- Location
- California
[x] Join Shino in keeping the reinforcements at bay, Naruto took down Kiba before getting training from Jiraiya, a one-armed Sound genin certainly won't defeat him. Then the three of you can make your way to the Tower as a group.
The Argent-Eyed Heiress (Naruto/Exalted)
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*Looks at detail of charm we voted for, sighs*
Did no one notice that Lightning Hand Prestidigitation requires a Dexterity rolloff? And that Hinata is Dexterity 3?
On the bright side, Lunars shine in adversity, so we might get a head start on some actually combat-useful charms.
Normally, we'd be able to count on the normal chakra orchid taking a day to kill, but given this looks like an Orochimaru special, that probably doesn't hold true.
That said, this shit probably counts as a Shaping effect, and there are Stamina charms for that.
Time to activate Hybrid Nue Transformation and actually kill some shit.
Hinata is Dex 3, Taijutsu 3(Gentle Fist +2), Dodge 2, Essence 3.
That gives her a Parry DV of 4, and a Dodge DV of 4. If she stunts either, she can push up to DV6.
And that's without activating her Dex Excellency.
[X] Join Shino in keeping the reinforcements at bay, Naruto took down Kiba before getting training from Jiraiya, a one-armed Sound genin certainly won't defeat him. Then the three of you can make your way to the Tower as a group.
Shino is injured, so he needs the support more.
And besides, he has experience fighting in support of Hinata; Naruto, not so much. Shino's powers lend themselves best to support; in their squad, I suspect Kiba and Hinata played frontline, while Shino dropped his swarms from range.
Did no one notice that Lightning Hand Prestidigitation requires a Dexterity rolloff? And that Hinata is Dexterity 3?
On the bright side, Lunars shine in adversity, so we might get a head start on some actually combat-useful charms.
We aren't fine. Note that it was explicitly mentioned that our silver essence is struggling to throw off the infection.
Normally, we'd be able to count on the normal chakra orchid taking a day to kill, but given this looks like an Orochimaru special, that probably doesn't hold true.
That said, this shit probably counts as a Shaping effect, and there are Stamina charms for that.
Time to activate Hybrid Nue Transformation and actually kill some shit.
Hinata is Dex 3, Taijutsu 3(Gentle Fist +2), Dodge 2, Essence 3.
That gives her a Parry DV of 4, and a Dodge DV of 4. If she stunts either, she can push up to DV6.
And that's without activating her Dex Excellency.
[X] Join Shino in keeping the reinforcements at bay, Naruto took down Kiba before getting training from Jiraiya, a one-armed Sound genin certainly won't defeat him. Then the three of you can make your way to the Tower as a group.
Shino is injured, so he needs the support more.
And besides, he has experience fighting in support of Hinata; Naruto, not so much. Shino's powers lend themselves best to support; in their squad, I suspect Kiba and Hinata played frontline, while Shino dropped his swarms from range.
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Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
- Location
- Behind you~
Pretty sure I pointed it out and I voted for Sudden Snap-Shadow. *shrug*
[x] Join Shino in keeping the reinforcements at bay, Naruto took down Kiba before getting training from Jiraiya, a one-armed Sound genin certainly won't defeat him. Then the three of you can make your way to the Tower as a group.
Not that I'm particularly confident about Naruto either, but triage.
No. This is not where the gold blossom is.
All that you achieve is to draw forces out of position, because we won't be here by the time they get here, and they don't have the senses to track the gold blossom. And you waste our tags.
TL; DR
Flare only when we reach the tower.
EDIT
Zaku's gotten a stat buff I suspect, but that missing arm still applies a significant penalty to his actions. In addition, Naruto has the benefit of a couple weeks of concentrated training post-Exam under the tutelage of people who actually know their shit.
Plus, and more importantly, Naruto's clones mean he's applying Mass Combat against a solo unit.
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- Location
- The Temple of the Winds
Assuming it's a raptor type bird, which would make sense since there was talk of how she could use her vision from high in the sky, it would make sense to keep a permanent transformation of just the eyes.
[-] Join Naruto
With his shadow clones, ridiculous stamina and selfhealing Naruto is the one in least need of help.
[-] Join Shino
Wounded, but not down. There's also the fact that Shino relies little on physical ability, so a broken arm is of relatively little importance.
The important part is that Naruto doesn't have a takedown tech, besides "hit him real hard".
