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Rival Starter Pokemon Challenge...; What starter pokemon would your players' rival have?
Topic Started: Nov 3 2016, 05:25 AM (413 Views)
WintersWrath
Pokémon Trainer
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Hi everyone,

So I am about to start DMing a campaign for a few of my friends who are new to Pokemon tabletop in general, and I got to thinking about which starter Pokemon I would have my NPC rivals choose based on what players chose for their starter pokemon.

Challenge: Complete the list of starter pokemon an NPC Rival character would have for each corresponding pokemon the player(s) might choose.

Parameters:
1) All starter pokemon for both the players and their NPC rivals have to be pokemon from a 3 stage evolutionary family (i.e. no Pinsirs, Kangaskhan, Magikarp, Eevee).

2) All starter pokemon for both the players and NPC rivals have to start out in their basic form. (i.e. can't start off with a Charizard)

3) No legendary or mythical pokemon can be starters.

4) A rival's pokemon cannot have a weakness to a player's pokemon in both the basic stage or final evolution. You lose points if the rival's pokemon final evolution ends up with a weakness to the player's pokemon final evolution.

5) No repeating evolutionary families. (i.e. a Charmander can only be the rival pokemon to either a Bulbasaur, Chikorita, Treeko, Turtwig, Snivy, or Chespin not all.) (i.e. if your player chooses a Wrumple for their starter pokemon and you make the rival choose a Pidgey, then a Pidgeot would be the rival pokemon to both Dustox and Beautifly.)

Player's Pokemon
Wurmple
Caterpie
Weedle
Scatterbug
Venipede
Sewaddle
Axew
Gible
Bagon
Goomy
Dratini
Deino
Mareep
Shinx
Magnemite
Tynamo
Pichu
Elekid
Cleffa
Igglybuff
Flabebe
Togepi
Machop
Timburr
Torchic
Charmander
Cyndaquil
Chimchar
Tepig
Fennekin
Magby
Pidove
Starly
Fletchling
Pidgey
Litwick
Gastly
Duskull
Hoppip
Bulbasaur
Chikorita
Turtwig
Chespin
Treecko
Snivy
Bellsprout
Seedot
Budew
Oddish
Sandile
Trapinch
Rhyhorn
Spheal
Vanillite
Swinub
Lillipup
Slakoth
Whismur
Happiny
Porygon
Nidoran Female
Nidoran Male
Zubat
Gothita
Solosis
Ralts
Abra
Larvitar
Geodude
Roggenrola
Aron
Beldum
Klink
Honedge
Azuril
Totodile
Squirtle
Piplup
Froakie
Mudkip
Oshawatt
Tympole
Horsea
Lotad
Poliwag

Bonus Points:
1) If a rival's pokemon in their final evolved form has 2 advantages over 1 or 2 types for the player's final evolved pokemon.

2) If a player chooses a pokemon with a branched evolution (i.e. Wrumple or Poliwag) you get extra points if the rival's pokemon has a type advantage over the player's starting pokemon final evolution whichever they end up with. (i.e. Rival's Jumpluff has a type advantage over player's Poliwrath or Politoed)

3) Double Bonus points if the rival's final pokemon ends up with total stats roughly the same as the player's final starter pokemon.

Disclaimer:
I know some pokemon will not have good rival pokemon and that's ok (it's part of what makes this challenge challenging) not every pokemon is going to have the perfect rival pokemon because there's a limited number of pokemon fitting the criteria with distribution highly skewed. All I'm asking is that you try your best and see what you came up with. Is Charmander really the best rival pokemon to a player's Bulbasaur? Below is my answers to the challenge.

Rival Starter Pokemon Challenge
Player's Pokemon
Wurmple
Caterpie
Weedle
Scatterbug
Venipede
Sewaddle
Axew
Gible
Bagon
Goomy
Dratini
Deino
Mareep
Shinx
Magnemite
Tynamo
Pichu
Elekid
Cleffa
Igglybuff
Flabebe
Togepi
Machop
Timburr
Torchic
Charmander
Cyndaquil
Chimchar
Tepig
Fennekin
Magby
Pidove
Starly
Fletchling
Pidgey
Litwick
Gastly
Duskull
Hoppip
Bulbasaur
Chikorita
Turtwig
Chespin
Treecko
Snivy
Bellsprout
Seedot
Budew
Oddish
Sandile
Trapinch
Rhyhorn
Spheal
Vanillite
Swinub
Lillipup
Slakoth
Whismur
Happiny
Porygon
Nidoran Female
Nidoran Male
Zubat
Gothita
Solosis
Ralts
Abra
Larvitar
Geodude
Roggenrola
Aron
Beldum
Klink
Honedge
Azuril
Totodile
Squirtle
Piplup
Froakie
Mudkip
Oshawatt
Tympole
Horsea
Lotad
Poliwag
Rival's Pokemon
Fletchling
Pidgey
Porygon
Starly
Klink
Pidove
Goomy
Vanillite
Dratini
Axnew
Bagon
Cleffa
Trapinch
Gible
Chimchar
Swinub
Geodude
Rhyhorn
Nidoran Male
Nidoran Female
Zubat
Magnemite
Abra
Togepi
Mudkip
Horsea
Totodile
Happiny
Tympole
Sandile
Squirtle
Tynamo
Mareep
Roggenrola
Pichu
Froakie
Larvitar
Igglybuff
Shinx
Charmander
Cyndaquil
Slakoth
Caterpie
Venipede
Weedle
Lillipup
Whismur
Beldum
Fennekin
Azuril
Flabebe
Lotad
Seedot
Aron
Oshawatt
Machop
Chespin
Timburr
Torchic
Ralts
Gothita
Spheal
Solosis
Scatterbug
Duskull
Honedge
Gastly
Piplup
Bellsprout
Turtwig
Poliwag
Litwick
Tepig
Magby
Oddish
Snivy
Bulbasaur
Elekid
Sewaddle
Treecko
Budew
Chikorita
Deino
Wurmple
Hopip
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