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ainer
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CAPTURE 001
POKEBALLS 002-003

EVOLUTI
ON 004
RI
TUALEVOLUTI
ON 005

MEGA EVOLUTI
ON 006-007

GI
GANTAMAX 008

TRAI
NING 009

TMs 010-011

FEATS 012-013

EQUI
PMENTS 014
 WONDROUSI
TEM

POKEBALL|COMMON

Youcant hrow aPokebal

linasavagePokemon.
ThecreaturemustsucceedonaSt r
engthsaving
checkDC 6+ 1f oreach10% ofHPt hecreat
ure
havelost
,iffai
l,t
hecreatur
ewi l
lbecaptured.

I
fthePokemoni sunderani
mpairmenteff
ecti
t
wil
lhavedi
sadvantagei
nthesavi
ngthrow.

Ift
hePokemonsucceedsonthesavi
ngt
hrow t
he
Pokebal
lwi
llbedestr
oyed.

GREATBALL|UNCOMMON

Captur
eDC i
s8+1f
oreach10% ofHPhecr
ea-
tur
ehavel
ost.

ULTRABALL|VERYRARE

Captur
eDC i
s10+1f
oreach10% ofHPhecr
ea-
tur
ehavel
ost.

DI
VEBALL|RARE

Outsidethewater
,theDiveballworksl
ikeare-
gularPokebal
l.
|CaptureDC i
s6+1f oreach10% ofHPhecrea-
tur
ehavel ost
.|

Underwatert he Di
ve balldonthave di
sadvan-
tagetobet r
howedandwor ksli
keaGr eatball
.
|CaptureDC is8+1f oreach10% ofHPhecr ea-
turehavelost.|

DUSKBALL|RARE

Underthedaylight
,theDuskballworksl
ikeare-
gularPokebal
l.
|CaptureDC i
s6+1f oreach10% ofHPhecrea-
tur
ehavel ost
.|

Atnightorin darkplaces,theDuskballworks
li
keaUl t
raball.
|Capture DC i
s10 +1 f oreach 10% ofHP he
creat
urehavelost.|
 WONDROUSI
TEM

POKEBALLRESTRI
CTI
ON

Pokebal
lsar
ethemosti
mpr essi
vei
temsevercr
eat
ed.I
twast
hecr
eat
ionoft
hisi
tem t
hatcausedt
he
Leaguetori
setot
heposit
ionthati
tist
oday.

Oneoft het hi
ngsthatwasdecided when t
heyst ar
ted massmanufact
uri
ng t
hisitem wasthatsome
racescouldnotbeaf f
ect
edbyit.Racesaffi
li
atedwi t
ht hePokemonLeagueareincludedi
nPokeBall
captur
elimitati
ons.SomePokemonar ecurrentl
yent er
ingint
oanagreementwiththeorgani
zati
onto
havetheirracesaddedtothi
srestr
icti
on.

Themagi calli
mi t
ati
onsimposedonthePokeBallar
emor ecompl
icatedandcomplexthanthecr
eati
on
oftheitem i
tself
.Theref
ore,t
hedeci
siontoaddorremovearacef
r om t
hisgr
oupisconsider
edveryca-
ref
ully.

Thereisagr oupthathasdi
scoveredamet hodofaddinghumangeneti
cmateri
altootherpokemon.
Thistechni
que,forthemostpart,doesnotphysi
call
ychangethecreat
ure,butmakesittechni
cal
ly
hal
f-human,makingitimmunetoPokeBal l
s.

CURSEDBALL|VERYRARE

ThisPokeballhassomeofitsrestri
ctionsremo-
ved.Beingabletocapt
ureracesthatinotherci
r-
cumstanceswouldbeimmunet oit
.Acur sedPo-
keballcanhaveupt o4rest
rict
ionsremoved.

Asitgoesagai nstt
heorganizat
ion'
smostbasi c
rul
e,these it
ems are di
sowned by the l
eague,
andatrainerwhousesoneoft heseCursedBalls
wil
lbekickedoutandpr obablyhunted.

Thet argetcreatur
emustsucceedonaSt rength
savingcheckDC 6+ 1f oreach10% ofHP t he
creature have l
ost,i
ffai
l,t
he creat
ure wil
lbe
captured.

I
ftheCr eat
ureisunderani
mpairmenteff
ecti
t
wil
lhavedisadvant
agei
nthesavi
ngthrow.
Therearedif
ferentt
ypesofevoluti
on among Pokemon,butnatur
alevolut
ion i
susuall
ybased on
age.ThePokedexinf
ormsthetrai
nerifthePokemonhasanydi f
ferentt
ypeormet hodofevol
uti
on.

