FAQ

What is PKMN-WOE?

PKMN-WOE is an ARPG, an art/roleplaying group. You create a character and level them up by creating art, writing stories or roleplaying with them. In this group, you take the role of a lost soul who must atone from their misdeeds after death in a purgatory called Woe Manor.

What is the group like?

This group is horror based with a little bit of dark comedy. Expect serious topics but also jokes about serious topics. If you’re sensitive to death or murder this probably isn't the space for you.

I’m 17 or younger, can I join?

No. Due to the nature of content in Woe, we prefer to have an adult audience of safety and legal reasons. So PKMN-WOE is only open to 18 or older.

How active do I have to be?

Check the activity check page for more info.

Is there a discord? Can I join?

Woe is a Discord operated ARPG, it is required to join the server to see QoL updates, events and to post art for submission. If you are interested in joining, it is recommended you join to be able to get in contact with mods and know when openings will occur. 

How did you decorate the DA page and the TH page?

We have used many community made assets and html code! 

All credits for the DA page are here.
      All credits for the TH page are listed on the page.

What exactly is my art or writing worth in WC/EXP?

You can actually see for yourself on the earnings page! It explains what our current grading system is and how it works.

Does my app art get graded? 

Your initial app is not graded. If you, however, update it with new art, that can be submitted into your ticket for grading .

Is literature acceptable? Can we submit rp logs for grading?

Yes! Literature is welcomed. Please submit rp logs. Please include a word count in your submission.

Are collabs allowed?

Collabs are welcome and encouraged! Refer to Earnings for Collab earnings. 

How do we submit art on toyhouse?

This is slightly complicated due to toyhouse being primarily a character hosting site. We have a brief guide here, but please contact a mod through the discord if you are having issues.

Can our app art be commissioned?

Yes, you must credit the artist when submitting. If another member has drawn your application art, they will get the WC and EXP for it.

Can we reserve names?

Yes. Please check out our name reserving system here. Please remember to also look at the database, and blacklisted names when reserving them. 

Wait… our characters can die?

Yes. This is a giant death mansion where your character is pulled into a sense of purgatory. More info can be found on the death page.

When our characters die and get revived by an herb, do they retain any scars or damage?

That is completely up to you. You can control if they bear the scars or damage of their death, or show no signs of it happening! You can also add cryptic traits if you have purchased them with Strange Runes. Those traits cannot be removed if they die and are revived again.

Can we use self-inserts in Woe?

No. Please do not use self-inserts. Creating characters with similar characteristics to you is fine, but avoid making a character that is an exact clone of you with the same name.

Can we make characters that reference other characters from popular media?

You can make characters inspired by popular Media. IE. A character inspired by Majima from Yakuza. Or Naruto. But they cannot BE that character. If the Mod team feels they are a clone of the character they may be rejected 

Can we make our character a member of the hotel staff at the start?

No. You can take a basic job at rank 5 and a specialist job at rank 8. More info can be found at Jobs.

Can I change my character’s species?

Yes but you need to buy the Species Swap Charm in the shop.

How do different pokemon forms work?

Please see the Form Change Guide for details. 

Can our characters evolve?

Yes, evolution is a reward for ranking up as seen on the gifts page.

Can our characters be mythical or legendary?

Your first character cannot be mythical or legendary.  You can buy a Shining Key for a Legendary tenant or a Lost Key for a Mythical tenant. You must have a character that is a minimum of Rank4 to purchase these keys. 

Necrozma and the Cosmog line are considered legendary. Arceus is off limits.

Can our characters be paradox pokemon?

Yes, but the regional variants of existing mythicals and legendaries fall under their respective keys. Ex. Walking Wake is a Legendary, but Iron Treads is available through the Normal Key.

Can our characters be regional variants?

Yes! Regional variants are not special unless they affect a legendary or mythical pokemon, under which that respective key can be used. Ex. Alolan Vulpix can be used with a Normal Key, but Galarian Zapdos is a Legendary.

Can our characters start out as shiny?

Yes! It is seen as a colour variation and can be used for your free of charge! 

NOTE: If you wish to change a non shiny pokemon into a Shiny (and vice versa) You will need to purchase the needed elixirs 

Can our characters be pinkan, albino, melanistic, other color variations, ect?

