Traveling.

Traveling is an important element of rp, being in that, one must sometimes travel one place to another. Traveling, being a much used form of rp, as it is the way to get from point A to point B.

In order to travel, one must actually travel, in that they must actually roleplay the traveling sequence itself, there is no going around this.

For example, if you are traveling from Sunagakure to Kirigakure, you will have to take a route through all of the countries in between, and therefore, you must roleplay every phase of your journey, from start to finish. There are often roadways between major villages (might as well call them cities) and sometimes, even smaller ones as well, these roadways do make traveling easier between major locations, as one would likely not be crossing rough wilderness. These paths will be organized, by the place that it is in and where it leads to for ease of navigation. However, paths can often be dangerous as they are easy targets for bandits, thieves, and rogue ninja to carry out their less than noble deeds. And on a well traveled path, traffic may be common.

Surely walking on the roadways and paths is much easier than roughing it, as there are certain to be small inns and other establishments along the way. But there is an advantage to roughing it. Sure, you may come in contact with a variety of dangerous things, but those who wish to encounter little contact with humans, may choose to rough it through the wilderness.

Another feature of travel will be that, one cannot simply, shushin all the way to their destination, on most occasions anyway. If the location is at least 2 KM away and the exact place is known to the user, then one may do so. But going from, Sunagakure to Kirigakure through the use of a jutsu can quickly drain chakra levels and even kill any who dare to attempt such a thing. Traveling without stopping for the basic essentials (food, water, and rest) could have negative effects as well, being roughly the same effect as going without these essentials in the first place (soon to be explained). Traveling in a hurry, for example, dashing to your destination, will reduce stamina and tire a person out and if the traveler is then engaged in combat, it would be difficult to fight back.

Many shinobi carry basic survival tools and, usually (depending on the training and somewhat, the rank) advanced training in living in the wilderness, which could prove vital to the important art of travel.

Since Stamina is a part of our stats but not seen as Life points ,we should use it for the travelings.
How so?

The Stamina says how much your body can take . 100% Stamina says you are feeling perfectly fine,no thirst,hunger or exhaustion is dimming your senses.You are in a perfect shape to fight and travel.
50% Stamina says you start to get hungry and tired,you can still fight,but you might be unfocused from time to time,due starting hunger,exhaustion and thirst.
25% Stamina , You feel hungry,thirsty and tired,not a little but very very thirsty hungry and tired.Your senses are not sharp anymore.You even feel sick and dizzy.
5-10%Your body is in danger,you feel like passing out,your throat is dry,your stomach empty and you feel like passing out every now and then.
0% and you simply pass out.
Should you somehow manage to force your body to move and work,although you reached 0% ,then you bring yourself into grave danger.Your body is no machine. If you work ,although your stamina is out,you can have the bad and rare luck to die of exhaustion.

Each travel will need a certain amount of Stamina points.The amount varies as it depends on how long the routes are,on what tracks you use and how dangerous the road is.A dangerous road might take less Stamina points but attacks are more common.Keep in mind that combat will also take some Stamina points.

During the travels,one should not forget to eat,drink and rest.
You can regain Stamina by resting during day and night.A rest during Night will restore more then during day.Rests might slow down you travels,yet are needed.We want to roleplay,thus we want to prevent instant travels. Like,you were in kiri but now you are suddenly walking into Suna. You actually have to roleplay traveling.

I will be sure to attempt to work all of this out, with your assistance and guidance of course. However, I don't agree with your descriptions, but I understand that it is just a rough sketch. I don't think that lowered stamina means that you are hungry, tired, and thirsty all at once. One can have low stamina levels from a ton of fighting, but still have a full belly and be moderately hydrated, but all three are somewhat linked. In my view that being hungry or thirsty basically effects energy levels, lowering them, but being tired does not mean you are hungry and thirsty.

I had an idea....but I lost it.

Well you said it,it is rough. But to be honest,it should be logical and still be some RP thing. If you didn't eat two hours or fought for a long time,you might get real hungry after a while. If you didn't drink for hours you WILL get thirsty. The Stamina level could mean just one. It depends on roleplay. But basically a person is doing three things when resting. RESTING,sleeping and drinking.

Therefore, travelers, generally will need to stop and rest along the way in order to replenish stamina by sleeping, drinking, and eating, if they can of course. Even shinobi in a hurry to get somewhere such as deliver a message has to stop and take a break at some point.

Note on the running to locations,wouldn't i be fit for thews who specialize in Taijutsu not have such a hard impact to stamina as the specialize in the physical arts?
Just asking....

Oooh and messenger ninja should also be able to get said bonus maybe even more since they are conditioned to running long distances.

I am against the bonus or getting jobs.You have the ability to train the stats that make your Stamina.

I am for jobs, I think jobs are nice. However, I am not sure if any actual player characters would want to be messengers, I mean, we can simply use NPCs for that role.

I don't agree about the bonuses however, I would like everyone on a equal playing field, plus even couriers need rest, they are not super traveling ninja, they are the same as everyone else and must play by similar rules. NPCs I guess will just drop out of nowhere, I dunno. However, one can be conditioned to running long distances without tiring, such as marathon runners for example, but, I doubt that one can run across entire countries without rest. The longest marathons are usually about 25 miles, or 40 km, and that is on pathways. Countries are usually much larger than this, and yes, most shinobi in general are well conditioned, therefore, wouldn't everyone just have some long distance perk? Then what is the point of having, plus it makes it unfair a bit when everyone can get everywhere quickly. Getting from Kiri to Suna in less than 4 days is pretty much impossible.


Hosh you bring up some interesting points indeed.

*is trying to make this taijutsu thing work*...I HATE MATH

...Well..The specialisaton makes the Nin and Genjutsu user already a it weaker when it comes to stamina so a taijutsu user has natural advantage.

And yes jobs are good. I think i mentioned jobs before,since a Shinobi has to gain money,not onley per mission but maybe per job. You could smith weapons and sell those.

We would however need a way to limit like a billion people from saying that they are smiths and can make their on weapons, or 'enchanters' or whatever, just to do it.

I don't think it will be much of a problem to not limit things that much right now, maybe people will not abuse the job system?

Well i see no problem. Simply have joblists in the villages if one wants a ob he has to pply via rp.