Hmm granted it could really take place in any time period considering we could just make it AU(Alternate Universe) wherein the majority of the characters from the manga wouldn't exist. Especially since I'm not so much a fan of people playing as the characters from the manga, not to mention those are copywrited and it'd be...troublesome.

Nonetheless, we could have it set during the [I]time period[/I] that the fourth hokage lived, but it would not be the actual fourth hokage.

Also, hi/welcome FVGT, FireBringer, and Loki.

Oh look, it's Riddle, what a surprise :P

FVGT, what I meant is how many and to what extent should clans be allowed to be created (if at all). Kekkei genkai and Hiden go along with that statement really. As to rank, I mean should people be allowed to start as jounin, or should they have to start as genin or chuunin.

At the moment I think starting at Chuunin for the majority would be good and then people could audition (submit a CS) for kage and I'd pick the best suited/qualified one. Perhaps anyone wanting a jounin would also have to have a chuunin, that way we keep a solid balance between the two.

In terms of naruto time periods/eras we don't have any set timeline (years that things transpired and how long they lasted), but generally it goes as follows;

>Time of the Sage/Rikkudo Senin(Birth of chakra and ninjutsu)
>Intermediary period(people learn the things from the sage and such)
>Brief peace
>Warring clans era
>Villages slowly form
>First Ninja War
>Peace
>Second Ninja War
>Peace till present time at the start of Naruto
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So yeah there's that.

So what about political intrigue, war, inter-village interactions etc etc?

Do you even want the RP to start with more than one village open. I'd say allowing 1 or 2 at the start is plenty considering it'd otherwise be even harder to even vaguely fill the roster and have a solid plot.

What kind of plot we want? I'm sure either ya'll or myself can twist any cliches into something neat or try something new.

Cliches being, evil organizations, the bijuu turning against people(might be neat), war between the villages, a single man who is the threat that people must unify against.

Thoughts?

Also, do you guys like it if/when I give suggestions for you to choose from or? Last thing, um, in terms of plot I tend to GM things a bit more like a sandbox where there is a plot you'll be roped into somewhat, but your characters actions will have real benefits and/or consequences.

I lied about that being the last thing, forgive my longwindedness and as my mind keeps coming up with more things to address haha. How much influence of the plot would you as players like to have? Do you want to be able to submit/create and execute your own arcs/plot lines (subplots for your characters may or may not fit in here depending on how vastly said subplot(s) would effect whatever main arc/plot is going on at the time)?

Also I'd appreciate it greatly if you'd mention this humble little interest check to anyone you know who might be interested in helping create/be in a naruto RP. I am both looking to make a solid community and a solid RP and the more the merrier ^_^