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I'm sorry if it seems a little petulant of me as a noob to the site to start questioning some of the systems in place on the site but I feel as though the mission system could do with a lick of new paint.

As I understand it, though I may be wrong since it might be exclusive to Kusa, you can only take missions supplied by the village you are in and before taking those missions you have to play out accepting the mission IC and afterwards also reporting the completion of the mission IC.

There are a few problematic elements I see regarding this system. Firstly I feel it's a bit redundant to make an IC post regarding things as small and ultimately negligible as accepting the mission when the real important part of the whole process is the mission itself. I can kind of see the logic behind why all this could be RP'd out I really don't think it's necessary. I get that it might be good for immersion as this is a situation our character would go through but I don't think this situation has much leeway for any significant drama, it's just 'Hi, can I have this mission?' 'Yes.' 'Cool.'. Just as our characters DO accept missions they might also get a good eight hours sleep after having three square meals during the day and go to the bathroom but we don't have to RP that out since it's not relevant to what's really interesting about missions in the first place.

Secondly, even taking a mission might take some time since you need to be pre-approved for the mission before you can even start it by having the kage grant you that permission IC, which depending on the active nature of the kage in question could take any length of time. If one Kage's net shuts down for a month that a whole village with a backed up mission system for a month. I think that leaving it down to one person is inefficient and untidy.

As for the missions, I think we should be allowed to make our own. I haven't got an answer on this one yet so I'm going to assume we can't just in case so I'll make these points brief. Having to choose from a small selection of pre-made missions might get pretty boring in the long run and doing missions would really feel like much less of a grind if you were in control of the scenario.

With these in mind I propose that we implement a similar but tidied up system for our missions which would be as so:

Firstly we'd have a single board dedicated to missions where we store all mission information and a notifcation thread. This information would be mission rank guidelines (what scenarios are suitable for what ranks) and mission templates (mission name, situation, who can join and so on). This board will then be where people post their custom missions with a link to the relevant thread where they can then start and complete the mission straight away at their own pace without having to wait for any approval.

After they complete their mission they post in the notification thread with a link to their thread in the mission board where the whole thing will be graded. After that all rewards are handed out accordingly, the thread in the mission board is archived and their post in the notification board is deleted. Everything remains tidy and everyone is happy.

I think that by doing this taking missions will be less of a grind, there will be less of a wait and by localizing the whole mission process to an OOC mechanic where all mods can deal with them instead of a single kage would greatly increase the overall efficiency of the system.

I strongly feel that this would vastly improve on the system we already have in place.

I'm looking to get in to a team so if any Kusa nin are currently teamless and wanna join up with Jin send me a quick message!

edited~

                               Yin/Genjutsu



[/b]: A maximum of five additional arms can be created.[/ul]


Tsuchi no Ouchi no Jutsu (Spoil Pit Technique)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 5
Chakra Consumption: Mid

[/b]: This technique was created by Masakuni.

[/ul][/spoiler][/div]

Age: 19

Village: Kusagakure

Rank: Genin

Difficulty: Hard/Advanced

Specialty: Ninjutsu/Genjutsu primary
                  Taijutsu secondary

Pale and fair-skinned, the young Kusa ninja is tall and thin like bamboo. Despite his thinness his physique is remarkably muscular upon closer inspection as a product of his diligent training, betraying his initially frail look. His face is full of precise features such as thin lips and a sharp jawline, complimenting his almost skeletal body type. His hair is unremarkably black and kept at a manageable length that fall just under his eyes, usually parted when wearing his ninja headband to reveal a pair of dark eyes with noticeable rings around them from a lack of sleep: indicating many nights spent working late in to the early hours of the morning.

In terms of clothing Jin is fairly simple and beyond his ninja headband and any armour he might wear, Jin's clothing is quite minimalistic. Preferring darker, muted colors of a respectable and professional nature you'd be hard pressed to find him wearing little more than a simple kimono tied with a simple obi. Favoring light and billowy clothing that allows much freedom of movement, preferring to move swiftly and sacrifice protection in doing so. In terms of footwear Jin prefers not to wear anything, though in most cases a pair of wooden geta usually suffice.

Publicly, Jin comes off as a quiet individual. Among the least boisterous and rowdy people you’d ever meet the young ninja is happy to stand silently and wait out situations patiently and do his duty without question. He only speaks when it is entirely necessary, always choosing his words carefully and never speaking out of term. To many he might seem like the perfect soldier: loyal, obedient and compliant enough to undertake whatever tasks are thrown his way with minimal fuss. However this strong, silent demeanour hides a viciously ambitious interior.

