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[X] Action Plan: Another Cavern of Mild Peril?
[X] Hazou Training: Research Specialist
[X] Kei Training: Rocket God
[X] Hazou Training: Research Specialist
[X] Kei Training: Rocket God
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 open voting
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Orochimaru described the creatures within as "not very strong", though he comments that due to their various strange chakra beast capabilities, his team elected to use summons heavily. There are numerous detailed beast descriptions.
Orochimaru's notes do not describe the caves as well-ventilated, though there are several entrances and exits.
There were no enemies of special note.
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Do we know roughly when he visited the cave? There's a big difference in "not very strong" to Orochimaru 5 years ago versus 25 years ago.
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A bit of a peek behind the curtain as to how the QMs usually process player questions.
EJ: Urgh. Tired, low-energy. Bleh.
@Velorien: Far too occupied with my exciting romantic life!
@Paperclipped: Hi guys! I gathered up all the questions from the thread, wrote out suggested answers, and put it all in the QUINOA doc for your approval! Now I'm off to do parkour, cure cancer, prevent the AI apocalypse, and give toys too all the good boys and girls! Wheeee!
EJ and Vel: *exchange looks* How in the world did we get lucky enough to find him?
Another peek, this one referring to the current "all research all the time" arc which requires a ton of mechanics work from the QMs on runes and seals that will probably never be used. This was stated in Discord but I don't think was brought here:
Concerned Player: Hey, if you guys aren't enjoying this there are things we could do.
Velorien: Not particularly, but Paper is doing all the hard work, meaning the mechanics stuff, so eh.
EJ: Not super excited but Paper is doing all the hard work, meaning the mechanics stuff, so it's fine.
Paper: Not super excited but the other two are doing all the hard work, meaning the writing, so it's fine.
EJ: Urgh. Tired, low-energy. Bleh.
@Velorien: Far too occupied with my exciting romantic life!
@Paperclipped: Hi guys! I gathered up all the questions from the thread, wrote out suggested answers, and put it all in the QUINOA doc for your approval! Now I'm off to do parkour, cure cancer, prevent the AI apocalypse, and give toys too all the good boys and girls! Wheeee!
EJ and Vel: *exchange looks* How in the world did we get lucky enough to find him?
Another peek, this one referring to the current "all research all the time" arc which requires a ton of mechanics work from the QMs on runes and seals that will probably never be used. This was stated in Discord but I don't think was brought here:
Concerned Player: Hey, if you guys aren't enjoying this there are things we could do.
Velorien: Not particularly, but Paper is doing all the hard work, meaning the mechanics stuff, so eh.
EJ: Not super excited but Paper is doing all the hard work, meaning the mechanics stuff, so it's fine.
Paper: Not super excited but the other two are doing all the hard work, meaning the writing, so it's fine.
Nope, Noburi can confidently tell you that he cannot create chakra beasts (nor would he want to).
If you're willing to take his deal (and commit to scribing time for the Force Claw seals needed to maintain that contract), you should vote it in as a plan.
Sure, but not going to do a detailed accounting. Just ticked Hazou back up to 4 FP.
Hazou thinks he would likely see some skill transfer as well, as with Sealing and Primordial Sealing.
It was ultimately not possible.
Could kill an attacking jōnin? Certainly. Would? Depends on the area, the seals used, the jōnin, and many more factors besides.
If Hazou asks, Kagome will say that he's still learning from Jiraiya's textbook, though he gets precious few chances to read it these days since he's doing sealing research non-stop.
Kagome would be comfortable with that.
No, he cleared that barrier by healing Yuuma when he was pulled out of the caves, and in assisting in Yuuma's surgery.
Suggestions are still welcome.
As previously noted, testing seals/runes is a required part of seal/rune research. Without any rift to hand, Hazou cannot tell whether or not his seal/rune tests are successful to guide any subsequent research rolls (regardless of whether or not a seal/runic failure is caused).
HDK.
No. By tapping a tiny amount of the team's excess chakra if they were full (so that no one was ever too low on chakra), Noburi is managing to keep his reserves at full. There's not enough to spare for additional training for Hazou unless you want to start cutting into Noburi's ability to effectively train.
That's fine.
Yes.
More like 30 years ago.
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I think you deleted a "["
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Dear players, especially @faflec , what has been previously stated regarding the team's height/weight/build/general description? I remember Jiraiya's notes and that Noburi is a couple inches taller than Yuno.
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Fixed, thanks.
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Maybe Oro's first rift rune is the reason that the Bladehorror rift appears to have been active since we left it sealed up. And then he carefully returned it to its original location
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@Paperclipped and also @eaglejarl and @Velorien I guess. This is my attempt to give Noburi the ability to use his MedNin stat directly, in a way that makes sense with what was shown in the chapter. I debated fluffing it as Noburi using his medical abilities to make the target's systems go haywire and otherwise do as much damage as possible, but I ended up leaving it as a mirror of how Tsuande described her own ability.
I was hesitant to propose this at all since it is a supplemental attack, but I figure it was worth proposing given the enormous limitation put on it. Plus, it just fit the ending of the chapter so well!
STUNT: Noburi's Special Touch
PRE: (Water Whip 50, Vampiric Touch 50, Medical Ninjutsu 50, and Medical Ninjutsu 50) OR (Water Whip 50, Vampiric Touch 50, Medical Ninjutsu 40, Medical Knowledge 40, and instruction from someone with both Medical Knowledge and Medical Ninjutsu above 70 who employs a similar technique).
