Experience Points, Levelling/Ranking Up, and Missions!

Experience Points/Ranking Up!
As you may have noticed, there is an Experience Points meter to the left of every post you make, showing how much experience your character has gained over the course of his or her journey. Through gaining experience, your character will unlock the ability to rank up and through ranking up, your character will gain the chances to learn new abilities and talents. Your character Ranks up by reaching certain checkpoints in experience points and then completing an exam, title fight, or special mission. These such topics should have a title stating whether or not they are in an exam, title fight, or a special mission. It should be known however, that special missions are a rarity in the mission board, Title fights must be against someone of equal rank, and Exams are held as a site-wide event. Your best bet is to do many missions, then do a fun Title Fight with some friends to claim your rank. Below are the amounts of experience required to rank up to each title.

Rank	EXP. Requirement
Academy Student	0
Genin	1
Chuunin	100
Jounin	1125
Kage-Level	12500+

*Note that if you, for example, have 101+ experience, but you have not done a required exam to reach the rank of Chuunin, then you will be considered an Advanced Genin. Likewise if you have 1126+ Experience and are a Chuunin, you will be classified as a Special Jounin until you have completed required goals to reach the rank of Full Jounin. The rank of "Kage" (Not Kage-Level) is bestowed upon you by your village and has nothing to do with experience other than having a minimal rank of Jounin. Other titles, such as "ANBU Black Ops Member" are special "Titles" that have virtually nothing to do with experience other than a minimum rank required to apply. They will be listed at the very end.

As one could expect, ranking up is not something that is easily done in little time. It takes a well-developed character to reach the higher ranks and it's quite possible for your character to die before even reaching the rank of Jounin. But do your best to complete missions and learn jutsu and you'll be alright. Remember that with each rank up, you gain an additional style point to allocate as you see fit. Academy student has 1, Genin has 2 (1+1), Chuunin has 3 (2+1), Jounin has 4 (3+1) and when you reach Kage level, you will have 5, (4+1). Under special circumstances, it is possible to obtain more than one Style Point per rank -or- Obtain additional style points.

Missions

Missions have a MAJOR role in the SoL Universe. They are not only the main income of experience for a ninja, but the only way for your country to maintain its status of being a Major Country. If for whatever reason, the country begins to slack up on missions, it could degrade into a Minor Country, causing all ninja inside to be considered missing and it also means the land is up for grabs by anyone with power. Missions grant a certain amount of experience per rank which is needed for a Shinobi to prove him or herself in the shinobi world. By ranking up, Missions are unlocked to ninja that were previously too high ranked for one to tackle, increasing the net EXP per Mission. The system is as follows.

Rank	Shinobi Rank	Average Experience Gain
D-Ranked	Academy Student and Genin	1-10 Exp.
C-Ranked	Genin and Chuunin	10-20 Exp.
B-Ranked	Chuunin and Jounin	20-100 Exp.
A-Ranked	Jounin and Kage-Level	100-500 Exp.
S-Ranked	Kage-Level	500+ Exp.

Missions are to be posted in the mission forum by Ninja and by Kage. It should be noted, however, that you are not allowed to take your own missions, otherwise they'd have no need to be on the bulletin board! Players are allowed to make their own missions, albeit they've got a couple stipulations here and there.

For starters, they are not allowed to make event missions. On top of that, they are unable to make missions that are versus NPCs unless they are of B-Rank or lower. Missions that are against NPCs also generally have a lower EXP and Ryou payout. If a player wants to make an A-Ranked or an S-Ranked mission versus an NPC, it must be GM'd by the GM account which goes by the name of NPC.

Additionally, while Player Made missions are more convenient for the sake of gaining money, it's probably easier to just have a moderator grade a topic involving combat, training, or character growth for experience.

Special Titles

Now for the part that you all came here for... Maybe... Special titles are what set you apart from every other ninja of the same rank and same village. They are gained by requesting a special mission from either an Administrator(OOC), a Clan Leader, a Kage, or a Jounin. They can create a mission for you to complete and allow you to pick a special title from the list below:

Name	Requirement	Effect
ANBU Black Ops	Request your Kage	+25% Bonus when learning Kinjutsu and Genjutsu
Medical Ninja	Request from a Jounin. Ijutsu Specialist.	Medical Techniques gain 50% effectiveness
(Insert Name) of The (Insert Country)	Specialty. Request a Kage.	10% Chakra boost while fighting inside if your country.
Demon of The (Insert Village)	Request a Jounin	10% Increase to all stats except chakra while fighting inside of your own village.
Genius of the (Insert Clan) Clan	Request from a Clan Leader. Bloodline Specialty.	Bloodline Jutsu take 15% less time to learn.
Master over (insert element)	Ninjutsu Specialist. Request from a Jounin.	-10% Chakra drain while fighting with primary element.
Kage	Self-Proclaimed or elected by the village via an event.	You're KAGE DUDE(tte)!
Genius	Taken upon creation with an adequate background.	grants the user 25% more chakra within their chakra pool, 15% additional chakra control, and the ability to cast jutsu with only one hand being required. The percentages are not stackable.
Dedicated	Permission from a Jounin+ or Moderator Permission.	grants a 25% reduction on all trainings, and all of the techniques they use cost 10% less chakra. Those who put more effort into their trainings see more rewards from other sources too besides just their body and ninja arts. One with this talent lastly receives +10% on all Mission EXP gained.
Clan Leader	Jounin+ Requested	Mostly Aesthetic
Blacksmith	Requested with sufficient background or IC development about smithing.	50% Cost reduction on purchasing weapons. Able to make weapons for others and negotiate the prices. Able to see weapons and immediately assess their capabilities from cutting power to special abilities.
Mechanic	Significant background in puppetry or developing puppetry prowess via IC.	50% cost reduction on purchasing puppetry gear. Able to make puppets and puppetry items for others and negotiate prices. Able to see puppets and immediately assess their capabilities and make accurate guesses at their weights and what tools the puppet can use.