If you buy an elixir at the shop yes, if not, no. Small color variation and pattern variation is accepted, like hue or saturation of colors being slightly off. Eye color can be whatever you want it to be, though if you change the sclera color or pupil color then the mods prefer you have an in-character reason for it.

Can our characters have dyed hair/fur?

Dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings, yes, go wild. Try to keep dyed fur to a minimum.

How do characters get new clothes in the manor, do our characters pretty much have all their preferred clothing with them? Is there a tailor in the manor? 

You can have your character come in with them or say they purchased them from Willow. (No WC will be exchanged. It’s all in flavor text) 

Are species required to keep the gender distribution that they have in-game?

No. All Pokemon can be whatever Gender you wish regardless of their Pokemon’s distribution or canon. 

Can a character's species be designed to have slight adjustments from the pokemon species?

Minor adjustments are ok. Adding marking from the creature the Pokemon is based on is ok so long as the Pokemon stays recognizable. IE. Giving Houndoom doberman marking or ears.  You can also adjust saturation of colors, but not the hues unless the use of an elixir is involved. 

If you want a mod to look over a WIP to make sure everything lines up you can open a ticket in the Discord server!

How tall or short can our characters be?

Tallest characters should be 290-310cm (9’6-10’1), smallest characters should be 90-110cm (2’11-3’7). While we encourage characters' heights reflect their original pokemon's size, it is not required, so we only ask that you follow the height requirements. 

Characters that have the Length Glyph applied to them will have an increased height limit of 400 cm. They are the only ones this increase applies to. 

How much can our characters weigh?

They can weigh whatever you want. So long as you can justify it and keep it consistent. There is a maximum weight limit of 999.9 kg. Your tenant cannot go past this limit.

Can our characters have multiple sets of legs or even be centaurs?

No. This cannot be changed even with a wish.

Can our characters have multiple sets of arms?

If your species of Pokemon has multiple arms, then yes. They are limited to 2 sets of arms. If You wanted to have more you would need to purchase a Limb Glyph at  The Obelisk. You are only limited to 3 sets of arms connected to the torso with the glyph in place. You must have a character that is a minimum of Rank 6 to access The Obelisk.

My character has wings! How wide can their wingspan be?

A tenant may now have a maximum wingspan equal to triple their height. Example: A 5’0” tenant may have a wingspan of up to 15’ long.

Additionally, tenants that are 13’ with the Length Glyph may have a wingspan maximum of 40ft.

I see nagas in the character gallery, can we create nagas for the group?

Yes, but you need to buy their respective vial from the shop. Check Additional Shop Info to see what pokemon can use which vial.

How come  ??? Is not included in the Strange Vials

Looking through the Strange Vials, you will notice that part of an evolutionary line was not included, and other Pokémon like Muk, Grimer, and others were not included at all. As we reviewed each Pokémon, we chose the Pokémon that would best fit theme of a Naga without compromising the recognizability of the Pokémon. There were also, unfortunately some Pokemon that would learn too far into centaurs and were thus not eligible to be included.

What if my pokemon cannot learn four basic moves?

Pokemon like Abra, Cosmog, Ditto and Smeargle unfortunately cannot have more moves added on if they cannot learn anything else through egg moves, tutoring, or TM/HM, and are stuck with a shortened moveset unless they are combined with another species or type to take moves from.

How do spells work?

They are similar to TMs in that they allow for any move to be learned, but spells are restricted by the typing you are allowed to pick from. When you are allowed to pick spells, they have to come out of one or both of your character’s current typing(s). 

Ex. A Jolteon can have Volt Tackle, Thunderbolt, and Thunder as an offensive spell set, but cannot include Pin Missile unless it was a Bug/Electric Jolteon, in which case it can have Pin Missile, Attack Order, and Thunder if it wanted to.

Can the guests use their moves for practical use, ember to start a fire or sleep powder to put someone to sleep, etc?

Yes! Please refer to the Battle System and Move Manuals to see the battle use and practical use for the move in question. 

How do moves that work with gender, such as attract, work?

They work regardless of gender. If they can be romantically attracted to the user they will be. If not, they will feel strong Platonic bonds to them. 

Is mega-evolution painful like the games describe?

Yes.

Can our characters gigantimax?

Gigantimax forms are not attainable for tenants within Woe. If you wish to stylize a custom mega form to look like a pokemon’s gigantimax form that is fine, though your character cannot exceed the height limit or use G-max moves.

How are battles set up?

