Blade
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| Subject: The New Person PSA 20th July 2018, 11:05 pm | |
| Hello there friends and welcome to Naruto Beginnings! This site is based on Naruto although is most definitely an AU and is many centuries in the future, resulting in a lot of changes, not least of which is the removal of all Canon clans. There are clans with similarities and canon techniques can be recreated here following the Site's technique creation. This is a handy little topic to keep important stuff in one place and for new people to read through so as not to get swamped down as at first glance, there does appear to be a lot of stuff. So let's get started. First of all this place is very much democratic however, so feel free to contact any member of the Staff Team (Aurielle, Elias, Haru, Xi) if you feel my judgement was unfair or if you'd like a second opinion. All of the staff are equal, but Aurielle is just the tiniest bit more equal if you catch my drift. Next, this site can seem very complicated but thankfully I'm always happy to answer questions and am on frequently, never feel shy about asking me something. Let's begin with the basics! SITE RULES- Rules:
1: Respect others. Pretty straight forward. Don’t insult other members or moderators. They deserve the same respect you deserve.
2: Absolutely do not god mod. If I find any case of you god modding first you get a warning. Second you’re banned for a week. Third account deletion.
3: Respect the staff especially. If you have a problem with any of them pm me and I'll be the judge of their accountability.
4: Please do not post 1-2 Line Posts as they rarely give enough information for others. If you are having difficulty finding information, talk to the other person in the topic to see if maybe they could add more to their own post or give more information for you to work off of.
5: Activity is very pleasant, please try and stay active, especially if you are involved in a plot or a particularly high ranking slot. HOWEVER, real life takes precedence. If something goes wrong, we're a family here, let us know and we'll help support you and ease your issues with the site to make it easier.
6: If advertising, please use the dedicated advertisement area and also perhaps drop a link to us on your own site or allow us to do so, sharing is caring.
7: Topic limits are as such: 1 Solo Training per character, 1 Dual Training per Character, 1 Team Training per character, 1 Mission Topic, 1 Plot Topic and up to 5 Character Development/Non-Combat topic per character at a time. Out of character topics do not count towards any limit and for working out plot relevant things and more character development, the Past and Future sections do not have any limits however the things in them must eventually come to pass as they are moved to the main site once the circumstances are fulfilled.
8: Do not make multiple accounts, it results in artificial inflation of the player-base and circumvents the character rules. If you are desperately in need of another character, ask nicely and I might waive the post requirement dependent on your activity.
9: Things on this site may devolve to graphic details, however please try to keep raw Smut off the site and either to PMs or elsewhere, fade to black is the best form on here. In the cases of extreme gore or torture detail or other such tender topics, please mark your topic as such to prevent people that dislike it from going there. Work with others to ensure that everyone is enjoying their time.
10: PvP is allowed at any time, learn to defend yourself or stay away from dangerous situations. However do not abuse this by say attacking much weaker people just to kill them, people will find out and you will be slaughtered. There is always a bigger fish.
Note: Aurielle is not an unreasonable person and neither are any of the Staff, if you have any issues about anything, talk to them, they'll try and resolve it.
Now onto some handy-dandy information. GENERAL INFORMATIONHere we'll go over the basic stuff you'll need to know. - The Ranking System:
Everything on NB, apart from Stamina, is done with Ranks. Technically speaking there are 11 different ranks although only 7 are commonly used. Your chakra supply, your blood supply, the techniques you can learn and even your physical abilities are determined by Ranks. The Ranks are as follows..
'F'-Rank = This rank is the equivalent of broken, non-existent or non-functioning. If you have F-Rank Speed you are unable to move for example. This rank is almost never used, ever.
'E'-Rank = This is classified as near non-existent or in the case of tiers; human norm. A normal person running would be E-Rank speed.
D-Rank = This is the smallest of the 'normal' ranks and is almost always used to signify something small or weak or the lowest of the low. Academy Students for example are classified as D-Rank Shinobi.
C-Rank = This is the next one up and is where things start getting a bit serious, it's the start of proper techniques and C-Rank damage kind of hurts as it happens.
B-Rank = This is your middling level, this is where your bulk of incredibly useful techniques are going to be and where your versatility starts kicking in.
