3. MECHANICS: How-to

First of all we have the levels! Levels are nothing but PL milestones that once reached will unlock new and interesting features to your character! As already stated above, levels are responsible for allowing your character to learn more techniques, but they are not restricted to that; racials usages are also based upon levels. Below you will see the chart with what each level grants and when you reach said level:


Level 1 = 0-100k PL - Basic passive/special techs (PT-1, SPECIAL LEVEL 1 (OT-1/ST-1/PT-1))

Level 2 = 101k-200k PL - First upgrade of a passive/special tech (PT-2, SPECIAL LEVEL 2 (OT-2/VT-1/ST-2/PT-2))

Level 3 = 201k-300k PL - Second upgrade of a passive/special tech (PT-3, SPECIAL LEVEL 3 (OT-3/VT-2/ST-3/PT-3))

Level 4 = 301k-400k PL - New Stamina Point (replacing the 250k milestone)

Level 5 = 401k-500k PL - Allowed to learn FINISHER moves

Level 6 = 501k-600k PL - Allowed to learn godly ki passive tech (Godly Ki Sense)

Level 7 = 601k-700k PL - First upgrade of the godly ki passive tech (Godly Ki Access)

Level 8 - 701k and above - Second upgrade of the godly ki passive tech (Godly Ki Mastery)

Note: When upgrading a tech, please make sure to only list the tech appropriate to your level, not all the ones before. I.E from PT-1 to PT-2, please ONLY list the PT-2 in your profile. It is automatically assumed you know the PT-1, but this way everyone can see clearly how many tech slots you are using.

Every Character Gets the Following Per Turn:

- A Standard Action (A Technique like Kamehameha, Afterimage, or A Barrier or any other technique that costs Stamina! If you desire you can choose to exchange your standard action for an additional minor action to conserve stamina!)

- A Minor Action (A Basic Action like Dodging, Blocking, or Basic Attack which goes off Melee Finesse instead of spending stamina! (See Below)

- No Limits to Free Actions (within reason): Free actions are things that do not have limits for the most part, though we strongly encourage people to still keep things within reason for the sake of the timeline in a battle! Free Actions have no basis on combat itself but rather are plot-based things for the most point. Passive Techniques (Ki Sensing/Telepathy for example), Dialogue, Items, and Transformations fall under this category!

Example 1: Vegeta dodges an incoming punch with his minor action. Then he fires a Gallick Gun at Kakkarot as his Standard Action.

Example 2: Vegeta dodges an incoming blast with “Afterimage” using his standard action. He then uses his minor action to throw a normal punch to Kakkarot’s face!



EXCEPTION: If a player is 50% below your character’s power level, then you gain an EXTRA STANDARD ACTION (for a total of 2 standard actions and 1 minor action). If you are in a group thread, you go by the HIGHEST OPPOSING PL in order to gain this effect. (Ex. Frieza is fighting Krillin, Gohan, and Piccolo. Frieza's PL is 1 mill. Gohan is 200k, Krillin is 200k, and Piccolo is 400k. Frieza's PL is over twice Piccolo's who is the highest opposing combatant, therefore he gets a bonus action!)

Example: Frieza is double Piccolo’s Power Level. He now has 2 standard actions and 1 minor action. He can use his first standard action to use Afterimage to dodge Piccolo’s Special Beam Cannon, use his second standard action to fire a Death Beam at Piccolo, and his minor action to then punch Piccolo in the face!

Melee combat is a major part of combat, as you won’t always be able to fire a Kamehameha every turn. Melee combat is determined by a stat called “MELEE FINESSE” which determines your skill level in martial arts! This can be raised by learning a Martial Art School (see more in the section below). An untrained fighter can use 5% of their total power level as their melee finesse for minor actions! However a trained fighter in a Martial Art can deal even more. While techniques can deal far more damage. However, although melee attacks don’t consume Stamina, Stamina plays a major role on how effective you can fight.

In order to successfully dodge an attack the character must be ABLE to do it. And your current stamina determines just how much PL your character is capable of dodging (without the use of techs), as the following:


5 Stamina = 15% PL + Melee finesse
4 Stamina = 10% PL + Melee finesse
3 Stamina = 5% PL + Melee finesse
2 Stamina = Melee finesse
1 Stamina = -5% Melee finesse
0 Stamina = Can’t dodge, just block!

