Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
Do you have some sort of rationale for why this would be dangerous in the context ?
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
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- Yes.
In the context of doing improv? I'd imagine that something he says is taken seriously, resulting in him being killboxed. Again.
Or that he goes too damn far. Again.
- Location
- Milky Way
We can add that in every mission Hazou takes that would involve passing through a village he'll at least spend some time there as a disguised civilian to get a better idea of what and how things can be improved?
It should also improve his IN acting skills.
Edit: it should also be easier to stay disguised in a civilian village. And they also won't remember him if he ever gets caught or breaks his cover.
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Uh, I am justifying why it might be good for Hazō. If he's bad at reacting in unpredictable situations, then improv acting is better choice than just plain acting.
- Location
- Milky Way
I would say it is good to keep things that may make people question Hazou's sanity outside leaf or other ninja villages. Improv, maybe taking up crazy identities with weird back stories and not breaking cover,.... Are better off being done where there are fewer consequences of mistakes.
My assumption is that he will be doing improv acting as a hobby inside the village.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Perhaps I have a different impression of how this is going to go, but in what sense could this probably end up being the case?
Perform some 4th event type stuff with some civvies. Have people suggest a random list of roles for you to play.
Effectively
Ex:
"Pretend you are Sanji the Sushi Chef for an hour while talking to Teuchi about cooking."
"You are a travelling actor who is going to slum around with the local actors troupe for the afternoon."
etc.
Or we could just take up improv acting. Or do both. Not even in Leaf proper.
From my point of view this is just how we do Ami-style-training nonsense with socials.
I see, I misread your intent there.
"I'm practicing my subterfuge skills on civilians."
I mean, social specs have to practice somehow, right?
- Location
- Milky Way
I agree. But I would still say that we should keep any outrageous attempts out of leaf.
If I remember right Hazou's cover was broken quite quickly in that village in Iron close to Kagome Forest.
If social specs are allowed practice their skills on the civilians of the village then they'll be a lot more perceptive to disguised ninjas.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
It makes literally no difference to me unless it becomes inconvenient due to travel time, so I dont care either way.
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Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
An Iron-Steady Off-hand
XP Cost: 200 XP
Prereqs: Iron Nerve, Calligraphy 30
After spending a large amount of time training their offhand in calligraphy, the user has obtained the ability to use it to draw seal blanks.
The user may choose to use their left or right hand (or both at once) to draw seal blanks at any given time. Any Calligraphy checks made with their offhand must be done with (Calligraphy)/2 as the base for this roll.
E: @MadScientist has brought it to my attention that perhaps "Calligraphy/4" as a base is a bit too harsh. I'm trying for "Never as good as Hazou's dominant hand", not "After a decade or two of practice maybe he can get to an effective calligraphy 40 with his offhand." The later seems a bit unrealistic
XP Cost: 200 XP
Prereqs: Iron Nerve, Calligraphy 30
After spending a large amount of time training their offhand in calligraphy, the user has obtained the ability to use it to draw seal blanks.
The user may choose to use their left or right hand (or both at once) to draw seal blanks at any given time. Any Calligraphy checks made with their offhand must be done with (Calligraphy)/2 as the base for this roll.
E: @MadScientist has brought it to my attention that perhaps "Calligraphy/4" as a base is a bit too harsh. I'm trying for "Never as good as Hazou's dominant hand", not "After a decade or two of practice maybe he can get to an effective calligraphy 40 with his offhand." The later seems a bit unrealistic
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Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
MadScientist Stunt Suggestions
LIST OF SUGGESTED STUNTS
@eaglejarl @Velorien @OliWhail
Ping me with additions, people.
@eaglejarl @Velorien @OliWhail
Ping me with additions, people.
- Advanced Iron Nerve (The user's IN-boosted skills now receive +3 or +AB, whichever is highest.)
- Iron Body Language (The user gets IN-boost to Rapport, Deceit, Presence, and Intimidation.)
- An Iron-Steady Off-Hand (The user can make twice as many seals at once by drawing with both hands simultaneously. Calligraphy debuff to initial roll with off-hand. Additional purchases of this stunt first reduce and then eliminate the debuff.)
- Iron Prediction (Martial Arts Style, roll Empathy vs Deceit. As with Roki, but the user spends their time predicting moves instead of devising feints.)
- Iron Archive (The user creates a manual indexing system so that they can store and retrieve sign-language documents. IN-boost to "lore/knowledge/intellect" skills such as MedKnow or Sealing.)
- Pure Chaos (Prerequisite: a CHAOS suit or similar. As an action, the user can use their Sealing AB number of seals.)
- Training Investment (The user spends time optimising their training of a particular skill. This skill now gets +10% XP put in a bank. At a cost of 100XP the investment would break even after earning 1000XP.)
- Resolute Stance of the Watching Dragon (When rolling one of {Alertness, Resolve, Taijutsu}, apply the aspect bonuses of the other two to the roll.)