Noburi's Water Whip is able to impart highly-damaging medical ninjutsu with a single touch. Upon making even brief contact by succeeding in a Water Whip roll, Noburi is able to make a second roll with either a medical technique (such as Pain Induction) or directly deal damage by spouting chakra scalpels and rotating them inside the target's body. If Noburi elects to do direct damage, make an opposed Medical Ninjutsu roll against the target's Physique. If the target suffered consequences from Noburi's initial Water Whip roll, apply them for purposes of this check.
This action consumes a Supplemental.
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I will refer you to @RandomX2 who has commissioned art of the characters and likely has the appropriate details on his person.
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Kei was stated as average height for a tween at the start of the quest, but has bemoaned her (lack of) height since then. She was notably excited to grow taller by mere millimeters, which openly amused Hazou-the-character. So presumably Hazou and Noburi (along with the rest of her age group?) have surpassed her in height. She likely has corded muscles due to her high Physique, Athletics, and Ranged Weapons stats, but this has not been stated.
Noburi has always been described as vaguely "short but muscular." Once, Mari notably reassured Noburi by comparing his Physique to Jiraiya's, saying that his baby fat would go away and leave him as a muscular chad (my words, not hers). He recently punched a giant mushroom tree in Toad, and it left a hole.
Hazou has been noted to have a strong jawline, peircing blue eyes, along with taijutsu-sourced callouses and muscles (he had to hide them during the Chunnin Exams by holding his hands behind his back). Given the previous descriptions, he is, presumably, taller than both Kei and Noburi. Mari recently had to kick out the back of his knee so she could ruffle his hair. Hazou is probably of the the "tall, slender" build, with more muscle definition than bulk --though, perhaps, less defined than Kei's, given his stats. Hazou likely has dexterous hands due to the Iron Nerve, Calligraphy, and ES's physical components. Broke a hardwood desk by slapping it when we were investigating Akane's death.
My guestimations are as follows...
- Kei is probably 5'0 - 5'3, depending on how much of her height-concerns are just internalized anxieties versus reality. Muscles that are more defined than bulk.
- Noburi is probably 5'5 - 5'8. Vaguely short to slightly below average in height. Muscles that are notably bulky, given his descriptors.
- Hazou is probably near or over the 6ft range, given his height descriptions in comparison to the rest of team Uplift. Thinner/scrawnier build than Noburi, but with less defined muscles than Kei.
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While I like the whole post.
Japanese average height iis different than Murica. Hazou would be a giant.
edit: All the farmers will just think 6ft people are ninja.
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American male average height is 5 feet 9 inches. Japanese male average height is 5 feet 7 inches. The difference is exaggerated. And as noted, Mari was unable to reach the top of his head without making him bend down at least a bit. (For completeness' sake, 5'2" vs 5'4" for Japanese vs American average female heights.)
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I have another couple proposals for Noburi stunts.
Vampiric Kiss
Research into the application of medical jutsu through his bloodline has revealed some more basic insight to Noburi as to how he may give chakra through water instead of merely drain it. With this stunt, Noburi is able to spend a supplemental to gift chakra to those in contact with him through a water-based medium (liquid water, mist, etc).
People Are Barrels I Can Borrow
Barrels can be so hard to refill and you can only carry so many of them around. Why not use Joe Jonin as a barrel instead? He is vaguely cylindrical and filled with what can be argued is water. With this stunt, Noburi can use an extra supplemental as part of casting a jutsu in order to fuel said jutsu with the chakra of someone in contact with him through a water based medium. This has the added benefit of allowing the jutsu to originate from the location of anyone used to fuel the jutsu.
Vampiric Kiss
Research into the application of medical jutsu through his bloodline has revealed some more basic insight to Noburi as to how he may give chakra through water instead of merely drain it. With this stunt, Noburi is able to spend a supplemental to gift chakra to those in contact with him through a water-based medium (liquid water, mist, etc).
People Are Barrels I Can Borrow
Barrels can be so hard to refill and you can only carry so many of them around. Why not use Joe Jonin as a barrel instead? He is vaguely cylindrical and filled with what can be argued is water. With this stunt, Noburi can use an extra supplemental as part of casting a jutsu in order to fuel said jutsu with the chakra of someone in contact with him through a water based medium. This has the added benefit of allowing the jutsu to originate from the location of anyone used to fuel the jutsu.
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The Shining One
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@Paperclipped is awesome, it is known
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I am, yes, and thank you. Monday was an absolute garbage day but yesterday was better and today is back to normal.
I'm glad you liked it and thank you so much for this. In-depth reviews like these are incredibly spoon-positive.
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Yay! I'm glad it worked as intended. I'm trying to get back into the habit of doing them and comments like this (or better yet, in response to specific things I said in them) help a lot!
I hope my ADHD thoughts weren't too spastic on the page; I kinda just put down everything going through my head.
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Who are these Japanese people of whom you speak? More filler villains?
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Actually, her last growth spurt was sufficient to add a whole new shelf's worth of reach (thereby countering Shikamaru's carelessness in placing documents where she couldn't reach them).
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You're right. MfDlings have different heights.
Also yes 1943 Japanese vs MfD lets goooooooooooooooooo.
Emstar
The Shining One
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This is so fucking cute
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SNOWFLAKE: Can you get my dress down from the top shelf again pleeeeeease? I need a TALL MAN'S help
HAZOU: If you can't reach up there why do you keep putting stuff up there????
SNOWFLAKE: ummmmmmm. Efficient use of space?
HAZOU: You had me at efficient