Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
They are fairly firmly embedded near the heart of the combat mechanics though.
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
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- naruto rationalist romance armageddon is looking better and better damn you kishimoto explosions everywhere explosives solve everyone if in doubt surrender to the mercy of zabuza it seemed like a good idea at the time looks like a really bad case of being a jōnin my god. where does the lore end? precommitting is the winning plan screaming in kagome screw the rules i have explosives something bad might still happen sometimes you gotta sociopath stabby zabby subsection c of paragraph 9 should include we can weaponize this so hard
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During a partial draft, I nearly went with "Just As Well the Nara Are So Open-minded".
True. But right now they are mostly irrelevant unless we start running a lot more social combats (and I've mentioned why I think that would be problematic).
Noumero
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Edit: Reading comprehension failure. Ignore the crossed-out section.
I bet the orgy rumor was Hanabi's plot somehow. In the midst of all this speculation and confusion, nobody even noticed how she got replaced by Hinata halfway through the night. What was she up to in our house, while we knew not to look for her? Jashin knows.
Fascinating update, @Velorien. Interactions between Keiko and Jiraiya are an unexplored goldmine, Jibura's departing was as heartbreaking as expected, Shiori's Creative Interpretations were amusing, and Hanabi was adorable.
Hana and Kagome bonding over teaching promises to be interesting as well. I just hope Noburi doesn't end the world before we could see the results. (It is, after all, apparent at this point that he snapped and went missing-nin again.)
Inb4 we try to build an Outcome Pump based on our inability to buy telescopes. Inb4 telescopes are shifted away.
Fascinating update, @Velorien. Interactions between Keiko and Jiraiya are an unexplored goldmine, Jibura's departing was as heartbreaking as expected, Shiori's Creative Interpretations were amusing, and Hanabi was adorable.
Hana and Kagome bonding over teaching promises to be interesting as well. I just hope Noburi doesn't end the world before we could see the results. (It is, after all, apparent at this point that he snapped and went missing-nin again.)
Tenth time, if I'm counting correctly. But not to worry, he always comes back, even if we never meet. It's our fate.
Inb4 we try to build an Outcome Pump based on our inability to buy telescopes. Inb4 telescopes are shifted away.
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Noumero
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Oh. Ah. That's quite embarrassing.
- Location
- The Deep Blue Sea
I know right?? A superbly promising introduction for a new character!
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I meant the physical combat mechanics as well, actually.
Socially, you're quite right. Formal social combat is a big mess to model everytime these folks have a pointed chit chat. It also wouldnt really be simulationist. While I'm on the topic, whats your opinion on the social stats effecting things narratively?
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I wish we knew more about what Jirayia was thinking. I'm very unsure what the relationship between Jirayia and Mari actually is; while Big J was probably pretty OK with founding a clan, and Mari has definitely been useful to him, I'm not sure if he signed up for this entire emotional maintenance shtick. Dropping that on him when he's in middle of something big (see Noburi, or lack thereof) I'm sure he's annoyed, and that's fine. Just hope that 1. he can get over that today because Mari does *not* need to feel like a burden right now, and 2. that it doesn't transform into something chronic.
Unrelated: Keiko negotiating a Chakra Chameleon was glorious. And Ino's internal monologue being full of innuendo... You need to get laid girl.
Unrelated: Keiko negotiating a Chakra Chameleon was glorious. And Ino's internal monologue being full of innuendo... You need to get laid girl.
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To be avoided for the same reasons, but moreso. Limiting characters' social interactions to what's on their sheets would be horribly restrictive both for us and for them, and characterisation would be limited by XP pools. It would also mean a trade-off between people having good social skills and good combat skills, which makes sense mechanically but not for real people.
Edit: Keiko being anything other than utterly obliterated in any argument with Hana or Jiraiya is a good example.
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- Freiburg
Do you want Hana to get flung out of a burning building by a gas explosion?
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- UK
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"Dear Mizukage, I regret to inform you that your sister has passed away. Unfortunately, despite my warnings, she decided to smoke in the explosive-gas-filled-purifier-seal storage section of the diplomats' quarters. With deepest condolences, Jiraiya."Do you want Hana to get flung out of a burning building by a gas explosion?
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- Phoenix, AZ
Agreed. I will vote for any plan which involves a time skip of at least a week which I am pinged about and notice before voting closes.
