Ninja World 2026 Going Forward

[Never]

Soon a new Ninja World will drop for you all to tell a story in it. Whilst the details of the overall plot won't be entirely shared with you all to keep it interesting. I am curious for some feedback when it comes to mechanics of the ninja world - before I fully write some of the ideas out I would prefer to not get blindsided by seething hatred for the ideas and putting work into them for no reason when I can just focus on getting the rest ready.

So here goes. The Big one: A Mandatory Jutsu List System with EXP and EXP Rewards.

Spoiler

To match the downshift in scale of the Ninja World, there will be a Mandatory NW Bio system for all players, new and old alike. Don’t fret, you are not losing your abilities, your kumi purchases are still valid and your biography isn’t “losing” anything. Your strength and weaknesses is now how you make it - with a little thought you can tactically tailor your biography into an actual character.

Your NW Bio will have a base of “400” EXP to spend. This EXP is spent on individual Jutsu that your biography has access to. The costs of each jutsu is based on their rank and is as follows:

Jutsu Rank​	EXP Cost​	Other Information​
E	0
D	2	Taijutsu from the Canon List are 0 EXP at these (C/D) Ranks
C	4	Taijutsu from the Canon List are 0 EXP at these (C/D) Ranks
B	6
A	8
S	10
F	15

During the course of your Character’s Story and Arc you will earn EXP from completing Storyboard Missions and Events in the Ninja World. EXP is earned and tailored to you, when you finish a Storyboard you will earn EXP for you to spend on Jutsu your biography has access to, adding these jutsu to your Ninja World Jutsu List (See “How this will be tracked”).

Earned EXP can come in multiple forms, EXP can be awarded for you to spend on all fields you usually would have access to - making your arsenal for the NW closer to how it used to be. EXP can be awarded for specific fields that relate to the storyboard missions you have submitted and the arc your character is progressing. EXP can also be awarded for specific fields that you DON’T have access to, allowing you to learn jutsu from certain fields making progression in this system a way to break usual biography restrictions because of certain events that have impacted your character.
Sometimes you won’t be awarded EXP, sometimes you will be awarded specific jutsu or for example; an uchiha goes through the awakening of their Sharingan in the Ninja world, their storyboard Mission reward could be the Sharingan without the need to spend EXP to add it to your list, allowing you to put that base EXP elsewhere.
There is also the possibility to earn jutsu not on the canon jutsu list, tailored once again to your character’s development and unique to them. This can range from an aesthetic change of an existing ability to a completely new technique.

For New Players. “Initiate” Biographies

If this is your first time playing, don’t fret! You can make a NW Biography using this system to progress it and gain access to new abilities. You Base EXP is also 400, you may spend this EXP across the following Jutsu Lists:

• Basic 5 Elements
• Ninjutsu
• Genjutsu
• Taijutsu
• Kenjutsu
• 1 Kekkei Genkai OR 1 Advanced Element OR 1 Hidden Ability OR 1 Custom Clan’s Jutsu (If accepted by Leader of Clan).
• 1 Advanced Ninjutsu OR Basic Fuuinjutsu (A-Rank or Below).

You do not need to spend the Kumi Costs of these abilities if choosing this Biography Route. Your restrictions are purely based on EXP and the above list; you will then earn additional EXP and abilities through your character’s Arc in the Ninja World utilising the Storyboard Mission Submission System.

How this will be tracked:

In the Custom Jutsu Users Forum you will make a second thread alongside your customs thread, but for your Ninja World Jutsu List. This List will be a selection of your choosing from the many jutsu your NW Biography has access to using the 400 Base EXP you start with and then for the additional you will eventually earn.

In your introduction post you should have a counter and timeline of your EXP earned, with links to how you earned all EXP after the base amount (or links to specific jutsu awarded).

Then within the rest of the posts of the thread keep an Itinerary of what techniques your character has earned and learned! Keep it as neat as possible; these will be checked when you submit your NW Biography! Link your Ninja World Jutsu List in your Bio Submission, somewhere under “Rank & Chakra Information”.

