in the long run, or good.

Chimchar| Chim | Male

Personality:
Chim, well, has a similar approach to Arrin about most things. He likes napping and generally not doing work. However, he does have a bit of a mischievous streak in him and often likes to mess with people in some fashion. He also tends to like fighting, and take it fairly seriously and won't back down from a challenge. He'll often pester Arrin to train with him, which she begrudgingly will agree to most times.

Fighting Style:
Dodge incoming attacks, get close, and hit hard enough to KO them in a single punch. That really, well, describes Chim's fighting style. He prefers physical or physically augmented flame attacks in battle, while dodging attacks from his opponents. However, he's not adverse to using ranged attacks to his advantage if he must.

How the Pokemon will Evolve:
She's heard of a few methods, though mostly from her father. Training alone in an area with intense heat such as a volcano, overcoming some physical limitation through intense physical training, eating a bunch of spicy peppers...and well, the list gets more and more ridiculous and likely more untrue with each one. Personally, though, she doesn't care too much. He'll evolve when he evolves. That's about it.

Desired Second and Third Pokemon:
Luxray and Flygon at the moment, those these will likely change depending on character development if she doesn't already have one.

[Aquaknight]

Miki

Miki

waterBender | Young Adult | Male

Appearance:
Miki is rather short for his age, standing at about five foot five. He has darker skin which is standard for for a member of the water tribe, he also has the tribe's famous blue eyes which looks good on his long and sharp facial features. his hair is a dark brown and let loose without any ties or braids to keep it tied down as he finds braiding or tying his hair uncomfortable. He has a slim yet strong body from all his years of training and healing which strengthen his body to almost peak strength. He often wears a traditional Water Tribe garb that keeps the him warm while also keeping him dry in the snow and water, it is the standard outfit worn by healers in the Northern Water Tribe with a few added augmentations to make it own, most noticeably are the three large pearls that are on each sleeve and one on the chest, this was added in by Miki's father to show off their family's wealth.

Equipment:
Miki often carries many healing berries on his person at all times to heal his own or hurt Pokemon he finds on his outings. This is an easy list of all the berries he carries:

3 Cheri berries
3 Chesto berries
3 Pecha berries
3 Rawst berries
3 Aspear berries
3 Oran berries,
2 Persim Berries
1 Lum berry
1 Sitrus berry

How he carries all these berries you will have tow wait and see!

Personality:
Miki is an optimistic, friendly, outgoing, and carefree young man with a happy-go-lucky attitude that makes him approachable and easy to befriend. Miki is also very kindhearted and compassionate, something that is highly sought after by healers, he cares deeply for the people under his care as well as his friends and family. He is overall very friendly to everybody he meets, he rarely holds grudges, and is very open minded towards others and their culture even towards people that means him harm. Miki will always does his best to support others he cares for even if it puts him in harms way and he will do everything in his power to avoid resorting to violence. He would much prefer to be reasonable and make compromise instead of fighting back.

Miki looks up his follow healers, especially his healing teacher Anika, who he considers family. He wants to be a great healer like her, one who would make his family proud to call their son. He is eager to go on adventures and go on missions to help others as well as to learn new things in the world he has yet to see much of. Despite his lack of experience he is quite brave to show his worth and skills to others and is at times reckless and may put himself or even others in harms way due to his foolhardy attitude. But he shown himself to be rather resourceful, which led him to be confidant and optimistic about himself and how large he thinks his contribution is to others.

Miki is rather naive can at times be rather socially obvious, due to his isolated upbringing by his parents. Miki has never Pokemon battled a day in his life and is clueless on how to fight in a Pokemon battle and is also obvious on the hardships of being poor or hungry. While Miki is often prepared to go on mission at a moment's notice, he has a bad habit of biting more then he can chew, requiring somebody more skilled to come in and help him, especially when it comes to a Pokemon battle.

History:
Miki was born into a noble house as the youngest child of seven in the North pole. Even at a young age, much wasn't expected of Miki as he was the youngest sibling of many powerful waterbenders as well as skilled Pokemon Trainers in their own right so Miki had big shoes to fill. Miki's parents were also famous Waterbenders and Pokemon trainers as they were renowned throughout the north pole for their skills in both Pokemon training and water bending. To his parents Miki was a living doll to spend their excess money and jewels on to be the center piece of their family's children, which caused his siblings to spoil him as well as being their baby brother who is there just to be cute and not get in their way.

