#trainer class: hiker

[pokemon-npcs]

[spooky-enthusiast]

@works-of-magic asked: Hell yeah, another hex maniac! You study mythology? What's your favorite myth? Are there any that you personally believe to be true?

I should clarify I'm no longer formally a Hex Maniac. It was my trainer class for the longest time, but the word "maniac" started to sound too intense for the vibe I wanted to give off. Unfortunately, "Cryptid" is not yet a recognized trainer class, so these days I usually go with Hiker.

That being said, considering how many myths and legends have come to life in recent years (largely thanks to various evil teams poking them with figurative sticks), it would be easier to list the myths that I don't believe have a kernel of truth to them. Even the most fantastical story can offer insight into the context in which it was written; even the greatest of lies are ultimately born from truth.

[andi-rigby]

OC Prompt Meme: Pokemon Trainer Edition

Class: What kind of trainer would your OC be? Hiker? Schoolgirl? Hometown/Region: Where would your OC be from, if they were born in the World of Pokemon? Location: Where would your OC hang out in the World of Pokemon? How would a player character come across them? Favored Types: What kind of Pokemon does your OC prefer?

And then there's your trainer's name, picture/description, and Pokemon team.

I'm Normal about things so I also made a 2nd version that comes with a Pokemon Profile card for each of your OC's Pokemon, detailing their species, type, moveset, name, picture, ability, and held item. The 2nd version of the trainer card also comes with 8 slots for your gym badges or whatever else tickles your fancy.

and as a treat, if you drop the name of an OC into my ask box I'll do a card for them 💜

[pokemanix]

Official Trainer Class Cards from the Pokémon TCG (Part 2)

Sage’s Training (77) - HS—Undaunted Sage’s Training (85) - Call of Legends Black Belt (85) - HS—Triumphant Twins (89) - HS—Triumphant Hooligans Jim & Cas (95) - Black & White—Dark Explorers Teammates (141 and 160) - XY—Primal Clash Ace Trainer (69) - XY—Ancient Origins Hex Maniac (75) - XY—Ancient Origins Hex Maniac (75a) - XY—Yellow A Alternate Psychic’s Third Eye (108) - XY—BREAKpoint Ninja Boy (103) - XY—Steam Siege Pokémon Ranger (104 and 113) - XY—Steam Siege Hiker (133) - Sun & Moon: Celestial Storm Hiker (SV85) - Sun & Moon: Yellow A Alternate Sightseer (189) - Sun & Moon: Lost Thunder Sightseer (189a) - Sun & Moon: Yellow A Alternate Sightseer (192) - Tag All Stars Bug Catcher (189) - Sun & Moon: Unified Minds Bug Catcher (226) - Sword & Shield: Fusion Strike Channeler (190 and 232) - Sun & Moon: Unified Minds Coach Trainer (192 and 233) - Sun & Moon: Unified Minds Poké Maniac (204 and 236) - Sun & Moon: Unified Minds Roller Skater (203 and 235) - Sun & Moon: Cosmic Eclipse

[lesboygamzee]

pokemon classes the trolls would be as grownups but i dont elaborate on half of them and also these are based off of like ' what if these were actual hobbies and jobs a person would have ' and not really based off of the games i just like having simple names to list aradia - ruin maniac . or hiker tavros - breeder sollux - psychic or engineer depending on how you want to go about iHold on i just remembered the super nerd class . that one karkat - idgaf nepeta - ranger kanaya - just some girl . still cool i just cant see her battling . side note she has a glameow or purugly for sure terezi - dragon tamer vriska - gambler Joke umm i feel like shes just straight up a trainer ? battling for money trying to be the best . her and her friends were like 10 talking about how theyre going to beat the league and be the master and shes the only one who stuck with it . gambler also equius - rancher because they use horses some times . or one of the fighting classes i guess would fit but . horsey gamzee - clown eridan - idgaf feferi - swimmer

[infernape]

truly such a dope soul pokemon went downhill the second they started making the hiker trainer class skinny

[kourabiedes]

I would love to hear more about Robin, specifically :3 Gimme deets, please!

