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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:01:58 GMT -7
Pokémon Researchers Pokémon Professors from all over the world are looking for assistants to aid in their studies about the Pokémon world! This is a new program that each Professor from each Region is wanting to take part in, not only to work on their studies and understand more about the Pokémon world, but to give all budding scientists an outlet to go out and discover new things and grow in their field.
- This is a new system that has been devised to open up even more opportunity for role play characters to branch out and explore
- Each Pokémon Professor has a different field of study that they focus on and they have compiled a list of research tasks specific to their line of work that they would like to assign to new researchers in training
- An already established character can switch to this system, despite them having gym badges or ribbons from traveling through the role play
- This system can be used for Pokémon obedience in place of gym badges, ribbons, or ranger ranks, and will count towards NPC battles and reward the Fishing Rods, and the HMs Surf and Fly
- The research tasks listed are all in regards to wild Pokémon and going out and finding and capturing the Pokémon in question. Event Pokémon cannot be claimed and utilized for any of the research tasks, and Ditto cannot be used in regards to Professor Elm's research tasks. If a research task does not specifically call for wild Pokemon, event Pokemon can be utilized as part of that research task.
- You can only move on to the next research task once the one before it has been completed, and a researcher cannot use the same Pokémon for two or more different professors; i.e Professor Oak and Professor Juniper both ask to capture and evolve a wild Pokémon to its next stage, you cannot capture one Pokémon and utilize it for both Professor Oak and Professor Juniper
- If using an already established character in the researcher system, they will have to start from the very beginning, and cannot utilize already existing Pokémon for the research tasks; i.e You cannot submit a Pokémon that your character has already fully evolved for Professor Rowan's first task, your character will need to go out and capture a new Pokémon to fully evolve
- Any task that requires an item such as an evolution stone or TM, the item can be claimed through events and utilized for the task
- If you have any questions about the locations of certain Pokémon or what classification of Pokémon a task is referring to, you are welcome to ask, but the idea is to become a Pokémon Researcher through this system, so you are welcome to utilize resources such as Bulbapedia or Serebii in your search
- In order to begin your journey as a Pokémon Researcher, your character must travel to the town that their laboratory is in and request to be put on their research team
- Upon the completion of each research task, in order to 'submit your work' to the Professor, you do not have to travel back to the Professor each time, but must post here in this thread with a small dissertation in character about the task, the Pokémon in question that the task revolved around, what it took to complete the task, what your character learned and things of the like
With no tasks completed or only one task completed, you are only able to control Pokemon level 25 and under.
The obedience levels are as follows:
You must have 2 consecutive (in a row) tasks to control Lv. 30 or lower
You must have 4 consecutive to control Lv. 50 or lower
You must have 6 consecutive to control Lv. 80 or lower
You must have 8 consecutive badges to control Lv. 100 or lower
Along with completing tasks, every time you complete a certain number of collective tasks, you can get bonus exp and some rewards, which are as follows.