For a time being spoiled was all he knew, and unexpectedly being spoiled for the entirety of his life hasn't made him rotten like some children that grew up the way he did but instead it made him a sweet and considerate child who cares for all those around him, both Pokemon and human. Miki lived his whole life in the North pole capital in one of the largest houses that his family called their own. He lived a life of comfort and riches away from the hardships of the world.

For a time his family worried for Miki as his waterbending ability hasn't appeared when he was a child and he is quickly reaching into his early teenhood. During one of his family's outing, is where Miki met his First Pokemon. A small Skrelp that loved the little snacks Miki sneaked out for the Pokemon during the outing. While feeding the little Skrelp a Dewgong accidentally pushed Miki into the freezing water and he couldn't swim with all the heavy clothes his family made him wear his family only seen him fall in the water too late to help, but he was saved by the little Skrelp which raised him up to the ocean's surface where Miki's family could get out. Once Miki was awake after being knocked out from the cold did he learned of the Skrelp heroic rescue of him, the family took the Skrelp with Miki as they seen the rescue as a sign of the Skrelp being Miki's Pokemon partner, and Miki was happy to have the Skrelp as his partner. Sometime after Miki's water bending ability started to manifest and he quickly started to learn water bending in great detail.

Miki unlike the rest of his family decided to learn the way of healing instead of the way of warfare. Miki's water bending teacher was an older woman named Anika a renowned healer in the North, the two hit it off well at the start, Miki was a good if a bit over zealous student and Anika was a patience and good teacher. The two formed a close bond, Miki was a like a child to Anika and Miki seen the woman as a part of his family.

After years of training, Miki is to sent out on his first mission outside the North pole where he would help in the recovery process of the Avatar in some way but he's mostly there as a face of goodwill to the Earth Kingdom from the water tribe but he doesn't know that and genuinely believe he there for his skills and water bending.

Aspirations:
Miki aspires to be somebody who can make his parents proud to call their son.

Skrelp | Kelp | Female

Personality:
Kelp is a loving if a bit spoiled Skrelp who is hyper active and overly prideful from the years of pampering it gotten since it became the partner of Miki, but it cares deeply for Miki and his family and can come of as more caring about Miki's safety then Miki does. But for all it's pride it's rather weak due to Miki's pacifism but it will do everything in it's limited power to protect Miki from threats.

Fighting Style:
The few times Kelp is allowed to fight it is an evasive fighter, using camouflage, smokescreen and double team to mess up the opponent's attacks while it uses it's mix of poison and water attacks to damage opponent from a distance. He is a special attacker who can take decent amount of damage from most attacks.

How the Pokemon will Evolve:
They say a skrelp evolves when it becomes significantly powerful enough to learn a dragon type move, or it needs to train while surrounded by Dragon type Pokemon the weirdest rumor is that it needs to beat enough Fairy type pokemon to evolve, Miki is not sure if any of theses are true but you never know.

Desired Second and Third Pokemon:
With how Miki currently is, he would make a team of Dragalge, Leafeon and Frosslass, but this might change depending on how his story pans out.

[BurningCold]

@Rune_Alchemist Well I'd just like to point out that while the character is well written, without a drive firebenders can barely bend a spark. Just look what happened to Zuko at the start when he joined Team Avatar. Just seems to me like your character won't really be able to bend much at all if she has no aspirations or goals.

[Rune_Alchemist]

@Rune_Alchemist Well I'd just like to point out that while the character is well written, without a drive firebenders can barely bend a spark. Just look what happened to Zuko at the start when he joined Team Avatar. Just seems to me like your character won't really be able to bend much at all if she has no aspirations or goals.

@BurningCold

Oh yes.

I am quite well aware of that. She probably can't bend very well at the moment. By 'basic fire-bending' I mean the forms. She knows most of the basic forms and movements, but she can't really do much aside from make a little puff of smoke at the moment.

that's what I'm hoping for her to develop over the course of the RP. That bit about literally exploding on someone was more or less an exaggeration.

[NuttsnBolts]

@Rune_Alchemist@Aquaknight

Both Arrin and Miki are accepted.

The berries were something I somewhat forgot about, but I do like how you've added them as a primitive first aid kit. Fits in well with the character.

