There is often more than meets the eye to a Pokemon's design (particularly from the earliest generations) - they may infact be heavily influenced by a traditional story or cultural lore that Westerners such as myself are ignorant of...
Roughly four months ago, my good friend and fellow Poke-nut @RubyClaw told me of a vision he had: A set of rules designed to portray the underlying myth or legend a Pokemon is based upon. Before this project I had no idea what a Bakeneko was, and a Yokai to me sounded like some sort of dairy-based beverage.
Luckily Ruby (and Google) was on hand to provide the answers, and he set to work creating the ruleset which can be found here. I initially provided feedback and a little proof-reading, but Ruby's enthusiasm was infectious - possibly due to his background in manipulating viral genetics in The Name Of Science. I decided to draw 150 of the Yokai-Poke Deities described in the Lorelocke rules.
Roughly four months ago, my good friend and fellow Poke-nut @RubyClaw told me of a vision he had: A set of rules designed to portray the underlying myth or legend a Pokemon is based upon. Before this project I had no idea what a Bakeneko was, and a Yokai to me sounded like some sort of dairy-based beverage.
Luckily Ruby (and Google) was on hand to provide the answers, and he set to work creating the ruleset which can be found here. I initially provided feedback and a little proof-reading, but Ruby's enthusiasm was infectious - possibly due to his background in manipulating viral genetics in The Name Of Science. I decided to draw 150 of the Yokai-Poke Deities described in the Lorelocke rules.
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