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Frankly, I'm surprised I wasn't made a moderator in the beginning. :shrug: You know, what with the whole OOC Scribe thing...




Anyways... what have we got so far?

There's:

1. The stadium.
2. The forest.
3. The docks.
4. The village.

The docks obviously would be adjacent to both the village and the stadium... the forest surrounds both, though obviously not on the coastal side of the arena, eh?

In the village we have:

1. Dojos
2. Residences
3. Shops
4. Businesses
5. A helipad (suggested)

"Over the years, the business within the Stadium became such a neccessity for the Village, because of the ravaging wars within the lands. Because of this, business has sprouted up within the country, thanks to the Stadium."

The village would be like that I suppose. Barring the moutain of heads of course. The stadium would serve as the backdrop for the village itself. The docks would be laid out next to the stadium, since the beach isn't that far from the stadium. The docks would be used for fishing and frieght. Docks would be mdeium sized. No portals, doors please..and routes, paths. Keep it natural.

The Trade Route: Upon the trade route(kinda like the merchants ring i guess, we can just call it merchants ring maybe) in the village, you can buy various items for your everyday needs. From the basic weaponry to even some of the rarest weapons(if your lucky), the training equipments one can use in order to further their training, the armorments to help bring out defense, and the other miscelaneous items that can be of use...

Ideas for shops: adding on to what we have in the merchants ring..

The Weapons Guild
Kunai - Basically a throwing knife. It is a common ninja weapons that comes in various forms and sizes.
Cost - 30 per Kunai

Shuriken - Basically a throwing star. It is a common ninja weapon that comes in various forms and sizes
Cost - 20 per Shuriken

Dagger - A short pointed weapon with sharp edges. Much smaller then a katana and most short swords. This weapon is better for stabbing
Cost - 80

Rapier - A long, slender, two edged sword with a cuplike hilt. Not a very common ninja weapon, that is a bit longer then most short swords but shorter then most katanas. This weapon is better used for stabbing.
Cost - 250.

Short Sword - Simply as the name implies. It is a short sword. Short swords are normally a tad shorter then rapiers, but these swords are better used for slashing.
Cost - 300

Long Sword - Simply as the name implied. It is a fairly long sword. The longest swords available that are even longer then Katanas. These swords are better used for stabbing.
Cost - 450

Katana - The most popular sword among Gaians. Finely crafted with its medium length that it is perfect for both stabbing and slashing an opponent.
Cost - 500

Large Sword - Swords of this variety are very heavy, and are often very hard to use. These swords have a preference for slashing, but they are most often used for being a very big and blunt object, in a sense a makeshit club.
Cost - 525

Needles - very long and powerful needles made out of a very strong metal. Most people cannot even use needles because of the need for aboslute precision and accuracy.
Cost - 50 per needle

Ground Nails - Small, multi-pointed spikes that are thrown on the ground. They can be used to halt the advancement of an unexpecting opponent. They can also be used as projectiles if needed..
Cost - 25 per nail

Iron/Brass/Steel Knuckles - A weapon that is worn around the hand. At the end of most knuckles there is a long blade that can be used for slashing and stabbing. An object loved by those who prefer hand-to-hand combat.
Cost - 125/150/175 per hand

Staffs (Soft Wood, Hard Wood, Metal) - A weapon that is basically a very long and slender club. They can be used to smash into an opponent and deflect weapons. Although the higher up you go the stronger the staff and its likeliness of breaking decreases.
Cost - 100/125/230

Sais - A variation upon the dagger. With a normal metal hilt, it comes up into three slender blades. Two of them span out for the hilt as one of them goes straight up. These weapons are fairly good close combat weapons. Best used for stabbing
Cost - 275

Kamas - A variation upon the larger scythes of the world. These miniature scythes can be held in one hand and their attacking options are quite large. Best used for slashing
Cost - 300 per kama

Hand Wrap - Bandages that can be wrapped around the hands, and arms. These bandages can be unraveled and tied to an opponent, or provide as a bit of cushion for the fists reducing stamina drainage of strikes for the hands.
Cost - 55 per ft of bandage