[X] Trust Naruto and Shino
Seems like the best option. Both Naruto and Shino are more effective against multiple opponents, while the Jyuken is specialized in 1vs1 takedown.
[-] Have Shino take on Zaku and Naruto the reinforcements.
Never split the Party.
[-] Run.
The fight hasn't even begun. It seems too soon to retreat, specially without anything to show for it.
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It says at least a broken arm.
Hinata has Medicine 2, but she hasn't been able to examine him, which takes five minutes without charms or techniques; there may be more.
Concussion. Torn ligaments. Lung contusion. Nerve damage. All possibilities.
In addition, a broken arm means that Shino is suffering wound penalties; at least -1, and possibly all the way up to -4 internal penalty.
That means you're deducting 1 to 4 dice from his dicepools for any actions, attack, defense, dodge, parry, planning, coordination et cetera..
For reference, Hinata the Lunar has only a dicepool of 8 for attack, and 5 for defense.
See above about how important his injury is. You can't coordinate your swarms if your Cha+War roll is eating a -4 penalty.
You can't dodge if your dodge roll is short -4 dice, even before you begin to suffer onslaught penalties from engaging multiple people.
-Naruto doesn't currently have a KO technique true. He doesn't need one either.
Didn't need one for Kiba in canon. Didn't need one for Neji in canon.
And at neither point did he use Kyuubijuice.
What are the rules for stunts in this quest? Word count limit in particular?
Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
- Location
- Behind you~
I wouldn't point to Naruto beating Kiba in canon with fart assistance as being particularly compelling evidence for anything.
I would.
The fart stopped Kiba, it did not put him down.
Naruto had to kick Kiba into submission.
After this, a month later he disabled Neji with a single punch.
Flying birds generally have excellent eyesight compared to people.
Not all of them are raptor quality, but they are pretty damn good.
The Acute Sense(Sight) mutation is explicitly categorized to be Keen(Sight)Sense equivalent.
Spectrum
Tell me a secret~
- Location
- Behind you~
He was getting his ass kicked before that. And a bad smell against the super sensitive dog guy is actually probably disabling, for all that it's a farce.
And to be fair, that was an already tired Neji (tired from beating him up). Naruto's hitting power isn't really the most relevant there.
victor janus
logic used by the illogical
[X] Join Shino in keeping the reinforcements at bay, Naruto took down Kiba before getting training from Jiraiya, a one-armed Sound genin certainly won't defeat him. Then the three of you can make your way to the Tower as a group.
Yeah normally I'd be for alpha striking the important enemies, but you have a point about the mechanics. Shino is going to have a bad time.
Yeah normally I'd be for alpha striking the important enemies, but you have a point about the mechanics. Shino is going to have a bad time.
- Location
- Earth: Universe Meta - 1
[x] Trust Naruto and Shino to hold back the reinforcements: hit Zaku as hard and fast as possible and then make your way onwards to the Tower as a group.
-[x] stunt:
He was dangerous yes, but as she ran forwards Hinata felt something. She could try to keep him from seeing what she was going to do. As she went on the attack, she activated Lightning Hand Presdigitation. He saw her jaw growing larger, he saw her coming forward. He didn't see her when her, as in one somooth motion, she snaped her mouth closed mere inches from his face. She swallowed, eating the Red flower whole...
Let's play with fire
More seriously, one way to deal with foreign magical attacks is to consume them, and make them a part of yourself.
-[x] stunt:
He was dangerous yes, but as she ran forwards Hinata felt something. She could try to keep him from seeing what she was going to do. As she went on the attack, she activated Lightning Hand Presdigitation. He saw her jaw growing larger, he saw her coming forward. He didn't see her when her, as in one somooth motion, she snaped her mouth closed mere inches from his face. She swallowed, eating the Red flower whole...
Let's play with fire
More seriously, one way to deal with foreign magical attacks is to consume them, and make them a part of yourself.
I disagree.
Kiba was jumping him before he could use his Shadow Clone techniques. The fart was an interrupt; it didn't prevent Kiba from running away.
Or tanking multiple blows like Naruto had to do to win.
Neji literally hadn't been hit by Naruto in their fight; that uppercut was the first time Naruto laid a finger on him.
So yeah, I don't agee.
In this case,
-Naruto would be going up against a white flower has more armored soak now, but is still crippled by missing two arms, with only one arm replaced by chakraplantfuckery.That means Zombie!Zaku is suffering from a Crippling effect. Taijutsu specifically is the ideal venue to attack it, because he has no hands, and Naruto's taijutsu is more than capable enough to kill a one-armed genin zombie.
