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In the Pokemon world's feudal age, the nation of Johto launched an attack on the kingdom of Kanto, landing on the south shore. Normally sea invasions bring few pokemon with them, as they have to carry the food and water for those pokemon as well. This invasion seemed to bring hundreds or thousands with them, as the soldiers needed merely to throw what appeared to be an Apricorn at the ground to bring a captured pokemon into battle. The Johto soldiers quickly managed to secure a literal beachhead, and even capture a few villages.

King Grey sent out messengers to every village under his control, ordering the Lords that weren't in battle to assemble their armies at his Castle Town of Pewter. The messengers also delivered secret messages to certain people who had worked as agents for the King's court before (the players), ordering them to assemble in the tavern of the village of Palegh, near the enemy's captured territory, and meet his agent there.




We would have a few pokemon with us each, though pokeballs don't exist, just "Apriballs" which only Johto people have, so we have to take them with us like pets, and provide food (and maybe water) for them. Humans are generally Normal type, but we can learn pokemon moves as well. If a human can't do it in the real world, though, we may need equipment (including magical equipment) to use pokemon moves. For example, you would need a metal weapon/shield to use Steel type moves, or a fire stone to use fire moves.

I have only beaten the first and second generation games, and only their regions are involved, so only their pokemon are allowed.

I'll definitely need a Co-GM for this, as I have to many RPs going already, and need the help to keep the story going at a good pace.




Pokemon are from "the stars" and are generally of roughly human level intelligence, but most lack much of our creativity, leading to us being better strategists and having better tech. They are called "pocket monsters" because when they first arrived they were hostile to humans. The only way we could befriend them is to carry their eggs with us, generally in pockets, and raise them among humans. Eventually they formed a peace agreement with humans around the world.

They communicate mostly through body language, with their speech only being needed for verbal cues, like tone. Anyone can learn to understand them with enough study, and they all learn human language as children.







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So, will the players be able to RP as Johto characters too? Or is it only Kanto? Will the GMs handle the Johto characters (like NPCs)?
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The Johto NPCs, including their military, will be GM controlled. You can play a Johto character, you would just need a reason to be there. The Prince's group is unlikely to accept a Johto character out of fear that it would betray them, but we might have a rival group from Johto. Someone has already PMed me about the possibility of being a nemesis for us.
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There we go. My character. Let me know if there's anything wrong, @TheUnknowable.
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@Harmony3812@Regitnuiboth are approved.
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Anybody who is interested may now develop a character for Prince Hemlock's private entourage.
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Well, Yukiko will be useful in dealing with him. And Hitoko can take care of the celebi.
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Well, Yukiko will be useful in dealing with him. And Hitoko can take care of the celebi.


You'd think that. Except for his two Rock Type ancients. Who have major typing advantage against the two foxes.
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@Reflection grass type attacks from Daikyo and his sword... also, the rest of the team should be helping.
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@Regitnui My character’s got a Scizor, that walls Celebi pretty nicely. But freeform battles can go either way.
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@Harmony3812 Yeah. We've got to work together. After all, Hitoko might be able to do some real damage to celebi, but not take so much.
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@Regitnui My character also has a Skarmory. Like you said, we can work together to take down the Celebi. The other Pokemon might give us some trouble though.
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@Harmony3812, Kabuto falls to grass-type attacks, and aerodactyl has five weaknesses. I think we can take 'em.
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Anyway, I love how optimistic you two are. This is good. Optimistic players are important.
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Psychics are weak to Dark and grass is weak to Fire, so Rapidash and Umbreon can help against Celebi.
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Will there be crazy time travel hijinks with Celebi in the mix?
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Will there be crazy time travel hijinks with Celebi in the mix?


While nothing as crazy as zeppelins coming in out of nowhere, there will be some time travel effects to play around with. I've discussed some of the ideas with Unknowable already. And I'm sure you'll all love it.
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@Reflection, The one thing about pokemon is that there's no unbeatable. You either have to level up, use types or change strategies.
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@Reflection, The one thing about pokemon is that there's no unbeatable. You either have to level up, use types or change strategies.


Spiritomb with wonderguard begs to differ. But honestly, I'm not being sarcastic or "Just wait and see, my team is unbeatable." I'm honestly happy that you're optimistic and having fun. We could use more players though.
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@ReflectionI’m looking forward to seeing how you use Celebi in your writing! About the lack of players, I’m hoping that this spike in activity in the OOC draws in a few more people. I’d also be willing to write for another character, maybe one on the Johto side?
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