The Eight Gates
The Eight Inner Gates (八門) are eight specific tenketsu on a person's chakra pathway system, limiting the flow of chakra to those areas to preserve the body for as long as possible. By opening these gates, the body is able to exceed it's limits at the cost of of your health and well being. Each gate allows access to more and more of your body's maximum potential, until you reach the Eighth Gate of Death (死門, Shimon), where your body finally reaches it's maximum potential, only to wither into ashes upon closing the gate. Each gate comes with it's own benefits, and ever increasing drawbacks.
[Note: Each Gate must be opened in order on first use. In other words, you cannot open the Fourth Gate, without opening the previous gates at least once. Opening a later gate also opens all the previous gates, along with their benefits and drawbacks. (SP drain and stat decreases from drawbacks do not stack.) Also, dojutsu cannot be active while the gates are active]
xxxThe First Gate of Opening (開門, Kaimon) - This gate, located in the brain, allows access of 100% of the user's physical strength.
-Benefits-
1. Bumps strength stat up to max.
-Drawbacks-
1. Costs 2 SP (Stamina Points) per post to maintain.
2. Opening the gates at any stage cuts your chakra in half.
3. Stamina cannot be replenished while the gates are open.
xxxThe Second Gate of Healing (休門, Kyūmon) - This gate, located in the brain, pushes your physical strength past your body's limits and temporarily re-energizes the body.
-Benefits-
1. Pushes strength stat to be on par with the next rank above you.
2. Restores 25% of your currently missing stamina
-Drawbacks-
1. Costs 4 SP per post to maintain
2. Strength is decreased by 1 stat point after closing the gates for the next battle.
xxxThe Third Gate of Life (生門, Seimon) - This gate, located on the spinal cord, allows the user to use the Reverse Lotus technique. The increased blood flow turns the skin red.
-Benefits-
1. Reverse Lotus can now be used
2. Cooldowns on Taijutsu decreased by 1 post
3. You look cool AF
-Drawbacks-
1. Costs 6 SP per post to maintain
2. Chakra is unable to be replenished past this point, as long as the gates stay open.
xxxThe Fourth Gate of Pain (傷門, Shōmon) - This gate, located on the spinal cord, increases the user's speed and power. May cause muscle tissue to tear on use.
-Benefits-
1. Toughness and Speed are raised to max
-Drawbacks-
1. Cost 8 SP per post to maintain
2. Roll one six sided die upon opening this gate. If an even number, Stamina is cut in half.
xxxThe Fifth Gate of Limit (杜門, Tomon) - This gate, located in the abdomen, further increases the user's speed and power.
-Benefits-
1. Pushes Toughness stat to be on par with the next rank above you
2. Taijutsu cooldowns are further decreased by one point
3. Sharingan users cannot predict movement due to your speed
-Drawbacks-
1. Cost 10 SP per post to maintain
2. Decreases Toughness and Speed by 1 stat point after closing the gates for the next battle
xxxThe Sixth Gate of View (景門 , Keimon) - This gate, located in the stomach, increases the user's speed and power. Opening of this gate releases such enormous amounts of energy that it can cause nearby water bodies to form a vortex around the user. Once opened, capable users can perform the Morning Peacock.
-Benefits-
1. Pushes Speed stat to be on par with the next rank above you
2. Morning Peacock can be used
3. Mangekyo Sharingan users cannot predict movement due to your speed
-Drawbacks-
1. Cost 12 SP per post to maintain
2. Toughness and Speed act one rank below you for the next battle after closing the gates
xxxThe Seventh Gate of Wonder (驚門, Kyōmon) - This gate, located below the stomach, further increases the user's speed and power. Only after this gate is activated can a capable user perform the Daytime Tiger. Those who open this gate will secrete glowing green sweat from every inch of their body which immediately evaporates from their own heat energy, creating an aura which people mistake as a chakra coating. Unfortunately, the side effects of opening the gate are that the user's muscle fibers are ripped to shreds, causing intense pain if anything or anyone touches them.
-Benefits-
1. Pushes Speed, Strength and Toughness stat to act 2 ranks above you
2. Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan users cannot predict movement due to your speed
-Drawbacks-
1. Cost 14 SP per post to maintain
2. All stats act one rank below you for the next 2 battles after exiting the gates
3. Stamina replenishment is halved for the next 2 battles after exiting the gates
4. Cannot enter the Eight Gates for the next 2 battles
The Gate of Death
xxxThe Eighth Gate of Death (死門, Shimon), located at the heart, requires the user to stab their chest with their thumb to direct the chakra to the tenketsu. Once opened, the user will enter what's known as the Eight Gates Released Formation. Opening this gate will cause the user's blood to emanate a flaming aura of red steam, the so-called Steam of Blood (血の蒸気, Chi no Jōki) from all pores of their body, hair, and eyebrows. Releasing this gate uses up all of the body's energy while making the heart pump at maximum power. Exceeding the power of every other gate, the user is temporarily granted approximately a hundred times their normal power, far beyond that of the five Kage. Once activated, those who are capable can perform the Evening Elephant and the Night Guy. The side effect of opening this gate is that it comes at the expense of the user's life, causing the user to crumble to ash after their chakra runs out, having virtually cooked themselves from the inside-out. This is unlike opening the other gates, which simply injure or damage the body.
-Benefits-
1. Your opponent dies
2. You're the Greatest Of All Time for 1 post
3. Evening Elephant and Night Guy can be used
-Drawbacks-
1. You die
2. Can only be used in Death Matches
