right now I gave Erika a lvl 15 and a lvl 18. figured that would be a good base. Actually all the gym leaders will have that a 15 and 18 for their base teams. I got the imediate four on the OOC now btw.
hehe nice reasoning. also you know that the gyms change based on your stats. Erika would only have two pokemon at similar levels to your pokemon. I'm actually working on that atm. (by 'that' I mean I'm making the base and top teams for the gym leaders.)
you can merge mentally with one pokemon at a time using the pokebracer. You can then merge on the physical level with the pokemon you are mentally connected with. remember when you merge physically its into a half human-half pokemon.
the reason you can only physically merge with the one you mentally merged with at the time is so people can't merge with multiple pokemon. If you merge physically you are also merged mentally, so 1 pokemon.
thats all i can think of based on your question. big idea is 1 pokemon at a time.
I kind of wonder about the workings of the pokébracer. Like, is the merging with pokémon always a 100% or nothing option, or is it so that you're usually connected mentally, though not physically?