Mods actually have a system in place using rolls of dice similar to D&D! Refer to the Battle System for more information.

Can our characters be from certain time periods, i.e. died decades or even centuries ago?

No. In the future we might be implementing something relating to this, but for now your character has to have died within the last ten years and be a modern person.

Can characters have items from their previous life when they enter the manor?

They can but it will only be a recreation of that item. 

Can our characters come from real-life places like Germany?

No. Real life places do not exist in Woe’s lore, since characters come from the pokemon World. If you’d like your character to come from a theoretical/hypothetical Germany-like place in the pokemon world however, that is fine.

If you end up not liking part of a character’s backstory, can you change it or not? 

If the character has not canonically remembered the event, yes. If your backstory is bothering you or you wish to discuss changes, both minor or major, please contact the mods via your ticket. We wish to make sure you are comfortable using your tenant. 

How severe can we make curses? How light can they be?

The curse your character has is judged on a case by case basis based on these criteria. 

A. The curse is or is close to irreversible

B. The curse usually affects someone or something other than your character

C. Curses cannot be sexual in nature.

For example: Cheating on a test is a little mild for a curse on its own but if cheating on a test took someone else's spot in a program when they needed to be in that program then that would count.

Do we have any references for what the inside of the manor looks like, like, decor-wise or is it more up to interpretation?

A lot of furniture and wallpaper is unown or eye themed in the manor and it has a victorian look to it all. We have no drawn references yet so everything beyond that is up to interpretation. 

What does the furniture tend to look like?

Some of it is a bit up to interpretation, but the starting sets of furniture can be compared to animal crossing sets actually! Mansion is similar to Rococo, Modest is similar to Classic, and Professional is similar to Modern. The additional Sweets set is just candy-inspired while not actually being candy and the Mushroom set is made to look like forestry and mushrooms while also being non-edible.

What kind of technology does the manor have?

The Manor has technology present that dates from the 1800s to the 1970s. Most tech has spawned for a specific reason or purpose and some are not reliable or even dangerous to use. 

Can my character break things in the manor?

They can but it will be fixed overnight. It may affect your relationship with certain NPCS. 

Can our characters own pets?

Yes, even though Woe Manor Staff doesn’t always approve of them. You can buy them in the shop. They are always feral Pokemon.

Can pet fish-pokemon float like they do within the games?

No. Fish pokemon do not float like the games, however they don't operate exactly like fish in the real world. 

Fish pets can stay out of water for an hour max without negative effects. This is generally uncomfortable for a fish pokemon to do, but they can still do it. They can use water moves such as surf, aqua ring, & aqua jet to assist in moving around outside of the water, or their owner can carry them.

Fish pokemon with the Flying, Ghost, or Psychic types can fly/float respectively without additional moves due to their typing generally allowing it.

Where can we RP?

There is an RP forums in the discord for you to use! You can also RP in DMs with other members. Please remember to ask them if it’s ok to DM them first. 

Can we kill characters in rps?

You can kill your own in rps. Please get permission first if you wish to kill someone else’s. 

Can my character be friends with/date an NPC?

It is possible to become friends with the NPCs. If your relationship with them grows to a certain point, they may be option to a temporary relationship with your tenant. These relationships are not made to last. Message in your ticket for more information.

How do TMs work?

When you buy a TM from the shop, it adds any move of your choice to your moveset. In your normal moveset you could only learn things your species can learn (tutor, egg, and TMs they can learn included), but for TMs you can learn any non-legendary move in existence! The possibilities are limitless! Just remember you can only have 3 at a time.

How does the Ability Capsule 2.0 work?

They allow you to add a second ability of your choice onto your character, including abilities usually only present on legendary pokemon. You are allowed only 2 abilities at once however.

How do the Cellphones work in Woe since there isn’t much technology?

They allow you to text people in huge group chats as well as DM people via their username if the phone is still working. Current features available in the phone can be seen under Additional Shop Info under  the cellphone general info section.

What kind of things do I have to buy in the shop for my character?

Weapons, items you want to use in RPs as utility items (like flashlights or lock picks), and furniture items you have to buy. Things like clothes and essentials  like shampoo can be “bought” without using your actual WC.

Can we resell items we have bought?

Willow will buy items back for half price, (500wc items will get you 250wc). If you want to sell an item, contact us via your ticket on discord.. Willow can also buy event rewards 25 wc each.