RANDOM ENCOUNTERS

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If NPC's can impact one's story in a significant way, then Random Encounters have the power to turn it around completely. The Naruto universe is full of potentially dangerous opponents and obstacles that are naturally difficult to surmount. Within this world, there exist situations where a player, normally carrying out a unique role-play session, is interrupted with a new slew of unique possibilities. Most writers should be familiar with the basic idea, which can be found in many roleplaying video games; the player character (PC) is pitted against a non-player character (NPC) for various spoils and rewards, allowing them to grow ever stronger.

Random Encounters are conducted by members of staff, and will always involve the use of specific NPC's. As a player seeking this type of encounter, you can either trigger an RE through you own role-play, or simply request one by staff. From that point the process is simple. The staff member will roll three dice, one to determine the difficulty level of the fight, one to determine the type of enemy, and the third to determine the amount of enemies. Depending on the outcome, the characters in your thread will then be challenged by the specified NPCs. Should you defeat them, the reward is yours! Be warned, however, that death of your character is entirely possible.

There are some restrictions in place to keep players from spamming RE's or using them to farm for rewards, since they can be a profitable source of income in all departments. A member can only be involved in one active Random Encounter at a time, and can only request one every seven days. If you are active in an RE, then you cannot request a new one until your current one is over.

Though rare, seeing them through to the end can be quite beneficial for the player. These encounters are not always of danger, and could lead to some form of discovery, or the trigger for a longer, more rewarding quest. For example, you could encounter a sickly person on the side of the road, during combat, which, upon being helped, will grant you with lots of money! (or a means of doing so). Just be prepared for anything. In the end, each encounter can offer the player a unique and different opportunity.

Each board will have a pinned thread describing the country/capital/village's overall setting, a brief description of the area, and then, a breakdown of all possible random encounters. From enemy combat to possible treasure localization, random encounters are one of the best ways to keep your muse always peaked. Best of all, you can obtain lots of things during these encounters, even by simply looting!

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Spoils and loot from Random Encounters come in two types: experience and items. So long as you win the battle against your foe(s)—whether the NPC dies or retreats—you will receive a cut of EXP. The amount depends on the difficulty level of the random encounter and your overall writing ability. The actual amount awarded will be determined by the staff member grading the thread, but you can be assured that it will always fall within a certain scale:

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The lowest amount will be given to the player who has made no attempt at quality posts throughout their fight; the highest will be given to those who have great quality. Keep in mind that this does not include how long your posts are, but how well you write! As for items, if you've managed to kill your opponent(s) you are free to loot whatever was on their corpse. If you do not defeat your opponent or solve your challenge, you will not receive any EXP or loot. Best of all, your reward does stack on top of the normal EXP points you get per post for a graded thread, as well as mission rewards, so even an attempt is worth it!

Below are a few of our currently used encounters.

• Treasure: With these encounters, the main challenge the player is faced with is acquiring an unknown amount of treasure, either in the form of equipment, money, unique items, relics, etc. Obtaining these treasures is usually done through some means of inquiry, puzzle solving, riddles, or simply using one's wit and intellect in general, though combat can come into play.
• Follower: Followers are passionate folk, and as such, aren't easily persuaded to do the bidding of others - that is, until they find someone worthy. These situations usually serve to test this aspect of yourself, and if you succeed, someone watching you might just be convinced you're the next Mesiah. Or Devil's spawn. Either way, they'll wanna follow you.
• Wandering Master: The Wandering Master encounter is a special, rare type of encounter that deals with some sort of style or piece of equipment so rare that only a few can teach it to you or make the equipment for you. In this case, one must be clever to take note of a where a Wandering Master could be, and do your best to appease them once you've met!
• Security Check: Whenever you are within any country, capital, or hidden village, you will encounter some sort of police force entrusted with keeping the overall peace of the region. Keep in mind that laws do change in each country, and with that, their enforcement, but in general, it is safe to assume guard type encounters are simply checks by security to make sure everything is under control. Handle these as you will, but remember one thing - where there's one guard, there's guaranteed to be many more nearby.
• The Samurai: The Samurai has a firm control over many regions, so expect to representatives of each organization to encounter you should you wade on their particular territory. Fear not, for if you are law abiding, they merely perform a security check and move on.
• Bandits: When RP'ing in certain lawless areas, this type of encounter will produce desperate, violent situations where the user's possessions become the target and sole reason of other men and women's existence. Expect muggers to come for your possessions should you carelessly enter this dangerous regions.
• Job Offer: During your travels, your will occasionally encounter those which may request your aid via your chosen professions. That is, based on your job of choice, you may be presented with situations where your unique skills could help - or you could otherwise and deny your services entirely. There is no right answer, but there is definately a lot of choice.

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