[OOC] Pokemon: New World 2.0

[Balthazar007]

Announcement!

Hey Everybody, I'm make a change to the trainer rank system. Now, Pokemon caught at a lower tier and evolved to a higher tier will still obey their trainer. The IC reason behind this is, "Why should the Pokemon change its attitude toward the person that raised it, just because it has evolved?" The OOC reason behind this is, "Our Pokemon are leveling up faster than we can catch new Pokemon to satisfy rank up requirements."

These changes have been updated in the 0th IC post. You can also look at them here:

• Beginner: Any trainer with a Pokedex is considered a beginner. A beginner may only buy/use items designated for Beginner trainers. Due to this item restriction, Beginners can only catch Tier 4 Pokemon, but Pokemon can be caught at tier 4 and evolved to a higher tier.
  

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• Skilled: To obtain this rank, your character must catch six Pokemon, battle with one other user controlled trainer, and travel to one other location other than that character's starting location. At this rank, your character can buy/use 'skilled' items. Skilled trainers can catch Pokemon up to Tier 3, but Pokemon can be caught at tier 3 and evolved to a higher tier.
  

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• Expert: To obtain this rank, your character must have caught 30 Pokemon and have 10 tier 3 Pokemon. At this rank, your character has access to 'expert' items. Skilled trainers can catch Pokemon up to Tier 2.
  

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• Master: To obtain this rank, your character must have caught 100 Pokemon and have at least 20 tier 2 Pokemon. At this rank, your character can use all items, catch all Pokemon, and uncover all the secrets of this world.

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Balthazar007 Yay!! That works much better. Florence and Leisy are going to get their Ribombees soon...

Will have a post up ASAP.

[Zarkun]

Announcement!

Hey Everybody, I'm make a change to the trainer rank system. Now, Pokemon caught at a lower tier and evolved to a higher tier will still obey their trainer. The IC reason behind this is, "Why should the Pokemon change its attitude toward the person that raised it, just because it has evolved?" The OOC reason behind this is, "Our Pokemon are leveling up faster than we can catch new Pokemon to satisfy rank up requirements."

These changes have been updated in the 0th IC post. You can also look at them here:

• Beginner: Any trainer with a Pokedex is considered a beginner. A beginner may only buy/use items designated for Beginner trainers. Due to this item restriction, Beginners can only catch Tier 4 Pokemon, but Pokemon can be caught at tier 4 and evolved to a higher tier.
  

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• Skilled: To obtain this rank, your character must catch six Pokemon, battle with one other user controlled trainer, and travel to one other location other than that character's starting location. At this rank, your character can buy/use 'skilled' items. Skilled trainers can catch Pokemon up to Tier 3, but Pokemon can be caught at tier 3 and evolved to a higher tier.
  

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• Expert: To obtain this rank, your character must have caught 30 Pokemon and have 10 tier 3 Pokemon. At this rank, your character has access to 'expert' items. Skilled trainers can catch Pokemon up to Tier 2.
  

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• Master: To obtain this rank, your character must have caught 100 Pokemon and have at least 20 tier 2 Pokemon. At this rank, your character can use all items, catch all Pokemon, and uncover all the secrets of this world.

@Balthazar007

Late reply, but this seems to work a ton better.

[HokumPocus]

This sounds really interesting, I'll create a character sheet if you don't mind.

[HokumPocus]

If I'm missing anything don't hesitate to let me know :V

EDIT: Forgot to delete the text saying "WIP" in the beginning, OOPS

Isaac Bouffalant

Age: 17
Starting Location: Adriana City
Rank: Beginner
Trainer points: 0
Organization: N/A

“M-May I help you?”

Occupation

Isaac works at an auto repair shop alongside his father. The shop is exclusively dedicated to the maintenance of larger vehicles like trucks, trailers and semi-trailers.

Appearance

Isaac has slightly curly black hair, tan skin and bright orange eyes, standing at around 6’1”. His wardrobe consists of fleece jackets and loose fitting pants that cover every dark color with the exception of navy blue, out of a desire to separate his work uniform from his everyday appearance.