A-Rank = This is where you start getting into the upper tier of things, A-Rank techniques are either powerful, versatile or just downright useful as hell and you don't always get too many of them. Jonin on here are A-Rank Shinobi.
S-Rank = This is where you start breaking into the upper crust, S-Rank techniques are your mainstay powerhouses and at higher ranks will likely end up being your most used techniques due to their cost to power efficiency. Sannin are S-Rank Shinobi, S-Rank damage is usually fatal if they hit a vital area of the body.
SS-Rank = One of the more neglected ranks due to it being less efficient than S-Rank and less powerful than SSS but SS-Ranks are useful and limited but not as much as their bigger siblings. Be careful with what you do with these as you don't get many and can be considered block (place) devastators .
SSS-Rank = This is the top of the normal technique food chain. SSS-Rank techniques are city (location) devastators, capable of incredible feats but you never really get to use too many due to them being in limited supply and also being very costly.
Z-Rank = These techniques are classified as Legendary, almost never seen outside of people of near Godly power and things like Bijuu. Z-Rank techniques can devastate counties (areas) and are incredibly difficult to attain. 'Z'-Rank is also used in place of SS-Rank in regards to Shinobi Ranking.
X-Rank = Almost never seen, these are the absolute pinnacle of power on the site and are nearly impossible to attain as although a Z-Rank is equivalent to 3 SSS-Ranks, an X-Rank is equivalent to 9 Z-Ranks. So far the only being speculated to be capable of an X-Rank is the Juubi but few even know if that exists. If used, it's theorised that X-Rank techniques can ravage entire Lands or permanently change weather patterns. This Rank is also used as 'X'-Rank in place of SSS in regards to Shinobi Ranking and is the absolute highest rank a Shinobi can achieve.
- Technique Types:
Techniques on here are split into Six Types.
Physical Based = These are probably the most common type of technique you'll meet and govern physical actions and things involving the body without outside energy sources. Things like Taijutsu, Kenjutsu and Tiers fall into this category.
Chakra Based = The second most common are your chakra based techniques. The vast majority will be elemental but anything that is Ninjutsu or Soul Tech will fall under this as they use chakra as a power source. Incredibly versatile and incredibly varied, it'd be near impossible to name all the uses for them.
Mental Based = Things attacking or involving the mind or mental plane of mindscape inevitably fall under the category of Mental Based, as do things involving Nen. Genjutsu is the most used type of Mental Based technique and although dangerous and versatile, they are quite easily defended against and find it very difficult to kill a person rather than just incapacitating them.
Spiritual Based = A more dangerous type of technique that usually involves blood or the spiritual plane, Spiritual techniques are very powerful, overcoming equal ranked Chakra, Physical or Mental techniques however are more difficult to utilise due to their limited prices or difficulty to get. The main outlier to this is Fuinjutsu which is spiritual based but incredibly formulaic and almost never used for an offensive purpose.
Natural Based = The only other technique type on par with Spiritual is Natural, stemming from the Natural World and using Natural Energy as its main source. This, like Spiritual, is stronger than Chakra, Physical or Mental but is much more difficult to utilise, the only outliers being Erojutsu which involves whittling down the opponent's defenses before they can be used properly, and Juinjutsu which is very direct and very obvious as well as being formulaic and thus easy to read.
Hybrid Based = Lastly there is Hybrid Based. Which are techniques that are usually comprised of two of the other types at once, however due to this end up weaker than the sum of its parts, but more versatile. The most eclectic and varied techniques are Hybrid however Hybrid damage is classified as weaker than even Physical, Chakra and Mental.
- Energy Sources:
On this site there are 5 main sources of energy for techniques with a few strange outliers therein.
Stamina = Also known as fatigue, this is the embodiment of physical energy and the ability for the body to keep fighting through tiredness. It also represents, in a more abstract way, how one can resist effects that target the body and mind as they inevitably sap away at one's energy.
Chakra = The energy we all know and love, the thing that keeps all races going. Chakra is a combination of physical and spiritual energy generating a form of life force that can be used to generate incredible effects and marvels. This is the most common energy source on the site and unless stated otherwise, a chakra based technique will use equal to its rank in chakra.