Inanormalsit
uati
on,aPokemoncant akeyear
stoevol
ve,butwheni tf
ightswhil
ebondedtoit
str
ai-
ner
,theevoluti
onprocesscanbeaccelerat
ed.Thi
seffectoccursbecauset hebondmakesthetr
ai-
ner
’sexperi
encebeshar edandaf
fectthePokemon’smaturati
onpr ocess.

Thenaturalevol
utionit'
snotsomethi
ngthathappensover
night,i
t’sagr
adualpr
ocess,thePokemon
changesli
ttl
ebyl i
ttleunti
litbecomest
henew form.Theclosertomaturi
ngandr eachingthenew
stage,t
hemor evisibl
ethesechangeswil
lbe.

MAGI
C EVOLUTI
ONS.
Pokemonhaveasepar at
eXPpoolf orevoluti
on,and
Apartfr
om natur
alevolut
ion,t
her
eareother theXPtheygai
nisdi
f f
erentfr
om normalchar act
ers.
waysto evol
ve a Pokemon,butt
hese ot
her TheamountofXPaPokemonneedst oevolvevaries
waysforceanevoluti
onandcanhavesi
deef- dependi
ngonitsCR andt heCR ofi
tsevoluti
on.
fect
s.
XP r equi
red t
o evolve = (Evo CR -Pokemon CR
(roundeddown) )X1.000
(Ifthedif
fer
encebetweent hetwostagesi
s0,theXP
requiredtoevolvei
s500. )

A PokemongainsXPaccordingtot hetabl
ebelow,if
t
hey arefight
ing wit
hthe help ofothercreat
ures,
t
heXPwi l
lbehalved.

CREATURE CR COMPARED TO YOUR POKEMON

XP
Nat uralevoluti
on can be a slow and pai
nfulprocess,
that’s why League resear
chers have al
ways l
ooked for
new techniquesandit emsthatcanbeusedtoforceanac-
celeratedevoluti
onofPokémon.Themostcommoni tems
forthisaret heevol
utionstones.

Theevol utionritualcanbedanger ous.Bothf ort hePoke-

monandt hetrainer.Becauseit'
ssuchadr asticchange,
the ri
tualcan cause t he Pokemon to go into a stat
e of
confusionandr age.Iti
snotuncommonf orr eportsofPo-
kemont hataftergoi ngthroughther i
tualbr okethelink
withthet rainerandsomet i
mesevenki ll
edt hem.

I
fthecreature'
sCR af
terevol
vingisgreat
erthant
heone
r
esist
edbyt hebondwi t
hthetrainer
,thebondisbroken
i
nthepr ocess.

Afterevolvi
ng,t he Pokemon may have sl
ightbehavi or
changesandbehaveal itt
ledif
fer
entl
ythani tdidbefore.
Thisisbecauset hesuddenchangebringsafloodofdi f
fe-
rentinf
ormat i
ont othePokemon'smindandt hisinf
orma-
ti
oncancausei ttor
eadaptitswayofthi
nkingandper cei-
vingthi
ngs.

EVOLUTI
ON RI
TUAL

Components:M (
evol
uti
onstoneorot
herevol
uti
oni
tem)
Casti
ngTime: 10minutes
Range: Touch
Target:Pokemon
Durati
on:Permanent

Youchannelt
hestoneener
gyi
ntot
hePokemont
hatmu-
tat
esint
oitsnew f
orm.

Afterevolving,thePokemonmustmakeaWi sdom saving

throw (CD 10 + t he diff
erence between the CR oft he
creature’sevolutionandi tsprevi
ousf orm).Ifthebound
between t he creature and the tr
ainerdi dn’
tbr eak,the
creaturehasadvant ageont hesavingthrow.Ifitfail
sthe
saving throw,the cr eature wil
lent erin arage frenesi
s
and attack whoever i s closest.The creature willcalm
downaf ter1mi nute.

Ifsomeonei nterr
uptst
herit
ual,t
hePokemonr emainsin
it
spr eviousform andt
her
ei sa50% chanceofthestone
shatt
er i
ng.
Therear emanymyst er
iesi ntheworld.Oneoft hebig-
gestisaboutmegaevol ution.Megastones,asfarasyou
cantell,havealwaysexistedi ntheworld.Nobodyknew
whatt heywer e,orwher et heycamefrom,and unt
ilre-
centl
yt heylookedli
keusel essst
ones.

