[Meta thread] Iron's PokeRole Adventure: The Skull Ruins

[Dragonstrike]

So @Dragonstrike, how should I approach Nathan about evolving his Overgrown Slowpoke into a Slowking/taking about his intention for him to do so? Considering that you all but admitted that he would most likely but heads with them on forcibly evolving them, what would be the best way to avoid that thorny conflict? Besides saying that he plans to 'give' it to them for their own use, of course!

Hmmmm...well, again, I think it's fairly reasonable that Nathan would at least have a little personal interest in the species.  And for more than one reason.  Should probably let him show a little of that first before discussing the details at length.  The mere mention of a potential Slowking is certain to catch his attention, after all.

Thinking about it, Slowpoke -> Slowking is actually a rather tricky trade evolution simply because of how dopey and carefree Slowpoke typically are.  In fact, wild Slowpoke tend to just evolve by pure coincidence when they catch Shellder while fishing with their tails, and the evolved forms can rather easily devolve via the loss of their Shellder (in theory).  Considering that...well, there's a chance Nathan might not have as many issues with it, simply because Slowpoke might not either.  And considering Slowpoke has to be bitten by a Shellder to evolve, even after being traded...well, it might be as simple as doing the King's Rock fueled trade immediately, and then finding the Shellder catalyst later since the trade merely unlocks the potential for that evolution...

Since Slowpoke probably won't care either way, Nathan might not care as much either...and Slowking might even prefer not being Slowbro due to that intelligence they wouldn't have otherwise...

TLDR; Thinking about it, it might not be quite as much of an issue for Slowpoke specifically.