Good question! We've been discussing it since we saw a few other people talking about that kind of thing in their own plotting, and here's what we decided:
First of all, encounters with the Beasts are all up to players for handwaving or including in threads! So long as they're behaving generally as described in this post, go for it! If there's a situation or encounter anyone is unclear on the results of, they can feel free to ask about it in this questions thread. For the situation you described, anybody who tries to feed one of them to calm them is going to find that the Legendary Beasts will not allow themselves to be handfed. BUT they will accept food left out for them at a respectful distance.
...unfortunately, like a particularly intelligent and currently bratty wild animal with superpowers, this will backfire on the trainers. For example: feed Entei a berry from your garden, it's going to come back and eat your entire garden. Feed Suicune a Poffin from your backpack, Suicune is going to take your backpack and you'll find it later in a bush somewhere with all the contents scattered. While annoying, they aren't going to purposefully harm any human or Pokemon--they'll flee if approached too closely or attacked.
One thing that DOES seem to TEMPORARILY make them behave is to (again, from a respectful distance) lavish praise and admiration on whichever one you're talking to and also insult the other two.
While probably not to an ENORMOUS degree, the Silver Wing will certainly be worth carrying/bringing up ICly if your character should join the Bell Tower or Seafoam Islands groups! We appreciate you giving us a heads up about it. :Ib
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First of all, encounters with the Beasts are all up to players for handwaving or including in threads! So long as they're behaving generally as described in this post, go for it! If there's a situation or encounter anyone is unclear on the results of, they can feel free to ask about it in this questions thread. For the situation you described, anybody who tries to feed one of them to calm them is going to find that the Legendary Beasts will not allow themselves to be handfed. BUT they will accept food left out for them at a respectful distance.
...unfortunately, like a particularly intelligent and currently bratty wild animal with superpowers, this will backfire on the trainers. For example: feed Entei a berry from your garden, it's going to come back and eat your entire garden. Feed Suicune a Poffin from your backpack, Suicune is going to take your backpack and you'll find it later in a bush somewhere with all the contents scattered. While annoying, they aren't going to purposefully harm any human or Pokemon--they'll flee if approached too closely or attacked.
One thing that DOES seem to TEMPORARILY make them behave is to (again, from a respectful distance) lavish praise and admiration on whichever one you're talking to and also insult the other two.
While probably not to an ENORMOUS degree, the Silver Wing will certainly be worth carrying/bringing up ICly if your character should join the Bell Tower or Seafoam Islands groups! We appreciate you giving us a heads up about it. :Ib