It was warm, but thankfully not as hot as yesterday. That was your first thought when you woke...
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0.1 - The Beginning
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
It was warm, but thankfully not as hot as yesterday. That was your first thought when you woke up this morning. Kind of quaint, looking back on it now. How things were that...simple.
Then again, how simple can life really be in The Village Hidden in the Leaves?
You are a twelve year old child, belonging to:
Named:
...and you thought you had a pretty normal go of it, all things considered. Then, things began changing. Everywhere you went, you would see...symbols out of the corner of your eye. Now, you lived in a Ninja village, so a bunch of weird pictographs around the place wasn't exactly world-shattering news.
When those pictographs began shaping themselves into shapes, eyes and different representations of plants and animals is when you realized there was a problem extending beyond simple graffiti. Life still went on as normal, but you started getting odd glances every once and awhile. Sometimes you would catch yourself walking forward in a trance, forgetting where you are in a brief panic-inducing moment.
For now, though, that's just a little fraction of your life. Midterms at the Academy just passed, and you scraped by with an almost perfectly average grade. You sigh; this wasn't a new occurrence considering you've never really been able to excel at the Ninja Arts. Sure, your classmates would call you:
...but you never considered yourself particularly:
[x] Strong
[x] Smart
[x] Sociable
Beyond that, though? You've never quite gotten the hang of Chakra. That's a pretty big deal, considering it's the foremost building block of the entire Ninja world. You understand the concept, that it's a mix of the physical and spiritual energy of your body, but every time you want to try and call it forward...it just feels like your body would rather be calling up something else. It hadn't really bothered you before, but with your little problem taken together with the newly-appearing symbols, you're starting to suspect a greater issue at hand. You weren't sure what to do, so you kept going on with your life while keeping a close eye out for anything else unusual.
While you still catch symbols out of the order of your eye that you're pretty sure aren't clan symbols, what you end up noticing about the world around you is...peculiar. Specifically, you notice how life in the village isn't the sunshine and roses life you hear about in The Academy. Sure, you've never been outside the walls before and judging by some of the older ninja and people you see around with injuries you're not in a hurry to leave, but all of a sudden you're seeing a lot more of the darkness in the world. Sometimes, walking home at night, you hear yelling coming from an alleyway and something that sounds a lot like laughing men. Even just walking on the same route to The Academy everyday, you only now notice the group of three or four scary looking people smoking next to the alleyway, who glare at you as you try to look at them.
Most glaring, however, is what you see around one of your classmates. As a not-particularly outstanding student you don't attract a lot of attention in class, which means you're free to stare as Naruto Uzumaki pulls his latest stunts in class. Naruto...is different today. Everywhere he goes, you see those symbols. When you're outside training, the impressions his shoes leave on the dirt leave symbol. His doodles connect to the symbols. At one point during training his shirt flies up and you swear you saw a symbol on his stomach!
It's driving you nuts. These symbols everywhere are actually intruding on your life, and enough is enough!
You go to sleep that night, resolving to do something about these symbols tomorrow.
...What do you dream of, that night?
Among your dreams, the cries of the person in the alley and the glares of the men haunt you... but they come from every alley, each one a variation of the crimes you think you've seen over the years, but never quite grasped what was going on. Inside your dreams, you can punish them....
Then again, how simple can life really be in The Village Hidden in the Leaves?
You are a twelve year old child, belonging to:
[x] No one. You're another Orphan of the Nine-Tails attack, regrettably. Still, the Hokage put you and many other orphans into the Academy program, which thankfully you're doing okay in, so you're not left out in the cold yet.
Pros: Independence
Cons: Lack of Support
Cons: Lack of Support
[x] A Civilian Family. Being a ninja just isn't in the blood, which makes a lot of sense considering how poor you are at it. You think you'll be able to pass, but you have an itch that you're meant for something more.
Pros: Support
Cons: Lack of Independence
Pros: Support
Cons: Lack of Independence
Named:
[x] Insert Name Here
[x] Gender?
[x] Gender?
...and you thought you had a pretty normal go of it, all things considered. Then, things began changing. Everywhere you went, you would see...symbols out of the corner of your eye. Now, you lived in a Ninja village, so a bunch of weird pictographs around the place wasn't exactly world-shattering news.
When those pictographs began shaping themselves into shapes, eyes and different representations of plants and animals is when you realized there was a problem extending beyond simple graffiti. Life still went on as normal, but you started getting odd glances every once and awhile. Sometimes you would catch yourself walking forward in a trance, forgetting where you are in a brief panic-inducing moment.