Highly neurotic, Jin is exceptionally paranoid and obsessed with the safety of his village. This severe concern goes beyond mere patriotism and has caused him to see every outside force as a threat. Every other ninja village is an enemy as far as he is concerned: a variable in a constant state of flux that is forever potentially destructive to the well-being of Kusagakure. With this highly xenophobic attitude in mind Jin has resolved to ensure the survival of his village through any means necessary.

Very politically minded and skilled at confrontation both on the battlefield and in the boardroom, Jinhas learned much about people from simply watching and observing them silently and prides himself on being adept at reading people’s intentions and calling them out on deception and misdirection as well as being able to easily misdirect people himself. Sneaky and backstabbing in nature his loyalty to the well-being of Kusagakure supersedes that of any loyalty to friends and family and is willing to betray or outright murder those he is close to if it benefits his ideal ‘greater-good’.

Orphaned at a young age to two ninja parents (his mother died during childbirth and his father was killed in the line of duty soon after) he was left in the care of the village. Without the affection received by most children from their parents Jin learned only servitude. In an environment where he was conditioned to work for his meals and play he began to see the basic necessities life as commodities to be earned rather than as rights that were given out of love. This shaped his future world-view; causing him to see society as a well-oiled machine to benefit those who work for the greater good whilst the selfish and the lazy went unrewarded.

When he finally reached the age where he was ready to become an academy trainee ninja it’s easy to understand why Jin was able to excel so far and so quickly despite initially being described as having ‘no immediately discernible talent or promise’. Indeed, young Jin was one of the slowest students in his class who found it difficult to understand and implement many basic principles that other children found relatively simple. However, despite not being the most talented Jin was by far the hardest worker. So he simply worked harder,relentlessly pouring over as much work as he could and eventually rising to being one of the top students.

Whilst most children would often talk of dreaming to be the village’s next kage Jin never had any dreams of the sort: If he’d ever be offered the position he’d likely take it but his only ambition was to work as hard ashe could. By the time of his graduation, Jin was being hailed as a prodigy though he was swift to dismiss that claim, declaring that he was nothing more than a diligent worker. After graduation Jin was quickly assigned to a three man team under the supervision of a jounin. Their first few missions were uneventful, hardly the kind of activities you’d see most ninjas engaging in but Jin took them without complaint.

Whilst the other two team members would complain about never seeing any action the studious child would simply remain silent and compliant,hardly ever speaking unless spoken to. Needless to say he didn’t get on well with the other two genin in his team. Jin always had a reputation among the other students as being the weird kid who always worked too hard and never said anything with no friends or family to call his own. Eventually the time came where the ninja had to embark upon a mission of actual severity, where despite it only being a low rank mission and the young ninja nowhere near taking the chuunin exams any time soon there was always the possibility for violence.

However, halfway through the mission it became obvious that the task was going far deadlier than first realised. Ninja from another village(through what could have been a simple failure in communication or a planned attack, Jin never found out) became entangled in the events surrounding their mission and eventually Jin was given an ultimatum: he could save his squad and effectively risk failing the mission altogether or he could leave his squad to die and ensure the mission’s completion. Without hesitation Jin went for the latter option. 

These events would not only cement his tendency to put the mission first but it also created a loathing of ninja from other villages. After the way they almost jeopardized the mission he came to see outside ninja as obstacles to the well-being of his own village. His decision was a topic of much discussion among the ninja in the village, with such ruthlessness coming as a great surprise from someone as young as Jin was. His peers alienated him further, not trusting Jin. Though the elders felt that whilst his decision might be justified his impersonal nature might have made him more of a liability than an asset.

Because of this they assigned him to work as an apprentice in the administration of the village: helping oversee village politics and finances in a manner that would potentially lead him to become an aid to future Kage. Though Jin, as usual, took this decision without complaint and accepted his placement in to such a passive position he felt cheated that his abilities were being wasted at what was essentially a desk job. He was a trained killer and he had spent years honing skills designed to kill so how was he supposed to protect his village with those skills from behind a pen and paper?

In time, however, that stint in administration waned and Jin found himself back in to the killing fields. For the first time in a long while Jin felt happy to be in the knowledge that he was in a position to ensure the survival of his village.

Primary Weapons:
1 Katana

1 Tanto

Secondary Weapons:
Kunai

Shuriken
Smoke Grenades


Accessories:
Satchel
2 C-rank scrolls

Protectorates:

[/b]: A maximum of five additional arms can be created.[/ul]

Kasumi Juusha no Jutsu (Mist Servant Technique)
Rank: D 
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 3
Chakra: Low

Tsuchi no Ouchi no Jutsu (Spoil Pit Technique)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 5
Chakra Consumption: Mid

[/b]: This technique was created by Masakuni.

