FROM THE WORLDWIDE REGISTER
Oystercatcher
UNCOMMON · 1 RECORDED WORLDWIDE
"Stalks the shingle with business-like purpose, hunting mollusks in the stones."
First recorded by lord headrick the slug, July 12, 2026.
FIELD GUIDE
Skirmisher
Fast, slippery, decent mixed offense · wins by acting first.
STAT TOTAL 300 · UNCOMMON BUDGET 300
| LEVEL | MOVE | TYPE | CLASS | POWER | ACCURACY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | Bump | NEUTRAL | physical | 40 | 100% |
| An artless full-body shove. Everyone starts somewhere. | |||||
| L1 | Hard Stare | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A withering look that saps the target's will to fight. · Lowers the foe's Attack | |||||
| L2 | Feather Attack | AVIAN | physical | 60 | 100% |
| A wing swung edge-on. | |||||
| L3 | Quick Attack | NEUTRAL | physical | 40 | 100% |
| Strikes before the eye can follow. Almost always moves first. · Priority +1 | |||||
| L6 | Tail Whip | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A disarming wag that coaxes the target to drop its guard. · Lowers the foe's Defense | |||||
| L8 | Confuse | AVIAN | special | 50 | 100% |
| A pressing weight of someone else's thoughts. | |||||
| L11 | Headbutt | NEUTRAL | physical | 70 | 100% |
| A forehead-first slam that can leave the target reeling. · 30% flinch chance | |||||
| L14 | Shocked Still | AVIAN | status | · | 100% |
| A gentle current that seizes every muscle at once. Paralyzes. · Inflicts paralysis on the foe | |||||
| L17 | Jolt | AVIAN | special | 60 | 100% |
| A charge that leaps straight to the target. Never misses. | |||||
| L19 | Talon Rake | BEAST | physical | 65 | 100% |
| Raking claws, a ground-hunter’s trick used from above. | |||||
| L22 | Spiral Peck | AVIAN | physical | 80 | 100% |
| A drilling strike, beak-first, spinning. | |||||
| L25 | Shriek | NEUTRAL | status | · | 85% |
| An ear-splitting note that rattles armor loose. Defense harshly falls. · Lowers sharply the foe's Defense | |||||
| L27 | Sky Knives | NEUTRAL | status | · | 100% |
| A whirling display of edges. Attack sharply rises. · Raises sharply the user's Attack | |||||
| L30 | Dynamo Cannon | AVIAN | special | 100 | 50% |
| A slow, howling sphere of charge. Paralyzes whatever it hits. · Inflicts paralysis on the foe | |||||
Every species draws its own learnset from its type. A specimen learns these as it levels.
FIELD MATCHUPS
THE LEDGER
1 NATURALIST HOLDS ONE
First recorded July 12, 2026. Latest July 12, 2026.
Develops per week, the last twelve weeks. The register began keeping records in July 2026.
ON iNATURALIST
About 131,127 observations worldwide on iNaturalist at the time of minting, which files it as UNCOMMON in the register.
MORE AVIAN PLATES
Every species in the register began as somebody's photograph. Something out there is still unrecorded.
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