Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

Cariyaga · Jul 13, 2018

[X] Action Plan: Zabuza the Pangolin

Adept_Woodwright · Jul 13, 2018

I was thinking During the ~12+ hours of downtime, going around and checking cells, Noburi can temporarily wake people up (like done for Hazō last event) so Keiko/social team can social consequence as many people as possible into withdrawing next round.

Enjou · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
Can we...do that?

Maybe? It's lower risk, IMO, and if it doesn't work then at least neither side gets points for their documents.

faflec said:
I...you know in hindsight everyone's KO'd. So Keiko would be talking to unconscious enemies.

I might end up deleting this.

I'm for trimming fat from the plan, to be honest.

Adept_Woodwright said:
I was thinking During the ~12+ hours of downtime, going around and checking cells, Noburi can temporarily wake people up (like done for Hazō last event) so Keiko/social team can social consequence as many people as possible into withdrawing next round.

Or we could just keep them unconscious. Because why bother. I really think anyone who has moderate consequences will likely drop out of the next round anyways.

Restinan · Jul 13, 2018

Vecht said:
Even though I wasn't selected, I'm still going to run MadEye.exe and see what gets spit out.

This is an inordinate amount of questions to ask the proctor, and you can be certain they will not answer all of them. Most likely, they will get annoyed after the first two. Prune all but the following (and change the prioritization in which they are asked), as the others either have a low probability of being answered, we can already guess the answers, or will have minimal impact on our plans this round:

Does the round end for us when we turn in our documents? (*)

If proctors won't be on-site all the time, how are they going to enforce the rules about severe injuries and about simulating T&I facilities?

If a contestant withdraws to a medic, can they gain positive points for the round? Could they still lose points?

If a Red Team turns in documents from another facility, who receives the points? Nobody, this Red Team, or the Red Team assigned to that facility? Does the corresponding Blue Team loses points?

If someone suffers a lasting injury this round, will they receive a penalty for this injury at the end of the next round as well?

For the rest, assume the worst and plan around it.

Don't consider this. Do it.

Why? Assume the question will come up. That's important information, and as you state, it's risky to hold on to them. In fact, holding on to a bunch of word halves makes all of us a target. I would not expect our squad to go along with this without due justification.

At bare minimum, let them know that we intend to securely store these in the Seventh Path.

State who and why to avoid any confusions. Add guidelines for criteria on refusal, if someone requests we do more than just let them keep word halves.

Remind people that some of these are lethal. Encourage them to keep the less-than-lethal options separate from the lethal ones. This does in fact not go without saying.

Simply do not do this. Let them know why we need the chakra, and then ask for it. If anyone refuses, do not press the issue. We cannot afford inter-team conflicts.

Do not do this. State upfront that we are unwilling to provide details about Leaf teams. Do not compromise, and simply move on from the subject if pressed.

X We do not have any contingencies for keeping them there once put into cells. It is highly unlikely this will gain us anything or lose our opponents points; even if they're chakra drained and unconscious, I would expect most ninja to wake up, and be able to escape by the end of the day if not supervised.

X Additionally, the very fact that they are in a cell will almost certainly count as "being restrained". We are not going to be able to prevent the blue teams from gaining points by clever loopholes here. Instead, we should do one of the following:

In fact restrain them using ninja wire on their hands and feet.

(Optional) Additionally, line the outside of the cells with nonlethal traps that will deter or incapacitate them again if they attempt to escape (goo bombs, alarm seals, training tags).

Drag their unconscious bodies to the med tent so they cannot gain positive points.

X This is unnecessary effort which puts us at risk (travelling to a predictable location completing an objective that no less than nine of our enemies would prefer us not complete), and does not change the score totals overmuch. In short, this level of optimization is not worth the effort and risk on our part.

This is unacceptable and tantamount to asking QMs to do the work for us. In fact, the balance should be to kick as much ass as is ninjaly possibly so they don't even think to fuck with us R2.

How? Be explicit. Who is grouped where? How do we approach?

State again that these should be aimed high, or at the building itself, to avoid incompetent teammates killing someone.

And do what?

Suggest that we have Panashe on hand for this eventuality. It will happen. Having her ready will help mitigate that.