Questions:
Would you see the berries as something that could also be blended as ingredient for medicine? ie: If you are suffering from the cold an Aspear berry could be eaten, but if you have frostbite you may need to mix up a blend of sorts?

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While I can agree with what @BurningCold is asking, I believe Arrin is fine. (Thank you @Rune_Alchemist for your clarification) The lazy attitude, and little aspiration that she has do go hand in hand quite well. Firebending is also quite anger based art in it's raw form and if untrained it can hurt those that are closest to you. Being lazy is probably her biggest disadvantage because it means that while using her skills she can be quite dangerous to the friends and foes around her.

A lesson she may eventually learn the hard way. :)

[Rune_Alchemist]

While I can agree with what @BurningCold is asking, I believe Arrin is fine. (Thank you @Rune_Alchemist for your clarification) The lazy attitude, and little aspiration that she has do go hand in hand quite well. Firebending is also quite anger based art in it's raw form and if untrained it can hurt those that are closest to you. Being lazy is probably her biggest disadvantage because it means that while using her skills she can be quite dangerous to the friends and foes around her.

A lesson she may eventually learn the hard way. :)

@NuttsnBolts

Oh yes, indeed. I expect that to happen at some point, and when it does, it's probably not going to be pretty.

And If its anger, she does in fact have quite a lot - she just bottles it up most of the time. Quite well, too. Expect that if things ever start getting...heated, and she starts loosing her cool...well, someone's getting burned. Quite violently too.

[Aquaknight]

@Rune_Alchemist@Aquaknight

Both Arrin and Miki are accepted.

The berries were something I somewhat forgot about, but I do like how you've added them as a primitive first aid kit. Fits in well with the character.

Questions:
Would you see the berries as something that could also be blended as ingredient for medicine? ie: If you are suffering from the cold an Aspear berry could be eaten, but if you have frostbite you may need to mix up a blend of sorts?

@NuttsnBolts

Yeah I noticed that berries are often overlooked in the games since normal Items are often more helpful. I think that would make sense to be able to blend berries into better healing items since blending berries into other items are a thing in the games. Like combing a sitrus berry and a lum berry would make this world's equivalent of a full restore, if you want I could try to make a list of possible concoctions that could be made with the main berries. In-universe I see it being taught by the Foggy Swamp benders since their location in a swamp would be an ample place for berries and their oddball culture would be more willing to learn and experiment with berry mixing then compared to the rest of the world where berries are used more effectively and sparingly. But that's my idea anyways. What do you think?

[NuttsnBolts]

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Yeah I noticed that berries are often overlooked in the games since normal Items are often more helpful. I think that would make sense to be able to blend berries into better healing items since blending berries into other items are a thing in the games. Like combing a sitrus berry and a lum berry would make this world's equivalent of a full restore, if you want I could try to make a list of possible concoctions that could be made with the main berries. In-universe I see it being taught by the Foggy Swamp benders since their location in a swamp would be an ample place for berries and their oddball culture would be more willing to learn and experiment with berry mixing then compared to the rest of the world where berries are used more effectively and sparingly. But that's my idea anyways. What do you think?

@Aquaknight

Glad that people remember the Foggy Swamp clan. xD

I do need to add more to the original post and will do so over time. This'll be another thing that I can include which is good. I'll write up a brief explanation for each berry so that we don't have to refer back to the wiki all the time, and if you would like to formulate a few of the more common recipes that someone would see in a store or market, that would be fine by me. Just a few to start off with as we will be starting off in the Earth Kingdom so general mixing knowledge and techniques would be fairly poor.

To give an idea, one of the other aspects I wanted to include is a flow chart for different bending techniques (eg, Firebending and how it can lead to electricity) and eventually brainstorming other sub/fandom genres to master. That way it will over time make more sense as to why some Benders have certain categories of Pokemon and other benders don't. There's a good image that I have that already shows most of this, but it's a later project seeing as we are still early stages. (Plus I need to create characters and first post stuff, so yeaaaahhhh xD)

[Tojin]

Interested! Thinking of creating either an Airbender or an Earthbender. Whichever it is, they're gonna have a Golett.