Unique Costs*

Ability​	EXP Cost​	Restrictions and Rules​
Custom Weapon​	0	Biography can have 1 Custom Weapon personal to the user at 0 Cost. Any other Custom Weapon will cost their usual EXP in accordance to their rank.
Leg Weights and Canon Weapons	Usual Cost of the Rank of the Weapon/Item itself.	If these Weapons and Items have access to certain jutsu, they are apart of the weapon and will be free. Leg Weights: Drop for example or Samehada's specific techniques if your biography has access to Samehada.
Multirank Jutsu​	Highest Rank EXP + 2EXP for every additional Rank available in the Technique.	Example: B-S Rank Jutsu would cost 14 EXP 10 EXP for S-Rank, +2 for A, +2 for B.
Custom Jutsu​	0	Your NW Biography must have base access to the abilities and you must be the creator of the Jutsu for the EXP to cost 0. Custom Jutsu you have been taught cost the normal amount of EXP according to their rank. This applies to Custom Summons and Fighting Styles that you are the creator/owner of. Custom Elements are not included, you must spend EXP on their jutsu.
Medical Ninjutsu​	N/A	You cannot buy Medical Ninjutsu Techniques, to be a Medical Ninja in the NW you must either specialise in Medical Ninjutsu in your biography similar to being a support class, or earn it through the NW Storyboard Mission System if your desire is to be a support-style shinobi. (WIP)

Sharing this with you now also gives you all the opportunity to have a look to see what kind of Loadout you can have access to and if you like it. This system also allows me to reward you all and give you something to progress towards and develop from - your Ninja World Jutsu List after base EXP can then break the restrictions of your biography if you have made suitable progress in the Ninja world's narrative or your own.

Ninja World Rules:

There will be a Fifth Edition, cutting out some of the mechanics and lore in it that aren't/weren't used to streamline the fourth edition rules (for now the fourth edition rules will apply until the fifth drops as this will take some time to tweak). Some rules that will be taken out, will be reintroduced as the narrative and world expands - as the story is pushed. In said new Edition I would like to change a couple of things. The Rules thread will be cut down to these for now, with things like Claiming, Orgs, Marketplaces, Artefacts and Rifts being reworked and reintroduced later as the Game expands.

(I). MAPS & NAVIGATION​

(II). TRAVEL RULES​

(III). CONFLICT, AND CONQUEST​

(IV). STORY ARCS, BIOGRAPHIES, REGENERATION​

(V) STORYBOARD MISSIONS​

(VI). UNIQUE MISSIONS​

Chakra and Health Regeneration

I want to give a more strategic approach to how players go about traversing and interacting with the Ninja World, add some stakes to which you lot barely need to worry about really. I was going to make it so Chakra and Health regeneration wasn't passive outside of certain landmarks (zones that are deemed safe similar to how marketplaces were a checkpoint of sorts). Players would have to return to civilization to recuperate if they do not have access to allies/a healer. Chakra outside of these areas would regenerate very slowly and Health can only be healed. If a player reaches 0 they would eventually regenerate to a very low number like 10hp after x amount of time.

This opens up giving healers an important role in the ninja world, the above EXP system giving a healer route to some players if they wish to take it. I'm not really a fan of anyone and everyone just being able to heal via medjutsu, it doesn't make sense to my brain - though this is why I'm opening up these ideas to you all.

Bounty System

There is no real incentive for people to post bounties for other players as a lot of you won't want to fork out the Kumi yourselves. So the Bounty system is going to become sort of narrative based, figures in the ninja world can place bounties on players or other NPCs that don't align with their interests or are causing issues in the areas these figures reside.

Other Players can still place bounties on the head of another player using their own Kumi or other payment (Jutsu, Items/Artefacts whenever they are reintroduced). However if they do not wish to give their own funds, Players can post a bounty using other Players' Missions which seem to be detrimental to areas of the NW (commiting blatant crimes, terrorising landmarks etc) they can place a list of these Missions or Posts of Proof of the Player's in-world misconduct. A NW Sensei will then look at the submitted bounties and list of links and total up a Kumi value based on the number of links provided and the rank of the Missions completed by the perpetrator.