-Naruto can create Magnitude 1(2-10 members) to Magnitude 6(651-1250) size battlegroups when under threat.
-He has spent the last couple weeks learning how to consciously harness Kyuubijuice both for combat and for summoning.
He's got this.
Our job is to keep the shamblers coming in off his back, and more importantly off Shino, who is injured and not healing like Exalted or jinchuuriki do. And in so doing, we get to grind for combat XP and get some experience before the boss.
EDIT
Unlike blue flowers, white flowers retain most(some?) of their premortem intelligence and memories. It would remember Shino, and how to fight him. Doesn't know Hinata or Naruto.
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Hmmmm guys, it seems to me that the best plan would be:
[x] Have Naruto and Shino take out Zaku, You're a motherfucking murdergoddess who gains new shapes and powers by killing the fuck out of things EAT THE REINFORCEMENTS!
-[x] Hinata reached out to the nearest beast, a massive wolf, and grasped it's head in her beak, the infected animal struggled but she held it long enough to begin growing A boar's tusk forms he roof of her mouth and into the crater's head and brainstem. She flung it away into one of it's former pack mates, and turned towards a two-headed crocodile. Her bones thickened with he weight of the giant boar and she covered herself in overlapping clamshells to provide a sort of armor, before rushing forwards and hurling herself between the two heads and jabbing at it's eyes. Her left hand formed into a mockery of the wolf's head and gouged out a patch of scales and skin.
We're a frigging Argent witch with jyuken and byakugan, We are uniquely suited to playing rear guard in this precise scenario.
[x] Have Naruto and Shino take out Zaku, You're a motherfucking murdergoddess who gains new shapes and powers by killing the fuck out of things EAT THE REINFORCEMENTS!
-[x] Hinata reached out to the nearest beast, a massive wolf, and grasped it's head in her beak, the infected animal struggled but she held it long enough to begin growing A boar's tusk forms he roof of her mouth and into the crater's head and brainstem. She flung it away into one of it's former pack mates, and turned towards a two-headed crocodile. Her bones thickened with he weight of the giant boar and she covered herself in overlapping clamshells to provide a sort of armor, before rushing forwards and hurling herself between the two heads and jabbing at it's eyes. Her left hand formed into a mockery of the wolf's head and gouged out a patch of scales and skin.
We're a frigging Argent witch with jyuken and byakugan, We are uniquely suited to playing rear guard in this precise scenario.
I would suggest you review the Rules section on the front page.
For one thing, these things are all dead. Animated by what's essentially a hive-intelligence. You're killing zombie corpses.
No shapes and powers for you for basically laying dead things to rest.
For a second, the rules of this Quest mean that enough of these things can be a sufficiently mortal threat to Hinata, a Tier 3(upper genin) Rank 3 ninja.
Disregard them at your peril.
And finally, Hinata is not Orochimaru. She isn't going to be eating anything as yucky as dead infected animals and people.
We have neither numbers nor ETA on the number of enemy reinforcements inbound, or even the number of enemy shamblers.
We have zero intel on the characteristics of enemy warriors ahead, and no defenses against elementary jungle shit like poison. We have yet to unlock the mote reactor power, and so have a limited amount of Essence to draw on before we go on empty. We have a fortified enemy dungeon ahead of us, with god knows how much in the way of defenses.
We do not have the time or resources to play Rambo, or to recover from the consequences of botching it.
[X] Join Shino in keeping the reinforcements at bay, Naruto took down Kiba before getting training from Jiraiya, a one-armed Sound genin certainly won't defeat him. Then the three of you can make your way to the Tower as a group.
Naruto won't need reinforcements. He's his own army.
Naruto won't need reinforcements. He's his own army.
wingnut2292
<Verified Sugar Addict>
- Location
- Milwaukee Metro
[x] Trust Naruto and Shino to hold back the reinforcements: hit Zaku as hard and fast as possible and then make your way onwards to the Tower as a group.
-[x] stunt: Activating Hybrid Nue Transformation, Hinata keeps the best of the bird but add just enough human-girl to be effective at using the Gentle Fist. Hinata grabs a pair signal flare-tagged kunai and throw one in the direction of the Golden Orchid. With Zaku distracted by the light and sound of the flare, you savage him like a razored-up cockfighting chicken pushhing him with your frenzied onslought. With Zaku blinded by sap-blood from wounds on his face, you throw the second signal-flared kunai in the durection of the Golden Orchid. The distance between the two locations may be slight, but you're hoping the trained ANBU spotters will be able to triangulate the coordinates and send reinforcements.