Neck Slicing Clever - An extremely large sword. Due to its sheer size, it is easily capable of slicing a man in half.
Cost - 1,000

Axes - A very powerful weapon. A large either wooden or metal club with a large blade attached to the one part of it. These weapons are very good for slashing and cutting through opponent.
Cost - 750

The Katar Dagger - This very devistating weapon is the weapon of choice for thieves, and people who just like to cause pain. Not only is the blade extremely sharp, and easily hidden, but it has a feature that not many know about, When the handle is pulled down, the single blade, becomes 3 more blades. This weapon has both a stabbing and slashing preference
Cost - 600

Cooking Wok - This weapon is proof that you are a ramen chef. Only ramen chefs can wield them. It isn't a weapon that is strong offensively, but it's cast-iron shell can be used as a shield to block projectiles and other small swords. Once you drop it, you lose your honorable position.
Cost - None (must apply for ramen chef)


The Armory
Forehead Protector - Can be bought, or simply given to you after you pass the academy. Most forehead protectors have the isignia of the village upon it as an attempt to give classification to fighters. This is also used to protect the users forehead
Cost - $200 or Free after passing academy

Elbow Guards - A type of armor that is worn around the elbows. It fits snuggly there as it will decrease the damage when one falls onto the ground and hits into their elbow. Or can very well increase the damage of strikes with the elbow.
Cost - $300

Arm Guards - Armor that is worn around the forearms, protecting it from physical attacks and softening the blows from weapons. Although sharp objects can still cut through it, unless it is made of a stronger material
Cost - $200 each, $500 each for stronger versions

Knee Guards - A type of armor that is worn over the knees. It serves as a protection from sliding against the ground on your knees. It also protects against melee attacks upon the knee, however this can be cut through unless you buy stronger knee guards.
Cost - $150 each, $450 for stronger versions

Leg Guards - A type of armor that is worn over the shins. It serves as a protection from direct melee attacks to the shin. As well as protect from projectiles thrown towards the shins, however with direct attacks from weapons (Swords and that) They can be cut through, unless they are made of a stronger material
Cost - $250 each, $550 each for stronger versions

Chest Plate - A type of armor that is worn underneath the clothing, this strong metal plate is used to lessen the pain of impact from melee attacks. This can also prevent the person from being stabbed in the chest, as well as stop projectiles from flying into the chat
Cost - $1,000

Shoulder Pads - Another type of armor that can be used for various purposes. It prevents projectiles from flying into the shoulders and is worn over the clothing. It can also prevent an opponent from slashing into the shoulders.
Cost - $750 per shoulder

Torso Bindings - This product is made from a very dense straw material, and bits of metal shavings so its suitable for fighting, and for protection.
Cost - $400

Wrist Absorbers - The brilliant metal plated wrist bands. Created to guard yourself from a weapon, or a devasting assault that you can block with a swift gesture of your hand.
Cost - $250 each

Finger Sliders - These little puppies can give a bit more damage to an opponent with a punch if you please, or protect fragile fingers from being broke.
Cost - $50 per finger

Palm Embracers - pieces of soft but dense metal molded for the palm and strapped to the hand for allowance of catching weapons, such as swords, lances, kunai, etc.
Cost - $300 each

Metal Glove - This metal glove, or gauntlet, is pretty much all three of the previous armors rolled into one. Although more expensive, it gives a great deal of protection to the entire hand.
Cost - $1,000 for a pair

Weighted Vest - Can made to weigh either 20lbs, and higher.
Cost: 750

Waist Weights - Weights made to be worn around the waist. Come in 5lbs, 10lbs, 20lbs, and up
Cost: 450

Ankle Weights - Worn around the ankles. Starts out with 5lbs, and can be added onto.
Cost: 150

Wrist Weights - Worn around the wrists. Starts out at 10lbs, and goes higher.
Costs: 150

Grand Weight Set - A set of weights that is worn on the ankles, wrists, around the waist, and a vest. (cannot be worn with any other kind of weights)
Costs: 2,800

