Ninja
Work in progress: Ninja is being built toward this design, and current game behavior differs in places.
Ninja is disciplined stealth and controlled violence. A Ninja wins by choosing when the fight starts, what the target loses first, and when to vanish.
In Play
Ninja is patience, silence, precision, and sudden violence.
- Observe the room, exits, and target
- Build Focus
- Mark or track the target
- Open with a disable, blind, shuriken, or point strike
- Control the fight briefly
- Fade before the fight turns honest
Focus
Focus steadies technique, improves the first strike, and fuels escape. It rises through concealment, tracking, marking, meditation, and clean setup. It falls when spent on attack, escape, failed setup, or long open fighting.
Marks
Marks make a target easier to read, disable, track, or finish. They come from tracking, hidden observation, shuriken setup, focused study, and body-point contact.
Stealth
Stealth is a rhythm: hidden approach, sudden violence, disappearance.
| Step | Use |
|---|---|
| Observe | Read room, target, exits, and risk |
| Mark | Prepare the target through focus or tracking |
| Strike | Deliver a disabling or lethal opening |
| Control | Keep the target off-balance |
| Vanish | Leave before the fight becomes fair |
Body Points
Body-point work attacks function instead of raw health.
| Target | Result |
|---|---|
| Eyes | Blindness or opening denial |
| Legs | Slower movement and weaker escape |
| Arms | Weaker grip, offense, or defense |
| Breath | Silence, stagger, or focus break |
| Heart | High-end assassination finish |
Abilities
| Ability | Use |
|---|---|
| Focus | Builds readiness and steadies technique |
| Hide | Conceals presence |
| Fade | Slips from attention |
| Track | Follows a target's trail |
| Mark | Prepares a target |
| Shuriken | Ranged setup and interruption |
| Blind | Denies vision or opening response |
| Cripple | Damages movement, grip, or defense |
| Tsubo | Body-point strike |
| Heartstop | High-end assassination technique |
| Dim Mak | Legendary body control and finishing work |
Shadow Commands
| Command | Use |
|---|---|
ninja, ninjas | Speaks on the Ninja channel or lists Ninjas |
ninhist | Reviews recent Ninja channel history |
ninhelp, skills | Opens help or shows skills |
nfocus, nmed | Builds Focus |
nmark | Marks a target |
ntrack | Follows a target |
fade, nmelt, nshroud | Escapes or hides presence |
shuriken | Throws a setup weapon |
blind, cripple, tsubo | Uses disabling strikes |
heartstop, dimmak | Uses high-end finishing techniques |
practice, master | Reviews or improves mastery |
ntimers | Shows technique recovery |