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 Kirigakure No Sato
Table Of Contents Equipment
Primary Attributes
Derived Attributes Advancement
Uniques Rank Benefits
Creation Uniques Infamy
Two Point Uniques
Three Point Uniques The Gates
Combat Summoning Contracts
Actions
Actions (Advanced)
Stealth
Pursuit Basics
Combat
Weather Conditions
Fatigue
Wounds
Recovery
Skills
Physical Abiltiies:
Subtlety Abilities
Sensory Abilities
Chakra Abilities
Equipment Abilities
OTHER Abilties
Jutsu
Taijutsu
Combo Jutsu
Grappling Jutsu
Weapon Jutsu
General Ninjutsu
Doton Ninjutsu
Fuuton Ninjutsu
Raiton Jutsu
Suiton Ninjutsu
Medical Jutsu
Sealing Ninjutsu
Genjutsu
Konohagakure no Sato
Sunakagure No Sato

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1. Explanation 5. Starting Skills

This is a bare-bones walkthrough for character creation. It's Unless modified by one of your uniques, you have (total
best if you're at least partly familiar with the PHB before XP)/25 Skill Points (which should come out to 4), which you
making your character, but you can get by without that. can spend on any of the game's 10 skills. Now would be a
The first step of making a character should be settling on a good time to spend them, though don't stress about it too
concept: if you're familiar with the series, you may already much.
know which village or clan you want to be from. If you already If you're clanless, you have XP/20 Skill Points instead.
have a concept (who your character is, where they're from, That's 5, if you were wondering.
what their personality's like, what they're good at) then most ====================
of creation should be easy for you.
If you don't, feel free to just make it up as you go along. You
might find inspiration along the way, especially if it's your first 6. Spend Starting XP
time making a character. Don't be afraid to ask for help! You have three options for a character.
Please note that when rolling your attributes, you need to a. 100 XP, but you get a bonus talent at 500xp.
find a Roll Watcher (RW), Storyteller (ST), or Gamemaster b. 1000 XP, but gain the Chuunin rank to begin.
(GM) can be recorded in the game's roster. You will also need c. 1500 XP, Start as a genin.
to inform the RW of your chosen clan and Creation Uniques As a starting character you'll probably want to purchase a
(see below). rank of the Elemental Aptitude ability (in the Chakra
==================== category), and the E-rank Ninjutsu techniques Kawarimi,
Henge, and Bunshin. These are by no means mandatory, but
2. Village and Clan they're very useful to have. Some ranks in the Money:
Requisition ability are also a good idea, if you want to be able
First, choose which of the three playable Hidden Villages to carry equipment with you.
your character is from. This is where your character was Beyond that, take whatever you think makes the most
trained, who they're loyal to, and ultimately who they work sense for your character.
for. The culture between villages does vary, and you may want
to read the Village Information nodes, but for the most part
it's okay if you don't fit the mold of your home village--ninja
are expected to be a little... odd.
Every village is home to several ninja clans. Clans have
special techniques dependent on their bloodline or closely-
guarded secrets, which you won't be able to learn otherwise.
If you want, you may choose a single clan from your village to
be from.
Choosing a clan is not mandatory, and clanless characters
receive a 10% XP bonus--something that's discussed in detail
in the Advancement chapter--and slightly more skill points.
==================== The important thing is to do your homework; read the rules,
socialize with your peers; bounce off ideas for your character,
3. Choose Uniques and respect your teacher; feel free to ask the gms questions.
As a starting character, you have 4 Unique Points (UP) to
spend, unless your clan specifies you have less. You may
spend these all at creation, or save some (or even all) of them
for later use if you prefer. You'll get more UP later, but they're
few and far between, and the Creation uniques may only be
purchased with your starting UP.
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4. Pick Attributes
The next step is to determine your five core attributes:
Strength (STR), Resilience (RES), Chakra (CHA), Dexterity
(DEX), and Agility (AGI).
You start with 20 in all stats.
After that, you have 25 points to distribute among the
attributes, with no more than ten in a single stat.

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 1. Primary Attributes
Attributes (also commonly referred to as statistics, or 'stats'
for short) are numerical representations of your character's
overall physical condition: how strong they are, how fast they
are, and so forth. They are the baseline for determining
performance.
The five primary attributes make up, in game terms, the
core of a character's capabilities.
Baseline 'normal human' stats are around 20. Ninja
characters will quickly exceed these numbers. This is a result
of them learning to harness the chakra in their body, and
benefiting from the symbiotic relationship that chakra has
with their body.
Strength (STR)
Strength is a measurement of your ability to exert physical
force on the world around you. Exceptionally strong people
may be correspondingly muscular, though ninja have
developed many training methods which leave them
deceptively lean.
Your physical damage bonus is STR/15.
Your Vitality is (RES multiplies 8 + STR multiplies 4)
Resilience (RES)
This is your body's ability to endure hardship without
suffering from debilitating injuries. Many ninja believe that
it's best to avoid being hit entirely... but nobody will say that
not being able to take a blow is a good thing.
RES/10 is your bonus to Stamina rolls.
Your Vitality is (RES multiplies 8 + STR multiplies 4)
Your HP is (RES multiplies 3 + CHA)
Chakra (CHA)
Every ninja is fueled by chakra, a mystical force that suffuses
the world and fills the bodies of all living things, much like 'ki'
in certain belief systems. This stat measures both your
reserves of raw chakra and your ability to harness them.
Your ninjutsu damage bonus is CHA/15.
You add CHA/10 to your Chakra Exhaustion rolls.
Dexterity (DEX)
Representing your deftness, precision, and ability to quickly
respond to changes in your environment, dexterity is very
important in combat, as it is what enables you to actually hit
things that are moving (such as other ninja).
Your base Accuracy bonus is DEX/10.
Seal Speed of jutsu you perform is reduced by DEX/10.
Agility (AGI)
The sister attribute to dexterity, agility is how quickly you can
react to danger, how fast you can move, and, as the name
suggests, how agile you are overall.
You add AGI/10 to your Dodge rolls.
You add AGI/10 to your Initiative rolls.
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2.Derived Attributes
Vitality
Vitality measures your character's ability to shrug off damage,
to turn a dangerous blow into a glancing one, and to take a
beating without being seriously injured. You have a current
and maximum vitality; whenever you take damage, you
reduce your current vitality by that amount, though your
maximum Vitality is unaffected. Your vitality equals your
(RES 8 + STR 4).
Hit Points (HP)
Hit points are like your 'life force', representing injuries that
have significantly harmed you and caused serious damage to
your body. After your Vitality reaches 0, you take damage to
your Hit Points; an attack which depletes your Vitality has the
rest of its damage carry over into your HP. You have (RES *3
+ CHA) Hit Points.
Damage Bonus, Physical
As the name would suggest, this increases the damage you do
with physical attacks. Full details on how can be found in the
Combat chapter. Your damage bonus is STR/15. Damage
bonus is unique in that it is calculated to a single decimal
place. For example, with STR of 25, you'd have a damage
bonus of 25/15.0 = 1.666 = 1.6
Damage Bonus, Ninjutsu
This functions identically to physical damage bonus, with two
differences. The first, it is determined by your CHA/15; the
second, it applies to attacks based on their potency of your
chakra rather than your physical strength, which generally
means ninjutsu.
Willpower
Your overall strength of will. This is both your raw
determination, and your confidence in your body's ability to
keep going, and perform at a higher level, even when it, well,
can't. Your Willpower is calculated as (STR + RES + CHA +
DEX + AGI)/100, with a minimum of 1.
Uniques
Uniques are one of the many ways in which you can
customize your character, giving you effects and capabilities
that typically cannot be acquired otherwise. You gain four
Unique Points to spend at character creation. Uniques are
grouped by cost, with Creation Uniques all costing 1 point
each.
Creation uniques
Uniques which may only be taken when you first make your
character, and you may only have two of them. However, you
may save your unique points for later, if you want.
As your character advances in rank, they'll gain more
unique points. You can either save these for later, spend them
to acquire new uniques, or use them to upgrade existing
ones. Regardless, you may only take a single unique once; you
cannot, for example, take Endless Energy twice to get double
its bonuses.
Some uniques have, below their descriptions, entries such
as "Upgrades Into" and "Upgrades From." To upgrade a
unique, you need to pay the difference between the cost of
your current unique and the cost of the unique you will be
upgrading it to. When you do this, you remove the old unique
and replace it with the new one. This does mean that you
might lose some effects entirely in the process.
For example, say you had the 1-point Expansive Chakra.
You later become a Chuunin, and gain your fifth and sixth
unique point. You spend one of them to upgrade your unique
to the 2-point Boundless Chakra; you gain the new unique's
benefits, but lose Expansive Chakra's cost reduction. Finally,
you become a Jounin and use one of the unique points you get
then to finish by upgrading Boundless Chakra into either one
of its 3-point versions, Regenerative Chakra or Surging
Power.
Analyst
You like to study everything you can about people, their
actions, their routines, as well as everything around you. This
can be distracting at times, but usually it'll give you a good
grasp of the situation and your surroundings.
You have a +3 bonus to Awareness, and whenever you take
a Rest action you gain 5 AP. You begin combat with 10 AP
and if someone uses the same type of attack (Katon, Weapon
Taijutsu, etc.) in succession you get a +2 to your defenses.
This does not stack.
You have a -5 penalty to your choice of either Espionage,
Stealth, or Survival (your choice). Your observational powers
come at a price!
Berserker
A beast of a ninja you are, and you act like one too! You get
angry easily, and often make rash, terrible decisions out of
being bull-headed. At least you're hard to take down when
things come to combat (as they often do).
You add an extra STR*2 to your Vitality, can fight until
-25% HP, and can opt to not take a defensive action in
response to an enemy's attack. If their attack Wounds you,
you can choose which location it hits (unless the attack is a
called shot). Assuming you're still standing, you can then
immediately counteract, using any physical attack at your
disposal, even though it's not your action. This attack is made
at half its normal Speed, cannot have its Speed reduced
further, and has a +3 Accuracy bonus.
This attack must be directed at the person who attacked
you. Its base Speed cannot be greater than the base Speed of
the attack which provoked it.
When you fall below 20% Vitality in combat, you can
choose to immediately surrender or keep fighting. If you keep
fighting, you won't stop until you're unconscious, or all your
opponents have surrendered or been incapacitated
Competitive
You always want to win every race, hit the bull's-eye first, and
beat everyone in every game you play. In fights, winning is
your everything; that can be good, since losing a fight as a
ninja may have fatal consequences.
You gain 3 bonus XP for winning a sparring match or fight,
all your attacks do an extra 5% damage, and you gain a +2 to
all d20 rolls. Whenever you miss with an attack, you become
increasingly frustrated and driven to land a solid blow on
your enemy. This gives you a -1 penalty to all your d20 rolls,
but also a +1 bonus to Accuracy, up to a maximum of -5 and
+5 respectively (attacks with accuracy rolls use the accuracy
bonus, not the d20 roll penalty). These both reset to 0 when
you hit someone.
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 Defender
Throwing solid blocks, you've honed your reflexes and
worked your bones and tendons hard so that your twitch
reflex is all you need to keep yourself safe.
You can use the Block defense as a Speed 5 Interrupt. This
does have one downside: If you're Stunned when you do this,
your Block reduces the incoming attack's damage by 25%
less than it normally would. When you don't block, you reduce
the damage you take by RES/5 and treat the damage as if it
was 20% lower when determining what Wounds you receive.
Finally, anyone who makes an unarmed attack against you
takes your STR/2 damage, whether or not you block--
punching you hurts!
The focus on self-preservation, however, has left you more
cautious than most even when attacking. The damage of all
your attacks is considered 10% lower for determining what
wounds they cause. This doesn't apply to Jutsu which
explicitly increase the damage for wounding purposes.
Energetic
Running, jumping, swimming, fighting; none of it seems to
tire you out. Eventually you'll wear down, but not until long
after your friends are left staggering around and panting for
breath. On the other hand, it's hard to sit still and focus, let
alone study, when you're more or less hyperactive.
You have 6 levels of Fatigue instead of the usual 5, and
suffer Fatigue penalties (-1 Accuracy, -2 defenses, and so on)
as if you were one Fatigue category lower, while retaining the
regular benefits. However, your maximum ranks in all skills
are reduced by 3.
Genius
The term 'genius' has a different meaning to ninja than
ordinary people. It's not a measure of intelligence, but rather
how easily one can understand the concepts behind ninja
techniques. The smartest shinobi alive might not be called a
genius, but a Genin using advanced jutsu certainly would.
Ninja are just kind of like that.
Your natural talent may allow you to be lazy and smug, or it
could motivate you on to further greatness. The cost to learn
jutsu is halved! Round up, if necessary. Additionally you get
your first three Talents at 750, 2000, and 3750 XP (instead of
1000, 2500, and 4500), and another 1 Talent Point every
1250 XP thereafter (instead of 1500 XP, normally). Finally,
you become able to learn D-rank jutsu at 100 XP, C-rank jutsu
at 300 XP, B-ranks at 2000, and A-ranks at 4000, without
needing to meet any skill or rank requirements.
Unfortunately, you're not without your limitations. This
doesn't allow you to ignore other requirements, such as
Abilities or Talents. Additionally, it doesn't allow you to ignore
requirements specific to individual techniques (such as the
Poison Cloud or Telescope Tecniques). Furthermore,
reaching beyond your grasp has a cost. Any jutsu you couldn't
use without Genius' effects has its damage treated as being
20% lower for the purposes of causing wounds.
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Juggernaut
You are a solid, hulking brute. You aren't necessarily tall, but
you condition yourself hard and have always had a natural gift
at receiving pain! Massive, solid forearm muscles and
tendons, strong shins, you are a rough opponent to face.
You reduce all damage you take by RES/4, and treat
damage as being 20% less for the purpose of receiving
wounds. You ignore the effects of one wound you are
suffering from; any time you're wounded you may continue to
ignore the current wound, or change to the newly-inflicted
one.
All your movement is reduced by 10%. This applies to your
normal movement speed based on AGI, jutsu which allow you
to travel (such as Vaulting Leap or Exploding Water
Shockwave), and even knockback effects from your enemies.
Killer
You were born to do this. As a ninja, you know all about how
the body works. It's a frail bag made of skin, surrounding
squishy parts that are easily penetrable. You have either
learned the workings of the body, or perhaps you're just a bit
more brutal, disregarding the fact that your opponents are
living creatures. Whatever way it works out, you are a natural
born killer, though sometimes you get a bit caught up in all of
it.
Your attacks count as doing 25% more damage for the
purposes of wounds, but you may choose to lower the severity
of any wounds you inflict by one category. Whenever you roll
for the location of a wound you inflict, you may raise or lower
the result by DEX/5, after determining what its normal effect
would be.
Aside from all that, you start with 5 ranks in the Medicine
skill, and also have its maximum ranks increased by 4;
knowing how to maim people requires knowing at least a bit
about how they work.
You have a -1 penalty to all your defenses.
Large
Your body is muscular, taller, wider, or otherwise... bigger,
than other people's. Perhaps you're broad-shouldered and
muscular but within the realm of plausibility, or maybe you're
a seven foot tall brute; ninja can be downright abnormal.
You use STR/12, rather than STR/15, to calculate your
physical damage bonus, and your physical attacks all have +1
range. In addition to hitting hard, you're tough to take down:
you add (STR+RES) to your maximum Vitality, and (RES) to
your maximum HP, on top of their normal values. Finally, you
have a +3 bonus to Stamina rolls.
All attacks that benefit from this unique have their base
Speed increased by 2.
Lucky
Most things seem to go your way, be it from natural talent or
you just happen to pray to the right luck gods! Finding money
on the ground or seeing the footprints of an enemy ninja, it all
comes to you naturally, and easily, as if you didn't have to
work for it at all!
On any non-combat roll, you roll {2d20.takeHighest(1)}
instead of 1d20, and 2+EXP/1000 times per day you can
reroll any roll, or allow a (willing) ally to reroll any roll. You
can force an enemy to reroll, which takes two of your rerolls,
and may only be done to a single person once per battle.
When you have no rerolls left, you take a -2 penalty to
Accuracy and d20 rolls.
Naturalist In russia we say it is not crime to be big and beautiful like me!
You are at one with nature! Animals like you more, you
understand nature like one of them, and your energy is
naturally powerful. You also can forage well, notice slight
differences in the environment to follow footprints, or even
see the handwork ninja leave with their traps! Perhaps it's
because of your attunement, or that you are tempted by your
primal urges, either way you are still a great asset.
Your maximum ranks in Survival are increased by 3, and
you gain a +3 bonus to detect, disarm, or avoid any part of a
trap. Your ninjutsu damage bonus is CHA/12, rather than
CHA/15. You have a +1 bonus to your Chakra Exhaustion
rolls per rank of the jutsu you're using (+1 for E-rank, +2 for
D-rank, etc.)
However, your maximum Research ranks are reduced by 3.

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 Nimble Warder
You are very fast, but more importantly you know how to shift You've trained hard to become adept at brushing aside
your weight to make it easy to bound walls, scamper up to incoming objects that are liable to hurt you! This is useful for
rooftops, weave through tree branches, and jump kick shinobi-related activities such as not dying.
enemies. Your Parry action becomes a Speed 2 Interrupt, and has a
You have +1 Accuracy and a +3 bonus to Stealth and +2 bonus. This also extends to ninjutsu-based defenses
Athletics rolls. You move 20% faster, and on top of that the reliant upon Accuracy rolls; those jutsu have their base Speed
dodge penalty for not being able to reach the edge of an area- reduced by 2, as well.
of-effect technique is halved for you. However, if you're ever Additionally, you can parry weapons with your bare hands
hit by an AoE attack you take 10% more damage. (catching the blade, striking an opponent's arm to knock their
blow aside, and so on), or unarmed attacks with a weapon. In
Small the case of parrying unarmed attacks with weapons, however,
your normal +2 bonus becomes a -2 instead. (This does not
You are short, spry, and easily toppled over. The last one's not apply to weapons which could parry unarmed attacks without
so good, but your diminutive frame makes it harder for others this unique!)
to keep track of you, while allowing you to squeeze into tight Your reliance on standing your ground while responding to
spaces and narrowly dodge attacks. You have a +2 bonus to attacks, however, results in a -2 dodge penalty.
dodge, and your Dodge interrupt's Speed is changed to 1. If
its Speed is somehow raised (such as due to Paralysis) you
may still always use it. On the other hand, damage from
attacks is considered 10% higher for determining what
wounds you receive.
Skilled Shinobi
While you don't excel in combat, you're able to grasp the
fundamental skills and concepts important to being a ninja.
You have an extra XP/75 Skill Points to spend, and your skill
maximums are increased by 2. However, you have a -1
Accuracy penalty.
Specialist
You excel in a particular style of ninja combat, and since
noticing that strength you have focused on what you are best
at. Be it extraordinary kicks, incredible lightning bolts, or
masterful illusions, you are a cut above the rest.
Choose either Taijutsu, Ninjutsu, or Genjutsu. Whichever
one you chose has +2 Accuracy, -2 to any necessary Seal
Speeds, and a 10% bonus to its damage moves; if Taijutsu,
you also have a +2 bonus to Stamina rolls. Genjutsu gives +3
to all your Genjutsu rolls. Next, choose one of the two that
you didn't pick. It has -2 Accuracy (or -2 to all Genjutsu rolls),
+3 to any required Seal Speeds, and does 10% less damage;
if Taijutsu, you also have a -2 penalty to all Stamina rolls. It is usually a good idea to have one defensive unique which
Strong-Willed affects damage reduction, dodge, blocking, or parrying. Just
quoth the kakashi "Got to be alive to enjoy your porn"
When the going gets tough, you keep on going. You have a
strong, virtually unbreakable will, and will power through
anything standing in your way.
You have a +2 bonus to your defensive Genjutsu rolls. Once
per battle, you can activate this unique as a Speed 0 action.
When you do so, you lower your Fatigue by 1 level (though
keep your Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion penalties). You
may also choose one Wound you're suffering from, and ignore
all of it's effects. This lasts until the end of combat, at which
point the Fatigue and Wounds return.

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1 Point Uniques
Alert
As far as ninja are concerned, real ninja, you are their worst
nightmare. You can see beyond the unseen, making you a
feared weapon. Your max ranks in Awareness are increased
by 3 and your ranks in Blind Fighting are considered 1 higher
(even above the normal maximum). You have a +3 bonus to
Espionage rolls.
Blur
It's hard to tell where you actually are. Not because they can't
see you, but because you never seem to stay still long enough
for their eyes to stop trailing you and be able to focus. You
never stop to let inertia win out. When you dodge successfully
you may move as many yards as if you'd taken a Speed 3
Move action. When you move towards an enemy as part of an
attack, you may move up to that action's full Speed worth,
rather than half. Upgrades Into: Exceptionally Fast
Close Ties
Your allies are incredibly important to you, each valued as
much as a close friend. You form bonds fast, and they can last
for life. Your mere presence raises morale! Your allies get a
+2 bonus to Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls, raised to
+3 if they're from your village. A single person can only
benefit from one ally with Close Ties at a time.
So long as your allies are with you, you excel in the face of
adversity. For every ally present with you in battle you gain a
+1 bonus to your own Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls,
up to a maximum of +3. Upgrades Into: Avenger, Protector
Elementally Gifted
While most shinobi struggle to learn the basics of elemental
control, you took to it like a fish to water (or a bird to wind,
or... you know what, this joke is just bad). Your early aptitude
is the first sign of a potential that'll leave even many
experienced shinobi envious. You can use an element of your
choice as if you had the Elemental Aptitude ability for it,
without actually having to use one of your ranks of Elemental
Aptitude. Upgrades Into: Elementalist
Expansive Chakra
Chakra flows readily through your body and into your jutsu,
allowing you to effortlessly mold it into techniques. The
Chakra costs for all your jutsu are reduced by 1 per rank (1
for E-rank, 2 for D-rank), and you ninjutsu damage bonus is
increased by half that amount (0.5 for E-rank, 1 for D-rank,
and so forth). Upgrades Into: Boundless Chakra
Full Pockets
You were born into money! Or you stole a lot of it, but through
some means you happen to be a very rich and resourceful
ninja. Be it tools, traps, or weapons, you are always ready for
any situation. When you spend XP on money, you get double
the normal amount per rank. If you need to make an
Espionage roll to bribe someone, it has a +5 bonus. What's
more, you may spend Requisition spontaneously, even in the
middle of a mission, representing you having just the right
thing for the task at hand. Done in combat, this is a Speed 2
action.
Hidden Potential
You and your peers both have yet to realize the full extent of
your capabilities. Maybe you just haven't found your niche,
maybe you're a late bloomer, or maybe something's holding
you back. Until you find out what it is, you have +1 Willpower.
Upgrades Into: Any 2- or 3-point unique.
Indefatigable
(adj) 1. (of a person or their efforts) Persisting tirelessly
That's what you are! You have a +1 bonus to Stamina rolls per
rank of the jutsu being used (+1 for E-ranks, +2 for D-ranks,
etc.); in the case of basic attacks, this becomes a +2 bonus.
Additionally, when you Rest your Stamina penalty is lowered
by an additional 1 point. Upgrades Into: Endless Energy
Killing Intent
You have what it takes to end a person's life. Even if you
personally would choose not to, it's not because you lack the
capacity. Something about you gives that away, that killer's
instinct having seeped into your very chakra. Whenever you
inflict a wound upon someone, roll 1d20+XP/100 against that
person's 1d20+XP/100, +1 for every previous wound you've
inflicted in battle. If they fail, they receive a Stun with a
severity of how much you beat their roll by.
Lightfoot
You've always been talented at sneaking and hiding in almost
any and all places. Whether a dark shadow or henge'd as a
tissue box in a room, you know how make your presence
scarce.
You have a +3 bonus to Stealth rolls, and the speed of your
Hide action is reduced by 3. You can move when in Stealth 2
without lowering the level of your stealth. Upgrades Into:
Skirmisher
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 Martial Prowess Weapon Master
You're adept at turning a fight into a one-man training You know your weapons. You know how to use them, and
montage with your enemy being a rag doll disoriented by how to change them to suit your style. Your Weapon Focus
every blow. You have no need for weapons: You are the ability applies to all weapons, only needing to be taken once,
weapon. and it only increases Stamina costs by 2 per rank.
Your Combos are not broken from attacking a new target, Additionally, that ability's limit is changed to (DEX -30)/20,
or from taking damage from an attack made by someone maximum 4. If you take this after creation, you may refund
other than your initial target. You gain a +3 bonus to Counter your extra Weapon Focus Upgrades Into: Ranged Specialist
Combo opposed rolls, and your Combos inflict a (Combo
Counter -2) Stun, which is doubled when using a Finisher. Weight Trainer
Additionally, your combos are not broken by a Stun of a You strap yourself down with weights--either from tailoring
severity less than (Combo Counter +2). Upgrades Into: your clothes that way, or from strapping weights to your
Bruiser limbs--and hamper yourself constantly. All in the name of one.
Perfect. Fight.
Nimble Hands Once per two months you can remove the weights as
You have always been able to pick things up, spin them Speed 10 to have your STR, DEX, and AGI improve to 120%
between your fingers, throw things just right, and otherwise of their regular values, for that fight only. These attribute
use your hands well. You may throw up to DEX/8 weapons adjustments do not raise your Vitality or HP.
with a multi-throw, reduce Seal Speeds and the Speed of Due to your hard training your maximum and current
ranged attacks by 2, and may draw weapons without any sort Athletics ranks are increased by 2.
of action. You may sheathe weapons as a Speed 0 action.
Upgrades Into: Ranged Specialist, Single-Handed Seals
Restrained
You know just how much force you're applying, and how to,
when necessary, apply less. This is good when doing
handiwork, but also when fighting someone who you don't
want to kill or maim.
Any time you inflict damage, after determining what the
wound would be you may activate this unique. The attack's
damage is reduced by 25%, and the wound it inflicted (based
on its original damage) is reduced by one category. When you
use this to lower the severity of a wound you get a +1 bonus
to Chakra Exhaustion and Stamina rolls for the rest of the
battle, to a maximum of +5.
Preventing a wound this way will not stop it from ending
any Genjutsu the victim was suffering from. Can't beat the bloodline genius? Just stack endless stat
When an attack you make would prove lethal, you may bonuses and training! Hard work means hard paunch fist!
instead hold back at the last moment. This leaves your victim
at 0 HP (or, if they were below 0 HP, they aren't reduced any
further), raises the severity of any wounds you inflicted by 1
(and cannot be combined with a normal activation of this
unique), but prevents your attack from being fatal. Upgrades
Into: Avenger, Protector
Seal Master
You're really, really good with handseals. You make them fast,
and mold your chakra just as rapidly. It could be natural
talent... but, honestly, you know what it probably was?
Probably when you were a kid you were incredibly obsessed
with being a super-cool ninja, so you spent all your free time
making fake handseals and pretending to shoot fireballs at
your friends. Anyway, you reduce Seal Speeds by Dex/8
(instead of Dex/10), and any jutsu whose Seal Speed is
reduced to 0 has a 10% bonus to its damage. Upgrades Into:
Jutsu Master, Single-Handed Seals

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2 Point Uniques
Applied Knowledge
Where others use talent, you rely on practical application of
your (probably vast) knowledge to guide you. It's all well and
good for someone to be able to spot the vague outline of a
hidden opponent; you, on the other hand, notice the way the
bush they're hiding behind has been shifted, as that plant only
grows facing west.
You're probably kind of a nerd, to be honest. You add one
third of your Research skill rank as a bonus to all your non-
Research skill rolls. Ranks in all your skills other than
Research are considered to be (Research ranks)/4 higher for
the purpose of learning Abilities.
Avenger
Someone wronged you, or someone you cared about, in a
way which you cannot forgive. You have an unremitting
hatred for them, and you channel an unhealthy amount of
your free time, thoughts, and energy into finding them and
doing whatever you can to make them suffer.
When you take this unique, choose the group it applies to,
up to the size of a hidden village. You get +2 to Accuracy and
d20 rolls against that group. If the group is only the size of a
single clan, the bonuses raises to +3. Against a group of 10 or
fewer individuals (who can still be grouped together under a
single category, not just ten different people named off
individually), it becomes +5. And, against a single person, you
have +5 Accuracy and d20 rolls, with an additional +1 for
every thousand exp they are above you. You can choose to go
into UP-debt to take this unique, though this requires GM
approval.
Independent of all the above, you also receive the benefits
of the 1-point unique Killing Intent--you've been driven to
darkness, and it shows in more than just your desire for
vengeance. Upgrades From: Any 1-Point Unique
Boundless Chakra
You have near-limitless reserves of chakra. Things that
should tire people out simply don't have that effect on you.
You have a +3 bonus to your Chakra Exhaustion rolls, and
whenever you acquire a Chakra Exhaustion penalty from
using a jutsu, that penalty is reduced by 1. Whenever you rest,
your Chakra Exhaustion penalty is lowered by the same
amount as your Stamina penalty. The Upkeeps of all your
jutsu are reduced by 1. Upgrades From: Expansive Chakra
Upgrades Into: Regenerative Chakra
Bruiser
You hit harder than you have any business doing. You may not
be bulky and muscular, but you know how to use your weight
and momentum. You add RES/40 to your physical damage
bonus (to one decimal point, as usual), and STR/20 to all
grapple rolls. You reduce any damage you take by STR/10.
Your Combos are not broken from attacking a new target,
or from taking damage from an attack made by someone
other than your initial target. You gain a +3 bonus to Counter
Combo opposed rolls, and your Combos inflict a (Combo
Counter -2) Stun, which is doubled when using a Finisher.
Additionally, your combos are not broken by a Stun of a
severity less than (Combo Counter +2).
You cannot have this unique as well as Martial Prowess.
Upgrades From: Martial Prowess
Chakra Sensitive
You have an almost subconscious ability to detect
disturbances in the For--chakra. Disturbances in chakra. It's
not particularly refined, and it may never be, but it's still a
valuable talent among shinobi.
Your sense range is CHA*2. Any time someone within your
sense range advances a Fatigue level due to failing a Chakra
Exhaustion roll, you know their location and current (after the
roll) Fatigue level. If they were hiding from you, this means
you now know their location.
In combat, this may be used any time someone makes a
Chakra Exhaustion roll, even if they succeed. In this case, roll
your Chakra Control against theirs; if you succeed, you know
their location. Upgrades Into: Chakra Sensor
Determined
You are actually good at something--you just haven't figured
out what yet. Some day you'll figure out where your natural
talent lies, or everything will just suddenly 'click' for you, and
you'll go from underdog to legendary ninja in the making,
proving to everyone how great you are.
That's what you keep telling yourself, anyway. It gets a little
bit harder to believe that every day, but you didn't get where
you are by giving up just because you're no good at whatever
it is you keep failing to do. Whenever your Fatigue level
increases from failing a CE or Stamina roll, you gain 1
temporary Willpower, which is lost (if you haven't spent it yet)
the next time your Fatigue increases. Upgrades From:
Hidden Potential Upgrades Into: Any 3-point unique.
Elementalist
Most shinobi have a difficult time mastering the usage of
elemental chakra. You do not. It comes naturally to you, and
even exceeds the limits of most people's physical capabilities.
You are able to use two elements of your choice as if you had
the Elemental Aptitude ability for them, though this does not
actually count as ranks in that ability. Upgrades From:
Elementally Gifted Upgrades Into: Elemental Mastery
Endless Energy
You don't get tired. It's just not something you do. Whenever
your Stamina penalty increases, it increases by 1 less. The
first time in a battle you fail a Stamina roll, you advance one
less Fatigue category. You enjoy a +(RES)/40 bonus to all
your Stamina rolls. Every 15 IC, your Stamina penalty
decreases by 1. Upgrades From: Indefatigable
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 Exceptionally Fast
You take speed to a new level. You outrun the wind, your
allies, and yes, even the bear chasing you. Everything you do
is almost too fast for the eye to follow. The base Speed of all
your actions is reduced by 10%; this reduction is actually
rounded up, meaning that a Speed 11 technique would be
reduced by (11*0.1 = 1.1 -> 2) 2, to Speed 9. Even so, it cannot
be used to reduce an action to Speed 0. As long as you
partially succeed in a Dodge, you take no secondary effects
from the attack (such as status conditions, penalties, or
wounds) and when you dodge successfully you may move as
many yards as if you'd taken a Speed 5 Move action. When
you move towards an enemy as part of an attack, you may
move up to that action's full Speed worth, rather than half.
You cannot have this unique as well as Blur. Upgrades
From: Blur
Jutsu Master
You have a knack for mastering new jutsu, and, more
impressively, not confusing them with one another no matter
how many you seem to learn. The cost to learn non-clan jutsu
is halved, before any other reductions. This is, in fact,
retroactive! You reduce Seal Speeds by Dex/8 (instead of
Dex/10), do 5% more damage with all your jutsu (not just
ninjutsu), and any ninjutsu whose Seal Speed is reduced to 0
has an additional 5% damage.
You cannot have this unique as well as Seal Master.
Upgrades From: Seal Master
Protector
Your friends are your life and you will make sure no harm
comes to them. Becoming either a wall in between them and
your enemies, or an unstoppable force that ravages the
oncomers, you will always do your best to get everyone else
out safely. You add your RES one more time to your Vitality
and HP.
You have a secondary pool of Vitality, equal to half your
normal maximum, that cannot be wounded and is damaged
only when Taking the Hit for someone else.
Your Take the Hit action has a +5 bonus, and when you
successfully take the hit you may automatically block. It
automatically succeeds under any of the following conditions:
you and your allies are outnumbered; the total XP of you and
your allies is less than 75% the total XP of your enemies; you
are protecting someone who has run out of Vitality; you are
protecting someone of lower rank; or you are protecting
somebody with 75% or less of your total XP. Upgrades From:
Close Ties, Restrained
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Ranged Specialist
You prefer to keep your distance in combat, without resorting
to powerful ninjutsu. Rather, you favor the basics: projectile
weaponry! You may throw up to DEX/8 weapons with a multi-
throw, reduce Seal Speeds and the Speed of ranged attacks
by 4, and may draw weapons without any sort of action. You
may sheathe weapons as a Speed 0 action.
As a Speed 4 Interrupt you may perform a ranged parry
with a +4 bonus against any thrown weapon attack (including
those caused or improved by jutsu). The exact weapons used
don't matter, but you must throw as many weapons in this
parry as your opponent did in their attack.
You cannot have this unique as well as Nimble Hands.
Upgrades From: Nimble Hands
Single-Handed Seals
Be it rigorous training or just excess talent, you've mastered
one of the most exceptionally rare talents among shinobi:
being able to perform handseals with only a single hand. You
reduce Seal Speeds by Dex/7 (instead of Dex/10), and any
jutsu whose Seal Speed is reduced to 0 has a 10% bonus to
its damage. Your maximum and current Chakra Control
ranks are increased by 2, and you reduce the Seal Speed of
any ninjutsu by an additional Chakra Control/10 while using
both hands.
You cannot have this unique as well as Seal Master.
Upgrades From: Seal Master
Skirmisher
You prefer a very specific style of fighting: engage your
opponent, seize the advantage while they're confused, then
fall back and disengage. While they're trying to recover,
prepare yourself to repeat that again, and do so until your
enemies are too demoralized or badly beaten to fight back.
You have a +3 bonus to Stealth rolls, and the speed of your
Hide action is reduced by 3. You can move when in Stealth 2
without lowering the level of your stealth and when making
attacks while in Stealth 2 your damage bonus is increased by
DEX/30, or DEX/20 if you break stealth to do so. Your limit
for Stealth skill ranks is increased by 3, and you can hide so
long as your opponents have a visibility penalty of -4 or worse.
You cannot have this unique as well as Lightfoot. Upgrades
From: Lightfoot
Tenacious
You have learned to delve into the minds of your opponents,
figured out the way they tick, and keep a constant control
over their mind. Keeping enemies mesmerized is a simple
feat for you. You have a +3 bonus to Genjutsu rolls, your
maximum and current Research ranks are increased by 2,
and -3 to the Speed of all your genjutsu. Opponents must
successfully use Genjutsu Kai twice to break free from your
illusions; they do realize this after the first success. Skill
focus's scale is now once every third rank (Ranks 1, 2, and 3
cost 2 SP; ranks 4, 5, and 6 cost 3 SP; and so forth).
3 Point Uniques
Chakra Sensor
You possess the coveted ability to sense the chakra in living
things. Unlike being merely sensitive to chakra, you can tell
people apart by their chakra alone.
Your sense range is CHA*5. Whenever someone within
your sense range advances a Fatigue level due to failing a
Chakra Exhaustion roll, you know their location and can
identify their chakra signature, as well as their current
Fatigue level. In combat, this effect takes places whenever
they make a Chakra Exhaustion roll.
You can also tell any general traits of their chakra
("oppressive", "weak", etc.), if they're fallen into HP, and what
their Elemental Affinity is (only if they have ranks in the
ability). If you detect somebody who's in Stealth, you know
their location (i.e. they are no longer hidden from you, just as
if you'd found them normally). Your maximum Chakra
Control ranks are increased by 3 and you have a +3 bonus to
your defensive Genjutsu rolls.
You can also use the following action:
Scan (Speed 10) In combat, make an opposed Chakra
Control roll against anyone (or everyone) present; people may
allow themselves to fail this roll rather than bothering with it.
People being scanned have a penalty to their Chakra Control
roll equal to the total Upkeep penalty of any jutsu they're
maintaining. If you succeed, you detect them as described
above. Out of combat, if someone passes a roll against your
Scan they will automatically pass all other rolls against it
made within the next half hour. Upgrades From: Chakra
Sensitive
Elemental Mastery
You have peerless control over elemental chakra, far beyond
the realm of what's considered normal, and to a level that
some would even think is impossible. Choose two elements;
you can use them as if you had taken the Elemental Aptitude
ability for them. Additionally, your ranks in the Elemental
Affinity ability apply to all elements you can use. This doesn't
mean your personal chakra nature corresponds to all five
elements, only that you're equally skilled with them all.
Each rank of Elemental Affinity also gives you a +0.5 bonus
to your ninjutsu damage bonus with elemental ninjutsu.
Additionally, all your offensive elemental ninjutsu receive a
bonus depending upon what element your last offensive
elemental ninjutsu technique was, and what rank it was. This
only works if the jutsu you are using is of a different element
than the previous one (using two Raiton in a row will provide
no bonus; if you then switch to a Katon, that Katon would
receive the Lightning bonus listed below).
Earth: Stun of 2 (rank) Fire: Burns of 2 (rank) Lightning:
Paralysis of 1 per rank above E (1 for D, 2 for C, etc.), for 5 *
(severity + 1) IC. Water: -2 Chakra cost per rank Wind:
Blocking's effect is reduced by 5% per rank. Upgrades From:
Elementalist
Regenerative Chakra
You have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of chakra. You
might push yourself to your limit, but within minutes your
chakra reserves will have replenished themselves. During
combat in particular, it's noticeable that your energy seems to
have no limit.
You have a +5 bonus to Chakra Exhaustion rolls. Whenever
you spend a point of Willpower, your Chakra Exhaustion
penalty is reset to 0; you can also choose to spend a point of
Willpower specifically for this purpose immediately before
making a Chakra Exhaustion roll.
When using one or more techniques with an Upkeep, the
total Upkeep is reduced by 1+CHA/30, to a minimum of half
its normal value. Additionally, once per battle you may fail a
Chakra Exhaustion check and advance one less Fatigue level
(though your penalties do not reset).
You have (your max Willpower) chakra points each battle.
You may spend these to improve the result of a Chakra
Exhaustion roll on a 1:1 basis after seeing the result. As you
are worn down progressively, your body tries to compensate
by producing even more chakra. As a result, your ninjutsu
damage bonus is increased by your Fatigue level. Upgrades
From: Boundless Chakra
Relentless
You don't stop, you don't quit, and you absolutely don't give
up. Those would be great, admirable traits, except for you it
only really applies when it comes to brutalizing other human
beings.
Every time you hit someone with a taijutsu attack, you get a
+1 bonus to your physical damage bonus, up to a maximum
of half its normal value. This bonus resets when you miss,
change targets, or use a non-taijutsu attack. Hyuuga using
Jyuuken instead receive this bonus to their ninjutsu damage
bonus. All your unarmed attacks gain Stun 2, or increase
their existing Stun by 1.
When you miss within any taijutsu attack your next action
comes sooner, as if the Speed of the action you used was half
its actual value. For example, if you missed with a Speed 13
action on IC 30, your next action would come on IC 37, rather
than IC 43. Every time you miss, your next action gets a
cumulative +1 Accuracy as long as it's a taijutsu attack, to a
maximum of +3; hitting someone, or taking a different kind of
action, resets this bonus. Upgrades From: Bruiser
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 Super Novice
You're still not good at anything in particular. Everything for
you is two steps forwards and one step back. Even if you
thought you found your niche, it turns out that no, you really
didn't. But you're tired of letting that get in your way! Now,
you're going to just do what you want, your way! Yeah! That'll
show 'em!
You have a 10% XP bonus. When you're Wounded, you get
a temporary 1 point of Willpower. This lasts until the next
time you're Wounded; if you haven't spent it by then, it's
replaced. If you have, you get a new one. Upgrades From: Any
1- or 2-point unique, except Elementally Gifted or
Elementalist
Surging Power
You have a dauntless ability to keep fighting, no matter what
the situation. Even when you should be sprawled in the dirt
unable to move a single muscle, somehow you stand back up
and keep fighting.
You can spend Willpower to reroll your Stamina and
Chakra Exhaustion rolls (with all the normal rules, and
benefits, for spending Willpower on a roll). Additionally, you
can spend a point of Willpower to ignore all effects of a single Lazyness is the mother of all bad habits. But ultimately she is
woudn you're suffering from for the remainder of the battle. mother, so we should respect her, so troublesome.
Finally, you reduce the penalties to Accuracy and defensive
rolls by your current Willpower. So, at 3 Fatigue with 4
Willpower remaining you would go from -3 Accuracy and -6
defensive rolls to no Accuracy penalty and -2 defensive rolls.
Upgrades From: Boundless Chakra, Endless Energy
Tactician
Beyond raw strength or the biggest fireballs, you focus on a
different aspect of combat: strategy. Through clever decoys,
exploiting weaknesses, and striking at blindspots, you can
take down superior foes.
The first time you use any action in combat, it gains +2
Accuracy or to its relevant d20 roll (such as a dodge). If you
hit with an attack that receives that bonus, you immediately
gain (that action's Speed)/2 AP (though this won't take you
over your maximum).
You may spend 10 AP to replace an action's Accuracy (or
convert its existing accuracy roll) into an accuracy roll using
2d20.takeHighest(1) in place of 1d20.
You can shout advice or instructions, or just pointers about
your enemies and the battlefield, to allies, to give them an
edge. As a Speed 0 action, you can switch your current place
in the initiative order with a willing ally's, allowing them to
act immediately and delaying your next action to the previous
location of theirs. This costs 2 AP per IC away their action is,
and may not be used on a stunned ally. You may spend 1
Willpower to lower the cost to 1 AP per IC for one use.

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Combat

C
ombat... happens. Realistically, it's something
ninja know how to do, and as they get more Wounds
experience it becomes something they're able to ============================================= You
do very well. Accordingly, there are rules for should read the Conditions Section before you get into
combat, which you use when trying to beat other combat. The rest you can safely ignore until you actually have
people into submission, or prevent them from to deal with the effects, either due to inflicting them on
doing the same to you. others, or suffering from them yourself.
The combat chapter has 7 sections of varying importance,
which are...!
Recovery
Initiative =============================================
While it wouldn't hurt to at least peruse the Conditions
============================================= A Section (hint hint), you can basically ignore this entirely until
brief explanation of the core of Naruto World's combat the aftermath of your first battle.
system. It explains the broad concepts of how time, turn
order, and actions are handled. A short but important read!
Pretty much nothing else in the chapter will make sense
without this.

Actions
=============================================
Coming in right behind 'Initiative' in terms of importance,
here is where you'll find all the basic actions which everyone
can perform, along with rules on how to attack and your
bread-and-butter defenses. Other attractions include a crash
course in how to use ninjutsu and genjutsu, and rules for
spending Willpower (you remember Willpower, right? one of
your derived Attributes?).

Stealth
=============================================
How to hide, how to find people who are hiding, and what you
can do while hidden. You should probably be at least familiar
with this before you start playing, but you can safely ignore it
your first time through the chapter.

Status and Conditions

============================================= You
may want to skim this section, but it's not vital. You should
have read the Conditions part at least once before you get
into combat, and you can basically ignore Statuses until they
actually come up during battle; same for effects.

Fatigue
============================================= This
is important; Fatigue is one of the key elements of combat, as
it's what regulates how frequently you can use your powerful
jutsu before being worn out. You should probably read it right
after Initiative, or perhaps Actions. Definitely more important
than Stealth or Status/Conditions.

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 Initiative
====================
1. Initiative Roll
2. Flow of Time
3. Simultaneous Actions
4. Action Points
4. Action Points One of the things that makes battles dramatic is one or both
5. Example sides pulling out sudden, unpredicted surprises, and among
shinobi that's par for the course. Mechanically, this is
represented by "Action Points"; thematically this can be a
==================== burst of adrenaline, or the result of you carefully luring your
opponent into just the right position for you to counter-attack.
You gain 5 AP every time the Initiative Count reaches a
1. Initiative Roll multiple of 20. You start the battle with zero, and can have up
to a maximum of AGI/2.
Combat begins with all participants making an Initiative roll: You can spend AP whenever you take an action. Each AP
1d20+(AGI)/10. From there, everyone is assigned a number spent reduces the action's Speed by 1.
depending upon how well they did compared to one another. ====================
Everyone subtracts their roll from the person who rolled
the highest; this is the initiative count they will act on.
For example, Choji, Shikamaru, and Ino are all preparing
to fight, and so they roll initiative. Choji scores an 6,
Shikamaru a 16, and Ino a 12. They will act on the following
initiative counts: Choji: 16 - 6 = 10 Shikamaru: 16 - 16 = 0
Ino: 16 - 12 = 4
====================

2. Flow of Time
Combat begins on Initiative Count 0, or "Init 0", or simply "IC
0". Players act whenever their initiative count is reached.
Every action a player can take has a given Speed
associated with it. When they take an action, its effects are
resolved immediately, and its speed is added to their current
initiative count; that is when they will be able to act again.
For example, if you use a Speed 6 action on IC 5, your
action will be resolved then and there. After it finishes,
combat will progress to IC 6, other people will take their
turns, and so on, until IC (5+6 =) 11 is reached, when you will
be able to act again.
Some effects may lower an action's speed. No matter how
many such effects are applied, no action's speed may ever go
below half its original value, rounded up, and no action's
Speed can be reduced below 3. This does mean that an
action with a base Speed of 3 or lower may not have its
Speed decreased at all.
====================

3. Simultaneous Actions
If two people act on the same initiative count, both of their
actions are declared and resolved simultaneously. Thus, you
and your opponent will both fully declare and resolve your
attacks (you can take turns doing so, for the sake of
convenience), but not apply their effects until after you've both
done so, at the very end of the IC.
Blocking is a partial exception. If you were blocking when
your turn came up, and you choose to block against, it takes
priority; that is to say, you may use Block as a defense against
an attack delivered on the same IC, under those
circumstances.

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Combat Example
===============================================
It may help if you read the Actions section of this chapter
before reading this example.
Using the example above, we had Shikamaru acting on IC
0, Ino on 4, and Choji on 10. Shikamaru spends his first
action attacking Choji with a Speed 8 punch, meaning he'll
act next on IC 8.
To defend himself, Choji tries to dodge, though fails to do
so. He's hit, and takes damage, but dodging pushed his next
action back by 2, putting his next action on 12.
Ino goes next, and begins forming handseals for a potent
ninjutsu technique. It has a Seal Speed of 14, meaning she'll
be ready to act on IC (4 + 14 =) 18.
Shikamaru goes again, and uses a simple taijutsu
technique with a speed of 12. Choji tries to dodge again, this
time evading successfully. Shikamaru's next action will be on
IC 20 (8+12), and Choji's on IC 14 (12+2, because he dodged).
Choji's taking a bit of a beating, but Shikamaru's not hitting
hard. He's worried about what Ino might be planning, though
(she only had to declare that she was using a Perform
Handseals action, not what jutsu it was for), so he disengages
and rushes his other teammate, unleashing a powerful
taijutsu technique with a speed of 20. Not wanting to take
that kind of hit, Ino tries to dodge, and fails.
Ino has to make a Chakra Control skill check, against the
damage of Choji's attack divided by 10. She rolls very well,
and manages to succeed; had she failed, she would've
automatically aborted her handseals action, meaning her
next action would be on IC 15 (the attack happened on IC 14,
+1 = 15), and if she wanted to use that technique she'd need
to start over.
Choji's next action won't come until IC 34 (14+20),
whereas Ino's jutsu has been delayed until IC 20 (18+2).
IC 20 comes up, and Shikamaru and Ino are both ready to
go. It's too late for Shikamaru to do anything about Ino's
jutsu; she's already completed the handseals, and this turn
she'll be able to use it. Worse yet, he doesn't know if she'll be
targeting him or Choji.
If he'd had a little more time--for example, if he'd used a
quicker move in place of the taijutsu technique he utilized
last--he could declare a Block of a speed that would expire
some time after Ino's action, allowing him to reliably defend
himself if she chose to target him.
That's not an option, so he goes for a quick punch at her
(not wanting to make the same mistake as last time, that'll
give him plenty of opportunity to prepare before Choji's next
action). Ino uses her technique, a Speed 6 ninjutsu. Both try
to dodge the other's technique.
This means that Shikamaru will act on IC (20+8+2) 30, Ino
on (20+6+2) 28, and Choji on 34.

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d. Rest
1. Basic Actions
a. Basic Attack, Unarmed (Speed 5)
b. Basic Attack, Weapon Resting is pausing to cool down and gather your breath.
c. Block Since it doesn't directly lead to incapacitating your enemy,
d. Rest most ninja prefer to do this out of battle; however, sometimes
e. Perform Handseals pacing yourself is the only way to achieve victory. Every Rest
f. Move action you take reduces your Stamina penalty (see the
g. Interrupt 'Fatigue' portion of this chapter) by 1, to a minimum of 0.
2. Ninjutsu and Genjutsu You cannot reduce the speed of your Rest action; 'resting as
a. Performing fast as you can' is, after all, something of an oxymoron.
b. Genjutsu
3. Attacking e. Perform Handseals
a. Accuracy
(Speed Variable, Abort)
b. Accuracy Rolls
Most ninjutsu and genjutsu technique require the use of
c. Damage
handseals, specialized hand signs that direct and mold the
4. Defending
flow of chakra. Representing this, those jutsu have a Seal
a. Dodge
Speed listed in their description. That number, minus your
b. Parry
DEX/10, gives you the modified seal speed, which is the
c. Block
Speed of your Perform Handseals action. However, other
d. Jutsu
Speed-reducing effects do not apply to Perform Handseals. A
e. Partial Success
Seal Speed of 0 means that while handseals are required, you
f. Damage Reduction
can perform them so fast that the time required is negligible.
5. Willpower
Perform Handseals actions are necessary to perform most
Ninjutsu and Genjutsu (see below). You may forego part, or
all, of your DEX/10 reduction of Seal Speed if you wish (for
==================== example, with 40 DEX you could use Perform Handseals
action for a seal speed 10 jutsu at anywhere between Speed 6
and Speed 10, as you pleased).
1. Basic Actions Handseals require the use of both hands, and if they're
These are actions that anyone can do in combat, and the interrupted for any reason you have to start over again.
rules associated with them. Although you don't have to declare what technique you're
performing the handseals for when you start, all techniques
a. Basic Attack: Unarmed have their own, unique combination of seals to perform them;
this means that if you changed your mind partway through a
(Speed 8, Stamina 5) Perform Handseals action, you'd need to start a new one.
The simplest form of attack, this is a catch all for punches,
kicks, headbutts, and any other attack which uses your body f. Move
to cause harm to your enemy's. This deals 2d4 damage.
(Speed Variable)
b. Basic Attack: Weapon For the most part, ninja can move faster than ordinary
people. When you actually devote time to moving in battle,
(Speed Variable) you travel (AGI)*(number of IC spent moving)/50 yards.
This is any ordinary attack with a weapon, from throwing Sometimes you may need to close the distance and attack
shuriken to swinging oversized swords. The speed is listed an opponent all at once. When attacking, you may move
with the individual weapon, as is the base damage. towards your opponent a distance corresponding to half your
attack's Speed, for free. Thus, if you needed to rush an enemy
c. Block and throw a punch at them, and had 25 AGI, as a Speed 8
(Speed Variable)
action you could move up to (25*(8/2)/50 =) 2 yards and then
As an action, you may declare that you are blocking, and state use a basic unarmed attack.
a Speed for the action. Until your next action, you may use Movement is unique, in that you cannot use Action Points
the Block defense (see 'Defending' below) against any to reduce its Speed. Your distance traveled is determined by
incoming attacks. the actual number of IC spent on movement.

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g. Interrupt
(Speed Variable)
Being able to interrupt is a special quality certain abilities
and techniques have, which allows them to be performed in
response to another action, generally an attack directed at the
user; for example, most defensive jutsu have this quality.
You may use an interrupt if the Speed of the interrupt (and
in the case of ninjutsu, Speed + modified Seal Speed) is half
or less that of the action you're interrupting. This is one
instance where you may use a ninjutsu with handseals
without having performed the handseals as a prior action.
The Speed (not, in the case of ninjutsu, counting Seal Speed)
of the interrupt is added to your next action on the IC.
Actions used as Interrupts with base Speeds of 3 or below
may still be reduced to half (rounded up) of their base speed
(normally, an action with a base Speed of 3 or lower cannot
have its Speed reduced further).
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2. Ninjutsu and Genjutsu
a. Performing
The majority of ninjutsu and genjutsu techniques have an
entry for Seal Speed in their description. Those that don't,
and those with a Seal Speed of 0, can be used at will, like
regular actions.
For the rest, however, they may not be used unless
preceded by a Perform Handseals action (see above). The
jutsu you're using must be used on your next action, at which
point its effects are resolved and you, as normal, will
determine your next action based on the jutsu's speed.
If you take damage while forming handseals (between the
declaration of your Perform Handseals action and when you
actually use the jutsu), you must exceed 10 + (damage dealt /
10) on a Chakra Control skill roll in order to continue. Failure
means you automatically Abort your Perform Handseals
action.
b. Genjutsu
Genjutsu are the mind-affecting, often-illusionary techniques
used by ninja. While they can be potent in some situations,
they're difficult to use against experienced ninja. Attempting
to influence someone with Genjutsu (whether directly, such
as a mental attack, or indirectly, casting an illusion over an
area and determining if it fools them) is resolved through a
set of opposed Genjutsu rolls.
The 'attacker' rolls 1d20+XP/400, and the 'defender' rolls
1d20+XP/200, both adding any bonuses to genjutsu. Some
bonuses may apply only to offensive or defensive genjutsu
rolls. In these cases, the person using the genjutsu is the
'attacker', and the person trying to avoid being affected is the
'defender'. If the defender rolls lower than their opponent,
they suffer the effects of the technique being used.
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3. Attacking
The simplest and most effective way to resolve a conflict is
often violence. In some cases, it's the only way. Thus, it
behooves any shinobi to be able to, when necessary,
incapacitate or kill an opponent.
The first step of attacking is to declare what your attack
will be, its speed, and its accuracy, so that the other player
knows what defenses they can use against it.
a. Accuracy
Accuracy is a measurement of how precise your attacks are,
represented by a target number (TN) your opponent has to
match or beat on their defense roll. Your attack's Accuracy is
10+(DEX)/10, plus any bonuses you may get from abilities,
uniques, or the technique you're using.
After you've declared your attack, your opponent will
declare and (if applicable) roll their defense. If you hit them
successfully, you'll then roll damage.
b. Accuracy Rolls
Sometimes you'll have to make an "accuracy roll". This is
essentially the same as your accuracy, but you replace the
base 10 with a 1d20 roll. In other words, it's 1d20+(DEX/10)
plus any other Accuracy abilities. When something penalizes
both Accuracy and d20 rolls, apply only the penalties to
Accuracy; if it penalizes only d20 rolls, however, then those
penalties also apply.
c. Damage
Every attack has a "base damage", a number of dice of a
certain size you roll. For example, a basic unarmed attack
does 2d4 of base damage. The actual damage formula is,
(Base Damage) + (Damage Bonus) * (Speed) + (any other
bonuses)
Your damage bonus is the value determined by your STR
(for most attacks) or CHA (for ninjutsu). The damage bonus is
multiplied by speed to represent that slower, more solid
attacks are able to better benefit from your raw power. Some
abilities may add bonus damage, but unless they explicitly say
so, this does not affect your stat-based "Damage Bonus."
Damage is done to an opponent's Vitality unless stated
otherwise, until that reaches 0. Any overflow, and all future
damage, goes straight to their Hit Points.
Unless otherwise noted, any alterations of an action's
Speed also affect its damage bonus; faster isn't always better.
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4. Defense
Inevitably, you will at some point be attacked. Accordingly,
ninja are trained to defend themselves in a variety of ways.
Normally, you may only use a single defense against any given
attack.
a. Dodge (Speed 2, Interrupt)
The best defense against any attack is simply not being hit.
When you dodge an attack you roll 1d20+(AGI)/10, plus any
other bonuses to dodge you may have, such as from abilities
or uniques, against the attack's Accuracy. Success means you
completely avoid the attack and its effects.
b. Parry (Speed 3, Interrupt)
This entails deflecting an opponent's weapon with your own,
or stopping their unarmed attacks with your bare hands.
Accordingly, weapon attacks may only be parried with
weapons, and unarmed attacks may only be parried if you
have at least one hand free to do so. Parrying works similarly
to dodging, though uses an Accuracy roll to determine its
success.
When something (such as Fatigue) penalizes both Accuracy
and defensive rolls (or rolls in general), Parry only suffers the
penalty to defensive rolls; if something penalizes only
Accuracy, then Parry does suffer that penalty. Basically, it
doesn't have to deal with 'double jeopardy'.
c. Block
Blocking is bracing yourself for an attack as effectively as
possible, and being on guard to do so at a moment's notice.
Blocking is special in that you cannot choose to block at a
moment's notice. However, if your last action was to begin
blocking (see 'Block' in actions, above), you may automatically
block any attack made against you. This is an option; you
could still choose to dodge instead, if you desired, and then
block the next attack that came your way.
Blocking reduced the damage of unarmed and ninjutsu
attacks by 50%. However, weapon damage is only reduced by
25%; while it's all well and good to keep a punch away from
your vitals, a sword cut is nasty business no matter where it
lands.
d. Jutsu
Some taijutsu and ninjutsu techniques may provide special
defensive options. Most of these are Interrupts, but the rules
for exactly how they work will be listed within the description
of the actual techniques.
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e. Partial Success
Just because you failed to evade a shuriken or deflect a sword
slash doesn't mean they struck a vital area. When you make a
defensive roll to avoid an attack, for each point you fail by you
take 20% damage. Any status effects that are part of the
technique, however, will apply normally.
That can be confusing, so, it's example time! So you roll a
14 on your dodge, against an Accuracy 15 attack. You failed
by 1 point, so you take 20% of the attack's normal damage.
Had you rolled a 12, you would take 60% damage. And, if you
had rolled a 7 (failing by 8 points) you would take the full,
100% damage.
With regards to defensive jutsu: Partial success typically
applies to any jutsu which works similar to a dodge or parry.
That is, you make a d20 roll, and if successful the attack you
are defending against does not hit you. However, if the
technique has another effect (such as make a d20 roll, and if
you succeed you reduce the attack's damage by a set amount),
partial success does not apply. Exceptions to this will be
noted otherwise in the individual technique's description.
f. Damage Reduction
Some effects, such as uniques and clan abilities, provide
damage reduction (DR). This reduces incoming damage
directly: if you have 10 DR, and an attack does 100 damage,
you would only take 90 damage from it.
Damage reduction is applied before blocking or partial
defense.
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5. Willpower
Ninja are capable of incredible feats, and some are truly
exceptional, performing astonishing deeds in the face of
adversity. While you can be as determined (or not) as you
please, Willpower represents your ability to use that
determination to push yourself above and beyond your limits.
You can spend Willpower any time you attack, or make a
d20 roll, after you've seen the action's normal results. When
you spend a point of Willpower, reroll whichever roll it was
used on (or, in the case of an attack, make an Accuracy Roll).
If the d20 result is less than 11, add 10 to it; this is your new
result for that action.
Willpower may not, however, be used to reroll Stamina or
Chakra Exhaustion rolls.
You may also choose to spend Willpower after someone
else has done so to alter the result of their action. However,
any given roll or attack may only have Willpower applied to it
one time.
Actions (Advanced)
1. Advanced Actions
a. Take the Hit
b. Delay
c. Abort
2. Multi-Throwing
3. Action Chains
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1. Advanced Actions
a. Take The Hit
(Speed 6, Interrupt)
Taking the hit is the glorious move the stronger person or
sensei uses to protect their weaker ally! You make a dodge
roll with a +5 bonus; if successful, you've leapt in the way of
an attack aimed at your ally. If you fail, your ally takes 20% of
the damage per point you failed by. (For example: If you fail by
2 points, you'd take 60% damage, and your ally 40% damage).
If you were blocking when you used this, you make block as
long as you were successful by 1 point or more. You may also
use interrupts to defend yourself, up to a maximum Speed of
how many points your Take The Hit roll beat the opponent's
accuracy; you can't dodge, but you could parry, or use a
ninjutsu-based defense that raises a protective wall.
b. Delay
(Speed N/A)
Delay is not, properly speaking, an action in and of itself, but
rather a quality certain actions have. For an example of how
this might be written, an attack could have "Speed 12, Delay
4". This means that while it would be declared normally on
your turn, its effects would take place 4 initiative counts later.
The action may be aborted any time up to the last IC of the
delay.
For example, using the above attack on IC 10, you would
have until IC 14 to abort; on IC 14 itself, so long as you did
not abort the attack's effects would be resolved normally, and
you would then act again on IC 22. An action's Speed may not
be reduced below its Delay.
c. Abort
(Speed 1, or Speed +1)
Certain actions will say they can be aborted, or just list
"Abort" as one of their qualities along with speed (such as the
Perform Handseals action). Aborting may declared on any
initiative count before your next action, allowing you to act on
the following IC. When you abort an action, you stop
performing it; exactly what this entails will usually be
discussed in the individual actions.
Alternately, you may choose to Abort as part of an
Interrupt--for example, aborting handseals so you can
perform a defensive ninjutsu technique. This adds 1 to the
Speed of that Interrupt.
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2. Multi-Throwing
Anyone familiar with fictionalized depictions of ninja has no
doubt seen them flinging a handful of shuriken with pinpoint
aim. As this game is about fictional ninjas, it stands to reason
that they can do this! The term, appropriately enough, is
"Multi-Throwing."
It helps to first be familiar with the two weapons you'll be
throwing the most: They are the shuriken (weighing in at 1d6
damage) and the kunai (beating it out with 2d6).
While you could certainly throw a single shuriken or kunai
(that would be a basic weapon attack, and full stats for doing
so are listed in those weapons' equipment entries), a real
ninja would throw a bunch at once.
By default, you may only throw one type of weapon at once;
you could throw 6 shuriken, but not 4 shuriken and 2 kunai in
the same action. After choosing your weapon, you decide how
many you want to throw. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to
you, the multi-throw action.
a. Multi-Throw
(Speed and Stamina Variable)
You throw at least 2 weapons, up to a maximum of DEX/10.
The Speed is 3 + (number of weapons thrown)/2, and the
Stamina cost is 5, +1 for every 2 weapons (6 for 2-3, 7 for 4-5,
and so forth). Regardless of how many weapons you throw,
the minimum total Speed of a multi-throw action is 5--this
applies to both its base Speed, and its final Speed after any
changes (such as spending AP).
The rolled damage is the total for all weapons thrown; 6
shuriken would roll 6d6. Your damage bonus is increased by
+0.5 for every thrown weapon. So, if you had 60 STR in the
above multi-throw, your damage bonus would be (60/15 = 4, 4
+ 0.56 = 4+3 =) 7. The attack would be Speed (3 + 6/2) 6 and
Stamina 8, and have a damage formula of: 6d6+76
If you are multi-throwing shuriken, their +2 Accuracy is
applied only once. You do need to choose between shuriken
or kunai when you multi-throw; you can't mix-and-match,
tragically.
Because wounds represent severe damage from a single
powerful attack, and multi-throws are multiple weaker
injuries delivered at once, the severity of all wounds caused
by multi-throws is reduced by one category, to a minimum of
Minor.
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 3. Action Chains
Chains are a special type of action, where multiple How to form an Action Chain
techniques are combined or used at once. Each chain has a for Dummies!
single Core action, and one or more Links. Your core action
can be virtually any action in the PHB, from dodging an
attack to using a high-ranked ninjutsu. What makes an action 1. Choose (Virtually) Any Action from the PHB.
a Chain is, instead, its Links. Links are techniques which,
rather than being used alone (or sometimes as an alternative 2. Select a Link. Speed+(x), Stamina or Chakra +(x)
to that), can be used to supplement or modify another action.
The easiest way to identify a Link is that rather than its own 3. Tally the total Speed and Cost of your Chain.
Speed value (like "Speed: 4"), it will say something like
"Speed: +4". Many of these also have Stamina or Chakra 4. Unleash the Beast!
costs written as a number to be added or subtracted. In the
description of these techniques, they'll specify what they do,
and when they can be used (for example, Kawarimi is linked
to a Dodge action; and the E-rank Water-Gathering Technique
can be linked to many suiton ninjutsu).
Using a chain is fairly simple. Simply sum up the Speeds and
costs of all actions involved; these are the values for the
Chain, which is treated as one single, complete action. For
example, using Water-Gathering with Water Sphere is a
single action with a Chakra cost of 10 and a Seal Speed of 8.
When you apply Kawarimi to a dodge, "Dodge + Kawarimi" is
your new action, with a base Speed of 6.
Go for an Ultra Combo!
Any effects which modify an action's Speed (or other
variables) do so to the Chain itself, not individual links (or the Advanced Action Chain Info
core action).
In the case of Chains where the Core action is a damage- An Action Chain is treated as one action for the
dealing attack, this becomes slightly more complicated. The purposes of Speed modifcation effects.
Speed value used for your (Speed)*(appropriate Damage
Bonus) will be the lower of the Core action's base Speed, or A Damage Dealing Attack Chain uses special
the Chain's final Speed (after all modifications), whichever is rules regarding Speed modification.
lower. The rank of the Core technique determines the rank of
the chain; chains using Shuurai (a D-rank Raiton) would Use the lower of your Action Chain's Final
always be treated as D-rank attacks, even if you added an A- Speed Total or the Core Damage Actions base
rank link to them. Speed.

There is no limit to how many links a chain may have. You The Rank of the Technique is determined by the
could, for example, make a Chain out of Leaping Shadow Core Action. Even if higher ranked techniques
Evasion (Core), Phantom Step (Link), Water Splash (Link) are linked.
and, after that failed, Kawarimi (Link), all for a single dodge.
This action would have a Chakra cost of 10 (5+5, from
Kawarimi and Mizuhane), and a fairly high Stamina cost
(depending on how much effort you put into your Phantom
Step).

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Stealth
This action may be performed only while hiding at level 1
1. Hiding stealth. You take the time to make sure you're properly
a. Hide hidden and settle into place, moving you up to level 2 stealth.
b. Improve Hiding In case that wasn't clear, this cannot, by itself, take you from
2. Stealth Levels level 2 to level 3 stealth.
a. Stealth, Level 1
b. Stealth, Level 2
c. Stealth, Level 3
2. Stealth Levels
3. Searching There are three levels of stealth, corresponding to different
a. Search degrees of being hidden. Each level has limitations on what
b. Point Out can be done on it; for example, in Level 2 and Level 3 Stealth,
4. Actions From Stealth you cannot move. Thus, if you were at Stealth 3, and chose to
a. Surprise Attack spend an action moving, you would immediately be dropped
b. Prepare Sneak Attack to Stealth 1.
c. Sneak Attack
d. Genjutsu a. Stealth, Level 1
Stealth 1 is as poorly concealed as you can be while still
being unseen by your enemies. Your Stealth TN has no bonus
==================== at this rank. You may move and perform surprise attacks, as
well as using items.
1. Hiding b. Stealth, Level 2
Ninja hide. It's sort of their... thing. That said, hiding can be Stealth 2 corresponds to being fairly well-hidden, having
accomplished under one of four circumstances: taken the time to adjust yourself and your hiding spot as
1. Nobody is watching you. Well, nobody you're trying to hide necessary--you're not sticking your feet out past the edge of
from. This automatically prevents usage in combat, the rock you're hiding behind, for example. From Stealth 2
though see the other two situations. you may perform surprise attacks, use items, and prepare
2. Everyone you are trying to hide from has a -6 or higher and perform sneak attacks. At this level of stealth, your
visibility penalty. Stealth TN has a +5 bonus.
3. You are already hidden, and taking another Hide action in
hopes of getting a new, higher Stealth TN. c. Stealth, Level 3
4. You use a jutsu which explicitly allows you to hide as one Stealth 3 is as well-hidden as you can be. You are somehow
of its effects. Note that when you hide this way, the Hide camouflaged, blending into your environment excellently. You
action itself is reduced to Speed 0. may not move or attack, but your Stealth TN has a +15
Once you meet one of those requirements, you may hide. bonus.
Hiding is, of course, an action! When hidden, you may not be
targeted by enemy attacks (because they don't know where
you are!). It's possible to be hidden from some people, but not
others.
a. Hide
(Speed 10)
Make a Stealth skill roll; the result becomes your "Stealth
TN" (target number), how hard it is to find you. You are
hidden at level 1 Stealth.
For every time you've hidden in a battle, your future Stealth
rolls to hide have a -5 penalty (the third time you hid yourself,
you'd have a -10 penalty; this applies even if you're hiding
with jutsu or other effects).
Animals are natural masters of stealth.
b. Improve Hiding
(Speed 7)

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 A sneak attack is an improved surprise attack, and as such,
3. Searching all normal rules for surprise attacks apply. Additionally, any
Understandably, situations arise when ninja want to find Accuracy penalties inherent to the technique or weapon
other, hidden ninja. you're using are removed. Penalties from other sources, such
as visibility or wounds, are not negated.
a. Search A sneak attack may be used as a special type of Interrupt.
You can Interrupt any action, taken by any person, with a
(Speed 6) sneak attack. They may either complete their action, and be
You look for hidden enemies, using your keen ninja senses. automatically hit by your sneak attack, or call off their action
When you make this action, roll your Awareness skill and and defend against your attack normally. If they call their
compare it to the Stealth TNs of all hidden enemies. If you action off they do not pay its cost, but their next action is still
get equal to or greater than someone's Stealth TN, you have determined by their action's normal Speed.
found them. As far as you're concerned, they're no longer in Sneak attacks may interrupt other actions as if their Speed
stealth; they cannot perform surprise or sneak attacks against was 1/4 is actual value. For example, you have been
you, you can attack them, and so forth. preparing a sneak attack for 18 initiative counts, when your
Every time you use a Search action consecutively (without opponent declares a basic unarmed attack (Speed 8) against
taking a non-Interrupt action between them) you get a your ally, on IC 80. You declare a sneak attack interrupt. You
stacking +2 bonus. Thus, your third attempt to find someone use a taijutsu technique which normally has 30 Speed; you
would use your Awareness skill +4. spend 14 action points to lower its Speed to 16 (less than
If you are the one doing the hiding, you do not your 18 ICs of preparation). It now interrupts as if it was
automatically know that someone has discovered yor hiding Speed (16/4 =) 4, which is half of the unarmed attack's 8,
place; until they do something indicating they know where making it a valid interrupt. Your opponent would be wise to
you are (such as attacking you, or running straight at you), you call off their attack; if they do so, they will not roll Stamina for
think you're still hidden from them. their attack, they'll have their next action on IC 88, and they
can defend with any Interrupt of Speed 8 (16/2 = 8) or lower.
b. Point Out
d. Genjutsu
(Speed 3)
You indicate where an enemy is hiding, typically by pointing Genjutsu can be used from level 1 and 2 stealth, and unlike
at them and yelling "There he is!" loudly. This allows anyone other jutsus does not break your concealment. However, it
else present to make a Search action immediately, as a Speed can never be a sneak or surprise attack. Genjutsu techniques
0 Interrupt, with an additional +5 bonus. which require your opponent to be able to perceive you
==================== cannot, for reasons that should be largely self-evident, be
used on somebody who you're hiding from.
4. Actions From Stealth
a. Surprise Attack
Any attack you make while hidden is a surprise attack.
Performing a surprise attack ends your stealth, as you leap
out and attack, or otherwise reveal your location in the
process.
If an opponent chooses to use an Interrupt to defend
against your surprise attack, they may not lower its Speed by
spending Action Points.
Non-jutsu attacks with ranged weapons do not end your
stealth. However, each time you perform one it reduces your
Stealth TN by 5.
b. Prepare Sneak Attack
(Speed Variable, Abort)
You take the time to line up a perfect attack. You may abort
this action at any time, either as a normal abort, or to make
your next action a sneak attack.
To use an action as a sneak attack, the total Speed that you
used your Prepare Sneak Attack action for must be at least
equal to that of the action you're using as a sneak attack. If
you take another action instead (such as moving to a new
hiding spot, via another use of the Hide action), you lose your
opportunity to Sneak Attack.
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Pursuit
1. Pursuit Basics.
a. How it works.
b. Tactics.
c. Formations.
2. Actions in a Pursuit
a. General Actions
b. Hunter Actions
c. Hunted Actions
Pursuit Basics
If you and all the members of the squad you wish to form
together with are out of combat, or 100 Yards away from any
(visible) enemy in combat, you may start a Pursuit. This
either reflects you going somewhere, chasing someone, or
running away from someone! You can do this with any
number of ninja, but a minimum of 3 is required for a
Formation.
There are three important choices you must make when
starting a pursuit. If you are being thrown into a pursuit on
the fly, read the rules below marked with +++, otherwise, you
first pick a Team Captain, a Tactic, and finally a Formation.
Team Captain - You nominate one of the ninja in your
squad to make the decisions for your group, it is important
during a pursuit to do things quickly without thinking, so the
Captain delegates commands to others, controlling the
actions of the squad.
Once you have chosen your Team Captain, determine your
squad's Squad Speed. This is based on the lowest speed
of any member of your squad. Many things will add or
remove percantages to this. It will come up a lot, so
remember this number!
How it Works
The distances squads can be apart are as follows, and are
represented in combat by a number of asterisks. They are
also often referred to as degrees:
(1) Very Close
(2) Close
(3)Nearby
(4) Far
(5) Very Far
Both Team Captains roll their initiatives, then both teams
start Nearby. Any members of either team use techniques to
buff themselves at this moment as long as they are speed 10
or less.
If there was any hidden enemies nearby you start 1 degree
closer as the Hunted (or further, if you are the Hunter).
Unlike normal combat IC, you each alternate turns, each
action listed taking a whole turn. Every turn, you gain 10%
Squad Speed at the start. After both parties have had a turn,
you both compare Squad Speeds and the higher speed moves
a degree in their favor (Hunted move 1 away, Hunters move 1
closer). Gaining or losing speed cannot cause you to go over
+50% or under -50%, unless otherwise stated. You continue to
take turns this way until one party is caught or gets away.
Tactics
The way your team has decided on moving together gives you
distinct advantages and disadvantages. The different tactics
effect how you build speed and what you can do during a
pursuit.
Force - Anytime your Squad speed would decrease, it
decreases by half the percentage. This includes when it
changes to another Formation and/or Tactic. You can use
the Stop! action from Close, and the Escape! action from
Far. Your squad cannot be broken.
Stealth - You only gain 5% Squad Speed per turn instead
of the standard 10%, but your speed cannot be reduced
except by changing Formation and/or Tactic. When you
use a Volley you can choose to hit them from the sides or
center, or with a -5 penalty hit them from the back (or
front, if you are the Hunter). When you use the Ambush
action, you can do it from one degree further away. You
also may use a Stealth -10 in place of any defensive roll.
Cunning - When you gain a percentage speed bonus by
any means, you can instead apply it as a penalty to the
enemy squad. When targetting a trap, you can choose 2
locations and roll a 1d2, or with a -5 penalty you can
choose which direction you want it to hit from. As the
Hunter, this makes your successful volleys knock the
Hunted one closer and you can use a volley from Far with
a -10 penalty.
Speed - Your percentage caps are raised to +100% max
speed and -100% minimum. You gain +20% passively at
the start of each turn instead of the regular +10%, but any
penalty to your speed is twice the amount, and anything
that moves your squad in a way other than what you'd like
moves you that way twice the amount. This includes when
it changes to another Formation or Tactic.
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 Formation
The actual formation your squad moves in has vulnerabilities
and strengths of it's own. If a formation is hit from it's
vulnerable side, it is Broken until the squad assumes a new
formation. Any bonus you gain from a formation gains an
additional +1 for every member you have over 3 in your
squad.
Line - Running in a line, one man leading single-file all the
way to the end. You get a +5 to any Athletics and
Resistance roll and you are vulnerable to flanking. (The
Side)
Cross - The group is in a short line, with people branching
out from the front to cover the sides. You get +5 Stealth.
Vulnerable to an attack from above. (The Back)
Circular - The group covers a nice area, seeing all around
them equally. You get +5 to any Awareness and Survival
checks your squad makes and you are vulnerable to direct
assault. (Center)
V-Shaped - One ninja in the front, then fanning out to both
sides. You get +5 to any Espionage checks your squad
makes and you are vulnerable to rear assault. (The Front)
Broken - This is what your squad counts as if it has less
than 3 members, or something causes it to break. You no
longer gain a passive +10% speed per turn. If for some
reason you cannot decide on a squad leader, you are
similiarly Broken.
+++ If you were forced into a pursuit, either by fleeing from
an enemy, or from an enemy fleeing from you, there is a
special way to handle this! First, both teams get -50% Squad
Speed for it being so abrupt. After rolling initiatives, starting
with the Team Captains, the teams take turns voting on a
Strategy and Tactic. First the Team Captain from the Squad
that won initiative votes, then the other team's Captain and
one other member vote, then two from the original team, then
alternating two members until there are none left. At the end,
the Hunter's Team Captain chooses a Strategy and Tactic.
For every vote they had for the ones they end up choosing,
they get +10% Speed. (This means if two members of your
team voted for Force and V-Shaped, and you voted for some
different ones, but chose Force and V-Shaped, you'd get +40%
Squad Speed! 2 Votes for Force + 2 Votes for V-Shaped) The
Hunted chooses this as well, afterward, then the Pursuit
begins.
Actions in a Pursuit:
There are two groups in a Pursuit, the Hunted (The ones
being chased) and the Hunter (The ones chasing). There are
some actions they can both take and some actions only the
Hunter or Hunted can take. Any action which calls for a skill
roll uses the highest skill roll in your squad, and only their
roll. Any attack done by the Hunter can target the back of the
Hunted squad, or the center. Any attack done by the Hunted
can target the front of the Hunter squad, or the center.
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General Actions:
Change Tactic / Formation
(-30% Squad Speed)
Doing this causes you to choose a new Tactic and/or
Formation, but you lose 30% Squad Speed.
Press On
(+20% Squad Speed)
You gain a +20% bonus to your Squad Speed.
Taijutsu Volley
(Speed 10, -10% Squad Speed)
This is (for the purposes of damage only) a Speed 10 attack
with (Athletics Rank)/5d12, with physical damage bonus.
Being hit by a volley lowers your Squad Speed by 10%. This
can hit anyone up to Nearby, it's damage being dealt to the
whole enemy Squad, and it's strike is an Athletics vs. Athletics
or Resistance. You can choose to do either Slashing, Piercing,
or Blunt wounds with this. When you attack with this, as the
Hunter you hit the Hunted from the back, and the Hunted use
this to hit the Hunter from the front. You can choose to make
your Athletics check at a -5 penalty to roll [1d4] and hit the
enemy from a random location. (1=Center, 2=Back, 3=Front,
4=Sides)
Ninjutsu Volley
(Speed 10, -10% Squad Speed)
This is (for the purposes of damage only) a Speed 10 attack
with Chakra Control Ranks/5d12, with ninjutsu damage
bonus. Being hit by a volley lowers your Squad Speed by
10%. This can hit anyone up to Nearby, it's damage is dealt to
the whole enemy squad, and it's strike is an Chakra Control
vs. Athletics or Resistance. You can choose any element
someone in your squad can use for wounds. When you attack
with this, as the Hunter you hit the Hunted from the back,
and the Hunted use this to hit the Hunter from the front. You
can choose to make your Athletics check at a -5 penalty to roll
[1d4] and hit the enemy from a random location. (1=Center,
2=Back, 3=Front, 4=Sides)
Illusionary Assault
(Requires (3) Nearby)
You can lower the bonus percentage cap a squad can benefit
from for their next turn. (A squad that could move +50%
faster can now only get to +25% faster) If you lose speed from
this, you do not gain it back when your cap returns to normal.
This is a standard Genjutsu roll, using the highest from both
squads. This can be done from Nearby.
Ambush
(Requires at least (2) Close)
As the Hunter, you need to have successfully sent a member
to Cut-Off the enemy. You can then use this if you're at least
Close range. As Hunted you need to use it while they are
Close or further away. Roll a Stealth vs. Awareness (This is at
a -10 if you are the Hunted), if you succeed, you get into
Ambush position and you start combat, with each member
who was part of the Ambush starting in Level 2 Stealth, with
a +10 bonus to their initiative. If you fail, combat still starts,
but the Ambushers have a -10 to their Initiative and are not in
Stealth. When the Hunted are Ambushing, it's their whole
Squad who get these penalties or bonuses, when it's the
Hunter, it's only the members sent in the cut-off.
Sacrifice!!!
(Special)
One of your members breaks off from your formation and
leads the enemy team away. They automatically get one
degree further away. The member who broke off now counts
as a seperate squad and their tactic is set to stealth. There
are three things the Hunter can choose on their next turn: To
continue to pursue the main group, to pursue this 'new group'
or to let one of their members leave their group to 1v1 the
guy.

Hunter Actions:
Cut-off
You send a member or two of your squad up and around, to
try and position yourself for a nice Ambush. At the end of the
Hunted's next turn, roll an Espionage vs. Survival. If you
succeed, you are in position, and on your next 2 actions can
use Ambush.
Stop!
(Requires (1) Very Close)
If you are in the Very Close position, the Pursuit is over, the
hunted is stopped, your side begins combat with +5 on each
player on your side's initiative.
Give Up the Chase
(-2 degrees)
You can choose to move two degrees away, if this would move
you further than very far, you give up chasing. Just in case
they wanted to turn back around on you at one point. If you
do this three times but somehow don't leave pursuit they can
choose to start a new pursuit, with you as the Hunted,
starting from the distance you left off.

Hunted Actions: Ashton protecting his lesbian best friend and her waifu.
Traps
(-10% Squad Speed)
Put down some traps! You lose 10% Squad Speed to set up
traps. At the end of the Hunter's next turn, roll 1d4, as well as
an Espionage vs. Survival. The 1d4 determines the direction
the traps strike from (1= Front, 2= Sides, 3=Back, 4=Center)
If the Hunters fail their Survival, their squad is moved one
degree away. They also each take (Espionage Ranks)/5d10
damage, with no damage bonus.
Escape!
(Requires (5) Very Far)
If you are in the Very Far position, the Pursuit is over, you
have gotten away! It will take them a minimum of one hour to
pick up a reliable set of tracks.

