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This means waiting for them to get us tho, and for sure means (more) people are dying tonight
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 open voting
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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And it means we'd have another genin causing a death. I mean, so far it's pretty much only been Hazou doing that directly (which I'm not sure how to feel about, but, you know). Punching heads off, pasting jounin, you know how it is.This means waiting for them to get us tho, and for sure means (more) people are dying tonight
I do believe that that is worth putting in the plan, though, for if they do catch up to us.
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Good point, pretty much all prep so far has been about making that not happen but it's (apparently) very possible
E:
Other strategies? Largely drawing a blank
-Raise defensive MEWs and throw out Syrup Traps to control engagements
-Mari genjutsus the most dangerous individual and take them hostage
-Keiko and Noburi covering everyone from a central position with weapons and whip
-Trap the area as much as possible beforehand
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Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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How long does Syrup Trap last? Long enough for us to make sufficient distance to escape? We could use that to slow them down and then just gtfo with MEW and Mari's Wind Walls to keep them off us.
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The timing there might be a little too fine
@Cariyaga if it's similar to chakra-construct MEW, about 20 minutes, so yeah loads of time
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Could Mari use Whisper on the Wind to make them think the other group is attacking them?
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Seems like a fair position. Also it seems like an acceptable remedy to our current situation is just
[X] Action Plan: Run with Chakra boost, topping off from Noburi
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But.. We've done it before! This is how we got to HS to begin with!
This bit was put in specifically to counteract the constant loss of chakra for Nobby.
Argh. *frustrated noises intensify*
I'm going to say, it did not occur to me we need to fully spell out prep work we've done before, esp. when there's already a concern that plans are too long as is.
*le sigh*
This is where I conclude that our plans are not detailed enough.
Maybe bit more detail before putting that X there, eh?
Just so we don't end up runnin in place or something, what with lack of clearly-chosen direction.
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You would send a POST request to log yourself in, store the resulting cookie, then send a POST request containing the cookie and the text of your post. (Actually, I'm assuming that it's a POST request / cookie to log in -- I haven't checked how SV does it.)
Nope, it was the roll +10 points. She rolled a 1227 to which I added 10. That bonus was much more significant when you were fresh Academy graduates than it is now that you're at (roughly) chunin level.
Yes. This is not a "we are about to be attacked by a jounin in literally two seconds, there's no time for discussion" situation. She will be actively soliciting feedback.
Three for each party member. Each one is loaded with a log of appropriate mass to be a good target.
Also no to the mid-air to mid-air part.You can substitute with an object that is in mid-air if you would be able to jump up to it, or if it's low enough that you could catch it. Once you are in midair (either by jumping or by substituting) you can't substitute back down.
This is consistent with what we said after the megalodon chapter, and supersedes anything said since then.
I really believe that. Also, having spoke to @Velorien, neither of us is interested in ditching the XP system; it might not be perfectly realistic, but it takes a lot of effort off our shoulders. I spent about 14 hours writing chapter 63 (usually it's about 8), plus more time following the thread. I really can't afford to add more bookkeeping on top of that.
Since you specified in an earlier plan that you were practicing with PMYF: yes, you can do that.
Note that a zeppelin is still pretty visible when taking off.
This is an option, but note that that is once per campaign, and you might want to re-read "Interlude: The Last Hours of Sunlight" before suggesting it.
Kagome has multiple explosive and implosive seals with up to a 20 meter radius. He has a couple of directed seals with a 180 blast and a 20m radius, and various other combinations of angle and range. As long as it's not too ridiculous, he's probably carrying it.
Note that implosion seals are spherical. Kagome doesn't have shaped implosion seals.
I didn't even think it was possible to chakra boost long distance running. I know it says "buy an extra die" but most actions requiring one roll are very brief, like it combat. Would chakra boosts while running last more than a few seconds? How often do you need to keep reboosting?
It makes no sense that a single chakra boost can only cover a few quick movements in combat, but when running it lasts for minutes or however long the TacMov roll is meant to cover.
It makes no sense that a single chakra boost can only cover a few quick movements in combat, but when running it lasts for minutes or however long the TacMov roll is meant to cover.
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/the image of EJ hoarding cookies shouting "Mine! Mine!"
Delicious.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Yeah, that's my main problem with this. The decision is understandable, but the results of it... well, the last time something like this happened was with Kouta, and it took us like 7 updates worth of plans longer than the updates to feel comfortable being less than thoroughly explicit with regards to the very motions of our body. (maybe slight exaggeration, but still)
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Putting "while running, chakra-boost and top up from Noburi" does not increase the amount of writing or calculation that has to be done, which are the things that make long plans potentially problematic.
And you realise somebody could just write up a pre-running plan or what have you, and refer to it when necessary, much like you've done with sealing safety.
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No, that sounds about right. We were obviously wrong to stop, too. Every time we omit something it's counted against us. I'm shamed I forgot this.
Wow. I really wish it was spelled out like this earlier. New respect for Mari's genjutsu abilities, but.. yeah. No.
Hello there, silver lining. Thanks, this is good.
That's more or less what I was thinking about right now. Shame how it takes something like this for goo-
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Really. MfD running on narrativium now. Noted.
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[X] Training Keiko: Kawarimi 2-8
Save 44 XP
@eaglejarl @Velorien we got chakra from Noburi at camp and apparently didn't spend any on the run. Shouldn't everyone but Nobby have max chakra?
Save 44 XP
Just the usual better range/more variety in target size/mass, but we're using pre-packed logs, and if we're going higher than 8 for her, we should go higher than 8 for everyone, since like TacMov this is a team thing.
@eaglejarl @Velorien we got chakra from Noburi at camp and apparently didn't spend any on the run. Shouldn't everyone but Nobby have max chakra?
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Let me clarify something. It's not like I went "oh, they forgot to mention chakra boosting, so it ain't going to happen." I didn't think about it at all when writing the update, on your side or the enemy's. So if it had been my responsibility to remember these things, this would have been me forgetting, at which point you'd have been mad at me anyway.
Which is why I want these easy but numerous things to be remembered by our dozens of players, rather than by the two of us who have a tiny fraction of your combined time and processing power.
OK, my bad. Clearly a joke poorly communicated on one side, combined with an absolute lack of benefit of the doubt on the other.
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Dude, it was pretty clearly a joke. I understand the stress, I feel it too, but that's kind of a low blow.
Fake E: semi-
'dActual E: I swear I hit that space
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Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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I do want to apologize if we're seeming overly harsh on you guys. It's sometimes easy to forget that you're only two people (and one writing at a time) when you weave a world so depthful as you do. I honestly find myself wondering at times how the hell you guys manage such a verisimultitudinous world.
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My apologies. I've had a bad experience with a certain type of jokes in this quest, but this one is clearly on me.