For now, though, that's just a little fraction of your life. Midterms at the Academy just passed, and you scraped by with an almost perfectly average grade. You sigh; this wasn't a new occurrence considering you've never really been able to excel at the Ninja Arts. Sure, your classmates would call you:
[x] Strong
[x] Smart
[x] Sociable
[x] Smart
[x] Sociable
...but you never considered yourself particularly:
[x] Strong
[x] Smart
[x] Sociable
Beyond that, though? You've never quite gotten the hang of Chakra. That's a pretty big deal, considering it's the foremost building block of the entire Ninja world. You understand the concept, that it's a mix of the physical and spiritual energy of your body, but every time you want to try and call it forward...it just feels like your body would rather be calling up something else. It hadn't really bothered you before, but with your little problem taken together with the newly-appearing symbols, you're starting to suspect a greater issue at hand. You weren't sure what to do, so you kept going on with your life while keeping a close eye out for anything else unusual.
While you still catch symbols out of the order of your eye that you're pretty sure aren't clan symbols, what you end up noticing about the world around you is...peculiar. Specifically, you notice how life in the village isn't the sunshine and roses life you hear about in The Academy. Sure, you've never been outside the walls before and judging by some of the older ninja and people you see around with injuries you're not in a hurry to leave, but all of a sudden you're seeing a lot more of the darkness in the world. Sometimes, walking home at night, you hear yelling coming from an alleyway and something that sounds a lot like laughing men. Even just walking on the same route to The Academy everyday, you only now notice the group of three or four scary looking people smoking next to the alleyway, who glare at you as you try to look at them.
Most glaring, however, is what you see around one of your classmates. As a not-particularly outstanding student you don't attract a lot of attention in class, which means you're free to stare as Naruto Uzumaki pulls his latest stunts in class. Naruto...is different today. Everywhere he goes, you see those symbols. When you're outside training, the impressions his shoes leave on the dirt leave symbol. His doodles connect to the symbols. At one point during training his shirt flies up and you swear you saw a symbol on his stomach!
It's driving you nuts. These symbols everywhere are actually intruding on your life, and enough is enough!
You go to sleep that night, resolving to do something about these symbols tomorrow.
...What do you dream of, that night?
[x] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[x] Fighting a shadowy copy of yourself, and making amends before taking on the world, along with a dark tower extending dark roots into the ground where it stands.
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Flying through the clouds during a thunderstorm, remembering every peal of lightning. You're racing to a pulsing red tower, hanging over you.
[x] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
[x] Fighting a shadowy copy of yourself, and making amends before taking on the world, along with a dark tower extending dark roots into the ground where it stands.
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Flying through the clouds during a thunderstorm, remembering every peal of lightning. You're racing to a pulsing red tower, hanging over you.
[x] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
Among your dreams, the cries of the person in the alley and the glares of the men haunt you... but they come from every alley, each one a variation of the crimes you think you've seen over the years, but never quite grasped what was going on. Inside your dreams, you can punish them....
[x] The Strong Act.
-[x] Teach Them a Lesson
They have no power here. They never really had power at all. With the world bending to your whims, you'll crush this trash like the human refuse they are.
-[x] Take What You Need
Maybe they do have power here... but what they are doing with that power is wrong. If you're to stop them, you need to take that power from them and make it yours.
-[x] How Dare They?
Who cares about power? Who cares if you're putting yourself at risk? This is wrong, and you aren't going to stand around and do nothing anymore!
-[x] Show Them Their Place
This world is yours. These people are yours. Crime and chaos have no place in your world, so you won't stand for weak-minded thugs taking out their insecurities on others.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Study. Plan. Adapt.
Only an idiot picks fights they know they can't win, but you aren't alone; Konoha teaches teamwork and infrastructure, so use it! The closest Military Police station is right down the street, so memorize the faces you see and then sneak away to mobilize officers quickly - you don't have a reputation for pranking, so you'll get the benefit of the doubt as an Academy Student.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
You know these dreams for what they are: Distractions. These apparitions are just your fears, dragging you down when you could be spending this time centering yourself, becoming more in-tune with the pleasurable rush of your dream-world powers.
-[x] Teach Them a Lesson
They have no power here. They never really had power at all. With the world bending to your whims, you'll crush this trash like the human refuse they are.
-[x] Take What You Need
Maybe they do have power here... but what they are doing with that power is wrong. If you're to stop them, you need to take that power from them and make it yours.
-[x] How Dare They?
Who cares about power? Who cares if you're putting yourself at risk? This is wrong, and you aren't going to stand around and do nothing anymore!
-[x] Show Them Their Place
This world is yours. These people are yours. Crime and chaos have no place in your world, so you won't stand for weak-minded thugs taking out their insecurities on others.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Study. Plan. Adapt.