1 task- +5 exp to each party Pokemon and x1 TM of your choice
5 tasks- +15 exp to each party Pokemon and x3 max revives and 3 full restores
10 tasks- +20 exp to each party Pokemon and x3 hold/form change items of your choice
15 tasks- +25 exp to each party Pokemon and x10 berries of your choice
20 tasks- +30 exp to each party Pokemon and x3 lucky eggs
25 tasks- +35 exp to each party Pokemon and x1 HM, and x3 TMs of your choice
30 tasks- +40 exp to each party Pokemon and 2 active Pokemon's exp gets reset of your choice
35 tasks- +45 exp to each party Pokemon and x10 rare candies
40 tasks- +50 exp to each party Pokemon and x1 mega stone and x1 Z Crystal
45 tasks- +55 exp to each party Pokemon and x1 Lv. 25 shiny Pokemon of choice
50 tasks- +60 exp to each party Pokémon and x3 event items of choice
56 tasks- Any legendary of choice |
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Jun 18, 2015 10:24:47 GMT -7
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:03:34 GMT -7
 Professor Oak- The relationships between Pokemon and Humans
- Earn a gym badge utilizing captured wild Pokemon
- Train at least three wild Pokemon that were captured at level 5 or lower to level 25
- Train at least three wild Pokemon that were captured at their first stage to their final stage (must have three stages of evolution, and the final stage of evolution must be at lv. 30 or higher)
- Challenge at least three NPC trainers with at least four Pokemon each
- Train at least three Pokemon to max friendship
- Train a full team of Pokemon to at least level 70
- Train at least three Pokemon to level 80 with max friendship |
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:05:45 GMT -7
 Professor Elm- Pokemon Breeding patterns
- Successfully hatch an egg
- Successfully breed and hatch a Baby Pokemon
- Successfully breed and hatch a shiny Pokemon
- Successfully breed and hatch a Munchlax, Wynaut, Mime Jr., Chingling, Bonsly, Budew, Azuril, and Mantyke
- Raise three baby Pokemon that you have hatched to their final stage in evolution (Two must have three stages)
- Breed and hatch a Pokemon from each egg group
- Raise and train three Pokemon that you have bred and hatched to level 80 |
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:07:31 GMT -7
 Professor Birch- Pokemon Habitats
- Capture two wild Pokemon from two different areas
- Capture two wild Pokemon from two different regions
- Travel to and capture a wild Pokemon from each region's main forest
- Find and capture the same species of wild Pokemon from every region
- Travel to and capture a wild Pokemon from every mountain, cave, and tunnel that isn't a restricted area
- Capture twenty different species of a randomly selected type of Pokemon
- Capture one Pokemon of every type each from a different area in the Hoenn Region
- Raise and train six Pokemon from different regions that is indigenous to that region to level 80 |
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:09:48 GMT -7
 Professor Rowan- Pokemon Evolution
- Capture and evolve a wild Pokemon that can reach it's final stage through evolution stone
- Capture and evolve a wild Pokemon that can reach its final stage through friendship
- Capture and evolve at least four Pokemon that evolve when they learn a specific attack
- Capture and evolve at least four Pokemon that evolve by trading them with an item
- Capture and evolve at least one Pokemon that evolves by each evolution stone
- Capture and evolve any eight Pokemon that evolve during a specific time of day, by holding and leveling up with a hold item, by being in a specific location, or other method of evolution
- Capture a series of Eevee and evolve them into each known Eeveelution |
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:11:32 GMT -7
 Professor Juniper- Origins of Pokemon
- Capture a Pokemon that has a split evolution chain
- Find and capture two 'ancient' wild Pokemon
- Find a fossil and have it revived at a laboratory
- Find and capture five extraterrestrial Pokemon
- Capture three Pokemon that have a split evolution chain and fully evolve them
- Obtain a Pokedex entry for a legendary Pokemon
- Capture and fully evolve all of the artificial Pokemon |
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:13:20 GMT -7
 Professor Sycamore- Mega Evolution and change
- Capture 3/5 different color of wild Floette when randomly generating the colors that will appear
- Capture and evolve Rockruff into the 2/3 Lycanroc forms
- Challenge three NPCs that have at least one Mega Evolved Pokemon each
- Capture and fully evolve at least three Pokemon that are capable of Mega Evolution
- Capture and obtain at least eight of the Vivillon forms
- Capture a series of Rotom and obtain all of the different Rotom forms
- Have at least three mega evolved Pokemon trained at level 80 |
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:15:13 GMT -7
 Professor Kukui- Pokemon Attacks
- Utilize a heart scale to have a Pokemon remember an attack that it forgot in its moveset
- Obtain a TM through posting and utilize it with a compatible Pokemon
- Successfully breed a Pokemon with a full moveset of attacks that it cannot learn at level 1
- Capture and evolve four Pokemon that have to learn a specific attack in order to evolve
- Obtain through posting a Heart Scale, Big Mushroom, Small Mushroom, and Transfer paper and utilize them on a Pokemon
- Max out three Pokemon's learn set (excluding Pokemon that evolve by items, or trade.)