Nen = This is the mental energy source and exists on the mental plane, causing strange phenomenon when it comes in contact with the body, able to mimic wounds without actually causing them to eventually putting people into comas due to overloading their mind. This energy source however is difficult to acquire and most knowledge of it was lost. Unless stated otherwise, techniques using Nen will use equal to their rank in Nen to power them.
Blood = This is one of the more common power sources on the Site. Spiritual energy is contained within living blood connected to the Soul to generate power. Although usually less varied than Chakra, it is more powerful and can fuel incredible techniques, at the cost of usually being seen as too dangerous and having them branded as forbidden. Most techniques using blood are Kinjutsu and unless stated otherwise, use blood one rank below the rank of the technique.
Natural Energy = One of the rarer energy sources on the site, even though it is technically all around us. Natural Energy is the energy of the world itself but only specific people, such as Spurious, or Sages are able to harness it and gather it. The most common Natural Energy using technique is Senjutsu and any techniques using Natural Energy, unless stated otherwise, use NE equal to the rank of the technique OR an evenly split price between NE and Chakra both 1-rank lower than the rank of the technique.
Materia = Not technically an energy source, Materia is the physical manifestation of an element that is used to empower techniques. Usually materia is used to halve the chakra cost of a technique, replacing the other half of the cost with materia. However techniques must be designed to do this and the materia must also be generated. An example of this would be Fire Materia which would be a physical fire, created through say a Lighter, Matches or setting up a bonfire to generate non-chakra based fire.
Miscellaneous = There are other, strange, energy sources on the site. However when they are found and used, they usually are a variant of one of the main five and thus follow the rules of that. Such as Nega Energy following the rules for Natural Energy.
- Limits:
Limits are one of the more complicated and annoying systems on the site but they are useful for a lot of things. A Limit is designated as your resistance to a specific effect that doesn't apply instantly. You don't get a Stun limit for example but you do get a Slumber Limit, as a stun is inflicted instantly but sleep happens gradually, eventually causing you to become drowsy and then fall asleep.
Limits only truly matter when they are depleted and there are several types of limit that work in different ways.
Physical = A physical limit is that which directly affects the body or body chemistry. These limits are Equal to your stamina/fatigue. Examples of this are Drunk or High limits.
Mental = Mental Limits directly attack the mind and are usually the quickest to activate, if difficult to utilise. Unfortunately when these limits are depleted, the effects are not usually massive, other than Sanity but depleting that in any quick form is very, very difficult. Mental Limits are equal to One Quarter(1/4) of your Stamina/Fatigue. An Example are the Emotional Limits.
Spiritual = These are limits that are part of the soul and affect the body in more metaphysical ways. Spiritual Limits are rare but incredibly dangerous capable of inflicting strange and intricate forms of damage. These limits are equal to One Half(1/2) of your stamina/fatigue. The most common example are the Sin Limits.
Hybrid = The final, normal, form of Limits are Hybrid Limits. These are ones that target two of the above parameters at the same time. This causes them to be dangerous due to the mixing of types however they take longer to activate usually and are more difficult to use. These are equal to Three Quarters(3/4) of your Stamina/Fatigue with the most common example being the Hypothermia Limit.
Unique = Rarely ever seen, Unique limits do not follow Stamina or Fatigue but instead follow their own set levels. These only ever come into play for the most esoteric of things and your chance of seeing them is very rare, so really, don't worry about them.
RACES AND CLASSESOn here, we don't just have Ninja, in fact we have 10 Classes to choose from. Each of them are different and excel at different things but the actual topic for them can be a bit difficult to read, so I'll explain them here in summary. - Races:
Human = Humans are your bread and butter race, they're simple, they're versatile and they're pretty dang good at just about anything they put their minds to. Humans consist of Ninja, Samurai and Ronin and are pretty much able to do just about anything but they rarely specialise or hyper focus on a single technique type.
Nova = The civilised remnants of Chakra Beasts from long ago, basically the "little siblings" of Bijuu, the Nova are strange gender altering beings that are usually the greatest at chakra based and elemental stuff, however are usually found lacking in the physical or mental department due to it. Nova consist of Dakar, Inkan and Soulless.
