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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Amusing thought I had, not relevant to the discussion: that meme would work very differently if I used it. :>
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It's on the front page in post 2. It never got a lot of traction, unfortunately. It would be pretty cool if it got picked up again.
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Tiebreaking.
...I knew I forgot something important.
Damn it.
In the name of Jashin, Lord of the Slaughter, bless us so that Hazou does not succumb to the fickle RNG spirits.
But...the top two plans are nearly identical?...I knew I forgot something important.
Damn it.
In the name of Jashin, Lord of the Slaughter, bless us so that Hazou does not succumb to the fickle RNG spirits.
Mastery is to arrange such that all possible outcomes lead to victory?
Good point.
Aw.😫
The 'Will of Fire' is so lame though: no awesome dieties.
(Should we have done a 'Will of Fire' prayer to cover our ass?)
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Totally not changing the subject for our collective mental health:
Noburi's build!
Now that he has Surging Seas, he's ready to bring a 10-stat up to level 20!
Personally, I'm thinking Deceit. It's important for general opsec, it's important in general, and it's already at level 19.
However, there is an argument to be made for his other social stats. With the pyramid Noburi currently has, he could raise Intimidation could be raised from 10 (effective 15) to 20, or even through that and straight to 25 (for an effective 30)!
Or, if we want to focus on Noburi's fighting power, we could raise one of his water jutsu. They're all halfcost up to level 50. Surging Seas is solid, and we've already mused about raising it to a 30-slot or 40-slot.
Noburi's build!
Now that he has Surging Seas, he's ready to bring a 10-stat up to level 20!
Personally, I'm thinking Deceit. It's important for general opsec, it's important in general, and it's already at level 19.
However, there is an argument to be made for his other social stats. With the pyramid Noburi currently has, he could raise Intimidation could be raised from 10 (effective 15) to 20, or even through that and straight to 25 (for an effective 30)!
Or, if we want to focus on Noburi's fighting power, we could raise one of his water jutsu. They're all halfcost up to level 50. Surging Seas is solid, and we've already mused about raising it to a 30-slot or 40-slot.
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Unless I've misunderstood badly, the rules say that the Water Dragon Bullet can hit a given target once per Jutsu activation(not 7 times). The dragon can try to hit a target multiple times for a more chances to hit, but once one hits, the rest are ignored.
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Also, calculating that Hazou loses if he doesn't use seals like rocket boost is not a very strong argument that "seals don't matter one bit". Admittedly, rocket boots might have a bad matchup against WDB specifically, as I suspect they only apply to the first dodge. (although, I wonder if you could substitute or rocket-dodge into melee range with the caster so you would both get hit?)
It might be that you don't have as strong grasp on the mechanics as you assume. That's fine. I know that my grasp is pretty weak.
I'm handling this by listening when people correct me, asking questions when I don't understand, and when someone says something that I'm not sure is wise, asking polite questions to make sure I understand their thinking.
So far this is working very well for me.
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(btw, Thank y'all for taking time to answer questions and explain yourselves, and your openness to making adjustments.)
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I want to make a play for sage mode asap for Noburi. So my plan is deceit to 20, resolve to 30 and then physique to 40. After that I'd like to focus on getting his awareness and athletics up to 49 before we work on anything else
I would be really surprised if Sage Mode only needed Physique 40 (Chuunin Level). I find 60 a far more likely goal for an S-rank shiny like that, but Physique is quite a good stat to have anyway so I'm all for rising it and he will eventually need that regardless.
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HAZŌ: "Dishonor! I demand satisfaction! A duel, at dawn!"
PANTSA: "You accuse my men of dishonor? It is the duty of a good leader to take responsibility for the actions of his men. You seek satisfaction? You will have it. I shall greet you with the morning sun."
NOBURI: "...Hazou, I don't think my mednin skills are high enough to fix you after a fight with a Clan Boss."
PANTSA: "You accuse my men of dishonor? It is the duty of a good leader to take responsibility for the actions of his men. You seek satisfaction? You will have it. I shall greet you with the morning sun."
NOBURI: "...Hazou, I don't think my mednin skills are high enough to fix you after a fight with a Clan Boss."
Now that research missions are confirmed to exist, I think we should take some time to bulk up Hazou's mission record.
Upon graduation to specJ, take a handful of sealing research A ranks. We don't need the money with our new gemstone sales, but the reputational gains will be useful.
Upon graduation to specJ, take a handful of sealing research A ranks. We don't need the money with our new gemstone sales, but the reputational gains will be useful.
IIRC there are conflicting WoGs about research missions. @eaglejarl @Velorien @Paperclipped, is what Asuma said in the most recent update confirmed WoG?
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> pantsaa walks into a skyslicer on his way to fight Hazou
HAZOU: So like, am I the pangolin boss now or how does this work?
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We need to like...actually do our own sealing first.
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@eaglejarl @Velorien @Paperclipped bump
(Could he use ES to carve into metal for the carving style of Sealing)
How did we learn that Physique is a prereq for sage mode? and what do we know about the other prereqs(if any)?
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IIRC when Noburi asked the Toad Sages about it they said Noburi was far too flimsy to do the training and that Jiriaya was much buffer when he went through it. I can't recall if they mentioned any other requirements, but basically all we have to go on is those off-hand comments from the Toad Sages. When we feel like we're ready we'll likely go ask them again and see if there's yet more we need to do.
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They mentioned Jiraiya needed to be buff and get bigger reserves, which likely translates to Physique and CR. However, there may also be a soft requirement of getting higher Rapport to get the Sages to share in the first place.
Notably Noburi might be unable to get Sage Mode at all due to the peculiarities of his Bloodline, not without some biosealing to help him along anyway. If Sage Mode requires highly developed chakra coils then he is kinda doomed on that front.
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What if the Dragons eat all the Summoning Clans and invade Earth, just to get their shit rocked by Fifi, apex Souldrinker in disguise?
"Last time you tried this, you had it on easy mode. This time? We have chakra beasts, extradimensional invaders, blood gods, Grues, martial artist-wizards that have gone through 1,000 years of selective pressure for hyper lethality, and worst of all: a grieving Fifi."
"Last time you tried this, you had it on easy mode. This time? We have chakra beasts, extradimensional invaders, blood gods, Grues, martial artist-wizards that have gone through 1,000 years of selective pressure for hyper lethality, and worst of all: a grieving Fifi."