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Catching Pokémon

There are two ways to catch Pokémon, during battle and story events. Catching a Pokémon because of a story event is all up to the GM. If the GM decides that over the corse of a game session it would make sense to give a Pokémon to a player, she can do so. This could include a player gaining  the trust of a Pokémon, or an NPC thinks the Pokémon should go with a trainer, or something similar. The trainer will receive said Pokémon. Pokémon given through story events should have better stats, because it is harder to get them.

To catch a wild Pokémon during a battle, a trainer can use her turn to try and catch the Pokémon instead of attacking. She can do this by using a Poké Ball. If the trainer can roll under a set number on a D100, she will catch the Pokémon.

Depending on the Pokémon’s HP, level, and Status Ailments, the difficulty of catching it will change.

You must roll under their Exhaustion (EX), Plus Status Ailment, minus the Pokémon’s level divided by 2, multiplied by the ball’s catch rate. (EX + SA – (Level / 2)) x Poké Ball’s catch rate.

Exhaustion
EX is calculated by determining what present the Pokémon’s HP is currently. The lower  the HP the higher the EX.

100% to 50% the EX is 20.

49% to 30% the EX is 40.

29% to 10% the EX is 50.

9% to 1% the EX is 60.

0% the EX is 70.

StatusAilment
Status Ailment number (SA) is determined by what Status Ailment the Pokémon currently has on it. Different Status Ailment give different SA’s. The SA will stack so if a Pokémon is asleep and poisoned you add 10 plus 25 to get an SA of 35.

Burn will give 10 EX.

Freeze will give 25 EX.

Poison will give 10 EX.

Badly poisoned will give 15 EX.

Sleep will give 25 EX.

Note: Once a pokemon is knocked out it will no longer have any Status Ailment so you will not receive the Status Ailment bonus when trying to catch said Pokémon.

Catching KOed Pokémon, and Other Dirty Tactics
It might seem the most obvious choice to capture KOed Pokémon. However… this is not wise. Pokémon need to respect their trainer, if they’re to be of use, and being captured while KOed messes up the Pokéball’s design. To elaborate:

Pokéballs are extremely sophisticated not only in containing Pokémon, but also in making them submissive. While being captured, as the Pokéball sways left and right, the Pokémon struggles furiously, exhausting themself. Pokémon Behaviorologists have fine tuned this to make the Pokémon feel as if they’re struggling for supremacy, as they would against other Pokémon over a mate or territory. By doing this, they’re defeat makes them feel instinctively submissive towards the trainer, the owner of the Pokéball and the Pokémon whom weakened the captive. If the captive is KOed, they can’t struggle against the Pokéball, and thus will keep a wild, solitary, and even resentful attitude towards the trainer, rather than one of respect.

Pokémon who are captured while KOed, therefore, are almost never obedient.

Similarly, hunting Pokémon 2-on-1 will cause them to disrespect you. The reason for this, is that when Pokémon are battling for supremacy they fight 1-on-1, or 2-on-2… Unfair odds are associated with predators and enemies, so they will see you as such if you use those tactics. Of course, if you fight them 2-on-6,  3-on-4, or whichever else yet manage to catch them: They’ll respect you more than normal, for winning against superior numbers.

Oddly, using a Tag-Team system, it is shown that Pokémon still respect trainers who catch them using several Pokémon.

Basic Balls

A Poké Ball is a type of item critical in any Trainer’s quest. It is used for capturing and storing wild Pokémon; a Trainer may carry as many Poké Balls and ball variants as he or she desires. However, a Trainer may only carry up to six Pokémon at a time in their party. Therefore, if a Trainer owns more than six Pokémon, they may be stored in a Pokémon storage system, and withdrawn or deposited at any Pokémon Center. There are four different basic levels of Poké Ball, and over a dozen variations on the Poké Ball design throughout the world.

A Poké Ball’s strength is determined by how much it raises a wild Pokémon’s catch rate. Many Poké Balls’ strengths change based on certain conditions.

A Poké Ball also limits the strength of the Pokémon inside it.