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 Combat
One step up from incapacitated, this can result from being
1. Conditions deliberately knocked out, or from severe Fatigue. When
a. Wounded unconscious you are subject to all rules for being
b. Fatigued incapacitated, but cannot even talk or perceive your
c. Incapacitated environment.
d. Unconscious
e. Dead
2. Status Effects
e. Dead
a. Bleed Dying isn't as easy for ninja as normal people. There are two
b. Burns main ways you can die. The first is simple, overwhelming
c. Ignite damage: If you are reduced to -100% HP, you die. The second
d. Immobility is a coup de grace, a blow specifically designed to be lethal.
e. Paralysis You may deliver a Coup de Grace only against an
f. Poison Incapacitated or Unconscious opponent. A Coup de Grace is
g. Sleep a Speed 10, Delay 5 melee-ranged action.
h. Stun ====================
i. Suffocation
j. Visibility
3. Other Effects
2. Status Effects
a. Area-of-Effect Status effects are things that will come and go throughout the
b. Knockback course of battle. They come in many forms, and from many
c. Clones and Conditions different sources.
Some status effects may occur automatically; most of the
time. Others, however, allow you a roll to avoid them.
==================== Typically, this will be called a "status roll", or a "(specific
status, such as burn) roll". Saying that the victim gets a
Resistance roll against the effect is equivalent to saying that it
1. Conditions has a status roll.
These rolls are either Chakra Control (for ninjutsu),
Conditions cover the overall health, well-being, and, well, Athletics (for taijutsu--but this is uncommon, as those effects
condition, of your character. This lists the conditions, what are usually automatic), or Toxicology (for poisons). If anything
they do, and where to find more information about them. For else, that will be noted.
how to remove unwanted conditions, see the 'Recovery' As implied above, the defender makes a Resistance skill
section of this chapter. check; if they equal or exceed the status roll, they avoid its
effects. If not, they suffer them in full. Do keep in mind, if a
a. Wounded technique or effect doesn't say it allows a roll, that probably
Trained ninja can survive things that would kill or maim means any special effects it has occur automatically.
lesser humans, but sometimes a single blow will be so Many of these status effects will be found on damaging
powerful that even their chakra-empowered, well-conditioned attacks--for example, a sword slash that also causes its victim
bodies cannot simply shrug off. These are referred to as to start bleeding profusely. If the damage of such an attack is
Wounds, and are explained in detail in the 'Wounds' section reduced to 0, none of its status effects will take place--with a
of this chapter. The effects, and healing requirements, for few exceptions. Specifically, Immobilize and Paralysis will
each type of wound can be found there. apply even if the attack causing them doesn't deal damage.
Poison sometimes has special rules in this regard, but they
b. Fatigued can be found in the appropriate section of the Equipment
chapter.
This is the result of (over)exerting oneself in battle. Rules for
Fatigue, including how it's gained and the effects it has, are
found in the 'Fatigue' section.
c. Incapacitated
When your HP reaches 0, you are incapacitated. You're not
necessarily unconscious, and you can still talk, but you're
helpless, completely unable to take any kind of action or
effectively defend yourself. An enemy who wants to can knock
you unconscious with a single blow, or deliver a coup de
grace (A speed 10 attack that cannot be lowered by any
means) to render you dead.
d. Unconscious
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a. Bleed
Profuse bleeding from an injury. Among other things, this can
ruin your clothes; bloodstains absolutely refuse to come out
of most fabrics.
While bleeding, you lose Vitality (or HP) equal to double
the severity of the Bleed status every 5 IC, and have a penalty
to your Stamina rolls equal to its severity. Every 20 IC, you
reduce the severity of the status by RES/30 (after taking the
damage).
Bleeds from the same source do not stack; the higher one
overwrites the lower. Bleeds from different sources, however,
all do their damage separately, though you still use only the
highest Bleed to determine your Stamina penalty from the
status.
b. Burns
Generally resulting from exposure to fire or intense heat,
such as some katon jutsu, being burnt makes it harder to
fight effectively. Your Stamina rolls suffer a penalty equal to
the strength of the burns on you.
You can suffer from multiple burn effects at the same time,
though only the strongest penalty is actually applied. Any
effects which reduce Stamina penalties reduce the severity of
all your burns by the same amount. Accordingly, when you
move to the next Fatigue category you are cleared of all burn
effects.
c. Ignite
You are on fire. Literally, you are burning. This is probably
one of the most excruciatingly painful experiences of your
life.
Ignite's effects are somewhat complicated. Like most
statuses, it has a severity. You suffer a -severity/2 penalty to
your Stealth checks, and every 5 IC you take damage equal to
its severity, plus its severity in percent of your current Vitality.
Thus, an Ignite 10 would give you -5 to your Stealth and
would deal 10 damage, plus 10% of your current Vitality.
Each time it does damage, you subtract (RES/20) from its
severity.
If you have no Vitality remaining, it instead does damage
equal to its severity in percent of your maximum HP. The
above Ignite 10 effect would deal 10% of your maximum HP
in damage.
If someone ignites you again while you are already on fire
(seriously, what kind of people are you fighting?), the more
severe effect replaces the less severe one.
d. Immobility
Immobilization effects are ones such as being stuck in mud
or partially bound with ropes. Every point of immobilization
reduces your accuracy and defense rolls by 1, and your AGI
for the purposes of movement by 10%. Immobilization 10 is
"completely immobilized"; you cannot move at all, being
rooted to your location (you could still attack and even
attempt to dodge, just at a severe penalty). No matter how
high your an immobilization penalty gets, its actual applied
penalty can never go beyond -10. Multiple immobilization
penalties do not stack; if you're suffering from a -8 and a -4,
you ignore the -4 until the -8 goes away.
e. Paralysis
Paralysis differs from immobilization in that paralysis is an
internal or mental effect which impedes your ability to move,
whereas immobilization is generally used for effects which
somehow physically restrain you.
When paralyzed, the base Speed of all your actions is
increased by the paralysis rating, to a maximum of double
their original Speed. At the same time, when determining
damage from your attacks treat their Speed as if it was
(Paralysis severity) lower.
For example, at Paralysis 3 your basic unarmed attack
would be Speed 11; you could reduce it to a minimum of
Speed (11/2 = 5.5) 6 with AP, and then it would multiply your
damage bonus by (6 - 3) 3. That same Paralysis would change
your dodge to a Speed 4 Interrupt (meaning that some
extremely quick, previously-avoidable attacks might become
undodgeable).
Paralysis effects do not combine. If you are afflicted with
two paralysis effects at once, the more potent one overwrites
the less severe one. If they both have the same severity, the
one with the longer duration overwrites the other.
f. Poison
When affected by a poison, you make a Resistance roll
against some roll of the opponent's. Success means that you
shrug off the effects of the poison. Failure means that you
have been poisoned.
Actual poisons may carry any number of effects, but the
most prominent is poison damage. For every IC that passes,
you take damage equal to the poison's rating, for the full
duration of the poison. For example, you're affected by a
Poison 5 with a duration of 12. You take 5 damage per IC,
each IC, until 12 counts after when you were first affected, for
a total of 60 damage.
You may be affected simultaneously by multiple poisons.
However, a single source (a specific jutsu or type of venom)
may only affect you once; another application of it while
under its effects simply renews the duration.
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 g. Sleep
People sleep, generally because it's a necessary bodily
function, but sometimes because they've been influenced by
mind-affecting genjutsu. In reality, sleeping people are pretty
much helpless. However, ninja develop a sixth sense that
warns them of impending danger and functions even when
not awake.
If someone tries to attack or sneak up on you while asleep
you automatically wake up and can still roll initiative and/or
defend yourself, though do so at a -5 penalty until your first
action after waking up.
h. Stun
Actions which stun you delay your actions by the magnitude
of the stun. For example, if your next action is on IC 14, and
you are affected by a Stun 5 effect, your next action would be
on IC 19.
Multiple stuns do not stack, but a newer one of higher
magnitude will overwrite the older. Thus, using the above
example, if you were hit by a Stun 7, your next action would
be on IC (14+7) 21; if you were then hit by a Stun 3, there
would be no change.
i. Suffocation
Someone or something is hindering your ability to breathe.
Suffocation penalties stack, from different sources or
multiple ones. Your suffocation penalty is applied to any
Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls you make, and every
time its value increases you have to make a Stamina 15 roll.
Unlike normal Fatigue-related penalties, suffocation is not
reset to 0 when your Fatigue advances. When you stop being
suffocated, your suffocation penalty is reduced by 1 every 5
initiative counts.
j. Visibility
These are penalties which reduce a person's ability to see
clearly, impairing the use of their most valuable sense in
combat. Visibility penalties do not stack; if you have a -6 and a
-2, you ignore the -2 until the -6 is gone. The maximum
visibility penalty you can suffer from (after any increases and
reductions) is -10.
Total blindness is a -10 visibility penalty; one eye closed (or
removed!) is -3. A visibility penalty reduces your Accuracy and
Awareness by its value, and your defensive rolls by half
(rounded down) of its value; even without their sight, a ninja's
sixth sense often alerts them to danger and allows them to
respond.
Many visibility penalties affect areas: clouds of smoke or
mist and the like. In this case, you suffer the penalty when
inside it, or when trying to attack or watch (but not defend
against) someone inside it.
If it ever becomes relevant, closing or opening your eyes is
a Speed 0 action--but not an Interrupt.
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3. Other Effects
a. Area of Effect
Certain things apply not to an individual, but to all things
within a given area--their "area of effect", or AoE. These
include things like explosions and smoke bombs
The simpler type of AoEs are ones which are not directly
offensive, such as a smoke bomb or a jutsu that creates a
thick cloud of mist. These apply certain effects so long as
you're in them, and can only be avoided by moving out.
Others, however, are attacks: they cause damage to
everyone within an area. Depending on that area, it may not
even be possible to avoid one effectively.
When being subjected to an AoE attack, the first thing to
determine is if you can dodge it effectively. To do this, take the
attack's Speed, and determine how far you could move (see
'Actions') in that time. If that distance is greater than the
effect's radius, then congratulations, you can dodge normally.
If not, you have a -2 penalty to Dodge per yard you're short by.
As AoEs are not, strictly speaking, targeting you, they
generally cannot be parried. Other defenses, such as raising a
ninjutsu-based wall, are typically effective.
b. Knockback
Certain jutsu have an effect referred to as "knockback", which
does about what it sounds like: pushes you away from its user
or point of origin. Knockback is measured in yards; a 10 yard
knockback means that, if you are hit, you will be moved 10
yards away from wherever the jutsu originated from.
Some may have more complex rules, such as pushing you
to the edge of their area of effect.
When a technique knocks you back a certain number of
yards, if partial defense applies then you will also reduce the
knockback by that amount.
The exception is area-of-effect knock backs centered on an
individual (such as a Hyuuga's Kaiten and the A-rank jutsu
Eye of the Storm): partial defense does not reduce the
knockback from these, as they essentially "push" everything
away from them equally.
c. Clones and Conditions
Any clones you summon are subject to the same statuses and
conditions you are suffering from at the time you summon
them. This includes wounds or any status effect.
Note: It may be a bad idea to make clones while on fire.
Weather Conditions
1. Weather Conditons
Extreme Weather:
a. Basic Weather Warning, being in these conditions can not only be dangerous
b. Extreme Weather to your health, you could very well die.
2. Day and Night
3. Weather By Country Smog This has the effects of Fog and Low Air Pressure.
Every 20 IC you suffer from Suffocation 1 (Oxygen mask
prevents further Suffocation stacks, and removes 1 Stack
every 2 IC you spend wearing the mask). This caps at 5.
Weather Conditions Storm This has the effects of High Winds and Heavy Rain.
You lose Enhanced Hearing and Blind Fighting bonuses,
There are a variety of conditions that happen in the world and Offensive genjutsu have a -3 Penalty. If you wield a
and many of them can interfere with or change what you're metallic weapon during a Storm, you roll a 1d100 every
doing. 10 IC. If you roll a 1-5, you are struck by a bolt of lightning!
If you are safely in the confines of your village, you do not Defend against an Accuracy 80 Tenchu with an NDB of
have to use weather (Though you can), but outside in a scene 30!
you must refer to the bottom of this section. Sandstorm This has the effects of High Winds and Heavy
Fog -6 Visibility Penalty. Beyond 50 yards, the Visibility Heat. Every 20 IC you suffer from Burns 1, which
Penalty is doubled. escalates by 1 every 20 IC. If you have more than DR 10
Heavy Rain -2 Visibility Penalty. Immobilization Penalty 1. this doesn't effect you. -8 Visibility Penalty and every 5 IC
-5 to Survival when Tracking. For any Suiton you use, you suffer from Suffocation 1. This caps at 5. Oxygen
there always counts as being 5 free gallons you can use Mask makes you immune to these effects. Every 10 IC you
per technique. This adds a +3 Chakra cost to each Katon don't move your Immobilization penalty increases by 1.
jutsu. This additional penalty can be lowered by 1 by moving 3
Snow Paralysis 1 Always, unless you have D-rank Suiton yards. If this makes your Immobilization 10 or more, your
Technique Pool of Water or Waterwalking. +5 to Survival Suffocation penalty from Sandstorm is uncapped. Every
when Tracking. 20 IC you've been in combat in the open, you take a Minor
Hail -4 Visibilty Penalty. Every 20 IC you've been in Slashing wound.
combat in the open, you take a Minor Blunt wound. Blizzard Now, you wish you didn't mention that Touu's
Heavy Cold Water tends to freeze quickly, 1 Gallon being mother. This has the effects of High Winds and Heavy
frozen per 20 IC. -3 to All Skills. Every time your Chakra Cold. -6 Visibility Penalty. Paralysis 2 Always, unless you
penalty increases, it increases by one more. have Watershoes or Waterwalking. Then it's Paralysis 1.
Heavy Heat Suiton require double the amount of water. Every 20 IC you've been in combat in the open, you take a
Every time your Stamina penalty increases, it increases by Minor Piercing wound.
one more.
High Winds Immobilization Penalty 2 +3 Speed on
Fuuton for purposes of damage only. On any Ranged
Weapon Taijutsu, roll 1d4, on a 1, it misses. Every 20 IC
the effects of the E-rank Fuuton Technique Cleansing
Wind is used.
High Air Pressure -3 Speed on Fuuton for purposes of
damage only. Breathing isn't as easy as normal. You must
make a Stamina check every 20 IC with a TN of 5+5*Your
current Fatigue level. This CANNOT be combined with
Low Air Pressure. Oxygen Mask makes you not have to
roll this check.
Low Air Pressure Fuuton does -20% damage for the
purposes of Wounding. Low air pressure means air is
much "thinner" than normal. Make a Resistance check
every 20 IC (or 10 minutes out of combat), TN 10,
increased by 5 every time you succeed, to a maximum of
50, or you suffer from a Major Blunt Head wound for the
next 20 IC (or 10 minutes out of combat). Rest action can
reduce TN by 5, to a minimum of 5. This CANNOT be
combined with High Air Pressure. Oxygen Mask makes
you not have to roll this check.
Clear Skies Not a single cloud in sight, or maybe a few
small ones. No penalties or bonuses!

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 Clear Skies (1-6) Heavy Heat (7-10) Heavy Cold (11-14) Snow
Day and Night (15) Hail (16) High Winds (17) Low Air Pressure (18) Smog
(19) Blizzard (20)
Daytime
The sun is high in the sky. No penalties or bonuses!
Dusk/Dawn Minor Countries:
Opponents need to have only -5 Visibility penalty for you Any border countries to these that aren't listed use either of
to Hide. the adjacent tables. Roll [1d2] and pick a country, then roll
your [1d20] Example: Taki and Grass will use Stone or Fire
Glaring Sunlight country.
Rain is a special exception which uses Lightning or Fire
Opponents need to have a -7 Visibility for you to Hide. country still, but replaces their clear skies with Heavy Rain,
-3 to Stealth and Espionage Checks, but +3 Survival. and their Storm with Smog.
Night-time
-6 Visibility penalty. After this, you may roll for Day/Night. Roll [1d2], Day = 1, and
Any other visibility penalties are increased by 2. Night = 2. Then roll [1d6] and consult below. Rolling for
Day/Night is optional in friendly RP/Sparring.
Intense Moonlight
-2 Visibility penalty. Day:
+5 Survival. Daytime (1-4) Dusk/Dawn (5) Glaring Sunlight (6)
New Moon/Cloud Cover
-10 Visibility Penalty. Night:
You cannot perform Called Shots. Anything requiring Night-Time (1-4) Intense Moonlight (5) New Moon/Cloud
Called Shots cannot be used. Cover (6)
Ignite's Stealth Penalty is doubled.
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COUNTRY WEATHER:
Determining the weather where you live is simple! Just roll
[1d20] and consult below (If sparring in a Hidden Village, you
can ignore results of Extreme Weather):
Fire:
Clear Skies (1-8) Heavy Rain (9-11) Fog (12-13) Hail (14-15)
High Winds (16-17) High Air Pressure (18-19) Storm (20)

Lightning:
Clear Skies (1-6) High Winds (7-10) High Air Pressure (11-
12) Low Air Pressure (13-14) Snow (15-16) Heavy Cold (17-
18) Storm (19-20)

Wind:
Heavy Heat (1-10) Clear Skies (11-14) High Winds (15-18)
Sandstorm (19-20)

Water:
Heavy Rain (1-6) Fog (7-10) Snow (11-14) Hail (15) Heavy
Cold (16) Low Air Pressure (17) Clear Skies (18) Blizzard
(19-20)

Earth:

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Fatigue
1. Stamina
2. Chakra Exhaustion
3. Fatigue
4. Example
1. Stamina
People get tired; it just happens, even to supernaturally-
empowered ninja. To represent this, certain attacks have a
stamina cost, listed in a format such as "Stamina: 10."
Whenever you use a move with a listed Stamina cost, you
make a stamina roll: 1d20+RES/10. Regardless of the result,
your attack is resolved normally. However, if you got less than
the TN for your roll (that is, the move's Stamina rating) your
Fatigue is raised by one category.
Realistically, continued exertion even at the same level will
tire people out. Every time you make a stamina roll, you incur
a penalty equal to (the Stamina cost)/5, rounded down, on all
future Stamina rolls you make.
This penalty is reset to 0 every time you advance a Fatigue
category, and at the end of battle. It can also be reduced by
spending your time Resting in combat.
====================
2. Chakra Exhaustion
The counterpart to stamina. Shinobi have the ability to use all
manner of fantastic abilities by drawing on the chakra within
themselves and manipulating the environment. While very
potent, this energy comes from their body, and it's easy for a
shinobi, especially an inexperienced one, to overtax
themselves.
Ninjutsu and genjutsu moves have a chakra cost, listed in a
form such as "Chakra: 10." When you use these moves, you
make a roll against Chakra Exhaustion; to pass, you must get
equal to or greater than the technique's cost on a roll of
1d20+CHA/10. If you fail, your Fatigue is raised one category.
Whether you pass or fail, your jutsu works normally.
The more chakra a shinobi spends, the more strain they
put on their body. Whenever you make a Chakra Exhaustion
roll, you incur a penalty equal to (the technique's Chakra
cost)/5, rounded down, on all future Chakra Exhaustion rolls
you make.
This penalty is reset to 0 every time your Fatigue category
increases, and at the end of battle.
====================
3. Fatigue
Fatigue represents the effects of weariness on your body.
Shinobi can push themselves well beyond normal human
capabilities, often displaying determination that exceeds their
body's limits.
You begin a battle at Fatigue 0. Whenever you fail a
Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion roll, your Fatigue increments
up one category, and your penalties to both those rolls reset
to 0.
For every 15 points you fail a roll by, you automatically
advance an additional Fatigue category; thus, rolling a 12 on
a Stamina 45 technique would cause you to advance 1+(45-
12)/15 = 3 Fatigue categories.
For each level of Fatigue, you apply the following effects: -1
to your Accuracy, offensive rolls, and skill rolls -2 to your
defensive rolls +5 to your Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion
rolls
Fatigue only goes up to 5. If you fail a Chakra Exhaustion
or Stamina roll when at Fatigue 5, you complete your action
and then fall unconscious, your body pushed beyond its
limits.
One exception to that last paragraph, though. If you fail a
technique badly enough that you would advance a Fatigue
level beyond unconsciousness, the technique you were using
fails to activate. Thus, say you're at Fatigue 4, and you fail a
technique by 32 points. Failing it advances you to Fatigue 5;
the first 15 points you fail it by advances you a second Fatigue
category, placing you unconscious; however, you failed by
another 15 points, and so not only are you unconscious, but
your technique also fails to activate.
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4. Example
Naruto and Sasuke are fighting over who shall be Sakura's
boyfriend.
Sasuke starts accosting his nemesis with multiple Shishio
Rendan attacks, a Stamina 15 technique. The first, he rolls a
plain 1d20+7, with a total of 16, narrowly avoiding failure.
Still, he's angry, and he keeps going. The next roll is 1d20+7-
3; and, the next, 1d20+7-6. Both times he passes.
Not wanting to exhaust himself too quickly, Sasuke
switches to his ninjutsu, tossing off a Grand Fireball, a
ninjutsu with a Chakra cost of 16. He rolls his 1d20+6, and
passes the roll. He follows that with a Housenka (Chakra cost
14), rolls 1d20+6-3 for Chakra Exhaustion, and again passes
his check.
At this point, Sasuke's next Stamina check will have a -9
penalty, and his next Chakra Exhaustion roll will have a -5
penalty.
Deciding that he'll probably fail his next roll regardless, he
attacks with an impressive Chidori: the move has a Chakra
Cost of 25, meaning there's no way he can pass its Chakra
Exhaustion check. As expected, Sasuke fails, and advances to
Fatigue 1.
At this point, his Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls
both have their penalty reset to 0, and since he's Fatigued,
those rolls also have a +5 bonus. He considers following
immediately with another Chidori (he'd have a small chance
of avoiding failure; a roll of 14 or better, 14+6+5=25, would be
sufficient), but instead decides to pace himself.</>
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 Wounds
1. Explanation
2. Wound Categories
3. Damage Types
4. Location
5. Called Shots
1. Explanation
Shinobi can, and frequently do, endure beatings that would
leave ordinary people as lifeless, mangled pulps--something
about the increased flow of chakra and physical conditioning
giving them unnatural durability.
Enough of a beating, over a long enough period of time, will
still bring a ninja down, but little things like getting knocked
off a roof or stabbed with a knife are not nearly so fatal as
they'd be for normal people.
Even so, some blows are too much to just shrug off. These
are called wounds, injuries that have some lasting effect on
your ability to fight.
2. Wound Categories
Wounds are divided into four categories, based on their
severity: Minor, Major, Severe, and Critical.
Simply put, you acquire wounds by taking too much
damage at once. When a single source of damage deals more
than a certain percent of your maximum Vitality at once, you
suffer a wound of the corresponding severity.
Minor: 10% Major: 25% Severe: 50% Critical: 75%
Damage dealt to your HP wounds you based on your
maximum HP, as should make sense! However, the
percentages are higher, to offset HP being much lower than
Vitality
Minor: 25% Major: 50% Severe: 75%
For the sake of demonstration, we'll say that you have 600
Vitality, and 200 HP. An attack hits you for 100 damage. If
you take this damage to your vitality (16%), you suffer one
Minor wound. If you take it to your HP (50%), you'd instead
suffer a Major wound.
On the other hand, if you had 60 Vitality remaining when
that same attack hit, you'd lose 60 Vitality (10%) and 40 HP
(25%), resulting in two Minor wounds.
3. Damage Types
After determining the severity of a wound, the next (fairly
simple!) step is determining what type of wound it is. Being
cut by a sword and being hit by a magical ninja fireball, even if
they do the same amount of damage, have significantly
different effects on the human body.
For the most part this is self-explanatory, with only four
damage types recognized: Blunt, Slashing, Piercing, and
Energy.
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Unarmed attacks are always blunt damage, nice and
simple.
Weapons have their damage type, or types, listed in their
descriptions. If a weapon can do multiple types of damage,
the attacker declares which type of wound they'll be inflicting
after the severity is confirmed, but before the location is
determined. Some weapon jutsu require a weapon of a
specific damage type to be used; in this case, damage from
that jutsu is considered to be of that type.
Ninjutsu are simpler than weapons! Katon and Raiton jutsu
inflict energy damage. Doton and Suiton inflict blunt damage.
Fuuton inflicts slashing damage. An exception! Some jutsu
augment a weapon strike, or actually create a weapon. In
these cases, use the damage type of that weapon, not the
element it was made from.
4. Location
After determining severity and damage type, you roll to
determine location--where you hit, and what you injured. It's
all well and good to say you threw a punch at their face, but
this is battle, with ninjas! Things rarely go as planned.
You roll a percentile die (1d100) for location, and check the
relevant damage type's wound list, under the appropriate
severity, to determine the effect. If it's an arm or leg that's
been wounded, odds on the 1d100 are the right arm, and
evens the left.
This all gets simpler if the defender is blocking; in that
case, they choose the location.
Multiple wounds, even multiples of the same effect, stack.
Two broken left arms means that your arm is broken twice,
with double the normal penalties.
One exception. If you suffer a critical wound, it overrides all
lesser wounds on that location--having an arm reduced to
useless deadweight makes the fact that it's broken in six
places kind of, well, irrelevant. Two criticals in the same
place, however, is oh so very possible.
5. Called Shots
A called shot is an attack specifically targeting a certain
location. After checking your attack's damage type, choose
any of the locations which can be Wounded by damage of that
type. You declare that when you make your attack, for
example, "Hinotama, Called Shot: Arm".
The attack has a -4 Accuracy penalty. However, if it hits any
wounds it inflicts will automatically be dealt to that location.
Blunt (Minor)
- (1 - 20) Ringing Noise (Head)
o/~ There's a drumming noise inside my head that starts
when... o/~ ... uh, right. But, yeah, it's pretty distracting. This
gives a -1 penalty to all d20 rolls, aside from Genjutsu
defenses; it's -2 for them.
- (21 - 40) Bruised Ribs (Torso)
As in the bones, not the skin over them. Truth is, ribs hurt a
lot more than they have any business doing. Breathing hurts
in particular, deep breathing especially so. This increases the
Speed of all your actions by 1, similar to Paralysis. You'll
recover from this at the end of the week.
- (41 - 60) Winded (Abdomen)
A good shot to the gut hit your solar plexus or compressed
your diaphragm, or both, knocking the wind out of you. You'll
be fine, definitely, but this increases your Stamina penalty by
4 and applies a Stun 4.
- (61 - 80) Bruised (Arm)
Your arm is bruised. It hurts. This gives a -1 Accuracy penalty
(because of the pain being distracting, if you're attacking
without using the arm) and increases your Seal Speeds by 1.
- (81 - 100) Bruised (Leg)
Something hit your leg and now it hurts! You'll feel better
after you walk it off (or just sit down and let the pain fade).
Until the end of battle this reduces your base movement
speed by 10% and applies a -1 penalty to dodge rolls.
Blunt (Major)
- (1 - 20) Dazed (Head)
That one left you reeling. Once you're done seeing stars, you'll
be... mostly okay. You lose any AP you currently have, and all
effects with Upkeeps (other than doujutsu) end as you lose
your concentration. If you're standing on water or a wall,
you'll fall, too.
Everything seems just a little bit... off, about the world,
though you can't quite place what. Sounds are muffled, colors
muted, and things keep moving at the edge of your vision.
This distraction provides a -3 penalty to all skill checks and
defensive genjutsu rolls. It lasts for two weeks.
- (21 - 40) Collapsed Lung (Torso)
Your lung quit its day job; unfortuantely, that day job was
letting you breathe. Your Fatigue rolls have a -4 penalty; you
can live with both lungs collapsed, though that raises the
penalty to -12 (rather than just -8).
It takes only a week of medical treatment to get over this,
but it won't get better without that treatment.
- (41 - 60) Groin Shot (Abdomen)
If this was a called shot, you should probably having a serious
talk with your opponent about what constitutes fair fighting.
Even ninja have standards!
It's a Stun 7, and you probably feel more than a little
nauseous. Don't be ashamed about doubling over and
whimpering, either! Until it's healed (2 weeks for that, 4
without rest) your Agility stat is considered 25% lower for
determining how fast you can move. On top of that, you have
a -3 penalty to Resistance rolls until your recovery's complete.
- (61 - 80) Sprained Arm (Arm)
Your elbow or wrist was forced to bend in a way it's not
meant to by the blow, and sprained in the process. This gives
a -4 penalty to rolls, and Accuracy of attacks, using that arm
(such as grapple checks, and all two handed weapons).
Single-handed weapons held in the other hand, ninjutsu, and
taijutsu jutsu which specify they're only kicks suffer only a -2.
It also increases your Seal Speeds by 5. It takes four weeks
to recover. Weeks in which you use that arm in combat don't
count towards the recovery time.
- (81 - 100) Sprained Leg (Leg)
The muscles and ligaments in your knee or ankle were
stretched beyond their capacity. Any time you move, including
dodging, the pain leaves your Accuracy and d20 rolls at a -4
penalty for the next 15 IC.
It takes a month for the sprain to heal, or twice that long
without rest.
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 Blunt (Severe)
(1 - 20) Concussion (Head)
Somebody turned out the lights. It is very dark, and you are
likely to be eaten by a grue. Thankfully, you get over that
before your enemies can capitalize on it (or you're eaten).
This imposes a -5 penalty on all d20 rolls, and halves
(round down) the amount of AP you gain. Whenever you
suffer a head wound, you have a 10% chance per level of the
wound to be knocked unconscious. Any time this happens,
your recovery time is reset.
It takes six weeks of rest to recover from a concussion, or
twelve weeks without rest. Medical treatment won't help it get
better any faster.
- (21 - 40) Broken Ribs
You are in horrible, terrible pain. You'd be screaming and/or
mewling, if you weren't a ninja! Breathing feels like you're
being stabbed--and depending on how badly broken those
ribs are, that might be exactly what's happening.
The effectiveness of blocking is reduced by 25% (from 50%
to 25% for most attacks, and 25% to ineffective against
weapons), and you have a -4 penalty to Accuracy and d20
rolls. The Speed of all actions you take is increased by 2.
Blocking's effectiveness is restored by 5% for every two
weeks of rest you have. Once you've fully recovered from that
penalty, the penalties to Accuracy, rolls, and Speed also
disappear.
- (41 - 60) Crushed Organ
(Abdomen)
It's not as bad as it sounds, honestly. There's some severe
bleeding and bruising inside the organ itself, and it hurts
horrendously, but it's not bleeding out into other parts of your
body--meaning it can only possibly get so bad. Your max HP
and Vitality are reduced by 10% (and your current values of
both by 10% of your maximum), and you have a -5 penalty to
Resistance rolls.
The reduction is lowered by 1% per week of rest you have,
and the Resistance penalty by 1 per 2 weeks of rest.
- (61 - 80) Broken Arm (Arm)
Your arm can't be used in grapples, and you have a -5 penalty
to all grapple rolls. It can't be used to hold two-handed
weapons, and attempting to use it for any other sort of
taijutsu (unarmed or weapon) incurs a -5 Accuracy penalty
and denies you your damage bonus for that action.
You can still form handseals, though when you finish doing
so make a Resistance roll with a -10 penalty against the base
Seal Speed; failure means you flinch, and while you get your
jutsu off just fine you inflict yourself with a Stun 12.
Two months of not using the arm will be sufficient for it to
heal.
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- (81 - 100) Broken Leg (Leg)
Severe damage to your leg has left you with a reduced ability
to locomote around the battlefield! If worst comes to worst,
you can still power-hobble on it; it doesn't directly penalize
your movement, but moving has a Stun 4 added to it (even
moving as part of an attack).
So long as your leg is broken, you can't use any jutsu or
abilities that increase your movement speed.
Your leg won't get better if you're walking around on it. If
you walk with crutches (or a cane, or something of the sort)
you can move at only half speed, but it counts as 'rest' for the
purpose of recovering from this wound, which takes a total of
two months. Each time you opt to run around unaided on it
extends the remaining recovering time by a week.
Blunt (Critical)
(1 - 20) Fractured Skull (Head)
You got hit in the head hard enough that you're lucky you
don't have (much) brain damage. This will usually be
accompanied by nasty lacerations and prolific bleeding, but
not always.
Aside from a Stun 15, you suffer a -5 penalty to accuracy
and all d20 rolls, doubled for skill checks.
This takes 4 OOC weeks to fully heal. Any time in that
period that you suffer a Head Wound, of any type or severity,
roll 1d20. On 1 - 10, you suffer the wound normally. On a roll
of 11 - 20, you're unconscious and comatose until that wound
fully heals (even if that takes longer than it does for your
Fractured Skull to finish healing). You'll always be comatose
for a minimum of 24 hours, even for a Minor head wound.
- (21 - 40) Sternal Fracture (Torso)
Your sternum is that rather lengthy, thoroughly sturdy piece
of bone and cartiliage that runs down the middle of your
chest that all your ribs connect to. They're pretty hard to
break. Nice job pulling that one off.
This in itself isn't terribly bad, but whatever hit you with
enough force to do that off also managed to break several ribs
and cause some significant internal damage. It's pretty easy
to tell your chest is just about ruined: there's a grinding nose
of bone on bone whenever you breathe or try to move too
much, for one thing; the agonizing pain's a pretty good hint,
too.
This imposes a -15 penalty on all Stamina checks, and
reduces your damage bonuses by half. It also imposes a -5
penalty on all defensive rolls.
Every two weeks of rest reduces the Stamina penalty by 1.
Once that penalty reaches -10, your damage bonuses return
to normal. Once it reaches -5, your defensive actions stop
being penalized.
- (41 - 60) Rupture (Abdomen)
Your abdomen's important because it's full of all sorts of
squishy parts that are pretty important for your continued
survival. Whatevr kind of trauma you just went through
ruptured one of those squishy bits, and now it's bleeding out
all over your insides. Yes, blood belongs inside you, but... not
actually inside your abdominal cavity.
Every time you act, including movement, you lose HP (not
Vitality) equal to the Speed of the action, and an addtional 1
HP every 5 IC. In theory, this could even Wound you again.
Treating this with First Aid requires a Medicine skill of at
least 10, and generally involves cutting open the victim's
abdomen and letting it drain (or, in rare cases, ventilate)
before figuring out what's actually bleeding and making it
stop. It's a Speed 25 action to treat this Wound, but it stops
the persistent HP loss.
Any time you take an action, you have a 5*(action's Sped)%
chance of causing the injury to act up again, bringing back all
its lovely effects and requiring treatment (via First Aid or
actual medical treatment) to bring it back under control
again. Every four consecutive weeks you go without incurring
this effect, the multiplier is reduced by 1.
- (61 - 80) Shattered Arm (Arm)
You arm is so broken that the breaks have breaks. It's useless.
You can't perform handseals, hold weapons or use items with
it, and so forth. The pain is horrible and makes it virtually
impossible to concentrate, imposing a -6 penalty to d20 rolls
and Accuracy, and a -4 penalty to Fatigue checks.
After four weeks of medical treatment, the pain will be
manageable, and the penalties will be reduced to a mere -3
Accuracy (though you still can't use the arm). Only after that
will it begin to actually heal, which takes a total of twenty
weeks, or thirty without medical treatment.
- (81 - 100) Shattered Leg (Leg)
There are broken legs, there are severely broken legs, and
then there's your leg. You can't stand without something to
prop you up, but because you're a tough-as-nails and super-
resourceful ninja you can still move, though the distance you
move is divided by 4. You have a -8 penalty to dodge, and -4 to
other d20 rolls.
Once you've had two weeks of medical treatment and been
put in a splint, you can walk So long as you carry a crutch,
cane, or walking stick (which does occupy a hand), you can
move at half speed, and suffer only halve the above penalties.
You can do so without out, though each time you take any
action which requires you to move (including dodging), or are
hit, you have a 50% chance of your leg giving out, and
suffering all the regular penalties.
Once you've received treatment, it takes 30 OOC days to
heal, half when receiving full-time medical treatment.
Slashing (Minor)
- (1 - 20) Blood in Eyes (Head)
Oh no you're bleeding from the face. Because fights msut be
dramatic, the attack has cut in such as way (maybe right
across your eyelid, maybe over the forehead) that blood is
now dripping into your eyes, causing a continual distraction.
This imposes a -2 visibility penalty. You can wipe the blood
from your eyes, a Speed 3 action, which removes that penalty
for the next 10 IC.
- (21 - 40) Armor Tear (Torso)
Something managed to slice right across your chest, hacking
your armor right off your body. On top of being a fairly nasty
gash which is likely to scar if not given stitches, you have a
Bleed 4 effect, and any armor you're wearing is removed (But
clothing is still there!). Armor which specifically applies to
only a different location (such as your head) is not lost.
- (41 - 60) Sliced Stomach
(Abdomen)
This is what happens when you can't make your body
concave enough. You get cut right across the belly.
Fortunately it isn't that bad, it's just in a bad spot. Your
Stamina and Chakra costs are all increased by 2 until the end
of the battle.
- (61 - 80) Lacerated (Arm)
You got a nasty gash running along your arm. It didn't cut
anything vital, but blood is seeping down your arm and off
your fingertips. All Seal Speeds are made at +2 (unless you
can do them one-handed, then you can avoid this by using the
unwounded arm), and you have a -2 to all grapple checks.
- (81 - 100) Lacerated (Leg)
You got a nasty gash running along your leg. It's not life-
threatening, but it is staining your clothes and oozing down
your leg. You have a -1 immobilization penalty that will fade
after 20 IC, but anytime you take a move action (moving as
part of an attack action is fine, but using Shunshin is not), the
wound will reopen, applying another -1 immobilization
penalty with +5 IC in duration.
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 Slashing (Major)
- (1 - 20) Profuse Bleeding (Head)
You got a gash on your face, maybe a slice into your cheek.
You're bleeding a lot! Head injuries are like that. The blood
loss isn't the issue; the fact that that blood is running over
your face and getting in your mouth is.
As your mouth fills with blood, it becomes progressively
harder to breathe (and not vomit), causing a Suffocation 1
effect every 20 IC. Whenever you Rest, the severity of this
Suffocation effect is reduced by 1.
Unfortunately for you, it's amazingly easy to get this kind of
wound infected, so it will not heal without medical treatment.
With medical treatment, it takes three weeks.
- (21 - 40) Pulmonary Gash (Chest)
Something managed to cut through your pectoral muscle and
between your ribs to knick your lung. A pretty impressive feat,
but if they were a real badass they would get your heart (be
sure to taunt them about that).
This inflicts a Bleed effect of 3*Fatigue Level, minimum 3.
Every time their fatigue level increases, they get a Bleed 3
effect--If they were already suffering from this, then the
existing bleed is increased by 3.
Luckily it's a deep but narrow injury, so it tends to heal
fairly quick. It takes two weeks to recover from, with or
without treatment.
- (41 - 60) Open Cavity (Abdomen)
Your abdominal cavity--the part of your body that holds all
your abdominal organs in together in a nice, safe
environment--has been opened, and it really wasn't meant to
be.
You can no longer Rest. Your bonus to Stamina and Chakra
Exhaustion rolls based from Fatigue are is reduced to +3 per
Fatigue level (rather than +5). The penalty you incur from
passing a Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion roll is (the action's
cost)/4, rather than (the action's cost)/5.
This takes a month to heal.
- (61 - 80) Muscle Tear (Arm)
Your bicep and/or tricep have been partially torn, which tends
to make it a lot harder to function effectively in combat, as
your arm goes from a dry noodle to a limp one.
Your STR is reduced by 25%. This affects everything
derived from your STR score you're hoping it doesn't (Vitality,
Damage Bonus, damage dice with taijutsu, etc). This heals at
a rate of 5% per two weeks without medical attention or rest,
or 5% per week in a hospital.
- (81 - 100) Muscle Tear (Leg)
Your quadriceps have been torn. Not to fear, the tendon is fine
and you haven't been hamstrung, you're not going to be put
down like an animal (though this should teach you to treat
pets better).
On the other hand, your AGI is reduced by 25%. This
affects everything derived from your AGI score you're hoping
it doesn't (Dodge, Initiative, max AP, movement speed). This
heals at a rate of 5% per two weeks without medical attention
or rest, or 5% per week with medical treatment.
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Slashing (Severe)
- (1 - 20) Avulsed Ear (Head)
You have a nasty cut right across your ear! Not only does this
look pretty brutal, but there's blood seeping into your inner
ear, which can do some nasty things to your sense of
coordination.
If you have the Enhanced Hearing ability, you lose all
benefits from it, as well as any abilities which depend on it
(such as Blind Fighting). With blood pooling in the ear
making it difficult to keep your sense of balance, the highest
level of Taijutsu you can perform is reduced by one (From A
to B, B to C, C to D/etc).
You're also treated as being on Fatigue category higher
than you actually are for the purpose of penalties (but not
benefits), meaning that if you're at Fatigue 1, you have a -2 to
Accuracy and -4 to Defensive rolls, instead of the normal -1/-2.
Under normal circumstances, this means you also fall
unconscious at Fatigue 4, instead of Fatigue 5.
The blood can be drained from the ear easily with medical
attention, but can't be treated in battle. It will heal on its own
(and probably scar) in eight weeks, or four weeks (and
probably not scar) if you have medical attention.
- (21 - 40) Clavicle Cut (Torso)
The horizontal bone that connects your sternum to your
scapula has been fractured. More than likely, it's possible you
can even feel part of the bone that's jutting out from the skin,
if you try to look down at it.
The worst part of it is the pain, which can't really be
avoided because of how the clavicle helps the scapula keep in
position to let the arm hang. This inflicts a -2 to Accuracy and
d20 rolls, and a Paralysis 4. Any time you perform an action
with a Stamina cost, you take twice that amount in damage,
which bypasses reductions (such as DR).
Crash course in anatomy, you have two clavicles. If the
result was odd, it's your right; even, your left. With proper
medical attention (a trip to a doctor, or a Medicine roll of 20
or higher using a First Aid kit, you or someone else) you can
get the arm completely immobilized against your body. This
reduces the Paralysis to 2, and halves the damage taken
when you make Stamina rolls, but means you cannot use that
arm or hand at all.
It takes 6 weeks to heal, with or without medical treatment.
- (41 - 60) Chopped Liver (Abdomen)
Your liver has been cut. There's really no good side to this
one, it pretty much sucks. The liver happens to have quite a
few functions, namely helping against toxins and the
digestion of proteins. It's kind of vital to live, and it happens to
be bleeding out at a very significant rate.
This applies a Bleed 10 effect. Whenever you take an
action with a Speed greater than the severity of your current
Bleed from this wound (even if it's gone down to Bleed 0),
that Bleed's severity increases by 2.
This also impedes your body's ability to process chemicals
properly. If you're under the effects of a Soldier or Blood Pill,
they end immediately (including the reduction of a Fatigue
level, which can knock you unconscious). Taking either pill
with this wound results in no beneficial effect taking place.
The Akimichi clan's pills still work normally.
This takes ten weeks to recover from, down to five with
medical attention.
- (61 - 80) Hand of Benediction
(Arm)
No, the name's not a joke, and I have no idea why you think it
would be. It's a real term!
Somehow, the median nerve around the elbow has been
severed, resulting in a loss of proper hand function. It doesn't
hurt that much since it was a nerve that was struck, but your
pinky and ring fingers are no longer able to be felt or
manipulated at all, and your thumb is more or less
unopposable.
For starters, if you had anything in your hand at the time
(evens for left, odds for right), you're automatically disarmed.
The same is true for any two-handed weapon you might be
holding. You can not wield a weapon in that hand, and any
unarmed attacks made with the affected limb do not receive
your damage bonus.
Your DEX bonus to Accuracy is now DEX/20 and Seal
Speeds are increased by 50%, before any reductions are
applied to them (such as uniques, DEX/10, etc). You can avoid
the increase in Seal Speed by performing your seals one-
handed, using the opposite hand--if you're able to do so.
This will not heal without treatment: Nerves are tricky
things which require medical ninjutsu to properly restore.
With medical attention, it takes seven weeks to heal.
- (81 - 100) Hamstrung (Leg)
One of the major tendons of the leg, located behind the femur,
have been cut. You're now unable to walk or stand properly,
more or less, and running is completely out of the equation.
You're automatically prone, as if tripped (See the E-rank
Taijutsu for its penalties), and your AGI bonus to Dodge is
now AGI/20. Even when you get up, your movement speed is
cut in half, and you can no longer move as part of an attack.
You can still use jutsu to increase your rate of movement, but
the total distance moved is halved.
You gain AGI/20 AP, instead of normal, and your AP cap is
now AGI/4. Any Athletics rolls you make use only half of your
total ranks in the skill.
If you manage to survive the fight which caused this (props
for that, since you're a sitting duck), it takes twelve weeks to
recover from, or six with medical attention.
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Slashing (Critical)
- (1 - 20) Cut Throat (Head)
The good news: you were not beheaded. The bad news: They
didn't fail by much. Your carotid artery was hit, along with
your trachea, which means blood is flying all over the place
and you're going to suffocate from it if you don't do something
smart (like surrender, or run away).
You start with a Suffocation 2. Every time you take an
action with a Speed greater than 0, its severity is increased by
1 (notably, the "Move" action will not trigger this effect).
However, instead of making a Stamina 15 roll every time your
Suffocation increases (as you would with a normal
Suffocation status), you make such a roll every 10 IC. This
follows all other normal rules for Suffocation.
Additionally, you suffer a Bleed status with severity equal to
that of the Suffocation. In the case of special abilities which
reduce the effect of the Suffocation status on you, the Bleed's
severity is determined before they're applied.
Treatment with a First Aid kit will set the Suffocation
penalty to 0; however, this will not prevent it from increasing
again. In fact, nothing will at all until you've recovered from
the wound! Ouch. On the bright side, you're a super-
implausible magic ninja. If you carefully apply pressure to
your neck with both hands, you can temporarily suspend both
the Suffocation rolls and the Bleed damage--though you may
take no other actions while doing this, not even Speed 0
ones. This 'suspension' applies after you've been doing it for
at least 10 consecutive IC.
This is really just nasty business, all things considered. It
won't start healing until it's received some medical treatment;
after that, as long as you keep your neck bandaged and let
yourself rest, it'll take twenty-six weeks to heal. Time to spend
in a hospital counts double for this purpose.
- (21 - 40) Injured Spine (Torso)
In simple terms, your spinal cord is a part of your central
nervous system and relays signals from the body to the brain,
and vice versa. It also has several neural circuits which
control numerous reflexes and "instinctual" actions that ninja
tend to train themselves for (like moving out of the way of the
technique that caused this).
Fortunately for you, your reflexes didn't seem to be that
crucial anyway, since you let this happen, so you probably
aren't that bad off. Well, that's a lie. Whenever you take an
action with a Speed greater than (RES)/10, two things
happen.
The first is that you suffer a Stun of half its Speed. The
second is that you acquire a Paralysis 1 status, or increase
your existing Paralysis from this wound by 1. The Paralysis
lasts until the end of the battle.
This will not heal without medical treatement. It will take
thirteen weeks of medical treatment to recover from this.
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- (41 - 60) Disemboweled (Abdomen)
Congratulations, you've got what is potentially the most
terible injury one can receive. Your abdomen is full of all
kinds of squishy organs and things which, as it turns out, are
pretty important to keep you alive. Now there's a giant cut
across your midriff and they're all trying to sag out of your
body.
Your Fatigue penalties are doubled (-2 to Accuracy and -4 to
defensive rolls per level), but the bonuses are not. Any jutsu
with an Upkeep cannot be used, as it's impossible to maintain
the necessary level of focus.
Until you've received treatment for this, any called shots to
your abdomen automatically deal their damage to your Hit
Points.
It takes a total of twenty-four weeks of rest to recover from
this. Every time you advance a Fatigue level after receiving
this wound, it takes another week to recover from. The wound
won't even begin to heal until you've received some form of
medical treatment (be it from a first aid kit or a week in the
hospital). Weeks in the hospital count double towards your
recovery.
- (61 - 80) Avulsed Arm (Arm)
Something just cut through a good portion of your arm. It's
still connected, but it's kind of flopping, and you can't really
control it, and it's kind of bleeding everywhere, and.. Yeah.
Firstly, the arm is useless, which means you can't hold
weapons (any you are, drop), make handseals, use items and
so forth. You have a Bleed 6, -8 to Accuracy, and -4 to
defensive rolls. Every time you perform an attack which deals
damage, your Bleed status from this wound increases by your
DB/5, to a minimum of 1--if it's down to 0, then you acquire a
brand new one!
The arm will heal on its own so long as you keep it placed
properly (any first aid kit will do for this) in a sling, reducing
the penalty to Acuracy and defensive rolls by 1 per five weeks,
with time in a hospital counting double. Once those penalties
are gone entirely, you will stop incurring Bleed effects when
you attack.
- (81 - 100) Achilles Tendon Cut
(Leg)
Named after a mythic, nigh-invincible man who supposedly
had a single tendon as his weak spot. As it turns out, that's
actually a weak spot of everybody, and yours just got cut.
The pain isn't quite as bad as the sight of your foot
dragging along unresponsively. For starters, you're unable to
really stand properly, so you take a -8 to your Dodge rolls, and
a -4 to Accuracy and Athletics.
The worst part is that you really just can't move. You can't
move as part of an attack or use jutsu that affect movement
(like Shunshin). You can still take a move action, but at that
point you're moreso just rolling and crawling, so the total
distance moved is divided by 4, after all other factors are
applied to it. You can still 'move' to get out of the way of Area
of Effect attacks, but it suffers the same /4 as regular
movement.
This simply won't heal without medical attention. With it,
you reduce the Dodge penalty every two weeks and the
Accuracy and penalty to d20 rolls every four weeks.
Additionally, after eight weeks the penalty to movement
becomes /2. After the the full sixteen week recovery time has
passed, the movement penalty goes away.
Piercing (Minor)
For every Minor piercing wound you're suffering from, you
reduce your current an maximum action Points by 2, to a
minimum of 0. This stacks addiively with all other AP
reductions, including multiples of the same wounds.
Even if a minor wound has a timed effect, the AP reduction
portion of the wound lasts until the end of the battle. Wounds
that are healed mid-battle similarly have their AP reduction
removed (and it is possible to heal a Minor wound whose
main effect has ended, but AP reduction remains).
- (1 - 30) Needling (Torso)
You've got a small but fairly deep incision from what struck
you. The initial shock of pain was worse than the wound
really is, though. You take a Stun 3, which increases by 1 for
every time you take this wound in the same battle.
- (31 - 60) Flesh Wound (Abdomen)
You've been shanked in the gut. It managed to miss your
vitals, but it's still going to cause blood to trickle out of you.
You take a -1 to Chakra Exhaustion and Stamina rolls.
- (61 - 80) Reflexive Flinch (Arm)
The back of your hand was hit, causing your fingers to spasm
momentarily. Any weapons you're holding are dropped, and
any seals you're forming are automatically aborted. You take a
-1 to Accuracy for the next 50 IC.
Repeatedly applications of this wound do not stack the
penalty to Accuracy, but instead add 50 IC to its duration (or,
if it has expired, re-apply it).
- (81 - 100) Muscle Stab (Leg)
They struck your quadricep, which is a fairly easy target, all
things considered. If you spent the IC before you received this
wound moving, you are inflicted with a Stun 8; whether you
were moving or not, though, you have a -1 to Defensive rolls
for the next 50 IC.
Repeated applications of this wound do not stack the
penalty to defensive rolls, but instead add 50 IC to its
duration (or, if it has expired, re-apply it).
Piercing (Major)
Every Major Piercing wound you're suffering from reduces
your current and maximum AP by 4. This stacks additively
with all other AP reductions, including multiples of the same
wounds.
- (1 - 30) Punctured Cavity (Torso)
The body has several cavities, areas where spcific internal
organs are house and kept together. One of them has been
pierced and now has a hole in it, which is filling up with
blood.
It's painful to move, or do basic things like breathe. You
have a penalty to Fatigue and d20 rolls equal to the number
of Torso wounds you have, including this one, up to a
maximum of -4.
Multiple instances of this wound count towards raising the
penalty, and all lower your AP normally, but their penalties
don't stack--that is, if you had five Punctured Cavities, your
total penalty would be -4, not -20.
It takes four weeks to recover from, two with medical
attention.
- (31 - 60) Organ Hemmorrhage
(Abdomen)
Your abdomen happens to have several internal organs all
closely packed together. While space-saving, it also happens
to mean that if you're hit there, one of them is bound to be
injured in some form or fashion, and that's exactly what
happened.
What that boils down to is that you're bleeding, a lot. You
take a -1 penalty to Accuracy and defensive rolls, and any
time you take an action (including defensive ones) with a
Speed higher than your current AP, this wound's penalty
increases by 1, to a maximum of -4.
Repeated applications of this wound raise the penalties by
1 each, though still not above -4. These penalties last until the
wound has healed.
This takes two weeks to recover from, only one with
medical treatment.
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 - (61 - 80) Joint Pierced (Arm)
One of your arm's joints has been struck and is now filling
with blood and becoming inflamed. It makes it much harder
to properly manipulate the appendage, on top of the very
strange and unnerving sensation you get when you move the
arm and can feel the collected blood sloshing around.
The base speed of all your attacks is increased by 2, and
the effective speed for determining their damage is decreased
by 2. Thus, a basic unarmed attack would be changed from
Speed 8 to Speed 10, but deal damage as if it was Speed 6.
The increase and decrease cannot exceed 50% of an
action's base speed. For example, after 20 separate
applications of this wound your basic unarmed attack would
be Speed 12, and deal damage as if it was Speed 4. You may
still use AP to reduce these actions to half their new base
speed.
It takes three weeks to recover, only one with medical
treatment.
- (81 - 100) Joint Pierced (Leg)
Though they missed fracturing your knee cap, they still
managed to pierce the joint itself, and it's not collecting (and
leaking) blood which isn't supposed to be there. Like many
wounds, on its own it isn't so bad, but when aggravated, it
becomes very problematic.
For every yard you move, including as part of an attack or
with the aid of a jutsu, your movement speed afterwards is
decreases by 1%, to a maximum of a 50% reduction. Multiple
applications of this wound do not increase its maximum
reduction; however, if you had two instances of it your speed
would be reduced by 2% for every yard you moved thereafter,
and so forth.
Finally, this applies a -1 penalty to defensive rolls for every
15% it reduces your movement speed.
It takes two weeks to recover on its own, only one with
medical treatment.
Piercing (Severe)
Every Severe Piercing wound you're suffering from reduces
your current and maximum AP by 6. This stacks additively
with all other AP reductions, including multiples of the same
wounds.
- (1 - 30) Rib Spearing (Torso)
The object that struck you did so in such a way as to cause
your ribs not just to fracture, but to split entirely. Both ends
are curved inward, making movement, breathing, and life in
general very painful.
You take a -2 to Accuracy, Fatigue, and d20 rolls just for
having your ribs broken. Additionally, every time you advance
a fatigue category, or spend Willpower, you take the Minor
Piercing wound Needling, which stacks cumulatively with any
other Needling wounds taken in the fight, for determining the
severity of its stun.
This takes ten weeks to recover from, five with medical
attention.
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- (31 - 60) Cavitation (Abdomen)
Cavitation is an interesting phenomen typically only created
by high velocity projectiles. Ninja being ninja, of course,
means that this could happen with even the most
inconspicuous of objects.
What Cavitation is, is basically a wave of pressure that
forces things--in your case, your internal organs--to shift in
location, causing a cavity where there was none. It results in
your organs being crushed, missshapen, tearing, and
dislocated. This is especially problematic for the abdomen,
wherein everything is already densely packed. There is, shall
we say, a space issue.
The end result is that you automatically advance a fatigue
category, and the category at which you fall unconscious is
reduced by one (from six to five, normally, meaning if you fail
a fatigue roll at fatigue 4, you fall unconscious).
The only good part about this injury is that once your
organs are displaced--well, they're displaced. If you are
already suffering from this injury and are unlucky enough to
have it happen again, you advance a fatigue category, but the
category for unconsciousness is not lowered more than once,
regardless of how many times you suffer this wound.
This takes twelve weeks to recover from on your own, six
with medical treatment.
- (61 - 80) Tricep Tear (Arm)
They missed your humerus bone, but managed to pierce right
through the tendon that connected a portion of your tricep to
it. As any medically-savvy ninja knows, your tricep is pretty
vital for doing things like punching, and holding objects.
If you're using a weapon, then your damage bonus is
halved; unarmed only has its damage bonus reduced by a
fourth. You take a -3 to Accuracy, but against disarm attempts,
this increases to -5 (whether you try to parry or dodge it).
Tendons are tricky business, and require medical expertise
to fix. Without medical attention, it won't heal; with it, it takes
six weeks.
- (81 - 100) Hamstrung (Leg)
Your hamstring, or some similarly important muscle in your
leg, got cut badly enough that it's not doing its job any more.
You can stand, barely, and you can balance, sort of.
You can only accomplish 15 IC of movement before having
to take a Rest action. Movement as part of an attack counts
towards this limit. Any effects which require you to channel
chakra through your legs (such as standing on walls or water,
or jutsu such as Mizutamari) end, and cannot be used until
you've healed.
Speaking of which, healing takes a while; twelve weeks of
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Piercing (Critical)
Every Critical Piercing wound you're suffering from reduces
your current and maximum AP by 8. This stacks additively
with all other AP reductions, including multiples of the same
wounds.
- (1 - 30) Torso: Punctured Lung
Okay, so, first off, calm down. It's not as bad as it... okay, yeah,
it's as bad as it sounds. The good news is, it's not actually
lethal. You've still got the other one (...right?) and whatever did
this to you probably ventilated the lung, and by extension, the
inside of your chest--no air building up in your chest cavity to
collapse the other lung.
...Ready for the bad news? Yeah, lungs aren't actually meant
to get ventilated. You have difficulty breathing, for one thing.
In fact, you can't actually breathe normally, because there's an
extra hole in your lung. Still, you're a super awesome ninja,
and as long as you have one hand free to cover the wound up,
you can still breathe.
You can't take Rest actions, and the final results of your
Stamina rolls are halved. As in, if you have a 12+5+15 = 32,
that's actually a 16. Probably less brutal, you have a -5 penalty
to your Accuracy and d20 rolls from the agonizing pain, and a
-5 penalty to Chakra Exhaustion rolls due to general poor
physical condition. Moving any distance forces a roll of
Stamina 10, +1 per yard moved; this even applies when
moving as part of an attack or with the aid of a jutsu. This can
be avoided by moving at one tenth your normal movement
speed.
The 'agonizing pain' bit goes away in a month (or, more
likely, you get used to it). It takes three months of medical
treatment to recover from the effects. Once it's done, you're
good as new.
Oh, unless you get your second lung punctured before the
first one's healed. Then you just die after 50 IC have passed.
Sucks to be to you.
- (31 - 60) Abdomen: Pierced Liver
You're bleeding from the midsection. And, the blood is black.
Every ninja knows at least a little about anatomy, first aid, and
injuries, and everyone ninja knows what black blood means:
you're bleeding from the liver and about to die.
This inflicts you with a Poison 1 effect. 20 IC later, it
becomes Poison 2; another 20 IC, and it becomes Poison 3.
This continues, all the way up to Poison 10. It doesn't end.
If treated with First Aid, make a Medicine check. Its effects
will be held at bay for 1 hour per point you get on your skill
roll. Once you've received a week of medical treatment, this
stops being necessary.
However, any time you advance a Fatigue level you have an
80% chance of reopening the wound. This goes down by 10%
for every month (4 OOC days) that pass without it courring.
- (61 - 80) Arm: Shoulder Orifice
Someone has created another orifice in your body. As in--if
there wasn't blood pouring out from both ends--someone
could look right through your shoulder and see what's out the
other side. In Pain is an understatement.
On top of that, your arm is pretty much worthless. It's still
there, muscular (or toned, for the ladies!) and attached and
awesome, but it's not doing anything but helping to keep your
clothing on, at this point. You're not really able to feel
anything that the arm or hand happens to touch, and the only
way you get it to do so is by flopping it against something as
dead weight.
You lose the usage of your arm. If you don't have single-
handed seals, you can not make seals anymore. You have a -6
Accuracy penalty, can't use two-handed weapons, and when
you multi-throw the total number of weapons you can throw
is halved.
When you're first hit, this inflicts a Bleed 15 which will go
away normally.
This won't even begin healing until you've had four weeks
of medical treatment. After that, it'll take another six weeks of
medical treatment, or twice as long resting the arm (you may
fight and such, as long as you don't use that arm) for it to heal
fully.
- (81 - 100) Leg: Penetrated Artery
Your femoral artery has been hit, and blood is literally
spraying out of you into the air. Aside from the general pain
involved and the fact that it's completely disgusting, you're
losing a potentially fatal amount of blood and if it isn't
stopped--no, a hand and some pressure won't stop this--you're
going to die.
Your maximum Vitality is reduced by 10%. Every time you
take an action, your current and maximum Vitality are
reduced by (that action's base Speed)*2; every time you spend
AP, your current and maximum Vitality are reduced by (AP
spent).
If you have 0 Vitality remaining, your current HP,
maximum HP, and maximum Vitality are all reduced by that
amount. This includes move actions, unless you move at only
one tenth your normal speed. If your maximum Hit Points are
reduced to 0, you die.
Recovery takes sixteen weeks. At that point, you begin
regaining lost maximum HP and Vitality. Every week which
passes you regain (RES)/3 max HP, or (RES)/2 with medical
attention. Once your max HP is fully restored, you begin
gaining lost maximum Vitality at the same rate.
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Energy (Minor)
- (1 - 20) Sun Spots (Head)
You were a little too slow in closing your eyes when hit, and
now vague shapes resembling the oncoming blast seem to
float around in front of you, obscuring your vision. It's
annoying, more than anything else. You have a -4 Visibility
Penalty, which fades at a rate of 1 per 10 IC.
- (21 - 40) Flash Fever (Torso)
The center of your body was hit, which is good, since it's
intended to take the brunt of attacks. But whatever hit you
also managed to heat you up so much that your body is
having trouble regulating your temperature. You feel vaguely
sick and tired, but you'll shake it off soon. You have a -2 to
Fatigue rolls until the end of battle.
- (41 - 60) Stomach Blister
(Abdomen)
A pretty nasty blister managed to emerge from whatever hit
you, causing plasma to be stuck within a layer of skin that
expanded. It's.. gross, and fairly uncomfortable. You have a -1
Immobilization penalty until the end of the fight, unless you
decide to pop the blister as a Speed 8 action (Seriously--ew),
taking a fourth of the damage that caused this injury again.
This additional damage can't cause a wound itself.
- (61 - 80) Burned (Arm)
You've been burned! It hurts. The skin is red and starting to
swell a little, and touching it (or having it touched) tends to
hurt, as it's now raw. This inflicts a Burn 3, and you suffer a -2
to Accuracy until it goes away due to the pain involved with
using the affected limb.
- (81 - 100) Burned (Leg)
You've been burned! Seriously, it does hurt. Your leg is red
and it's painful when you put your weight on it trying to do
things like run. You're inflicted with a Burn 3, and take a -2 to
Dodges until it goes away due to the pain of using the
afffected limb.
Energy (Major)
- (1 - 20) Facial Burn (Head)
There's now a nasty burn across your face, the flesh blistered
and somewhat charred. This is disorient, and you can't get the
smell of burnt flesh out of your nostrils, or the taste out of
your mouth, when you inhale, which has the effect of
nauseating you whenever you try to breathe deeply.
As you exert yourself, you smell it more and more and
become progressively sicker. Every time you make a Stamina
or Chakra roll, you increase your penalty to both by 2. This
takes a month to heal on your own, or two weeks with
medical treatment.
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- (21 - 40) Scorched Chest (Torso)
The majority of your body has been burned, taking any hair
found on your chest, back, and stomach along with it. Due to
the large surface area that entails, it isn't that deep at any
point, but since it covers so much area, it makes it very easy
for others to aggravate your injury.
You take an additional 10% damage when hit, after all
normal reductions but before determining if you suffer
wounds. One of the worst parts about it is how it tends to
make getting additional wounds that much easier. This takes
two weeks to heal, only one with medical attention.
- (41 - 60) Scalded Stomach
(Abdomen)
Whatever hit you managed to more or less burn away what
covered your midriff and had enough power behind it to
significantly heat up your internal organs. This is not good, as
your organs can be pretty sensitive about that kind of thing.
You are afflicted with a Stun 8, and have your current and
maximum Hit Points and Vitality reduced by your RES until
this has healed, which takes three weeks with or without
medical treatment.
- (61 - 80) Second Degree Burn
(Arm)
The majority of your arm is burned. While not life-
threatening, the amount of skin that's been burned is
substantial, making it a great deal more painful to use the
arm in battle.
When you perform handseals, attack or parry, you take
twice the base Speed of the action as damage. In addition,
you have a -2 to Accuracy. This takes 5 weeks to heal on its
own, 3 with medical treatment.
- (81 - 100) Second Degree Burn
(Leg)
One of your legs has been burned down to the dermis, the
layer beneath the epidermis, causing multiple small blisters
to form at the surface, which has reddened and toughened
considerably.
You have a -5 Immobilization penalty, along with a Burn 3.
When the Burn status is removed, the Immobilization penalty
is reduced to 3. It takes two weeks per Immobilization
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Energy (Severe)
- (1 - 20) Blinded (Head)
Your kept your eyes open a little too long when something
was aimed right at your face. Just like with it being a bad idea
to look directly into the sun, it is also a bad plan to stare
directly at a superheated jutsu aimed at your head. Your face
as a whole was scalded, but your eyes took the worst of it by
looking at it for so long.
You take a -3 Visibility Penalty, which is reduced by 1 every
10 IC, and a Stun 3. It is not so bad by itself, until the next
time you're hit by a jutsu that inflicts Energy wounds
(regardless of whether or not it does, in fact, actually wound
you).
When that happens, your visibility penalty is increased by 1
per rank of the jutsu (1 for E, 3 for C, etc.), to a maximum of
-8. The technique must deal damage to trigger this effect of
the wound.
It takes a long time for your eyes to not be so sensitive,
reducing the penalty you incur when blinded by 1 every four
weeks--for a total of a 20 week recovery time, to not be
blinded by A-rank jutsu. With medical attention, the recovery
time is halved.
- (21 - 40) Dark Halo (Torso)
The name comes from the fact that you've suffered burns of
the entire dermis in a solid, unbroken ring around your body.
It is not quite as cool as it sounds--burns of such magnitude
can actually cut off circulation to the rest of the body.
In short, you're going into shock. At the start, it is not so
bad, reducing the bonus to CE/Stm rolls from Fatigue by 1
(from +5 to +4). Every time your Fatigue increases, however,
the bonus lowers by one per level. Thus, if you were at
Fatigue 3 when you received this wound, then went up to
Fatigue 5 in the same battle, you'd have only +2 to Chakra
Exhaustion and Stamina rolls per Fatigue category (for a
total of +3).
Your Fatigue bonus 'recovers' at the rate of +1 per three
weeks of rest. After this, it will take six more weeks, halved
with medical treatment, to fully recover from the wound--
meaning that the bonus could still be lowered in that time. If
this occurs, you have to re-recover from the lost Fatigue
bonus, and then you'll pick up where you left off on healing
the rest of the wound.
- (41 - 60) Side Burns (Abdomen)
The sides of your ribcage have been charred and are almost
black, hence the name that resembles a much less gruesome-
looking hairstyle (though, let's be honest, it's still pretty bad).
Aside from making the definition of your ribcage more
obvious, it also makes it harder to breathe.
It isn't so bad here and there, but that quick, almost
gasping inhale taken when you try to spur yourself onward
makes you pause and lose your breath, slowing you down
when you want to be at your quickest.
Whenever you spend AP in combat, you must first pay an
additional amount AP equal to your current Fatigue level, +1.
This surcharge does not affect the action's Speed, pay any
costs associate with it, or otherwise count in any beneficial
manner. It does, however, count againt any penalties or
limitations regarding spending AP you may have.
Every time you spend more than your current Willpower in
AP on an action (including the surcharge from this wound),
you are afflicted with a Suffocation 1. This Suffocation
penalty persists for the duration of the fight, but resets to 0
after combat.
The burns are slow to heal, taking sixteen weeks on your
own, or eight weeks with medical attention.
- (61 - 80) Muscle Melting (Arms)
Not quite as literal as the name implies, but no less serious
an injury--you've been burned so deep that he muscle itself
has been affected. Aside from intense pain, it also weakens
the muscle as a substantial section of it has become damaged
and useless.
Your damage bonuses (Physical and Ninjutsu) are lowered
by 25%, and you have a -1 penalty to Accuracy. As you
continually use the muscles and chakra involved, the heat
builds and spreads to worsen the injury, inflicting even more
damage to both muscles and tenketsu.
Whenever you deal damage, the Damage Bonus which was
used is lowered by 5%, to a minimum of 50% (halving your
damage bonus). When either reaches 50%, your Accuracy is
lowered by an additional 1 point, to a maximum of -5.
But despite the wound, a ninja's body is an amazing
machine. Every two weeks, you recover 5% of each damage
bonus. With medical attention, you recover that every week.
Once both of your damage bonuses are back to normal, the
Accuracy penalty goes away, and your bonuses stop
decreasing when being used.
- (81 - 100) Fused Foot (Leg)
The skin of one of your feet (odds right, evens left) has been
burned so badly that the toes are more or less a singular
section, melted together. The rest of it isn't much better, but
the most pressing issue how it impairs its functions in battle.
You have a -5 to dodges due to how hard it is to adequately
shift your weight and pivot using that leg now. It actually
makes turning into and away from blows more difficult,
imposing a -2 penalty to Parries. This also makes it
substantially harder to run effectively, causing you to lose the
benefits of any effects which increase your AGI for the sole
purpose of movement (such as the Runner ability, or Racing
Thunder Technique), and halving your movement speed on
top of that.
How you're going to fix it medically is another matter
altogether, one which is very unpleasant to hear about and
even worse to experience. Safe to say you should want
medical attention for it, to recover from it after seven weeks.
But if you're crazy (and have a first aid kit to use), you can go
without it, though it takes fourteen weeks to do so.
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Energy (Critical)
- (1 - 20) Eye Welded Shut (Head)
You got hit in the face by a giant fireball of bolt of lightning,
which is basically awful for tons of reasons. Aside from the
deep-tissue burns across half your face, the heat was enough
to melt the surface of one of your eyelids, fusing it shut.
Any ranks in the Enhanced Sight are lost until you recover,
as are any abilities dependant upon it. That eye is effectively
useless, putting you at a -3 visibility penalty as well.
It gets worse. The movements of your eyes are linked;
where one goes, the other follows, meaning that while one of
your eyes is slightly damage and basically glued by molten
flesh to your eyelid, it's still trying to move around,
aggravating the injury further.
Every 10 IC which pass, you suffer a -1 penalty to Accuracy,
Fatigue rolls, and defensive rolls, with a maximum of -10.
However, if you close both your eyes this penalty these
penalties are reduced by 1 every 20 IC (though be aware that
closing both eyes incurs a -10 visibility penalty), to a
minimum of half the highest value it's reached (if it got up to
-7, closing your eyes couldn't reduced it below -4).
This heals naturally, with the penalty to Accuracy, et cetra,
being lowered by 1 for every 4 weeks that go without it being
increased. Once it's been reduced to 0, it takes ten more
weeks to recover. If the Accuracy/etc penalty returns during
that time, healing your eye is interrupted (with 'progress'
retained) until it's back to 0. At this point you stop suffering
this wound's effects, but have a semi-permanent -2 visibility
penalty.
Medical treatment halves all the above times. After another
five weeks spent hospitalized, the 'permanent' -2 visibility
penalty will also be removed.
- (21 - 40) Atrial Fibrillation
(Torso)
The burns to your chest are so deep and severe that they're
affecting your cardiovascular system. Specifically, the heart,
and the rhythm at which it beats. Thankfully, this is the less
lethal form of fribrillation, as it means your heart is still able
to beat properly and pump blood throughout the body, it just
does so irregularly.
But it's still pretty bad, as things like fighting cause your
pulse to shoot way up, which increases the workload of your
heart and makes it more likely and devastating every time
your heart skips a beat. Every 15 IC, you take a -1 to
Accuracy, d20 rolls, and Defensive rolls. This penalty can be
reduced by 1 by taking a Rest action, but if it does then you
do not lower your Stamina penalty, as is normal.
But the more you fight, the worse it gets, and there is only
so much even a ninja can do to support themselves while
their heart isn't working properly. This penalty can only be
reduced to half its highest amount reached (if it becomes a -5
to Accuracy, d20 rolls and Defensive rolls, you can only
reduce it by Resting to -3).
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This penalty does not increase outside of combat, but will
continue to affect you every time you fight. One of the worst
problems with this injury is how it is a chronic condition that
the body can't fix by itself, once it's happened. You must
receive medical attention to get it fixed, and with it, takes 7
weeks to no longer suffer penalties to d20 rolls. With another
7 weeks, you don't take penalties to defensive rolls, and then
with another 7 you don't take penalties to Accuracy, and any
penalty you still had is removed.
- ( 41 - 60 ) Slow Roasted (Abdomen)
When something is cooked poorly, the outside tends to burn
first, but the inside is typically not that bad. But when
something is really charred, it is not just that the outside
blackens and dies, but it ends up encapsulating the interior,
preventing the escape of heat.
That's basically just what happened to you. So while your
skin is flaking from your stomache and looks absolutely
horrifying every time you breathe in and out, the real problem
is how your innards have been superheated and are unable to
effectively cool off. The end result is a constant feeling of
sickness that seems impossible to treat.
You automatically advance one Fatigue level. Penalties to
your Stamina and Chakra Exhaustions rolls are not reset to 0
when you advanced a Fatigue level, and you advance an
additional Fatigue category for every 10 points you fail a roll
by, rather than every 15.
You can still Rest, but it becomes a Speed 15 action, to
which AP still cannot be applied. Out of combat you recover
Fatigue levels at the rate of 1 per OOC day (rather than hour),
and cannot recover below Fatigue 1. Similarly, you regain one
point of Willpower each OOC day, rather than all your
Willpower each day.
After twenty weeks of recovery, your Fatigue and Chakra
Exhaustion penalties reset normally, and you can recover
down to Fatigue zero. After another twenty weeks, your
recovery times return to normall. It is very, very difficult for
your body to come back from this. Medical attention halves
these times.
- ( 61 - 80 ) Red Right Hand (Arms)
The name is something of a misnomer, actually--your hand is
black. You can't feel it, you can't use it. It's still there, although
it's hard to tell how much of it is salvagable at a glance,
because it's just that badly charred.
You lose the usage of a hand. You can not make seals, hold
two-handed weapons and so forth. You take a -8 to Accuracy
rolls, and a -4 to Defensive rolls--Parrying suffers the penalty
to Accuracy rolls, not Defensive rolls, as is normal.
Recovering from this is about as painful and drawn-out as
you'd expect from losing most of your hand. It takes thirty
weeks on its own, fifteen weeks with medical attention.
- (81 - 100) Melted Leg (Legs)
Your clothing and leg were both burnt so horridly that it's
hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. Much to
your displeasure, you can still feel the limb--or, rather, the
mass of agonizing pain where your functional leg used to be.
When you move, bits of black flake off--probably best not to
think about whether or not that's clothing or flesh.
This reduces Agility for by 75% the purposes of movement,
and prevents you from using movement-enhancing jutsu such
as Shunshin or Racing Thunder Technique (the Doton Mud
Wave Technique can still be used normally, as it doesn't rely
on actual use of your legs).
Recovery
1. Hit Points and Vitality
2. Fatigue
3. Willpower
4. Wounds
5. Medical Attention
6. Guidelines
A.IC and OOC Recovery
B. Rest
1. Hit Points and Vitality
Lost Vitality recovers fairly quickly; ninja don't get too far
through their training without being able to get back on their
feet. You recover 10% of your maximum Vitality every 10
minutes OOC.
Lost Hit Points are harder to deal with. By the time you're
taking HP damage, your body's already reached its limit as
far as soaking damage goes. You recovery 10% of your max
HP every 1 hour OOC.
2. Fatigue
Fatigue is more than just being a little winded; it's exhaustion
and bone-deep weariness. Ninja are just much better able to
deal with such things than normal people. Every hour that
passes OOC, your Fatigue is lowered by one level.
3. Willpower
You begin every (OOC) day with your full amount of
Willpower. With the exception of some rare effects, you can't
get Willpower back any faster than that.
Additionally, it's incredibly hard to get around with your leg
in this condition. You have a -8 penalty to dodges, and -4 to
Accuracy and all other d20 rolls. You can spend 1 Willpower
to force yourself to move despite the difficulty doing so. Doing
so halves these penalties, and the reduction to your agility, for
the next 50 IC.
On your own, this takes two weeks to heal for every 5%
movement speed reduction. Every 15% recovered also lowers
the dodge penalty by 2, and the penalties to other rolls by 1.
Medical attention lets you recover at twice that rate.
4. Wounds
Wounds are particularly grievous injuries, ones powerful
enough to have effects beyond just beating you that much
closer to unconsciousness. The rules for what causes
Wounds are discussed in the appropriate section of the
combat chapter.
And, so are their recovery times! How long a given wound
takes to heal will be listed in that wound's own description.
Those are, unless specified otherwise, base times, and can be
reduced by medical attention (as described below).
Minor wounds all heal at the same rate, with or without
rest or medical attention. Most wounds will heal even if
you're not getting rest, with details listed for each individual
wound; if it says nothing on the matter, rest or lack thereof
won't change its recovery time.
5. Medical Attention
All the listed recovery times assume you're waiting to get
better on your own; ninja have a remarkable ability to recover
from injuries, full as they are of vim and vigor.
Naturally, you heal faster when you're actually getting rest
and have trained medical professionals looking after you. In
fact, you regain everything except Willpower twice as fast
when receiving medical attention.
...Which brings us to what 'medical attention' means. It
means you are in a hospital, or getting an equivalent amount
of bed rest, with one or more doctors or medics checking up
on you regularly. You are getting sleep and being taken care
of, not training or researching a new jutsu. You can most
likely have visitors.
Every ninja village's hospital is always open to its shinobi.
That said, if you try to check yourself in because you have no
vitality and half your HP, and want to spar your friend again
that afternoon, you will promptly get kicked out. On the other
hand, if you're beaten to a pulp (unconscious at 0 HP) or
severely injured (you have a Wound of Major or greater) you
can check yourself in.
However, once you've gone to a hospital they won't let you
leave for 24 OOC hours, unless it's on important business--
such as being required for a mission your village is sending
you on. The doctors have gotten very good at seeing through
people's excuses.
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6. Guidelines
Sometimes people get silly ideas and have to be corrected.
This is to hopefully preempt that, by clarifying a few things!
You probably don't need to read anything in this section
unless it actually comes up during gameplay.
a. IC and OOC Recovery
What happens if you're IC and need to know how fast you
heal? For example, if you're on a mission, or trying to buy
time between fights. If it takes ten minutes to RP a Dude what happened, last thing I remember was us agreeing
conversation, have you healed in that time? What about if you to play chicken with fuumas...
need to step away from your computer for an hour to do
laundry, but there's someone who just drew a knife on you?
For the most part, this really doesn't matter; you can
assume OOC healing times apply unless it actually is an
important situation.
Should such a situation (that is, an important one, or a GM-
run event), use the following in-character times: 10% Vitality:
1 hour 10% HP: 6 hours 1 Fatigue level: 6 hours Willpower:
Restored fully after six consecutive hours of restful sleep.
Wounds: 1 OOC day = 1 IC week
Medical attention does halve those times.
b. Rest
Your body can't heal when you're putting too much stress on
it. It's why doctors recommend bed rest (and lots of fluids,
and "grape" flavored medicine that tastes just horrid, and
nothing like grapes).
'Rest' for a ninja, however, does not entail laying in bed for
the afternoon. Taking damage, or failing a Stamina or Chakra
Exhaustion roll, interrupts your healing; this applies to
Vitality, HP, and Stamina. So, if you had been recovering from
0 Vitality, Fatigue 3, and full HP for an hour and fifteen
minutes, then did something to exert yourself and failed a
Stamina roll, you'd have recovered 70% of your maximum
Vitality (75 minutes, /10 = 7) and 1 Fatigue level, putting you
at Fatigue 2--except you just failed that roll, so back to Fatigue
3 you go.
That doesn't apply to Wounds (unless specified otherwise)
or Willpower. If your healing of a Wound is interrupted
(usually by a method mentioned in that Wound's description),
you still keep however many days of progress you've made
towards recovering from it--you just don't get to count the
current day.
If, for some reason, you are suffering from starvation,
dehydration, or sleep deprivation (less than 6 hours of restful
sleep a night), all of your healing times, including Willpower,
are doubled. For wounds, this means that every 2 consecutive
days of healing count as only 1 (in case you, before having
fully recovered, return to sleeping/eating/drinking and are
able to resume healing at the normal rate).

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Skills
Skills represent broad, generic things ninja do, and how well
your character can do them. Unlike abilities or jutsu, the
exact method of performing a skill is ambiguous; you might
use stealth by hiding in foliage, or by camouflaging yourself,
but in game terms it's all about the same.
Your skills all have a limit of 5 +(your total XP)/200 ranks.
A lot of them benefit from practical application and general
worldliness. Actually increasing your skills up to that limit,
however, requires you to spend skill points.
You get 1 Skill Point for every 25 XP you gain; this happens
automatically, for free, and you cannot buy more skill points.
A single skill point raises a single skill by one rank. Clanless
characters gain 1 skill point for every 20 XP instead.
For example, if you had 600 XP you would have a total of
(600 /25 =) 24 skill points, and you could raise any of your
skills up to rank (5 + 600/200 = ) 8. You could use this to raise
your Stealth to rank 8, your Awareness to 4, Chakra Control
to 6, Resistance to 5, and Survival to 1 (8 + 4 + 6 + 5 + 1 = 24).
A skill roll is 1d20 + (your ranks in the skill). Even if you
haven't raised a skill beyond zero, you may still make a plain
1d20 roll when attempting to perform a task that would call
for that skill.
Some skills are labeled "Trained", which means you cannot
make any roll at all unless you have at least 1 rank in them.
These are generally skills which represent knowledge you
have to learn, instead of something that can be attempted
intuitively.
Athletics
You use athletics when you perform acrobatics, leap across a
chasm, try to navigate difficult terrain, weave your way
between traps, swim across a river, or so forth. You can flip,
tumble, and keep your balance under difficult circumstances.
Awareness
How perceptive you are. This applies to things like hearing a
faint noise, noticing that you're being followed, spying on a
single conversation in a crowded room, and finding an enemy
hiding from you in combat.
Chakra Control
This is your ability to control the flow of the chakra within
your own body, using it efficiently and shaping it precisely to
do what you want. To a limited extent, it also represents how
intuitively aware you are of the nature of chakra in general,
and might allow you to notice when something's unusual
about the surrounding chakra.
Espionage
Something of a catch-all skill, this includes most things shady
and underhanded. Pickpocketing, lock-picking, setting and
disarming (or sabotaging) traps, forging documents, sleight of
hand, and disguising yourself all fall under the umbrella of
espionage.
Medicine (Trained)
You have knowledge of the human body and how it works.
This includes biology, first aid, and at higher levels actual
medical procedures and requirements. With a few ranks, you
can probably apply a tourniquet; with enough, you might even
deserve a 'Doctor' in front of your name (but good luck
actually getting any respect!).
Research (Trained)
Book smarts, overall knowledge, and an ability to gather
information. Research can be used to solve complicated code
and ciphers, find information in a library, and get up to date
on the latest gossip when in a new town.
Resistance
Not to be confused with resilience, this is how well your body
is able to fend off the ravages of the environment and all sorts
of unpleasantness that might befall it, from blistering heat to
poison to burns. This is primarily useful for fighting off
unpleasant status effects that may afflict you, both in combat
and out.
Stealth
How well you can sneak around, keep out of view, and not be
obnoxiously loud. Whenever you need to be unobtrusive, hide
from enemies, or move from point A to point B being noticed,
stealth is your best friend. A ninja who can't be stealthy
probably won't get very far in their career without some
significant redeeming qualities.
Survival
This lets you forage for food and move easily through hostile
environments. While resistance might keep sunburn at bay
while stranded in the desert, survival will help you find the
nearest oasis and make an umbrella out of palm fronds. It's
also used to track people and animals, and avoid being
tracked.
Toxicology (Trained)
This represents overall familiarity with poisons. While high
enough medicine might be able to identify a poison, its
symptoms, and how to treat it, toxicology knows what plant
or animal that poison comes from, how long it takes for
effects to set in, and just how deadly it can be. Many medics
have enough of this skill to be helpful in their work... but it's
also very handy if you find yourself needing to poison
someone.
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1. What Abilities Are
2. Purchasing Abilities

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1. What Abilities Are

Abilities represent the fruits of your character's training, and
the ways in which they've developed as a shinobi. What
abilities you take will play a large role in shaping how you
perform in combat and other situations.
Abilities are more specific than skills; they differ from jutsu
in that while a jutsu is a specific technique, any ability is a
way of doing something or a permanent increase in your
capabilities.
Most abilities are passive improvements, giving you new
capabilities or making you able to do a certain thing better.
You may choose to 'not use' a given ability at any time,
essentially a form of holding back.
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2. Purchasing Abilities
Abilities are acquired by spending XP. Some abilities will list
only a "Cost"; for those abilities, you spend that much XP and
acquire the ability, and that is it.
Others will list both a "Base Cost" and a "Scale." These
abilities can be purchased more than once. The first time, you
pay the Base Cost in XP; each future purchase has its cost
increased by the Scale.
For example, the Enhanced Hearing ability has Base Cost
4, Scale 3. One rank of Enhanced Hearing would cost 4 XP.
The second would cost (4+3) 7 XP, and the third would cost
(4+3+3) 10 XP. So, the total XP spent to get all three ranks
would be (4 + 7 + 10) 21 XP.
Abilities with more than one rank will also include a Limit
entry. This is what controls how many ranks of the ability you
can have. So, if an ability (such as Attentive) said "Research
/5" and you had 12 ranks of Research, you could buy that
ability twice.
Many abilities will include in their limit line a maximum,
such as "Limit: CHA /10, max 4". This means that you may
take that ability up to that many times (so in that example, 4).
Certain abilities will also say "Requires: (something)". You
cannot take any ranks in that ability unless you meet the
requirement.

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Physical Abiltiies:
1. Vigor: Brute Force, Cadence, Endurance, Fortitude,
Good Lungs, Hard to Kill, Healthy, Power Attack,
Resilient, Rigorous Training, Unarmed Focus
2. Mobility: Evasive, Nimble, Runner, Sudden Attack,
Swift,
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1. Vigor
-= Brute Force =-
You're good at... well, exactly what it sounds like: applying a
lot of force all at once. It might be sheer physical strength, or
you could just know how to strike properly. Each rank
increases your physical damage bonus by 0.2.
Base Cost: 1
Scale: 1
Limit: STR /10
Requires: 80 STR
-= Cadence =-
Once you get into a good rhythm, you find it easier and easier
to maintain and keep building your momentum. All your
Combo jutsu have "-1 Stamina" added to their Combo
Counter line. This cannot reduce a technique's cost below
half its normal value.
Cost: 30
Requires: +6 or higher bonus to Stamina rolls, without
Fatigue bonuses
-= Endurance =-
Your extensive physical conditioning has given you an almost
preternatural ability to shrug off damage. When you block,
you may choose to reduce the damage dealt by an additional
10% at the first rank, or an additional 25% at the second
rank. This may only be done once every 30-(RES/10) IC.
Base Cost: 25
Scale: 10
Limit: 2
Requires: 60 RES
-= Fortitude =-
Every rank of this ability gives you a +2 bonus to Resistance
rolls when you block an attack (even if you are doing so
reflexively); if you've declared that you're blocking, this also
applies to any effects requiring a Resistance roll which you
wouldn't normally get to defend against (such as the B-rank
Poison Mist).
If you've declared you're blocking for a certain time period,
and take another defense (for example: you are blocking from
IC 20 to IC 30, and on IC 24 you dodge an attack, and are hit)
half of this abilities bonus will still apply to your rolls.
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 2
Limit: STR /20, max 5
-= Good Lungs =-
All this ninja work has left you well beyond what peak
physical condition would be for an ordinary person. In
addition to being able to fight and exert yourself for
abnormally long times, you recover from such exertion
almost supernaturally fast. When you use the Rest action to
lower your Stamina penalty, it's reduced by 1 more per rank
(so at two ranks, a Speed 5 Rest action would decrease your
Stamina penalty by 3).
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 5
Limit: RES /80
-= Hard to Kill =-
You prove distressingly difficult to make dead. Your max
Vitality and HP are increased by 10% per rank. However,
Wounds are calculated off your unmodified ("true")
maximums.
For example, if you had 1000 Vitality and 3 ranks of Hard
to Kill, you'd have 1300 Vitality. However, your "true"
maximum would still be 1000, and wounds would be
determined based off what percent of 1000 Vitality their
damage was.
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 1
Limit: RES /20
Requires: 80 RES
-= Healthy =-
You get plenty of exercise, and probably eat healthily. When
your job places serious physical demands upon you (such as
leaping across chasms and running over rooftops), this can be
useful. You have a +1 bonus to Stamina rolls per rank.
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 2
Limit: Athletics /5
-= Power Attack =-
You put extra force behind your unarmed strikes, turning your
feeble punches into fearsome punches! Or... something like
that.
Each rank allows you to increase the Stamina cost, and die
size, of your basic unarmed attack by 2. So at rank 1, you
could deal 2d6 damage for 7 Stamina; and at rank 4, you
could deal 2d12 damage for 13 Stamina.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 4
Limit: STR /20, max 4
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 -= Resilient =- -= Sudden Attack =-
You're harder to hurt than you have any right to be! Each rank You sacrifice power for speed and precision, trying to
reduces damage you take from Grapple Taijutsu by 5%. overwhelm or overcome your opponent's defenses before
they have a chance to protect themselves. For every rank, you
Base Cost: 4 may take a bonus of up to +1 on a damaging taijutsu attack's
Scale: 1 Accuracy; each +1 reduces its damage by 10%.
Limit: RES /20, max 10
-= Rigorous Training =- Base Cost: 4
Scale: 1
You've spent time training in, or just being exposed to, Limit: DEX /20, max 5
extreme conditions; sitting under waterfalls, trudging through -= Swift =-
sand dunes, or enduring intense cold without the proper
clothing are all examples of how this might come about. You Swift, adjective; happening quickly or promptly. Your
have a +1 bonus to Resistance rolls per rank. swiftness allows you to react faster, and makes it harder for
your opponents to keep up with you. Each rank gives you +1
Base Cost: 2 to Accuracy.
Scale: 2
Limit: RES /20 Base Cost: 8
-= Unarmed Focus =- Scale: 2
Limit: (AGI - 50) /10, max 5
You've trained to improve your sheer physical prowess; even
when resorting to simple, non-jutsu attacks, you hit hard. May
or may not be the result of deciding to train by punching trees
until your knuckles bleed.
Each rank lets you roll one more die when making a basic
unarmed attack.
Base Cost: 3
Scale: 0
Limit: (STR - 20) /10
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2. Mobility
-= Evasive =-
You're big on not being around when people try to violently
end your life. Every rank gives you a +1 bonus to dodge, it's
awesome!
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 2
Limit: AGI /20, max 10
-= Nimble =-
When targeted by an area-of-effect attack that gives you a
dodge penalty based on its size, that penalty is reduced by 2
per rank, to a minimum of 0.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 1
Limit: AGI /20
-= Runner =-
You're both a distance runner and sprinter! Pretty awesome,
huh? Every rank in this ability increases your AGI for the
purpose of movement by 10% when you're taking a Move
action; moving as part of an attack, or techniques such as
Shunshin, do not receive Runner's bonus.
Base Cost: 3
Scale: 2
Limit: Athletics /3, max 5

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Subtlety Abilities
1. Deception: Cunning, Cunning Blow, Stalker,
Subterfuge,
2. Ninja Tactics: Basic Training, Defensive Formation,
Guard, Safety Dance, Survival Tactics (Basic), Survival
Tactics (Advanced), Total Defense
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1. Deception
-= Cunning =-
You're an expert at misdirection; you know the signs people
look for and pick up on in battle, and you know how to either
give the wrong ones, or none at all. This gives you a +1 bonus
to Accuracy per rank.
Base Cost: 8
Scale: 2
Limit: Espionage /5
-= Cunning Blow =-
If you attack an opponent within 10 IC after you've
successfully defended against an attack they made which
targeted you, you have a +4 bonus to Accuracy.
Cost: 50
Requires: 20 Espionage
-= Stalker =-
Somewhere along the way you picked up the unpleasant, but
highly effective talent of being able to follow people for
prolonged periods of time without being noticed.
Each rank gives you +1 to your Stealth TN once you're
already hidden. The odd ranks (1, 3, and 5) each give +1 to
your Accuracy with Sneak Attacks made from stealth.
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 3
Limit: DEX /20, max 5
-= Subterfuge =-
You are all kinds of sneaky. You know how to lie and make it
seem like you're telling the truth, or how to tell the truth while
convincing anyone listening that it's a lie.
Every rank gives you +1 to Espionage and Stealth rolls.
Base Cost: 3
Scale: 2
Limit: Espionage /3, max 5
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2. Ninja Tactics
-= Basic Training =-
Ninja with the ability to use chakra can get away with not
solving every problem through the application of stealth and
cunning, it's true. But, to be viewed as a proper ninja, they
need to be keenly aware of their surroundings, masters of
deception, and able to vanish like a shadow.
In practice, genin find those things exceptionally boring,
especially when they could be learning how to shoot fireballs
instead. Every rank gives you a +1 bonus to Accuracy,
defensive rolls, and skill checks.
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 5
Limit: Lower of Awareness /5, Espionage /5, or Stealth /5 ;
max 5 ranks
-= Defensive Formation =-
You take up a position protecting someone from harm. Very
useful on escort missions when you have to keep some
blubbering civilian safe! You declare this as an action the
same way you would blocking, while designating one or more
(up to 1+XP/1000) targets within AGI/20 yards of you. If one
of those people is attacked during your Defensive Formation,
you may immediately attempt to Take The Hit, without
increasing your next action as would be normal for using an
Interrupt, with a +10 bonus.
Against area-of-effect attacks, if you do this you take the full
damage, and they take only half (which they can reduce by
their own defenses). The protected target can still defend
themself, but if they move out of your protective radius the
Defensive Formation is automatically aborted.
You may simultaneously declare any two of: Block, Guard,
Total Defense, Defensive Formation, and similar actions not
listed in this chapter (such as the Uchiha's Observe).
Cost: 25
-= Guard =-
You ready yourself for an impending attack. Guard is an
action declared similar to blocking. While Guarding, you have
a +5 bonus to accuracy when parrying enemy attacks
(including with jutsu, such as Halting Blow and Crossroads
of Heaven). Your Parry action itself becomes a Speed 0
Interrupt.
You may simultaneously declare any two of: Block, Guard,
Total Defense, Defensive Formation, and similar actions not
listed in this chapter (such as the Uchiha's Observe).
Cost: 20
Requires: 45 DEX
-= Safety Dance =-
This does not actually have anything to do with dancing.
Indeed, if you are dancing, you probably won't be able to pull
this off! You stay on edge while recuperating mid-battle, never
letting your guard down. When you take a Rest action, you
are also considered to be Blocking until your next non-
Interrupt action.
Cost: 60
Requires: 60 STR
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 Sensory Abilities
1. Enhanced Senses: Enhanced Hearing, Enhanced
Sight, Blind Fighting, Keen Senses
2. Perception: Accurate, Instinct, Sixth Sense
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1. Enhanced Senses
-= Enhanced Hearing =-
Your hearing isn't actually (much) better than a normal
person's, but you've learned how to not do what everyone
normally does: tune out quiet, 'insignificant' background
noises. You still can if you need to, but you can also avoid
doing that, when you need to, say, listen for a skulking
opponent.
This gives you a +1 bonus to Awareness rolls per rank.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 3
Limit: CHA /10, max 4
Special: The two "Enhanced (Sense)" abilities share a Scale.
That is, if you already had four ranks of Enhanced Sight, the
first rank of Enhanced Hearing would cost (4+(3*4) = ) 16 XP.
-= Enhanced Sight =-
You're very good with attention to detail. You notice things
that other people overlook, and as it turns you, that's a pretty
useful job-related talent for a ninja. You get +1 Awareness per
rank.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 3
Limit: CHA /10, max 4
Special: The two "Enhanced (Sense)" abilities share a Scale.
That is, if you already had four ranks of Enhanced Sight, the
first rank of Enhanced Hearing would cost (4+(3*4) = ) 16 XP.
-= Blind Fighting =-
Between smoke bombs, stealth missions at night, and hostile
ninjutsu, shinobi often find themselves operating with their
vision impaired. This ability represents training to fight while
relying on your other senses. Each rank of Blind Fighting
reduces the maximum visibility penalty you can suffer from
by 1.
Base Cost: 7
Scale: 2
Limit: Enhanced Hearing ranks, max 4
-= Keen Senses
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You're very good at picking up on tiny things that are just ever-
so-slightly out of place! Normally, you get a cumulative +2
bonus every time you attempt to find someone using a Search
action in combat. This raises that to +3 at the first rank, and
+4 at the second.
Base Cost: 8
Scale: 4
Limit: (Enhanced Sight ranks) /2
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2. Perception
-= Accurate =-
You've got good hand-eye coordination, which lends itself
towards hitting with your attacks. You have a +1 bonus per
rank to your Accuracy.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 2
Limit: DEX /20, max 10
-= Instinct =-
You've learned to rely on your instincts to guide you in battle,
helping to improve your reaction time. Not by much--but
enough to matter. Each rank gives a +1 bonus to dodge.
Base Cost: 8
Scale: 2
Limit: Survival /5
-= Sixth Sense =-
Ninja really do seem to have one, and no experienced shinobi
will deny it, not once they've faced down an opponent and
actually, physically felt the killing intent radiating from them,
or experienced a half-second of dread in the instant before an
ambush was sprung. Nobody can quantify it, or say for sure
what causes it, but ninja who don't want to die do well to
listen to it.
You have a +1 bonus to Awareness and defensive rolls per
rank. Whenever you would be surprise or sneak attacked this
automatically activates, allowing you to defend against it as if
it was a normal attack. Each time this activates, the
Awareness and defensive bonuses are reduced by 1 each;
once they reach 0, your Sixth Sense stops functioning. This
refreshes at the beginning of each day.
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 4
Limit: CHA /40
Chakra Abilities
1. Nature Control: Elemental Affinity, Elemental
2. Shape Control
Aptitude -= Improved Area =-
2. Shape Control: Improved Area, Improved Range,
Potent Chakra This supplements your ninjutsu techniques, increasing their
3. Chakra Control: Refined Chakra Control, Wall Walking, areas of effect by up to your ninjutsu damage bonus; you can
Water Walking use some, all, or none of this effect on a given technique, as
4. Advanced Training: Genjutsu Training, Medical you please. This bonus cannot exceed the technique's base
Training, Advanced, Seal Training, Advanced area.
5. Genjutsu: Attentive, Genjutsu Awareness, Genjutsu Cost: 20
Competence, Genjutsu Mastery, Illusion Multi-
Targeting -= Improved Range =-
You're able to keep your chakra coherent for longer; the
further it can travel before dissipating (or the faster you can
==================== propel it, or whatever)... well, the advantages should be
obvious. This increases the range of any ninjutsu techniques
you use by up to double your ninjutsu damage bonus in yards.
1. Nature Control This bonus cannot exceed the technique's base range.
-= Elemental Affinity =- Cost: 20
Every ninja has a natural affinity for one of the five primary -= Potent Chakra =-
elements, though some may not discover it until later. This You're able to increase your chakra's density, and in turn
ability can be taken for any one of the five elements, even one preserve some of the energy that would dissipate into the
your character cannot use. atmosphere around you in whatever sort of attack you're
For each rank, you get a +1 bonus to Chakra Exhaustion using.
and Chakra Control rolls involving your favored element. The But all you really care about is that it makes your ninjutsu
Chakra Control skill requirements to learn jutsu of your hurt more! Each rank increases your ninjutsu damage bonus
chosen element are considered 1 point lower, per rank. You by 0.2.
may only take this ability for a single element, ever.
Base Cost: 1
Base Cost: 0 Scale: 1
Scale: +1 Limit: CHA /10
Limit: CHA /20, max 5 Requires: 80 CHA
Some clans start with a specific Elemental Affinity, giving ====================
them one rank in this ability. This does not (necessarily)
provide them with the matching Elemental Aptitude, though
it does mean they cannot change their affinity. 3. Chakra Control
-= Refined Chakra Control =-
-= Elemental Aptitude =- Your precise control of chakra allows you to spend it more
The shinobi of the world recognize five primary elements of efficiently, wasting less and getting more out of what you do
chakra: fire, water, wind, earth, and lightning. These elements spend. Each rank of this ability gives you a +1 bonus on your
and their properties form the basis of most modern ninjutsu Chakra Exhaustion rolls.
techniques. Base Cost: 6
However, actually using elemental chakra requires the Scale: 2
ability to convert one's own chakra to the appropriate Limit: Chakra Control /5, max 5
element, which is what this ability provides.
In simpler terms, when you take Elemental Aptitude, select
one of the five elements; you may use elemental ninjutsu of
that element. Each additional rank of this ability allows you to
use another element.
Base Cost: 5
Scale: +25
Limit: 3
Certain clans begin with one or more ranks in this ability. In
these cases, they have the first one or two ranks in this ability
for free, but must pay that cost when buying the next one.
For example, a Touu begins with elemental aptitude for
Water and Wind. Normally, this would cost (5 + (5+25)) 35
XP; instead, it costs 0. However, when they buy access to their
third element, doing so costs (55 + 35) 90 XP.