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- Europe
Keiko has a Frozen Skein skill, maybe Hazou's Stunt should be him unlocking his Iron Nerve skill to level it? No clue how this should interact with social/combat without making the whole Bloodline too OP.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
@MadScientist
Resolute Stance of the Watching Dragon
XP: 2000
Prereqs: Alertness,Taijutsu, Resolve>60
The user can move their body as fluidly as the river flows, hear a blade of grass whisper in the wind, and stand with the ironclad sureness of the mountain itself.
By ingraining these elements of Shinobi warfare into their life to such a great extent, the user can seamlessly mold each of these skills to complement another.
When rolling one of {Alertness, Resolve, Taijutsu}, apply the aspect bonuses of the other two to the roll.
I mean, we're never getting it, but I like to dream.
Resolute Stance of the Watching Dragon
XP: 2000
Prereqs: Alertness,Taijutsu, Resolve>60
The user can move their body as fluidly as the river flows, hear a blade of grass whisper in the wind, and stand with the ironclad sureness of the mountain itself.
By ingraining these elements of Shinobi warfare into their life to such a great extent, the user can seamlessly mold each of these skills to complement another.
When rolling one of {Alertness, Resolve, Taijutsu}, apply the aspect bonuses of the other two to the roll.
I mean, we're never getting it, but I like to dream.
I think much simpler would just be + Aspect Bonus of some kind? Having IN end up being a skill either makes it way too OP or causes a lot of things to have to be rewritten mechanically speaking.
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Is this a reference to something?
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I'm just channeling my inner Shonen.
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- Potato land
My first thought on reading that was, indeed, that @MMKII may have forgotten who originally created the Unbroken Circle and for what purpose.
In hindsight, it says a lot about Torment's ethos that its most reprehensible (and most effective and accomplished) villain was dubbed The Practical Incarnation.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
I am aware of this. I just finished my upteenth playthrough a few days ago actually.
I figured it was a funny joke, given the Hivemind's usual plots for the boy child.
E: Although, if thats what it takes to change the nature of a Hazou.... maybe some torment would be a good addition to his life. Huh.
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Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
- Location
- United States
Free TYS point?
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
If we turn Hazou's life into some Planescape Torment esque thing and get FiF, I'm one hundred percent behind the Empathy/Rapport build.Free TYS point?
Chiefly because we wont have to level a goddamn thing, but thats another point entirely.
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
In the interests of not forgetting things we've expressed interest in someday doing:
Side Project Cache:
I'll keep a link to this handy so I can keep track of what we should be doing next when we have spare time. If anyone has anything that we've been meaning to do but I forgot to list, or if you disagree with the priority I've placed them in, please speak up!
Side Project Cache:
- Kabuto Research Proposal
- S A L T F O R T H E S A L T T H R O N E.
- Create (Expand? Codify?) till'n'fill/chakra beast extermination mission fund.
- Leaf Idle Game.
- Bingo Book CCG.
- Get other combat seals approved
- Get a secretary
- Shadow Clone Rocket Boot Space Program
- Look into Bakushin's and Goemon's notes.
- Extrasensory Seals
- Mountain Seals et al.
- Black Paper Seals (quick test)
- Larger Storage Seals/Better Macerators
- Activation Relay Seals
- Water Purifier Seals
- Force Blades
- Strobelight Seals
- Earth Wall Seals
- Purifier Variants
- Disposal Seals
- Snek Seals
- Eavesdropping Seals
- Recorder Seals
- Railgun Seals (for SIN delivery)
- Seal Activation Seals
- Research the Merchant Council
- Intentions: learn the breadth of their jurisdiction and what they do and don't care about specifically.
- In particular, what do they think about ninja-augmented industry outside of Konoha, and is it within their purview?
- Read any official legal documents pertaining to the Merchant Council.
- Read books that breach the topic of or are about the Merchant Council.
- Maybe books on economics or history?
- Disguise as a civilian and strike up conversations with craftsmen. Try to get a diverse set of viewpoints.
- Intentions: learn the breadth of their jurisdiction and what they do and don't care about specifically.
- Investigate our till'n'fill funding:
- Get Keiko's help.
- Find out how common it is for till'n'fills to not get done because they don't pay enough. Try to estimate how often they just don't get posted in the first place.
- Figure out what kind of funding scheme would get the most till'n'fills taken.
- If there are probably a lot of missions that never get posted in the first place, those villages need to know that we're subsidizing till'n'fills. Look into asking traders to spread the word to places they visit.
- Test that goods and information can be transported quickly across physical locations through reverse summoning with two summoners.
- Test the same with chakra water. Is it still safe to use?
I'll keep a link to this handy so I can keep track of what we should be doing next when we have spare time. If anyone has anything that we've been meaning to do but I forgot to list, or if you disagree with the priority I've placed them in, please speak up!
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- Yes.
KAGOME HAS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT WE NEED TO WORK ON