Only an idiot picks fights they know they can't win, but you aren't alone; Konoha teaches teamwork and infrastructure, so use it! The closest Military Police station is right down the street, so memorize the faces you see and then sneak away to mobilize officers quickly - you don't have a reputation for pranking, so you'll get the benefit of the doubt as an Academy Student.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
You know these dreams for what they are: Distractions. These apparitions are just your fears, dragging you down when you could be spending this time centering yourself, becoming more in-tune with the pleasurable rush of your dream-world powers.
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Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
[x] A Civilian Family.
Hagoromo was technically a ninja, and he was practically a god.
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
(if only to avoid the mandatory Ikebana lessons that are apparently so vital to Kunoichi)
[X]Smart
[X]Not Strong
( I detect many work-out sessions and training montages in our future)
[X] Study. Plan. Adapt.
As for Path...;
I guess...[X]Green Tower
That is a horrible attitude to have in this world, it just makes them look arrogant and ignorant.
Hagoromo was technically a ninja, and he was practically a god.
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
(if only to avoid the mandatory Ikebana lessons that are apparently so vital to Kunoichi)
[X]Smart
[X]Not Strong
( I detect many work-out sessions and training montages in our future)
[X] Study. Plan. Adapt.
As for Path...;
I don't know, these descriptions don't match what I know about the Towers, they are similar enough to be recognizable but are also subtly wrong somehow.
I guess...[X]Green Tower
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[x] A Civilian Family. Being a ninja just isn't in the blood, which makes a lot of sense considering how poor you are at it. You think you'll be able to pass, but you have an itch that you're meant for something more.
[x] Name: ?? Not good with names.
[x] Male
[x] Smart
[x] Not Sociable
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] How Dare They?
Question: Are you relying more on 2e or 1e? There were some significant changes made to pretty much everything mechanics wise between the editions.
Edit: Derp. That info sheet clearly lists praxis as a thing. 2e for the win.
[x] Name: ?? Not good with names.
[x] Male
[x] Smart
[x] Not Sociable
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] How Dare They?
Question: Are you relying more on 2e or 1e? There were some significant changes made to pretty much everything mechanics wise between the editions.
Edit: Derp. That info sheet clearly lists praxis as a thing. 2e for the win.
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@Spector29 is this Mage the Awakening 1st Edition (World of Darkness) or Mage the Awakening 2nd Edition (Chronicles of Darkness)?
edit: I'm dumb, it's listed on the wiki as 1e. A shame, 2e is awesome and streamlined. This will still be great though.
edit: I'm dumb, it's listed on the wiki as 1e. A shame, 2e is awesome and streamlined. This will still be great though.
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[x] No one. You're another Orphan of the Nine-Tails attack, regrettably. Still, the Hokage put you and many other orphans into the Academy program, which thankfully you're doing okay in, so you're not left out in the cold yet.
[X]Taketo
[X]Male
[X]Strong
[X]Not Smart
[X] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
[X] Show Them Their Place
This world is yours. These people are yours. Crime and chaos have no place in your world, so you won't stand for weak-minded thugs taking out their insecurities on others.
[X]Taketo
[X]Male
[X]Strong
[X]Not Smart
[X] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
[X] Show Them Their Place
This world is yours. These people are yours. Crime and chaos have no place in your world, so you won't stand for weak-minded thugs taking out their insecurities on others.
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
I'm using Second Edition. The wiki shouldn't be taken as any more true than the Narutopedia.*
It's mostly just to give people a primer on what exactly is going on with this magic stuff.
*not to say anything about Narutopedia's quality, just saying in general that this is a crossover.
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[x] A Civilian Family. Being a ninja just isn't in the blood, which makes a lot of sense considering how poor you are at it. You think you'll be able to pass, but you have an itch that you're meant for something more
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Sociable
[X]Not Strong
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Sociable
[X]Not Strong
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
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- Location
- Canada
[x] No one. You're another Orphan of the Nine-Tails attack, regrettably. Still, the Hokage put you and many other orphans into the Academy program, which thankfully you're doing okay in, so you're not left out in the cold yet.
[X]Yujiro Hanma
[X]Male
[X]Strong
[X]Not Sociable
[X] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
[X] Show Them Their Place
This world is yours. These people are yours. Crime and chaos have no place in your world, so you won't stand for weak-minded thugs taking out their insecurities on others.
[X]Yujiro Hanma
[X]Male
[X]Strong
[X]Not Sociable
[X] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
[X] Show Them Their Place
This world is yours. These people are yours. Crime and chaos have no place in your world, so you won't stand for weak-minded thugs taking out their insecurities on others.
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Are you tallying for Plans or Individual votes?
Ha, figured you'd vote for your namesake as your path.
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
Not sure yet, usually haven't had to tally multi part votes. I'll go generally by plans, but if two different plans together beat most of the votes for another plan I might do a minor clarification vote.
tl;dr - Plan, but generally by the spirit of the voters.