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 -= Wall Walking =-
Every village teaches this, usually to their genin, as a form of
training to hone their chakra control skills. Training involves
focusing a fixed amount of chakra at the bottom of one's feet
and using that to adhere to a wall, tree, or other vertical
surface.
With this ability you can scale vertical surfaces, stand on
ceilings, and so forth, at your normal movement speed.
Cost: 10
Requires: 8 Chakra Control
-= Water Walking =-
You can stand on water! Ninja do this in the same way they'd
adhere to a vertical surface, though actually pulling it off is
much harder because the water is constantly moving
underneath them, meaning the strength and distribution of
chakra has to be constantly changed. Once a shinobi is skilled
enough, though, this becomes second nature, just like
keeping one's balance on an unsteady surface.
Cost: 15
Requires: 15 Chakra Control, Wall Walking
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4. Advanced Training
-= Genjutsu Training =-
You've mastered the art of... yeah, okay, no. You are able to
use entry-level Genjutsu techniques. It's not much, but it's a
start.
Cost: 20
Requires: Research 4
-= Advanced Medical Training =-
You've spent enough time studying the human body and how
it interacts with chakra, and honing your medical skills, to
use even the most advanced medicinal techniques. This
ability allows you to learn medical ninjutsu of B rank and
above.
Cost: 25
Requires: Medical Training talent, Skill Focus: Medicine 5
-= Advanced Seal Training =-
As in sealing techniques, not handseals! This allows you to
learn the most advanced fuuinjutsu. These are often
extremely complicated, and even slight mistakes result in
them being useless. Through unrelenting practice and hours
of study, you've gained a sufficient understanding of how and
why seals work to be able to handle the most advanced
techniques.
This ability allows you to learn A-rank Sealing Ninjutsu.
Cost: 25
Requires: Seal Training talent, Skill Focus: Research 5
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5. Genjutsu
-= Attentive =-
You pay lots of attention to details! Beyond that, you're keen
to pick up on things that other people wouldn't. Maybe that
species of deer isn't native to this area, or the wood of an
illusory wall is a type that isn't found in this part of the world.
On the other hand, the more you know about these kinds of
things, the more likely you are to get them right. Each rank
gives a +1 bonus to your genjutsu rolls.
Base Cost: 8
Scale: 3
Limit: Research /5
-= Genjutsu Awareness =-
You're good at picking up little details in your environment
that aren't quite what they should be. Maybe it's that the
ringing noise in your head isn't reverberating right, maybe it's
that whoever constructed an illusion around you forgot to put
door handles on all the doors.
Whatever it is, it gives you a +1 bonus to defensive
Genjutsu rolls per rank.
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 5
Limit: Lower of your Enhanced Hearing or Enhanced Sight
ranks
-= Genjutsu Competence =-
Genjutsu is notoriously difficult; very few ninja are able to just
'pick it up' without difficulty. Even being mediocre with
genjutsu requires a significant amount of training and
practice--which this ability represents.
Each rank gives you a +1 bonus to your offensive Genjutsu
rolls.
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 0
Limit: (XP + 200)/400
-= Genjutsu Mastery =-
Okay, NOW you've mastered the art of Genjutsu. Each rank
gives you a +1 bonus to genjutsu rolls.
You can have 1 rank in this ability for each rank of genjutsu
you know at least one technique from. Thus, if you knew an
E-rank, D-rank, and B-rank move, you could have 3 ranks of
Genjutsu Mastery.
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 4
Limit: Special
-= Illusion Multi-Targeting =-
This allows you to apply a genjutsu which normally must
target a single person at once to any number of people. Every
1 point of Willpower spent allows your genjutsu to target two
more people, at no additional cost and using your same
genjutsu roll.
Cost: 25
Requires: Know at least one C-rank Genjutsu.
Equipment Abilities
1. Ninja Tools: Money (Requisition), Money (Savings),
Bingo Book, Icha Icha Novels, Aerosolized Poisons,
Tag Concealment
2. Weapons, Melee: Ambidextrous, Dual Wielding,
Monkey Grip, Quick Draw, Weapon Focus, Weapon
Throw, Blunt: Stun, Large: Momentum, Piercing:
Penetrate, Polearm: Trip, Slashing: Perfect Cut, Small:
Flurry, Sword: Iaijutsu
3. Weapons, Ranged: Assassin's Eye, Combat
Acupuncture, Explosive Tag Connection, Improved
Range, Marksman, Quick Hands, Senbon Multi-Throw,
Senbon User, Surgical Precision
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1. Ninja Tools
-= Money: Requisition =-
As a ninja, you get most of your supplies from your village.
This ability represents how much you're authorized to bring
with you on any mission. For every rank, you can have 50 Ryo
worth of equipment from the Equipment chapter at once.
This works more like a limit than something you actually
'spend'; you can replaced used items, trade in ones you no
longer have a need for, and so forth, at will so long as you're
not away from the village.
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 0
Limit: None
-= Money: Savings =-
This is a nest egg of money you've set aside and saved up over
time. For each rank, you have 100 Ryo that you can spend as
you please. However, this money cannot be refunded or
replenished; used or broken items are simply lost.
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 0
Limit: None
-= Bingo Book =-
The bingo book is a pocket-sized book put out by each village,
with information on missing nin and enemy ninja of note.
This information includes their bounties, their reputation,
and any abilities which the village may be willing to publicize.
Having this ability means you keep an up-to-date copy of the
bingo book; you can steal someone else's, but they generally
get updated every few months.
Cost: 5
-= Icha Icha Novels =-
Icha Icha is a series of best-selling novels written by the
legendary ninja sage Jiraiya. They are comedic (and adult)
recounts of Jiraiya's experiences in love. The titles include
Icha Icha Paradise, Icha Icha Violence, Icha Icha Tactics, and
Icha Icha Utopia.They are intended only for audiences over
18 years of age, and managing to acquire and read them in
secret is a challenge countless young ninja strive to
overcome. Indeed, it's how many shinobi (though most
kunoichi would never admit it) hone their abilities of stealth
and deception. For every rank, you have read one of the Icha
Icha novels. Every novel you've read gives you a +1 bonus to
your Espionage rolls.
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 4
Limit: 4
-= Aerosolized Poisons =-
As popular as poisons are with (some) shinobi, they suffer
from being relatively difficult to deliver effectively. While
gaseous poisons are one of the most effective ways of
accomplishing that, very few of the toxins suitable for use
against shinobi can be deployed that way.
Unless, of course, someone is willing to invest a great deal
of time and resources into specially preparing those poisons,
and learning enough about them to understand the dangers
of those preparations. Like you!
This ability allows you to create a Poison Smoke Bomb
from any Contact poison (as found in the Equipment chapter).
The total cost for the poison smoke bomb is doubled (for
example, Water Hemlock Poison Smoke Bombs would be
1200 ryo each), and the Toxicology roll has a -4 penalty.
Cost: 50
Requires: 25 Toxicology
-= Tag Concealment =-
Ninjas do love their explosions. However, they also like being
sneaky and unseen; this combines the two!
When placing an exploding tag, you can hide it from the
casual observer. This requires something for it to be hidden
under (such as loose soil, or leaves; you cannot 'hide' them in
plain sight in a featureless room). Hiding a tag is a Speed 10
action, and anyone watching you will realize what you're
doing and where it is (meaning it cannot be accomplished
outside of stealth in combat).
When you hide the tag, make an Espionage roll. Anyone
who enters the tag's range is allowed an Awareness roll
against the result, without any bonuses they may have from
the Enhanced Hearing ability. Success means they've spotted
the tag.
Once a tag has begun its countdown to detonation they
start to sizzle and spark, alerting anyone to their presence
and approximate direction (though not exact location), giving
them a chance to escape before time runs out.
Cost: 10
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 -= Weapon Focus: (Weapon) =-
2. Weapons, Melee You've trained yourself specifically with a single type of
-= Ambidextrous =- weapon. Choose one of the weapons from the Equipment
You've trained yourself to use your off-hand just as well as chapter (such as Wakizashi, or Shuriken). You have +1
your dominant one, or you really are naturally ambidextrous. Accuracy and +1 to your damage bonus when using that
Each rank reduces the Accuracy penalty for dual-wielding weapon, per rank.
(see below) by 1, and gives you a +1 bonus to parries using You may take this ability for different weapons, counting as
those weapons while dual-wielding. a different ability (with a separate cost, number of ranks, etc.)
each time. Any attack which benefits from your Weapon
Base Cost: 5 Focus has its Stamina cost increased by 3 per rank; you may
Scale: 2 choose to use less than your full ranks of Weapon Focus on a
Limit: DEX /20, max 5 given attack if you wish.
-= Dual Wielding =- Base Cost: 6
You attack with a weapon in each hand! Impractical, but Scale: 2
awesome. As might be expected, this allows you to make a Limit: (DEX -30) /30, max 3
basic weapon attack with both weapons simultaneously. -= Weapon Throw =-
Halve the speed of both the weapons you're using Your hatred of physics gives you improbable powers. You are
(rounding up, as usual). Add those two numbers together to able to throw any melee weapon you're holding up to STR/4
get the speed of your "Dual Wield Attack" action. yards, turning it into a ranged attack. This does the normal
You use the lower of the two weapons' Accuracy. This is damage for that weapon, but increases the action's Stamina
defended against as a single attack, using its total Speed. The cost by 5.
Stamina cost to Dual-Wield is the higher Stamina cost of the
two weapons, plus one third of the lower Stamina cost. Cost: 15
If you hit, you deal damage separately for both weapons, Requires: 40 STR, 40 DEX
using the reduced Speed for each to determine their damage -= Blunt: Stun =-
bonus. Weapons specifically marked as "Dual" calculate
damage based on their natural Speed, rather than the halved Your attacks stagger an opponent, club them upside the head,
value. knock the wind out of them, or otherwise keeping them from
Lowering the Speed of a Dual Wield Attack action lowers recovering. Your blunt weapon attacks gain Stun 1 per rank,
the effective Speeds (for determining damage) of both or increase their existing Stun by 1 per rank.
component attacks by the same amount. Base Cost: 5
This can't be done with two-handed weapons. Scale: 2
Unfortuantely, dual-wielding carries with it a -5 Accuracy Limit: STR /20
penalty. -= Large: Momentum =-
Cost: 25 You turn one of the greatest enemies of shinobi--physics--to
Requires: 40 DEX your own ends. Each rank gives a -1 penalty to any enemy's
-= Monkey Grip =- attempts to parry your weapon.
By using extreme strength, chakra-based powers, and a Base Cost: 4
cheerful disregard for physics, you are able to use two- Scale: 2
handed weapons in one hand! Notably, this means they no Limit: STR /20, max 5
longer benefit from their 50% increase in your damage -= Piercing: Penetrate =-
bonus. Your piercing weapons ignore any armor your opponent is
At the second rank you can, if you have the Dual Wield wearing!
ability, even dual wield two-handed weapons.
Base Cost: 30 Cost: 20
Scale: +10 Requires: 35 STR
Limit: STR /50, max 2 -= Polearm: Trip =-
-= Quick Draw =- You sweep with the blunt end (or one of the blunt ends) of
The speed of your Draw Weapon is reduced by 1 per rank, to your weapon, knocking your opponent's feet out from
a minimum of 0. beneath them. This allows you to use Trip (the E-rank
Unarmed Taijutsu technique) as a Weapon Taijutsu, as long
Base Cost: 7 as you know it.
Scale: 1
Limit: DEX /30 Cost: 10

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-= Slashing: Perfect Cut =-
Normally, when partial defense applies you would deal 20%
of your attack's damage per point you hit by. With this ability
you do 25% per point you hit by, up to full damage if you hit
by 4 points.
Cost: 20
Requires: 40 DEX
-= Small: Flurry =-
Most of the small weapons rely on something other than
overpowering force to deal their damage; accordingly, a
dozen quick strikes is often preferable to six slow, powerful
ones.
Each time you make an attack with a Small weapon, the
total Speed of your next attack with that weapon is reduced
by 1. This stacks for consecutive attacks; if you make three
attacks with your weapon, without taking any non-Interrupt
action inbetween, the next attack would have -3 total Speed.
As a reminder, total Speed cannot go below half of base
Speed. The maximum reduction is your number of ranks in
this ability.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 2
Limit: DEX /20
-= Sword: Iaijutsu =-
The first time in battle you attack with your sword, if you have
yet to draw it (meaning it hasn't be used for parries or jutsu,
either) the attack's Speed is halved, though for the purpose of
damage calculations it's treated as its regular speed. This may
only be done once per battle, even if you have more than one
sword.
Cost: 20
Requires: 50 DEX, 40 AGI
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3. Weapons, Ranged
-= Assassin's Eye =-
You've got a good eye for causing bodily harm to people from
a distance. In any other job, this would just make you kind of
scary. As a ninja, it looks good on your resume! Each rank of
this ability reduces the penalty for called shots with ranged
weapons by 1.
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 4
Limit: DEX /30, max 3
Requires: Enhanced Sight 3
-= Combat Acupuncture =-
You can throw senbon to target vital points on an opponent's
body. Whenever making a called shot with senbon, if you deal
damage you inflict a -1 immobilization penalty on your foe.
Using this on somebody already suffering from it increases
the Immobilization penalty by 1 each time. Its effects end
entirely 20 IC after the last time you hit with a senbon called
shot. The maximum penalty is your ranks in Combat
Acupuncture.
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 2
Limit: DEX /10
Requires: Medicine 10
-= Explosive Tag Connection =-
As a Speed 10 + 5 * X action, you can attach X tags to a
kunai's hilt or an arrow, and prime them. These can be
attached pre-battle as a matter of convenience, but the action
to prime them is still necessary. You can have up to (Chakra
Control)/5 tags primed this way at once.
Each item (kunai or arrow) may only have a single tag
attached to it. You can trigger these tags as part of a multi-
throw, or do so later (such as by the Remote Detonation
technique). When the kunai is thrown (or arrow shot) the
tag(s) will detonate 15 IC after impact (with the target, or the
ground at the target's feet on a miss).
When used as a multi-throw, each tagged kunai counts as
two weapons for the purpose of determining multi-throwing
limit. You can include up to one tag per rank in this ability in
a single throw.
If a target is struck by the arrow or kunai, they're assumed
to pull it out as a non-action and can try to escape the area.
Justu including exploding tags that cause them to explode on
contact supercede these rules.
Base Cost: 5
Scale: 3
Limit: Chakra Control / 5
-= Improved Range =-
You can throw weapons farther than other people! It's useful,
honest!... Kind of. Sometimes. Your max range with thrown
weapons is increased by your damage bonus.
Cost: 15
-= Marksman =-
You've got uncannily good aim at a distance. You may give
your ranged weapon attacks a bonus of up to +1 Accuracy per
rank. However, each +1 received this way increases the
Stamina cost of the action by 2.
In the case of ninjutsu which behave as ranged weapon
attacks, increase whichever cost(s) the technique has (such
as the Chakra cost on the D-rank Attached Meteor technique).
Base Cost: 8
Scale: 4
Limit: DEX /30
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 -= Quick Hands =-
You're very good at throwing lots of small objects very
quickly!
This allows you to throw an extra 1 die of weapons when
multi-throwing, without increasing the action's Speed; the
Stamina cost is still increased normally (+1 for every 2
weapons total, adding together ones added normally and ones
added by Quick Hands).
Base Cost: 5
Scale: 1
Limiting Attribute: DEX /20
-= Senbon Multi-Throw =-
You can multi-throw needles, just like you can normally multi- Throw more of these better!
throw shuriken and kunai. Get results faster! Buy ranks of Surgical Precision Today!*
Cost: 15
Requires: 30 DEX
-= Senbon User =-
You're a person who uses senbon in combat. This is rare, but
not unheard of; it takes a lot of effort to get results out of
them, but a weapon that allows the degree of precision they
do can certainly be rewarding.
This ability removes their inherent -2 Accuracy penalty, and
allows you to use your DEX, rather than STR, to determine
your damage bonus with senbon. Finally, damage dealt by
senbon is tripled for the purposes of calculating wounds.
Cost: 15
Requires: 25 DEX
-= Surgical Precision =- *Best used on other village ninja during friendly spar
When you wound an enemy with a senbon attack, you have a sessions.
10% chance per rank for the wound to be upgraded to the
next-highest rank. If you don't wound them, this is replaced
by a 10% chance per rank to cause a minor wound, so long as
your attack did any damage. Every rank of this ability also
raises the attack's Stamina cost by 1; you can choose whether
or not to use it, and to what extent, when you attack.
If used on a multi-throwing attack with senbon, this is
applied before the one-rank reduction in wound severity
(from being a multi-throw).
Cost: 2
Scale: 2
Limit: Medicine /2, max 10

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OTHER Abilties
1. Willpower: Desperation, Determination, Focus, Guts,
Limit Break
2. Initiative: Defensive Reflexes, Reflexes, Rush,
Preparation
3. Action Points: Active, Principle of Motion, Surge
4. Skill: Anatomical Knowledge Doctor, General
Knowledge, Skill Focus (Skill), Specialization
5. Development: Holding Back, Progression
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1. Willpower
-= Desperation =-
Being faced with truly dire straits brings out remarkable
characteristics: in animals, in civilians, and in shinobi.
Thankfully, you're one of those!
You can activate this ability when defending against an
attack by spending a point of Willpower. Your Interrupt only
needs to be double or less the Speed of the attack you're
defending against, rather than half or less. This effect
persists of the duration of that IC; if you're being attack four
times in the same IC, then all four defenses would receive
this benefit.
Cost: 40
Requires: 6 Willpower
-= Determination =-
Your force of will is as powerful an advantage in combat as
your strength of body. Each rank of this ability increases your
Willpower by 1.
Base Cost: 50
Scale: 25
Limit: XP /1000
-= Focus =-
Being left reeling and disoriented is an all-too-common
experience for shinobi. Sometimes it's the result of genjutsu,
other times it's a lucky blow to the solar plexus (or... lower).
You're able to bring yourself back to the presence, by sheer
mental fortitude, though doing so is bound to wear you out
faster in the long run. By spending 1 Willpower, you end any
Stuns you're suffering from and become immune to any other
instances of that status effect until the end of the current
Initiative Count.
Cost: 40
Requires: 4 Willpower
-= Guts =-
You refuse to go down in battle. So long as you're physically
able to breathe, you will not stop fighting when your values
are on the line. This can get downright frightening to behold,
depending upon the circumstances.
Whenever you would be reduced to 0 HP or lower, roll a
TN 25 Stamina check. If you succeed, you are left with 1 HP,
and cannot have your HP reduced until the end of that
initiative count. If you fail, in addition to your Fatigue
progressing you take the damage you normally would have
from the attack. Damage negated through this ability still
wounds you normally.
Cost: 50
Requires: 3 Willpower
-= Limit Break =-
Through sheer determination you force yourself to perform
above your own capabilities. Once per day, per rank, you may
reroll any roll, or replace an Accuracy number with a d20 roll
that adds your normal Accuracy rating as a bonus (not
including the base 10 Accuracy). If this is a d20 roll and the
result is below 11, add 10 to the die roll.However, doing this
causes you to immediately proceed to the next Fatigue
category. This ability can be used after you've determined
whether your roll or attack would've succeeded normally.
Base Cost: 20
Scale: 5
Limit: Willpower /2
2. Initiative
-= Defensive Reflexes =-
You're always ready to protect yourself, even when caught off
guard. You may declare use of this ability when rolling your
initiative for combat. You are considered to be blocking at the
start of battle, but take a -4 penalty on your initiative roll. This
penalty is reduced by 1 for each rank beyond the first.
Base Cost: 10
Scale: -2
Limiting Attribute: RES/20, max 3
-= Reflexes =-
You have excellent twitch reflexes. Mostly, this comes in
handy for a ninja; you respond to danger before even fully
determining what that danger is. This can be kind of
awkward off-duty, when you respond to somebody trying to
startle you by punching them in the gut and then flipping
them over your shoulder, but that's what they get for trying to
startle a ninja anyway. Each rank gives you +1 Initiative and
each even rank gives a +1 Athletics bonus.
Base Cost: 5
Scale: 1
Limiting Attribute: AGI /10, Max 20
-= Rush =-
You don't waste time doing things like getting warmed up and
taking stock of the battlefield, instead opting to rush right into
battle and make things up as you go along! You start battle
with (AGI)*(number of ranks in this ability)/20 AP.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 2
Limiting Attribute: AGI /20, max 5
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 -= Preparation =-
You may, as part of your Initiative roll, activate one or more
techniques with Upkeeps that affect only yourself. You must
pay their Chakra or Stamina costs normally.
The total of the (Speed + modified Seal Speed) of all the
techniques you use cannot exceed whatever you rolled for
your initiative.
Cost: 40
Requires: 60 DEX
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3. Action Points
-= Active =-
You get a lot done in combat. Whether it's quickly assessing
the battlefield, exploiting an opening, or having that extra bit
of adrenaline, you're already doing what needs to be done.
Every rank in this ability increases the AP you naturally
gain each 20 IC by 1. Thus, if you had 3 ranks of Active, you'd
get (5 + 3) 8 AP every time the IC reached a multiple of 20.
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 1
Limit: AGI /20
-= Principle of Motion =-
You're able to act blindingly fast, beyond what all reason
suggests should be possible. You may at any time cause your
next action to come 1 IC earlier for every 2 AP you spend.
For example, say it's initiative count 200, and you just took
a speed 12 action. Your action ends that IC, moving the battle
onto IC 201; normally your next action would occur on IC
(200+12) = 212. By spending 22 AP, you could act on (IC 212
- 11) 201, in other words, immediately.
This only allows your next action to come sooner; it does
not let you finish an ongoing action sooner. As such, Principle
of Motion can't be used to make you finish Handseals early, or
while you are in the process of using any action with a Delay.
Similarly, you can not use Principle of Motion to reverse
time. You may use Principle of Motion only to bring your next
action to what the current initiative count is. This means that
if you take an action on IC 16, once it is resolved IC 17
begins--and that is the earliest you could activate Principle of
Motion, meaning you would be unable to act twice on the
same initiative count.
After using Principle of Motion, you may not use it again
until 10 IC have passed. You may not use Principle of Motion
while stunned.
Cost: 60
Requires: 100 DEX, 100 AGI
-= Surge =-
You can spend AP to improve an attack's accuracy, or a
defensive action's roll. This costs 8 AP per +1 Accuracy, and 5
AP per +1 to a defensive roll. Either way, Surge may give a
maximum of a +5 bonus, and is declared when the roll (or
attack) is made.
Cost: 40
Requires: 80 AGI
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4. Skill
-= Anatomical Knowledge =-
Your knowledge of the human body develops sinister
undertones. You can't learn how to treat life-threatening
injuries without picking up more than a little bit of knowledge
of how to cause life-threatening injuries. Each rank causes
your taijutsu attacks (including those with ranged weapons,
just as a reminder) to calculate wounds as if their damage
was 5% higher.
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 2
Limit: Medicine /5
-= Doctor =-
Aside from the basics of health and biology, and how to
stabilize a dying comrade on the field, you've learned how to
provide longer-term care for your allies.
At the first rank of this ability, you are able to provide
'medical attention' to people (as per the Recovery node in the
combat chapter), as of they were hospitalized. Doing so
requires you to have access to one First Aid kit per person
you treat this way.
At the second rank, you may do this even without a First
Aid kit. Finally, at the third rank, the recovery times for all
people you are treating are halved, even beyond the normal
reductions for receiving medical attention--you're just that
good.
You can treat a number of people at once equal to your
ranks in the Medicine skill. This is long-term treatment, so
you can still take breaks, sleep, and so forth, as long as you
are devoting most of your time to helping them heal.
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 5
Limit: (Medicine - 5) /5, Max 3
-= General Knowledge =-
You know a little bit about everything, and a lot about a few
things. Unfortunately, most of a ninja's abilities depend upon
talent rather than knowledge. For those that don't, you've got
an extra edge! You have +1 per rank to Medicine, Survival,
and Toxicology rolls.
Base Cost: 5
Scale: 2
Limit: Research /5
-= Skill Focus: (Skill) =-
This ability allows you to focus on a single skill at the expense
of your overall performance. Most of the skills a ninja
develops are picked up as a course of their regular training
and experience. Skill focus represents taking extra time to
focus on a specific talent, to the extent of all others.
Each rank of Skill Focus increases your rank in the chosen
skill by 1. This is an actual increase in rank, for all purposes,
not a "bonus". This ignores and does not count against the
normal limit on skill ranks. You may take Skill Focus for
multiple skills, each time treating it as a different ability with
a separate cost scale. Not every spar has to end with life ending injuries!
Base Cost: 2 Skill Points
Scale: +1 Skill Point every odd-numbered rank
(Ranks 1 and 2 cost 2 SP; ranks 3 and 4 cost 3 SP; and so
forth).
-= Specialization =-
You practice extensively with a chosen skill, so that even
while you may still make mistakes, you don't make
catastrophic ones; even at your worst, you're not terrible. Any
time you roll below a 5 on a roll with that skill, your d20 roll is
instead considered to be a 5.
You may take this ability multiple times. Each time you take
it, it applies to a different skill.
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 0
Requires: At least 5 ranks in each skill it's applied to.
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5. Development
-= Holding Back =-
...is a good idea when those 'friendly' training matches get a
little bit out of control. You declare you're holding back when
you make an attack. An attack that's been held back uses half
your normal damage bonus, and any wounds it inflicts have
their severity reduced by 1.
At the first rank this works on basic attacks and with E-
rank jutsu; the next rank allows it to be used on D-ranks, the
third on C-ranks, and so forth, up to A.
No, you can't hold back with S-rank moves.
Base Cost: 5
Scale: 2
Limit: Max 5
-= Progression =-
Ordinarily, when raising your attributes, the amount you've
raised one by must be within 3 points of the amount the next-
highest has been raised by, and so forth (the 'rule of 3'). Every
rank in this ability loosens that restriction by one.
Thus, instead of having spent XP to raise three stats by +3,
+6, and +9, you could have a progression of +4, +8, and +12.
Base Cost: 10 Although....
Scale: 0
Limit: XP/750

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 Jutsu
1. Explanation
2. Rules
3. Reader's Guide
1. Explanation
The core of a ninja's supernatural capabilities comes from
their jutsu--meaning, literally, techniques. These use chakra,
either projected outwards or used to amplify one's physical
performance, to perform feats that woul be literally
impossible for a normal person.
These are divided into three broad categories: taijutsu,
ninjutsu, and genjutsu.
Taijutsu, or body techniques, use the chakra flowing
throughout a ninja's body to give them the exceptional speed
or strength needed to perform the techniques. They are
mostly physical attacks. This includes both unarmed combat,
and weapon techniques.
Ninjutsu, or ninja techniques, use chakra to accomplish
what those unfamiliar with them might call magic. These
effects range from changing one's appearance to projecting
balls of flame, to summoning water from thin air, to healing
grievous injuries.
Genjutsu, or illusion techniques, use chakra to either
construct illusions in the environment or to directly affect an
enemy's mind and confuse their senses. Of the three, they are
the most difficult to learn.
2. Rules
Each jutsu is a unique action that, once you've learned it, you
can perform. All jutsu are divided into five main ranks (E, D,
C, B, and A), with S-rank techniques being rare techniques
known only to their inventor and perhaps a handful of people
that person taught them to.
Though each rank of each type has special requirements to
learn (explained in more detail in the relevant sections), a few
broad rules apply. For example, to learn ninjutsu of one of the
five elements, you need the appropriate Elemental Aptitude
ability.
3. Reader's Guide
Most of the jutsu entries have a lot of information packed into
them. To help make them easier to read, a lot of the common
factors are written using shorthand; for example, rather than
spelling out "Using this technique requires you to make a
Chakra Exhaustion roll against 10", a jutsu would have an
entry of "Chakra: 10"
Below are all the common terms you'll see in jutsu entries,
and what they mean.
a. Stamina / b. Chakra
The technique's Stamina and Chakra cost, respectively.
c. Upkeep:
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Some techniques require a constant expenditure of your
energy to maintain; this is what upkeep represents. So long
as you maintain these techniques (which typically can be
done indefinitely) you suffer a penalty to all Stamina and
Chakra Exhaustion rolls equal to that technique's Upkeep. If
you're maintaining multiple techniques with Upkeeps, these
penalties stack.
If your total Upkeep exceeds your total bonus to Chakra
Exhaustion rolls (not counting any penalties), you
automatically advance a Fatigue level.For example, if you had
a Chakra Exhaustion roll modifier of +6+2+10-8, your total
bonus would be +18. If you had an Upkeep of 19, your Fatigue
would automatically advance a category, giving you another
+5, for a total bonus of +23. ou may end any Upkeeps you're
sustaining at will, even when it's not your action.
d. Damage
The base damage dealt by the technique. You add your
damage bonus (multiplied by the attack's modified Speed) to
this number.
e. Accuracy
Some jutsu have bonuses or penalties to accuracy. If there's
no entry for this, it uses your normal accuracy.
f. Range
How many yards away the attack's target can be. In the case
of area-of-effect techniques, they can be centered anywhere
within this range (and their effects may well extend beyond it).
There's one special effect associated with Range: If a
ninjutsu technique has a Range of "Touch", then it is possible
to defend against it with an unarmed parry.
g. Area
The radius, in yards, of area-of-effect techniques. Some may
not use simple circular areas, in which case more details will
be provided in the description itself.
h. Special
Any special effects the technique has. If a status effect is
listed here, it's inflicted automatically.
i. Speed
The jutsu's base Speed.
j. Seal Speed
The jutsu's base seal speed.
k. Effects
Any special characteristics of a technique which aren't
covered by one of the above categories are listed here.
Taijutsu
1. Requirements
2. Weapon Jutsu
3. Combos a. Openers b. Combos c. Switching Combos
d. Finishers
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1. Requirements
Taijutsu is more than just hand-to-hand combat; ninjutsu
techniques go well beyond the realm of what's possible for
normal humans, smashing rocks and the like. It's not
exactly... easy.
There are three ways to qualify to learn a taijutsu
technique: the first is your rank in the Athletics skill. If you're
in good enough physical condition, you can pull off some
pretty impressive things. The second, Research skill rank:
sufficient understanding of how the move should be executed
allows you to make up for your shortcomings.
Finally, rank: If you're high-enough ranking, you're able to
pull enough strings and ask for enough favors to get someone
to spare the time to tediously instruct you in how to perform a
technique, making up for your own shortcomings.
Each rank has its own requirements, an each method
meets them differently.
Rank: E: Genin C: Chuunin, Special Jounin B: Jounin
Athletics: D: 4 C: 10 B: 20 A: 30
Research: D: 5 C: 12 B: 22 A: 32
Thus, if you meet any one of those requirements, you can
use the jutsu in question. A Chuunin with 5 Athletics could
learn all techniques up to C rank, whereas one with 20
Athletics could learn all techniques up to B rank.
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2. Weapon Jutsu
Weapon jutsu are special techniques which can be performed
only while using a specific sort of weapon.
All weapon jutsu will have a "Type" entry, where they'll
listen a certain characteristic, such as Slashing or Sword.
Only a weapon which meets these requirements may be used
with that technique.
Many of these jutsu will list "As Weapon" in one or more of
their entries. For example, if you are using a Stamina 12
weapon, and the technique lists "Stamina: As Weapon +3",
the Stamina cost to use it would be 15.
If a weapon has a Delay, then any techniques using it also
inherit this Delay. For example, using Oak Flight (a technique
which normally has no Delay) with a Tetsubo would cause
your attack to have Delay 6 (the Tetsubo's normal Delay).
If a technique has a Delay of, for example, "As Weapon +3",
weapons without a Delay are treated as having a natural
Delay 0 (meaning, in that case, the technique would have
Delay 3).
3. Combos
Combos are a special type of unarmed taijutsu attack which
benefit from being used in rapid succession. There are three
types of taijutsu attacks related to combos: Openers, Combos,
and Finishers.
a. Openers Openers are not, themselves, combo moves.
However, after an opener hits, you may launch into a combo
(i.e. use a Combo jutsu). Openers are marked as such in their
entry, usually by "Special: Opener."
b. Combos Combo moves indicate as much in their name
(typically being named "___ Combo"), or in their 'Special'
entry. You cannot use a combo unless the last non-Interrupt
action you took was a Combo or Opener; similarly, if your
combo is broken (see below), you have to start with a new
opener.
When you begin a combo, you have a "Combo Counter"--
basically, the number of combo moves you've strung together.
This starts at 1 when you hit with an opener. Each time you
hit with a combo, the combo counter increments by 1.
Each combo will have a combo counter entry; for example,
here is Lotus Combo's: Combo Counter: +1 Accuracy, +2d10
damage, +1 Stun, +2 Stamina
This works as might be expected: You multiply those
bonuses by the number of combo counters you've amassed.
Thus, if you opened with a Kage Buyou and proceeded to a
Lotus Combo, the first hit would have +1 Accuracy, +2d10
damage, and +1 Stun (because you're at Combo 1 after the
opener); if it hit you'd progress up to Combo 2, and the next
combo you used would have +2 Accuracy, +4d10 damage, +2
Stun, and +2 Stamina cost.
c. Switching Combos Once you've begun a combo, any
other combo jutsu is fair game. You could freely alternate
between Lion and Lotus combos as you pleased. For the most
part, things remain simple. Each move increases your Combo
Counter normally, no matter how many times you switch
between combo moves.
Your Combo Counter bonuses are based only on the move
you're currently using. For example, say you used Kage Buyou
as an opener, then 4 Lotus Combos, followed by 3 Lion
Combos. This would give you a total Combo of 8 hits (1 + 4 +
3). If your next Combo move was a Lion combo, you'd
multiply its CC bonuses (+1 Accuracy and -1 Speed) by 8,
giving you a total of +8 Accuracy and -8 Speed (though this
would put it at only Speed 5, because it still can't be reduced
below half its base Speed).
d. Finishers The final type of move is finishers. Finishers
may be used on their own normally, but have a special effect
if used at the end of a combo. Though they do not receive the
stacking effects for consecutive combo hits, they have special
effects based on your total combo counters.
For example, the Lion Barrage finisher has the following
entry: Combo Bonus: +2d10 damage For each combo counter
you have when you execute Lion Barrage, its damage is
increased by 2d10.
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 e. Combo Breaking When a combo is broken, your combo Damage: (STR/10)d4
counter is immediately set to 0, you may not continue using Speed: 5
combo moves, and all accrued combo counter bonuses are Special: Interrupt
lost. Effects: This is used as an unarmed parry, with a +3
Combo breaking occurs if any of the following things Accuracy bonus. If you successfully defend, this becomes an
happen: > You take a non-combo, non-interrupt action. > You attack which uses the result of your parry roll as its Accuracy.
execute a finisher. > You attack a new target. > Your target
takes damage from an attack made by someone else. > You
take damage from an attack made by someone other than --( Senpuu - Whirlwind )--
your target. > You use any non-combo jutsu (even if it's an The user rotates while extending one leg, starting with a high
interrupt). > You are stunned. roundhouse that's used partially as a feint. Whether it hits or
misses, they continue to rotate into a second spin aimed at
Unarmed Jutsu the lower part of the body.
E-Rank Stamina: 13
Damage: (STR/10)d10
--( Trip )-- Speed: 12
You cause an opponent to fall down by knocking their legs out Area: 2
from under them. Calling it a 'technique' is misleading, but Effects: This attack hits all enemies in range. If partial
there's more to unbalancing a ninja than just wanting to; it defense applies, this deals 25% damage per point you hit by,
does take at least a little bit of training. rather than 20%.
Stamina: 8
Speed: 4 --( Houshou - Crushing Fist )--
Special: +2 Accuracy Usually considering a rude thing to do to someone, the user
Effects: If this hits, your opponent is allowed an Athletics slams their fist into their opponent's stomach at an upward
skill as a secondary defense against your Accuracy. This angle, knocking the air from their lungs if done properly.
Athletics roll has a +3 bonus for every time that battle they've Stamina: 10
had to make such a roll to avoid being tripped. Damage: (STR/10)d8
If they pass, their next action is delayed by 1 but they suffer Speed: 14
no other downsides.
If they fail, they are left prone on the ground. A prone Effects: If this hits, it increases the opponent's Stamina
person has -3 Accuracy, -2 to defensive actions, and moves at penalty by 1, +1 per category of wound it inflicts (2 at Minor, 3
half speed. Standing back up is a Speed 2 action. at Major, and so forth).
--( Feint )-- --( Reppuu - Gale )--
A subtle trick that almost every ninja knows--and knows how With alarming quickness you drop low to the ground and
to detect. Still, those that are particularly adept at it are often perform a full 360-degree sweeping kick that knocks
difficult to defend against properly. opponents off their feet when they attempt to close in for an
attack of their own.
Stamina: X + 2
Speed: X + 2 Stamina: 10
Damage: (STR/10)d6
Effect: This is used alongside any other melee-range Speed: 6
unarmed attack, and increases that action's Stamina and Special: Interrupt, Opener
Speed by 2 each. Make an opposed Espionage roll; if you beat
their result, you've tricked them with your feint. Effects: This may be used immediately after you have
If successful, this doubles the Speed of their defensive successfully dodged a melee-range attack. Reppuu is an
action for the purpose of determining when they'll act next. attack against whoever's action you dodged, and uses your
This doesn't prevent it from being a valid Interrupt against dodge roll as its Accuracy.
your attack. Alternately, you may use Reppuu as a normal attack, using
your regular Accuracy (rather than a dodge roll).
D-rank
--( Teiryuu Dageki - Halting Blow
)--
In one smooth motion, the user extends their arm and
pushed aside an oncoming blow, steps inward and pulls back
their forearm to slam their elbow into the opponent, turning
their defense into their offense.
Stamina: 10
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--( Dainamikku Entorii - Dynamic
Entry )--
This technique is nothing more than a jumpkick at an
opponent from hiding. The hiding part became required
because of genin's tendency to shout out things like "HI-
YAH!" as they did it.
Stamina: 15
Damage: (STR/6)d10
Speed: 10
Special: Requires you be hidden from your target.
Effects: After the first time Dynamic Entry has been used
in combat (by you, by someone else, it doesn't matter) it has a
-6 Accuracy for the rest of that battle.
--( Shoushitsu - Rising Knee )--
The user gets in close and slams their knee into the
midsection of their opponent. While not complex, the pain
experienced is enough to make them double over in pain,
leaving them vulnerable for a few seconds.
Stamina: 15
Damage: (STR /10)d10
Special: Stun 4
Speed: 16
--( Tokken - Thrusting Shoulder )-
- Damage: (STR /8)d12
By charging forward and turning at the last moment to bring
a shoulder out front, the user slams into the enemy, knocking
them back. It relies mostly on the weight of the user, with the
expectation they'll be heavier than the person they're running
into.
Stamina: 12
Damage: (RES /10)d8
Speed: 12
Effects: This knocks the victim back (your RES)/15 yards.
C-rank
--( Daisenpuu - Great Whirlwind )--
A more complex version of Senpuu which involves three
kicks to the target's body going in the reverse order as before,
starting low and going high to end with an axekick to the
opponent's head. The speed and constant rotation is strong
enough to actually lift the practitioner into the air during
execution.
Stamina: 18
Damage: (STR /8)d12
Speed: 14
Area: 3
Requires: Senpuu
Effects: This attack hits all enemies in range. If partial
defense applies, you deal 1/3 damage per point you hit by,
rather than 20%.
--( Tsutenkyaku - Painful Sky Leg )-
-
After concentrating chakra in the user's legs, they leap high
into the air and come down in a destructive axe kick, using
gravity to enhance the momentum behind the blow while the
user's chakra is used to enhance the destructive force of the
blow.
Stamina: 24
Area: 6
Speed: 20
Special: -6 Accuracy
Effects: Your damage bonus is doubled for this attack. Even
if it misses, the opponent might still be damaged by the
shockwave (and destruction to the environment) the kick
causes. For every point it misses by, your damage bonus is
reduced by 10%, and its damage is reduced by 2d12.
Should the issue arise, this technique's "shockwave"
damage does not work against airborne opponents, including
ones who have been rendered so by use of Kage Buyou.
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 --( Kage Buyou - Shadow of the
Dancing Leaf )--
The user lowers themself to get underneath their opponent,
and then knocks them into the air with a violent rising kick,
leaping after them immediately after it to position themselves
in the target's shadow.
Stamina: 15
Damage: (STR /8)d6
Speed: 6
Special: Opener
Effects: If Kage Buyo hits, and your next action is an
unarmed attack against its victim before they've had an action
of their own, your attack has its Speed reduced by 5 (not
below half its base value) and receives +5 Accuracy.
If used as the opener of a combo, the Accuracy bonus is
reduced to +3 but persists until your combo is broken.
--( Souji Reppuu - Sweeping Gale )--
By flipping forward into a crouch, the user builds momentum
that's used to instantly land and begin spinning on one foot,
extending the other leg out while using chakra to enhance its
density, rotating repeatedly to strike the knees of the enemy,
simultaneously evading and tripping them.
Stamina: 16
Damage: (STR /8)d8
Speed: 8
Special: Interrupt
Requires: Trip, Reppuu
Effects: This follows the rules for the D-rank Reppuu
technique. Should you hit, the opponent is knocked prone, as
per the E-rank Trip's effects.
--( Uchikudakute no Jutsu -
Shattering Hand Technique )--
Ninja can perform incredible feats of strength; after years of
grueling training, some can literally reduce boulders to gravel
for their bare fists. That's a handy trick to have, but most
ninja aren't willing to go through the whole 'years of pain and
hard work' part, so instead they invented a jutsu which
accomplishes a similar effect: by channelling vibrating chakra
through their hand at the moment of impact, most solid
objects can be shattered with a single blow.
Stamina: 20
Damage: (STR /8)d10
Speed: 13
Delay: 5
Effects: When used against a person, roll location as if it
had caused a wound (unless it was a called shot; if blocked,
the defender chooses the location as usual). Before wounds
or damage are calculated, this completely destroys any armor
protecting the location it hits.
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It may also be used against objects, or out of battle, by
doubling the Speed, Delay, and Stamina. In this case, it
destroys up to STR/10 cubic yards of inanimate objects, such
as boulders or trees. For this to work, the material most be
contiguous; used against a bridge made from wooden planks,
only a single plank would shatter, though a wall held together
with mortar would count as contiguous. Additionally, it can
only target hard, inflexible materials (i.e. things capable of
shattering); rocks are fair game, ropes are not.
Two things to be aware of when using its secondary
function. The first, it doesn't work against objects which have
been reinforced with chakra, such as through means of
certain sealing jutsu. The second, it's not nearly as effective as
it might sound for "tunnelling" through walls, mountains, and
the likes--ten cubic meters of shattered stone is still ten cubic
meters of stone, just in small pieces.
--( Asshou - Pressure Palm )--
You deliver a powerful, downwards palm blow to an
opponent's stomach or the small of their back, brutally
knocking the wind from them and dazing them--repeated use
of this can bruise a person's solar plexus, which pretty much
hurts more than anything has any right to, for weeks.
Stamina: 24
Damage: (STR/8)d8
Special: Stun 12
Speed: 20
Effects: This may only be used against an opponent who is
prone (as from the E-rank Trip). When it hits, they
immediately make a Stamina 15 roll.
--( Spinning Backfist )--
With a burst of chakra to one of the user's legs, they spin
around and extend an arm to knock an opponent senseless
with the back of their fist. It's a powerful blow as it uses the
weight and momentum of the user's entire body, but has an
inherent weakness of losing sight of the enemy while
spinning.
Stamina: 25
Damage: (STR/8)d10
Accuracy: -2
Speed: 15
Effects: This technique's damage is tripled when
determining the severity of wounds it inflicts.
--( Attsu Buchikomu - Pain Driver
)--
A brutal technique, and completely inappropriate for training
(because someone would have thought it was okay, if we
didn't say that). The attacker finds a weak point on their
opponent's body, the site of a previous injury, and strikes
there to amplify the existing wound.
Stamina: 20
Damage: (STR/8)d4
Speed: 12
Effects: This attack must be a called shot, and does not
normally inflict wounds. Instead, if it targets a location with a
Minor Blunt wound, that wound is removed and replaced
with a Major Blunt wound on the same location. This only
applies if the attack deals damage.
--( Maboroshi Tejun - Phantom Step
)--
Despite the fancy name, it's a fairly simple 'technique'. With a
momentary burst of energy (and probably adrenaline,
considering the circumstances where it's likely to be used)
the user does their best to get out of the way of an impending
attack. The "phantom" came mostly from the way a shinobi
using this can, to the untrained eye, seem almost to
disappear. And because ninjas thought it sounded cool.
Stamina: 5 * X
Speed: +X
Effects: This technique is used alongside a dodge attempt,
increasing its Speed by X and providing a +X bonus to your
dodge roll, as well as adding a Stamina cost to your dodge.
The increased Speed from Phantom Step cannot be reduced.
If combined with the B-rank Leaping Shadow Evasion this
technique increases LSE's Stamina cost by (5*X), which
replaces Phantom Step's normal Stamina cost.
B-rank
--( Chouyaku Kage Kaihi no Jutsu -
Leaping Shadow Evasion Technique
)--
You leap away from an attack, getting yourself safely out of
range. However, you don't pause to regain your orientation
and settle into your new position, instead keeping ready to
move again.
Stamina: 20
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 4
Effects: When you use Chouyaku Kage Kaihi, make a
dodge roll. You may automatically attempt to dodge any
incoming attacks, without having to take an action to do so,
using Chouyaku Kage Kaihi's result as your effective dodge
roll. This lasts until you take any action, including defensive
interrupts.
--( Rankyaku - Storm Kick )--
Using this technique a shinobi kicks with extreme precision,
not aiming at an opponent but instead kicking the air itself.
Their leg slices through the air with such speed and precision
that it compresses the air into a blade, aimed at the attack's
target.
Stamina: 30
Damage: (STR /6)d6
Range: (STR/4) yards
Speed: 14
Effects: This cannot be parried (though ninjutsu-based
defenses which work like parries still function). Rankyaku
causes Slashing wounds. The first time this is used against a
given opponent in battle it has a +2 Accuracy bonus.
--( Gouriki Senpuu - Strong
Whirlwind )--
Taking the Whirlwind back to the basics, the shinobi no
longer bothers with a series of strikes, and instead just
focuses their ability into a single roundhouse with more
speed and power than the previous versions.
Stamina: 32
Damage: (STR /6)d12
Speed: 16
Area: STR/30
Requires: Daisenpuu
Effects: This damages everyone in range. If partial defense
applies, this technique does 50% of its normal damage per
point it hits by, rather than 20%. Anyone hit is knocked back
STR/30 yards.
--( Shougekishou - Upwards
Attacking Palm )--
A difficult attack to connect with, the shinobi brings their
palm from waist height and strikes upwards to full extension.
This makes it exceptionally difficult to connect with, though if
the user does hit they'll send their opponent flying away.
Stamina: 34
Damage: (STR /6 +3)d12
Speed: 16
Accuracy: -6
Special: Stun 6
Effects: If you are the attacker in a grapple, the Accuracy
penalty is negated. The grapple is ended if this technique hits.
After being hit the opponent is knocked back (STR/10)
yards and left prone, as if they'd been hit with the E-rank Trip
move.
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 --( Dai Dageki - Heavy Blow )--
One of the simplest hand to hand maneuvers at the highest of
levels, this attack is straight and to the point. Sacrificing
trickery or fancy techniques, you deliver a powerful blow with
the full weight of your body behind it.
Stamina: 28
Damage: As basic Attack (including Power Attack and
Unarmed Focus)
Speed: 8
Effects: Your damage bonus is doubled for this attack.
--( Gouken - Iron Fist )--
A generalized term for one school of thought for how to
approach taijutsu, the idea behind 'Iron Fist' is to give every
attack one's all, aiming to cause the maximum amount of
damage in as few strikes as possible. This often involves
thrusting punches and short-range kicks, and is undeniably
effective. The downside, however, is that putting all one's
force into a single blow results in telegraphing one's motions
to an observant opponent, and can quickly tire the user.
Stamina: +X*2
Accuracy: -X/4 (round up)
Speed: Special
Effects: This supplements another Unarmed jutsu, or basic
taijutsu attack. That attack's base Speed (including for
damage calculations) is increased by X, and your Physical
Damage Bonus is also increased by X.
X has a maximum of STR/10.
--( Gawa-Ryuu - River Style )--
The ultimate recourse of taijutsu fighters who are frustrated
with only being able to land glancing blows on their
opponents, this technique sends a surge of chakra through
the attacking limb. This results in a burst of speed and
strength, and also a chakra 'shockwave' along the edge of the
attack that carries almost as much force as the strike itself.
Chakra: 15 + X/2
Effects: This is activated after you hit with an Unarmed or
Combo taijutsu attack at melee range, but its damage is
reduced by partial defense. X is that technique's Stamina
cost, after all modifications.
When you activate River Style, your Accuracy with that
attack is retroactively increased by 2, or the minimum value
to do full damage (i.e. overcome partial defense), whichever is
lower.
Your opponent may spend Willpower on their defense after
you've declared activation of River Style. If you then spend
Willpower on your Accuracy, River Style's effects last until
your attack has been fully resolved.
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A-Rank
--( Chishi Kakato Suto - Deadly
Heel Strike )--
Used as a killing blow, this technique is commonly performed
upon a prone opponent. Leaping into the air, the Shinobi
comes down with a full power downward heel strike, usually
aiming to smash the ribcage, crush a skull or even snap the
spine.
Stamina: 70
Damage: (STR / 4)d20
Accuracy: -8
Speed: 26
Special: Stun 10
Effects: This attack receives double your normal physical
damage bonus. Its Accuracy penalty is negated against a
prone opponent.
--( Okasho - Cherry Blossom
Impact )--
Taking chakra infused muscles to the next level, the user
focuses a massive amount of chakra into their fist, foot, or
even fingertip. Upon striking the chakra is released into their
target causing a great deal of damage. Given that the damage
is dependent on the amount of chakra channeled, a truly great
shinobi can even use this technique with a single fingertip.
Stamina: 35
Chakra: X
Damage: (X)d12
Speed: 24
Requires: Chakra Strengthening, Chakra Control 30
Effects: Okasho's Speed is multiplied by (your physical
damage bonus) + (your ninjutsu damage bonus)/2, rather than
just your physical damage bonus. You may give this technique
an Area of (X/4), though doing so reduces its damage to (X)d6.
--( Shigan - Finger Gun )--
Using a single finger, the Shinobi strikes with speed and
precision to drive their finger into an opponents body. There
is a danger in the technique as an inaccurate strike can easily
damage the user.
Stamina: 50
Damage: (STR / 4)d6
Speed: 24
Special: Bleed 15
Effects: Shigan's damage is tripled for the purpose of
inflicting wounds, and deals Piercing damage.
If partial defense applies when Shigan hits, the attacker
takes half the damage they rolled. Although Shigan cannot
wound its user this way, they also suffer a Sprained Arm
(Blunt, Major) wound as a result.
--( Benkei-do - Way of Benkei )--
A mixture of folk hero and mythical character, Benkei was a
warrior monk known for his peerless skill in combat and
unswerving loyalty to his master. One of the popular stories
about his exploits involved Benkei guarding a bridge, holding
back hundreds of warriors before finally succumbing to his
wounds. This technique pays homage to his exploits, focusing
all a shinobi's efforts on defense.
Stamina: 10
Special: Interrupt
Speed: +0
Effects: You may activate Way of Benkei alongside a normal
defense. Until your next action, your defenses have a (+1+X)
bonus, with X being the number of times you've attempted to
defend yourself (successfully or otherwise) since activating
Way of Benkei (including the defense it was activated with).
You may choose not to use Way of Benkei on a given defense;
doing so does not reset its X value or require it to be
reactivated.
The only defenses which "count" for Way of Benkei are
dodges and unarmed parries. You may use other defenses,
but they do not receive its bonus or increase its X value.
Way of Benkei ends when your take a non-Interrupt action,
at which point you pay a secondary Stamina cost of 10+3*X,
to a maximum of 40. You may declare Block, Total Defense,
Guard, and similar effects without ending Way of Benkei.
--( Asahi Kyusho - Rising Sun Strike
)--
A very impressive, though somewhat impractical, technique,
the user gathers energy in one limb (typically a leg, though
open-palm attacks are possible) and relases it in a single,
swift strike with enough force to send their opponent flying.
Though not technically required, it is suggested that anyone
performing this technique shout its name emphatically when
doing so.
Generally speaking, the injuries from this technique come
less from the initial impact and more from the landing, which
is very rarely graceful. Thankfully, the victims of this
technique have their dignity spared--they're usually knocked
too far away for anyone to see them wind up in a face-down
heap after rolling through the dirt!
Stamina: 30 + X/2
Damage: (STR /4) d6
Speed: 20, Delay X
Effects: This knocks the target back STR/4 (its Speed, after
any reductions /20) + (Delay)(your Physical Damage Bonus)/2
yards.
However, when Rising Sun Strike hits, make an Athletics
roll with a -10 penalty, and a +X bonus, against your
opponent's Athletics. If their roll is greater than yours, the
distance they're knocked back is halved. For every 5 points
they beat your roll by, increase the divisor by 1 (to /3 at 5, /4 at
10, and so on).
Additionally, if they are knocked back more than (their
RES)/3 yards, they lose an amount of AP equal to their
current AP, divided by the same amount as the knockback
was (someone with current 30 AP who divided the
knockback by 4 would lose 7 AP).
Rising Sun Strike's damage is considered Y% higher for
causing wounds, where Y is the number of yards is target
was knocked back.
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 Combo Jutsu
--( Reikoku Kagai - Relentless
D-rank Assault )-
--( Rendan - Combo )-- You get in close to your opponent and begin beating on them!
Not so much a proper technique as a catch-all term for any Doing so for a prolonged period of time can easily overwhelm
series of attacks made in rapid succession, without breaking all but the strongest defenses.
one's flow or allowing an opponent time to retreat. Stamina: 16
Stamina: 12 Damage: 1d8
Damage: 1d6 Accuracy: -3
Speed: 10 Speed: 8
Combo Counter: +1d6 damage, -1 Speed Combo Counter: Blocking is 5% less effective, +0.2 damage
bonus
--( Yaburi Yashi - Smashing Palm )--
A single, staggeringly powerful open-palmed blow delivered --( Shishi Danmaku - Lion Barrage
at the end of a combo, aimed at the opponent's midsection to )--
strike their solar plexus. A popular way to end the similarly-named combo-assault, the
Stamina: 16 Lion Barrage was is often taught to students along with Lion
Damage: 3d6 Combo itself. Advanced taijutsu users, however, have been
Speed: 15 known to appreciate the flexibility and fluidity that comes
Special: Finisher from separating the techniques.
The Lion Barrage is simply a series of fast, strong fist and
Combo Bonus: +2 Stun knee strikes.
Effects: This is an automatic called shot to the abdomen. If Stamina: 25
it's blocked, the Stun is halved. Damage: 6d8
Accuracy: +4
--( Gekido Denka - Furious Charge Speed: 14
)-- Special: Finisher
The basis of combos in battle is maintaining one's Combos Bonus: +2d8 damage
momentum, striking one blow before the opponent's fully
recovered from the one before it. In many cases, all one --( Hangeki Rendan - Counter
needs is a few seconds to get away from their opponent and
catch their breath to escape an otherwise merciless beating. Combo )--
You, however, just love to beat people mercilessly. Though Exploiting a momentary break in your opponent's attacks,
it's taxing, you can keep your adrenaline up, and keep your you turn the tables on them! It's very exciting, and stuff.
blows coming rapidly and rhythmically, even after being
forced to chase after your victims. Stamina: 20
Speed: 8
Stamina: 15
Upkeep: 4 Effects: You and your opponent both make Accuracy rolls.
Speed: 4 If your result is higher, you immediately break their combo,
and execute any combo jutsu you know, with a starting combo
Effects: So long as you maintain Furious Charge, taking counter equal to whatever your opponent's was when you
Move actions will not break your combos. Using movement- used this technique.
based jutsu (such as Shunshin), however, will. If you fail, your opponent may immediately use any combo
they know against you, as a Speed 0 Interrupt.
C-rank
--( Shishi Rendan - Lion Combo )--
Ideally meant to be used after performing Kage Buyo, this is a
series of high-speed punches and kicks.
Stamina: 18
Damage: 2d8
Speed: 10
Combo Counter: +1 Accuracy, -1 Speed

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--( Rakurai Heishi - Lightning
Warrior )--
Conventional wisdom says that one must prioritize speed or
power, having to choose between one or the other. You reject
that, striking both quickly and decisively. Of course, that
means you have to pay the price elsewhere: fighting like this
will rapidly wear a person out.
Stamina: 15
Upkeep: 0
Speed: 6
Effects: While Rakurai Heishi is maintained, any time a
combo you are performing would be broken you may choose
to increase this technique's Upkeep by 2; when you do so,
your combo is not broken.
If your combo is broken, Lightning Warrior's Upkeep is
reset to 0. If you stop maintaining Lightning Warrior, your
current combo is automatically broken. Rakurai Heishi
cannot be used if your combo is broken because you
performed a Finisher or a Move action.
--( Bunka-ken - Splintering Fist )--
A powerful blow that smashes through defenses. Your attack
carries almost concussive force behind it, enough to
overcome all but the most resilient of enemies.
Stamina: +5
Speed: +4
Special: Finisher
Combo Bonus: Ignore 5 points of DR.
Effects: This is applied as an addition to an Unarmed
Taijutsu technique, increasing its Stamina and Speed
accordingly and turning it into a Finisher. The increased
Speed does not improve the technique's damage.
B-rank
--( Hasu Rendan - Lotus Combo )--
The user of this technique launches into a sequence of strikes
designed to alternately wind, disorient, and daze their
opponent, combining those effects to prevent their adversary
from fighting back effectively for as long as possible.
Stamina: 10
Damage: 2d10
Speed: 4
Special: Opener. This action's Speed may not be reduced.
Combo Counter: +2d10 damage, +2 Stamina, +1 Accuracy
Effects: Each time Lotus is used sequentially (with no other
attacks between uses), its base Speed increases by 2, its
Stamina cost is raised by 4, and it gives an additional 1
Combo Count. This stacks; the fourth Lotus in a sequence
would be Speed (4+23) 10, give (1 + 13) 4 Combo Counters,
and have a Stamina cost of 22 (before Combo Counter
effects).
Additionally, Lotus Combo can extend existing stuns. If a
target hit by Lotus Combo is Stunned, the duration of that
Stun is increased by X*2, with X being the length of the
current Lotus sequence. Thus, hitting someone with four
Lotus Combos in a row would extend their stun by (2+4+6+8)
20.
--( Hokuto no Ken - Fist of the
North Star )--
Delivering a precise, rapid, and powerful series of blows to
vital points on an opponent's body, this causes their blood
vessels to spontaneously rupture, resulting in both internal
hemorrhaging and dramatic external bleeding, sometimes
even resulting in a brief spray of blood immediately after its
use.
Stamina: 30
Damage: 7d10
Accuracy: +2
Speed: 30
Special: Finisher
Combo Bonus: +1d10 damage, +1 Bleed
Effects: Even if Hokuto no Ken is parried, it still inflicts its
Bleed.
--( Aragami no Jutsu - God of
Battle Technique )--
Rather than waiting for your opponents to give you openings
and then capitalizing upon them, you make openings. When
that doesn't work, you break through your opponent's
defenses anyway, attacking even when it seems fruitless, until
finally something gives.
Stamina: 15
Upkeep: 0
Speed: 6
Effects: Whenever you hit with a technique that raises your
Combo Counter, your Combo Counter increases by 1 more,
and Aragami's Upkeep also increases by 2. When your combo
is broken, Aragami's Upkeep is reset to 0.
If you end Aragami, your Combo Counter is immediately
set to 0.
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 --( Mouretsu Tora no Jutsu -
Furious Tiger Technique )--
You break off your combo with an abrupt transition back into
more traditional taijutsu techniques, taking advantages of the
momentum and rhythm you've built up to deliver one
devastating blow.
Stamina: +10
Speed: +6
Special: Finisher
Combo Bonus: +0.5 Accuracy, +5% damage
Effects: This finisher is used by combining it with an
Unarmed Taijutsu attack, increasing its Stamina cost
appropriately. The Combo Bonuses are applied to that
technique, modifying it appropriately.
The increased Speed from using Furious Tiger does not
improve the technique's damage.
A-rank
--( Akuma no Isoi - Devil's Rush )--
A technique that requires extreme speed and toughness, and
a considerable disregard for one's own health. Most shinobi
learn first-hand in the academy what 'chakra burns' are:
burns, typically found on the hands (where chakra is typically
focused), caused by poorly forcing too much of one's chakra
through their body's "chakra pores".
This technique takes a common mistake among academy
students and weaponizes it, forcibly overwhelming one's own
chakra circulatory system in the arms and hands,
superheating their body. That, combined with the high-speed
blows delivered by this technique, results in what appear to
be literally flaming punches.
This can actually be delivered in kicks as well, and the
general consensus is that a 'burning' leg is more visually
impressive. Most ninja, however, prefer punches, because
they hate fun.
Stamina: 25
Damage: 2d6.open(6)
Speed: 10
Combo Counter: +1d6 damage, +1 Ignite
Effect: If an enemy passes a Resistance roll against your
Athletics, the severity of the ignite they're inflicted with is
halved. Whether or not you hit, you yourself suffer Burns with
a severity equal to Akuma no Isoi's Ignite.
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--( Taiyou Douyou no Jutsu - Solar
Agitation Technique )--
For once, the name actually has a basis in reality! This
technique is a single, devastating blow to the opponent's solar
plexus, knocking the wind from their lungs and temporarily
debilitating them in the aftermath.
Stamina: 40
Damage: 8d12
Accuracy: +2
Speed: 16
Special: Finisher
Combo Bonus: +3 Stun, +1 to enemy's Stamina penalty,
+1d12 damage
Effects: This has an additional feature if used against an
opponent who was performing handseals. If the total Stun
from Solar Agitation is greater than the Speed of their
Perform Handseals action, the victim automatically Aborts
their Perform Handseals action (as if they had failed the
Chakra Control roll against the attack's damage dealt).
--( Senkagami no Jutsu - God of War
Technique )--
The greatest of hand-to-hand combatants are able to dispatch
enemies one after another in the midst of battle, their
momentum never lagging, their blows not showing the
slightest hint of hesitation.
If you've mastered this technique, you are officially one of
them! Congratulations!
Stamina: +5
Upkeep: 0
Speed: +0
Effects: This is used alongside a Finisher. Using that
Finisher does not end your combo; instead, your Combo
Counter is halved, but you may continue your combo, make
another finisher, or so forth. If your Finisher missed and you
activated Senkagami, your Combo Counter does not
decrease at all.
After using a finisher with Senkagami applied, you gain an
Upkeep of 5 from Senkagami; each subsequent use increases
Senkagami's Upkeep by 5 (10 after the second use, 15 afte
the third, and so forth). When your combo is broken,
Senkagami's Upkeep ends; similarly, if you end Senkagami's
Upkeep, your combo ends automatically.
Grappling Jutsu
E-rank
--( Grab )--
You grab onto an opponent, with the intent to not let go! It's
not a preferred method of fighting among ninja, but it does
have some limited popularity amongst certain taijutsu
fighters.
Stamina: 8 if it misses, 12 if it hits
Damage: None
Speed: 12
Effects: You are grappling your opponent. This is not
inherently a huge advantage, but leads in to multiple other
possibilities for attack.
When grappled, the following effects apply to both
participants:
Their movement speed is halved, and moves the other
person along with them.
If you try to move, the other person may attempt to
restrain you; if they do, your AGI is reduced by half their
STR when calculating how far you can move.
The Dodge and Parry interrupt both have their Speed
increased by 2.
Other Grapple jutsu may be used. Grapple jutsu cannot be
defended against normally (i.e. dodging, blocking).
Ordinary attacks, such as punching or stabbing the other
grappler, can be defended against normally.
The attacker cannot use handseals without the Single-
Handed Seals unique.
If either person is suffering from the Ignite status, both
people take damage from it. If both are on fire, only the
more severe Ignite deals damage.
Certain situations within a grapple may call for a 'grapple
check'. This varies depending on whether you are the attacker
or defender. Attacker: 1d20 + STR/10 + DEX/20 Defender:
1d20 + STR/10 + AGI/20
The person who initiated the grapple is considered the
'attacker', and may end it at will, at any time; the person who
was grabbed is the 'defender', and may not.
Unless specified otherwise, all Grapple Jutsu may only be
used by the attacker. However, the defender has two options
(beyond normal actions and attacks) available to them:
Shift Grapple (Speed 5, Stamina 5) The attack and
defender both roll grapple checks; if the defender exceeds the
attacker's roll, they are the new attacker in the grapple. When
this is done, the attacker also has to roll a Stamina 5 check.
Break Grapple (Speed 4) The attack and defender both roll
grapple checks; if the defender matches or exceeds the
attacker's roll, the grapple ends immediately. When this is
done, the attacker must roll a Stamina 5 check, or choose to
simply let go.
--( Escape Grapple )--
Being held in place by one person and then punched into
submission by all their friends is a pretty exceptionally
undignified way for a ninja to go down. Accordingly, ninja are
usually taught the basics of how to writhe their way out of all
manner of holds.
Stamina: 4 + X
Speed: 4 + X, Delay X
Special: Grapple-only.
Effects: Roll a grapple check against your opponent. The
"X" in this jutsu's cost and speed is the amount you fail your
grapple check by.
Thus, if you rolled a 12 against your opponent's 16, Escape
Grapple would be a Stamina 8 check and have a Speed of 8.
On the other hand, if you passed your check by 36 points, it
would be only Stamina 4 and Speed 4.
This technique cannot be Aborted, despite its Delay.
--( Headbutt )--
You use your head to hit someone else's head. Really,
honestly, it's a highly technical process. You just don't
understand because you're not a ninja.
Stamina: 5
Damage: 3d8
Speed: 7
Special: Grapple-only
Effects: This attack may be used by either the attacker or
the defender in the grapple, but only against the other person.
It automatically hits. If it causes a wound, that wound is
automatically a head wound.
Although the attacker does not take damage from doing
this, if the damage they do would have caused them to be
wounded, they will suffer that wound. For example, if you
have 500 Vitality and Headbutt someone for 60 damage, you
would take 0 damage and suffer a minor wound (for taking
more than 10% of your HP in one hit).
D-rank
--( Throw )--
You use leverage, brute force, or a combination of the two to
physically throw an enemy, either by flipping them over you,
hurling them into a nearby object, slamming them to the
ground, or something similar.
Stamina: 12
Damage: 4d6
Speed: 8, or +4
Effects: This immediately ends the grapple, and Stuns the
enemy, severity 4. This can also be declared as part of a Grab
attack, in which case it increases the total Speed by 4, and
deals damage as a Speed 16 action. It cannot be blocked
when used this way. The two Stamina rolls (one for a grab,
and one for Throwing if the grab succeeds) are made
separately.
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 --( Arm Lock )--
You use one of your hands or arms to pin an opponent's in a
position where they can't use it effectively. It's a bit harder
than it sounds, just because of the logistics of grappling
people effectively.
Stamina: 10
Speed: 6
Effects: You and your opponent both lose the ability to use
one of your arms. This puts your opponent at a -1
immobilization penalty, applies a -2 penalty to their grapple
rolls, and doubles the Seal Speed of any jutsu they try to use.
Using this jutsu a second time doubles the penalties and
makes it impossible for the victim to use handseals at all.
If you lose control of the grapple, these effects end.
A person with the Single-Handed Seals unique is able to
perform handseals one-handed unhindered by these effects.
--( Leg Lock )--
You hook one of your legs around an opponent's, restricting
their mobility at the price of your own.
Stamina: 10
Speed: 6
Effects: You and your opponent both lose the ability to use
one of your legs. This gives your opponent a -2 penalty both to
immobilization and to their grapple checks, as well as further
halving the speed at which you and they can move in the
grapple.
With both their legs locked, the penalties double and
neither you nor they can move at all.
If you lose control of the grapple, these effects end.
--( Head Lock )--
You get behind an opponent and put an arm around their
neck. For what's a fairly simple-seeming maneuver, this is
actually highly effective: to avoid breaking their own neck,
they have to limit their mobility.
Stamina: 10
Speed: 6
Effects: You lose the ability to use one of your arms, and
your opponent suffers a -4 immobilization penalty, as well as
a -2 penalty to all their grapple rolls. For the duration of the
headlock, the victim's Stamina rolls have a -4 penalty.
Additionally, any jutsu or effects that require them to aim with
their mouth (such as breathing fire or spitting out needles)
have a -5 strike penalty.
If you lose control of the grapple, these effects end.
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--( Choke Hold )--
You grab your opponent's neck and cut off either the flow of
blood to their brain, or of oxygen to their lungs. Either way,
it's a nasty thing to be affected by... though as far as combat
between ninjas go, it's one of the more effective and less
violent ones.
Stamina: 10
Speed: 5
Effects: You lose the ability to use one of your arms while
maintaining this hold. Every use of this technique applies a
stacking -1 Suffocation penalty to your opponent. So long as
this hold is maintained (meaning you don't use the arm
holding them for anything else, and remain in control of the
grapple) the suffocation effect does not end.
--( Reversal )--
Stamina: 4, +X if successful
Speed: 3 + Special
Special: Interrupt
Effects: This can interrupt the use of any grapple move
other than Headbutt or Pressure Point while you're the
defender, as long as you know that jutsu yourself. Make a
grapple roll against the attacker; if you succeed you gain
control of the grapple and automatically use the move they
were going to; the 'X' in Reversal's Stamina cost is that
move's Stamina.
Reversal's Speed is 3 if it fails, and for the purpose of
determining what it can interrupt. If it succeeds, you also add
half the Speed of the move you reversed.
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C-rank
--( Counter Throw )--
You throw an enemy who's grabbing you off, freeing yourself
from them and injuring them in the process.
Stamina: 8 + X
Damage: 4d6
Speed: 4 + X, Delay X
Requires: Throw
Effects: This ends a grapple when used, but may only be
used by the defender. The attacker is Thrown (as per the D-
rank Throw move, including the stun). Counter Throw always
deals damage as if it was Speed 10, regardless of the actual
speed.
When you declare use of Counter Throw, make an opposed
Grapple check. The amount you fail by is the "X" in this
move's Stamina cost and Speed. If you pass, it's Stamina 8 /
Speed 4 / Delay 0.
--( Joint Lock )--
You grab your opponent in such a way that you can put
continual strain on one of their limbs or joints. Though
typically non-lethal, an expert grappler can be brutal with
these techniques.
Stamina: 10
Damage: Basic unarmed attack.
Speed: 5
Special: Must have the opponent in an Arm Lock or Leg
Lock.
Effects: To use this technique you must have your opponent
in an arm or leg lock; if you have multiple limbs locked,
declare which one you are targeting. Any wounds dealt by the
joint lock are applied to that limb.
Although the damage is dealt normally, it is considered
cumulatively 25% higher each time you use the technique.
For example, the first Joint Lock you apply does unarmed
damage +25%; the next, unarmed damage +50%; the third
+75%, and so forth, and so on.
If you take an action other than maintaining the joint lock
(including moving or using interrupts), this cumulative
increase is reset.
Joint Lock does benefit from Unarmed Focus and Power
Focus, if you have those abilities, though its Stamina cost is
increased appropriately (up to 18 for four ranks of Power
Attack).
--( Pressure Point )--
You find, grab, and press down on an opponent's pressure
point, temporarily immobilizing them; these are painful while
maintained, but more to the point (ahaha, get it, because
they're... never mind) it prevents the nerves you're isolating
from working properly while the pressure is maintained.
Stamina: 10 + X*4
Speed: 5
Special: Interrupt
Requires: Medicine 10
Effects: This may be used to Interrupt any grapple move
used by the defender, other than Headbutt or Break Grapple
checks (Shift Grapple and Escape Grapple are fair game).
You quickly find a pressure point on their body and
immobilize it, preventing them from completing whatever
they were attempting.
This requires an arm free; you may release a lock, if
necessary, as part of this interrupt, to free up your hand. Roll
an opposed grapple check, applying no penalties from holds
or locks. If you are successful, they are prevented from taking
their action.
Against Escape Grapple or Counter Throw (or any
techniques with similar variable effects), the "X" value the
user pays for their failed technique is half the amount you
beat their roll by.
For Pressure Point's cost, X is the number of times you've
used Pressure Point in that battle--making it 10 the first time,
12 the second, and so on.
--( Compression Hold )--
A less brutal alternative to joint locking (which has this nasty
tendency to tear people apart), a compression hold is still
exceptionally painful--that's the point. You twist the victim's
body in such a way that their own joints are being used to
hurt them--forcing their elbow to press against their sternum
is a popular one.
Stamina: 6
Speed: 3
Effects: This requires the opponent already be in one of the
three D-rank locks. Each time you use this technique applies
a -1 penalty to their grapple checks, so long as that lock is
maintained. This penalty remains until that lock is ended.
--( Suplex )--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suplex Just... read that, okay?
That's what you do to them.
Stamina: 13
Damage: 6d12
Speed: 15
Effects: This ends the grapple. If Suplex inflicts a wound, it
is dealt to the opponent's head.
B-rank
--( Kurokumaken - Black Bear
Strength )--
A devastating move, developed by a shinobi who claimed he
had gained inspiration for it by watching the fighting tactics
of wild bears. The user wraps their arms around their
opponent and squeezes with incredible strength. Users of
this move have been known to crack arm bones and break
ribs.
It was later pointed out that real bears do not actually hug
people, to death or otherwise. The original inventor of the
move refused to comment, and the name was in wide use by
that point anyway.
Stamina: 30
Damage: 10d12
Speed: 16
Requires: Compression Hold
Effects: If this causes a wound, that wound is applied to the
torso and both arms. Additionally, your damage bonus is
doubled for calculating the damage of this move.
Kurokumaken requires the use of both arms.
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 --( Ryuorosu - Dragon Takedown )-
- --( Shishi Keishi - Lion Execution
Adapted--in purpose, method, and name--from a 'normal' style
of martial arts, the Dragon Takedown is a more aggressive
method of initiating a grapple, often throwing an opponent to
the ground in the process.
Stamina: 18
Damage: (STR/5)d4
Speed: 16
Effects: This may be used outside of a grapple; in fact, it
may only be used outside of a grapple. If you hit, you deal
damage (which is not unblockable) and you initiate a grapple
with your opponent and may immediately apply any of the D-
rank locks or a choke hold.
--( Tora Rakka - Tiger Drop )--
You flip your opponent over you and hurl them to the ground
(or otherwise maneuver them unpleasantly if you're both
already on the ground) and slam an elbow, knee, or other
body part into them, using gravity to assist your momentum.
Nobody really knows what this has to do with tigers.
Stamina: 24
Damage: (STR/5)d12
Speed: 6
Effects: When you use this technique, make an opposed
grapple check. If the opponent fails, they are Stunned (10). If
you fail, you are instead Stunned for that amount; if you
succeed, you are still Stunned (4). This technique ends the
grapple.
--( Hijutsu: Full Nelson - Secret
Technique: Full Nelson )--
A special technique passed down through generations, the
true origin of the Full Nelson is unknown, but its efficiency is
dreaded; many a shinobi has thought victory assured, only to
be trapped by a well-timed Full Nelson.
Stamina: 15
Speed: 8
Effects: You must use both your arms to keep your
opponent in this hold. So long as you do so, they have a -8
immobilization penalty and a -8 penalty to their grapple rolls.
This ends if you lose control of the grapple.
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A-rank
)--
This move was supposedly developed by a martial arts
master who was tackled and mauled by a lion. He somehow
survived, though horribly maimed; it's said that because
nobody could recognize him after the attack, he became
known as the "Faceless Master." He devised this technique
based on what he learned from being tackled and mauled by
a lion, to imitate the effects of the victim being tackled and
mauled by a lion.
Stamina: X + 10
Speed: X + 6
Requires: Dragon Takedown
Effects: Shishi Keishi is performed from outside of a
grapple. If this technique misses, the "X" value is not paid.
When performing Shishi Keishi, declare any grapple move of
B rank or below; if it hits, you initiate a grapple and then
immediately perform that move. "X" is the cost and speed of
the move you are using with Shishi Keishi.
--( Garuda Tsuiraku no Jutsu -
Crashing Garuda Technique )--
The Crashing Garuda is not, at a glance, all that different
from a regular flip-your-opponent-over-a-shoulder throw.
What makes it different, and what makes it take arduous
practice to perfect, is the precise way the user manipulates
their opponent and strains their muscles. The Crashing
Garuda is a study in kinesiology--the user lifts the opponent
overhead and swings them down, bringing themselves
crashing along with the foe in a way that multiplies the force
brought to bear by both muscles and gravity.
Too long? Didn't read? The short version: You don't want to
have this used against you.
Stamina: 28
Damage: 16d10
Speed: 18, Delay 14
Requires: Tora Rakka
Effects: Make a grapple check. The amount you succeed by
is added to this technique's Speed for the purpose of
determining its damage, the opponent is Stunned for half that
amount, and you are Stunned for one quarter that amount. If
you fail, you still pay the Stamina cost and expend the full
Speed, but the attack fails.
--( Washitsume no Jutsu - Eagle
Talon Technique )--
The pinnacle of ways to brutally maim your opponents when
you already have them at your mercy in battle, Washitsume is
yet another move named after animals for no clear reason
other than martial artists (and ninjas) seeming to think that's
cool.
The principle is simple: You hyperextend a limb or joint
while twisting it in whatever way will put the most excessive
amount of strain on the bones, muscles, and tendons. It's
quite possible for this to cause irreparable damage, and it has
seen some use as an improvised torture method.
Stamina: 10 + X * 4
Damage: Basic unarmed damage.
Speed: 8 + X * 2
Effects: You must have your opponent in a joint lock for the
limb you are attacking. After reductions are applied, this
attack's actual damage is halved. However, for the purpose of
causing wounds its original damage is multiplied by X, up to
a maximum of 6. The X*2 is not included when calculating
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 Weapon Jutsu
D-rank
--( Kousanami - Cross Wave )--
A simple but elegant technique, the user brings their weapon
up in a sequence of diagonal slashes. It gets its name from
the rising swings and the figure-eight motion which is both
efficient and simple to perform.
Stamina: As Weapon + 4
Damage: As Weapon
Speed: 15 + (weapon's Speed)/2
Type: Sword or Slashing
Effects: Cross Wave has only a single Accuracy, and is
treated as one attack. However, if the opponent uses a
defense where they roll for a result (such as dodge or parry),
they must roll twice.
If the attack hits the first defense, that roll is used to
determine how much partial defense, if any, is applied. If the
second defense also fails (partial defense being ignored for
this purpose), your attack's dice damage is tripled (from, for
example, 5d8 to 5d8*3).
If the attack misses against your opponent's first defensive
roll, make the second roll. If it hits, this attack deals damage
as a regular attack with your weapons (with the higher Speed
associated with this technique).
If you are using a two-handed weapon (such as a nodachi
or zanbato), which would normally multiply your damage
bonus by 50%, you do not receive that increase when using
Cross Wave. For example, if you had a damage bonus of 10,
normally a two-handed sword would use 15; for Cross Wave,
however, it would use the normal 10.
--( Nenten Tsuki - Twisting Stab )--
The user lunges forward while turning their wrist, drilling
their weapon into the opponent, using chakra to enhance
their momentum. It is very effective at breaking an
opponent's guard as you spin the weapon to go around their
defense.
Stamina: As Weapon +2
Accuracy: -1
Damage: As Weapon
Speed: 12 + (Weapon's Speed)/5
Type: Piercing
Effects: This technique reduces the effectiveness of
blocking by an additional 25% (for a total of 50%, for
attacking with a weapon). If you miss completely, the Speed is
increased by 3, as you lunge and lose your balance.
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--( Kashiwa no Hishou - Oak Flight
)--
Circling something large and blunt over your head, you slam
it into your opponent after a few rotations and completely
daze them. A powerful enough strike put in the right place
makes it hard for the enemy to focus on you, or even gives
them a bit of double-vision.
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Stamina: As Weapon +5
Damage: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon +5
Type: Blunt
Effects: Every 50 damage dealt by this technique gives the
victim a -1 penalty to Accuracy which lasts until their next
attack or accuracy roll.
If you deal more than 400 damage, for 50 IC whenever they
attack any single target they must roll 1d2; on 1, their attack
functions normally. On 2, they have a -5 Accuracy penalty due
to disorientation and double vision.
--( Haganekabe - Steel Wall )--
By spinning their weapon rapidly with both hands, the user
deflects ranged attacks aimed at them as they close in on
their opponents, and then use the momentum gained by the
rotation to finish with a powerful swing.
Stamina: As Weapon +6
Upkeep: 5
Damage: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon -2
Type: Polearm, Umbrella
Effects: When you use this technique, you begin spinning
your weapon; so long as you keep doing this you may parry
incoming ranged attacks as a Speed 0 Interrupt with a +5
bonus, but both your hands and your weapon are occupied.
Anyone attempting to attack you in melee has their action's
Speed increased by 4, as they need to get around your
polearm.
When in melee range of someone, you may end this
technique's upkeep and pay its cost and Speed again to use it
as an attack, with +3 Accuracy.
--( Ichi no Hoshi - One Star )--
By unfolding their fan only a third of the way, the user creates
a small but biting gust of wind that is useful for its capacity to
strike at targets far away while wielding a weapon.
Stamina: As Weapon
Chakra: 10
Damage: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon
Range: CHA/5
Type: Fan
Effects: This uses your ninjutsu damage bonus, rather than
your physical damage bonus.
--( Fukumikuchi Hari - Hidden
Mouth Needles )--
The user is able to summon needles from within their mouth
and spit them at their opponents with force comparative to
have been thrown. It's useful at point-blank range for catching
the opponent by surprise, but becomes predictable with
repeated use.
Stamina: As senbon multi-throw, +3
Chakra: 10, +X
Damage: As senbon multi-throw
Speed: As senbon multi-throw, -2
Type: Senbon
Effects: This allows you to perform a multi-throw with
senbon, following normal multi-throw rules, even without the
ability which would normally allow you to do so. If you can
multi-throw senbon without using this jutsu, it instead
becomes an automatic Surprise Attack.
X is the number of times you have previously used this
technique in the same battle.
Though this jutsu can be used as often as you wish, it may
only be used as a Surprise Attack once every 100 IC; after
that, it's just not surprising.
--( Kage Shuriken no Jutsu -
Shadow Shuriken Technique )--
The user throws multiple Shuriken at the same time,
positioning them in such a way that one or more weapons
can hide within the shadow of another in flight, making the
lower one(s) virtually invisible.
Stamina: 22
Damage: As Weapon(s)
Speed: 22
Type: Large Ranged Weapon
Effects: You throw two of the same weapon, each doing
their normal base damage, and using half this technique's
Speed to determine how much they benefit from your
damage bonus.
If this hits and partial defense does not apply, combine the
damage of the two weapons. If it hits and partial defense does
apply, one misses entirely and the other does full damage (not
reduced by partial defense).
--( Mukadesuto - Centipede Strike
)--
Using two weapons in conjunction with one another, the user
strikes repeatedly, flowing from one strike to the next in a
barrage of attacks that can quickly overwhelm most
opponents.
Stamina: As Dual-Wield Attack, +3
Damage: As Dual-Wield Attack
Speed: As Dual-Wield Attack +2
Type: Dual
Effects: Each time this attack is consecutively used (even if
it misses!) the total Speed of the attack is reduced by 1, to a
minimum of half its original value. Additionally, the number
of dice on each weapon is increased by 1.
These benefits reset if you make a non-Interrupt action
other than a dual-wielded attack with your weapons or
movement, or if you go for 15 IC or more without using this
jutsu.
--( Kusari no Hebi - Chain Serpent
)--
With sufficient practice, the user can throw their chain
weapon in such a way that it ricochets to strike their
opponent multiple times, hitting and disarming them or
tripping them at the same time, tugging on the chain to
redirect it.
Stamina: 16
Range: As Weapon
Speed: +4
Type: Chain Weapon
Effects: If this hits, in addition to dealing damage you may
either attempt to perform the E-rank taijutsu technique Trip
or disarm a weapon they're holding. The Stamina costs and
Speds of these actions are included in this technique.
--( Omo Hoshiga - Double Star
Fang ) --
Several enemies running at an archer and getting in close
could mean the end for an archer, but luckily you can fend
them off! Quickly drawing several arrows out, you load them
all into your bow and fire them off in different directions. This
would be hard for most people, but luckily you're a ninja.
Stamina: (As Weapon) + 5 * X
Damage: As Weapon
Range: As Weapon
Speed: (As Weapon) + 3 * X
Type: Bow
Effects: You may target up to three additional people with
this attack; X is the number of people beyond the first who
you attack.
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 --( Soushuriken no Jutsu - --( Hamukau Kanjin - Vital Strike
Manipulated Shuriken Technique )- )--
- Whether it be to cut someone's achilles tendon, or to lop their
head off, blades have many ways to disable or execute their
You connect a thin, nearly invisible wire to shuriken or kunai wielder's opponents. Sneaking into your opponents defenses
when throwing them so that you can redirect them mid-air, or and getting in even one good attack can change a fight, or end
even attack people around corners or behind trees! a life!
Stamina: As Weapon +3 Stamina: +8
Damage: As Weapons Damage: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon +3 Speed: As Weapon +5
Type: Small Thrown Weapons Requires: Slashing weapon
Requires: Ninja Wire
Effects:
Effects: If you miss with this technique you can make an You may give yourself a penalty of up to -(STR/10) Accuracy.
Accuracy roll with a +4 bonus; if this hits, your attack hits but For every -1, this attack's damage is increased by 10% for the
uses only half your damage bonus. purposes of inflicting wounds.
You can also attack a person who you don't have line of Even without any penalty, partial defenses are ineffective
sight on (say, they're around a corner) if you can somehow against this attack, and it is an automatic called shot (without
accurately perceive them; in this case the above paragraph the usual called shot penalty).
does not apply and this technique has a -2 Accuracy penalty.
Used with a multi-throw attack, this increases the total --( Mawarisuto - Rotation Strike )-
Stamina and Speed of that action by the appropriate amount.
The increase in damage bonus from multi-throwing (+0.5 per -
weapon thrown) is also halved by this technique if the Extending out a polearm, you hold one end with both hands
Accuracy roll is used. then commence whirling and spinning the polearm around
The total of Ninja Wire required is the range at which you yourself in large circles! If it has a blade of some sort, this is
make this attack, multiplied by the number of weapons even better!!
thrown. This does not need to be prepared in advance; you do
it on the spot and use precisely the right amount of wire, via Stamina: As Weapon
your ninja trickery. Damage: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon +10
Requires: Polearm
C-rank
Effects:
--( Hirameku Yaiba - Flash Blade )-- You may attack anyone you choose within range 3. If you
Using the principles of Iaijutsu, the user takes up a neutral choose to target only one person with this attack it has +2
stance and, using a surge of chakra, rushes their opponent to Accuracy.
take them by surprise, redrawing the weapon and striking in
one quick movement. --( Raikogeki - Thundering Strike
Stamina: +5 )--
Speed: +4 Drawing your weapon back and then lunging out quickly, you
Requires: Sword make a precise strike aiming to injure, hopefully cause them
Effects: Make an Initiative roll, opposed by your opponent's; to bleed out a bit. Despite the slightly weakened nature of this
they have a cumulative +2 bonus for each time you've used strike, it's rather unnerving to be poked full of holes.
this (successfully or not) in this battle. If you fail, you perform Stamina: As Weapon +2
a regular sword attack. Damage: As Weapon
If you succeed, your attack receives the benefits of the Speed: As Weapon -5 (Minimum 3)
Iaijutsu ability, even if you've used that earlier in battle. Requires: Piercing Weapon
Effects: This inflicts Bleed 1. If used again while the
opponent is still suffering from that status, this instead
increases the Bleed's severity by 1.