Zireh = Long ago, machines were created that through a chakra core, became alive and were granted souls by Susano'o. This generated the Zireh, a race of living machines that usually excel at one specific thing but are weaker in other areas. Within this are Entity, Weaponkin and Cypher.
Beast = This encapsulates the domesticated creatures that work with the Shinobi, rather than the creatures outside which are known as Fauna. Beasts are able to use Beast Arts, a technique type exclusive to them but are weakest in chakra based abilities. Within this there are Companions, Familiars and the only playable character class; Faunus.
- Classes:
Ninja = Your typical Naruto Shinobi, ninjas are usually the ones using the most Ninjutsu but also end up with a healthy arsenal of physical and mental techniques as well to round them out. Although incredibly weak by default, they are given much greater strength due to their ability to choose from the most Clans and gain powerful Kekkai Genkais and Kekkai Totas to even it out. If you're looking for the easiest way to start playing, here it is!
Personal Note: Please for the love of God do not go Clanless Ninja, they are so weak and you're going to have a bad time, please just choose a Clan or go a Cypher.
Samurai = The undisputed masters of the Physical Arts, Samurai choose a Style and focus intensively on it, mastering it to its greatest potential. Samurai mostly use Kenjutsu as part of their style but also have a healthy dose of ninjutsu using their sword element.
Note: Samurai start with one style. If they awaken to Reaper they gain another but it can only be a Single Tier style. If the Samurai starts with a twin tier style, they do not gain another upon awakening.
Ronin = Unable to use elements, Ronin rely on their incredible mental power and their unique Ronin Ability, something that is passed down through family lines with certain alterations. These Ronin Abilities are massively varied and give the Ronin the vast majority of their power.
Dakar = Think Kimimaro with Elements, the Dakar have very low chakra reserves but are able to use Life Release as though it was simply Taijutsu. In addition they have an Orb that can absorb and element which they then fuse with their Life Release to grant the bones unique effects and they are capable of using Fabrication, which is akin to genjutsu but causes physical effects, making it incredibly dangerous.
Inkan = The second most difficult Class to use, Inkan specialise in Fuinjutsu. They also gain a Dual-Orb, starting with two primary elements. They are also able to place Fuinjutsu at range using their eyes. This makes them incredibly dangerous in the right circumstances but very awkward to utilise to their full potential, not recommended for beginners.
Soulless = The Masters of Chakra, Soulless have the largest chakra supply but are very, very weak physically. They have an Elemental Orb that can absorb an element and after that, make them entirely immune to chakra of that element. They lack in tiers however and need to be careful of direct confrontation.
Weaponkin = Weaponkin are pseudo-mechanical beings that are capable of turning into weapons, either partially or fully. They possess a unique Dual Soul that grants them different effects as their creation was strange and their altered souls continued on. Weaponkin have a larger amount of blood and are very good at Kinjutsu but they possess low chakra reserves in return. In addition they are capable of using Elemental Taijutsu, infusing their element into their very body but it is incredibly taxing, costing double stamina to use.
Cypher = Analogous to Ninja, Cypher are like a perfect recreation, minus a few parts and with some others added on. Their physical prowess is much increased and they gain access to different tiers. They also use different elements, using Specialised Primaries instead of normal Primaries but lack the massive clan advantage and versatility that ninjas have, not least of all due to their lack of blood.
Entity = By the far the most difficult Class to play, Entity are some of the most dangerous when used correctly. These are intangible beings that exist almost like a ghost comprised of chakra and mental energy. They are immune to physical attacks but are likewise incapable of them, other than Tiers. Their most powerful asset is their Mind Lock, enabling them to turn Genjutsu to the Physical Plane, making them much more deadly. However their lack of diverse elements and physical techniques or even kinjutsu entirely makes them very difficult to play as and are absolutely not recommended for beginners.
Faunus = The result of a strange virus given to Fauna-like beings, this resulted in something akin to a Fauna Human hybrid. Faunus possess varying amounts of animalistic traits and are most in-tune with the Beasts, able to mimic traits of the Fauna they are of while possessing powerful physical characteristics, however they are very weak in regards to chakra having the lowest chakra reserves, and their elemental selection is limited based on their tribe.
*********************** ~A message to all~ I am always available to help if you need it! Just send me a message here or on Discord, hope you enjoy your time here.
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