the gators (the only monsters in the swamp)
*stares in disbelief*
*snickers*
*cackles*
*explodes in giant evil guffaws that soon have him panting for breath*
"Only monsters..." (Wipes tear of laughter from eyes.) Good one.
Gosh, I just wanted to force these things to obey the rules of physics, if at least for a moment... But noo, superfast superagile gigantic alligators all the way.
<tongue in cheek> "Obey the laws of physics"? Dude...hyperleaping ninja with creation of mass and energy! </tongue>
Okay, more seriously: I should have explained why I was ruling as I was instead of just being flippant; after all, if I don't help us get on the same page then we're both wasting our time.
The reason I'm axing most of your proposals is because they fall into one or both of the following categories:
1) "This is an X except it's not." Trying to work around the normal balance structures is automatically going to get extra scrutiny applied, and is more likely to get a summary 'no' if anything seems even remotely objectionable. Furthermore, when you come up with things like "This is a low-chakra cost thing that is better at disabling the jonin and supergators that we can't beat and virtually useless against genin like us"...well, hopefully you see my objection.
2) "This is [awesome thing that should be a really powerful jutsu / seal / bloodline / etc], except it's just a skill and therefore anyone can learn it." This is where the Goddess of Love and Sex comes from.
My intended effect was something like a Heroin-enhanced interrogation in reverse: manipulate the user's sensations and emotions regarding the idea you're suggesting for quickly overpowering will. Once the jutsu ends, the user does not get artificially boosted endorphins when they think about the idea you suggested, so they'll return to analyzing it rationally. This would quickly lead to your suggestions being dismissed... But most people rarely rethink something they believe in.
The problem here is "quickly overpowering will." Again, you're talking about a mechanical solution to threats that you couldn't otherwise handle. Hazou can already beat down most of what's in his own weight class. Major threats are there to create challenge, to make you fight smart instead of strong. If you simply spend thirty points to make these threats into non-threats then all that's happened is that everyone has been robbed of some exciting storytelling. To be very clear: I am sure you were dealing in good faith, but you were solving the wrong problems -- work on proposing things that are interesting and munchkinable instead of just instant win buttons.
Chakra battery could power, if not the MC, but a third member of the team for strong ninjutsu.... But also ALLOW US TO USE STRONG CHAKRA ENHANCED +1s TO PHYSICAL SKILLS ALL THE TIME.
Hey, I was all aboard with the chakra battery. I think it's a great power; it's very team-oriented -- not directly useful on its own but it's got amazing synergy with everything.
[the time-space skill]
You can add restrictions. It's basically sealcraft without a seal... A storage seal can pour out a river of water or hundreds of explosive tags in an instant, requiring the work of a sealmaster to do so. I added restrictions (movement, volume, preparation ect.) in exchange for a removal of the necessary sealwork. I don't see yow overpowered it would be in the Naruto universe.
Check what I wrote -- I was objecting to the fact that it was a skill. I said that "If you want to do it as a bloodline...maybe. This would definitely involve a lot of discussion among the staff."
Oh come on, by playing thugs for an mafia boss, we'll be beating up people instead of killing them, and we'll grant ourselves good cover, thus overall, rationally, doing the right thing!
Bah! Don't try to change my mind with your "logic" and "utilitarian ethics"! Bah! *waves stick* Get off my lawn!
How about another round of: is this bloodline/clan hidden-technique possible? These are from fanfics I planned for Naruto, but didn't use yet.
Ironblood: This person's blood behaves much like Kubikiribocho. It turns into iron with the application of chakra and obviously, user's health. For added squick a member of this clan was turned into the regenerating sword by some insane scientist/blacksmith.
That's not that squicky...
If this is possibly too weak then maybe the user also has the ability to drink blood to replenish his own stores of iron.
...aaaaand, there we go.
How exactly do you see this being used?
Light release: This person can emanate various light frequencies. I don't mean like lasers, I mean like glow in the dark. Should the person get really, really good at this and have big stores of chakra, the light can be turned into an intensity too bright to look at and would generate a big amount of heat the user is immune to. Alternatively a short burst of chakra can create a blinding flash. Otherwise this is just glow-in-the-dark power.
I would be fine with this, but it's way under-specced for 30 points.
Mind-meld: This person can control one mammal no bigger than their fist per each arbitrary chakra point per hour(or something like that). Is good for scouting, but shit for combat since I don't know any threatening mammals that are this small.
If you're burning 30 points on it I'd give you fish and birds as well, and let it be up to the size of an average person's head (so you can get large housecats and small dogs too [think "Pomeranian"). The critter won't fight for you, though. For a cheap chakra price you'd get the ability to replay its recent memories whenever you were touch it, allowing you to see through its senses. Subject to discussion with the other GMs, I'd let you have at-range sight and sound through its sense, but it requires you to stand still, concentrate, and your local awareness goes almost to zero.
Hawkeye: This dojutsu has a really good eyesight, complete with zoom and the processing power so that you aren't confused by what you see when zoomed. Essentially a shittier byakugan, since there's no chakra or X-ray vision.
That's really under-specced but sure, you can have it.
Chakra-shell: Chakra constructs from this person start getting some physical properties that make them not dispell after one hit. This greatly enhances the viability of henge and shadow clones, but not much else.
That's an interesting one. I'd allow it, although we'd need to work out the details.
Demon-hands: This person has six, freaky fingers on each hand making standard handseals impossible. On the other hand they can use an entirely new set of handseals they were forced to figure out and can cast two jutsu independantly with each hand (provided they can split the attention) Pros: two actions simultaneously Cons: Can't learn existing techniques from anyone else and has to invent their own.
You mean two jutsu total, right? One in each hand? What you actually wrote was "two jutsu...with each hand" which adds up to four.
Assuming you meant two, I'd be inclined to say yes. I'd need to talk to the others, though.
First Update Observations
I'm not going to do one of these for every update, but let's take a look at the worldstate through the eyes of our enemies here. Interesting things to note:
First of all, that's a really impressive analysis and it was a really cool read; thanks for writing it.
Second, there was one invalid assumption you made; see my next post.
EDIT: It occurred to me after I posted it that you might think I was casting you in the role of Ueda-san and taking a shot. I am not, and I hope it didn't seem that way; it sort of wrote itself.