- Find a series of different Pokemon and teach them Hidden Power, and have at least five different species of Pokemon that can utilize Hidden Power for five different types |
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Post by Elemental Paradisity on Sept 2, 2018 9:15:43 GMT -7
  Professor Sonia and Hop- The Dynamax & Gigantamax Phenomenon
- Earn a gym badge utilizing Dynamax or Gigantamax with the previously captured Pokemon
- Train at least three wild Pokemon that were captured at level 5 or lower to level 25
- Raise the Dynamax Level of three Pokemon to Lv. 2 or higher
- Encounter and defeat four Raid Bosses at Three Stars or higher
- Train at least three Pokemon that can Gigantamax to the appropriate stage of evolution, and utilize at least one Gigantamax Pokemon in battle
- Raise the Dynamax Level of six Pokemon to Lv. 4 or higher
- Capture all Pokemon that have a Gigantamax form at their base stage, and train them all up to their Gigantamax evolution stage |
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Apr 10, 2021 14:26:47 GMT -7
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Post by Mocha on Jan 10, 2022 16:53:33 GMT -7
Submitted via email
Dear Prof. Kukui,
A pokemon's moves represent it's power in battle. To explore this, I captured a wild Axew to help me in my research. When I caught him he only knew Assurance, Scratch, Leer, and Bite. However, through the use of battles with other wild pokemon and against a trainer, I found him capable of learning Taunt as well. It seems the more experience they gain in battles directly correlates to which moves they can learn as well as how powerful the move is, though I have yet to get that far in my research and lack viable proof besides what I have read. This is all I have learned from your task thus far, more research is needed.
From, Alice Blackburn
P.s. I got a photo of my Grimbit seeming to collect a soul from a grave. I'm not sure if this is an attack or something else, but I'll show you the next time we meet!
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Post by Mocha on Jan 11, 2022 14:47:31 GMT -7
Submitted via email
Dear Prof. Kukui,
Certain items have an immediate effect on what moves a Pokemon knows. For my research I found a Heartscale as you suggested and used it on my Axew. Due to properties I've yet to understand, it helped him remember the move he had before learning Taunt, and he once again could use it instead. Used properly, I believe this item could be a good way to switch up a Pokemon's moves to better correlate their move synergy. I've also found information that these scales can teach entirely new moves as well, though I have yet to prove this for my own eyes and must research further.
From, Alice Blackburn
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Post by Mocha on Jan 13, 2022 11:50:03 GMT -7
Submitted via email
Dear Prof. Kukui,
Technical Machines and Records can help a Pokemon learn a move entirely new to them. For this I taught my Tyrunt how to use the move Psychic Fangs from a TR I acquired. The moves themselves of course depends on the TM or TR specifically, but it can be used easily and without much effort on the trainer's part. The variety of moves learned this way is massive, although of course which move a Pokemon can learn also varies depending on physical characteristics as well as typing. To conclude, TMs and TRs are a great resource when it comes to improving a Pokemon's move-pool and are without a doubt the easiest way to do so, so long as you have the money to spend on them.
