Rules

1. All rules for PC behavior and game objectives (otherwise known as turn-in conditions) are ICly known.
   
2. All participating PC powers are off for the duration of the game.
   
3. This is a mingle game with light and optional elements of PvP. The following actions will result in immediate disqualification and jail time for offenders:
   
   • PC vs PC fighting/violence or instigation thereof
     
   • PC > Pokemon violence or attempts to force a Pokemon to attack a PC
     
   • Theft or attempted theft of a Pokemon
   
   Please ping the runner if anything like this occurs in addition to filling out your turn-in accordingly.
   
4. Both characters and their Pokemon are free to leave the Game Tower without penalty, however any development that occurs off camera or not in-person (inside dorm rooms, via text/messenger apps) cannot be used for game turn in.
   
5. Your character's phone serves multiple functions in this game:
   
   • Rules explanation.
     
   • Pokedex functions (explaining pokemon types, moves, registration info blurbs, habitat, etc).
     
   • Recording characters' experiences for evaluation at game in (aka submitting turn-in).
   
   
6. Your character has freedom to roam within the setting which has been divided into different destinations/areas with exclusive activities/attractions. Please use the separate Idolpro posts to thread activities where they occur so we can avoid captcha. (Ex: If battle arena stuff goes downtown; swimming and sand castle contests should be in the beach post. Etc.) Although not specifically mentioned, there are large walls that prevent characters and their Pokemon from wandering into the wild so no one can get lost.
   
7. You have authorial control over your character's pokemon's actions as though they were an extension of your character. You can also write them as having whatever personality/disposition you'd like. If you absolutely need a human NPC ping the runner, but please be kind and handwave interactions when possible.
   
8. Battles are not scored/required. If you do choose to engage in trainer combat, work out among yourselves who wins/loses. Although combat moves can have all the special effects their names imply, no physical/visible injuries are sustained in battle; the Pokemon's health stat drops until it passes out. Visit the Pokemon center for a free heal to wake it up again.
   
9. For the purposes of this game Pokemon mature through the course of natural interaction with their caretakers/the world around them as follows:
   
   • First evolutions can happen after two threads of 15 comments.
     
   • Second evolutions that are not item-induced can happen after an additional three threads of 15 comments.
     
   • Complete a laboratory quest to receive the necessary item for an evolutionary item.
   
   
10. You are limited to one Pokemon per character for this game. Refer to these rules about available Pokemon.
    
11. Items for catching, healing, and artificially raising/buffing Pokemon are currently unavailable. Any items "bought" within the game can be "purchased" for free, however all items obtained within the game must remain within the game tower at the end or else they'll disappear.
    
12. As always, be excellent to each other, and please contact the runner for any questions, comments, or concerns.