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The Argent-Eyed Heiress (Naruto/Exalted)

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ShadowAngelBeta said:
I think it's a Stamina Charm. One that heals Crippling effects but gives them Mutations in turn. It's... I want to say like three Charms deep though. Or a couple of Charms and a Repurchase. I don't think it's Essence 2 either.

Edit: Yeah, BLOOD SALVES WEAKNESS
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Thanks. I want Stamina favored anyways so it's not too bad. I might not rush to it but that's a handy thing to have the ability to grab.

[x] "No? I don't think so?" (Standard Training)

[x] Favored: Stamina

[x] Accept the Hokage's offer of training. (Counts as 3xp of training towards 'Mote Reactor'. Mote reactor will cost 45 xp total. Additionally grants 3 general xp that can be applied to anything save the mote reactor and the Byakugan.)
-[x] Conviction
[x] Train with your team. (grants 4xp, can be applied to anything save the Byakugan. Also grants a new Form as you go hunting.)
-[x] 1st Stamina Excellency
-[x] Something that can fly
[x] Train with Naruto. There's apparently a super pervert who's super awesome…? (Encounter. Variable gains.)

[x] Talk to Kurenai.
[x] H-h-hang out w-w-with N-Naruto

Vote to be gradually completed as I browse the charm list. I want Stamina for, well, a lot of things. Defensive stuff, hybridization, free poison on all unarmed/natural attacks, it's all around great. I don't know what to pick for the second, so I'll leave that blank for now.

Urgh, this has turned into a mess and I don't have the time to sort it out. I'll leave it as is and fix it later, or swap to someone else's plan if they're similar in favored attributes.
 
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Okay it's time to slow down and write something that isn't squee. Onto story things, I have to say that the opening sequence with Luna was both heartwarming and freaky. Just reading it made me feel super spoiled. The part where Luna shifts into Hinata's mother was especially potent in how strongly it leaves an impression of Hinata' s willpower. Hinamom is likely a source of comfort that Hinata dearly wants more than anything. We never see her mother, but Hinata has a broken family and I figure that stems from the loss of her mother just as much as the death of Negi's father. And Hinata said no. Damn it if I don't wish I could reach out and hug this tiny strong cutie honey pie. So proud. QAQ

And then the Lion Dog licked Hinata's head I just- no, breath Lily. Don't get pulled back into the squee. You can do this. The scene with Kiba and Shino was so amazing too, although it got one upped by the Hokage being totes baller and the in universe explanations for Exalts. Oh Sarutobi you left us too soon. I'm so glad we get to see him being appropriately awesome! And training! Training! TRAINING WITH NARUTO BECAUSE REASONS AND OOOOOO AND CAN'T EVEN CONSIDER THE BAD GDI

Shino and Kiba best friends and I see u ino standing in for the audience with your daaawww

Qvq I lost the squee has won
 
Heretek said:
Vote to be gradually completed as I browse the charm list. I want Stamina for, well, a lot of things. Defensive stuff, hybridization, free poison on all unarmed/natural attacks, it's all around great. I don't know what to pick for the second, so I'll leave that blank for now.
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Problem is Stamina is basically all tanking. Good tanking yes, but still tanking.

I'm wondering if I should just switch out the Hyper Awareness for Impossibility's Arrival. Only costs 4XP, so we get sooner, but it also costs 1m per use. Which isn't bad at all and we're on a time-crunch, but Hyper Awareness doesn't cost anything... Actually costs the same XP wise if we don't make it Internal, and thus not making us look like a mutant freak.
 
As a Hyuuga, I suggest a Dex as favored.
Remember, in Exalted, Dodge beats tanking, and in Martial Arts, Dex is the most important Attribute.
 
ShadowAngelBeta said:
Problem is Stamina is basically all tanking. Good tanking yes, but still tanking.
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Not just tanking, it's also the stat for mutations and it has Searing Hydra Blood and Blood Salves, all of which I want. Also our health levels is distressingly low I want I want to fix that as fast as possible, and I don't mind being good at not dying.

