Conspiracies require involving too many other people at too high a level. I prefer plots, schemes, machinations, and connivances.
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
Conspiracies require involving too many other people at too high a level. I prefer plots, schemes, machinations, and connivances.
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Hazō: Hey, Noburi, that new jutsu of yours was amazing. Can you tell me about it?
Noburi: Yup.
...time...
Hazō: Will you tell me about it, please?
Noburi: Sure, no problem.
...time...
Hazō: Noburi, tell me about your damn jutsu right now.
Noburi: Okay, okay, don't get your panties in a twist. It's super awesome, let me tell you everything.
Noburi: Yup.
...time...
Hazō: Will you tell me about it, please?
Noburi: Sure, no problem.
...time...
Hazō: Noburi, tell me about your damn jutsu right now.
Noburi: Okay, okay, don't get your panties in a twist. It's super awesome, let me tell you everything.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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@eaglejarl @Velorien @OliWhail Out of curiosity, does WDB get any chakra saved from being cast with a water source nearby?
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Good reminder. Yes, the normal jutsu design rules specify that an elemental jutsu costs 2CP less if you have a source of the element handy and the jutsu does not have Elemental Requirement. Therefore, WDB gets -2CP if there's a water source handy. This is applied before Wakahisa triple-cost.
I've updated the jutsu doc to list this.
What's some of the best action plans recently?
NARUTO: *raises thousands of left eyebrows*
Emstar
The Shining One
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*looks at WDB mechanics*
Wow thats seriously awesome.
(Crossing out hopes for 'Homing Water Spheres' since this does all that and more. Potential future idea for Hazou: Homing Crystal Rasengans ? Pay Jiraiya his weight in solved problems to technique hack it for us.)
Wow thats seriously awesome.
(Crossing out hopes for 'Homing Water Spheres' since this does all that and more. Potential future idea for Hazou: Homing Crystal Rasengans ? Pay Jiraiya his weight in solved problems to technique hack it for us.)
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Statement of curiosity: What was the decision to make a sourced technique save 2CP? I recall that in Chapter 120 of the manga Tobirama was able to use Suiton: Suijinheki (B-rank, like the Suiton: Suiryudan Noburi used) without a water source, and the watching ANBU were amazed that he was capable of doing so without a water source at all. It feels strange that the change in effectiveness for a sourceless Suiton of comparable ranking is a mere 2CP.
I'm not asking for a change, I'm just curious as to the difference between canon and MfD.
I think it just means it costs 2CP to create chakra-construct water.
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something something many years of hard work of technique hackers something something
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This isn't an exhaustive list, but a few that caught my eye on a quick skim:
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest | Page 4632
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest | Page 4675
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest | Page 4701
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest | Page 4751 , although the "cannot be offscreened" directive does put my hackles up a bit. Not a reasonable response, but nonetheless.
MfD jutsu have always been able to produce their own element as needed, so that is a carryover from the original rules. I don't remember why we originally did it that way, but it was probably something along the lines of "Hey, let's not f*** over everyone except for Air users (and maybe Earth, although not always). In particular, let's not make one of the PC's party members f'ing useless"
Emstar
The Shining One
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I don't think Kishimoto's logic on this one is that sound actually (surprise surprise, but even being generous here).
I'm pretty sure a few chapters after this he has Gamabunta spit half a dozen skyscraper sized globs of water at Shukaku, presumably with the justification that Skyscraper sized Toads= Skyscraper Sized Spit or something, even though thats equally obnoxious.
The hype statement of "The Nidaime can use water jutsu without a water source!" is really silly considering everyone else produces their element ex nihilo (or close enough) whenever they need it: Chidori/Raikiri and every "Spew gouts of flame with a fancier name and bigger fireball each time" no Jutsu that the Uchiha get being prominent examples of this.
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[aside] He knows too much. Alert the conspiracy to conceal conspiracies which further the cause of conspiracies which facilitate interesting conspiracies.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I have this hilarious mental image of a bunch of stupidly high level conspiracies countering each other at all times and trying to recruit more members to further their goals against the opposition.
The twist is that if you write down members of all the dozens of Level 3 or higher conspiracies, its literally just Danzou.
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@Velorien had a similar reaction, which should be indication enough that this kind of joke isn't really funny to you guys. Lesson learned for the future.
TaliesinSkye
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I was just thinking, might there be a way to make substitution targets that the enemy can't use?
Like maybe if you covered them with your own blood they would be sufficiently part of you that they couldn't be switched with by anyone else. Or maybe there's some other method.
Like maybe if you covered them with your own blood they would be sufficiently part of you that they couldn't be switched with by anyone else. Or maybe there's some other method.
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Substitution only works with objects within a certain % of the user's mass (given the same level), so the obvious solution is to use targets within your range but not theirs. Or do as the Akimichi do.
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Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I'm not sure that Substitution is a jutsu that Hazou needs to level. At the moment PH is better (for dodging in Round). Later on when we have CR 35-40 , we either wont need to dodge (PEA) or will have some other way of dealing with attacks with seals or whatever.
Really, we should shake down Jiraiya for The Good Shit once he has slightly more free time. He said he was gonna load us up with The Good Shit (not the "Hide the Bodies" Classified Shit) but he didn't actually spare any time to give us anything from J's Secret Stash. Oh well
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Should we ask the QMs if they would like help with spoons on that? Or is it mostly just Jiraiya's spoons we need to free up?I'm not sure that Substitution is a jutsu that Hazou needs to level. At the moment PH is better (for dodging in Round). Later on when we have CR 35-40 , we either wont need to dodge (PEA) or will have some other way of dealing with attacks with seals or whatever.
Really, we should shake down Jiraiya for The Good Shit once he has slightly more free time. He said he was gonna load us up with The Good Shit (not the "Hide the Bodies" Classified Shit) but he didn't actually spare any time to give us anything from J's Secret Stash. Oh well
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Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I suspect mostly Jiraiya's spoons.
The problem with that is that I think we'll have to take a decent amount of preventative measures to ensure he has the free time to spare.