-[x] stunt: Activating Hybrid Nue Transformation, Hinata keeps the best of the bird but add just enough human-girl to be effective at using the Gentle Fist. Hinata grabs a pair signal flare-tagged kunai and throw one in the direction of the Golden Orchid. With Zaku distracted by the light and sound of the flare, you savage him like a razored-up cockfighting chicken pushhing him with your frenzied onslought. With Zaku blinded by sap-blood from wounds on his face, you throw the second signal-flared kunai in the durection of the Golden Orchid. The distance between the two locations may be slight, but you're hoping the trained ANBU spotters will be able to triangulate the coordinates and send reinforcements.
chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
Eh about the rest of your post, don't really care, but the whole problem with these things is that they're a rather malicious form of life. Unless you've got citations to this effect, I'd err more on the side of calling them living beings eligible to be nommed.
The options include us teaming up with one of the others to take out Zaku, the same concerns would apply in that scenario as well. Of the gennin present Naruto and Hinata are the best equipped for this. Naruto because clones, and Hinata because ever shifting doom beast. I suppose a smarter plan would to tell Naruto to clone swarm and send some of his forces to harass the reinforcements, but I don't really think using hinata to run interference is inherently more risky than using just shino or just naruto.
Shino is best for grinding down targets over time, not something I want to rely on for dealing with the beast swarm.
Naruto is better suited but his frog summons aren't immune tot he plant, and even if they were he's still terrible with them. His clones would be useful but while he's got plenty of chakra I'm not sure he can ration and control it well enough that it's going to translate into combat endurance yet.
Hinata is the best at both watching people's backs, and killing things quickly if she can hit them. Also if these plants can puppet dead bodies then why aren't we being assaulted by swarms of festering zombies, everything it's controlling seems to be if not healthy than mostly intact and not necrotizing yet. I figure it's a 50/50 chance.
- Location
- scrabbling
Ignoring whatever the mechanical effects are, since I know nothing about Exalted and even less than that about whatever version of it is being used, a bird's eye is not strictly better than a mammal's in all areas. They're especially bad at telling differences between light and dark.
NúmenoreanNazgûl
Witch-King
- Location
- Minas Morgul
[x] Trust Naruto and Shino to hold back the reinforcements: hit Zaku as hard and fast as possible and then make your way onwards to the Tower as a group.
-[x] Hinata reached out to the nearest beast, a massive wolf, and grasped it's head in her beak, the infected animal struggled but she held it long enough to begin growing A boar's tusk forms he roof of her mouth and into the crater's head and brainstem. She flung it away into one of it's former pack mates, and turned towards a two-headed crocodile. Her bones thickened with he weight of the giant boar and she covered herself in overlapping clamshells to provide a sort of armor, before rushing forwards and hurling herself between the two heads and jabbing at it's eyes. Her left hand formed into a mockery of the wolf's head and gouged out a patch of scales and skin.
-[x] Hinata reached out to the nearest beast, a massive wolf, and grasped it's head in her beak, the infected animal struggled but she held it long enough to begin growing A boar's tusk forms he roof of her mouth and into the crater's head and brainstem. She flung it away into one of it's former pack mates, and turned towards a two-headed crocodile. Her bones thickened with he weight of the giant boar and she covered herself in overlapping clamshells to provide a sort of armor, before rushing forwards and hurling herself between the two heads and jabbing at it's eyes. Her left hand formed into a mockery of the wolf's head and gouged out a patch of scales and skin.
I treated stunts as a quality-of-life thing for the QM. The more I incorporated the stunt into the quest, the better the rewards because that meant the less I had to work to write the update. Therefore, I don't believe there was a hard cap on word count, just a generalized 'if I didn't use it at all, you're not going to get much out of it' and a caveat that no matter how many people voted for it, I'd be using/getting rid of exactly as much as I wanted to.
At the moment, stunts remain roughly the same. I had more plans for them but I'll keep my current policy intact.
- Location
- Oklahoma
So I'll probably vote in a bit, but first:
Hah.
(Naruto does get eaten a lot, doesn't he?)
Hah.
(Naruto does get eaten a lot, doesn't he?)