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Description
The Saurian Pokémon
"It resembles fossils from millions of years ago, and is believed to be the last living member of a prehistoric lineage. Said to flee from natural disasters, it is sometimes considered an ill omen."
"The glowing spot on its head emits a psychic sensory field to make up for its bad eyesight. Shiny objects strongly excite this sixth sense, so it sometimes raids DARTYDAL nests to steal them."

Type: Dragon/Psychic
Height: 4'
Weight: 264 lbs
Ability: Battle Armor/Anticipation (Super Luck)
Evolution: TUATEENY --> Level 36 --> INTERTARA --> Level 46 while underground --> TITANIWHA --> GIGANTAMAX TITANIWHA
Egg Groups: Monster and Dragon

Basis: Tuataras; kaiju (e.g. Godzilla).
Name Origin: INTERmediate + TuaTARA

Moves Learned: Same as TUATEENY, with added moves Psycho Cut, Psychic Fangs, and Extrasensory.
Notable Other Moves: Same as TUATEENY.

Base Stats:
HP: 58
Attack: 90
Defense: 60
Sp. Atk: 50
Sp. Def: 50
Speed: 68
TOTAL: 376

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4/26 EDIT: New design!

The old version of this was awkward, clunky, and overly complex, so it ended up being heavily streamlined. I wanted to make the bipedal saurian body shape more clear, while also indicating that because it's moving underground, it's going the same troglodyte route as blind cave fish and amphibians, though with tuataras being reptiles I don't know how well that'd apply. Still, the closed eyes and the glowing spot invoking an eye invoke this idea well enough. I also got rid of the rest of the spots everywhere else on the body, partly for simplification and partly to draw viewers' attention towards the head, the "third eye" being is the focal point of this design. I'm much happier with how this turned out all in all - since my longship dragon line got remade for this challenge, it was only fair that I did this one, too!

Old version: sta.sh/01a8rymqway6

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I'm about to run off to a celebratory birthday dinner party, so I don't have much time to type, but for now here is the second form of my redone (cave) dragon line! As previously noted, the original pitch was based on tuataras, and this stage is where these reptiles shine through in terms of design. Not much to say about this stage except that the added Psychic typing is for two reasons: 1) Tuataras were traditionally seen as bad luck or otherwise an omen in Maori culture, and I figured we could use more "eerie" Psychic-types running around; and 2) the third eye is a symbol of mysticism that I tried portraying in the original version. Otherwise, it's a bigger, ganglier, meaner Proteeny - though that'll no doubt change when he evolves once again!

The 58 HP is midway between Vibrava's 50 and Fraxure's 66, the 94 Attack is the average of Vibrava's 70 and Fraxure's 117, and the 60 Defense is the medium of Vibrava's 50 and Fraxure's 70. Special Attack and Defense are both 50, from Vibrava, and the Speed is 68, just a point higher than Fraxure's 67. The original stat total, 356, was 16 points higher than than Vibrava's 340 and 54 points lower than Fraxure's 410, but I decided to balance that out by adding 20 more points to Attack, making the stat total 376 and putting it closer to the midpoint between these two canon totals.

I'll expand more on the competitive analysis when I post the final form either tonight or tomorrow!

Old version

Pokémon © Nintendo

INTERTARA is mine!

Description
The Saurian Pokémon
"It resembles fossils from millions of years ago, and is believed to be the last living member of a prehistoric lineage. Said to flee from natural disasters, it is sometimes considered an ill omen."
"The glowing spot on its head emits a psychic sensory field to make up for its bad eyesight. Shiny objects strongly excite this sixth sense, so it sometimes raids DARTYDAL nests to steal them."

Type: Dragon/Psychic
Height: 4'
Weight: 264 lbs
Ability: Battle Armor/Anticipation (Super Luck)
Evolution: TUATEENY --> Level 36 --> INTERTARA --> Level 46 while underground --> TITANIWHA --> GIGANTAMAX TITANIWHA
Egg Groups: Monster and Dragon

Basis: Tuataras; kaiju (e.g. Godzilla).
Name Origin: INTERmediate + TuaTARA

Moves Learned: Same as TUATEENY, with added moves Psycho Cut, Psychic Fangs, and Extrasensory.
Notable Other Moves: Same as TUATEENY.

Base Stats:
HP: 58
Attack: 90
Defense: 60
Sp. Atk: 50
Sp. Def: 50
Speed: 68
TOTAL: 376

**********

4/26 EDIT: New design!

The old version of this was awkward, clunky, and overly complex, so it ended up being heavily streamlined. I wanted to make the bipedal saurian body shape more clear, while also indicating that because it's moving underground, it's going the same troglodyte route as blind cave fish and amphibians, though with tuataras being reptiles I don't know how well that'd apply. Still, the closed eyes and the glowing spot invoking an eye invoke this idea well enough. I also got rid of the rest of the spots everywhere else on the body, partly for simplification and partly to draw viewers' attention towards the head, the "third eye" being is the focal point of this design. I'm much happier with how this turned out all in all - since my longship dragon line got remade for this challenge, it was only fair that I did this one, too!

Old version: sta.sh/01a8rymqway6

**********

I'm about to run off to a celebratory birthday dinner party, so I don't have much time to type, but for now here is the second form of my redone (cave) dragon line! As previously noted, the original pitch was based on tuataras, and this stage is where these reptiles shine through in terms of design. Not much to say about this stage except that the added Psychic typing is for two reasons: 1) Tuataras were traditionally seen as bad luck or otherwise an omen in Maori culture, and I figured we could use more "eerie" Psychic-types running around; and 2) the third eye is a symbol of mysticism that I tried portraying in the original version. Otherwise, it's a bigger, ganglier, meaner Proteeny - though that'll no doubt change when he evolves once again!

The 58 HP is midway between Vibrava's 50 and Fraxure's 66, the 94 Attack is the average of Vibrava's 70 and Fraxure's 117, and the 60 Defense is the medium of Vibrava's 50 and Fraxure's 70. Special Attack and Defense are both 50, from Vibrava, and the Speed is 68, just a point higher than Fraxure's 67. The original stat total, 356, was 16 points higher than than Vibrava's 340 and 54 points lower than Fraxure's 410, but I decided to balance that out by adding 20 more points to Attack, making the stat total 376 and putting it closer to the midpoint between these two canon totals.

I'll expand more on the competitive analysis when I post the final form either tonight or tomorrow!

Old version

Pokémon © Nintendo

INTERTARA is mine!