See something in this guide that confused you? Have questions that don't have answers yet? Feel free to ask them in the C-box or on Discord - if we get them often enough, they'll probably appear on here.

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q. wait. fallers are a faction, but all citizens of agresti are considered fallers? What gives? /  Do I get the faller perk if I make a character starting in a different faction?

a. As a faction, fallers are like your "civilian" class - they're the people like merchants or Nurse Joys who populate your towns. That doesn't necessarily mean they can't obtain or train Pokemon, but it may take a while before they're as adept as, say, a Seeker is. However, they'll have picked up other skills as a result of not purely focusing on Pokemon over time - hence why their perk is not granted until a mod gets a feel for who they are as a person / what they do occupation-wise.

However, to keep things fair, if you don't immediately start with a faller-class character, you will not get a faller perk. You can have your other-factioned character eventually learn to take up another job, which may eventually lead to a faller perk if they multi-faction and linger around civilians for long enough, but as it stands, no. Just as Pokemon Trainer Red wouldn't know how to act as a doctor for people unless someone taught him, you do not instantly gain an extra skill for a practice you have not dedicated yourself to.

q. can we make characters from time periods before the modern day? 

a. You may! However, due to the nature of the way the wormholes were opened, most of them are condensed within contemporary history - that is, between the 1990s and 2020s. Anything beyond that is considered to be extremely uncommon, and will be taken on a case-by-case basis.  


q. what level of technology is agresti at right now?

a. considering the region was born out of essentially dumping a bunch of people from the modern day onto an abandoned island with the ruins of what was a state of the art battle facility at the time, technology is about... what you would anticipate. pretty much everything is cobbled together from parts of the frontier at present - computers exist without proper internet, electricity is sustained with occasional aid from electric-type Pokemon, tilling and sowing seeds is still largely done by hand. As new people with fresh perspectives and knowledge of their own continue to trickle in slowly, the vast majority from modern society, improvements are being made steadily, but Frontier City at its peak still gives off a very 'small, isolated town' vibe in spite of its posturing.

q. what starter pokemon options are available?

a. certainly not the ones you're expecting! SD! works on a rental Pokemon system, wherein you borrow one of 15 different types in order to capture your first Pokemon yourself. after that, it's anticipated that you'll return the Pokemon... in character, anyway. Out of character, we don't mind if you just make your rental overdue, but your character might see themselves in a bit of hot water for it. 

in order to obtain a rental Pokemon, all you have to do is pick the one you like best. Because we aren't pansies, however, don't expect there to be some sort of meet and greet - no, here on the ruins of the Battle Frontier, we do battle to get to know our Pokemon formally. once you make your choice, you will be matched up with an aide - or potentially another aspiring "trainer" - in order to fight it out. If you handle your partner competently, win or lose, they may just become your new companion!... for a little while.