Explicitly state that we will not inflict consequences if they surrender. This provides incentive.

We didn't ask this question. Add it. (See above).

I was in the middle of running through my own breakdown of the plan when this dropped, but this is flat out better than what I had, so I'd just like to chime in and mention that I strongly agree with basically everything stated.

Cariyaga · Jul 13, 2018

Enjou said:
Or we could just keep them unconscious. Because why bother. I really think anyone who has moderate consequences will likely drop out of the next round anyways.

Uh, easy way to get intel on our potential opponents for the exams?

faflec · Jul 13, 2018

Vecht said:
Why? Assume the question will come up. That's important information, and as you state, it's risky to hold on to them. In fact, holding on to a bunch of word halves makes all of us a target. I would not expect our squad to go along with this without due justification.

At bare minimum, let them know that we intend to securely store these in the Seventh Path.

The plan, I think, is to trade the word-halves back in exchange for support or something. But I honestly am not 100% on this, DOES SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS???

Vecht said:
State who and why to avoid any confusions. Add guidelines for criteria on refusal, if someone requests we do more than just let them keep word halves.

I stated who: ISC means Ino-Shika-Chō. Not sure I should say why...they're friends? And I've emphasized that we're flexible on it, and would rather have Keiko/Noburi do those negotiations.

Vecht said:
Remind people that some of these are lethal. Encourage them to keep the less-than-lethal options separate from the lethal ones. This does in fact not go without saying.

I...did? Training tags for people, more-lethal tags for demolitions. Should I be more clear on this?

Vecht said:
X We do not have any contingencies for keeping them there once put into cells. It is highly unlikely this will gain us anything or lose our opponents points; even if they're chakra drained and unconscious, I would expect most ninja to wake up, and be able to escape by the end of the day if not supervised.

X Additionally, the very fact that they are in a cell will almost certainly count as "being restrained". We are not going to be able to prevent the blue teams from gaining points by clever loopholes here. Instead, we should do one of the following:

In fact restrain them using ninja wire on their hands and feet.

(Optional) Additionally, line the outside of the cells with nonlethal traps that will deter or incapacitate them again if they attempt to escape (goo bombs, alarm seals, training tags).

Drag their unconscious bodies to the med tent so they cannot gain positive points.

X This is unnecessary effort which puts us at risk (travelling to a predictable location completing an objective that no less than nine of our enemies would prefer us not complete), and does not change the score totals overmuch. In short, this level of optimization is not worth the effort and risk on our part.

OK this is something of contention and I think is being discussed RN. Will wait and see for this.

Vecht said:
How? Be explicit. Who is grouped where? How do we approach?

This is listed in the combat section. I'll add a note to be specific about it.

Vecht said:
State again that these should be aimed high, or at the building itself, to avoid incompetent teammates killing someone.

*stupid ninja stinkers don't even know how to throw* Alright.

Vecht said:
And do what?

*Alert teammates.

Vecht said:
Explicitly state that we will not inflict consequences if they surrender. This provides incentive.

But we're...going, to? Are we not doing this anymore?

Vecht said:
Suggest that we have Panashe on hand for this eventuality. It will happen. Having her ready will help mitigate that.

Sure.

MMKII said:
@Vecht The questions are there purely because EJ wanted ammo to write a scene.

We have confirmation we will not be getting useful answers for any of this.

wat

faflec said:
[X] Action Plan: Be Zabuza

OK!

NB: The main difference here is that Keiko is summoning more and more Pangolins. I still feel that we should continue ramping up our Pangolin count, since Pangolins are faster than ninja and should be capable of chasing fleeing ninjas.

Alright there's more changes than that now.

Word Count: 580

[X] Action Plan: Zabuza the Pangolin

Does the round end for us when we turn in our documents? (*)

If proctors won't be on-site all the time, how are they going to enforce the rules about severe injuries and about simulating T&I facilities?

If a contestant withdraws to a medic, can they gain positive points for the round? Could they still lose points?

If a Red Team turns in documents from another facility, who receives the points? Nobody, this Red Team, or the Red Team assigned to that facility? Does the corresponding Blue Team loses points?

