WHAT'S YOUR ASTROLOGICAL SIGN?

I use Negrek's scale. If you see a number that doesn't look right, nudge me and I'll show you my math.

Damage spread over n targets is multiplied by 3/(2+n) after all other calculations. Assist, Copycat, Metronome, Mirror Move, Sleep Talk, Snatch, and other copying moves all cost 2% energy in addition to the move they use. Multi-hit moves are calculated as if they were one move whose base damage was equal to the damage per hit times the number of hits. Sandstorm and Hail do 1% damage/action.



Note that this is my personal scale, not the official one used by the D&E guide.

Poison: Normal poison does 4% damage/round, while toxic poison starts at 1% damage a round and increases by 1% after every round. This damage is spread out over the actions starting from the last one. For example, if toxic poison did 7%, it would do 2/2/3 for each action. Poison doesn't fade. Note that ordinary and toxic poison can neither worsen/lighten to and from each other nor coexist.

Burns: Burns do 1% damage after every action and reduce the final damage of some moves by 3% if severe and 2% if moderate. Severe burns are the default; cases where the roll was within 5 of the bound of not triggering start at moderate and can be worsened to severe. Burns don't fade. Generally, the damage reduction applies to physical moves and/or moves that use a lot of movement - think Aerial Ace, not Natural Gift. Ask me if you're unsure, at least until I get around to writing a list for that.

Paralysis: Special thanks to Kratos Aurion for providing a baseline scale, and Metallica Fanboy for providing feedback on my old scale.

Paralysis has three stages: mild, moderate, and severe. The default is severe, while rolls within 5 of the bound have one of the severe actions shaved off. Any successful paralysis rolls against a paralyzed Pokemon (that is, using an attack that will always paralyze if it hits won't do this) worsen its paralysis by one action. The chance to fail can be increased or reduced (by no more than 5%, capping at 25%, and on a per-action basis) depending on what action the Pokemon is commanded to take and the circumstances of the battle - for example, Water Gun and Quick Attack would probably have different failure chances. To determine a move's probable failure chance, ask me, at least until I get around to writing a list for that.

A severely paralyzed Pokemon has a 25% chance to fail per action, has 25% of its base speed, and needs 3% extra energy for movement; severe paralysis lightens to moderate after 4 actions that the Pokemon succeeds its paralysis roll. A moderately paralyzed Pokemon has a 15% chance to fail per action, has 50% of its base speed, and needs 2% extra energy for movement; moderate paralysis lightens to mild after 4 successful actions. A mildly paralyzed Pokemon has a 10% chance to fail per action, has 75% of its base speed, and needs 1% extra energy for movement; mild paralysis fades completely after 3 successful actions.

Sleep: Sleep starts at either 5 or 6 actions, randomized. Sleep-causing moves used in succession will start the action counter at a lower number. The ratio for this is usually 50/50 but might be higher or lower depending on the sleep cause's accuracy roll. If the sleeping Pokemon is hit by Dream Eater, a sound move, or a move that does 8% or more damage, the action counter decreases by 1. (This only applies once per distinct move, so Dream Eater dealing 10% damage would only reduce the number of actions remaining by 1.)

Sleep caused by Rest will always last for the two actions after Rest is used. When the user is at x% health, Rest heals (100-x)/3% health per action, biased to the end actions - so if Rest were used to heal 71% health, it would heal 23/24/24. (Because energy is rounded up, Rest does not always cost (100-x)/4% energy per action.)

Freezing: Freezing varies a lot depending on what's frozen. I'll detail each Pokemon's case in its condition or in the action notes. It'll probably be something like -4 to ±0 speed, reduced damage to the frozen parts, increased damage but more energy for contact attacks using the frozen parts, and maybe Ice damage every action if the Pokemon's frozen severely enough.

Attraction: An attracted Pokemon starts at 50% failure chance, 45% if the attraction-causing roll was within 5 of the bound, or as low as 20-40% if the Attract user has previously used negative emotion-based moves or Attract against the target. The failure chance drops by 5% after every action, 5% every time an ally of the Attract user does 8% or more damage to the attracted Pokemon, and 10% every time the user of Attract deals 6% or more damage to it. If the attracted Pokemon's trainer words commands convincingly or the opposing Pokemon uses something like Captivate, the chance may be increased or reduced by up to 10% on a per-action basis. Attraction also completely fades if the attracted Pokemon or the Attract user is switched out.

Confusion: A confused Pokemon starts at 50% failure chance, or 45% if the confusion-causing roll was within 5 of the bound. This drops by 5% after every action, 5% every time the confused Pokemon takes 6-10% damage, and 10% every time it takes 11% or more. Confusion also completely fades if the confused Pokemon is switched out.

Miscellaneous Other Things:​

If stat changes are linked with a status, as with Swagger, the changes fade with the status. Speed changes give ±15 base per stage. Accuracy/evasion changes give ±10% to moves' accuracy.

Movement order is determined solely by base speed. If Pokemon tie, I randomize who goes first.

The maximum number of Double Team clones for a Pokemon with x base speed is 1+floor(x/15): 1 for Shuckle, 5 for Spinda, 9 for Crobat, 13 for Speed forme Deoxys.

Minimize multiplies the Pokemon's height by 3/4 and its weight by 27/64 per use as well as raising its evasion by two stages. All physical moves against a Pokemon that used Minimize n times have their base damage multiplied by (4/3)^n, while that Pokemon's physical moves have their base damage multiplied by (3/4)^n or may fail entirely, depending. (heavily based on Kratos's scale)