Oh yeah I guess I should do that

In an out of universe sense, Robin is my particular brand of Juliana. I designed her to fit the experience I had with Scarlet... which basically involved me poking my nose into every. single. corner. of Paldea. She's a hiker, backpacker, and budding photographer, because all those things are what I spent the entirety of my playthrough doing. I think I got like forty hours in before I finally was convinced to stop fucking around and go for the non-Path of Legends badges. A lot of the DLC I did as wing-sister to @the-starkindler, who was playing Violet, and we developed a lengthy headcanon winding the two versions together using our respective characters -- you know, like an Emerald version. This bit is key because it means there are two bike-dragons running around Paldea and the Academy, instead of being represented by one fruit, is more of a basket of them. (Insert jokes here.)

I'm going to put a cut here, because I have a lot to say about my silly girl. Beware all who enter here, for there are OC headcanons afoot.

In-universe, Robin is an established student at the Naruva academy, in her second year, arriving sometime after the Team Star dust-up. She is Kalosian, from somewhere in the vague area of Anistar City (if you don't remember your Kalos locations, that's the place with the big red sundial). She's an introvert who grew up in a family of extroverts, and, as you can imagine, that need for a moment of peace fueled her early interest in backpacking. This got markedly worse when the little sisters started arriving. She has five younger sisters, all between the ages of eight and four at the time of her second year. For context, she's going on sixteen at that point.

(I love my little sister dearly, but she alone was almost enough to send me howling into the wilderness. Five of those? Yeah, Robin's a backpacking pro for a reason.)

At ten (because that's such a sane age to do this), Robin's mom nudged her out the door to do the traditional Kalos Gym circuit. Robin came home from that with a level 100 Espurr, several memory cards' worth of pictures of Kalos, and like, two badges. Her mom wasn't overly surprised.

This is kinda how Robin is. She doesn't want to be a powerful Trainer for the sake of being powerful. She makes herself strong so that she can easily do whatever it is she actually wants to do, which is See All The Things. She's not real worried about whether those Things are supposed to be Off-Limits or not, either. So, as you can imagine, she's fascinated by the stories of the mysterious and/or off-limits places of the world. Cerulean Cave. Mount Silver. Mirage Island. The Great Crater of Paldea.

So when her mom suggests Naruva Academy for her, well, she leaps at the chance. Mom figures hey, her kid may be a little odd, but she clearly has a way with Pokemon, and she's sharp, so send the kid to a good school and see what develops. Robin, on the other hand, is plotting her first Great Crater expedition within seconds of the conversation.

Does this mean she's in and out of the Great Crater a lot? Well, not really, though it's not for lack of trying. The Great Crater really is hard to get into without a flying Pokemon at the very least, and the strength of the wild Pokemon there is considerable. She never gets very far in before having to turn back for simple survival. Nevertheless, she's determined to see the bottom of it someday. (Also she does have to attend classes, which cuts into her exploring time severely. Gotta keep dem grades up or mom might pull her home! The grades net her a Tera Orb though, so hell yeah.)

One question that could be asked is, did she know the Paldea Pals before, since she's an established student? Well, yes and no. She knows of Arven, because the poor guy is utterly overshadowed at this point by his shitlord parents. She knows of Nemona -- there probably isn't anyone in the school who doesn't, to be utterly fair. She doesn't really have any opinion on either. They run in different circles, and the most she's interacted with either is whenever Nemona pounced on her looking for a battle. (Yes, she accepted. No, she never won!)

So how does she get pulled into the Scarlet story? Well, one weekend, while she was out chilling with her Pokemon in the wilds of Paldea, there was a really loud sonicboom overhead, and a few minutes later, a tired-looking red lizard Pokemon walked into her campsite. Like most people, she assumed he was a rare breed of Cyclizar at first, because who expects an ancient legendary Pokemon to just waltz into your life and ask for a sandwich? He's injured, but not badly, and she has the brilliant idea to take him back to the Academy with her and see if the teachers can help. She cuts her picnic short and does just that. No problem, right? Nothing life changing about that.

As you have no doubt guessed, the sonicboom was Miraidon fleeing the crater after being attacked by his nasty counterpart. Koraidon, in this melded universe, was brought over as well before <redacted>, and he and the Miraidon actually bonded and are buddies. When Mirai ran for his life, Kori tried to follow, but he's not as fast and had to land. (Miraidon has that jet butt, after all.)

