Welcome to Ninpocho.com. What are we you ask? Well in short, we are a Naruto based bulletin board system (forum) RPG, for those who enjoy role-playing or are simply interested in learning how to role-play and being a part of a well established community close to three years in the making. If you with to join our role-playing community, please follow the "Enter Forums" link to your left. See you in the game!

Along with the restructuring of the forum and game, came new systems and a wider range of abilities a character can obtain.  The goal of V5 is to make game-play more streamlined, as well as to increase roleplaying activity.  Another big change to the site was that the villages were evened out -- giving players the chance to interact and roleplay with a new group of people, providing them a refreshing start in their "new" lives.


Noticeable Changes

Training System ~ It's been changed slightly to include a new word count minimum, and a bonus system for those who choose to write more.

Traveling System ~ A complete overhaul was done, and now it is a simple system involving loss of training days for traveling from country to country.  

Summoning Contracts ~ Not a new idea, but newly integrated into the game.  Admittedly, these were held up for quite some time during the old NC Version 4...  But now, you have the ability to acquire the following contracts: Bird, Demon, Dog, Frog, Insect, Lizard, Monkey, Snake, Spider, Tiger, and Turtle!

Puppets ~ Also not a new idea, but newly placed on the site.  Finally, people have the option of choosing to take up the Puppeteer profession.  It's a long road to travel, but it'll certainly be an interesting one.

Custom Items ~ Have you ever wanted to create your own jutsu?  What about unique weapons and armor?   This is the most defining change in Ninpocho: You now have the option to customize your own jutsu, weapons and armor.

Note: For all the above changes, there are boards linking to their respective new rules.  Please approach an Admin if you are unsure about anything.

The following is an excerpt from a post made by Maze, Head Game Admin:

For a while now, theres been an issue - the bloodline issue. Theres been a big gap between bloodliners, and normal characters. People without bloodlines were just feeling left out, so heres the solution - core abilities!

What is a core ability you ask? It is a set of skills that defines your character. Like abilities, they grant your character special skills and bonuses that can help in combat, but core abilities do this on a much larger scale.

Bloodlines will also be done differently now, you will be able to choose one, if you so desire.

Once your character has reached Genin rank, you may choose between a Core Ability (your choice) or a Bloodline (random roll).

As well, all people with bloodlines will be able to have their bloodline stat points refunded, and be allowed to rechoose a core ability if they wish, just so no one is left out in such a big character developing choice.

I am now on practicum time that is required for me to complete my college program. It will last from now until around the beginning of May. During my practicum time, besides from working from 8:00am to 5:00pm, I am continuing to study my course material to catch up in college, and I will be going hardcore book reading mode towards the end of my practicum until mid June. So, from the beginning of this month, March, until around mid June, I will be checkingThe following is an excerpt from a post made by Maze, Head Game Admin:

For a while now, theres been an issue - the bloodline issue. Theres been a big gap between bloodliners, and normal characters. People without bloodlines were just feeling left out, so heres the solution - core abilities!

What is a core ability you ask? It is a set of skills that defines your character. Like abilities, they grant your character special skills and bonuses that can help in combat, but core abilities do this on a much larger scale.

Bloodlines will also be done differently now, you will be able to choose one, if you so desire.

Once your character has reached Genin rank, you may choose between a Core Ability (your choice) or a Bloodline (random roll).

As well, all people with bloodlines will be able to have their bloodline stat points refunded, and be allowed to rechoose a core ability if they wish, just so no one is left out in such a big character developing choice.

my PM's on NC once every few days, but I won't be active in the forum at all, so please direct all questions towards other admins. If you desperately need to contact me, please email me at adminATninpocho.com (the AT is an @, I typed it that way to evade bots from stealing my email).

Thanks for understanding!