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--( Kashiraheki - Headsplitter )--
Hoisting your weapon into the perfect position, taking your
time to figure out the perfect swing, you bring it across
directly into your target, or perhaps from above, with
disastrous results! Unfortunately, while this may be perfect
for exploding someone's brains out, it's pretty obvious you ar
.getting ready to do just that!
Stamina: As Weapon +10
Accuracy: -3
Damage: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon +5
Delay: As Weapon +3
Type: Blunt Weapon
Effects:
This technique counts as 10 Speed higher if you miss with it.
Its total damage (dice + speeddamage bonus) is multiplied
by 2. If used with a two-handed weapn, the increased damage
bonus for holding it in both hands has a maximum of 1.5 (this
will normally only be relevant if performing Headsplitter with
a Tetsubo).
(Motsure Muchi - Entangling Lash)
Instead of using the chain to strike at people from range and
then reel the weapon back to the user, they disable their
opponent with the length of chain, preventing them from
moving at the expense of losing use of their weapon.
Stamina: 16
Range: As Weapon
Speed: 14
Type: Chain Weapon
Effects: You may use your weapon to grab ahold of
someone, as per the E-rank Grapple technique. You use your
DEX in place of your STR for grapple checks using the whip.
Your opponent is considering to be 'grabbing' the whip.
Although they cannot attack it, if they gain control they may
automatically disarm you. The victim may shift or break the
grapple as normal.
You may perform any valid Grapple techniques which you
know of D-rank or lower, using your DEX in place of your
STR. Yoou may not perform the Headbutt or Suplex
techniques.
While being used in a grapple, your whip cannot be used to
attack or with other jutsu.
--( Ni no Hoshi - Two Star )--
Opening the fan two-thirds of the way for this attack, the user
lets out a strong gust of wind, hopefully blowing their
opponents away!
Stamina: As Weapon
Chakra: 20
Damage: As Weapon
Range: CHA/4
Speed: As Weapon +5
Type: Fan
Effects: This uses your ninjutsu damage bonus, plus half
your physical damage bonus.
--( Jouro Senbon - Raining Needles
)--
This technique requires an umbrella and a plethora of
needles! Filling them all into tiny spring-loaded
compartments, they all fire out as the umbrella is thrown into
the air, spinning. The user helps direct the needles with their
chakra, though only enough to make sure the needles spread
out well or hit their targets.
Chakra: 20
Stamina: 10
Damage: As Weapons
Area: 50
Speed: 30
Type: Needles, Umbrella (Set up beforehand)
Effects: Your umbrella is launched into the air, where it
remains stationary. When first launched, and every 10 IC
afterwards, for 50 IC, the umbrella showers the area with
needles. You may selectively choose who's targeted by this
technique with each volley, allowing you to exclude your
allies.
Each 'needle shower' is a senbon multi-throw, up to the
max number of senbon you can multi-throw (which is 1
without the appropriate ability). You must load the full
number of senbon this technique will use into it ahead of
time; if it runs out of needles early, it stops.
For example, if the umbrella was firing 5 needles per
'shower', at 4 targets, you'd need a total of 546 = 120 needles
loaded in the umbrella to make the full 6 attacks (one
inititally, then 5 over the next 50 IC).
Targets may defend against these attacks as if they're
Speed 12. For the purpose of damage calculations, however,
they multiply your damage bonus by (the Speed you
performed Jouro Senbon at)/6, rounded down.
This selectively targets all your enemies in range. The
senbon from this technique do 20% more damage for every
previous volley from that umbrella the victim was hit by.
Thus, if you hit with the initial rain of needles, then twice
more, then missed once, if the volley on IC 40 would deal
+60% damage if it hit that same target.
This technique uses your base Accuracy for an C-rank
Weapon Taijutsu, unmodified by status, wounds, temporary
bonuses, and so on, though penalties from Fatigue do apply.
It uses your physical damage bonus at the time you initially
launched the umbrella. You receive the benefits of your
Weapon Focus: Umbrella or Weapon Focus: Senbon,
whichever is higher. Because the attacks are made by the
umbrella, and not you, you cannot modify them further (such
as with Willpower or AP).
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--( Nenshou Hoshi Shuriken -
Burning Star Shuriken )--
Taking a large throw weapon, you slap several explosive tags
onto it and huck it at your enemies! Pretty simple, and pretty
awesome!
Stamina: As Weapon +10
Chakra: 10 * X
Damage: As Weapon + Tags
Speed: As Weapon + 4 * X
Type: Large Thrown Weapon
Effects:
You may attach up to 3 Exploding Tags to the weapon; X is
the number of tags you attach. When making the attack, you
also declare a Delay for the tags to explode, which can be
anywhere between 10 and 10+(Chakra Control skill ranks)
IC. This explosion is centered on the location the target was
when this attack was made, occurs whether the attack hit or
missed, and follows all normal rules (damage, valid defenses,
etc.) for the class of explosive tags used.
--( Itowotoosu - Thread the Needle
)--
Attaching Ninja Wire to the end of an arrow, the shinobi fires
and uses chakra to alter the course of the arrow in mid-flight.
This makes the shot extremely hard to avoid, at the cost of
living a wire leading back to the point of origin.
Stamina: As Weapon+8
Chakra: 18
Damage: As Weapon
Range: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon +8
Type: Bow
Effects: Every 10 yards you are from the opponent when
firing adds +1 to the Accuracy of this attack. Using this
technique expends an amount of ninja wire equal to the
distance between you and its target. After this attack is
resolved, you are automatically removed from stealth (if you
were hidden to begin with).
--( Chakura Nagashi - Chakra Flow
)--
A technique which increases the potency of a weapon by
running currents of chakra through it to enhance its existing
properties or adapt it to a situation. The user must remain in
physical contact with the weapon to sustain the flow of
chakra, making this only effective with melee weapons.
Chakra: 10
Upkeep: 6
Speed: 6
Requires: Chakra Control 15, appropriate Elemental
Aptitude
Type: Melee
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Effects: While you maintain this technique, your weapons
gain the properties of your elemental affinity. When used
against ninjutsu-based defenses, the weapon is considered to
be of the relevant element to determine how effective the
defense is against it. Additionally, it gains an additional effect
based on the element chosen (listed below). This technique
does receive your bonus to Chakra Exhaustion rolls from the
Elemental Affinity ability.
If you're using Dual Weapons, Chakra Flow applies to both
of them; otherwise, only one weapon benefits from Chakra
Flow at a time. Any weapon you pick up or draw
automatically benefits from your Chakra Flow. If holding two
non-Dual weapons, you may change which one receives
Chakra Flow's effects as a Speed 0 action.
Earth: Your weapon gains Stun 2, or +2 to its existing
Stun. Every time somebody already stunned is struck by
your weapon, their Stun is increased by 1. Anyone who
parries your weapon successfully suffers the Stun 2 (or
+1).
Fire: You add one third of your ninjutsu damage bonus to
your regular damage bonus when using your weapon. To
determine damage you multiply your attack's damage by
its base speed, rather than modified speed.
Lightning: Any weapon that parries yours, or which yours
parries, has a cumulative 10% chance of breaking and
becoming unusable each time. Any damage reduction an
opponent has is halved, and you ignore the effects of any
armor they're wearing.
Water: Your chakra can momentary liquify your weapon's
physical structure, allowing it to pass straight through
anything in its way; it can't be parried by other weapons.
Additionally, water's inherent fluidity and adaptability give
you +2 Accuracy, and an additional +2 when parrying.
Wind: The efficacy of blocking is reduced by 25%, and
your damage is considered 15% higher for the purpose of
inflicting wounds upon your enemies. If you're
successfully parried by another weapon, your attack still
does 50% damage; this does not trigger any secondary
effects of your attack (like status effects, such as Bleed).
This is complicated slightly when two weapons augmented
by Chakra Flow interact, one parrying or being parried by the
other. In these cases, if one of the elements is strong against
the other, the weaker element's Chakra Flow effects are
ignored for the purpose of that parry. As a reminder: Fire
beats Wind; Wind beats Lightning; Lightning beats Earth;
Earth beats Water; and Water beats Fire. This doesn't apply if
the parry fails (if your Water weapon fails to parry their Fire
sword, it still does that extra damage to you), but in the case
of Earth vs. Water, does allow an Earth weapon to attempt to
parry a Water one.
If you have an advanced elemental chakra nature (such as a
Senju's Mokuton), you choose which of the two appropriate
effects you're using when you activated Chakra Flow. For
example, as a Senju you could receive either Earth's stunning
or Water's accuracy and parry effects. You cannot change
which you've chosen without ending and then re-activating
Chakra Flow.
Despite this, it's still considered to be the advanced
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B-rank
--( Hashadan - Blade Breaker )--
You deliver an overwhelmingly powerful blow, often an
overhead strike, with all the force you can muster behind it;
what it gains in force it loses in precision, but its real purpose
is to destroy any weapons used by the victim for defense.
Stamina: +10 or +X
Speed: +0
Type: Melee, not Small
Effects: This is used alongside any other attack with the
weapon, including weapon taijutsu. If the attack is
successfully parried or blocked by a weapon, the defender
makes a Stamina roll. The normal +5 bonus to Stanina rolls
per level of Fatigue is replaced with a -3 penalty (so someone
at Fatigue 3 would have a -9 penalty, instead of a +15 bonus).
The result of their roll becomes the X added to your
attack's cost. Thus, if you used Blade Breaker with a Katana
(Stamina 12), and your opponent parried your attack and
rolled a 14 on their Stamina roll, the total Stamina cost
would be (12+14) 26. The weapon used to defend against
your attack is destroyed.
If your attack is not (successfully) blocked or parried, its
Stamina cost is increased by 10 instead. If it is, but the
enemy's weapon cannot be destroyed for any reason, the
Stamina cost is increased only by 5.
This will destroy weapons created by Water-Cutting Blade
and Earth-Smashing Staff, but not Burning Spear. The
destruction of the enemy weapon takes place after their
defense is resolved (breaking the sword which parried your
attack does not prevent your attack from having been
parried).
--( Houfuku - Retaliation )--
A highly effective maneuver, the user deflects an opponent's
weapon with their blade and then follows through with the
motion, using their existing momentum to launch a swift
slash or jab at their assailant.
Stamina: 10 + (Weapon)
Damage: (Weapon)
Speed: (Weapon)/3, rounded down
Type: Sword
Effects: This is activated after successfully parrying a
weapon with your sword. You may immediately make a basic
weapon attack against the person whose attack you parried,
using your normal Accuracy. This uses a third of your
weapon's normal Speed, rounded down; before AP and
similar effects, Retaliation's Speed may not go below 4.
Due to their speed, Retaliation attacks cannot benefit from
the damage bonus multiplication of holding a weapon two-
handed. Attempting to parry an attack made with Retaliation
has a -4 penalty. You may not move as part of this attack.
--( Chakura Nagashi Shuusei -
Chakra Flow Modification )--
Converting one's chakra to an element other than their
affinity is difficult; doing so with chakra flow is even more so,
as it requires converting your chakra to the desired element,
then reabsorbing it in a continuous stream.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 12
Speed: 10
Requires: Chakra Control 25, Chakra Flow
Type: Melee
Effects: As the C-rank Chakra Flow, but you may use
elements other than your affinity. You may only maintain one
element of Chakra Flow at a time, even if you're holding two
weapons.
You must be able to use ninjutsu of the appropriate
element in order to infuse your weapons with that element of
chakra.
--( Hien - Flying Swallow )--
This technique expands upon the concepts developed when
learning the Chakra Flow technique. Instead of altering the
nature of chakra flowing through their weapon, the shinobi
changes the shape. This is used to expand the striking or
cutting surfaces of the weapon with an invisible chakra blade,
point, or blunt end.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 6
Speed: 10
Requires: Chakra Control 20, Chakra Flow
Type: Melee
Effects: The range at which your melee weapon can be
used increases by 1 (in most cases meaning that you can
make melee attacks from 1 yard away, instead of 0 yards), and
its damage is increased by 2 dice. This does mean that your
weapon no longer triggers most on-contact effects.
Additionally, you gain a +3 Accuracy bonus with the
weapon against anyone who is unable to see chakra (which
usually means Hyuuga and Uchiha only). Whenever you strike
an opponent, make a Chakra Control skill roll against their
Espionage. If they match or beat your roll, the Accuracy
bonus is reduced to +1 for the remainder of the fight.
If you're using Dual Weapons, Flying Swallow applies to
both of them; otherwise, only one weapon benefits from
Flying Swallow at a time. Any weapon you pick up or draw
automatically benefits from Flying Swallow. If holding two
non-Dual weapons, you may change which one receives this
technique's effects as a Speed 0 action.
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--( Tsubasa Migaku - Blade Honing
)--
Despite being a fairly simple technique in concept, the
precision necessary to perform it effectively, and without
damaging one's blade, limits its use to more skilled shinobi.
Focusing chakra along the edge of a bladed weapon, the user
creates a 'second', sharper blade of chakra that essentially
increases the weapon's sharpness, and also protects the
blade itself from dulling.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: X/2 (round up)
Speed: 10
Type: Slashing
Effects: Your weapon deals X extra dice of damage, but its
damage is reduced by (X*5)% for the purpose of determining
wounds. X has a maximum of (your Chakra Control skill
ranks)/3.
If you're using Dual Weapons, Blade Honing applies to
both of them; otherwise, only one weapon benefits from
Blade Honing at a time. Any weapon you pick up or draw
automatically benefits from Blade Honing. If holding two non-
Dual weapons, you may change which one receives this
technique's effects as a Speed 0 action.
--( Ryuuketsu Ibara - Bloody
Thorns )--
This technique coats the tip of a piercing weapon with a thin
layer of chakra which reacts to puncturing a victim's flesh.
When it does so, the chakra immediately forms a number of
small thorns which tear the victim's flesh when the weapon is
pulled out. The 'spikes' then return to being nothing but
formless chakra, ready for the next attack.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 5
Speed: 10
Type: Piercing
Effects: Your weapon inflicts Bleed 1 whenever it deals
damage. If the victim has an existing Bleed status, it
increases that status by 1. This explicitly stacks with the C-
rank Thundering Strike (meaning it's Bleed 2, or +2, if paired
with Thundering Strike).
If you're using Dual Weapons, Bloody Thorns applies to
both of them; otherwise, only one weapon benefits from
Bloody Thorns at a time. Any weapon you pick up or draw
automatically benefits from Bloody Thorns. If holding two
non-Dual weapons, you may change which one receives this
technique's effects as a Speed 0 action.
--( Haruichiban - First Storm of
Spring )--
The user of this technique throws multiple oversized
shuriken in quick succession, pausing just long enough
between each throw to correct for their opponent's
movements.
Stamina: 14 + X * 8
Damage: ( (4 + STR/12) * X)d12
Accuracy: -3
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Range: STR/3
Speed: 12 + X * 5
Type: Large Thrown
Effects: You throw X Fuuma Shuriken or Large Star
Shuriken, up to a maximum of STR/35 (May never exceed 4);
all the weapons you throw must be of the same type. If this
hits normally, its damage is increased by 5% per point it hits
by (if Fuuma Shuriken were used), or 10% per point it hits by
(if Large Star Shuriken were used); this is then reduced by
partial defense normally.
If Haruichiban misses, lower X by 1, its Speed by an
additional 4, and raise its Accuracy by 3. Repeat this until
Haruichiban hits or X is 0.
This effect does not alter Haruichiban's Stamina cost, or
what its Speed is for determining when your next action
comes (in other words: it lowers the number of dice rolled,
and the Speed for damage calculations, only).
Partial defense is less effective than normal against
Haruichiban; for each point it hits by, it deals 25% of its full
damage.
--( Tentai-ite no Jutsu - Celestial
Archer Technique )--
Every once in a while a shinobi gets it into their head that it
would be a good idea to use a bow as their primary method of
fighting. This rarely ends well, but the shinobi flair for the
dramatic is often powerful enough to override both their good
judgement, and any good advice they may receive. This
technique was developed by those sorts of shinobi, in an
attempt to make their weapon of choice less painfully
impractical.
The user concentrates chakra in their arms, speeding up
their draw speed and allowing them to subconsciously
correct their aim in an instant. The downside is that they
sacrifice a great deal of power when doing this--but, as many
users of it will assert, the technique is "way too awesome" for
that to be a serious concern.
Stamina: 15
Upkeep: 2 + X/3
Speed: 6
Requires: 2 ranks in Weapon Focus: Bow
Type: Bow
Effects: While you maintain this technique's Upkeep, your
bow's Accuracy penalty is reduced by X. If X is set higher
than the value of your bow's Accuracy penalty (for example,
you set X = 10 and are using a Yumi), consider X to be just
enough to eliminate the penalty for this technique's other
effects.
The base Speed of your bow is reduced by X/2, and the
number of dice of damage it rolls is reduced by X. Your
damage bonus when using your bow, after being multiplied as
appropriate for the weapon you're using, is also reduced by X.
Your damage bonus or number of dice cannot be reduced to 0
or lower; if they would, you are incapable of maintaining
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--( Gen'ei Tousekiki - Phantom
Ballista )--
A distant derivative of the ubiquitous chakra flow technique,
this concentrates chakra around the user's wrists and
forearms. When an arrow is drawn back in a bow that chakra
extends to wrap around it, and lingers long enough after
being fired to strengthen the impact. More ambitious users
can even form arrows out of pure chakra, though doing so
rapidly puts a strain on their reserves.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 8 or 12
Speed: 12
Requires: Chakra Control 20, Chakra Flow
Type: Bow
Effects: While this technique is maintained, your arrows
deal an extra (CHA/12) dice of damage. For the purposes of
ninjutsu-based defenses they are treated as being a ninjutsu
attack of your elemental affinity (Upkeep 8) or any element
you have the ability to use (Upkeep 12), declared when you
activate this technique. If you use your elemental affinity, the
Chakra roll does receive the appropriate bonus.
Additionally, you may create arrows out of pure chakra.
Attacking with these arrows replaces your bow's normal
Stamina cost with an equivalent Chakra cost +5 (a Daikyu,
Stamina 20, would become Chakra 25). These deal (CHA/8)
dice of damage, and use (ninjutsu damage bonus + physical
damage bonus)/2 in place of your normal physical damage
bonus. These arrows use d12 for their damage if used with a
Daikyu, or d6 with a Yumi.
These arrows have a faint glow about them until they hit, a
result of the chakra enhancing them. This tends to draw
attention. When attacking from Stealth with Phantom
Ballista (either a normal arrow, or one created from chakra)
your Stealth TN is reduced by 7 (rather than 5).
A-rank
--( Mikazuki no Mai - Crescent
Moon Dance )--
Originally developed in Konoha, the technique has since been
imitated and reconstructed in other villages. The user attacks
at high speed, using a pair of clones to attack the target's
blind spots; this actually consists of several strikes in quick
succession, the user changing location after each and losing
themselves among their clones. Understandably, this makes
an effective defense against the technique difficult to come up
with.
Ideally, this technique is performed using Shadow Clones;
other varieties of clones work, though are less effective, and
in a pinch a ninja can briefly create the necessary clones as
part of the technique, though doing so is draining on their
chakra, and the clones disappear immediately afterwards.
Stamina: 30 + (Weapon)
Damage: Four times the normal amount of dice rolled by
your weapon.
Chakra: 30 - 15 * X
Speed: 20
Delay: 15 - 5 * X
Type: Sword
Effects: X is the number of Shadow Clones you have armed
with weapons which can be used with this technique, up to a
maximum of 2. Crescent Moon Dance is always considered a
surprise attack, and defending against it must be done as if it
was half its actual Speed (if you used 5 AP to reduce it to
Speed 15, it would count as Speed 8; this would require a
Speed 4 or lower Interrupt to defend against Crescent Moon
Dance).
Clones used with this technique must have the same
weapon you do and be capable of attacking and dealing
damage. If you have two or more such clones that aren't
shadow clones (such a Rock or Water Clones), X is
considered to be 1; X cannot go above without using actual
Shadow Clones.
Attempting to parry Crescent Moon Dance requires the
defender to roll 2d20.takeLowest(1) in place of 1d20.
Ninjutsu-based defenses do not suffer from this limitation.
Crescent Moon Dance cannot benefit from Iaijutsu (or, as a
result, Flash Blade), and the wounds it deals are reduced by
one category.
Crescent Moon Dance may not have its Speed reduced
below its Delay.
--( Ansatsu no Jutsu - Assassination
Technique )--
A simple name for what is, at its heart, a simple technique:
the user crosses to their target and strikes a killing blow in
less time than it takes for a human to blink. If successful,
they'll strike a vital, unprotected location on their foe's body,
and in an instant seal that person's fate.
Stamina: 45
Chakra: 30
Damage: As weapon.
Speed: 20
Requires: Shunshin no Jutsu
Type: Small
Effects: This may only be used as a Sneak Attack.
Performing Ansatsu no Jutsu includes an activation of
Shunshin, which must be used to move you into melee range
directly behind your target (normal movement as part of an
attack is not permitted).
This attack bypasses armor and halves damage reduction.
Its damage is multiplied by 5 after all reductions are applied,
and it inflicts wounds of one category higher than normal. If
partial defense does not apply, it instead inflicts wounds of
two categories higher than normal.
Ansatsu no Jutsu's Speed may not be reduced, and for the
purposes of determining damage it uses the base Speed of
the weapon it was performed with (rather than the
technique's own Speed). However, for every 2 AP you spend
when performing it you may reduce its effective Speed, for
the purpose of determining valid defenses, by 1, to a
minimum of 4.
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--( Kadou Kikan - Vortex Engine )-
- pretty, gives any enemies a pretty good idea of exactly where
Spinning their fan like a staff user would, this doesn't create
an impenetrable defense, instead the fan is twisted to use all
that force to create massive wind gusts.
Stamina: 45
Upkeep: 12
Damage: (Weapon's damage) *4
Speed: 16
Range: CHA/6
Requires: Fan
Effects: When this technique is activated, everyone in front
of you, in a tunnel-shaped space ten yards wide, can choose
to either take damage from this technique. or be knocked
back CHA/6 yards. This requires no Accuracy; it cannot be
dodged, or parried by ninjutsu. Defenses which work without
a roll (such as Earth Shore Return) do function against it.
This effect occurs again every 5 IC so long as you maintain
the Upkeep. Each time after the first, the divisor on your CHA
for the range (but not the distance knocked back) is reduced
by 1 (to a minimum of CHA/1, 25 IC after you begin Vortex
Engine), and the Speed is considered 1 higher for the
purposes of determining damage.
While this technique's Upkeep is maintained you may take
no other actions, including Interrupts. The Stamina cost is
paid only way in it's initially activated. If you use AP to reduce
the Speed of the initial activation, the Speed of the damage
dealt every 5 IC afterwards is similarly reduced.
--( Tenya no Jutsu - Heavenly
Arrow Technique )--
The natural evolution of Phantom Ballista, this technique
wreathes any arrows the user fires in elemental chakra, and
leaves streamers of light in their wake for several seconds. To
the delight of the more pragmatic ninja out there, the
increase in power provided by this technique closely mirrors
its improved aesthetics.
Chakra: 30 or +15
Upkeep: +6
Speed: 8 or +4
Requires: Phantom Ballista
Type: Bow
Effects: This may be used while Phantom Ballista is
already active (Chakra 30) or when you use Phantom Ballista
(increasing that technique's Chakra cost by 15). It increases
Phantom Ballista's Upkeep appropriately. Heavenly Arrow
adds a different effect to your bow depending on which
element you've chosen to use, as listed below. This applies
both to normal arrows enhanced by Phantom Ballista, and
chakra arrows created with that technique.
If used on its own (activated separately from Phantom
Ballista), Heavenly Arrow's Chakra roll receives the bonus
from your Elemental Affinity ability if you're using the
appropriate element.
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This technique does have a noticeable downside: the
afterglow of chakra left in your arrow's wake, while quite
you are. If you attack from Stealth while using Heavenly
Arrow, your Stealth TN is reduced by 10 (instead of 5). This
replaces the similar effect in Phantom Ballista.
Earth: Your arrows inflict a Stun equal to the number of
dice added by Phantom Ballista.
Fire: Your arrows inflict Burns equal to half the number of
dice added by Phantom Ballista, and an Ignite equal to
(the number of dice added)/3.
Lightning: Your arrows bypass Damage Reduction. If they
are faced with a ninjutsu defense which stops damage
(such as Earth Shore Return), so long as they break
through their damage is not reduced at all (but if they are
stopped, they are still stopped fully). Partial defenses from
ninjutsu defenses does not apply to your arrows.
Water: If your attack misses you may immediately roll
accuracy, with a +4 bonus, replacing your original
accuracy with the result.
Wind: +2 Accuracy. If the arrow is dodged or parried, or
partial defenses applies against either of those defenses,
the victim is still wounded as if they'd taken the attack's
full damage (a piercing wound if partial defense applied, or
slashing if they avoided it entirely) unless they succeeded
by 6 points or more.
If you have an advanced elemental chakra nature (such as a
Senju's Mokuton), you choose which of the two appropriate
effects you're using when you activate Heavenly Arrow. For
example, as a Senju you could receive either Earth's stunning
or Water's accuracy roll. You cannot change which you've
chosen without ending and then re-activating Heavenly
Arrow.
Despite this, it's still considered to be the advanced
element when put up against ninjutsu defenses.
--( Sanjuu Hayate - Three-fold
Gale )--
With this technique, three shots are fired in rapid succession.
With each arrow fired, the archer takes note of the effects of
drag and wind speed, as well as their opponent's reaction,
and compensates before launching the next arrow. In
addition to requiring an incredible degree of focus, this
technique is quite taxing to perform.
Stamina: As Weapon *3
Damage: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon+15
Type: Bow
Effects: This attack consists of three separate shots. When
you attack make three Accuracy rolls, the first as normal, the
second with a +2 bonus, and the third with a +4 bonus. The
opponent makes a single defense against this attack, unless
they're parrying (not including ninjutsu-based defenses), in
which case they must defend against each one with a
separate parry roll and action.
Each arrow multiplies your damage bonus by half of
Sanjuu Hayate's Speed, but rolls its full amount of dice. The
damage of these shots is combined when damage reduction
is applied and to determine wounds inflicted.
If you have aimed your bow ahead of time (taking an Aim
action, as described in the bows themselves), that Accuracy
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 Ninjutsu
1. Requirements
2. Special Rules
2. Special Rules Earth (Doton)
3. Fuuinjutsu
4. Medical Ninjutsu In the rare situation that there is no earth available (such as
on a boat), these jutsu are pretty useless. A few may remain
usable (if, for example, they involve you regurgitating huge
amounts of mud, instead of manipulating the environment),
==================== but most will not.
1. Requirements Fire (Katon)
Learning ninjutsu is a great deal of work; a ninja has to learn If you ever find yourself completely submerged in water,
how to mold their chakra, how to convert it to the right Katon jutsu won't work.
elemental nature, then how to properly project it, along with
memorizing all the necessary handseals... for each individual Lightning (Raiton)
jutsu they know. Nothing out of the ordinary here! This is chakra-based
There are three ways you can qualify to learn ninjutsu of a electricity, not real electricity, so it has no special ability to,
given rank. say, electrocute everyone in contact with water, or anything
The first is Chakra Control skill ranks: With sufficient like that.
control over your chakra it becomes easier to mold it
efficiently, and mold the vast amounts of chakra used in Water (Suiton)
higher-end techniques with the appropriate precision.
Next is Research skill ranks. You can make up for poor Water is at a disadvantage among elemental jutsu in that it
chakra control by knowing how chakra behaves even when requires raw material to use (earth techniques do as well, but
you can't control it, and understanding what they technique is it's rare to find oneself in a situation without ground).
trying to accomplish. Accordingly, most water jutsu require some amount of
Finally, character rank. Once you have enough pull in your 'gallons of water' to be performed, listed as a Requirement.
village, you can bother the right people to teach you how to This water has to come from somewhere. Unless the fight
use techniques without getting brushed off for wasting their is taking place is near a river (a small stream won't cut it) or a
time. lake, or, say, on a boat, it's not going to be from the
You need to meet any one of those requirements for a given environment.
jutsu rank to learn those jutsu. They are listed... below. There are two ways to bring water into a battle where there
otherwise is none: the first is to physically carry it, typically in
Rank: a large gourd (see the Equipment chapter). The other is the C-
E: Genin rank Water Creation Technique.
C: Chuunin, Special Jounin Used water is typically scattered across the battlefield,
B: Jounin
meaning it cannot be used in a technique--it is 'lost'. However,
the E-rank Water Gathering Technique allows you to reuse
Chakra Control: this 'lost' water--if you're going to be using Suiton Ninjutsu,
D: 5 learn it!
C: 15 You can't use water someone else is carrying into battle,
B: 25 but water in the environment is fair game.
A: 35

Research:
Wind (Fuuton)
D: 5 Blocking reduces the damage of Wind techniques by only
C: 12 25%.
B: 22 A rare form of combat is using a fan to perform fuuton
A: 32 jutsu. It's not without its advantages: using the fan you can
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rapidly manipulate wind and infuse it with chakra, removing
the seal speed from the technique you're using. However,
doing this can be tiring, and as such it adds a Stamina roll
with a difficulty of 5 + (half the technique's Chakra cost),
made at the same time as the normal Chakra roll.

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3. Fuuinjutsu
Fuuinjutsu, or sealing techniques, are, as the name suggests,
techniques which use chakra to form specialized 'seals'.
They're difficult to use, and have limited combat viability.
What makes them useful is that these seals are stable.
Normally, any sort of chakra-based effect will expire soon
after its user stops applying chakra to it, the energy
dissipating back into the world. Seals don't, and depending on
the individual seal and the skill of the user some can last for
decades if left undisturbed.
The downside is, they're counterintuitive and complicated.
To learn fuuinjutsu, you have to meet all the requirements
listed for a given rank.
D: 5 Chakra Control, 5 Research
C: 12 Chakra Control, 15 Research, Seal Training (talent)
B: 20 Chakra Control, 25 Research, Seal Training (talent)
A: 30 Chakra Control, 35 Research, Advanced Seal Training
(ability)
4. Medical Ninjutsu
One of the few good things the development of ways to
control chakra has brought to the world is the appropriately
named medical ninjutsu. These are techniques which safely
transfer chakra to another person, or use it to accelerate the
natural healing process, cure maladies, and otherwise
ameliorate suffering and avoid unnecessary casualties.
Medical ninjutsu also has a darker side. The pioneers in
the field learned the secrets of the human body so that they
could help people, but more than a handful of infamous
missing ninja of the past have found ways to weaponize it, or
worse.
Unless otherwise specified in their descriptions, you may
not use any medical jutsu on yourself.
For the sake of quick reference, the jutsu
a medic may perform on themself are: Vital
Repair, Tourniquet Technique, Temporary
Suture, and Mystical Palm.
If any Medical Ninjutsu technique has a listed Upkeep, that
Upkeep is paid by the recipient of the technique, rather than
the medic; this represents the medic adjusting the flows of
that person's chakra to preserve their health. This does mean
that those techniques can be voluntarily (or forcibly) ended,
though the "Dazed" Wound will specifically not do so.
You must meet all listed requirements to learn medical
ninjutsu of a given rank.
D: 5 Chakra Control, 5 Medicine, Medical Training (talent)
C: 10 Chakra Control, 15 Medicine, Medical Training (talent)
B: 20 Chakra Control, 25 Medicine, Advanced Medical
Training (ability)
A: 30 Chakra Control, 35 Medicine, Advanced Medical
Training (ability)
The Mystical Palm Technique in action. Learn this! Your team
will thank you.
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E-rank
--( Bunshin no Jutsu - Clone Technique
)--
One of the three basic ninja techniques, this creates one or
more intangible copies of the user. These are nothing but
weak constructs of chakra, and cannot interact with the
world around them--though they can speak.
Chakra: 10 + 3 per clone
Speed: 6 + 1 per clone
Seal Speed: 4 + 1 per clone
Effects: You may create up to 3 clones. During this process
you can 'hide' among your clones, making it impossible to tell
which one is the fake. Any targeting you must roll 1d(1 +
number of clones). On a roll of 1, it targets you; on anything
else, it aims at a clone; clones cannot dodge, parry, or use
jutsu. A clone that's been hit is destroyed; if you're hit, your
clones remain but are mostly useless (as you've been
identified by your opponents). If you make new clones (of the
same type, or a different variety), all your pre-existing ones
are immediately destroyed.
Several other actions related to this jutsu are significant.
Hide Among Clones (Speed 4, or Speed +6) You pull off a
quick shell-game maneuver, confusing your opponents. If
they've singled you out from your clones, and you're free to
maneuver, you may do this to hide yourself. You roll Stealth
against their Awareness skill; success means you've once
again concealed yourself. Doing this alone is a Speed 4
action, but it may also be used with another action (such as
an attack) by increasing that action's Speed by 6.
Observe (Speed 4) Anyone can try to observe you and your
clones to try and find a discrepancy, such as the clones not
casting shadows or not leaving footprints behind. This allows
them to make an Awareness roll against your Chakra
Control; if they succeed, they can tell you apart from all your
clones, and recognize those clones as such, until you hide
among them again.
--( Henge no Jutsu - Transformation
Technique )--
This technique is as common as it is basic, yet to the ordinary
civilian it's one of the most mysterious and feared capabilities
ninja possess: the power to take the shape of another person.
With this jutsu a ninja can alter their appearance to match
that of another person or object. If used to transform into
anything but another human, it only lets you take on the
thing's shape and basic physical characteristics: turning into
a rock wouldn't make you nearly invulnerable, turning into a
bird would not let you fly, and while you could transform into
a particularly large shuriken your 'edges' would be too dull to
cut with--in the last case, however, you would be fairly
aerodynamic.
Chakra: 5
Upkeep: 0
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 4
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Effects: You look like another person. At a glance, this is
nearly flawless. Of course, the technique has many
weaknesses: if you don't know about, say, a birthmark, then
your Henge wouldn't reproduce it.
If someone interacts with you and knows the person you're
trying to imitate, they have an opposed Espionage roll (with a
+5 bonus; +10 if it's someone they know exceptionally well,
such as a sibling or loved one) against yours to see through
the Henge.
Beyond just that roll, there are ways a Henge can
automatically be seen through--not knowing a password, or
saying something the person you're trying to imitate would
never say.
On the other hand, you could just Henge into someone
other than yourself.
If you try to turn into some piece of scenery, any ninja who
come within 10 yards of you have a chance to notice the
deception; you have an Espionage roll with a +10 bonus
against their Awareness to remain concealed.
Any time you take damage, your Henge effect ends
immediately; it's just an inherent flaw in the technique.
--( Kawarimi no Jutsu - Substitution
Technique )--
The final of the three basic ninja techniques--along with
Bunshin and Henge--is the substitution technique, allowing a
ninja to move so quickly they cannot be seen by the naked eye
and replace themselves with a wooden log (don't ask where
the wooden logs come from) or other harmless object.
Chakra: 10
Special: Interrupt
Speed: +4
Seal Speed: 4
Effects: This technique is activated after you have failed to
dodge an attack, but the damage would be reduced by partial
defense. In the case of non-damaging techniques, this can be
used whenever it hits by 5 points or less. As long as the
dodge's new Speed (including the +4 from Substitution, and
its Seal Speed) would still be valid for interrupting (you may
spend AP to reduce Kawarimi's Speed, as usual, but may not
reduce the original dodge's speed at this point), you can pay 5
AP to fully dodge that attack.
Each time you use Kawarimi, its AP cost is increased by 5
for the rest of that battle. The second time you used
Kawarimi would cost 10 AP, the third would cost 15 AP, and
so forth.
If Kawarimi's Seal Speed is reduced to 0, you can perform
it without handseals.
After successful use of Kawarimi, you may immediately
attempt to Hide. Doing so has a cumulative -2 penalty each
time after that you use Kawarimi to do this in a single battle.
Used this way, your opponent is allowed an immediate
Awareness roll against your Stealth TN (though this does not
apply to the cumulative bonus they would get for searching
for you).
--( Ninshiki Kaado - Ninja Info
Cards )--
This jutsu uses specially prepared cards capable of being
encoded with chakra. Although the cards appear blank,
anyone familiar with this technique will be able to identify
them.
The cards themselves are a trivial purchase (no cost or
equipment entry associated with them). When chakra is
applied to them (via use of this jutsu) they can be encoded
with hidden information. This information can be retrieved
the same way, but only by the person who stored the
information to begin with.
Chakra: 5
Range: Touch
Speed: 4
Seal Speed: 7
Effects: Performing this technique requires a surface to
rest the cards on as they are encoded, one at a time, with
chakra. Essentially any kind of information (images, graphs,
maps, text) can be placed on the cards, though their size is a
limiting factor. Since these can not be used to pass messages,
they're typically used for more mundane uses, like holding
ones shopping list.
D-rank
--( Genjutsu Kai - Genjutsu Release
)--
The most common and perhaps most effective method of
combatting genjutsu, if one ends up caught up in one and
aware enough to realize it. Kai involves temporarily stopping
the flow of chakra throughout the body, and then sending a
burst to the brain in an attempt to force the attacker's chakra
from their body.
Chakra: 10 + X
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 5
Effects: This can be done on yourself, or someone else, but
you must be able to touch the other person when performing
the jutsu. This allows the person it's used on to make another
roll against a Genjutsu affecting them, with a bonus of X. X
has a limit of (5+XP/300). This may also be done against
area-of-effect genjutsu, in which case this technique's user
makes a genjutsu roll against the original roll made by
whoever put the technique in place. If successful, the
technique is dispelled in its entirety.
--( Shunshin no Jutsu - Body
Flicker Technique )--
A high-speed movement technique which allows the user to
travel incredibly distances in the blink of eye; used by a
sufficiently powerful ninja, this can be mistaken for
teleportation by an untrained observer.
Chakra: 10
Speed: 2
Effects: You move as far as you could in a Speed X move
action, where X is how many AP you choose to spend on this
technique. There is no limit on how many AP you may spend.
You may use this in place of normal movement to help
dodge an area-of-effect technique. Use your AP spent, rather
than the Speed of the attack and your normal movement
speed, to determine how close to the edge of the effect you
can get. This increases the Speed of your dodge by 2.
--( Kanashibari no Jutsu -
Temporary Paralysis Technique )--
This technique temporarily restrains the victim with chakra,
as if they were bound by invisible steel chains. Used
effectively, it can temporarily debilitate a target for a short
period of time.
Chakra: 16
Range: 20
Special: Stun 5, Paralysis 3
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: This technique's Paralysis ends once its stun has
expired. If used on an already-stunned victim, the Paralysis
lasts until they recover from that stun.
--( Utsusemi no Jutsu - Cicada Shell
Technique )--
One of the oldest, most iconic techniques possessed by
ninjas, in the eyes of civilians. It's very useful for the ninja
who are concerned with acting "ninja-like", as it allows a
shinobi to project their voice over an area while concealing
their presence. This means that a shinobi can talk to
someone without giving away their location, and can also be
very unnerving.
This isn't a megaphone, and it doesn't let you broadcast
your voice over entire towns. Your voice won't carry any
farther than it normally would, but it seems to be coming
from all around.
Chakra: 5
Upkeep: 0
Speed: 2
Seal Speed: 4
Effects: As described above, you can speak freely while
hidden without giving people any indication of where you
might be hiding.
Activating Utsusemi while in hiding does not break stealth
(unlike normal ninjutsu).
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 Effects: This requires you to be in a city or other area
--( Haruka Bakuhatsu no Jutsu - which has roofs (with tiles).
Remote Detonation Technique )-- This is treated as a multi-throw, with the Chakra cost
Explosives are useful; and, more importantly, who doesn't replacing the Stamina cost. You may 'throw' up to CHA/10
love explosions? However, needing to be at ground zero of an roof tiles, which deal 2d10 damage each. The Speed is the
impending explosion to set tags off is something which many normal Speed of a multi-throw launching that many
shinobi, understandably, have reservations about, and projectiles.
severely diminishes the potential tactical uses. This technique inflicts Blunt wounds.
Hence, this technique! It allows a shinobi to detonate
multiple exploding tags from a distance--not as great a --( Chakra Strengthening )--
distance as most would like, or as many as most shinobi A fairly simple, yet often impractically demanding technique.
would prefer, but it's better than doing it the old-fashioned The user channels chakra into their limbs, increasing their
way. speed and strength. Despite being very good at what it does,
Chakra: 10 + X * 3 it rapidly takes a toll on one's energy reserves.
Range: CHA/10 yards Chakra: 15 + 3 * X
Speed: 12 Upkeep: 2 * X
Seal Speed: 4 + X * 2 Speed: 10
Effects: You detonate up to (Chakra Control skill ranks)/5 Effects: You have a +X bonus to you your physical damage
exploding tags within this technique's range. This only works bonus and dodge while you maintain Chakra Strengthening.
on tags which you have primed. X is the number of tags you X has a maximum of 5.
detonate.
When using this technique, you may select a delay between
10 and (10 + Chakra Control skill ranks) IC--after that much --( Soushuujin - Manipulating
time has passed, the tags will explode, damaging anyone Attack Blades )--
within their range as usual. This technique allows the user to briefly levitate multiple
kunai in mid-air using chakra, and then direct them at an
C-rank opponent, more quickly than if each was being thrown
individually.
>--( Sanzengarasu no Jutsu -
Scattering One Thousand Crows Chakra: Special
Damage: Special
Technique )-- Speed: 4 + Special
This summons a flock of chakra-created and -guided crows Effects: This supplements a multi-throw action. The
which surround and disorient them. The crows continuously Chakra cost is equal to the multi-throw's Stamina cost; the
multiply and clone themselves, and will soon surround the Damage is that of the multi-throw, though your ninjutsu,
target entirely. rather than physical, damage bonus is used. You use CHA/10,
Chakra: 25 rather than DEX/10, to determine how many kunai you may
Range: 40 throw.
Speed: 12 Because this technique essentially throws the projectiles in
Seal Speed: 13 a straight line, and lacks something in precision, it cannot be
used with shuriken (of any form) or senbon; only kunai.
Effects: This inflicts a -1 visibility penalty which increases The Speed is 4, plus half the Speed of the regular multi-
every 10 IC until reaching -10; 10 IC after that, it dissipates throw action.
entirely. It can be dodged.
The application of an area-of-effect attack will destroy the
crows, if it actually hits this technique's victim.
--( Kawara Shuriken - Roof Tile
Shuriken )--
This technique lifts up nearby roof tiles and launches them at
an opponent. The chakra used starts the tiles spinning and
allows them to be controlled remotely, in addition to making
them far stronger than normal roof tiles would be.
Chakra: Special
Damage: Special
Accuracy: +2
Range: CHA/3
Speed: Special
Seal Speed: 10

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--( Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning
Technique )--
One of the simplest techniques in the esoteric discipline of
space-time ninjutsu, the summoning technique allows a ninja-
-the summoner--to transport creatures over great distances
instantly.
Most of these summons take the form of giant, intelligent
animals.
Chakra: Varies
Speed: Varies
Seal Speed: Varies
Requires: Summoning Contract
Effects: Even if you know this technique, you may not
summon anything until you have a contract with it. These are
supernatural contracts with, as mentioned above,
supernatural animals.
What you can summon, and what it does, depends on the
nature of the contract.
These contracts are often known as "blood contracts", both
because they're signed in blood, and because performing
Kuchiyose no Jutsu requires an offering of the user's blood.
It's not very much; a few drops will suffice, as long as it's
fresh. Some ninja will make a small cut on their arm or palm,
though dedicated summoners prefer the rather unsightly
expedient of biting themselves, often on the pad or back of
their thumb, hard enough to draw blood--summoning-focused
shinobi can sometimes be identified by the small, deep scars
in those locations.
If you have a summoning contract (usually obtained from
the Summoning Contract talent) you can learn Kuchiyose no
Jutsu without meeting the normal requirements to learn C-
rank ninjutsu.
--( Kikkake Bakuhatsu no Jutsu -
Triggered Detonation Technique )-
- Learning this techniques causes you to have a one-time
Explosives are, to say the least, useful. Unfortunately, their
utility as traps is severely limited by the fact that, normally,
someone must be nearby watching over them to have them
explode when necessary.
This technique allows tags to be set to detonate in advance,
which both makes them viable as traps and allows the
shinobi who placed them to attend to other matters.
Chakra: 15 + 5 * X
Speed: 20 + X * 10
Effects: You place X tags (up to a maximum of Chakra
Control)/5. One or more (up to 'all') of these tags may be
designated as 'triggers'. When performing this technique
specify a range between 0 and (Chakra Control ranks)/5
yards, and a time between 10 IC and 10 + (Chakra Control
ranks) IC.
Whenever someone comes in that many yards of a trigger
tag, all the other tags it is linked with (by that usage of
Triggered Detonation) will detonate that many IC later.
Tags placed with this technique may not be set off via
Remote Detonation, nor may they be part of more than one
'set' of Triggered Detonation tags. All tags linked by a single
usage of Triggered Detonation must be within (Chakra
Control ranks) yards of each other.
B-rank
--( Shoushagan no Jutsu -
Vanishing Facial Copy Technique )-
-
Developed for spying and infiltration, this technique is highly
effective, but grisly enough that most shinobi will deign not to
even learn how to perform it, regardless of its efficacy.
With this technique, you steal the face off of a corpse and
make it your own.
Chakra: 15
Speed: 10
Effects: You physically remove the face from a corpse and
place it on top of yours. The body in question must be
recently deceased (within the past 24 hours) and not
grievously mutilated (no Severe or higher Head wounds).
Your voice and skin tone will change to match that of the
person whose face you stole, but your height, build, and
gender will not. The face merges with your own seamlessly.
Unlike henge, use of this technique is completely
undetectable by doujutsu and similar chakra-viewing effects.
This can be maintained indefinitely, but a Major or worse
Head wound of any sort will cause the stolen face to tear,
revealing (part of) your own beneath it. Aside from being a
fairly disturbing sight, this sort of ruins the subterfuge
aspects of the technique. At that point, your face and skin
tone return to normal.
You may peel off and discard the face at will, ending this
jutsu whenever you please. A discarded face cannot be
reused.
increase of +10 Infamy.
--( Senri Bakuhatsu no Jutsu -
Long-Range Detonation Technique
)--
An improvement to the more basic remote detonation
technique. As ninja become more powerful, they inevitably
find themselves needing bigger explosions, and by extension,
the ability to not get caught in their own explosions.
Chakra: 15 + X * 4
Range: CHA/5 yards
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 6 + X * 3
Requires: Remote Detonation Technique
Effects: You detonate up to (Chakra Control skill rank)/5
exploding tags within this technique's range, with X being the
number of tags you detonate. In all other regards, it functions
identically to the D-rank Remote Detonation Technique.
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--( Kekkai Houjin - Barrier
Encampment Method )--
One of the most tried-and-true methods of setting traps using
explosives, this puts an array of four explosive tags around
the boundary of an area. If anyone tries to pass through the
area the tags will detonate, spelling misfortune for the target.
Rumors of this technique "misfiring" and eradicating deer
and bears are largely fabricated. Humans and summon
animals will trigger it, but not ordinary fauna.
Chakra: 30
Range: Special
Requires: Triggered Detonation
Effects: This technique cannot be used in combat, as it
takes a few minutes to set up appropriately. You place four
exploding tags at the corner of a square or rectangle, facing
inwards; they can be hidden if you have the Tag Concealment
ability.
Each side of the square they form can be up to double the
Area of the tags you're using in length. When someone moves
to leave the area (meaning if they travel in any direction from
the center, or get part way in and then turn around), the tags
will detonate 10 IC later. Anyone who hasn't escaped the area
(or otherwise defended themselves) by then will take the
combined damage of three exploding tags, regardless of their
location within the boundary.
Notably, anyone outside the 'barrier' is unharmed; part of
this technique is that it directs all the explosive force inwards.
Directional defenses (such as Earth Shore Return) are
insufficient to protect against this, a the explosion originates
from multiple directions.
--( Dokugiri - Poison Mist )--
One of the most disproportionately difficult techniques to
master, this technique requires its user to have advanced
knowledge of chemistry, poisons, and medicine. On top of
that, it requires exceedingly precise chakra control.
The user gathers chakra in their lungs and molds it into a
highly toxic chemical substance, which they then exhale
through their mouth, at which point it forms a large, purplish
cloud.
Chakra: 40
Range: 35
Area: 30
Speed: 18
Seal Speed: 20
Requires: 25 Chakra Control, 25 Medicine, 25 Research,
25 Toxicology
Effects: When you create the mist, roll the lower of your
Chakra Control, Medicine, Research, or Toxicology skill rolls
(all of those factor into creating the poison properly, and a
deficiency in any of them will weaken it). This is the TN to
avoid being poisoned while in the cloud.
Anyone inside the mist when it's created, or who passes
through it, must make a Resistance roll against that number,
and another one every 10 IC that they spend inside the cloud,
as well as one any time they make a Stamina roll inside it.
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The cloud is a poison with the following effects: Poison:
(Toxicology)/5 Paralysis: (Medicine)/6 Suffocation:
(Research)/10, applied every 10 IC
Additionally, the cloud itself has a (Chakra Control)/5
visibility penalty throughout its entire area.
The duration of this poison (how long it will last once
somebody's exited the cloud) is the sum of your ranks in all
those skills. The cloud itself will last twice that long, after
which point it will harmlessly dissipate.
You are not immune to your own poison mist.
--( Hari Jizou - Needle Jizo )--
By directing chakra into their hair, the shinobi causes it to
grow rapidly. This results in their hair not only getting longer,
but also growing in volume and hardening into what amounts
to a forest of sharp, needle-thin and iron-hard spikes. Even
the best-groomed hair becomes wild and spiky under the
effects of this technique! This can be used for a number of
derivative techniques, and on its own provides a surprisingly
strong defense, as the hair will wrap around its owner to
protect them from attacks.
When this technique ends, the user's hair returns to its
normal length.
Chakra: 20+3*X
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 15
Upkeep: X
Effects: X has a maximum of 10. Your hair's length
increases by X feet! However, now you have a lot of bulky,
chakra-strengthened hair, that gets in the way when you're
trying to do super-fast ninja battles. When dodging, or moving
as part of an attack, you suffer an X/2 immobilization penalty
(rounded up); in the case of moving while attacking, this
applies to the distance you can move, the Accuracy of the
attack itself, and anything else you may need to do until the
next IC.
You gain a Damage Reduction of (Ninjutsu damage bonus)
(X)/2, which is doubled while blocking. Additionally, the
damage you take is considered (2.5)(X)% lower for the
purposes of determining wounds. Anyone attacking you from
a distance of (X/3) yards or less will take (your ninjutsu
damage bonus)*(speed of their attack) damage; this does not
apply if X is 2 or lower. So long as X is 3 or higher, this
applies to all melee attacks.
As a Speed 10, Chakra 5+5*Y action, you may increase X's
value by Y, up to the maximum of 10.
Whenever you suffer an Ignite effect, X is reduced by half
the Ignite's severity; whenever your suffer a Slashing wound,
X is reduced by 1 per level of the wound's severity (1 for a
Minor, 2 for a Major, and so on).
If X is reduced to 0, this technique ends.

--( Hari Jigoku - Needle Hell )--
While Needle Jizo is active, the shinobi focuses more chakra
into their hair. There is a telltale bristling and very obvious
'aiming' of their hair, before they fire of hundreds of
sharpened hair-needles at nearby enemies. While these are
very tiny, there are enough of them, moving fast enough, to
pose a credible threat to all but the hardiest of shinobi.
Chakra: 25
Damage: 10d4*X
Speed: 15, Delay 5
Seal Speed: 0
Area: Line X yards wide, to a range of X*5 yards
Requires: Needle Jizo active
Effects: X is a value up to Needle Jizo's current Upkeep;
after using Needle Hell, Needle Jizo's Upkeep (and other,
related effects) are reduced by X. When performing Needle
Hell, you multiply your ninjutsu damage bonus by the lower of
(X2) or the technique's Speed; thus, if you did not lower its
Speed with AP, and set X = 4, you would roll damage as
10d44+(ninjutsu damage bonus)*8.
When this technique's Delay ends, anyone in the area will
be automatically struck by the flying needles; raising ninjutsu-
based defenses ahead of time (such as Earth Shore Return or
Water Encampment Wall) is explicitly allowed and
automatically successful, but no defensive interrupts (such as
dodging) function against this technique. In addition, any
Damage Reduction a victim has is doubled against Needle
Hell's damage.
--( Ranjishigami no Jutsu - Art of
the Raging Lion's Mane )--
Using their empowered hair, the Shinobi extends and
manipulates it to grapple with and usually heavily damage
their target.
Chakra: 35
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 20
Range: X*10 yards
Requires: Needle Jizo active
Effects: This technique uses the current upkeep of Needle
Jizo as X.
When using this technique, make an Accuracy roll which
ignores immobilization penalties. If it hits, your hair grapples
the target; you may then immediately use an Grapple
technique of B-rank or lower that you know, with no Stamina
or Chakra cost, at only half its normal Speed. So long as your
hair maintains this grapple, you may continue to use it to
perform grapple techniques; your hair has up to X 'limbs', for
the purposes of determining which locks and holds you can
maintain. All Grapple techniques after the first use their
normal Speed, and have a Chakra cost equal to (and
replacing) their normal Stamina cost.
Techniques performed this way use (ninjutsu damage
bonus + X) rather than your physical bonus. You use CHA in
place of STR for your damage dice and grapple checks, and
have a +X bonus to your grapple checks with Art of the
Raging Lion's Mane. If an opponent fails an Escape Grapple
attempt by 20 or more, they are unable to break free; Escape
Grapple simply fails, with a Speed of 4 and a Stamina cost of
(4 + the amount they fail by, as normal).
You do not suffer any of the normal downsides from being
involved in a grapple, and your opponent cannot perform
grapple techniques against you. They may not shift the
grapple, only break free. If you and your victim move more
than this technique's range from one another, they break free
automatically. Once they do break free, your Needle Jizo ends
(its X being set to 0). If you end Art of the Raging Lion's Mane
yourself, however, Needle Jizo is not ended prematurely.
While using Art of the Raging Lion's Mane you do not
receive any of Needle Jizo's normal benefits, but do suffer its
normal penalties.
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A-rank
--( Toumegane no Jutsu - Telescope
Technique )--
A very advanced, and in the right hands powerful, technique
this jutsu can only be performed by the most skilled of
Shinobi. Utilizing an expensive crystal ball and intense
concentration, the user can view locations from extremely
long distances.
Chakra: 30
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 500
Upkeep: 30
Range: (Chakra Control / 10) Miles
Requires: Chakra Control 50, Crystal Ball (see below)
Effects: As a Speed 10 action you may focus the Crystal
Ball's view to any location within range and view the area
through the ball. This cannot penetrate chakra shields, nor
can it move its view around quickly. A speed 10 action is
required to change the crystal's viewpoint even slightly.
There is another feature, which requires the user to know a
person's chakra signature intimately. This means spending
time studying them while training with ninjutsu in a calm
setting for at least 5 minutes. Once a person's chakra
signature is known, this technique can be performed to focus
in upon that person, following them around near flawlessly at
up to double the normal range. Note, this still cannot be used
to locate someone hidden behind a chakra barrier of any sort.
The crystal balls used in this technique are expensive,
costing 2000 Ryo. They're also rare and typically need to be
custom made; they can only be purchased with Savings, not
Requisition.
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--( Meisaigakure no Jutsu - Hiding to dodge the detonation of this technique. Each type of clone
With Camouflage Technique )-- is considered to be an elemental ninjutsu of its appropriate
An advanced technique where a ninja distorts how light is element (shadow clones being non-elemental). Mud, Water,
reflected around their body with chakra inflections, which and Shadow Clones inflict Blunt wounds. Rock Clones deal
makes them almost invisible to most normal senses. Slashing damage, and Lightning Clones cause Energy
wounds.
Chakra: 35
Upkeep: 5 Mud Clones Chakra: 10, +10/clone Damage: 20d20*1 per
Speed: 10 clone Anyone hit suffers an Immobilization penalty of 2,
Seal Speed: 20 +2 per clone. This penalty is halved (round down for the
new value) every 10 IC.
Effects: This technique may be used when already in
Stealth; it raises you to level 3 Stealth. If you end this Rock Clones: Chakra: 15/clone Damage: 25d20*1 per
technique's Upkeep, you are lowered to level 2 Stealth. If you clone Anyone hit suffers a Bleed status of 5/clone, and a
break your Stealth for some other reason (such as moving, or Stun of 3/clone.
attacking), then Meisaigakure also ends.
Once hidden by Meisaigakure, you are effectively invisible Lightning Clones: Chakra: 10, +20/clone Damage:
so long as you maintain its Upkeep. You could use this in the 3d100.open(60) per clone Anyone hit suffers a Paralyze 4
middle of a room and then go unnoticed when a group of if one clone was used, or 8 for two clones. This penalty is
people entered and had a conversation--though it does not halved (round down for the new value) every 20 IC.
make you intangible.
If an enemy has a heightened sense of smell (such as an Water: Chakra: 12/clone Damage: 8d20+100, per clone
Inuzuka's ninken) or a doujutsu capable of viewing chakra, When the clones explode, they do so with enough
then your Stealth TN is considered 10 points lower (as if you concussive force to daze anyway hit. They inflict a visibility
were only in level 2 Stealth) for the purposes of hiding from penalty of -4/clone, which cannot be mitigated by the Blind
them. Fighting ability. The penalty is halved (round down) every
10 IC. After the clones explode, the water used to create
--( Bunshin Daibakuha - Clone them (4 gallons per clone) is returned to the battlefield.
Great Explosion )-- Shadow: Damage: 15d20.open(11) per clone Stun:
Fundamentally, most clones are little more than dense, 15+5/clone Performing Clone Explosion with Shadow
mobile bundles of chakra. This technique takes advantage of Clones has no Chakra cost.
that by essentially converting them into bombs, overloading
them with the user's chakra and sending them to converge on
a single point before exploding.
Chakra: Special
Range: CHA/4
Area: 25
Speed: 16, Delay 6 + Special
Seal Speed: 24
Effects: After finishing this technique's handseals, some or
all (your choice) of your clones will charge towards a specific
location before exploding. Clones activated with this
technique can no longer take any other actions, but nor can
they be destroyed by other means, and they no longer provide
the normal benefits of clones (that is, the chance that an
opponent will accidentally strike them instead of you). In the
case of clones capable of using jutsu, any Upkeeps they're
maintaining end immediately.
The "Special" portion of the Delay is however long it would
take the clones to move from your current location to the
center of the explosion (the location you target with this
technique). They move at full speed, though immobilization
penalties (such as from the ground being turned to mud) may
still slow them down.
Anyone hit by the explosion is allowed a Resistance roll
against your Chakra Control (including you, if you're hit).
Those who passes their roll take only half damage, and suffer
half the normal status effects (excepting the visibility penalty
from water clone explosions, as it is based on the location,
rather than who it hits).

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--( Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu
- Shuriken Shadow Clone
Technique )--
Based on the same principle as the much-more-advanced
Shadow Clone technique, this creates copies of an object
rather than a shinobi: specifically, as the name suggests,
ordinary shuriken.
What makes this actually useful is the sheer number of
shuriken that can be replicated with minimal exertion from
the shinobi using it; for truly skilled ninja, it can easily reach
into the hundreds.
Chakra: (Special) + X/10
Damage: (Special)
Range: 5 + STR/4
Area: X
Speed: (Special)
Seal Speed: 16
Effects: One shuriken must be thrown each time this jutsu
is used. X additional shuriken are created in mid-flight, and
vanish after this technique is resolved. X has a maximum
value of your CHA.
Two things must be determined: the attack's strength, and
its number of targets.
You may direct up to (DEX+CHA)/12 shuriken at any single
target. Its Speed and Damage are determined following the
normal rules for multi-throws. Determine what a normal
Stamina cost would be for a multi-throw using that many
shuriken; that becomes the "Special" portion of Shuriken
Shadow Clone's Chakra cost.
You may attack any number of targets that way, using up to
a maximum of X+1 shuriken. This is selective, meaning you
may choose to hit or ignore people as you wish within the
targeted area. Area-of-Effect dodge penalties do apply
normally, however.
This is treated as a ranged taijutsu multi-throw using
shuriken, and does receive the normal +2 Accuracy from
shuriken. No matter how many people are targeted, this is
treated as a single attack, with one Accuracy and one damage
roll.
Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique cannot be used with
poisoned weapons.
--( Nunoshibari no Jutsu - Cloth
Binding Technique )--
The shinobi uses a giant roll of cloth to wrap their target and,
of course, infuses it with chakra. Not only does this make it
significantly stronger (as one would hope, seeing as cloth is
not generally known for its ability to restrain superhuman
ninjas), but it also lays a foundation upon which various
sealing jutsu can be applied, should the shinobi performing
this technique, or one of their allies, know any.
Chakra: 40
Upkeep: 12
Range: 20
Accuracy: -8
Speed: 20, Delay 10
Requires: 50 yards of cloth
Effects: Using this against a target without a -4 or greater
Immobilization penalty causes its Accuracy penalty to be
doubled (to -16), and explicitly prevents that penalty from
being removed (such as by performing this as a Sneak Attack)
or reduced. While the cloth is thrown from a distance (and
guided by chakra), it's relatively slow-moving and very
obvious.
If this hits, the target is immediately placed at a -10
immobilization penalty, which cannot be reduced or negated
without breaking free of this technique. The person trapped
inside is unable to take any non-Interrupt action other than
struggling to escape. Additionally, they cannot use equipment
or perform any task which would require the use of their
hands or arms. This is a Speed 0 action, in which the
defender rolls 1d20+STR/10 against 1d20+CHA/10 from the
shinobi who used this technique. If it fails, it applies a Stun
10.
Once someone is trapped, seals can be applied to the Cloth
Bind, with varying effects. Any Accuracy penalties normally
associated with these techniques do not apply; instead, they
receive a +6 Accuracy bonus. Note that these seals are
applied to the cloth bind itself, not the individual (and as such,
escaping would end all the effects)--indeed, it is impossible to
apply seals to someone trapped inside Cloth Binding, as the
cloth disrupts the delicate chakra frameworks needed.
Five Elements Seal: The victim cannot spend Chakra in
any way, and all Upkeeps they have (including Upkeep 0) end
immediately and cannot be reestablished.
Sacred Silence Seal: The target becomes unable to
produce noise; any sounds they would make are muted (even
without their mouth being covered). Additionally, their chakra,
and that of the cloth bind, cannot be seen or sensed (by
doujutsu, chakra sensors, or natural chakra). If they have any
of those senses, they are similarly disabled.
Influence Seal: It is impossible for the victim to perform
any sort of taijutsu.
Evil Sealing Method: If the Upkeep used to pay for the
technique is ended, the person who originally paid it has 20
IC to resume the Upkeep (a Speed 10 action) before the
Cloth Bind's effects ends; if they do so, the cloth bind remains
intact and functioning normally.
If all four of those seals are applied, the cloth bind no
longer has an upkeep and becomes effectively permanent. At
this point it is also possible for someone who knows
Nemurihane (the B-rank Genjutsu) to apply a Rune-Inscribing
Technique to the Cloth Bind. This will allow the victim to be
placed in, and woken from, a state of suspended animation at
will.
A total of 100 or more damage will destroy the cloth bind,
freeing the trapped individual; the cloth takes damage from
anything targeting them before they do. It is also impossible
to target the victim with medical ninjutsu or genjutsu while
they are still trapped inside the cloth.
The victim can be freed by anyone able to remain in melee,
as a Speed 20 Delay 20 action. After the cloth bind has been
escaped (by any means), all seals on it dissipate and the cloth
itself becomes useless.
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 Doton Ninjutsu
--( Yurokensei - Tremorsense )--
E-rank Often placing a hand to the ground after the seals to feel the
--( Ganseki Tsuppari - Rock Thrust vibrations, this technique helps you find nearby creatures and
)-- enemies. Most importantly, enemies! Their steps, no matter
how quiet, can be sensed by you from a great distance!
Often stomping beforehand, you then motion forward and
either shoot a narrow column or spike at your opponent, or a Chakra: 10
rock of decent size. Whichever way, this is the weakest of any Speed: 10
Doton. Range: 10 + Chakra Control skill ranks and bonuses
Seal Speed: 6
Chakra: 8
Damage: 4d8 Effects: You can perform an Awareness check against
Range: 6 anyone touching the ground or any rock surface (include
Speed: 10 worked stone, such as brick walls), using your Chakra
Seal Speed: 8 Control skill rank in place of your Awareness skill rank.
Anyone not hiding is located automatically; if you find
--( Mimizu no Jutsu - Earthworm someone you know exactly where they are the moment you
Technique )-- use this (if they're close enough to be in battle, this will
typically break their stealth), but do not retain 'sight' of them.
Sending a tiny rumble through the earth ahead of you, you
cause the area around your opponents to explosively sprout
spikes from the ground into their ankles and shins! It's rather
painful and good for catching a small group of opponents.
Chakra: 8
Damage: 4d4
Range: 10
Radius: 8
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: Dodging this technique allows people to avoid its
initial damage, but they are still inside the field of rock spikes.
Anyone inside the affected area has their movement speed
halved. People crossing the area may choose to move at full
speed, but take 1d4+(your ninjutsu damage bonus) every IC
spent moving. In the case of using Shunshin in this area, it's
treated as a single Speed 2 movement.
This technique cannot inflict wounds.
--( Monosugai no Jutsu - Earth
Shaping Technique )--
You inject your own chakra through your hands into a natural
surface to allow it's texture to become more like mud or clay
as your fingers sink into it. This can be used to all sorts of
ends. Making a statue, digging a hole, climbing a wall,
whatever you want! ...As long as it has to do with rocks and
stuff.
Chakra: 10
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: You can shape the surface of a rock, or mold it in
your hands like clay. If you use this before climbing an
earthen surface (be it a cliff face or a castle wall) you gain a
+5 bonus to Athletics checks associated with climbing it, by
making hand- and footholds (for yourself only). This doesn't
work if you're, saying, climbing up the side of a cliff face using
a rope. I really shouldn't have needed to say that, but, yanno.

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--( Doton: Shindou - Earth
Release: Tremor )--
Extra earth-elemental chakra is infused another Doton
technique. When the technique hits the ground, or somebody
touching the ground, it causes the earth itself to shake
violently in that exact spot. The property damage potential's
pretty impressive, but nothing compared to serious offensive
jutsu.
Chakra: +5, +1 per rank above E
Speed: +2
Seal Speed: +3
Effects: This technique is used in combination with a
damage-dealing Doton jutsu, increasing its Seal Speed and
Chakra cost accordingly. The technique has a radius of 3
yards, +3 yards per rank above E. Notably, anyone who is
actually airborne ("jumping as they dodge" doesn't count) is
unaffected.
Within this area, the shaking ground imposes a Stun 3, +1
per rank the jutsu Shindou was used with is above E; if the
technique Shindou was used with already inflicts a Stun, that
Stun is increased by the jutsu's rank (instead of Shindou's
normal effect). Anyone not targeted by the original attack
must dodge Shindou, in which case the original technique's
Accuracy bonuses or penalties are ignored.
This can be used on its own as Chakra 8, Speed 6, and Seal
Speed 6. In this case it's Radius 10, Stun 5, centered on (but
not affecting) yourself. It does also require a strike roll in this
case.
__
D-rank
--( Doki Kantsuu no Jutsu -
Earthen Skewer Technique )--
Rock Thrust, except actually meant to do serious harm to
people outside of training matches. You summon a spike of
earth actually capable of skewering an enemy! This can also
be more of a solid hit, not as pointy, as to whatever degree
they want, and can even look like a fist or some similar,
stylized attack, but it's still just big rocks coming at you.
Chakra: 16
Damage: 12d10*1
Range: 12
Special: Stun 4
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 12
Effects: Earthen Skewer inflicts Piercing wounds, and has
its damage increased by 10% when checking to see if it
caused a wound.
--( Tama no Nendo - Clay Bullet )--
Pushing your chakra into the ground beneath you, you pull up
a ball of earth and mud, globby and chakra filled that you then
launch or literally throw sometimes at the opponent. Once on
them, the mud is held semi-cohesive by the chakra lacing it,
which can restrict the victim's movement.
Chakra: 12
Damage: 5d10
Range: 6
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: If the victim fails a status roll, this inflicts a -5
Immobilization penalty that fades by 1 every 10 initiative
counts.
Someone affected by this mud may make a 1d20+STR/5
(theirs) vs. 1d20+CHA/5 (yours) check to break free. This is a
Speed 5 action; for every point they succeed by, the penalty is
reduced by 1. For every 5 points they succeed by, the action's
Speed is reduced by 5 (potentially all the way down to 0).
--( Iwa Funsai Buin - Rock-
Smashing Staff )--
You hold out your hands or similarly grab some nearby rock
and create a large, blunt object from it! This is often a
hammer or staff, but also could be stylized however you see
fit. As we all know, getting hit with rocks hurts, so this is
rather painful.
Chakra: 12
Upkeep: 1
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: You create a bo staff or naginata out of rocks or
dense, chakra-congealed earth. When using it, you add half
your ninjutsu damage bonus to your physical damage bonus,
and add a Stun 4 (or increase its existing Stun by 3) effect ot
it. This weapon persists until you let go of it.
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 --( Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu - --( Jishin Shushou - Earth Shaking
Double Suicide Decapitation Palm )--
Technique )-- Harnessing a large amount of chakra into the palm of your
hand, you then slam it down into the ground in front of you to
After thoroughly concealing yourself, this technique allows blast rocks and debris up to distract your opponents, allowing
you to move through the ground for a short amount of time, you to quickly escape their field of view or capitalize on the
long enough though to position yourself under the enemy and momentary distraction.
pull them down under the ground.
Chakra: 13
Chakra: 12 Radius: 10
Range: 2 Speed: 8
Speed: 10 Seal Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 6
Effects: This inflicts a Stun 5 against everyone in the area if
Effects: If used above ground, this jutsu causes you to they fail to dodge it. You may immediately Hide as part of this
submerge beneath the ground and immediately enter Stealth technique.
2, with a +5 bonus. Your awareness of the outside world is
limited to knowing whether or not somebody's in range of
this technique. Submerging has the listed chakra cost, speed,
and seal speed.
C-rank
You may burst out and attack someone in range (making --( Retsudotensho - Split Earth
this a surprise attack, but not a sneak attack unless you had Turn Around Palm )--
the full time to prepare with them in range), grabbing them This technique causes the ground surrounding the enemy to
and pulling them underground as you escape. This is Speed spiral inwards on itself, burying them alive or crushing them.
10, with no chakra cost or seal speed. This applies a -8 This technique is capable of causing quite a bit of damage to
immobilization penalty, and completely prevents the victim the area. This technique is much more damaging if used in
from moving, until they take a Speed 8 action to free rocky mountainous areas, or inside a cave.
themselves.
It can also be used while underground, in which case the Chakra: 26
Chakra cost is paid at the time of use, but there is no Seal Damage: 28d12*1
Speed. In this case, it could be (potentially) used as a sneak Range: 25
attack. Area: 10
Special: Stun 6
--( Doro Bunshin no Jutsu - Mud Speed: 22
Clone Technique )-- Seal Speed: 20
An advanced variation of Bunshin no Jutsu, this jutsu creates Effects: If this hits and does not have its effects reduced by
solid clones made from the earth beneath a shinobi's feet, partial defense, it also inflicts a -8 immobilization penalty
which change their appearance to look like the user. They until the victim leaves the entire affected area, as they fall into
have many advantages over normal clones, but are the destroyed section of ground. This occurs automatically if
significantly more difficult to create. it's used underground, such as in a cave.
Chakra: 12, +4 per clone --( Doryuu Taiga - Earth Flow
Speed: 6, +1 per clone
Seal Speed: 4, +2 per clone River )--
Requires: Bunshin no Jutsu You cause a long stretch of nearby ground to become mud
Effects: These follow all the rules for regular bunshin, with and slide your opponents down a torrenting river of rocks and
the following exceptions. dirt, spewing them out at the end. This often leaves people
If someone strikes a mud clone with an unarmed attack, hurt, and disoriented!
they suffer a -4 immobilization penalty, reduced by 1 every 10 Chakra: 16
IC. If they attack with a melee weapon, they roll Damage: 12d4*1
1d20+STR/10 against your 1d20+CHA/8; if they fail, the Range: 20, 10 Line
weapon is stuck in the clone (which is exposed as a clone), Speed: 18
and retrieving it requires a strike roll and another strength Seal Speed: 14
check.
Against ranged attacks, mud clones can take 50 points of Effects: This moves anyone hit by it CHA/8+5 Yards all in
damage before being destroyed (and revealed as clones). the direction the river 'flows' (chosen by the line). Everyone
receives a Stun equal to how far they move -5; the stun is
divided by 3 if they block.
If this is blocked by an effect which halts its progress (such
as Earth Shore Return), nobody behind that effect is affected.

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--( Doroku Gaeshi - Earth Shore
Return )--
Slamming both hands into the ground, the user can cause a
large rectangle wall of earth to pop up in front up them,
covering whatever attack someone may be directing at them.
Chakra: 18
Range: 16
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: This creates a wall 4 yards wide and 3 yards high
that takes the hit from an attack. This wall absorbs 200 + 10*
(Ninjutsu damage bonus) damage. If destroyed, any
remaining damage carries on to you (in which case you
cannot defend against it further) or whoever else you used
this to protect (in which case, they can).
As implied up there, this can be used to protect anyone in
range. However, Earth Shore Return can't be used against
melee attacks, or ranged attacks originating 5 yards or less
away from you. After having all its HP depleted, or at the end
of the IC it was used on, the wall crumbles into dirt and
gravel.
This wall takes double damage from Raiton, and half
damage from Suiton.
--( Kaigeki Chite - Crushing Earth
Hand )--
You create a huge hand of rock that you can manipulate and
wield, in place of your actual hand. Though you have no
physical connection to the large hand, your chakra flowing
through it is controlled by an intense focus on your right
hand. Or left hand, if that's your main.
Chakra: 20
Range: 10 +CHA/2
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 15
Effects: You can use the giant rock hand to use any non-
grapple E or D rank Taijutsu technique, or simply a basic
attack, as long as the ability is one that would utilize your
hands. No kicks or clan jutsu allowed! It may use C rank
techniques, but doing so counts as 2 uses. The rock hand is
good for only 2 uses, at which point it breaks apart into
ordinary rocks unless you pay its Chakra cost again; doing so
has no speed or seal speed, but still has its Chakra cost and
preserves it for 3 more uses. The hand uses your CHA +50 as
its STR, for the purpose of determining its damage bonus.
--( Doro Nami no Jutsu - Mud Wave
Technique )--
Your chakra being applied to your legs, you turn the ground
below your feet into mud which you then stand upon, riding
the wave at increased speeds as you flow across the
battlefield. This is a good mode of transportation, and a good
way to enhance an earth attack!
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 5
Speed: 6
Seal Speed: 15
Effects: You increase your AGI stat for the purposes of
movement by CHA/2. You may choose to end this technique
at any time, or as part of another Doton jutsu. If you end it as
part of a jutsu, that technique gains a Stun equal to 2+(your
ninjutsu damage bonus)/3, or increases its existing Stun by
that much, from absorbing the mud used in this technique.
This is incompatible with effects which increase your
normal movement speed--such as the Runner ability, and
Racing Thunder Technique. While Mud Wave is active, you
do not receive their benefits.
--( Moguragakure no Jutsu - Hiding
Like a Mole Technique )--
Channeling your chakra into the ground below you, you turn
the dirt or earth or rock into fine sand. It effects your entire
body so you simply slide down quickly, but only making a
tunnel big enough for one person. After digging your way
down, you can sense everything going on above still, and can
even cover the hole to make it seem like you never even
burrowed away.
Chakra: 20
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: You dive down CHA/10 yards underground and are
now Stealth level 2, and are inflicted with Stun 20. If used as
an Interrupt, this requires a dodge roll with a +6 bonus;
success, even partial, will allow you to trigger the second half
of this jutsu.
Next, roll Espionage +5 vs. Awareness. If you are
successful, the opponents can't tell how you left, or that
there's a hole in the ground. They think you simply vanished,
or died (if used as an interrupt against a sufficiently
impressive attack). You are hidden at Stealth 2 at this point,
but cannot move, aside from resurfacing (a simple, Speed 0
action once you can move again).
This can only be used when standing on earth or unworked
stone. A dirt road would be fine, as would a clay road, but you
couldn't use it on a wooden or brick surface.
While underground, you have an additional +5 Stealth.
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 --( Dochuu Eigyo no Jutsu - Moving
Underground as if Swimming
Technique )--
This technique reduces the consistency of earth into less
than that of fine sand by channelling chakra into it, allowing
the user to dig through it with ease. This affects the entire
body, and the earth returns to its normal consistency after
they've passed.
If the user knows Yurokensei they may activate it alongside
this jutsu, allowing them to find people on the surface as
easily as if they were above ground watching them, but
increasing the Upkeep by 5.
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 5
Seal Speed: 12
Effects: This may only be used while underground, such as
from the effects of Moguragakure no Jutsu, or to burrow
through solid rock. It works only on unworked stone (you
could burst out from under stone tiles, but not tunnel through
a wall).
You can move underground using CHA/2 in place of AGI
for determining your movement speed. In combat, this
requires you to stay close enough to the surface (to draw
breathable air in) that you can be found, should somebody
overcome your hiding. An attack dealing at least 100 damage
will break through the surface of the earth above you, ending
this jutsu and penalizing any defense you take by 6, but
reducing the actual damage dealt to you by half.
B-rank
--( Doton: Doryou Dango - Earth
Release: Earth Mausoleum
Dumpling )--
Channelling chakra into your arms and the ground below you,
you place your hands on the earth and lift up an incredibly
large (no, really, just look at the Area on this thing!) ball of
earth and rock, which is then thrown at your enemies.
Chakra: 44
Damage: 44d20*1
Range: 50
Area: 25
Special: Stun 12
Speed: 24, Delay 10
Seal Speed: 30
--( Doryuukatsu - Earth Flow
Divide )--
Flowing your energy into special underground 'Dragon Veins'
(that means chakra leylines, not a literal dragon's body--I'm
talking to you, Takuto) you can literally make a tear in the
earth, and create a large chasms. This is most often used as a
way of breaking through a large wall, destroying an enemy
camp or other barricades and such.
Chakra: 35
Damage: 25d20*1
Range: Special
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Speed: 24
Seal Speed: 18
Effects: Any damage from this technique is tripled against
an inanimate, stationary object. Don't even ask if this tripling
can be done against a player or NPC.
This can selectively target anything on a line with a length
of your Chakra Control skill ranks in yards, and a width of 5
yards.
--( Doton: Dorou Domu Kekkai -
Earth Release: Earth Prison Dome
of Magnificient Nothingness )--
This creates a dome chamber around a small group of
enemies, which you enlace in your own chakra to make it
extra hard to escape.
Chakra: 32
Area: 20
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: This creates a dome of earth directly in front of
you, with you at the edge of its radius. Anyone who cannot
dodge is trapped inside the dome. The dome has 400 +
(damage bonus)*10 HP.
Every 5 IC which pass, the following effects occur:
Everyone inside the dome has their Chakra penalty
increased by 1.
You have your Chakra penalty reduced by 1 per person
inside the dome.
The dome regains (damage bonus)*5 HP, up to its
maximum.
You must keep one hand on the dome at all times; if you
break contact the above effects ends (and cannot be
reestablished), but the dome retains any HP it had at that
point.
--( Doryuu Jouheki - Earth Flow
Rampart )--
Feeding your chakra into the ground you cause the earth to
rise under your feet into a large rampart. The shape of the
rampart can be anything from level ground to a steep, needle-
like mountain, and it is mostly used for walling something off,
slowing down pursuers, or reaching that jar off the top shelf
that is always so hard to reach.
Chakra: X
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: Create what is basically a huge wall! It can be up to
the following dimensions: Length = X, Width = X/4, Height =
X/2. If you use this and X is 30 or more, the area you are in
counts as rocky terrain for the purposes of jutsu
requirements.

--( Doton: Iwagakure no Jutsu -
Earth Release: Hidden Among
Rocks Technique )--
This technique allows you to blend into rocks and remain
hidden. Even the texture of your body takes on that of the
stones, and it's quite possible (indeed, more than a few
experienced jounin have embarrassing sories about it) to
have an enemy physically sit on you without realizing you're
there.
Chakra: 32
Upkeep: 12
Speed: 22
Seal Speed: 28
Effects: This allows you to enter level 3 Stealth, and gives a
+10 bonus to your stealth checks while it's maintained.
However, it requires rocky terrain (such as the inside of a
cave, a mountain path, the debris from a destroyed wall, or a
large boulder), and you cannot move more (blinking and
breathing are okay) while it's maintained.
--( Doton: Domu - Earth Release:
Earth Spear )--
You direct chakra to flow through the skin over all portions of
your body, increasing your body's defensive power to its
utmost limit. This causes your skin to darken in response to
the earth-elemented chakra, taking on a dull gray-brown,
almost black color. This hardening also empowers your
physical attacks, making this a useful, if draining, all-purpose
technique.
Chakra: 27
Upkeep: 10
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 17
Effects: You reduce all damage you take by your CHA, and
increase your physical damage bonus by half your ninjutsu
damage bonus. The severity of all Wounds you suffer is
reduced one category. Raiton bypasses all this technique's
effects, and Suiton has its damage lowered by twice as much
(a DR of CHA*2, rather than just CHA).
--( Doryuuheki - Earth Style Wall
)--
The most powerful direct Doton-based defense, the user
either manipulates the surrounding terrain or generates
(using chakra!) and spits out an prodigious amount of flowing
earth which forms a wall and solidifies. Either way, this
creates a barrier coated with chakra that will stop most
attacks totally.
Chakra: 34
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 24
Effects: You create a wall of earth that blocks up to (50 +
(ninjutsu damage bonus)2 )(Speed) damage. It takes 50%
extra damage from Raiton, but only half damage from Suiton
and Katon.
You may use Action Points to reduce Doryuuheki's (base)
Seal Speed, on a 1:1 basis, to as low as 12. Note that if you
are able to use Doryuuheki as an interrupt, you may do so
without the need for a roll. Earth Style Wall can only be used
against attacks which originated more than 5 yards away
from you.
Used against area-of-effect attacks, this may protect
multiple people, as long as they can all be placed behind the
same 15 yard long line.
--( Iwa Bunshin - Rock Clone )--
You either gather animate rocks from you, or actually
generate them with chakra and regurgitate a stream of stones
(somehow, you're protected from a cut esophagus or chipped
teeth during this process). Either way, the rocks then take on
a human shape and appearance.
Chakra: 10, +6 per clone
Speed: 10, +2 per clone
Seal Speed: 10, +3 per clone
Requires: Bunshin no Jutsu
Effects: You may create up to 3 clones that can look like
yourself or anyone else present. If they look like someone
else, that person may then hide amongst your clones to
receive the normal benefits of having clones; these can even
be added to their own clones.
Rock clones can take 100+(your ninjutsu damage bonus)*5
points of damage before being destroyed, or exposed as
clones, and take only half damage from AoE attacks.
Rock clones use your attributes, even if they're imitating
someone else. They may take the following actions:
[1 AP] Dodge: Usable if the clone needs to defend itself.
[4 AP] Attack: The clone may perform a basic unarmed
attack. This does benefit from Power Attack or Unarmed
Focus, if you have those abilities, but the cloen does not need
to make a Stamina roll.
[X AP] Move: Every 3 Speed of the Move action costs 1 AP.
When Rock Clones attack, their actions are always
considered to be Held Back, as per the ability in Chapter 5,
even if you do not have the Hold Back ability. This means they
use only half your damage bonus for dealing damage, and the
severity of wounds they inflict is reduced by one category.
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 --( Doryu Ken - Earth Style Fist )-- --( Doton: Yomi Numa - Earth
By surrounding your arm or leg in a coat of solidified earth, Release: Swamp of the Underworld
you can attack an opponent while being protected from direct )--
contact with them. This changes the surface of the ground across a broad area
Chakra: 17 into a viscous, muddy morass. While the amount of chakra
Upkeep: 3 required to perform this technique can be prohibitive in most
Speed: 6 combat situations, this technique, when properly used, can
Seal Speed: 15 give incredible tactical control over an area.
Effects: So long as this technique is maintained, your Chakra: 45
taijutsu attacks are enhanced. You suffer no 'on-contact' Range: 150
effects (such as damage from punching a foe covered in Area: 100
spikes) from performing unarmed attacks. Additionally, Speed: 15
unarmed parries cannot be used against your attacks. Seal Speed: 30
__ Effects: The swamp imposes a -12 immobilization penalty
on anyone caught in it, which, after all reductions and
A-rank modifications, may not exceed -9.
You may adjust the affected area within the limits of this
--( Doryuudan - Earth Dragon jutsu's dimensions. For example, you could leave an island of
Blast )-- normal ground at the center for yourself, or a narrow path for
you and your allies to run through, forming a chokepoint.
A dragon-like head of rock, mud, and dirt rises up from the This does allow you to shrink the total affected area, if you
gound, its maw wide open. From said maw, it launches wish.
dozens of high-velocity projectiles of dense, chakra-infused Alternately, you may use form the 'swamp' in the form of a
earth! While not as visually impressive as some techniques, line up to 200 yards long and 100 yards across, oriented in
Doryuudan is incredibly demanding upon its user--and any fashion.
incredibly devastating to its victims.
Chakra: 60
Damage: 80d20*1
Range: 60
Accuracy: +2
Special: Stun 20
Speed: 40
Seal Speed: 40
Effects: Blocking reduces this technique's damage by only
25%.
--( Iwa Renda no Jutsu - Rock
Barrage Technique )--
After performing the necessary seals, the user channels
chakra into the rocks and stone around them. Their chakra
causes large rocks to shatter into smaller ones, which are
then launched as high-velocity projectiles towards potentially
dozens of targets.
Chakra: 48
Damage: 20d20*1
Accuracy: +2
Range: 7 * (ninjutsu damage bonus)
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 26
Effects: This technique may only be used in rocky terrain.
You may hit up to (ninjutsu damage bonus) targets.
You may target the same person multiple times, up to one
quarter of your maximum. Every additional 'target' spent on
them gives a +1 bonus to Accuracy (against that target only)
and increases the damage by 5d20.