 

[El Alucard]

Okay so just to be clear the stuff I get to start with for free without spending EXP are:

• Summons (if I created them)
• Any jutsu that I personally created any field, including pccj?
• Canon Taijutsu at C/D rank.
• 1 custom weapon.

And then everything else we have to buy, 1 jutsu at a time using EXP. So basically we have all our fields but no access to any jutsu for any of the fields except the above mentioned which come for free?

Okay my questions, for now.

• Any CW my bio has access to or just one's that I created?
• What about items like leg weights? do those cost Exp too?
• Can the summons use all jutsu within their field or are they also limited to what the user is able to use?
• Is there a limit to how many jutsu we can buy at a time or can i just buy as many as I want depending on how much EXP i have?
• What about passive dojutsu or modes? Do those have to be bought with EXP too?
• And i dont understand the part about Medjutsu at all

 

[Skorm]

I dont even want to begin to calculate what i’m losing with this exp system.. I’d rather not have it whatsoever.

 

[Mirai]

I do have a question as well, I get trying to make Medical Ninjas more relevant in the new ninja world, and I support that, it does however spin back to other abilities that can operate similarly. This is namely fields like Yang, Kekkai Genkai that has healing capabilities etc. How are these fields directly going to be impacted?

 

[Never]

Okay so just to be clear the stuff I get to start with for free without spending EXP are:

• Summons (if I created them) can the summons use.
• Any jutsu that I personally created any field, including pccj?
• Canon Taijutsu at C/D rank.
• 1 custom weapon.

And then everything else we have to buy, 1 jutsu at a time using EXP. So basically we have all our fields but no access to any jutsu for any of the fields except the above mentioned which come for free?

Okay my questions, for now.

• Any CW my bio has access to or just one's that I created?
• What about items like leg weights? do those cost Exp too?
• Can the summons use all jutsu within their field or are they also limited to what the user is able to use?
• Is there a limit to how many jutsu we can buy at a time or can i just buy as many as I want depending on how much EXP i have?
• What about passive dojutsu or modes? Do those have to be bought with EXP too?
• And i dont understand the part about Medjutsu at all

Correct.

1. CW's that your bio has access to.
2. Good shout, you'd have to spend EXP on which of the Leg Weights you have (there are two versions), the Drop technique would be free with it, I'll add it to the list.
3. Summons always have access to whatever the Summoning says it has access to. This extends to weapons as well, as it's not your technique but the weapons'.
4. No Limit as soon as you earn EXP you can add new Jutsu to your List. For NW events or tournies, lists will more likely be "frozen" until the event ends.
5. Yes, but refer to my example of Sharingan potentially becoming free for players if awakened through the NW etc, this goes for learning LW too and other abilities.
6. So this is not set in stone, because its to reflect the potential Chakra and Healing regeneration changes which I want to discuss ideas with everyone, Having Medical Ninjutsu and other healing wouldn't really support such changes and make little effect. Currently you'd have to have a relevant specialty like "The Doctor" or something like Efficient Chakra Control Specialist in the field of Medical Ninjutsu to spend EXP on said techniques. I thought it'd be interesting to have certain ninja roles in the NW which can potentially be achieved through this system - because atm players can near enough every role. Having a healer, someone who attacks via gen, and then another with strong tai and then another can hit hard with ninjutsu and then a tank/sensory role might be relevant for future rifts or just future enemies in general; it also then gives everyone specific functions. It's also hard to give you all challenges if you can all do every role and a good narrative experience

 

[Never]

I do have a question as well, I get trying to make Medical Ninjas more relevant in the new ninja world, and I support that, it does however spin back to other abilities that can operate similarly. This is namely fields like Yang, Kekkai Genkai that has healing capabilities etc. How are these fields directly going to be impacted?

