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naruto: generations

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^{For your clan.}

Clan Sheet Skeleton

________ ichizoku

^{Fill in clan name in blank spot}
“Clan motto.”
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▸ Name:

________ ichizoku

▸ Village of Residence:

Wandering clan.

▸ Origins:

What area did they originate from.

▸ Clan compound:

How is their compound built up, what is in it, what is the layout.

▸ Clan specialties:

ｘ Trait 1.
ｘ Trait 2.
ｘ Trait 3.
ｘ Trait 4.

▸ Clan weaknesses:

ｘ Trait 1.
ｘ Trait 2.
ｘ Trait 3.
ｘ Trait 4.

▸ Total member approximation:

___ clansmen.

▸ Civilian member approximation:

___ civilians.

▸ Shinobi member approximation:

___ shinobi.

▸ Clan leader:

_______ _______.

▸ Clanmembers of importance:

ｘ Member 1.
ｘ Member 2.
ｘ Member 3.
ｘ Member 4.

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Biography

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Ｐｒｅ－Ｎｉｎｓｈｕ
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^{Before the creation of Ninshu and the rise of Ninjutsu and other shinobi arts.}

What were they like before ninshu was created, what did they do, how did they live?

Ａｇｅ ｏｆ Ｎｉｎｓｈｕ
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^{The period of time where the Rikudō no Shinsen introduced Ninshu to the world.}

What did they do during the age of ninshu, when did they take on ninshu, did they take it on at all? Did they support one of the two sons specifically, stay neutral? What was their life like during this time?

Ｓｅｎｇｏｋｕ Ｊｉｄａｉ
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^{Warring Clan Period}

During the Sengoku Jidai, what has your clan done so far? We are about 5-10 years into the Sengoku Jidai. How did they rise to power in the land of fire, who did they ally with and who did they kill, who did they serve, if they served at all?

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^{For your character(s).}

Character Sheet

________ _______

^{Fill in characer name in blank spot. ASIAN NAMING SCHEME. SURNAME-FIRSTNAME.}
“Character motto.”
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▸ Name:

________ ________

▸ Pseudonym:

Any other names chosen by the character himself? If no, remove this line.

▸ Nicknames:

Any other names given to the character by others? If no, remove this line.

▸ Clan:

Clan name 1/(clan name 2). Mixed heritage is possible but VERY unlikely in Sengoku Jidai.

▸ Rank:

Genin/chunin/jonin/kage/???.

▸ Sex:

♂/♀/?

▸ Sex appearance:

♂/♀/?. Useful for androgynous characters, “traps” or otherwise rare cases. Can be removed if entirely irrelevant but easier to just fill it out.

▸ Age:

__ years old.

▸ Age appearance:

Early/late 20's/30's/40's/50's etc. Useful for other characters who don't know your characters real age to still give some measure of 'estimate.'

▸ Sexuality:

Hetero/bi/homo/asexual. Feel free to add more 'free spirited' sexualities but keep in mind you might get a few laughs left and right.

▸ Birthplace:

Location of character birth.

▸ Village:

Is character Sengoku Jidai era? 'None.' Is character post-village formation? Put relevant village here.

▸ Affiliations:

ｘ Clan name 1.
ｘ Village name 2.
ｘ Organization 3.
ｘ Organization 4.

▸ Chakra natures: Choose one and remove this line. Additional images can be found on Narutopedia.

Primary nature:

Katon.
Suiton.
Doton.
Fūton.
Raiton.

Secondary nature:

Fire/earth/water/wind/lightning.

Tertiary nature:

Fire/earth/water/wind/lightning.

▸ Appearance:

Additional features that your character has that set them apart from others (or not).

▸ Wardrobe:

What does your character typically wear?

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Biography

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▸ History:

Explain the characters' history - who are they, how did they get to where they are. The suggested order is;

⒈ _{Character birth and early childhood (age 00-06)}
⒉ _{Character middle childhood (age 06-12)}
⒊ _{Character late childhood (age 12-16)}
⒋ _{Character late teens (16-20)}
⒌ _{Character later life (20-??)}

However feel free to deviate from this. As long as you get the idea across it'll be gold.

▸ Personality:

✓ Positive trait 1.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

✗ Negative trait 2.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

✓ Positive trait 3.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

✗ Negative trait 4.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

✓ Positive trait 5.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

✗ Negative trait 6.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

✓ Positive trait 7.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

✗ Negative trait 8.

Explain how this trait is represented in character' history.

▸ Dreams and hopes:

ｘ Dream/hope 1 (long-term).
ｘ Dream/hope 2 (medium-term).
ｘ Dream/hope 3 (medium-term).
ｘ Dream/hope 4 (short-term).

▸ Desires:

ｘ Desire 1 (long-term).
ｘ Desire 2 (medium-term).
ｘ Desire 3 (medium-term).
ｘ Desire 4 (short-term).

