(in order from left to right: "Bad Seed", "Skitter Sparrow", and "Roughhouser". Actual size is not proportional. I included their footprints on the picture as it was the most convenient place and way to implement them, and you can see them below the particular Pokémon they belong to.)
Skiorne (derived from scion---botanical term---with resemblance to "scorn")
("Bad Seed")
Type: Grass/Dark
Gender Ratio: 50/50
Gender differences: None
Egg Group: Plant
Special ability: PickUp
Height: fairly short. Its height is around—at, or less than---halfway up the knee.
Weight: Seven pounds.
Species/Pokédex Type: BAD SEED Pokémon (since EVIL ACORN would seem like a gag)
Evolves into: "SKITTER SPARROW" at Level 15
Habitat: Deciduous forests. They are active only in shade-dappled patches of the forest---not in bright areas, but not at nighttime either. Generally they only appear in places that have Pokémon they can trick food from, such as Chipen.
Design basis/inspiration source: acorns*, shady ‘hey, kid’ persons in dark alleys, urban newsboys (I just do not view them as trustable…)
Other comments: Its crisscrossed ‘acorn cap’ is meant to resemble the distinctive ‘urban newsboy hat’, and its patterning meant to resemble a trench coat of some sort. (note the ‘pockets’---the two square-shaped dark spots) As not all leaves are (or are not always) green, what may look like its ‘hair’ in the back of its head is meant to be where its Grass-type moves come from, as they are leaves. As it resembles a top—a little more than other top-like Pokémon, I think---RAPID SPIN might be worth consideration.
It is a conniving FAKéMON that much prefers to trick hardworking Pokémon, such as Chipen, into giving them copious amounts of their food stores rather than finding it themselves.
Since there are separate Diamond and Pearl entries, perhaps this could help?
It is a conniving FAKéMON that cons other Pokémon out of their food storages.
FAKéMON are prone to conning other Pokémon. It lives only in dim parts of the forest.
*(not all acorns are
the same shape, or have the same properties, so this would be distinct from Seedot.)
Possible Moves:
*Trick (it seems too smart for a mere Switcheroo)
*Rapid Spin
Sycaskit (SYCamore + SKITter)
("Skitter Sparrow")
Type: Grass/Dark
Special ability: Quick Feet
Height: still short, knee-height.
Weight: Fifteen pounds.
Species/Pokédex type: SKITTERING Pokémon
Evolves into *Roughhouser* with Leaf Stone
Habitat: Forested areas, but is known to foray into places where trees are more widely-spaced, such as wooded parks. If Bastion City has forested parks, then this one could be found there, particularly if strolling humans leave out suitable food such as seeds or bread or if it is in autumn.
Design basis/inspiration source: sparrows, urban park environments in autumn (its rusty-brown coloration, and orange autumnal leaf)
Other comments: it makes more sense that it can use Grass-type moves now, having the autumnal leaf on its back. AUTUMN WIND might be worth consideration.
It skitters about on dried leaves to distract and unnerve the Pokémon that it plans to pilfer food from. It is light on its feet, and hoards its collection in the hollows of trees.
It skitters about on dried leaves to distract and unnerve the Pokémon it steals food from.
FAKéMON is light on its feet. It will hoard its collection of food in the hollows of trees.
Possible moves:
*Trick
*Agility (light on its feet, would make more sense for its evolution to inherit than Skitter)Shadoak (SHADy+OAK) / “Shado” (Shadow)
("Roughouser")
Type: Grass/Dark
Special ability: Limber (it was the only befitting one I could think of, and Intimidate seemed….a little bland, considering it did not have a wild, beastly, or feral appearance.)
Height: taller than average, several feet tall. Perhaps 6’01’’---making it tall, but not quite as tall as Blaziken (because I like Blaziken.)
Weight: 120 pounds.
Species/Pokédex type: ROUGHHOUSE Pokémon
Habitat: Obviously it is rarer than its pre-evolutions. It lives in deciduous forests, hoarding oaks and similar trees, but stays out of woodland paths that are too trodden by humans.
Design basis/inspiration source: (more muscular) shady persons
Other comments: (note: this is not how its head looks like, front-on. It is facing the side.) I was not sure about how I could make it look more Grass-type, so the markings on its palms are meant to (vaguely) resemble flower petals. Imagination-wise, most of its Grass-type attacks come from the middle of its palm. HAMMER ARM and/or Wood Hammer may be worth consideration.
Possible moves: Demolisher might befit its musculature, and Grapple is possibly a befitting technique for a potential PF Pokémon based on a muscular shady person. This might also be useful to implement a new move for it, the Grass-type move Haymaker. (it has….hay….Hay is made of plants…additionally, according to Wikipedia, it is a common technique in street fighting, which a muscular shady person may participate in. Also….it needed to learn some Grass-type moves.)
Using its immense physical strength, it is able to hoard entire trees for its use alone.
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Despite its bulk, it possesses surefootedness in climbing on sturdy boughs.
Possible moves (in no particular order)
*Hammer Arm
*Haymaker/and or/Demolisher
*Grapple
HAYMAKER
Grass-type
Category: Physical
PP: 10
Power: 100
Accuracy: 90%
The user mightily swings out with a fierce blow. The reckless move lowers the user’s speed, however.
(most data derived from Hammer Arm, if you think some data
could be changed….)
Design Challenges:
All but the middle sparrow have physiques that make it difficult to envision suitable Grass-type attacks. It is even more difficult finding attacks that would fit the entire evolution line. For this reason, I need help in giving them suitable and befitting attacks.