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It's something I'd love to allow! surprised It just needs some thinking through, taking into account how many people might wanna do this too. I mean, the Pokémon themselves are going to count as their own little minor characters (that'll only really need a snippet of a profile---basically just their name, personality, and list of known moves), so I think there may need to be a limit on how many a non-trainer character can bond with.

What would your plans be with Sophie, then? Gonna do the same and have her bond with a Riolu, or add maybe a couple more?

And lemme guess, no one really knew what to get you, huh? ; I'm in the same boat---I only got mine for Christmas because I straight-up mentioned I wanted it. Otherwise I would only be getting clothes.

And that is my biggest concern right there. sweatdrop

I really want to make it fair for everyone who wants to do this and let even non-trainer characters get as much as a full team---perhaps even one more since I let Arianna have a team of seven. And even let her have two more Pokémon traveling with her in addition to those seven, though they're not going to fight at all.

But when you think about it, that's practically up to six little characters traveling along with your main character, with their own little personalities and therefore unique reactions to situations. Even though your character would be the focus, that still makes for quite a crowd if you'll have them join other people. Furthermore, non-trainer characters would not have the convenience of Pokéballs to hide them away if trying to manage responses for them all starts becoming a overwhelming.

That's why if I do bring in a trainer OC, she'll be a minor character traveling on her own because she and her Pokémon are a full party as is.

By the way, I take it the other RPs you have Sophie in are Pokémon AUs?

And I see. That's...kinda inconsiderate... sweatdrop

Well, non-trainers also haven't lived with Pokémon. Having more than one or two would be overwhelming. Trainers spend their entire childhoods hoping to have a Pokémon; many often learn ahead of time how to care for a Pokémon.

Only one of the Sophie's was an AU in the PokéVerse. The other was sort of like Zeal, only set in the Pokémon world. They never finished, though....People got caught up in real life stuff. Me being one of them....

Yes. Very inconsiderate. They spent two hundred bucks on art stuff when all I wanted was a fourteen dollar game from Wal-Mart. That sounded ironic. xd I wasn't exactly being selfish this year. We're not rich. :/

Those are very good points. surprised So for non-trainer characters, would a maximum of two be fine?

Ahh, I see. I was wondering because if they weren't, how did it make sense for characters not native to the PokéVerse to get into the swing of building teams...?

WOW WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL. M-my cheapskate side is rather appalled... You say outright that you want something that's obviously much cheaper but they go and do that?! What kind of art stuff is this anyway?!

Curses! I've been found out! *dives behind nearby bush*

Anyway, as for the Pokémon, that could be tricky. One or two sounds like a decent limit, and they probably wouldn't be able to command them as easily since they'd be busy fighting themselves (as in they would be fighting, not that they would be fighting against themselves).

You could just say that some Pokéballs and trainers came over too, or maybe allow alternative companions (monsters, summonable creatures, etc.) if someone wants something like that. For example, Emil can befriend monsters and Gilgamesh has his old buddy Enkidu.

That's a good point. I was thinking more like befriending one, but even that only seems to apply to people like Emil. Hmm...

Also a valid point. It would mostly depend on their native setting, I think.


On a less relevant note, do you guys think that bringing in "the Kid" from Bastion and having posts be written as if spoken by the game's awesome narrator would be too gimmicky?

Just a bit