From here, she gets enmeshed in the Scarlet and Violet storylines -- or, well, some of them anyway. The storylines are divided between her and Mirai's rider Alanna. They sort of swap between player one and player two frequently. Robin was involved the most with the DLC stories and Starfall Street. She was the one Ogerpon chose as a partner (maybe it was all that little sister experience!), and she ended up with Chien-Pao out of the four Treasures. (This is not quite as cool as it sounds. Pao just wants to PLAY. All the fuckin time.)

Let's see, what else. Oh, she has a massive crush on Perrin (unrequited), and though she starts out wanting to shove Carmine into the river, they bond over time and Robin kiiiinda thinks she's cute. (Does this count as Carmine x Juliana shipping? Probably not lmao)

Tl;dr, my Scarlet character is pretty fun.

[scullysexual]

Spooky Mulder's UFO Club (5)

After losing a bet, Scully is forced to join Spooky Mulder’s UFO Club. (actually it’s called The Study of Unexplained Phenomena Project, and it’s a class not a club, but whatever) Ridiculed throughout the school by students and staff alike, Scully wants to get it over with as soon as she can and come “back down to earth” when a class trip up to Alaska, to do their own investigations into the mysterious deaths of four hikers, finds them stranded with an unknown virus wreaking havoc and a woods that becomes its own entity at night, Scully realises this dumb little class packs a lot more horror than she bargained for.

It'll be some time before the next chapter is posted, I want to write a couple more before then. For the time being, enjoy what is probably my favourite chapter so far.

Chapter Four | AO3 | @today-in-fic

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Chapter Five: Can't Help Falling In Love.

With a row all to himself on the plane, Mulder chucks his carryon bag onto the floor, splays out across the seats with his feet up, headphones on, content to just chill out for the next eight hours.

At first, nothing else really exists around him. There’s some general chattering around him that he catches just under the blare of his music, Harrison exclaiming to Reyes, and everyone else nearby, how she’s never been on a plane before and the woman behind him bitching about a co-worker to her flying partner. Everything else is just white noise as he battles a Ratatta on his Gameboy. Throwing a Pokeball at it gives him a moment to look around and his eyes land on Scully in the seat opposite him; stiff as a board, hands clutching tightly around the armrests, her eyes closed as she seems to be making an effort to slowly breath in and out. Concerned, he places his Gameboy on the tray table and tugs off his headphones. A glance at Ethan tells Mulder that the other boy was seemingly asleep, sagged against the window, eyes shut. He leans over gently patting Scully’s arm.

“You good?” Mulder asks when Scully reopens her own eyes.

“Fine,” she answers curtly. Mulder cocks his head to the side. Scully glances around, making sure nobody is in earshot as she leans in closer. “Okay, don’t tell anyone but I am terrified of flying.”

Mulder smiles sympathetically.

“You’re laughing at me…” Scully says with a pout.

“I’m not, really,” assures Mulder. He takes another look at Ethan. “Is he really asleep?”

Scully looks herself. “I think so.”

Mulder shuffles back over to his seat. “Come here, before we take off.”

Hastily unbuckling her seatbelt, Scully moves herself and her bag into the seat next to Mulder. As she refastens the seatbelt, he grabs his Gameboy off the tray and angles it so they can both see it.

“You know what this is right?” Mulder asks.

His questions earns him a punch in the arm and a look.

“Yes, I know what a Gameboy is. My younger brother has one.”

“Right.” The Ratatta caught, Mulder continues on with his task through a forest.

“What are you playing?” Scully asks.

“Pokemon,” Mulder answers with a smile.

The plane rumbles to life, getting ready to speed down the runway. Mulder keeps Scully’s attention on the game.

“You know how to play, right?”

Scully shakes her head.

“You go round battling and collecting these creatures called Pokemon. Some are based on our animals, some completely made up. You’re a trainer and you battle other trainers to win money so you can buy things like healing potions and powerups.”

The plane begins to gather speed as it ploughs down the runway, the momentum forcing them back. Scully’s attention is taken away from the game as the plane begins to lift up, she gasps, grasping the armrests and clinging on for dear life as her body grows tense.

