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<blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 13130" data-attributes="member: 221"><p><span style="color: limegreen"><u><strong>How to Play</strong></u></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Playing YB is really simple. Two (or more players) generate random moves with the YB generator and post them. A judge decides which move is better and awards or takes away flags based on that judgement. The first player to capture all the flags wins. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">As a character advances in ranks, the character will obtain powers and abilities that will help capture flags (or prevent the opponent from capturing a flag). The use of these abilities makes the game more challenging and takes away a small bit of the games randomness </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Making a Character</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Making a character for YB is as easy as 1.2.3. One, Create a name for your character. Two, Create a look, feel and back history for your character if you want. There are few limits on what your character can be. Most players choose to fight as human kung-fu fighters, but you can be anything from a talking squirrel to an interplanetary interdimensional robotic fighter. Your history can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. The main limit on your imagination at this point is your character cannot be all powerful nor is your character immortal. Third and finally, identify your character as a white belt and answer a challenge or post a challenge.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Game Etiquette</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Manners are for everyone, even villains and YB players should observe a few simple points of game etiquette.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">1) Let the judges decide how badly you hurt your opponent. It is bad form and emberassing to describe in detail how you smashed your opponent into little shattered pieces only to have the judge declare that the other move was superior and you lost the round</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">2) Do not put words or actions into the mouth of another players character! Not unless you get consent to do so or the actions are minimal. Do not tell someone else how their character reacts to a situation. Let them decide this!</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">3) If you are going to be delayed before your next posting, let your opponent know. The rule of thumb is that a match can be forfeited if there is a 24 hour delay on the part of one player. If you can, make sure to post a move, even if the fight will be delayed. The judge can often rule in your absence rather than forcing everyone to wait.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">4) Don't fish for moves. It becomes obvious after a while and people won't want to play with you anymore. Use the first generated move you get.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">5) Any use of a power should be decided on when the move for that round is generated and posted. If you are posting first, you cannot wait until after your opponent has posted to decide whether to include a power in with the move.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">6) Remember - it's only a game. Keep in character conflicts in character and out of character always be polite.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Advancement and Ranks</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">There are 7 tiers in each of the YB Paths. White belt is always the first tier. Each tier has more than 1 rank with the exceptions of the first and seventh tiers.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The first tier has no ranks. Losses do not count against a white belt, though they are added to his record. A single win will promote the white belt into the path of his or her choice.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The seventh tier likewise has no ranks. Wins do not count for a 7th tier fighter, regardless of the path though they are added to his record. A single loss will demote the 7th tier fighter back into the 10th rank of the 6th tier. Even sashes are not immune from this rule concerning the 7th tier. The seventh tier of each path is also special in that there can ever only be 1 fighter in any one of the 5 seventh tiers. A fighter on a path with the 7th tier occupied must first reach the 10th rank of the 6th tier and then successfully challenge the 7th tier fighter to advance into the 7th tier.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Normally, when a fighter wins a fight, he goes up 1 rank. When a fighter loses a fight he goes down 1 rank. There are exceptions however. Besides those exceptions listed in the rules for the paths, killing another fighter earns 1 extra rank. Likewise, fighting a fighter from a higher tier will garner 1 extra rank for each difference in the tier. Thus a white belt who defeats a yellow belt will advance 2 ranks from the victory whereas if they had bested a white belt they would have advanced only 1. If a white belt would beat a yellow belt, disgraced 3 and kill that yellow belt, they could advance three ranks. Losing a fight normally only drops a fighter 1 rank. There are some exceptions however.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><u><strong>Death and Dying?</strong></u></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Dying can occur in YB. First it is possible to commit seppuku if you dislike the direction your character has taken. This is extreme but it's your character.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Second, and most common, 2nd tier fighters can die if they reach the bottom of their tier and then fight the wrong person. Thugs, Out of Luck, Dark Apprentices, Out of Favor, Yellow Belts, Disgraced 3, Blue Belts, Fallen From Grace, and Copper Sashes 0 can be killed if they lose their match (and in the sashes case if they do not pay the yen). If these fighters are not killed when they lose then they go back to white belt after losing. Anytime a fighter wins a fight and kills a character at these ranks, they win 1 extra rank from the victory.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Third and finally, it is possible to challenge another to a death match. Such Matches must always be for at least four flags. The one declaring the death match must, if they win, kill the other fighter. The one accepting the death match can choose to either kill their opponent or show mercy. If they show mercy, the other fighter loses 3 ranks from the fight. Death matches garner 1 extra rank from the victory for the winning fighter.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Initiative</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Sometimes it does not matter who posts first in a round. Other times it does. If either fighter has chi strike, that fighter may post first. If two fighters fighting both have chi-strike, the fighter with the higher rank goes first until his chi strike is used and then the other goes first. If either fighter has dirty trick then that fighter may post last. If both fighters have dirty trick then the fighter with the highest rank goes last until his dirty trick is used and then the other goes last. If one fighter has sneaky trick but not dirty trick then that fighter can go last (unless the other has dirty trick). If both fighters have sneaky trick but not dirty trick the fighter with the highest rank goes last. Dirty trick in other words always supersedes sneaky trick if it is involved.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">In strategy matches, the normal rules apply, but if there are no more chi strikes, dirty tricks or sneaky tricks to take into account then in a strategy match the fighters alternate posting first.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Strategy matches</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">In a strategy match, every three rounds, the fighters post five moves and subsequently choose which move they will decide to use. Judges are encouraged to pay special attention to moves that might well cancel out anothers. After three of the five move are used, another hand of five moves is generated. The advantage to this is that fighters can try and choose their best moves, are more likely to get a signature style and are able to attempt to match defenses to their opponents attacks. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">In a strategy match, when a dirty trick is used, the fighter against which the dirty trick is used chooses one of their opponents moves and indicates that that move should be marked as Used. This is of course unless the match is in the third round of the current hand in which case it is irrelevant as a new hand is about to be drawn anyway.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Style Matches</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">In a style match the fighters use the generated move as a basis to describe what they do to their opponent. Judges must first decide if they think the description is fair based on the generated move, and they must then decide which description sounds more like a move that would garner a round victory. In a style move a better generated move is a move that allows for good description. A good description is one that appeals to the judge as a round winner. It is the description of the attack, not the generated move itself which is judged by the judges in a style match. Obviously the better your writing skills the better you will do in such a match.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Yen</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The generator occassionally spews out a move that has *yen* or *yen+yen* tacked on to the end of it. When this happens the person who wins the round wins either 1 or 2 yens. These yens should be carried on the character. What can you do with a yen? Yen are integral to sashes first of all and if you carry too many yen you will find that sashes more often want to fight you. Yen may be freely exchanged by characters for any IC reason desired. As well, and perhaps most importantly, Yen may be used to purchase and empower a single personal item that the character can use in fights.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Insult Rounds</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Most fights begin with an insult round. Insults are generated and delivered and the judges can decide who had the better insult. The winner of the insult round gets to pick the length of the match (2-5 flags) and the style of the match (Traditional, Strategy, Style, Speed). If a player is more inclined to pick a style match, it is polite to let the opponent know before insults are exchanged.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>The "Ancient Master's" decree</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The shadowy and mysterious ancient masters intrude into every fight. After judging the insults and before the length of the match is declared, the judge must use the "Masters" button on the generator to randomly select a time and place for the match. If the fighter's moves at any time seem to close for the judge to call, the judge may consider the usage of the style of the day, the location of the fight, and the time of the day, in that order.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Comparing Fighters Ranks and Record.</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Sometimes, moves are too close for a judge to call and the day and location of the fight make no difference in regards to the moves. When this happens, a judge should compare the fighters ranks. A fighter of a higher rank will win such a round. If the actual ranks of the fighters are identical, the judge should next look at the fighters record. To determine a record, first subtract losses from wins, understanding you can't get a number lower than 0 (6 wins, 8 losses is in fact a 0 record, not a -2 record). </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The higher number is the better record. If the number is the same, look at total number of fights, again the higher number is the better record (i.e. a 2-3 record is worse than a 1-6 record in this case). If the fighters have the same number of fights, compare the number of wins. The higher number is again the better record (i.e 2-3 is better than 1-4). If the fighters records and ranks are exactly the same, they are, of course, of no use to a judge and should not be used to determine a round's winner.