The Scroll Library

The Item Shop
Training Dummy - Basically, this is a dummy that you can smack around to you hearts content.
Costs: 1,250

Training Dummy v2 - This dummy shows off where all pressure points in a normal human body all. This is mainly for those who wish to take there training more seriously.
Costs: 2,500

Strength Steroid - Helps the user train more effectly, and lessens recovery time
Costs: 950 per pill

Muscle Stimulant - This pill, once used, makes your muscles max out to there fullest capacity.
Costs: 950 per pill

Energy Supplement - Gives the user a quick boost in energy.
Costs: 950 per pill

Muscle Toner - this pill, once used has your muscles tone down slightly so that is makes training more suitable for increasing speed.
Costs: 950 per pill

Padded Gloves - Used for practising Hand to Hand combat with somebody
Costs: 300

Rubber Projectiles - Used to perfect your projectile skills, without the killing.
Costs: 250 per projectile

Wooden Sword - Used to strengthen your skills in sword combat, without the deadly force.
Costs: 1,500

Weapon strap - lets you switch from a melee weapon to a sword/fan/etc. You may hold 2 weapons instead of one.
cost - 300

Equipment Rack- lets you hold an extra weapon and/or armor. this is at your house and you can't get it/them unless you are fighting in the city.
cost -700

Light Ball - A ball which emits a tremendous flash of light, which can temporarily blind an opponent.
Cost - 500

Healing Ointment - A medicinal cream that is used to cure various wounds upon a person. The stronger the cream the more expensive it will be.
Cost - 150=minor wounds 250= medium wounds 500 = Lethal wounds

Medicinal Herbs - Various herbs that can be given to a person in order to heal various poisons that aren't as deadly as most.
Cost - 150

Antidote - an anditote that can basically flush out poisons within the body. A very useful item that can bring someone out of a very bad situation.
Cost - 150

Poison Smoke Ball - A highly poisonous smoke ball, which explodes on impact. Any inhalation of the smoke will debilitate the body, rendering an individual helpless
Cost - 250

Smoke Ball - An item which creates a dense cloud of smoke that can provide an opportunity to attack.
Cost - 150


The Pet Shop
Name: Small Dog
Cost: 300

Name: Big Dog
Cost: 500


Underground tunnels would be a combination of naturally shorn in cavern tunnels, as well as manually dug out. It would holds eletrical/power lines, supplying power to the stadium. basically generators and what not would be found underground, you know those kind of tunnels. it would also house warehouse like rooms, bomb shelter type room, emergency secret exit in case stadium gets invaded, you know etc.

As for the ideas of the portals, maybe we can take that out, and place this instead:
Locations

Around the Stadium/area, there are many places to fight amongst each other. Seeing as how each enviroment is a bit different from one another, some places have some pros for fighting there while some have cons. Either way, it is essential that a person knows how to fight as well as they can in any condition and any place.

Forest
Alley Ways
Beach
Caverns
Cemetery
Desert
Grasslands
Ice Fields
Lake
Mountain Foot
Mountain Summits
Town Center
Wastelands
Windy Fields

--Descriptions--
Forest surrounding stadium - This place is only located about the village and stadiums area. It used to be a quite peaceful place. A place riddled with life. Trees, grass, water, animals, all that good stuff. However, now it is a place that is totally ******** to hell, with monsters, traps, and other crap. A great place to train if you can survive it.

Alley Ways - These are the back alleys of the village. Garbage cans, dumpsters, all that nasty stuff fill this place.

Beach - A sandy place near the ocean.

Caverns - This is an enclosed area that only has one way out. There many tunnels underneath the ground that lead deeper into the ground. There are a few other ways out, but they are not as open or noticeable as the main entrace into the caverns.
~Hard to escape from inside the caverns.

Cemetery - A place where the dead come to rest. This is a place of hollow ground and has an ominous aura of death all around it. It has trees, but thats about it, no other life dwells here.

Desert - A barren land where you will find plenty of sand and cacti. This land, eventhough it might be mistaken for the Wasteland, still is able to hold life.

