I really like the support behind Forewarn, but only because of Prophetic Dream implying that Pajantom's still asleep. Other than that, I'd prefer No Flavor Ability above anything else.
It is a legendary exclusive ability, so it is banned from ability discussion in general. Including this one.Are we sure that Bad Dreams is off the table? Because that's the only one i really like besides No Flavor Ability
4The only Pokemon who get Levitate and another ability are the Bronzong line and Duskull. Duskull only comes from the fact that only it in its line gets Levitate and they likely didn't want its evolutions to not get HAs just because the prevo has Levitate. And while I have nothing to explain Bronzong, they're still only 3 Pokemon out of the whopping 35 Levitate users we have, and a clear minority and not something of a model for how these abilities work.
Comatose is an overwhelming trait, like Levitate. I can still get behind something like Forewarn since it still means Pajantom is asleep, but something like Unnerve or Telepathy tick me off because they shelve away the central aspect of Pajantom of being asleep and that fact of being asleep affecting how it fights for more mundane aspects of its character like how scary it is.
And about Rest, that just had to get in because of the allowances and dissallowances of the movepool phase. It won't work with only Comatose, but its not like Pokemon is no stranger to particularly useless traits, such as Levitate Rotom-F, Attract Cryogonal, Synchronoise Umbreon and Final Gambit Shedinja.Besides its kinda funny.
Rattled was considered too powerful in the competitive stage, never mind the flavour stage. (I mean, I like it for fulfilling the concept, but that's not what this stage is for)From the previously seen ideas, I like Forewarn and Rattled the most. I can´t contribute with an idea of my own because I´m pretty new to the flavor ability concept (I just discovered CAP, haha), but I want to give my support to those possibilities.
I think we have to give a long hard look at the Rowlet line to justify that. Between the Japanese name Remote and Decidueye's feather arrows, it gives the impression that the ability makes all moves ranged.Has anyone thought about Long Reach? It kind of makes sense as Pajantom itself isn't actually attacking, but a projection of itself.
The dream effectively does make the attacks ranged, so I support Long Reach.I think we have to give a long hard look at the Rowlet line to justify that. Between the Japanese name Remote and Decidueye's feather arrows, it gives the impression that the ability makes all moves ranged.
RestTalk was already discussed and it was decided that it's fine.I don't really want an ability as it gives the opportunity for semi-reliable recovery in RestTalk, which we don't want.
Regardless of his movepool, the effectiveness of Long Reach is very limited, which is part of what makes it a perfect flavor ability. The only practical reason it would be picked over Comatose is access to rest.Ranged as in no contact. Sorry for not being more specific.
I didn't really follow along with the movepool part of the process, but I think we need to consider our movepool when considering Long Reach.
Well, i mean, comatose is signature to Komala anyway. My problem with forewarn is that forwarn is more about seeing the future than in reference to the sleeping status. After all, it's a PROPHETIC dream. I don't think Pajantom has or was intended to have any future seeing abilities.Long Reach is well, a reach. I don't fully understand why it makes sense in terms of flavor, especially since it's currently signature to Decidueye. I know there's the argument of it maybe not being signature in the future, but even ignoring that, I fail to see the flavor. Forewarn is my personal pick, as it plays of the idea that dreams mimic the future and all, and the other sleeping Pokemon Musharna has Forewarn.
This is true, but that would mean that ALL of Decidueye's attacks take place in the form of arrows (including wing attack, sucker punch, shadow claw etc), which makes a lot less sense than what's proposed for Pajantom. As far as I know, we haven't established whether the pajantom spirit actually can block oncoming attacks (after all, it's just a projection). The idea of all attacks acting as ranged makes actually much more sense for Pajantom than it does for Decidueye in my eyes.I honestly don't see the correlation behind Long Reach (or as Revi puts it is also echo'd). Dreamgon can likely still get hurt and just relay the pain, and the decidueye correlation is more for its long range arrows. I also think that giving an unreleased ability to a CAP is somewhat bad for optics, but that's a much more political reasoning.
Don’t act like you know Pajantom more than anyone. Also, nobody claimed that it can see the future. It simply is a nod to the idea of seeing the future in dreams.Well, i mean, comatose is signature to Komala anyway. My problem with forewarn is that forwarn is more about seeing the future than in reference to the sleeping status. After all, it's a PROPHETIC dream. I don't think Pajantom has or was intended to have any future seeing abilities.
This is true, but that would mean that ALL of Decidueye's attacks take place in the form of arrows (including wing attack, sucker punch, shadow claw etc), which makes a lot less sense than what's proposed for Pajantom. As far as I know, we haven't established whether the pajantom spirit actually can block oncoming attacks (after all, it's just a projection). The idea of all attacks acting as ranged makes actually much more sense for Pajantom than it does for Decidueye in my eyes.
Sorry, but it seems like a property that comes out of left feild. The the names prophetic dream and forewarn draw a stronger correlation to future vision than they do for sleep. I have never implied or meant to imply that i know pajantom better than anyone else here. I'm just trying my best not to add concepts or abilities that weren't established by the original artist and concept creator. If I'm striking you as presumptuos, than i'm very sorry, that is far from my intention.Don’t act like you know Pajantom more than anyone. Also, nobody claimed that it can see the future. It simply is a nod to the idea of seeing the future in dreams.
To be fair, it does have Psychic and Psychic Fangs. It's not completely devoid of Psychic-type flavor. Also, Hypno and Jynx have Forewarn for abilities, and both don't have future-seeing powers. There also isn't a complete correlation between, say, Future Sight and Forewarn, as the Jynx line doesn't have access to it.I’m throwing all my support behind No other ability. It’s simple, makes sense (as if you’re comatose chances are you’re not doing much else), and the only other popular option, Forewarn, seems like a bit of a stretch on a physical ghost dragon when the other sleeping mon we have to go off of is a special psychic type. Can’t really see this thing having any sort of prophecy powers.