Rp rules and regulation

No double-posts. Do not reply to yourself. Give people the opportunity to react.


No multiple actions. Follow the Basic Combat Rules below.


When you go Out Of Character, note that. Use an OOC notice before the out of character post you want to make. You can also use BIC (Back In Character) or just IC (In Character) to signal that you continue as your character again.


Use clean and correct writing. Meaning that you look after your grammar, build-up, and all that. No Internet-slang.


Make your post a worthy one. Don't go making posts of one or two rules. It's not so that every post you make should be two paragraphs long, but try to go for at least a bit of a decent effort when writing.


No God-moding. Your character is not invincible, and his chakra is not endless. Play out both the strength and weakness of your character, and don't go on a power trip. This also includes controlling another character.


No sudden character killing. You can't just go and kill another person's character. If you want to, or think the story might require this, talk to the owner of that character in private or through PM to discuss what's going to happen.


The Game Master's word is final. If a GM does not agree with your actions, he's got a reason for that. Don't get angry and start flaming the GM if you think he undermines your character or whatever, but try to learn from it and make the best of it. If you really do disagree, discuss it in private.


The limitations of a Game Master's powers. A GM can make a character and play it just like anybody else can. In a story of his own, a GM does not have the right to close or edit posts, and should consult another GM or Admin or whatever. If the GM leads the story, like when he's the Jounin that creates the mission, he might state what he can and cannot do. This will be looked after by other people in power and should not be cared for by other users.


A maximum of seven characters. You are currently allowed up to seven characters, which can be either shinobi or non-shinobi.


Character types. Players are allowed two clan characters within their seven characters. One of those clan characters may be from a bloodline clan, otherwise both may be from regular clans.


Characters in multiple threads. A character is allowed to be in two or three threads at once as long as no training or attempt to learn techniques are made in more than one thread. And also, if a technique is learned, they must wait for all threads they participate in to finish to be able to use it. This also pertains to characters that leave threads as well, in that instance it may count as the "end" of a thread as well. Also, and this should be a given, all things should remain logical in terms of the issue of time. Hopping between threads will be monitored.


Canon Characters. Canon characters such as Naruto, Orochimaru, or even small insignificant characters may not be registered. This disregards any means you may have for them to be brought into the RP. No matter what method you may have of making it possible for characters to be alive 100 years from the manga, they are forbidden from being registered as both RPC's and NPC's.

Characters related to canon characters are also prohibited and may not be registered as both NPC's or RPC's, the only exception being clans such as Uchiha with whom this is unavoidable. The main reason is to ensure continuity between the manga and the role-play, as well as encouraging people to role-play more original characters. Let it be known, though, that there are very RARE cases when a canon-relation can be made. They must be menial and not alter the RP in anyway/shape/form. That is all, and canon relations will be supervised by your friendly admins and mods.


Explicit content. Since there are many minors on Engi no Jutsu, whenever you are in a thread that has something that can be considered to be explicit or exceedingly mature, be sure to have the thread labelled with a warning of such content. This is basically any crude or vile act, such as intense violence in detail, rape, cruelty that many would find offending, and vulgar language. Basically, anything you wouldn't see on regular television, don't post here without a warning or disclaimer. Some children could run across something they have seen on Engi and be very unattracted to it by some offence that they may take to it, so a warning would be needed.

Please don't use any strong language while posting that can really go beyond the regular limits. If the thread contains explicit content, a Mature Content warning must be placed on the thread title and as an OOC note before the actual role-play text.


Registry Spam In the registry, it's considered spam to reply to an approval post with only a sole thank you or to merely count up the amount of approvals you have left to go or anything along those lines. It's fine to do it if the post as something to add to the topic- a new addition to the original post, a major change in the character's biography..but it's not okay to do the first or second solely for that purpose or to do both in one post. It's a bannable offence. You may, however, bump your thread, but only after seven days have passed since your last post.


Staff Disapproval The staff reserves the right to disapprove your registry thread if they feel there are any discrepancies in the unity of the information sheet.
General Regulations


Jutsu Tree Regulations

On NARUTORPL there are a few simple rules regarding how trees must be set up.

Each consists of a series of stages, of which there are at most 8. Please note that the eighth stage is only accessible to Sennin ranked characters so it is generally only necessary to include stages one - seven.

Each stage must have a certain number of techniques, a minimum of three and a maximum of six.

When registering a list of techniques, do not include more than one elemental type in the list. While it is perfectly fine to learn several different elemental types (assuming you can justify it and get permission,) do not attempt to register "Soandso's Fire & Ice Ninjutsu List," for example.

Also, for new village and clan jutsu trees, the usual three approvals are not enough. Each must have at least one Admin approval before they can be moved.

Characters with Multiple Village Lists

For certain characters, the character may possess village lists from different villages. These characters may only be approved with the following requirements.

Admin Approval.

Original village kage approval.

New village kage approval.

An amazing biography and profile.

Character Regulations

You are currently allowed up to four characters, which can be either shinobi or non-shinobi. Two of these characters may be from a clan. One of these two clan characters may possess a bloodline.

Approvals

Any thread in the Registry forums requires three full approvals before it can be moved to Information, and all threads must have at least one mod approval to qualify for moving.

Account Points

By donating money (donations are currently CLOSED) or by performing certain tasks on the forums, you may earn what we call Account Points. AP, as this is shortened to, basically can be used on characters to increase stats or jutsu. The limit of AP on characters is 8 AP for stats and 3 AP for jutsu. However, there is a possibility that these limits can be broken if permission by staff is given.

