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It's @Briefvoice's plan, but with a section dealing with Pangolins.

[X] Action Plan: RtSPlus


Goals:

  • Survive.
  • Deal with the Pangolins.
  • Prepare for the Chūnin Exams.
  • Misc. things from previous plans.
Non-Binding Suggestions:
  • Deal with the Pangolins.
    • Goal is to make a decision whether or not to supply the Pangolins with Skytowers (knowing their intended purpose).
    • Keiko should be the one to make the ultimate decision, since they are her summons.
      • That being said, still voice personal opinions (w/ CCnJ) on the situation. Don't come to a decision without team-wide discussion.
      • Get reads on the political situation from Mari-sensei & Jiraiya (esp. the latter).
      • Jiraiya may have additional weight relative to the rest of us (clan head, Toad Summoner...).
      • Hazou's opinion:
        • Pangolins are being presumptuous and pushing Keiko into a subordinate position.
        • Keiko is worth way more than that.
        • She should remember how she responded to the Polemarch when he tried to put her in a subordinate position (when they first met).
    • Note that Kagome may have difficulty in making the seals (since he's helping us get fitted for the Exams).
    • If decision is yes, discuss plans for getting compensation.
      • Determine value of compensation before making decision (so we aren't getting screwed over again).
      • Ensure that, since our seals are majorly responsible for the "Pangolin Empire" we should get significant compensation, moreso than what we've gotten before.
        • New Pangolin contracts (e.g., Awareness/Stealth, as below).
        • Jutsu from defeated enemy clans.
        • Free access to the Pangolin jutsu library for the Goketsu (and Nara?) clans (though not redistribution to Leaf/Toads) + right to hack.
          • Basic conditioning jutsu?
        • Some non-negligible percentage of the wealth plundered from enemy clans.
        • A whole bunch of permanent contracts with military pangolins of a decent level.
        • Sufficient Pantsā-backed political power in pangolin society that we can completely protect Kei's position from further demmands and maybe even get them to ease off a little on the Pangolin's Reich Technique.
    • Regardless, discuss future dealings with Pangolins.
      • Goal: We want to put Keiko into a position of strength with the Pangolin heirarchy.
        • This allows us to get better deals in future.
        • This allows us a level of control over Pangolin actions in future.
      • Maybe exchange information on Pangolin hierarchy in exchange for Leaf's, in the process emphasizing Keiko's status of importance in Leaf's hierarchy.
  • Prepare for the Chūnin Exams.
    • General idea for what we want:
      • Note: We don't need to see all of these things.
        • Train skills to Chunin level.
        • Create black paper seal stock for team.
        • Get mist-legal seals approved by clan leader.
        • Create method for obscuring LOS when watched by non eyeball mk1 (byakugan, sharingan, vibration sense, smell etc).
        • Remove barrel critical failure point (or minimisation strat).
        • Remove Keiko in command critical failure point (or minimisation strat).
        • Remove Hazo in Social critical failure point (or minimisation strat).
        • Store a metric fuckton of water in seals.
        • Socialization with Ino, Shikamaru, Tenten, etc..
        • Preparation with other Leaf teams that will be going to the Chuunin exams (the better Leaf as a whole performs, the better off everyone is).
        • Practice various seal-based tactics.
      • Ask Kagome-sensei or Jiraiya (or another sealmaster) about specialty seals used by other nations.
        • No spoons necessary, eaglejarl; ideally we could get some sort of bonus to recognizing the seal being used in the Exams, should it come up.
      • Seal research (with Kagome or another sealmaster):
        • Note: Training plans take priority. Research only if we have extra time.
        • Casino Seals.
        • LBF.
        • Goo Bombs.
      • Goggles: Useful prerequisite to using flashbangs or pepper Macerators.
