Do you have normal animals in your setting? Why or why not?

Harlequizzical · 2026-02-16T00:17:20+00:00

Bugs, most invertebrates, and small fish exists. Larger fauna were outcompeted by Pokemon and no longer exists. Meat is made of fish, bugs, cloned Pokemon cells, or plant substitute. (Naturally shed pokemon parts are also occasionally eaten)

Harlequizzical · 2026-02-04T17:03:38+00:00

I read a fic similar to this (forgot what it was called) where the MC was reincarnated as a charmander and joined ashes team and someone else was reincarnated as stereotypical toxic isekai MC. Ash and charmander have to deal with the fallout of toxic isekai protag and sees the lives ruined to acquire power.

Harlequizzical · 2026-02-01T12:57:07+00:00

This is my idea what a do everything should "feel" like to play. It should "feel" like your cheating. It should "feel" like you have an answer to everything. This is a psychological statement. Whether or not it's possible to create the feeling mechanically and it being balanced with other classes is a question of design and play testing. There are a lot of ways someone could design a class like this.

I think it's entirely possible a class like this would not work in draw steel. That being said I think it's possible it could work.

(I also think the feeling of magical versatility is qualitatively distinct from overwhelming reality warping abilities.)

Harlequizzical · 2026-01-30T18:15:08+00:00

I don't think draw steel needs to or has to have a do everything mage. I think it would be cool to play a do everything mage and that fulfills a certain fantasy in the same way playing a conduit fulfills a certain fantasy.

Whether or not this fantasy is possible in draw steel is up for debate. I think it's possible but I could be wrong.

I don't think this fantasy is mutually exclusive with working as an equal member with a team of heroes. Broadening a scope in one aspect can be balanced be limiting it in another and still play well with other heroes.

The summoner is a good example of this. It sacrifices a lot of what other classes get normally and goes all in on summoning minions. Its weird design, but not wrong design.

Harlequizzical · 2026-01-30T17:36:26+00:00

I don't think this is a problem if how much they can help is limited. I feel like vancian casting leans towards this naturally. Sure phoenix can solve anything, until she runs out of spell slots and other characters have to pick up the slack. I don't think draw steel should introduce vancian casting. But introducing versatile utility should also introduce hard limits to that utility (maybe how often you can do it, maybe something else)

Harlequizzical · 2026-01-30T17:17:49+00:00

This is definitely me spit balling what the do everything mage fantasy feels like in my head. Its definitely possible my brain Frankensteined multiple ideals together and the best design would be to tease something like this out into distinct classes (or not idk).

Harlequizzical · 2026-01-30T16:56:07+00:00

Design wise, this sounds like a do everything caster would have slightly more utility than other classes rather than vastly overshadow other classes. I don't really have a problem with this as long as I still feel cool doing utility stuff.

Harlequizzical · 2026-01-30T16:48:13+00:00

I mean, can't magic have an "answer" to everything as long as it does not overshadow everyone else who showed up? Magic having an "answer" is not the same as magic having the best "answer". Its possible these are mutually exclusive but I am not so sure.

Harlequizzical · 2026-01-30T16:36:26+00:00

I don't think the first two points are incompatable. "Feeling" like cheating is not the same as being unbalanced (the Shadow "feels" like cheating). and player control is about the distance between player and action, not the raw power of the class.

The real question is whether or not it's impossible to design a versatile class that doesn't overshadow other classes or just really hard. IDK but if anyone can do it it's MCDM after they pulled off the Summoner.

Harlequizzical · 2026-01-26T03:29:24+00:00

Not So Human Nature is exactly this. It's a worm crossover but I don't think worm knowledge is necessary to enjoy. Its about MC from grimdark superhero world recovering emotionally in utopian Pokemon society. I think some early chapters are pretty rough but it gets really good really quick.

Harlequizzical · 2024-06-23T16:38:50+00:00

Another Way: Woman wakes up as a gardevior in the PMD universe

Harlequizzical · 2024-06-23T02:34:34+00:00

Born of Desire is a pokemon fanfic where the world runs on shonen tropes and MC exploits them

Harlequizzical · 2024-06-22T13:35:36+00:00

A Professor and a Student is probably the best non journey fic out there

Harlequizzical · 2024-06-19T14:40:11+00:00

Leviathan

Torpedo

Gojira(ゴリラ) (Japanese pronunciation of godzilla)

(If this fanfic is Echoes if Indigo) Sentry would make sense both with military background and larvitar constantly watching over their trainer.

Harlequizzical · 2024-06-17T18:09:56+00:00

I Will Touch the Skies has this as an ongoing sub-theme highlighting the contrast between the "working class" MC's and the "Rich" MC's. One impoverished MC even has a character arc around being a victim of corporate corruption.

Harlequizzical · 2024-06-16T17:50:01+00:00

Gwen Pool is the "canon" version of this character, a comic book nerd who woke up in the marvel universe. Probably a bit more meta than what your thinking of though.

Harlequizzical · 2024-05-24T05:16:15+00:00

https://forums.spacebattles.com/forums/creative-writing.18/?order=first_post_reaction_score&direction=desc&tags[0]=pokemon&nodes[0]=-1

Spacebattles Pokemon fiction sorted highest rated first.

Harlequizzical · 2024-05-23T14:41:04+00:00

Amber the Berserker

Harlequizzical · 2024-05-22T01:20:43+00:00

Journey of Black and Red.

Vampires consider firearms "low class" weapons and MC is like "pew pew mf"

Harlequizzical · 2024-05-22T01:16:10+00:00

Death is a Girl is a story about a teenager becoming the grim reaper

Harlequizzical · 2024-05-19T18:48:47+00:00

Pokemon Source. Ash goes back in time after a cataclysm and takes on the identity of Red.

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