That would be Zatch Bell-like.
The thing about Pokemon is that Pokemon are animals... which in D&D terms means that they all get -6 intelligence... so the average is 4 not the human 10.
For a base line 10 IQ points, when under say 20 Int. So unless you have said An Alakazam, which has an IQ of over 5000 as a baseline... the Pokemon runs on
instinct rather than actually thinking... which means unless defending is home, pack, or packed into a corner with no escape... its best option when confronted
with something powerful is to run like hell. So if a ten year old human has a base line of 7-8 int its still twice as smart as the average Pokemon. Its a
case of 'In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king'... Pokemon that don't listen either think the trainer is a moron and it can do better
on its own, are new and don't realise the trainer is smarter than them (4 int vs. 8 int), or aren't going to play the game and will ignore them to
fight on its own. There are also theories that the pokeballs hynotize /brainwash /drug the into submission... which would explain why the ones rarely in their
balls are smarter than the others... I think the badges and the 6 Pokemon only thing is like the leadership feat... its your charisma/presence that allows them
to control the Pokemon. The badges add bonuses to leadership along with the stat boosting effects. The reason for the 6 Pokemon limit is that the average
trainer will be unable to control/influence/lead more than 6-8 average Pokemon. After that point they stop all obeying and you risk rampages. Some types,
like Psychic types, only listen to people that are at some level psychic.
Anyway, I was thinking more along the lines as a escaped lab rat breeding the mutant genes into the rat population and a few months later random mutant rats
jumping rogue' boomers in defense. Or complaints about blue things stealing food from stores.
On a side notes... why is 'Pokemon' in the spellchecker and 'anime' and 'fanfiction' not?
The thing about Pokemon is that Pokemon are animals... which in D&D terms means that they all get -6 intelligence... so the average is 4 not the human 10.
For a base line 10 IQ points, when under say 20 Int. So unless you have said An Alakazam, which has an IQ of over 5000 as a baseline... the Pokemon runs on
instinct rather than actually thinking... which means unless defending is home, pack, or packed into a corner with no escape... its best option when confronted
with something powerful is to run like hell. So if a ten year old human has a base line of 7-8 int its still twice as smart as the average Pokemon. Its a
case of 'In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king'... Pokemon that don't listen either think the trainer is a moron and it can do better
on its own, are new and don't realise the trainer is smarter than them (4 int vs. 8 int), or aren't going to play the game and will ignore them to
fight on its own. There are also theories that the pokeballs hynotize /brainwash /drug the into submission... which would explain why the ones rarely in their
balls are smarter than the others... I think the badges and the 6 Pokemon only thing is like the leadership feat... its your charisma/presence that allows them
to control the Pokemon. The badges add bonuses to leadership along with the stat boosting effects. The reason for the 6 Pokemon limit is that the average
trainer will be unable to control/influence/lead more than 6-8 average Pokemon. After that point they stop all obeying and you risk rampages. Some types,
like Psychic types, only listen to people that are at some level psychic.
Anyway, I was thinking more along the lines as a escaped lab rat breeding the mutant genes into the rat population and a few months later random mutant rats
jumping rogue' boomers in defense. Or complaints about blue things stealing food from stores.
On a side notes... why is 'Pokemon' in the spellchecker and 'anime' and 'fanfiction' not?