When it comes to KG and bloodline stuff at least that is specific to a character's bio and lore, can't help that. But you're right about Yang healing - the idea of NW roles is something that's open to discussion, it's also one of the reasons I want to make healing a little more difficult and taxing in the NW. All open for discussion

 

[El Alucard]

Correct.

1. CW's that your bio has access to.
2. Good shout, you'd have to spend EXP on which of the Leg Weights you have (there are two versions), the Drop technique would be free with it, I'll add it to the list.
3. Summons always have access to whatever the Summoning says it has access to. This extends to weapons as well, as it's not your technique but the weapons'.
4. No Limit as soon as you earn EXP you can add new Jutsu to your List. For NW events or tournies, lists will more likely be "frozen" until the event ends.
5. Yes, but refer to my example of Sharingan potentially becoming free for players if awakened through the NW etc, this goes for learning LW too and other abilities.
6. So this is not set in stone, because its to reflect the potential Chakra and Healing regeneration changes which I want to discuss ideas with everyone, Having Medical Ninjutsu and other healing wouldn't really support such changes and make little effect. Currently you'd have to have a relevant specialty like "The Doctor" or something like Efficient Chakra Control Specialist in the field of Medical Ninjutsu to spend EXP on said techniques. I thought it'd be interesting to have certain ninja roles in the NW which can potentially be achieved through this system - because atm players can near enough every role. Having a healer, someone who attacks via gen, and then another with strong tai and then another can hit hard with ninjutsu and then a tank/sensory role might be relevant for future rifts or just future enemies in general; it also then gives everyone specific functions. It's also hard to give you all challenges if you can all do every role and a good narrative experience

Although the idea for NW roles seems pliable in theory I dont think it will really work. Mostly because i think it will just prompt everyone to have a med spec just to be able to heal themselves. Or how nobody want to do a rift and just be a healer.

I don't think any edgelord on here wants to wait for a healer to have to heal them especially when they've been doing it by themselves for so long. Interesting idea but I don't think it works for our RP, same as how merchants or dispatch didn't really work out or any other Role style spec.

Edit: unless you make it impossible to use any healing techniques without a healer spec but then again that just means everyone will take a healer spec and we'll have a whole NW of just healers. So it doesnt work

 

[Alternative]

Couple things I have in mind after reading this:

First, the experience system is really cool, but I think it would be better if it were scaled up to a more round number. For instance, having your ranked skills cost 10, 20, 30 etc. instead? Maybe its just me but having to calculate if I'm spending 258 exp to get my skills versus spending 600 (arbitrary numbers) to do the same thing might be easier to parse for some people.

Second, you mentioned being able to unlock abilities, such as an Uchiha unlocking their Sharingan through missions. Will it be possible for this to be targeted in the NW in tandem with the training system that L proposed recently?

I have some more thoughts but its late and I'll talk about them another time lol

 

[El Alucard]

Or maybe certain conditions like only current approved bios with a med spec can be healers XD... and it stays that way for a whole arc before anyone can change? But then that just means everyone will be waiting for the next arc to become a healer.


On the upside tho this will give us time to RP as is and see if it works lol

 

[Never]

Couple things I have in mind after reading this:

First, the experience system is really cool, but I think it would be better if it were scaled up to a more round number. For instance, having your ranked skills cost 10, 20, 30 etc. instead? Maybe its just me but having to calculate if I'm spending 258 exp to get my skills versus spending 600 (arbitrary numbers) to do the same thing might be easier to parse for some people.

Second, you mentioned being able to unlock abilities, such as an Uchiha unlocking their Sharingan through missions. Will it be possible for this to be targeted in the NW in tandem with the training system that L proposed recently?

I have some more thoughts but its late and I'll talk about them another time lol

I mean if it's easier for people I could just add a 0 to all the current values?

