Character Creation

Firstly, you must join the Discord. Doing this will be required to participate in group activities, so this is crucial! Once you've posted your introduction, you may then ask for a set of rolls in the #pokemon-rolls channel.

A mod will get back to you with two completely random lists of six Pokemon (twelve in total). These Pokemon can only be of the lowest possible evolutionary stage; cannot be Legendary, Sub-Legendary, Paradox, or Mythical; and can be from any generation.

You do not have to pick which Pokemon you would like to use right away, and you do not need to tell the mods which ones you want to use.

Basic Guidelines

✦ Your team leader(s) must be at least 18 years old. The minimum age required to join the guild is 16 years old for recruits, and the maximum age a character may physically be is 65 years old.

✦ Leaders and regular recruits may not be Legendary, Sub-legendary, Paradox, or Mythical Pokemon. Ultra Beasts are unknown to the setting as of present and are also not allowed.

✦ Completely new members must start with the lowest evolutionary stage and non-Variant, non-shiny versions of their chosen Pokemon. Future leaders for existing members and any recruit may start evolved and as Variants provided you have the necessary items!

✦ Typical Pokemon gender restrictions do not apply. Restrictions on gender do not exist in this setting, allowing you to make characters like a cisgender male Salazzle to exist or a cisgender female Meowstic with the appearance of a male Meowstic from the official Pokemon series. Gender and gender expression is completely open for you to play with. Pride events and pride flags do exist in this setting!

✦ Grotesque body horror and disturbing imagery are not allowed. Things like multiple eyes (with exceptions), holes, large mouths, excessive teeth, visible bones or internal organs, etc. are likely to be rejected or asked to be changed.

➤ There are a few exceptions to this rule:

• Characters may have up 4 eyes total only if the eyes are still on the face (i.e. not in odd locations such as on the hands) and are not hyper-realistic or otherwise.

• Characters may have exposed bones or see-through body parts only if there is no gore or internal organs visible! A good example of this is shown on the character Melinoë from Hades 2.

✦ Potions allow for the addition of extra features including a tail, wings, horns, and possibly more! However, you may not add additional arms or legs to design.

✦ The genre of the setting is fantasy/steampunk! The time period is based loosely on the Victorian Era in terms of attire, so try to stay roughly accurate to the time period if using real-world inspirations. Inspiration from attire before this time period is also permitted. In terms of fictional media you could use for inspiration, there are games such as Rune Factory, Fire Emblem, Legend of Zelda, Genshin Impact, and even Dungeons & Dragons!

✦ Do not make designs based off of real-world cultural folklore without doing your research. What may appear to be an innocent trend online may actually have been appropriated from living cultures and religions that actively disapprove the use of such imagery. Any designs submitted that explicitly reference such things will be denied outright.

Please check in #design-check or via #submit-a-ticket before submitting an application if you are unsure if a character's design or story would be allowed within the rules of the group!