▸ Fears:

ｘ Fear 1 (long-term).
ｘ Fear 2 (medium-term).
ｘ Fear 3 (medium-term).
ｘ Fear 4 (short-term).

▸ Motivations:

Describe what drives your character to do what they do.

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Military

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▸ Kekkei genkai:

KG name.

▸ Description:

What is the KG, what does it do, how does it work?

▸ Strengths:

What is the KG good at?

▸ Weaknesses:

What is the KG weak to? To answer this, answer the question: how can another character beat my kekkei genkai?

▸ S-rank Techniques

//// Narutopedialink no Jutsu!

▸ A-rank Techniques

//// Narutopedialink no Jutsu!

▸ B-rank Techniques

//// Narutopedialink no Jutsu!

▸ C-rank Techniques

//// Narutopedialink no Jutsu!

▸ D-rank Techniques

//// Narutopedialink no Jutsu!

▸ E-rank Techniques

//// Narutopedialink no Jutsu!

▸ Custom Jutsu:

//// ELEMENT: NAME NO JUTSU!
▸ Rank:

S/A/B/C/D/E.

▸ Range:

Long/medium/short/directional/accurate measurements/N/A.

▸ Description:

What does it do?

▸ Weaknesses:

How can I cancel, nullify or overcome this jutsu?

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

@catchamber fate. The Gods themselves are mortal too, though not quite in the same capacity. Many of them will die during Ragnarök for example. There is too little known about the faith to tell who or what specifically gave us mortality. My guess is that it was created when humans were created, so that probably means the creation of the universe. Cows licks salt block and creates the first aesir, who were trapped in the block. Beyond that? Your guess is as good as mine.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

<Snipped quote by Odin>
Which religion do you follow, if I may ask?

Also, someone wanting to die seems like a request that'll be freely fulfilled by the gods, given human mortality still exists.

@catchamber

I'll take a wild guess and say...norse paganism.

@POOHEAD189

No, that's a request that wouldn't be fulfilled by the Gods. It's not the Gods that gave mortality. In fact wanting to die is seen as a cowardly way out and although most people who die just.. vanish into nothingness (they die a true death and nothing remains of them but their name and memory) and the strong and brave go to Valhöll and Folkvangr, those who commit suicide (wanting to die -> suicide) will eternally linger and go to Hél, among other things. There are varying interpretations but none of them say suicide is a good idea if you want to, yknow, actually die.

So the best way to do it is make something of your life and die in battle if you want to die that bad.

naruto: generations

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Welcome to NARUTO: GENERATIONS - a generational RP where we take control of our own clans and their destiny. The concept is unique for the Naruto genre in that you don't control one character - you control an entire clan. In that sense it is comparable to a Nation RP, except you are not supposed to «play-to-win» or play on a significantly large scale. What is further unique to the concept is that we will take control of one character per generation and play out their lives - or shortened versions of the important parts thereof - and their interactions with the other clans.

The RP will take a new method of introducing characters - four players control four clans. Generationally, there will be new characters introduced as the old ones fade out. One 'arc' will consist of multiple 'plots.' The build up will be that of character A, who is plot 1. Character A is used to perform exposition on your clan. When all clans have succesfully established themselves, we enter plot 2. Character A fades to the background (dies, takes a background role or becomes a side character) and character B enters. Character B might be a shinobi god, and will feud and fight other clans. Once we have succesfully entertained ourselves with that, we enter plot 3, where character C will rise and perform diplomacy and convince others to drop the feuds and work together, and they form a village. That concludes arc 1; Sengoku Jidai and leads us to arc 2: electric boogaloo.

The clans will be controlled by four mainstay players, based on invitation from the head GM. Additional side characters can be filled by anyone so long as they are approved by a GM. For example, main player A, B, C, D all make characters and player D finds a need for a side character, in this case a wife to his clan leader. He invites player E to fill that role, and player E can then take that role.

Therefore you will be put in control of a clan, OC or canon, but preferably OC, and be charged to do your best to create an interesting story. Once the generation has been brought to a satisfactory ending, we will move on to the next generation with new characters and new stories to tell. The RP will start in...

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^{The warring clan period.}

This is where we start our RP - 4 clans have established themselves among all the other clans in the Land of Fire, quickly growing to be the four dominant clans. This has brought with it several struggles - competition for natural resources, work, and feuding clans. At the starting point of the RP, the four clans will be in neutral terms with each other - though that can change very rapidly within a single post if one clan reaches out to the other. The idea here is to be organic, as the Sengoku Jidai period was focused heavily on warring clans. As such, it is expected that our clans will engage in - scripted and outcome-establish - warfare.

During this period of time, naturally, shinobi-gods will come to rise, giving us reason to establish gigantic battles that may or may not shape the continent. Instead of the statues of Hashirama and Madara, there will be statues of the leaders of the four clans that guard the large waterfall.