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Flags</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>A traditional match</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Fights are fought for flags. When all the flags are at neutral, the fighter winning a round captures as many flags as his move was worth points (i.e. a 2 point signature move captures 2 flags). If a fighter wins a round and his opponent has any captured flags, the fighters points are first used to move the opponents flags back to Neutral. Any remaining points earned in the round may be used to capture flags for the fighter. The match is over when all the flags are captured by one fighter. Lower Tier Fighters should fight for 2, or if they want a longer match 3 flags. Higher tier fighters can fight for 2-4 flags. Epic matched between top tier fighters can be for as many as 5 flags!</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>A Speed Match</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">A speed match is a variant type of the traditional match and may be fought for between 2 and 10 flags. In a speed match, flags are captured by a fighter as normal based on the points won in a successful move. However when a fighter captures a flag, it may not be moved back to neutral. Instead both fighters continue to capture flags each round until one of them has captured the number of flags required to win. A speed match therefore lacks the back and forth of the traditional match and is more of a race.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"> </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Fights with Multiple Fighters</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><em><strong>Free For Alls</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">While there are many possible ways to do fights with more than one fighter, here is the prefered method. In fights with multiple fighters, judges are encouraged to keep score a little differently. The match should be fought for a predetermined amount of flags, between 5 and 10. Each fighter in the match begins with the set amount of flags already in their possession. Each successful hit against them removes as many flags as the move scored points. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Fighters each post one move as normal and must direct who the move is targeted at. Judges discern winners of each contest as normal. However, points can only be scored (i.e. flags removed) by the one attacking. Thus if one fighter attacks a second who is in turn attacking a third, if the move of the second is superior to both the 1st and 3rd then only the 3rd would lose flags in the exchange. When a fighter is out of flags, the fighter is out of the fight.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Losing in a fight with multiple fighters only causes the loser to lose one rank as normal. However, the winner gets to advance 1 rank for each fighter he outlasted (and extra ranks if those outlasted were of a higher tier than he) up to a maximum of 4 ranks.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>Team Fights</em></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">An alternative to free for all fights are those fights in which the fighters are fighting in teams. In such fights, each team should get 2 flags for each tier possessed by the members of that team. A team of three white belts would have 6 flags. A team of 2 Green Belts would have 12 flags and a team comprised of only a single Brown Belt would have 8 flags. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Each member of the team generates a move and directs it at one of the opposing team. Moves are judged as normal, however, points can only be scored by the one attacking. Scored points remove flags from the opposing team. The first team to run out of flags loses.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Each fighter on the winning team recieves 1 rank and each fighter on the losing team loses 1 rank. If the losing team had more flags to begin with than the winning team then the winning team gains 1 extra rank for each member. If the losing team had twice as many flags (or more) as the winning team than the winning team gains 2 extra ranks for each member. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><em><strong>Multiple fighters and death matches</strong></em></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Death matches with multiple fighters work best with free-for alls and the fighters losing all their flags are killed. Each such death gains an extra rank for the winner up to a maximum of 2 extra ranks over the maximum of 4 ranks.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Official Matches</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Fighters are free to "spar" in unofficial matches and need only declare at the beginning of their fight that it is unofficial. Ranks can not be won or lost in an unofficial match. If a fight is not declared unofficial before the judges set the time and place for the fight then the fight is always official. A fight officially starts when the judges determine the winner of the insult round and sets the time and place. Alternatively, if both fighters post their first moves without waiting for the judge, the judge may determine the fight to have officially started. Once a fight has officially started there must be a winner and a loser and someone must win or lose ranks. If at any time one fighter forfeits or does not post for a sufficient length of time, the other fighter is declared the de-facto winner and advances in rank accordingly. Forfeiting a death match of any sort can be just as fatal as losing the match in a more routine way.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Choosing a Path</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Fighters who advance from White Belt to the second tier are free to choose which path they wish to follow in life. White Belts are always free to choose Honor, Yakuza, or Sash as their chosen path. White Belts who defeat a Yakuza or Dark Warrior are free to choose the Path of Light. White Belts who defeat a Light or Honor warrior are free to choose the Path of Darkness. Players should choose the path for their character that best represents the characters goals. Players who choose Sash, Honor or Yakuza need to realize that Light and Dark fighters can influence their place in the world. If you want to play an unchangeable good guy or villain then you need to pick the Path of Light or the Path of Darkness</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Switching Paths</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Sometimes for whatever reason, or sometimes because of a forced conversion, a fighter will want to switch paths. Doing so is not normally easy. The Paths represent life choices that the fighter has made. The two exceptions to this are moving from honor to Light and Yakuza to darkness which is a relatively painlss choice. However any other move the fighter willingly makes requires the loss of at least a tier. The paths may be viewed as a spectrum going from Light to Honor to Sash to Yakuza to Darkness. Moving one step on the spectrum requires the sacrifices of one tier. Thus a person moving from light back to honor would lose one tier. Moving from Light to Sash woul require the sacrifice of two tiers and moving from light to yakuza would require the sacrifice of three tiers. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">When a player loses a tier they go to the top level of the next lowest tier. Thus a Green belt who moves to a sash would be a Copper Sash 2. And a Red Belt that moved to Honor would be a Green Belt 4. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">A player may not switch paths if they cannot afford to sacrifice a tier. Assume a Yellow Belt 2 is converted by a Dark fighter and becomes a thug 1. They would have to wait until they qualified for Gang Boss 0 before switching and becoming a Copper Sash 2. If they win their next fight they could return to being a Yellow Belt 2.</span> </p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12px">The Path of Light</span></u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Concept:</strong> The followers of the path of light are less concerned about skill, power or politics and more concerned with the triumph of good over evil. They are holy warriors dedicated to the eradication of evil from the land. They seldom act together but tend to be lone defenders of truth and goodness.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong><u>Progression and Ranks</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>white belt:</strong> <em>No ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Apprentice of Light/Blue Belt:</strong> 0-2</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Warrior of Light/Orange Belt:</strong> 0-4</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Knight of the Light/Red Belt:</strong> 0-6</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Master of Light:</strong> 0-8</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Lord of Light:</strong> 0-10</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>The Luminary:</strong> <em>No Ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><u><strong>Special Rules:</strong></u> To join the path of light, a Honor fighter (or a white belt) must win a fight against a Yakuza or dark fighter. After winning they may choose to advance into the path of light instead of further into the honor path. A white belt who does this begins as a Blue Belt 0. An honor fighter begins at the rank equivalent to what he would be if he had remained an honor fighter. </span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue">Light fighters can only advance in tiers if they defeat a dark fighter or Yakuza warrior. However, if the light fighter defeats a Dark fighter, they advance 1 extra rank from the win. Light Fighters have 1 buffer rank below their 0 ranks called "Fallen from Grace". </span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong><u>Special Powers and Abilities</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Apprentice of Light/Blue Belt:</strong> Pure Spirit, Holy Warrior, Holy Day, Signature Style</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Warrior of Light/Orange Belt:</strong> Master of Emotions, Mastery, Chi Strike</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Knight of the Light/Red Belt:</strong> Signature Style, Purity of Focus, Redeeming Light</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Master of Light:</strong> Mastery, Right of Domain</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Lord of Light:</strong> Signature Style, Purity of Focus, Mastery</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>The Luminary:</strong> Perfect Defense, Signature Style, Mastery</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><strong>The Honor Path</strong></u> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Concept:</strong> The honor path is the path of pure fighters. They hit hard and fast. The warrior on the path of honor cares less about concepts like good and evil and more about concepts like dignity, honor, and self-worth. Honor warriors are better when they are part of a structured dojo.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><u><strong>Ranks and Progression:</strong></u></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>White Belt:</strong> <em>No ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Yellow Belt:</strong> 0-2</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Green Belt:</strong> 0-4</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Brown Belt:</strong> 0-6</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Black Belt:</strong> 0-8</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Grand Master:</strong> 0-10</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Perfect Master:</strong> <em>no ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Special Rules:</strong> Warriors on the Path of Honor do not lose belt rank as easily as some other fighters. Before falling from one belt to the lower belt because of a defeat, Honor fighters have three ranks of disgrace. Thus a Yellow Belt 0 that loses a fight becomes a Yellow Belt Disgraced 1 and losing another fight would make them Yellow Belt Disgraced 2. A single victory however will erase all disgrace, bringing them back to Belt 0.