ShadowAngelBeta said:
I'm wondering if I should just switch out the Hyper Awareness for Impossibility's Arrival. Only costs 4XP, so we get sooner, but it also costs 1m per use. Which isn't bad at all and we're on a time-crunch, but Hyper Awareness doesn't cost anything... Actually costs the same XP wise if we don't make it Internal, and thus not making us look like a mutant freak.
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Can you add the internal keyword to it? I didn't see anything that said you could in the document.
 
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I loved the first part and the second part. The last one, however... I feel that Hiashi (who actually loves his daughters a lot) would both know about what happened and would be more interested / involved in Hinata's well being.

Especially if we go with "something might be sealed in me" thing. Which is... Well, not a smart thing to say within the range of hearing of a lot of (foreign) ninja.
 
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Heretek said:
Can you add the internal keyword to it? I didn't see anything that said you could in the document.
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I don't see anything that says you can't. Internal as a Mutation just says you can make any Mutation an Internal one, barring ones that have counter Keywords like Appendage probably.

Heretek said:
Not just tanking, it's also the stat for mutations and it has Searing Hydra Blood and Blood Salves, all of which I want. Also our health levels is distressingly low I want I want to fix that as fast as possible, and I don't mind being good at not dying.

BTW, I'm thinking of getting Nandi-Frame Fortitude for extra health levels, which type do you think is best?
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First or Second one unless you can find a Mutation, either in the doc or elsewhere, or another Charm that let's us shrug off Internal Penalties from the lost Health.

I prefer to approach it in terms of Negating Unexpected Attacks and getting our Dodge and/or Parry DV up.
Yog said:
I loved the first part and the second part. The last one, however... I feel that Hiashi (who actually loves his daughters a lot) would both know about what happened and would be more interested / involved in Hinata's well being.

Especially if we go with "something might be sealed in me" thing. Which is... Well, not a smart thing to say within the range of hearing of a lot of (foreign) ninja.
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Hiashi is... Well, his interaction with Neji after his fight with Naruto is pretty showing. Hiashi... is... either dead inside, or has no figging clue how to express himself for some reason.

... We really should buy some Presence. And not just because I want Sweeping Eyelash-Broom.
 
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ShadowAngelBeta said:
First or Second one unless you can find a Mutation, either in the doc or elsewhere, or another Charm that let's us shrug off Internal Penalties from the lost Health.
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Painless kind of does? It's bashing only though. Tenacious Moon-Beast Mettle requires Stamina 3 but lets you ignore Deprivation, Fatigue, and Bashing penalties with a repurchase at Stamina 5 ignoring Lethal.

I think I'll just get Hard-Earned Silver Callus and start working toward permanent Soak.
 
Heretek said:
Painless kind of does? It's bashing only though. Tenacious Moon-Beast Mettle requires Stamina 3 but lets you ignore Deprivation, Fatigue, and Bashing penalties with a repurchase at Stamina 5 ignoring Lethal.

I think I'll just get Hard-Earned Silver Callus and start working toward permanent Soak.
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Nope, sorry. That one needs the Excellency.
 
Heretek said:
Derp, I forgot to look at the prerequisites.
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Like, the one Charms that don't are Hybrid Nue and the Health one.

Huh... The Excellencies all have no required Prerequisite. Does that mean we could skip straight to learning the Second Excellency without learning the First? I mean, with how mutate-y the Lunars are, I can see that being a thing for them, but... ?

I stand corrected it looks like there's only 17 Charms that don't need Excellencies to learn though, out of like... 200.
 
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Yog said:
I loved the first part and the second part. The last one, however... I feel that Hiashi (who actually loves his daughters a lot) would both know about what happened and would be more interested / involved in Hinata's well being.