Stamina can also determine how much damage you can survive at once!

You can die one of three ways:

- 1) Receiving enough damage in one attack to surpass your stamina’s “One-Shot Health”, which is the amount of damage a single attack can do to overwhelm you and kill you. This amount is established in the chart below.

5 Stamina = PL + 100%
4 Stamina = PL + 80%
3 Stamina = PL + 50%
2 Stamina = PL + 25%
1 Stamina = PL + 10%
0 Stamina = 50% of total PL!!

As you can see, having 0 stamina is absolutely dangerous in battle and needs to be paid attention to! If you die by one-shot kill - then it’s still possible to use a technique or healing item (i.e. Senzu Bean). However if the damage you take at once is unrealistic, then Staff can deny you being able to use a item or technique on yourself (a racial like Majin regeneration does not count here). This doesn’t stop an ally from healing you however! They have to heal you in that turn however!

- 2) Receiving enough damage over time to use up the entirety of your health! Not including racials which can increase your health, a character usually has 250% OF THEIR Defensive PL in Health! (I.e. 10,000 PL = 25,000 PL of Health) So if a 10,000 PL character takes the total of 25,000 of their PL In damage across a battle without healing- they die! Like with one shot kill - an ally can heal you if they possess a technique or a item for it. They have to heal you in that turn however! However unlike one-shot kill - there is no instance where you can heal yourself! (Unless a racial allows you to regenerate from death, i.e. Majins)

- 3) Vaporization. If a player receives 3x (aka 300%) of their power level in immediate damage they will be completely vaporized with no chance of being healed. Nothing can save someone from this.

ADDITIONAL RULES ABOUT DEATH:

1) You can only die in a Risk of Death, Death Enabled Thread, or SAGA. If you “die” in a normal thread then you’re just knocked out.

2) If an attacking character states that the attack is not meant to kill, then the victim can survive and be knocked out instead. Conversely however, if a victim decides they want to be killed by an attack they are killed. However choosing to die in a thread makes you less likely to receive afterlife training!

3) It’s also important to note that in a Risk of Death, Death Enabled Thread, or Saga: It is possible to lose limbs. Limbs can be lost if you are hit with at least 20% of your PL in damage or more. With the exception of Saiyan tails, all limbs can be healed if on the same thread the character heals with a item like a Healing Capsule Z or Senzu, Healing technique that restores limbs, or goes into a medical machine.

HOW TO: Martial Arts

One of the main things in Dragon Ball is the martial arts and its respective schools. Therefore, a trained martial artist is far more deadly than an average street brawler, since they can harvest the fullest potential of their bodies to increase the efficiency of their attacks, dodges and blocks.

Melee damage/finesse...
Every player will start with 5% melee finesse. What that means, is every time you punch, kick or use a basic physical attack (not a technique) you will deal 5% of your total PL in damage. Melee Finesse also determines the bonus you get for dodging and blocking without a technique. However, a trained martial artist can increase their melee finesse depending on how far they have advanced in their School.

[BG] – Beginner = 10% Melee Finesse/Melee Attack
[IN] – Intermediate = 15% Melee Finesse/Melee Attack
[AD] – Advanced = 20% Melee Finesse/Melee Attack

Make sure you refer to the stamina rules as Stamina will always affect how efficiently your character can dodge or block!

Melee Maneuvers/Perks
As you train more and more in martial arts, you will come to learn a more advanced way of fighting, as opposed to just swinging attacks wildly. These are represented as maneuvers! These maneuvers are advanced MINOR actions that you can take that an untrained fighter CAN’T use. These are the maneuvers you can learn:


[BG Maneuver] Melee Clashing - Melee Clashing involves tanking a hit in order to hit the other person. Aka both will be dealt the full damage of the other’s MA!

[INT Maneuver] Flurry - A Flurry Maneuver is a fast rush of weaker attacks, like a barrage of jabs in the manga! This tactic halfs your offensive potential, but makes the attack much faster and harder to dodge! (An ADV MA for example would be 20/2= 10% Attack Power/ 20* 2 = 40% Attack Speed!) This will allow for people to engage in melee combat that is more difficult to evade with Melee Dodge albeit dealing less damage upon hitting.