If someone suffers a lasting injury this round, will they receive a penalty for this injury at the end of the next round as well?

Brief teammates on plan with handsigns.

Prep: Talk in Air Dome for OPSEC/protection.

Word-halves:

Teammates deserve a share, but possessing people's word-halves will be dangerous after this round.

State that we intend to publicize we've taken their word-halves.

Trade (real) explosives for letting us take word-halves.

Friendly participants: We want to let some people keep word-halves (ISC); do others have similar wishes?

Max: 1 friendly per teammate.

Confront Doigama if he doesn't mention his Wolf compatriot.

Distribute seals: Give enough for use before each battle.

Explosives: Encourage liberal use.

Training tags for people.

Weapon:2 for demolitions.

Oxygen Mask: Protect from Doigama's poison.

Earmuff seals: Banshees.

Chakra:

May need teammates' chakra for Summoning.

Check allies' reserves:

Pretense: Familiarizing to ease future transfers.

Note Kato's reserves. If lied, confront + consider drain-KO & medic delivery if team agrees.

Debrief allies on dossiers & general facility layout.

Don't provide details on Leaf teams.

Carrot and Stick:

If teammates seem to be uncooperative or suspicious note that we are flexible with taking everyone's interests into account.

Subtly drop hints regarding value of having good working relationships the Hokage's children.

Keiko reminds them that betrayal is unwise, slyly asks Pankurashun what Pangolins do to traitors (Intimidate).

Suggested Summons:

Pankurashun.

Pandajouru/Pangaya (once we can leave).

Panashe (might delay until after defeating designated Blue Team).

Other Combat Pangolins (summon as chakra costs allow).

Roles:

Scouting/Interference: Panashe, Doigama, Kato.

Support/Ranged: Keiko, Noburi, Gomi.

Assault: Everyone else.

Strategy:

General:

Scout ahead. Prioritize quickly obtaining broad view of situation and avoiding capture.

Overscrew enemies:

KO them. Avoid giving Severe Consequences.

Put Red Teams in (a) cell. DON'T make them Blue 'prisoners' which gives Blue Team points.

Escort a (restrained, chakra-drained) Red to submit their documents before bringing back to a cell.

Make sure they don't have explosives/seals to escape from cells.

Seal them in with MEW. Leave room for air.

Steal word-halves. Stick ours in Seventh Path.

Breach our designated Blue facility first (see below). Clear site.

Afterwards:

Take enemies' chakra, redistribute amongst ourselves.

Give Moderate Consequences as necessary.

Dab some perfume on enemies (imperceptible to them, easy for Pangolins to track now and in Round 2).

Recover key/documents.

Scout other sites.

Everyone goes to deliver documents to proctor station.

Repeat for other sites.

Prioritize softer targets & Red Teams (harder to pin down).

Combat: Shock & Awe.

Use overwhelming force.

Keiko: Open with thrown Goo Bombs/Banshees.

Ideally use in open spaces.

If in buildings: May throw into enemy-filled rooms.

Assault: Engage stunned/immobilized enemies. Pangolins lead.

Hazou: Use Pangolin pepper Macerators, but avoid friendly fire.

Interference/Support: Throw explosives/Firelog Macerators to distract/intimidate (and also give Gomi light for Genjutsu).

Throw HIGH, don't kill people.

Support/Interference: Watch for retreats/reinforcements, alert for chase.

For buildings: Breach everywhere simultaneously, clear by room.

Focus enemies, check traps afterwards.

Chase fleeing enemies. Don't chase individuals if hard to track.

Have Panashe ready for this.

Be careful they don't lead us into traps/ambush.

Contingencies:

Enemy teams blatantly violate rules? Fetch proctors.

Doigama/Kato: Maintain OPSEC regarding missing-nin activities/Leaf politics.

Non-top team candidates surrender? Accept. Drain them to KO instead of punching, everything else the same.

If turning in our documents removes us from this round:

Keep documents with us (e.g., Seventh Path) and continue rampage; turn in documents after rampage is ended.

Only escort non-top team Reds to turn in documents.

If we can turn in other groups' documents: Don't destroy them, turn them in.

