Demon, Sage, Forbidden Seal. and Golden Dragon Guide

The most powerful forms of chakra that an RPC is able to access are demon chakra (tailed beast, bijuu), nature chakra (sage), corrupted nature chakra (forbidden seal), and the chakra of the celestial realms (golden dragon). What makes these various chakras so powerful is their ability to make certain techniques overwhelming at the S+ level which is not possible otherwise. They also have the benefit of added resource pools, enhanced stats, etc. There are various methods that an RPC can obtain these powers that will be elaborated upon. Accessing these chakras requires the temporary activation of their various forms (tailed beast transformations, sage mode, activated forbidden seal, and activated mark of the celestial dragon).

## Demons

Demons are the most powerful of all of these entities but are also the most limited and require a demonstrated history of commitment to the guild and a majority moderator vote. Demons have the most amount of chakra and high statistical abilities, particularly in the stat that the demon specializes in. Demons have powerful unique techniques and abilities and their full power is accessed through three stages of tailed beast transformations as demon cloak stages 1 and 2 and the demon mastery stage.

## Sage Mode

Sage mode is is an empowered state that can be entered by blending natural energy with one's chakra. It is generally considered very advantageous for chakra-based character builds. Sage mode is accessible from summoning contracts called animal sage mode, the rarer human path (cannot summon, unique custom sage mode), and certain bloodlines (such as Senju, Seinaru Enjo, and Hoshigaki). You can have a bloodline sage mode in addition to either animal or human sage mode but cannot be both an animal and a human sage. Because of the rare ability that human sages have to manipulate nature chakra without the assistance of summoning or DNA, their connection to summoning creatures is severed. For bloodline sages, the sage mode is inherent to their very being and thus is always accessible to members of those select clans.

## Forbidden Seals

Forbidden seals, also known as curse marks or cursed seals, are a deviation of Fuuinjutsu, designed to artificially allow its bearers to access and use Nature Energy. Forbidden seals are considered very powerful for more physical character builds as they are able to allow the user to reach peak statistical states while in use but with significant statistical drawbacks after use. A standard forbidden seal can be obtained by discovering and mastering the Forbidden Seal Technique or being a victim of the Forced Seal Technique. Additionally, certain bloodlines are cursed and have their own forbidden seal (such as Kaguya, Akuryo, and Yozen) that is latent until activated. You can only have one standard forbidden seal but you can have a bloodline forbidden seal and a standard forbidden seal. All summoning creatures are disgusted by corrupted nature chakra and will not accept being summoned by any forbidden seals users with the exception of those with the Yozen Sacrosanct Seal PA.

## Golden Dragon/Celestial Marks

Golden dragon is said to be a gift given to those who have achieved a certain level of enlightenment through ninshuu, that or in some cases by pure chance, and gives the user access to celestial chakra. The Mark of the Celestial Dragon (Golden Dragon) is a deviation of fuuinjutsu and functions similarly to forbidden seals without the usage of nature chakra. Unlike the other sources, the Golden Dragon does not appear in canon and is most commonly seen in use by the samurai who still follow widely follow the principles of ninshu. However, it can still be accessed by shinobi. Each mark can be obtained in a variety of ways but to only those of certain body ranks and classes.

## Rules

* Demonic chakra, nature chakra, corrupted nature chakra, and celestial chakra can never be mixed together or korabo'd. While this is possible in canon, in the lore of SR these chakras are incompatible with each other and cancel out. These energies are naturally powerful and will conflict with each other.
* The effects of the demon seals of loss, adaption, and growth can be used with sage mode, forbidden seals, and golden dragon if the demon is no longer sealed.
* Demons, sages, forbidden seals, and golden dragon are able to grant increased physical capabilities when they are in use. In terms of stats, the following entities give certain stats cap increases:
	+ Demons give their hosts one stat of their specialty that boosts to 12 and three stat boosts to 10 during the demon mastery transformation. The preceding demon cloak transformations give substantial but lesser boosts.
	+ Sage mode increases all four stats to 10.
	+ Golden dragon marks vary in their stat increase offerings by shinobi class.
	+ Forbidden seals increase two stats to 12 and two stats to 10 in their unleashed stage. -4 in all stats for five posts after usage and the seal is made dormant. The awoken stage preceding the unleashed stage offer powerful but lesser bonuses. It is encouraged to reach the unleashed stage with each forbidden seal usage to make the most out of it before the drawbacks take effect.
* • It is possible for an RPC to have access to more than one of these chakra forms. However, only one advanced chakra source can be used in the same battle and they can never be used at the same time. Because of these limitations, the only combat advantage to having multiple sources of advanced chakra is a wider variety of strategies that can be chosen between in a battle. Keep the following limitation in mind:
	+ You may possess bloodline and human path sage mode and a forbidden seal. You may not be an animal sage with a forbidden seal. Forbidden seal users and human sages are incapable of summoning.
	+ You may have a demon and any sage mode and forbidden seal and celestial mark.