Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
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- naruto rational 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 open voting
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PSA: Research is complete on silk armor.
The results are not what you hoped for. It's warm and comfortable and people like having it, but it does not provide game-mechanical protection. The QM reasoning is that a silk bodysuit is not going to defend against energy damage (fire/lightning). It's not going to defend against blunt force (punching). It's good at reducing piercing/slicing damage but with ninja muscles behind it it's debatable how much difference that will actually make. For simplicity, we are simply saying that it does not have a game-mechanical effect.
People are willing to buy it, so it can become a modest source of income and good will, and it might occasionally have a small narrative effect. The expectation should be that it will not be factored into combats.
The results are not what you hoped for. It's warm and comfortable and people like having it, but it does not provide game-mechanical protection. The QM reasoning is that a silk bodysuit is not going to defend against energy damage (fire/lightning). It's not going to defend against blunt force (punching). It's good at reducing piercing/slicing damage but with ninja muscles behind it it's debatable how much difference that will actually make. For simplicity, we are simply saying that it does not have a game-mechanical effect.
People are willing to buy it, so it can become a modest source of income and good will, and it might occasionally have a small narrative effect. The expectation should be that it will not be factored into combats.
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With this in mind, knowing the distance is around 200m and that the assault team spent ~a day there, I think it's reasonable to say that there were 8 days of making contracts in Leaf. Assuming it's acceptable, I'll calculate Kei's SC XP based on that.
SC Training; Akane has 1.0x and Kei 1.2, as per usual.
Akane: +60 XP
Kei: (8/13) * 1.2 * 60 = +44.3 XP (rounded down to nearest .1)
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The spidersilk armor might be something to market to civilians? Let them know it won't do anything against ninjas, but will stop another civilian from stabbing or slicing them. And proper silk padding could help against blunt damage done by other civilians.
Or use the spidersilk in other applications? Rope?
Or use the spidersilk in other applications? Rope?
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Could also block fangs/needles/etc from weaker chakra pests
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I'm still not buying it. We saw stone that's been imbued with effects by jutsu, I think it's a pretty big leap to go from that to 'you can infuse mundane rock in a way sufficient for Sealing'. Without that the rest of the logic falls apart.
Even beyond that, you thankfully acknowledge that stone sealing is by all rights strictly worse than paper sealing because of how much harder it would be to make those seals and the lack of centuries of built-up knowledge and experience, but then turn around and imagine a jutsu which just solves all the problems. I have a feeling this hypothetical jutsu is like asking 'why isn't there a jutsu to spread ink onto paper really fast?' It's not impossible that you can make it work for stone, but if it doesn't already exist (to sealmaster-tier quality and reliability) for ink it's a pretty big leap to assume we can get one easy for stone.
And then even assuming both of these wild assumptions work out somehow, what do we even get? Your example is 'Hazou can now create an explosive seal out of stone mid-combat', but, like, just bring a normal explosive tag? And then you jump all the way to 'he can use Sealing as his attack stat'? This just seems like wishful thinking of the highest order, just because it's a cool visual.
Counterpoint: Kagome has deep lore, which sounds quite relevant to the ancient seal of ages past which contains a horror from the time of the Sage.
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You're not wrong about that. Mari spotting the tapir tracks was an honest roll. If she had missed them then you would never have found Isan, never have gotten the Pangolin Scroll, probably (?) never have been accepted into Leaf, the Battle of the Gods wouldn't have happened which means Akatsuki would have had a hard time capturing Naruto and therefore being able to pursue their ritual so the Battle of Nagi Island wouldn't have happened (at least, wouldn't have happened when it did)...things would have proceeded very differently.
More like 400 miles from Leaf to the target. It's that large lake in the north of Earth Country with the small island on it. It's about 200 miles from there to Rock, heading roughly southeast.
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Hm, with Noburi refuels, people can travel 100mi per day then? It'll be 8 days of travel and 5 days of prep? But the update indicates:
(emphasis mine)
Is this still right, or should more time have passed? I'll adjust the payout number once I'm clear
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The Stoneshaping jutsu says:
Whenever you use these abilities you can feel the chakra twisting, wanting to do more. You cannot understand what it seeks to do or how to accomplish it, but you are confident that greater skill will unlock potent new abilities.
*innocent whistling*
Why yes, I am the trollish QM. Why do you ask?
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There's been a ruling on this before, although I don't have it to hand. I believe it was that ninja with Wakahisa support can travel 20mph for 10h/day 5days/week but I'm sure that @faflec can correct me.
Speaking of which: +3 XP bounty for someone to figure out the timeline dates.
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Oh man, I hope we get a cool scene where things about the great seal pop into place for Hazō with his returning Sealing stat and the Stoneshaping jutsu getting 'buffed' by not being injured.
This world's version of Isaac Newton seeing a falling apple is Hazō kicking a rock after his back finally heals :*
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@eaglejarl @Velorien Considering the mission was a success and we're probably going to vote for Training Plans(FOOM waits for no one) what is the situation regarding the various training plans we put in pre-mission? Implemented, to implement or we should just consider the XP "free to use" and vote for other training plans?
Speaking of lucky rolls I wonder if Kagome-sensei would have killed us if we haven't succeeded, and him getting a nat 1, on all those series of rolls in the first encounter
Edit: anyone know the creator of stone shaping jutsu? What if we paid a jutsu hacker to figure out what the jutsu does at higher levels?
Edit: anyone know the creator of stone shaping jutsu? What if we paid a jutsu hacker to figure out what the jutsu does at higher levels?
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Also pinging @Velorien @OliWhail:
I'm not fully sure on what date the Interlude took place in, but it should be somewhere in the middle of the timeskip (given that Keiko was about to leave on the mission).
| Date | Event Approx. Time | Event |
| January 5 | Ends around midday | Chapter 467: The Battle for the Hokage's Legacy |
| January 5-18 | Chapter 468: The Assault | |
| Interlude: To The Sister I Will Never Meet | ||
| Chapter 469: The Assault, Conclusion |
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Due to crossed wires, instead Hazou gets struck in the head by a rock and takes another severe consequence
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Ah, I'm bad at math. Yeah, they can handle the 800 mile round-trip with no worries since Noburi can refuel on the run. 2 days there, 2 days back, >12 hours there, so I think the original analysis holds up. We can stick with the SC training awards as-is.
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XP awarded. You rule.
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Awarded! Thank you so much.
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Training plans have been applied. Thanks for the reminder.
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