Natural Speed

**Speed** (速度, "*Sokudo*") is the measure of distance over a given period of time, conventionally, the rate at which characters can accomplish tasks. Character base speed is defined into ~~six~~ five ranks of speed, zero being the lowest and five being the *"highest"* possible speed.

Please note that choosing one of the 6 tiers for your Character pages must be done for your character's natural aka base speed by, speed that is not supported by chakra and/or jutsu.

### **0/6: Average Human Movement**

Those with this tier can be considered your average human. You are likely not a shinobi, but a civilian simply living life at your own pace and that's just fine.

* Real-Life Example: 0-8 mph
* Naruto: Ramen Shop Owner

### **1/6: Peak Human Movement**

Those in this Tier have reached the pinnacle of human performance. You are likely considered the fastest person alive outside of the shinobi world. Amassing medals and accolades heralding your athletic success, this lofty status has probably earned you admission into the Academy!

While you may be fast in basic human standards, your speed is still not quite up to par of a full shinobi.

* **Real-Life Example:** 15-24 mph (Usain Bolt)
* **Naruto:** Fukusuke Hikyakuya - a very fast individual whose body was honed due to being a trackstar.

### **Tier 2/6: Trained Combatant**

It is most likely that by this point, you have graduated from the Academy, and have joined the ranks of shinobi. Ninjas are generally faster and more nimble due to possessing a body forged and cultivated by unnatural means. At this speed, riding on horseback will likely slow you down.

* **Real-Life Example**: *Fastest Land Animals*
 -American Quarter Horse 55 mph - Fastest Cheetah 75 mph

* **Naruto:** *Most Shinobi, from the slowest to the fastest*
 -Idate Morino - a former ninja from Konohagakure who underwent weight resistance training so successful that he was even able to outpace even Sasuke in their earlier years.
-Rock Lee as a Genin removing his weights.

### **Tier 3/6: Exceptional Shinobi**

You have achieved speeds of among the fastest Ninja alive, generally obtained by, but not limited to high ranking Jōnin and Kage.

You’ve learned to utilize the unnatural forces that have developed the physiological medium of your profession, and have cultivated it over many years over numerous missions and arduous training or the equivalent. You can easily traverse vast distances over relatively short periods of time, at extremes matching even that of your average body flicker.

* **Real-Life Example:** *Land vehicles*
 75-90 mph Average Freeway Speeds - 150 mph Top Speeds of commercial cars and high speed railway systems

* **Naruto:** *Fastest Shinobi alive*
*Might Guy (weighted), Kakashi Hatake, Naruto era Orochimaru.*

-Guy Casually dispelling Garas sands in the chunin exams
 -Mifune preventing opponents from forming hand seals
 -Kakashi Hatake in his race against weighted Guy Sensei.
 -Average Body Flicker

### **Tier 4/6: Ultra Conditioned body**

Few Kage have ever dreamed of achieving these speeds. Due to your exceptional dedication to your physical medium, whether through impossible training methods or bodily augmentation, you have far transcended all expectations of shinobi hood, and are thus granted unfathomable speed. You can ready yourself along the starting line of a Formula 1 race track and reach the finish line before the rest of the competition... on foot. You can on average, match the speeds of most body flickers, confounding the sensory range of the untrained eye, giving off the illusion that one disappeared from where they once stood, kicking up dust and sand once moving from their previous location.

* **Real-Life Example:** *Fastest Land Vehicles*
 Fastest Formula 1 Racecar 231 mph - Top Fuel Dragsters 338 mph

* **Naruto:** *Augmented Speeds*
-Chunin Exam Lee’s 4th Gate of Pain
-Sage Mode Naruto Advanced Body Flicker

### **Tier 5/6: Super Sonic**

Those who possess this level of speed are simply *“built different”* as demonstrated by the Legendary Shinobi to come, as none has been able to achieve these speeds at base.

You can call your name and await the same call from the other side of the room.

Easily evading common caliber bullets and confounding even the likes of the byakugan or a two tomoe sharingan, your movement is akin to the highest tier of body flicker as afterimages are created simply from your speed alone.

* **Real-Life Example:** *Speed of Sound* Mach 1 (767 mph) - Mach 2 (1534 mph)

* **Naruto:** *The highest caliber of Advanced Body Flicker*

### **Tier 6/6: Unidentified Phenomena**

You are the fastest thing on the planet. You skim the waters at breakneck speeds as fighter jets straggle at your tail. Otsutsuki are not enough to contend with your insatiable need for speed.

* **Real Life:** *Fastest Aerial Vehicles on the planet*
-Lockheed SR-71 2,100 mph Mach 3.3
-Fastest Fastest bullet 3355.4044 mph Mach 4.3732

* **Naruto:**
-Guys Fists in 6th Gate: Morning Peacock (Mach 5)
-Naruto in Baryon mode vs Isshiki Otsutsuki

## Level System

We understand that there are ranges that span every tier description.
Please feel free to utilize +’s to indicate speeds that satisfy or slightly exceed their tier description, and similarly -’s to indicate speeds that meet or slightly lower than categorical descriptions but still higher than the previous tier:

For example:

**Tier 2**

Level 1 (2/5)

Real-Life Example: American Quarter Horse 55 mph

Naruto: Idate Morino - a former ninja from Konohagakure who underwent weight resistance training so successful that he was even able to outpace even Sasuke in their earlier years.

Level 2 (***+***2/5)

Real-Life Example: 75 mph Rock Lee as a Genin removing his weights.

Level .5 (***-***2/5)

Real Life: 35-45 mph, beyond peak human

Naruto Example: Upper Class Academy Student

## Trivia

Speed stat is unique as it is related intrinsically to a broader Universal Speed Tier best served for purposes outside of character speeds. The base stat categories of description you see here correspond to Tier 0 - Tier 3 of the Universal Speed Tier respectively.

Some may prefer to utilize decimals for a higher degree of precision, but fidelity exceeding that of .5 is not officially acknowledged when unsupported by stat description. Feel free either utilize the (+, -) or decimal system, which ever gets across the idea of your characters abilities as lucidly as possible.