sorry for not answering earlier, i hadn't really had time to sit down and write it out, and i should've told you earlier since i had a responsibility to you…
anyways… this has a lot of possibilities, it could definitely be very good, but you'll need to watch out for a couple of things:
- firstly, since the immune population isn't safe, they can't carry their lives normally, that's a given. but that means that you'll be lacking the main framework of a pokémon rp… the pokémon league, and any way to implement it will straight-out sound silly :\ this means that you'll have to rely on the ability of the rpers to interact, and at the same time make meaningful posts… or resort to some other type of framework.
- another problem you could encounter could be that a really explicit implementation of violence will make the rp's characters a lot more volatile, and the rp more ridiculous… a shame when it happens, but i've read posts of unhappy rpers,in rps like this one, who give up on the rp, and instead of informing the rp master that they're leaving… they make it clear by graphically displaying their over-theatrical deaths, making the rp itself just a circus
therefore, i'd recommend making a number of free-posts at first, allowing for interaction and character development, but you'll have to have a planned schedule of most key events in the rp, you're also going to have to put a cap to how violent you're willing to go (remembering that not everyone is as creative as quentin tarantino when it comes to violence), and you're going to have to make this clear in your first post in order to weed out the weaker rpers quickly
and yup, that's pretty much it… :D
btw: is there any way to evolve pokémon that require trades in the rp? and if so, could i request to reserve elekid for the rp? lol