This quest format isn't particularly well suited for Mind and Space as primary Arcana. Especially as run by SV.
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Yeah, they can be used well, but you kinda need flexible morals to be best at using them.
I usually dislike Plans, it has a tendency to cause Bandwagons.
@Spector29 These developer blogs might be helpful to people to get the updated lore and thematics of the 2E Paths. Though most of the info is in the "link to preview" of each blog
[x] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[x] Fighting a shadowy copy of yourself, and making amends before taking on the world, along with a dark tower extending dark roots into the ground where it stands.
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Flying through the clouds during a thunderstorm, remembering every peal of lightning. You're racing to a pulsing red tower, hanging over you.
[x] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
Also, Moros PAY the Lead Coin, not pick it up.
[x] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[x] Fighting a shadowy copy of yourself, and making amends before taking on the world, along with a dark tower extending dark roots into the ground where it stands.
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Flying through the clouds during a thunderstorm, remembering every peal of lightning. You're racing to a pulsing red tower, hanging over you.
[x] Being out in the wild, and bringing down a huge beast with your own hands. As you build a fire, you see a green tower covered in vines though the trees.
Also, Moros PAY the Lead Coin, not pick it up.
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
[X] No one. You're another Orphan of the Nine-Tails attack, regrettably. Still, the Hokage put you and many other orphans into the Academy program, which thankfully you're doing okay in, so you're not left out in the cold yet.
[X] Shirou
[X] Male
[X] Sociable
[X] Not Strong
[X] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[X] The Strong Act.
-[X] Take What You Need
[X] Shirou
[X] Male
[X] Sociable
[X] Not Strong
[X] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[X] The Strong Act.
-[X] Take What You Need
Spector29
It Only Gets Worse From Here
You're right, but at the end of the day people won't (or at least I don't expect them to) vote for an option they don't like.
[X] No one. You're another Orphan of the Nine-Tails attack, regrettably. Still, the Hokage put you and many other orphans into the Academy program, which thankfully you're doing okay in, so you're not left out in the cold yet.
[X] Shirou
[X] Male
[x] Smart
[X] Not Strong
[X] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[X] The Strong Act.
-[x] How Dare They?
Who cares about power? Who cares if you're putting yourself at risk? This is wrong, and you aren't going to stand around and do nothing anymore!
[X] Shirou
[X] Male
[x] Smart
[X] Not Strong
[X] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[X] The Strong Act.
-[x] How Dare They?
Who cares about power? Who cares if you're putting yourself at risk? This is wrong, and you aren't going to stand around and do nothing anymore!
[x] A Civilian Family. Being a ninja just isn't in the blood, which makes a lot of sense considering how poor you are at it. You think you'll be able to pass, but you have an itch that you're meant for something more
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Sociable
[X]Not Strong
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Sociable
[X]Not Strong
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
Dead-Not
Insomniac Supreme
- Location
- The East
[x] A Civilian Family. Being a ninja just isn't in the blood, which makes a lot of sense considering how poor you are at it. You think you'll be able to pass, but you have an itch that you're meant for something more
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Sociable
[X]Not Strong
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Sociable
[X]Not Strong
[x] Walking through the village, a long-crumbled ruin, and picking up a heavy lead coin. In the distance, a pale tower stands where the Hokage's tower should be.
[x] Fools Rush In.
-[x] Your Fears Don't Rule You
[X] A Civilian Family. Being a ninja just isn't in the blood, which makes a lot of sense considering how poor you are at it. You think you'll be able to pass, but you have an itch that you're meant for something more.
[X] Sayaka Izumi
[X] Female
[X] Strength: Smart
[X] Weakness: Strong
[X] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[X] The Strong Act.
-[X] Take What You Need
[X] Sayaka Izumi
[X] Female
[X] Strength: Smart
[X] Weakness: Strong
[X] Storybook fantasies of you adventuring with mythical beasts, and a blue tower covered in thorns.
[X] The Strong Act.
-[X] Take What You Need
[x] No one. You're another Orphan of the Nine-Tails attack, regrettably. Still, the Hokage put you and many other orphans into the Academy program, which thankfully you're doing okay in, so you're not left out in the cold yet.
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Smart
[X]Not Sociable
[x] Flying through the clouds during a thunderstorm, remembering every peal of lightning. You're racing to a pulsing red tower, hanging over you.
[x] The Strong Act.
-[x] Teach Them a Lesson
[X]Izumi
[X]Male
[x] Smart
[X]Not Sociable
[x] Flying through the clouds during a thunderstorm, remembering every peal of lightning. You're racing to a pulsing red tower, hanging over you.
[x] The Strong Act.
-[x] Teach Them a Lesson