Quote Originally Posted by Oslo View Post
I agree that there's definitely logic there, but I don't trust myself to keep track of this sort of thing consistently while reffing. The only fair way to do it would be to keep a chart of which Pokemon are big enough to merit which specific Attack/Defence boosts and that seems like too much effort. It's also tricky when you consider the special side of things because, by the same logic, an Alakazam's Psychic attack should naturally be more powerful than an Abra's... but again, that's another chart.
Well, listing things like that is just gonna give you a headache overall. Think about how each move is orchestrated in the battle at hand, and don't let prior iterations of the same attack (whether you've reffed it or seen someone else ref it) have that strong an impact over how you would ref it now.

For example: say you've reffing a battle between a Machamp and a Pidgeotto. Machamp's been ordered to use Rock Throw, and does. I see this going a few ways -- first, the attack lands and the rock, in addition to doing heavy damage, also sends Pidgeotto to the floor for even more damage.

Or, consider the fact that Pidgeotto is pretty effin' nimble. The bird could just as easily avoid the rocks and receive less (or even no damage at all), despite being weak to rocks.