Adept_Woodwright · Jul 13, 2018

@Vecht

A large part of the 'keep folks in cells' plan is reliant on the Vampiric Dew over-drain rule - 24hrs unconscious to recover, unaided.

Emstar · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
The plan, I think, is to trade the word-halves back in exchange for support or something. But I honestly am not 100% on this, DOES SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS???

I stated who: ISC means Ino-Shika-Chō. Not sure I should say why...they're friends? And I've emphasized that we're flexible on it, and would rather have Keiko/Noburi do those negotiations.

I...did? Training tags for people, more-lethal tags for demolitions. Should I be more clear on this?

OK this is something of contention and I think is being discussed RN. Will wait and see for this.

This is listed in the combat section. I'll add a note to be specific about it.

*stupid ninja stinkers don't even know how to throw* Alright.

*Alert teammates.

But we're...going, to? Are we not doing this anymore?

Sure.

wat

The word halves are for some sort of bargaining on the rest day and on the off chance that failing event 1 removes you from the tournament or gives you a pile of negative points.

The questions are so that EJ can write a scene about the proctor mocking us for too many questions. He said this SHOULD NOT count towards word count, by the way.

hYGP · Jul 13, 2018

[X] Action Plan: Zabuza the Pangolin

e: goin to bed now

faflec · Jul 13, 2018

Adept_Woodwright said:
@Vecht

A large part of the 'keep folks in cells' plan is reliant on the Vampiric Dew over-drain rule - 24hrs unconscious to recover, unaided.

Wait, what? This is a thing?? I don't see it in the rules, could you quote this for me?

MMKII said:
The word halves are for some sort of bargaining on the rest day and on the off chance that failing event 1 removes you from the tournament or gives you a pile of negative points.

Alright, cool. I'll add this.

Restinan · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
The plan, I think, is to trade the word-halves back in exchange for support or something. But I honestly am not 100% on this, DOES SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS???

Some people seem to think it's possible that having other teams' word-halves will be worth points, and thus we should keep them instead of just setting them on fire as soon as we get them.

Emstar · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
Wait, what? This is a thing?? I don't see it in the rules, could you quote this for me?

Alright, cool. I'll add this.

For what purpose exactly?

I strongly agree with all of @Vecht 's criticism and or comments by the by.

Vecht · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
The plan, I think, is to trade the word-halves back in exchange for support or something. But I honestly am not 100% on this, DOES SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS???

We can decide what to do with them later (either destroying or bartering). For now, just state that we intend to store them securely in the Seventh Path.

faflec said:
I stated who: ISC means Ino-Shika-Chō. Not sure I should say why...they're friends? And I've emphasized that we're flexible on it, and would rather have Keiko/Noburi do those negotiations.

Then state that we signal to Noburi or Keiko to take over the conversation at this point, deferring to their strenghts.

faflec said:
I...did? Training tags for people, more-lethal tags for demolitions. Should I be more clear on this?

Unless you want someone to die because some idiot pulls the wrong seal and turns someone into meatpaste, yes.

In fact, EXPLICITLY STATE to keep the seals separate. This is important.

faflec said:
OK this is something of contention and I think is being discussed RN. Will wait and see for this.

At bare minimum, I strongly encourage you to default to removing the blue point unless there is significant buy-in.

faflec said:
But we're...going, to? Are we not doing this anymore?

I am dubious that anyone would agree to being knocked unconscious and then injured versus fighting and hoping for the best, even with unfavorable odds. It is much more likely they will surrender if they believe they will not be injured, but that they will assuredly lose otherwise and also be injured.

eaglejarl · Jul 13, 2018

Cariyaga said:
I mean, sure, we can say that... but we can make aspect bonuses like [Breach and Clear] -- which EJ has already confirmed we can get -- by putting a line in like "breach from all three non-entry sides of the facility after done scouting and taking out outlying nin."

Actually, I confirmed 'Shock and Awe', but yes.

@Vecht commenting on @faflec's plan: Great analysis. A lot of that is going to help me, so thank you. A couple of comments, mostly for managing expectations on future plans:

Vecht said:
This is unacceptable and tantamount to asking QMs to do the work for us. In fact, the balance should be to kick as much ass as is ninjaly possibly so they don't even think to fuck with us R2.

