The Professor's Assistant
This Trainer isn’t out to win the Pokémon League and become champion of the region. Their reason for traveling is more about helping a Professor with their research and learning more about Pokémon.
Notable Examples: Crystal, Gary
Key Skills: Education Skills
How to Build: Start with Capture Specialist or Researcher. In the early levels, having more EDGES available to gain SKILL Ranks is important, particularly in Education Skills such as Pokemon Education. Researcher is an obvious option that allows a Trainer to quickly gain many Education Skill Ranks at a low level. If building a Trainer who isn’t as focused on academic study and emphasizes helping their Professor with field work, consider a class like Capture Specialist or Hobbyist. Hobbyist provides valuable additional Skill Ranks for low level Trainers but doesn’t bind them to Education Skills like Researcher does while Capture Specialist allows a Trainer to excel at the classical task given to Pokédex holders: catching ‘em all. From there, your choice of where to expand will largely depend on the goals of your research and study. A Professor’s Assistant more geared towards field work and observation may go into Survivalist to get better at navigating the wilderness or Hunter to aid in their capturing activities. Chronicler may also be valuable for their Travel Archives and would fit the high Perception needed for the job. A more academic Professor’s Assistant or someone aiming to become a Professor themselves will likely dig deep into the particular Field of Study they’re interested in, possibly taking multiple instances of the Researcher Class as they master more fields. The Chemistry branch is a good option for Trainers who may wish to make their own Pokémon as part of their research, for example, while Fossil Pokémon experts would choose Paleontology.
Key Skills: Education Skills
How to Build: Start with Capture Specialist or Researcher. In the early levels, having more EDGES available to gain SKILL Ranks is important, particularly in Education Skills such as Pokemon Education. Researcher is an obvious option that allows a Trainer to quickly gain many Education Skill Ranks at a low level. If building a Trainer who isn’t as focused on academic study and emphasizes helping their Professor with field work, consider a class like Capture Specialist or Hobbyist. Hobbyist provides valuable additional Skill Ranks for low level Trainers but doesn’t bind them to Education Skills like Researcher does while Capture Specialist allows a Trainer to excel at the classical task given to Pokédex holders: catching ‘em all. From there, your choice of where to expand will largely depend on the goals of your research and study. A Professor’s Assistant more geared towards field work and observation may go into Survivalist to get better at navigating the wilderness or Hunter to aid in their capturing activities. Chronicler may also be valuable for their Travel Archives and would fit the high Perception needed for the job. A more academic Professor’s Assistant or someone aiming to become a Professor themselves will likely dig deep into the particular Field of Study they’re interested in, possibly taking multiple instances of the Researcher Class as they master more fields. The Chemistry branch is a good option for Trainers who may wish to make their own Pokémon as part of their research, for example, while Fossil Pokémon experts would choose Paleontology.