From, Alice Blackburn
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Jun 29, 2020 11:01:41 GMT -7
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Post by buggygardener on Feb 16, 2022 6:51:24 GMT -7
Professor Juniper Task 1: Evolve a Pokemon to its next stage
Evolution of Pokemon with Phenotypic Abnormalities by Quinn Liberati
Despite being one who is greatly interested in Pokemon with phenotypic abnormalities, it has not yet been personally observed when one of these special Pokemon evolves to its next form. As such, there are many questions we still have on this subject beyond the even greater we still have on these unique creatures. Lay people seem to call them “shiny” Pokemon due to their unique interaction with Pokballs in that they produce a glimmer when released from the ball. That being said, with today’s technology, it is possible to create this glimmer through other means, so a shimmer upon release from a Pokeball is not a concrete way of confirming if a Pokemon has a phenotypic abnormality. In this thesis, I will go over my notes on a Pokemon in my possession with a confirmed phenotypic abnormality pre and post-evolution. The aforementioned Pokemon is a Starly which became a Staravia during observation. Starly is a Pokemon common to the Sinnoh region. It is a common Pokemon and often one of the first new trainers meet once they leave Professor Rowan’s lab and begin their journey. The Pokemon is characterized by a stout round body and wings big enough to give it surprisingly agile flight movements. Its plumage is dark in color, with the wingtips and head being the darkest in color save for the feathers on its face which are white in a 3-leafed clover pattern. Its feet are also typically a bright orange color. To contrast that, the observed Starly specimen retained most of the dark-colored plumage, but its tail lacks the middle white part of most Starly, substituted with being entirely dark grey. To add to that, its feet are dark pink rather than bright orange. The Pokemon’s beak is also completely black rather than only having the tip being black. The wing edges also seem to have white feathers rather than grey. The starkest difference between this particular Starly and other Starly, though, is that the face feathers are yellow with orange at the “cheeks” (technically the area around the auricles) and this yellow color extends to the Starly’s head plume, rather than stopping at the forehead. Though there is the possibility that these abnormalities could change upon evolution, which we delve into deeper later in this report, that does not seem to have been the case this time. When the Starly evolved, it retained the same general pattern of feather colors as its previous stage. It retained the mostly dark grey plumage, lacking the typical white chest feathers of most Staravia and the white middle stripe on its tail feathers. The feet also stayed a dark pink color and the wingtips kept their white edges. It is notable to point out that rather than having a different colored patch of feathers on the Pokemon’s forehead, all the feathers from its face to into its plume are yellow besides the orange “cheek” feathers surrounding the auricles. As such, it would seem this evolved form has more differences than a typical Staravia, but in doing so, retains the general palette of the base form’s abnormality and could therefore be said to be “less different” than the base form’s appearance. While there are reports of normal Pokemon taking on an atypical appearance after evolution and even phenotypic abnormalities changing upon evolution, there are no reports of these unique appearances reverting to a “normal” appearance upon evolution. Related, it appears the most common outcome of phenotypically abnormal Pokemon evolution is that the abnormality stays similar to the original form’s abnormality and is simply extended to the new form’s size and shape. This is what was observed during these observations. These could be points for future research and study. Further study and analysis could also be done on the genotypic abnormalities associated with these phenotypic abnormalities. That is something I plan to do with this Pokemon once samples can be obtained from multiple wild-type Starly (aka those that lack phenotypic abnormalities).
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Jun 29, 2020 11:01:41 GMT -7
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Post by buggygardener on Apr 18, 2022 7:21:08 GMT -7
Professor Juniper Task 2: Capture a Pokemon that has a split evolution chain
External Observations of a Specimen of Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1* With Notes for Future Research Possibilities By Quinn Liberati
*Note for laypeople: Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 is how the first stage of the commonly called ‘Wurmple’ is referred to scientifically. With ‘stg.’ being a shortening of ‘stage.’ Following this convention, Silcoon and Cascoon would have the same name but ‘stg. 2S’ and ‘stg. 2C’ respectively. Normally, evolutions are just stg. followed by a number, but in the case of branched evolutions, they can be followed by letters to differentiate which branch we are referring to. Silcoon’s evolution would then, therefore, be Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 3S and Cascoon’s would then, therefore, be Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 3C as the next evolution of branched lines keeps the letters of the originally branching form. The reasoning for this convention of naming is that each stage of a Pokemon’s evolution can have vastly different biology and morphology. As such, it is important to note which stage is being referred to and/or observed at all times with precision.
Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 are a fairly common primary consumer in several regions, including the Sinnoh region where these observations occurred. These Pokemon are characterized by their bright red and spiky dorsal side which contrasts with their pale and mostly smooth ventral side to which the legs are attached. They have large, round eyes for seeing predators. Their posterior end has two, large, yellow stingers and its head is adorned with a large, non-stinging horn towards the posterior diagonal and a smaller, stinging horn towards the anterior diagonal. The observed Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 did not have any particularly noticeable defining characteristic. For all intents and purposes, it appeared to be a rather healthy and plump Pokemon. Of note though is that it was very close to evolving, which could explain the rather ravenous appetite it was observed having before its capture. The Pokemon was observed routinely eating a common fern of the species Fernophylla sinona that is common to the region and used in bouquets in flower shops frequently. This Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 seemed to have found the dense collection of Fernophylla sinona in the flower shop where it frequented as an easy source of food without predators, allowing it gorge itself without fear till the shop’s workers noticed it and would chase it out. Further observations of this specimen will be made in the future. Due to the constraints of current knowledge of Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 biology and anatomy despite extensive studies in labs across the globe, there is no way of saying for certain which stg. 2 variant it will evolve into without laboratory analysis. As these are field observations, those are impossible to complete as of right now and the specimen would most likely evolve before being able to reach a laboratory with the proper equipment to perform such tests. That being said, one potential direction for future research could be to find a way of externally determining the stg. 2 variant a Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 will evolve into without the need for laboratory equipment. This would make field research much easier when studying only one branch of the evolutionary line (i.e. Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 3S or 3C). However, it is possible that such a method does not exist due to research showing that environmental conditions could change which variant of Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 specimen evolves into even within hours of an affirmative laboratory test. Further observations will have to be made on this subject. To comment on the branching nature of this Pokemon’s evolution, it is rather unique in that it seems to have a predisposition to evolve one way over the other at birth. That being said, environmental factors have also been shown to drastically change the epigenetics of this Pokemon, causing specimens to evolve into specimens laboratory tests initially said would not be the outcome. While Lepidomorphus wurmpus stgs. have long been used as a model organism for Pokemon evolution, the fact that there seems to be such a strong environmental, and consequently epigenetic, factor on their evolution could make them a model organism for epigenetic research, not only for Pokemon but for humans as well. Mounting research already shows how important environmental factors can be on the epigenomes of many species, including us humans. Using Lepidomorphus wurmpus stgs. as a model organism can help further this research by also providing a relatively uniform base subject for studies. In conclusion, while nothing spectacular was observed from this specimen of Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1, broader conversation on the use of Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 in research has been made here for future consideration. Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 are a rather ravenous bug-type Pokemon common to several regions, including Sinnoh. The observed specimen was found eating filler foliage from a flower shop where it had a habit of doing so. It would be useful to find a way to determine which stg. 2 variant a Lepidomorphus wurmpus stg. 1 will evolve into in the field without laboratory tests should one exist. Lepidomorphus wurmpus stgs. could also hold key information into the nature of epigenetics across organisms due to the strong influence of environmental factors on its evolution. |
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Apr 17, 2022 8:01:10 GMT -7
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Post by ninestarryskies on Feb 10, 2023 16:12:16 GMT -7
Professor Oak
Task 1: Capture a wild Pokemon and evolve it to its next stage
Subject: Weedle, evolved into Kakuna
I caught this Weedle on Route 2 and named him Fritter. After some training, he evolved into a Kakuna. It seems like Pokemon gain experience from not only battling with other Pokemon, but also from doing other things in the world. This Weedle, just before evolving, helped to make patterned silk fabric for a lovely dress, and hadn't battled at all on that particular day. Another thing is that I had set out to use a Caterpie for this task, but I couldn't find one when I was ready to do the capture, so I caught a Weedle instead. I bonded quickly with him since he was the first wild Pokemon I'd caught on my own, and now I couldn't imagine not having him as part of my team.
After typing out his report, which was quite short because he thought all the necessary detail was there and there didn't seem to be a length requirement, Finch emailed it to himself on the Pokemon Center computer before printing a copy out to give to Professor Oak.
Arriving at Oak's lab, he turned in the report, and to his surprise the Professor was still there and accepted it in person. He congratulated Finch on doing a good job and asked him to take care of another Pokemon for him, which Finch happily accepted.
Later when he checked, he found it was the Paldean starter Pokemon, Fuecoco, another Fire-type for his team. He named it Salsa.
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