1 - Castanov
I mentioned during this phase that most of my work for Slate 2 got done during morning hours I'm not usually up for, as I try to adjust when I sleep to more "professional adult" hours. I never have ideas of flavor before submitting, but I'm honestly kinda happy with my flavor, I didn't give any direction for the typing which I like to leave to the artist, I think (see Unpatroll) and I like the artwork done! I had envisioned a small mammal in my head, so seeing it as a bug is real neat too.
2 - Steghoulros
I am no good at art, and Phase 2 in each slate is my least favorite part. I did my best, the flavor I was given was quite lovely and I really liked it! I hope that the 'mon is fine, the typing and abilities make sense for what I drew, I wish I has successfully indicated the ghost typing better, but I suppose the grave-like symbols (cross, tombstone, and pyramid) didn't alone indicate ghost typing. I knew the means in which Steghoulros was floating would indicate psychic typing and the Levitate ability. Iron Barbs is a fun inclusion.
3 - Heirfriar
I loved the art I got for Heirfriar so much. It so desperately wanted to have an ability that let its type change, shackling it to a Flying type permanently was unfortunate for sure. I tried so hard to figure out a way that the rules could work to give it an ability to changed its typing on hit, but couldn't - not at fault of the rules for sure, but unfortunate nonetheless. I knew it needed to be able to change its forms, and that it was fully on me to represent that, so I felt "locked into" Disguise to do so - which is fine! I just wish I could've had it be like Psychic/Normal in its first form.
4 - Smod
Very funny to me, this mon. I got the abilities and typing that I got, and I surprisingly nailed the, what I called it, Hulk or Jekyll/Hyde vibes of the mon in the sense that it is welcoming until it is not. The fact it got Melmetal stats is a surprisingly funny suspect test callback. I gave this thing most every Steel and Psychic default known move on the sheet I have, and added in a few vibe Normal-type moves. I thought this thing might've been some sort of bed and breakfast owner 'mon, I think Bates Motel came up in my theorizing.
5 - Oratcha
A frighteningly small movepool came around, and without knowing whether something like Water Bubble was hiding in the abilities, I was worried for sure. In the end, I decided to give it decent stats from my point of view, and I think that I was fine to do so. I like to aim for the pixie BST, and it's mostly just a matter of the +/-s of it all. A clearly special-leaning movepool, shallow as it is, and I liked the idea of it not taking special hits very well - something that a Calm Mind set could in theory patch up.