</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><u><strong>Special Powers and Abilities</strong></u></span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Yellow Belt:</strong> Signature Style, Dojo Style, Fist of Fury, </span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Green Belt:</strong> Signature Style, Dojo Style, Chi Strike, Master of Emotions</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Brown Belt:</strong> Signature Style, Dojo Style, Fist of Fury, master of Movement</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Black Belt:</strong> Signature Style, Dojo Style, Mastery, Master of Shadows</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Grand Master:</strong> Signature Style, Dojo Master, Mastery, Master of Wealth</span></p><p><span style="color: skyblue"><strong>Perfect Master:</strong> Signature Style, Perfect Attack, Mastery, Supreme Master</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12px">The Path of the Yen</span></u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Concept:</strong> Sash fighters are not overly concerned with good and evil, honor or power. They are more interested in where their next yen is coming from. Some are gladiators, some are bounty hunters, all of them look for an easy win and a fast yen. At lower levels, the main advantage of the sash is their ability to earn more money than other paths, allowing them to have an easier time buying an item. At higher levels the sash can arrange their own powers to deliver some hard hitting attacks.</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><u><strong>Progression and ranks</strong></u></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>White Belt:</strong> <em>No ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Copper Sash:</strong> 0-2</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Silver Sash:</strong> 0-4</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Gold Sash:</strong> 0-6</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Platinum Sash:</strong> 0-8</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Diamond Sash:</strong> 0-10</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Master Sash:</strong> <em>No ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Special Rules:</strong>Sashes have no buffer ranks, instead a sash who loses a fight may pay the winner a number of yen equal to the sash's tier (i.e. two yen for copper, three for silver, etc.) in order not to lose a rank. Likewise a sash who wins a fight may, if the loser has yen, claim a number of yen from the loser up to an amount equal to the sash's tier. The sash always has the option if the loser of whether to pay the other. If the sash is the winner the other must pay if they are able. Paying a sash does not affect the rank of the other fighter unless they are a sash. If two sashes of different tiers fight, use the higher tier to determine the amount owed. </span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink">If a Sash of the 7th tier loses a fight he drops immediately to Diamond Sash 10. A 7th tier sash cannot pay to prevent this loss of rank.</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong><u>Powers and Abilities</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Copper sash:</strong> Signature Style, Profiteer, Arena Fighter, Bribe Judges</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Silver sash:</strong> Signature Location, Bribe Judges, Master of Wealth </span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Gold Sash:</strong> Hard hitter, Crowd Pleaser </span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Platinum Sash:</strong> Signature Location, Purchased power, Crowd Pleaser </span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Diamond Sash:</strong> Signature Style, Purchased power, </span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"><strong>Master Sash:</strong> Signature Style, Perfect Attack or Perfect Defense, Purchased power</span></p><p><span style="color: deeppink"></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: orange"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u>The Yakuza Path</u></span></span></strong><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Concept</strong>: The Yakuza are less concerned with things like good and evil and are more concerned with power, territory and dominance. They are greedy and often mean. Yakuza are sometimes loners but more often they find strength in numbers and gangs.</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong><u>Ranks and Progression</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>White Belt:</strong> <em>No ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Thug:</strong> 0-2</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Gang boss:</strong> 0-4</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Gang Lord:</strong> 0-6</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Warlord</strong>: 0-8</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Overlord</strong>: 0-10</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Oyuban</strong>: <em>no rank</em></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong><u>Special Rules</u></strong>: Yakuza have a buffer rank below their 0 rank, called "Down on Luck," and a second buffer called "Out of Luck" A Gang Boss 0 who loses a fight becomes a Gang Boss-down on luck. Losing another fight will drop that same fighter to Gang Boss-Out of Luck and a third loss will drop them to Thug 2. </span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange">A yakuza who beats a yakuza of higher tier in a fight gains not 1 but 2 extra ranks. A Thug 1 who beats a Gang Boss Becomes a Gang Boss 1 for instance. Yakuza who lose in such fights drop 2 ranks from the loss. </span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong><u>Special Powers and Abilities</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Thug:</strong> Signature Style, Dirty Trick, Gang Member</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Gang Boss:</strong> Signature Location, Sneaky Trick, Gang Member</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Gang Lord:</strong> Signature Location, Dirty Trick, Gang Member</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Warlord:</strong> Signature Style, Poison Blade, Gang Member</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Overlord:</strong> Signature Location, Poison Blade, Overlord</span></p><p><span style="color: orange">[bOyuban:[/b] Signature Location, Poison Blade, Cunning Defense</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12px">The Path of Darkness</span></u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Concept:</strong> The followers of the path of darkness are focused on evil. Honor, power, land and skill matter less than spreading the terror of wickedness everywhere. These fighters are loners and often shun the company of others.</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><u><strong>Progression and ranks</strong></u></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Apprentice:</strong> 0-2</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Warrior:</strong> 0-4</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Knight:</strong> 0-6</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Master:</strong> 0-8</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Lord:</strong> 0-10</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>The Void:</strong> <em>No ranks</em></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong><u>Special Rules</u></strong>: To join the dark path, a Yakuza (or a white belt) must win a fight against an honor or light warrior. After winning they may choose to advance into the path of darkness instead of further into the Yakuza path. A white belt who does this begins as a Dark Apprentice 0. A Yakuza begins at the rank equivalent to what he would be if he had remained a Yakuza.</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange">Dark fighters can only advance in tiers if they defeat a light or honor warrior. However, if the dark fighter defeats a light warrior, they advance 1 extra rank. Dark Warriors have 1 buffer rank below their 0 ranks called "Out of Favor."</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong><u>Special Powers and Abilities</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Apprentice:</strong> Foul Spirit, Unholy Warrior, Sneaky Trick, Signature Style</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Warrior:</strong> Master of Shadows, Dirty Trick, Poisoned Blade</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Knight:</strong> Signature Location, Dirty Trick, Corruption</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Master:</strong> Mind Thief, Poisoned Blade</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>Dark Lord:</strong> Signature Location, Dirty Trick, Poisoned Blade</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"><strong>The Void:</strong> Signature Style, Cunning Attack, Poisoned Blade</span></p><p><span style="color: orange"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><u>Explanation of Powers</u></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Signature Style:</strong> If a fighter uses a move with a signature style he knows and wins the round, he wins an extra point. Fighters are immune to moves generated containing a signature style they know. Signature styles are normally chosen from the last style used to win the fight that led to the tier advancement. If this style is already known, the next move is used and so on. If necessary a judge can randomly choose a style for the fighter. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Signature Location</strong>: Like the signature style, the signature location adds 1 point to a successful move. If stacked with a known signature style, the move generates 3 points. Unlike Signature styles, the location grants no immunity. Signature locations are chosen from the move that won the fighter the fight in which they advanced a tier. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Dojo Style:</strong> When a fighter obtains the ability to have a new dojo style they must join a dojo, or be in a dojo structure already, to actually gain it <em>(Except when there are no fighters of higher rank - in such a case a fighter may pick their own dojo style)</em>. Dojo styles are learned from a teacher <em>(an honor fighter of a higer tier)</em> and must be known by the teacher as a signature style <em>(not as a dojo style)</em>. As long as the teacher's dojo structure has an honorable record <em>(at least as many wins as losses)</em> then the teacher is free to accept any student he or she wishes. If the teachers dojo structure <em>(meaning the teacher and all under her or under her students)</em> gains a dishonorable record then the teacher can accept no more students until the record is honorable. When a fighter gains new belt rank, a known dojo style automatically becomes a signature style and may be taught to another. If a dojo student wishes to switch dojos or join a new dojo before advancing a new tier they must declare their intention to do so before the start of their next fight and revoke their knowledge of the old dojo style. If they win their next fight they may join as normal and adopt the new style. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Dojo Master:</strong> The Dojo Master oversees a number of different dojos and teachers. He may, at the beginning of any of his fights, designate a style known by anyone in his dojo structure as a signature style for that fight. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Gang Member</strong>: When a Yakuza gains a new "Gang member" power they may opt to align themselves with a Yakuza of a higher tier. By doing so they may adopt one of their bosses signature locations as their own. <em>(If there ae no eligible gangs to join, the player may pick their own turf location)</em> As long as their boss and all his underlings have a winning record, the boss may accept members. If the "gang" has a losing record, then the "boss" cannot accept new members until the record is improved. When the yakuza achieves the next rank themselves, i.e. goes from thug to gang boss, they gain the signature location permenantly and may therefore teach it to another. If a gang member wishes to switch gangs or join a new gang before advancing a new tier they must declare their intention to do so before the start of their next fight and revoke their knowledge of the old sig location. If they win their next fight they may join as normal and adopt a new location. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Overlord:</strong> An overlord may at the beginning of a match choose any signature location known by any of their underlings or their underlings' underlings, so on and so forth, and use it as their own signature location for the duration of the match.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Fist of Fury</strong> A fighter with fist of fury may once per fight per fist of fury known, post a second generated move. This second move is not compared to the opponents move. If the first generated move scores points then the second generated move scores points as well and the points from both moves are added together. Fist of Fury may not be used in connection with chi strike!</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Dirty Trick:</strong> A fighter may use a dirty trick once per match per dirty trick known. Doing so requires that the fighter post after their opponent. After the opponent has posted and before they generate their own move, the fighter may declare a dirty trick and force their opponent to generate a new move.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Sneaky Trick</strong> Once per match the fighter may change the location of the fight to give a little extra weight to their move. It is not entirely necessary however for the new location to match the latest generated move but it is generally how the power is used.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Poison Blade</strong>: Once per match per poison blade possessed the fighter may declare any generated move to be used with a poison blade. If the move is successful the move generates 1 extra point. Only one poisoned blade may be used per round.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Chi Strike</strong> A fighter with chi strike can hit so hard the opponent has no choice but to react. Once per match a fighter with the power can declare any generated move to be a chi strike. The fighter however must post first in the round in order to do so. The effect of the chi strike is such that the opponent can use no power other than that which results from the random generator (i.e Sig style/location/modifier). Powers that may not be used include Holy Day, Dirty Trick and Sneaky Trick. Chi strike may not be used in connection with Fist of Fury but may be used with Perfect Master.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Mastery:</strong> The fighter may upon obtaining this power designate one signature style of his as being perfectly mastered. Thereafter, once per fight per style so mastered, the fighter can switch the generated style in a move with the style he has mastered. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Pure Spirit:</strong> The fighter is above insults and always forfeits the insult round </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Foul Spirit:</strong> Because of their evil nature, followers of the path of darkness cannot be insulted and automatically win all insult rounds.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Unholy Warrior</strong>: The unholy warrior gains the current location of the fight as a signature location for the duration of the fight or until that location is changed at which point they adopt the new location as a signature location.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Holy Warrior:</strong> The fighter gains the style of the day as a signature style untilt he end of the fight or until the style of the day is changed, at which point the fighter adopts the new style as a signature style</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Holy Day:</strong> The fighter may once per fight declare a new Holy day, thus changing the style of the day.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Purity of Focus:</strong> After a dirty trick or sneaky trick has been declared, the light fighter can use a purity of focus to negate the trick. This may be done once per fight per purity of focused possessed.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Redeeming Light</strong> After a successful fight, the light fighter may attempt to redeem any sash or yakuza fighter who is of a lower tier. A redemption round is declared and each fighter posts a move as normal. Any powers that have not come into play in the earlier rounds and which might be useful, (chi strike, dirty trick, sneaky trick, signature immunities) may be used by the fighters. If the redemption is successful, the redeemed fighter becomes a Honor fighter of equivalent rank to what they were after losing the fight and the Light fighter gains 1 extra rank. If the redemption is unsuccessful the yakuza or sash fighter escapes unchanged (though still having lost a rank due to losing the fight) but the power put forth by the light fighter causes them to lose 2 ranks (i.e. go down a rank from where they were before the fight). </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Right of Domain:</strong> The light fighter, after redeeming a fighter, may now, in addition to the extra rank, claim one of the fighters signature locations as their own. There is a limit of 5 domains that may be claimed in this way, though if he wishes he may choose an old domain and switch it with a new domain.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Corruption:</strong> After a successful fight, the dark fighter may attempt to corrupt any sash or honor fighter who is of a lower tier. A corruption round is declared and each fighter posts a move as normal. Any powers that have not come into play in the earlier rounds and which might be useful, (chi strike, dirty trick, sneaky trick, signature immunities) may be used by the fighters. If the corruption is successful, the corrupted fighter becomes a Yakuza of equivalent rank to what they were after losing the fight and the Dark fighter gains 1 extra rank. If the corruption is unsuccessful the honor or sash fighter escapes untainted (though still having lost a rank due to losing the fight) but the power put forth by the dark fighter causes them to lose 2 ranks (i.e. go down a rank from where they were before the fight). </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Mind Thief:</strong> Now, after a successful corruption, the dark fighter not only gains the extra rank as normal, but also manages to gain some knowledge from their target, namely any one signature style known by the converted fighter. A fighter may only learn 5 signature styles this way, though if he desires he can switch an old signature style with a new signature style.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Profiteer:</strong> Any time a yen move shows up, the sash fighter earns double the yen shown if his move was successful.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Arena Fighter:</strong> The fighter gains the location of the fight as a signature location and anytime he generates that location, he earns 1 yen.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Bribe Judges:</strong> After the judges have called a round, the Sash fighter can pay them two yen to cancel the call and reset the flags. This ability can be used once per bribe judges known.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Hard Hitter</strong>Anytime the sash fighter himself generates a yen move, he scores one extra point for each yen shown if the move is successful. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Crowd Pleaser</strong> The sash can declare any one move to be a crowd pleaser. If the move is successful, the sash fighter recieves 4 yen. If the move is not successful, the sash fighter recieves 2 yen.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Purchased Power</strong> The Sash can pay 5 yen per purchased power and acquire one of the following powers - The choice does not have to be made immediatelly, the sash can purchase them at any time during his stay on the relevant tier. Once purchased however, the choice is irrevocable. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"> - Chi Strike, Fist of Fury, Poisoned Blade.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Cunning Defense/ Perfect Defense</strong> The fighter subtracts 1 point from any successful attack against them.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Cunning Attack/ Perfect Attack:</strong> The fighter adds 1 point to all successful attacks.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong>Modifier Powers: Master of emotions/movement/shadows/wealth/Supreme Master</strong></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The 50 modifiers in the generator are broken into 5 lists. A fighter who successfully used a move with a modifier belonging to one of the lists he knows adds +1 to the attack.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The other modifier lists are as follows:</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Master of Emotions will know the modifiers: avenging, ferocious, cautious, relentless, calm, confidant, joyful, courageous, wrathful, sad.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Moving: crouching, falling, flying, falling, rolling, running, tumbling, leaping, twisting, balancing, speeding</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Shadowy: Tricky, invisible, stealthy, sneaky, sly, evasive, secret, unseen, hidden, shadowy</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Wealth: diamond, jade, onyx, pearl, opal, gold, silver, topaz, emerald, ruby</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Supreme: irresistible, invincible, mighty, perfect, faultless, flawless, pure, superior, transcendent, supreme</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><span style="font-size: 12px"><u><strong>"Real" Personal Items</strong></u></span></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Any YB character can have and interact with any number of "In-Character" items, but these items can and will have no effect on the actual fights. They are mere window dressing to the Role-playing. (Likewise, no matter how "rich" your character is, they never have more yen then is generated randomnly.) However, characters are each allowed to purchase and develop one item to use in fights. This item can be anything the character desires, a sword, a ring, a feather, or even a giant flying turtle. But no matter what the item is, it cost 5 yen to purchase. Once purchased, the item is "real" but as yet it has no powers. Powers must be purchased for additional yen.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Items are allowed to have as many powers as a character possesses tiers. Thus an item owned by a white belt may only have 1 power, whilst an item owned by a Green belt may have up to 3 powers. Powers must be purchased for yen and if a character with a maximum empowered item loses a tier, the most recently activated power becomes dormant until the fighter regains their old tier (if more than 1 tier is lost, more than 1 power will become dormant if necessary). Items can be given to another fighter at any time. However, a fighter may never have more than 1 "real" item at a time and may have to destroy or give away another item to keep the gift. Any powers that become dormant because of the new owners tier rank are considered lost forever. Furthermore, if an item is given away, its powers become temporary. Each time a power is used, that power is lost. When all the powers are used, the item remains "real", but the fighter must spend yen on it to add powers. A fighter may spend yen as normal to make any temporary powers permanent again.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">One exception to the only one real item at a time is this - a fighter may have more than 1 item in between fights provided he plans on giving one away. This allows a fighter to craft an item merely for the purposes of giving it away or to accept a gift as long as he plans on having only one item by the time of his next fight. Fighters who start a fight with more than 1 "real" item in their possession must destroy the excess items.