[Meta Thread] Lord Windos' PokeRole Adventure 2: The Wild Lands

[Lord Windos]

So I think I'm leaning towards the "Native" background for my character, just had a whole sleuth of questions for you if that's okay.

1) So do we have access to ANY Pokemon from the types in each of the Lepias you specified. i.e Is it feasible to go for something weird like a Charizard in the Water/Ghost/Flying/Dark area?
2) Is there any flexibility with regards to types? Some Pokemon behave weirdly in terms of where they're found (stunfisk for example).
3) Are Hisuian mons fair game?
4) Are custom mons fair game? I'd defs give you all of the details in private messages.
5) Are custom megas fair game too? Same as above, I'd give you all of the details.
6) How would stone evolutions work with the starter set of 6 Pokemon for the Tier 1 selection?
7) Are mon requests allowed? Stuff that we'd get to encounter eventually? I remember something about SR allowing that. No big deal either way.
8) Do those "tribal" Pokemon you mentioned have different physiologies to their base counterparts (different stats, moves, types etc) or is it just a cosmetic difference?
9) How would TM moves work with the 300 xp base amount?
10) What kind of magical abilities would the Natives get? With regards to mysticism and stuff I mean, would be nice to kind of envision what exacty they can do.
11) Are you open to hybridised tribal backgrounds? Kinda like having a second class in dnd where you get abilities from multiple classes but don't get ALL of the abilities from either of the classes.
12) Any notable differences between the Lepias? Custome, beliefs, superstitions, Sacred objects like the sun/moon, magical abilities?
13) You got some kind of idea for a regional map?

It's a lot of questions, I know, just been brainstorming in my idle time. Gonna need to devote some of that to the PS post too, will get on that shortly.

Oh boy, my favorite type of post: one I can dig into too!

1) Yeap, so long as that Pokemon fall within what 'counts' as available National Pokemon (Being a 'Mon sourced from Jhoto, Alola, Tandor, Unova, Paldea). Charizard is sorta stretching things by my rules, since it's a Kanto Mon, but since Jhoto and Kanto are interconnected so much I could let someone have it - they'd get a + 1 Fortune Cost attached to the drago, however, since getting another Region's starter is most unusual indeed....
2) Also yeap! More specifically, Version Deltas that are found in the Main Games are fair game for Pokemon selection, while custom Deltas are on the table if one can create a sufficiently compelling Backstory for them. Do note that having TOO many Deltamons on your Team WILL raise Fortune, however - those Mons are very abnormal by their nature!
3) Yes they are, though getting one with Sutalor would be hard since they're not National Mons; Sinnoh in my AU has managed to preserve it's Variant Species thanks to the the Diamond, Pearl, and Amber Clans, though they are quite choosy who gets their Clan's sacred Pokemon...
4) Yes they are, though keep in mind the more OUT there they are, the greater Fortune I give them and perhaps other stuff I'll give them to 'balance' them out!
5) Yes! Mega Evos are easy to implement in my campaign using either my version of it (Gives + 1 to all Attributes to Pokemon and Surprises! thereof) or Dragonstrikes' (Custom BOOSTs!). Mega Frosslass exists as an example that happened in my first campaign!
6) Yes! Dragonstrike actually was the first person to find this sort of 'exploit' by taking the Sneasil he got for his Character Selection in CCV and giving it its Evo Item as a Held Item to get a Weavile MUCH earlier than intended! No Fortune costs attached to this sort of thing too - go wild! Stone Evo = Use ANY Item to trigger a Evolution , Trade Evo = Use Trade +/- a Trade Item to trigger Evo
7) Oh boy yes! You can even put Restricted 'Mons and the Malefic Monstrum on your Wishlist, among Items, Item concepts, TMs, meeting specific people/Mons, etc.. Do note that if you end up putting it ON the list that means I get more free reign to unleash it on the whole party, and if you end up picking a Malefic Monstrum that is going to end up public knowledge to prepare everyone else for potential Bad Times ® .
8) Different Traits, both cosmetic AND mechanical, be it Simple Surprises, access to different Moves, or in more extreme cases a Pokemon being a Variant of the default standard! That Delta Charizard you mentioned, for example, could be a product of Breeding and the Lands of Sutalor shaping their Charmander into a new divergent subspecies!
9) Hmm...for now, I'll say that for the TM Move that a Pokemon in question, they would need to spend 20 XP + the Lowest Possible Level that the Move can be naturally learnt. For example, if the lowest Level (outside of Lv 1 Moves) Flamethrower could be learnt was 20, then a Pokemon could learn Flamethrower for 40 XP. More or less XP costs can be incurred based on Type and geneology stuff (Grass types learning Fire Moves is a stretch, for example, but one that had grown up in a volcanic environment/has 'spiciness' breeded into it might have more leeway to doing so). Moves learnt this way function as Surprises! , and too many of them will raise the Fortune of a Pokemon for being uniquely talents.
10) Magic is sorta blackboxed until you guys actually enter the campaign and learn more about it/get caught up in major mojo, but I will say that the Lepia have their own system of Magic they've developed from the broader systems - The Asmhu'Eltawn , which is broadly focused on Survival, Detection/Divination/Visions, Communion/Trade with Nature, Pokemon, and Ancestors, Cooexistence/Coodevelopment with the Natural World, Spirit/Daemon (Not Evil!) Magicks, and Truth/Belief/Mystery , and each tribe has Elemental, regional, and historical variations to their take on it. the Ashmut use various elixers, rituals, and Rods of Mysticism they make to direct and guide these forces or invite them in, similar to what Earth Power Shamens in Iron's campaign does + a bit of how Scimitar does it . Which is big part of the reason why they don't like Scims - they think their Systems of Magic and the philosophies behind it are blasphemous and FAR too controlling.
11) Tenatively yes - multi-racial people exist IRL, so your character could have a Native Mom and a Outsider Dad to have a Native/Outsider Background. One Background will always more be more strongly favored in character creation, however, and you'll be taking on extra Fortune costs depending on what Hybrid Background you're trying to cook up....
Note: Professions like Breeding or Cooking don't count as Background Options - only the stuff I listed out does!
12) Yes, though you'll have to pick one before I reveal to you the details of them - or really any detailed stuff and Lore about The Lepia, since that will be part of the discovery process for you guys during the campaign. I'll give you Hints and a Small Summary of what each Tribe is 'specialized' in if you are indecisive about taking a blind plunge, however.
13) I do! I even have it already made up ..... but I need to actually convert it to an Online Format. Or make a new version for Computers - need some time here on that! For now, here's the 'Raw Version of the Map - do forgive my art skills!





I don't have the Towns Labeled directly on the Map, but I DO know where everything is supposed to go. I'll make a List and try to give you a rough idea of where each place is later -got work to do in a bit, and need to prepare for THAT. For now, know that Sutalor is divided into two Parts: East and West. Size of Routes are not to scale -  the Routes between places can take Weeks or even MONTHS to traverse on foot, and hold stuff that is not readily visible on the overworld map....