We also have a specific sub-type of AP we call yuans which is given out by village kages to members who have helped out in their village. Yuans can only be spent on the character who the village kage says it may be spent on (usually the character in that kage's village), but is not limited like regular AP is in terms of where you can spend it/how much you can spend.

Keep track of your points here. Make sure your points are always accounted for - and as a reminder, don't try to cheat the system. Moderators can see the edits you make, and if we catch you trying to sneak extra points, you will be punished. rength and weakness of your character, and don't go on a power trip. This also includes controlling another character.


No sudden character killing. You can't just go and kill another person's character. If you want to, or think the story might require this, talk to the owner of that character in private or through PM to discuss what's going to happen.


The Game Master's word is final. If a GM does not agree with your actions, he's got a reason for that. Don't get angry and start flaming the GM if you think he undermines your character or whatever, but try to learn from it and make the best of it. If you really do disagree, discuss it in private.


The limitations of a Game Master's powers. A GM can make a character and play it just like anybody else can. In a story of his own, a GM does not have the right to close or edit posts, and should consult another GM or Admin or whatever. If the GM leads the story, like when he's the Jounin that creates the mission, he might state what he can and cannot do. This will be looked after by other people in power and should not be cared for by other users.


A maximum of seven characters. You are currently allowed up to seven characters, which can be either shinobi or non-shinobi.


Character types. Players are allowed two clan characters within their seven characters. One of those clan characters may be from a bloodline clan, otherwise both may be from regular clans.


Characters in multiple threads. A character is allowed to be in two or three threads at once as long as no training or attempt to learn techniques are made in more than one thread. And also, if a technique is learned, they must wait for all threads they participate in to finish to be able to use it. This also pertains to characters that leave threads as well, in that instance it may count as the "end" of a thread as well. Also, and this should be a given, all things should remain logical in terms of the issue of time. Hopping between threads will be monitored.


Canon Characters. Canon characters such as Naruto, Orochimaru, or even small insignificant characters may not be registered. This disregards any means you may have for them to be brought into the RP. No matter what method you may have of making it possible for characters to be alive 100 years from the manga, they are forbidden from being registered as both RPC's and NPC's.

Characters related to canon characters are also prohibited and may not be registered as both NPC's or RPC's, the only exception being clans such as Uchiha with whom this is unavoidable. The main reason is to ensure continuity between the manga and the role-play, as well as encouraging people to role-play more original characters. Let it be known, though, that there are very RARE cases when a canon-relation can be made. They must be menial and not alter the RP in anyway/shape/form. That is all, and canon relations will be supervised by your friendly admins and mods.


Explicit content. Since there are many minors on Engi no Jutsu, whenever you are in a thread that has something that can be considered to be explicit or exceedingly mature, be sure to have the thread labelled with a warning of such content. This is basically any crude or vile act, such as intense violence in detail, rape, cruelty that many would find offending, and vulgar language. Basically, anything you wouldn't see on regular television, don't post here without a warning or disclaimer. Some children could run across something they have seen on Engi and be very unattracted to it by some offence that they may take to it, so a warning would be needed.

Please don't use any strong language while posting that can really go beyond the regular limits. If the thread contains explicit content, a Mature Content warning must be placed on the thread title and as an OOC note before the actual role-play text.


Registry Spam In the registry, it's considered spam to reply to an approval post with only a sole thank you or to merely count up the amount of approvals you have left to go or anything along those lines. It's fine to do it if the post as something to add to the topic- a new addition to the original post, a major change in the character's biography..but it's not okay to do the first or second solely for that purpose or to do both in one post. It's a bannable offence. You may, however, bump your thread, but only after seven days have passed since your last post.


Staff Disapproval The staff reserves the right to disapprove your registry thread if they feel there are any discrepancies in the unity of the information sheet.
General Regulations


Jutsu Tree Regulations

On NARUTORPL there are a few simple rules regarding how trees must be set up.

Each consists of a series of stages, of which there are at most 8. Please note that the eighth stage is only accessible to Sennin ranked characters so it is generally only necessary to include stages one - seven.

Each stage must have a certain number of techniques, a minimum of three and a maximum of six.

When registering a list of techniques, do not include more than one elemental type in the list. While it is perfectly fine to learn several different elemental types (assuming you can justify it and get permission,) do not attempt to register "Soandso's Fire & Ice Ninjutsu List," for example.

Also, for new village and clan jutsu trees, the usual three approvals are not enough. Each must have at least one Admin approval before they can be moved.

Characters with Multiple Village Lists

For certain characters, the character may possess village lists from different villages. These characters may only be approved with the following requirements.

Admin Approval.

Original village kage approval.

New village kage approval.

An amazing biography and profile.

Character Regulations

You are currently allowed up to four characters, which can be either shinobi or non-shinobi. Two of these characters may be from a clan. One of these two clan characters may possess a bloodline.

Approvals

Any thread in the Registry forums requires three full approvals before it can be moved to Information, and all threads must have at least one mod approval to qualify for moving.

Account Points

By donating money (donations are currently CLOSED) or by performing certain tasks on the forums, you may earn what we call Account Points. AP, as this is shortened to, basically can be used on characters to increase stats or jutsu. The limit of AP on characters is 8 AP for stats and 3 AP for jutsu. However, there is a possibility that these limits can be broken if permission by staff is given.

We also have a specific sub-type of AP we call yuans which is given out by village kages to members who have helped out in their village. Yuans can only be spent on the character who the village kage says it may be spent on (usually the character in that kage's village), but is not limited like regular AP is in terms of where you can spend it/how much you can spend.

Keep track of your points here. Make sure your points are always accounted for - and as a reminder, don't try to cheat the system. Moderators can see the edits you make, and if we catch you trying to sneak extra points, you will be punished.

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