Grasslands - A calm land where nothing really goes on. Covered in grass, flowers, and the like.

Ice Fields - This is a field of sharp ice mountains, frozen lakes, and open ice fields. This place was once said to be full of life, but the temperature all around it dropped suddenly, turning it into a barren land of Ice.

Lake - Well, basically, it is a giant lake. It spans about 10 miles from coast to coast and is very rocky. It is also surrounded by trees and grass. So basically, it is full of life.

Mountain Foot - This is a place at the very bottom of the high mountains. Sharp edged rocks, little if any grass.

Mountain Summits - Depends on your location. Could be covered in grassy fields, trees, with a high wind blowing through it, or, it could be covered with snow and ice.

Town Center - The center of the village. It is surrounded with buildings and people, and basically anything that is inside a town.

Wasteland - This is a place that has absolutely no life. It is dead. It only weilds trees that have long since been stripped on their leaves and the ground is colored gray because of the lack of life. Not too many can survive this land without the proper training, and even then, your survival is not guaranteed.

Windy Fields - This is an open field where the winds blow strongly through day after day.

Jobs

On top of being a fighter, you may also have a part-time job. There is list of jobs below on which you can become.

Medical: A person of the rarest kind. These guys know various healing techs/spells/whatever and perform surgies on other people that have been hurt in battle. You get paid 400 yen a week for this job, but most make at least one post a week about working on a patient.
Requirements: must be really serious bout this
Pay - 400 yen

village Council Member: A member of the high council of the village. You make various decisions for the village and you work fairly close with the Stadium. Get paid 600 yen a week.
Requirements: Must be ******** important
Spots - Three in the village
Pay - 600 yen

Leader/chief/dude of the Village: The leader of the village. You do most of the paperwork dealing with missions and keep the village in order while working closely with the High Council Members of the village, as well as the owner of the Stadium You get paid 800 yen a week.
Requirements: Must be serious
Spots - One
Pay - 800 yen

Ramen Shop Worker: The one food that various people within the village enjoy eating: ramen. You can work at the shop as either a Waiter, a Waitress, or a Cook. And if you make a series of posts of working hard in the shop you can become an owner of a Ramen Shop. Get paid 100 yen a week
Requirements: None (Chef gets wok as weapon)

Blacksmith: You are a craftsman/woman. You work with various metals and other materials in order to make various weapons your people or for yourself. You only get paid when you make items for people. In order to get the materials to make your items you must rp on how you obtain them and if you use metals you must use other items such as kunai, etc and melt them down for your metals.
Requirements: None
Pay - 1/2 the cost of weapons

Inventor: In a sense you are creative, you use that mind of yours to create items for the site. They can be various weapons, normal items, armor, or even a new type of item no one has thought about. You get paid for the inventions that you make, and the amount of money you get depends on what the people think of them.
Requirements: None
Pay - Depends on who buys yer s**t...
(Note - can only make up to three items a week)

Shop Keeper: You open up your own store and use the various items you have either inventor or created out of smithing and sell it to other members upon the site. Depending on how good of a salesman/woman you are you may get some good money if people buy your stuff.
Requirements: Be an inventor of Blacksmith
Pay - Depends on how much you sell an item for..

Fight Announcer: What do you do? You announce fights. When people are posting their fight. You can make posts with various things about the fight or even comical things. When they post the update for the fight, make sure you include your announcements in the fight.
Requirements: None
Pay - 100+ (Depending on what you say in the battle, if its funny you will get more money)

Academy Teacher: After learning from the school, you can give back by teaching the classes that you yourself were put through. The amount you get paid depends on what you do. You get 300 for doing `normal lessons every week. And you also can get money for special lessons that aren't on the normal academy work day.
Requirements: Must be at least a good fighter
Pay - 300+

Body Guard: Basically you protect people who ask you to protect them. Clients will ask for your protection and you will protect them with your life.
Requirements: None
Pay - Depends on how much you accept to guard someone

