Wooper
Water/Ground
1 male/1 female
Quagsire
Water/Ground
1 male/1 female
Starters often kept around for the fun or ease of care.
Description
Wooper is a small amphibious critter. The head is a large round ball connected to an oblong body. It has two nubby legs, a broad paddle-tail, and two sets of external gills on the side of its head. Its blue skin is smooth. Quagsire stands at waist height to a human. The body can be compared to a barrel. It has gained a set of broad arms with three webbed digits on each. Along the spine, a blue fin aids in swimming.
The subspecies native to the temperate swamps are always Damp, and they spread the dampness around to keep nearby lands from being consumed in wildfire. Semi-tropical populations have permeable skin that can Absorb Water. A subspecies from a mountainous swamp area developed a strange energy field that left them Unaware that their enemies can modify their stats.
Battle Characteristics
Quagsire has good Constitution. Strength and Toughness are both moderate-high. Power and Resistance are both medium. Speed, in water or on land, tends to be low. Their natural move pool is relatively shallow and is mostly, Water, Ground, and Ice. Other methods of move acquisition expand it significantly.
Legends/Folklore
Quagsire's slime serves to neutralize odor and prevent anything from smelling it as it lurks. Wooper's mildly toxic slime is used to remain hydrated on land.
Wooper is very playful. Wild Wooper have been known to gather and play massive games whenever they find an interesting toy.
Quagsire can and has bumped into boats without noticing. Quagsire don't care.
Life Cycle/Evolution Conditions
Wooper spends about a month in hiding before exploring. Their sometimes scatterbrained nature means they could evolve in twenty months or twenty years. Provided they do not use up a chunk of their lifespan to regenerate lost anatomy, they can live to be sixty years old.
Diet
Wooper forage for plants. Quagsire is a patient ambush predator, waiting for food to wander into its open mouth.
Breeding
Water 1 and Field Group. Breeding season is mid-spring. Eggs are laid in clutches of up to sixty. Each egg costs 37,000P.
Wild Behavior/Threat Level
Aside from occasionally stealing something to play with it, they should be harmless if encountered on land.
Bonding and Care
Wooper is playful and loves to play whatever games are on offer. Quagsire is more laid back and can take gentle but firm effort to get it to train.
Human/Pokémon Relations
They see humans with simple curiosity.
With Family
Provided a bit of setup, they are decent with children.
Team Compatibility
No major problems should occur.
Warning
Quagsire's ambush tactics are quite sudden. Wearing proper foot protection and maybe using a stick to feel out the water ahead is a really sound idea when in Quagsire territory.
Summary
Amphibious softies.