Random jutsu idea I had.
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Suiton: Spittle Sickles
Effect: 0
Range: 0
Casting Speed: Supplemental (Special, see below) [+120]
AoE: None
Advantages and Disadvantages: Elemental Requirement (Special, see text below) [-15], Half-effectiveness [-30], Tunable Lethality [+30 -- physical object, but not as controllable as eg Water Whip], Maximum Effectiveness (3) [-30], No Chakra Boost [-20]
Strain Total: 55
Chakra Cost: 11
Developed to be used in tandem with Syrup Trap, this technique comes with numerous downsides, but serves well against those pinned down by it. The user of this technique uses the moisture of the saliva in their mouth, forming it into a projectile to be fired at their opponent quickly as a follow-up to Syrup Trap. Using it too many times repeatedly is ill-advised, however, leading to rapid damage to the user. It lashes out from the user's mouth in sickles; frequently, those first learning it find themselves with cut lips.
One of extraordinarily few attack jutsu capable of being used as a supplemental action, it does come with numerous downsides as follows:
- Every level in it only counts toward half of a point toward its effectiveness in combat.
- It may inflict a maximum of three stress OR one consequence to its target per cast.
- Using it repeatedly causes deleterious effects as the user draws first on their saliva, secondly leaving their mouth dry, and causing damage to themselves after that. This expresses itself as no penalty for the first use, a -Aspect Bonus penalty to its roll for the second use, and a quick-healing Mild consequence for its third use. (Further uses are QM-fiat)
Note: Normally attack techniques are flatly stated to not be able to be supplemental actions. That's why this technique has so many downsides.
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I was also considering the downsides of the Wakahisa bloodline -- particularly the chakra inefficiency when it comes to expenditure toward their own techniques, and it occurs to me that it's possible that that could be the kind of thing overcame to
some extent by specialized technique hacking to create techniques tailored for their use. I figure that's the kind of thing they'd teach chuunin+ wakahisa (and that we could, in time, create for ourselves if Noburi learned Technique Hacking).