[/spoiler]

Age: 19

Village: Kusagakure

Rank: Genin

Difficulty: Hard/Advanced
Specialties:-Nin/Gen Primary
                 -Taijutsu secondary

Pale and fair-skinned, the young Kusa ninja is tall and thin like bamboo. Despite his thinness his physique is remarkably muscular upon closer inspection as a product of his diligent training, betraying his initially frail look. His face is full of precise features such as thin lips and a sharp jawline, complimenting his almost skeletal body type. His hair is unremarkably black and kept at a manageable length that fall just under his eyes, usually parted when wearing his ninja headband to reveal a pair of dark eyes with noticeable rings around them from a lack of sleep: indicating many nights spent working late in to the early hours of the morning.

In terms of clothing Jin is fairly simple and beyond his ninja headband and any armour he might wear, Jin's clothing is quite minimalistic. Preferring darker, muted colors of a respectable and professional nature you'd be hard pressed to find him wearing little more than a simple kimono tied with a simple obi. Favoring light and billowy clothing that allows much freedom of movement, preferring to move swiftly and sacrifice protection in doing so. In terms of footwear Jin prefers not to wear anything, though in most cases a pair of wooden geta usually suffice.

Publicly, Jin comes off as a quiet individual. Among the least boisterous and rowdy people you’d ever meet the young ninja is happy to stand silently and wait out situations patiently and do his duty without question. He only speaks when it is entirely necessary, always choosing his words carefully and never speaking out of term. To many he might seem like the perfect soldier: loyal, obedient and compliant enough to undertake whatever tasks are thrown his way with minimal fuss. However this strong, silent demeanour hides a viciously ambitious interior.

Highly neurotic, Jin is exceptionally paranoid and obsessed with the safety of his village. This severe concern goes beyond mere patriotism and has caused him to see every outside force as a threat. Every other ninja village is an enemy as far as he is concerned: a variable in a constant state of flux that is forever potentially destructive to the well-being of Kusagakure. With this highly xenophobic attitude in mind Jin has resolved to ensure the survival of his village through any means necessary.

Very politically minded and skilled at confrontation both on the battlefield and in the boardroom, Jinhas learned much about people from simply watching and observing them silently and prides himself on being adept at reading people’s intentions and calling them out on deception and misdirection as well as being able to easily misdirect people himself. Sneaky and backstabbing in nature his loyalty to the well-being of Kusagakure supersedes that of any loyalty to friends and family and is willing to betray or outright murder those he is close to if it benefits his ideal ‘greater-good’.

Orphaned at a young age to two ninja parents (his mother died during childbirth and his father was killed in the line of duty soon after) he was left in the care of the village. Without the affection received by most children from their parents Jin learned only servitude. In an environment where he was conditioned to work for his meals and play he began to see the basic necessities life as commodities to be earned rather than as rights that were given out of love. This shaped his future world-view; causing him to see society as a well-oiled machine to benefit those who work for the greater good whilst the selfish and the lazy went unrewarded.

When he finally reached the age where he was ready to become an academy trainee ninja it’s easy to understand why Jin was able to excel so far and so quickly despite initially being described as having ‘no immediately discernible talent or promise’. Indeed, young Jin was one of the slowest students in his class who found it difficult to understand and implement many basic principles that other children found relatively simple. However, despite not being the most talented Jin was by far the hardest worker. So he simply worked harder,relentlessly pouring over as much work as he could and eventually rising to being one of the top students.

Whilst most children would often talk of dreaming to be the village’s next kage Jin never had any dreams of the sort: If he’d ever be offered the position he’d likely take it but his only ambition was to work as hard ashe could. By the time of his graduation, Jin was being hailed as a prodigy though he was swift to dismiss that claim, declaring that he was nothing more than a diligent worker. After graduation Jin was quickly assigned to a three man team under the supervision of a jounin. Their first few missions were uneventful, hardly the kind of activities you’d see most ninjas engaging in but Jin took them without complaint.

Whilst the other two team members would complain about never seeing any action the studious child would simply remain silent and compliant,hardly ever speaking unless spoken to. Needless to say he didn’t get on well with the other two genin in his team. Jin always had a reputation among the other students as being the weird kid who always worked too hard and never said anything with no friends or family to call his own. Eventually the time came where the ninja had to embark upon a mission of actual severity, where despite it only being a low rank mission and the young ninja nowhere near taking the chuunin exams any time soon there was always the possibility for violence.

However, halfway through the mission it became obvious that the task was going far deadlier than first realised. Ninja from another village(through what could have been a simple failure in communication or a planned attack, Jin never found out) became entangled in the events surrounding their mission and eventually Jin was given an ultimatum: he could save his squad and effectively risk failing the mission altogether or he could leave his squad to die and ensure the mission’s completion. Without hesitation Jin went for the latter option. 