“Hey,” Mulder says tapping her thigh and bringing her attention back to him. “It’s okay.” He takes his headphones and slips them over her head. He presses play on his Walkman and hears the faint tune of Elvis’ voice as he sings I Can’t Help Falling In Love. Scully smiles, more at ease as the plane starts to even out, and Mulder smiles back, happy his efforts have worked. The game still positioned so the two of them can see, he wanders about the forest collecting and battling as Scully watches on, asking questions. An hour into the flight, he passes the Gameboy to Scully, giving her a turn. She makes two Pokemons she attempted to catch faint and loses all the battles but she’s enjoying herself, that’s all that matters. They share snacks, listen to his War of the World’s tape as they eat dinner, and Mulder winds her up with some bizarre theory as he intended to. All in all, it’s a great flight, one made even better when, halfway through, Scully falls asleep, her head falling onto his shoulder. Mulder stares, awestruck for what feels like a long time before a huge smile whips across his face. He slips his headphones on, turning out towards the window, I Can’t Help Falling In Love playing into his ears.

Mulder blinks a couple of times, coming to. His eyes take a moment to adjust to the bright light coming through the window. He runs a hand over his face, jostling something next to him.

Scully. She makes a disturbed noise, shifting in her sleep in her seat, her head still against his shoulder as she gets comfortable once more.

The plane steadily drops down and Mulder looks out to see the small specs of civilisation below him.

“We’ll be landing soon,” Skinner says as he makes his way past Mulder’s seat. Mulder nods and turns to Scully, gently tapping her awake.

“Hey Scully,” he whispers. She makes a sound, awakening. “Skin-Man says we’re landing soon.”

“Uh-hmm…”

Mulder smiles. “That means you gotta awake up.”

Her eyes open, big and blue and still glazed over with sleep. She looks beautiful and Mulder looks away before he does something he’ll regret.

“Where are my glasses?” Scully asks, frowning and sitting up. She stretches as Mulder reaches forward into the basket where he’d tucked her glasses safely away earlier and hands them to her.

She takes them, thanking him, and puts them on.

“Can you see much without them?” he asks.

She nods. “But I get headaches if I don’t wear them so…” She shrugs.

It’s Mulder’s turn to nod. “I’m supposed to wear reading glasses but I don’t.” He looks away like she’s going to berate him. She doesn’t. Instead she just smiles.

“And that’s why you get headaches,” she says tapping his nose.

“Wake up, Minette,” says Skinner, not so gently tapping the boy on the arm. “We’re landing.”

Ethan startles awake, wiping the sleep away from his face and sitting up. He looks to the side of him, to where Scully should be sitting. Instead, his eyes catch to where she actually sits, next to Mulder and while Ethan can’t see her expression with her back to him, he can definitely see Mulder’s- grinning ear to ear like it’s his fucking birthday. Ethan leans back, watching them through veiled anger, seething at the sight.

“All passengers to fasten their seatbelt as we prepare for landing,” the pilot’s voice rings through the speakers.

Mulder fastens his seatbelt and looks to Scully, her expression one of anxiety again.

“You good, Scully?” he asks.

“Could I listen to your music again?”

“Of course.” As he’d done during take-off, he slips the headphones over her head again. The plane jostles slightly as it moves down. He feels her hand slip into his. Mulder looks down, seeing their hands and gives hers a reassuring squeeze as the plane fully begins its descent downwards.

[sweetside]

Trainer card:

Name: Mica | Region of Origin: Unova | Type Specialty: Rock

Age: Young Adult | Class: Hiker | Height: 5'5 feet (160 cm) |

@pudgy-planets

[pokemon-npcs]

[s2pdoktopus]

It's messy XD I've been into Vocaloid again, specifically Gumi and Teto and I'm also into Pokemon (the Miku x Pokemon Collab is godsent :)) so I kinda just wound up making this messy sketch.

Teto gets Excadrill (because of course she gets a drill pokemon) I'm thinking she's gonna be a Worker or a Hiker Trainer class

Gumi gets Flygon (I know that it's Ground Type Miku's already but THE GOGGLES!!) And she's gonna be an Ace Trainer or an Athlete Trainer class.