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--( Doton: Sando no Jutsu - Earth
Release: Mountain Earth
Technique )--
The user creates two monolithic walls up from the ground,
destroying the environment for several hundred yards in
either direction, and sends them at one another. As they
approach each other, their momentum builds, starting off
slow and ending with a collision that removes the third
dimension from anything unlucky enough to be caught
between them.
Chakra: 50
Damage: 50d20*1
Accuracy: -10
Range: 100
Area: 80
Speed: 30, Delay 30
Seal Speed: 26
Effects: This technique's damage is doubled for
determining if it inflicts wounds. If it does cause a wound, it
also causes two wounds of the next lower severity, three of
the severity below that, and so forth.
Thus, if it inflicted a Critical Wound, it would also inflict
two Severes, three Majors, and four Minors.
You may reduce Sando's speed below its Delay.
--( Doton: Chidoukaku - Earth
Release: Moving Earth Core )--
The user lowers or raises the ground in the surrounding area
at high speed, creating giant depressions or spires. Despite
how this might seem, it's fairly harmless to the surrounding
area. People, plants, and buildings on the affected area will
be largely undisturbed. The sides of the hole or spire are
quite sturdy, and it's not in danger of collapsing on its own.
Chakra: 30+X
Special: Interrupt (uh, yeah, good luck with that)
Speed: 28
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: This affects everything in a square of up to 50
yards on a side, centered on its user. It moves the ground in
that area X*(damage bonus) yards straight up, or straight
down.
If you manage to use this as an interrupt, this will allow you
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 Speed: 11
Fuuton Ninjutsu Seal Speed: 8
E-rank --( Fuuton: Shikisetsufuu Shou -
--( Fuusajin no Jutsu - Dust Wind Wind Release: Four Seasonal Winds
Technique )-- Palm )--
You use a burst of wind to blow dust, dirt, or other loose In a fashion similar to how ninja knead chakra into their
particles up into the air, producing an irritating cloud that palms and feet to stick to walls and ceilings, you gather wind-
briefly obscures the visions of people caught inside of it. elemental chakra, but project and hold it just beyond your
Chakra: 6 body to supplement your unarmed strikes.
Accuracy: +8 Chakra: 10
Area: 4 wide, 10 long, directly in front of you Upkeep: 4
Speed: 6 Special: This technique may not have its seal speed
Seal Speed: 8 removed with a fan
Effects: Anyone hit suffers -4 visibility for the next 10 IC. Speed: 0
Seal Speed: 12
Requires: Chakra Control 7
--( Soujikaze no Jutsu - Cleansing
Wind Technique )-- Effects: While this technique's upkeep is maintained, all
your unarmed taijutsu techniques are blocked as if they were
The basic "manipulate the surrounding air to do what you fuuton jutsu (meaning, in most cases, that blocking reduces
want" technique, leading into many more powerful jutsu that the damage by only 25%, instead of 50%).
operate on the same premise. It's still useful, for a sufficiently
resourceful ninja. --( Hagitoru Aori no Jutsu -
Chakra: 7 Tearing Gust Technique )--
Range: 20 Generally performed with a fan as a matter of practicality,
Radius: 20 this technique unleashes a burst of wind that will not only
Speed: 4 deflect projectiles, but also strip them of any chakra they may
Seal Speed: 7 be infused with.
Effects: This reduces any existing visibility penalties Chakra: 11
resulting from smoke, mist, clouds of dust, or the like, by 4. Special: Interrupt
Repeated use of this jutsu will reduce them further, Speed: 4
potentially eliminating them entirely. Seal Speed: 12
D-rank Effects: This is usable as an interrupt against any thrown
weapon attack. Make an Accuracy roll against your attacker's;
--( Fuuton: Kazekiri - Wind success means you deflect their attack harmlessly.
Release: Wind Cutter )-- However, even if you fail their attack has its damage
reduced by 25%, and any ninjutsu effects on it (such as
The user generates a narrow arc of wind and chakra, which is Housenka) are removed.
sent out to cut things like ropes, lines, and people.
Chakra: 11 --( Rakuyou Buyou - Falling Leaves
Damage: 2d4*5 Dance )--
Range: 20 Using the wind, you kick up any light debris in the area
Speed: 8 (leaves in a forest, sand in a desert, conveniently ubiquitous
Seal Speed: 12 scraps of paper in a town) to swirl around you just long
Effects: This technique's damage is considered 50% higher enough for you to make a sneaky, ninja-fast getaway.
for determining whether or not it inflicts wounds. Chakra: 10
Speed: 6
--( Fuuton: Hineri Dangan - Wind Seal Speed: 6
Release: Twister Shot )-- Effects: You Hide, with a +5 bonus.
Holding their hand half-grasped, the user blows a constant
stream of wind into their hand which begins to spiral around
in a ball or small tornado shape. The tornado is then sent out
toward the target as the hand is opened.
Chakra: 14
Damage: 4d4*5
Range: 10
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--( Fuuton Nagare - Wind Release
Stream )--
By blowing air from your mouth, you can change direction in
mid-air. This allows you to control where you land when
falling (avoiding the sharp rocks when you jump off a
waterfall, that kind of thing) and may be useful for avoiding
mid-air hazards.
Chakra: 11
Speed: 2
Seal Speed: 6
Effects: As described, you can control your direction in mid-
air. This can also be used when falling from any height, to
slow yourself sufficiently to avoid being harmed by the impact
from hitting the ground.
--( Fuuton: Taikyaku Haretsu -
Wind Release: Bursting Retreat )--
You take in a deep breath, then exhale a mixture of air and
chakra with enough speed and force to augment a backwards
leap, allowing you to hastily escape... well, whatever manner
of unpleasantness you felt the need to get away from.
Chakra: 8+X
Speed: +X
Seal Speed: 4
Effects: When attempting to dodge an AoE, you normally
suffer a penalty to dodge if you are unable to move fast
enough. This technique is used alongside a Dodge interrupt
(increasing its Speed accordingly), and removes X*2 points of
the penalty.
C-rank
--( Kamaitachi no Jutsu - Sickle
Wind Technique )--
This technique allows you to create and manipulate many
small air currents and vacuum pockets in the form of a
whirling gale, which is directed at an opponent before it
dissipates. This produces injuries that resemble what one
would expect to see from dozens of blades.
Chakra: 18
Damage: 3d8*5
Range: 25
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 18
Effects: This technique's damage is considered 50% higher
for the purpose of causing wounds.
--( Fuuton: Shinkuuha - Wind
Release: Vacuum Wave )--
The user takes in a deep breath an spins while exhaling,
forming several rotating blades of wind that cover a
substantial area around them, slicing through multiple foes at
once while leaving allies unharmed
Chakra: 21
Damage: 4d6*5
Area: 20 yard radius, centered around the user
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: This technique may differentiate between enemies
and allies within its area of effect. It ignores armor, and its
damage is considered 25% higher for the purpose of causing
wounds.
-( Fuuton: Daitoppa - Wind Release:
Great Breakthrough )-
A relatively simple technique which creates a sudden gust of
wind. Its actual force varies wildly based upon the strength of
the user. A superior shinobi will produce alarmingly
destructive results, while a weaker one would be better off
finding other methods to attack.
Chakra: 20
Damage: 4d4*5
Range: 15, +(damage bonus)*2
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 12
Effects: This uses double the user's normal ninjutsu
damage bonus, and inflicts Blunt wounds. It also knocks the
victim back (user's damage bonus)*3 yards.
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 --( Fuuton: Reppuushou - Wind However, it's vulnerable to Katon. If a Katon technique
bypasses Wind Turtle's Shell you receive no benefit from
Release: Violent Wind Palm )-- partial defense, and the technique has its damage (against
After finishing the seals, the user claps their palms together you) increased by 25%.
and compresses the air in front of them, transforming it into
a powerful gale with enough force to knock over a human or --( Tobu Choyaku no Jutsu -
redirect projectile weapons. Vaulting Leap Technique )--
Chakra: 14 After performing the seals for this jutsu you amass chakra in
Range: 20 your feet, then expel it to generate a powerful burst of wind
Speed: 6 while kicking off the ground with a power leap. To the
Seal Speed: 8 inexperienced, the results look almost like flight.
Effects: This can be used as an attack, as an interrupt, or in Stamina: 0 + 10 * Y
combination with a multi-throw. Chakra: 14 + X/2
As an attack, it does 2d6*5 damage and, if it hits, knocks an Special: A fan may not replace this technique's seal speed.
enemy prone as if they'd been hit by the E-rank Taijutsu Trip, Speed: 10 + X 2, Delay X 2
using your Chakra Control +5 in place of your Athletics. Seal Speed: 8
As an interrupt, it can be used in response to a thrown
weapon attack. Make an Accuracy roll against the opponent's Effects: When you activate this technique you can jump
Accuracy. If you succeed you redirect their attack at them, (STR /10 - Y 2)(ninjutsu damage bonus) yards vertically, or
using its original accuracy, adding 2d4*5 plus this technique's half that distance horizontally.
damage bonus times speed to their attack's normal damage. Alternately, you may choose to 'charge' your jump,
Wounds inflicted are based on the thrown attack. gathering enough chakra at your feet to launch yourself a
In combination with a multi-throw, this adds its Speed and prodigious distance. This changes the distance moved to (X +
modified Seal Speed to the total Speed (not factored into STR / 10 - Y 2)(ninjutsu damage bonus). If X is 5 or greater,
damage bonus calculation) of the multi-throw. The attack the horizontal leap distance is not halved. X has a maximum
uses the combined range of the throw and jutsu to determine value of 10.
its maximum range, and adds 2d65, plus (this technique's If you are suffering from an Immobilization penalty, the
Speed)(ninjutsu damage bonus), to the multi-throw's damage. distance you're able to travel with Vaulting Leap is reduced by
Wounds inflicted are based on the thrown attack. 5% per point of Immobilization.
This technique's Y value starts at 0. Every time you use
--( Kazekame Kaigara no Jutsu - Vaulting Leap, it's increased by 1. After you go 50 IC without
using Vaulting Leap, it's reset to 0.
Wind Turtle's Shell Technique )--
The technique creates a rotating dome of wind around the
user, chakra-infused air moving quickly enough to blur the
image of the person inside, and deflect many incoming
attacks. However, the technique is a far cry from being a true
absolute defense.
Chakra: 14
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: This may be used against ranged offensive ninjutsu
which use projectiles (such as Clay Bullet, but not Earthen
Skewer), ranged taijutsu attacks. or area-of-effect ninjutsu. If
used against a technique of C-rank or below, its Chakra cost
is 14. Each rank above C increases Wind Turtle Shell's
Chakra cost by 6.
Make an Accuracy roll against the attack. If you succeed,
the attack is avoided as if you parried it. Against Raiton and
ranged taijutsu attacks, you receive a bonus to your Accuracy
roll equal to your Ninjutsu Damage Bonus. Against non-
Katon 'projectile'-based ninjutsu, your bonus is instead +4.
For Katon and area-of-effect ninjutsu, you receive no bonus.
This has improved effectiveness against Raiton and ranged
taijutsu: Even if they hit, the effect of partial defense is
doubled (the attack deals only 10% damage per point it hits
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 --( Fuuton: Shinkuugyoku - Wind
B-rank Release: Vacuum Sphere )--
--( Daikamaitachi no Jutsu - Great The user exhales their breath as several small blasts of wind
Sickle Wind Technique )-- chakra, each not much larger than a marble but traveling at
The user of this technique releases a powerful burst of wind, extreme speeds and possessing incredible penetrating power.
chakra concentrating the air into several layered air streams. Their small size can make them difficult to land a strong blow
This creates pockets of both vacuums and high-speed air with, which is compensated for by dispersing them over a
which have enough focused force behind them to cut down significant range.
trees. Chakra: 38
Chakra: 28 Damage: 6d8*8
Damage: 4d8*6 Range: 30
Range: 25 Area: Special
Speed: 12 Special: A fan may not be used to remove this technique's
Seal Speed: 24 Seal Speed.
Speed: 18
Effects: This can be used as a normal action (as an attack), Seal Speed: 18
or an Interrupt (as a defensive against a ranged taijutsu Effects: Shinkuugyoku targets everything in a line 10 yards
attack). As an Interrupt, make an Accuracy roll against your wide, between you and its maximum range. You may divide
opponent's Accuracy, adding your ninjutsu damage bonus; if the width by any whole number between 1 and 5 to multiply
successful, you deflect their projectiles harmlessly. the length by half that much. (For example, you could reduce
As an attack, it knocks its victim back (ninjutsu damage it to 10/5 = 2 yards wide, and increase its range to 30*2.5 =
bonus) yards; the distance knocked back is reduced by partial 75). The Improved Area ability provides only half its normal
defense. benefit to Shinkuugyoku.
The effects of partial defense a doubled against this
--( Shinkuu Enzan - Decapitating technique: for every point it hits by, it deals only 10% of its full
Vacuum Disc )-- damage. However, to determine wounds inflicted
As devastating as it is impractical, this technique earned its Shinkuugyoku's damage is 100% higher. Shinkuugyoku
name for a reason. After forming the many, many handseals inflicts Piercing wounds.
involved, you draw a shuriken (or one of its larger brethren) If someone Takes the Hit for Shinkuugyoku, whoever they
and use it to center a disc of wind chakra. When you throw were defending will still take 75% damage, so long as the
the weapon, its rotation is passed onto the chakra, forming a defender received a Major or greater wound.
several-foot-wide blade rotating at incredible speed.
Great for spars and parties!
Chakra: 42
Damage: Weapon's damage, +(ninjutsu damage bonus)
dice
Range: As thrown weapon, +(ninjutsu damage bonus)*2
yards
Speed: 16 + (weapon's Speed)
Seal Speed: 40
Effects: Choose a type of shuriken to use with this
technique; you may not multi-throw with Shinkuu Enzan. Add
this technique's Speed to the normal Speed of your thrown
weapon attack. This is the Speed of Shinkuu Enzan (both to
use it, and for damage calculations). Add your physical and
ninjutsu damage bonuses together; this is your damage
bonus for Shinkuu Enzan. For calculating wounds, consider
Shinkuu Enzan's damage to be 100% higher. Shinkuu Enzan
always deals slashing wounds.
Although this technique uses a thrown weapon as part of it,
it is a Fuuton ninjutsu technique, not a thrown weapon
technique; Weapon Focus and similar benefits (such as a
Fuuma Shuriken's increased damage based on how much it
hits by) do not apply to Shinkuu Enzan, nor do defenses
specifically targeting thrown weapons.
You may not use a fan to replace Shinkuu Enzan's Seal
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 --( Fuuton: Shinkuu Renpa - Wind
Release: Vacuum Serial Waves )--
This technique's user takes a deep breath in, and then
exhales several blades of high-sped, chakra-infused wind at
varying angles. This technique's power can vary greatly
depending on the amount of chakra put into the formation of
those wind blades, the number created, and how the user
chooses to focus them.
Chakra: 20 + 5 * X
Damage: (X 2)d107
Range: 25
Speed: 22
Seal Speed: 12 + X * 2
Effects: X may not exceed 5.
Against ninjutsu-based defenses, Shinkuu Renpa is
considered one rank higher, or to deal twice as much
damage, as applicable. (For example, a 200 damage Shinkuu
Renpa against a 100 damage wall would destroy the wall and
still deal 150 damage to whatever was behind it).
You may target up to X people with Shinkuu Renpa as a
single action. While the base damage remains the same no
matter how many targets you have, your (ninjutsu damage
bonus)*(Shinkuu Renpa's Speed) is divided by the number of
targets.
--( Fuuton: Fuujin Kokyuu - Wind
Release: Wind God's Breath )--
You unleash a wave of chakra converted into gale-force winds,
knocking away everyone and everything around you. So long
as the winds remain, approaching you is exceedingly difficult.
At the same time, those winds will whip any nearby fires into
a raging fury.
Chakra: 32
Upkeep: 6
Range: Self
Radius: 50
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: Every IC, everyone in the technique's radius is
pushed 1 yard away from you, towards its edge. All Raiton
and ranged taijutsu attacks within this area have their
damage reduced by 25%. However, all Fuuton has +3
Accuracy, and all Katon does +15% damage. These effects
apply to any jutsu originating inside, passing through or
targeting someone within the area.
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--( Fuuton: Ama no Yachimata -
Wind Release: Crossroads of
Heaven )--
One of the more reliable defensive measure Fuuton users are
capable of deploying, this creates a sphere of whipping winds
around them. Aside from dramatically tossing their hair,
causing loose clothes to flap about, and knocking up loose
terrain, this makes a sufficiently skilled user virtually
impervious to most long-range assaults.
Chakra: 26
Upkeep: 5
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 16
Effects: Any ranged taijutsu and Raiton attacks against you
with Accuracy less than (your Accuracy +5) are automatically
parried, as are any projectile-based ninjutsu techniques with
an Accuracy less than (your Accuracy). You may not be
grappled while this technique is active.
This technique uses your base Accuracy for an B-rank
Fuuton, unmodified by status, wounds, temporary bonuses,
and so on, though penalties from Fatigue do apply. Because it
is considered to be the technique parrying incoming attacks,
and not you, you cannot modify its accuracy further (such as
with Willpower or AP).
--( Fuuton: Higashikaze no Me -
Wind Release: Eye of the East Wind
)--
An advanced surveillance technique that, ultimately, falls far
short of the efficacy its designers had hoped for. Once
activated, it allows the users to view air currents, and, for lack
of a better term, 'highlights' inconsistent ones--it's something
like visual sonar.
The idea behind the technique was that this would let its
user pinpoint enemies by being able to find their breathing.
It's not nearly that effective in practice, but does offer some
benefits to those willing to adjust to the altered vision it
causes.
Chakra: 25
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 6
Seal Speed: 22
Effects: When performing a Search (in Combat -> Stealth)
or Observe (Ninjutsu -> Bunshin) action, you may use your
Chakra Control skill ranks in place of your Awareness skill
ranks, and receive a bonus of (ninjutsu damage bonus)/3
either way.
Additionally, when targeted by a Surprise or Sneak Attack,
you may make an Awareness roll (receiving the benefits of
this technique's effects) against a Stealth roll from your
opponent; if your result is higher, their attack is not
considered a Surprise Attack or Sneak Attack.

A-rank
--( Kaze no Yaiba - Blade of Wind )-
- you were charging Renkuudan, without specifying when you
A rarely-used technique, not because it isn't powerful but
because it doesn't appeal to the sorts of shinobi able to learn
it. It's a high-powered, taxing, close-ranged wind release
technique; most shinobi who prefer close combat will opt for
weapons or other elements, and most wind release users
prefer to keep their distance. It has seen some limited
popular of Sunagakure's ANBU.
The user emits chakra from their fingertips, forming a
virtually invisible "sword" of intense, high-speed winds, which
lasts just long enough to make a single attack with. This
technique leaves very distinctive wounds, deep slashes with
hundreds of miniscule tears at the edges.
Chakra: 30, +20 if it hits
Upkeep: 0
Damage: 5d8*10
Accuracy: +4
Range: Melee
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 22
Effects: This technique's damage cannot be blocked, and
the effectiveness of an opponent's damage reduction (if any)
is halved. If this technique hits, it may be used consecutively
(no other non-Interrupt actions are taken between uses). If
you do so, its Seal Speed is removed, and its Chakra cost is
reduced to 30 whether or not it hits. However, each attack
(including ones that miss) increases its Upkeep by 3. Once
you release this Upkeep, the blade dissipates.
Kaze no Yaiba uses only half your actual ninjutsu damage
bonus to determine the damage it deals. For determining
wounds, its damage is considered 50% higher.
--( Renkuudan - Compressed Air
Blast )--
A technique originated in Sand, supposedly derived from
what was alleged to be a power wielded by a 'monster' that
terrorized that country more than a century and a half ago.
The user draws in a deep breath and begins pouring chakra
into the air in their lungs, thickening it until it reaches an
almost-liquid consistency before ejecting it into a high-power
blast of air.
Chakra: 40 + X / 5
Damage: (2 + X / 2)d12*5
Accuracy: + X / 5
Range: 30 + X
Speed: 10 + X, Delay X
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: After completing this technique's seals you may use
it immediately (as Speed 10, and Delay 0), or begin 'charging'
it.
X is the number of IC spent charging Renkuudan. Unlike
most variable-speed techniques, you do not need to declare
how long you intend to do this. For example, say you finished
the handseals on IC 100. You would then be able to declare
intended to stop. On IC 120, an enemy might begin running
towards you; at this point you could stop charging and fire
your technique, with X = 20. X can never exceed 50.
Renkuudan inflicts Blunt wounds, and the severity of its
wounds are reduced by one category (major to minor, minor
to no wound, and so on). Renkuudan uses double your normal
ninjutsu damage bonus for determining its damage dealt.
--( Okamaitachi no Jutsu -
Scything Wind Technique )--
Almost always used with a fan, this technique creates a vast
number of heavy air currents and vacuum pockets, varying
greatly in speed, width, and angle, with their integrity
maintained by chakra. Where they intersect, the crossing
currents tear apart anything unfortunate enough to be in their
way.
As effective as this technique is, slicing and smashing
anything short of fortified stonework, it can be somewhat
unreliable, as there's an element of chance about just how
many different ways a victim will be shredded.
Chakra: 36
Damage: 4d10*10
Range: 40
Speed: 24
Seal Speed: 42
Effects: This may target any number of people in front of
you, so long as they are all within range, and for the purposes
of evading is considered to have an Area equal to its Range.
Scything Wind's damage is considered 25% higher for the
purposes of inflicting wounds.
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 --( Fuuton: Shinkuu Taigyoku - ile ranged attacks (such as Retsudotensho) only have their
damage reduced by half the normal amount.
Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere Additionally, the surge of wind each time this tornado is
)-- empowered pushes enemies (along with anyone and
If the Vacuum Sphere technique can be considered a spray of everything else) away from you. Anyone within (your ninjutsu
wind-chakra bullets (not that ninja actually know what such damage bonus) yards is knocked back (1 per rank of the
things are!), then the Great Vacuum Sphere is a gigantic jutsu; 1 for E, 5 for A, etc.) * (your ninjutsu damage bonus)/2
wind-chakra cannon ball. yards.
In terms that ninja actually do understand, this creates a So long as this technique's maintained, it's impossible to
large sphere-shaped vacuum, which is then launched grapple you You may choose to end it at will, or when making
forwards. Anyone who comes in contact with the vacuum is any Fuuton attack (whose Chakra roll will still be penalized
sucked inside, and then either slammed against either the by Taifuu no Me's upkeep), adding your total amassed damage
first solid object it encounters or just hit by what amounts to reduction to that technique's damage.
a wall of high-velocity air from every direction as the chakra
in the technique dissipates and the technique collapses on --( Fuuton: Kitakaze - Wind
them. Release: The North Wind )--
Chakra: 46 The north wind wind cleanses the world of its impurities and
Damage: 5d6*10 soothes the raging elements. Once its handseals are
Accuracy: +3 completed, a calm but strong wind blows in from the north.
Range: 20 Chakra: 30
Area: 10 Speed: 22
Special: Stun 15 Seal Speed: 20
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 28 Effects: All environmental effects caused by ninjutsu (such
Effects: In addition to targeting anyone in its area, anyone as Yomi Numa, or Four Pillar Bind) end immediately, and no
between the user and its eventual destination is also a target. such techniques may be activated for double the user's
Shinkuu Taigyoku is unblockable, and enemies do not receive ninjutsu damage bonus worth of IC; however, this cannot end
the benefit of partial defense against it. Anyone hit is knocked or disperse B- or A-rank Katon techniques. Any Ignite status
back to the far end of its range. effects have their severity halved (round down), and any
Shinkuu Taigyoku inflicts Blunt wounds, and the severity of Immobilization with set durations (meaning, ones that fade
any wounds it inflicts is increased by one category (minor to by a certain amount every so-many IC) are removed, as is any
major, severe to critical, and so forth). Paralysis that was originally caused by a Raiton technique.
This technique can only be used outside.
--( Fuuton: Taifuu no Me - Wind
Release: Eye of the Storm )--
A powerful wind technique, this emanates an incredibly
powerful wind, starting about a foot away from you and
pushing away in all directions. Though not directly harmful
itself, it's incredibly difficult to fight through, and will only
grow more so as each wind jutsu you perform strengthens
the storm.
Chakra: 30
Upkeep: 6 + (X)/100
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 24
Effects: The tornado provides a Damage Reduction of (your
ninjutsu damage bonus)10. Any time you use a Fuuton jutsu,
this DR is increased by (the technique's Speed) (your damage
bonus, -2 for each rank the technique is below A). This DR
doesn't apply to Katon, and is considered 50% higher against
Raiton. Non-projectile ranged attacks (such as
Retsudotensho) only have their damage reduced by half the
normal amount.
X is the current amount of DR this technique is granting
you--its Upkeep steadily increases as its power does. Its
primary downside, however, is the difficulty in dragging a
raging tornado along: so long as it's maintained, the user's
movement speed is reduced by 10% for every 100 DR, to a
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E-rank D-rank
--( Hinotama no Jutsu - Fireball --( Katon: Houenka - Fire Release:
Technique )-- Flame Flower )--
This jutsu is so weak it's considered a training exercise After completing the handseals, the user creates three balls
among academy students who're quick to grasp the basics of of fire-elemented chakra: one in each palm, and one in their
katon jutsu. After performing the handseals the user focuses mouth, all three of which can be fired separately or focused
chakra in their hand and projects it into a fist-sized ball of on a single target.
fire, which they can then shoot at a target. Chakra: 13
Chakra: 6 Damage: 4d6.extra(6), Special
Damage: 2d6.extra(4) Range: 15
Range: 10 Speed: 12
Speed: 6 Seal Speed: 7
Seal Speed: 5 Effects: This technique hits up to three separate targets,
and has a +2 bonus to accuracy. For each fireball beyond the
--( Asayake no Jutsu - Morning first directed at the same target, the damage they take is
Glow Technique )-- increased by 2d6, and the technique has +1 accuracy.
In addition to being good practice for chakra control, many
fire-using ninja find it useful when left without supplies. It --( Katon: Shitai Entou - Fire
creates a small, warm ball of fire that hovers around its user's Release: Flame Tongue )--
palm, over their fingertips, or so forth. This ball is not hot Originally thought to be a technique that required a
enough to ignite, well, anything, but it's particularly bright for prolonged diet of special, possibly chakra-enhanced
its size. chemicals, this was later discovered to be actually a fairly
Chakra: 5 simple Katon jutsu. The user breathes out a thick, nearly
Upkeep: 2 solid stream of fire from their mouth--typically at another
Speed: 6 person, whom they would like to injure.
Seal Speed: 8 Chakra: 16
Effects: The orb sheds light equivalent to a small oil lamp. Damage: 10d8.extra(7)
This reduces darkness-based visibilty effects by 3. Range: 10
Special: Burns 3
Speed: 10
--( Enmaku no Jutsu - Smokescreen Seal Speed: 8
Technique )--
A low-level technique which sees some use even by more --( Enkounebai no Jutsu - Sticky
experienced ninja, in certain situations. It causes a Katon Fire Technique )--
jutsu to release a prodigious amount of smoke before it burns
out, reducing visibility over an area. You spit out a mass of chakra-infused saliva; it's clear,
odorless, extremely sticky, very flammable, and kind of gross
Chakra: +3, +1 per rank above E to get hit by.
Seal Speed: +4 Chakra: 8
Effects: This technique is used in combination with a Range: 10
damage-dealing Katon jutsu, increasing its Seal Speed and Speed: 7
Chakra cost accordingly. The technique has a radius of 5 Seal Speed: 8
yards, +5 yards per rank above E.
Within this area, the smoke imposes a -3 visibility penalty, Effects: Your opponent is covered in the flammable saliva.
+1 per rank the jutsu Enmaku was used with is above E. If they are hit by a Katon technique, the saliva ignites,
This technique can also be used on its own, using a person applying an Ignite 5 effect to the unfortunate victim. The
suffering from the Ignite status as its source; in this case it's severity of this effect is increased by 2 for each rank the jutsu
Chakra 6, Speed 5, and Seal Speed 5. Every 5 points of Ignite is above E (7 for a D-rank jutsu, 9 for a C-rank, and so forth).
is equivalent to one jutsu rank (so "rank D", meaning -4
visibility, at Ignite 10).
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 --( Nenshou Yari no Jutsu - Burning C-rank
Spear Technique )-- --( Housenka no Jutsu - Phoenix
This jutsu creates a polearm out of pure flame, which the Sage Fire Technique )--
user can hold unharmed (and without lighting their clothes
on fire). Konoha once tried to have a treaty passed to ban the After performing the handseals, the user exhales a cluster of
use of this technique, though nobody else quite understands small fireballs, each concealing one or more shuriken.
what all the fuss is about. Chakra: 11, +1 per 2 speed of the multi-throw
Chakra: 12 Stamina: As multi-throw
Upkeep: 1 Damage: +1d6 per weapon thrown
Speed: 5 Range: As multi-throw
Seal Speed: 10 Speed: As multi-throw
Seal Speed: The speed of the multi-throw.
Effects: You acquire a naginata or yari made out of fire. It
uses your ninjutsu rather than physical damage bonus. This Effects: This technique benefits from your ninjutsu damage
weapon persists until you let go of it. Whenever someone is bonus, on top of the normal multi-throw damage bonus.
struck by your weapon they must pass a status roll or suffer Projectiles used in this technique are rendered unusable
burns equal to half its number of rolled dice. afterwards by the intense heat.
You may form handseals while holding this weapon, as it is This jutsu adds Burns equal to half the number of weapons
intangible. thrown.

--( Katon: Houyoku - Fire Release: --( Goukyaku no Jutsu - Grand

Phoenix Wings )-- Fireball Technique )--
This technique wreathes part of your body--generally a Generations ago, this technique was passed down from
forearm and hand, but it can vary depending on the needs of father to son within the Uchiha clan as an informal, but
the technique--with chakra-based flames! It's quite flashy, and sometimes very serious, rite of passage. As time passed its
could be considered low-grade nintaijutsu, as it then use spread first to other Konoha ninja, and then much
combined those flames with a physical attack of your choice. further.
Chakra: 8 Chakra: 20
Seal Speed: 5 Damage: 12d12.extra(9)
Range: 30
Effects: After completing the seals, you perform any non- Radius: 10
grapple unarmed taijutsu attack. The technique uses your Speed: 14
ninjutsu, rather than physical damage bonus, though ignores Seal Speed: 10
alterations to the damage bonus (such as doubling, halving,
or removing it). If the opponent fails a status roll after being Effects: If the victim fails a status roll this inflicts Burns 6.
hit by this technique, it inflicts Burns 4.
--( Ryuuka no Jutsu - Dragon Fire
--( Ryuuseiu no Jutsu - Meteor Technique )--
Shower Technique )-- This jutsu is painfully slow and inaccurate, making its
The user gathers intense fire chakra in their palms or usefulness situational at best. Most users of the technique
fingertips before throwing several weapons which ignite in find some way to bind or disable their opponents before
mid-air. Aside from being painful, being hit by flaming bits of trying to attack with it. On the other hand, if it manages to
metal carries other risks. connect it can be astonishing devastating.
Chakra: 9, +1 per weapon thrown Chakra: 25
Stamina: As multi-throw Damage: 8d20.extra(11)
Range: As multi-throw Accuracy: -8
Speed: As multi-throw Range: 25
Seal Speed: 7 Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 16
Effects: If the attack hits, make a status roll (Chakra Special: Burns 8, Ignite 10
Control vs. the defender's Resistance). If the defender fails,
they suffer an Ignite with a severity equal to however many Effects: This technique benefits from double the user's
weapons hit. ninjutsu damage bonus. If the opponent fails a status roll, the
The weapons used in this technique are ruined, and cannot severity of the Burns and Ignite are both doubled.
be retrieved or reused.
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--( Kasumi Enbu no Jutsu - Mist
Blaze Dance Technique )--
Once you perform the handseals, this jutsu allows you to
exhale a slightly translucent cloud of potentially flammable
gas. Even so much as a spark will spell trouble for anyone
unfortunate enough to be within it. As an added effect, the
glass is ever-so-slightly toxic.
Chakra: 14
Damage: 6d10.open(6)
Radius: 20
Range: 20
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: This technique initially does no damage. However,
it detonates and does the listed damage, across the listed
area, if a Katon jutsu contacts its area, or if a person with an
Ignite status of 5 or higher is present. This explosion cannot
be dodged (though the effect which triggered it, if an attack,
can still be dodged or otherwise defended against normally).
The gas is also particularly thick, and not particularly
breathable. Every 10 IC that someone spends in the cloud
adds a Suffocation 1 status to them.
--( Yoen no Jutsu - Ember-Burning
Technique )--
One of the few katon jutsu which lacks offensive applications,
this technique's rank comes from the precision necessary to
perform it without lighting oneself on fire. It literally burns
dirt, grime, sweat, and contaminants from the target's clothes
and body (without, notably, causing either to go up in flames
themselves). It can also be used to sterilize (or, if necessary,
cauterize) wounds by tracing them with one's fingertips.
Chakra: 22
Speed: 5
Seal Speed: 16
Effects: Removes all foreign particles and bodies (bugs,
chemicals) from the user's clothes and body, stops any
ongoing bleeding, and evaporates any liquids covering them
(exception: this will ignite the D-rank Sticky Fire Technique).
It can even remove recently spilled, not-yet-dried liquids
(including blood!) from clothing. It will not, however, cure
poison.
This provides a -10 penalty on any attempts to track the
user by scent (i.e. Survival rolls), but only a -5 penalty to find
them (i.e. Awareness vs. Stealth) via scent because while
their own odor is eliminated, this jutsu leaves a faint scent of
smoke. In fact, a difficulty 30 Research roll can identify the
use of this technique at, say, a crime scene.
If used to treat an injury (external injuries which have left
open wounds only), this accelerates the recipient's healing
time by 25%, but does not stack with the reduction from
medical treatment (doctors can do much better than this
improvised first aid).
--( Ikari o Moe no Jutsu - Blazing
Fury Technique )--
A very, very popular technique among hand-to-hand
combatants, whose opinions of it range from "pretty cool" to
"totally awesome", this wreathes their hands, and sometimes
feet, elbow, and knees, in a faint reddish glow of chakra.
When they strike, that chakra ignites on impact, resulting in a
burst of flame being delivered to their unfortunate foe. It's
quite flashy.
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 5
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: This technique alters the dice of any unarmed
attacks you make, applying to Unarmed taijutsu, Combo
taijutsu, and basic unarmed attacks. Its damage dice become
.extra(3) for d4s, .extra(5) for d6s, .extra(6) for d8s, .extra(7)
for d10s, .extra(9) for d12s, and .extra(15) for d20s. It does
not apply to Grapple taijutsu.
For example, an attack which would normally deal 8d12
damage would be changed to deal 8d12.extra(9) damage
under the effects of Blazing Fury.
Additionally, if an attack augmented by Blazing Fury inflicts
wounds of any sort, it also causes an Energy wound of one
category lower, to a minimum of minor (a punch that inflicted
a Minor Blunt wound would also inflict a Minor Energy
wound).
B-rank
--( Katon: Karyuu Endan - Fire
Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet
)--
The shinobi gathers chakra in their mouth, before converting
it to fire and shooting it out. The flame shoots out in three
sections, each one taking on the appearance of a serpentine
dragon which explodes on impact with its own target.
Chakra: 36
Damage: 22d20.extra(11)
Range: 40
Special: Ignite 7, Burns 5
Speed: 22
Seal Speed: 22
Effects: This technique may target up to three separate
people. You may not direct these 'extra' attacks at the same
person for added damage.
If the victim of this technique fails a status roll, the status
effects are doubled.
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--( Gouryuuka no Jutsu - Great
Dragon Fire Technique )--
The user of this technique compresses a large amount of
chakra in their body, and exhales it as a single, massive burst
of fire in the shape of a dragon's head. Due to this technique's
nature, enough of the chakra used in it is retained briefly in
the user's body to swiftly prepare a second blast.
Chakra: 32
Damage: 15d20.extra(11)
Range: 35
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: If this was the last jutsu you performed, its Chakra
cost is reduced by 4 and its Seal Speed by 2, and it gains +2
Accuracy. These bonuses stack, bringing it as low as Chakra
16 and Seal Speed 10, and giving up to +8 Accuracy.
--( Katon: Joushou Ootori - Fire
Release: Rising Phoenix Blast )--
The user gathers chakra around them--the 'rising phoenix'
actually refers to the visible heat ripples and wisps of flame
rising around the ninja performing it-- and unleashes a
stream of dark, searingly hot fire at their opponents. The
flames of this technique are hot enough to disintegrate most
incoming attacks.
Chakra: 24
Damage: 10d20.open(16)
Accuracy: +3
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: When used as an Interrupt, Rising Phoenix Blast's
damage becomes 10d20.open(11) and it receives double your
ninjutsu damage bonus. It functions differently if when used
against a melee attack, or ranged ninjutsu attack. It may
Interrupt attacks so long as its Speed is equal to or less than
theirs (rather than needing to be equal to or less than half the
original attack's Speed).
Against a melee action: The user may choose to call off
their attack, or press on regardless of the danger. If they do
not cancel their attack, they take Rising Phoenix Blast's full
damage, without any defense. However, you are also hit by
their attack automatically, and cannot defend against it. If
they choose to defend themselves, their attack is cancelled;
they do not pay any Chakra or Stamina costs, and it's
considered half its actual speed for determining when their
next action comes; any AP or other effects spent on it,
however, are not regained. They then defend against Rising
Phoenix Blast as a surprise attack, but have a +3 bonus to
any d20 rolls made as part of their defense.
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Against a ranged ninjutsu attack: This can only be used
against targeted, damage-dealing ninjutsu aimed at you, or
any damage-dealing Fuuton ninjutsu which would hit you.
Compare the damage of the two techniques; if the damage of
theirs is higher, subtract Rising Phoenix Blast's damage from
that technique's damage; that is how much you take. If your
technique's damage is higher, it destroys the opponent's
technique, protecting you from it, and your enemy must then
defend against your Rising Phoenix Blast (which does its full
damage normally).
Rising Phoenix Blast's damage is raised by 50% if it
interrupts (or is interrupted by) a Wind Release technique,
and lowered by 50% when interrupting Water Release
techniques.
--( Akuchori Nabe - Devil's
Cooking Pot )--
This technique is known for two things. The first is the
distinctive, raspy sound made when the user exhales the dark
gray cloud of smoke produced by this technique, rather like a
death rattle. The second is being wantonly destructive. Due
to the composition of the cloud's chakra, it ignites at the
outside first, and implodes upon itself, creating a pyroclastic
pressure-cooker effect.
Chakra: 30
Area: 30
Range: 20
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 28
Effects: Any Katon jutsu of C-rank or higher will be
sufficient to ignite the cloud. This increases that technique's
damage by 25% and changes it dice from .extra() to .open(),
and everyone within the cloud's area must defend against it.
If the technique also has an area of effect, add half of the
lower AoE (Akuchori Nabe's or that of the technique which
detonated it) to the full higher one; this is the area for the
new, combined technique.
 Effects: So long as Enjoukon is maintained, the Chakra
--( Jikoku Kasou no Jutsu - Instant costs of all your Katon jutsu are reduced by 5, and their
Cremation Technique )-- damage is increased by 15%. When your Chakra Exhaustion
Arguably the most stylish jutsu in existence, after performing penalty increases from using a Katon technique, it increases
the requisite handseals the user keeps their hands charged by 1 point less than normal (to a minimum of 0). However, the
with chakra (though they do not glow, or burn). From that chakra costs for all your non-Katon elemental ninjutsu are
point on, all they have to do is point at a target and focus for a increased by 5.
few seconds, and a location will erupt in flames. Even after this technique ends, its effects persist for the
While this does make it somewhat difficult to evade, there next 20 IC as your chakra gradually returns to normal.
are several telltale signs (aside from the, you know, pointing).
The area heats up rapidly, and there's a low, rising hum near A-rank
the point where the flash of fire is imminent, as the chakra
being directed there builds and prepares to ignite. --( Katon: Karyuudan - Fire
Chakra: 20 Release: Fire Dragon Bullet )--
Damage: 5d20.open(20 - X) Generally considered to be the pinnacle of how destructive a
Accuracy: +4 technique can be without rendering it useless in a majority of
Range: 25 situations, the user forms a mass of fire in the vague shape of
Special: Ignite X/2 a dragon's head in front of them, and then fires a volley of
Speed: 12 blazing projectiles at their unfortunate target of choice.
Seal Speed: 16
Chakra: 60
Effects: After using Instant Cremation, you gain a special Damage: 60d20.extra(16)
Upkeep. Accuracy: +3
Special Upkeep: As a normal Upkeep, applies a penalty of Range: 60
its value to all Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls; you may Speed: 30
end it as a Speed 0 action, or immediately after using Instant Seal Speed: 30
Cremation. However, it does not have a limit on how high it
may go, and does not interact with Uniques or Wounds which Effects: This technique inflicts Burns of (damage dealt)/50.
affect normal Upkeeps. You may target up to three people with this technique, using
Your special Upkeep has a value of X. X increases by 2 the same Accuracy for each. You can not target the same
each time you use Instant Cremation. So long as X is 2 or person repeatedly to enhance the technique's effect.
greater, Instant Cremation's does not require handseals.
Thus, if you had used Instant Cremation three times, you
would have an Upkeep 6, and your next use of it would deal
4d20.open(12) damage. Regardless of how high X goes,
Instant Cremation may not deal more than 4d20.open(4)
damage.
If you end the Upkeep, and then use Instant Cremation
again, the Upkeep will begin at 0.
--( Enjoukon no Jutsu - Blazing
Soul Technique )--
All ninja learn how to convert their chakra into one of the five
basic elemental natures; doing so is how they perform
elemental ninjutsu. This dangerous, advanced technique
takes that to its (il)logical conclusion. The user converts a
majority of their chakra to fire-elemental.
This offers the obvious advantage of drastically increasing
the efficiency of any jutsu using that chakra--however, doing
so is puts a significant strain upon one's chakra circulatory
system, impeding its normal functioning.
When this technique is maintained, a person's skin is
notably hot to the touch.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 12
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--( Insei Reisai no Jutsu - Meteor
Carnival Technique )--
The go-to jutsu for dispatching swaths of enemies as quickly
as possible, for those who are able to perform it and don't
mind ruining the scenery. Compared to other wide-area
techniques, it has the advantage of, for the most part, being
able to avoid hitting one's allies indiscriminately.
The user launches an incandescent globe of fire into the
sky, where it remains stationary and periodically launches
smaller, roughly pumpkin-sized exploding fireballs across the
battlefield; on impact, they explode!
Chakra: 40
Upkeep: 12
Damage: 24d20.extra(16)
Range: 150
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 35
Effects: A volley of fireballs falls upon the battlefield on the
IC in which you use this technique, and every 20 IC
afterwards so long as you maintain its Upkeep.
This technique uses your base Accuracy for an A-rank
Katon, unmodified by status, wounds, temporary bonuses,
and so on, though penalties from Fatigue do apply. The
ninjutsu damage bonus is equal to yours at the time you use
the technique. Because the attacks are made by the
technique, and not you, you cannot modify them further (such
as with Willpower or AP).
Each volley may target up to (ninjutsu damage bonus)
individuals. Each targeted individual has a fireball fall on
them, and detonate with an Area of (injutsu damage bonus).
Each fireball (including the initial one) is considered a Speed
10 attack, and receives only half your ninjutsu damage bonus.
A single individual may only take damage once per volley; if
you targeted four fireballs at each of four people who were
standing next to each other, they would only need to make
one defense and would, at most, take damage one time.
--( Katon: Ryuujin Bakuha - Fire
Release: Dragon King Blast )--
The pinnacle of wide-area indiscriminate destruction. The
user exhales a cloud of not-quite-invisible vapor with a
metallic taste, which rapidly expands. Once they've finished,
they channel just a small bit of chakra into it, turning the gas
from inert to violently reactive and engulfing the area in a
fireball which has no peer. The user is protected from this
explosion; their friends, however, are not.
Chakra: 45
Damage: 40d20.open(11)
Effects: Burns 15, Ignite 20, Stun 10
Range: 20
Area: Radius of (Damage Bonus)*10 yards.
Speed: 30, Delay 20
Seal Speed: 22
Effects: Every initiative count in the delay, this technique
gains 5% of its damage, radius, and effects. The use of any
Katon jutsu of C-rank or above (or the presence of any person
suffering from an Ignite status of 10 or greater) in this area
will detonate it prematurely.
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If an effect is used which would disperse the gas cloud
(such as the A-rank Fuuton: Kitakaze) during the Delay
period, its damage, range, and effects all reset to 0%; and can
be built back up by continuing it.
You may choose to detonate this when you finish it (in
which case you will probably be in the area of effect; however,
you take only half damage from your own Ryuujin Bakuha), or
not. If not, it'll remain until detonated by the presence of
someone with an Ignite 10, or a Katon jutsu of C-rank or
above.
Ryuujin Bakuha inflicts an Energy wound, and two Blunt
wounds of the same severity. If it's used in a confined space
(such as indoors, or in a cave) it does an additional
10d20.open(16) damage, and its effects are raised to Burns
25, Ignite 25, and Stun 20.
--( Sunde Bakudan - Living Bomb )--
A technique invented in the middle of the Third Shinobi
World War--and, as the horrors from that era go, it's only
slightly atrocious.
The user molds a mass of volatile fire-elemental chakra
and, rather than forming it into a jutsu, injects it directly into
a foe. The chakra will last a few minutes at most, before
surging through their chakra coils violently and turning them
into the catalyst for a powerful explosion.
It saw extensive use for taking out medics who'd rush to
the battlefield to retrieve injured comrades, only to be killed
or wounded in the ensuing explosion.
Chakra: 35, raised to 50 if it hits
Damage: 25d20.open(11)
Range: Touch
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: Whoever you hit with this technique becomes a
living bomb! When you place this technique, you also set a
timer, between 1 and (your Chakra Control skill ranks)*5 IC.
At that point, they will detonate. The initial attack itself does
not deal damage.
You may also perform a Speed 5, Seal Speed 20 action to
detonate someone immediately.
When a person is detonated, they make a Chakra 30 roll;
whether they pass or fail has no effect on the technique,
though as normal they might advance in Fatigue.
The explosion itself is Area 25. The bomb themselves may
not defend against it, though anyone else can. The technique's
damage is considered 25% higher for the purposes of
wounding the bomb.
--( Maru o Moyashi no Jutsu -
Burning Circle Technique )--
Popular among bounty-hunting ninja, this technique creates a
circular wall of flame surrounding an area. While it's by no
means impregnable, attempting to charge through a virtually-
solid sheet of chakra-fueled fire tends to have the expected
result. It's useful both for ensuring an opponent won't run
away (or making them pay for trying to do so), and for keeping
an adversary isolated from the battle.
Chakra: 45
Upkeep: 8
Damage: 40d20.extra(6)
Range: 40
Radius: Up to (ninjutsu damage bonus) * 5
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 26
Effects: This creates a circular wall of flame centered on a
location within range, with the listed radius. The wall itself is
1 yard thick, and (ninjutsu damage bonus) * 3 yards tall.
Anyone who crosses the wall takes the listed damage, as
well as an Ignite equal to the user's ninjutsu damage bonus,
and a Burn equal to twice the user's ninjutsu damage bonus.
It uses the Speed it was performed at to determine the
damage from its user's ninjutsu damage bonus. As it does not
constitute an attack at that point, defensive Interrupts can't be
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 Raiton Jutsu
--( Juude - Electric Charge )--
E-rank Rubbing your hands together you create a large electrical
--( Rashinban no Jutsu - Compass charge, which only needs the slightest touch to be delivered,
Technique )-- and will temporarily energize the opponent with an amount
of lightning-elemented chakra.
It's about what it sounds like. The user channels lightning-
elemental chakra into a needle, or kunai, or similar-sized and Chakra: 10
-shaped object, which will then, when laid flat (sometimes Range: Melee
requiring a few taps to help it along) point towards magnetic Speed: 6
north. Seal Speed: 6
Chakra: 5 Effects: This 'charges' an opponent, and gives the next
Speed: 4 ranged Raiton technique used against them an Accuracy
Seal Speed: 12 bonus of +1, plus the severity of any Paralysis they have.
Thus, when using Raiton against someone with Juude and
Effects: Allows a single kunai or senbon to be used as a Paralysis 3 you'd have a +4 Accuracy bonus.
compass for 6 hours or until used in an attack. It's not quite
perfect, but it's good enough for most uses. --( Jinrai no Jutsu - Thunderclap
--( Shougeki Heki - Shocking Burst Technique )--
)-- The user puts both hands together, forming a miniature
thunder bolt between his hands, splitting the air and forming
Holding a hand out there is a pulse of electricity. This isn't an extremely loud BANG, which is rather startling when your
nearly enough to kill anyone, but it definitely hurts. a few inches from it, and not expecting it. It has the added
Chakra: 10 benefits of temporarily deafening the opponent.
Damage: 2d10 Chakra: 14
Range: 10 Range: 10 radius around user
Speed: 4 Special: Stun 3
Seal Speed: 6 Speed: 10
Effects: This inflicts Paralyze 1 for 20 IC. It can target Seal Speed: 8
either a single person, or everyone within the range. If the Effects: The Stun's severity is doubled if its victims fail a
latter, it does not penalize dodges as a regular area of effect status roll.
technique would.
Shocking Burst's Speed may not be reduced below 4. --( Shinkei Attou no Jutsu - Nerve
Overloading Technique )--
D-rank You send a 'spark' of chakra into an enemy, stimulating any
--( Shuurai - Lightning Strike )-- electrical chakra already in their system and sending them
You focus energy to the tips of your fingers on either hand, into several seconds of agonizing convulsions.
then point at an opponent, releasing a reasonably sized bolt Chakra: 16
of electricity. This is nothing like real lightning, but it looks Range: 15
similar! Speed: 8
Chakra: 15 Seal Speed: 8
Damage: 2d6*3d4 Effects: This has +3 Accuracy per level of Paralysis on the
Range: 20 target. It ends all Raiton-induced Paralysis effects on them,
Speed: 10 and inflicts them with a Stun equal to 5 per severity of the
Seal Speed: 12 highest Paralysis removed. Thus, someone suffering from
Effects: This inflicts Paralysis 1 for 20 IC if its target fails a Paralysis 4 would be Stunned for 20 IC.
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--( Kyousou Ikazuchi no Jutsu -
Racing Thunder Technique )--
By pumping your legs full of lightning chakra, you raise your
muscle's response time, and their power as well.
Unfortunately, this is all focused in just your legs.
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 6
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: Your AGI is treated as 25% higher for the purposes
of movement.
Additionally, you may choose to declare a Speed X move
action, where X may be up to your bonus to Stamina rolls.
Unlike normal movement (which is handled on an IC-by-IC
basis), the movement for this action is resolved immediately.
However, moving this way has a Stamina cost equal to the
number of yards you travel. You may not reduce this action's
Speed by spending AP.
--( Kaminari no Yaiba - Lightning
Blade )--
With a quick burst of lightning natured chakra, you force it
through a metallic weapon and into your enemy, usually
during some sort of attack. This is a burst of energy, rather
than a proper chakra flow technique.
Chakra: 15
Stamina: As Weapon
Damage: As Weapon
Range: As Weapon
Speed: As Weapon+5
Effects: This ignores half of any opponent's damage
reduction (if any). This attack counts as a taijutsu attack with
your NDB in place of your PDB, and causes the attack to be
treated as a melee-ranged Raiton technique (for determining
the efficacy of jutsu-based defenses and the like).
If this is parried by a metal weapon, or unarmed (if the
person has an ability to let them do so), the attack still inflicts
20% damage. If blocked, the blocking has its effect reduced
by 10% (from 50% to 40%, and so forth).
To use this with a ranged weapon, you need 1 yard of ninja
wire attached to the weapon (which it can be assumed you
did in preparation, or as you perform the technique). For
multi-throws, this can rapidly become an awful lot of wire.
C-rank
--( Raikyuu - Lightning Ball )--
Charging up electricity between two weapons, you harness it
into a ball and then fire it at your enemies, the ball exploding
out once it makes contact with anything.
Chakra: 22
Damage: 100
Accuracy: +2
Range: 15
Speed: 22
Effects: This inflicts Paralysis 2 for 20 IC, and requires you
to have a metal weapon in each hand. This also hits anyone
within 3 yards of the target.
--( Kanden Satsujin - Electric
Murder )--
You hold out your palms toward the enemy and discharge
huge amounts of lightning chakra, searing the flesh of your
enemy.
Chakra: 17
Damage: 30d2
Range: 6
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: If this technique is the last attack you used, and you
haven't performed any handseals since the last time you used
it, its does not require handseals.
When used consecutively, add half the damage of all
previous consecutive uses for the purpose of determining
wounds. For example, say you dealt 60, then 40, then 50
damage with it. This would deal a total of ( 60 + 50 + 40 ) 150
damage. Each consecutive use also increases its Chakra cost
by 1.
For determining if you wounded your opponent, the first
technique would be treated as 60 damage, the second as (40
+ 60/2) 70, and the third as (50 + 60/2 + 40/2) 100.
--( Kangekiha - Wave of Inspiration
)--
Focusing a great amount of lightning chakra into their hands,
the user then places them on or near something that will
conduct the attack into their opponent. Be it something metal,
something wet, or whatever, as long as there is a conductive
material, there will be a target who is hit!
Chakra: 20
Damage: 2d8*5d4
Accuracy: -8
Range: 40
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 16
Effects: If this is used on a conductive surface (such as a
metal pipe, or the surface of a lake) that your opponent is in
contact with, its Accuracy penalty is removed and your
damage bonus is doubled.
If someone was hit by a Suiton ninjutsu in the past 15 IC,
this technique's Accuracy penalty is reduced to -2, but your
damage bonus is not increased.
For every point of Paralysis a target is suffering from, the
Accuracy penalty is reduced by 2; however, if this hits their
Paralysis status is ended.
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 Avenging Lightning God's damage is increased by 10% for
--( Taiyouken - Solar Flare )-- every 1 point of Paralyze the attacker is afflicted by.
Blinds opponents who don't know to close their eyes. Not Additionally, anyone damaged by this move is afflicted by a
affected by doujutsu which bypass visibility penalties, and Paralyze 1 status for 40 IC. If they hit you again while still
may in fact temporarily shut them down. suffering from it, its severity is raised by 1.
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Chakra: 15
Range: 20
Special: Interrupt B-rank
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 10 --( Raijuu Hashiri no Jutsu -
Lightning Beast Running
Effects: This inflicts a -8 visibility penalty on anyone in Technique )--
range. Used as an Interrupt, there is a chance the sudden
flash of light will cause an opponent to miss entirely; treat Charging both your hands with a powerful electric current,
your defense as if you'd rolled a 5 on a dodge attempt, and if you slam them together and expel a creature made of pure
this would allow you to dodge with their visibility penalty, lightning, in whatever form you choose (one of a realistic,
then they simply miss. quadripedal animal). The beast then runs at your enemy,
This negates the effects of any active doujutsu on its connected to your hands by a lightning 'leash' that allows you
victims until its penalty has faded to -4. to redirect the attack if an enemy defends against it.
When you use this technique, you and anyone in range Chakra: 40
make an opposed Initiative roll, with the victims getting a +5 Damage: 4d10*3d4
bonus for each previous time this technique has been used in Range: 40
that combat. If you beat their roll, they're blinded; if not, they Special: Paralysis 2 for 30 IC
managed to close their eyes in time. Speed: 14
The penalty fades at the rate of 1 per 5 IC. Seal Speed: 20
--( Chuubu Gaki no Jutsu - Ghoul Effects: After seeing the result of your opponent's defense,
Paralysis Technique )-- you may choose to make them reroll it. If you do this, they
keep the second result (even if it's better). If you use this
After making contact with an enemy, you send a powerful option, Raijuu Hashiri's damage is halved for the purpose of
pulse of electricity through their body, momentarily determining wounds, and its Paralysis status is removed.
overstimulating their nervous system. For several seconds You may also use the redirect to send the beast after a
afterwards, the recipient of the shock will find their body different target; it still suffers the usual reductions this way.
sluggish and poorly responsive.
While not actual harmful, this is exceptionally painful.
Chakra: 16
Range: Touch
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: This inflicts Paralysis 2 for 20 IC, raised to
Paralysis 4 for 40 IC if the victim fails a status roll.
--( Raiton: Fukushuu Kaminarikami
- Lightning Release: Avenging
Lightning God )--
You divert your chakra to surge across your skin, building up
something akin to a strong static charge. Unlike actual static
electricity, this is incredibly dangerous.
Chakra: 18
Upkeep: 6
Damage: 4d6*2d4
Special: This technique receives only half your damage
bonus.
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: Any time you are struck by an unarmed melee
attack or metallic melee weapon, this technique 'discharges'.
Your attack deals its damage as a result of their attack, and
you must make its Chakra roll again.

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--( Raiton Bunshin no Jutsu -
Lightning Release Clone
Technique )--
This technique creates a power, not-quite-fully independent
copy of yourself. They're capable of bringing substantial force
to bear in combat, but lack enough physical cohesion to
survive being hit in combat. Of course, striking a ball of
animated lightning tends to be bad for one's health.
Chakra: 15, +5 per clone
Damage: 100*1d3
Range: Melee
Special: Paralysis 4 for 30 IC
Speed: 8, +4 per clone
Seal Speed: 12, +4 per clone
Requires: Bunshin no Jutsu
Effects: You can create up to two clones. These function
like regular bunshin, but may take the actions listed below.
Additionally, anyone who destroys a Lightning Clone with a
melee attacks takes this technique's damage automatically.
Lightning Clones are all at Fatigue 0; if they ever reach
Fatigue 1, they are destroyed.
[X AP] Move: Your clones can move, where X is the Speed
of the Move action.
[4 AP] Basic Unarmed: A basic unarmed attack, using your
attributes.
[X AP] Basic Weapon: You may transfer any number of
weapons to your Raiton Bunshin when you create them. They
may attack with those weapons, using your abilities. X is half
the Speed of the attack.
[X AP] Multi-Throw: Should be self-explanatory. X is half
the Speed of the multi-throw.
[X AP] Raiton Ninjutsu: The clone must first perform the
handseals, at the regular speed, costing AP equal to half the
technique's modified Seal Speed. It then costs X AP, where X
is half the technique's Speed. They cannot, however, use
Raiton Bunshin.
When Lightning Clones attack, their actions are always
considered to be Held Back, as per the ability in Chapter 5,
even if you do not have the Hold Back ability. This means they
use only half your damage bonus for dealing damage, and the
severity of wounds they inflict is reduced by one category.
Lightning Clones use your base Stamina and Chakra
Exhaustion bonuses, as if they were a Fatigue 0 version of
you without any temporary benefits (such as having eaten a
Soldier Pill before creating them). If a clone fails a Fatigue
roll, it vanishes just as if it had been struck.
--( Gian - False Darkness )--
After completing the handseals the user forms a large, spear-
shaped bolt of lightning which can be directed at distant
targets. One of this technique's advantages is its ability to be
used in rapid succession, allowing for rapid long-range
bombardment.
Chakra: 40
Damage: 75*1d6
Range: 60
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 35
Effects: Once the technique's seals have been completed,
you may repeatedly use Gian at Seal Speed 0 as long as you
take no other ninjutsu or non-Interrupt actions. Thus, you
could dodge, but not punch, and not used a ninjutsu-based
defense.
--( Raiton: Shichuu Shibari -
Lightning Release: Four Pillar Bind
)--
Four pillars of rock, each about twenty feet tall, are
summoned around an enemy (don't ask how that works for a
lightning jutsu). Lightning arcs between the pillars, flooding
the area with electricity. While the damage done by this
technique is fairly mild, it can easily immobilize someone
within the area.
Chakra: 45
Upkeep: 5
Damage: 2d8*3d4
Range: CHA /2
Area: 25 x 25 square
Special: Paraylsis 5, Immobilize 8
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: This technique inflicts its statuses on anyone other
than the user who is within its area. They do not end until the
victim has managed to leave. This technique lasts for 60 IC,
or until you end the Upkeep, whichever comes sooner.

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 --( Tesura Karui - Tesla Minor )--
This generates a semi-stable mass of lightning chakra which
you can physically throw. It'll 'stick' to the first surface it
comes into contact with (people are not surfaces). Once
placed the ball is stationary, a bright and crackling
hemisphere of chakra. Anyone unfortunate enough to wander
into range will receive a face-full of electricity.
Chakra: 35
Upkeep: 3
Damage: 100
Range: 20
Special: Paralysis 2, for 30 IC
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: This creates a ball of energy within range on some
surface. When it's created, and every 25 IC afterwards, the
ball emits bolts of lightning at everyone within CHA /2 yards.
Each bolt of a lightning is a separate attack.
The ball has 10 'charges'; it can attack 10 times, and then it
expires. It will not attack you, and you can specify up to
(Chakra Control)/10 other people who it will ignore. The ball
can be attacked, and is destroyed if it takes 100 damage.
Melee attacks against it cause it to discharge against the
attacker.
This technique uses your base Accuracy for an B-rank
Raiton, unmodified by status, wounds, temporary bonuses,
and so on, though penalties from Fatigue do apply. The
ninjutsu damage bonus is equal to yours at the time you use
the technique. Because the attacks are made by the
technique, and not you, you cannot modify them further (such
as with Willpower or AP).
--( Hiyaku Raikoui - Chain
Lightning )--
You hold out your fingers and fire a focused bolt of lightning
which then, after striking the target, goes to find a new target,
then another, amplifying itself each time it passes through
someone's chakra circulatory system.
Chakra: 40
Damage: 7d6*1d10
Range: 50
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 18
Effects: This has an Accuracy bonus equal to the severity of
Paralysis its target is suffering from, +1 for every previous
target it's hit. After hitting one person it can then 'jump' to any
other target within half the original range from its most
recent victim, doing 10% more damage for each target
previously hit.
Anyone struck by this technique has their Paralysis status
raised by 1, and its duration increased by 5 iC. A person can
only be hit by a single use of this technique once.
The maximum number of targets a single activation of
Chain Lightnin can hit is equal to your Ninjutsu Damage
Bonus.
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A-rank
--( Kouken Rairyuu - Guardian
Lightning Dragon )--
Harnessing a great amount of chakra, you create a field of
lightning that swirls around you and coalesces into the
crackling outline of an electric dragon. From there you can
keep it at the ready, or attack an unfortunate foe immediately.
Chakra: 54
Damage: 5d8*6d6
Range: 80
Special: Paralysis 3 for 30 IC
Speed: 26
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: When you use this technique, you may choose to
lower its Chakra cost by 10. If you do so, rather than
launching at your opponents the lightning dragon takes shape
coiling around you.
It will automatically attack the first person to move within
10 yards of you (it will not, however, trigger this effect if you
move closer to them), with +4 Accuracy. If they fail a status
roll, its Paralysis effect will also be double.
You may also launch the dragon at any time while it's still
around, as a Chakra 35, Speed 14 action, using 14 rather
than 26 as its base speed.
--( Tenchu - Wrath of Heaven )--
This technique earns its name. As the handseals are
completed electricity will begin to arc along the user's body
and wisps of dark smoke will rise from them, a result of the
overwhelming, uncontainable amounts of chakra this jutsu
requires.
That chakra is converted directly into electricity and
released in a blast every bit as devastatingly powerful as a
genuine bolt of lightning.
Chakra: 70
Damage: 5d8 5d6 2d4.takeHighest(1)
Range: 100
Area: 5
Special: Paralysis 5 for 50 IC
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 50
Effects: This hits everything in a line ten yards across (its
area), and up to one hundred yards long (i.e. anything
between the user and the max range). The effectiveness of
partial defense is doubled against this technique: for every 1
point it hits by, it deals 10% damage.
After rolling damage for Tenchu, you may spend a point of
Willpower to reroll it and take the higher of the two results.
This may only be done once per attack, and only if you did not
spend Willpower to improve Tecnhu's Accuracy.

--( Juurokuchuu Shibari - Sixteen
Pillar Bind )--
Just as the four pillar bind, this surrounds the area, though
this time it's a bit more solid. After creating a large, oven-like
structure it then electrocutes the entire area inside, frying the
contents and hopefully making it hard for them to escape.
Chakra: 58
Upkeep: 14
Damage: 2d12*3d6
Range: 120
Area: 100
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 35
Effects: This is a 25 x 25 AoE, inside a 50 x 50, inside a 75
x 75, inside a 100 x 100; thus, it's 25 yards from the edge of
one layer to the next. For each layer a person is inside they
suffer -2 Immobilize and 1 Paralyze.
Juurokuchuu Shibari receives only half your ninjutsu
damage bonus.
Thus, someone at the center would be at -8 Immobilize and
Paralyze 4, until they managed to run 25 yards; then they'd be
at -6 Immobilize and Paralyze 3, and so forth.
This lasts so long as you maintain its upkeep. You are
immune to its effects.
--( Tesura Shousa - Tesla Major )--
Filling both of your arms with an intense and energetic
lightning chakra, you throw it out onto a surface. This time,
instead of a small ball being produced as in Tesla Minor there
is a great spire of electricity that stays in place, pulsating with
energy. These usually tower over a battlefield and electrocute
anything that comes within range.
Chakra: 50
Upkeep: 10
Damage: 500
Range: 50
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: The creates a vertical spire of energy on an
appropriate surface, CHA/4 yards tall.
When created, and every 20 IC afterwards, this shocks
anyone except you within (CHA)*3/4 yards. You may
designate up to (Chakra Control)/5 other people who will not
be targeted by the spire. This attack receives an Accuracy
bonus equal to the severity of the Paralysis status on its
target(s) (meaning that different people may have to defend
against different accuracies).
The spire has an unlimited number of charges, and 1000
HP. It takes double damage from Fuuton, half from Doton,
and if struck by a melee-range attack it immediately
discharges against the attacker.
You may 'store' uses of Tesla Minor in the spire, up to a
maximum of CHA/20. These will all discharge at the same
time as the spire, gaining its range but keeping their own
damage. For each simultaneous Tesla strike from the spire
(be it a Minor or Major) that strikes someone, they suffer a
Paralysis 1; if the spire and three Minors inside of it all hit
somebody, that person would suffer a Paralysis 4. This lasts
for 10 IC per severity of the Paralysis.
This technique uses your base Accuracy for an A-rank
Katon, unmodified by status, wounds, temporary bonuses,
and so on, though penalties from Fatigue do apply. The
ninjutsu damage bonus is equal to yours at the time you use
the technique. Because the attacks are made by the
technique, and not you, you cannot modify them further (such
as with Willpower or AP).
--( Raitama - Ball Lightning )--
Upon completion of the handseals the user forms a ball of
raw, condensed lightning chakra between their palms, then
encases it in a more stable 'shell' made from hundreds of
interwoven chakra strands, creating a mesh-like barrier that
prevents the inner chakra from dissipating.
After that, they can either leave the resulting ball of chakra
hovering where it was made or hide it inside some
appropriately sized physical object, typically the ground,
where it will lie in wait until someone comes close enough to
trigger the mine. When they do, it seeks them out and
detonates on contact.
Chakra: 40
Upkeep: 8
Damage: 300
Range: 60
Speed: 50
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: The mine must be placed within melee range. The
technique's actual range can, if you wish, be set lower than
60. Whenever someone other than you enters this range, they
immediately become the target of a Sneak Attack from this
jutsu; the ball of lightning soars towards them without
warning.
This can be left sitting in the opponent (as an effective
deterrent), or submerged into any available surface (the floor,
the walls). If you are within the maximum range (even if you
reduced the attack range), you can prevent the ball from
activating by concentrating on it (though you'd typically need
line of sight to know if this is necessary).
If this is hidden inside some object, it cannot be detected
without the use of a chakra-detecting doujutsu (such as
Byakugan).
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 --( Shimeshi Ryouiki - Dampening
Field )--
Concentrating your chakra, you project an invisible, wide-
area dome of chakra. Maintaining its stability requires you to
stay practically immobile at its center, but the effects are
virtually impossible to circumvent without finding the
originator.
Anyone who enters the field will instantly notice its
presence--their hair will start to stand on end, and most
objects will begin building a static charge.
Chakra: 50
Upkeep: 10
Range: Self
Area: CHA *10
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 50
Effects: You can move up to four yards from your original
location while maintaining this technique; moving (or being
forcibly moved) any further causes it to end.
Within the field, all chakra-based sensing (such as
Byakugan's vision, chakra-sensory ninja, and the Yurokensei
technique) has a -20 penalty. Electronic and electrical devices
in this area are useless. The dampening also interferes with
other lightning-based chakra, reducing the damage of all
Raiton in its range to 80%.
Finally, the large amounts of ambient lightning chakra
interferes with earth-based chakra. Doton techniques in this
area have their damage reduced by 25%, and their Chakra
costs and Upkeeps (if relevant) increased by 4.
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Suiton Ninjutsu
You use Splash!
E-rank Chakra: 5
--( Suisaishuu no Jutsu - Water- Speed: 4
Gathering Technique )-- Seal Speed: 2
No matter its advantages, it can't be denied that water suffers Effects: Nothing happens!
from one potentially crippling flaw: water is, in most __
environments, not widely available in the quantities needed
for prolonged used of suiton jutsu. D-rank
This technique partially circumvents that problem by
gathering water scattered around the battlefield and using it --( Suiton: Teppoudama - Water
as part of a technique. Release: Liquid Bullet )--
Chakra: +5 The user kneads chakra and converts it into water inside
Speed: 0 their stomach, then spits it out in the form of a dense, chakra-
Seal Speed: +4 propelled ball. Its greatest boon to suiton users is that it can
Effects: This is used to supplement a technique which uses be used in an area without any preexisting water.
water, and increases that technique's Seal Speed by 4 and Chakra: 12
Chakra cost by 5. You may use any water that's previously Damage: 6d8+15
been used in the battle to fuel your technique. Range: 12
For example, you and your opponent both enter battle with Speed: 10
a 4 gallon gourd. Your opponent begins by using a water Seal Speed: 9
ninjutsu which requires 4 gallons of water. You then use an 8-
gallon technique of your own, combined with Suisaishuu, to Effects: This adds 3 gallons of water to the battlefield every
use the (previously-expended) 4 gallons and your own 4 time it's used.
gallons.
--( Takigakure Ryu, Mizukiri no
--( Mizudama no Jutsu - Water Yaiba - Hidden Waterfall Style,
Sphere Technique )-- Water-Cutting Blade )--
The user gathers the water used in this technique in front of Originally developed by the Hidden Waterfall village, this
them as they perform the handseals, and then directs it at an technique has since spread into wider use. The first half of
opponent as a high-speed projectile. the name is generally dropped, though some choose to keep it
Chakra: 5 out of respect. The jutsu creates a blade out of water, kept as
Damage: 2d8 strong as most metals by the chakra infusing it.
Accuracy: +2 Chakra: 10
Range: 15 Upkeep: 1
Speed: 7 Speed: 4
Seal Speed: 4 Seal Speed: 8
Requires: 2 gallons of water Requires: 4 gallons of water
--( Mizuhane - Water Splash )-- Effects: You acquire a sword, with the appropriate
You strike the ground with your foot, and cause a spray of attributes for any of the ones in the Equipment chapter.
water to splash up between you and an attacker. It's not Attacks with this sword use your physical or ninjutsu damage
terribly practical, but it does provide about a quarter-second bonus, whichever you prefer. The water used in this
of a distraction. technique cannot be reused (via Suisaishuu no Jutsu) so long
as the sword is maintained. This sword lasts until you let go
Chakra: 5 of it.
Special: Interrupt You may perform handseals while holding this sword, but
Speed: +3 doing so increases the Seal Speed by 6, unless you can form
Seal Speed: 4 seals one-handed.
Requires: 4 gallons of water
Effects: This is used alongside a Dodge action, and
provides it with a +3 bonus. It may be used with ambient
("already spent") water, without needing to gather it via Water
Gathering Technique.
--( Haneru - Splash )--
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--( Kirigakure no Jutsu - Hidden
Mist Technique )--
This technique was once a specialty of the village it's named
after, but has since fallen into wider use. The user diffuses a
large quantity of water into the air, mixing their chakra with it
to create a thick, oppressive mist.
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 4
Area: 50 yard radius
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 10
Requires: 20 gallons of water
Effects: This imposes a -8 visibility penalty to everyone in
the area. After you stop paying the upkeep, the mist's penalty
fades at a rate of 1 per 10 IC.
--( Suiton: Namerakana Amamizu -
Water Release: Rainwater Slick )--
The user splashes a small area with water, infusing it with
their chakra. This layer of chakra causes the water to support
a person's weight for just long enough that when it gives out,
they'll risk slipping and falling embarrassingly. Anything
coated in this is, similarly, hard to hold on to.
Chakra: 12
Range: 25
Area: 15
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 9
Effects: Make a Chakra Control roll when you first lay
down this technique, with a +5 bonus.
Anyone who moves while in this area must make an
Athletics check against that number or be tripped (as per the
E-rank Taijutsu move). Alternately, they may move at half
speed and bypass that. Someone able to walk on water can
move at only three-quarters speed, and still not risk tripping.
--( Mizutamari no Jutsu - Pool of
Water Technique )--
A moderately advanced technique is the appropriately named
water-walking technique; molding chakra below one's feet to
'stand' on patches of water without any actual expenditure of
energy, and, once it's perfected, only minimal concentration.
This technique builds upon that concept, creating a 'cushion'
of static, almost-solid water beneath each foo that the ninja
stands on to avoid direct contact with the ground.
Chakra: 8
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 6
Seal Speed: 8
Requires: 2 gallons of water, 8 Chakra Control
Effects: The water used in this technique is considered part
of its upkeep; that is, it can't be altered, reused, or stolen by
other people, or yourself, while this technique is maintained
(due to your chakra in it!).
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You reduce any immobilization penalties due to the
condition of the ground you're crossing by 4, and ignore any
other mechanical effects (such as damage for walking across
caltrops) if they're C-rank or lower; if they're B-rank above,
you instead halve them. This does mean that you are not
directly in contact with the ground (for the purposes of, say,
the Doton jutsu Shindou and Yurokensei).
--( Gyoushuu no Tebukuro - Gloves
of Cohesion )--
You mold chakra around your palms to maintain a thick film
of water around them, similar to how it's possible for a ninja
with excellent chakra control to stand on walls, or, well, water.
This uses an extension of that sort of chakra control, using
the water film as a medium to latch on to other people.
Chakra: 8
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 6
Seal Speed: 5
Requires: 1 gallon of water, 10 Chakra Control
Effects: This gives you a +4 bonus to all grapple checks you
make, for any purpose other than escaping a grapple. This
technique can be used without handseals, though doing this
changes it to Speed 10.
--( Mekkyaku - Extinguishment )--
It was recently discovered that covering oneself in water is a
highly effective countermeasure to being on fire! Thus, this
technique: An alternative to the ever-popular "stop, drop, and
roll", the ninja drenches themselves or a nearby object in
water.
Chakra: 10
Speed: 6
Seal Speed: 6
Requires: X gallons of water, X Chakra control
Effects: This reduces any Ignite penalties you are suffering
from by X/2. You have control over the water used in this
technique for the next (Chakra Control)*2 IC, as if you'd
carried it into battle with you via a gourd or something
similar, or until you use it in a jutsu.

C-rank
--( Suiton: Suikoudan - Water
Release: Water Shark Blast )--
After creating the handseals, you launch water in projectile
form at an opponent. Some ninja like to etch the outline of a
shark's head into the end of this projectile; others, who
believe that being a ninja is very serious business, prefer to
omit that part of the technique. Experienced users can even
use this to allow themselves to fly quickly through the water,
while protecting themselves with the might of the tearing
shark.
Chakra: 15
Damage: 8d12+45
Range: 20
Speed: 13
Seal Speed: 12
Requires: 8 gallons of water
Effects: This technique travels in a line from you to its
target (or its maximum range). You may move to any location
along that line as part of this technique, unhindered by
anything which would normally prevent you from moving.
--( Suiton: Mizurappa - Water
Release: Violent Water Wave )--
Inhaling a large amount of air and performing the necessary
seals, the user will expel a copious amount of water from
his/her mouth. The wave of water produced will slam against
it's opponent and can then be utilized for other techniques.
Chakra: 16
Damage: 6d10+30
Range: 15
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: This technique adds 5 gallons of water to the
battlefield every time it's used.
--( Suiton: Suiben - Water Release:
Water Whip )--
This creates, as its name suggests, a whip made from water
which is held together by chakra. Aside from being a fairly
useful weapon, it can prove useful for binding enemies, as the
user can direct its motions with their chakra.
Chakra: 12
Range: 10
Speed: 6 to create
Seal Speed: 11
Requires: 6 gallons of water
Effects: You may attack with the whip, which is a Speed 10
action, Range 8, Damage 6d10, Chakra 12 and uses the
higher of your physical or ninjutsu damage bonus. You must
keep one hand on the whip at all times, or it will break apart
into so much water.
As a separate Speed 10 action, you may use the whip to
grab hold of someone, as per the E-rank Grapple technique.
You use your CHA rather than your STR for grapple checks
using the whip. Your opponent is considered to be 'grappling'
the whip. Although they cannot attack it directly, the whip has
(your CHA)/2 HP, and can be attacked (or suffer from being
struck by an AoE) by outside sources. The whip being
destroyed ends the grapple. Your whip cannot be attacked if it
is not being used to grapple someone. The victim cannot shift
this grapple, only break it.
You can then proceed to perform any valid Grapple
techniques which you know, of C-rank or below, using your
CHA in place of your STR. This is accomplished by using
your chakra to reshape the whip. The following techniques
may not be used by the whip: Headbutt, Suplex, Pressure
Point.
You may still perform handseals while holding the whip,
but it increases their seal speed by 8 unless you have the
ability to perform handseals one-handed.
Additionally, you may direct Raiton techniques through the
whip. This may be done with techniques of E- and D-rank. It
may done with a C-rank technique, but doing so destroys the
whip in the process. These techniques cannot miss.
--( Suiton: Mizuame Nabara - Water
Release: Syrup Capture Field )--
The user converts chakra into water, and infuses it with
enough chakra to alter its composition, making it extremely
viscous. They then spit it out in a stream of sticky, highly
adhesive liquid.
Chakra: 15 + X
Upkeep: 4
Range: 25
Area: 5 + X
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: This covers a circular area, and its cost may be
increased to widen that area's radius. If a person has the
ability to walk on water, they may cross this area without
difficulty.
However, if someone is forced into it (such as by being
pushed back by certain jutsu), or is already in the area (i.e. it's
targeting them and they fail to dodge), they are stuck in the
syrup. Anyone in the area suffers a -4 immobilization penalty,
and additionally has their movement speed halved.
This jutsu's effects persist even after the upkeep stops
being paid. However, so long as the upkeep is maintained, the
user may control the syrup enough to have it try to 'grab'
anyone using water-walking to cross it unaffected; if the
attack hits, the person is stuck in the syrup as if they weren't
using water-walking. This is a Speed 6 action, with a Chakra
cost of 10.
Due to the alterations to this water to make it highly
viscous, it cannot be used later to fuel other suiton
techniques.
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--( Mizu Souzou no Jutsu - Water
Creation Technique )--
You convert raw chakra into pure water. This technique is
popular among serious users of suiton techniques, as it lets
them avoid picking and choosing their battles so carefully,
and allows them to eschew the practice of carrying around
large gourds of water (which, in addition to giving away their
specialty, are unpleasantly heavy).
Chakra: 5 + 2 * X
Speed: 4
Seal Speed: X
Effects: You create X gallons of water. This may be used
alongside a technique, in which case its speed is 0, and its
cost and seal speed are added to that technique's, and it
contributes directly to that techniques gallons requirement. It
may also be used alone, in which case the created water is
deposited on the battlefield (and must be gathered via a
method such as Suisaishuu).
--( Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu - Water
Clone Technique )--
An advanced form of the standard Bunshin no Jutsu, this
creates clones out of water. Since they're solid (well,
relatively) these clones can be used to perform tasks the user
is unable or unwilling to do for themselves. While they're
weaker than their user, they can still prove dangerous in
combat.
Chakra: 10, +3 per clone
Speed: 6, +1 per clone
Seal Speed: 4, +2 per clone
Requires: 4 gallons per clone
Effects: These function like normal clones, but you may
direct them to take actions by spending your AP. They may
use basic unarmed attacks, or basic weapon attacks
(weapons can be added to clones when they're created for 1
gallon per 5 dice of weaponry). These clones use your regular
attributes, but use your ninjutsu damage bonus as their
physical damage bonus. A water clone which takes damage
from any source is destroyed.
[1 AP] Dodge, or Parry.
[Variable AP] Move: The clone may move around the
battlefield. This costs 1 AP per 2 IC it spends moving.
[Variable AP] The clone may make any basic unarmed or
weapon attack, by paying 1 AP per 2 Speed of that action.
[10 AP] The clone can use itself to create a water prison
(as per Suiton: Suirou no Jutsu). This is considered a Speed
14 action, and you must pay the Chakra cost. These water
prisons require no additional water; the clone remains
present, but can take no other non-defensive actions, while
maintaining them. They last for 5 + (your Chakra Control
ranks) IC, after which the clone expires and the prison ends;
if you go to the prison you can take it over, and from then on
must keep one hand in contact with it as per the normal rules
for that technique. When the prison ends, the clone is
destroyed.
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When Water Clones attack, their actions are always
considered to be Held Back, as per the ability in Chapter 5,
even if you do not have the Hold Back ability. This means they
use only half your damage bonus for dealing damage, and the
severity of wounds they inflict is reduced by one category.
Water Clones use your base Stamina and Chakra
Exhaustion bonuses, as if they were a Fatigue 0 version of
you without any temporary benefits (such as having eaten a
Soldier Pill before creating them). If a clone fails a Fatigue
roll, it vanishes just as if it had been struck.
--( Mizugakure no Jutsu - Hidden in
Water Technique )--
The user sinks into a shallow pool of water, much too little to
actually fit a person (it's ninja magic, don't ask questions),
where they'll be able to easily lie in wait for a target to pass
by, or spy on someone who might be near.
Chakra: 18
Upkeep: 5
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: Performing this jutsu requires a sizable puddle (at
least two gallons worth if you're pouring out the water, though
if there was recent rainfall, it's assumed you can find such a
puddle without much difficulty). If at least 50 gallons of water
have been used in a fight, it's assumed there's enough water
around somewhere to use this.
You can hide (assuming you meet one of the normal three
requirements for hiding), and immediately enter Stealth 3
when hidden. If an opponent does not have a reason to
suspect you're there (i.e. this isn't being done in-combat) you
have a +5 Stealth bonus. You have awareness equivalent to
being able to look out of the pool as if it's a window.
The puddle being destroyed or evaporated, or washed away
in more water, results in you being harmlessly ejected.
Notably, this can only be used in puddles; anything more
than a few inches deep probably doesn't qualify. If it's an
actual pond, or lake, or the like, it's not a valid target.
--( Suiton: Suirou no Jutsu - Water B-rank
Release: Water Prison Technique )- --( Suiton: Suigadan - Water
- Release: Water Fang Bullet )--
The user gathers the chakra around their hand, and forms the This move forms multiple pressurized, spiralling columns of
required water into a sphere which encloses its victim. Due to water that have a drill-like ability to pierce and destroy their
the density of the chakra used in this technique, the water is target. As this attack can originate from any body of water
stronger than steel. It is not, however, airtight. (rather than being shot directly from the attacker), in the right
Yeah, don't ask how that works. We don't know either. environments this has a 360 degree range of attack, making it
Chakra: 18 incredibly difficult to defend against adequately.
Upkeep: 6 Chakra: 34
Speed: 12 Damage: 10d20+60
Seal Speed: 14 Range: 35
Requires: 12 gallons of water Speed: 14
Effects: If this jutsu strikes, the victim is trapped inside a Seal Speed: 16
sphere of water. People inside cannot take actions, but they Requires: 22 gallons
also cannot be affected by anything outside the prison; yes, Effects: If there are at least 50 gallons of water on the
that's right, the water can even stop giant swords. It makes battlefield (or one is, say, over a lake, river, or other body of
sense, honestly, we promise, somehow. water), this technique is automatically a Surprise Attack, and
Anyone with a Chakra Control skill of 5 or above is able to the water it uses does not have to be gathered in advance.
mold the chakra around them to allow themselves to siphon This technique inflicts Piercing wounds.
air through the prison, meaning they can still talk and
breathe. Anything with less, however, adds a Suffocation 1
status every 10 IC. --( Suiton: Suiryuudan - Water
To maintain the water prison, you must keep one hand on Release: Water Dragon Blast )--
it. Dodging requires you to end the effect; if you take damage, This technique shapes a large amount of water into a giant,
you must make a Chakra Control check against (damage dragon-shaped projectile which seeks out and crashes into
taken)/10 or the prison ends. Although you can't move, you whoever you direct it at. What it lacks for in complexity, it
can still take most other actions that are possible one-handed makes up for by being a highly effective tool in any suiton-
while maintaining the prison's upkeep. using shinobi's arsenal.
--( Umi no Tate no Jutsu - Ocean Chakra: 33
Shield Technique )-- Damage: 14d20+140
Range: 50
A derivative of a more advanced technique, this was created Special: Stun 10
to help teach up-and-coming suiton users the foundations of Speed: 18
that jutsu, and help keep them alive until they were skilled Seal Speed: 22
enough to learn it. It creates a circular barrier of water
around you, which surges up to protect you from... well, Requires: 24 gallons of water
whatever convinced you that you'd need to use this technique.
Chakra: 17
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 8
Requires: 10 gallons of water
Effects: Make an accuracy roll against an incoming attack,
with a bonus of your ninjutsu damage bonus. This technique's
Accuracy bonus can't exceed its final, modified Speed (not
including any increases in Speed from the Paralysis status).
If you meet or exceed the attack's accuracy, you protect
yourself from it completely. This works against Katon up to B-
rank, Doton up to D-rank, and all other jutsu (including
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 --( Sution: Suijinheki - Water
Release: Water Encampment Wall )--
This defensive technique creates a wall of water around you,
which forms a violently churning defensive perimeter. When
lacking water in the environment to use, a talented shinobi
can form it in their stomach and spit it out.
Chakra: 26
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 12
Requires: 16 gallons of water, or +8 chakra cost without
using water
Effects: If using Suijinheki as an interrupt: Make an
accuracy roll against the attack's accuracy, with a bonus equal
to your ninjutsu damage bonus; if you succeed, this stops the
attack entirely. This technique's Accuracy bonus can't exceed
its final, modified Speed (not including any increases in
Speed from the Paralysis status).
Once Suijinheki has been deployed, it lasts for your
damage bonus in initiative counts--it stops any other incoming
attacks automatically, without having to roll. You may also end
it early, if you need to move or attack through it.
This technique protects you from any Katon up to A-rank,
Doton up to C-rank, and all other techniques (including
taijutsu) up to B-rank.
If you create the water used in Suijinheki (i.e. pay the +8
chakra cost), then that water is added to the battlefield after
its duration expires.
--( Suiton: Bakusui Shouha - Water
Release: Exploding Water
Shockwave )--
The user creates an enormous amount of water by spewing it
from their mouth, flooding the battlefield and potentially
crushing foes in its path. Best of all, they get to look awesome
while doing it! The wave rises up from beneath the user, and
they can 'ride' it to its destination.
Chakra: 30
Damage: 10d12+80
Area: Special
Special: Cannot be dodged. Stun 8.
Speed: 16, cannot be reduced below 12
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: This adds 50+(ninjutsu damage bonus)*5 gallons
of water to the battlefield. When performing this technique,
you may move up to half its Area in yards, in any direction.
The Area itself is centered on where you start your
movement.
Anyone other than yourself within a yard radius equal to
the number of gallons takes damage from this technique.
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--( Benzaiten no Jutsu - River
Goddess Technique )--
Named after the deity who supposedly watches over a major
river, this technique coats the user's body with a thin layer of
chakra-infused water. It offers no real protection from
impacts or weapons, but can be an effective supplement to
one's defenses against heat and other unpleasantness.
Chakra: 23
Upkeep: 4
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 16
Requires: 12 gallons of water
Effects: So long as this is maintained you cannot be
affected by Ignite or Burn statuses, and you take 25% less
damage from Katon jutsu (applied after other reductions).
Activating it will end any ongoing Ignites harmlessly, but will
not cure Burns.
You may use the water in this technique to fuel any Suiton
jutsu you use, though doing so ends its effect--but, does allow
you to avoid sufferings Benzaiten's Upkeep on that jutsu's
Chakra roll.
--( Suiton: Takitsubo no Jutsu:
Water Release: Waterfall Basin
Technique )--
This technique draws water up from underground, forming a
geyser on the surface. Aside from being useful for creating a
spot to relax when resting or camping out, and ensuring you'll
always have a source of clean (well... for a certain value of
clean) water, it, like most ninjutsu, has combat applications.
Chakra: 24
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 18
Effects: This produces 2 gallon of water on the battlefield
every 3 IC, for a total of 50 gallons over 75 IC. It's certainly
possible to have multiple instances of this jutsu running
simultaneously, from multiple people, or the same person.
--( Suiton: Suishi no Jutsu - Water
Release: Water Drowning
Technique )--
An advanced version of the ever-popular Water Prison
Technique, this remedies the greatest flaw in that technique:
a lack of lethality. It does... about what it says. In terms of
appearances, it's almost identical to a regular water prison.
Chakra: 28
Speed: 18
Seal Speed: 20
Requires: 16 gallons of water
Effects: This follows all normal rules for the Water Prison
Technique, with the following exceptions.
The victim suffers from Suffocation 1 every 5 IC regardless
of their Chakra Control. By spending 1 Willpower, they are
allowed a 1d20+CHA/10+(5 per Fatigue category) roll against
your 1d20+CHA/10+(ninjutsu damage bonus). They also get
one such check whenever they advance a Fatigue category
inside the prison, and when you first strike them with it.
Success means they break free.
--( Hijutsu: Kirisame - Secret
Technique: Mist Rain )--
This technique causes it to start raining over a small (well,
for... rain) area. This rain is chakra-infused, and will siphon
away any chakra which doesn't match its own (in other
words, its creator's); fallen rain evaporates rapidly, only to fall
again, and shrouds the area in a thick mist.
Chakra: 32
Upkeep: 10
Area: 120 yards
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 22
Requires: 32 gallons of water, or +10 Chakra cost
Effects: Any jutsu which is used inside the mist, or includes
the mist as any part of its area, acts as if its user's ninjutsu
damage bonus is 0 for any associated damage calculations.
Additionally, being inside the mist causes a -8 visibility
penalty. You suffer only half the normal visibility penalty from
your own Mist Rain.
The water used in this technique is returned to the
battlefield after you end its upkeep. If you created the water
(i.e. paid the +10 Chakra cost), then 32 gallons are added to
the battlefield. Water that's part of this technique can't be
used for other purposes while it's ongoing.
If you move, you may cause the mist to 'follow' you; it can
move up to half your ninjutsu damage bonus in yards per IC,
so long as you remain within it.
If this mist has its visibility penalty reduced (such as by the
E-rank Fuuton, Cleansing Winds) then it regains 1 point of its
penalty every 5 IC that pass. On the other hand, effects which
remove it entirely (such as the A-rank Fuuton, The North
Wind) will, indeed, remove it. If Mist Rain ends because you
stop paying the Upkeep, it will remain for the next 20 IC (as
the rain finishes falling) before finally, truly ending.
This technique may only be used outside.
A-rank
--( Suiton: Suiryuuben - Water
Release: Water Dragon Whip )--
This jutsu creates a levitating orb of water which can project
numerous whips and tendrils of water. These tendrils can be
guided to targets by remote manipulation of the orb's chakra,
even changing direction in mid-trajectory to find their targets.
On top of that, they're sharp-tipped and more than capable of
perforating opponents many times over.
Chakra: 45
Upkeep: 14
Damage: 10d10+75
Range: 40 + 5 * (ninjutsu damage bonus)
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 35
Requires: 200 gallons of water
Effects: So long as you maintain this technique, your pet
giant levitating ball of water will fight for you! It can take the
following actions, by spending your AP:
[X AP] Move: Your pet water ball can fly around and stuff! It
moves as if it had taken a Speed (X)*5 action, using your
CHA in place of its AGI. It cannot (deliberately) move outside
its max range. If it does end up outside that range, it can take
no actions other than moving towards you.
[5 AP] Attack: Your water ball attacks anyone within half
this technique's max range, doing the listed damage if it hits.
It uses your accuracy, with your CHA/10 in place of DEX/10.
This does piercing damage. You may target any number of
people within range, increasing the AP cost by 1 for each
person after the first. This receives your damage bonus as if it
was a Speed 10 action. This does Piercing damage.
This technique uses your base Accuracy for an A-rank
Suiton, unmodified by status, wounds, temporary bonuses,
and so on, though penalties from Fatigue do apply. The
ninjutsu damage bonus is equal to yours at the time you use
the technique. Because the attacks are made by the
technique, and not you, you cannot modify them further (such
as with Willpower or AP).
This technique cannot be converted into an advanced
chakra nature (such as Mokuton).
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--( Suiton: Daibakufu - Water
Release: Great Waterfall )--
This is one of the most powerful water ninjutsu in existence;
once the appropriate seals are formed, the user unleashes a
devastating tidal wave which tears across the battlefield like a
scaled-down tsunami, knocking aside people, trees, and small
buildings in its path.
Long ago, exceptionally skilled shinobi were able to fill
their impromptu waterfall with all manner of weapons, which
were propelled within the wave at incredible speeds. This had
the effect of making it an almost unavoidably deadly
technique that would leave pools of blood mixed in with the
water. However, use of that aspect of the technique was
forbidden due to its unbelievable power, and as peace settled
across the lands the secret of how to do that was lost.
Chakra: 52
Damage: 24d20+300
Range: 80
Area: 20 wide, up to max range in length; may be used as
a smaller area if you wish
Special: Stun 14
Speed: 36
Seal Speed: 30
Requires: 60 gallons of water
Effects: 40 of the gallons used in this technique are
removed from the battlefield, scattered as a fine mist over the
area; if the gallon requirement is somehow removed, this
technique's Chakra cost is increased by 8.
Blocking reduces this technique's Stun by half.
--( Suiton: Daikoudan - Water
Release: Great Shark Blast )--
This creates an enormous shark out of water and sends it
crashing across the battlefield at whichever party has
offended the user sufficiently for them to feel the need to do
so. Aside from impacting its primary target, the shark is
massive enough to cause significant collateral damage.
The technique's true secret, however, is its ability to absorb
any chakra it comes in contact with and use that energy to
further empower itself.
Chakra: 44
Damage: 15d20+200
Range: 60
Area: 20
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 26
Requires: 40 gallons of water
Effects: If used as an Interrupt, you may choose to reduce
this technique's Seal Speed by 10 and increase its Chakra
cost by 10. Used as a normal attack, it does full damage to a
single target, and half damage to everyone within its Area
who doesn't defend against it.
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As an Interrupt, it can be used to counter any ranged
ninjutsu attack. Daikoudan may be used to Interrupt
techniques so long as its Speed is equal to or less than theirs.
The two attacks collide, and their damage is compared. For
this comparison, treat Katon technqiues as dealing 25% less
damage, and Doton as dealing 25% more.
If the incoming attack does more damage, you are hit by it,
but it has its damage reduced by half.
If Daikoudan's damage is greater, it becomes an attack
against the opponent with +5 Accuracy, along with any
Accuracy bonuses (but not penalties) of the attack it
countered. It does an additional (X)*10 damage, where X is
the Chakra cost of the move it countered.
Similarly, if a ninjutsu-based defense is used against
Daikoudan, and fails to stop it completely, it does full damage
(bypassing even partial defense) and adds (X)*10 damage,
with X being the Chakra cost of the failed defense.
--( Suiton: Dai Bakusui Shouha -
Water Release: Great Exploding
Water Shockwave )--
A stronger version of the B-rank Exploding Water
Shockwave, the user spits out a truly prodigious amount of
water.
Chakra: 55
Upkeep: 7
Area: 150
Special: Stun 20
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 32
Effects: This adds 200+(ninjutsu damage bonus)*20
gallons of water to the battlefield. So long as there are at least
200 gallons of water on the battlefield, any techniques which
function by altering the condition of the ground (such as
Syrup Capture Field, or Retsodotensho) are effectively
useless. In Dai Bakusui Shouha's area, there is always
considered sufficient water to use jutsu without having to
resort to using Water-Gathering (it essentially creates a small
lake).
The water created forms a flattened orb over the affected
area, with the user anchored at its center. So long as the
upkeep is maintained, this water will follow them, and the
below effects will be maintained (when the upkeep ends, so
do they, as the water disperses over a much larger area; it
remains usable, but isn't a mobile lake).
Additionally, anyone who can't stand on water will begin
sinking. They can swim at half their normal movement speed
(movement-increasing jutsu typically will not work), and until
they've exited the area suffer Suffocation 1 every 10 IC.
Alternately, they can take a Speed 5 action to stay at the
surface for the next 15 IC.
--( Suiton: Uramiame - Water
Release: Grudge Rain )--
As a weather-manipulation jutsu, this technique is extremely
taxing upon its user. Upon its completion a large storm cloud
is created, which proceeds to, as storm clouds are prone to
do, rain. This rain saps the chakra from anyone it comes in
contact with, and transfers it through the pooling water to the
technique's user.
Chakra: 40
Upkeep: 8
Area: 100
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 24
Effects: Every 2 IC, everyone other than the user and up to
(Chakra Control)/5 people they've designated as allies has
their Chakra Exhaustion penalty increased by 1, and the user
has their Chakra Exhaustion penalty decreased by 1 per
person present affected by the rain. This remains centered on
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 Medical Jutsu
D-rank C-rank
--( Mukizu Shindan no Jutsu - --( Chakura no Mesu - Chakra
Flawless Diagnosis Technique )-- Scalpel )--
By touching someone and sending pulses of chakra This forms one's chakra into a small, sharp blade; medics
throughout the recipient's tenketsu, the user can learn of favor this for performing highly accurate incisions during
someone's vitals and condition faster than it would be to surgeries and dissection, as it won't lose its edge and is
separately evaluate them. It requires the patient be willing to always sterile (unlike a regular blade). It can even be used to
do so, however, which is the cause of most medic-nin's stress make cuts inside the body without creating an opening
while in training. wound, which drastically reduces the risk of infection.
Chakra: 10 Chakra: 15
Range: Touch Upkeep: 4
Speed: 8, Delay 8 Speed: 8
Effects: You know a target's Fatigue level, percent of Effects: You can use this in combat. Doing so causes your
remaining HP and Vitality, any wounds they're suffering from, basic unarmed taijutsu attacks to inflict Slashing wounds and
any illnesses they have, any poisons they're afflicted with, and ignore any damage reduction your opponent may have.
any other health issues they may be suffering from. However, these 'scalpel' injuries are relatively shallow. They
These are in general terms. Your character knows they are cannot injure a location wearing armor, and do not damage
"exhausted, but still have some energy left", not that they "are armor when they strike it.
at Fatigue 4". The more skilled a medic is, the more effectively they'll be
In addition to telling you what's wrong with a person, this able to weaponize what's meant to be a surgical technique.
gives a +5 bonus to any Medicine rolls to treat a person using The damage from Chakra Scalpel attacks is increased by
mundane means (such as a First Aid kit). (your Medicine skill ranks)%. Aditionally, its damage (after
This cannot be used against an unwilling target. Well; it that increase) is increased by (Medicine skill ranks)% for
can't be used on an unwilling target who is also capable of determining the severity of wounds it inflicts.
resisting.
--( Shiketsu no Jutsu - Tourniquet
Technique )--
A surprisingly medical technique, this throttles the flow of
chakra to a specific portion of the body, and by doing so puts
it in a state of near-hibernation. The entire limb becomes
numb and almost unresponsive, but blood flow decreases and
pains is significantly reduced.
Chakra: 15
Range: Touch
Upkeep: 2 per limb
Speed: 15, Delay 5
Requires: Flawless Diagnosis
Effects: This jutsu can be applied to any limb. The recipient
loses the use of that limb, but ignores all effects of any
wounds present on it.
In the case of an arm that means it cannot be used to hold
weapons, the amount of weapons you can multi-throw is
reduced by 25%, and you cannot use that hand to form
handseals.
In the case of an leg this applies a -25% to movement speed
and a -1 dodge penalty.
This technique cannot be used offensively. You can,
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--( Kasoku Saikassei - Accelerated
Revitalization )--
An advanced medical technique which temporarily allows the
body to sustain itself by accelerating the body's metabolism
and chakra reserves. It was originally developed to extend the
medic's usefulness in prolonged missions, but has been
expanded since. It is used sparingly because of how long it
takes to recover from, and how it tends to leave people
comatose afterward.
Chakra: 10 + X * 3
Range: Touch
Upkeep: X * 2
Speed: 12
Requires: Flawless Diagnosis
Effects: This lowers the recipient's effective Fatigue level by
X, with X having a maximum of their current Fatigue level.
A person can only benefit from one application of this
technique. To apply it again, they must first release the
previous instance of it--which may, potentially, render them
immediately unconscious, if their "true" Fatigue level is 6 or
higher. Notably, an unconscious person cannot benefit from
this technique.
However, forcing one's body beyond its limits like this is
costly. For the next X weeks, the recipient will not recover
from Fatigue at all, even through the use of Soldier Pills
(though another application of this technique would still
function). If multiple instances of Kasoku Saikassei are
delaying one's recovery, only the one with the longest time
remaining is counted for that purpose.
This technique cannot be used offensively.
--( Kizu Saishuu no Jutsu - Wound
Sealing Technique )--
This technique uses chakra to make repairs to an injured
body; gashes are pulled shut, wounds sutured, damaged
organs held steady by the application of chakra. This can give
an injured shinobi the second wind they need to win a battle
or complete a mission.
However, this is only a temporary measure; before long the
chakra will unravel. As such, this is considered an emergency
technique among medics, to be used only when there's no
other choice. Most will hesitate to apply this to their
comrades, as far too many shinobi will prove willing to, using
this newfound health, charge into battle, defeat their
enemies, and then die hours later when their borrowed time
expires.
Chakra: 25
Range: Touch
Speed: 30, Delay 20
Requires: Vital Repair Technique
Effects: The recipient immediately regains up (25 + (your
ninjutsu damage bonus)*2)% of their maximum Vitality,
which will not take them above their maximum. However,
(your ninjutsu damage bonus) hours later, their wounds will
reopen; they'll immediately take that much damage, +10%,
which cannot be reduced or mitigated. Until this occurs, they
will not heal normally (i.e. as described in the Recovery
section of the Combat chapter). This can be fatal.
--( Rinji Hougou no Jutsu -
Temporary Suture Technique )
Weaving a network of chakra, a medic can make short-term
repairs to damaged body parts. They can set wounds and
hold them rigidly in place, use chakra to take the place of
damage muscles and tendons, alleviate swelling and bruising,
or even repair damaged blood vessels and do the job of
injured nerves.
The problem with this is that it's a short-term fix to a long-
term problem. This is itself damaging, but beyond that it
prevents the body from doing anything to repair itself, and
allows undue strain to be placed on these injured body parts.
Chakra: 15 + 3 * X
Range: Touch
Speed: 10 + 3 * X, Delay 5 + X
Requires: Tourniquet Technique
Effects: This temporarily negates the effects of up to X
wounds; it can be applied later to negate additional wounds,
without disrupting previous applications.
This lasts for (the medic's ninjutsu damage bonus) hours,
after which time the chakra sustaining the jutsu expires--and
the recipient pays the price for pushing their body beyond its
limits.
For each wound remedied this way, they take damage equal
to 5% of their maximum Vitality, per category of the wound.
Thus, if this was used to negate a Minor and a Severe wound,
after it ended the person would take (5 + 15) = 20% of their
maximum Vitality in damage (which could carry over to their
HP), which cannot be reduced or mitigated.
Additionally, the recovery times of these wounds is
increases by 1 week per level of the wound (1 week for
minors, 3 for severes, etc.). In the case of wounds whose
penalties are reduced over time, this "extra" recovery time
must be made up for first, before normal recovery can
continue.
This can be fatal. It cannot be used on an unwilling subject
(though as with its predecessor, Tourniquet Technique, you
may use it on yourself). So long as this technique is in place,
natural healing (as described in the Recovery section of the
Combat chapter) will not take place.
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 --( Meguri Seigyo no Jutsu -
Hemostasis Technique )--
Although this technique is fairly simple, it's not taught to
amateur medics due to the danger inherent in making any
sort of mistake when applying it. This temporarily adjusts the
recipient's pulse and blood flow, putting their body in a more
stable condition. This is mainly used to prevent someone
from bleeding out, and to prevent the spread of poison.
Chakra: 10 + X * 2
Range: Touch
Speed: 6 + X, Delay X / 2
Effects: This lasts for X * 5 IC. During that time, the
damage the recipient takes from Bleed effects is reduced to 0,
the Stamina penalties from Bleed effects is not applied, and
they take damage from Poison once every 2 IC, rather than
every IC. The severity of Bleed statuses is reduced normally.
During this time, they have a +5 bonus to all their Resistance
rolls.
B-rank
--( Shousen no Jutsu - Mystical
Palm Technique )--
In many ways the pinnacle of medical ninjutsu, this allows
the user to dramatically accelerate the body's natural healing
process by using chakra to stimulate it. This lets them heal a
patient without the need for medical equipment, surgery, or
even ordinary healing times. Despite the incredible skill
required in matching the distribution of chakra to the severity
of injuries, this looks incredibly simple: the medic places
their faintly-glowing palms on the recipient, and injuries
begin to vanish.
Chakra: 10 + X / 2
Range: Touch
Speed: 5 + X
Special: Abort
Requires: Vital Repair
Effects: For the duration of this technique, you must keep
your hands on its recipient. If you are stunned, or knocked
away, it is Aborted automatically. The value of X is
determined, and the Chakra cost paid, after it ends. This
paragraph should seem familiar.
Every IC which passes, you heal 10 of the recipient's
Vitality. This will not heal lost Hit Points.
You pay the cost of this technique after you finish healing,
based on its actual duration. If you Abort it, or are forced to, X
is reduced appropriately. A single person may benefit from
this only once per day, per medic.
You may use this technique on yourself, as with Vital
Repair.
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--( Fukugen Ryouhou -
Rejuvenating Remedy )--
An advanced technique in which, with a touch, the user sends
a pulse of chakra throughout the body of their target, which
corrects disrupts in the user's chakra flow and the nerves and
blood vessels which they follow throughout the body. It is
widely rumored to have been developed by a Hyuuga medic-
nin.
Chakra: 30
Range: Touch
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: This clears the person touched of immobilization
and paralysis penalties which are internal (Poison, clay
bullet, etc. would not apply, but notably, Combat Acupuncture
and Nervous System Derangement would). It immediately
ends any stuns which are presently affecting them.
It is also strong enough to disrupt weaker Genjutsu,
granting another defensive roll against a single Genjutsu
affecting them of C rank or lower, with a +5 bonus.
--( Saikan Chuushutsu no Jutsu -
Delicate Illness Extraction
Technique )--
An delicate and advanced technique even among medical
ninjutsu, this is nonetheless exceptionally useful. The medic
makes an incision on the patient's body (usually the torso, but
other locations are possible) and then uses chakra to draw
out any poisons, toxins, or other pathogens that may be
afflicting the person.
Chakra: 25
Range: Touch
Speed: 18, Delay 8
Requires: Chakra Scalpel
Effects: This immediately cures any poisons a person may
be suffering from. Most parasites and chemical toxins can
also be excised this way. Despite its name, however, it is not
able to actually cure diseases or viruses.

