since this got a recent reply i guess ill post what im doing for this map.....
you raise your all your skills by doing minigame-type training
Using the skills:
Running: Depending on your skill level on this, you move faster(ling follows you slower) and faster until you stop or you reach your limit (limit is no ling following you)
Jumping: You turn into a corsair for a set amount of time then you reappear after that time is over. You die if you are in a place you can not "land"(unwalkable terrain)
Throwing: X amount of scourges appear on top of you and you move them toward your enemy manually to hit them. You lose control of them(they are given to neutral player) when they move away from your ninja. Eventually you get interceptors that fly around and hit your enemy automatically.
Transmutating: You can turn into small objects or animals as a disguise

that's all for now.....
and again, i could use some ideas