Especially if we go with "something might be sealed in me" thing. Which is... Well, not a smart thing to say within the range of hearing of a lot of (foreign) ninja.
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ShadowAngelBeta said:
I don't see anything that says you can't. Internal as a Mutation just says you can make any Mutation an Internal one, barring ones that have counter Keywords like Appendage probably.


First or Second one unless you can find a Mutation, either in the doc or elsewhere, or another Charm that let's us shrug off Internal Penalties from the lost Health.

I prefer to approach it in terms of Negating Unexpected Attacks and getting our Dodge and/or Parry DV up.

Hiashi is... Well, his interaction with Neji after his fight with Naruto is pretty showing. Hiashi... is... either dead inside, or has no figging clue how to express himself for some reason.

... We really should buy some Presence. And not just because I want Sweeping Eyelash-Broom.
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I'm going to take both for 300 points.
 
ShadowAngelBeta said:
Like, the one Charms that don't are Hybrid Nue and the Health one.

Huh... The Excellencies all have no required Prerequisite. Does that mean we could skip straight to learning the Second Excellency without learning the First? I mean, with how mutate-y the Lunars are, I can see that being a thing for them, but... ?

It looks like there's only 17 Charms that don't need Excellencies to learn though, out of like... 200.
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Yeah... we're going to have to bite the bullet and start learning them before we can do anything fun with charms.
 
So wait, do we get one less favoured attribute now, 'cuz perception was always going to be favoured?
 
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Heretek said:
Yeah... we're going to have to bite the bullet and start learning them before we can do anything fun with charms.
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Time Crunch, we're losing time either way, so we really need the low-hanging fruit. Dex Excellency is a must though, because we are going to be fighting. Maybe... Dodge? Can't parry lethal without something like Violet Bier of Sorrows Style.

Uhh... Need more XP... Tough maybe?

I really wish she had a better Presence score though. Sweeping Eyelash-Broom is made for this tournament. Like... damn. But it's an Appearance + Presence roll and that's only 2-die. Yes, I'm still bitching about not getting Changing Moon a bit.

*Blows out a breath* Okay... Dammit, we need Presence anyway. Our Gorgon Glare uses our Perception + Presence Pool. Okay... So... We... dammit, no crowd control, which is pretty much all in strength.

Argh... Okay, Wits Excellency + Blood-Curdling Ripple Strike is 8XP.

Presence is 4XP per dot. Perception Excellency is also 4XP.

Dex Excellency is 5XP.

Dodge Dots are 4XP per dot.

... That's a lot of XP. Getting the Surprise Negator Mutation is 2 weeks. We'll need the Dex Excellency so that's another...

Okay, assume we keep up the XP gain we have. That's 28XP for all four weeks. 6XP for the Surpise Negator Mutation, 4 for Hybrid Nue, that leaves 18. Dex Excellency is another 5 leaving 13. Get the Wits Excellency and Ripple Strike for 8 so we have something devastatingly lethal for the attack on Konoha, leaving us with 5. Which is enough for a Dodge or Presence dot... I'd say put it into Dodge for survivability.

Excuse me, Hybrid Nue is 5. Still enough XP because one was left-over at the end anyway.

We might get more XP along the way anyway, but for now... Hopefully this is enough.
VagrantPhantasm said:
So wait, do we get one less favoured attribute now since perception was always going to be favoured?
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No. We're No/New Moon. Perception is Caste.
 
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Hm... my in-depth Exalted knowledge is rusty/non-existent, so just clarifying here... seeing as she was blasting out a truckload of Essence and I'm assuming that Lion Dog was Hinata's Anima Banner (could be wrong, again, rusty/non-existent), shouldn't Hinata's No Moon Caste Mark, a ring of silver, been blazing on her forehead like a roadflare? Just looking for clarification.
 
FixerUpper said:
He tapped his pipe on the illusory railing, then said: "From what I can tell, she is - you are - a natural Sage."

"A what now?" asked Kiba while Hinata blinked in confusion.

"A Sage," said Shino, sounding slightly awed. "One who can channel Natural chakra. The founder of my Clan was said to be one. The Sannin are all said to be Sages."

"Mmm," said the Hokage non-committal. "And as such, Hinata is now considered a critical asset to Konoha. Kurenai, I'll be upgrading your security clearance, Shino, Kiba-"

"You know our names?" said Kiba, amazed.

The Hokage snorted. "Boy, I saw them ten minutes ago on a big screen, and also on a much smaller piece of paper, also, I am the Hokage, yes, I know your names."

"Boys, shush," said Kurenai. The boys shushed.

"Shino, Kiba," said the Hokage. "I cannot emphasize this enough which is why I am here in person, or nearly so: Natural Chakra is dangerous."
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Can't wait for the reactions when it's clear how wrong he is.

[X] "No? I don't think so?" (Standard Training)

[x] Favored: Stamina
[x] Favored: Appearance

[x] Visit Lee. You don't know him well, but he courageously fought Gaara.
[x] Talk to Kurenai.
 
Xomniac said:
Hm... my in-depth Exalted knowledge is rusty/non-existent, so just clarifying here... seeing as she was blasting out a truckload of Essence and I'm assuming that Lion Dog was Hinata's Anima Banner (could be wrong, again, rusty/non-existent), shouldn't Hinata's No Moon Caste Mark, a ring of silver, been blazing on her forehead like a roadflare? Just looking for clarification.
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We were full on Totemic Anima Flaring, which is a thing when you first Exalt, but otherwise requires you to spend Motes from the Peripheral pool.

But it usually goes, 4 motes to your forehead, 8 to having a nimbus around you/your body glows, 11 to a full anima banner flare visible for a mile, and 16 to full Totemic flaring.
 
[x] Favored: Stamina

When I think of Hinata's fights, I remember how she persevered against Neji and Pain, even after sustaining serious injuries.

[x] Favored: Appearance

Out of the Rookie 11/12, Hinata is the most conventionally attractive by Japanese standards. I believe the term is Yamato Nadeshiko.

If anyone wants me to change my vote, convince me with feats. I don't care about Charms or optimization.
 
So, important question: who are we fighting in the finals?

That's rather important, especially if it is Naruto - we need to socialize with hkm then, so we can hqve issue-free clean fight for the crowd.
 
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Yog said:
So, important question: who are we fighting in the finals?

That's rather important, especially if it is Naruto - we need to socialize with hkm then, so we can hqve issue-free clean fight for the crowd.
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Ooooh, it's one better.
FixerUpper said:
When the rest of the fights had finished and the numbers were to be picked, Hinata tried not to gulp when she learned that in her first match, she would be facing the frightening desert genin: Gaara of the Sand.
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So anyone know what that thing we did to neji was?

Let's be a Yamato Nadeshiko

[x] Favored: Appearance
[x] Favored: Charisma
[x] Accept the Hokage's offer of training. (Counts as 3xp of training towards 'Mote Reactor'. Mote reactor will cost 45 xp total. Additionally grants 3 general xp that can be applied to anything save the mote reactor and the Byakugan.)
 
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Xomniac said:
Ooooh, it's one better.
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... Fuck. I missed that. ... I don't think she has anything that can get through that. I mean... some of the Strength things would do it... maybe. Dammit.

I... I really don't see us winning that unless we just go full-bore into the Strength training and Charm tree. On the other hand, with Rippling Strike if we hit him even once, we basically win. 4L per action is not a small thing. But it could kill him as well.

I'll need to re-read the Strength Charms.

Feels stupid to jump into that though as heavy as we'd need to when we also know the attack on Konoha is going to be a thing.

Gorgon Glare works as well, but that's a 4-die pool. I'm surprised it worked on Neji as well as it did.
 
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