[Aquaknight]

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Glad that people remember the Foggy Swamp clan. xD

I do need to add more to the original post and will do so over time. This'll be another thing that I can include which is good. I'll write up a brief explanation for each berry so that we don't have to refer back to the wiki all the time, and if you would like to formulate a few of the more common recipes that someone would see in a store or market, that would be fine by me. Just a few to start off with as we will be starting off in the Earth Kingdom so general mixing knowledge and techniques would be fairly poor.

To give an idea, one of the other aspects I wanted to include is a flow chart for different bending techniques (eg, Firebending and how it can lead to electricity) and eventually brainstorming other sub/fandom genres to master. That way it will over time make more sense as to why some Benders have certain categories of Pokemon and other benders don't. There's a good image that I have that already shows most of this, but it's a later project seeing as we are still early stages. (Plus I need to create characters and first post stuff, so yeaaaahhhh xD)

@NuttsnBolts

Can't be forgetting them ;D

I make just a few to start out with since like you said the Earth kingdom probably doesn't like wasting Berries on failed mixtures.

Oran + Oran = Basic Healing salve: A berry mixture that heals wounds faster when the salve is placed on the wound.

Oran + Pecha = Basic Antiseptics: A berry Mixture that both heals a minor wound while disinfecting it from further infection.

Oran + Rawst = Basic Burn Salve: A berry mixture that both heals minor wounds and easing the pain of burns when the salve is placed on the wound.

Oran + Aspear = Basic Freezing Salve: A Berry mixture that both heals minor wounds and ease the pain of Frostbite when the salve is placed on the wound.

That's a few ideas I have, I hope these suffice~

[NuttsnBolts]

Placed up a character to write from in my own perspective. Her addition has not affected the remaining open spots for Airbenders, so there's still two available.

Just wanted to at least get that up for tonight but will look at doing more later. My schedule can be pretty chaotic with work and personal things so if you guys ever see me online but I haven't posted, don't worry, I'll get to it usually in the evenings. :)

[BurningCold]

Does this mean that if I make an airbender I can have a gyrados eventually? My character is well on the way to being completed this evening/night. (USC time here)

[BurningCold]

Finished ahead of time

Yaze

Firebender | Late Teens | Male

Appearance:
Like most of the fire nation, Yaze has the typical lighter skin coloration that seems so commonplace throughout his homeland. A shock of messy brown hair so dark it’s almost black rests upon his skull, tied back into a short bun. Charcoal grey eyes are set into a somewhat gaunt face with high cheekbones and graceful features. Yaze is of relatively average height, his body toned but not overly muscular. His build in general is fairly balanced, not ignoring speed, strength, or endurance. He typically dresses himself in simple clothes. Sandals, brown cotton pants, and short cotton tunic of faded red.

Equipment:
He possesses nothing exactly out of the ordinary, simply a bedroll tied to a pack containing basic provisions for himself and his pokemon. Other than that, he carries with him a bolo knife.

Personality:
Yaze never understood why so many people utilize anger to power their firebending. That’s not how it is, all you need is a drive. Anger is simply the easiest one to harness. Unfortunately, that just doesn’t work for Yaze. He doesn’t get angry. It’s not that he bottles it up or blocks it out, it just isn’t there. So few things phase him it’s shocking. To the people around him Yaze appears to be a level headed and laid back young man that almost always seems to be somewhat pleased, regardless of the situation.

That’s not wrong either. Yaze’s ability to keep a cool head is legendary. Almost nothing can get him stressed or panicked. In fact, he welcomes any and all adversity with open arms. To him, an easy life is a boring one, and problems keep things fresh and interesting. However, this does not mean that Yaze likes to cause issues. Not in the slightest. It’s not that he enjoys it when himself or others suffer, he just accepts that this is the way the world is, and that the way the world is is how it ought to be, so there’s no point wishing things were otherwise. This can cause some people to interpret him as callous, which is so far from the truth.

He doesn’t think he’s very good at comforting people, but when someone he really cares about is suffering he suffers greatly along with them. Seeing his friends in pain drives a stake through his heart, even if sometimes he’s not sure how to show that.

One of his potentially best and worst traits is his filter (or lack thereof). Yaze doesn’t go out of his way to purposefully insult people, but he always says his mind, regardless of whether or not he’s giving support or criticism. If he finds someone attractive, he says so, and vice versa. If someone is wearing something weird, or making a stupid decision, he’ll say so. Those subject to his analyses will either value his honesty or grow annoyed at the fact that he has something to say about everything.