<3

Vecht said:
How? Be explicit. Who is grouped where? How do we approach?

Vecht said:
State again that these should be aimed high, or at the building itself, to avoid incompetent teammates killing someone.

Your earlier comment about "remind our new squadmates that some of these tags are lethal and some aren't" made perfect sense and was a good move that I hadn't thought of. The two quoted items, however, are probably more micro than you need to go. As to the first, people have already been grouped by role and they'll be able to figure out how to approach because they can see the site. As to the second, it's not completely unreasonable but I'd like to reassure everyone that I'm not a big enough jerk to assume that chūnin candidates don't understand basic fire discipline.

faflec · Jul 13, 2018

MMKII said:
For what purpose exactly?

I strongly agree with all of @Vecht 's criticism and or comments by the by.

Vecht said:
Why? Assume the question will come up. That's important information, and as you state, it's risky to hold on to them. In fact, holding on to a bunch of word halves makes all of us a target. I would not expect our squad to go along with this without due justification.

At bare minimum, let them know that we intend to securely store these in the Seventh Path.

One of Vecht's questions.

Edit: Never mind.

Immortal Lurker · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
I shall be perfectly honest and say that if we go missing-nin again, carrying the best and brightest of this groups Genin on our backs...*pfffffft*

Jiraiya was exhausted. He had to use his disguise kit just to get through Keiko's morning report. Ren had him on the ropes, Ami was doing something, and he couldn't shake the feeling that he was playing right into somebodies hand. Fortunately, the rules for the fifth event specified that the Mizukage had to watch the clock in her office for the entire event. How she knew when the Chunin hopefuls turned in documents 5 miles away was beyond him.

But that wasn't important.

What was important, was that he could finally get some sleep.

It must have only been five minutes later when someone had set the universe forward nine hours, because he was still exhausted when he heard a knock at the door.

Thats it. I am rasengening that poor sap through the face- The knocking continued -Except thats the kids' code. Sigh, I guess no ras- The knocking continued. Crap, thats the kids' emergency code.

Tiredness doesn't mean much to an S ranked ninja. Jiraiya leapt to the door. Two walls were in the way, but walls don't mean much to an S ranked ninja either.

Shrapnel was still falling around as jiraiya vaporized the door to get it open faster.

On his doorstep were the kids. His kids. His eye scanned for injuries. He knew he should have been scanning for threats, but he had to be sure, had to be sure that they were okay.

They were a bit scraped up. Honestly, they looked better than he did, except for a magnificent shiner that Noburi was sporting. They were breathing hard, and scared. That was to be expected for someone using emergency codes. Hazou seemed vaguely embarrassed, which was also expected.

What wasn't expected was that all three of them, but especially Noburi, seemed just a little bit smug.

Questions for later. Okay. They're alive. My kids are okay. Everything else can be... dealt... with...

Jiraiya of the Sannin, Legendary Spymaster, Master of the Seductive Arts, and Fifth Hokage of Leaf, stumbled a bit as he looked behind his adopted children.

Pandamonium was behind them. Pulling a giant cart. Full of semi conscious, badly bruised, moaning Genin. One of which, a female Wakahisa about Noburi's age, was sporting two black eyes.

Hazou spoke up after a second's silence. "We, uh, we accidentallykidnappedtheChuninExam."

Adept_Woodwright · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
Wait, what? This is a thing?? I don't see it in the rules, could you quote this for me?

Alright, cool. I'll add this.

My google docs link-fu is weak, but it is actually in the chakra pool section of the rules doc:

You fully recover your chakra pool over a period of 24 hours...

If you ever reach 0 chakra, you fall unconscious until fully recovered.

Going negative means death (we presume Noburi knows if he can tweak this to a given level of consequence)

I presume a Wakahisa, or Wakahisa like technique can bypass this rule, or it takes some combination of that and MedNin/Know.

Enjou · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
But we're...going, to? Are we not doing this anymore?

Inflicting Moderate Consequences is core to the strategy. We need to do it to everyone we can, barring perhaps Team Asuma and maybe that one dude from Wolf.

