So... I see that there are leeches that lower speed, stength, defense, and health. What a great item!

There should really be an intelligence or brain leech of some sort.

This is dumb, but I was making my pet LoloSmexyKun have level 69 stats across the board. I accidentally read him another personality-appropriate book when I got one from a battle, but now he's got 70 intelligence and I'm crushed.

Level leeches should be a thing, too.

I realize that in general there's not a big reason to reduce stats, but I think it's something that can be very particular to story pets and personality development, and should be available. I've been working to give all my pets specific stats that relate to their stories, and well, it's a little sad to mess up weeks of work so simply with no fix.

I think this wouldn't work well with alchemy points and how those work

is our level leech, pretty much.

It has a high chance of reducing level, but it's probably just going to be rereleased in the Antique Shop someday.

Does the Gym Vending Machine still exist? If it does, then kicking it will eventually also reduce your INT (in addition to other random stat loss). If this messes with Alchemy Points I was too dumb to notice back when I was doing this years ago.