These events would not only cement his tendency to put the mission first but it also created a loathing of ninja from other villages. After the way they almost jeopardized the mission he came to see outside ninja as obstacles to the well-being of his own village. His decision was a topic of much discussion among the ninja in the village, with such ruthlessness coming as a great surprise from someone as young as Jin was. His peers alienated him further, not trusting Jin. Though the elders felt that whilst his decision might be justified his impersonal nature might have made him more of a liability than an asset.

Because of this they assigned him to work as an apprentice in the administration of the village: helping oversee village politics and finances in a manner that would potentially lead him to become an aid to future Kage. Though Jin, as usual, took this decision without complaint and accepted his placement in to such a passive position he felt cheated that his abilities were being wasted at what was essentially a desk job. He was a trained killer and he had spent years honing skills designed to kill so how was he supposed to protect his village with those skills from behind a pen and paper?

In time, however, that stint in administration waned and Jin found himself back in to the killing fields. For the first time in a long while Jin felt happy to be in the knowledge that he was in a position to ensure the survival of his village.

Primary Weapons:

Katana
Rank: C
Type: Primary / Sword / Melee 
Description: Commonly refereed to as a 'Samurai sword', the katana is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single edged blade up to three feet in length, circular or squared guard, and long grip to accommodate two hands. As such, it has become renowned for its sharpness and cutting ability.

Tanto
Rank: C
Type: Primary / Knife / Melee 
Description: The tanto is a single or double-edged straight knife no longer than fifteen inches. The tano was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well.

Secondary Weapons:


Kunai (Throwing Knife)
Rank: D
Type: Secondary / Melee + Ranged
Special: 2 per Pack.
Description: This throwing knife is one of the common weapons of a ninja. It is often kept in a holster on the leg in a pouch attached to the belt. What makes it so versatile and universal is the fact the Kunai can be used in conjunction with explosive tags and other weapons to form deadly combos out of simple, easily accessible items.

Shuriken (Ninja Star)
Rank: D
Type: Secondary / Ranged
Special: 5 per Pack.
Description: A shuriken, like kunai, is one of the more basic weapons employed by ninja of all classes. They are sharpened, four-pronged metal stars, no more than a few inches long, and are extremely useful for throwing. Although small, they can be used to distract, or, if accurate enough, to kill. They have an open circle in the center, used for grabbing with a finger, to avoid cutting oneself, or to put thread through. The circle is also a benefit in aerodynamics, as it ensures more accurate trajectories.

Smoke Grenade
Rank: C
Type: Tool / Area of Effect
Range: 0 - 10 meters
Special: 3 per pack
Description: This combustible comes in the form of a long, skinny cylinder, no more than a few inches long. At the top lies a pin which, when pulled, activates the grenade's internal components. Within seconds, thick, dark smoke begins to spew from the cylinder, covering a wide area and leaving all those nearby blinded and gagging.


Accessories:

Satchel
Rank: C
Type: Universal Accessory / Extension / Self
Special: Allows the storage of 5 extra Packs. Available to all ranks, including Non-Ninja. Each satchel takes up one (1) accessory slot. Can only begin with one when creating character!
Description: The Satchel is a simple holding device which can store extra secondary weapons should the user need to call on them quickly in battle. Appearing like a regular carrying, it is hung on one's side or worn at the hip for easy access.

Blank Sealing Scrolls  x2
Rank: C
Type: Universal Accessory.
Special: The rank of the scroll determines the number of items, elements, or techniques that can be sealed within them. Likewise, the rank also determines how many accessory slots the scroll takes up (without an extension item purchased). It should be noted that elements being sealed inside of the scrolls are raw and uncontrollable, and not in unnecessarily large quantities. The "burst" of element extends roughly five meters fanning out from the scroll's open face, and can harm the user in certain situations. Likewise, the scroll must be open in order to summon the element in question.

• D: D-rank scrolls can store a total of five secondary weapon packs, or one basic element. This scroll takes up one accessory slot.
  
• C: C-rank scrolls can store a total of ten secondary weapon packs, or one basic element. This scroll takes up two accessory slots.
  
• B: B-rank scrolls can store a total of fifteen secondary weapon packs, or one two basic elements. This scroll takes up three accessory slots.
  
• A: A-rank scrolls can store either a total of twenty secondary weapon packs, ten primary weapons, or three basic elements. This scroll takes up four accessory slots.
  
• S: S-rank scrolls can store either a total of twenty-five secondary weapon packs, fifteen primary weapons, or four basic elements. This scroll takes up five accessory slots.

Description: Scrolls remain one of the most important pieces of equipment in a ninja's arsenal. Because of their size, multiple scrolls can be carried into battle in the front pouches of a flak jacket or in a satchel. This will save space and not sacrifice a much needed piece of equipment which may be required later. In the end, the scroll is useful because it allows the ninja to summon creatures, people and items to their aid. There are also larger scrolls that ninja keep on their back, these are notably A and S-ranked.

Protectorates:

N/A