Starters and Wilds

[Basile]

Despite its immense size and large collection of pokemon, the Varaia region has no known native pokemon. Because of this there are no set standards for new trainers to begin, and Professor Conifer equips trainers with a pokemon she gets from her breeder friend's secret breeding grounds. As such, new trainers choose from a wide array of Pokemon. She is regularly stocked with twenty five pokemon, though she only shows six of these at a time. Should you not like what the Professor has when you first come to her, you may pick the "Mystery pokemon". The Mystery Pokemon may be ANY pokemon, even legendaries. However, once you ask for the Mystery Pokemon, you are stuck with it, and you cannot go back.

[Basile]

What's a pokemon game without wild pokemon available for capture, right? Right! So here's how that works.

ALL wild pokemon have an HP of 15, and encounters are conducted through Admins. These encounters can happen any time your character is on one of the Routes. Special Event encounters may sometimes happen within cities, but these are rare.

There are a few key differences between Wild Encounters and regular battles:

Result = Miss : Your wild pokemon has run away. Better luck next time.
Result = 0-7 : Normal damage is dealt. Type is still in play, but this refers only to base damage.
Result = 8-10 : The Wild Pokemon may be caught, if you have a pokeball available. If you get this result, please go back in and edit into your post, AFTER the result, that you are attempting a capture.

If you roll 0-7, you may continue your encounter until the wild pokemon looses all HP, in which case you gain experience for the encounter.

If you roll 0-7, and still wish to capture the wild pokemon, you may roll again the next round. Without achieving a roll of 8-10, wild pokemon may be captured after their HP is reduced by 12.

Wild Pokemon are an important aspect of the site, as we all know. When you enter into any Route on Victory Seekers, you will see a thread titled 'Wild Pokemon' at the top. This has a list of pokemon that can usually be found on that particular route.

These pokemon have been placed according to what pokemon usually appear to the trainers first in the anime and games as well as habitat. So don't expect to see more unique and special critters out on 801 aside from Rare pokemon, obviously. Luckily for you guys Varaia hosts all generations of pokemon, so there's quite a bit of variety as to what you may encounter. These tables also reveal that all non-legendary pokemon can be somehow obtained in-game without the aid of an event aside from Ditto, which is one of the more forbidden pokemon throughout Varaia because of the Breeder's Quest. What this means is that yes, while you aren't able to catch Cleffa in the wild, you could catch a Clefairy and breed it in hopes of obtaining a Cleffa egg, or you could receive one in a trade. Simple and obvious, yes? Good. This thing was made to help ease confusion, not create it.

Another point to be made are the evolutions of pokemon. The first time a pokemon appears on the tables, they will be shown in their first stage, no matter the level average of the current area. This is mostly for organizational matters and to keep things simple, and an example of this would be Gible on Route 809. However, just because the pixel shown on the table is of the pokemon's first stage does not mean that is the only stage you may encounter. This depends on the area's levels and the pokemon's rarity. And example would be that you could possibly see a wild Manectric on Route 806 instead of an Electrike, even though it's prior form would be more common. However, a wild Shelgon on Route 807 would be near impossible to see because Bagon is already classified as Rare. Most pokemon will have one or more of their stages found in the wild, so there shouldn't be too much worry regarding that. One note is that pokemon that evolve via trade or item will most likely NOT appear in the wild. The chances of that happening are very, very slim. So unfortunately, no Golem or Electivire for you here.

Lastly, there's rarity. The more common the pokemon, the higher the chance that you'll see whatever it in your thread. All this really means is that you're more likely to see a Pidgey than a Sewaddle as far as wild pokemon go, but since threads are rather long anyway and people usually encounter a good deal of pokemon, I wouldn't really worry about rarities as much aside from the last category. Obviously Rare pokemon will be much harder to come across, and your character will have to do some extended posting and hunting to attempt to find one.