RolePlay in The First:
Ranking and Unlocked Abilities
This list is a breakdown of the new structure for ranking and the abilities ranking promotions can unlock when it comes to roleplaying and spars.
Please note that members who are assessed for non-roleplaying skills and contributions to the division can also be promoted to these ranks based on non-RP criteria - this is meant more as a guide for those members who want to roleplay and spar as to what their rank will allow them to do.
This breakdown is more fluid than the old one, allowing unlocking of skills at different levels. It means that most ranking promotions bring with it a RP advantage. An eleventh seated officer and a fifteenth seated officer now have different skills available to them. This is more in keeping with Bleach and the ranking system, and gives more of an incentive to be promoted.
Members do not need to train three times to release all their shikai skills, but will only be able to use the number of techniques applicable to their rank level.
Special Skills
These are specialities that members may have alongside their zanpakutou - essentially Kidou, Hohou, Hakuda. It is not compulsory to have a special skill.
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Roleplay: Divisional Rank Status List
Recruit: minimum two weeks probationary. Boot camp should be undertaken here. Recruits should be active in all parts of the division and show an eagerness to get acquainted with their new division members.
Skills unlocked: Basic kidou (see spellbook), sword skills with an asauchi ONLY.
SHUNPO DIVIDE (all members above this level can use basic shunpo skills in battle)
Twentieth to Sixteenth Seat
Learned skills unlocked: Shunpo, some additional Kidou (see kidou spell book), more confident asauchi sword skills. This is the time when members can begin communicating with their swords.
Status: Ranks reserved for a recruit's initial promotion on completing Boot Camp. From sixteenth seat, members can also start training for a special skill.
--SHIKAI DIVIDE (all members above this level can train for shikai)
--TRAINING DIVIDE (all members above this level can train recruits in BOOT CAMP).
Fifteenth to Thirteenth Seat
Learned skills unlocked: Shikai (one technique), some Kidou.
Twelfth - Eleventh Seat
Learned skills unlocked: Shikai (two techniques), some Kidou.
-LEADERSHIP DIVIDE (all members above this level can be appointed team leaders in missions)
Tenth Seat
-TRAINING DIVIDE (all members above this level can train other members in SHIKAI)
Ninth-Eighth Seat
Learned skills unlocked: Shikai (fully mastered), some Kidou