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Each power added to the item cost 5 yen multiplied by a Modifier Score. The Modifier Score begins as 1.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">.....+1 is added to the modifier score for each power the item already possesses. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">.....+1 is added if the power is an at will power as opposed to a power dependant on the generator (Dirty trick vs. Style)</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">.....+1 if the power is one already known by another Path and not by your path (excepting signature locations and mastery).</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Thus an Honor fighter who had already purchased a sword and wanted to add a Signature style to the sword would pay 5 yen (5x1). A second signature style would cost an additional 10 yen (5x2). If after this the fighter wanted the sword to have the dirty trick power, the fighter would have to pay 25 yen (5x5).</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The following powers are available for items. Notice that some of them require a previous power and some of them operate differently or stack with a Fighters personal powers. All "at will" abilities can only be used via the item once per fight per time known by the item.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>Signature Style/location</em></strong> An items signature style or signature location adds +1 to a move but does not grant immunity. An items signature style can and will stack with a fighter's signature style if necessary.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>Immunity</em></strong> An item can grant immunity to a signature style or location the item already knows. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>Mastery</em></strong> An item can grant the user the ability to once per fight change the generated style or location to one the item already knows. This is an at will ability.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>Hard Hitter</em></strong> This works exactly like the sash power but is stackable with a sash's personal power.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>Dirty Trick, Poison Blade, Purity of Focus</em></strong>or<em><strong> Fist of Fury</strong></em> These work just like the abilities of the same name as describe in the path powers. These are at will abilities. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><strong><em>Chi Strike, Sneaky Trick </em></strong>or<em><strong> Holy Day </strong></em> These work just like the abilities of the same name as describe in the path powers. These are at will abilities. Items may ever only possess one of these powers once.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><em><strong>Mark:</strong></em> The item can "mark" any fighter it has defeated once and in one subsequent fight with that fighter, the marked fighter will automatically lose one round of the owner's choosing. This is an at will ability. Marked fighters who lose a match to the owner of the fighter are marked again. Marked fighters who defeat the owner of the item lose their mark. </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><u>On Judges and Judging</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">The judges are crucial to the game. Anyone can judge but those who choose to do so should strive to do a good and fair job. Judges should try to be familiar with relevant rules and it is advised that they jot down notes concerning the powers of each fighter and the time and place of each fight they are judging. Novice judges should also be aware that attempting to judge more than one fight at a time becomes increasingly difficult (notes are imperative if you try to do this successfully). </span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">If both players agree to a judge (or say nothing for at least 1 round - thereby agreeing to the judge through silence) then all calls of that judge concerning which move is better is final. No other judge, no matter their rank can alter the decision. Judging moves is a purely subjective thing and is therefore subject to the whim of each judge. Each judge will rate different elements of generated moves differently.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">However, any call made by a judge which violates the rules is subject to being overturned as soon as it is pointed out and recognized. In some cases this may mean that rounds will have to be refought or games declared complete may have to continue (for example - if a judge misses the use of a sig style and forgets to take into account immunity).</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Any person attempting to judge is automatically an apprentice judge. If a Master Judge notices an apprentice judge correctly advancing fighters (preferably with some flavor text) in a couple of fights then they should promote the judge to journeyman judge. When a Journey-man judge correctly applies the rules in difficult situations, thereby showing a thorough knowledge of the rules, or when a Journey-man judge has demonstrated such knowledge through a number of well-judged fights, they may be promoted to Master Judge by any two Master Judges (unless there is only 1 active Master Judge in which case the lone Judge can promote them.)</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen">Those who commit to judging a fight should make sure they can be there for the entire fight. If they cannot they should inform the fighters so the fighters can choose a new judge. It is far preferable however for the same judge to judge a fight the whole way through.</span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p><p><span style="color: limegreen"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wicht, post: 13130, member: 221"] [color=limegreen][u][b]How to Play[/b][/u] Playing YB is really simple. Two (or more players) generate random moves with the YB generator and post them. A judge decides which move is better and awards or takes away flags based on that judgement. The first player to capture all the flags wins. As a character advances in ranks, the character will obtain powers and abilities that will help capture flags (or prevent the opponent from capturing a flag). The use of these abilities makes the game more challenging and takes away a small bit of the games randomness [b][u]Making a Character[/u][/b] Making a character for YB is as easy as 1.2.3. One, Create a name for your character. Two, Create a look, feel and back history for your character if you want. There are few limits on what your character can be. Most players choose to fight as human kung-fu fighters, but you can be anything from a talking squirrel to an interplanetary interdimensional robotic fighter. Your history can be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. The main limit on your imagination at this point is your character cannot be all powerful nor is your character immortal. Third and finally, identify your character as a white belt and answer a challenge or post a challenge. [b][u]Game Etiquette[/u][/b] Manners are for everyone, even villains and YB players should observe a few simple points of game etiquette. 1) Let the judges decide how badly you hurt your opponent. It is bad form and emberassing to describe in detail how you smashed your opponent into little shattered pieces only to have the judge declare that the other move was superior and you lost the round 2) Do not put words or actions into the mouth of another players character! Not unless you get consent to do so or the actions are minimal. Do not tell someone else how their character reacts to a situation. Let them decide this! 3) If you are going to be delayed before your next posting, let your opponent know. The rule of thumb is that a match can be forfeited if there is a 24 hour delay on the part of one player. If you can, make sure to post a move, even if the fight will be delayed. The judge can often rule in your absence rather than forcing everyone to wait. 4) Don't fish for moves. It becomes obvious after a while and people won't want to play with you anymore. Use the first generated move you get. 5) Any use of a power should be decided on when the move for that round is generated and posted. If you are posting first, you cannot wait until after your opponent has posted to decide whether to include a power in with the move. 6) Remember - it's only a game. Keep in character conflicts in character and out of character always be polite. [b][u]Advancement and Ranks[/u][/b] There are 7 tiers in each of the YB Paths. White belt is always the first tier. Each tier has more than 1 rank with the exceptions of the first and seventh tiers. The first tier has no ranks. Losses do not count against a white belt, though they are added to his record. A single win will promote the white belt into the path of his or her choice. The seventh tier likewise has no ranks. Wins do not count for a 7th tier fighter, regardless of the path though they are added to his record. A single loss will demote the 7th tier fighter back into the 10th rank of the 6th tier. Even sashes are not immune from this rule concerning the 7th tier. The seventh tier of each path is also special in that there can ever only be 1 fighter in any one of the 5 seventh tiers. A fighter on a path with the 7th tier occupied must first reach the 10th rank of the 6th tier and then successfully challenge the 7th tier fighter to advance into the 7th tier. Normally, when a fighter wins a fight, he goes up 1 rank. When a fighter loses a fight he goes down 1 rank. There are exceptions however. Besides those exceptions listed in the rules for the paths, killing another fighter earns 1 extra rank. Likewise, fighting a fighter from a higher tier will garner 1 extra rank for each difference in the tier. Thus a white belt who defeats a yellow belt will advance 2 ranks from the victory whereas if they had bested a white belt they would have advanced only 1. If a white belt would beat a yellow belt, disgraced 3 and kill that yellow belt, they could advance three ranks. Losing a fight normally only drops a fighter 1 rank. There are some exceptions however. [u][b]Death and Dying?[/b][/u] Dying can occur in YB. First it is possible to commit seppuku if you dislike the direction your character has taken. This is extreme but it's your character. Second, and most common, 2nd tier fighters can die if they reach the bottom of their tier and then fight the wrong person. Thugs, Out of Luck, Dark Apprentices, Out of Favor, Yellow Belts, Disgraced 3, Blue Belts, Fallen From Grace, and Copper Sashes 0 can be killed if they lose their match (and in the sashes case if they do not pay the yen). If these fighters are not killed when they lose then they go back to white belt after losing. Anytime a fighter wins a fight and kills a character at these ranks, they win 1 extra rank from the victory. Third and finally, it is possible to challenge another to a death match. Such Matches must always be for at least four flags. The one declaring the death match must, if they win, kill the other fighter. The one accepting the death match can choose to either kill their opponent or show mercy. If they show mercy, the other fighter loses 3 ranks from the fight. Death matches garner 1 extra rank from the victory for the winning fighter. [b][u]Initiative[/u][/b] Sometimes it does not matter who posts first in a round. Other times it does. If either fighter has chi strike, that fighter may post first. If two fighters fighting both have chi-strike, the fighter with the higher rank goes first until his chi strike is used and then the other goes first. If either fighter has dirty trick then that fighter may post last. If both fighters have dirty trick then the fighter with the highest rank goes last until his dirty trick is used and then the other goes last. If one fighter has sneaky trick but not dirty trick then that fighter can go last (unless the other has dirty trick). If both fighters have sneaky trick but not dirty trick the fighter with the highest rank goes last. Dirty trick in other words always supersedes sneaky trick if it is involved. In strategy matches, the normal rules apply, but if there are no more chi strikes, dirty tricks or sneaky tricks to take into account then in a strategy match the fighters