[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Iron]

A little clarification on League Battle rules:

First of all, the League Battle rules are not laws. They are resolved through mediation, not a judge. You cannot be arrested for breaking them, though your Trainer's license can be amended if you make repeated and serious violations during League Battles.

League Battle rules don't apply to wild encounters, but they apply by default to any human you battle. It's legal to waive these rules if you both do it explicitly, but doing so doesn't allow you to break actual Laws (such as not using moves to harm a human).

You're pretty familiar with League Battle rules already - they're about the same as what you see in the games, manga, and anime. They govern switching, legal moves, the "four unique moves in a battle" rule, and other things that make a fight fair. There are variants, of course, such as the League Battle rules for no faint battles, or no items, or special Gym Leader rules.

It's fine to let a Pokemon sit at your side after you recall it (like Plusle) - however, League Battle rules state that you can't benefit from this in a way that wouldn't occur inside a Pokeball. For example, if you used Ingrain and then recalled your Pokemon, it can't keep healing its HP. In a wild battle that's perfectly legal, though.

Some game rules state or imply that a Pokemon has to be in combat to benefit - such as Plus/Minus, and making Insight checks to remove Sleep (I've messed up a few of those in the early days of this game).

These rules are fairly standard across regions, which is why they're familiar to people who've played Pokemon handheld games. Plenty of Creshire exceptions, though.