While Isaac will typically wear a jumpsuit with his company’s logo patched on to it during work, he will occasionally wear jeans on days that have a more lenient workload. He carries an olive backpack covered in holes, tears and oil stains. Inside is a small tool bag used as an impromptu pokeball holder.

Biography

Isaac’s entire life has revolved around the same trailer repair shop, as he is the only child to a workaholic father and a mother who he was told passed away while he was an infant. As soon as he was old enough to correctly label and use a wrench, he was inevitably made a part of the team. Isaac accepted begrudgingly, aware that his only other options were sitting around and watching, or staying in their cramped house doing nothing.

The shop forbade the use of pokemon, as the machinery they were working with was too delicate to risk being damaged by a stray elemental sphere or what have you. This, along with the sparse amount of pokemon found in the urban parts of Adriana City resulted in Isaac growing up isolated from them. He wasn’t only separated from pokemon, though. He grew up working alongside middle aged men and never really mingled with people his own age, unless another teenager decided to tag along with their parents while Isaac was in charge of the reception desk.

Throughout the years his coworkers would ask him if he was willing to go out and explore the world, and he’d repeatedly reject the idea. Isaac was aware of how chaotic and different the world outside his shop was like. And early on, he had decided that he would have no part in it. His father always supported his son’s decision to stay at the shop, nervous whenever the subject was brought up.

During a particularly stormy night, Isaac was snooping around in his father’s room. While he normally wasn’t allowed to enter under any circumstance, his coworkers had sent him to fetch important materials that his father had left at their home. Isaac’s father had injured himself on the job and had no choice but to hand over the key. It was during this errand that he discovered a drawer in his father’s room stuffed with letters from someone claiming to be his mother. Rummaging through them confirmed that she was in fact his mom, and that she was desperate to know her sons whereabouts. The letter’s dates grew further apart, the most recent one having been written two years ago. Furious with his father’s actions, he resolved to set forth on a journey to find her.

Personality

“Y-You know, it’s easy to get attached to trucks from attending them enough times. Sometimes I think ‘Wow, it’s that one truck with the sticker of a woman wearing a pokeball bikini!’ And then a large man who smells like cheese will step out of it every time. I-I’m not weirding you out, right?”

Calling Isaac a wallflower is an understatement. He is completely and utterly terrified of having conversations with people his age, and the idea of actually meeting a wild pokemon makes him feel butterfree in his stomach. While he would preferably avoid any and all contact with other people, he is aware that talking is the only way to achieve his goals and will often force himself to be social, resulting in plenty of awkward situations for everyone involved.

Isaac is used to following the rules and procedures of his job to a tee and will quickly enter panic mode when things don’t quite go the way they’re supposed to. He will commonly have disagreements with people who aren’t as strict as he is, but will meekly go along with what they have in mind, though not before weakly protesting.

He is incredibly polite and relaxed around most grownups, especially the elderly. Isaac is skittish around children, what with their unpredictability and all. He has little experience with pokemon and tends to perceive them as mythical creatures rather than animals. Any pokemon that isn’t small and commonly owned in the city will either mystify or scare him. Or both.

Likes

Homemade food: Isaac almost always eats prepackaged meals, so the idea of eating something that wasn’t nuked in a microwave is tantalizing.

Manuals: No matter how hopeless things get, if you have the right manual, you’re guaranteed to succeed! Unfortunately, life has no manual.

Noise: Surrounded by both the noise from the repair shop and the city, constant noise that would be overstimulating to many are instead enjoyed by Isaac as nice background filler.

Dislikes

Silence: Interpreted as awkward when around people and eerie when not, Isaac hates silence.

Berries: Raised on a diet of artificial food, Isaac finds the taste of most berries to either be overwhelming or unappetizingly earthy.

Running: Spending your entire life waddling around oil puddles and general muck gives you an almost instinctual hesitation towards running. Isaac settles on awkwardly powerwalking from place to place whenever he’s absolutely certain nothing funky is on the floor.

Pokemon party

NOTHIN’

Backup pokemon

DIDDLY SQUAT

Inventory

BLANKITY BLANK BLANK

[Balthazar007]

@HokumPocus

I like your character sheet. It's very well made. You may post it to the Characgters section and get started as soon as you like.

