Their disguise kits, like ours, seem to have mysteriously vanished. Strange.
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
Their disguise kits, like ours, seem to have mysteriously vanished. Strange.
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
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Might be better to loot it all. They might be less offended by us stealing it especially if we give it back after the exam.
We have plenty of storage scrolls to keep loot in.
Yeah, I get where you're coming from there, it's just a really, really dick move.
If we want to take it but not actually destroy it, then we should just put it in the summon realm, pretend we destroyed it, and then return it after the event is over. Or at least promise to return it afterwards. I'm just wondering if the proctors would demand we return it before the next round.
Emstar
The Shining One
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We should do it to prevent a hail of kunai from skewering hazou in any melee efforts.As well as force them to rely on jutsu and taijutsu.
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I can think of a mechanism to cause that behavior that would still be vulnerable to lightning rods. Just create some charged particles (to ionize the air and create the initial sparking), and then create a whole bunch of charged particles, for the main boom.
TaliesinSkye
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Wait, someone is named Pikachu? How did I miss that? Are they the lightning guy?
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It occurs to me that the way most ninja combat has been depicted so far, tight groups of thirty plus people almost never exist; instead it's more like clumps of three to six loosely moving in a direction.
What's this mean?
Well, if we have Pandamonium aim some airburst projectiles precisely, we can throw lethal explosives to "dead zones" where nobody is but cutting off the groups, allowing us to defeat a much larger squad in detail.
What's this mean?
Well, if we have Pandamonium aim some airburst projectiles precisely, we can throw lethal explosives to "dead zones" where nobody is but cutting off the groups, allowing us to defeat a much larger squad in detail.
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- The Maple Syrup Mountains
Yeah, it's a reference to how Pikachu in Super Smash Bros has a move that calls lightning down from the sky. It's well-known for being annoying because Pikachu can hide at the bottom of the stage and attack players on the top without them being able to counter-attack.
@eaglejarl can you comment on this?
I just want to make sure I'm not totally misunderstanding something mechanically. Does the initiative order indicate that the eight genin in the initiative order from Keiko and Noburi all must have an Alertness of 30 or 31, or did you change the rules somewhere so that initiative is now rolled rather than static?
Given how Aspect Bonuses work, I wouldn't actually be shocked by this; we're not the only ones chasing those mechanical advantages. Good to double-check, though.
E: Actually, that suggests a real mechanical advantage to aiming for 2-3 above the Aspect Bonus breaking point, just so you're ahead of anyone who stopped there. Neat.
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According to Wikipedia, the lightning rod was invented in the 1700s, so no, Hazō does not know anything about them. And he definitely doesn't know anything about electricity.
Yes, that's what it indicates.
In other news: If you have the option, get your car insurance through USAA.
About a decade ago I was rear-ended at an intersection near my parents. USAA's reaction? "No problem. Nope, won't affect your rates -- it wasn't your fault."
A week later, I was rear-ended again at the same intersection. Once again, "No problem. Nope, won't affect your rates." (NB: I have never driven through that intersection since. I go a mile or so out of my way to avoid it.)
Two hours ago, I was T-boned about a half mile from my house when a fine gentleman who was obviously in a rush decided that it was a great idea to come flying out of the gas station through an ~8' wide gap in a line of cars so that he could make a left turn before the light changed which it had already done. I couldn't see him until his nose came out from between the cars, so I almost-but-not-quite managed to "generate a miss", as I gather people who are allowed to fly fighter jets because they are far cooler than me like to say. Long story short, my passenger-side front door is a little banged up, his front license plate was broken off, and all is otherwise fine -- no one hurt, no airbags deployed, both cars drivable, the other driver didn't even try to claim that it wasn't his fault.
I called USAA, spent ~30 seconds talking to a voice tree, then was talking to a human being within another 10 seconds. Aleisha (sp?) was kind, understanding, and made the process incredibly easy. They are going to send an insurance adjuster to my house to check the damage, I got to choose my body shop for repairs, and Aleisha was prepared to arrange a replacement-car rental (fully covered by USAA) on the spot. She asked if it was okay if they gave my contact info to
Seriously. Do your banking at USAA, get your insurance through them, whatever you can. They are the most amazing company I have ever had the pleasure to do business with, hands down, by a mile. I've never spent more than a minute waiting to talk to a human, they refund $15/month of ATM fees, they have free financial advisers, free credit reports...all kinds of things. Check them out.
USAA Federal Savings Bank: 1 (800) 531-8722
Threnodist
occupying Haudenosaunee & Osage land she/her/hers
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- Pittsburgh
Glad to hear that you're okay! It's always crazy to me how they let just about anybody drive a two-ton battering ram.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Yeah, really. Can't wait for self-driving cars to be required by law.
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- Somewhere else
It's crazy, but I had no less than 3 vehicles try to cut me off on the way to and from the store today. Seriously, "right on red" does not mean "turn right whenever, even if there's still traffic coming through the intersection ".
Emstar
The Shining One
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Wow! Glad youre okay!!