--( Kyouka Shohou: Chakura
Chuunyuu - Strengthening
Prescription: Chakra Injection )--
Originaly developed as a kinjutsu, the version used by medics
today is a safer (though still by no means safe) derivative.
Using medically-altered chakra, an individual can be greatly,
if temporarily, strengthened. Unfortunately, they are burning
their proverbial candle at both ends when under the effects of
this technique.
Chakra: 35
Range: Touch
Speed: 25, Delay 20
Effects: The recipient has their ninjutsu and physical
damage bonuses increased by one half of your ninjutsu
damage bonus, and receives a bonus to Stamina and Chakra
Exhaustion rolls equal to your ninjutsu damage bonus.
However, whenever they fail a Stamina or Chakra
Exhaustion roll, their Fatigue is raised an additional category.
Additionally, any time their Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion
penalty increases, the other is increased by the same amount.
A-rank
--( Ranshinshou - Nervous System
Derangement )--
Upon making contact with the enemy, the user converts their
chakra into actual electricity and sends it through the
nervous system of the user. This disrupts the signals that are
sent to the brain from the various limbs and muscles, making
the wrong muscle flex or move when you try to say..move
your arm. In the end, you just flail on the ground.
Chakra: 55
Range: Touch
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: This inflicts a -12 Immobilization penalty that can
only be reduced by spending AP at a rate of 10 AP per -1,
which may be done as a Speed 1 action. While this penalty is
-10 or more, you cannot do anything (Defend, Attack,
Anything.). It cannot be reduced below -5 until after 100 IC
have passed.
--( Chikatsu Saisei no Jutsu -
Healing Resuscitation
Regeneration Technique )--
The pinnacle of advanced medical jutsu, with effects that
border upon miraculous, this stimulates the body's stem cells
to begin dividing and recreating a lost or destroyed part of the
body--such as a limb or organ. In time, full functionality will
be regained.
Doing so, however, is incredibly difficult, even for
experienced medical nin. In the rare instance when this
technique is performed, multiple medics will usually work in
tandem.
Chakra: 50
Speed: 100
Seal Speed: 200
Effects: A medic involved in this technique makes the
Chakra roll, and then spends 1 Willpower towards the
regeneration process. A total of 100 Willpower must be spent
this way, but the process cannot be completed in less than 10
weeks; at least 1 Willpower must be spent each week, or all
progress is lost. After the last point of Willpower is added, the
user regains their lost limb, organ, or body part.
During this time, the recipient cannot go above Fatigue 2. If
they do, at any point and for any reason, all progress is lost.
--( Kyuushou Taisha - Vital
Regeneration )--
The medic-nin focuses their chakra on a specific part of the
body and, using what is left of the damaged organ or area,
forces a rapid replication of specific types of cells. It is
capable of mending broken bones and repairing ruptured
organs with astonishing speed.
Chakra: 20 + 10 * X
Range: Touch
Speed: 50, Delay 40
Requires: Mystical Palm
Effects: This completely cures one wound the recipient is
suffering from. X is 1 per severity of the wound (1 for minor, 4
for critical). However, for the next X * 4 weeks, the healed
individual's Fatigue is considered 1 higher for all purposes; in
the case of Critical wounds, their Fatigue is considered 2
higher. Multiple uses of this stack.
For example, say you had a Critical wound and a Major
wound cured on the same day. You would be perpetually at
Fatigue 3 for the next 2 * 4 = 8 OOC days. After that, there
would still be 8 more days (for a total of 16, for the Critical
wound) of being unable to go below Fatigue 2. If you had
another two Severe wounds healed this way in that time,
you'd be at Fatigue 4 until the after-effects started wearing off.
Although most experienced medics know this technique,
they are typically reluctant to cure every individual who
injures themselves in training or on a mission. Most medics
believe that even if the person doesn't need to learn a lesson
for their mistakes, it's better to heal naturally (with a little bit
of help when necessary) than to send a weakened, but
technically uninjured, ninja back into danger.
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 --( Mikiri Saisei - Forsaken Rebirth
)--
A powerful, but potentially dangerous, technique, this allows
the medic to transform a portion of their 'life energy' to
another individual. Originally, this had no limitatuons; a
medic could easily kill themselves bring an ally back from the
brink of death, which earned the technique its name. Over
time, such extreme measures became less necessary (medics
capable of using it were, after all, generally more valuable to
the village than anyone they might be healing), and the
version of the technique taught to medical nin was altered to
prevent that.
Chakra: 20
Range: Touch
Speed: 20, Delay 10
Effects: After paying the chakra cost, you may 'spend'
additional Fatigue levels (though you may not render yourself
unconscious by doing this) to improve this technique's effects.
In fact, without spending Fatigue this way, it does nothing at
all. You may not use this technique on yourself.
Each Fatigue level heals 20% of the recipient's HP and
10% of their Vitality, and lowers their Fatigue level by by 1, in
addition to resetting their Chakra and Stamina penalties to 0.
Each Fatigue level also allows them to ignore one wound
they already have of their choice for the next X in-character
days, where X is the total number of Fatigue spent. All their
Minor wounds must be ignored before this can move on to
Major, and all their Major before they can move on to Severe.
This cannot be used to ignore Critical wounds.
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--( Shikon no Jutsu - Dead Soul
Technique )--
You can reanimate a corpse for a limited amount of time,
forcing its heart to beat, organs to appear to function, and
chakra to circulate, through careful and precise application of
your own chakra. Skilled medical shinobi can completely
erase any signs of injury to the corpse, and remove the usual
associated smell.
This technique is not actually as difficult as it might seem.
It's not even a proper jutsu, just something it becomes very
easy for a sufficiently skilled medic to figure out on their own.
However, even shinobi have standards, and for most medics
this crosses that line.
Thus, while it's not strictly forbidden, there is a very strong
stigma attached to its use, especially within the medical
community.
Chakra: 40
Range: Touch
Upkeep: 10
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 40
Effects: This may target any human corpse which has died
in the past (Medicine skill ranks)/2 hours, as long as it has
not suffered any Severe or Critical wounds. This technique
erases all signs of it being a dead body, and any signs of injury
the medic chooses (some may be left in place, to make it
more convincing).
You can control this body by minute adjustments of chakra;
you do not need to move, only concentrate (and continue to
pay the Upkeep), to do so. Once this technique has been
applied, the body begins deteriorating rapidly; after (Medicine
skill ranks)/3 hours it will be too badly decayed to function.
The jutsu will end, and it will appear to have been dead for
several days (it will be desiccated, but not decayed, as
microbes and vermin will not have actually been consuming
it).
Byakugan, Flawless Diagnosis, and similar effects can
identify the corpse for what it is. Sharingan can tell that the
'person' seems to be using some sort of jutsu, possibly similar
to Henge, but not identify the technique itself.
You can use these corpses to fight. On their own, they fight
normally. In combat with you, you may spend AP to make
them act, costing 1 AP per 2 Speed of the action you want
them to take. They may not use chakra, though they may talk
and perform other complex actions. When necessary, you use
your skill rolls in place of theirs. The corpse cannot heal or be
healed. It begins at Fatigue 0; if it reaches Fatigue 3, your
jutsu ends and the corpse becomes lifeless and unusable.
Learning this technique results in a one-time gain of +15
Infamy.
Sealing Ninjutsu
Seal Speed: 8
D-rank Range: 12
--( Kankin Kanshihon Fuuin - Effects: You make a Ranged Taijutsu Attack. If you hit, this
Confinement Scroll Seal )-- deals no damage but restrains the opponent, inflicting a -2
Immobilization penalty, increased by 1 per point your
This technique requires a blank scroll and something to write Accuracy exceeds their defensive roll, with a maximum of -7.
with. A series of symbols are written on the scroll, various Partial defense does not apply.
items are placed on top of it, and the user performs the The chains themselves are still attached to the scroll, and
proper handseals. The items will vanished, stored inside the therefore sufficient movement on the part of the victim will
seal until they're released. This can be done repeatedly, with reduce this penalty, lowering it by 1 per four yards moved.
each item corresponding to a separate symbol on the scroll. Alternately, they can try to just wrestle free as a Speed 6
Items can be sealed and released all at once, or one at a time. action, rolling 1d20+STR/5 against your 1d20+CHA/5+(the
Chakra: 10 remaining immobilization penalty from Attached Meteor).
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 10 C-rank
Effects: This stores up to 50 pounds of objects inside a --( Shikoku Fuuin - Finger
scroll. Releasing any number items is a Chakra 5, Speed 5
actions, which can be done by anyone who knows this Engraving Seal )--
technique. If used to release a weapon, it takes a separate Concentrating chakra into your fingertip, this allows you to
action to 'draw' (grab and properly grasp) that weapon. 'write' on any surface you please. On solid objects, this will
cause a slight depression on the surface and stain it black. On
--( Soshoryu - Twin Rising Dragons flesh, this will cause slight discomfort and leave a scar, which
)-- is initially ink-black and lightens over the next few weeks to
regular scar tissue.
This requires two storage scrolls with projectile weapons
stored inside of them. When this technique is used both the Chakra: 15
scrolls are launched into the air (giving the technique its Speed: 1 per word
name). The user can then jump up between them, grabbing Seal Speed: 15
and throwing various projectiles. Requires: 20 Chakra Control
Stamina: Variable. Effects: You can write on any surface. With chakra!
Chakra: 10
Range: As weapons used.
Speed: Variable
Seal Speed: 8
Requires: Two scrolls with thrown weapons sealed inside
them.
Effects: You unseal and throw weapons. This is a regular
multi-throw, but you add CHA/4 to your DEX when
determining how many weapons you can throw. Notably, this
can't be done with Senbon.
While Soshoryu itself is (obviously) a ninjutsu technique,
the multi-throw attack you perform as part of it is a ranged
taijutsu attack.
--( Sougu: Baku Ryuusei -
Manipulated Tools: Attached
Meteor )--
Large, elongated sections of chains with weighted ends shoot
out of a scroll and are directed toward an opponent. They
spiral around and surround the victim before the slack is
removed, binding the opponent and restricting movement. It
does minimal damage on its own, but is useful as a setup for
a more potent attack.
Chakra: 16
Speed: 10

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--( Fuukoku Houin - Dark Sealing
Method )--
A once-specialized technique that's been adapted to see
broader use, the Dark Sealing Method is used when a simple
lock just isn't reliable enough. The user takes several paper
tags, writes the appropriate seals on them in their own blood,
and then applies them to the edge of the doorframe, lid, or
other appropriate edge of what's being sealed. After that, the
handseals are performed and chakra is applied.
Chakra: 30
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: The door or container the paper tags are placed
upon cannot be opened so long as this seal is in place; no
amount of physical force can overcome it. That said, it gives
no special properties to what has been sealed; if you apply
Fuukoku Houin to a rickety wooden door, most people would
have minimal trouble breaking a hole in the center of that
door.
The tags themselves are virtually indestructible until the
technique ends.
When you apply this seal, you may specify a certain time for
it to end, such as "two days from now". The seal will last until
the designated time arrives, or it's removed by some method
(such as the A-rank Five Elements Unseal). The person who
placed this seal can simply peel the tags away from the sealed
surface, destroying the seal in the process.
--( Sougu: Tensasai - Manipulated
Tools: Heavenly Chain of
Destruction )--
An advanced form of Twin Rising Dragons, the user throws a
scroll into the air and leaps after it. In midair the weapons
inside the scroll are released and projected by the user's
chakra, allowing them to guide far more weapons than they
would be able to by hand. It gets its name from the speed of
its most proficient practitioners, who can propel their
weapons so fast they appear as rays of light.
Chakra: Variable, Special
Speed: As multi-throw.
Seal Speed: 15
Requires: Soshoryu
Effects: You perform a multi-throw technique using
weapons stored inside one or more scrolls. The Chakra cost
is equal to whatever the Stamina cost would normally be.
Your ninjutsu damage bonus is used in place of your physical
damage bonus.
You may target any number of people within range, each
with separate multi-throws. This has the same cost no matter
how many people you target, but you must use the full
number of weapons (if you "throw" 10 shurikens at 4 people,
you'd need 40 shuriken total).
Like Soshoryu, this may not be used with senbon; it may
also not be used to perform called shots.
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Alternately, by doubling the number of weapons you can
make this an Area 10 attack, in which case it hits everything
indiscriminately; by quadrupling the number of weapons
required you can make it Area 20 centered on yourself, with
you at the center. In either of these cases, the severity of
wounds inflicted is reduced by one (additional) rank.
As an example of how that works: If you have 80 DEX, you
could throw 16 shuriken to hit everyone in Area 10, with the
equivalent of an 8-shuriken multi-throw. The increase in
damage bonus based on number of weapons thrown would
be (8 0.5) = 4, not (16 0.5) = 8.
--( Netetsuki no Jutsu - Sleeping
Moon Technique )--
An exceptionally useful technique, as it approaches the much-
yearned-for concept of a "smart" seal; one that can be
deactivated easily without requiring extensive time and effort
to then replace it.
This is not actually a seal itself, but a large number of
specific modifications which can be applied to almost any
advanced sealing technique; less complicated sealing jutsu
are too simple to incorporate these alterations.
Chakra: +15 + X * 3
Seal Speed: +10 + X * 5
Effects: This is used to supplement another sealing
technique of rank C or higher. When you apply it, specify an
activation condition and a deactivation condition.
Possible triggers include:
> Someone passes within (up to 10) yards of it.
> There is nobody within (up to 10) yards of it.
> A certain word is said or noise is made.
> Someone touches the seal.
> A specific person touches the seal (see below).
If keyed to touch-activation or -deactivation by specific people,
you can specify up to X people, where X is (Research
ranks)/5, who the seal will recognize by chakra signature; all
of those people must be present when you apply the seal.
When the activation condition occurs, the seal is activated.
When the deactivation condition occurs, the seal becomes
dormant; none of its effects apply until it's reactivated, though
it remains visible.
Removing the seal augmented by Sleeping Moon
Technique also removes this portion of the seal. Alternately,
the Sleeping Moon seal could be removed, leaving the
original seal in place but uncontrollable.

--( Tsuiseki Fuuin - Tracking Seal )-
- jutsu, you may, as long as that technique involves actual
A very useful seal, though one which suffers from a number of
limitations. When applied to a person, the seal vanishes
almost immediately, becoming invisible and virtually
undetectable, even to shinobi capable of seeing chakra (such
as the Hyuuga and Uchiha). Afterwards, whoever applied the
seal will be able to get a vague idea of the location of the
sealed individual, allowing them to be tracked across any
distance.
Chakra: 20, raised to 30 if it hits
Accuracy: -6
Range: Touch
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: Used as an attack, you are allowed an Espionage
roll with a +5 bonus against the opponent's. If you succeed,
they think you struck a glancing blow with a close-range
attack; if you fail, they realize you used some sort of jutsu on
them, though not what its effect was.
Once applied, the seal is invisible and undetectable. It will
only be discovered by a sealing expert who knows to look for
it. These seals have been known to go undetected for years,
as a result.
You may only have one Tracking Seal applied at a time
(though one person can have multiple Tracking Seals placed
on them); if you use it on another person, your link to the
other seal is broken, and that seal unravels harmlessly.
By forming a handseal and concentrating for several
seconds you know the direction and approximate distance
from your current location of the person you're tracking. This
does not provide any bonuses in combat; while it lets you
know your target is nearby, it lacks enough precision at such
short distances to help you discover an opponent hidden in
stealth. There is no limit on how often you may activate a
Tracking Seal, though you have to stop and concentrate each
time (and so cannot do it while moving).
If you complete the seals for this technique on the same
Initiative Count that somebody finishes seals for a Katon
flames, make an opposed Chakra Control roll against them,
with a +10 bonus. If you meet or exceed the result of their
roll, you seal their jutsu with this technique.
You can also use this technique to immediately end any
Ignite effects on all people within the area affected.
Each use of this technique requires a blank scroll for the
fire to be sealed in. Once sealed, the flame is extinguished; it
cannot be released, and the scroll cannot be reused.
--( Raikou Kenka - Lightning Blade
Creation )--
A special ninja tool summoning technique, this allows
weapons or other ninja tools to be sealed with a single
symbol in a scroll or, more commonly, clothes. Touching this
symbol and willing it active is all it takes to summon these
tools.
Chakra: 30
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 45
Effects: This seals up to (CHA /5) items in a seal, which is
applied to the target item.
You may summon weapons sealed with this technique as a
Speed 0 action. In the case of melee weapons, this also
replaces the regular action to draw the weapon. For thrown
weapons, the first time you use this technique to unseal and
then immediately attack with a thrown weapon it counts as a
surprise attack.
Any weapon or item in Equipment may be stored in these
seals, though each seal may store only a single type of item
(such as kunai, wakizashi, or smoke bombs).

B-rank
--( Fuuka Houin - Fire Sealing
Method )--
This technique allows a ninja to seal fire into a scroll. The
proper seals must be written on the scroll, followed by the
correct handseals. Once the technique is complete the flames
will vanish entirely and be sealed within the scroll; the kanji
for "seal" will appear on said scroll.
Chakra: 25
Range: 60
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: This seals a fire inside of it. Up to (CHA/5) square
yards of fire can by sealed this way (based on the area of
whatever's fueling the flame). This works just as well with
chakra-based flames as mundane ones.

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 --( Keiyaku Fuuin - Contract Seal
)--
Implemented on a summoner, this removes any control the
summoner has over their summoned creature, and in most
cases will temporarily nullify the contract altogether.
Chakra: 40
Range: Touch
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: Any summoning contracts the victim possesses are
considered null and void until this seal is removed. In most
cases, this will forcibly de-summon anything they've already
summoned. Defensive Summoning techniques used against
this automatically fail.
--( Tsuyome Fuuin - Strengthening
Seal )--
An advanced and demanding seal, this applies a resilient
lattice of chakra to enhance the physical integrity of walls,
floors, ceilings, and the like.
Chakra: 45
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 40
Effects: This may be applied to any surface up to (CHA /10)
square yards, and no thicker than (CHA /10) inches. You may
divide the area by any whole number to multiply the
thickness limitation by that much. For example, you could
make it (CHA /10)/2 square yards, and in exchange apply the
seal to a surface (CHA /10)*2 inches thick.
The seal is visible, though only on the side it's applied to
(so if it's on the inside of a wall, you would not see it on the
outside). Similarly, it can only be removed from that side. It
may only be applied to a contiguous object: if you wanted to
apply Strengthening Seal to a boat, each plank would require
a separate seal.
The surface this seal is on is virtually indestructible. It
gains (user's CHA)*10 HP, and has a damage reduction of
(user's CHA), which cannot be bypassed or reduced.
This seal can only be applied to flat surfaces, such as walls.
The blade of a weapon, just as an example, would not be a
valid target.
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--( Shinsei Chinmoku Fuuin -
Sacred Silence Seal )--
Often used as a form of so-called 'loyalty seal', this has seen
moderate popularity among various clandestine and/or
extremist organizations within the ninja villages, as well as a
means of helping ensure that double agents don't turn into
triple agents.
Chakra: 30
Accuracy: -4
Range: Touch
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 18
Effects: When you apply this seal to a person, specify a
topic. This may be as broad ("anything involving Sand
village") or as narrow ("the new jutsu you saw me use") as you
wish.
The victim may not attempt to communicate about that
topic in any way, be it through speech, writing, or other
methods. Intent is what matters here; if they think they're
giving information about the subject, they are unable to.
The same restrictions apply regarding this seal itself. That
said, it's not particularly inconspicuous. While the seal itself
prevents the from showing it off, it takes the form of a
hexagram somewhere on their torso, back, or tongue (in
which case it can't be seen without the person actually
sticking their tongue out and someone checking for it) and is
easily identifiable by anyone with Seal Training.
You may, when applying this seal, also specify one
exception to its restrictions. For example, you could say
"other Leaf nin"--in which case the person with this seal could
talk to other Leaf nin about the sealed topic, but nobody else.
This seal trumps any genjutsu short of the Poison Truth
Technique.
--( Moji Hyouki no Jutsu - Rune
Inscribing Technique )--
A tricky seal, this allows the user to mold the chakra
necessary for any ninjutsu technique they know and then
'freeze' it, holding it primed but inactive inside of a seal. Once
a trigger condition occurs, the jutsu is released.
Use of this technique to prepare explosive Katon
techniques and leaving them around as a practical joke is
strongly discouraged.
Chakra: 25 + X/2
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 30 + X
Effects: When you use Moji Hyouki, select another ninjutsu
which you are able to perform, specifying all its variable
parameters at that time. You pay Moji Hyouki's cost, and then
that jutsu's cost.
Moji Hyouki can be placed on any reasonably flat, solid
surface that's at least one foot across in each direction, such
as a floor or a box.
Once applied, the seal will either vanish (making a
potentially effective trap) or remain visible as an elaborate set
of seals that can be identified by anyone familiar wit the
technique (as a warning of sorts). Even if Moji Hyouki is
identified, the technique placed in it will not be.
When the seal is placed, an activation condition is specified.
The three possible activation conditions are:
Someone comes within five feet of the seal.
Someone touches the seal.
If the seal is on a door or container, it may be set to
activate when said door or container is opened.
When the seal activates, the jutsu in question will
immediately take effect. If this is an offensive technique it will
be aimed at the person who set it off (unless it's an AoE, in
which case it will be centered on the seal). Offensive
techniques used this way have a -2 Accuracy penalty per rank
of the technique.
The A-rank Five Elements Unseal will not trigger a touch-
activated Moji Hyouki.
A-rank
--( Tensha Fuuin - Transcription
Seal )--
A rarely-seen technique, this seals the necessary chakra
patterns for a specific jutsu inside a person, and keeps it
perpetually ready within this seal. When a certain condition is
met the seal activated and the technique is triggered.
Chakra: 50
Range: Touch
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 35
Effects: When used, declare another technique which you
know, pay its cost, and specify a condition. The technique
immediately and involuntarily activates when that condition
is met.
Possible conditions include "when you see the daimyo" and
"when you hear the word 'orange' ". A target can be specified
within reason (such as "the daimyo", or "whoever said that
word").
The technique stored inside a Transciption Seal may not be
a taijutsu or medical ninjutsu technique, nor may it have a
Stamina cost or Upkeep. If it is a Genjutsu or Sealing
technique, it is applied to the person on who the
Transcription Seal was placed. If it's anything else, the Seal's
recipient must pay the associated cost or costs.
A person may only have one Transcription Seal on them at
a time, per person (three sealing experts could each place
one Transcription Seal on a single person, for example).
This seal is invisible and undetectable except for by a
fuuinjutsu expert who knows to look for it.
--( Gogyou Fuuin - Five Elements
Seal )--
This jutsu produces a powerful seal that disrupts the flow of
chakra in the target. In most cases this is crippling.
Chakra: 50
Accuracy: -5
Range: Touch
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 50
Effects: The unfortunate victim has a -25 penalty to all
Chakra Exhaustion rolls, and has their Chakra Control skill
ranks reduced by 15, which can also temporarily lower their
ranks in abilities (such as Water Walking). Any jutsu with
Upkeeps they have activated end immediately due to the
disruption of their chakra.
If they fail a Chakra Exhaustion roll, they fail to use the
jutsu they were trying to (but still advance a Fatigue category
as normal). Furthermore, even if they succeed they must pass
a Chakra Control check against the technique's Chakra cost
or fail anyway.
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 --( Gogyou Kaiin - Five Elements
Unseal )--
The opposite of the Five Elements Seal, but of much broader
utility, this technique can remove any seal of equal or lesser
strength.
Chakra: 35
Range: Touch
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: This can target a single seal on an object or
person. That seal is removed.
This affects any seals described in this section. This
technique may be able to remove seals not described in the
PHB... or, it may not.
--( Fuuja Houin - Evil Sealing
Method )--
Not all seals can be removed easily. This circumvents that by
suppressing fuuinjutsu, or any sort of chakra-based markings,
on a person. The technique's greatest failing is its
dependence upon the recipient to provide some of the
strength behind it, meaning they can overcome its effects at
will, making it useless for offensive applications.
Chakra: 40
Range: Touch
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: This suppresses any seal in this section of the
PHB, and many which are not. While the seal won't be
removed, it won't activate or have any of its normal effects as
long as the Evil Sealing Method remains in place.
This technique is dependent upon the recipient's willpower.
All a person has to do is focus and the Evil Sealing Method
will be disabled, until they spend 1 Willpower to reactivate it.
The technique's quite useful. Virtually any long-term
chakra-based effect (even ones that aren't actually fuuinjutsu)
can be suppressed by it. Even the effects and abilities of
bloodlines can be sealed.
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--( Tsute Fuuin - Influence Seal )--
This seal was originally created and placed upon servants of
the Diamyo, ensuring those closest to them could not spy or
sabotage the feudal lords. Over time, shinobi adapted to suit
their own needs, which naturally meant that it found a usage
in combat.
Chakra: 40
Range: Touch
Speed: 14, +10 if it hits
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: You use your Accuracy for an unarmed Taijutsu
attack, and if you hit, you roll opposed Espionage (Partial
Defense does not apply). If you succeed in your Espionage
roll, the seal is placed without the target knowing.
As part of this technique, you may either make a basic
unarmed taijutsu attack or use the E-rank Grab technique (if
you know it), at no additional Speed or Stamina cost.
The seal is inactive by default, but as a Speed 10, Chakra
10 + X action, you can create a temporary form of paralysis
which turns their own Chakra against them, preventing them
from taking any non-Interrupt actions. They declare their
intended action along with its Accuracy and Speed, but roll a
Chakra X*2. If they fail, they are not fatigued and do not roll
the Chakra or Stamina rolls associated with their action.
Their IC is not advanced by the action's Speed, but they suffer
a Stun 5 which cannot be reduced or negated.
When applying this seal, "X" has a maximum value of your
current bonus to Chakra Exhaustion rolls, including Fatigue
bonuses but ignoring any non-Upkeep penalties.
Every time that a victim has previously had to roll against
this seal's effects, they gain a +3 to their Chakra Exhaustion
roll to overcome its effects. After they've succeeded against
even one of these rolls, the seal is forced into remission, and
will not affect them any more; it cannot be reapplied or
reactivated for the rest of that fight.
Once the seal is subdued, it is, as far as the victim can tell,
gone entirely, its effects having been broken. However, after
24 hours have passed the seal can be reactivated by its user,
per the normal rules. An expert in sealing jutsu will be able
to, if they know someone has had this seal applied to them,
find and remove it using the A-rank Five Elements Unseal
technique.
--( Ketsumei no Tsurugi - Sword of
Blood Oath )--
This seal creates what is essentially a modified version of the
blood pacts many shinobi form with summoned creatures.
Rather than a powerful and intelligent animal, however, this
'contract' is made with a favored weapon.
Chakra: 45
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 40
Effects: You can seal a single weapon with this technique.
The weapon vanishes, and the seal for this technique
manifests somewhere of your choosing on your body--usually
the user's forearms.
You can summon the sealed weapon as a Speed 0 action,
already 'drawn'. As a Speed 4 action, you may return it to the
seal, in which case it vanishes in a puff of smoke; you must
actually have the weapon with you to do this.
If the weapon is broken, or taken more than a mile away
from you, it vanishes in a puff of smoke. In this case it will not
be available for summoning for one hour. However, it is, for
most intents and purposes, indestructible and impossible to
lose in any permanent sense.
You may only have one Sword of Blood Oath seal active on
you at a time. Removing your current seal causes the weapon
to appear beside you, and allows you to make a new one.
--( Nenshou Fuuin - Burning Seal )-
-
A highly-specialized, highly-effective sealing technique used to
prevent an individual from handling weapons. Though it's
applied as a single seal, it appears on both the recipient's (or
rather, victim's) hands, clearly recognizable as some form of
ninja sealing technique or tattoo meant to emulate one.
Whenever the recipient holds a weapon the seals activate.
As the lines of the seal begin glowing a dark, heated red,
the victim's skin will start to burn and smolder. Within
seconds their flesh will start to smoke as they're baked alive;
if one is willful or self-destructive enough to not drop the
weapon they're holding, they'll soon have their arms reduced
into charred, blackened husks.
Chakra: 50
Accuracy: -5
Range: Touch
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 40
The seal activates whenever someone holds a weapon.
After 5 IC, a Minor Energy Wound is inflicted to whichever
arm they were holding the weapon with; in the case of a two-
handed weapon, this is both arms. Dropping the weapon will
end this technique's effects immediately.
If they're currently suffering from a wound inflicted by the
Burning Seal, it instead inflicts a wound of one higher
category on that arm: Major, then Severe, then finally Critical.
For example, if a shinobi drew a nodachi and decided to
use it one-handed (holding it in their right hand) starting on
IC 12, on IC 17 they would suffer a Minor Energy wound to
their right arm. If they then began two-handing it, on IC 22
they would have a Minor on their left arm and a Major (in
addition to the existing Minor) on their right. On IC 27 those
would be Major and Severe; on IC 32, they would become
Severe and Critical; and finally, by IC 37 they would have a
Critical Energy wound on both arms.
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 Genjutsu
1. Requirements
2. Special Rules
====================
1. Requirements
Genjutsu's not easy. In fact, genjutsu is really, really hard,
even by the standards of other ninja techniques. Taijutsu and
ninjutsu are both, after enough shinobi training, slightly
intuitive; and, in the case of the latter, every ninja has an
elemental affinity they can rely on to help them out even
when they struggle overall.
Not so with genjutsu. There is no such thing as an 'affinity'
for it (though some ninja who seem to have an easier time
learning it are occasionally described as such), and it takes a
lot work to be able to use it effectively.
The requirements for using Genjutsu of a
given rank are listed below.
E: Genjutsu Training ability
D: 5 Chakra Control, 5 Research, and 15 (Chakra Control +
Research)
C: 10 Chakra Control, 10 Research, and 25 (Chakra Control
+ Research)
B: 20 Chakra Control, 20 Research, and 50 (Chakra Control
+ Research)
A: 30 Chakra Control, 30 Research, and 70 (Chakra Control
+ Research)
Notably, Jounin rank also gives access to C-rank Genjutsu.
====================
2. Special Rules
Genjutsu relies upon confusing the senses, which is a
powerful tool in the arsenal of someone who relies on
subterfuge... or even just a shinobi needing an extra edge in
combat.
It's quite possible to realize one's under a genjutsu, but that
doesn't give any special ability to overcome its effects
("disbelieving the illusion", so to speak, doesn't actually work).
On the other hand, it's hard to fool someone again and again
with the same trick; each time a genjutsu is successfully used
against you in combat, you have a (cumulative) +5 bonus to
defensive rolls against that specific jutsu for the rest of the
battle.
There are three ways to break free from most genjutsu: >
Genjutsu Kai, the D-rank Ninjutsu technique. > If you suffer a
Wound of any severity, all Genjutsu effects applied you end as
your mind gets its act back together. > Many Genjutsu will
have upkeeps, durations, or the like. Details will exist in
specific jutsu entries.
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By their nature, it's hard to realize that one is suffering
from the effects of a genjutsu technique. It's possible to be
afflicted by a genjutsu that you know and use frequently, with
obvious 'tells', and still mistake it for reality--such is the
nature of delusions. Mechanically, this means that if you fail a
genjutsu roll by 5 points or fewer, you realize that you've been
afflicted by an illusionary technique; any higher, and you have
no reason to suspect that what you're experiencing is
anything but reality.
E-rank
--( Senpuku no Jutsu - Concealment
Technique )--
This jutsu allows a ninja to conceal small (or sometimes not-
so-small) items on their person or in their grasp. This is a
fantastic technique for smuggling items or transporting them
in secrecy, its utility counteracted only by its vulnerabilities.
Chakra: 10
Upkeep: 2
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: This completely hides an object from casual
observation. Against a detailed search, it gives a +5 bonus to
any rolls to keep it hidden, and allows the obect to,
essentially, hide in plain sight. You have to keep contact with
the object, or at least keep it close to you (say, in a belt
holster).
It won't hide it if you're being patted down. If the object
interacts with the rest of the world (such as taking a swinging
with a weapon, or using a key to open a door) the
concealment ends.
--( Genkoe - Hallucinatory Voices
)--
Despite its name, this technique isn't limited to voices, or
even auditory hallucinations. It has no effect at all until the
victim begins paying a bit too much attention to their
surroundings, at which point the technique begins playing
tricks on their senses, causing them to see movement at the
corner of their vision and gentle sounds just slightly too
vague to place.
Chakra: 12
Upkeep: 2
Speed: 7
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: This technique inflicts a -2 penalty to Awareness
rolls. It also halves the bonus for consecutive actions spent
searching (so if you Searched three consecutive times with
Genkoe applied to you, you'd have a +3, rather than +6, bonus
on your next roll).
--( Mousou Enmu no Jutsu -
Illusory Mist Technique )--
Masquerading as a higher-ranked Suiton technique, this
creates a light bank of fog which has little effect beyond
making the atmosphere a bit chillier. An illusion is then laid
on all those present (the user may exclude allies if they wish),
tricking them into believing the mist is actually thick enough
to be a hindrance.
Chakra: 12
Upkeep: 4
Range: Centered on self
Area: 25
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 7
Effects: Anyone who fails a genjutsu roll is placed a -4
visibility penalty. More insidiously, so long as they remain
within the mist they have a -2 penalty to all their defensive
genjutsu rolls.
People who pass their genjutsu roll still see the mist, but
for what it really is: too thin and wispy to actually be an
impediment.
D-rank
--( Kasumi Juusha no Jutsu - Mist
Servant Technique )--
This jutsu creates clones that phase in and out of the ground
as if they were made of a blackish, oil-like liquid. When
attacked, the clones regenerate themselves. The clones can
be controlled to make it seem as if they're attacking. The user
can then time their attacks with those of the clones to remain
concealed.
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 6
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 12
Effects: This genjutsu creates dozens of illusions of the
user. Anyone in combat with them must 'defend' against this
technique with a genjutsu roll. The clones are harmless, and
slow-moving, but may feign attacks intermittently.
When this is used, you are automatically placed in Stealth
(as one of the clones). You may attack from stealth normally,
but in addition to ranged attacks, you may make any basic
weapon or unarmed attack without breaking stealth. Each
attack lowers your Stealth TN by 3, rather than 5. If you take
a Hide or Improve Hiding action, this technique's benefits
end.
Once you've been found, you cannot hide among these
clones again; you'd need to use the technique once more to
do that. This is a clone technique.
--( Oboro Bunshin no Jutsu - Haze
Clone Technique )--
This creates what appear to be ordinary bunshin, even
responding and vanishing when struck. However, each time
one clone is destroyed another takes its place, typically just
out of sight of whoever destroyed its predecessor.
Chakra: 10, +2 per clone
Upkeep: 0
Speed: 8, +1 per clone
Seal Speed: 4, +2 per clone
Effects: You may create up to three clones. This function as
normal clones, but you are always 'hidden' among your clones
(as per the 'Hide Among Clones' action), even after you've
been hit by an opponent.
Taking an Observe action allows an opponent to make a
genjutsu roll to realize that this is an illusion, but cannot
actually single you out from your clones. Any time a clone
used in this technique is destroyed, another one appears to
take its place and the Upkeep is increased by 1.
No initial genjutsu roll is made; opponents are, by default,
tricked into believing these are normal clones. However, after
the first time they realize this technique for what it is (i.e. an
illusion) in batle, they'll also recognize all future uses of it in
that same battle as such.
--( Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu -
Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing
Technique)--
The user creates an illusion of spinning leaves around the
victim, after the leaves disappear, the illusion begins, showing
the victim something they'd rather never see, be it a loved one
hurt, a monster of their nightmares, or some other such
thing. In most cases, it is easy to identify that the image is
fake, due to the unlikliness of it occuring, but some images
still leave a foul sensation in ones mind.
Chakra: 16
Range: 25
Special: Stun 20
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: Whatever image this subjects the victim to, the end
result is they lose a point of Willpower. After the first time in
a day this is (successfully) used on someone, the 'horror'
begins to lose impact, reducing its effects to Stun 10 and no
Willpower loss. If this genjutsu is broken (by the target being
wounded, or somebody else using Kai on them) the Stun will
end prematurely, but the lost Willpower will not be regained.
If used on a target with 0 Willpower remaining, this
technique's Stun is doubled (to 40, or 20, depending on
whether or not it's been used on them previously in that
battle).
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 --( Magen: Jigoku Kouka no Jutsu -
Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell
Technique)--
This illusion causes any afflicted by it to see a massive fireball
forming above them which slowly descends. Most prudent
shinobi will waste time trying to escape its radius, while
those who are more reckless will take the 'attack' head-on,
bracing themselves against a blow that never actually comes.
Chakra: 15
Range: 25
Area: 15
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: If someone was affected by the genjutsu, they have
until 25 IC have passed to leave this technique's area. If they
don't, they suffer a Stun 15. This genjutsu ended before the
time is up will prevent the stun; once they are stunned, the
illusion is already over and so cannot be 'broken' to end the
stun prematurely.
--( Shinkirou no Jutsu - Mirage
Technique )--
This creates an illusion that can fool a person's sight, hearing,
or smell--or, with more effort, two of those, or all three. These
can be dynamic (such as a flickering fire or a fluttering
curtain), but they can't actually interact with anything.
Chakra: 10
Upkeep: 3
Range: 20
Area: 2 (max)
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: By default, this creates an illusion that only applies
to one sense; examples would be an illusion of a curtain
flapping in a breeze, or the sound of footsteps.
By raising the chakra cost by 5, the illusion can apply to
two senses, such as a tiger that crouches and snarls. Raising
the chakra cost by 10 (to a total of 20) allows the illusion to
be convincing to all three, such as a fire that flickers,
crackles, and smells like burning wood.
This technique's primary limitation is its scale. It can't do
anything much larger than a large piece of furniture or more
complicated than one person. Anyone who interacts with this
is allowed an Awareness roll against your Chakra Control to
realize it's a fake, with your roll receiving a +5 bonus.
Some things can make this obviously fake, such as
touching it or standing at the 'source' of the noise and
realizing there's nothing there. You can control this illusion if
you're in range; if not, you can set it to be essentially a looping
recording.
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C-rank
--( Nemuri - Sleep )--
A genjutsu whose greatest limitation is that it requires
physical contact, the user places their hand on a target and
sends them immediately into a deep slumber. Very nice for
infiltration without raising a fuss.
Chakra: 18
Range: Touch
Speed: 15
Special: No handseals required.
Effects: This can't be used in combat. If you're able to touch
the target and succeed with a genjutsu roll, they immediately
fall asleep (it's a good idea to ease them to the ground, to
avoid them, say, bashing their shoulder on a rock and
immediately waking themselves back up).
Unless they're woken up (see the Sleep status for details),
they'll be asleep for at least four hours.
--( Kyousanken no Jutsu - Iron
Curtain Technique )--
The user places themself under a harmless genjutsu, which
itself serves no purpose but makes it more difficult for other
genjutsu to affect you normally.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 12
Effects: So long as this technique's upkeep is maintained,
you have a +4 bonus to defensive genjutsu rolls. This genjutsu
does not end when you're wounded.
You may declare Iron Curtain as an Interrupt when
targeted with genjutsu, following the normal rules for
defensive interrupts and giving you its bonus for that
defensive genjutsu roll. Iron Curtain does remain active (as if
activated normally) after being used this way.
--( Kori Shinchuu no Jutsu - Sly
Mind Affect Technique )--
This technique warps an opponent's senses and sets them
walking in circles, potentially for hours on end, by making it
seem to them as if they're walking straight towards their
desired destination. Maps, compasses, and paths will all be
ineffective--the best someone suffering from this technique
can do is hold the hand of someone who's not, or hope they
realize that they've passed the same landmark ten times.
Chakra: 18
Range: 40
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 14
Effects: This technique has no effect in combat, and does
not end when the victim is wounded. You may target multiple
people with this technique, costing 1 Willpower per
additional person who is affected (this extra cost isn't paid if
they defend against it).
Someone affected by this technique will find themselves
continually walking in circles if they try to travel any
appreciable distance (half a mile or more). This lasts for 1
hour per point you beat their genjutsu roll by. Every hour,
they're allowed a new genjutsu roll against your original
result, to see if they notice the effects (although this will not
break the technique on its own).
Not even something like following a road will work--they'll
wind up wandering off it, the illusion convincing them they're
still on the "road."
--( Magen: Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu -
Demon Illusion: False
Surroundings Technique )--
This jutsu allows the user to change the surroundings around
a person subtley, usually used to delay, or force people to
walk in circles, unaware that they have stopped going the
right way, even messing with ones ability to track the
direction they are headed, such as north from south.
Chakra: 17
Upkeep: 4
Area: 30
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 15
Effects: Best used out of combat (anyone who sees this
being used will realize it's an illusion), this casts an illusion
over an area. This could be making a door appear to be a
solid wall, a sign have the wrong number on it, or an intact
bridge appear to be broken.
When used, make a genjutsu roll with a +5 bonus. Anyone
who encounters your illusion makes a genjutsu roll; failure
means they believe it's real, success means they know it's an
illusion. Actually getting rid of it requires the use of Genjustu
Kai, though the illusion won't affect senses other than sight.
--( Shunou Kaimetsu - Brain
Destruction )--
This jutsu convinces the victim that they've been grievously
injured. Although it causes no actual physical harm, it
convinces their mind and all their senses that they've suffered
some manner of severe damage.
Chakra: 26
Range: 30
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 12
Effects: This inflicts a temporary wound on the victim. It's
by default Minor, raised to Major if you beat their genjutsu
roll by 5 or more, and Severe if you beat their roll by 10 or
more. They interpret this technique as whatever sort of attack
or jutsu would be appropriate to cause the injury they believe
they're suffering from.
They suffer all normal effects of this injury (and good luck
trying to convince them it's all in their head), aside from HP
loss or unconsciousness. It lasts until the genjutsu is broken.
You choose the damage type and wound location.
--( Sen'un no Jutsu - Fog of War
Technique )--
You trap a target in some manner of in-depth hallucination.
They may believe that you've run away and think they're
giving pursuit, or be convinced that they're locked in combat
with you. This technique is often a last-ditch resort to escape
from a superior adversary, or bypass someone when there's
no time to deal with them in direct combat.
Chakra: 25 + X * 3
Range: 50
Upkeep: 15
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: Using this technique costs 2 Willpower if it
succeeds. It has a +X bonus to your Genjutsu roll, up to a
maximum of +5. If used successfully, whoever its victim was
is left trapped in some manner of hallucination.
The target is essentially removed from combat for this
technique's duration. Unfortunately, this technique is
particularly fragile. If the target senses danger (such as from
an incoming jutsu, or planting explosives around them) it'll
break in time for them to try to avoid it. It lasts for a
maximum of 5 minutes per 1 point you beat their genjutsu
roll by.
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B-rank
--( Nemurihane - Sleep Feather )--
An advanced version of Nemuri, this causes the subject to
briefly see illusory feathers drifting down around them before
they succumb to sleep. It's no more useful in combat, but it
can actually be used at a range, or from hiding.
Chakra: 24
Range: 25
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: This functions as the C-rank Nemuri, but may be
used at up to the listed range.
--( Magen: Nijuu Kokoni Arazu no
Jutsu - Demonic Illusion: Double
False Surroundings Technique )--
An advanced technique, this constructs one illusion on top of
another. When the outer layer is destroyed, the second will
flawlessly take its place and masquerade as reality. Confident
that they've overcome the deception, most shinobi will have
an even harder time realizing that they haven't done so at all.
Chakra: 25
Upkeep: 8 (4 after the first layer is removed)
Area: 30
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 18
Requires: False Surroundings Technique
Effects: As the regular False Surroundings technique, but
removing the second illusion requires a second application of
Genjutsu Kai, and your genjutsu roll with it has a +10 bonus.
This may also be used with Sly Mind Affect, by increasing
this technique's cost by 6 and removing its Upkeep, in which
case the second 'layer' of the technique has no bonus, but
must still be 'discovered' after hours of wandering, as per the
normal Sly Mind Affect genjutsu. Used this way, it becomes a
targeted (rather than Area) technique), using Sly Mind
Affect's normal range.
--( Magen: Jubaku Satsu - Demon
Illusion: Tree Binding Death )--
This genjutsu makes its unfortunate victim believe that a
large tree has suddenly grown behind them through the use
of some manner of ninjutsu, and pinned them against its
trunk by exceptionally-strong, chakra-animated branches.
Chakra: 34
Range: 20
Special: Immobilize 10
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 22
Effects: Every 20 IC which pass, the victim is allowed
another genjutsu defensive against your original roll, at a
cumulative +1 penalty, to realize that this is only an illusion.
Effects which allow someone to reduce immobilization
penalties do not apply against this technique.
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--( Jigyaku no Jutsu - Time Reversal
Technique)--
Used on willing recipitants, this jutsu puts the target in a
trance like state, and keeps them hypnotized, to uncover
forgotten memories or past events. Its often used to uncover
important details that have been missed or forgotten on
missions, or to help shinobi make 100% accurate reports on
the most important of missions, rarely on unimportant
missions.
Chakra: 28
Range: Touch
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: This can only be used on helpless or willing
recipients. It places the subject into a trance-like state,
similar to hypnosis. It causes them to recall any suppressed
memories, and can help remember details they might
otherwise have forgotten.
Mechanically, this will unravel the effects of the A-rank
Sennou Sousa no Jutsu, and gives a +5 bonus to Research
rolls made to remember details about a previous experience
(such as glancing around a room and needing to recall its
contents). It will also uncover any memories suppressed due
to trauma or similar causes.
This can take anywhere from a few minutes to several
hours, depending on what it's being used for, how deeply
buried the hidden memories are, and how much information
needs to be remembered. This technique may only be used on
a given person once per day.
--( Gosaru Tatari - Five Monkey
Curse )--
This technique interferes with the victim's ability to see, hear,
smell, taste, and feel pain. Admittedly, the last one's an
undesirable addition to the mix (in most circumstances),
butthe technique makes up for that with its all-around
usefulness.
Chakra: 28
Range: 30
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 15
Effects: This negates all ranks the victim has in Enhanced
Hearing and Enhanced Sight, and any abilities dependant
upon them (such as Blind Fighting or Genjutsu Awareness).
They also suffer a -2 visibility penalty (which stacks with any
other visibility penalties they may have). On the other hand,
their reduced sensory perception allows them to ignore the
penalties of any Minor wounds they may be suffering from.

--( Magen: Tetsuotome no Jutsu -
Demonic Illusion: Iron Maiden
Technique )--
Chains burst from the ground beneath the victim and wrap
around their legs, anchoring them in place, followed by two
halves of an iron maiden, either on each side of the victim or
in front of and behind them. The iron maiden slams shut with
them in it, causing excruciating pain and a slew of debilitating
injuries.
Chakra: 30
Range: 30
Special: Stun 12
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 18
Effects: This temporarily inflicts a Minor Piercing wound
on every location of the opponent's body (torso, abdomen,
both arms, both legs, and Slashing on the head). If the
genjutsu roll beats their defense by 10 points or more, this is
upgraded to a Major Piercing wound on every location. These
wounds last for the duration of the illusion, though the full
Stun will remain even if it's broken early.
--( Sakki - Killing Intent )--
A side-effect of learning how to control chakra is the ability to
sense, and exude, what shinobi refer to as killing intent. More
powerful shinobi can project it more strongly, and even send
lesser ninja running with just a glance.
This genjutsu simulates an intense blast of paralyzingly
strong killing intent in an attempt to overwhelm its target.
Chakra: 30
Range: 15
Special: Stun 10 + X
Speed: 16
Effects: You and your target must have line of sight with
one another (and neither can be suffering from a visibility
penalty of -6 or greater). X is the amount the victim failed
their Genjutsu dodge roll by, and until the stun has ended
they suffer from Paralysis X/3. The stun is cut short if the
jutsu ends early.
This technique doesn't require handseals.
A-rank
--( Nehan Shouja no Jutsu - Temple
of Nirvana Technique )--
The most powerful version of Nemuri, used for putting a
large group of people to sleep. Anybody within fifty meters of
the user who fails their Genjutsu dodge is put into a deep
sleep. Nothing short of extremely loud noises, being shaken
awake, several hours passing, or similar situations will wake
them up, allowing victims to be bound, moved, or completely
ignored. This move is again, useless in combat.
Chakra: 30
Range: 150
Area: 50
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: Anyone in the area who fails a genjutsu dodge falls
asleep. Anyone with less than half the user's total XP
automatically fails their genjutsu dodge unless they spend a
point of Willpower to be allowed to actually roll it (that roll
does not gain the normal effects of benefitting from
Willpower being spent on it, unless they spend another point).
And, once again, it's no good on targets who are engaged in
combat. Like Nemuri, victims will be asleep for several hours
unless awoken.
--( Kokuangyo no Jutsu - Bringer-
of-Darkness Technique )--
This technique specifically targets the victim's eyesight,
effectively blinding them and allowing its user to attack with
impunity.
Chakra: 36
Range: 50
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 26
Effects: This applies a -10 visibility penalty to the victim.
While it's in effect, anyone can attempt to hide from them
(even if the victim can somehow reduce that penalty below
-6).
This technique does not automatically end when the victim
is wounded. Instead, it requires a successful use of Genjutsu
Kai (with a -10 penalty) or a Major or greater wound to be
inflicted upon the technique's user.
While in effect, this technique essentially negates any
doujutsu the victim may possess.
--( Kiokure Keiren - Nervous
Convulsions )--
This technique partially hijacks the victim's nervous system,
reacting in response to anything they do and sending
conflicting signals. It's only truly effective in combat, where
physical activity is the most spontaneous, and even slightly
reduced reaction time can prove fatal. This tends to be
exceptionally painful.
Chakra: 35
Range: 40
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 27
Effects: Whenever you take an action while under this
technique's effects, X is that action's Speed. You suffer from a
Paralyze (X)/4, which lasts for (X)*2 IC, applied after your
action is resolved.
Every time this effect is activated, you roll another genjutsu
defense against the original result. Once you succeed, and are
free from the genjutsu, new Paralyze statuses stop triggering,
but any existing ones will remain for their full duration.
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 --( Sennou Sousa no Jutsu -
Memory-Concealing Manipulative
Sand Technique )--
This technique allows the user to alter or conceal the
subject's memories. While it's not permanent, the change can
by either subtle (believing they were incapacitated and left
unconscious, rather than incapacitated and then
interrogated), or about as much so as a sledgehammer
(erasing the past two days of their memory).
Chakra: 30
Range: Touch
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: This may only be used on a helpless or willing
subject.
On a willing recipient, the technique is incredibly potent. It
can suppress virtually any amount of a person's memories,
and can even be used to alter existing memories or create
wholly fabricated ones. One popular way of using the
technique is to implant false memories of a person choosing
to defect (and suppressing ones of them coming up with this
plan) and then using them as a double-agent, working
alongside and gathering intel from the enemy until the
technique is undone at the right moment for them to change
back to their original allegiance. Indeed, this jutsu is one of
the more pragmatic reasons for most villages not trusting
missing nin defectors.
On a helpless and unwilling target, the jutsu's efficacy is
greatly reduced. An opposed genjutsu roll is made, and "X" is
determined as the amount this technique's user succeeded by.
Up to X hours worth of memories, in the past X days, can be
erased. The greatest limitation is the user's knowledge. "Your
meeting with the daimyo" could be targeted for erasure, but
there's no way of knowing if the target also received secret
orders after that meeting. "Finding us here", and "the past
few hours" are reasonably common uses.
No matter how extreme this technique is, it can't alter one's
subconscious. You cannot forget abilities, jutsu, or your name.
You might forget a person you met, but they'd always be
slightly familiar.
Although a person could be afflicted with multiple
instances of this genjutsu, it can only be applied once per
week. Genjutsu kai will not remove this technique, nor will
being wounded. When you apply this technique, make a
genjutsu roll. Anyone other than you attempting to unravel it
(such as with the B-rank Jigyaku no Jutsu) has to roll at least
that high when they attempt to do so, or they won't even
notice this technique's presence.
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--( Dokushin no Jutsu - Poison
Truth Technique )--
This technique traps the victim in a state of dream-like
hallucination. In that state, the technique's user can try to pry
information from them, in the form of questions, which the
subject will then (coherently, and audibly) mumble the
answer to.
Unlike torture, this technique leaves no physical marks,
and the victims will not remember what information they
revealed or managed to kept secret. It often takes longer than
torture to extract usable information, but it's much more
reliable because the subject can't lie.
Multiple, especially consecutive, uses of this technique can
leave a victim traumatized without knowing why--indeed, even
the users aren't entirely sure what kind of hallucinations the
victim experiences. While it's not quite a forbidden technique,
using it is considered extremely morally ambiguous.
Chakra: 30
Range: Touch
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 50
Effects: This technique may only be used on a helpless
victim, and when used immediately puts them to sleep. The
genjutsu user must then focus for the victim's maximum
Willpower in hours.
The interrogator asks a question up to twelve words long,
and an opposed genjutsu roll is made.
If the interrogator succeeds, the subject must answer the
question truthfully and without obfuscation. (To the question,
'Where is the scroll?', "In the castle" would not be a
legitimate answer, but "In my room in the castle" would). The
subject only has to answer the question asked, not the
question intended.
If the interrogator fails, the subject does not have to answer
that question. Alternately, they may spend a point of
Willpower and automatically succeed against a given
question.
Each time a question is asked, the subject gets a +2 bonus
on future genjutsu rolls against this technique, unless they
spent a point of Willpower to automatically avoid answering.
So long as this bonus lasts, the following questions cannot be
asked: > Any question that they've previously been asked
during that session. > A rewording of a previous question
("Who was that person?" instead of "Who was that man?", for
example)
If the victim does not know the answer to a question, that
question is simply wasted. The cumulative bonus to defend
against this technique lasts for the victim's maximum
Willpower in days. A person won't begin to regain Willpower
(spent defending against this technique, or for any other
reason) until at least 24 hours have passed without Dokushin
no Jutsu being used upon them.
Konohagakure no Sato

Located in the middle of Fire Country. Konoha experiences

the full gamut of desirable weather - that is to say, it's usually
sunny, and even the rainy days can be pleasant. The village is The Forehead Protector of Konoha, wore by its active shinobi
roughly one third smaller than it was before the war, but with pride!
strolling down the streets of Konoha you might never realize
unless someone told you.
Konoha does not appear to have been damaged by the war at
all. The unwavering Will of Fire blazed in the hearts of the
survivors and they set about rebuilding and landscaping the
damaged parts of the village almost immediately. Narrow
brick pathways sprawl from the outer edges of the village,
shaded by decades old oak trees, leading to small housing
communities tucked neatly into the forest. The village is more
a part of the forest now than it had ever been in the past.
Many buildings in downtown Konoha received new facades
or were rebuilt completely. Beyond this, the village isn't
looking to waste resources on overextending its boundaries.
They make room for new citizens as it's required. In the mean
time, all the spaces reserved for future expansion are filled
with neatly kept parks and forested areas.
The forces of konoha have the clans of Aburame, Akimichi,
Inuzuka, Hyuuga, Nara, Senju, Uchiha, and the Yamanaka to
call upon.
After the Fourth Great Shinobi war, Konoha was no longer
the most densely populated village. They had the largest
population of civilians and shinobi before the war - and in
honor of all those lost they built a second monument in the
east. As tradition in Konoha goes, they'll never forget those
who gave their lives for their village, but they won't let the
past keep them from building the brightest future they can.
Even a century after the war, the Will of Fire burns more
brightly now than it had ever in the past.
Unfortunately all of this good will does not pay the bills.
Because Konoha had the most to lose, it lost the most.
They're steadily rebuilding, and each generation of shinobi
seems more bright and promising than the last

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 Aburame
The Aburame are one of four noble clans of Konoagakure, a
quiet clan whose members usually keep to themselves. They
are fairly distinct in the way they dress themselves, usually
covering the majority of their body with their clothing, with
dark glasses that hide their eyes. They are soft-spoken, often
preferring only to speak when they have something
worthwhile to say.
Their solitude may have to do with the way their clan's
techniques, as every clan member at a young age becomes
host to a hive of insects called Kikaichuu, a special type of
beetle-like bug which can actually eat the chakra of their
enemies in battle. Their bodies become the nest of the bugs,
and over time they form a symbiotic relationship that allows
the Aburame to mentally control and direct them. While a
powerful kekkai genkai, it is not an ability that interests most
people.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Kikaichuu no Jutsu - Parasitic
Destruction Insect Technique )--
A technique exclusive to the Aburame, wherein they allow
their bodies to be used as a hive for the insect.
Base Cost: 0 Scale: 5 Limit: 4+EXP/400
Effects: You gain a Swarm that starts out at Swarm Size 1
the first time this is taken, and gains 1 Swarm Size every
rank thereafter. Every even rank of this ability (2, 4, etc), you
gain one Female Kikai. This swarm is inside your body and
must be deployed (See Kikaichuu node) to be used. In clan
techniques, the X is the amount of your swarm deployed. (If
you have A Size 10 Swarm, you could deploy 4 of it and gain
bonuses for only 4, while keeping the remainder safe inside
your body.)
--( Hijutsu: Mushiyose - Secret Technique:
Insect Bite )--
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: X*2
Damage: Xd20
Range: X
Speed: 10
Area: X/2
This technique has an accuracy bonus of X/3, and if you hit,
the target takes a penalty to Chakra Exhaustion rolls equal to
the number of Female Kikai in the Swarm, which is
cumulative, but does go away when they advance a Fatigue
level, or do anything else that clears CE penalties.
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--( Hijutsu: Mushiyose - Secret Technique:
Insect Search )--
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 5
Speed: 8
Range: CHA*5
You can actually send them further than the range of the
technique, but you can no longer communicate with them
and can only send them to places you know, and can only give
them a single, basic command ("Go home and find Ino"
would be fine, but "Search the town for anything suspicious"
would not). They will complete it to the best of their ability
and then return to you, but for every day in which they are
beyond the listed range, its Swarm Size is reduced by one.
--( Hijutsu: Mushiyose - Secret Technique:
Insect Gathering )--
By touching the ground and sending their chakra out in a
web-like pattern, they can attract the attention of nearby
insects to follow the chakra signal and come to the aburame.
Since they can communicate with them, it can be a handy
way to gain some basic information about an area.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: X
Speed: X
Seal Speed: 10
Area: X*5
Effects: Any insects within X5 yards are drawn to you,
which you can then gather information from. Most insects are
generally only concerned with very primitive things (eating,
survival, and reproduction), and therefore are limited in what
they may know, but will communicate what they can. Keep in
mind this is not a capacity to talk* to insects, merely
communicate with them.
--( Fujin Kikaichuu - Female Destruction Once the Swarm Size used to make the clone is reduced to
Bugs )-- 0, the clone is destroyed. You can voluntarily dismiss the
Every Aburame has female bugs, but not every Aburame can clone (As a Speed X action) to turn the clone back into a
use them in combat. Naturally, female bugs are treated like regular Swarm, but not the Willpower. The Swarm Size used
queens and never leave the Aburame's body. Some Aburame, to create this clone reduces your current and maximum
however, have learned to deploy female Kikaichuu as mobile Swarm Size (you can't 'replace' the swarm size for this jutsu
relays that entice and command their kikaichuu more with Insect Cocoon).
effectively. The clone can perform any jutsu you know, but has no
chakra of its own, using your chakra/stamina for anything it
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C does. It acts only when you spend AP for it to do so, and it
Chakra: +5 can't act again until an IC has passed equal to the speed of its
Speed: +4 action. You may hide amongst your clones (and others may
Range: Variable Observe them) as normal, but if they do or react in a way that
Effects: The range of this technique is based upon the size makes it obvious they're bugs (such as taking less damage
of the swarm you're using and the action it's used alongside. from a Taijutsu attack, or being immune to grapples or
It can be added to an attack or a defense action. If the action various status effects), it is obvious that they're a clone.
is successful, you also implant on the target a Female Kikai. When Bug Clones attack, their actions are always
They get an Awareness Roll versus the normal Stealth roll considered to be Held Back, as per the ability in Chapter 5,
for Kikai hiding when it's attached, but thereafter the female even if you do not have the Hold Back ability. This means they
Kikai is considered to be in Stealth 3, and they typically have use only half your damage bonus for dealing damage, and the
no reason to suspect its presence. It is a Speed 2 action for severity of wounds they inflict is reduced by one category.
someone to crush a female kikai that they've found on [1 AP] Dodge or Parry (at their normal speed, which can be
themselves. lowered by AP as normal).
For as long as the Female Kikai is attached, the Aburame [Variable AP] The clone may make any basic unarmed or
has a +5 Awareness bonus against the person it's attached to, weapon attack, paying 1 AP per X speed of that action.
Insect Bite has it's Accuracy bonus increased to X/2, and [Variable AP] The clone can perform any jutsu you know,
they're always considered to be 1 Stealth level lower than paying 1 AP per X speed of that action. It uses your DEX to
they really are. If this would mean that they are not Stealthed determine Seal Speeds, which have to be paid for by AP as
at all, the Aburame can attack them with ranged attacks as well.
normal, but can not attack with melee attacks (or have their
clone do so).
You can only attach a single Female Kikai to one person
(attaching more gives no added benefit), but can deploy as
many Female Kikai as you have. Deploying Female Kikai
does not reduce the level of your Swarm Size, but it does
limit how many Swarm Size you can recover via Insect
Cocoon.
--( Mushi Bunshin - Bug Clone )--
Using thousands of Kikai, the aburame creates a replica of
themselves made out of their bugs. While it isn't capable of
taking damage well, the clone can actually use the abuame's
chakra and thereby use jutsu, making it a powerful tool.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 10
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 10
Swarm Size: X
Special: 1 Willpower, 1 Female Kikai
Effects:
You create a clone of yourself, dedicating one or more ranks
of your Swarm Size to the clone. It counts as having your HP
and defenses (For purposes of wounding) but you only have
to deal wounds enough to reduce it's Swarm Size to 0. (Via
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 --( Mushi Jamingu no Jutsu - Bug Jamming Below are all the ways in which you can use your Swarm.
Technique )-- In all cases, X equal to or less than your Swarm Size.
The abuame uses a large amount of their insects to cover a Deploy (Speed X) - This creates a cloud of Kikaichuu
wide area of the battlefield, and then transmits their chakra to around you that extends X yard(s) out from you. You gain
the insects, which cover the field in it. Depending on the an upkeep equal to X. While deployed, any time the
whims of the Aburame, they can produce a wide variety of Aburame is hit by an area attack, the swarm loses 1 point,
effects. plus an additional point per level of wound the Aburame
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C took. (+1 for Minor, +2 for Major, etc.) Every time the
Chakra: 10 + X Aburame is inflicted damage by 5 IC of Ignite it also
Speed: 15 + X causes the swarm to lose 1 point. If the Swarm Size is
Upkeep: X above 10, the amount of points your swarm loses is
Area: X*3 doubled.
Seal Speed: 15
Requires: X Swarm Size Return (Speed X/2 or +X/2, Interrupt) - An aburame may
recall their Kikaichuu as an Interrupt to have them return
Effects: to their body as they dodge. A successful dodge means
You create a cloud of Kikai that can be used to do one of they return without being hit; a failed dodge means they
several things. You pick one from the list below when the are hit and damaged, but return thereafter.
jutsu is used, and can switch between them as a Speed 10
action without repaying the cost, so long as the upkeep is still
being maintained.
The Swarm used for this technique can not be used to do
other things (attack, defend, create clones) until the technique
is dismissed. You are immune to the penalties of this
technique, but can benefit from its effects (when using
Disrupt Chakra Sensors, namely).
Disrupt Chakra Sensors - While maintaining this field, you
take no penalty for the upkeep of your Kikaichuu (or this
technique) when someone tries to sense you, and instead
have a bonus to your Chakra Control roll of X*2 to
disguise yourself from Scanning attempts. Chakra
Sensors/Chakra Sensitive people are not able to sense
anyone within the field when someone advantages a
fatigue level, or when they make a Chakra Exhaustion roll.
Obstruct Vision - By constantly keeping in motion and
following a synchronized pattern, the beetles can obstruct
anyone's vision who is within the field. While not an actual
hindrance to movement, they impose a -X Visibility
Penalty to anyone inside of it, or anyone attacking into the
field, for as long as it's maintained.
Chakra Drain - Anyone inside of the field who attempts do
anything requiring a Chakra roll while within the field
takes a penalty to their roll equal to X/2, which persists
until they leave the field. Unlike normal penalties to
Chakra Exhaustion roll, it does not go away when you
advance a Fatigue level.
You start with 1 Swarm Size when you first buy Parasitic
Destruction Insect Technique and get 1 more for each rank in
it. These points reflect the maximum size your swarm can be
at any given time. You can deploy all of it at once, or keep
some of it safe while you use a bit of it. If you lose points in
your swarm, they regenerate at a rate of 1 per 3 OOC hours.
If you let all your females die, this rate is doubled.
When your swarm is deployed it has one Female Kikai with
it for every 2 Swarm Size the swarm is strong, and one dies
every time it goes down 2 Swarm Size. For every additional
Female Kikai you have in the swarm past the first you gain +1
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 You recover RES/5 calories per day, or half that amount if
Akimichi you can't eat at least two full meals. You can choose to stop at
One of the four noble clans of Leaf, the Akimichi do not come your maximum (5 per rank) or go up to double that value
off as particularly detached from, or superior to, others--none (with 4 ranks, you'd have a normal maximum of 20, and a true
of the noble clans do (well, perhaps the Hyuuga), but the maximum of 40). Every ten CP you are over your normal max
Akimichi in particular are, at least as a general rule, (round up) incurs a -1 penalty to Accuracy with Taijutsu,
gregarious and altruistic. dodge rolls, Athletics rolls, and any other rolls which depend
upon mobility. Any time you move (as a move action, or part
of another action) the total distance you travel is reduced by a
The typical Akimichi is of below-average height and stockily number of yards equal to that penalty.
built. Some are overweight, others husky or muscular. This is Do note that as you use calories in battle, that penalty will
partly genetics, and partly the result of the unique jutsu they go away.
possess, which allow them to manipulate their physical
structure and rapidly convert calories directly into chakra.
A tradition within the Akimichi clan, though by no means an
enforced one, is for the shinobi members to place some
manner of design on their cheeks in facepaint, chosen after
they become genin. Some change it upon rising in ranks,
while others go the opposite direction and opt to get it
tattooed on. Common examples are spirals, triangle designs,
and concentric circles.
Since before Konoha was found the Akimichi, Nara, and
Yamanaka clans have collaborated closely with one another,
and most Akimichi will unreservedly let their loyalty to their --( Akimichi Energy Bars )--
compatriots be known. Tasty, individually-wrapped energy bars which come in
Akimichi begin with 1 less Unique Point. dozens of flavors, including peanut butter, chocolate chip,
blackberry, celery, and milk. They're packed full of calories
and simple-carbohydrates, and Akimichi are able to
-=[ Calorie Control ]=- metabolize them almost instantly.
--( Calorie Conversion )--
Akimichi can convert excess calories to chakra. This can be Type: Item
used for just about anything that requires chakra, though it's Cost: 20 Ryo each Effects: Eating a bar is a Speed 4 action
most efficient when combined with their clan's techniques. that restores 5+(RES)/20 Calories. You may only eat up to
Overuse of this ability results in them literally eating away at (RES)/20 energy bars in an eight-hour period; any more,
their own body; once all the fat stores have been used, and you're too full to keep eating.
muscles and organ tissue is converted next. You may eat more than one energy bar at once, by adding 2
Type: Ability to the Speed of the action per energy bar beyond the first.
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 0
Limit: RES / 10 Effects: Each time you take of this ability
you gain five Calorie Points (CP). CP can be spent to
lower the Chakra cost of any Akimichi clan jutsu at a 1:1
ratio, to a minimum of 0. You can spend them to reduce
the cost of any other jutsu at a 3:1 ratio, but not below half
that technique's normal cost.
Alternately, you can spend CP to lower your Chakra
Exhaustion or Stamina penalty. It takes 2 Calorie Points to
lower either penalty by 1. Finally, you can spend 50 CP to not
advanced a Fatigue category when failing a Chakra
Exhaustion or Stamina roll.
In dire circumstances, you may spend HP in place of CP.
This may only be done once you have 0 CP remaining. Every
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 -=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Baika no Jutsu - Multi-Size Technique )--
The primary jutsu of the Akimichi clan, this increases the
user's body size drastically; due to the extreme amounts of
chakra necessary to cause such drastic growth, it's usually
powered by the clan's calorie control techniques.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 15 + X/2
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 10 Effects: You subtract X points from your AGI,
and add X to your STR and RES. The maximum value for
X is 10 + XP/100. You can't reduce your AGI below half its
maximum value using this technique.
The following effects apply during Baika
no Jutsu:
Your physical damage bonus' divisor is reduced by X/10, to
a minimum of STR/12.
You ignore any immobilization penalties of X/5 or less;
higher penalties are not reduced.
All your unarmed attacks gain Area X/10, or have their
existing Area increased by that amount.
You gain a damage reduction of X.
You have a -5 penalty to Stealth rolls.
You reduce the severity of any Stuns inflicted upon you by
X/10, and any effects which would move you involuntarily
will move you X/5 fewer yards.
Once this has been used in a battle, you may alter the value
of X as a Speed 5 action without paying the cost. You may not
take X higher than the original value you paid for. For
example, Chouji has 1200 XP and uses Baika no Jutsu; X
could be any number from 1 to (10+1200/100) = 22. If he
uses Baika no Jutsu as a Chakra 25 (X = 20) action, he could
then take a Speed 5 action to set the value of his attribute
changes anywhere from +/-1 to +/-20, but to go any higher
he'd have to pay for Baika no Jutsu again.
--( Nikudan Sensha - Human Bullet Tank )--
After enlarging with the multi-size technique, the Akimichi
tucks their limbs in and uses chakra to propel themselves in a
powerful roll across the ground.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 25 to begin, 15 per attack
Damage: (STR/10)d8
Speed: 15
Requires: Baika no Jutsu or Cho Baika no Jutsu active
Effects: While maintaining this technique, you are
considered to be rolling. While rolling you automatically
block any attacks against you, unless you choose to dodge;
you cannot parry or perform handseals, and have a -5
Awareness penalty.
If you deal damage with this technique its Speed is reduced
to 5 (though remains 15 for the purpose of dealing damage).
You may attack them again as a Speed 5 action, though may
not reduce its Speed with AP (and in this case, it does count
as Speed 5 to determine damage).
After you've missed someone, you cannot target that same
person for 25 IC, as it takes time for you to turn and hit them
again.
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While you maintain Nikudan Sensha's Upkeep, you move
25% faster and halve any Immobilization penalties on you
(after determining whether or not they're ignored by
Baika/Cho Baika). You cannot be physically parried by anyone
who has less than 75% of your modified STR.
--( Bubun Baika no Jutsu - Partial Multi-Size
Technique )--
A more situational variation upon the multi-size technique,
this temporarily enlarges only a single part of the body. Most
commonly the arms are chosen, for the sake of a quick
offense, but legs are equally viable.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 5 + X/3
Speed: +2 Effects: This supplements another action
(typically a taijutsu attack). For the duration of that action
you gain +X STR, to a maximum of double your normal
STR. You also gain up to X/10 of the effects from Baika no
Jutsu's list. You cannot use this while Baika no Jutsu or
Cho Baika no Jutsu are active.
--( Nikudan Hari Sensha - Spiked Human
Bullet Tank )--
The Akimichi attaches dozens of kunai to multiple lengths of
wire which they then drape loosely around their body. When
they increase in size the wires become taut, and the kunai
form rings of spikes around their body. While this is certainly
effective as a means of attack, the real purpose is much
simpler: the kunai function like cleats, aiding in turning.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 30 to begin, 20 per attack
Damage: (STR/8)d10
Speed: 15
Requires: Baika no Jutsu or Cho Baika no Jutsu active
Effects: This functions the same as Nikudan Sensha, but
is blocked as if it were a weapon attack. Anyone who
makes physical contact with you or comes within melee
range (including most weapon attacks) takes half this
technique's damage (based on Speed 15). This does not
apply to people who you attack (as they already take
damage, from being attacked).
Every consecutive attack against the same person, without
you missing, does 10% more damage. Turning after missing a
target takes only 10 IC, rather than 15.
Using Nikudan Hari Sensha requires at least 30 specially
prepared kunai, which may be used repeatedly in this
technique. Repurposing them as regular throwing weapons
(i.e. removing them from their wire) does mean they can no
longer be used for this.
--( Cho Harite - Mega Palm Thrust )--
The user, already enlarged, pours still more chakra into their
palms, causing them to increase drastically in size. Surging
with enough chakra for it to be physically visible, the
Akimichi's palms are as strong as iron.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 40 + X
Speed: +6
Requires: Baika no Jutsu or Cho Baika no Jutsu active
Effects: This increases the Area of a taijutsu attack it's
used alongside with (though not ones which specify they
are only kicks, and not Akimichi clan jutsu) by X, and your
damage bonus by X/5. X has a maximum value of CHA/20
in Baika no Jutsu, and CHA/10 in Chou Baika no Jutsu.
--( Cho Baika no Jutsu - Super Multi-Size
Technique )--
Essentially a scaled-up version of the Akimichi's regular
multi-size technique, this increases the user (and their
clothing) to gigantic proportions; even the weakest users will
be as tall as a building, and with enough energy invested this
can let someone easily tower over most trees.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 15 + X
Upkeep: 5 + X/4
Speed: 15 Effects: If used when already in Baika no Jutsu,
this temporarily replaces that technique's effects, and Cho
Baika's cost is reduced by half the X value used in Baika
no Jutsu. Its Speed is reduced to 10.
Your AGI is reduced by X1.5, and your STR and RES are
increased by X2. X may not be more than half your maximum
AGI, and may not be less than one quarter your maximum
AGI.
When active, the following effects are applied:
Your physical damage bonus is calculated as STR/12.
You ignore immobilization penalties of X/5 or less.
All your unarmed attacks gain Area X/5, or have their
existing Area increased by that amount.
You gain a damage reduction of X*1.25
You cannot hide.
You may choose to automatically block any incoming
attacks.
Your movement speed is calculated without including the
penalty from Cho Baika no Jutsu.
You can grapple someone using only a single hand. This
does allow you to, potentially, hold one person in each
hand.
You reduce the severity of any Stuns inflicted upon you by
X/8, and any effects which would move you involuntarily
will move you X/4 fewer yards.
--( Chodan Bakugeki - Butterfly Bullet
Bombing )--
This technique is typically only usable after an Akimichi has
consumed a red food pill, due to its extreme chakra
requirements; in fact, that's where it got its name. The
amount of chakra produced from consuming a red pill is so
excessive that the Akimichi's body has to vent it off, resulting
in visible plumes of chakra bursting from their
shoulderblades in a display reminiscent of butterfly wings.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 250
Damage: (STR/5)d20
Speed: 25
Area: Physical damage bonus *2
Effects: This adds your physical and ninjutsu damage
bonuses together to determine its damage bonus. The
primary target takes full damage; anyone else caught in the
area takes only the damage from your damage bonuses.
-=[ Sanshoku no Gan'yaku - Three-Colored
Pills ]=-
A secret medicine developed and used exclusively by the
Akimichi clan, these three pills converts stored energy into
chakra to give the user a tremendous boost in power.
Understandably, these are exceptionally potent in the hands
of an Akimichi.
Even so, there's a good reason they're not widely used.
They're not gentle on the body, and the chemicals released by
the pills in the process are actually toxic. Eating a pill is a
Speed 4 action.
Despite their names, they don't taste like food. They taste
like... well, poison.
All pills have some effects in common. When you use a pill,
you will gain some amount of Calorie Points. This is based
on your true maximum (10 per rank of Calorie Conversion),
and can take you above it. While under the effects of pills, you
suffer no penalties from having too many CP. When a pill's
effects end, you lose CP equal to however many it gave you.
Anyone other than an Akimichi who takes these pills
suffers half the base Poison for half the base duration, and
receives none of the benefits.
When a pill's effects expire, you can let it end or take a
higher-strength pill as a non-action. So long as you are under
the effects of one of the three pills, you ignore all penalties
caused by these pills. If you use one while another is in
effects (for example, you take the Green pill, and 20 IC later
you take the Yellow pill) you overwrite all the effects
(including the Poison) of the lower-strength pill, but keep any
extra calories you have from it.
Akimichi are issued only one of each pill at a time. Giving
these pills away is treason, and it's a credit to the clan that to
date no Akimichi has done so.
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 --(Hourengan - Green Spinach Pill )--
You gain half your maximum Calorie Points. The ratios for
spending CP improve, becoming 1:2 for Akimichi clan jutsu,
2:1 for non-clan jutsu, and 1:1 to reduce your Chakra
Exhaustion or Stamina penalty.
For the duration you are immune to knockback and have all
your attributes increased by 10%. When you take the pill, your
Chakra Exhaustion penalty is reset to 0. When this ends, your
Fatigue is increased by 2 categories. Duration: 50 + RES/5
Poison: 3 - (RES/50)