Poké Ball
Catch rate 1×
Price: 200
Premier Ball
Catch rate 1×
Price Given after purchasing 10 or more normal Poké Balls
Great Ball
Catch rate 1.5×
Price 600
Ultra Ball
Catch rate 2×
Price 1200
Master Ball
Adds 50 EX
Catch rate 10x
Price Can not buy
If it fails to capture its target, you can reuse it.
Safari Ball
Catch rate 1.5x
Notes: For use in the Safari Zone only
Price 30 for 500
Heal Ball
Catch rate 1x
Notes: Fully heals a captured Pokémon
Price 300
Dusk Ball
Catch rate 4x
Notes: Catch rate only applies if used within a dark area or during the night; otherwise it’s 1×
Price 1,000
Cherish Ball
Catch rate 1x
Notes: Used to contain Pokémon given out in events
Price Can not buy
Quick Ball
Catch rate 4x
Notes: For every 5 turns in battle, the catch rate decreases by 1×, reaching a minimum of 1×
Price 1,000

Devon Corporation Balls

Devon Corporation is a large company that is based in Rustboro City. Most of the locals just shorten the name to “Devon”. It was a small company many years ago, but has grown by leaps and bounds. Devon makes many useful products, many of them geared towards Pokémon training and is responsible for creating the new types of PokéBalls.

Luxury Ball
Catch rate 1× The Pokémon caught will become closer to their trainer quicker
Price 1000
Net Ball
Catch rate dependent on type:
Bug-type or Water-type Pokémon 3x
Other Pokémon: 1x
Price 1000
Dive Ball
Catch rate dependent on type:
Under-sea dwelling Pokémon, or water-dwelling Pokémon 3.5x
Other Pokémon: 1x
Price 1000
Nest Ball
Catch rate dependent on wild Pokémon’s Level:
Between level 1 and level 19 3×
Between level 20 and level 29 2×
Above level 30: 1×
Price 1000
Repeat Ball
Catch rate dependent on if you have caught wild Pokémon species before:   Caught before 3x
Have not caught before 1x
Price 1000
Timer Ball
Catch rate dependent on the number of turns that have passed this battle:
Between 1 and 9  1×
Between 10 and 19 2×
Between 20 and 29: 3×
More than 30: 4×
Price  1000

Apricorn Balls

Apricorn are fruit that grow on trees in groves. Each apricorn is valuable because apricorn trees are very sensitive; picking an apricorn before it is ripe, or picking too many at once could damage the entire tree. A Poké Ball smith, can make different Poké Balls out of each color apricorn. Apricorn Poké Balls are much rarer than the usual kinds, but in older times almost all Poké Balls were made out of apricorn.

Park Ball
Catch rate 1.5×
Apricorn used: None, For use in the National Park Bug-Catching Contest only
Level Ball
Catch rate dependent on the player’s current Pokémon’s level:
The same or lower than the wild Pokémon’s  1×
Higher than the wild Pokémon’s 2x
Double or more than that of the wild Pokémon’s  4x
Four times as much or higher 8×
Apricorn used: Red
Lure Ball
Catch rate dependent on if wild Pokémon was hooked by a Fishing rod:
Hooked by rod 3×
Not hooked by rod 0x
Apricorn used: Blue
Moon Ball
Catch rate dependent on if wild Pokémon evolves with a Moon Stone
Evolves with a Moon Stone 4×
does not evolves with a Moon Stone 0x
Apricorn used: Yellow
Friend Ball
Catch rate 1×
Notes: The wild Pokémon has a happiness value of 200 after being caught
Apricorn used: Green
Fast Ball
Catch rate dependent on if the wild Pokémon is one that flees from battles:
Pokémon is one that flees 4x
Pokémon is not one that flees 1x
Apricorn used: Wight
Heavy Ball  Catch rate dependent on wild Pokémon’s weight:
Between 100kg and 200kg 1×
Between 200kg and 300kg 2×
More than 300kg 3×
Under 100kg 0.5×
Apricorn used: Black
Love Ball
Catch rate dependent on if the wild Pokémon’s gender is the same as the player’s current Pokémon
Opposite genders 8x
Same gender 1x
Apricorn used: Pink

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