Alright! Thanks!
Next mechanics question (though mostly I just want to get it confirmed)
Do the hostile battles with stalker cohorts work the same way mechanically as hostile battles thus far?
Like,
- speed stats can determine who is first unless ambushed,
- physical damage is taken (not sanity or purity),
- regular or typical pokemon strengths/weaknesses,
- only 1 piece of equipment equipped allowed

Or, yanno, is it meant to be a spooky secret and horrible surprise when they bring 3 knives to a battle, go first even though they're a slowbro, and stab us right in the sanity membrane :P