--( Karengan - Yellow Curry Pill )--

You gain your maximum Calorie Points. The ratios for
spending CP improve, becoming 1:3 for Akimichi clan jutsu,
1:1 for non-clan jutsu, and 1:2 to reduce your Chakra
Exhaustion or Stamina penalty.
For the duration you are immune to knockback and halve
the effects of stuns, and have all your attributes increased by
15%. When you take the pill, your Chakra Exhaustion and
Stamina penalties are reset to 0. When this ends, your
Fatigue is increased by 4 categories. Duration: 100 + RES/4
Poison: 6 - (RES/50)
--( Tongarashigan - Red Chilli Pill )--
You gain double your maximum Calorie Points. The ratios for
spending CP improve, becoming 1:5 for Akimichi clan jutsu,
1:2 for non-clan jutsu, and 1:3 to reduce your Chakra
Exhaustion or Stamina penalty.
For the duration you are immune to knockback, and the
effects of Stuns and Paralysis effects are divided by four
(round down). All your attributes are increased by 25%. When
you take the pill, your Chakra Exhaustion and Stamina
penalties are reset to 0 and your Fatigue is lowered by 2
categories. When this ends, your Fatigue is increased by 8
categories. Duration: 100 + RES/2 Poison: 9 - (RES/40)
As you may notice, it's quite easy to go above "Fatigue 6",
which is to say, unconsciousness, by using these pills.
Pushing your body that far is dangerous, and hard to recover
from.
For every Fatigue category you are beyond unconscious
(i.e. Fatigue 8 would be 2 over), one Fatigue level takes an
entire week to heal. For example, if you were at Fatigue 9, you
would be (7, 8, 9) 3 levels above unconscious. This means that
once you woke up, it would take a week to recover from
Fatigue 5, another week to recover from Fatigue 4, another
week to recover from Fatigue 3, and you'd then recover
normally.
After this effect takes place, you cannot regain any calorie
points or receive the benefits of food pills (they're still poison,
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Inuzuka
Like the ninken (ninja dogs) they fight alongside, the Inuzuka
are both highly spirited and very loyal -- to the good of
Konohagakure and to their individual friends. Despite being
one of the smaller clans in Konoha, their presence has long
been valued by the village as a whole.
For decades they have contributed to the strength of
Konoha's scouting and tracking units, aided greatly by their
ninken. Inuzuka medics often double as veterinarians, and
many retire to work as vets or breeders once they've finished
serving as proper ninja. Most Inuzuka, even if not
permanently assigned to tracking squads, will be temporarily
'borrowed' to assist with missions where their skills will
come in handy at some point in their career.
Physically, Inuzuka tend to be easily identifiable by the
traditional red markings on their cheeks and slightly more
fang-like canines. An Inuzuka is very rarely seen far from his
or her ninken, even from childhood years. An Inuzuka's dog is
a friend, playmate, and ally in battle. Inuzuka train with their
ninken starting even before their academy years, ultimately
culminating in some of Konoha's most physically destructive
taijutsu.
The Inuzuka are often characterized as blunt and rough
around the edges, taking things from playful to what most
others would consider hurtful. Nonetheless, they're very
protective of their teammates and typically mean well.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Tsuga - Passing Fang )--
The user spins his body at incredible speeds, the surrounding
chakra and air creating the appearance of a long vortex
rotating along its axis. The user in this state then rushes to
make direct contact with the victim. It can be extremely
damaging, as it is capable of ripping through great tree trunks
or chakra-reinforced earth barriers.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank D
Stamina: 20 + X
Damage: (STR /10)d10
Range: AGI
Speed: 20
Effects: The effectiveness of partial defense is doubled
against this technique; for every 1 point it hits by, it deals 10%
damage. Every time someone is hit by this technique, they
remove 1 off the top of their partial defenses. (For example, I
needed to hit 10 above to get 100%, now I only need to hit 9
above. 8 being 90%, so on.) This resets to normal if you
choose to take a non-Tsuga, non-interrupt action. Every time
you use this after the first, consecutively, this technique's
Stamina, Speed, and Range are only considered to be half.
Blocking is only 25% effective against this technique.
Tsuga's range is reduced by anything that would reduce
your ability to move (such as immobilization penalties); when
you use Tsuga, you cross to melee range with your target. The
"X" in Tsuga's Stamina cost is (the number of yards you move
this way)/10, rounded down.
--( Shikyaku no Jutsu - Four Legs Technique
)--
Using this technique, the user takes on much more
animalistic mannerisms, hunching down to all-fours and
baring his teeth, for example. Even his physical
characteristics become more animal-like: canines and
fingernails grow into fangs and claws, pupils become slitted
rather than rounded. More importantly, the user's reflexes,
senses, speed and strength rise in power dramatically. The
Inuzuka often utilize this technique to launch effective hit-
and-run offenses against an opponent.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 3
Speed: 10
Effects: Your AGI counts 20% higher for purposes of
movement and the range of your clan jutsu. You also gain a
+3 bonus to Awareness and Survival, though while you are
using this, you cannot make handseals except for Inuzuka
clan jutsu.
--( Jujin Bunshin - Beast Human Clone )--
Derived from the basic Henge, this technique transforms the
ninken into the likeness of its owner, though the ninken will
still behave like an animal in this form. However, together
with the Shikyaku no Jutsu, the two become virtually
indistinguishable. Gatsuga often follows quickly upon use of
this technique. This technique also shares the same basic
weaknesses of Henge.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 15
Upkeep: 3
Speed: 6
Seal Speed: 6
Effects: This technique changes your dog into a lookalike of
you. In this form it can now use Tsuga as well . Unlike regular
Henge, this technique will be broken only when the dog is
knocked out of action (The Inuzuka takes a Major or Higher
wound).
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 --( Gatsuga - Fang Passing Fang )-- --( Garouga - Wolf Passing Fang )--
Tsuga twice over. Both shinobi and transformed ninken In Sotoro form, the user creates a vortex similar to Tsuga;
coordinate their Tsuga movements to most effectively however, the speed and power of Garouga far surpasses any
devastate the opponent or create an opening. Thus Gatsuga of its lower forms. In fact, the user spins so rapidly during the
is typically much more difficult to avoid than Tsuga. technique that he loses his effective field of vision. The target
is tracked, instead, by scent, the Inuzuka using their enhanced
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C canine senses to find their opponents. Inuzuka have split
Stamina: 25 + X/10 opponents right in two with direct hits from this attack.
Damage: (STR /6)d10
Range: AGI Type: Taijutsu, Rank B
Speed: 25 Stamina: 50
Effects: This attack uses two accuracy rolls, one for you Damage: (STR /4)d12
and the dog. First, determine if the attack which rolled higher Range: AGI
hits; if it does, the attack with the lower result has its Speed: 30
accuracy increased by 5. For example, if you rolled 1d20+8 -> Effects: When you use this technique, make an opposed
12+8 -> 20 for yourself, and 1d20+6 -> 9+6 -> 15 for your dog, Survival vs. Athletics roll. If opponent succeeds in their
you'd see if 20 hit whatever defense your opponent used. If it Athletics check, they add the amount they won by to their
did, your dog's attack's accuracy would be raised to 15 -> 20. defense against this jutsu.
This counts as performing Tsuga twice, though there is no Partial defenses have no effect against this jutsu, and
reduction of Stamina or Speed, only Range for consecutive unless you dodge it by 5, you still take 50% of the damage.
use of this. This technique bypasses blocking, DR, cannot be parried by
You must spend 10 AP and your ninken must have an weapons or unarmed and if you wound someone it is treated
activation within the speed of this attack, missing it's next as three separate wounds (1 Piercing, 1 Blunt, 1 Slashing) of
activation. You combine the damage of you and your ninken's a lower severity. This jutsu's damage also counts 50% higher
attacks for purposes of wounding. If you wound, it is treated for purposes of wounding.
as two separate wounds (1 Piercing, 1 Blunt) of a lower Garouga follows the same rules as Tsuga for traveling to
severity. your enemy, and increasing the Stamina cost accordingly.
Gatsuga follows the same rules as Tsuga for traveling to
your enemy, and increasing the Stamina cost accordingly.
--( Jinju Konbi Henge: Sotoro - Human Beast
Combination Transformation: Double-
Headed Wolf )--
This fearsome transformation technique combines shinobi
and ninken into a massive two-headed wolf. While being in
this form has its obvious benefits, this technique is most
valued as an essential preparation for the Inuzuka's most
devastating form of Tsuga.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 35
Upkeep: 7
Speed: 12
Effects: Your dog combines with you and may no longer
take separate actions. You gain a +4 bonus to Acc and D20
Rolls. Your physical damage bonus is increased by 3. You also
gain a +5 bonus to Awareness and Survival, though while you
are using this, you cannot make handseals or stealth.
This technique overrides Four Legs technique, and will
automatically stop it if used. (It cannot be used while you
maintain this either!) If you take a Major wound, you are
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Ninken
Your ninken, or ninja dog, is more than just an extra weapon
in combat; it's a living creature with its own capabilities.
However, its advancement is intextricably tied to your own.
The values below are based on your XP.
-=[ Skills ]=-
Your dog also has the following ranks in these skills:
Awareness: 5 + XP/300 Stealth: 5 + XP/500 Survival: 5 +
XP/200
In other words, your dog starts with 5 ranks in Survival,
Awareness, and Stealth. It gains XP/200 ranks in Survival,
XP/300 ranks in Awareness, and XP/500 ranks in Stealth.
If you and your dog are traveling together, you may reroll a
skill check, using your dogs skill. This only works with the
three skills it has.
This does not apply in combat, and does not apply when
you two are separated; if you have your dog wait in hiding
somewhere while you go elsewhere, it uses its own rolls.
-=[ Dog Abilities ]=-
-=[ Actions ]=- These are obtained automatically, once every 500 XP. Choose
When fighting with you, the dog can act every 20 IC. It uses one from the list below; you may not take an ability more than
your stats for it's attacks and counts as suffering from any once unless it says so.
status effects you are. There are three things the dog can do
when it acts: Good Nose: Your dog has +3 ranks in Survival, and +1
Basic Attack Speed 8, (Dex/6)d6 and uses half your PDB. rank in Awareness. You may take this ability up to 5 times.
Grab Just as E-rank Grapple. This uses your relevant stats Sneaky: Your dog has +3 ranks in Stealth, and +1 rank in
at 60%. Survival. You may take this twice.
Stealth Your dog uses stealth! It's basic attack uses your
full PDB if it gets to surprise attack. Swift: The dog gains a +2 Dodge when it's on it's own.
Using Beast Human Clone, it can perform Tsuga and for This can be taken three times.
the grapple is uses 80% of your relevant stats. This has an AP
cost equal to half the action's base Speed; the actual Speed of Vicious: Your dog's basic attack die size goes up to D8s.
the technique may then be modified further by spending You can take this a second time to make it D10s.
more AP.
Your dog does not need to dodge, it cannot be targeted or
caught in an aoe. When an Inuzuka is dealt a wound of Major Well-Trained: Your dog has +1 rank in Awareness, Stealth,
or Higher, the dog is knocked out of action for 10 IC per and Survival. You may take this up to 5 times.
severity (Major is 10 IC, Severe is 20 IC, etc.). The severity of
wounds caused by area techniques is one higher for this
consideration alone. (A Minor wound from an area technique
would knock the dog out for 10 IC, a Major for 20 IC, etc.) A
Critical from an area technique will knock the dog out for the
rest of the combat. If the dog is already knocked out, the
duration it's knocked out cannot be extended, only once it's
back up can be beat down again.
When fighting alone, your dog can use your dodge with a -6
penalty, but if it's hit once, by anything that deals damage, it's
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Hyuuga
Throughout their history, the Hyuuga have adhered closely to
a tradition of segregating family members into either the
Main House or the Branch House, typically on the basis of
gender and sibling birth order. Members of the Main House
control and direct the affairs of the Hyuuga clan at large,
whereas the Branch House is tasked with faithfully serving
and protecting members of the Main House and -- in a wider
scope -- the interests of the entire Hyuuga clan.
This practice of sealing Branch House family members,
however, came to its end through the concerted influence of
three famed Hyuuga of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Thanks to their tireless spirit, cooperation, and heroic
reputation garnered from the War, they won the crucial
number of Main House members to their side, greatly healing
a rift between the houses that had been ever-widening in
previous decades. Soon afterward, the head of the Hyuuga
clan decreed that thenceforth none would be branded with
the seal.
With the divide between the houses now gone, the Hyuuga
have risen to prominence both within and beyond their village
as one of the most noble clans of Konoha. They are widely
known for the distinct milky-white eyes, dark hair, and
sophistication in the way they dress and talk. Shinobi of other
nations tend to be wary of them, as their gentle fist style of
fighting makes it impossible to tell just how competent a
Hyuuga may be by their physical stature, with legends of one
touch being enough to cripple an opponent.
Hyuuga begin with 1 less Unique Point.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Byakugan - White Eye )--
Activating the Byakugan is a Speed 0, Seal Speed 6 action; it
can't be used as an interrupt. Once you've reduced its Seal
Speed to 0, you no longer have to perform handseals to
activate it. Byakugan has an Upkeep of 2.
You can differentiate between people and clones (except for
Kage Bunshin), and tell if someone is using Henge (though
this does not allow you to see their true form).
The Byakugan allows you to see through physical objects
(though you're still aware of their presence). This gives you, in
crude terms, "X-ray vision", except you see chakra instead of
bones and dense objects. You can see everything in a CHA
yard radius around you this way.
This allows you to spot jutsu-based traps and effects, and
detect the presence of fuinjutsu placed on a person, item, or
area. When actively searching for an opponent in combat, you
have a +10 bonus to that Awareness roll.
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It also means that you're immune to all visibility penalties
from external sources, such as blindfolds, ninjutsu-induced
mists, and smoke bombs. You are immune to Genjutsu which
target an area instead of people, can automatically see
through them as if they weren't there, and can tell when
someone else is being affected by a Genjutsu from the
disturbance in their chakra flow.
--( Hakkeshou Kaiten - Eight Trigrams Palm
Revolving Heaven )--
The absolute defense of the Hyuuga clan, to use this
technique the ninja simultaneously releases chakra from
every tenketsu in their body and begins spinning rapidly.
The combined effect is to generate a virtually impervious
shield of rotating chakra; what makes it truly effective is that
the chakra used won't dissipate until the user finally comes to
a stop.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Stamina: 5 + X
Chakra: 5 + X
Damage: No base damage.
Speed: 6 + X
Special: Interrupt, Abort
Requires: Byakugan active
Effects: This technique's base Speed (6) is what is used for
determining whether it can Interrupt a given attack. If used
as an Interrupt, you make an accuracy roll with a +X/2 bonus
against the opponent's Accuracy; failure means you are hit,
but activate Kaiten immediately afterwards.
Kaiten lasts for its full Speed in IC after being used. For
example, if you used it on IC 22 when attacked, paying 8
Chakra and Stamina, it would last until IC (22+6+3) 31. Any
time after the first 6 IC have passed, you may abort Kaiten.
Kaiten flawlessly deflects any ninjutsu or taijutsu. Though it
cannot be used to Interrupt genjutsu, you cannot be targeted
by them while Kaiten is in progress.
Kaiten's radius is up to CHA/10 yards. Anyone in range when
it's activated who fails to dodge takes damage and is knocked
to the edge of the radius. If Kaiten is activated inside of a
persistent AoE effect (such as a cloud, or water slick) with a
radius equal to or less than its own, it ends that effect.
This technique's only true weakness is that it is ineffective if
the user cannot spin. If suffering from a -6 or greater
immobilization penalty, you may not utilize Kaiten.
You may not reduce Kaiten's Speed by spending AP.
--( Hakke Kuushou - Eight Trigrams Empty
Palm )--
One offensive counterpart to the defensive Hakkeshou
Kaiten. Rather than releasing chakra from all tenketsu to
form a protective barrier, chakra is released from certain
tenketsu, typically the forearm and palm, to create a forceful
thrust, which damages an opponent at a distance.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Chakra: +5
Range: CHA/3
Speed: +2
Requires: Byakugan active
Effects: This is added to any Gentle Fist attack (basic
attack or combo), increasing its Chakra cost and Speed
accordingly. It allows those techniques to be performed at the
listed range (and, accordingly, does not break combos).
Because this changes those techniques into what is
essentially a wave of force, it prevents them from being
parried as normal unarmed taijutsu (though most ninjutsu-
based defenses will still apply normally).
It cannot, however, be used to extend the range of the various
Gentle Fist Finishers.
--( Juukenpo Ichigekishin - Gentle Fist Art
One Blow Body )--
Another offensive use of the Hyuuga's ability to release
chakra from his tenketsu. Here a force is created and
directed against an opponent, or even against the espied
weakness of some technique in order to dispel it, using the
Byakugan's ability to see chakra. In either case, the force
created can easily send most opponents flying.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 20 + X
Speed: 14
Requires: Byakugan active
Effects:
This can be used when in a grapple, or when you would, due
to a jutsu restraining you (such as Water Prison), be unable to
take actions. In a grapple, this immediately ends the grapple
and automatically strikes your opponent with a basic attack
Jyuuken.
Otherwise, this immediately ends any effects restraining you,
from being tied up with ropes to being trapped inside a Water
Prison. If used against a jutsu, X is that technique's Upkeep
(if it has one). Otherwise, X is zero.
-=[ Jyuuken - Gentle Fist ]=-
Jyuuken is a special way of fighting which works by infusing
one's blows with chakra and injecting it directly into the
opponent's bodies at weak points on their chakra circulatory
system.
There are two ways of performing jyuuken. The first is as a
basic unarmed attack, as follows:
--( Jyuuken - Gentle Fist )--
The offensive combat style of the Hyuuga. Making use of
Byakugun's ability to see an opponent's chakra flow, the user
engages in what seem to merely be graceful taijutsu strikes.
In reality, with every contact the Jyuuken user is injecting his
own chakra into calculated points within the opponent's
chakra flow, sealing them off and damaging internal organs
directly. Save for unique physiology or other abilities, Jyuuken
is notoriously difficult to defend against once contact is made.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank E
Stamina: 5
Damage: 1d4
Special: Opener
Speed: 8 Effects: Jyuuken uses half your ninjutsu damage
bonus, instead of your taijutsu damage bonus. Its damage
cannot be blocked, and it cannot be stopped by armor.
Jyuuken's damage is dealt directly to an opponent's HP.
You may also 'convert' any Combo Taijutsu to jyuuken. This
represents you adapting the basic concepts of it to the unique
Hyuuga style; virtually all jyuuken strikes are delivered with
relatively light finger-jabs (inflicting their injury through the
bursts of chakra).
This techniques use your ninjutsu, rather than physical,
damage bonus, cannot be stopped by armor, and reduce the
effectiveness of blocking by 25%. Techniques converted this
way gain a Chakra cost equal to their Stamina cost. You
cannot switch from a regular combo to a jyuuken combo,
though you can go from an ordinary Opener to a jyuuken
combo.
If you have amassed a Combo Counter from performing
jyuuken combos, you will be able to use one of several
jyuuken-specified finishers, listed below.
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 --( Hakke Sanjuuni Shou - Eight Trigrams
Thirty-Two Palms )--
A simplified version of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
As its complexity and difficulty are reduced, it's easier for
novice Hyuuga to learn, and has some advantages in battles
when one needs a quick advantage, lacking the time or
energy to resort to more advanced versions of the technique.
The user launches into a series of high-speed jyuuken
strikes at an enemy, aiming to temporarily disable them--more
advanced versions can effectively remove an opponent from
the battle entirely, and while Thirty-Two Palms typically lacks
that capability, it's nonetheless a force to be reckoned with.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank D
Stamina: 15
Chakra: 15
Damage: 1d6
Special: Finisher
Speed: 15
Requires: Byakugan active
Combo Bonus: +1 Stun, +1d6 damage, Special
Effects: For the combo bonus, you may choose between
one of the following three effects:
(Combo Counter)/3 Sealed Tenketsu
(Combo Counter)/2 Paralysis, with a Duration of (Combo
Counter)*5
(Combo Counter) Immobilization, with a Duration of
(Combo Counter)*5
--( Hakke Rokujuyon Shou - Eight Trigrams
Sixty-Four Palms )--
A devastating series of Jyuuken strikes carried out in rapid
succession, sealing many of the opponent's tenketsu in the
process. The strikes are made in increasing powers of two:
two strikes, followed by another two, then four, then eight,
then sixteen, then thirty-two, for a total of sixty-four strikes.
The damage to internal organs and chakra flow is often so
debilitating that the victim can no longer stand.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Stamina: 25
Chakra: 25
Damage: 0d6
Special: Finisher
Speed: 20
Requires: Byakugan active
Combo Bonus: +2 Stun, +1 Immobilization, +2d6 damage,
Special
Effects: This finisher's Immobilization lasts until its stun
has worn off. For the combo bonus, you may choose between
one of these two effects:
(Combo Counter)/2 Sealed Tenketsu
(Combo Counter)/2 Paralysis, with a Duration of (Combo
Counter)*5
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--( Hakke Hyaku Nijuuhachi Shou - Eight
Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight
Palms )--
The ultimate and most demanding Jyuuken combination
strike, the final development of the Hakke Rokujuyon Shou.
The shinobi's speed and chakra control have reached truly
amazing levels, effectively doubling the strikes made from
sixty-four to one hundred twenty-eight.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank B
Stamina: 35
Chakra: 35
Damage: 0d6
Special: Finisher
Speed: 25
Requires: Byakugan active
Combo Bonus: +1 Sealed Tenketsu, +0.5 Paralysis, +1
Immobilize, +3 Stun, +3d6 damage
Effects: The Paralysis and Immobilize last until the Stun
has worn off.
--( Sealed Tenketsu )--
This is a status effect. Every tenketsu sealed gives you a -1
penalty to Chakra Exhaustion rolls; half this total penalty is
applied to your Stamina rolls. Furthermore, if you fail a
Chakra Exhaustion roll while your Tenketsu are sealed,
whatever technique you were trying to use fails to activate
(but you advance a Fatigue level as normal) and you lose
Vitality (or HP) equal to the Chakra cost of that jutsu.
Sealed Tenketsu stacks partially with itself. If you already
have the status applied, and are struck by another attack
which it inflicts it, add half (rounded down) the lower severity
to the higher; this is the new severity of your Sealed Tenketsu
status. For example, if you were at 3, then hit by an attack
which inflicted Sealed Tenketsu 5, your status would be (5 +
3/2) = (5 + 1) = 6. Another attack with ST 3 would, then, raise
you to 7.
Nara
A modestly-sized yet highly influential clan in Leaf, the Nara
primarily use secret ninjutsu techniques which manipulate
shadows, using them to disable opponents and control the
battlefield.
What they're truly known for, however, is their many medical
advances. While the clan produces few talented medical nin,
a disproportionate number of the advances in theory and
actual, physical medicines and treatments seem to come from
the Nara. The pills used by the Akimichi clan are just one
example of the Nara's medical breakthroughs.
The Akimichi, Nara, and Yamanaka clan have always enjoyed
a special relationship with one another, often working in You may perform any ninjutsu or genjutsu you know against
teams and as allies; that bond stands at the heart of Leaf them; if they know the same technique, they perform it as
village, and is often looked to by other shinobi as an example well, directed at you.
of Konoha's unity.
You may make them attack someone with any technique you
-=[ Abilities ]=- can force them to perform, with a -3 penalty to their Accuracy.
--( Kagemane no Jutsu - Shadow Imitation You can also attack the same target as them, at the same
Technique )-- time. For all the above methods of controlling their actions,
your Speed is advanced by the appropriate amount, and
The most basic of the Nara's techniques, the user extends theirs is not.
their shadow and links it to another person's. Once
successful, the two are physically linked, giving the Nara If the victim is attacked, you can either choose to defend for
exceptional physical control over their victim. them, partially relax the technique long enough for them to
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D defend themselves, or force them to take the hit without
Chakra: 15 defending. If you do this, they immediately get a roll to escape
Range: CHA /3 with a +5 bonus, which they may, after seeing the result, add
Upkeep: 6 10 to per point of Willpower they spend.
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 8
Effects: This requires a ninjutsu strike with a -3 penalty,
which is removed if a Flash Bomb has been used in the
past 5 IC.
The victim can, as a Speed 10 action, attempt to break free,
which is a 1d20+STR/5 OR RES/5 roll with a -5 penalty,
against your 1d20+CHA/5. Every attempt to break free gives
a cumulative +2 bonus. The victim may take no other actions
which require physical movement.
You can make the target perform and taijutsu you know, use
any weapon they have, and ninjutsu or genjutsu you both
know, and perform any mundane tasks, including forcing
them to disarm themselves. They pay the Stamina and
Chakra costs for any actions you make them perform, though
you must perform the same actions.
If you attack them, they use the same attack against you. You
can use a Large weapon to attack them without being hit if
they have a non-Large weapon (or no weapon), and any non-
Small weapon to attack them without being hit if they have a
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 --( Multiple Shadow Bind )--
You can target multiple people with your Kagemane no Jutsu.
Every person beyond the first adds 5 to Kage Mane's chakra
cost, and 2 to its upkeep. You may target up to 1 additional
person per rank.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 6
Scale: 4
Limit: CHA /30
--( Kagebuki Shibari no Jutsu - Shadow
Neck-Binding Technique )--
A more advanced version of Shadow Imitation, this extends
the user's shadow up a victim, creating elongated hands and
arms to wrap around and strangle, or otherwise injure, the
victim.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 20
Speed: 16 Effects: This can be used only on someone
who's already trapped by your Shadow Imitation
Technique, and as such does not require an Accuracy roll.
If used consecutively, its Chakra cost is reduced to 15.
This can be used to strangle, or attack. Used to strangle, it
inflicts Suffocation 1 every time it's used. When you take any
other action (including movement and defensive actions) the
Suffocation is considered to have ended.
Alternatively, you may use this to directly damage an
opponent, dealing only your damage bonus multiplied by its
speed. This damage cannot be reduced below half by effects
such as damage reduction and jutsu. It's automatically a
called shot, and wounds it inflicts cannot be prevented by
armor. Defending against Shadow Neck Bind is not possible.
This technique inflicts Blunt damage.
--( Kage Nui no Jutsu - Shadow Sewing
Technique )--
This materializes shadows, allowing them to physically attack
and bind an opponent (and, well, leave the ground). The user
reshapes their shadow into several needle-tipped tendrils and
attempts to impale an enemy with them.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 25
Damage: 8d12
Speed: 12 Effects: This cannot be used while Kagemane
no Jutsu is maintained. It inflicts a -4 immobilization
penalty on anyone affected; you may target as many people
with Shadow Sewing as you can with Shadow Imitation,
without increasing its cost. Shadow Sewing has a +3
bonus to its Accuracy.
You may use Shadow Imitation on anyone affected by
Shadow Sewing, ending the latter effect and automatically
snatching them in your Shadow Imitation. Someone trapped
by Shadow Sewing can still take a Speed 10 action to try to
break free, using the same roll as if they were escaping from
Shadow Imitation. This technique deals Piercing damage.
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--( Kagemane Shuriken no Jutsu - Shadow
Imitation Shuriken Technique )--
By infusing weapons with chakra, you give them the
properties of your shadow techniques. Using these to pierce
the enemy's shadows anchors them in place.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank B
Stamina: Special
Chakra: 20
Accuracy: +4
Speed: Special
Requires: Chakra Flow, Shadow Imitation Technique
Effects: This is a thrown weapon attack, using that
attack's Stamina and Speed. It inflicts a -2 Immobilization
penalty on the victim, rather than doing damage. Multiple
applications of this technique can be applied to the same
person, up to a maximum of -8. These penalties last until
the victim has taken a Move action with a Speed of double
the total penalty they're under, -1 per 40 points of STR
they have.
--( Kageyose no Jutsu - Shadow Endgame
Technique )--
Working on the same principle as the Shadow Sewing
Technique, this uses materialized shadows. Unlike Shadow
Sewing, it allows for precise control of the shadow's
movements; the user splits their shadow off into potentially
dozens of fully prehensile shadow tendrils, small enough to
slip through keyholes and dexterous enough to lift keys off of
hooks.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 2
Speed: Varies Effects: You can create shadows of tendril
to grab, retrieve, and throw objects. This costs 1 AP per
CHA/50 yards away the item is. Throwing them is handled
as a regular thrown weapon (or multi-throw) attack,
costing 1 AP per 2 Speed of the attack; you may use the
Shadow Imitation Shuriken Technique with these
weapons. These attacks use your ninjutsu, rather than
physical, damage bonus.
You may continue to use Shadow Endgame so long as you
maintain its upkeep.
Senju
Once known as the Senju Clan of the Forest, and allegedly
descended from the Sage of Six Paths, founder of ninjutsu,
himself, the history of the Senju clan is the history of Konoha.
They founded the village, the First, Second, and Fifth
Hokages were all members of descendants of the clan, and
it's said the First Hokage used his Senju bloodline to create
the very village itself. Their name, meaning Thousand Hands,
came from their peerless talents in all aspects of ninja skills: --( Moku Bunshin no Jutsu - Wood Clone
if there was every a 'greatest clan' of ninja, it was them. Technique )--
This technique takes advantage of mokuton's ability to
They're also virtually extinct. The clan itself died out accelerate plant growth by converting some of the user's cells
generations ago. Of the perhaps dozen people alive who into, essentially, plant matter; the wood clone physically buds
actually were born with the Senju name, almost none of them off the user before taking on their appearance.
actually manifest their clan's abilities.
Type: Mokuton Ninjutsu, Rank C
The bloodline is as persistent and hardy as the forests it Cost: 1 Willpower per clone
symbolizes, though. In every generation, a handful of ninja Speed: 10, +3 per clone Effects: Wood clones follow most
will be born who exhibit the traits of the Senju bloodline, and normal rules for clones, but have (CHA)*2 HP, and your
inevitably their lineage will be traced a Senju ancestor, attributes. They do not suffer wounds and you may only
sometimes more than a century distant. Some even ever have up to three at once in existance. They may
unofficially take the Senju name out of respect. perform any action you normally could, by spending 1 AP
per 2 Speed of that action; however, after reaching Fatigue
2 they decay into lifeless wood pulp and fall apart. Wood
Senju begin with Elemental Aptitude for Water and Earth. clones may not take actions with a chakra or stamina cost
They have Elemental Affinity for Mokuton, which includes greater than 20+(your RES for taijutsu, or CHA for
Sution and Doton. ninjutsu)/10.
Senju begin with 1 less Unique Point. Wood clones have your mind, and can act independently.
You are aware of their location, and they yours, though your
senses are not linked. You may reabsorb a 'living' wood clone
-=[ Abilities ]=- by touching it, in which case you 'download' all its memories.
When Wood Clones attack, their actions are always
--( Mokuton - Wood Release )-- considered to be Held Back, as per the ability in Chapter 5,
The Senju bloodline, once famed for their limitless talents, even if you do not have the Hold Back ability. This means they
have fallen far, but one trait remains--or, rather, it's the only use only half your damage bonus for dealing damage, and the
one that can be recognized as a sign of Senju heritage. That severity of wounds they inflict is reduced by one category.
is Mokuton, combining Water and Earth natured chakra to
produce wood-related jutsu. It should be noted that this is
wood, specifically, and to a lesser extent, trees--they don't have
(despite what legends claim) plant empathy, the ability to
restore life to wilting flowers, or anything similar.
Any Suiton or Doton technique can be converted to
Mokuton, with the following effects:
+5 Chakra cost
Gallon requirements for Suiton techniques are removed.
Suiton techniques which normally apply visibility
penalties to any area instead apply Immobilization
penalties with a severity equal to half (rounded down) that
of the normal visibility penalty.
Any applied immobilization penalties that normally fade
over time take twice as long to fade.
All Mokuton techniques add CHA/10, rather than DEX/10,
to your Accuracy, if this would be preferable.
The Upkeep of Mokuton techniques is reduced by
CHA/30, to a minimum of half its original value.
The Chakra Exhaustion penalties incurred by using
Mokuton techniques are reduced by 1, to a minimum of 1.
Mokuton is weak to Raiton, but strong against Doton and
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 --( Mokuton: Shichuurou no Jutsu - Wood
Release: Four Pillars Prison Technique )--
After completing the handseals, you place your hands on the
ground and channel your chakra beneath your target, where
it bursts from the ground as timbers which grow rapidly and
form a wooden, usually cubic, prism. The timbers used in this
technique are heavily infused with chakra, making them very
resilient.
Type: Mokuton Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 25
Range: 30
Area: Up to 20 yard x 20 yard x 20 yard cube
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 20 Effects: This is the Mokuton 'version' of
the Water Prison and/or Water Drowning techniques,
which cannot be directly converted into Mokuton
themselves.
It creates a wooden cage around anyone who can't escape
its area, which has 200+(damage bonus)*10 HP, and reduces
all damage it takes by your CHA. People inside cannot attack
people outside, and vice versa.
--( Mokuton: Jukai Koutan - Wood Release:
Nativity of a Sea of Trees )--
This technique uses chakra to cause trees and tree roots to
grow rapidly, bursting from any surface. It's too unrefined to
be used as a direct method of offense, but can be useful for
altering the landscape of a battlefield.
Type: Mokuton Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 5 + X
Range: (Damage bonus)*5
Area: X
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 16 Effects: This overwrites any terrain-based
effects on the area it's used on. By changing the cost to 5 +
X*2, it can be used to create a one-story building. The
complexity of this building is determined by your Chakra
Control.
At 10 Chakra Control or less, it's more like a crude bundle
of tree trunks and branches that will at least keep most of the
rain out. From 11 - 20, it's about as well-built as a log cabin,
with up to three rooms. At 21 - 30, it could actually pass for a
real building, aside from the lack of anything made of metal.
At 31+ Chakra Control, you can add a second story to the
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Uchiha
The Uchiha clan once had a proud history, as one of the
greatest shinobi clans the world knew before the advent of
ninja villages. Unfortunately, by the present the only widely-
known aspect of their heritage is that they produced three of
the greatest traitors in ninja history: Uchiha Madara, Itachi,
and Sasuke.
Perhaps it's for the best, then, that the clan was effectively
eradicated a hundred years ago--most of the stigma was left
behind, buried with their corpses.
Konoha has spared no effort in trying to revive the Uchiha
clan, and has been, surprisingly, successful. Special Jounin
were assigned the sole task of tracking down people with
Uchiha ancestry--second cousins, someone whose
grandfather had married out of the clan, illegitimate children-
-and encouraging them to reproduce with one another; either
through marriage, or emotionless affairs.
It worked, though it took a few generations. Any child who
manifested the Sharingan was offered the Uchiha name, The Sharingan's greatest disadvantage is that it is dependant
along with their entire immediate family. These new Uchiha upon one's unimpeded visibility. None of the abilities provided
were encouraged to take pride in their bloodline, and in the by it may be used when you're at a visibility penalty of -6 or
fact that they were resurrecting it. The village offered a greater (Mistborn cannot help you in this regard).
multitude of incentives, did its best to discourage the stigma
of shinobi who were essentially volunteering to be breeding Unfortunately for the Uchiha, they are not inherently able to
stock, and even constructed the budding clan its own access this power. In times of need--generally when under
compound--not to isolate them, but to help them feel special. severe combat-related stress--the doujutsu will activate itself.
Despite some muttered protests throughout the village, they This is GM-regulated; you'll be informed if this takes place.
were even reinstated as one of Konoha's four noble clans. When it does, your Sharingan immediately activates at the
stage above the highest you've achieved, and from then on you
Some shinobi are resentful of the perceived special treatment may activate that stage at will.
the Uchiha receive; others take it in stride, accepting that it's
in the village's best interest to revitalize one of its most However, once a shinobi is talented enough, they'll be able to
powerful bloodlines. Admittedly, the Uchiha clan--now almost activate their Sharingan's higher stages for the first time
large enough to actually be considered one, though most of without need for that external stimulus. At 500, 1000, and
its members haven't, and never will, manifested its traits--has 1500 XP you automatically gain access the First, Second, and
yet to live up to its legendary prowess; it's claimed that in the Third Stage Sharingan, respectively, if you haven't already.
past, all an Uchiha had to do was make eye contact to force a Legends speaks of a fourth stage, though no one in recent
foe to commit suicide. Whether or not they ever shall reclaim memory has obtained it.
their feared and honored status remains to be seen.
Outside of their normal training, all members of the Uchiha
clan are taught how to use Katon ninjutsu while growing up.
Accordingly, they start with the Elemental Aptitude ability for
Fire.
Uchiha begin with 1 less Unique Point.
--( Abilities )--
-=[ Sharingan - Copy Wheel Eye ]=-
The sharingan is a doujutsu, or 'eye technique'; when it
manifests, the user's irises turn red, and a tomoe (essentially
a comma-shaped mark) appears in the iris, like a second
pupil. Another tomoe appears in each eye at the second, and
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 -=[ Sharingan, Stage 1 ]=-
Maintaining the Sharingan active is almost trivially easy, a Requires: Stage 1 Sharingan You may perform genjutsu
mere Upkeep 2 effect. Activating it is a Speed 0 action, which without handseals; however, this requires direct eye
can be performed alongside another technique or Interrupt. contact, meaning it can't be used from hiding, must be
targeting a person (rather than an area), and can be
avoided entirely if they simply shut their eyes (which
At the first stage, you are able to acquire the Dousatsugan brings its own penalties) or never look directly at your
and Saimingan techniques. Both are learned as D-rank jutsu, eyes (which can be done by just, say, staring at your, or
though have no skill or rank requirements. You may choose to their, feet, and affects them with a -4 visibility penalty).
purchase these as soon as you unlock Stage 1, even if you
don't have enough XP to do so--in which case you are, -=[ Yogengan - Eye of Prediction ]=-
essentially, in 'XP debt' until you have enough.
Requires: Stage 2 Sharingan Once per Fatigue category,
-=[ Sharingan, Stage 2 ]=- you may declare use of this technique. It allows you to
The Sharingan's second stage adds a second tomoe to each "take 10" on any defensive roll; rather than rolling 1d20,
eye, and is when the bulk of the doujutsu's power begins to you treat it as if your result had been a 10.
manifest. Their ability to copy techniques and actions You may also declare your action as 'Observe', a variable-
becomes refined, to the level of being able to extrapolate from speed action similar to blocking, in that for its duration, when
fine details and mimic even small mannerisms. attacked you may choose to activate Yogengan against any
attack directed against you (and not have it count as your one
You may obtain Yogengan and Shouningan. They are learned use for that Fatigue category).
as if they're C-rank techniques, though again, have no skill or
rank requirements to learn. You may choose to purchase -=[ Shouningan - Eye of Recognition ]=-
them as soon as you unlock Stage 2, going into XP debt if
necessary. Requires: Stage 2 Sharingan For starters, you can read
lips. This is not some kind of ultra undetectable super-
-=[ Sharingan, Stage 3 ]=- long-range spying technique; you have to actually have a
The third tomoe appears, with the three marks forming a ring clear view of the person's lips, and it's sorta conspicuous;
halfway between the pupil and the rim of the iris, equidistant though you can make an opposed Espionage roll to avoid
from one another. Upon reaching this stage, you can copy any them noticing, if you're trying to hide the fact that you're
genjutsu used upon you by another Uchiha with their Eye of staring at their face.
Hypnotism power, despite its lack of handseals (again, You can also copy a person's handwriting just by seeing
assuming you meet the proper requirements). You may also them write a single sentence. You can speed-read, and have a
learn Magen: Kyouten Chiten and Senchigan. They're treated photographic memory. This has other uses, such as being
as B-rank techniques, you know the rest by now. able to tell how to pick a given lock by watching one person
do it, or how to open a combination lock (though not
-=[ Dousatsugan - Eye of Insight ]=- necessarily the combination itself) by watching the
Requires: Stage 1 Sharingan You can see the flow of movements of someone's arms or hands as they do it.
chakra. This gives you a +4 bonus to defense rolls against
genjutsu. More impressively, it allows you to copy any
taijutsu technique you witness being performed, along
with any ninjutsu or genjutsu which use handseals.
This technique's greatest limitation is its user. You must
meet all skill requirements for the technique, and can't copy
elemental ninjutsu you don't have the appropriate Elemental
Aptitude for; Sealing and Medical techniques both require
access to those types of jutsu in order for you to copy them.
This does have one advantage over learning techniques the
"old-fashioned" way: you can copy techniques one rank above
what you could normally learn (which may vary by category).
You automatically learn any valid techniques you see, and can
use them for the remainder of the day. To keep them
permanently, you must pay half the normal XP cost to learn
the technique in question. You may go into 'XP debt' learning
techniques this way.
You may not copy custom or clan jutsu, as those are tailored
too specifically to either the individual or the clan in question.
-=[ Saimingan - Eye of Hypnotism ]=-

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-=[ Magen: Kyouten Chiten - Demonic
Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change
]=-
A form of illusion reversal, in which a Sharingan user
instantly and simultaneously sees through and decrypts a
genjutsu technique, and then instantly reflects it upon its
original user. Some Uchiha will go so far as to claim that this
technique makes them immune to genjutsu, and they're... not
too far from the truth.
Type: Genjutsu
Speed: 6, Special
Requires: Stage 3 Sharingan Effects: This may be used
immediately after passing a defensive roll against a
genjutsu targeting you. You immediately perform that
genjutsu on its original user (paying its normal chakra
cost) via your Eye of Hypnotism, using your defensive Pictured: Wireless Emo PnP Eye.
roll's result as its new Accuracy. This adds 6 to the
initiative count on which you next act, as if it was an
interrupt. This can only be used on genjutsu which you
know (though copying them as they're performed, and
then reflecting them, is fair game).
-=[ Senchigan - Eye of Foresight ]=-
Requires: Stage 3 Sharingan It was once claimed, and
rarely still is, that the Sharingan genuinely allows its
wielder to see the future. What it actually does is pick up
on minute changes in an opponent's posture, minor eye
movements, slight shifts of their weight, muscles tensing
or relaxing in preparation for movement, even chakra
building up in preparation for a jutsu.
When you declare the use of this ability, declare a category
of technique (such as Weapon Taijutsu, Katon, or Combo
Taijutsu) and a Speed. Your opponent then declares and rolls
(if applicable) their defense. Any Interrupt may be used that's
valid against your declared Speed.
After seeing this result, you may choose to use any
technique of the declared type, with Speed equal to or lesser
than your declared Speed. Its damage is based on its normal
Speed, but its ability to be Interrupted, and when you take
your next action, are based on the declared Speed. Any
technique used this way has its Stamina or Chakra cost(s)
increased by 4.
If you choose to use a technique against which their
reaction is invalid (such as performing Doton: Domu after
they had rolled a 20 on their Suiton: Sujinheki), they do not
have to pay the chakra costs or Speed of their Interrupt. On
the other hand, using a technique that somehow bypasses
their defense (such as Earthen Skewer against Kazekame
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 Yamanaka
A fairly small clan within Leaf, the Yamanaka are highly
prized by Leaf's reconnaissance and investigative divisions.
In part, this is due to the disproportionate number of
Yamanaka who wind up being chakra sensor shinobi.
The Yamanaka have developed a specialize type of ninjutsu
allowing them to directly affect the minds of others, including
seizing control of another person's body. A disproportionate
number of Yamanaka are also chakra sensors, though it's still
a minority of them.
Members of the Yamanaka clan enjoy close relations with
their Nara and Akimichi contemporaries. There is even a
monument in Konoha dedicated to the alliance between the --( Yamanaka Clan Telepathy )--
three clans. To this day, no foe or circumstance has managed
to even strain that bond. One of the subtlest techniques possessed by the Yamanaka
clan is also one of the ones most valued by their village. This
allows instantaneous telepathic communication between a
-=[ Abilities ]=- group of individuals, a feat which has virtually limitless
tactical applications.
--( Sasayaki Kantoku no Jutsu - Whispering
Oversight Technique )-- Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Actually a fairly recent derivative of the Yamanaka Chakra: 10
techniques, this was developed because their secret Speed: 5
techniques, despite their seemingly subtle nature, are quite Seal Speed: 4
over and obtrusive to anyone under their effects. This Effects:
technique allows the user to see through the eyes of their This requires you to touch a person's head. Once activated,
target; as it lacks any visual cues, victims are typically left they are part of your telepathic network; all people who you've
completely unaware it's been used. brought in can talk to you, and one another, mentally. You can
Type: Genjutsu, Rank D have up to CHA/20 people linked this way, not counting
Chakra: 10 yourself.
Range: 50
Upkeep: 4 You can remove someone from this link, and they can remove
Speed: 10 themselves, at will. It has a maximum range of CHA*10 yards.
Seal Speed: 12 Effects: You use all of the target's senses
instead of your own. You are, far all intents and purposes, If two Yamanaka link, their limits of people are combined,
hitching a ride inside their body. This does not break though each Yamanaka counts as one person towards the
Yamanaka Clan Telepathy, but you cannot use it (or any total limit. The distance limits are also pooled; as long as
other technique) while maintaining Whispering Oversight. someone is within range of any of the linked Yamanaka, they
Your body is helpless, but you're aware if it's disturbed can remain part of the network.
(shaken, stabbed, and so forth).

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--( Shintenshin no Jutsu - Mind Body
Switch Technique )--
The signature ability of the Yamanaka clan, this jutsu allows a
Yamanaka to send her mind into a target's body, seizing
control and keeping the victim, essentially, along for the ride.
They're aware of what's going on, but unable to take any sort
of action.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 15
Range: 30
Upkeep: 5
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 8 Effects: If this hits, you gain control of the
target's body. Their body uses their attributes and abilities,
but you retain your skills. You may use any jutsu you know;
however, elemental ninjutsu require the body to also be
able to use that element. You use the victim's elemental
affinity, rather than your own.
During this time, your own body is helpless; it appears to
be asleep, and cannot be woken up by any means. You are
aware of any injuries your body sustains, but not its
surroundings or condition otherwise.
When the body you're possessing takes damage, your body
takes the same amount of damage. You receive any Wounds
they suffer (but not Wounds for your own Vitality or HP being
depleted by this). When you return to your body, your Fatigue
increases by as many levels as theirs did.
Someone possessed by this technique has several options for
trying to escape. Whenever they are Wounded or advance a
Fatigue level, they are allowed a 1d20+CHA/5 roll, vs. your
1d20+CHA/5+5. They may also spend a point of Willpower to
get one such roll at any point. For each roll they've made
previously in the battle, they have a +1 bonus.
You do not need to meet the normal skill or rank
requirements for this technique. If you miss, you suffer a
Stun 25, but are not helpless; you're still in control of your
body, but disoriented.
--( Shinranshin no Jutsu - Mind Body
Disturbance Technique )--
A more potent variation of the Yamanaka's mind body switch
technique, this allows the Yamanaka to seize control of a
victim's body without abandoning their own. The control's not
complete--a possessed victim can still talk, shout a warning,
and so forth, but they can't control their actions beyond that.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 30
Upkeep: 12
Range: 20
Speed: 16
Seal Speed: 20 Effects:
You gain control of the victim's body. So long as this is in
effect, they cannot take any actions other than those you
dictate. Unlike Shintenshin, this does not have any feedback
effects; the victim could be killed, and you would be
unharmed.
Whatever action you force them to take has its normal Speed
for them, and costs you 1 AP per 2 Speed of the action. You
may allow them to choose their own defenses (in which case
you do not pay AP for them) or dictate which defensive
actions they take (in which case you do).
Like Shintenshin, the roll to avoid these effects is
1d20+CHA/5, vs. your 1d20+CHA/5+5. However, they get a
cumulative +2 bonus for each roll made. The triggers remain
the same. However, if you force them to not defend against an
attack, or force them to take an invalid defense (one which
will not in any way protect them from the attack, such as
blocking a move which does not have its damage reduced by
blocking) they immediately get a roll to break the effect
(before the attack/defense is resolved), with a +10 bonus.
--( Shinten Bunshin no Jutsu - Mind Clone
Switch Technique )--
The final derivative of Shintenshin no Jutsu, this allows the
user to transfer their consciousness into multiple targets and
gain complete control over them. Beyond the obvious tactical
advantages, this allows for unprecedented coordination
between the two bodies, as they share a single mind.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank A
Chakra: 45 + 5 * X
Upkeep: 5 + 2 * X
Range: 35
Speed: 25 + 5 * X
Seal Speed: 20
Effects:
This functions as Shintenshin no Jutsu, but you may target
a total of X people, up to a maximum of (CHA)/40. You
receive damage, Fatigue, and Wounds carryover from all
victims.
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 Sunakagure No Sato

Located in the eastern part of Wind Country, Sunagakure no

Sato has a stable, hot climate accented by very cold nights. In the past generation there have been rising tensions with
The village is surrounded by a partial caldera of sandstone Mist and Stone villages as they have engaged in fierce
and rock on three sides, with a massive stone wall blocking competition over missions. This has been enflamed by a
the fourth, allowing one narrow opening into the village. This number of 'incidents' and skirmishes in which shinobi have
opening is always guarded by highly trained shinobi, making been lost.
the village nearly inaccessible. The entire village of
Sunagakure is modeled around a giant compass, with main Regardless Sand will endure, for we are Forged by the
roads reaching out from the village center in all eight Desert.
directions. Suna buildings are round in shape, and made of
red adobe. This allows for sand to blow around the buildings
during storms, and for easy, cheap repairs afterward. Because
there is no room to expand outward in Suna, they build
upward, connecting these adobe skyscrapers with enclosed
pathways high above the narrow streets.
Sunagakure was built on the backs of nomads who banded
together to seek refuge from Wind Country's harsh deserts.
Of these nomads, the famous clans of Suna were cultivated
out of raw and untamed power. The people of Suna, and
similarly from all of Wind Country, have learned to cope with
these harsh climates - nearly unbearably hot days, freezing
nights, and violent wind storms.
Much like how the village was founded, during the recovery
after the Fourth Great War, desert nomads flocked to
Sunagakure for protection. With no room inside the village,
they built up small camps outside. Initially these camps were
temporary, but after several generations were born here the
land outside Sunagakure became home. With so little room,
Sunagakure has had little choice but to build deep into the
walls of the caldera they depend on for protection to make
room. Progress has been slow, but steady. In time the
nomadic camps and semi-temporary buildings outside of
Sunagakure will be only a vague memory.
Suna Shinobi begin in the academy later than Kiri or
Konoha, and graduate later than Konoha. Because students
typically go into the academy more mentally prepared for the
challenges that lie ahead, their overall quality of shinobi at
graduation tends to be higher. In Sunagakure quality reigns
over quantity, so while they have the least amount of shinobi
compared to all Five Great Shinobi villages, their modest
numbers are able to complete just as much work. If it weren't
for such high quality of shinobi in Sunagakure, they'd not be
one of the Five Great Villages.
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Henzaki
Possessed of a rare, yet subtle, kekkei genkai, Sunagakure's
Henzaki clan is virtually unknown outside of their village.
Even within Sand, the most an average person knows about
them is that they have some manner of secret technique,
body modification, or bloodline which makes them hard to
kill.
It is a bloodline, one which gives them an incredible ability to
survive against adversity. Injuries which should be fatal prove
only a minor inconvenience to the Henzaki.
The Henzaki have few defining characteristics as a clan,
though many are swarthy and dark-haired. All are in good
physical shape, their metabolisms self-regulating to prevent
them from ever becoming over- or underweight. Henzaki
virtually never get ill, and never seem to age past their forties.
A well-known fact among Sunagakure's medic nin is that the
Henzaki's bloodline makes them all universal donors and
universal recipients, both for blood transfusions and organ
transplants.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Homeostasis )--
Henzaki physiology has an incredible ability to adapt,
responding to any changes in its environment or condition,
every system function of their body reacting instantly with a
single goal: maintaining the stability of their vital functions.
Type: Ability
Cost: 20 Effects: You reduce the Poisons status of poisons
by RES/40, and take damage every 2 IC, rather than every
IC. If the poison's Poison severity is reduced below half by
this, all its other effects on you are negated. Similarly, you
reduce the severity of any Bleed statuses by RES/40, and
take damage every 10 IC, rather than ever 5.
Bleeding from sources other than the Bleed status (for
example, the Critical Piercing Wound 'Punctured Liver') is
halved, and has its duration halved; if it does not have a set
duration, it stops after 100 IC.
Suffocation effects do not force you to make Stamina
rolls, but still apply normally. Even if you're killed, you
won't truly 'die' until reduced to -200% HP; you'll seem
dead, all vital signs stopped, but will then revive once you
return to 1 HP.
--( Regeneration )--
Among those who've worked alongside Henzaki for any
prolonged period of time, this is probably their most envied
ability. A Henzaki will heal in minutes from injuries that
would take others hours to get over, and in hours will have
recovered from wounds that might take days for ordinary
people to recover from.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 2
Limit: 1 + RES /30 Effects: You regenerate 1 point of
Vitality per rank each Initiative Count, and twice that
amount of HP.
In a given day, you can only heal (rank) times your
maximums of each. Thus, at two ranks in regeneration, if you
had 1000 Vitality you could only regenerate 2000 Vitality in a
given day.
Finally, you divide the total healing time necessary to
recovery from any wound that doesn't involve injured bones
by 1+(0.5 * rank). Medical attention cannot reduce it further;
however, you can recover as if you had medical attention,
even if you do not, thanks to your regeneration.
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 --( Organ Mobility )--
The secret to much of the Henzaki's longevity, and their nigh-
immortality, is their ability to control their body's internal
structure. If an organ has been punctured, they can force the
wound shut or use another organ to put pressure on it. If a
compartment in their body is hemorrhaging, they can force
the lining to open and let it bleed out to relieve pressure.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 15 + 5 * X
Speed: 8 Effects: You immediately recover from any
wound which doesn't somehow involve your bones. The
wound doesn't actually heal, but your body adapts in some
fashion to function despite it. This lasts for 24 hours, -6
hours per category the wound is above Minor.
You may spend 1 Willpower to use this when you're
wounded (as a Speed 0 Interrupt in response to being
wounded), in which case the wound is negated entirely--you
simply don't suffer it, don't have to recover from it, and so
forth.
X is 1 for Minor, 2 for Major, 3 for Severe, and 4 for Critical
wounds.
--( Sanguine Vitality )--
As a result of their bloodline, Henzaki blood itself has a
number of interesting, medically significant properties. Most
relevant to shinobi, it can be rapidly metabolized by virtually
anyone, and will induce temporary, rapid regeneration. It still
tastes like blood, and since it has to be consumed fresh from
the veins, it's not a particularly appetizing prospect.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 3
Scale: 1
Limit: 1 + RES /30 Effects:
This require someone to be close and still enough to drink
your fresh blood. Generally speaking the Henzaki will cut
open their palm or arm and suspend their regeneration, but
simply biting them will suffice.
You can give up up to 1 point of HP (not Vitality) per rank for
every 5 IC which pass. Each point of HP restores 5 points of
Vitality (not HP) to the recipient. A person cannot die while
receiving blood from you.
However, if either you or the recipient moves, or is forcibly
moved, or takes any other actions, this effect is broken.

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Hitori Your techniques can raise a victim's Dehydrate status to a
maximum of 3+(CHA)/8.
It's unknown how the Hitori came to be, despite plentiful All Ignite effects you inflict also add Dehydrate of half the
speculation on the matter. The first possessor of their Ignite's severity.
advanced chakra nature, Scorch release, was a single person Shakuton techniques cannot be reduced below Speed 4.
who lived nearly a century and a half ago. Some theorize that Shakuton is weak to Suiton, and strong against Fuuton
centuries of living in the desert and being exposed to its and Raiton.
'natural chakra' may have had a lasting effect on some of the
native people.
Battles involving Hitori outside of the desert leave their mark
for days, the dry air and parched soil lingering as if they'd
brought a little piece of Sunagakure with them.
Hitori themselves seem the very opposite of what you might
expect from a clan that dries up everything around them, the
essence of energy and youth throughout most of their lives.
They tend to be very outgoing, with fiery red hair and
occasional groups of freckles on their face and arms.
They tend to train on the outskirts of Sunagakure and --( Dehydration )--
frequently function alongside the Juugo Suto for this reason, This is a status effect. Every point of Dehydration is a -1
often posted outside the village proper--the fact that their penalty to the victim's Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls.
powers are so inimical to life, even that of other shinobi, may Dehydrate stacks fully with itself; Dehydration 3 added to
have something to do that. Unwelcome guests within the Dehydration 2 makes a single Dehydration 5 status.
Wind Country are usually run off by the Hitori, who use their
abilities in a subtle fashion to create living conditions that Anyone suffering from Dehydration also suffers the effects of
quickly become unbearable. Paralysis equal to (Dehydrate's severity)/4. This is not an
actual Paralyze status, but a side-effect of the Dehydration;
Though a relatively new clan within the village, their abilities normal effects which interact with Paralysis (such as some
have earned them prestige and a respected place within its Raiton) do not affect it.
hierarchy, and in some ways they're considered to represent
the spirit of the country they live in. Unlike the Burns status, which similarly penalizes Stamina
rolls, this status is not cleared when someone fails a Fatigue
Hitori begin with Elemental Aptitude for Fire and Wind roll. Instead, its severity is decreased by RES/20 points every
ninjutsu, along with the first rank of Elemental Affinity: 10 minutes OOC (hour IC) out of combat, but only so long as
Shakuton, which includes Katon and Fuuton. the victim is able to drink plenty of water.
Hitori begin with 1 less Unique Point.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Shakuton - Scorch Release )--

Combining fire and wind chakra results in the advanced

nature of 'scorch release'; as the name suggests, it involves
using extreme heat as a weapon, with powerful users being
able to reduce opponents to ash or evaporate the liquid inside
their body.
Any Katon or Fuuton technique may be converted to
Shakuton, with the following effects:
+5 Chakra cost
Shakuton techniques deal only 80% of their normal
damage; however, they cannot be blocked, and have
+CHA/30 Accuracy.
Whenever you hit a target with a Scorch release jutsu,
their Dehydration status' severity is increased by (1 per
rank of the jutsu) + CHA / (90 - 10 * Rank). In other words,
for an E-rank this is 1+CHA/80, for a D-rank it is
2+CHA/70, and so on, up to 5+CHA/40 for A-rank
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 --( Evaporate )--
Focusing your chakra over an area, you can cause water to
evaporate. This is a Speed 8 action, and removes X*2 gallons
of water from the battlefield, with a Chakra cost of 5+X. The
maximum for X is CHA/10.
This cannot target water used as part of a sustained jutsu
(i.e. one with an Upkeep).
--( Kasou no Jutsu - Cremation Technique )--
You focus your chakra on a victim, and simply light them
ablaze.
Type: Shakuton Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 20
Range: CHA/2
Speed: 15 Effects: If this hits, it removes the victim's
Dehydrate status and replaces it with an Ignite of equal
severity. This does enjoy Shakuton's typical +CHA/30
Accuracy, and does apply a new Dehydrate equal to half
the Ignite's severity.
--( Sabaku no Keshin - Incarnation of
Desert )--
You project your chakra out across the battlefield, with
devastating results. The temperature rises, water begins to
evaporate, some plants may start to wilt, and hopefully
nothing nearby is particularly combustible.
Type: Shakuton Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 30
Upkeep: 6
Range: Ninjutsu damage bonus *10 Effects: Everyone
within the range except you has their Dehydrate status
increased by 1+(your CHA)/40 when you activate this
jutsu, and every 10 IC. This remains centered on you.
Every time this effect takes place, (CHA)/10 gallons of
water are removed from the battlefield.

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Juugo Sato
The Sand Foxes are not a 'real' clan, in any proper sense, and
most members do not have any blood relation to one another.
The clan often adopts orphans to raise and train.
What they lack in secret or bloodline techniques, the sand
foxes make up for in training from a very young age to
understand and be aware of the environment. It's by no
means cruel or harsh, but it's more than what others go
through.
Socially, they function much like any other clan, but have an
unusually strong close-knit, even familial bond with one
another. The sand foxes look out for their own. Within the
village they're respected, and usually return the favor. Many
are introverted--at least around people who aren't members of
their clan--but few are sullen.
The Juugo Suto have a well-deserved reputation for being
excellent trackers and firmly loyal to their village. Almost
every team of shinobi sent to patrol the desert around Hidden
Sand has at least one sand fox member, and even outside the
Wind Country they frequently serve as scouts.
Experience Bonus: +5%
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Survival Instinct )--
Most clans pass on secret techniques as a rite of passage.
The Juugo Suto have a somewhat different rite: once a
member is ready they are left alone, in the middle of the
desert, without provisions or equipment, and told not to
return for at least a month; most of them aren't even
teenagers. It's a testament to the clan that virtually every
student is, in fact, ready to undertake this challenge, and
returns safely to the village. It's a testament to the ordeal that
they inevitably return from their journey changed: quieter,
calmer, and infinitely more aware of the world around them.
Type: Ability
Cost: 25
Effects: You are immune to surprise attacks. Attacks
which would normally not end an opponent's stealth still
do not do so, but they receive none of the benefits of
surprise attacks against you.
Sneak attacks against you instead follow the normal rules
for surprise attacks.
--( Tenacity )--
Desert is some of the most difficult terrain to navigate, but
the sand foxes do it. They adapt to the harsh environment. It's
not that it gets any easier, or that they've learned any secret.
They just face the obstacles, assess them, accept them, and
do what they must regardless.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 5
Scale: 5
Limit: 4
Effects: You reduce the severity of any immobilization and
visibility penalties on you by 1, per rank. Each rank also
reduces the maximum immobilization penalty you can
suffer from by 1.
--( Desert Ghosts )--
In the world of shinobi, there is no such thing as hunter and
hunted; one is both, at all times. The juugo suto are
preeminently aware of this. That awareness, and their
mentality of never taking their safety for granted, has led to
no end of frustration for foreign shinobi trying to guage the
strength and frequency of Suna's patrols.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 4
Scale: 2
Limiting Attribute: DEX /20
Effects: For every rank you have a +1 bonus to Survival
rolls, and anyone attempting to track you has a -1 penalty
to their roll. If you are leading a group with a size of your
Survival skill or less (including you), you may make a
single Survival roll for all members, and anyone trying to
track the group receives a -1 penalty per rank to their roll.
Multiple Sand Foxes may work together, pooling their
Survival skills for the maximum size, and using only the
highest roll and penalty.
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 --( Intuition )--
There are multiple sayings in Sand about a sand fox's
intuition. Some are jokes at their expense, often told by
genin. And the clan bears them without comment, because
among the jounin those sayings are proverbs.
It's not, despite what some have speculated, anything
supernatural. The juugo suto can't actually watch every leaf in
a forest at once, or hear a feather falling. All they can do, and
all they need to do, is be calm, and watch, and listen, and
know what about a setting is just a little bit wrong.
Type: Ability
Cost: 50
Requires: 20 Awareness, 20 Survival Effects: All enemies
are treated as being 1 Stealth category lower than they
actually are, to you; this mainly applies for reducing their
Stealth bonus when you're looking for them.
This does allow you to attack an enemy in Stealth 1, though
you may do so only with ranged attacks, and then at a -3
penalty to Accuracy--you're going by intuition, and essentially
firing blind. Area-of-effect attacks do not suffer from this
Accuracy penalty. Similarly, you are inherently aware of the
presence (though not location) of anyone only in Stealth 1--
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Kairaishi Control Puppets: Defensive Formation (Speed Variable, AP
X, Interrupt)
Not actually a clan at all, Kairaishi is a term reserved for 1 + X puppets will move to protect you. You may choose
those in Suna who embrace a specific method of fighting: any defense the primary puppet is equipped to do. The speed
manipulation of weaponized puppets. of this is based on the speed of the defense used. If you spend
Learning to do so takes years of training, and with the AP to AP this down, the puppet's defense is also reduced.The
exception of a handful of geniuses every few generations defense has a +1 bonus for every two puppets in the
takes up almost all of one's free time during their academy formation.
years. Most puppeteers learn everything they know being
mentored by a master of the art, who will typically take only Control Puppets: Dodge (Speed 2 + X / 2, Interrupt, AP 1 + X
one student at a time. / 2)
One of the greatest assets of puppeteers is their ability to Up to 1 + X puppets dodge a technique. This may be used
essentially multiply their forces on the battlefield. A skilled alongside the user defending themselves (You may dodge
puppeteer can control several human-sized puppets at once, too!).
potentially tipping the numbers in their side's favor.
-=[ Abilities ]=- Control Puppets: Prepare (Speed 5)
You prepare yourself to do something involving your
--( Kugutsu no Jutsu - Puppet Technique )-- * puppets. This generates 5 AP, which does count towards your
The Kairaishi's signature technique and a unique ninjutsu, maximum but may only be used in actions taken with
this allows the user to extend strands of chakra from their Kugutsu no Jutsu.
body and attach them to puppets. Using the puppets, they can
attack and manipulate them from range while remaining Control Puppets: Move (Speed Variable)
relatively safe themselves. The better the user's control over You may move any number of puppets at once, using no AP.
their chakra, the better they can control puppets by the Every 1 AP you do choose to spend increases the Speed of
strands connecting them. their move action (but not this action, for you) by 2.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank E
Chakra: 10 + X
Upkeep: 2 + X
Speed: 1 + X/2 (round down)
Effects:
You gain control of 1 + X puppets which are uncontrolled
on the battlefield. At all times, one of these puppets is
designated as your primary puppet. You choose this at the
start of any combat, and may change your primary puppet by
spending 10 AP. Many techniques use this puppet as the main
source of your attacks or defenses, your other puppets
supporting it, just adding a bonus to your attack. If they were
puppets which you haven't worked on (i.e. someone else's)
have a -3 penalty to all actions with them. While controlling
puppets, your hands are not free for handseals, using
weapons, or so forth. By default (i.e. without any ranks in
Puppet Mastery, below) you may only control 1 puppet at a
time. You do not have to keep track of puppet IC.
While maintaining this technique's Upkeep you may take the
following actions.
Control Puppets: Attack Formation (Speed Variable, AP X)
1 + X puppets will attack, using whatever the primary
puppet is equipped with to decide what you have available.
The speed of this technique is the speed of the primary
puppet's choice of attack. If you spend AP to AP this down,
the puppet's attack is also reduced. The attack has a +1 bonus
for every two puppets in the formation. This may be used to
cause your puppet to perform any Taijutsu (Unarmed, Combo,
or Grapple) you know, as well any Weapon Taijutsu you know
which they have the proper weapon for. Doing this requires
you to pay a Chakra cost equal to that technique's Stamina
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 --( Puppet Mastery )--
A novice puppet master needs both hands to direct the
motions of a single puppet, often using a finger for each joint
or something similar. A master learns how to split their
chakra threads, and with as little as the twitching of a single
digit and modulating of their chakra flows gracefully direct
their puppets.
Type: Ability
Limit: XP /500, max 9
Effects:
You may control 1 additional puppet at a time with Kugutsu
no Jutsu for each rank in this ability, up to a maximum of 10
(one per finger) with all 9 ranks.
--( Kugutsu Henge no Jutsu - Puppet
Transformation Technique )--
With this technique you can channel chakra through your
puppet to give it your own appearance. This is typically done
in conjunction with an actual disguise put on the puppet in
case the technique fails, as it suffers from the same
limitations at normal Henge.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 5
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 6
Effects:
You disguise your puppet to look like you. This has all the
limitations of normal Henge, but without any worry of a false
impersonation: You know how you look and act to mimic
yourself perfectly. Consequently, you have a +5 to your
Espionage roll against people figuring out your puppet isn't
you.
Anything that detects normal Henge will also detect this
technique, and if the puppet takes damage the technique ends
immediately.
---( Kugutsu Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Puppet
Summoning Technique )--
Most puppeteers don't carry all of their puppets out at once to
give themselves a tactical advantage, instead using this
technique to keep them stored in scrolls, to be summoned in
battle when needed.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 5 + X*2 per puppet
Speed: 5 + X*2 per puppet
Seal Speed: 6
Effects:
You summon X amount of puppets you've stored in scrolls
ahead of time, which you can then use.
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--( Souen: Hitomu Gokuu - Puppet
Performance: Skillful Achievement with a
Human Body )--
A technique developed amidst the First Shinobi War, this
jutsu became highly regarded by puppet master's allies and
enemies, as it allows them to continue fighting even after
their puppets have been destroyed, gaining a new ally with
every enemy defeated.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank A
Chakra: 35
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 20
Range: 20
Effects:
You gain control of a corpse on the battlefield. If the body
has more than 3 Major Wounds, 2 Severe Wounds, or 1
Critical Wound, it is too badly decimated to be of use and
can't be used with this jutsu.
The body functions exactly like a normal puppet would, using
your CHA in place of their STR, and your DEX in place of its
DEX and AGI. Unlike normal puppets, you use the body's
normal HP amount to determine Wounds, and once it has
received too many wounds, the body is considered destroyed
and no longer usable.
Alternatively, you can connect your Chakra Strands to that of
a willing target to empower them. While you are connected,
you suffer from an Upkeep 15, and the following effects
occur:
The target uses the higher of yours or their bonus to
Chakra Exhaustion rolls (not taking into account the
penalty from this move's upkeep).
The target can choose to use your chakra instead of theirs,
in which case you take the any effects (chakra penalties or
lowered fatigue) as a result of chakra exhaustion rolls,
instead of them.
The target has access to all jutsu you know, and can use
any elemental jutsu that they or you has the appropriate
aptitude for.
The target can use theirs or your Ninjutsu Damage Bonus,
whichever is higher.
Both the target can you can end the upkeep at any point
you wish, severing the connection. Any techniques which
were dependent on the connection (like a Doton upkeep
move, while the target doesn't have aptitude for Doton)
immediately end.
Anything that can target and destroy chakra threads can also
do so to disrupt this technique. While maintaining this
technique in either form you cannot control puppets.
-=[ Puppets ]=- Note: Additional legs increase movement speed by 25% per
pair. Every two additional arms gives a +3 bonus to any roll
The weapon of choice of puppeteers, these range from the based on STR, including grapples. Despite the fact legs and
size of a small human to that of a large animal. There are no arms come in pairs, cosmetically there could be more or less;
'standard-issue' puppets, though the village does have a a centipede puppet might be described as having dozens of
stockpile of old and unused ones which can be borrowed. legs, even if it only actually had three pairs.
Puppets are usually custom-built by their user or inherited
and modified from that person's mentor.
You have XP/50 Puppet Points (PP). All parts have a cost in
PP (admittedly, some as low as 0); the total of all parts used
iin any single puppet can go up to your max PP. This is not
actually a resource, per se, but a measurement of skill.
Within your limits, you purchase parts using Requisition or
Savings. Swapping out parts on any number of puppets can
be accomplished with a single day of downtime back in the
village; once you leave on a mission, you're stuck with what
you've got.
In the village, puppets can be repaired between scenes.
When on a mission it takes an IC hour of dedicated work to
restore 10% of the HP of a single puppet, due to lacking the
proper tools and resources.
Puppets are immune to genjutsu and all status effects other
than immobilize and ignite. They take only half damage from
ignite. Since you are controlling them, your visibility penalties
apply; other status penalties on you do not.
Puppets use your CHA in place of their STR, and your DEX
in place of their AGI and DEX. They do not have RES or
CHA. They can move (As detailed above) but cannot move
more than your CHA in yards from your. Otherwise, puppets
receive all your bonuses to accuracy and rolls, such as from
abilities and uniques.
Finally, puppets are complicated pieces of equipment. Their
biggest weaknesses are their joints and other moving parts. If
a puppet is suffering from an immobilization penalty of 6 or
higher, it cannot act or be used with any part of Kugutsu no
Jutsu.The most basic, and expensive part of the puppet. The
frame of a puppet is constructed from chakra-conducive
wood, and all the puppets' various parts are anchored to it.
Frames are divided into several general categories, described
below. Each frame has a PP capacity for action location, for
example "Head: 3 PP". This means that you can fit up to 3
PP worth of upgrades in that location, if you're using that
frame.
By default, a frame can accommodate one torso, one head,
two arms, and one pair of legs. Each arm has its own,
separate PP capacity, but legs are outfitted as a pair.
While you can pay for these parts using Requisition or
Savings, be aware that once you've bought something with
Savings you cannot return it for a refund. You can still
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 Frames Cost: 300 Ryo
Small Special: -5 dodge, -5 stealth, and -2 accuracy. Adding 100
Ranging in size from a medium-sized dog to a human child, Ryo to the cost allows you to add an extra two arms, or pair of
these frames have the advantage of not requiring a lot of legs. You may spend up to 300 extra Ryo this way.
material and being reasonably forgiving in construction.
Unfortunately, this also means they're easily destroyed. -=[ Upgrades ]=-
HP: 200 Below are upgrades you can apply to your puppet's torso to
Head: 3 PP make it more effective at whatever it is you want its purpose
Torso: 3 PP to be. Unless specified otherwise, you can apply these
Arms: 2 PP each upgrades as many times as you have the PP and money for.
Legs: 4 PP Upgrades here do not count towards the PP capacity of any
Cost: 100 Ryo of the puppet's locations.
Special: You may exchange two arms for a second pair of
legs, but not vice versa. The puppet has a +2 bonus to Stealth
rolls, and +3 to dodge. Armored
Medium: Your puppet is covered with armor plates, or sturdy pieces
Generally the size of an adult human, these are the most of wood. This reduces any damage it takes by 5 points,
widely-used and adaptable puppets. They have a balance of stacking with its existing damage reduction. PP: 1
strength and speed, and can endure longer battles than more Cost: 50 Ryo
delicate models, while also retaining plenty of mobility.
HP: 400 Increased Capacity
Damage Reduction: 10 You can fit more things in your puppet! This increases the
Head: 5 PP PP capacity of a single location by 1.
Torso: 6 PP PP: 2
Arms: 3 PP each Cost: 50 Ryo
Legs: 6 PP
Cost: 250 Ryo Quiet Joints
Special: Increasing the cost by 100 Ryo allows you to fit on Your puppet can move without its components clicking
another two arms or one pair of legs. together and causing all sorts of noise. This costs gives a +3
Recon: bonus to Stealth. You may take this twice.
Somewhere between a small and medium frame, with light PP: 2
but sturdy materials, this frame is optimized for stealth and Cost: 50 Ryo
reconnaissance puppets.
HP: 250
Head: 8 PP Sturdy
Torso: 3 PP Your puppet is especially durable. You can spend 1 PP and
Arms: 2 PP each 25 Ryo to increase its HP by some amount, depending upon
Legs: 4 PP its frame size.
Cost: 200 Ryo Small: +50
Special: +5 Stealth Medium: +75
Reinforced: Recon: +25
Using the medium frame as a base, these use stronger and Reinforced: +100
heavier materials, reinforced joints, and armor plates. While Large: +75
these are exceptionally sturdy as a result, it's too compact to
allow for the extensive customization most puppeteers enjoy.
HP: 500
Damage Reduction: 25
Head: 2 PP
Torso: 2 PP
Arms: 1 PP each
Legs: 2 PP
Cost: 200 Ryo
Large:
The biggest and most expensive puppets, these tend to be
build with a specific purpose in mind. They have above-
average durability and great storage space, but can be
impractical in certain situations. The smallest of these are
easier larger than a large person.
HP: 350
Head: 5 PP
Torso: 10 PP
Arms: 4 PP each
Legs: 6 PP
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Head
Camera
You install a camera inside your puppet's head! It follows
the normal rules for cameras (see Gear, in the Equipment
chapter), though its presence is typically not obvious, since
it's... you know, inside the puppet's head. You need film for it;
see below.
PP: 3
Cost: 500 Ryo
Film Reel
You install a roll of film in your puppet's head. Goes well
with the camera! Each 'unit' of film (i.e. one picture) costs 25
Ryo. A single reel can hold up to ten of these. You can install
multiple film reels, if you want to be able to take more than
ten pictures.
PP: 1
Cost: 0 - 250 Ryo
Hidden Weapon (Melee):
You have a concealed weapon, typically a blade of some
sort. This cannot be disarmed, and can be used to attack in
grapple. The first time in a battle it's used, it's an automatic
surprise attack.
This weapon is modified to be usable by the puppet; you
can't remove it and fight with it yourself. It can be any Small-
sized Slashing or Piercing weapon from the Equipment
chapter of the PHB; the cost of that weapon is added to the
cost of his upgrade.
PP: 3
Cost: 100 Ryo + Special
Hidden Weapon (Ranged):
Your puppet has a weapon launcher inside of its head. It
can hold up to twenty kunai, shuriken, or senbon, which must
be paid for normally. You can purchase this multiple times,
each time adding to the capacity getting a separate launcher
for a different type of weapon.
PP: 1
Cost: 25 Ryo + Special
Perception
By placing small, chakra-conductive components in the
head of the puppet the user can see and hear what the puppet
sees and hears. This upgrade can be toggled on and off as a
Speed 0 action. While using it, you suffer visibility penalties,
and make Awareness checks, based on your puppet's location
and 'senses' rather than your own. You can only use this for
one puppet at a time.
PP: 2
Cost: 50 Ryo
Voice Box
Using a chakra-based speaker in its head, your puppet can
talk! Specifically, it can transmit your voice, or a distorted and
unrecognizable version of it.
PP: 1
Cost: 20 Ryo
Torso
Exploding Torso
By placing exploding tags in the body of a puppet, the thing
is turned into what is essentially a walking bomb. This allows
you to store up to (Chakra Control skill ranks)/5 Exploding
Tags inside the puppet. You may detonate them as a Speed
10 action while controlling the puppet. The puppet takes
double the full damage, anyone inside or grappling it may
choose to block (though not dodge). The range is 20 yards, +1
per tag after the first, and the damage is the total damage of
all the tags used in this. The accuracy penalty for not being
able to escape an AoE, however, is halved. You must pay for
the exploding tags separately.
If a puppet loses all its HP after doing this, it cannot be
repaired without returning to a village and rebuilding it
entirely.
PP: 3 ; it costs an additional 1 PP per tag, which may be
taken from any location
Cost: 100 + cost of exploding tags
Hollow Body:
All puppets are hollow, but this modification creates a
spacious, shell-like area inside the torso of the puppet. This is
large enough to fit a person and, depending on the design,
may have eye holes too look out from. If so, Awareness
checks can be made, but at a -4 penalty.
Getting into or out of the puppet is a Speed 8 action; it can
be locked from the inside. However, while inside you may not
use perform handseals (too cramped), attack or be attacked,
or control your other puppets.
A person inside cannot be attacked until the puppet has
been destroyed.
PP: 8
Cost: 150
Reinforced:
Your puppet is reinforced. No, really. Each application of
this increases the puppet's HP by 25.
PP: 1
Cost: 10
Trap Body
An elaborate arrangement of wires and launches inside a
hollowed out torso which, when triggered, fire and wrap
around a target, then quickly retract to pull them into the
puppet to capture them.
When the puppet is attacked in melee, this can be declared
in place of a defensive action; it's a Speed 10 Interrupt, which
costs 5 AP to use (via Chakra Threads). The puppet takes half
damage from the attack, and the attacker must then defend
against this attack.
If they fail, they are trapped and locked inside the puppet's
Hollow Body; Trap Bodies lock (automatically) from the
outside, and cannot be opened from the inside without
destroying the puppet. The person inside is limited to basic
unarmed attacks against the puppet while inside. This can
only be deployed once per battle, after which it needs to be
reset.
PP: 4
Cost: 200 Ryo
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Chakra Shield:
Installed in an arm, these deploy by unfolding umbrella-like
wooden spokes and briefly projecting a temporarily solidified
shield of chakra. This is a Speed 5 Interrupt, and costs 3 AP
to use, if used to defend the puppet, it's used alongside a
Control Puppets: Dodge, and instead of adding Speed it just
costs 5 AP.
The shield will block up to CHA5 damage. If this stops an
attack entirely, subtract half that attack's damage from CHA5;
that's how much 'HP' the shield has remaining for future
uses. If an attack does more damage than the shield's HP the
puppet takes any carryover, and the shield is unusable for the
rest of the battle.
Even if this blocks all damage from a technique, it will not
stop any other effects (such as immobilization or ignite).
PP: 3
Cost: 50 Ryo
Equipped Weapon
Your puppet has a weapon it can use in its arm. This can be
any weapon with a Stamina cost of 10 or less; you may
increase the maximum Stamina cost by 5, by increasing the
PP cost by 1. The puppet increases an Accuracy bonuses on
the weapon, and and penalties by 2. It may dual-wield only
(Dual) weapons, and those only at your level of the Dual
Wielding ability. You must pay for the weapon used.
To use a two-handed weapon, this must be purchased for
both arms which will be using that weapon. The cost of the
weapon itself only has to be paid for once.
PP: 1 - 4
Cost: 50 RYo + Weapon's cost
Flamethrower:
A contraption which sprays a mist or stream of some
combustible substance and ignites it with chakra on contact
with oxygen. This enables the puppet to, as the name
suggests, project powerful gouts of flame.
This is a Speed 14 action for the puppet. In addition to
doing (CHA/8)d10 damage, this inflicts Burns 6 and Ignite 5
if the target fails a status roll, using your Chakra Control.
PP: 1 for the mechanism, 1 per 2 uses
Cost: 50 for the mechanism, 25 per 2 uses
Glider:
Special, folding wings installed inside the arms of your
puppet, this can extend and retract as necessary. To be useful
you must install this upgrade in both arms of a pair. This
upgrade halve the puppet's physical damage with those arms.
The puppet can fly. An airborne puppet may not carry
people (via Hollow Body). A flying puppet is immune to any
effects reliant upon contact with the ground (such as some
immobilization penalties) and cannot be targeted by melee-
range techniques unless it made a melee-range attack in the
past 25 IC.
PP: 2
Cost: 150 Ryo
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Grapple Arm
Your puppet can fire off its hand, with a rope attaching it
back to the arm. This allows your puppet to initiate a Grapple
at a distance as a Speed 10 action. From there it can, as a
separate Speed 6 action, draw itself to the person in
question. From there it may perform any Grapple jutsu you
know when you make it attack.
PP: 2
Cost: 75 Ryo
Hidden Weapon:
This is an upgrade to a weapon the puppet is already
equipped with. That weapon is concealed inside the puppet's
arm and spring-loaded. The first time it's used in a battle it is
automatically a Surprise Attack. This cannot be done with a
Large weapon. After this upgrade, the weapon cannot be
disarmed.
PP: 2
Cost: 25 Ryo
Legs
Hidden Weapon:
By hiding a weapon inside the puppet's leg, it allows the
puppet to, well, attack with that weapon. Weapons of less
than Large size may be installed. Weapons used may have a
Stamina cost of up to 10, +5 per extra PP spent on this
upgrade.
The first time the weapon is used in a battle, it is an
automatic Surprise Attack. This uses the weapon's damage,
speed, and so forth. You must pay for the weapon separately
from this upgrade.
Cost: 2 - 4 PP
Cost: 50 Ryo + Weapon's cost
Mobile Legs:
Special legs designed to go over any terrain, be it rocks,
water, ice, or even up cliffs. These legs reduce immobilization
penalties based on the condition of the ground by 1; you can
stack this benefit by giving this upgrade to multiple pairs of
legs. These legs can also use Water Walking and Wall
Walking, if you have those abilities.
PP: 3
Cost: 50 Ryo
Tail:
Your puppet replaces its legs with a tail! This reduces its
movement speed by 25% (or, if the puppet still has another
pair of legs, the pair converted into a tail just doesn't provide
a 25% increase in movement speed) but reduces
immobilization penalties based on the condition of the
ground by 2, and all other immobilization penalties by 1.
Outfitting multiple pairs of legs with this upgrade stacks its
effects by improving the size and quality of the tail.
This upgrade gives your puppet a +4 bonus to grapple rolls;
that benefit does not stack if multiple pairs of legs have this.
The tail is prehensile, and may grip and grab things, and
counts as a single limb in a grapple. PP: 3
Cost: 100 Ryo
 Monkasei begin with Elemental Aptitude for Earth and Wind.
Monkasei They have Elemental Affinity: Jiton, which includes Doton
and Fuuton.
Monkasei start with 1 less Unique Point.

-=[ Abilities ]=-

--( Jiton - Magnetism Release )--
What sets the Monkasei bloodline apart from its peers is
their advanced chakra nature. Though commonly referred to
as 'magnetic' chakra, there's more to it than that: even non-
magnetic metals can be affected by their abilities. Most
Monkasei realize their powers well before they can use
ninjutsu, or sometimes even mold chakra at all, when they
start intuitively dragging metal objects to them.
Any Raiton or Doton technique can be converted into a Jiton
technique, which the following effects:
+5 Chakra cost
All Jiton techniques have Magnetize 1 if they hit.
For every 25% higher the techniques damage is
considered for wounding, the technique applies 1 to the
Magnetize. If it cannot be blocked, it adds 3 to the
Magnetize. For every 5 chakra over 30 a technique costs
The Monkasei lineage--they haven't organized themselves into (Base), the technique applies 1 to the Magnetize.
a proper clan, despite gentle prodding from the village to do All Jiton techniques have their base Speed increased by
so--is viewed in generally good light by the people of Sand. one per rank (1 for E, 3 for C, etc.). Thus, a Jiton
Much of that comes from the fact that every member who Retsudotensho would be treated as a Speed 25 action for
displays their kekkei genkai is directly descended from the all purposes (including its minimum Speed after
Third or Fourth Kazekage; the two weren't directly related, reductions), rather than 22.
but most likely had a common ancestor, since they possessed All Jiton techniques have their total Speed (which as a
an identical, or nearly identical, bloodline. It also helps that reminder cannot be reduced below half their base Speed)
the Monkasei, as a general rule, are fairly modest about their reduced by the severity of their target's Magnetize. For
bloodline and heritage. example, if you were using the area-of-effect move Doryuu
Taiga against four people, who had Magnetize 4, 8, 2, and
0, your technique's total Speed would be reduced by 8.
That advanced bloodline is the ability to create magnetic All Jiton techniques have their Chakra cost reduced by
chakra, and seems to have actually gotten stronger in recent their target's Magnetize severity.
generations; the Third Kazekage was hailed as the strongest Jiton is strong against Raiton and Suiton, but weak
Kazekage his village had ever seen, rivalled only by the Fifth, against Katon. All Jiton techniques are considered as
but his control of magnetic chakra was limited only to iron projectiles when determining how effective Fuuton-based
dust; he did not possess an actual magnetic jutsu. defenses are against them (not because they necessarily
are projectiles, but due to the elemental weakness).
On the other hand, that may simply be a result of the passage
of time. He may well have been the first of his kind, and he
had nobody's mistakes and successes to learn from. Even if
the bloodline hasn't grown more powerful, it has become
more refined, and while the number of inheritors is fairly
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 --( Magnetize )--
This is a status effect, which represents the target having
become magnetized. Magnetize stacks fully with itself;
someone with Magnetize 8 who's hit by a Magnetize 1
technique is elevated to Magnetize 9. However, a Jiton
technique cannot raise a person's Magnetize over 2*(rank).
Thus, a person with Magnetize 2 who was hit by an E-rank
Jiton technique would not have their Magnetize status
increased.
Jiton techniques used against someone with a Magnetize
status get an Accuracy bonus equal to the status' severity.
Metallic thrown weapons have an Accuracy bonus equal to
half the status' severity. Magnetize fades entirely half an hour
after the last time it was applied.
--( Denji Yuusei - Electromagnetic
Dominance )--
Your manipulation of magnetic chakra has lots of potential
uses! All of the following have a Chakra 10 cost, and are
considered to be Jiton Ninjutsu effects.
When throwing metallic weapons (arrows are no good for
this) you may use CHA/10 in place of DEX/10 for your
accuracy bonus.
--( Mujona Kaiho - Merciless World Order
)--
By no means the most powerful of a Monkasei's abilities, this
is one of the most visually impressive. You project your
magnetic chakra out across the battlefield, and use it to seize
control of any discarded metal weapons--kunai, shurikens,
even swords. Using that control, you're able to attack with
impunity without having to make a single motion.
Type: Jiton Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 10
Upkeep: 2
Speed: 4 Effects:
While this is maintained you may spend AP to make
ranged attacks with any metallic weapons present and not
being held on the battlefield. They have a range of CHA/2
yards, and use your ninjutsu, rather than physical, damage
bonus.
This costs 1 AP per 2 Speed it would normally cost to attack
with the weapon; the weapon uses its base Speed for damage
purposes. This uses your CHA instead of DEX for Accuracy.
These weapons don't benefit from weapon-specific abilities.
They receive the full Accuracy from Magnetize as if this was a
Jiton ninjutsu, but none of the other Jiton effects (such as
applying more Magnetize) apply.

You may also deflect attacks with any metal weapons, ranged
or melee, by making an accuracy roll. This uses your CHA/10
in place of DEX/10, and receives any bonuses from having
magnetized your opponent. This is a Speed 1 Interrupt
Finally, you may disarm an opponent's held weapon as a
Speed 6 action, rolling 1d20+CHA/8 against their
1d20+STR/10, once again receiving magnetize bonuses. If
succsessful, you may throw the weapon up to CHA/4 yards in
any direction, or bring it to yourself (and, if you wish, wield it).
You can retrieve, as a Speed 4 action, any discarded metal
weapons or used projectiles within CHA/2 yards, bringing
them to yourself.

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Sabechi
When Sunagakure initially organized itself into a formal
village of Ninja, the Sabechi were the tribe most resistant to
allying themselves with those who had been their rivals for
generations. They fought against change and the alliances
that were being made, relying upon nature for their survival
against what quickly became a much larger force.
In doing so, they resorted to extreme measures. While no
Sabechi ever confirmed as much, it is suspected that they
tried all manners of profane rituals and struck bargains with
the most dangerous and amoral of the species to be found
within Sunagakure, which is how they began to produce a
poison from their own blood.
Eventually they did assimilate into the village, sufficiently
impressed by the collective force of the tribes. For a long time
they voluntarily segregated themselves, but over time they
formed bonds with the Henzaki and the Hitori in particular,
impressed by the former's talents and admiring the Hitori's
spirit. The three clans, often teamed together, form an odd
balance of sorts; a Sabechi's dark humor, a Henzaki's
withdrawn neutrality, and a Hitori's overzealous enthusiasm.
Members of the clan are not a very vocal sort, with a sense of
humor that is often classified as 'twisted'. While well-
mannered, most Sabechi have a sense of wit which invariably
carries undertones not fully understood by those they
converse with until well after they've spoken, making those
that meet them frequently question just what they meant.
Because this toxin is dependent upon the precise physiology
of the Sabechi who produces it, it will break down rapidly
outside their body. This prevents it from being stored for any
significant amount of time, and means it can't be used to lace
food or drinks.
Poison Points are spent to add the following effects to
poison, declared when you envenomate a weapon. These
effects all have costs that function the same as ability costs,
which you spend PP (rather than XP) on. For example,
Paralytic is Base 3 / Scale 2. This means the first rank costs 3
PP, the second costs 5 (for a total of 8), and so forth.
You may not unspend and respend Poison Points at well;
once spent, they are allocated. However, you may choose to
use less than your full value; for example, your poison might
have Paralytic 3, but you could choose to make a single use of
it only Paralytic 1.
This is significant because each PP spent on applied effects
increases the Vitality (or HP) cost by 1. So, using your poison
at Paralytic 3 would add +15 Vitality to its cost, while
Paralytic 1 would only add +3 Vitality.