If they surrender they just get chakra drained to Moderate Consequences instead of punched.

Emstar · Jul 13, 2018

faflec said:
One of Vecht's questions.

Edit: Never mind.

I believe that was along the lines of "Why are we telling people we plan to tell everyone else about this publicly" .

Vecht · Jul 13, 2018

Adept_Woodwright said:
@Vecht

A large part of the 'keep folks in cells' plan is reliant on the Vampiric Dew over-drain rule - 24hrs unconscious to recover, unaided.

@faflec This changes my assessment. Drain them dry and leave them tied up in the cells.

Adept_Woodwright · Jul 13, 2018

Enjou said:
Inflicting Moderate Consequences is core to the strategy. We need to do it to everyone we can, barring perhaps Team Asuma and maybe that one dude from Wolf.

If they surrender they just get chakra drained to Moderate Consequences instead of punched.

We can get away with only draining red to unconsciousness before putting them in cells.

On the plus, they are more capable of defending against really damaged blue next round. So it would be harder for blue to crush round 2.

Emstar · Jul 13, 2018

Vecht said:
@faflec This changes my assessment. Drain them dry and leave them tied up in the cells.

We want to MEW the cells shut or otherwise bar someone from trivially removing them.

faflec · Jul 13, 2018

Vecht said:
We can decide what to do with them later (either destroying or bartering). For now, just state that we intend to store them securely in the Seventh Path.

Alright then, makes sense.

Vecht said:
Unless you want someone to die because some idiot pulls the wrong seal and turns someone into meatpaste, yes.

In fact, EXPLICITLY STATE to keep the seals separate. This is important.

Alright then.

Vecht said:
I am dubious that anyone would agree to being knocked unconscious and then injured versus fighting and hoping for the best, even with unfavorable odds. It is much more likely they will surrender if they believe they will not be injured, but that they will assuredly lose otherwise and also be injured.

Enjou said:
Inflicting Moderate Consequences is core to the strategy. We need to do it to everyone we can, barring perhaps Team Asuma and maybe that one dude from Wolf.

If they surrender they just get chakra drained to Moderate Consequences instead of punched.

I'll just do this instead?

Sorry I'm barely keeping up. Tell me if I did something stupid.

faflec said:
[X] Action Plan: Be Zabuza

OK!

NB: The main difference here is that Keiko is summoning more and more Pangolins. I still feel that we should continue ramping up our Pangolin count, since Pangolins are faster than ninja and should be capable of chasing fleeing ninjas.

Alright there's more changes than that now.

Word Count: 588

[X] Action Plan: Zabuza the Pangolin

Does the round end for us when we turn in our documents?

If proctors won't be on-site all the time, how are they going to enforce the rules about severe injuries and about simulating T&I facilities?

If a contestant withdraws to a medic, can they gain positive points for the round? Could they still lose points?

If a Red Team turns in documents from another facility, who receives the points? Nobody, this Red Team, or the Red Team assigned to that facility? Does the corresponding Blue Team loses points?

If someone suffers a lasting injury this round, will they receive a penalty for this injury at the end of the next round as well?

Brief teammates on plan with handsigns.

Prep: Talk in Air Dome for OPSEC/protection.

Word-halves:

Teammates deserve a share, but possessing people's word-halves will be dangerous after this round.

State that we intend to store word-halves in the Seventh Path.

Trade (real) explosives for letting us take word-halves.

Friendly participants: We want to let some people keep word-halves (ISC); do others have similar wishes?

Max: 1 friendly per teammate.

Confront Doigama if he doesn't mention his Wolf compatriot.

Distribute seals: Give enough for use before each battle. Tell everyone to keep them separate.

Explosives: Encourage liberal use.

Training tags for people.

Weapon:2 for demolitions.

Oxygen Mask: Protect from Doigama's poison.

Earmuff seals: Banshees.

Chakra:

May need teammates' chakra for Summoning.

Check allies' reserves:

Pretense: Familiarizing to ease future transfers.

Note Kato's reserves. If lied, confront + consider drain-KO & medic delivery if team agrees.

Debrief allies on dossiers & general facility layout.

