Chronicler
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Passive Pokémon Support
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Travel and Investigation
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Active Pokémon Support
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Associated Skills: Perception

Past experience and examples are both great tools for learning. Even in the realm of Pokémon combat this is true; having witnessed a Move and being able to study its dynamics is an extremely useful thing. And what better way to do this than to have it recorded?

Chroniclers capitalize on this concept, getting close to the fray and capturing the finest details on how a Move is executed, whether through Recordy, artistic appreciation that later becomes a painting or other work of art, or analysis that goes into a journal. From this they can learn how to best avoid it in the future, and potentially even teach their Pokémon to use it.

The Chronicler Class introduces bonuses for keeping Records of Moves and Environments, but its main draw is an alternative tutoring method using these Records. These Features allow you to take the Moves you commonly see and turn them against your foes. Additionally, its low entry requirements and reliance on universally useful Skill make it a nice class for Trainers who don’t specialize in Trainer Combat.

Chronicler
[CLASS]
Prerequisites: Novice Perception
1 AP – Standard Action, Interrupt
Target: A Pokémon, Trainer, Move, or Location.
Effect: You take a Record of the target. Records can be placed in an Archive as an Extended Action. When you take Chronicler, you gain one Archive.

Archives:

  • Profile Archive: You may place Records of Pokémon and Trainers in your Profile Archive. You gain a +2 bonus to Charm, Guile, Command, Intimidate, and Intuition Checks targeting Pokémon and Trainers in your Profile Archive.
  • echnique Archive: You may place Records of Moves in your Technique Archive. You and your Pokémon gain +2 Evasion against Moves in your Technique Archive.
  • Travel Archive: You may place Records of Locations in your Travel Archive. When you gain Travel Archive, choose Keen Eye or Perception. While you are in a Location in your Travel Archive, you have the Chosen Ability and gain a +2 bonus to Perception Checks to notice the environment.

Archival Training
[RANKED 2]
All Rank Prerequisites: Chronicler
Static
Effect: Each Rank, you gain an Archive.

Archive Tutor
Prerequisites: Technique Archive, Expert Perception
Daily – Extended Action
Target: A Pokémon with 2 Tutor Points.
Effect: Select a Record in your Technique Archive that is of a Move that the target can learn by Level Up, TM or by Move Tutor. The target learns the Move and loses 2 Tutor Points. You can target someone else’s Pokémon only once with Photo Tutor; you may target your own Pokémon any number of times with Photo Tutor, but they must still abide by any Move Pool Limitations (ie: no more than 3 of the user’s Move Pool can come from TMs or Tutor Moves).

Targeted Profiling
[ORDERS]
Prerequisites: Profile Archive, Expert Perception
2 AP – Standard Action
Target: Your Pokémon
Effect: Until the end of your next turn, the target acts as if they had the Mold Breaker Ability against all Pokémon and Trainers in your Profile Archive and gains a +2 bonus to Accuracy Rolls against these targets.

Observation Party
Prerequisites: Travel Archive, Adept Perception
Static
Effect: While they are in a Location in your Travel Archive, your Pokémon have the Ability you chose when gaining Travel Archive and gain a +2 bonus to Perception Checks to notice the environment.

Cinematic Analysis
Prerequisites: 4 Chronicler Features, Master Perception
Daily x3 – Free Action
Effect: You analyze a Record in one of your Archives. Cinematic Analysis’s effect depends on the Archive the Record is in. Each of these effects may only be used once per Scene.

Name Archive Effect
Character Study Profile Archive You may trigger Character Study when you or an ally makes a Charm, Command, Guile, Intimidate, or Intuition Check targeting the subject of your Record. Make a Perception Check and substitute the triggering Skill Check with the result.
Recreation Technique Archive Recreation may be triggered as your Pokémon gains Initiative. Select a Record of a Move in your Technique Archive that your Pokémon can learn by Level Up, TM, or Move Tutor. Your Pokémon may perform that Move as if it was on its Move List. You may select a specific Move only once per day.
Situational Awareness Travel Archive You may only use Situational Awareness if you analyze a Record of your current Location. When used this way, you may activate it as an Interrupt. Choose an ally; that ally may take their next action as an Interrupt.

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