alternate posting first. [b][u]Strategy matches[/u][/b] In a strategy match, every three rounds, the fighters post five moves and subsequently choose which move they will decide to use. Judges are encouraged to pay special attention to moves that might well cancel out anothers. After three of the five move are used, another hand of five moves is generated. The advantage to this is that fighters can try and choose their best moves, are more likely to get a signature style and are able to attempt to match defenses to their opponents attacks. In a strategy match, when a dirty trick is used, the fighter against which the dirty trick is used chooses one of their opponents moves and indicates that that move should be marked as Used. This is of course unless the match is in the third round of the current hand in which case it is irrelevant as a new hand is about to be drawn anyway. [b][u]Style Matches[/u][/b][u][/u] In a style match the fighters use the generated move as a basis to describe what they do to their opponent. Judges must first decide if they think the description is fair based on the generated move, and they must then decide which description sounds more like a move that would garner a round victory. In a style move a better generated move is a move that allows for good description. A good description is one that appeals to the judge as a round winner. It is the description of the attack, not the generated move itself which is judged by the judges in a style match. Obviously the better your writing skills the better you will do in such a match. [b][u]Yen[/u][/b] The generator occassionally spews out a move that has *yen* or *yen+yen* tacked on to the end of it. When this happens the person who wins the round wins either 1 or 2 yens. These yens should be carried on the character. What can you do with a yen? Yen are integral to sashes first of all and if you carry too many yen you will find that sashes more often want to fight you. Yen may be freely exchanged by characters for any IC reason desired. As well, and perhaps most importantly, Yen may be used to purchase and empower a single personal item that the character can use in fights. [b][u]Insult Rounds[/u][/b] Most fights begin with an insult round. Insults are generated and delivered and the judges can decide who had the better insult. The winner of the insult round gets to pick the length of the match (2-5 flags) and the style of the match (Traditional, Strategy, Style, Speed). If a player is more inclined to pick a style match, it is polite to let the opponent know before insults are exchanged. [b][u]The "Ancient Master's" decree[/u][/b] The shadowy and mysterious ancient masters intrude into every fight. After judging the insults and before the length of the match is declared, the judge must use the "Masters" button on the generator to randomly select a time and place for the match. If the fighter's moves at any time seem to close for the judge to call, the judge may consider the usage of the style of the day, the location of the fight, and the time of the day, in that order. [b][u]Comparing Fighters Ranks and Record.[/u][/b] Sometimes, moves are too close for a judge to call and the day and location of the fight make no difference in regards to the moves. When this happens, a judge should compare the fighters ranks. A fighter of a higher rank will win such a round. If the actual ranks of the fighters are identical, the judge should next look at the fighters record. To determine a record, first subtract losses from wins, understanding you can't get a number lower than 0 (6 wins, 8 losses is in fact a 0 record, not a -2 record). The higher number is the better record. If the number is the same, look at total number of fights, again the higher number is the better record (i.e. a 2-3 record is worse than a 1-6 record in this case). If the fighters have the same number of fights, compare the number of wins. The higher number is again the better record (i.e 2-3 is better than 1-4). If the fighters records and ranks are exactly the same, they are, of course, of no use to a judge and should not be used to determine a round's winner. [b][u]Flags[/u][/b] [b][i]A traditional match[/i][/b] Fights are fought for flags. When all the flags are at neutral, the fighter winning a round captures as many flags as his move was worth points (i.e. a 2 point signature move captures 2 flags). If a fighter wins a round and his opponent has any captured flags, the fighters points are first used to move the opponents flags back to Neutral. Any remaining points earned in the round may be used to capture flags for the fighter. The match is over when all the flags are captured by one fighter. Lower Tier Fighters should fight for 2, or if they want a longer match 3 flags. Higher tier fighters can fight for 2-4 flags. Epic matched between top tier fighters can be for as many as 5 flags! [b][i]A Speed Match[/i][/b] A speed match is a variant type of the traditional match and may be fought for between 2 and 10 flags. In a speed match, flags are captured by a fighter as normal based on the points won in a successful move. However when a fighter captures a flag, it may not be moved back to neutral. Instead both fighters continue to capture flags each round until one of them has captured the number of flags required to win. A speed match therefore lacks the back and forth of the traditional match and is more of a race. [b][u]Fights with Multiple Fighters[/u][/b] [i][b]Free For Alls[/b][/i] While there are many possible ways to do fights with more than one fighter, here is the prefered method. In fights with multiple fighters, judges are encouraged to keep score a little differently. The match should be fought for a predetermined amount of flags, between 5 and 10. Each fighter in the match begins with the set amount of flags already in their possession. Each successful hit against them removes as many flags as the move scored points. Fighters each post one move as normal and must direct who the move is targeted at. Judges discern winners of each contest as normal. However, points can only be scored (i.e. flags removed) by the one attacking. Thus if one fighter attacks a second who is in turn attacking a third, if the move of the second is superior to both the 1st and 3rd then only the 3rd would lose flags in the exchange. When a fighter is out of flags, the fighter is out of the fight. Losing in a fight with multiple fighters only causes the loser to lose one rank as normal. However, the winner gets to advance 1 rank for each fighter he outlasted (and extra ranks if those outlasted were of a higher tier than he) up to a maximum of 4 ranks. [b][i]Team Fights[/i][/b] An alternative to free for all fights are those fights in which the fighters are fighting in teams. In such fights, each team should get 2 flags for each tier possessed by the members of that team. A team of three white belts would have 6 flags. A team of 2 Green Belts would have 12 flags and a team comprised of only a single Brown Belt would have 8 flags. Each member of the team generates a move and directs it at one of the opposing team. Moves are judged as normal, however, points can only be scored by the one attacking. Scored points remove flags from the opposing team. The first team to run out of flags loses. Each fighter on the winning team recieves 1 rank and each fighter on the losing team loses 1 rank. If the losing team had more flags to begin with than the winning team then the winning team gains 1 extra rank for each member. If the losing team had twice as many flags (or more) as the winning team than the winning team gains 2 extra ranks for each member. [i][b]Multiple fighters and death matches[/b][/i] Death matches with multiple fighters work best with free-for alls and the fighters losing all their flags are killed. Each such death gains an extra rank for the winner up to a maximum of 2 extra ranks over the maximum of 4 ranks. [b][u]Official Matches[/u][/b] Fighters are free to "spar" in unofficial matches and need only declare at the beginning of their fight that it is unofficial. Ranks can not be won or lost in an unofficial match. If a fight is not declared unofficial before the judges set the time and place for the fight then the fight is always official. A fight officially starts when the judges determine the winner of the insult round and sets the time and place. Alternatively, if both fighters post their first moves without waiting for the judge, the judge may determine the fight to have officially started. Once a fight has officially started there must be a winner and a loser and someone must win or lose ranks. If at any time one fighter forfeits or does not post for a sufficient length of time, the other fighter is declared the de-facto winner and advances in rank accordingly. Forfeiting a death match of any sort can be just as fatal as losing the match in a more routine way. [b][u]Choosing a Path[/u][/b] Fighters who advance from White Belt to the second tier are free to choose which path they wish to follow in life. White Belts are always free to choose Honor, Yakuza, or Sash as their chosen path. White Belts who defeat a Yakuza or Dark Warrior are free to choose the Path of Light. White Belts who defeat a Light or Honor warrior are free to choose the Path of Darkness. Players should choose the path for their character that best represents the characters goals. Players who choose Sash, Honor or Yakuza need to realize that Light and Dark fighters can influence their place in the world. If you want to play an unchangeable good guy or villain then you need to pick the Path of Light or the Path of Darkness [b][u]Switching Paths[/u][/b] Sometimes for whatever reason, or sometimes because of a forced conversion, a fighter will want to switch paths. Doing so is not normally easy. The Paths represent life choices that the fighter has made. The two exceptions to this are moving from honor to Light and Yakuza to darkness which is a relatively painlss choice. However any other move the fighter willingly makes requires the loss of at least a tier. The paths may be viewed as a spectrum going from Light to Honor to Sash to Yakuza to Darkness. Moving one step on the spectrum requires the sacrifices of one tier. Thus a person moving from light back to honor would lose one tier. Moving from Light to Sash woul require the sacrifice of two tiers and moving from light to yakuza would require the sacrifice of three tiers. When a player loses a tier they go to the top level of the next lowest tier. Thus a Green belt who moves to a sash would be a Copper Sash 2. And a Red Belt that moved to Honor would be a Green Belt 4. A player may not switch paths if they cannot afford to sacrifice a tier. Assume a Yellow Belt 2 is converted by a Dark fighter and becomes a thug 1. They would have to wait until they qualified for Gang Boss 0 before switching and becoming a Copper Sash 2. If they win their next fight they could return to being a Yellow Belt 2.