Newcomer's Guide To Bleach Life

Introductory
Welcome to Bleach Life. A Role Play community that is based off of the anime/manga series we all know as Bleach. Bleach life is an O.C. (Original Character) Roleplay game. Meaning that we do not accept Cannon Characters (Characters already existing in the anime/manga). This gives more originality to our site and it's plot. If you haven't registered already we encourage you to Register right away so you can join our community. Now before you create your character and their abilities you must first read our Forum Rules and other rules posted within our Rules, Guidelines, and Decree's forum. These rules are not meant to be broken so follow them well.

Important Links You May Need

• The Notice Board
  This is a section where announcements and news should be posted. Be sure to read any announcements that are posted up. They may be important and may effect you in some way.
• The Proposal Counter
  This is a forum where you can give your suggestions, recommendations and opinions on forum. Feel free to comment on something or bring up a certain matter that may concern you. There is no need to be shy so feel free to comment on things.
• The Help Center
  Lets face it. Every one gets confused or needs to ask a question every now and then. This forum is completely devoted to answering questions that are asked about Bleach and the Whole Forum. So if you are confused on how something works on Bleach Life or curious on some Cannon Kido's The Help center is the place to go. Be sure to skim through other questions that were asked before posting yours to help prevent double question posting.
• The Story Line
  This Section of the forum is where our staff have posted up our current plot. Updates may be posted now and then when major events have taken place In Character. Any new member should Read our plot to get an idea on what's going on.
• Absenteeism
  Now we know that everyone can't be online all the time and that we all have our own life outside of the computer. So there may be times when you have to take a break from things or certain events happen: Such as a funeral, vacation, bring grounded, loss of connection ect. So if you are taking a leave for what ever means. Be sure to post a topic in this section saying that you are going to be leaving for some time. Give us an estimate for how long you may be gone if possible.
• OOC Roleplay Area
  During your time roleplaying you may feel a need to write however your character may be caught up in a topic! So you have three options, wait, create a new character or create or join a topic in the OOC Roleplay Area. Topics in here do not effect your character in any way shape or form so you can go crazy if you want. You are not limited to how many topics you can be in at the OOC Roleplay Area. However Topics in the Turn Back The Pendulum are to redefine your character's history.
• OOC Argument Area
  During Roleplay conflict always stirs up, especially in combat topics. So instead of posting OOC (Out of character) posts that will be considered as spam in your topic, move your argument over to the OOC Argument Area where you can discuss what's going on in the topic and have an admin step in to settle your argument.
• Training
  With great abilities usually comes a price. That price being points and training posts that you must write out in this section. Staff will read your training posts and approve or deny them. If approved you are free to use your new ability in your topics
  
  
  

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Basic Character Applications
Now lets start off with the first application that will be looked at. Your character application. After you decide what race your character will be you will select a template within the Character Creation. After copy and pasting the template into a new topic within the Character Creation Forum its time to fill out the fields. Now lets go over some things that are listed in each Character Application regardless of your character's race.

Name: First things first. Your name. Make sure your User-name matches either your character's name or one of their nickname. If it does not then make sure to change it so that it fits. This can be done within the Character Control Panel (simply click the profile button under the banner)

Nickname(s): These are simply any nicknames your character may go under. They may match your user-name if you desire. There isn't a limit to how many nicknames your character may have.

Age: This is basically your character's age. Shinigami, Arrancar, and Zanpakuto Spirits should have an age with a minimum of 150 years.

Gender: Tell us simply if your a male or female.

Sexual Orientation: Simply tell us if your character is Homosexual, Bisexual, or Heterosexual.

Height & Weight: Another simple field to fill out. Tell us your character's height and weight. Please refrain from leaving these blank

Body Frame: Tell us if your character is big boned, petite or has a body structure somewhere in between. It basically helps determine the size of your character.

Blood-Type: A, AB, B, O, O Negative or another variation. This is just additional information about your character.