As the world is still in its' early phases, a lot of things won't exist yet. The RP will start out without any of the villages existing - it is up to the clans to come together, and create something. Or not. This RP will be based heavily on the four clans and the collaborative effort between them to influence the world behind them. As such the setting is near endless. However, we will do our best to stick to canon where necessary - all five villages will come to exist one way or another. Canon clans will exist, with diminished importance perhaps, but will be around for storytelling purposes.

At the start of the RP, the clans are more or less constantly in conflict, whether that means physical war or not. It is important to remember that at this point in time we are at the height of ninshu, so the characters in the first and second generation will be rather strong. Similarly due to ages of conflict, the leading principle in this time period is that shinobi were born to die - they are humans but also tools of war.

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^{The GM is an asshole.}

ｘ WATASHI WA KAMI. My word is law. I am 100% okay with you discussing things with me, but when discussing turns into argument, I want you to remember who is the GM and who is not. Sway me with suggestions, not harsh words. Or I'll be equally harsh to you.

ｘ This RP is highly collaborative. Discussing and collaborating together is not an option, it is a duty to all those who enter this RP. We intend to capture the dramatic nature of Sengoku Jidai and the periods following that - to create an epic story where everything is connected. Failure to collaborate will mean failure to include yourself into the story. This is not an RP where you can RP in your own corner.

ｘ Sengoku Jidai will include some very powerful characters. This is not the theme for the rest of the RP. Prior to every plot, we will discuss what we desire out of said plotline. This means that your character will be shaped entirely by the filling of the plot - sometimes you may play a literal shinobi god whose powers can destroy continents. Sometimes you'll play a genin who can't even beat up a pack of butter. Prepare and be aware.

ｘ I'm looking for a high standard of writing. If your clan idea is 'they r the epic god of war xd clan' then I'm not gonna accept it. Think about it - why are they a leading clan, what is their specialty, who are members that are noteworthy?

ｘ This RP will likely move slowly. I'm thinking that a post every week or every two weeks from a member is fine, especially if they're leading a clan. Preferably we include longer, better thought out posts and collaborative efforts. Think Naruto exposition, where characters are yelling at each other constantly about why they are using this specific super cool jutsu. I don't want you to just destroy the world. I want you to explain why you're doing it, how you're doing it and above all, I want your character to cry during it because his qt3.14 girlfriend died when he was 10.

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Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

Also something I feel like clarifying and adding to that particular paragraph. The assumption that the constitution constantly changes and under the noses of the people. When the fact is that changing or adding an amendment to the Constitution is the hardest thing you can do, and was purposely designed that way by the creators. And the last time it actually had anything change about it was in 1992. (I'm also pretty sure that there hasn't ever been a scenario where an amendment has been outright removed.) if you're really want to get into the more recent Amendments that were added later, you could get into that Constitutional argument.

I feel like that nihilistic idea doesn't really even make that much sense, especially if you're religious. Saying you don't have a right to anything, like self-preservation goes against the concept of humanity itself.

@SleepingSilence

I shouldn't have to even explain this but the point I was making was entirely theoretical and based on general principles of constitutions. Hence I said constitutions because the US of A does not have multiple constitutions. In Europe constitutions are changed very frequently. The issue I have furthermore with what you wrote is that the constitution for the US of A was meant to be changed according to the actual person that, yknow, wrote it, but people later on decided they were lazy and constitutions should remain the same.

I disagree with you calling what we said nihilism too. It's not nihilism - it's the rejection of natural forces that put forward such 'laws' and 'rights' that humans have to abide by. There is no natural right to freedom of speech and there is no natural body of nature that enforces it. The right to free speech was given to us by someone that decided he liked the idea of it, but it can just as easily be taken away or 'trampled' as MDK put it nicely. There is nothing preventing it. You can say 'it's my right' and I'll turn around and say 'yes, yes it is, but I'm taking it anyway' and unless you have weaponry, economical power or diplomatical sway (hint, you have nothing, because you are my citizen and I can take all that away too) you stand powerless to change that. That's not nihilism - that's common sense. So either you are using the word nihilism wrong, or you are entirely confused about what I was saying. Perhaps both.

Furthermore I am not sure why you think that religion = I have a natural right to things. This is not true at all. I am religious in a broad sense and our religion teaches us we need to work for everything because not even the gods will give us what we want without something in return. Ergo there are no natural rights except the right of the strongest, which is a dynamic variable that changes all the time. If I want something, I take it - whether that is physical goods, ideology, or a right. It's not a natural power giving me those things, it is me taking those things. That's not nihilistic.

I just wanna circle back real quick to note two things -- first, I'm stupid, and it's the fourteenth amendment that protected voting rights for all (male) citizens regardless of race, not the thirteenth, my bad (but some of yours too, we must be equally stupid).

