「一」 Zanpakutō Development

This is a work in progress but it is based of the RYC program on bleachanime site without being so strict. I also took this idea:
http://www.bleachanime.org/forums/showthread.php?t=76775

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Bankai (Only the captain may have all 7 abilities. VC may have 2 passive abilities and 4 Active Abilities. 3rd-5th Seats may have 2 passive abilities and 3 active abilities.)

for my chart.

The idea of my chart is a baseline, if you want to be more like kenpachi, we can allow you to degrade the ranks to allow more skill in other categories. Maybe allow captains and Lieutenants to have one less active if they want 3 passive?

Captain: Bankai: 2 passive are fully developed, 1 , 2, 3, 4, and 5 active is fully developed
Lieutenant : Bankai: 2 passive are fully developed, 1 , 2, 3, and 4 active is fully developed
3rd: Bankai: 2 passive are fully developed, 1 , 2, and 3 active is fully developed.
4th: Bankai: 2 passive are fully developed, 1 , 2, and 3 active is fully developed.
5th: Bankai: 2 passive are fully developed, 1 and 2 active is fully developed, 3rd active is Not fully developed but stable
6th: shikai is slightly stronger then the 7th seat due to Reiastu amount and may start bankai training but not allowed to use bankai unless 5th seat or higher
7th: shikai is slightly stronger then the 8th seat due to Reiastu amount and may start bankai training but not allowed to use bankai unless 5th seat or higher.
8th: shikai is slightly stronger then the 9th seat due to Reiastu amount and may start bankai training but not allowed to use bankai unless 5th seat or higher.
9th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 fully developed, active 1 is fully developed , active 2 is fully developed, active 3 is fully developed
10th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 fully developed, active 1 is fully developed , active 2 fully developed, active 3 Not fully developed but stable
11th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 fully developed, active 1 is fully developed , active 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 3 Not fully developed but stable
12th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 1 is fully developed , active 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 3 Not fully developed but stable
13th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 1 is Not fully developed but stable, active 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 3 Not fully developed but stable
14th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 1 is Not fully developed but stable, active 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 3 very immature and needs development
15th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 1 is Not fully developed but stable, active 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 3 very immature and needs development
16th: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 1 is Not fully developed but stable, active 2 Not fully developed but stable
17th: Shikai: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 Not fully developed but stable, active 1 is Not fully developed but stable, active 2 very immature and needs development
18th: Shikai: passive 1 fully developed , passive 2 very immature and needs development, active 1 is Not fully developed but stable
19th: Shikai: passive 1 Not fully developed but stable, active 1 is Not fully developed but stable
20th: Shikai: passive 1 very immature and needs development, active 1 is very immature and needs development

I am leaving this thread open for comments, anyone can give input on it, it is a work in progress and I want to know what you think.

I like the system. One thing, however. This set dooms low seats to a very weak Shikai. I think it would make more sense for seats to overlap in their abilities. For example, a 20th seat that chooses to focus on Zanpakuto should be able to best a 19th seat that doesn't.

The list is to show what the best you can have, you can be lower then your seat if you do not put points or focus on your zanny. for lower seats it is a lot more then you get when BA's RYC, even at max. they start to overlap around 12th seat ish.

after 12th seat, the RYC and this chart are pretty much the same, if you compare the max you get with the YRC for each seat.

say you are a 12th seat and you put points in it to only compare to a 14th seat, then you have to follow what the 14th's seat statement. It would be too much to write each level you can have, so it is much easier just to follow that rule

on BAs RYC it is like you do not get an active till the 16th seat and for a 16th it will say it is immature and needs development. That means 20-17th at best are suck only with passives there.

Ok, I see. That makes sense then