Venia Silente
Inspectious. Good for napping.
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- 15
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- on the second floor's nest
- Seen May 24, 2024
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Character got hit with [B]Character Development[/B]! It's super effective!
[s]Character fainted.[/s]
Let's face it, the type chart is an important foundation element of Pokémon's mechanics. It impacts the design and standing of entire species on its own, and back in the earlier gens it was one of the simplest traits to look at to determine that a character was over- or under-powered.
It stands to reason then, that if nature is half of how a character's... well, character, is determined, in Pokémon the type chart is also an important factor of that. Your character may dream of flying in the sky, but she was born a Slugma, or a Venipede. Your character may put as much resistance as he wants against the Ponyta Parade, but ultimately Paras takes 4x damage and that's even before factoring abilities.
So, the question is: how much, and what are the results? How are your characters affected by the fact that ultimately they are of a certain type combo, or might change into another upon evolution?