Everythi
ng changeswhen some Kal osscholarsdiscove-
red t
hatMegast onescould beact
ivated bytransf
erri
ng
energy t
hrough Key stones.And thateach Mega stone
reactswith aspecif
icPokemon.Sincet hen,research on
thi
s phenomenon has become mor e common and t he
valueofMegast oneshast akenanastronomicalleap.

the mega evolution all

owst he Pokemon totemporar i
ly
getgodlike strength.It’sa technique t
hatcan be only
achieved i
n cooperation wi
th anothercreat
ure.But,this
amazingt echniquecomeswi thgr eatri
sk.I
fusedlightly
itmayki l
lthePokemonpar tner .

Tomegaevol veaPokemon,t woi t

emsar eneeded.A key
stone,thatisacat al
yst,andaMegast one,thatwor ksas
ar eceiverand conver t
erf orthe Keyst one energy.The
trai
nerwi llneedt obehol dingt heKeyst oneandgi vet he
Pokemont heMegast one.Keyst onesar erarei t
ems,but
witht he rightcontacts you can geti tr el
atively easy.
Mega st ones,on the otherhand,ar e extremelydi ffi
cult
tof i
nd fort wo reasons.Fi rst
,nobody knows how t his
stonesar emadeorwher et heycamef rom,sot her ear e
nocl uesofwher etof i
nd them.Second,t omegaevol ve
you need the specif
icMega st one forthe Pokemon you
wantt oevol ve.

MEGA EVOLVI
NG

When a creature mega evol

ves,Itchangest oi t
sMega
form byabsorbingandconver t
ingl i
feenergyofi t
spar t-
ner.Attheendoft hePokemont urn,theholderofthekey
stonelosesHitPointsequalto( MegaPokemonCR -t he
keystoneholderCON modi fi
er).Thisdamagecanonl ybe
healed by rest
ing.The Pokemon on t hei
r side,af t
er
returntoitsnor malform,geta l evelofexhaustion f
or
eacht woturnsitexpendedinMegaf orm.
Havi
ngtherightst
ones,anybodycanhel
paPokemont
omegaevol
ve,butt
her
e’sar
easonwhyusual
-
l
yonlyPokemont r
ainersdoit.

WhenaPokemonmegaevol ves,it
sbodygetsanincredi
blesurgeofener
gy.That
,andthefactthatit
i
nsti
nct
ivel
yknowsthatwheni tcomesbacktoit
sr egul
arformthebackslashwi
lldr
aint
heirforces,
makesthePokemonref
usetoundot heMegaevolution.

Dur i
ngt heMegat ransformat
ion,thecreatureholdi
ngt hekeystonesupposedlyhast
hecontr
olover
it
.But ,iftheMegaPokemonr ef
usestobr eaktheMegaf or
m,itwillhaveacrashofwi
llswi
ththekey
stonehol der.Andsi ncethecreaturegotani ncr
edibl
ebur stofpowerwi t
hthisfor
m,itwil
lprobabl
y
wint hisbattle.Thi
smayendi nthedeat hofbothoft hem.

IfthekeystoneholderisaPokemontrai
ner
,hecanbondwiththePokemont hatwi
llmegaevol
ve,
and,ifheisstrong enough t
ohol
dthebond when t
hecr
eat
uremegaevolves,hecan f
orceherto
breakthemegaf or
m.

FORCI
NG DEVOLUTI
ON

Toforceafrenzycr
eatur
etobreakt
heMegaform,thekeyst
onehol
dermustsucceedi
naWi
sdom
checkcont
estedbytheMegaPokemonWi
sdom check.

-I
ftheyarefr
iendlytowardseachother,thekeyst
oneholderhasadvantageonhisr
oll
.
-I
ftheyarehosti
letowardseachother,theMegaPokemonhasadvant ageonitsr
oll
.
-I
fthePokemoni sinthemiddleofabat t
le,i
thasadvant
ageonitsroll
.
I
nt heGalarregi
on,t
hereisoneofthemostpower f
ulsourcesofener
gyf
ound in nat
ure,Galarpar-
t
icl
es.Few peopl
eknow t
heorigi
nofthesepar
ticl
esandthosewhodokeepthatsecretwitht
heirli
ves.

Sometimesapar ti
cularlystrongflow oft
hisenergyi
saccumul at
edcloset
othesur f
aceandexplodes,
generat
ingwhatiscal l
edaGal arden.TheseDensareasvaluableast
heyarerare,andtomakeiteven
morediffi
cul
ttocollectthisenergy,thedenattr
actsPokémon.ThesePokémonfeedont hi
sener
gyand
areusuall
ylargerthannor mal .