[dkpsyhog]

In most pokemon games, the vast majority of "trainers" you battle aren't professional trainers, as in "they-battle-for-money" trainers, like the player is. That's why most trainer classes are just hobbies or professions, like "Hiker", "Engineer", or "Waitress".

Those trainers usually have themed teams because they keep pokemon primarily for companionship or helping with their day-to-day activities. Unless you're a full-time battler, why would you want to deal with six pokemon that all have different needs for food, exercise, and care? Might as well stick to similar pokemon of a type that you either like or that's relevant to what you do for fun or work, and keep only as many pokemon with you as you can manage.

The few ordinary trainers that have full or nearly-full teams almost always have several of the same pokemon, like the infamous Fisherman Kyler's team of six magikarp, because it's just logistically easier to work with.

Note the exception that proves the rule- the trainer classes that do have varied teams are classes like "Ace Trainer" or "Veteran", which represent people who actually battle professionally like the player.

The logistical aspect is hand-waved away by the game mechanics because it would be incredibly boring, but canonically your player character is putting in a lot of work to keep six completely different pokemon on them at all times.

the biggest questions detective pikachu answered

no one but professional trainers has a full team of 6 in the pokemon universe because it would be a fucking gigantic hassle to deal with 6 animals, let alone different types that need different things

some people don’t evolve their pokemon because imagine having a fucking cat and then you can choose to make the cat five times as big and strong. would you do this if you weren’t battling.

[battle-acs-official]

I desperately want to run a homebrewed Ryuutama game converted into an extremely 90s-ified Pokémon campaign.

Original 151 only. (maybe some cameos for fun)

Ultimate cheesy 90s design and tech.

Goofy characters are heavily encouraged.

Totally wanna make a 90s pop playlist for ~ambiance~

Dunno what story I wanna go with or what custom classes I wanna make to replace Ryuutama's distinctly Fantasy style. Obviously Team Rocket would be up in your biz and the Pokémon League would be main goals. Maybe use the OG Pokémon NPC trainer classes like Hikers and Fishermen.

I dunno.

Musing.

Never gonna actually get to do it, anyway.

[ibis-gt]

every so often i get Possessed by the urge to draw my OCs with pokemon teams.

bonus: luther’s team would absolutely whoop cam’s team’s ass which i love so:

[vixensdungeon]

Well there would be no fighters or barbarians, since those aren’t types of Pokémon trainers, but I would imagine so, yeah. Each class would also have synergies with certain kinds of mon, because you don’t see a lot of Hikers with Kadabras, for example, but plenty with Geodudes.

OSR Pokémon game that lets you found your own gym at name level. Class-based, because when you really think about it that’s how the Pokémon games are, too.

[ranger-crow]

(@teamgardeners) Greetings. I must say, I'm very curious about these Rangers of the human word. What exactly do you do? -Virizion

Rangers are a pretty diverse class of trainers but we play a very important role in our communities. At our core, rangers strive to protect our ecosystems, pokémon, and the people who travel our routes.

On a smaller scale we keep our routes clean and easy to traverse. We guide people, offer battles, and keep an eye out for people who seek to harm pokemon. We work with our local communities to make sure that everyone is safe and living at peace with one another.

Whenever we find pokémon who have been injured, we treat them and take them to the proper rehabilitation centers if they need it. We assist the professors in their research and filling out the dex. When a stronger Pokémon wanders from their territory they can often become a danger to nearby communities as well as themselves. It’s up to us to soothe these pokemon and relocate them to someplace safe.

And on a larger scale, we are some of the only people who can help when disasters strike. Not only cleaning up after storms and other natural disasters- but people who pose a threat to our region as a whole. We help organize evacuations and keep people and pokemon safe during times of crisis. It’s our duty to protect those who cannot protect themselves.

I’ve broken up illegal breeding operations, detained poachers, and busted countless underground fight rings. I’ve guarded eggs, updated Pokédex entries, and delivered countless lost hikers home. I was at the front lines when Team Plasma attempted to overthrow the league and pillaged our cities. And I was there when they returned and froze a chunk of the region.

I became a ranger because I wanted to protect this world that I love so much <3