Well while the limits of Zoroark's powers are left the the imagination! Once folks are fully locked into the illusion folks are basically hypnotized too. Sensations,feelings, ect are all felt as real. They also have weaker illusion that only really fool sight and sound but can easily be revealed by touching the illusion. So with that in mind truthfully the powers are left up to the imagination! The only known Pokemon to see through them with ease are those with aura capabilities and psyching abilities but even then I'm sure they could still be tricked.

As for a pred scene~ Gosh so many~ Making the prey think they are having the most amazing time of there life before being tucked away in a cozy Zoro inside! Prey~ could make the pred think they are having the most favorite meal or something like that but it turns out it was the Zoro the whole time

Hypnotism is a hard no for me, so I'll keep the illusions a bit tamer.

One idea I had was that she enjoy karaoke and does some singing at local restaurants and such. She isn't actually that good but her illlusuons grease the wheels and possibly hide her stomach as the small audience begins to go missing

See already playing with it! The fun never ends.

Hi! Big pokemon nerd here!

In addition to being able to disguise itself in any way it wants, it can also make illusions changing the appearance of the terrain around it! And it seems like it can change the sound of its voice at will as well.

Its signature move is Night Daze, which is described as a pitch black shock wave and can lower opponents' accuracy.

mkay, so far lining up with the ideas I've had. How dangerous is the ability and what are other traditional moves it can learn? I was already planning on making her a dnd style warlock so she would have access to some of those basic damage spells and the like if needed.

Night daze is slightly stronger than the usual move dark types use, Dark Pulse. But in return it is slightly less accurate. Its a good but balanced move, nothing crazy. But funnily enough most people don't use it on Zoroark since if you use it against a real person, they will know immediately that it is a disguised Zoroark since nothing else learns that move. So many still just use Dark Pulse, but that's just a competitive optimization, I'm sure an OC would still use Night Daze.

As for other moves it learns, there is a limited selection of notable moves it learns naturally. Nasty Plot is the most important, a big boost to its Special Attack. Also learns Taunt to prevent status moves, U-Turn a Bug type move to attack then retreat, Agility to boost speed, and Foul Play to attack using the opponent's attack stat.

It also learns a variety of useful moves via TM or Move Tutor. The most commonly used by far is Flamethrower. It can also learn focus blast, sludge bomb, psychic, will-o-wisp, pain split, and more.

Since you can only use 4 moves at a time in game, the most common movesets are the following:

Nasty Plot offense:
- Nasty Plot
- Dark Pulse/Night Daze
- Flamethrower
- Focus Blast

Double Setup:
- Nasty Plot
- Agility
- Dark Pulse/Night Daze
- Flamethrower

Fast Utility:
- Foul Play
- Will-o-wisp
- Taunt
- U-turn

There are more variations but that should give you a good idea of what it generally does. It is naturally fast and it's illusion can give it a free turn to use a boosting move if it tricks the opponent well enough!

I like the idea of making her a D&D warlock BTW! The Mask of Many Faces invocation fits a Zoroark's abilities perfectly!

alright, I'm more interested in the natural abilities. indeed, I wouldn't be using a game mechanic min max to swap out the natural move for a more common one. As I understadn it it is just a generic dark flavored energy attack, presumably not that lethal? Mostly i need to differentiate between moves for tricking and incapacitation (so she can eat them alive) vs ones that are just direct injuries.

Being immune to statuses is fun as I prefer my characters not get mind tricks, mind control, etc used on em, and a big pred giving their hips a confident shake or slap is always fun.

It sounds like it's not much of a direct bruiser, yeah? Flighty and tricksy, so in more direct confrontations if her illusions fail she is in trouble (an in for prey scenes)

Any non-natural moves I'm going to steer away from because I'm much more familiar with your average DnD 5e spell like eldritch blast.

Ok yeah! To be more specific about the natural moves then:
Night Daze has 85 Power, which is basically just solid power. It's definitely not a particularly powerful move, but it's certainly not weaker than necessary for a main source of damage. But yeah its a fairly generic energy attack and it would be Zoroark's strongest move by default. In-game Zoroark very much relies on boosting it's special attack with nasty plot to deal big damage.

If you specifically want weaker moves for tricking/incapacitation, Zoroark also naturally learns Knock Off which gets rid of the opponent's held item (and deals damage), and Night Slash which is just a weaker dark move.

I love how she would use Taunt here, that's both a very good way to tie in a pokemon move's effects, and just a fun visual in general!

And yes you are correct, Zoroark is not a particularly heavy hitter. It can use its speed to finish off weakened opponents or disrupt their strategy, or it can abuse illusion trickery to give it time to boost its stats and become threatening. But in that case if the opponent predicts/sees through the illusion, yeah Zoroark isn't particularly bulky and may go down to one strong hit.

What held items are there? Given she isn't taking part in a trainer style Pokémon battle would you consider that something that disarms someone of say, a gun/sword? Or a more utility item only like a potion?

And it sounds like a prolonged fight stuck in the illusions gives them time to get their attack placed well, but if she's busy getting punched in the face it's not a good time to be a zoro over say a fighting type.

If you are using Knock Off outside of an in-game context, yeah it can be anything the target is holding! The move simply states that it slaps the target's item out of its hands. In-game it would be more utility, getting rid of healing items, protection items, damage boosting items, etc. But I can certainly see it being used out of game to disarm someone! That's really up to you, there's no solid comparison for that context.

And yes I agree, Zoroark isn't tough enough to stick around in prolonged fights. It relies on trickery to buy itself time, and it can do a lot with that, but once the jig is up it needs to either end the fight quickly or get out of there!
(A fighting type would be particularly nasty for it since fighting is strong against dark!)

I do draw a hard line at type advantaged not having a place in my narratives, at least not for anything besides the obvious like fire vs plant. Fairys don't beat dragons in this household~

I think I've got a solid plan then. I'll probably give her a weaker stomach so there's some room for cheeky partial escapes and such

Alright awesome! Sounds great! And I look forward to seeing her!!

Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any more questions!