        • Does Hazou know how to make Kurosawa-style goggles?
        • Do research in Konoha's goggles (do they exist, how much...).
          • Does Kabuto have any? He has glasses...
        • Experiment with Usamatsu's Glorious Life-Saving Purifier to protect from pepper spray.
          • If it works: Put Purifiers below eyes and have them eat the pepper spray.
        • Consider snow goggles to protect from light.
      • Black paper: Experiment with drawing seals on black paper.
        • Do this in a super-secure location. Full defenses. Kawarimi targets for escape.
          • If possible have Kagome/Mari/Noburi ready for help.
        • Draw the simplest seal we can do.
        • Focus on concentration when infusing & mark seal orientation so that we don't infuse the wrong way.
          • Mark seal orientation and the name of the intended design you are going to use, before drawing the seal. Recommendation for orientation is an arrow in the top upper left corner pointing to the corner. Do this CONSISTENTLY.
          • Once you are done, you mark that seal as completed with an X or so.
        • ...maaaybe we could ask Kagome to infuse such a seal that we've drawn (so he 100% knows it's drawn correctly)?
          • Black paper seals must be approached with extra precaution and care.
          • Mark seal orientation and the name of the intended design you are going to use, before drawing the seal. Recommendation for orientation is an arrow in the top upper left corner pointing to the corner. Do this CONSISTENTLY.
          • Once you are done, you mark that seal as completed with an X or so.
          • If you are interrupted for ANY REASON, discard the seal you are working on.
          • Make sure the seal design you are intending to infuse is memorized by heart.
          • Before infusing a seal, make sure that the seal is oriented correctly, marked completed, and is the intended design you are going to infuse. Verbalize your checks.
          • Give your full concentration on the seal you are intending to infuse.
      • Check to see if it's feasible to put Banshee Slayers on our gear and/or shoes. Prep extra Banshee Slayers if so.
      • Ask Keiko if there's anything we can do to help re: Frozen Skein in combat.
        • Use CCnJ.
        • Ask her how her thought processes work with regards to planning.
          • Figuring out the difference might help her develop her abilities as a leader.
        • Suggest to Keiko that she use frozen skein pre-combat to simulate a fight before it happens.
          • Allows low-level precog on enemy actions.
          • Especially useful for tournament bracket (1 month break).
        • Talk to Mari-sensei and Jiraiya, see if they can help.
        • Talk about Kabuto.
          • CCnJ it: We thought of it as an option and that we understand OPSEC concerns but wanted her to consider it.
      • Work on team coordination under conditions:
        • Mist: Use mist sensing/Living Roots to track enemies (redux).
        • Earbusters/Banshee Slayers: Practice handsigns/gestures.
          • Make/hand out out earmuffs/Banshee Slayers for practice in zero-sound environment (reduced Awareness).
        • Flashbangs: Practice in zero-visibility/zero-sound environments.
          • Make/hand out earmuffs/Banshee Slayers for practice in zero-sound environment (reduced Awareness).
          • Create and hand out goggles (see above).
      • Talk to Keiko regarding Pangolins:
        • Ask about getting new summoning contracts.
          • Ideally, we'd be able to get an Awareness/Stealth Pangolin to cover for our weaknesses in those areas.
        • Consider drilling or otherwise training Pangolins to improve leadership skills.
      • Work on @Radvic's Combat Action Plan.
        • Discuss feasibility, make changes, and practice maneuvers.
        • Maybe work with other teams?
      • Prepare seal loadouts for the team:
        • Work with Kagome-sensei and Jiraiya, since we can't make all of these seals.
        • For the exams, make sure seals are appropriate (check with Jiraiya).
          • No seals we fear being known to other ninja and especially Kurosawa (Skywalkers).