Thief: You are one of those people within this world who gets off by stealing. You can steal money, items, weapons. Basically anything that is listed within a persons items on their bio. In order to steal from them you must post that you are stealing from them and they have at least a forty-eight hour period in which they can reply to that post seeing that they caught you. If you are not caught you get their items/money. If you get caught, the person may choose to fight the thief.
Requirements: None
Pay - whatever you steal

Sensei: You are basically such a powerful and great dude and have the skills of being a teacher that you can teach others anything that you have learned over your lifetime. Depending on what rank your pupil is, It could take longer for your pupil to learn. Also, the difficulty of the lessons will have a role.
Requirements: Must have been an Academy teacher as some point, must be at least be able to kick my a**.
Pay - Whatever your pupil pays you...
Bonuses - If you are a sensei, you can basically teach any person any technique even if they are not smart enough to use it.

The new, bio thinger to be filled out..for all new joiners.

Character Statistics
Picture

[Place Picture Here if you have one]

Name: (Your characters name)
Age: (How old your character is. [Note- try to keep your characters age from around 12-16 at first for the academy..if and you wish to be older. Then when you post for the academy, it will just be reminiscing about the post.])
Weight: (How much your character weighs)
Height: (How tall your character is)
BirthDate: (When was your charcter born?)
Allignment: (Are you Good, Evil, Neutral?)
Quote: (What your character says quite a bit)
Background Story: (The story behind your character)

Record

Wins: 00
Loses: 00
Ties: 00

New rules for the Guild:

The Rules

Yes the rules, the simple little things that run over this place. In order to prevent mass chaos among members and managers on this site (Although sometimes a bit of chaos is quite fun) But anyways, be sure to read through all the rules and have a general understanding of them.


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Basic Rules..

-Respect: Be respectful to both managers and other members. Things go a bit smother that way
-Explicit Language: Please refrain from using any explicit language in either your roleplaying or even in the chat room. It can be used, but please refrain from using it.
-Pictures: You are allowed to post pictures, but you are NOT allowed to post up any type of pornographic images.
-Updates: Be patient when waiting for an update. Believe it or not, managers have lives of their own and sometimes just don't always like feeling up to updating something. They will get their updates done whenever they can, so don't bother them about it. If it gets like longer then week, then start complaining...
-Cheating: DO NOT CHEAT
-Bio: You must make your bio within 48 hours, or your membership shall be canceled.

Joining Rules...

-When Joining: Be sure to fill out all of the appropriate information that is needed. And be sure to place down what is needed correctly.
-First Post: Try and say hello to us in the Guild lounge!
-Bio: You must make your bio within 48 hours, or your membership shall be canceled.


Roleplaying Rules...

-Information: Do NOT apply OOC Knowledge to IC Knowledge. Your character cannot read minds and will not know everything about any other character. You can learn over time about various things for other characters, but that is over time and having some experiences with that person. Or you know another character that has information about them...
-Powergaming: Simple. DO NOT Powergame. It is just very annoying one posts actions in which is far more then their character can actually do. Try not to do this in battle or even in normal training.
-AMP: We follow all guidelines of the Anti-Munch Guild, and you should too.

Manager Rules...

-Respect: Respect all other members and managers. Do not randonly kick them for any god given reason.
-Banning: Do not Ban anybody without the consent of the other managers, unless there is a really good reason for banning them. Members must have the majority vote before kicking a member unless he/she has broken multiple violations AFTER at least one warning.
-Recruiting: For making anybody new onto the N/A Staff, it has to be a group decision with a majority rules vote from the managers.
-Kicking: Ok please do not use kicking for fun..use kicking for appropriate reasons only...

Ascension

By defination, Ascension means "the art or process of ascending." Now that brings to what does ascending mean? Well ascending means "moving or progessing towards a higher level." Within this Academy, one works hard to move up to become the best fighter they possibly can become, or die trying. And this page tells you how that happens...


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Academy Student
This is what everybody starts out as...a lowly not important Academy Student, that is just beginning their trip through the world of Gaia. Within this rank you have a long way to go until you can even think of being an acknowledged fighter of any kind..