Welcome to the PKMN-WOE in-depth design guide!
This guide is intended to cover as many bases as possible and is fairly detailed. For your first character a lot of this info might not be super useful, as it goes into depth on fusion, type variation, elixirs, and the like. In general, if a Pokemon is recognizable as it's species and anthro, you are good to go!
If you need a design reviewed please contact mod team through your ticket on discord.
Form changing in Woe is a natural gift that is packaged in the anthro forms of certain guests when they arrive at Woe Manor. These transformations can be powerful, painful, and most of all complicated for new tenants to wrap their heads around, luckily someone seems to have written a few guides for mon who can and can’t change form within the manor’s walls.
We’ve divided pokemon with form variations into several categories to make rules around them easier. Each pokemon is unique however so please read up on them here if you wish to make a tenant with a form changing species. If you still have questions or we have missed a form, please contact us via the ticket system within our Discord. All forms are referenced from Bulbapedia here.
You must designate a form as a primary form. This form’s info will be the info recorded in the database.
Your stats/moveset/spells do not change when you change form.
You can choose bonus stats (the +2 to your stats from your typing) from any of your form’s typings.
You can choose moves from any of your form's learnsets.
You can choose spells from any of your form’s typings but you can only cast spells of the types you currently are.
Your typing/ability might change depending on the form.
You must submit additional form designs for mod review before use in the group.
Fusions/Type changes will affect all forms in the same way.
If you type change a Rotom so it's secondary type is dark, all forms will have their secondary typing changed.
If you fuse an Oricorio with a Venusaur all forms must reflect this fusion and have the same mechanical changes applied. You cannot have one form take the poison typing and another take the grass typing.
If you fuse two pokemon that have Category II ability/type/etc changing forms, you can only choose one of the pokemon’s form sets to swap between.
If you can change form due to an ability, losing that ability means you lose the ability to change forms (ie. Darmanitan’s Zen Mode)
If you gain an ability that would allow you to change forms through an ability capsule, and you are not the pokemon indicated in the ability, it will not work.
Megas cannot have multiple Category II ability/type/etc changing forms. You can meld all your forms together or just focus on one of your moves. You can still only have one mega though.
Ultimately, changing form is up to interpretation of the owner outside of these rules and the descriptions below. You can choose to give your pokemon the exact items needed to change form, base it in their mood, or never have them change form at all.
These pokemon have different forms, however they are purely for aesthetic purposes and do not affect the mechanics of Woe (spells, typing, abilities) at all (though some might grant access to extra moves from other form’s learnsets). Feel free to interpret them however you like. Due to the minor aesthetic effects of these forms, they do not have to take a lot of energy or time to change into.
Deoxys: Normal Forme, Attack Forme, Defense Forme, Speed Forme
Burmy: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, Trash Cloak
Cherrim: Overcast Form, Sunshine Form
Dialga: Default Form, Origin Form
Palkia: Default Form, Origin Form
Deerling & Sawsbuck: Spring Form, Summer Form, Autumn Form, Winter Form
Keldeo: Ordinary Form, Resolute Form
Furfrou: All Trims
Aegislash: Shield Forme, Blade Forme
Xerneas: Neutral Mode, Active Mode
Wishiwashi: Solo Form, School Form
Minior: Meteor Form, Core Form
Mimikyu: Disguised Form, Busted Form
Eiscue: Ice Face, Noice Face
Reshiram, Zekrom, White Kyurem, & Black Kyurem: In Overdrive
Solgaleo: Radiant Sun Phase
Lunala: Full Moon Phase
Marshadow: Zenith Marshadow
Palafin: Hero Form, Zero Form
Koraidon: Apex Build, Limited Build, Sprinting Build, Swimming Build, Gliding Build
Miraidon: Ultimate Mode, Low-Power Mode, Drive Mode, Aquatic Mode, Glide Mode
These forms all change the pokemon’s ability, typing, or both. They are still able to be changed between. Changing between these forms takes a lot of time, effort, or both, so during most events and worldbuilding sessions you will be restricted to one or two forms as events/WB sessions usually take less than 24 hours of in universe time to conclude.
Castform: Normal, Sunny Form, Rainy Form, Snowy Form
Rotom: Rotom, Heat Rotom, Wash Rotom, Frost Rotom, Fan Rotom, Mow Rotom
You cannot take these forms by directly possessing objects due to the technology of Woe Manor. Instead a tenant's body can mimic the appliance the form is based on.
You must use the appliance in the traditional rotom form for your designs. Oven, washing machine, fridge/freezer, rotating blade fan, & lawnmower respectively.