History:
Yaze was born as Yaze Nikasai to a family of respected merchants residing in a prosperous coastal city south of the capital. From a young age he was taught the tools of the trade. Assessing prices, haggling, spotting which products were legitimate and which were shoddy, and how to manage business. Sae and Roma Nikasai were raising their only child to be the spitting image of them. This of course, also included control over the element of fire. Yaze’s parents were proficient benders and proficient teachers as well, and their instruction was well received by their young pupil.

From an early age, Yaze had developed a habit of sneaking out of his home at night to wander the darkened streets of the city, creating little sparks of fire, marvelling at their phosphorescence against the blackness of sun down. This would continue as Yaze grew in age and size, and these times where he was alone from the great hustle of the day and the growing expectations of his parents would be used to reflect upon his life and think on what he wanted for himself, rather than what his parents wanted for him. It was during one of these walks that he stumbled upon a lone slakoth. A slakoth in a populated Fire Nation city was an uncommon sight, and not one in which Yaze was sure of what he was meant to do. The slakoth, however, seemed to know exactly what was going on. It waddled up to Yaze and sat at his feet, cocking his head slightly, a bit of drool leaking out of his mouth and onto Yaze’s foot. And thus, a lifelong friendship was born.

The two were inseparable. They ate together, slept together, trained together, even chased girls together. (Though one of them was trying to gain the fairer sex’s affection, whilst the other was simply around for the ride.) Gradually, an idea began to sink into Yaze’s mind. Why not take Marrow and travel the world? He was damn good at business for his age, but he sure as hell didn’t want to wind up selling cabbages and burn ointments for the rest of his days. No, he wanted adventure! He didn’t bother telling his parents, they would have never agreed. That fateful night when he slipped out of his house to walk the streets with Marrow, he left them a note explaining that he was “going to be out for a while”, and never came back. Dropping his surname would also be necessary, to avoid attracting unwanted attention. So, wrapped in wanderlust’s ever strengthening grip, Yaze left his home and life behind to travel the world, with his faithful companion Marrow resting upon his shoulders.

Aspirations:
Yaze wants to see the world, dammit! He wants to see everything that this great planet has to offer him, and he wants to grow in strength along the way too. As his father once said, “The way to have power is to take it.” Well, that’s exactly what Yaze intends to do. People are measured by their success, and if you’re powerful, you’re successful.

Slakoth | Marrow | Male

Personality:
Marrow is quite a bit more energetic than most slakoth, which really doesn’t say much. He still likes to sleep for around fifteen hours a day if he can, only awakening if a battle is really necessary. When he is in battle however, Marrow fights with the tenacity of a zangoose and seviper locked in combat. Additionally, he is extremely loyal to Yaze, and obeys any command given to him with little to no hesitation.

Fighting Style:
He likes to use sudden bursts of speed to get into his opponent's face and assault them with numerous bites, kicks, cuts, and other such forms of physical abuse to make his combatant too weak from the get go to defend themselves against future attacks. Often his lazy and sleepy demeanor gives off the impression that he won’t be much of a threat, something Marrow can easily use to his advantage.

How the Pokemon will Evolve:
Yaze has heard that most slakoth only evolve whenever they’re in a high adrenaline situation that requires them to expend a greater amount of energy than they usually would in a typical battle. Situations where something or someone important to the slakoth is on the line could potentially work, though Yaze is not the type of person to intentionally put Marrow in such an environment.

Desired Second and Third Pokemon:
Yaze always thought that a houndour and a tyrunt, as well as their future evolutions, would make fine additions to his party.

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My friend is going to be working on a drawing of Yaze, so I'll be replacing that handy Fire Nation symbol with an actual image eventually.

[NuttsnBolts]

@BurningCold Don't have time to read the entirety (leaving for work now), but Slaking does classify as a Pseudo Legendary, so you wont be able to start with it. (Just mentioning so adjustments can be made)

[BurningCold]

@NuttsnBolts I figured that since slakoth isn't quite a slaking, it would be alright as by the time Marrow evolves into a vigoroth and then eventually a slaking everyone else's parties would be reasonably beefed up.

EDIT: The rule itself confuses me a bit, as what classifies those pokemon as either pseudo or semi pseudo is their base stat total, which I'm under the impression wasn't going to have a place in this RP.