Beldum

Beldum exists in the space between a dumbbell, a bullet, and a robotic barnacle. In this nascent stage of its life, it seems to be unable to do much more than cling onto walls and smash into things with its head. It can be hard to make an exciting encounter around a Pokemon so inherently inert, but there’s plenty to play with if you take a few steps outside the stat-block. Beldum is a slab of untapped psychic power, and the magnetic forces inherent to its body have plenty of potential.

Beldum is one of the oddest early-game Pokemon you could have. Its typing makes it difficult to defeat early on, and Take Down is mad overpowered, taking out most low-level threats. However, Take Down is also EOT, so it’ll be useless (or using Struggle in PTU) every other turn. Ghosts will totally shut it down, and Rock- and Steel-types can withstand its attack. Ultimately, it’s a pretty dull Pokemon to use, but it’ll pay you back when it grows up.

The magnetic poles of the world are notoriously dangerous places. Swarms of Beldum, flying in perfect unison, threaten to smash intruders into pulp as they swirl around the magnetic vortex. A physicist needs to set up some instruments in the area to further his research. The outpost should be protected by its own magnetic field once the generator is set up, but that’ll take time - and in order to get that time, the physicist will need protection.

An alien specia has been discovered, unlike any the Federation has ever seen. Reports indicate that they have merged with their machines. Every aspect of their technology has some semblance of intelligence, including their blue-steel starships, and even their bullets. Unfortunately, the aliens don’t seem to place any value on organic life. They destroy any unknown ship without hesitation, their cannons blasting hordes of one-eyed projectiles known as Beldum.

Computers have been on the fritz all across town, and the resident tech geniuses are baffled. Hard drives are being spontaneously wiped, odd, non-functional files are appearing out of nowhere, and bizarre graphics often flash across the screen. There’s only one pattern that can be found: a series of numbers that pops up quite regularly. Tragically, a trainer has drowned in a nearby lake. A Pokeball containing a Beldum rests at the bottom of the lake, and the series of numbers are the Pokeball’s GPS coordinates - the Beldum’s last-ditch effort to communicate with its surroundings and save itself.

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