Board Thread:Pokemon Arena X - Discussion/@comment-5537612-20140122154258

So, The Town (placeholder name until someone else comes up with a better one) will be the main Hub area for PAX. The appearance of The Town will be similar to the towns in the PMD series. In The Town, there are several facilities which the player can interact with. All of the stores and other facilities are ran by Pokemon.

Facilities:

General Store: A store ran by Kecleon. Here, pokemon can buy varying kinds of items, like evolutionary items and held items. The items on sale change periodically. Crates visible in the back of the store with items. Wooden store, but well built.

Berry Store: A store ran by Tropius. Sells berries. Maybe we need a garden thingy where people can grow berries of their own. Berries will probably also be dropped by pokemon. Berries everywhere, probably also plants and bags with the stuff. Also, mulch? (If people could be able to grow berries on their own, this could be a feature accessible later on in the game). Wooden.

TM Shop: A store ran by a Porygon. Sells TM's. Like with the general store, the items on sale change periodically. Has a mechanical theme, racks with TM's.

Quest Central: A large-ish building in the center of the town, acts as the level select. Has a counter with several pokemon explaining things about the game, maybe a warp to a tutorial level. Has Quest Boards, which will contain quests. More quests can be unlocked by completing quests you haven't finished yet. Also random NPC's with flavour text that changes depending on your rank. Players can also trade with each other here, and fetch a ride to the Tournament Arena (only available at a certain point).

Dojo: AKA grinding place. Ran by a Marowak, unlocked at a certain point in progress. Allows players to fight in special levels designed for training. More levels are unlocked as you progress. The mooks defeated do not drop loot. Boss battles can also be replayed here, but they too will not yield loot (?). Perhaps certain modes, like Infinite Struggle (Fight until you lose), Wave (waves of enemies, boss at the end), and Boss replay. Marowak will hand out prizes according to your performance, but entering the dojo requires a fee. Most of the building is a tent, and a stairway down to the map you will fight. Also EV training courses I guess.

Move (Re)learner: Ran by a psychic type pokemon, can't get the image of an Abra in a small tent sitting on a red cushion out of my head. Allows pokemon to re-learn moves for a small fee. After a certain rank, the shopkeeper will be able to tutor your pokemon certain special moves if they meet the requirements, like draco meteor.

'Breeding Thing': Placeholder name, because pokemon use stickers and we stickers and I don't think breeding works with bits of sticky paper so maybe it will not work with eggs Iunno. Will probably be ran by Chancey or something. Allows you to BREEEEEED, allows PAX to be deleted for intercourse. Maybe a machine, to remove waiting times, because waiting sucks. In case waiting time for egg is removed, add a delay for next use of the machine.

Smithy: Ran by a Conkeldurr and Timburrs. Allows you to craft stickers into evolutions, and craft items. They will sell crafting items, though most of these will be dropped by pokemon anyway. Unlockable, but is unlocked rather early on.

Sticker Collector: Small stand. Ran by a nerd (suggest pokemon for this one, guys!slowking??). The nerd will trade his stickers for yours. Possibilities: Random sticker trade (2 stickers for 1 random common/uncommon/rare sticker), set sticker trade (stickers available change periodically, will trade based on value of stickers, which in turn is based on the rarity of the sticker and its level). Might also buy stickers for cash (should be balanced if it works with sticker value, bred stickers are worth much less because low level).

Black Market: Medium sized stand, badly constructed. Ran by sableyes, non negotiable. Maximum amount of items available is smaller than with the general store, but tends to sell very rare items. Shit's usually expensive. Buys rare items for high prices? Available only at a certain point in the game, after a certain quest probably. Involves sableye.

Lockpicker: Small obscure stand. Ran by a KLEFKIIIIII. Will offer to open treasure chests you find during quests (as a rare drop or otherwise) for a small fee. Unlocked in the same location and at the same time as the black market.

Secret Sensei: Only available after finishing a ridiculous series of (fetch)quests. Is capable of teaching pokemon any move they can learn through any source, including past sources. Endgame stuff, probably. Will also fight you as a hard-as-nails boss battle, though the only reward is bragging rights (or a set of his shades for your pokemon as a cosmetic trophy?)

Discuss shite, like what else should be added, and pokemon for the facilities, and moar. 