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SCD

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Aug 2 11 2:12 AM

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Despite this just being an animal with an elemental type glued on, I am liking this suggestion because of the decent amount of information you have provided, including movelists and base stat totals that sound appropriate for its physical appearance and behavior.
I cannot believe that we don't have a nocturnal ability already! Also the other one is neat as well, it tickles me that against a Currical, Attack Deoxys could very well OHKO itself from confusion.
One thing that does need work are the dexes, most dex entries are between 85 and 100 characters in length, which we at PF insist upon. Other than that this is a pretty solid suggestion and I hope it passes review!

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Empfindsam

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Aug 2 11 2:21 AM

Yeah, I thought I'd go with something fairly basic for my first suggestion.

So you're suggesting the dex entries are a bit short? (Unless I horribly miscounted.) Expanding them is no problem; for some reason, I was more worried I would go over the limit. I'll do that soon.

Thanks for the feedback!

On another note, I might replace howl with sharpen. It's a virtually meaningless change, but for some reason it seems more in keeping with Servarc's characteristics to hide in the tall grass sharpening its claws than to reveal its position by letting out a bloodcurdling howl.

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Cacapulse

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Aug 2 11 3:11 AM

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I hope you mean Hone Claws. :3 (Sharpen... decreases polygon count. It's for virtual things like Porygon and angular things like Cryogonal)

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Aug 2 11 6:10 AM

This is excellent for a first suggestion. Like Cacapulse said, Claw Sharpen fits much better than just plain Sharpen.

Empfindsam

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Aug 2 11 11:28 AM

Herpaderp - you got me

Yeah I meant either Hone Claws or something equivalent - the reason I didn't say Hone Claws was I wasn't sure if I wanted one of his starting moves to increase two stats (if you call accuracy a stat), but I suppose that's all right, unless I were to make up a move called "Claw Sharpen" or whatever.

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Aug 2 11 11:34 AM

Cacapulse wrote:
Sharpen... decreases polygon count. It's for virtual things like Porygon and angular things like Cryogonal.

*coughtalconcough*

Um, I think complications will come up because I think they're too similar to PF's own Boltweiler. Also, I don't get how Mischievous raises confusion damage.

Aside from that, they're pretty solid suggestions. Well done.

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Empfindsam

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Aug 2 11 12:02 PM

Are they really that similar? I mean, just cause they have the same typing? It's not like I was unaware Boltweiler existed, I actually did check to see if the typing had been used. I didn't think it was a problem, but obviously that's up to PF staff. (What I didn't pick up on was that it's abilities were Intimidate/Static, which were incidentally my back up choices, but those could easily be altered if it's an issue.)

As for Mischievous, I was trying to think of something that it would do because I liked that aspect of him while I was conceptualizing. Other ideas were things like swapping items at the start of the battle, occasionally disobeying by using a different move at increased power, or increasing the effectiveness of status-ailment moves, but those didn't seem to fit as well or be as practical. Obviously it could be dropped. I just think Mischievous is a good ability name and it would be cool if someone came up with a good use for it.

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AlphaAquarii

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Aug 2 11 1:49 PM

I made some sketches of your pokemon:
http://i1225.photobucket....haAquarii/1312321580.jpg
http://i1225.photobucket....haAquarii/1312321584.jpg

I hope you like them

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Aug 2 11 3:04 PM

AlphaAquarii, those sketches look great. Boltweiler is based on a Rottweiler, or some other breed of dog bred for aggression or guard duty. Servarc and Currical are based on servals and (to a lesser extent) caracals, both underappreciated yet charismatic species of wild cat. Servals and caracals do not resemble dogs.

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Cacapulse

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Aug 2 11 3:09 PM

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I'm positive that was just a misunderstanding of what the move did, Flarsable. We have Hone Claws now so it is easy to retcon that out of that pokemon's movelist.

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Empfindsam

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Aug 2 11 3:24 PM

I rather like those sketches, especially the one for Currical :3

AlphaAquarii

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Aug 2 11 3:33 PM

I'm glad you like them

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Aug 3 11 12:05 PM

Just curious - could the effects of leap and charge potentially stack? It seems like it'd be a bit crazy if leap doubled the next contact attack, charge double the next electric attack, and then taser claw was used at quadrupled power.

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Aug 4 11 4:24 PM

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Ah, it's actually impossible for this to happen, since Charge only takes effect if the moveyou use on the very next turn is electric-type, NOT whenever you choose to use an electric attack afterward. The same should apply to Leap, so you would only be able to get one boost effect.

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Aug 4 11 9:40 PM

That's what I figured. The description for Leap left a certain amount of ambiguity, but when I reread it the intent was clear. Anyways, that makes sense.

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Aug 5 11 1:30 AM

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Don't you worry sir, I or Cacapulse will eventually make our way towards Leap and edit the ambiguity away

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Aug 5 11 2:16 PM

AlphaAquarii, the entire upper body of Sevarc is off. The left ear (from our perspective) is far too out to the left, make the entire head look distorted. The neck is a bit too thick. The chest is too much facing the viewer compared to the pelvic area, so the body seems a bit twisted. Also the hind legs look like hooves.

Currical has no major flaws, except its left ear is too big. It should be farther away, yet is larger than the right ear. The tail also seems to me to be a tad short.

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Aug 10 11 2:23 PM

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Oh wow, this is a nice suggestion. I agree with Moppnttef, actually - even though it's just an animal with a typing tacked on, it's done well, and it's complete, so it's a nice one. Besides, some of the best pokemon out there are just that...
Hone Claws is learned a bit early - I'd suggest maybe learning it at say... 18-20 range. Maybe Leer is a better starting Other-category move? Sand Attack?
I'm really surprised they learn Crunch instead of Thunder Fang. I get that that's to give more Dark moves, but really, Thunder Fang is necessary on them, somehow.
I like that you kept the moveset mostly Physical not because of stats, but because it fits the concept.
Stats look pretty well done to me, although I might even push for a higher speed stat because those low defenses really are low... and the Attack stats aren't phenomenal. Add some stats to Servarc if you wish, it puts it on par with Blitzle, a pokemon that evolves at the same level and has the same Primary typing.
Overall, a really complete suggestion with a nice feel to it. Good job!

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Aug 10 11 3:06 PM

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You just didn't suggest a Caracal pokémon did you? I LOVE YOU!

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Empfindsam

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Aug 10 11 3:17 PM

I agree that I still need to do a little work on the movesets - I just haven't had time to sit down and work things out yet. I chose hone claws to replace howl, but at the time I had the same concern as you, that it was a little too early to learn that. I didn't see any other attack raising moves that fit the concept as well as hone claws, though - however, I didn't really see the need to introduce yet another 1-level attack-raising move like Claw Sharpen just to fit my preferences. Crunch was, as you observed, an attempt to get another physical dark move in there. I like the idea of including Thunder Fang though. If that replaced crunch, I could replace Taser Claw with a dark move, but I don't recall there being one that fits the concept (physical + claw or teeth based). I suppose I could make up a move called Dark Claw or something.

And for the stats, I am coming to realize that I tend to aim on the low side for stat totals, probably because I hate seeing overpowered suggestions. That defense stat IS rather low, though. I might boost it a pinch. More speed sounds great too. I'll shoot for a stat total of 280-295 for Servac and maybe bump Currical up to 490-500.

And Jigglyclops. Yes I did suggest a caracal. I did indeed :'D

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