Sound of Voice: This gives us a picture to what your character sounds like. Tell us if they have a deep grumbling voice, a high pitched voice, a sensual voice, ect.

Appearance: You can provide a picture here if your wish. However regardless you are required to write out a written description to your character's appearance. This is because if you provide a picture the link can break in time, leaving us in the dark on what you look like. Besides with a written description to your character your application will look more nice and full.
Not sure what to write for the appearance? Think about how their hair is cut. The color(s) of their hair and it's style. Talk about how their skin is, soft and smooth or rough. Speak on the color of the skin, as well as the color of their eyes. Talk about their attire. What they like to wear. Re-tell us your character's height, weight and body structure and be sure to identify any tattoo's markings or scars they may hold. Things along those lines.

Introvert/Extrovert: Tell us if your character is an Introvert or an Extrovert, or perhaps they are somewhere in the middle.
Not sure what an introvert or extrovert is? Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people. While an extrovert is a person who is energized by being around other people. Extroverts tend to "fade" when alone and can easily become bored without other people around. When given the chance, an extrovert will talk with someone else rather than sit alone and think.

Hobbies: What are some things that your character seems to do often. Art, crafts, training, cook, wonder, read, and writing are some idea's.

Likes/Dislikes: This is very simple. What does your character like and dislike? We expect about five of each.
Books, sweets, fighting, rain, bugs, animals, silence, crowds and movies are some idea's thrown out there for likes or dislikes.

Personality: Now the personality is a key part of your application. Try to be as descriptive as you can. Think about how your character acts in general. What he/she does or act in her/his spare time. How he/she acts in-front of the opposite sex, in-front of others in general and in-front of their superiors. How they get along with others. Things like that are what you want to think about when writing your Personality, Think of some strong words that would describe your character such as Strong willed, Shy, Sadistic, Caring, Cocky and Gullible then work on describing why that word describes a bit of their personality. We expect a good paragraph or two here.

Defining Characteristics: Basically list here what exactly makes your character unique and stand out from the crowd. Do they have something odd about their appearance? Or a certain fascination or hobby or is it something about their personality that makes them unique?

Specialties: This is non-combat related. Simply tell us what your character specializes in. Do they do a certain one of their hobbies abnormally well? Tell us what they succeed in or a profession they have.

Fighting Type: You are to pick from one of the Fighting Style's listed. Be cautious in picking one as it will determine some of your strengths and weaknesses. If you are unsure with what to go with your best bet would be to choose 'Well Rounded' which is mainly a more neutral and more average type.


Story: Now here s the main thing we look through. The dreadful history. To start off we expect at least two well made paragraphs from birth to present on your character. It's highly recommended that you split things up into arcs for us. Not sure what to write about? Talk about when your character was born. How they grew up with their family. Tell us about their family and any important events that went on. If your applying for a spirit such as a shinigami or arrancar tell us how you died. Shinigami should tell us about their time in rukongai to their time in the academy. Arrancar should talk about how they became a hollow and how they progressed to Adujchas level and removed their mask. Quincy can talk about how they attained their bow and mastered it while bounts could talk about how they met their doll and how they got along with it. Humans can talk about how they attained their powers. Zanpakuto spirits may speak of their previous owner and how they became alone if they don't have a I.C. partner to be with. If they do they could talk about how they came to meet them. Vizards can talk about coming to the soulsociety, being in rukongai and the academy, their meeting and fight with their inner hollow, along with gaining their mask.
If your position you talk about having isn't approved then that part of your history will be voided. Remember that.
Race leaders that aren't admin/mods can only approve the position. They absolutely cannot approve the application itself.
(If you talk about your character's powers please try to speak little on what they do simply because that information is for the power application)

Role-play Sample: Give us a fragment of your writing, it can be made from scratch or taken from one of your posts from another roleplay site if you've been on one before. Members Applying for an elite spot will be required to give a role-play sample so the race leader will be able to determine your level of roleplay and give you a spot to stand. Tip: A link to an old RP topic is more useful then a single post

Additional Character Application Information
Not all templates share the same form. This is why they are all posted in separate topics. Some applications share the same field but have different things to place within them. In this section we will begin going over the additional information some templates may include going race by race.