[/color] [COLOR=skyblue] [b][u][size="3"]The Path of Light[/size][/u][/b] [b]Concept:[/b] The followers of the path of light are less concerned about skill, power or politics and more concerned with the triumph of good over evil. They are holy warriors dedicated to the eradication of evil from the land. They seldom act together but tend to be lone defenders of truth and goodness. [b][u]Progression and Ranks[/u][/b] [b]white belt:[/b] [i]No ranks[/i] [b]Apprentice of Light/Blue Belt:[/b] 0-2 [b]Warrior of Light/Orange Belt:[/b] 0-4 [b]Knight of the Light/Red Belt:[/b] 0-6 [b]Master of Light:[/b] 0-8 [b]Lord of Light:[/b] 0-10 [b]The Luminary:[/b] [i]No Ranks[/i] [u][b]Special Rules:[/b][/u] To join the path of light, a Honor fighter (or a white belt) must win a fight against a Yakuza or dark fighter. After winning they may choose to advance into the path of light instead of further into the honor path. A white belt who does this begins as a Blue Belt 0. An honor fighter begins at the rank equivalent to what he would be if he had remained an honor fighter. Light fighters can only advance in tiers if they defeat a dark fighter or Yakuza warrior. However, if the light fighter defeats a Dark fighter, they advance 1 extra rank from the win. Light Fighters have 1 buffer rank below their 0 ranks called "Fallen from Grace". [b][u]Special Powers and Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Apprentice of Light/Blue Belt:[/b] Pure Spirit, Holy Warrior, Holy Day, Signature Style [b]Warrior of Light/Orange Belt:[/b] Master of Emotions, Mastery, Chi Strike [b]Knight of the Light/Red Belt:[/b] Signature Style, Purity of Focus, Redeeming Light [b]Master of Light:[/b] Mastery, Right of Domain [b]Lord of Light:[/b] Signature Style, Purity of Focus, Mastery [b]The Luminary:[/b] Perfect Defense, Signature Style, Mastery [size="3"][U][b]The Honor Path[/b][/U] [/size] [b]Concept:[/b] The honor path is the path of pure fighters. They hit hard and fast. The warrior on the path of honor cares less about concepts like good and evil and more about concepts like dignity, honor, and self-worth. Honor warriors are better when they are part of a structured dojo. [u][b]Ranks and Progression:[/b][/u] [b]White Belt:[/b] [i]No ranks[/i] [b]Yellow Belt:[/b] 0-2 [b]Green Belt:[/b] 0-4 [b]Brown Belt:[/b] 0-6 [b]Black Belt:[/b] 0-8 [b]Grand Master:[/b] 0-10 [b]Perfect Master:[/b] [i]no ranks[/i] [b]Special Rules:[/b] Warriors on the Path of Honor do not lose belt rank as easily as some other fighters. Before falling from one belt to the lower belt because of a defeat, Honor fighters have three ranks of disgrace. Thus a Yellow Belt 0 that loses a fight becomes a Yellow Belt Disgraced 1 and losing another fight would make them Yellow Belt Disgraced 2. A single victory however will erase all disgrace, bringing them back to Belt 0. [u][b]Special Powers and Abilities[/b][/u] [b]Yellow Belt:[/b] Signature Style, Dojo Style, Fist of Fury, [b]Green Belt:[/b] Signature Style, Dojo Style, Chi Strike, Master of Emotions [b]Brown Belt:[/b] Signature Style, Dojo Style, Fist of Fury, master of Movement [b]Black Belt:[/b] Signature Style, Dojo Style, Mastery, Master of Shadows [b]Grand Master:[/b] Signature Style, Dojo Master, Mastery, Master of Wealth [b]Perfect Master:[/b] Signature Style, Perfect Attack, Mastery, Supreme Master[/color] [COLOR=deeppink][b][u][size="3"]The Path of the Yen[/size][/u][/b] [b]Concept:[/b] Sash fighters are not overly concerned with good and evil, honor or power. They are more interested in where their next yen is coming from. Some are gladiators, some are bounty hunters, all of them look for an easy win and a fast yen. At lower levels, the main advantage of the sash is their ability to earn more money than other paths, allowing them to have an easier time buying an item. At higher levels the sash can arrange their own powers to deliver some hard hitting attacks. [u][b]Progression and ranks[/b][/u] [b]White Belt:[/b] [i]No ranks[/i] [b]Copper Sash:[/b] 0-2 [b]Silver Sash:[/b] 0-4 [b]Gold Sash:[/b] 0-6 [b]Platinum Sash:[/b] 0-8 [b]Diamond Sash:[/b] 0-10 [b]Master Sash:[/b] [i]No ranks[/i] [b]Special Rules:[/b]Sashes have no buffer ranks, instead a sash who loses a fight may pay the winner a number of yen equal to the sash's tier (i.e. two yen for copper, three for silver, etc.) in order not to lose a rank. Likewise a sash who wins a fight may, if the loser has yen, claim a number of yen from the loser up to an amount equal to the sash's tier. The sash always has the option if the loser of whether to pay the other. If the sash is the winner the other must pay if they are able. Paying a sash does not affect the rank of the other fighter unless they are a sash. If two sashes of different tiers fight, use the higher tier to determine the amount owed. If a Sash of the 7th tier loses a fight he drops immediately to Diamond Sash 10. A 7th tier sash cannot pay to prevent this loss of rank. [b][u]Powers and Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Copper sash:[/b] Signature Style, Profiteer, Arena Fighter, Bribe Judges [b]Silver sash:[/b] Signature Location, Bribe Judges, Master of Wealth [b]Gold Sash:[/b] Hard hitter, Crowd Pleaser [b]Platinum Sash:[/b] Signature Location, Purchased power, Crowd Pleaser [b]Diamond Sash:[/b] Signature Style, Purchased power, [b]Master Sash:[/b] Signature Style, Perfect Attack or Perfect Defense, Purchased power [/color] [b][COLOR=orange][size="3"][u]The Yakuza Path[/u][/size][/COLOR][/b][COLOR=orange] [b]Concept[/b]: The Yakuza are less concerned with things like good and evil and are more concerned with power, territory and dominance. They are greedy and often mean. Yakuza are sometimes loners but more often they find strength in numbers and gangs. [b][u]Ranks and Progression[/u][/b] [b]White Belt:[/b] [i]No ranks[/i] [b]Thug:[/b] 0-2 [b]Gang boss:[/b] 0-4 [b]Gang Lord:[/b] 0-6 [b]Warlord[/b]: 0-8 [b]Overlord[/b]: 0-10 [b]Oyuban[/b]: [i]no rank[/i] [b][u]Special Rules[/u][/b]: Yakuza have a buffer rank below their 0 rank, called "Down on Luck," and a second buffer called "Out of Luck" A Gang Boss 0 who loses a fight becomes a Gang Boss-down on luck. Losing another fight will drop that same fighter to Gang Boss-Out of Luck and a third loss will drop them to Thug 2. A yakuza who beats a yakuza of higher tier in a fight gains not 1 but 2 extra ranks. A Thug 1 who beats a Gang Boss Becomes a Gang Boss 1 for instance. Yakuza who lose in such fights drop 2 ranks from the loss. [b][u]Special Powers and Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Thug:[/b] Signature Style, Dirty Trick, Gang Member [b]Gang Boss:[/b] Signature Location, Sneaky Trick, Gang Member [b]Gang Lord:[/b] Signature Location, Dirty Trick, Gang Member [b]Warlord:[/b] Signature Style, Poison Blade, Gang Member [b]Overlord:[/b] Signature Location, Poison Blade, Overlord [bOyuban:[/b] Signature Location, Poison Blade, Cunning Defense [b][u][size="3"]The Path of Darkness[/size][/u][/b] [b]Concept:[/b] The followers of the path of darkness are focused on evil. Honor, power, land and skill matter less than spreading the terror of wickedness everywhere. These fighters are loners and often shun the company of others. [u][b]Progression and ranks[/b][/u] [b]Dark Apprentice:[/b] 0-2 [b]Dark Warrior:[/b] 0-4 [b]Dark Knight:[/b] 0-6 [b]Dark Master:[/b] 0-8 [b]Dark Lord:[/b] 0-10 [b]The Void:[/b] [i]No ranks[/i] [b][u]Special Rules[/u][/b]: To join the dark path, a Yakuza (or a white belt) must win a fight against an honor or light warrior. After winning they may choose to advance into the path of darkness instead of further into the Yakuza path. A white belt who does this begins as a Dark Apprentice 0. A Yakuza begins at the rank equivalent to what he would be if he had remained a Yakuza. Dark fighters can only advance in tiers if they defeat a light or honor warrior. However, if the dark fighter defeats a light warrior, they advance 1 extra rank. Dark Warriors have 1 buffer rank below their 0 ranks called "Out of Favor." [b][u]Special Powers and Abilities[/u][/b] [b]Dark Apprentice:[/b] Foul Spirit, Unholy Warrior, Sneaky Trick, Signature Style [b]Dark Warrior:[/b] Master of Shadows, Dirty Trick, Poisoned Blade [b]Dark Knight:[/b] Signature Location, Dirty Trick, Corruption [b]Dark Master:[/b] Mind Thief, Poisoned Blade [b]Dark Lord:[/b] Signature Location, Dirty Trick, Poisoned Blade [b]The Void:[/b] Signature Style, Cunning Attack, Poisoned Blade [/color] [color=limegreen][b][u]Explanation of Powers[/u][/b] [b]Signature Style:[/b] If a fighter uses a move with a signature style he knows and wins the round, he wins an extra point. Fighters are immune to moves generated containing a signature style they know. Signature styles are normally chosen from the last style used to win the fight that led to the tier advancement. If this style is already known, the next move is used and so on. If necessary a judge can randomly choose a style for the fighter. [b]Signature Location[/b]: Like the signature style, the signature location adds 1 point to a successful move. If stacked with a known signature style, the move generates 3 points. Unlike Signature styles, the location grants no immunity. Signature locations are chosen from the move that won the fighter the fight in which they advanced a tier. [b]Dojo Style:[/b] When a fighter obtains the ability to have a new dojo style they must join a dojo, or be in a dojo structure already, to actually gain it [i](Except when there are no fighters of higher rank - in such a case a fighter may pick their own dojo style)[/i]. Dojo styles are learned from a teacher [i](an honor fighter of a higer tier)[/i] and must be known by the teacher as a signature style [i](not as a dojo style)[/i]. As long as the teacher's dojo structure has an honorable record [i](at least as many wins as losses)[/i] then the teacher is free to accept any student he or she wishes. If the teachers dojo structure [i](meaning the teacher and all under her or under her students)[/i] gains a dishonorable record then the teacher can accept no more students until the record is honorable. When a fighter gains new belt rank, a known dojo style automatically becomes a signature style and may be taught to another. If a dojo student wishes to switch dojos or join a new dojo before advancing a new tier they must declare their intention to do so before the start of their next fight and revoke their knowledge of the old dojo style. If they win their next fight they may join as normal and adopt the new style. [b]Dojo Master:[/b] The Dojo Master oversees a number of different dojos and teachers. He may, at the beginning of any of his fights, designate a style known by anyone in his dojo structure as a signature style for that fight. [b]Gang Member[/b]: When a Yakuza gains a new "Gang member" power they may opt to align themselves with a Yakuza of a higher tier. By doing so they may adopt one of their bosses signature locations as their own. [i](If there ae no eligible gangs to join, the player may pick their own turf location)[/i] As long as their boss and all his underlings have a winning record, the boss may accept members. If the "gang" has a losing record, then the "boss" cannot accept new members until the record is improved. When the yakuza achieves the next rank themselves, i.e. goes from thug to gang boss, they gain the signature location permenantly and may therefore teach it to another. If a gang member wishes to switch gangs or join a new gang before advancing a new tier they must declare their intention to do so before the start of their next fight and revoke their knowledge of the old sig location. If they win their next fight they may join as normal and adopt a new location. [b]Overlord:[/b] An overlord may at the beginning of a match choose any signature location known by any of their underlings or their underlings' underlings, so on and so forth, and use it as their own signature location for the duration of the match. [b]Fist of Fury[/b] A fighter with fist of fury may once per fight per fist of fury known, post a second generated move. This second move is not compared to the opponents move. If the first generated move scores points then the second generated move scores points as well and the points from both moves are added together. Fist of Fury may not be used in connection with chi strike! [b]Dirty Trick:[/b] A fighter may use a dirty trick once per match per dirty trick known. Doing so requires that the fighter post after their opponent. After the opponent has posted and before they generate their own move, the fighter may declare a dirty trick and force their opponent to generate a new move. [b]Sneaky Trick[/b] Once per match the fighter may change the location of the fight to give a little extra weight to their move. It is not entirely necessary however for the new location to match the latest generated move but it is generally how the power is used. [b]Poison Blade[/b]: Once per match per poison blade possessed the fighter may declare any generated move to be used with a poison blade. If the move is successful the move generates 1 extra point. Only one poisoned blade may be used per round. [b]Chi Strike[/b] A fighter with chi strike can hit so hard the opponent has no choice but to react. Once per match a fighter with the power can declare any generated move to be a chi strike. The fighter however must post first in the round in order to do so. The effect of the chi strike is such that the opponent can use no power other than that which results from the random generator (i.e Sig style/location/modifier). Powers that may not be used include Holy Day, Dirty Trick and Sneaky Trick. Chi strike may not be used in connection with Fist of Fury but may be used with Perfect Master. [b]Mastery:[/b] The fighter may upon obtaining this power designate one signature style of his as being perfectly mastered. Thereafter, once per fight per style so mastered, the fighter can switch