Let us know if you have any questions.

[Balthazar007]

@HokumPocus

Hey, I'm glad you didn't catch that Magnemite, especially after all that writing... Magnemite don't naturally appear in that area. Adriana City only has Water and Electric Pokemon. Both types need to be covered before a pokemon can appear in the wild.

It's all good though. Maybe that was just a Magnemite that had wandered too far from its trainer.

[HokumPocus]

@Balthazar007

Oh sorry, I wasn't aware of both types needing to be covered lol (it's an easy fix, since it can just be assumed that the pokeball refused to open due to the magnemite already being owned rather than distance)

Also, I promise my next posts won't be so beefy. I just needed to quickly introduce his personality/motives/first pokemon since he's a new character and the others are miles ahead in development

[Balthazar007]

@Balthazar007

Oh sorry, I wasn't aware of both types needing to be covered lol (it's an easy fix, since it can just be assumed that the pokeball refused to open due to the magnemite already being owned rather than distance)

Also, I promise my next posts won't be so beefy. I just needed to quickly introduce his personality/motives/first pokemon since he's a new character and the others are miles ahead in development

@HokumPocus

Sounds great! I need to make a post tomorrow, too.

[Darkmoon Angel]

Hey, sorry for the absence. My power had been knocked out from the weather so I hadn't been able to go online for a while

[Balthazar007]

Hey, sorry for the absence. My power had been knocked out from the weather so I hadn't been able to go online for a while

@Darkmoon Angel

Wow. That sucks. Glad to see ya. I've been slow to post for reasons much less compelling, so much respect. lol

[Zarkun]

@LuckyBlackCat I plan to post on my birthday on the 17th.

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Zarkun Happy birthday!

[Balthazar007]

@LuckyBlackCat I plan to post on my birthday on the 17th.

@Zarkun

Happy Birthday!

[Balthazar007]

Hey everyone,

Let me start by saying, I oppologise for letting this RP die. As GM I take full responsibility for that. This RP was/is very top heavy with detail and nuances, so much so that I became overwhelmed.

In the last few days, I've built a new Pokemon RP and finished constructing it today. This RP revolves around the idea: "What if Pokemon were real, if they appeared in today's society?" I think this will be a fun concept to explore.

Also, I've learned from past roleplays and I think I've found a formula that will keep things simple for everyone and make GMing just as fun for me as writing is for everyone else.

So without further adieu, please check out my new Pokemon RP. If you have any questions or concerns, you can PM me directly or post in the OOC section of the new RP... Pokemon: Worlds Collide

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Balthazar007 I can still post if you want me to (was trying to figure out what to do about the monthly level boost) but yeah, this has ground to a halt, which I also take responsibility for as co-GM. That and I wasn't sure what to do without Dusksong around. I really hope everything's ok with her.

[Balthazar007]

@Balthazar007 I can still post if you want me to (was trying to figure out what to do about the monthly level boost) but yeah, this has ground to a halt, which I also take responsibility for as co-GM. That and I wasn't sure what to do without Dusksong around. I really hope everything's ok with her.

@LuckyBlackCat

I wouldn't ask you to post in this RP anymore when I myself have lost the drive to do so. But have you checked out the new Pokemon RP that I am trying to launch? roleplayerguild.com/topics/170778-pok…

[LuckyBlackCat]

@Balthazar007 Well, I did enjoy this RP, but I didn't know how to add all the level-ups into a short IC timeframe, seeing as people only posted about once a month if that. (Not blaming anyone, life gets hectic and I've been rather busy myself.)

New RP looks good though, I'll try to think up a character.

[Balthazar007]

@Balthazar007 Well, I did enjoy this RP, but I didn't know how to add all the level-ups into a short IC timeframe, seeing as people only posted about once a month if that. (Not blaming anyone, life gets hectic and I've been rather busy myself.)

New RP looks good though, I'll try to think up a character.

@LuckyBlackCat

Alright, I'm looking forward to it! I have high hopes for that RP.