The other thing I wanted to point out is that this concept I've been talking about -- where your rights exist already, and the law simply protects (or fails to protect) them -- that's not something I just made up. That's the way the Constitution is written. It's not so much "my take" on things, that's the actual extant law of the United States. The law doesn't say "You're allowed to have guns," the law says "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

....except when it's not written that way, which is something I didn't realize (because clearly I don't study the constitution enough) until I looked it up to prove my point. Take the "Miranda" rights, for example -- there's a significant technical difference between the fourth amendment ("The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated") and the sixth (it's long, google it). The fourth considers security a basic human right, where the sixth extends a legal privilege to citizens. Wildly different concepts. We refer to both as "rights" in regular humanspeak, but those are different things.

Which brings me to this -- I'm definitely right about certain constitutional rights, but I'm also definitely wrong and you folks are right about other constitutional rights. According to what the actual law actually is, anyway, we can argue philosophically about that, but the constitution itself (and its amendments), pretty black-and-white.

@mdk

I see what you're saying about the right already existing but again, that implies that there is some sort of higher power (God) giving you that right. This raises all kinds of questions. How can we measure it? What are the limits? Are these limits in line with what God wants them to be? If not then aren't we, the people, trampling on those rights now? If God wants us to have these rights why does he allow people to trample them? Why doesn't the Pope, literal incarnate God on Earth, also allow these things? Do we consult the Pope for policy making advise?

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

@Odin @Silver Carrot What makes a good law, then? Or is there even such a thing?

@mdk

A good law is a) based on the wishes of a majority and b) measurable and enforceable and c) enforced. Contents are irrelevant. It's for that reason I don't like (but I do understand) your question to the other person.

<Snipped quote by Silver Carrot>

Let's say homosexuality is punishable by death in Fakenisia, and not in the Fabulous States of Don't Go There Girlfriend (FSDGTG for short). What, in your mind, should the interactions between these two nations look like? Would the FSDGTG be justified in, I dunno, pulling this out of a hat.... would they be justified in, say, limiting immigration from Fakenisia?

@mdk

Self-determination is very important to me (wouldn't call it a right though most countries give themselves this 'right' through political, military or economical prowess). Whether they are justified or not is related to SOLELY the perspective of any given person. For me they would be justified - though I'd also add that I think FSDGTG doesn't have a right to judge the culture of others - and can certainly make that decision. Who is to tell them they can't.

And if Fakenisia disagrees with this they can counter - militarily, politically or economically.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

I think the references to God and/or the divine are actually very important.

Not for religious reasons, but for legal ones. It's important, in my opinion, to codify in the highest law (in every law really) that rights do not come from the government. One does not have the freedom of speech because the first amendment says so -- one has that right period, and drafts the constitution in order to forbid the government from interfering. That's a vital distinction. The thirteenth amendment did not grant former slaves the right to vote, it ended the government's ability to trample that right. That right was always there; that's why slavery (and segregation, and denying female suffrage, and so on) was wrong.

@mdk

Fundamentally disagree on a subjective basis but feel the need to point it out none the less. Rights are not a natural/divine given 'right'. They are civil (in social terms, not legal) agreements we have made between each other about what we widely consider 'the right thing to do' and therefore the 'right to free speech' is given to people because we, as a people, believe that we, as a people, should have the ability to speak our mind about what we believe in. It's a fundamental principle of democracy yes but then democracy is inherently flawed and so are the rights.

The issue I take with it is that rights are not actual rights. You do not have a natural right to something - they are things that can be taken from you at any moment and theoretically there is nothing stopping your government from taking away all your rights right now if they deem fit to do so in this very moment. There is nothing you could do to stop it except to hope that they won't do it, and that the people who will execute the beatdown on these rights (policemen removing protests, caretakers ramping up prices for life-saving care, landlord and housing companies upping the prices by 200% because they can now legally do that) have a change of heart and will not execute these.

The right to vote is not a natural right - it was not always there, for blacks, for asians, for women, for men. To say it was trampled upon by the government is true but that'd imply the right was always there when it was not. Furthermore, a thirteenth amendment did not end the governments ability to trample that right either. Laws are just laws - dura lex sed lex, of course, but laws can be broken and so can the rights of people.

This sounds a lot like the argument that `you can't do x or y because it's against the constitution` but constitutions are changed, literally all the time, and most often without the people noticing. These amendments are the same and so are rights - they can be taken away from you much easier than they are given to you.

As far as I am concerned you don't have a right to anything, and that goes for literally anyone on this planet.

Frokane's Mildly Politcal Hangout Thread

Every day I come here and the topic of conversation has changed at least three times to the point where I don't even know which conversation to currently add to.

@Silver Carrot

the best idea is to come here for the memes and not for the discourse because you won't find that here

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