Sometimesacreat
uremakesi
tslai
rinasour ceofthi
senergy,whi
chproducesmanymoreGalarpar-
ti
clest
hantheden,andt
heconst
antexposur
et othatf
orcemakesthesePokémonbecomecol
ossalver
-
si
onsofthei
rspeci
es.

InGalar,scholar
swereablet ocr
eateanit
em capableoffor
cingacolossalshapeonPokémonusing
Galarparti
cles.Thi
sit
em usestheenergyaccumulat
edi nawishingstartofuncti
on.Onl
yext
remely
ski
lledt
rainerscanusethi
sitem,andevenift
hetransfor
mationdoesn'
tlastl
ong,aPokémoninit
sGi-
gantamaxformi safor
cethatcanbeevenmor edestruct
ivet
hanamegaevol ut
ion.

DYNAMAXBAND-WONDROUSI
TEM |LEGENDARY

Requi
resat
tunement

Thisband channel
stheener
gyaccumul
ated i
n awi
shi
ng
st
artoGigantamaxaPokemon.

Thisit
em can only be used by a t
rai
nerwith a capture
bonusof+5orgr eater
.Thepokemonr emainsi
nitsGi gan-
tamaxformforonemi nute,drai
ningalltheGal
arpar ti
cles
i
nt hewishi
ngstar.

The wishing stargat hers Galarpart

icles i
nthe ai
r.The
ti
mei ttakest or ef
illdependsont hedensityoft
hesepar-
ti
clesintheregi on.I nGalaritfi
ll
supi n2d6dayswhi l
ein
Kantoittakes5d6days.
Forotherpeopl
e,thestr
engthofaPokemoni
sbasedoni t
sevol
utionaryni
vel,buttrai
nersknow best
.
Thereareafew opti
onsofhow t
ost
rengt
henandenhanceyourcreatur
esthatareindependentofthei
r
evol
uti
on.

Acr eaturet hatreachesi

tsfi
nalnaturalevolut
ionarystagecanstil
lgetstrongerbykeepi
ngbattl
ingand
trai
ning.Butt hereareot
herwaystoenhanceaPokemon,someoft hesecreat
urescandevel
opsomespe-
cialabili
tiesandunl ocksomerarefeaturesoftheirspecies.Ther
ear ealsowaystoteachPokemonnew
techniquest ruTechniquemanuals,orTM f orshort
.

Apartfrom t
hesetrai
ningtechniques,anot
herwaytomakeaPokemonst
rongeri
stogi
vei
tweaponsand
accessori
estogivethecreatur
esomeadvant ageinbat
tle.

KEEPTRAI
NING.

Af
terreachi
ngthelastevol
uti
onaryst
age,youkeepaddingXPtoyourPokemonXPpol
l,f
oreach2.
000
XPitgains1at
tri
butepointyoucanaddonanyofitsatt
ribut
es.

TMs

Somet r
ainer
sdedicat
etheirli
vest
ocreat
ing t
echni
quesforpokemon tr
aini
ng.Theset
echniquesar e
wri
ttenonscrol
lsandenchant
edwithr
unestomakeiteasi
erforcreat
urestolear
nthenew abi
li
ties.

FEATS

Youcandel
ayyourPokemonevol
uti
onort
rai
ningt
ohel
pitdevel
opsomeuni
quef
eat
ures.
These I
temsar e ancientmanual smade by t he
fi
rstarti
san mast er oft he League.Ther e are
copi
esoft hisit
em,butevent heyar ever
yr ar
et o
fi
nd.Witht hisit
em,at rai
nercant eachdif
ferent
TM |VERYRARE

movesforhi sPokémon.TheTmsar eacombi na-

ti
onoft rai
ningandmagi crunesthatunlockt he
Pokemon pot enti
altouset hatmove.Theor igi
-
nalTMshavenol imitofuse,butt hecopiescan
beusedaf ew ti
mesbef oret herunesfade.

Each TM hasasetofr estr

ictionsforthePoké-
mont obeabletolearnit
smove.I ft
hepokemon
matchestheseterms,i
tcanl earnthenew move.
Itt
akesanumberofdaysequalt o10-thePoke-
monsI nt
ell
igencemodifi
erfori ttoful
lylear
na
move.

To i
dentifyifthe TM scr
ollisthe or
igi
nalora
copy,the trai
nerneedst o do a DC 12 ar
cana
check.A copybecameusel essaf
ter1d4uses.

RESTRI
CTI
ONS

Setofprerequi
sit
es t
he Pokemon mustf
illt
o
l
earnthetechni
que.

