Ground Ace
Associated Skills: Perception or Intuition
PASSIVE POKEMON SUPPORT+++
ACTIVE POKEMON SUPPORT++ A battler that primarily uses Pokémon of a certain elemental Type. In a world where most Gyms are based on a particular Type of Pokémon, Type Aces are by far the most common of these specialists. The Type Ace feels a deep bond to a particular Type of Pokémon, and excels on raising them. This tie is so deep that they can with time change the very type of their Pokémon’s Moves, or teach a Pokémon to use a Move in a way they normally wouldn’t be able to. While their weaknesses are more pronounced than those of Stat Aces and Style Experts, their strengths are as well. Type Ace is one of the most popular Classes for its thematic importance to the world of Pokémon. The ability to change the Type of a Move is also highly valuable to someone who wishes to specialize in a rare Type while retaining some versatility on their teams; they can train their off-Type Pokémon to take advantage of their specialty Type. Furthermore, Type Aces learn a variety of techniques to better wield their Type in battle and often more than make up for any inherent weaknesses of their chosen Type. *Type-Linked Skills: Depending on your Chosen Type for Type Ace, your prerequisites for the Class and its Features will change, each Type requiring one of two Type-Linked Skills. Note: You may take Type Ace multiple times. Each time, you must choose a different Type and must specify for which Type you take a Feature. Skill prerequisites for Type Ace always match the Type-Linked Skills for that Type.
GROUND ACE FEATURES Mold the Earth
Prerequisites: Type Ace, Ground as Chosen Type
Scene x2 – Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokémon with the Groundshaper Capability uses a Ground-Type Move
Effect: Your Pokémon may use the Groundshaper Capability as a Free Action. When used this way, Groundshaper creates Spike Hazards in each square turned into Rough or Slow Terrain. If you wish, instead of Groundshaper’s normal range, you may choose to affect the square targeted by the attack and all cardinally adjacent squares. If the triggering Move is a Burst, Blast, Line, or Cone, you may choose to affect all squares in the targeted area instead.
Desert Heart
[Order] [Stratagem]
Prerequisites: Mold the Earth, Type-Linked Skill at Adept
Bind 2 AP – Free Action
Target: Your Pokémon
Effect: While this Stratagem is bound, your Pokémon may activate Moves and Abilities as if they were in a Sandstorm.
Earthroil
Prerequisites: Mold the Earth, Type-Linked Skill at Expert
At-Will – Free Action
Effect: Your Ground-Type Pokémon may activate Earthroil as a Shift Action to use a damaging Ground-Type Move as it had a range of Line 4 or Burst 1 instead of its usual range, and as if it had the Groundsource keyword. 1-Target Moves performed this way take a -5 penalty to their Damage Rolls.
Upheaval
Prerequisites: Mold the Earth, Type-Linked Skill at Master
Daily x3 – Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokémon uses the Groundshaper Capability, or a Move with the Groundsource keyword
Effect: Your Pokémon may make a Trip Attempt as a Free Action against any Pokémon targeted by the Move, or standing on a square changed by the Groundshaper capability. Your Pokémon gains a bonus to their Combat Roll equal to half of your Type-Linked Skill Rank.
ACTIVE POKEMON SUPPORT++ A battler that primarily uses Pokémon of a certain elemental Type. In a world where most Gyms are based on a particular Type of Pokémon, Type Aces are by far the most common of these specialists. The Type Ace feels a deep bond to a particular Type of Pokémon, and excels on raising them. This tie is so deep that they can with time change the very type of their Pokémon’s Moves, or teach a Pokémon to use a Move in a way they normally wouldn’t be able to. While their weaknesses are more pronounced than those of Stat Aces and Style Experts, their strengths are as well. Type Ace is one of the most popular Classes for its thematic importance to the world of Pokémon. The ability to change the Type of a Move is also highly valuable to someone who wishes to specialize in a rare Type while retaining some versatility on their teams; they can train their off-Type Pokémon to take advantage of their specialty Type. Furthermore, Type Aces learn a variety of techniques to better wield their Type in battle and often more than make up for any inherent weaknesses of their chosen Type. *Type-Linked Skills: Depending on your Chosen Type for Type Ace, your prerequisites for the Class and its Features will change, each Type requiring one of two Type-Linked Skills. Note: You may take Type Ace multiple times. Each time, you must choose a different Type and must specify for which Type you take a Feature. Skill prerequisites for Type Ace always match the Type-Linked Skills for that Type.