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Yeah, it often seems that way. The math is actually more comforting -- there's about 263 million cars in the USA, most of which are driven every day. That's on the order of a billion driving-days per year. In 2010 there only were about 10 million accidents across those billion driving days, most of them fender benders and parking-lot scrapes. Only 3 of 1000 accidents were fatalities, or about 100 per day in a nation of 320 million people.
Overall, cars are pretty amazingly safe.
You, dear clown, were the one who convinced us to roll back time in the fourth event because misterators don't block LOS. That quote you provided was obviously wrong because it does not accord with the way things have definitely always been. (Maybe when I find the spoons I'll see about fixing it.)
QMs: And there was a big fog and bad things happened to you.
Players: Noooo! Wait, this can't happen, there must be a reason...um...uh...right, the misterators don't block line of sight!
QMs: ...bugger. Fine. *waves the magic ring of retcon*
Players: Okay, so, we're about to be attacked...I know! We'll use the misterators to block line of sight and then--
QMs: No, that doesn't work, remember? Misterators don't block line of sight.
Players: Huh? There was this one time (in band camp) where it blocked line of sight!
QMs: ...Oh, ffs.
TaliesinSkye
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@eaglejarl, that was a clever idea getting the quest a corporate sponsor
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Probably wont have the 5SB to spare for this idea right now, but thought this up. Dunno if something similar has come up in the past. Requires that a 5SB is activated by priming the main seal with 4 support seals located on the circumference of a circle around it.
5SB Seal Minefield
5SB Seal Minefield
Attach a sheet of paper to a thin donut shaped solid frame. On the top of the paper, attach 2+ 5SB support seals that are far enough apart to not get confused with each other by a 5SB looking for compatible seals. Attach a small weight with an LSB that stretches across the page, and attach a payload (Goo Bomb, Explosive, Implosion) to the LSB.
On the part of the paper exposed to the donut hole, attach a 5SB main seal. The support seals on the device are too near to the this main seal to be activated. Logic: the sealmaster who activates a 5SB often has more than 1 set of 5SB, and the ones in his pocket would pose a problem if other nearby support seals were an issue.
On the part of the paper exposed to the donut hole, attach a 5SB main seal. The support seals on the device are too near to the this main seal to be activated. Logic: the sealmaster who activates a 5SB often has more than 1 set of 5SB, and the ones in his pocket would pose a problem if other nearby support seals were an issue.
A nexus for the minefield is selected at which a user monitoring the situation can activate the field. A support seal is added to this nexus, which acts as one of the 4 supports for a 5SB mine. 3 other supports are temporarily placed to activate the 5SB mine, then shifted out of plane so that the 5SB nearest the nexus is only supported by one seal. Multiple nexus-adjacent mines may be set up.
Additional mines are placed to set up the desired field. At any point, the addition of a mine should not prevent the cascade of all mines in the field. The typical mine is protected by two seals, with the exception of those nearest the nexus and perhaps the fringe of the perimeter.
When activated, the paper cover becomes fixed in space, and semi-impervious to damage. When this occurs, the user tears away the solid donut-shaped frame, priming the LBF.
When the support seals in the nexus are destroyed or moved, each Mine successively falls from where it was. This moves the support tags out of plane with the next mine in the field-chain, causing a cascade of 5SB breaking. The weighed LBFs cause the LBF line of effect to break, triggering the attached trap and payload seals.
Enemy combatants who find a seal will not easily be able to destroy the mines from a distance. They may choose to expend significant resources to destroy the mine from a distance (high power explosives) or move in close to destroy the mine, or ignore it.
If they close in to destroy the mine, they are likely caught in the effect.
If they ignore it, they enter the minefield and may be taken out when the monitor desires.
If they expend resources, warning is provided (it will be loud) and the combatant loses some of their prepared assault load-out.
Additional mines are placed to set up the desired field. At any point, the addition of a mine should not prevent the cascade of all mines in the field. The typical mine is protected by two seals, with the exception of those nearest the nexus and perhaps the fringe of the perimeter.
When activated, the paper cover becomes fixed in space, and semi-impervious to damage. When this occurs, the user tears away the solid donut-shaped frame, priming the LBF.
When the support seals in the nexus are destroyed or moved, each Mine successively falls from where it was. This moves the support tags out of plane with the next mine in the field-chain, causing a cascade of 5SB breaking. The weighed LBFs cause the LBF line of effect to break, triggering the attached trap and payload seals.
Enemy combatants who find a seal will not easily be able to destroy the mines from a distance. They may choose to expend significant resources to destroy the mine from a distance (high power explosives) or move in close to destroy the mine, or ignore it.
If they close in to destroy the mine, they are likely caught in the effect.
If they ignore it, they enter the minefield and may be taken out when the monitor desires.
If they expend resources, warning is provided (it will be loud) and the combatant loses some of their prepared assault load-out.
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Emstar
The Shining One
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Gentleman (or gentlewoman) and a scholar, you are. A quick read gives no issues but I am indisposed at the moment (wake, unfortunately) so Ill give a thorough look through later.
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And here I thought I was going to sit through a rant about a horror story about this random company I never heard of named USAA.
Yes, really, I swear that was my thought process.
Dissonance
Luna's Luna
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They're too damn exclusive.
I'm glad you weren't seriously injured.