Additional Shinigami Template Fields
Visual Age: Remember to balance out the two so they seem reasonable. If your character is over 2000 years old they can't look like their 12. Though this isn't really a problem, but we don't want to see people being 8000 years old with a visual age of 14.
Division: Simply answer here what division you are applying for. To those who don't know all the divisions to choose from there is between 1 to 13. Each division specialized in a certain area. View these specialties withing The Gotei 13 Ranks

Rank: Explain to us the rank your shinigami character has. This can be Captain, Lieutenant, 3rd, 4th or 5th seated officers along with unseated officers. Captain rank is considered and elite rank while Lieutenant is picked by the captain of the division. To view the captain and Lieutenant ranks check out The Gotei 13 Ranks.




Additional Vizard Template Fields
Visual Age: Remember to balance out the two so they seem reasonable. If your character is over 2000 years old they can't look like their 12. Though this isn't really a problem, but we don't want to see people being 8000 years old with a visual age of 14.

Ex-Division: Simply answer here what division you use to be a part of. To those who don't know all the divisions to choose from there is between 1 to 13. Each division specialized in a certain area. View these specialties withing The Gotei 13 Ranks

Rank: Explain to us the rank your shinigami character has while still in the soulsociety. This can be Captain, Lieutenant, 3rd, 4th or 5th seated officers along with unseated officers. Captain rank is considered and elite rank while Lieutenant is picked by the captain of the division. To view the captain and Lieutenant ranks check out The Gotei 13 Ranks. Be sure to tell us what position you held when you were still in the soulsociety. Captain-Level Vizard are limited.


Additional Arrancar Template Fields
Visual Age: Remember to balance out the two so they seem reasonable. If your character is over 2000 years old they can't look like their 12. Though this isn't really a problem, but we don't want to see people being 8000 years old with a visual age of 14.

Rank: Tell us what class of Arrancar you are. Vasto Lorde ranked arrancar are for the top four Espada. Other ranks to choose from are Adujchas and Gillian. Read more about the classes Here Along with that inform us on what Rank you are applying for Espada or Privion Espada (The elites), Fraccion, Numeros, or an average Arrancar.

Appearance: Be sure to tell us where your mask remains are in your appearance. All arrancar have some form of a mask remain.



Additional Bountou Template Fields
Visual Age: Remember to balance out the two so they seem reasonable. If your character is over 2000 years old they can't look like their 12. Though this isn't really a problem, but we don't want to see people being 8000 years old with a visual age of 14.

Rank: Tell us what rank your Bountou character stands at. They may be either a regular Bountou or a Legendary Bountou. Legendary Bountou are an elite type



Additional Human Template Fields
Rank: Tell us what rank your Human has. You must pick between one of the two ranks: Awakened Human or Ascended human. Ascended humans are the elite of the race.



Additional Zanpakuto Spirit Template Fields
Visual Age: Remember to balance out the two so they seem reasonable. If your character is over 2000 years old they can't look like their 12. Though this isn't really a problem, but we don't want to see people being 8000 years old with a visual age of 14.

Division: Tell us what Division your ex-shinigami partner was a part of. To those who don't know all the divisions to choose from there is between 1 to 13. Each division specialized in a certain area. View these specialties withing The Gotei 13 Ranks

Family Type: you may choose between families such as Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice/Snow, Metal, Shadow/Dark, Light/Holy, Illusions[do not god-mode with illusions], Poison, Plant/Nature, Neutral[includes melee and reiatsu],Kido, and Void. If you combine any of these, they must be able to work together, not separately.


Additional Quincy Template Fields
Rank: Tell us what rank your Quincy has. You must pick between one of the two ranks: Quincy or Legendary Quincy. The Legendary Quincy are the elite of the race.