DAMAGE TM |VERYRARE

Thetypeand quanti
tyofdi ceused tocalculat
e
damage.Sometimesi twillhave (
HitDi ces)as
val
orand thatmeanst hatthe damage wi l
luse
thesamequantit
yofdi cethatthecreat
ur euses
tocalcul
atei
tsHitPoints.

DC (
DIFFI
CULTYCLASS)

Whi
ch att
ribut
eisused t
o cal
cul
atet
he DC of
t
hetechni
que.
 TM |VERYRARE

TM |VERYRARE

TM |VERYRARE

*Sameef
fectof
ftheSl
ow spel
l.
SomePokemon acqui
respeci
alfeatsthatmake
them st
and outamong t
he other members of
thei
rspeci
es.

At r
ainerisabletomani pulateandf orcesomeof
these changes i
ntot hei
r Pokemon,but t hese
changes come wi t
h a pr i
ce.To devel op t
hese
feats,the Pokemon wi llsacri
fice some ofthe
timet hatwouldbef ocusedoni tsevoluti
on.

Some wi ld Pokemon,especial
ly pack l
eader
s,
already have one ormorefeats,which makes
them standouti nthei
rmidst
.

Featsareanaturalpartoft hecreat
ure,speci
al
charact
eri
sti
cs,butnaturalallt
hesameandt he-
refor
ecannotber emoved,exchanged,orcance-
ledbynormaleffect
s.

RESTRI
CTI
ONS

Setofprer
equi
sit
est
hePokemonmustf
illt
oget
thefeat

COST

How muchXPt
hePokemonneedt
ospendt
oget
t
hefeat.
 Between allthewaysofst rengtheni
ngyourPo-
kemon,ar ming yourmonst eri s,wit
h nodoubt,
the f
ast
est.Ther e are a series ofweapon and
POKEMONWEAPON|RARE

magicitems cr eated for pokemon,but t hese

it
emscanbever yexpensi ves.
Requi
resattunement.I
fthi
si t
em i
susedbyaPo-
Pokemon wit
h high int
elli
gence can even be kemonitdoesn'tr
equir
eattunement.
trai
ned t
ousetoolsand perfor
m somet askson
thei
rown. Haxobl
adei
sanat
uralweapon+2

Some Pokemon even become cr aft

smen and The Pokemon usi
ng Haxobl
ade gai
ns a sl
ash
craf
ter
sofmagi cit
emssocompet enttheyrival att
ack.
evendwarvesandelves.Other
s,notast al
ented,
pref
ertotradeor,mor ecommonl y,stealequip- Slash.Melee Weapon At
tack,r
each 5 f
t.,one
mentfrom t
heleague'sal
liedraces. target
.Hi
t:2d8slashi
ngdamage.

Ifthe att
ack fr
om the Pokemon usi
ng Haxobl
ade
dropst he cr
eatur
e Hitpoi nt
sto 0,the cr
eat
ure
dies.

POKEMON ARMOR

Trai
ners can armor their pokemon wit
h half
ar
morand f ul
lar mor.Hal farmoroffersless
prot
ecti
ont hanfullarmor,butallowst
hePoke-
WONDROUSI
TEM |RARE

mont omovemor efreel

y.Pokemonar mor sare Requi
resat
tunement
.Thi
sIt
em can beat
tuned
di
videdintoLight,medium andheavyar mors. byaPokemon.
Fullar morsreduce t
he Pokemon speed by10 Youcanchanget
hiswi
g’scol
or,si
zeandshape.
feets.Heavyarmorrequi
r esamini
mum val orof
Strengthtouse. The wig can become a melee weapon thatyou
choose,buti ts at
tack and damage ar
e always
SomearmorsmaygivethePokemondi
sadvan- thesame.
tageont
hei
rsteal
thchecks.
Hai
rblade.Mel
eeWeapon+1,r each15f
t.,one
Pokemonarmorcanbeenchant
edt
hesameas t
arget
.Hit:(
1d8)sl
ashi
ngdamage.
anyotherar
mor.
Revengefulwig.When you gethitby a melee
at
tack,youcanusear eact
iontomakeanat tack
wit
ht hehairbladeagai
nsttheat
tacker
.

Ar
morCl
ass(
AC) St
eal
th St
rengt
h
GHT

HAL
F 11+Dexmodi
fi
er
I
UM L

FUL
L 12+Dexmodi
fi
er

HAL
F 13+Dexmodi
fi
er(
max3)
HEAVY MEDI

FUL
L 14+Dexmodi
fi
er(
max2) Di
sadv
ant
age

HAL
F 16 Di
sadv
ant
age 13

FUL
L 17 Di
sadv
ant
age 15