GROUND ACE FEATURES Mold the Earth
Prerequisites: Type Ace, Ground as Chosen Type
Scene x2 – Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokémon with the Groundshaper Capability uses a Ground-Type Move
Effect: Your Pokémon may use the Groundshaper Capability as a Free Action. When used this way, Groundshaper creates Spike Hazards in each square turned into Rough or Slow Terrain. If you wish, instead of Groundshaper’s normal range, you may choose to affect the square targeted by the attack and all cardinally adjacent squares. If the triggering Move is a Burst, Blast, Line, or Cone, you may choose to affect all squares in the targeted area instead.
Desert Heart
[Order] [Stratagem]
Prerequisites: Mold the Earth, Type-Linked Skill at Adept
Bind 2 AP – Free Action
Target: Your Pokémon
Effect: While this Stratagem is bound, your Pokémon may activate Moves and Abilities as if they were in a Sandstorm.
Earthroil
Prerequisites: Mold the Earth, Type-Linked Skill at Expert
At-Will – Free Action
Effect: Your Ground-Type Pokémon may activate Earthroil as a Shift Action to use a damaging Ground-Type Move as it had a range of Line 4 or Burst 1 instead of its usual range, and as if it had the Groundsource keyword. 1-Target Moves performed this way take a -5 penalty to their Damage Rolls.
Upheaval
Prerequisites: Mold the Earth, Type-Linked Skill at Master
Daily x3 – Free Action
Trigger: Your Pokémon uses the Groundshaper Capability, or a Move with the Groundsource keyword
Effect: Your Pokémon may make a Trip Attempt as a Free Action against any Pokémon targeted by the Move, or standing on a square changed by the Groundshaper capability. Your Pokémon gains a bonus to their Combat Roll equal to half of your Type-Linked Skill Rank.
Type Ace
[Class] [Branch]
Prerequisites: 2 Different Pokémon of the Chosen Type, Type-Linked Skill* at Novice
Prerequisites: Elemental Connection (of the Chosen Type), 1 Pokémon of the Chosen Type, Type-Linked Skill* at Novice
At-Will – Extended Action
Target: Your Pokémon with at least 2 Tutor Points remaining.
Effect: The target loses 2 Tutor Points and learns the Last Chance or Type Strategist Ability for your Chosen Type. You may target a Pokémon only once with Type Ace.
Note: You can find the Type Strategist Ability and the various Last Chance Abilities in the Indices and Reference chapter, but because they’re mostly unique to Type Ace, you can see what they do here for convenience.
Ability: Type Strategist
Static
Effect: Whenever the user uses a Move of the Type associated with Type Strategist, they gain +5 Damage Reduction for one full round. If they are under 1/3rd of their Maximum Hit Points, they instead gain +10 Damage Reduction.
Ability: Last Chance (Type)
Static
Effect: Last Chance Abilities are always associated with an Elemental Type. The user gains a +5 bonus to Damage Rolls when using attacks of that Type. This bonus increases to +10 when the user is under 1/3rd of their Maximum Hit Points.
Type Refresh
[Branch] [Orders]
Prerequisites: Type Ace
2 AP – Standard Action
Target: Your Pokémon
Effect: The target regains one use of a Scene-Frequency Move of your Chosen Type, and refreshes the Frequency of all EOT-Frequency Moves of your chosen Type. A Target can be affected by Type Refresh only once per Scene.
Move Sync
[Branch]
Prerequisites: 3 Type Ace Features
At-Will – Extended Action
Target: Your Pokémon with at least 1 Tutor Point.
Effect: The target loses 1 Tutor Point. Pick a Move in the target’s Move List. The picked move is now permanently of your Chosen Type, and may have different effects. See the Types Changes section (page 468) for more information and suggestions. A Pokémon may have only one Move-Sync’d Move in their Move List at a time; to Sync a new Move, the old Move must be forgotten.