What the fuck.
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- USA
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
@Radvic @Kurkistan @Enjou @Oneiros @Cariyaga @Briefvoice
I believe the following may include a few things that some or all of you want.
Wordcount: 297
[X] Action Plan: A Week to Do Things v2.0
Will take place over the course of a week,barring major interruptions or dangerous situations. Essentially Jiraiya's say-so.
Player Note: Bold are things we prefer to not be off screened, if possible.
R&D with Kagome(20% time awake)
I believe the following may include a few things that some or all of you want.
Wordcount: 297
[X] Action Plan: A Week to Do Things v2.0
Will take place over the course of a week,barring major interruptions or dangerous situations. Essentially Jiraiya's say-so.
Player Note: Bold are things we prefer to not be off screened, if possible.
R&D with Kagome(20% time awake)
- Jiraiya can help as he wishes.
- Quality bonding time between sealmasters.
- Research Priority:
- Casino Seals
- Finish.
- Mountain Seals
- What do these do!?
- Casino Seals
- Do that spar with Asuma
- Punching!
- Ridiculous Training
- The Floor Is Still Lava.
- Run on your hands everywhere.
- Practice fighting blindfolded with Living Roots.
- Train with Ebisu,Team Gai, Mom.
- Ask Mom: help us train social skills?
- Lunch with Ino
- Apologize for the Orgy Misunderstanding
- We have no idea how people came to this idea.
- People think we would invite Lee to an orgy? Psh.(Jokingly)
- Talk about how training is going
- Anything interesting besides that?
- Its nice having our mother home
- Hazou's thinking of taking up music again, actually.
- Hazou practices in advance.
- Ask Mom for tips on how not to mess this up.
- What would Noburi do?
- He is smooth and confident.
- Inject a bit of that into your personality.
- Practice a bit.
- Be confident!
- Apologize for the Orgy Misunderstanding
- Quality time relaxing with:
- Mom
- Kagome
- Read
- Math and philosophy
- Jiraiya's novels
- Get the Akatsuki book.
- Kagome said someone wrote about them.
- Inquire about the author's identity. Very rich?
- Know thy enemy.
- Practice playing the flute
- Refill our seal loadouts.
- Spend evenings each day doing this for a couple hours at least.
- If finished, make explosives and 5SB's for Tower/Pangolins.
- Track down info on opponents in the tournament:Bloodline info, etc.
- Priority order: first round combatants,non-Leaf ninja, Leaf ninja.
- Ask Leaf ninja to see if they saw/observed anything with respect to foreign nin.
- Priority order: first round combatants,non-Leaf ninja, Leaf ninja.
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@MMKII , We should also try to track down information on our opponents in the tournament:
We don't know anything about the Kashiwagi clan or if any of the Sand ninja are clan ninja.
We don't know anything about the Kashiwagi clan or if any of the Sand ninja are clan ninja.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
Quite right. Removed.
Edited. Instead of specifics, I'll say "Try to track down info on potential opponents in the tournament."
Two things I think you are missing:
1. I still think Hazou should request some training from Hana. She'll enjoy seeing how much he's grown and it's possible there are Iron Nerve related stunts that are applicable to both Taijutsu and Kenjutsu.
2. Research Hazou's opponent. We got the Tournaments brackets for a reason. Make some effort to find out what her 'minor clan' ability is and how she fights. Remember how ninja combat can be rock-paper-scissors. Would be real embarrassing to fall to some technique that we could have beaten easily if only we had properly prepared.
I mean, we have the brackets. We know who he might potentially face and who he probably won't face.
Noumero
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Change it to "Akatsuki book", and you have my vote.
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- Milky Way
@MMKII wouldn't it be better if we apologise to all the guys who were present at the game night or at least ensure that they understand that it was all a misunderstanding.
If to ever reaches their parents' ears they will see it as a joke in poor taste.
Edit: this could be the pretext to meet them to find out about who spread the idea. It is important for Hazó to do so as while we know that it was all a misunderstanding, from Hazó's perspective it could also have been malicious attempt to discredit them.
If to ever reaches their parents' ears they will see it as a joke in poor taste.
Edit: this could be the pretext to meet them to find out about who spread the idea. It is important for Hazó to do so as while we know that it was all a misunderstanding, from Hazó's perspective it could also have been malicious attempt to discredit them.
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