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 Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:44 pm
Zanjutsu is the true art of war. Most shinigami rely on their swords without knowing the full potential to which they could be used.
The extent of training in Zanjutsu will depend on character rank as always.
Master Rank -- Must have Bankai
Expert Rank -- Must have shikai
Specialist Rank -- Must have a zanpakuto
Everyone will start at specialist rank and work their way through the ranks taking into account that a new release may bring on a new weapon which changes the odds of battle.
Here are the techniques available at the current time. Black style zanjutsu are so called "Dirty" or "cheap" techniques while white style are more tactical based.
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Pawn Style -- A defensive style for the less flexible. Allows the user to lock themselves down and fend off attacks coming from a single direction.
______ Black Pawn Style allows the user to defend two sides from attacks as well as turn the enemies attacks against them from those sides. Its element is stone. Masters can turn their blades to stone and do heavy damage to anything made of steel. They may also summon two adjacent stone slabs to defend themselves.
______ White Pawn style allows the user to fend of attacks from above and below, immobilizing opponents that attack from those directions. Its element is steel and it allows Masters of this style to extend the size of there blades and widen them as well as learning the technique of vibrating the metal in any blade to turn it into a drill and shatter stone.
Rook style -- An extremely fast paced sword fighting style that is meant to fatigue your opponent. Good for the shunpo masters.
______ Black Rook style focuses on landing one strong attack on the opponent. Its element is water. Masters of this style will learn the fluid recovery ability that turns your blood into a purifying substance that will quickly seal wounds and lessens the effects of poison. It can also isolate electrical attacks to a single point in the body.
______ White Rook style focuses on landing many, weaker, attacks on your enemy. Its element is electricity and it will give its Masters the ability to move twice as fast send paralyzing shocks through their blades. This style will do excessive damage to water based attacks.
Bishop Style -- A sneaky style in which one dodges attacks to create openings.
______ Black Bishop style targets key arteries in the body to quickly kill an opponent. Its element is darkness. The Masters of this style can hide themselves in the shadows as well as absorb light into themselves.
______ White Bishop style focuses on making lasting wounds that will incapacitate an opponent, but not kill them. Its element is light. Master of this style leave wounds that will spread outwards. It also gives them the ability to exude a dim light that will not blind their opponent, but will eliminate the darkness.
Knight Style -- An onslaught style that is meant to leave your opponent without an opening. Meant for people with a good balance of strength and speed.
______ Black knight style focuses on making an entire limb unusable for the duration of the fight. Its element is bone. A master of black knight style has gained control of his own body in order to gain power over his enemies. Black knight Masters can detach any bone from his body and reattach it just as easily. Also their broken bones will heal much faster.
______ White knite style focuses on disarming your opponent. Its element is blood. White knight Masters can release endorphins into their system at any point in time and send them into a relaxed and focused state where all pain is dulled and their reaction time is faster.
Queen Style -- An improvised fighting style that adapts to the situation at hand. It is seen as a drunken master type style. This style requires the subject to know at least two other styles.
______ Black Queen style is a berserker style in which one can forget the injuries of battle and embrace them to create a mass of rage driven strength. Its element is the mind. A master of black queen style may instill fear into any opponent by communicating with their sword to learn their fears. In this they may learn what their opponent is planning on doing next by a mere brush of the swords.
______ White Queen style requires that you take a few hits from your oppenent in order to learn their fighting techniques and create a counter for them. Its element is beast. The Masters of white queen become stronger, stealthier, and wiser as they take in the knowledge of the earths creatures.
King Style -- Defensive style. By decreasing your movement your sense become more aware of what is around you. This style is meant for fast moving and flexible people.
______ The Black King style makes a man an impenetrable fortress and allows him to fend off close range attacks with ease. His element is ice and its Masters may enchant their blade to freeze inanimate, soulless object to keep his opponents at bay.
______ The White King on the other hand finds his fortress in the solitude of the mind. He focuses to detect and deflect ranged attacks and kido. His element is fire and its Masters may enchant their blade to burn through his opponents flesh.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:00 pm
Grey Styles:
These are the end result of some of the most powerful sword fighting techniques combined together and added to intense physical labor. These are what truly set a zanjutsu master apart from all others. In order to learn a grey style you must first learn the black and white style for that form and master them. Grey styles are reserved for fourth seats and up, with the exceptions of grey king which is for lieutenants and higher and grey queen which is reserved for captains.
Grey style users are masters of the elements that make up their style and this mastery leads them to a third elemental mastery.
Grey Pawn style is the style of the guardian. Mastering it will give you the ability to shield others and yourself from harm within a fifteen foot radius as far as you can se to either side. Nothing may pass by with the intent to harm. This style will also help you empathize with peoples intentions. Its element is earth and its masters will absorb all earth based attacks into their blade within that fifteen foot radius.
Grey Rook style is the style of the tactician and is so fast paced that time itself seems to slow around the user. This total focus of mind gives the user more time to react and counterattack. Grey Rook allows the user to remain calm in nearly any situation. Its element is wood.
Grey Bishop Style is the style of the rogue and is meant for smaller blades. Grey bishop style is a slow but rewarding process that ends with your opponent being unable to move. More advanced users can even go so far as to remove the sensations of touch, sight and sound. Its element is nothingness, or the complete obliteration of all sensation.
Grey Knight Style is the style of the bold. Its goal is to make yore opponent move according to your will by blocking off all other options. It combines the grace and speed of the white knight with the massive blows of the black knight.
Its element is flesh. The Gray Knights Master can heal any serious injury in 3-6 post as long as he remains focused on the sensations from that area.
Grey Queen Style is the most powerful zanjutsu and the hardest to achieve, but its rewards are great. Upon reaching the grey queen your sword is an extention of your body, mind, and soul and will move according to your total will even if you are unable to move yourself. In addition, the Gray Queen's element is time.
Gray Queen Masters may simply slow down their surroundings and in effect appear to move up to four times faster than before. When combined with a rook style this increases to eight times faster, and when combined with gray rook this increases to sixteen times as fast. This speed may only go on for a maximum of four post before gradually slowing down.
THIS STYLE REQUIRES BOTH MINE AND PHARAO'S APPROVAL BEFORE ANYONE WILL LEARN IT!
Grey King Style is the style of the wise sage. The Grey King knows that movement is completely unneccesary and chooses to wait for his opponent to come at him. The Grey King has total clarity and sees through all forms of deception. This style requires you to know more than one style. Gray Kings element is Heaven. He may choose to remain perfectly still for a post in order to learn everything that is happening within a hundred mile radius. The Gray King gains access to Blind fighting and when combined with black queen the Gray king master may even maintain a constant uplink of information with his opponents sword as long as his concentration is not broken and he maintains minimal movement.
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 7:29 pm
UPDATED! -- Added elements
Also, a note on grey queen.
Queen requires you to learn two styles. (EG knight and pawn)
In order to get black queen they both need to be black styles.
To upgrade that to grey queen you need to have black and white queen as well as the grey styles of two other forms.
I recommend picking your type styles and following this method.
Learn style one, black or white.
Learn style two in the same form.
Learn queen style of that type.
Then go back and do the other half.
Style one, remaining form.
Style two, remaining form.
Queen, remaining form.
Then learn style one Gray.
Style two Gray.
And finally Gray queen.
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