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>based on innate characteristics / what type of creature it is
Normal - mammals, birds, assorted furry creatures + also used when something doesn't fit anywhere else
Bug - insects, arthropods, creepy crawlies
Water (Sometimes) - fish, crustaceans, mollusks, etc.
Grass - plants and fungi
Dragon - mythical creatures with a powerful energy, usually reptilian
Fairy - also mythical creatures, but with a more fairy tale/small scale folklore vibe - associated with nature but not a plant or bug
Ghost - supernatural spirits, apparitions, the undead
Psychic (Sometimes) - catch all for weird supernatural creatures that aren't fairies or dragons - often aliens or associated with space
>based on environmental/behavioral factors
Ground - tunnellers and burrowers, sand dwellers, or sometimes ancient buried things (claydol, golurk type weirdos)
Flying - airborne, locomotes with wings or using wind
>based on elemental powers or composition
Fire
Water (Sometimes)
Electric
Ice
Rock
Steel
Poison
Psychic (Sometimes) - actual psychic powers, mind wave shit, telekinesis, teleporting, etc.
>based on technique, how it fights
Fighting - martial arts, honorable/heroic
Dark - dishonest, trickster or cheater, sinister