This is your shinobi. You’re little contribution to the entire community of role playing on Ninja Academy. You have complete control over your character, all of the actions, feelings and relationships are based off how you want them to be. Please stay away from the stereotypical ninja or characters strongly based off characters in the series. This character will exist roughly 100 years after all events of Naruto, despite that number, none of the shinobi of that era are alive and no direct descendants can be traced to your character.

   There are several steps that you can take if you are having trouble with the idea of a character.

   Your character is your responsibility. No one but you can control them. But just as only you can control your character, you cannot control another character owned by another player. Your character can strongly base off how you are taken on this site. If you create a well in depth character as opposed to character with little effort, it will show. The more effort you put in to your character, the more people will want to play with you and it will make the role-playing experience greater. Please take it seriously. You may remake your character sheet at anytime as long as you do not change anything drastic to your character. They still have to have the same Clan (or lack thereof), Skills, Jutsu, Gender and the obvious things. They can, however, change their clothing, preferences, even personality if they change. It is not required, but highly recommended that you update your character’s history with what happens during playing the game.

   Remember, the Shinobi Times section of the forum provides the current storyline of the site. It’s highly recommended you read through that section in order to understand and formulate a proper background that coincides with the current story. It will also save you a lot of time in the approval process and will usually set you off at an advantage when beginning your own story.

   Your character and how you can effectively role play them is based heavily on how you build them in the system. With each jutsu you take, you have access to it in character and in battle. For each skill you acquire throughout the game, you can apply its effects to the situation during the game to add extra spice. Your Bloodline and Clan also affect how you may play your character. Family views can usually be adapted to your character.

   Clichés and action packed backgrounds are not necessary; shinobi can still live perfectly normal lives in their childhood. Shinobi aren’t always heartless and cold, they come in many different varieties, the same as if you walked out on the street. So many different types and varieties! The game starts now and as a Gennin, you shouldn’t have a person dying every five seconds in their childhood, you’ll get plenty of that in the future. Try to keep in mind the ratio of power, a level 0 character has the basic ability of an Academy Student, fresh out of the academy and in the very last of their history, they should only have that kind of ability. Remember, your adventure starts after character creation, not during!

   Usually, bloodlines can follow a certain course based off a certain stat or stat group, in which your character will most likely be built off of. And example being a Genjutsu based bloodline and clan will cause you to build a character adept in Genjutsu. There are also many fields of shinobi, found in the Shinobi Path Skills, linked to on your character sheet. This can also influence the way your character is role played.

   However, the limitation of how you use your character and how they are played is only to what your imagination can cook up. There are many complicated things on ninja Academy, but don’t feel overwhelmed, complicated looking things doesn’t necessarily mean more powerful. Go at your own pace and remember this is a game, have fun!