THE COMBAT MANUAL

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Battling is a common occurrence within the world of Naruto, with violence found at almost every corner. As such, expect conflict to break out during any situation. Because of this, it is important players roleplay accordingly, in a certain manner so that confusion is kept minimal. Moderators exist to assist in battles, but will intervene as little as possible and only when they are needed. Staff intervention should be seen as a last resort to clear up problems and not a norm, as that can ruin the flow of the roleplay. By teaching proper battle etiquette, we hope to reach a point that there is never a need for an intervention, and player can instead work things out themselves.

NRP employs the use of TI:MP (Moderate Powers). It is a unique style of combat in which the players role-play actions based on possibilities, not certain acts, and allow each other to counter based on their writing skill. In T1, characters have special powers, but these powers are controlled and are not completely catastrophic at all times. For those new to this form of T1, it is a essentially a common logic way of text fighting. Even though it is based off the imagination, a certain amount of logic still exists within the T1. Respect, honor, and trust are all key points needed to have a clean fun form of competition amongst one on one, or multiples against one. Order and communication is most important when dealing the starting posts in the T1.

When first entering a thread, no mayor actions such as attacking can be performed. Take this time to describe yourself and your setting, as well as establish the field (if you are the thread creator), or to acknowledge another player's role-play setting, while contributing logically with your own additions. You post in turns, and all attacks are attempted, with the most logical poster gaining success in their attempts. Essentially, you do not post attacking and connecting in the same turn. If there is doubt regarding the outcome of certain attacks, a staff member can be contacted and a silent intervention can be performed through PM's, where the staff member and both fighters privately, and briefly, discuss the outcome. This prevents the thread from getting bogged down with OOC postings.

Once the battle begins, do not Auto-Attack or God-Mod. 'Auto-Attacking' occurs when you make the statement that your attack lands without giving your opponent an opportunity to counter, block, evade, or deflect. 'God-Modding' happens when you utilize information you obtained out-of-character, and apply to an in-character setting. For example, if you are in the middle of a puzzle role-play, and players obtain the answer in the Chat Box, you cannot automatically know the answer in-character.

^{Excerpts taken from RJ Gentry's T1 Guidelines}

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Each turn, you are afforded three (3) Mayor Actions - Attack, Defend, & Item Use. Attacking involves any form of offensive attempt, be it through raw talent via an elaborate technique. Defending can be done many ways, either by accepting the hit but blocking at the same time, parrying, or even evading it altogether. Item Use is self explanatory, and refers to any supplementary actions performed.

A turn on NRP does not have an exact measurement, as in it lasts a variable amount of time as per how much time you need to complete what you have written. However, it should be noted that during this time frame the world does not stop. That is, time does not stop. Time is still flowing and everything else is still happening around you. Your opponent can and will still move during this time, and any actions they had done should be taken into consideration.

While you are not expected to perform all three of these actions every single turn, the point is that you are allowed up to three actions altogether - any combination will do as long as this very simple limit is observed. You can go all out and attack, or simply stay defensive. Moving about freely does not consume an action but will be limited to logic; you cannot expect to simply attempt to flee from someone in one turn, then find yourself mile away from them in the next (unless you have some special method of doing so...).

An Interrupt occurs when a player reacts before the end of another player's prior turn, attempting to logically attack in a way that will successfully 'interrupt' the opponent's chain of Mayor Actions. As an example, a player might draw his sword, curse, and then run at his opponent before stopping, jumping, and swinging his sword at his opponent's neck. In response, his opponent would post drawing his sword and charging back while the player is running, therefore rendering the neck strike having never happened. If an interrupt is successful, it can change the tide of battle greatly, and put its user in a very advantageous situation. However, if it fails, it is the user of the interrupt that is left in a tough spot.

A Hypothetical occurs when a player describes a follow-up or alternative action that will happen if one or more conditions are met by their opponent. Hypotheticals imply forethought, so they can be considered planned moves in-character. The only rule hypotheticals are binded to is that the user must have enough Mayor Actions and stamina to support each possibility. You get to use a single hypothetical per turn.

Established Acceptance is a loose term defined by when someone accepts something that has happened previously. This term usually goes hand in hand with the notion of a combat rewind in scope. When someone establishes some sort of information earlier in a thread it becomes fact (so long as it's reasonable) unless someone else changes it. If person A writes that the scenery is a dense forest and person B does not modify this scenery (within reasonable scope) within their next post then this becomes established fact. Person B cannot then go back and say that it was in fact an open plain, as they already established acceptance.

^{Excerpts taken from RJ Gentry's T1 Guidelines}