System Updates — Things To Come!

[Vio]

Hey, everybody! We’ve got some interesting things in the works right now and, as we’re well on our way to finalising the ideas, we thought we’d give you some teasers of what’s to come. But! Rather than tell you the whole deal straight away, we’re going to give you some cryptic clues… in the form of Haiku! Good luck figuring these out!

<sup>Wreathed in Ardent Flame
We Ruled As Gods Upon High
Bloodline Divided

Joyous Abundance
The Gift Of Wild Lineage
Taking A Gamble

Push Beyond Limits
To Adapt Between Moments
A World of Monsters</sup>

[Vio]

Well, I’m sure you’ve all been thinking hard on these, but I think it’s about time we revealed the secrets now that we’ve had our fun! Each of these Haiku reveal a new addition (or set of additions) to the site’s systems, opening up diversity and improving upon our site’s independent canonicity! Each draws from canonical understanding, with a few flavour twists to balance them out, so here we go!

^{Wreathed In Ardent Flame
We Ruled As Gods Upon High
Bloodline Divided}

The Answer Is… Lunarians!
A race of people that once dwelt upon the Red Line, Lunarians are a mysterious race whose people have been gradually wiped off the face of the world by the World Government. Even just good information on a Lunarian’s existence or whereabouts is worth a fortune, but their dwindling numbers have meant that very few pure-blooded Lunarians exist, with King of the Beasts Pirates being the only confirmed surviving member of his race thus far. We’ll be adding these fiery peoples to our roster of playable races, with a bit of a caveat.

Due to their near mythical status and practical extinction, Lunarian characters can only be of Half-Blood or lesser descent, representing the race’s futile attempt to maintain a dying bloodline as well as balancing out the race’s superior traits. Blessed with the ability to create and manipulate flames from their bodies, Lunarians will join Minks, Giants, and Heavy Robots & Cyborgs in having unique “Aspect-like” Traits — at the cost of a weakness that we had to work heavily around. That weakness just so happens to be water, where the clash of fire and water forces upon them a brittle nature that renders them more vulnerable to physical damage — a side-effect of their bloodline being diluted.

^{Joyous Abundance
The Gift Of Wild Lineage
Taking A Gamble}

The Answer Is… SMILE!
Created by scientific endeavours for a nefarious cause, these artificial Devil Fruits grant their consumers abilities akin to that of a Zoan, allowing them to transform at least partially into a specific extant animal. However, their transformations don’t line up properly with their bodies, making them a little more like “Animal” Paramecia. As such, these will have a cost identical to that of Paramecia (200 X-Poinz) and offer a little more wildness to their ability. Unlike regular Zoans, they’re also not necessarily limited by number, though we’ve yet to decide that.

Of course, only one-in-ten SMILE eaters actually gain the powers, the rest suffer all of the drawbacks plus an additional inability to express emotions other than joy. This offers players an optional Negative that’s bound to their character should they so wish it.

^{Push Beyond Limits
To Adapt Between Moments
A World Of Monsters}

The Answer Is… Traits?!
We’ll finally be including a new shop to the site in the form of the Trait Shop, and with it a few unique additions to how Traits work. Post S-Class, once specific benchmarks have been reached, you’ll be able to spend a relatively small amount of X-Poinz on gaining additional Traits for your characters. There’s also two more things we’re adding in relation.

First of all, the earlier availability of something we’ve called Switch Traits — these are unique pairs of Traits that alternate in which one is “active” based on specific criteria. For example, a character might be able to go into a “Drunken Rage” that sacrifices their dexterity for increased strength, or may otherwise experience some sort of shift in their body that causes these Traits to swap. The number of Switch Traits a character can have will be limited, and their availability will also be based on certain thresholds.

Second? Well, there’s a world of monsters out there, and some people reach a terrifying ceiling. We haven’t got a proper name for these yet, but they’ll be a limited post-S Class option with a cost — Traits that become Aspect-like. Good canonical examples of recent include Kaido and Big Mom’s ridiculous durability, Luffy and Zoro’s overwhelming physical strength, and even Sanji’s incredible speed — physical aspects that have developed so much that they are truly, truly monstrous!

[Fox]

Well, hello, everybody! This time it's Foxxo bringing you the latest news!

Lunarians have officially dropped into the Playable Races, so please check them out! If you were considering making one, now's your chance!

In addition to the release of Lunarian hybrids, we're allowing for existing characters to have Lunarian heritage ret-conned into them if their players so wish. All you have to do is apply for the changes in a Dojo application, and a staff member will be along shortly to sort you out! Keep in mind that you cannot exceed the total number of traits that you are allowed, so please be aware that you may have to drop one of your existing traits in exchange for the Lunar Flame trait if you so desire it.

[Vio]

<sup>Hey, everyone! The Dojo has now been updated with the information on all the new Trait types, including Switch Traits and Legendary Traits! A few other sections of the site will be cleaned up accordingly to suit these changes as well. If you have a character whom you wish to give a Switch Trait (or convert an existing Static Trait into one), you can make these applications in The Dojo

Check it out here!</sup>