          • Some explosive seals should be capped for non-lethality (e.g., B-rank damage only).
          • Explosive tags: 300
            1. Can never have too many explosives. Useful when setting up defenses, for thrown attacks, and for breaking down walls (especially when paired with MEW, Force Wall, and/or Air Domes)
          • Storage Seals (empty): 10
            1. Never know when you're gonna need to stash a body. Or how many bodies.
          • Storage Seals with 1000s of seal quality paper and related sealing tools):
            1. Never know when you need more seals
          • Storage Seals with 3 weeks of food and water (probably ~60 seals total)
          • Storage Seals with various survival gear e.g. first aid kit, fire-starters, bandages, cooking supplies (probably 1-4)
          • Storage seals with extra sets of weapons & clothing: 2
          • PMYF v1 (with body weight logs): 10
            1. Useful for breaking trail if we've got a spare unobserved moment. Also, good starters for Tears of the Gods (yay multitasking!)
          • Macerator 2.0 (just sawdust): 5
            1. Alternative fog aside from Misterators in case we fight Wakahisa (e.g., ash), or just want a vision obscurrant that lasts longer (e.g. to use skywalkers).
          • Macerator w/ burning log: 5
            1. Useful for a show of force and area denial
          • Macerator w/ non-lethal poison (Pepper spray?): 5
            1. Super useful in "don't kill your opponent" competitions. Also super useful given we all have gas masks.
          • Misterator: 10
            1. Useful for fog & Noburi schenanigans
          • Air Cleaner (Usamatsu's Glorious Life-Saving Purifier): 10
            1. Each seal provides a good amount of clean air. Should be sufficient for combatting poison users
          • Air Dome (paired seals): 20
            1. Essential for buying time to set up seal preparations while maintaining vision on the outside.
          • Skywalker: 200
            1. For when we need to fly across the world randomly
          • Alarm Seal: 10
            1. Useful for setting up basic "find out if someone's coming" traps. Limited in usefulness by our poor mechanical aptitude and stealth, but should be useful somewhat if we use, like, all of them on a small opening.
          • Earmuff Seal (aka Banshee Slayer) (cancel noise > 135 dB): 4
            1. Should work well when combined with Earbusters. Taking 4 lets us still have them function if we lose a pair for some reason (e.g. hard fought combat)
          • Earth Dome (pairs): 5
            1. Useful for containing enemies within, or as a last ditch temporary defense (no minimum dome size like Air Domes have)
          • Goo Bomb (Jiraiya or Kagome made): 40
            1. Obvious Tac Move assist and area denial is obviously helpful
          • Oxygen Mask (aka Tunneler's Friend): 10
            1. Useful for when we hide in domes and when we fight poison users (we've encountered 2 of them thus far, so seems like a good idea to be prepared)
          • Silence Mine: 40
            1. Useful for if we have access to an area we will later need to be stealthy at. Though, not terribly useful if they don't stack off each other (if they don't, then probably don't bring any)
          • Earbuster (150 dB): 5
            1. Useful for disrupting enemy comms and potentially doing some damage via sound.
          • Implosion Seal: 10
            1. For when we need some good old fashioned building destruction
          • Implosion Seal (prepped): 10
            1. For when we need some good old fashioned town destruction
          • Force Wall (pairs): 10
            1. For when we don't care if our traps are lethal, and for when we need to cut stuff/fashion MEW
          • 5SB (five seals): 5
            1. For when we need to make a defensive position invulnerable e.g. reinforcing MEW defenses, or directing explosives.
          • LBF(pairs): 20
            1. For when we want to set up traps, alarms, or combos (since triggering a LBF seems like a free action if you've prepped it properly). When combined with other seals should be a god-like devastating combo if we can pop off a defensive air-dome.
