Suggestion Box

[Hinote Tosatsu]

We at POTS are always open to suggestions by the members. If you think you know something that would be a good addition to the guild, we want to know about it, and this is the place to tell us.

Now, if your suggestion is not accepted, don't get upset. It could be that we have something in the works already that does the same thing, or it could just clash with a system we already have. We don't turn down ideas just because we feel like it, there is always an important reason.  

[Cobra_X]

New Proposal for Jutsu Learning

{{I feel that currently, the learning system is needlessly boring and unnecessarily tedious. You have to post 5-15 times to learn a technique, which takes up a lot of time and energy, and honestly it gets boring pretending not to be able to complete a technique until magically in the matter of a few minutes, you learn it. I feel that a new system could free users from this boring process and free up more time for plot development and RP growth.}}

New Learning System

Learning will now be segmented into two stages:

Stage 1: Acquiring a Jutsu
This can be done by purchasing and reading a jutsu scroll, or being taught the jutsu by a teacher. This stage requires a single learning post, and one use of the jutsu.

Stage 2: Using the Jutsu
After a jutsu has been learned, it has still not been mastered. Any un-mastered jutsu are weaker than normal jutsu by up to two ranks. After a certain number of uses, this weakness is reduced by one rank, and after another set of uses, mastered. This number varies by rank.

Requirements for Jutsu Mastery

E-rank jutsu are considered mastered after being learned... no extra posts required.

D-rank jutsu, once learned, are reduced in power by 1 rank and require 2 additional uses to Master.

C rank jutsu, once learned, are reduced in power by 2 ranks, require 2 additional uses to increase power by 1 rank, and 2 additional uses beyond that to master.

B rank jutsu, once learned, are reduced in power by 2 ranks, require 2 additional uses to increase power by 1 rank, and 3 additional uses beyond that to master.

A rank jutsu, once learned, are reduced in power by 2 ranks, require 3 additional uses to increase power by 1 rank, and 3 additional uses beyond that to master.

S rank jutsu, once learned, are reduced in power by 3 ranks, require 3 additional uses to increase power by 1 rank, 3 more uses to increase power by 1 rank, an 2 more final uses before being mastered.

Note: You cannot use the same un-mastered jutsu more then once in a single post, even if you are a combo master.

Learning Bonuses

- The rank penalty from learning a new jutsu is reduced by 1 rank when taught by a Teaching Specialist. [This means, that a B-rank jutsu taught by a Teaching Specialist only suffers a reduction in power by 1 rank and can be mastered in 2 uses.]

- Any learning bonuses which reduces the number of posts required to learn a jutsu reduces the number of required uses to master a technique, spread out across all power levels. [Ex. If someone learns an S-ranked technique and they have a total post reduction of 3 posts... Once learned, the technique is still reduced in power by 3 ranks, but requires only 2/2/1 uses to master the technique.]

Bonus/Penalty Stacking Rules

- Bonuses from types do not stack with other type bonuses.
- Bonuses from professions or profession benefits stack with all other bonuses.
- Bonuses from jutsu stack with all other bonuses, but cannot stack with themselves.
- Bonuses from locations always stack.
- Penalties always stack.