the generated style in a move with the style he has mastered. [b]Pure Spirit:[/b] The fighter is above insults and always forfeits the insult round [b]Foul Spirit:[/b] Because of their evil nature, followers of the path of darkness cannot be insulted and automatically win all insult rounds. [b]Unholy Warrior[/b]: The unholy warrior gains the current location of the fight as a signature location for the duration of the fight or until that location is changed at which point they adopt the new location as a signature location. [b]Holy Warrior:[/b] The fighter gains the style of the day as a signature style untilt he end of the fight or until the style of the day is changed, at which point the fighter adopts the new style as a signature style [b]Holy Day:[/b] The fighter may once per fight declare a new Holy day, thus changing the style of the day. [b]Purity of Focus:[/b] After a dirty trick or sneaky trick has been declared, the light fighter can use a purity of focus to negate the trick. This may be done once per fight per purity of focused possessed. [b]Redeeming Light[/b] After a successful fight, the light fighter may attempt to redeem any sash or yakuza fighter who is of a lower tier. A redemption round is declared and each fighter posts a move as normal. Any powers that have not come into play in the earlier rounds and which might be useful, (chi strike, dirty trick, sneaky trick, signature immunities) may be used by the fighters. If the redemption is successful, the redeemed fighter becomes a Honor fighter of equivalent rank to what they were after losing the fight and the Light fighter gains 1 extra rank. If the redemption is unsuccessful the yakuza or sash fighter escapes unchanged (though still having lost a rank due to losing the fight) but the power put forth by the light fighter causes them to lose 2 ranks (i.e. go down a rank from where they were before the fight). [b]Right of Domain:[/b] The light fighter, after redeeming a fighter, may now, in addition to the extra rank, claim one of the fighters signature locations as their own. There is a limit of 5 domains that may be claimed in this way, though if he wishes he may choose an old domain and switch it with a new domain. [b]Corruption:[/b] After a successful fight, the dark fighter may attempt to corrupt any sash or honor fighter who is of a lower tier. A corruption round is declared and each fighter posts a move as normal. Any powers that have not come into play in the earlier rounds and which might be useful, (chi strike, dirty trick, sneaky trick, signature immunities) may be used by the fighters. If the corruption is successful, the corrupted fighter becomes a Yakuza of equivalent rank to what they were after losing the fight and the Dark fighter gains 1 extra rank. If the corruption is unsuccessful the honor or sash fighter escapes untainted (though still having lost a rank due to losing the fight) but the power put forth by the dark fighter causes them to lose 2 ranks (i.e. go down a rank from where they were before the fight). [b]Mind Thief:[/b] Now, after a successful corruption, the dark fighter not only gains the extra rank as normal, but also manages to gain some knowledge from their target, namely any one signature style known by the converted fighter. A fighter may only learn 5 signature styles this way, though if he desires he can switch an old signature style with a new signature style. [b]Profiteer:[/b] Any time a yen move shows up, the sash fighter earns double the yen shown if his move was successful. [b]Arena Fighter:[/b] The fighter gains the location of the fight as a signature location and anytime he generates that location, he earns 1 yen. [b]Bribe Judges:[/b] After the judges have called a round, the Sash fighter can pay them two yen to cancel the call and reset the flags. This ability can be used once per bribe judges known. [b]Hard Hitter[/b]Anytime the sash fighter himself generates a yen move, he scores one extra point for each yen shown if the move is successful. [b]Crowd Pleaser[/b] The sash can declare any one move to be a crowd pleaser. If the move is successful, the sash fighter recieves 4 yen. If the move is not successful, the sash fighter recieves 2 yen. [b]Purchased Power[/b] The Sash can pay 5 yen per purchased power and acquire one of the following powers - The choice does not have to be made immediatelly, the sash can purchase them at any time during his stay on the relevant tier. Once purchased however, the choice is irrevocable. - Chi Strike, Fist of Fury, Poisoned Blade. [b]Cunning Defense/ Perfect Defense[/b] The fighter subtracts 1 point from any successful attack against them. [b]Cunning Attack/ Perfect Attack:[/b] The fighter adds 1 point to all successful attacks. [b]Modifier Powers: Master of emotions/movement/shadows/wealth/Supreme Master[/b] The 50 modifiers in the generator are broken into 5 lists. A fighter who successfully used a move with a modifier belonging to one of the lists he knows adds +1 to the attack. The other modifier lists are as follows: Master of Emotions will know the modifiers: avenging, ferocious, cautious, relentless, calm, confidant, joyful, courageous, wrathful, sad. Moving: crouching, falling, flying, falling, rolling, running, tumbling, leaping, twisting, balancing, speeding Shadowy: Tricky, invisible, stealthy, sneaky, sly, evasive, secret, unseen, hidden, shadowy Wealth: diamond, jade, onyx, pearl, opal, gold, silver, topaz, emerald, ruby Supreme: irresistible, invincible, mighty, perfect, faultless, flawless, pure, superior, transcendent, supreme [size="3"][u][b]"Real" Personal Items[/b][/u][/size] Any YB character can have and interact with any number of "In-Character" items, but these items can and will have no effect on the actual fights. They are mere window dressing to the Role-playing. (Likewise, no matter how "rich" your character is, they never have more yen then is generated randomnly.) However, characters are each allowed to purchase and develop one item to use in fights. This item can be anything the character desires, a sword, a ring, a feather, or even a giant flying turtle. But no matter what the item is, it cost 5 yen to purchase. Once purchased, the item is "real" but as yet it has no powers. Powers must be purchased for additional yen. Items are allowed to have as many powers as a character possesses tiers. Thus an item owned by a white belt may only have 1 power, whilst an item owned by a Green belt may have up to 3 powers. Powers must be purchased for yen and if a character with a maximum empowered item loses a tier, the most recently activated power becomes dormant until the fighter regains their old tier (if more than 1 tier is lost, more than 1 power will become dormant if necessary). Items can be given to another fighter at any time. However, a fighter may never have more than 1 "real" item at a time and may have to destroy or give away another item to keep the gift. Any powers that become dormant because of the new owners tier rank are considered lost forever. Furthermore, if an item is given away, its powers become temporary. Each time a power is used, that power is lost. When all the powers are used, the item remains "real", but the fighter must spend yen on it to add powers. A fighter may spend yen as normal to make any temporary powers permanent again. One exception to the only one real item at a time is this - a fighter may have more than 1 item in between fights provided he plans on giving one away. This allows a fighter to craft an item merely for the purposes of giving it away or to accept a gift as long as he plans on having only one item by the time of his next fight. Fighters who start a fight with more than 1 "real" item in their possession must destroy the excess items. Each power added to the item cost 5 yen multiplied by a Modifier Score. The Modifier Score begins as 1. .....+1 is added to the modifier score for each power the item already possesses. .....+1 is added if the power is an at will power as opposed to a power dependant on the generator (Dirty trick vs. Style) .....+1 if the power is one already known by another Path and not by your path (excepting signature locations and mastery). Thus an Honor fighter who had already purchased a sword and wanted to add a Signature style to the sword would pay 5 yen (5x1). A second signature style would cost an additional 10 yen (5x2). If after this the fighter wanted the sword to have the dirty trick power, the fighter would have to pay 25 yen (5x5). The following powers are available for items. Notice that some of them require a previous power and some of them operate differently or stack with a Fighters personal powers. All "at will" abilities can only be used via the item once per fight per time known by the item. [b][i]Signature Style/location[/i][/b] An items signature style or signature location adds +1 to a move but does not grant immunity. An items signature style can and will stack with a fighter's signature style if necessary. [b][i]Immunity[/i][/b] An item can grant immunity to a signature style or location the item already knows. [b][i]Mastery[/i][/b] An item can grant the user the ability to once per fight change the generated style or location to one the item already knows. This is an at will ability. [b][i]Hard Hitter[/i][/b] This works exactly like the sash power but is stackable with a sash's personal power. [b][i]Dirty Trick, Poison Blade, Purity of Focus[/i][/b]or[i][b] Fist of Fury[/b][/i][b][/b] These work just like the abilities of the same name as describe in the path powers. These are at will abilities. [b][i]Chi Strike, Sneaky Trick [/i][/b]or[i][b] Holy Day [/b][/i][b][/b] These work just like the abilities of the same name as describe in the path powers. These are at will abilities. Items may ever only possess one of these powers once. [i][b]Mark:[/b][/i] The item can "mark" any fighter it has defeated once and in one subsequent fight with that fighter, the marked fighter will automatically lose one round of the owner's choosing. This is an at will ability. Marked fighters who lose a match to the owner of the fighter are marked again. Marked fighters who defeat the owner of the item lose their mark. [size="3"][b][u]On Judges and Judging[/u][/b][/size] The judges are crucial to the game. Anyone can judge but those who choose to do so should strive to do a good and fair job. Judges should try to be familiar with relevant rules and it is advised that they jot down notes concerning the powers of each fighter and the time and place of each fight they are judging. Novice judges should also be aware that attempting to judge more than one fight at a time becomes increasingly difficult (notes are imperative if you try to do this successfully). If both players agree to a judge (or say nothing for at least 1 round - thereby agreeing to the judge through silence) then all calls of that judge concerning which move is better is final. No other judge, no matter their rank can alter the decision. Judging moves is a purely subjective thing and is therefore subject to the whim of each judge. Each judge will rate different elements of generated moves differently. However, any call made by a judge which violates the rules is subject to being overturned as soon as it is pointed out and recognized. In some cases this may mean that rounds will have to be refought or games declared complete may have to continue (for example - if a judge misses the use of a sig style and forgets to take into account immunity). Any person attempting to judge is automatically an apprentice judge. If a Master Judge notices an apprentice judge correctly advancing fighters (preferably with some flavor text) in a couple of fights then they should promote the judge to journeyman judge. When a Journey-man judge correctly applies the rules in difficult situations, thereby showing a thorough knowledge of the rules, or when a Journey-man judge has demonstrated such knowledge through a number of well-judged fights, they may be promoted to Master Judge by any two Master Judges (unless there is only 1 active Master Judge in which case the lone Judge can promote them.) Those who commit to judging a fight should make sure they can be there for the entire fight. If they cannot they should inform the fighters so the fighters can choose a new judge. It is far preferable however for the same judge to judge a fight the whole way through. [/color] [/QUOTE]
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