They could make it the whole distance if we followed them underground.
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
They could make it the whole distance if we followed them underground.
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Wouldn't that increase the chances of us getting discovered...since we're moving, and Living Roots is a thing?
Yeah. But we could.
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We could, yes. But that does not mean that we should.
But it also doesn't mean that we shouldn't. If nothing else, it would really throw people for a loop if they tracked our underground movement, and saw our clones running above ground. And then got combination banshee'd/firelog'd.
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And after those people got KO'd, the people who were too far to reach our position will show up. And promptly fight us.
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- Potato land
You want our dumb clones to use the very lethal and large radius firelogs when attacked, in an exam which disqualifies us if we kill anyone.
Why?
What's with this collective urge to explode things suddenly?
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We are all infected with Kagome Syndrome. It's really quite tragic, actually.You want our dumb clones to use the very lethal and large radius firelogs when attacked, in an exam which disqualifies us if we kill anyone.
Why?
I don't expect it to actually kill anyone. That would require our clones (which have 1/3 our skills) severely beating the enemy candidates in an attack check. I expect it to fill a couple of stress boxes at absolute most. E: and more realistically, to distract them for a single round while they dodge.
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I do not see how this would result in us escaping and/or winning a fight.
If the enemy is distracted then we can use that to rush for the exit.
E: or attack them and tag the distraction for a bonus.
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At the cost of a) alerting them and b) bringing them closer to our position.
Cariyaga
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Aren't clones super expensive anyway? If we made enough to do that, we wouldn't have enough to fight if we needed to.
e: Anyway, we should just come up with a set of options to present, and which one we favor.
On which note: Is there any guarantee that the proctors actually accept our seals? I mean, according to the exact wording they fit, but that's not exactly a guarantee depending on how much of a jerk they feel like being.
e: Anyway, we should just come up with a set of options to present, and which one we favor.
On which note: Is there any guarantee that the proctors actually accept our seals? I mean, according to the exact wording they fit, but that's not exactly a guarantee depending on how much of a jerk they feel like being.
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Really? Oh frick that then.
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The rules doc doesn't have the stats for firelogs. Based on the fluff description of the effect, I'd expect them to have a range of at least 1 (they affect adjacent zones) and a weapon rating of at least 4 (the default for explosives). Sure, people in the blast radius might survive by taking severe consequences if they roll poorly, which I think would result in being covered in third degree burns. That's not really much of an improvement on just killing them.
And, putting mechanics aside, this the kind of explosive we initially wanted to do high altitude bombing with against an S-rank ninja. Assuming we can just throw it at people and be confident in them surviving because of how combat damage rules work seems... irresponsible.
Cariyaga
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Yeah, if we left it up to Noburi it would take 20 * 3 (wakahisa inefficiency) * 12 chakra for 720 chakra total. Anyone else it'd be 240, but that's still pretty excessive.
Radvic (their creator among us) said that they're relatively safe to use, and I'm inclined to believe him. He's philosophically opposed to lying.
What they are is highly intimidating, though.
Well, I can't think of a better reason to be confident in how something will play out than "what the rules say". Tbh, I expect S-rank ninja to dodge firelogs thrown by us 100% of the time.
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Well since we might want to get more seals for safety anyone hav thoughts on the more aggressive plan?
Cariyaga
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@eaglejarl When does voting close? It doesn't say at the end of the update as it usually would.
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- The Deep Blue Sea
Probably petty safe to assume it's Saturday (tomorrow) at 9am New York time.
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I'm not sure this makes things much better, unfortunately. If we use something that appears to be incredibly lethal, we'll be seen as reckless and lucky not have actually killed anyone. It'd definitely be brought up at the end when deciding promotions, and I can't imagine Jiraiya being happy about it.
Oh well, I've said everything I had to say on this point. Thankfully Keiko should veto this idea hard when we run it by her, should a plan containing it win.
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That is not comforting, and I note that Hazou/Kagome experimented with firelog macerators with the intent of making it more lethal.
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No. You chose an area with long sight lines specifically for defense.
9am Eastern tomorrow. Unless stated otherwise, that's always my vote-close. Or, rather, it won't close before then -- if I oversleep or am not near my computer then it closes whenever I run the tally.