Giratina: Altered Forme, Origin Forme
Shaymin: Land Forme, Sky Forme
Darmanitan: Standard Mode, Zen Mode
Galarian Darmanitan: Standard Mode, Zen Mode
Tornadus, Thundurus, & Landorus: Incarnate Forme, Therian Forme
Meloetta: Aria Forme, Pirouette Forme
Genesect: Normal Genesect, Shock Drive, Burn Drive, Chill Drive, Douse Drive
Zygarde: 10% Forme, 50% Forme, Complete Forme
Hoopa: Hoopa Confined, Hoopa Unbound
Oricorio: Baile Style, Pom-Pom Style, Pa’u Style, Sensu Style
Silvally: All Types
Morpeko: Full Belly Mode, Hangry Mode
Due to the mechanic of Morpeko changing form every turn, the rule of Category II form changes taking a lot of time and effort is lifted for this pokemon only.
Zacian: Hero of Many Battles, Crowned Sword
Zamazenta: Hero of Many Battles, Crowned Shield
Ogerpon: Teal Mask, Wellspring Mask, Hearthflame Mask, Cornerstone Mask
These pokemon have forms that cannot be swapped between. The only case in which these pokemon can change to their other forms is when a species change item is bought within the shop, that change is permanent. You can still make characters that possess one of these forms, they just cannot swap between options for their species.
All Alolan/Galarian/Paldean/Other regional forms and Paradox forms
Unown: All Letters
Wormadam: Plant Cloak, Sandy Cloak, Trash Cloak
Shellos & Gastrodon: West Sea, East Sea
Basculin: Red-Striped Form, Blue-Striped Form
Kyurem: Kyurem, White Kyurem, Black Kyurem
Vivillon: All Colorations
Flabébé, Floette, & Florges: Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue, White
Pumpkaboo & Gourgeist: Small Size, Average Size, Large Size, Super Size
Lycanroc: Midday Form, Midnight Form, Dusk Form
Minior: Red Core, Orange Core, Yellow Core, Green Core, Blue Core, Indigo Core, Violet Core
Necrozma: Necrozma, Dusk Mane Necrozma, Dawn Wings Necrozma
Magearna: Magearna, Original Color Magearna
Toxtricity: Amped Form, Low Key Form
Alcremie: All Creams, All Sweets
Urshifu: Single Strike Style, Rapid Strike Style
Paldean Tauros: Combat Breed, Blaze Breed, Aqua Breed
Dundunsparce: Two Segment Form, Three Segment Form
Maushold: Family of Three Form, Family of Four Form
You cannot use these forms at all within Woe.
Rotom: Rotom Pokédex, Rotom Phone, Rotom Drone, Rotom Bike, All Other Rotom Forms
Arceus: All Types
Greninja: Ash-Greninja
Zygarde: Zygarde Cell, Zygarde Core
Calyrex: Ice Rider Calyrex, Shadow Rider Calyrex
These pokemon forms don’t fit into our above categories and have special forms associated with them. Each one of them has individual rules/info to suit their situations.
Cosplay Pikachu: Pikachu Rock Star, Pikachu Belle, Pikachu Pop Star, Pikachu Ph. D, Pikachu Libre
Cosplay Pikachu is a Pikachu with a marking and different outfits. You are free to use the tail marking and to give your character similar outfits.
Pikachu in a cap: All Caps
Just Pikachu in a hat. You are free to give your character similar hats.
Pichu: Notch-Eared Pichu
No mechanical difference compared to a normal Pichu. You are free to give your character a similar ear, however you cannot use this form for pets from any of the pet collar items.
Kyogre: Primal Kyogre
Primal Kyogre counts as Kyogre’s mega evolution within Woe.
Groudon: Primal Groudon
Primal Groudon counts as Groudon’s mega evolution within Woe.
Floette: AZ’s Floette
We do not recognize AZ’s Floette as an official form due to it never being released officially. If you wish to use a design similar to it you would have to attempt a type change, fusion, or mega design and get it approved.
Necrozma: Ultra Necrozma
Ultra Necrozma counts as both Dawn Wings Necrozma’s and Dusk Mane Necrozma’s mega evolution within Woe.
Eternatus: Eternatus Eternamax
We do not recognize Eternatus Eternamax as an official form due to it never being released to the player officially. If you wish to use a design similar to it you would have to attempt a type change, fusion, or mega design and get it approved.
Zarude: Dada Zarude
Dada Zarude is just a Zarude with a pink cape. You are free to give your character a similar cape.
All Mega Forms
Mega rules are covered within the Gifts page.
All Gigantimax Forms
We do not recognize gigantimax forms in Woe. You can choose to design your character’s mega to look similar to a gigantimax design however.
All forms from non-mainseries games (Primal Dialga, Shadow Lugia, etc)
We do not recognize these forms as official forms due to them never being released officially in a mainseries game. If you wish to use a design similar to them you would have to attempt a type change, fusion, or mega design and get it approved.