Yeah they go hand in hand, you can unlock sharingan through the NW and then learn the techniques through the NW. You'd either earn EXP in tandem with this or just acquire them free of EXP cost and you'd earn kumi from this too, just from "training"

 

[Mirai]

When it comes to KG and bloodline stuff at least that is specific to a character's bio and lore, can't help that. But you're right about Yang healing - the idea of NW roles is something that's open to discussion, it's also one of the reasons I want to make healing a little more difficult and taxing in the NW. All open for discussion

I think for Yang Release its a bit more difficult to summarize ,as there are techniques that specifically only heal like Touch of the Sun but then there are others like Power of the Sun which empowers you physically, but also carries a passive healing as well. I think imo, if we're gonna treat techniques like this pertaining to healing, for Yang that only specifically heals people, it would fall under the same Medical Ninjutsu treatment, and likely require Yang Specialist, and those that have it as a side effect, remains to operate as intended, since its likely only gonna apply to the person healing themselves.

 

[Never]

Or maybe certain conditions like only current approved bios with a med spec can be healers XD... and it stays that way for a whole arc before anyone can change? But then that just means everyone will be waiting for the next arc to become a healer.


On the upside tho this will give us time to RP as is and see if it works lol

Yeah it is entirely possible that people will do that lmao. I think you don't have to worry about "just healing as a healer" but yeah it might require giving incentives to other roles for people not go "healer". Tbh it might be an idea to do NW classes alongside the EXP system and the thread. So everyone can choose a "class" that is stated in their NW jutsu list, some classes have access/buffs to certain techniques?

Unfortunately for some ;0 I don't really want to cater to edgelords.

 

[Zatanna 🥈]

I think restricting or trying to force a healer class/specialization isn't worth pursuing, mainly because the game still revolves around jutsu tennis and the first person to take a hit loses. You could specialize in healing and out lasting your opponent but end of the day mods will give the win to who ever is the most offensive. Unless the core combat system changes, I dont think having the healer change is worth it sadly. You can tank and dodge and heal all the damage you take, but who ever put on the most pressure wins, in every single decision made.
Edit: on top of this, we dont have enough players to realistically have dungeon groups/raids with someone being a dedicated healer, most people build and play revolving around themselves doing everything

I have other thoughts on the exp system, but really i just feel like a downer :/

 

[Never]

I think restricting or trying to force a healer class/specialization isn't worth pursuing, mainly because the game still revolves around jutsu tennis and the first person to take a hit loses. You could specialize in healing and out lasting your opponent but end of the day mods will give the win to who ever is the most offensive. Unless the core combat system changes, I dont think having the healer change is worth it sadly. You can tank and dodge and heal all the damage you take, but who ever put on the most pressure wins, in every single decision made.
Edit: on top of this, we dont have enough players to realistically have dungeon groups/raids with someone being a dedicated healer, most people build and play revolving around themselves doing everything

I have other thoughts on the exp system, but really i just feel like a downer :/

This isn't for the battle arena, it's for the Ninja World. Whilst there is PvP allowed on the NW, coming at this from a getting a win over your opponent standpoint is not the story I want to tell

But yes the lack of players would make raids harder. Though the idea of you all rping together makes me happy ;-;

 

[Never]

I think the idea of having classes or roles including a healer is probably off the table from feedback. Y'all might not even end up spending exp on mednin techs. But I'm more interested in what people think about raising the stakes of chakra and health regeneration in the NW.

 

[El Alucard]

I think the idea of having classes or roles including a healer is probably off the table from feedback. Y'all might not even end up spending exp on mednin techs. But I'm more interested in what people think about raising the stakes of chakra and health regeneration in the NW.

YY users screwing the rest of us over again.

 

[Zatanna 🥈]

I think making an actual healer spec or tank spec is viable, but you'd need to heavily lean into dungeon/raid mechanics if you run them. things like unavoidable aoe damage or environmental damage infliction etc.
You could then at least force co-operation between people wanting to do the content forming a party made of damage dealers and healers

As for the EXP system, I think youre better off changing it to instead of being per jutsu based, making it per ability based, increasing potency. eg something like every level increases its damage and chakra by 5% or something. If the goal was to reduce the amount of abilities people can use, the vessel system needs to be heavily more restricted.