          • Party Trick (red): 2
            1. For silent communication in dark areas (e.g. earth dome)
          • Party Trick (yellow): 2
            1. For silent communication in dark areas (e.g. earth dome)
          • Party Trick (green): 2
            1. For silent communication in dark areaa (e.g. earth dome)
          • Directional Explosives (Circular with a 160 degree angle): 10
            1. For explosive expansion out of air domes and chunking enemies
          • Directional Explosives (Very Flattened 6 meter elliptical cones): 5
            1. Useful for slicing and dicing large scales of things/people
          • Directional Explosives (Very Flattened 1 meter cones): 10
            1. Useful for cutting through granite and other materials with a reasonable amount of precision
          • Skytower kits (5 5SB & 1 Storage Seal): 2
            1. Because if we're stuck on long missions, I want camp to be in the sky
      • Discuss OPSEC with Mari-sensei and Jiraiya.
        • What seals and techniques should we hide (e.g., Skywalkers)?
        • What should we use because it's flashy and likely to impress the judges?
          • Sealing proficiency?
      • Sparring/training: See if we can train with other Genin teams/recently promoted Chūnin.
          • Sparring.
          • Board games to train strategy (D&D?).
          • Run through scenarios of possible Exam events.
          • Run through hypothetical missions.
          • Team Guy (if Jiraiya-approved).
          • Team Asuma.
          • Other clan kids.
          • Other competing Leaf teams.
          • Akane's team if she has one.
          • Recently-promoted Chūnin.
      • Work with other competing Leaf teams.
        • Make alliances when possible, non-aggression pacts if not.
          • Like Team Kurenai, who we are training with RIGHT NOW.
      • Jiraiya and Goo Bombs:
        • Ask if we'll be checked if we can make (draw + infuse) seals we bring.
          • If so, ask if we can bluff by drawing the seal perfectly as proof.
          • If not, ask if Jiraiya can infuse ~40 each Goo Bomb seals that we draw for him.
            • Would this be considered cheating?
      • Present something along "the Speech" to Mari-sensei.
        • Make possibilities for being less antagonistic.
        • Ask her if derailing the Kurosawa via "the line has broken" is at all a good idea (does it fuck with Jiraiya's agenda?).
        • Listen to her if she says to refine it, or to scrap the whole idea.
      • See if Shino knows about getting sunglasses/goggles since he wears them.
  • Misc. things from previous plans:
    • Get training in social competence, OPSEC, and The Law.
      • Talk with Mari-sensei & Jiraiya, read appropriate books/go to appropriate teachers.
      • Spar with her. We haven't trained together in ages.
      • Go on a picnic.
        • Invite Keiko and Noburi, and ask if some of Akane's friends (in Konoha) would like to come as well.
        • Or maybe go more romantic and have it just be Hazou & Akane.
      • Ask her about the upcoming Chūnin Exams.
        • Make sure she's cleared to know first, obviously.
        • Questions:
          • Is she planning on attending?
          • What team is she going with?
          • Is there anything she or her team might need (basic seals, finding a team...)?
      • Throw Mari a "surprise" party that is carefully telegraphed so as to have no chance of actually being a surprise. As if we'd manage to hide anything from Mari. Heh.
      • Possible presents:
        • Carve a plaque for Mari out of wood or granite: "Welcome to the Desk Corp".
        • Make a bottle of perfume with a chocolate blade inside (reference).
        • Temporary Goo Bomb water bed.
        • Make a garden in the compound composed of flora from each of the places we traveled together before settling in Konoha, representing all the hardships Mari saw us though. Enlist Ino for help. Probably have some Leaf plant as the centerpiece.
      • Write a report on what Kagome had to say about Akatsuki, backed by what Kei's investigations in the summon realm could verify/add, and give to Mari to hand to Jiraiya at her convenience.
 