Don't provide details on Leaf teams.

Carrot and Stick: Signal teammates to do negotiations.

If teammates seem to be uncooperative or suspicious note that we are flexible with taking everyone's interests into account.

Subtly drop hints regarding value of having good working relationships the Hokage's children.

Keiko reminds them that betrayal is unwise, slyly asks Pankurashun what Pangolins do to traitors (Intimidate).

Suggested Summons:

Pankurashun.

Pandajouru/Pangaya (once we can leave).

Panashe (might delay until after defeating designated Blue Team).

Other Combat Pangolins (summon as chakra costs allow).

Roles:

Scouting/Interference: Panashe, Doigama, Kato.

Support/Ranged: Keiko, Noburi, Gomi.

Assault: Everyone else.

Strategy:

General:

Scout ahead. Prioritize quickly obtaining broad view of situation and avoiding capture.

Overscrew enemies:

KO them. Avoid giving Severe Consequences.

Put Red Teams in (a) cell. DON'T make them Blue 'prisoners' which gives Blue Team points.

Escort a (restrained, chakra-drained) Red to submit their documents before bringing back to a cell.

Make sure they don't have explosives/seals to escape from cells.

Seal them in with MEW. Leave room for air.

Steal word-halves. Stick ours in Seventh Path.

Breach our designated Blue facility first (see below). Clear site.

Afterwards:

Take enemies' chakra, redistribute amongst ourselves.

Give Moderate Consequences as necessary.

Dab some perfume on enemies (imperceptible to them, easy for Pangolins to track now and in Round 2).

Recover key/documents.

Scout other sites.

Everyone goes to deliver documents to proctor station.

Repeat for other sites.

Prioritize softer targets & Red Teams (harder to pin down).

Combat: Shock & Awe.

Use overwhelming force.

Keiko: Open with thrown Goo Bombs/Banshees.

Ideally use in open spaces.

If in buildings: May throw into enemy-filled rooms.

Assault: Engage stunned/immobilized enemies. Pangolins lead.

Hazou: Use Pangolin pepper Macerators, but avoid friendly fire.

Interference/Support: Throw explosives/Firelog Macerators to distract/intimidate (and also give Gomi light for Genjutsu).

Support/Interference: Watch for retreats/reinforcements, alert for chase.

For buildings: Breach everywhere simultaneously, clear by room.

Focus enemies, check traps afterwards.

Chase fleeing enemies. Don't chase individuals if hard to track.

Have Panashe ready for this.

Be careful they don't lead us into traps/ambush.

Contingencies:

Enemy teams blatantly violate rules? Fetch proctors.

Doigama/Kato: Maintain OPSEC regarding missing-nin activities/Leaf politics.

Non-top team candidates surrender? Accept. Drain them to Moderate Consequences instead of punching, everything else the same.

If turning in our documents removes us from this round:

Keep documents with us (e.g., Seventh Path) and continue rampage; turn in documents after rampage is ended.

Only escort non-top team Reds to turn in documents.

If we can turn in other groups' documents: Don't destroy them, turn them in.

Adept_Woodwright · Jul 13, 2018

Oh!

[X] Action Plan: Zabuza the Pangolin

faflec · Jul 13, 2018

Fuck it I'm getting rid of the "Escort a (restrained, chakra-drained) Red to submit their documents before bringing back to a cell." part.

faflec said:
[X] Action Plan: Be Zabuza

OK!

NB: The main difference here is that Keiko is summoning more and more Pangolins. I still feel that we should continue ramping up our Pangolin count, since Pangolins are faster than ninja and should be capable of chasing fleeing ninjas.

Alright there's more changes than that now.

Word Count: 573

[X] Action Plan: Zabuza the Pangolin

Does the round end for us when we turn in our documents?

If proctors won't be on-site all the time, how are they going to enforce the rules about severe injuries and about simulating T&I facilities?

If a contestant withdraws to a medic, can they gain positive points for the round? Could they still lose points?

If a Red Team turns in documents from another facility, who receives the points? Nobody, this Red Team, or the Red Team assigned to that facility? Does the corresponding Blue Team loses points?

If someone suffers a lasting injury this round, will they receive a penalty for this injury at the end of the next round as well?

