Trainers.
Lets start with the basic position. Trainers will train their pokemon,
heading from town to town, battling one another, and gym leaders when possible.
There are eight gyms in Bistre, and an undefined pokemon league.
As always, they receive a pokedex and are encouraged to 'Catch 'Em All!'
However, despite if trainers start with a baby pokemon,
they do not have access to them, and must consult breeders for this service.
Unless of course you're interested in something owned by an NPC,
perhaps they would be willing to trade with you.
Breeders.
Breeders progress will be tracked through what will be labeled a PokePort.
Like a passport, it is a booklet made to collect stamps,
and similar to a trainer card, it works as an ID and validates their travels.
Pokeports have twenty two pages:
one for identification, fifteen for stamps of each egg group,
five for special achievements, and one to be licensed as an official pokemon breeder.
Most stamps can be obtained through pokemon centers,
although others will be announced later on.
The five special achievement stamps are awarded for five fields of happy
pokemon,one is for egg hatching. Upon starting your pokemon journey
you will actually receive an egg for good measure, when it hatches any
pokemon center will reward you for this achievement
Another achievement stamp is given for adequate healing / bandaging skills,
a test which can be performed at select pokemon centers.
There is also an achievement stamp for communication in which a breeder
must battle against a licensed individual without verbally communicating with
their pokemon, unlike winning badges, you needn't win this battle,
so long as it is clear a bond was made.
The last two achievement stamps are for healthy / glossy pokemon,
and knowledge of pokemon food, the latter of which must be proven
with pokemon not owned by the breeder.
Coordinators.
Bistre has some big Pokemon Contests, and five stadiums dedicated to
this type of battling throughout its land. Every two weeks a different theme
(ie. cool, tough, beauty, smart, and cute) of contest is held in any one stadium.
In other words, a coordinator could stay in any one city and earn five differently
themed ribbons if they so desired. Each contest will consist of a number of
NPCs, so that there will be three necessary competitions for first place.
Ribbons will be distributed to the top four ranking members.
First place will receive a gold ribbon for the theme of the contest,
second place will receive a blue ribbon, and the two individuals who lost
in the semi-finals will receive green ribbons. No matter the color,
you need one ribbon for each theme to participate in Bistre's Grand Festival,
hosted the rules of which will be discussed at a later date.
Photographers.
This position has little progress to be tracked. In fact, these characters
have little to no direction on their travels. They could also be labeled drifters,
scaling cliffs and weathering seas to get emotionally moving pokemon photos
to be sold at the highest price. There is little more to be said.
Researchers.
More accurately described as field workers, they're a step below
a professor's aid and two steps below being an actual researcher.
These characters will be running around Bistre performing tasks for
pokemon professors, aids and various other individuals of import.
All the while they are expected to gather a great knowledge of pokemon
and after an (as of yet unspecified) amount of time, they will be given
the option to upgrade to the rank of an aid to a professor,
either researching something specific about pokemon in the wild,
or settling in a lab for lighter work.
Lets start with the basic position. Trainers will train their pokemon,
heading from town to town, battling one another, and gym leaders when possible.
There are eight gyms in Bistre, and an undefined pokemon league.
As always, they receive a pokedex and are encouraged to 'Catch 'Em All!'
However, despite if trainers start with a baby pokemon,
they do not have access to them, and must consult breeders for this service.
Unless of course you're interested in something owned by an NPC,
perhaps they would be willing to trade with you.
Breeders.
Breeders progress will be tracked through what will be labeled a PokePort.
Like a passport, it is a booklet made to collect stamps,
and similar to a trainer card, it works as an ID and validates their travels.
Pokeports have twenty two pages:
one for identification, fifteen for stamps of each egg group,
five for special achievements, and one to be licensed as an official pokemon breeder.
Most stamps can be obtained through pokemon centers,
although others will be announced later on.
The five special achievement stamps are awarded for five fields of happy
pokemon,one is for egg hatching. Upon starting your pokemon journey
you will actually receive an egg for good measure, when it hatches any
pokemon center will reward you for this achievement
Another achievement stamp is given for adequate healing / bandaging skills,
a test which can be performed at select pokemon centers.
There is also an achievement stamp for communication in which a breeder
must battle against a licensed individual without verbally communicating with
their pokemon, unlike winning badges, you needn't win this battle,
so long as it is clear a bond was made.
The last two achievement stamps are for healthy / glossy pokemon,
and knowledge of pokemon food, the latter of which must be proven
with pokemon not owned by the breeder.
Coordinators.
Bistre has some big Pokemon Contests, and five stadiums dedicated to
this type of battling throughout its land. Every two weeks a different theme
(ie. cool, tough, beauty, smart, and cute) of contest is held in any one stadium.
In other words, a coordinator could stay in any one city and earn five differently
themed ribbons if they so desired. Each contest will consist of a number of
NPCs, so that there will be three necessary competitions for first place.
Ribbons will be distributed to the top four ranking members.
First place will receive a gold ribbon for the theme of the contest,
second place will receive a blue ribbon, and the two individuals who lost
in the semi-finals will receive green ribbons. No matter the color,
you need one ribbon for each theme to participate in Bistre's Grand Festival,
hosted the rules of which will be discussed at a later date.
Photographers.
This position has little progress to be tracked. In fact, these characters
have little to no direction on their travels. They could also be labeled drifters,
scaling cliffs and weathering seas to get emotionally moving pokemon photos
to be sold at the highest price. There is little more to be said.
Researchers.
More accurately described as field workers, they're a step below
a professor's aid and two steps below being an actual researcher.
These characters will be running around Bistre performing tasks for
pokemon professors, aids and various other individuals of import.
All the while they are expected to gather a great knowledge of pokemon
and after an (as of yet unspecified) amount of time, they will be given
the option to upgrade to the rank of an aid to a professor,
either researching something specific about pokemon in the wild,
or settling in a lab for lighter work.