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@faflec We should address the fact that the Pangolin think they're in a position of power here, when she and her clan have access to the summon scroll.
 
@faflec We should address the fact that the Pangolin think they're in a position of power here, when she and her clan have access to the summon scroll.
Done.


  • Regardless, discuss future dealings with Pangolins.
    • Goal: We want to put Keiko into a position of strength with the Pangolin heirarchy.
      • This allows us to get better deals in future.
      • This allows us a level of control over Pangolin actions in future.
 
Why do I have a feeling of this backfiring on us?

@faflec I would strongly emphasizing getting Mari and Jiraiya's read on the political situation. Remember Hazō's time with the Nara? We completely misinterpret the situation.
 
Why do I have a feeling of this backfiring on us?

@faflec I would strongly emphasizing getting Mari and Jiraiya's read on the political situation. Remember Hazō's time with the Nara? We completely misinterpret the situation.
Sure.


  • Keiko should be the one to make the ultimate decision, since they are her summons.
    • That being said, still voice personal opinions (w/ CCnJ) on the situation. Don't come to a decision without discussion.
    • Get reads on the political situation from Mari-sensei & Jiraiya (esp. the latter).
    • Jiraiya may have additional weight relative to the rest of us (clan head, Toad Summoner...).
    • Kagome/Hazou should also have some weight since they're his seals/ideas we're selling.
 

From my perspective, I will be in bed in like two hours.

If I happen to wake up earlier, we'll get another two or one hours after I wake up...But then I will be driving by 9 AM. Unless I am wrong, faflec usually go to bed at like midnight from my perspective.

So I am rather distinctly unhappy about making the unwise decision to make a plan at this late juncture in an already compressed timeline.
 
Given that @OliWhail told us earlier today that it cannot be used for Tac Move boosts, I wouldn't count on that
Didn't say that. I said we haven't built in mechanics for it yet, and would listen to proposals for such.

E: @eaglejarl has pointed out to me that the response I posted about quick-cast jutsu did not explicitly answer the question about multicombat bonuses. For clarity's sake, yes, Noburi gives and receives full MC dice from the start of combat.
 
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From my perspective, I will be in bed in like two hours.

If I happen to wake up earlier, we'll get another two or one hours after I wake up...But then I will be driving by 9 AM. Unless I am wrong, faflec usually go to bed at like midnight from my perspective.

So I am rather distinctly unhappy about making the unwise decision to make a plan at this late juncture in an already compressed timeline.
I'd like to point out that not responding to the Pangolin situation would mean ignoring it (at least until the next update) which is probably a bad idea if this is a time-sensitive issue. Which, to me, it is.

In any case, the changes to @Briefvoice's original plan adds ONLY a discussion regarding the Pangolins. I don't think a discussion among clan is going to fuck us, unless Jiraiya's obligated to kill anyone who sells seals to the Summoning Realm.

...goddamnit.
 
I'd like to point out that not responding to the Pangolin situation would mean ignoring it (at least until the next update) which is probably a bad idea if this is a time-sensitive issue. Which, to me, it is.

In any case, the changes to @Briefvoice's original plan adds ONLY a discussion regarding the Pangolins. I don't think a discussion among clan is going to fuck us, unless Jiraiya's obligated to kill anyone who sells seals to the Summoning Realm.

...goddamnit.

The plan doesn't sound like a DISCUSSION ONLY and more like we're going to help Keiko make a decision.
 
What the pangolins are wanting to get and how hard they want to play. I think Panda is hugely exaggerating the severity of the deal
"Oh!" Pandā did a sudden little hop. "Oh, I almost forgot. I've got a message for you from Commissar Panteon. He says that now we're moving into the next stage of the offensive, against the Hyena Clan that secretly supported the condors from behind the scenes, we're going to need a lot more Pantokrator's Eyes from you."

Kei's mind conjured images of the subjugated condor population labouring with bound wings beneath the whips of their pangolin overseers.

"He says that your piety will be noted and rewarded appropriately. Oh, but if you feel this goes beyond the bounds of your relationship with the Pangolin Clan, we may be forced to review the terms of your summoning contract accordingly. His words, not mine.
Ahm...I get the feeling Panda's just being the actual messenger in this situation...
 
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@faflec Jiraiya's opinion should be considered the most important. He likely know better than us what the pangolins are asking and how to align our objectives and so forth.

Hazō and Kagome's opinions basically means squat other than hoping to get something out of the Pangolins.
 
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