[ADV Perk] Technique Mastery - Once a character learns the ADV level of a martial art, they become a true warrior. Becoming a Warrior is more than just a title; once you reach this state your technique become far more deadly.

- Strike-based attacks are harder to dodge (they impose a -5% to any sort of dodging from the opponent)
- Energy-based attacks are harder to block (they impose a -5% to any sort of blocking or barriers).

HOW TO: Advanced Mechanics

You can combine your attacks with someone else to create a stronger offense (adding the two attacks PL together)! The attacks must however make sense when combining together. This can go to things like:




Yes, moves can be charged! There are three main ways to charge an attack:

Full Charge: The standard charge. With each passing turn, it adds the same percentage to a technique. While using this type of charging the user is locked from using any type of dodge/block/attack and, if hit by a technique equal to your melee finesse PL your charge is disrupted, but you don’t lose your stamina.
Example: OT-1 Charge: 25% > 50% > 75% > 100%

Half Charge: Half of the charge each turn (rounding up). This type of charging allows the user to block or dodge while doing so, but they still cannot attack. If hit by damage (after block reductions) equivalent to your melee finesse PL, your charge is disrupted but you don’t lose your stamina.
Example: OT-2 Charge: 50% > 75% > 100% > 125% > 150% > 175% > 200%

Hold Charge: Any ONE time during a charge, the user can choose to hold it. The technique’s charge remains static for that turn, but you can block dodge AND attack with melee while doing so. Disrupting a charge works the same way as a half charge. The user can only hold charge for a maximum of 2 turns at a time; if he fails to release the charge after that, or proceed to continue charging, the charge is disrupted and he will LOSE the stamina required for the technique.

It’s important to point out that a character cannot charge forever. They are restricted to charging until the technique reaches 4 times its initial potential (unless stated otherwise).



Beam Struggles are an important part of Dragon Ball! Our rule is to keep things simple. Therefore these are the rules on Beam/Melee Struggles, when two players fire opposing OT’s at each other!

1) The stronger technique always wins. The difference between the stronger attack and the one clashing against it = the leftover damage that your opponent must take! They can however block the leftover damage.

2) You cannot dodge a technique once you’ve engaged in a Beam/Melee struggle, even if you have the stamina or PL for it! This is to avoid Beam/Melee Struggles from becoming redundant.

3) During a beam/melee struggle, you are allowed to BOOST the charge of your attack by pouring additional stamina into it! This can only be done DURING the clash, not before! 1 extra stamina = 1 extra charge in the technique! (You cannot however charge the technique past its maximum using this method!) This is to signify the back and forth of beam clashes in Dragon Ball! Each player can boost the charge of their attack as much as they have stamina for during the clash (meaning if you have 2 stamina, you can choose to spend both stamina at once)!

4) You cannot use an item during a clash to recover stamina, as that doesn’t make sense and is a cheat.


Example: Goku and Vegeta are in the midst of a Beam Struggle. Goku’s Kamehameha is a OT-3 Special with a 100% Charge! Vegeta’s Galick Gun is a normal OT-3 with a 75% Charge! Goku has 10,000 PL and Vegeta has 15,000 PL.

Goku’s Kamehameha (which has 10,000 PL in it!) clashes vs. Vegeta’s Galick Gun which has 11,250 PL! Vegeta begins winning the clash!

But, Goku has one more stamina than he does! So he spends an extra stamina, boosting his 100% Kamehameha into a 200% Kamehameha! It pushes back Vegeta’s 11,250 Gallick Gun with 20,000 PL! Vegeta takes 8,750 PL from the remainder to block!

You may use your STANDARD action to start attempting to run away in a thread. YOU cannot use another technique that requires stamina as you are attempting to run away. If no one stops you before your next turn, you do not post again and have successfully fled.

If someone does attack you while attempting to flee you must block the FULL damage or dodge the FULL damage coming at you. If you are hit with any of it your flee fails and must be attempted again if you wish, or you may simply return to the battle at hand if you use your action for anything other than attempting to flee again.