Brief teammates on plan with handsigns.

Prep: Talk in Air Dome for OPSEC/protection.

Word-halves:

Teammates deserve a share, but possessing people's word-halves will be dangerous after this round.

State that we intend to store word-halves in the Seventh Path.

Trade (real) explosives for letting us take word-halves.

Friendly participants: We want to let some people keep word-halves (ISC); do others have similar wishes?

Max: 1 friendly per teammate.

Confront Doigama if he doesn't mention his Wolf compatriot.

Distribute seals: Give enough for use before each battle. Tell everyone to keep them separate.

Explosives: Encourage liberal use.

Training tags for people.

Weapon:2 for demolitions.

Oxygen Mask: Protect from Doigama's poison.

Earmuff seals: Banshees.

Chakra:

May need teammates' chakra for Summoning.

Check allies' reserves:

Pretense: Familiarizing to ease future transfers.

Note Kato's reserves. If lied, confront + consider drain-KO & medic delivery if team agrees.

Debrief allies on dossiers & general facility layout.

Don't provide details on Leaf teams.

Carrot and Stick: Signal teammates to do negotiations.

If teammates seem to be uncooperative or suspicious note that we are flexible with taking everyone's interests into account.

Subtly drop hints regarding value of having good working relationships the Hokage's children.

Keiko reminds them that betrayal is unwise, slyly asks Pankurashun what Pangolins do to traitors (Intimidate).

Suggested Summons:

Pankurashun.

Pandajouru/Pangaya (once we can leave).

Panashe (might delay until after defeating designated Blue Team).

Other Combat Pangolins (summon as chakra costs allow).

Roles:

Scouting/Interference: Panashe, Doigama, Kato.

Support/Ranged: Keiko, Noburi, Gomi.

Assault: Everyone else.

Strategy:

General:

Scout ahead. Prioritize quickly obtaining broad view of situation and avoiding capture.

Overscrew enemies:

KO them. Avoid giving Severe Consequences.

Put Red Teams in (a) cell. DON'T make them Blue 'prisoners' which gives Blue Team points.

Make sure they don't have explosives/seals to escape from cells.

Seal them in with MEW. Leave room for air.

Steal word-halves. Stick ours in Seventh Path.

Breach our designated Blue facility first (see below). Clear site.

Afterwards:

Take enemies' chakra, redistribute amongst ourselves.

Give Moderate Consequences as necessary.

Dab some perfume on enemies (imperceptible to them, easy for Pangolins to track now and in Round 2).

Recover key/documents.

Scout other sites.

Everyone goes to deliver documents to proctor station.

Repeat for other sites.

Prioritize softer targets & Red Teams (harder to pin down).

Combat: Shock & Awe.

Use overwhelming force.

Keiko: Open with thrown Goo Bombs/Banshees.

Ideally use in open spaces.

If in buildings: May throw into enemy-filled rooms.

Assault: Engage stunned/immobilized enemies. Pangolins lead.

Hazou: Use Pangolin pepper Macerators, but avoid friendly fire.

Interference/Support: Throw explosives/Firelog Macerators to distract/intimidate (and also give Gomi light for Genjutsu).

Support/Interference: Watch for retreats/reinforcements, alert for chase.

For buildings: Breach everywhere simultaneously, clear by room.

Focus enemies, check traps afterwards.

Chase fleeing enemies. Don't chase individuals if hard to track.

Have Panashe ready for this.

Be careful they don't lead us into traps/ambush.

Contingencies:

Enemy teams blatantly violate rules? Fetch proctors.

Doigama/Kato: Maintain OPSEC regarding missing-nin activities/Leaf politics.

Non-top team candidates surrender? Accept. Drain them to Moderate Consequences instead of punching, everything else the same.

If turning in our documents removes us from this round:

Keep documents with us (e.g., Seventh Path) and continue rampage; turn in documents after rampage is ended.

Only escort non-top team Reds to turn in documents.

If we can turn in other groups' documents: Don't destroy them, turn them in.

Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

Handsome Gentleperson

Handsome Gentleperson

The Shining One

The Shining One

The Shining One

The Shining One