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This is a crossover role-play, taking the Naruto world and placing it fully into the Pokemon world!
As such, the five countries and continent that they are on comprise the Ushinawa Region, which will soon be connected to the Johto region through a bridge heading out of the Land of Waves. As of right now, the bridge is still under construction.

The pokemon trainers here are different, they all come from a long line of warriors and ninja. In this region, the trainers travel in teams of two or three, and battle with their pokemon in addition to their comrades.
The Gym Challenge is also different, it begins once a year at the Iwa gym, and to pass through to the remaining gyms, you must first get the badge of the gym proceeding it (With Danshoku and the two in Konoha being the exception, those you can get in any order)

So will you, with your trusted friends and pokemon, take this challenge? Will you be the one that catches them all?

Table of Contents:
Gyms and Elite Four
Locales of Interest
People of Interest
Battle System
Announcements
Profiles
Rules
Special Events
Legendary Pokemon Sightings

Locales of Interest!

Professor Walnut's Laboratory: This well known (in the Ushinawa region at least) facility is located in Taki, and was the home to the leading expert on pokemon in the region. Recently, the professor was murdered and the laboratory destroyed, but there is the chance that some of his research survived...

Haunted Mansion: Outside of the caves separating Earth Country from Wind Country, there is a great gothic manor on a cliff overlooking the sands of the desert leading to Suna. There is a prize offered for anyone willing to take the challenge and spend the night, but to this day, very few have completed the challenge. It is rumored that many ghost pokemon live here.

Hot Springs: This locale in the village of Danshoku is a great place to come and relax for both pokemon and humans. On New Year's Eve they hold a great cleansing ceremony, but due to the sheer number of lovers that appear to frequent the spot, it's questionable as to how much "cleansing" actually occurs.

Rock Lee's Dojo It is rumored that if you defeat the leader of this dojo outside of Konoha, you will receive a rare fighting pokemon.

The Academy: Located in Konoha, this is the primo place for up and coming trainers to gather information and techniques on catching and raising pokemon. The headmaster is Iruka, and it is rumored that he supports the Senju gym more than the Uchiha.

Ushinawa Region Museum: A museum that showcases the past and future of the Ushinawa region. Many things are on display here, from historical artifacts, to modern innovations, to art, to fossils. This is located in the center of Konoha.

The Mall: Also located in Konoha, this is a vast shopping district where anything and everything can be found, including rare TM's and pokemon.

Gambling House: Actually an entire town, located somewhere between Konaha and Kiri, where there are many games of chance and bars.

The Daycare: Located in Kiri, this is a facility that studies the breeding habits of pokemon. They will happily care for any pokemon, provided that the trainer doesn't mind signing a waiver so that they can research on them, and will even let the trainer have any eggs that result from the stay... provided a small fee is paid and that the trainer is willing to bring the pokemon that hatches back to the Daycare so that they can make notes.

The Power Company: Located outside of Kumo, this is the source of electricity for the entire region.

The Black Laboratories: These are located in the ruins below Oto. There are many dark and strange things seen and heard in this area, and even survivors of the Haunted Mansion should proceed with caution.

Tsubasagakure: These ruins of an ancient civilization are to the north of Taki and hold many interesting clues to the past of Ushinawa, one that shows pokemon and humans fighting together in an war against an unknown darkness. There is a group of archeologists and anthropologists here, and a digging contest to find fossils and artifacts. Everything found is donated to the Ushinawa Region Museum, located in Konoha.

Ame This home-town of the mysterious Team Dawn. What could their plan be? And who is their shadowy leader?

Battle System!

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Take the level of your pokemon, and add it to the random roll you get, 1-6.
i.e; Your level 8 Mankey needs to find its HP. Generate a random number between 1 and 6. You generate a 4. Add the Mankey's level, 8, to the random number, 4, resulting in 12. This will make your Level 8 Mankey's HP 12.

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To use an attack, you will generate a random number from 1-6.
The chart below will explain this.

Damage Schematics

Rolling a 1-2= 0 Damage. (Miss)
Rolling a 3-5= 1 Damage (Hit)
Rolling a 6= 2 Damage (Critical)

For every 5 Levels between the attacker and the defender, the attacker gets +2 attack.
(Level 10 Rattata rolls a 5 against a Level 5 Charmander. Rattata does 1 damage against the Charmander, along with an additional 2 damage because of the level bonus, for a total of 3 damage.)

For every 5 levels between the defender and the attacker, the defender takes -1 damage.
(Level 5 Charmander rolls a 6 for a critical against a Level 10 Rattata. Charmander would deal 2 damage, but due to the level bonus of the defender, Rattata only takes 1hp damage.

If a hit is rolled, but is lowered to less than one, the hit does one damage.

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Burn and Poison both cause damage to the Pokemon in question. The damage is always 1hp lost per attack, whether it is a direct attack, or it is an indirect attack, such as Haze or Sunny Day.
Sleep, Freeze and Paralyze are all moves that stop you from attacking. The time is for two attacks. On the third attack, you may follow through with the attack.

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Certain Pokemon and attacks are exceptions to the rules. This list will grow as attacks and PokePowers are found that contradict our rules.

Pokemon/Powers
Shedinja- The Pokepower for Shedinja is called Wonder Guard. It prevents the pokemon from taking any damage unless it is a critial hit, or super effective. Shedinja is a Bug/Ghost Pokemon.

Attacks/Abilities
False Swipe- This attack always leaves 1hp left for the Pokemon it attacks. If the Pokemon it attacks only has 1hp left, the attack misses.
Endure- The Pokemon that uses this ability is prevented from Fainting from the next attack, leaving it with at least 1hp left. This attack has 10pp, and for each usage after that, you must subtract the number of hits possible hits by one. For example; Roll a 3, it hits. Next time, roll a 1-5, with only 3,4 and 5 being possible hits; then 1-4 after next use with 3 and 4 being the only hits., etc.

Profiles!



Post them in this thread please!

Remember, for the most part your hometown will be one of the hidden villages in the Naruto world with VERY few exceptions. This is your pokemon adventure after all!

Special Events!

Iwa Gym Challenge! All pokemon trainers report to Iwa to challenge the first gym leader!
Stone Badge Winners: