Hmm...honestly, my feelings are saying "Can't wait for Baki to die."

He's loyal, but he was a douche when it came to Hayate's death. And I don't mean just about killing him, that was to be expected.
 
Huh... lots of social successes, I guess. And Yamato, probably guarding Lee. Rivalry with Temari... She has a singular weasel summon linked to her fan. We might be able to get in contact with weasels in general from there. Also maybe with puppeteers? I mean, chakra strings would definitely be damn useful for Tenten, as well as gadgetry. And chakra strings are basically telekinesis, so we should definitely get them.
 
Well, when you're spending eight hours a day, alone, with Gai. Something's going to rub off on you. You'll need to excuse Tenten. She is currently mortified.
So what happens when Gai offers her the hot metallic pink* jumpsuit with brown leg warmers?

*You know, that particular shade that makes you want to stab your eyes out?
 
Hm....

TENTEN! THE YOUTHFUL POWER OF YOUR YOUTHFUL YOUTH IS BURSTING YOUTHFULLY FORTH IN A YOUTHFULLY SHINING DISPLAY OF YOUTHFUL POWER! YOUTHFULLY DO NOT FIGHT IT! LET IT YOUTHFULLY COMPEL YOU TO EVER-MORE-YOUTHFUL ACTIONS LIKE THE YOUTHFUL RISING SUN! BLARE THE YOUTHFUL GLORY OF YOUR YOUTHFUL YOUTH ACROSS THE WHOLE YOUTHFUL WORLD!
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Hmm...honestly, my feelings are saying "Can't wait for Baki to die."
He's loyal, but he was a douche when it came to Hayate's death. And I don't mean just about killing him, that was to be expected.
No he wasn't.
He didn't torture him, he didn't take any particular pleasure in the kill. He didn't stop to lecture him after mortally injuring him.
Dude did his job like a pro; no more, no less.

Anyone else realize that we probably made it on to Gaara's List during the prelims?
I mean, he's fixated on Saucekid, but he did pay attention to the other people who exhibited powerups in canon, like Naruto.
And we went all glowy just before trashing one of the more powerful contestants in the prelims.

When we meet, he's going to have our number.
 
So what happens when Gai offers her the hot metallic pink* jumpsuit with brown leg warmers?

*You know, that particular shade that makes you want to stab your eyes out?
I always thought a blue, purple, or maybe even sakura pink one might suit her.

And now I'm thinking about our future outfit/artifact armor... she actually looked pretty good in white as long as it ad some other color mixed in.
When we meet, he's going to have our number.
Explosive tags. All the explosive tags. And Whirling Brush Method.
 
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A Perfect Attack would actually be really useful against Gaara. It's unlikely we'll manage to grab one before the match, though; we'd probably want a Thrown Mirror to Accuracy Without Distance, and that'd put it a Charm deep in it's tree at minimum (so not precisely cheap XP wise for the time-frame we've got).
 
I always thought a blue, purple, or maybe even sakura pink one might suit her.

And now I'm thinking about our future outfit/artifact armor... she actually looked pretty good in white as long as it ad some other color mixed in.
Tenten's Shippuden outfit is actually pretty great. Though, if/when she gets a promotion to Chunin she'll likely incorporate the flak jacket in someway for awhile. Since IC, from her perspective it's kinda a badge of honor. And speaking of flak jackets, I've always been partial to this design, even if the jacket itself is ANBU pattern
Don't be silly, you can always stick Neji in a dress and wave his awkwardness off as 'her' playing hard to get. That'll do at least as good as you!

...That doesn't make you feel better, does it?
Neji cross-dresses so much in the SD series. It's kinda hilarious. And Tenten wins the "Mr. Leaf Village" Award. Which is also hilarious.
 
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I always thought a blue, purple, or maybe even sakura pink one might suit her.

And now I'm thinking about our future outfit/artifact armor... she actually looked pretty good in white as long as it ad some other color mixed in.

Explosive tags. All the explosive tags. And Whirling Brush Method.
For armor: take Ichibi's sand, smelt in Glorious Golden Fire, shape resulting glass into armor.

Against Gaara:
1) Definitely check the library on sand chemistry

2) He loves blood? Go to a slaughterhouse, and store several cubic meters of cow blood as a distraction for him.

3) Spirit killing / damaging charms.
 
Can we get an charms to help ignore sock or cover? I think that is what Gara's sand is.
 
I was deliberately trying to choose bad colors and poor color combinations. This is Gai offering the jumpsuit here.
And I was saying which ones Tenten might actually accept. Gai isn't stupid, or unobservant after all.
From what I've seen, Tenten doesn't go for flashy or fanservice.

Comfortable, practical and subdued is her style.
She's a Solar, you really think that's going to stick for long?
Tenten's Shippuden outfit is actually pretty great. Though, if/when she gets a promotion to Chunin she'll likely incorporate the flak jacket in someway for awhile. Since IC, from her perspective it's kinda a badge of honor. And speaking of flak jackets, I've always been partial to this design, even if the jacket itself is ANBU pattern
I know. I always thought her design was amazing for how simple and down to earth it felt. Especially because of that really.

Also that pic... Sol: "Needs more gold" :V

I'm just partial to the flowing wuxia-esque design Zero has with her cape while actually having fairly boy-hugging clothing under-neath. Seriously, cover up the mid-riff and you can't even call it that fanservice-ery. Although I would like to keep it for the Glorious Solar Pecs!
Against Gaara:
1) Definitely check the library on sand chemistry
Not a bad idea, but it is heavily chakra infused sand remember. It probably plays by different rules.
2) He loves blood? Go to a slaughterhouse, and store several cubic meters of cow blood as a distraction for him.
He loves warm human blood. Anything from a slaughterhouse... might work. But honestly I can't see Tenten going through with that I think. It seems a bit... extreme.
3) Spirit killing / damaging charms.
We've been over this Yog, we Spirit-Killing Charms just let us damage it, actually getting the damage dealt is all on us. We cannot handle Shukaku in any capacity. Nor do we have a reason to even try to prepare to do such. And Whirling Brush Method + Seals is still a better way to handle it both IC and OoC when we do have a reason.
Can we get an charms to help ignore sock or cover? I think that is what Gara's sand is.
It's Hardness, I already guessed this many pages ago and had it confirmed. We just need to deal enough damage to break it flat-out. Like I said, explosive notes.
 
Can we get an charms to help ignore sock or cover? I think that is what Gara's sand is.
Perfect Attacks can bypass Cover, Parry, Dodge, etc (true to their name, they're a guaranteed hit unless opposed by a Perfect Defense), and there are certainly Charms that reduce the effectiveness of Soak and Hardness. That said, they both run into the same issue that plagues all Charm purchases- the training time and XP required for them. There also aren't any canon versions of those Charm types for Thrown, which admittedly isn't a big problem as we can certainly invent them/Mirror Archery Charms.
 
It's Hardness, I already guessed this many pages ago and had it confirmed. We just need to deal enough damage to break it flat-out. Like I said, explosive notes.
Are we talking his Armour or Shield? Because the Shield seems more like a Parry to me.
 
Depends on how we play her.
We'll need Presence at some point. We're a Dawn and Ninja means we're expected to lead at some point. *Shrug* And if we're going to glow incandescently we might as well be awesome with it.

We're not a Night caste after all, with their ability to keep their anima suppressed.

And like I noted, Zero's outfit really isn't that heavy on the fanservice. Shoulders, midriff, and maybe the heels? The last of which I'd want to get rid of anyway and the first two are covered by Artifact armor in the terms of actually having armor I mean. I think it fits into an area between Wuxia and Naruto-Ninja in a way not much else does.
So there is no charm we can use to ignore hardness?
No. Definitely not this early on in any of the Charm trees. There's one's that reduce it, as NSMS noted, but those are easily 4 or 5 charms deep at best.
Are we talking his Armour or Shield? Because the Shield seems more like a Parry to me.
We were talking about the bubble he makes for his transformation at the time, but it might be his armor as well.

@Crilltic Could you weigh in?
 
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A Perfect Attack would actually be really useful against Gaara. It's unlikely we'll manage to grab one before the match, though; we'd probably want a Thrown Mirror to Accuracy Without Distance, and that'd put it a Charm deep in it's tree at minimum (so not precisely cheap XP wise for the time-frame we've got).
Our Rasengan/Chidori equivalent is Solar Bolt + Hungry Tiger Technique +/- Fire and Stones Strike + One Weapon Two Blows.
Base cost of 4m 1wp, going all the way up to 9m 1wp with all the fixings.
All in the Melee tree.

Base damage of 12L(Strength 2 + Willpower 10) before threshold successes, aggravated damage against creatures of darkness, and a range of 1 mile.
AND it halves DVs and ignores cover that's less than 100%.
Not quite a perfect, but damn close.

Solar Bolt is only two charms in: Call The Blade > Iron Raptor Technique > Solar Bolt.
12XP/ twelve turns/1 week of training.
Not going to be enough if he goes bijuu though, but it's something to keep in mind for the last week of training.


@Crilltic
QUESTION
1)Do the Melee charms Summoning The Loyal Steel and Call the Blade work for Tenten's scrolls?
2)Are these valid specialties:
Melee[Blades], Presence[Queen of Blades], Thrown[Melee Weapons], Taijutsu[Strong Fist Style], Taijutsu[Crystal Chameleon Style]
 
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Our Rasengan/Chidori equivalent is Solar Bolt + Hungry Tiger Technique +/- Fire and Stones Strike + One Weapon Two Blows.
Base cost of 4m 1wp, going all the way up to 9m 1wp with all the fixings.
All in the Melee tree.

Base damage of 12L(Strength 2 + Willpower 10) before threshold successes, aggravated damage against creatures of darkness, and a range of 1 mile.
AND it halves DVs and ignores cover that's less than 100%.
Not quite a perfect, but damn close.

Solar Bolt is only two charms in: Call The Blade > Iron Raptor Technique > Solar Bolt.
12XP/ twelve turns/1 week of training.
Not going to be enough if he goes bijuu though, but it's something to keep in mind for the last week of training.


@Crilltic
QUESTION
1)Do the Melee charms Summoning The Loyal Steel and Call the Blade work for Tenten's scrolls?
2)Are these valid specialties:
Melee[Blades], Presence[Queen of Blades], Thrown[Melee Weapons], Taijutsu[Strong Fist Style], Taijutsu[Crystal Chameleon Style]
Point. I tend to think of Tenten as mostly just throwing, but she's actually weapons in general.
 
Our Rasengan/Chidori equivalent is Solar Bolt + Hungry Tiger Technique +/- Fire and Stones Strike + One Weapon Two Blows.
Base cost of 4m 1wp, going all the way up to 9m 1wp with all the fixings.
All in the Melee tree.

Base damage of 12L before threshold successes, aggravated damage against creatures of darkness, and a range of 1 mile.
AND it halves DVs and ignores cover that's less than 100%.
Not quite a perfect, but damn close.

Solar Bolt is only two charms in: Call The Blade > Iron Raptor Technique > Solar Bolt.
12XP/ twelve turns/1 week of training.
Not going to be enough if he goes bijuu though, but it's something to keep in mind for the last week of training.


@Crilltic
QUESTION
1)Do the Melee charms Summoning The Loyal Steel and Call the Blade work for Tenten's scrolls?
2)Are these valid specialties:
Melee[Blades], Presence[Queen of Blades], Thrown[Melee Weapons], Taijutsu[Strong Fist Style], Taijutsu[Crystal Chameleon Style]
Seriously. Explosive notes, we have them. We like them. Use training time to cover stuff we can't substitute with our Ninja-ness right now.

Also, most of those seem okay, but considering we have a [Knife] specialty, we'll probably need to make any specialties we have be in specific weapons. Or weapon types anyway. Like [One-Handed Swords].

Te Presence specialty seems... I don't know. A Performance Specialty for [Swords] or [Battle] might be better as all I can really see that doing as a Presence specialty is upping intimidation when we have a sword on or around us. Which isn't too bad I guess actually. Might want to wait until we have a rep to actually make use of it though so its dramatically appropriate.
 
She's a Solar, you really think that's going to stick for long?
The non-fanservice yes, the flashiness probably not (She is a Solar after all). But in general Tenten really prefers comfortable and modest clothing (in blue, pink or white if available). She is the type of person who only owns sports bras and wears them everywhere to everything. (This is canon btw).
We were talking about the bubble he makes for his transformation at the time, but it might be his armor as well.

@Crilltic Could you weigh in?
His bubble he used to transform and the sand armor count as hardness. The Sand Shield (i.e. where the sand blocks everything that tries to hit him automatically) is a parry. Though not a perfect parry, because you can penetrate it by moving faster than the sand can react.
@Crilltic
QUESTION
1)Do the Melee charms Summoning The Loyal Steel and Call the Blade work for Tenten's scrolls?
2)Are these valid specialties:
Melee[Blades], Presence[Queen of Blades], Thrown[Melee Weapons], Taijutsu[Strong Fist Style], Taijutsu[Crystal Chameleon Style]
1) Yes
2) Those are all good except I'm still looking into Fighting Styles, because lolwwfightingstyles.
 
Explosive tags. All the explosive tags. And Whirling Brush Method.
Seriously. Explosive notes, we have them. We like them. Use training time to cover stuff we can't substitute with our Ninja-ness right now.
Do remember that Naruto did this in canon?
He actually put a tag-wrapped kunai in skin contact with a half-transformed Gaara; dude shrugged it off.

There's a reason why explosive tags are not the default solution for everything; they help, but if you think you're going up against a transforming jinch with explosive tags, you are likely to be painfully disillusioned.
Briefly.
 
The non-fanservice yes, the flashiness probably not (She is a Solar after all). But in general Tenten really prefers comfortable and modest clothing (in blue, pink or white if available). She is the type of person who only owns sports bras and wears them everywhere to everything. (This is canon btw).
*Sigh* Well, there goes 99% of anything in any way Wuxia like.
Do remember that Naruto did this in canon?
He actually put a tag-wrapped kunai in skin contact with a half-transformed Gaara; dude shrugged it off.

There's a reason why explosive tags are not the default solution for everything; they help, but if you think you're going up against a transforming jinch with explosive tags, you are likely to be painfully disillusioned.
Briefly.
One explosive tag, and he did not shrug that off. He tanked most of it and regenerated the rest over a minute or two.
 
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