-=[ Abilities ]=-

--( Rustblood )--
The very blood of a Sabechi is poisonous. Along with minor
inconveniences, like it being harder to give them transfusions
and them being ineligible to ever donate their blood, it can
also be used in combat as a very potent venom.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 2
Scale: 0
Limit: 1 + XP/100
You can poison a weapon on your blood as a Speed 5
action by inflicting 1 point of damage on yourself. This
applies 1+(Toxicology)/5 doses worth of poison to a melee
weapon, or poisons up to that many thrown weapons. Your
Rustblood poison has a +4 bonus to all its Toxicology rolls.
This poison's severity begins at 1, and increases by 1 every 4
ranks. It has a base Duration of 10. For every rank of
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 Paralytic
Your poison debilitates the victim's muscles, slowing their
ability to react. This inflicts Paralysis 1 per rank. Base: 3
Scale: 2
Necrotic:
Your poison causes rapid cell death around the area struck.
Aside from taking longer than usual to fully heal, this inflicts
Immobilization 1 per rank. Base: 2 Scale: 1
Irritant:
There are many ways of accomplishing this. The most
common is including some chemical in the poison that will
cause an allergic reaction in most humans. Whatever the
method, your poison causes irritation and possibly
inflammation, and inflicts Burns of its rank in severity. Base:
1 Scale: 1
Hallucinogen
Affects the senses and mental functions of its victims,
causing temporary disorientation and delirium. It inflicts a -1
Visibility Penalty per rank. Base: 2 Scale: 1
Neurotoxin
Causes a temporary overload of the nerves, which stops
proper brain function for a few moments. Can be deadly in
the midst of combat. It inflicts 2 Stun per rank. Base: 2 Scale:
1 ability to straighten the hairs on their head, which tend to be
Virulent
Your poison is especially deadly, taking a longer than normal
time to metabolize. This increases the Duration of the poison
by 5. The first three ranks of this effect cost 1 PP; the next
three cost 2 PP; the next three cost 3 PP, and so forth. So, for
+50 Duration (10 ranks) you'd need to spend (13 + 23 + 3*3 +
4) = 22 PP.
--( Mithridatism )--
Constant exposure to the Sabechi's own venom eventually
has their bodies produce antibodies to a variety of poisons,
building up an immunity to even the nastiest kinds of venom.
Base: 5 Scale: 0 Limit: RES /30
Effects: For every rank, you reduce the rank of any Poison
you suffer from by 1. If you reduce the Poison's severity to 0
by this, you add a bonus to the Resistance roll against all
secondary effects of the Poison equal to the Poison's severity.
-=[ Predatory Protrusions ]=-
Every Sabechi has a way to deliver their poison naturally,
without the aid of weapons--such is the nature of their
bloodline. As their skill expands and chakra develops, it's not
unheard of for a Sabechi to begin manifesting other
mutations.
You choose one of the four mutations below at creation. For
every 2000 EXP you have, you can voluntarily choose to
lower your maximum Willpower by 1 to acquire an additional
protrusion.
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You may taken the Weapon Focus ability for "Natural
Weapons." This applies to any attacks made with your
Sabechi clan mutations.
--( Stinger )--
The most obvious of all the mutations and the signature
feature of the clan, a Sabechi's stinger is far more potent than
a scorpion's, even though they look about the same. It's much
longer than it looks, able to extend over the Sabechi's
shoulder or around their side to strike those in front of them.
Stamina: 10
Damage: (STR/10)d8
Speed: 10
Special: -5 Accuracy
Effects: You have a flexible tail with a curved tip. Most
Sabechi tend to wrap it around their waists as a type of belt,
but some let it hang behind them. You can attack with the
Stringer even in a grapple, and if you do so you don't suffer
the normal Accuracy penalty. If you strike with this weapon,
you can inflict a dose of your poison. When attacking with
your tail, your Rustblood has no Vitality cost. Your tail inflicts
Piercing wounds, and in a grapple you may make your
attacks automatic called shots at no penalty.
--( Quills )--
While not true "needles", some Sabechi actually have the
much thicker than normal hair, enough so to inject trivial
amounts of their poison. When used in groups, however, it
can be quite deadly.
Stamina: Variable
Damage: Variable
Speed: Variable
Effects: This is treated as a Senbon multithrow, though it
does not require the normal ability to do so. If you use at least
three Quills, you can deliver a dose of your poison with them.
Unlike actual senbon, you won't run out of quills.
These are not actual senbon, and do not benefit from any
senbon-specific abilities. Poisoning your quills requires the
normal Vitality cost for your Rustblood, but does not have the
maximum of 1+(Toxicology)/5.
--( Saliva )--
Sabechi who happen to deliver their poison this way tend not
to get many dates, leading it to be the least common of all the
mutations found within Sabechi, but those who have it swear
by its usefulness.
Chakra: 12
Damage: (CHA/10)d6
Range: 10
Speed: 8
Effects: You can apply a dose of your poison with this
attack. As in, by spitting on someone. This is a taijutsu attack,
though it uses your ninjutsu damage bonus and can only be
parried as if it was a ninjutsu technique. It inflicts Energy
wounds (due to the caustic nature of the saliva). As usual, this
costs 1 Vitality for every Poison Point utilized during the
attack.
--( Oily Skin )--
Frequently mistaken for sweat by their enemies, Sabechi
with this mutation tend to enjoy trading blows with their
opponents, crippling them the longer the fight goes on.
Stamina: 5
Upkeep: 2
Speed: 10
Effects: Rather than being an attack, this is activated as a
pre-emptive action. At that point you specify the composition
of your poison.
Anyone who strikes you with an unarmed attack must pass a
Resistance roll or be poisoned. As a Speed 6 action, you can
change the type of poison applied upon contact.
A new dose of poison is automatically applied to your skin
(And therefore, deducted from your Vit/HP) every time you
poison someone. This can knock you unconscious, but will
not reduce your HP below 0 (and will shut off, if the cost can't
be paid).

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 Kirigakure No Sato
Located in the south western part of Water Country,
Kirigakure no Sato has a cool to moderate climate. Being
near to the shore and often fluctuating in temperature, the
village is swallowed by fog year round, leaving it perpetually
moist and dreary. Entering Kirigakure, it's hard to make a
quick judgment of its size. Stone buildings loom like ghosts
dressed with sturdy flora disappearing from sight into the
hazy countryside.
After the war, Kiri was one of the first villages to recover.
Being an island, its physical infrastructure remained mostly The forces of Kiri can proudly call upon the Hozuki,
in tact. The first order of business was rebuilding the village's Kaguya, Niou, Terumi and Touu clans in their hour of need.
military strength. Previously Kiri had eradicated several clans There was a time in which the seven swordsmen were but a
who tried to overthrow the Mizukage and council elders. faded memory, although that has changed. The swordsman
Perhaps it was luck, but some of them escaped the purge. corps of mist has once again risen to prominence to become
Many previously exiled or near extinct clans, seeing a feared force. Because drunk, crazy, violent island dudes
Kirigakure weakened, came out of the woodwork and claimed with swords are dangerous.
their footholds, building new and better clan compounds and
taking seats on the Kiri council. Kiri, realizing they couldn't
afford to refuse them, allowed them back - but they live under
perpetual observation. Shortly after, many of the people came
to Kiri from the surrounding villages, having not fared as well
through the war. While Water Country is still hurting for total
population, Kiri appears to be bigger and stronger politically
than in the past. Rumors abound of them more or less
bullying local nobles and perhaps even the daimyo, though
nobody--on either side--will confirm that.
During the recovery after the Fourth Great Shinobi War,
Kirigakure underwent reform. They did away with their
chaotic, bloody past and introduced a new age of military
power and structure, adamantly refusing to risk losing their
seat as one of the Five Great Shinobi Superpowers. Because
of this, students who begin to fall behind in the academy are
pushed ever harder; those who can't keep up are cut out,
without second chances. They start training their shinobi at
younger ages than any other village, and their genin
graduation happens a year or two later than most other
villages. Should an individual remain out of work for an
extended period of time or fail to meet village expectations,
they're subject to review and the mercy of the Kirigakure
council.
Martial Law reigns supreme. In the past Kirigakure's greatest
threats came from within - those days are no more. The
village wastes no time in snuffing out even the hint of
rebellion or political discord.

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Sword Corps
One of Mist's several special operations units, the
Swordsman Corps are trained to be Kirigakure's elite
infantry. Militaristic and merciless, only the students who
display an abnormal talent or fascination with
swordsmanship are selected to be trained by the Corps.
Mist's swordsmen may not believe their kenjutsu is superior
to ninjutsu or typical taijutsu; some do, while most admit it's
simply a very specific focus. Most, however, will very
adamantly reject the concept that natural talents or abilities,
such as bloodlines, can match their rigorous training.
A disproportionate number of the Mizukage's honor guard
tend to be members of the Swordsman Corps.
Members of the Swordsman Corps begin
with 1 less Unique Point. Because they
have no clue.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Blademaster )--
Members of the swordsman corps do not put as much effort
into training with their swords as other ninja do into learning
the basics of ninjutsu--they put in more. This rigorous
training tends to leave members of the swordsman corp
disproportionately grim, and exceptionally dangerous.
Type: Ability
Cost: 10
Requires: Precision Effects: When using a sword, you use
DEX/8 rather than DEX/10 to determine your bonus to
Accuracy. Additionally, when making a sword attack you
may choose to replace your regular accuracy with an
accuracy roll (using 1d20 instead of 10 for the base value).
If you choose to use your physical damage bonus with a
sword attack, instead of your Sword Damage Bonus from the
Precision ability (found directly below this one), you do not
receive the benefits of Blademaster on that attack.
--( Precision )--
Any ninja who uses a weapon seriously knows something
about it beyond ;put the pointy end into the other person;.
Mist's swordsmen generally understand their weapons,
knowing the importance of a sword being well-balanced, and
just how to cut someone to make the most of their weapon's
momentum.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 5
Scale: 5
Limiting Attribute: DEX /20, Max 4
Effects:
You have a special "sword damage bonus" of DEX/15 (to, as
usual, a single decimal point). You may use this in place of
your physical damage bonus whenever wielding a sword, if
you prefer. Each rank beyond the first reduces the divisor by
1, to a minimum of DEX/12.
Increases to your Physical Damage Bonus do not affect
your Sword Damage Bonus. However, anything which
reduces your PDB (such as many wounds) will also reduce
your SDB.
--( Silver Flash )--
Once a sword kata has been perfected, you don't stop
practicing it. If it is a ten-minute kata, and you know every
step perfectly, you will do it in nine minutes, and then in eight.
You learn how to not think about what you're doing, and
instead simply do it. You learn to stop being a person
wielding a sword, and become a sword guided by your
subconscious.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 5
Limiting Attribute: DEX /40
Effects:
Every rank reduces the Base Speed of your sword attacks by
1, but increases their damage for the purpose of causing
wounds by 5%.
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 --( Daisho )--
Most memebrs of Mist's Swordsman Corps have one sword
which is distinct to them, and they learn to use it like an
extension of their own body, often to the exclusion of other
weapons. A select few, however, find themselves with the
need or desire to own more than one. If these individuals are
considered worthwhile, the Corps will allow them to have
another one of Mist's famous swords forged for them.
Technically, "daisho" refers to a paired set of weapons used
by samurai. It's a very precise word, with deep significance
and a great deal of ceremonial importance. Well, at some
point in the past some member of the Swordsman Corps
decided to present themselves as a samurai, and adopted the
term to refer to their own paired weapons. It caught on,
because while ninja don't actually know anything about
samurai behavior, it sounds impressive to claim you follow
their ways, and now a "Daisho" among the swordsman corps
refers to any set of weapons an individual personally values.
Type: Talent Effects: This may only be taken after you
already have a clan sword (meaning, you are of chuunin or
higher rank). You acquire a second sword, which follows
all the normal rules for a clan sword, designed separately
from your first one. You may take this talent multiple
times, acquiring a new sword each time.
-=[ Clan Swords ]=-
Upon becoming a chuunin, a Mist swordsman will receive
their own, personalized blade. Most of them will have kept,
used, and taken care of a single sword, usually a katana, from
their days in the academy--in these cases, they usually opt to
have that weapon reforged.
Though they don't partake in the forging process, the ninja
will be there the entire time, and it's followed by a ritual
consecration, and a four-day period of solitary meditation in
which the shinobi is alone with only their blade, fasting and
subsisting off only just enough water to stave off dehydration.
The relationship between sword and swordsman is...
interesting. Most swordsmen take care of their blade better
than their teammates, and it's not even considered unusual
for them to name and talk to it (if the sword starts talking
back, though, that just means they're crazy).
There's more to this than lasting effects of the hallucinations
from four days of fasting and partial dehydration. Members of
the swordsman corps always know where their sword is, in
terms of distance and direction. It could be on the other side
of the world, and given enough time, they'd be able to track it
down.
Many claim their swords are 'loyal' to them (others just say
their weapons are unique and they're the only ones who
know how to use them properly); and, indeed, a borrowed or
stolen sword functions as an ordinary katana, nothing more,
in the hands of anyone but its rightful owner.
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In the event one of these swords is hopelessly lost (say, tossed
to the bottom of the ocean, or thrown into a volcano) a new
one can be forged for the swordsman, though this is not done
lightly; if given the chance, most would literally fight through
hell to get their sword back. It takes four weeks to obtain a
replacement sword, after which the original will no longer
recognize its former owner. A member of the swordsman
corps who accepts a replacement blade when it's in any way
possible to reclaim their old one is viewed with severe disdain
by their fellow swordsmen. (Using a regular katana in the
meanwhile, however, is perfectly acceptable).
Upon reaching Chuunin rank all members of the Swordsman
Corps receive their own weapon automatically. Once you've
reached that rank, use the rules here to customize your
personal weapon.
Your sword begins with 20 points which you can spend on it
at your discretion. The first thing for you to do is choose its
Structure features; this is its basic shape and so on. There
are 5 primary characteristics to select here, and each one has
a point cost listed next to it; for example, "(2) Slashing"
means it costs 2 of your 20 points to make your weapon
inflict Slashing damage.
After selecting all your Structure options, you move on to
Features. Although prices are in the same format, the layout
is different.
Features relate to three key components of your weapon: its
balance (how easy it is to handle), its blade (how sharp, and
other special characteristics), and its body (its weight and
sturdiness). They are also divided into three tiers: Bottom,
Middle, and Top. To take features in the Middle tier, you must
have spent at least 5 of your sword customization points in
that group; to take features from the Top tier, you must have
spent at least 10 points in that tree.
For example, if you spent 7 points on Low-tier and 3 points
on Middle-tier features in Balance, you could take the top-tier
Balance features. You would still be restricted to Low-tier
Blade and Body features, unless you also spent enough
points in those trees.
You must spend at least 1 point in one of the three primary
trees of Features. There are also Special Features, which
have two differences from regular features. The first, they
only have Bottom and Middle tiers. The second, they will not
determine your sword's number of damage dice.
====================
1. Structure
1.
Damage Type Every weapon must have at least one
damage type. If it's both, you can decide whether to deal
slashing or piercing damage each time you attack, and the
weapon can be used with Slashing- or Piercing-only
moves (though in that case it deals only the type of
damage allowed by the technique).
(2) Slashing
(2) Piercing
2.
Size A weapon may have only one size. Size determines
both which jutsu and abilities it functions with, as well as
the number of damage dice it rolls.
(0) Normal: 6d_ damage
3) Small: 4d_ damage
(3) Large: 8d_ damage
3.
Two-Handed? Only Large weapons may be two-handed. If
a weapon is two-handed, it can't be used one-handed
unless you have the Monkey Grip ability. You may only
choose one of these options.
(0) One-Handed
(4) Two-Handed
4.
Number Some swordsmen have more than one weapon.
The Dual tag does not actually grant you an additional
sword, just means your weapon is optimized for dual-
wielding (as per the ability). If you take Paired, you get a
second weapon which has 13 points to spend normally,
and may not take Paired itself.
(3) Dual
(5) Paired
5.
Damage Not something you spend points on, this time! Of
the three primary feature sets below (Quick, Steady, and
Strong), determine which one you have the most points in.
If there's a tie, choose one. That determines your sword's
Speed, Stamina cost, and die size.
Balance: Speed 10, Stamina 8, _d6 damage
Blade: Speed 12, Stamina 10, _d10 damage
Body: Speed 15, Stamina 14, _d12 damage
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2. Features
-=[ Balance ]=-
Bottom:
(1) +2 Bleed, -1 die of damage. Your sword must deal at
least 1d_ damage. This status effect is automatically -
applied if the sword does damage.
(1) If you spend AP on a sword attack, and miss, half the
AP spent (rounded down) is refunded.
(1) Your sword deals +1d damage, to a maximum of +4d.
Middle:
(2) -1 base Speed, maximum of -2.
(1) +1 Parry, to a maximum of +2
Top:
(1) Your Parry has its base Speed reduced by 1. This can
only be taken once.
(1) The weapon may be held with one less hand than
normal. This allows a two-handed weapon to be one-
handed without difficulty (though does mean it loses is
two-handed damage bonus). A weapon that requires "no
hands" can be strapped to your body somehow.
-=[ Blade ]=-
Bottom:
(2) Your sword's damage is increased by 10% for the
purposes of determining wounds; this can be taken up to 5
times.
(1) Your sword attacks have their damage bonus increased
by 1, but their Accuracy decreased by 1 as well.
(2) Your sword's die size is increased by 2, to a maximum
of _d20.
Middle:
(1) Attempting to parry your sword has a -1 penalty, to a
maximum of -3.
(1) Your sword deals three more dice of damage but has
its Stamina cost increased by 4. Top:
(2) Your sword deals another STR/20 dice of damage, but
has its Stamina cost increased by the number of dice
added this way.
(2) Your weapon's dice become .extra(die size-2). This can
be purchased repeatedly, each time lowering the .extra
value by 1 (from .extra(10) to .extra(9), then .extra(8), and
so on).
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 -=[ Body ]=-
Bottom:
(1) You have a +1 bonus to rolls made to disarm an
opponent's weapon, and a +1 bonus to any of your
defenses against being disarmed. Your sword's base
Speed is increased by 1.
(1) If you block while holding your sword, you gain a DR
equal to your Sword Damage Bonus; this is multiplied by
the number of times you've taken this feature, and doubled
if used with the mid-tier Weapon Block ability.
(2) Your sword gains a Stun 1, to a maximum of Stun 4.
Middle:
(2) Weapon Block: While wielding your sword, you can
block weapon attacks as a Speed 4 Interrupt.
(2) You may declare when you make your attack that you
are reducing its damage by 50%. If it hits, it gains a Stun
of (damage dealt)/50. If you purchase this feature a second
time, you reduce your damage by only 25%. It cannot be
taken more than twice. This adds to the low-tier Stun
effect if you have it.
(1) Anyone attempting to parry your sword does so at a -1
penalty. This can be taken up to 4 times. Top:
(3) While blocking, you can declare Block as your defense -=[ Spiritual ]=-
against a disarm attempt. This allows you to use your
normal Accuracy value, or make an accuracy roll, against Bottom:
the disarm attempt, with a +5 bonus (in addition to all (2) You use CHA/15 to determine your damage bonus
other Steady bonuses). while using your sword. If you take this feature a second
time, the divisor is lowered by the Precision ability (to a
==================== minimum of CHA/12).
(2) When rolling accuracy with your sword, you use
3. Special Features CHA/10 rather than DEX/10.
-=[ Small ]=- Middle:
Bottom: (4) Twice a day you may call your sword to you so long as
(3) Your sword has +1 Accuracy, but -0.5 to your damage it's in a one mile radius. If it's nearby it will fly to your
bonus. This has a maximum of +2 / -1.0 grasp; if not, it will appear in your grasp as if summoned.
(1) Someone trying to parry your sword with a weapon This can count as drawing it for iaijutsu. Additionally, you
does so as if your attack's Speed was 1 lower. This can be have a permanent +3 bonus to any attempts to resist your
taken twice. Middle: sword being disarmed.
(2) Your sword's base Speed is reduced by 1. This can be
taken twice.
(1) The sword has a compartment in the handle for
poison. It can hold up to three doses, which must be of the
same type of poison. This allows you to, as a Speed 0
action, coat your blade with poison for a single attack.
(2) Your sword gains a Stun 1, to a maximum of Stun 4.
-=[ Large ]=-
Bottom:
(2) Your sword's base Speed is increased by 2, it gains
Delay 2, and your sword damage bonus is also increased
by 2 when using it. This may be taken twice.
(2) Anyone trying to parry or disarm your sword does so at
a -1 penalty. However, your parries with your weapon
similarly have a -1 penalty.
Middle:
(1) Your sword inflicts a Stun 2 to anyone who
successfully parries or blocks it. This stacks with any
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Terumi
One of the few clans in Kirigakure that was never victim of
the extensive bloodline purges in that village's pasts, the
Terumi clan came about only after they had concluded. Most
of the clan is descended directly from the Fifth Mizukage,
from whom they take their name.
Typically red-haired and slender, the Terumi have a slightly
exaggerated, but ultimately accurate, reputation for being hot-
headed and tending to react strongly (and often violently) to
comments about issues they find sensitive. Whether what
offended them was something a person actually said, or a
simple mishearing on their part, doesn't seem to matter very
much.
Surprisingly for such a relatively new clan, the Terumi have
wound up in a position of lore-keepers for the village. Mist's
largest library, and the vast majority of its historical records,
are managed by the clan.
Terumi begin with Elemental Aptitude for Fire and Water.
They have Elemental Affinity for Futton, which includes
Katon and Suiton.
Terumi start with 1 less Unique Point.
Because property destruction.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Futton - Boil Release )--
Combining fire- and water-natured chakra produces the
somewhat inaccurately-named Boil Release; not all Futton
techniques necessarily use boiling water. Some converted
Katon instead manifest as a heated, often high-speed blast of
corrosive mist.
Any Suiton or Katon technique may be converted into
Futton, with the following effects:
+5 Chakra cost.
Futton always deals Energy damage.
Optionally, Katon techniques may use up to half their
Chakra cost in gallons of water.
Katon techniques which don't utilize water instead
manifest as corrosive steam. When this condenses (after
the technique is resolved), it adds 1/5 of the move's Chakra
cost in gallons of water to the battlefield.
You may choose to boil off (remove from battle) up to half
the gallons of water used in a technique. Each gallon
'destroyed' this way increases the technique's damage by
5%.
Blocking Futton reduces its damage normally. However,
its damage for the purpose of inflicting wounds is based
off its unreduced damage. The same applies to partial
defense.
Futton cannot inflict Ignite. Instead, Futton techniques
deal 5% more damage per point of Ignite they would
inflict.
Suiton techniques converted to Futton gain Burns equal to
their Chakra cost divided by 5.
Futton is strong against Katon and Fuuton, but weak to
Doton.
--( Boil )--
Channeling your chakra into an impending water-based
attack, you boil it harmlessly away before it reaches you.
Chakra: 5 + X/2
Speed: X
Effects:
This can be used as a defensive Interrupt against any
Suiton ninjutsu which requires gallons to be used. Make
an Accuracy roll, with (CHA)/10 as a bonus. X is the
amount of gallons used in the jutsu you're interrupting. If
successful, the technique fails, and the gallons of water
used in it are destroyed.
--( Sekai ni Tokeru - Dissolving World )--
The Terumi ability to boil water and alter the pH of steam
taken to a logical extreme, this boils all water within a broad
radius within seconds, flooding the area with a rising high-
temperature vapor.
Type: Futton Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 35 + X/5
Area: Special
Speed: 24
Seal Speed: 22
Effects:
This destroys up to your CHA in gallons of water. Water
present on the battlefield will be boiled off first, and then
water used in jutsu with upkeeps. It's centered on you, and
has an Area of 50 or up to X, with X being the number of
gallons boiled, whichever is higher.
It does X*(ninjutsu damage bonus) damage to anyone
caught inside the area. As is normal for a Futton
technique, blocking and partial defense will not decrease
the damage from its wounds.
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 Touu Touu begin with Elemental Aptitudes for Water and Wind.
They have an Elemental Affinity for Hyouton, which includes
Suiton and Fuuton.
Touu begin with 1 less Unique Point.
Because they are flakes.

-=[ Abilities ]=-

--( Hyouton - Ice Release )--
Touu have the ability to use one of the coveted advanced
chakra natures: ice release, combined the elements of water
and wind. Ice release combined the flexibility of water with
the penetrating power of wind.
The Hidden Mist, and Water Country in general, has a dark You may convert any Suiton or Fuuton technique into a
past it would very much like to forget. And, while the Touu Hyouton technique, with the following effects:
would just as much like for it to never have happened, they in
many ways are symbolic of that dark, bloody past. +5 Chakra cost.
Blocking reduces the damage from Hyouton techniques by
When the people of Water Country embarked on their only 25%.
genocide against bloodlines, they were remarkably Unless an individual jutsu specifies otherwise, Hyouton
successful. Shinobi within Kirigakure who possessed inflicts Piercing wounds. Hyouton's damage for the
distinctive kekkei genkai were suddenly demonized by their purpose of wounding is considered 25% higher, which
peers, and would end up being 'killed in action' on routine stacks additively with any existing increases on converted
missions or simply vanish. Several bloodlines vanished jutsu (50%+25% = 75%).
forever. Fuuton converted into Hyouton may not be used with a
fan, and gains a gallons of water requirement equal to half
its chakra cost.
The Touu did not, despite being the proverbial poster Any time someone is hit by a Hyouton technique, they
children for 'powerful, dangerous bloodlines'. Their powers suffer an immobilization penalty due to ice crystalizing on
manifested at a very young age, and could be used even them and their muscles being numbed. This penalty is -1
without ninja training. They weren't arrogant, but they were for E-rank techniques, -2 for D-ranks, -3 for C-ranks, -4 for
special, and that was enough for them to be feared, hated, and B-ranks, and -5 for A-ranks. This penalty fades at a rate of
ultimately all but wiped out in an orgy of irrational hate and 1 per 10 IC.
violence.
Hyouton is weak against Katon, and strong against Doton
Decades later, Kirigakure found itself in an awkward position: and Suiton.
it wanted to get as many of those bloodlines back as they
could, but most shinobi with kekkei genkai were fearful and
resentful of the village, at best, and guilt and old hatreds were
slow to die down.
The Touu bloodline was forever diminished. The once-proud
clan that had faithfully and efficiently served its village was no
more; the village was left gathering up tattered shreds and
trying to patch them back together, which all the success of a
child trying to repair a torn-up work of art before their
parents got home. Literally dozens of secret techniques were
lost forever.
The Touu of the current generation are few in number, and
tend to be cold, aloof, and perhaps a touch more prideful than
is warranted. The wholesale genocide of your ancestors by
the ancestors of your peers, at the behest of the organization
you work for and the country you serve, is a little hard to get
over. If people criticize them for being arrogant and thinking
themselves better or different than everyone else... well, those
criticisms always have an undertone of guilt to them. It's just
as hard for everyone else to wash away that inherited shame
as it is for the Touu to forget the taste of betrayal at the hands
of those they served.

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--( Suitenhoufukyuu - Water Sky
Convergence )--
Often considered the mark of the Touu bloodline, even
moreso than their ability to use ice release ninjutsu. All
members of the bloodline, even ones without ninja training,
exhibit from a young age the ability to mentally control water.
They can lift it off the ground, cause it to float between their
hands, and even freeze it with a thought (or, conversely, liquify
ice).
For a child, this is limited to what's nearby, and what they can
see; for a skilled ninja, they can actually sense the presence
of significant bodies of water (this does not include human
beings or large animals).
You may use any water scattered about the battlefield to fuel
your Suiton or Hyouton techniques, as if you'd performed the
Water Gathering Technique. This does not allow you to seize
control of someone else's water or techniques; if it's in a
container, or is infused with someone's chakra, it's off limits.
You may take a Speed X action, with a Chakra cost of 5+2X,
to freeze or liquify (CHA/30, minimum 1)X gallons of water
on the battlefield. Ice may not be used in Suiton techniques; it
can, however, be used to perform Hyouton (including Suiton
jutsu which you have converted into Hyouton).
You can perform Suiton (but not Hyouton) jutsu without
handseals, by adding (the base Seal Speed - CHA/10)/2,
rounded up, to the action's base Speed. Normal alterations to
Seal Speed (such as from Ninjutsu Specialist) do not apply to
this ability.
There are even legends of Touu once being able to drop rivers
on people.
--( Hijutsu: Sensatsu Suishou - Secret
Technique: Thousand Flying Water
Needles )--
Water is gathered from the air, and then formed into dozens
or hundreds (but 'thousand' sounds far more impressive) of
long, levitating needles. Those needles are then directed a
single target at high speeds; the needles nearly surround the
foe, making evasion especially difficult.
Note that this is a Suiton technique, and as such can be
converted to Hyouton.
Type: Suiton Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 20
Damage: Up to (CHA/8)d10
Range: CHA/3
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 14
Requires: 2 gallons of water per 1d10
Effects: This technique's damage is considered 25% higher
for the purpose of inflicting wounds, and it always inflicts
Piercing wounds. If it wounds an enemy, it also applies one
wound of the next-lower rank
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 HOzuki
Located on the outskirts of Mist village, the Hozuki have
been gradually growing in power as a clan. Serving as the
guardians and peacekeepers (or 'peacekeepers') of the village,
the Hozuki have adapted well to Mist's militarization.
Their clan's unique talents also make them excellently suited
for ambushes and 'enforcement' operations; should things
turn against their favor, the ability to liquify oneself entirely
allows them many options to retreat, regroup, and return
with overwhelming enforcements.
Within Kirigakure, everyone knows that the Hozuki can turn
into water, but few outside the clan truly understand that
ability's limits. Murmuring of dissent become a terrifying
prospect when one imagines that every puddle or drain pipe
could contain a Hozuki listening in.
Hozuki begin with one rank in Elemental Affinity: Water.
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-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Suika no Jutsu - Hydration Technique )--
The Hozuki clan's pride is the ability to liquify their entire
entire body, from bones to organs to hair, turning into living
water. Although they normally maintain a humanoid form,
there is nothing preventing them from turning into a puddle
and slipping under a door or escaping down a drain--though
they lose their ability to perceive their surroundings if they
don't keep at least their head intact.
Type: Suiton Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 10
Speed: Special
Effects:
Liquifying is a Speed 5 Interrupt (which does not require a
roll to succeed), while solidifying is a Speed 0 action. While in
water form, the following effects are applied:
You take only 25% damage from Suiton, and 50% from
Katon.
You cannot block Doton or Raiton.
You take double damage from Raiton, and when hit, you
are automatically affected by a Stun 5.
You are immune to physical attacks and medical ninjutsu.
You are immune to, and do not suffer the penalties of
existing, Wounds.
You can breath underwater.
Your Strength damage bonus is set to 0.
You cannot be grappled (or grapple other people), and
ignore immobilization penalties and effects which work by
restraining or caging you.
You always have an additional 20 gallons of water to use
with Suiton jutsu, which nobody else may access. If you
figure out why, you get a cookie. This water is never used
up, or considered to be added to the battlefield.
You cannot be burnt, poisoned, or ignited, and ignore the
effects of those statuses while in liquid form; their
durations still decrease normally (and Ignite automatically
ends).
You may not liquify (though you can still solidify) if you are
suffering from a Paralysis effect which was caused by a
Raiton jutsu. If incapacitated while liquified you revert to a
semi-solid, translucent gel-like form. In this state you do not
heal at all unless immersed in water, at which point you begin
recovering normally.
--( Masakana Namiochiru - Demon Fish
Wave Crash )--
Pulling in water from all around you and extending your
chakra from your watery form into it all, you turn a mass of
animate water with a vague outline of yourself at the center.
Despite the jutsu's name, the water constantly tends to
change shape and features, but most who see it can swear
they see something demonic formed. This not only offers
protection to the user, but also allows them to come crashing
down upon their enemies as well.
Type: Suiton Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 25
Upkeep: 6
Speed: 12
Requires: Suika no Jutsu active Effects:
You absorb up to CHA/2 gallons of water into yourself. In
this form you do not take extra damage from Raiton, and are
not stunned by it. You may use the water you've absorbed into
yourself in Suiton ninjutsu without first performing water-
gathering. You may not use any regular taijutsu while in this
form, though you get +Gallons/10 to your physical damage
bonus (rather than reducing it to 0, as would be normal for
Suika), and a 'shield' of Gallons*15 HP that takes damage
before your own vitality or HP (You lose the gallons when you
lose this HP). The only Taijutsu you may actually use in this
form is as follows:
Crashing Tsunami
Type: Suiton Taijutsu
Chakra: 20
Stamina: 20
Damage: 5d10+50
Speed: 20 Effects:
You may move up to CHA/2 yards when you use this attack,
and you may collect up to CHA/10 additional gallons into
yourself during this movement, assuming they are present on
the battlefield, but not above your maximum amount.
--( Suiton: Gosuiwan no Jutsu - Water
Release: Great Water Arm Technique )--
Putting their hydration technique to practical, but less-
extreme use, a Hozuki can force moisture into a single limb
(typically an arm) and give themselves what amounts to
hydraulic muscles. The difficulty of this technique comes
from how essential it is to properly control the distribution of
water throughout the body. Used properly, this gives
superhuman strength.
Type: Suiton Ninjutsu, Rank B
Chakra: 20 + 2 * X
Upkeep: X /2 Effects:
This increases your physical damage bonus by X, but gives
you a -2 penalty to Accuracy and d20 rolls due to being put
off-balance by your enlarged limb(s). X has a maximum of
CHA/20. This extreme strength is particularly useful for
punching down doors or walls which are insufficiently
reinforced. Notably, this cannot be used when Suika no Jutsu
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 Niou
The Niou clan possesses one of the most coveted
techniques in the shinobi world: invisibility. Despite that,
they've avoided becoming famous. There are very few Niou;
rather than trying to generate a reputation that would have
shinobi around the world terrified of their prowess, they
downplay and obfuscate their abilities.
Their 'invisibility' is most frequently dismissed as more Mist
ninja trickery, hiding behind veils of chakra-enhanced fog and
ninjutsu. The Niou are happy to keep things that way, and
their village quietly encourages this subterfuge. Even within
Kirigakure, the Niou are few enough in number to be passed
off as just a large extended family, not an actual ninja clan.
Niou tend to prefer to adopt in to their clan, and many of
these orphans keep their original name, rather than take the
clan's. They may pride themselves on membership, but
possessing a different last name makes it that much harder
for another shinobi to connect the dots.
Despite their outward appearance of being largely
disconnected, Niou tend to have a close-knit companionship
with each other, a mutual respect that transcends personal
grudges. They are raised to be quietly but firmly loyal to their
clan and village, and to prefer reserved confidence over
boastful ambition.
Niou frequently gather together to brag of their exploits to
one another, simply to avoid doing so to other members of the
village, who may not fully understand their invisibility
technique--everybody likes to brag, after all.
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-=[ Abilities ]--
--( Genshin no Jutsu - Invisibility
Technique )--
The pride of the Niou clan, and their most closely guarded
secret: this wraps the user in a layer of chakra, and projects
their surroundings across their skin. A slight distortion is the
only indication that anything is out of the ordinary, the
technique even providing the illusion of distance.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank E
Chakra: 10
Upkeep: 6
Speed: 8
Effects: You become invisible. While invisible, you may
Hide at will, with a +5 bonus; while hidden, you are always
considered to be one Stealth category higher than you
actually are. When making a Stealth roll, or an Espionage
roll to be unnoticed (such as pilfering something, or
picking a pocket) you roll 2d20.takeHighest(1) instead of
1d20. Those Espionage rolls also receive a +5 bonus.
Your dodge rolls while invisible receive a similar benefit:
you roll 2d20.takeHighest(1) rather than 1d20. This doesn't
apply to other defenses, or against area-of-effect techniques.
--( Maboroshi no Jutsu - Phantom
Technique )--
You project your chakra over another person, granting them
invisibility as well. This requires you to make physical contact
with them when it's first applied, and they must remain within
(your CHA)/2 yards for its effects to persist.
Type: Ability
Base Cost: 10
Scale: 5
Effects: You can conceal one additional person, or person-
sized object, with Genshin no Jutsu per rank. This does
require Genshin be active on yourself, and each additional
person concealed this way increases its upkeep by 3. People
and items concealed this way use your stealth in place of
their own; if you're hiding a group, you make only a single
Stealth roll for the entire group.
--( Meimei Arashi - Invisible Tempest )--
Wrapping a weapon or held object in your chakra-induced veil
of invisibility is easy; unfortunately, that does not extend to
thrown weapons, as their invisibility comes to an end as soon
as they leave your grasp. This technique exists specifically to
patch that hole in the Niou's invisibility: it allows you to veil
one or more thrown weapons in your chakra, keeping them
unseen until they've struck their target.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank C
Chakra: Special
Requires: Genshin no Jutsu active
Effects: This supplements a throwing or multi-throwing
attack by making it an automatic surprise attack. Its Chakra
cost is equal to the Stamina cost of the attack being used. If
used from hiding, this reduces your Stealth TN by only 2
each time it's used.
Kaguya
Originally, the Kaguya clan was not much more than a bunch
of blood-thirsty, barbaric warriors brought into Kirigakure for
their ferocity in battle. Following a failed coup d'etat against
the village, the clan was virtually wiped out--for nearly a
generation, in fact, it was believed that they had become
extinct.
The re-emergence of the Kaguya clan was discovered by one
of Mist's hunter-nin, capturing a renegade ninja who had an
unidentifiable body composition. Mist 'negotiated' their
return to the village, and within a few generations the Kaguya
clan had begun its rise to prominence. They were given their
own compound and priority in missions, and became, once
again, the most feared clan within Kirigakure.
Along with a kekkai genkai that is touted as the ultimate
taijutsu ability, Kaguya are feared for their bloodlust and their
refusal to surrender. They will often refuse to stop fighting
against overwhelming odds, preferring a bloody death to a
peaceful surrender and a long life.
Mindful of the Kaguya's past betrayal, all of the perks given to
the clan came with restrictions. All Kaguya are branded at a
young age with two dots just above their eyebrows, in the
center of their forehead. While not especially well known by
those outside of Kirigakure, within the village it is a marking
that commands respect by most, fear by many, and suspicion
by a few. Many Kaguya shave their eyebrows as well; it's
something of a clan tradition, but by no means enforced.
While there are no official restrictions, in practice the ranks
and positions of members of the Kaguya clan are closely
monitored. It speaks volumes that there has yet to be a
Kaguya hunter-nin. They're respected, but not trusted.
Kaguya begin with 1 less Unique Point.
Because they have a bone to pick.
-=[ Abilities ]=-
--( Shikotsumyaku - Dead Bone Pulse )--
The proper name of the Kaguya clan's advanced bloodline,
this gives them the ability to manipulate their skeletal
structure by infusing it with chakra. The primary capability is
allowing the user to induce rapid, focused bone growth at will.
Truly powerful Kaguya were dreaded as having indestructible
bodies.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank E
Chakra: 15
Speed: 7 Effects: You acquire any one Skeletal
Modification.
--( Shitaikotsu Rensa - Corpse Bone Chain )-
-
Much like Kaguya themselves in a battle, their bloodline
seems to grow stronger over time, with no apparent upward
limit. That a Kaguya's power grows exponentially when
compared to that of their peers is one of the factors that
makes them so valuable to Mist--and so carefully watched.
Type: Ability
Cost: 10
Scale: 0
Limit: Max Willpower
Effects: Whenever you acquire a Skeletal Modification,
from any source, you may increase your Stamina penalty
by 2 and gain any other Skeletal Modification (which does
not have to be one that technique could normally provide).
This may be used a number of times per battle equal to
your ranks in this ability.
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 --( Teshi Sendan - Ten-Finger Drilling
Bullets )--
You can fire the bones of your fingertips at opponents. They
fly faster than most weapons, and rotate quickly enough to
literally drill through most defenses before losing their
momentum.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 5 + 2 * X
Damage: Xd10
Range: 10+RES/10
Speed: 10
Effects: You fire X projectiles, up to a maximum of 10; your
damage bonus for this attack is increased by 0.25 per
projectile. This attack deals Piercing damage and ignores
armor. For the purposes of defending against Teshi Sendan it
is considered a multi-throw, though it is not subject to other
multi-throw rules.
Teshi Sendan's damage is increased by X*10% for the
purposes of dealing wounds. Regardless of its actual Speed, it
uses X as its Speed for the purposes of determining damage.
Any defenses with a set amount of HP (such as Earth Shore
Return) take double damage from Teshi Sendan.
You may take Weapon Focus: Teshi Sendan, which increases
its Chakra cost appropriately (since Teshi Sendan does not
have a Stamina cost).
Skeletal Modifications: Osteogensis
--( Tsubaki no Mai - Dance of the Camellia )-
- Effects: While maintaining Dance of the Willow's Upkeep,
By manipulating their skeleton, Kaguya are able to extrude
weapons made of bone through their flesh, pulling them out
the rest of the way and using them in combat. Despite being
bones, these are stronger than iron.
Type: Ninjutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 15
Speed: 10
Effects: You can create any non-Large weapon from the
Equipment section of the PHB, other than bows (arrows are
fine). If you wish, you may 'draw' these weapons as part of
this action, simply discard them, or keep them partially
extended from your skeleton, ready to be 'drawn' whenever
you wish. If you are creating a weapon with the 'Dual'
property, you can create two of them with only one use of this
technique, though doing so increases its Chakra cost by 5.
In the hands of anyone but a Kaguya these have a -3 Accuracy
penalty. Your own bone weapons have a +2 bonus to their
Accuracy when you are using them. Other Kaguya using your
weapons receive no penalty or bonus.
Skeletal Modifications: Blades, Spurs, Osteogenesis, Skeletal
Realignment
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--( Karamatsu no Mai - Dance of the Larch )-
-
This technique creates razor-sharp bone spikes all over the
user's body, branching off from the existing skeletal structure.
These bones can stop attacks on their own, or if necessary
the user can spin in place, turning themselves and the area
around them into a veritable death trap.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank D
Chakra: 22
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 8
Effects: This is a melee-range parry with a +1 bonus per
rank of Bone Spurs you have active. If successful, they also
take damage from your Spurs as if they had struck you, plus
your damage bonus multiplied by this technique's speed. This
can not deal damage against a Large weapon attack.
Skeletal Modifications: Blades, Spurs
--( Yanagi no Mai - Dance of the Willow )--
A multitude of bones protrude from the body, most commonly
along the joints of the shoulders, elbows and knees, creating
sharp spikes that extend outward in several directions,
turning their entire body into a weapon. Thereafter, the user
can focus on evasion and counterattacking, with minimal
movement required to strike at anyone who comes near.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 25
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 6
you may spend 4 AP to attack anyone in melee range using
your bones. By raising the cost to 6 AP you improve this
attack to target everyone in melee range with you. You may
attack with Dance of the Willow at most once every 10 IC,
and it is always considered to be a surprise attack.
This is treated as a Speed 8 action, though it does not allow
you to move as part of the attack; you do not delay your next
action because of this, but that Speed is used to determine
viable defenses and damage bonus. You can spend additional
AP to lower the effective Speed further. Parrying Dance of
the Willow reduces its damage by half and prevents it from
inflicting wounds, rather than defending against it fully.
You acquire a Skeletal Modification every time you spend AP
to activate Dance of the Willow, but not when you first use the
jutsu and pay its chakra cost.
Skeletal Modifications:
Armor, Blades, Spurs, Skeletal Realignment
--( Tessenka no Mai - Dance of the Clematis If someone attempts to escape the bone field, you may
)-- automatically Interrupt their action with any melee-range
attack of Speed 10 or less by moving to them and attacking; if
Through the use of Shikotsumyaku, the Kaguya creates a they are in Stealth when they attempt to do so, you
bone weapon from one of the central bones of the body automatically locate them in time to intercept. If you hit, this
(typically the femur or the spine), which is then augmented knocks them half of the way back towards the center of the
further. The resulting weapon is both stronger and lighter field.
than any metal, making it positively devastating in the hands
of a skilled Kaguya. When used, this effectively destroys any other terrain-based
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C effects (such as mud on the ground). Inside the field, the
Chakra: 35 Kaguya has a +5 bonus to Awareness. If this technique is
Speed: 20 used again when already inside its radius, the two fields
overlap and combine; nobody already in the field will be
Effects: This creates a Large Piercing weapon, which can damaged again; and the cost is halved, after applying
use both Sword and Polearm abilities and techniques. Osteogenesis' reductions.
Attacking is a Stamina 25, Speed 16 action. It deals 1d12
damage per Skeletal Modification you have, and you may take Sawarabi no Mai deals Piercing damage. Even if someone
the Weapon Focus ability for this weapon. For each rank in dodges Sawarabi no Mai, they do not escape its area; they
certain skeletal modifications, its effects are modified as simply avoid being skewered by spikes of bone erupting from
follows. the ground.
Armor: -1 base Speed After a few hours the bones will grow brittle as the chakra
dissipates and begin crumbling. Within a day there will be
Blades: Damage is considered 5% higher for determining nothing left but dust and bone chips.
wounds
Skeletal Modifications: Any two.
Spurs: +1 Accuracy
Osteogenesis: -2 Stamina cost
Skeletal Modifications: Any
--( Sawarabi no Mai - Dance of the Seedling
Fern )--
The pinnacle of the Kaguya clan's techniques, this creates a
countless number of bone spires around the user, creating an
entire field made from their bones which they can shape as
they desire. The field entraps and potentially skewers
everyone caught in it, and the Kaguya can instantly travel
from one bone to another by melding in and out of them.
Type: Taijutsu, Rank C
Chakra: 40
Damage: 1d12 per Skeletal Modification
Area: Physical damage bonus *5 yards
Speed: 25
Effects: You may instantly move anywhere in the radius as
a Speed 0 action. Using this, you can increase the Speed of
any action by 2 to make it a Surprise Attack. By melding into
and out of the bones you can remove any Immobilization
penalty (excluding those due to poison, genjutsu, etc.) as a
Speed 4 action. While inside your bone field, you can attempt
to Hide. When you hide, you begin at Stealth 2.

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 -=[ Skeletal Modifications ]=-
As the Kaguya fight, their skeletal structure becomes
increasingly better-adapted for combat. Every time you use
one of your clan jutsu, you gain one of the following
modifications. You can apply them repeatedly, their effects
stacking additively.
Additionally, every time you suffer a Wound you gain a
skeletal modification of your choice.
If you wish, you may suppress activation of these
modifications. Suppressing any or all of your skeletal
modifications is a Speed 0 action. Regardless, once combat
has ended these effects all fade within an hour; bones retract
into your body, and so forth.

[ Armor ]
You extend your bones to cover your vital regions, forming
broad, flexible plates. This gives you a damage reduction of
(RES)/5, and can be applied up to 5 times.

[ Blades]
Numerous spikes and blades of hardened bone protrude from
your body in combat-useful ways, such as from your knees,
extending past your hands, and so forth. This increases your
damage bonus by 0.25 for unarmed taijutsu and weapons
created by Dance of the Camellia, or 0.5 for clan jutsu
(including Dance of the Clematis' weapon), each time it's
applied. There is no limit to how many ranks of bone blades
you may apply.

[ Spurs ]
Small shards and lengthier spikes of bones gradually cover
your body, protruding from beneath your skin and injurying
anyone foolish enough to strike you. Anyone who attacks you
in melee range, including with any weapons of less than
Large size, takes (your RES)/5 damage if they hit. This
damage is also dealt any time they use a Grapple Jutsu
against you. You can apply this up to 5 times.

[ Osteogenesis ]
The more a Kaguya fights, the easier it becomes for them to
do so. Every application of this modification reduces the
Chakra costs of your clan jutsu by 2. You can apply this up to
5 times.

[ Skeletal Realignment ]
You recover from any one wound of your choice which
involves your bones, such as broken ribs.

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Equipment
1. Obtaining Equipment
2. Weapon-Specific Actions
====================
1. Obtaining Equipment
Ninja in the Naruto universe have an advantage which real
ninja lacked: namely, magical chakra-based powers that let
them perform superhuman physical feats, stand on water,
and breathe fire.
Even so, a wise ninja, magical or not, will equip themselves
with a wide variety of tools. True, you could create a thick
bank of fog instead of throwing down a smoke bomb--but that
smoke bomb's faster, and less taxing.
Every piece of equipment has a cost in Ryo, the world's
most commonly-used currency. You can get Ryo in two
primary ways, the Money: Requisition and Money: Savings
abilities.
Items bought with Requisition can be traded in and
replaced whenever you visit your village. Items bought with
Savings are yours forever, for better or worse; if you lose
them, they won't be replaced.
Items can be divided into two broad categories:
Consumable and non-consumable.
Consumable items are gone once you use them once.
These are things like smoke bombs, poisons, and explosives.
Used-up consumables can be restocked when you get back to
your village, if they were bought with Requisition. It is
generally unwise to purchase consumables with Savings; if
you do, once you use them they are gone forever.
Non-consumable items can be broken, destroyed, or lost,
but usually aren't. These are things like ropes, weapons, and
lockpicks.
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2. Weapon-Specific Actions
Draw Weapon
(Speed 5)
Weapons are typically carried attached to one's person
somehow; swords have sheathes, a pair of tonfa might be
tucked through belt holsters, a fan could be strapped across
your back, and so forth.
Drawing a weapon is retrieving it from wherever you have
it stored and placing it in your hands. At this point you can
use it to attack, parry, or whatever else you please, the
downside being that your hands aren't free for, say, handseals.
You may also draw a weapon at the start of combat (when you
roll initiative), without taking an action to do so. If you wish,
you can draw two weapons as a single Speed 5 action.
Note that you only needed to Draw weapons you intend to
hold and use in melee. This Speed to attack with thrown or
multi-thrown weapons includes the time needed to retrieve
them from holsters.
Be aware: While holding one or more weapons, you can
still make basic unarmed attacks. You cannot, however, use
Unarmed or Combo jutsu. Grappling is still possible as long
as you have at least one hand free.
Sheathe Weapon
(Speed 5)
You put a weapon you're holding away, in some secure
fashion. If you're holding two weapons, you can put them
both away at the same time.
Discard Weapon
(Speed 1, or Speed +2)
You drop or toss aside a weapon. Done normally, this is a
Speed 1 action. However, it may also be used alongside an
Interrupt (such as a defensive ninjutsu technique) by
increasing that action's Speed (after AP reductions) by 2.
Retrieve Weapon
(Speed 5)
You pick up a weapon on the ground. This can be your
weapon, or someone else's, as long as nobody's currently
holding it. You can only pick up one melee weapon at a time
with this action, and must be able to physically reach it
(which may require you to move first).
You can also pick up DEX/10 used throwing weapons and
holster them appropriately.
e. Disarm (Weapon's Speed +4) You use a weapon you're
holding to knock an enemy's out of their grasp, usually by
hitting it at such an angle, and with enough force, that it
becomes physically impossible for them to hold onto it.
This is a basic weapon attack that does no damage, but if it
hits you knock their weapon STR/10 yards in any direction (if
straight up, the weapon lands at their feet but cannot be
retrieved for STR/10 IC). Trying to Parry a Disarm attempt
has a -3 penalty.
Small weapons cannot disarm Large weapons, and Large
weapons lack the finesse to be used to disarm at all.
1. Swords a. Katana b. Ninja-to c. Nodachi d. Tanto e.
Wakizashi f. Zanbato
2. Polearms a. Bo Staff b. Naginata c. Tetsubo d. Yari
3. Miscellaneous a. Gunbai b. Kama c. Kusari-gama d.
Nunchaku e. Sai f. Tessen g. Tonfa h. Trench Knives i.
Umbrella
Next to a weapon's name are various characteristics of the
weapon, useful for determining what kind of wounds it
inflicts and what jutsu it may be used with.
Of particular note is the "Two-Handed" descriptor, meaning
the weapon in question may only be used by holding it in both
hands. When being used two-handed, the weapon increases
its user's Damage Bonus by 50%.
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to the damage bonus increase from the Weapon Focus ability,
or any ninjutsu which temporarily increase your damage
bonus.

1. Swords
a. Katana (Slashing) e. Wakizashi (Small, Slashing)
The traditional samurai sword, with a slightly curved blade Among samurai, this is the traditional partner of the
and wavy design along the edge due to its forging. katana. The wakizashi has a blade about a foot and a half
long. It's a relatively small sword, which makes it easier for
Cost: 150 ninja to conceal.
Stamina: 12 Cost: 75
Damage: 8d8 Stamina: 8
Speed: 13 Damage: 4d8
Special: +2 to parry swords Accuracy: +1
b. Ninja-to (Piercing)
Speed: 11
A small, light-weight straight-bladed sword with a traditionally
square-shaped handguard, the ninja-to is, as its name may
suggest, favored by shinobi.
Cost: 100
Stamina: 9
Damage: 4d8
Speed: 7
Special: Drawing and sheathing a ninja-to is a Speed 2
action.
c. Nodachi (Large, Slashing, One- or
Two-Handed)
The largest practical weapon, a nodachi is is designed for use
as a two-handed weapon. Ninja, however, have the brute
strength necessary to use them one-handed, admittedly with
some loss of efficacy. Nodachi range as great as four feet in
length.
Cost: 200
Stamina: 14
Damage: 5d12
Speed: 15
Special: Anyone attempting to parry a Nodachi has a -2
penalty; however, when attempting to parry using a f. Zanbato (Large, Slashing, Two-
Nodachi, your accuracy roll suffers a -3 penalty, and the Handed)
Parry action's base Speed is raised to 4. An enormous sword with a hilt over a foot long, and a blade
more than four times longer than that, in traditional
d. Tanto (Small, Piercing) militaries the zanbato is an anti-cavalry weapon. Ninja,
A straight-bladed dagger, usually double-edged, between six however, are hardly deterred by such impracticality.
and twelve inches long. Good for stabbing people! Popular
among reasonably wealthy civilians for purposes of self- Cost: 250
defense. Stamina: 15
Damage: 8d12
Cost: 50 Accuracy: -3
Stamina: 8 Speed: 18
Accuracy: +2
Damage: 3d8 Special: Delay 2. If you have 80 or higher STR you may
Speed: 10 increase the damage by 6d12, by raising its Stamina cost
Special: Ignores armor. to 20. If using a Zanbato to parry, the Parry action's base
Speed is 4.

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2. Polearms
a. Bo Staff (Blunt, Two-Handed)
A weapon which sees more use in martial arts than among
ninja, the bo staff is traditionally six feet long, though ninja
scale their staves to their users. The bo is, essentially, a hard
wooden pole, sometimes tapered at the ends.
Cost: 100
Stamina: 14
Damage: 4d10
Accuracy: +1
Speed: 14
Special: You may attack with a bo staff without triggering
effects dependant upon being in melee with an enemy
(such as most damage-on-hit effects). You can parry
weapons with a +2 bonus, and unarmed attacks with a -2
penalty. When attacking, you may "dual-wield" this staff
with itself by attacking with both ends, but when doing so d. Yari (Piercing, Two-Handed)
lose its accuracy bonus; at this point, it is considered to An infantry weapon among mundane armies, the yari is about
have the Dual tag for the duration of that attack. If used as as simple as a polearm can get: wooden pole, straight
a Dual Wield attack, you do not receive the Two-Handed wooden blade with a sharp point that you stick into other
damage bonus multiplier. people.
b. Naginata (Slashing, Piercing, Two- Cost: 150
Handed) Stamina: 14
A weapon almost as traditional as the katana, and even more Damage: 3d12
rarely appropriated for use by ninja, the naginata is Speed: 12
essentially a wooden pole with a sword-like curved blade on Special: This weapon's damage is considered 20% higher
the end. for the purpose of inflicting wounds. By taking a -2
Cost: 125 Accuracy penalty you can avoid triggering effects which
Stamina: 16 rely upon you making melee contact with your enemy
Damage: 5d12 (such as some forms of damage reflection).
Accuracy: +2
Speed: 14
Special: By sacrificing this weapon's Accuracy bonus you
can avoid any effects that depend upon you making melee
contact with your opponent (such as some jutsu). Blocking
is an additional 10% less effective against a naginata.
c. Tetsubo (Large, Blunt, Two-Handed)
Rarely used among ninja, except ones who want to
demonstrate how overpoweringly strong they are, the tetsubo
is a large wooden pole, often with iron studs on the business
end.
Cost: 300
Stamina: 20
Damage: 6d12
Accuracy: -4
Speed: 22, Delay 6
Special: Stun 6 While being wielded two-handed, the
user's damage bonus is doubled (instead of being
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3. Miscellaneous
a. Gunbai (Large, Blunt, Fan, Two- d. Nunchaku (Dual, Blunt)
Handed) A pair of wooden handles attached by a length of rope or
Large fans with reinforced wooden slats, these were chain, a single nunchaku is generally wielded by grabbing one
originally used by generals to signal soldiers on battlefields. handle and using it to spin the other and bludgeon someone.
Then some ninja was looking for a way to be unique, got Paired they do the same thing, except twice as much.
ahold of the idea, and, well... the usual. Though they're several Cost: 50
feet long, these fans do (impressively) fold. Stamina: 9
Cost: 100 Damage: 5d8
Stamina: 14 Accuracy: +1
Damage: 8d10 Speed: 10
Accuracy: -2 Special: If your last non-Interrupt action was an attack
Speed: 14 with nunchaku, attacking with your nunchaku has its total
Special: Delay 2. You may use a gunbai to block weapons, speed lowered by 1, to a minimum of 6.
reducing their damage by 50% rather than 25%. This may
be done 10 times before the fan breaks and is rendered
useless.
b. Kama (Dual, Piercing)
Farming tools used by the ninja of old, back before they had
awesome chakra-powered pyrotechnics. A kama is pretty
much a short wooden handle with a slightly-curved blade at a
right angle to it on one end.
Cost: 25
Stamina: 10
Damage: 5d10
Accuracy: +2
Speed: 11
c. Kusari-gama (Blunt, Piercing, Chain)
A weapon that consists of an adapted kama on a narrow
metal chain with a heav, typically iron, weight on one end.
Some shinobi have been known to replace the kama with a
heavy metal spike.
Cost: 175
Stamina: 12
Damage: Special
Accuracy: +1
Speed: 13
Special: You can strike with either end. The weighted end
(Blunt) deals 4d8 damage, while the bladed end (Piercing)
deals 8d8. The weighted end can be used to attack targets
up to 5 yards away, and gives a +4 bonus to disarm
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e. Sai (Dual, Blunt)
A martial arts weapon, the sai consists of a single main,
dagger-like spike, with two prongs extending from the handle.
The points of this weapon are typically blunted slightly, and
the prongs reinforced; it's a primarily defensive weapon.
Cost: 30
Stamina: 8
Damage: 2d8
Accuracy: +1
Speed: 8
Special: +2 parry. If you successfully parry any non-Large
weapon with your sai, you may immediately, as a Speed 0
action, attempt to Disarm it. For the purposes of
determining what defenses can be used against this
Disarm attempt, it is considered to have a base Speed of
12 (the normal for a Sai's Disarm).
f. Tessen (Dual, Blunt, Slashing, Small,
Fan)
A small war fan, used, much like their larger counterparts, to
signal troops in combat. Or, if you're a ninja, to kill people
with. The tessen, as used by ninja, is a handheld folding or
non-folding fan with, at the very least, a sharpened metal
edge.
Cost: 50
Stamina: 9
Damage: 4d10
Speed: 10
Special: These may be used to parry unarmed attacks.
g. Tonfa (Dual, Blunt)
Originating from a small island off the shore of fire country,
the tonfa began as a martial arts implement, which ninja have
seen fit to 'borrow' and upgrade. A single tonfa is essentially a
circular wooden bar the length of the wielder's forearm with a
handle 1/4 of the way from one end. Typically wielded in
pairs, they're an unorthodox but sometimes-effective weapon.
Cost: 30
Stamina: 9
Damage: 3d6
Accuracy: +1
Speed: 8
Special: +2 to parry, and you may parry unarmed attacks.
You may block weapon attacks and reduce their damage
by 50% as normal. This may be done five times with a
single tonfa before it breaks.
h. Trench Knives (Dual, Slashing, Small)
Essentially knuckle dusters, with the blunt or knobbed front
replaced by a serrated blade which extends several inches
past the end of the fingers.
Cost: 40
Stamina: 10
Damage: 4d8
Speed: 10
Special: +1 accuracy when using two to attack as one
action. You may perform handseals while holding trench
knives, increasing the Seal Speed by 3 (whether you're
using 1 or 2).
i. Umbrella (Blunt, Piercing)
Yes, umbrellas. Ones used in combat are reinforced with
metal or hard wood, making them semi-decent bludgeoning
weapons, and most have a sharp, pointed tip added at the
end.
Cost: 120
Stamina: 11
Damage: 6d8
Accuracy: -3
Speed: 13
Special: You may Block as a Speed 6 Interrupt while
holding an umbrella. The umbrella may do this up to 5
times per battle before breaking and being useless.
Ranged Weapons
1. Small a. Kunai b. Shuriken c. Senbon
2. Large a. Fuuma Shuriken b. Large Star Shuriken
3. Exotic a. Bow, Daikyu b. Bow, Yumi c. Arrow d. Arrow,
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a. Kunai (Piercing, Thrown) ====================
One of the two mainstays of ninja armed combat, the kunai is
a small metal knife, shaped like an elongated diamond. On
the short end it has a handle just long enough to wrap one's
2. Large
hand around, typically wrapped in cloth to improve the grip, a. Fuuma Shuriken (Slashing, Thrown)
and a metal ring on the end of that. A fairly complex device, a fuuma shuriken is four curved
blades that can fold together and be used as an improvised
Cost: 10 blade in melee combat, or unfolded and locked open, taking
Stamina: 5 on a pinwheel shape, to be thrown.
Damage: 2d6
Range: 5 + STR/4 Cost: 100
Speed: 6 Stamina: 15
Special: Kunai may be used as a melee weapon, in which Damage: (4+STR/12)d12
case they are (Small) and (Dual). Range: STR/3
Speed: 14
b. Shuriken (Slashing, Thrown) Special: For every point you hit by, you add 10% to the
The other classic ninja weapon, even more famous than the attack's total damage, to a maximum of +200% (so, if they
kunai, shuriken are small, flat four-pointed metal stars thrown dodged and you hit by 3 points you'd do 1.3 times damage,
at opponents to distract and mildly injure them. Like kunai, and that number would be reduced by the effects of partial
shuriken are black, making them less reflective and generally defense); this does not apply if it is blocked. This weapon's
harder to spot in low-light conditions. damage is considered 25% higher for the purpose of
inflicting wounds. You may also use the Fuuma Shuriken
Cost: 5 as a melee weapon, in which case it loses all of its other
Stamina: 5 special effects and deals only 4d12 damage.
Damage: 1d6
Accuracy: +2 b. Large Star Shuriken (Piercing,
Range: 5 + STR/4 Thrown)
Speed: 5 The name is about as literal as it could be: it's essentially a
c. Senbon (Piercing, Thrown)
shuriken many, many times larger than a normal shuriken, up
Large metal needles, traditionally used in acupuncture. to four feet from the tip of one point to the opposite. It
Rarely, particularly skilled shinobi will use these with generally sees limited use in combat due to its cumbersome
devastating efficiency. Frequently, particularly overconfident size.
shinobi will use this with depressing ineptitude. Cost: 100
Cost: 20 Stamina: 15
Stamina: 5 Damage: (4+STR/12)d12
Damage: 1d4 Range: STR/3
Accuracy: -2 Speed: 14
Range: 5 + STR/5 Special: For every point you hit by, beyond full damage,
Speed: 10 you add 10% to the attack's total damage; this does not
Special: Senbon ignore the effects of enemy armor. apply if it is blocked. This weapon's damage is considered
25% higher for the purpose of inflicting wounds. Because
these are large and encumbering, they are typically worn
somehow strapped to the back; for each large star
shuriken beyond the first you are carrying you have a -1
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3. Exotic
a. Bow, Daikyu
A large bow, generally bigger than its wielder at six feet or so
high. The upper 'half' is actually 2/3 or so of the total length.
As most ninja find these near-useless in combat, they tend to
see more use in assassination missions.
Cost: 250
Stamina: 20
Damage: (STR/8) dice; die size determined by arrow
Speed: 20
Range: STR
Accuracy: -10
Special: The bow uses double your damage bonus. Using
a bow always takes two hands. You may take a Speed 10
Aim action which gives the attack +4 Accuracy. You may
Aim up to twice for a single attack. If you have to take any
action which requires movement (including dodging), you
lose the benefits of your aim.
b. Bow, Yumi
Technically, it's called a hankyu, and kyudo practitioners
would be horridly offended to hear shinobi calling all bows of
this sort 'yumis'. However, ninja hardly care! The yumi is a
much smaller bow, typically not more than four feet long.
Cost: 150
Stamina: 15
Damage: (STR/10) dice; die size determined by arrow
Range: STR /2
Speed: 14
Accuracy: -8
Special: The bow uses 1.5 times your damage bonus.
Using a bow always takes two hands. You may use a
Speed 8 Aim action which gives the attack +3 Accuracy.
You may Aim up to twice for a single attack. You may
dodge while Aiming, though this increases the Speed of
your Dodge action by 3.
c. Arrow (Piercing)
These are necessary to use a bow in combat! Specifically,
arrows are the ammunition for bows, and each attack you
make with a bow requires you to use an arrow. Arrows can
usually be retrieved after battle.
Arrows are expensive not because of their construction, but
because ones of the quality that chakra-using ninja need are
hard to come by; shuriken and kunai are competitively mass-
produced, arrows are not.
Cost: 50
Damage: d12
d. Arrow, Piercing (Piercing)
Arrows with narrow steel tips that excel in penetrating armor
and the like. These ignore the effects of enemy armor when
dealing damage, but lose something in terms of killing power
due to creating smaller wounds.
Cost: 50
Damage: d8
Gear
1. Ninja Tools a. Blank Scroll b. Blood Increasing Pill c.
Caltrops d. Cloth e. Container, Small f. Container,
Large g. Flash Bomb h. Ninja Wire i. Rope j. Smoke
Bomb l. Smoke Bomb, Poison l. Soldier Pill
1. Survival a. Antidote b. Compass c. First Aid Kit
d. Flare e. Flashlight f. Glow Stick g. Map h.
Oxygen Mask i. Oxygen Tank
2. Infiltration a. Camouflage Kit b. Camera c.
Camera Film d. Grappling Hook e. Lockpicks f.
Ninja Comm Device g. Telescope
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1. Ninja Tools
a. Blank Scroll
A large scroll. Most of the time these are carried rolled up to
save space. They're useless, aside from the fact that a few
sealing jutsu make use of them.
Cost: 25 Ryo
b. Blood Increasing Pill
These pills contain a peculiar mix of chemicals that, when
consumed by someone capable of using chakra (such as a
ninja) will allow their body to rapidly replenish lost blood.
When you take one of these pills you regain RES/10 HP (but
not Vitality) each IC, for 50 IC. During this duration you take
only one third damage from poison, and no damage from
effects caused by bleeding (such as certain wounds). Using a
Blood Pill is a Speed 10 action.
Cost: 250 Ryo
c. Caltrops
Small bits of metal that are basically just four short spikes
attached at a center; no matter how they land, there'll always
be a metal spike pointing upwards. The typical use is to
scatter them across the ground to impede movement through
an area. As a Speed 10 action you can cover an area with a 5
yard radius in caltrops. Anyone moving through the area
going at more than half their maximum movement speed
takes 1d4 damage for every IC they spend moving through
the area; this cannot inflict wounds.
Cost: 20 Ryo for enough caltrops to cover one 5 yard area
d. Cloth
Broad, sturdy cloth that looks like bandages, or perhaps
mummification wraps. This comes in large rolls of up to 200
yards; carrying more than one roll inflicts a -1 immobilization
penalty for each beyond the first (not due to weight, but
because they're bulky). Confine Scroll Seals can carry one
roll each.
Cost: 3 Ryo per yard.
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A container, usually a gourd, clay jug, or waterskin, commonly
worn at the hip. One container can hold 2 gallons of water or
another substance. For every container beyond the second,
you suffer a -1 penalty to dodge due to encumberance.
Cost: 50 Ryo
f. Container, Large
A large gourd or other sort of container, several feet long and
usually worn on the back. It's heavy and bulky, but not quite
enough to restrict the mobility of a well-trained shinobi. It can
hold up to 8 gallons of water, but you can only carry one with
you (due to its size!).
Cost: 150 Ryo
g. Flash Bomb
Flash bombs are devices which, when ignited, produce
brilliant flashes of light. Anyone who doesn't know to close
their eyes when you throw one suffers a -4 visibility penalty
for the next 10 IC. You can throw these up to STR/5 yards.
Throwing one is a Speed 4 action.
You may also drop a flash bomb when dodging, in which
case your dodge's Speed is increased by 4.
Cost: 30 Ryo
h. Ninja Wire
High tension 16-gauge wire. It is generally only available in
ninja villages, and comes in spools with various lengths of
wire.
Cost: 50 Ryo per 100 feet
i. Rope
I refuse to explain what this is. Individual lengths of rope can
be purchased up to 300 feet (100 yards), but there's nothing
stopping you from tying a few together. Tying somebody up
requires 10 yards of rope, and the person in question to not
be resisting.
You can tie someone up with ropes. If so, roll Espionage
+10 to see how good your knots were. The result, or 20, is the
difficulty of escaping. The user can try to slip the knots
(Espionage skill roll, +DEX/10) which takes 5 minutes to
attempt (they can hide that they are doing so via an opposed
Espionage roll). This can be attempted repeatedly.
You can also attempt to snap the ropes using brute force.
This calls for a roll of 1d20 + (Athletics /5) + (STR /10)
against a target of 30, requires a Stamina 25 roll, and is done
instantly, but repeated attempts cannot be made (either you're
strong enough to break the ropes, or you're not).
Cost: 10 Ryo per 5 yards.
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j. Smoke Bomb
Paper balls small enough to be easily held in one hand, when
thrown at the ground they burst and release wide clouds of
smoke. Smoke bombs have a range of STR/5 yards, and can
be thrown as a Speed 4 action. When thrown, it releases a
cloud of thick smoke that causes a -6 visibility penalty to all
people within its 5 yard radius, for 10 IC. Anyone other than
the user in the area may, as a Speed 1 interrupt, make an
opposed Athletics (Defender) vs. Espionage to avoid the
smoke bomb, bringing them to the edge of their choice.
Cost: 50 Ryo
k. Poison Smoke Bomb
Sturdier than regular smoke bombs, and much more
dangerous, these are filled with some manner of poisonous
vapor. They're used like regular smoke bombs, but have a 10
yard radius, a -4 visibility penalty, and persist for 25 IC. When
you buy a poison smoke bomb, select a poison (from the
Poisons section) which has Inhalation as one of its possible
vectors of delivery. When you throw the smoke bomb, make a
Toxicology roll. Anyone who passes through the area must
make a Resistance roll against that Toxicology result, or be
poisoned. The cost of the poison smoke bomb is 100 Ryo,
plus the base cost (unreduced by buying multiples) for one
dose of the chosen poison. Anyone other than the user in the
area may, as a Speed 1 interrupt, make an opposed Athletics
(Defender) vs. Espionage to avoid the smoke bomb, bringing
them to the edge of their choice.
Cost: 100 Ryo + cost of poison
l. Soldier Pill
The proper name is 'military ration pills', but the term soldier
pill is more commonly used among shinobi. They're less
rations than fast-acting performance-enhancing drugs.
Though every village has a slightly different recipe, the pills
are all marble-sized and black or dark brown. When eaten,
they have the approximate flavor and texture of sawdust.
These pills are essentially just condensed stimulants and
nutrients; taking one immediately lowers you a Fatigue
category, and gives you +5 to Chakra Exhaustion and
Stamina rolls for the next hour. Doing so is a Speed 10 action
in battle. You may only take one per battle, and no more than
RES/50 per day.
Cost: 250 Ryo
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2. Survival
a. Antidote
Antidotes to several of the more popular and lethal poisons
which shinobi use are widely available, for somewhat obvious
reasons. A single dose of an antidote costs half the amount
for a single dose of a poison; multiple doses cost half as much
as the first. So, buying 2 doses of antidote for Black Adder
venom would be (40+20) 60 ryo, and buying 4 doses of
antidote for Yew toxin would be (60 + 3 * 30) 150 ryo.
Taking a dose of an antidote is a Speed 6 action, and
immediately cures you of the poison in question and all its
lingering effects. Antidotes that act quickly enough to be
useful in emergencies, such as combat, aren't gentle on the
body, with each applying a -2 penalty to your Accuracy and all
d20 rolls for 100 IC. However, for that duration you are
immune to the poison in question.
Cost: Varies
b. Compass
A small, typically handheld device that has a needle inside a
metal case (with a glass cover, so it can be seen) that points,
approximately, to magnetic north when held level. These
aren't exactly precise, but they're good enough most of the
time. Notably, they can have trouble working underground or
if they get zapped by a lightning jutsu. When trying to
navigate the wilderness, having a compass gives a +2 bonus
to any Survival rolls. If you also have a map of the country
you're in, this is raised to +4.
Cost: 50 Ryo
c. First Aid Kit
A collection of bandages, ointments, and antiseptics. First aid
kits can be used to stop bleeding from Wounds, as a Speed
10 action per category of wound. They can also cure Burns,
with a Speed of 2 per level of severity of the burns. A single
first aid kit can do each of those once before being expended.
Alternately, it can treat a wound (in the sense of, "this
wound has penalty X until treated, and then only penalty Y").
This is a Speed 15 action per wound category, and
completely consumes the first aid kit.
Cost: 25 Ryo
d. Flare
A handy little pyrotechnic device, a cylinder usually a bit too
large to fit comfortably in the palm. When lit (most have built-
in starters or strikers, to avoid the need for matches) they
shine brilliantly, enough that it can be painful to look directly
at them without squinting, and become blisteringly hot. They
burn out quickly, within half a minute.
The vast majority of flares are projectiles, with built-in
propellant. Aimed upwards, they'll launch into the air. During
the day, this is typically unnoticed if you're doing anything
other than staring at the spot it's launched up waiting to see
it, and know exactly where it will be. In twilight and darker
conditions, however, a flare can be seen for a considerable
distance; they're often used for signalling, though suffer from
not being too discrete.
Cost: 40 Ryo
e. Flashlight
Flashlights are popular because ninja like to be able to see in
low-light environments! They're also useful because they can
be turned off, or on, as needed. Quite handy for staying
hidden when you hear unwanted company approaching.
Flashlights have a battery life of about half an hour. A spare
set of batteries (for another half hour of use) costs 20 Ryo.
Cost: 40
f. Glow Stick
A transparent small (around six inches long, usually) cylinder
filled with chemicals that, when mixed, glow brightly. A swift
blow to the stick (usually striking it against one's knee; simply
bending it with enough force will also work) will shatter the
internal glass dividers, mixing the chemicals and producing a
pleasing illumination.
A glow stick will glow for about an hour; it cannot be
turned off once activated, short of breaking it completely and
letting the luminescent fluid inside it drain out (in which case
you just have a glowing puddle). They're available in a variety
of colors, with the most popular ones being green and blue.
Cost: 20
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A map of a given country. It's usually a really, really good for
at least one person on every ninja team to have a map of any
country they expect to be going through. These have only
basic information about terrain, landmarks, and settlements.
Maps come with scroll cases for ease and safety of
transportation. A map gives a +4 bonus to any Survival rolls
made in the appropriate country, within reason (they would
help tracking someone, or finding shelter, but not exploring
the inside of a cave).
Cost: 50 Ryo
h. Oxygen Mask
This is a small 'mask' that covers the wearer's mouth and
nose, and is held in place by elastic bands which form an
airtight seal. Rather than filtering air out, it has two possible
fixtures (usually one on each side of the mouth) for an oxygen
tank to be attached. When wearing the mask, the user has a
-3 penalty to all Stamina rolls, as it takes a slight effort to
breathe through it. Putting this on in combat is a Speed 5
action.
3. Infiltration
a. Camouflage Kit
Everything you need to blend in with the environment, like a
truly sneaky ninja. These come in four flavors: forest/plains,
desert, mountainous/rocky, and 'other' (covering anything not
one of those). A kit may only be used in its corresponding
environment.
Using a kit takes 15 minutes, and is enough to conceal a
person at level 3 Stealth; the stealth roll is made after they're
fully hidden. The exact contents are fairly nonspecific, but
regardless, each kit is good for only one use.
Cost: 150 Ryo
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Wearing an oxygen mask with at least tank attached makes
the wearer immune to external suffocation penalties (being
inside an unbreathable cloud would not affect them; being
physically choked would) and provides a +8 bonus to
Resistance rolls against statuses that would be inflicted by
breathing something in (such as poison mist); the mask is not
perfectly air-tight.
Cost: 200 Ryo
i. Oxygen Tank
Tanks of compressed, breathable air, usually strapped to one's
back. They're basically useless by themselves, but each
comes with a hose that can be attached to an oyxgen mask.
Each tank provides 30 minutes of breathable air.
Cost: 100 Ryo per tank
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b. Camera
Cameras are rare devices, and ones suited for use by ninja
even more so. Styles vary, but they are all small, and usually
handheld. However, they are large enough that they cannot be
effectively concealed while in use. The exact designs may
vary greatly, though Sunagakure is fond of a model worn like
a circlet on the head, with the lens covering one eye.
Most models include a flash that allows blurry pictures to
be taken in the dark. Each image uses a single piece of film,
acquired separately. Facilities to develop the film are rare, but
exist in all major shinobi villages, along with trained staff who
will do so overnight for urgent matters, or within a week for
personal needs.
Cost: 750 Ryo
c. Camera Film
These are specially treated, light-sensitive pieces of paper.
Due to the lack of standardization among models, pieces of
film generally cannot be exchanged from one camera to
another. These are usually stored inside the camera itself; if
exposed to light before capturing an image they become
useless, though afterwards there will be no effects from
direct light on the paper.
Cost: 50 Ryo
d. Grappling Hook
A three- or four-pronged sturdy metal hook. The typical use is
to attach it to the end of a rope then throw it over a wall, up a
tree, or across a small chasm, and hope it catches on
something (such as a piece of architecture, a branch, or a
appropriately-shaped rock). The user then climbs the rope to
get to their destination!
These see limited use among experienced ninja, who
typically have ways of easily doing the same thing, but
beginners often find them useful, and they can be
situationally helpful even for more advanced shinobi.
Cost: 100 Ryo
e. Lockpicks
A set of small tools, easily carried in a pocket, used for
opening locks in absence of the key. These allow an
Espionage roll to be made to open a lock, and also provide a
bonus to said roll. That bonus has a maximum of +5, or the
user's Espionage skill ranks, whichever is lower; you have to
actually know how to use them to get any benefit. These are
reusable, though a roll of 5 or lower on the Espionage check
means they break in the attempt (which may still be
successful).
Cost: 100 Ryo per +1
f. Ninja Comm Device
The pinnacle of technological advancement in the ninja
world, these are small wireless radios. They're typically worn
as headsets with an ear insert and a microphone held
suspended near the wearer's mouth. Normal comm devices
can be tuned to transmit and receive on any of a dozen
frequencies by the user, allowing any set of devices to be
synchronized with one another. Though each village also has
a few sets of specially made comm devices built to operate on
"secure" frequencies, these are not typically given to shinobi
on missions.
Commonly used in missions that require precise
coordination or infiltration, these always receive, and are
touch-activated to broadcast. They have a range of half a mile.
Be aware that while these are generally a secure means of
communication, it's (theoretically) possible for enemies to
find your frequency if you're making continual use of the
comms, they know you're using them, and they're actively
trying to do so.
If you suffer a Major or greater Head wound while wearing
a comm device, it breaks as a result of the damage. A comm
device broken this way is too badly damaged to be repaired,
and will need to be replaced.
Cost: 500 Ryo ; 1000 Ryo for 2-mile radius
g. Telescope
A small pocket telescope, which telescopes out from two
inches to close to six. It allows you to effectively see what's
going on up to five hundred yards away, and read reasonably-
sized text (assuming you have clear line of sight) up to a
hundred yards away. Mechanically, this means that any
Awareness rolls at a distance up to its maximum (to, say, see
when a guard leaves his post) have no penalty.
Cost: 200 Ryo
Poisons
1. Rules a. Doses b. Melee Weapons c. Ranged Weapons
d. Types of Poison e. Identifying Poisons
1. Poisons a. Centipede b. Black Adder c. Yew d.
Bark Scorpion e. Cone Snail f. Deathstalker
Scorpion g. Death Cap h. Brown Recluse i.
Black Widow j. Wolfsbane k. Manchineel Tree
l. King Cobra m. Belladonna n. Wandering
Spider o. Box Jellyfish p. Water Hemlock q.
Stonefish r. Blue-Ringed Octopus s. Golden
Dart Frog
Poisons are nasty business, and one of the murkier aspects of
ninja tactics. Certainly, before the days when shinobi had
discovered the secrets of chakra manipulation, poisons were
a vital part of their arsenal. The proper use of poisons,
however, is hard to learn, and in most circumstances just isn't
as useful as being able to shoot fireballs and run up walls.
Some ninja, however, still find uses for them. This section
is for them!
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1. Rules
a. Doses
Poisons are measured in doses. Each poison has a listed
price. The first dose costs that much; subsequent doses cost
half that much, each. This is, essentially, a limit on how many
times you can use that poison before running out.
Each poison has a listed Toxicology rating. Your Toxicology
skill ranks must be a minimum of that much to use that
poison.
b. Melee Weapons
One dose of poison is enough to coat the business end of a
weapon. You can apply up to 1+(Toxicology)/10 doses worth
of poison to a weapon as a single Speed 10 action. Each time
the weapon hits something, it loses one dose. If you apply a
new poison to the weapon (even another dose of the same
type), any remaining poison of the previous dose is wiped
away.
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A single dose of poison can coat two thrown weapons. Like Snake poison, and not a particularly troublesome variety of it.
melee weapons, a thrown weapon does not lose its poison There's intense pain and significant swelling at the point of
coating unless it actually hits something or someone. A contact, but that's the worst of it. Hours afterwards, there will
thrown weapon may hold only a single dose of a poison; be a lingering, full-body pain, but nothing life-threatening.
applying a new poison wipes away the old. However, your Toxicology roll to poison a person with this has
a +3 bonus. Poison: 1 Duration: 100 Toxicology: 6 Cost: 80
d. Types of Poison
Poisons have four possible vectors: Contact, Injury,
Inhalation, and Ingestion. Contact poisons can be applied to
any blunt or slashing weapon, while Injury poisons can be
applied to slashing or piercing weapons.
Whenever you're hit by a weapon with Contact poison, or
damaged by one with Injury poison, you roll Resistance
against the poison user's Toxicology. If you fail this roll (which
does receive the benefits or partial defense), you have been
poisoned. You're afflicted by the poisons status effects (Poison
of some value, and sometimes other effects, described in the
individual poison) for its Duration. If partial defense applies,
it reduces the Duration, not the severity.
Ingestion poisons are effectively useless in combat, but can
be used to lace someone's food. Inhalation poisons can only
be used effectively by deploying Poison Smoke Bombs.
No matter how many poisons you're afflicted by, their
effects do not stack. Thus, if you had Poison 4 for Duration c. Yew (Injury, Ingested)
25, and Poison 2 for Duration 50, you would take 4 damage Only relatively dangerous in its normal form, the yew's toxin
per initiative count for 25 IC, and then for the next 25 you'd has proven its value to ninja by being versatile, easily refined,
take 2 damage per IC. Any additional effects apply regardless, and easy to get ahold of. Unlike poisonous animals, trees
as long as they don't overlap (Paralysis 1 and Paralysis 3 is don't tend to be small or wander around. While poisoned, any
just Paralysis 3, as normal). time your Stamina penalty increases, it increases by an
e. Identifying Poisons
additional 2 points. Poison: 1 Duration: 100 Toxicology: 6
When you or someone else has been poisoned, it's possible to Cost: 120
identify the venom just based on the symptoms. You may do d. Bark Scorpion (Injury)
so after 1/10 of the poison's total duration has passed. At that Stings from the bark scorpion aren't typically fatal; ninja
point, you can roll a Research, Toxicology, or Medicine skill weaponizing the venom distill it to improve the lethality.
check (your preference) against 20 + the poison's Toxicology Despite being exceptionally painful at the point of entry, it's
rating. Success means you've identified the poison. not likely to kill someone, though the lingering numbness and
If you fail, you may take a Speed 6 action afterwards to try spasms are certainly unpleasant to deal with. Poison: 1
to identify the symptoms, which you may repeat as many Immobilization: 2 Duration: 100 Toxicology: 9 Cost: 180
times as you like.
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A family of brightly-colored, excitingly-patterned snails, the
2. Poisons worst of these produce a venom which is a compound of
hundreds of different toxins. Aside from pain and swelling at
a. Centipede (Injury, Contact) the point of impact, the venom can easily cause respiratory
Giant centipedes aren't actually all that venomous, though failure.
their venom causes significant discomfort, and a pervasive There is no antidote to cone snail venom. If you've been
sensation of weakness. Centipede venom cannot harm HP, poisoned, when your Fatigue levels increases your Stamina
only Vitality. A person afflicted has their physical damage penalty is halved, rather than being reset to 0. You may not
bonus reduced by (0.5, +0.1 for every two points they failed Rest or lower your Stamina penalty in other ways. Poison: 1
their Resistance roll by) for the rest of the day, even if the Duration: 150 Toxicology: 9 Cost: 200
poison is cured. However, centipede venom has a -2 penalty to
the Toxicology roll used to inflict it. Multiple damage bonus
penalties from centipede venom don't stack; the highest one
replaces any lower ones. Poison: 1 Duration: 75 Toxicology: 3
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Despite the name, one of the world's most venomous
scorpions isn't all that lethal to humans. As with most
scorpions, being envenomated is excruciatingly painful, far
out of proportion to the actual threat posed. Poison: 2
Paralysis: 1 Duration: 75 Toxicology: 12 Cost: 200
g. Death Cap (Ingested)
The death cap is one of, if not the, most poisonous
mushrooms in the world. Mercifully, there's no way to process
it into a weaponized form. In addition to its Poison rating,
every 10 IC which pass a victim loses 1 point of RES. These
recover at the rate of 1 per week which passes (double with
medical treatment). Someone who reaches 0 RES simply
dies. Poison: 1 Duration: 500 Toxicology: 12 Cost: 300
h. Brown Recluse (Injury)
A shy, tiny spider, the brown recluse none the less has an
especially dangerous venom, especially to civilians; to
shinobi, it's only severely threatening. The poison is slow-
acting, but still dangerous. Poison: 1 Duration: 700
Toxicology: 15 Cost: 300
i. Black Widow (Injury)
This infamous little spider's venom has quite the unpleasant,
and largely well-deserved, reputation. For the poison's
duration, your Chakra Exhaustion and Stamina rolls all
suffer from a -4 penalty. Poison: 2 Immobilize: 3 Duration:
150 Toxicology: 15 Cost: 300
j. Wolfsbane (Injury, Ingestion)
A poisonous plant known also as monkshood, the least of
one's worries are a severe burning sensation at the point of
injury, the abdomen, and the face. The more severe ones are
staving off paralysis of one's heart and lungs.
Wolfsbane has a -2 penalty to its Toxicology rolls if
delivered through injury, or +4 if by ingestion. When poisoned
by Wolfsbane, your Stamina rolls use the higher of your
Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion penalty, and your Chakra
Exhaustion rolls use the higher of your Stamina or Chakra
Exhaustion penalty. Poison: 4 Duration: 125 Toxicology: 18
Cost: 350
k. Manchineel Tree (Contact, Injury,
Ingestion, Inhalation)
Nothing about this tree isn't inimical to human life. The sap
and bark are poisonous, the fruit is absurdly toxic, the leaves
are sufficient to poison water supplies. Tying people to the
tree overnight is a brutal, highly effective method of
execution. In practice, ninja use the sap as a toxin, as it keeps
best.
Envenomation results in severe full-body irritation and
shortness of breath. It's painfully distracting enough to inflict
a -2 penalty to Accuracy and d20 rolls, and inflicts its
Suffocation effect every 10 IC. Poison: 3 Suffocation: 1
Duration: 150 Toxicology: 18 Cost: 350
l. King Cobra (Injury)
One of the world's deadliest snakes, the king cobra's venom is
a neurotoxin that quickly leads to blurred vision,
disorientation, and muscular paralysis. While poisoned, you
have a -4 penalty to all skill rolls other than Resistance, and a
-5 penalty to Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls. King
cobra venom has a +3 bonus to its Toxicology rolls. Poison: 2
Paralysis: 3 Duration: 200 Toxicology: 22 Cost: 500
m. Belladona (Injury, Ingestion)
Also known as devil's berries, belladona's poison causes
delirium, hallucinations, and weakness. For its duration, your
physical damage bonus is halved. Anyone is able to hide from
you, regardless of your visibility penalty, if they double the
Speed of their Hide action, though in this case you get a +5
bonus to your Awareness roll. If eaten, its Poison value is
doubled. Poison: 2 Visibility: -4 Duration: 200 Toxicology: 22
Cost: 400
n. Wandering Spider (Injury)
Not only is it one of the most dangerous spiders, it's one of
the most aggressive ones, and won't hesitate to attack
humans. The venom is a neurotoxin
While poisoned you suffer from -3 Accuracy. Any time your
Chakra penalty increases, your Stamina penalty increases by
half that much, and vice versa. Poison: 4 Duration: 100
Toxicology: 26 Cost: 450
o. Box Jellyfish (Injury, Contact)
Though they're not the deadliest of sea creature, they're what
most people will imagine when thinking of that. Affliction
with this venom results in convulsions, and before long will
send a victim into shock.
The convulsions make it exceptionally difficult to act. You
can't take any action with a base Speed of 20 or higher, -1 for
every 5 points you failed the Toxicology roll by. Poison: 3
Paralysis: 1 Duration: 150 Toxicology: 26 Cost: 450
p. Water Hemlock (Contact, Ingestion)
There are multiple varieties of hemlock, with this being by far
the most unpleasant. The plant's sufficiently lethal that
coming into contact with it purely by accident in the wild can
cause death. It's a powerful stimulant, leading to intense pain,
tremors, disorientation, dizziness, fever, hallucinations,
tingling, dilated pupils, respiratory difficulty...
While poisoned, you have a -4 penalty to Resistance and
Awareness rolls. Poison: 4 Visibility: -5 Duration: 200
Toxicology: 30 Cost: 500
q. Stonefish (Injury)
The most venomous fish in the world, it's commonly agreed
upon that having an injured limb amputated is less agonizing
than enduring the pain. Though there will be a slow necrosis
of flesh around the injury, the real risk is quite immediate.
Poison: 6 Duration: 100 Toxicology: 30 Cost: 500
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A small, unimposing creature, it's still one of the world's most
deadly animals. Its venom is a cocktail of more than a dozen
toxins that will kill within minutes. Thankfully they're rare, as
no antidote exists.
If one does have the misfortune of being poisoned, this
poison inflicts its Suffocation effect every 10 IC. Continual
first aid provided by someone else (specifically, forced
respiration) will prevent the Suffocation and Poison damage
from being inflicted while it's maintained. Poison 3 Paralysis
8 Suffocation 2 Duration 200 Toxicology: 35 Cost: N/A
s. Golden Dart Frog (Injury, Contact)
A rare, deadly animal only known to be native to Rain
Country, the golden dart frog's poison is so potent that most
stories about it are believed to be exaggerations. The venom
can remain potent for more than two years, and simply
touching a surface the frog has crossed can be enough for
small animals to perish.
Attempts have been made to raise the animal in captivity,
and failed. The common theory is that some part of their diet
is what makes the poison coating their skin so deadly. That,
combined with their rarity, makes this poison exceptionally
difficult to come by--which is a good thing. It shuts down the
nervous system, leading to numbness, paralysis, and
ultimately heart failure. Poison: 10 Paralysis: 4 Immobilize: 5
Duration: 100 Toxicology: 35 Cost: N/A (the antidote is 500
Ryo per dose
Equipment by
Rank
1. Genin a. Forehead Protector b. Exploding Tag
2. Chunin a. Flak Vest b. Custom Smoke Bombs c.
Exploding Tag, Type 2
3. Jounin a. Hand Guards b. Exploding Tag, Type 3
4. ANBU a. ANBU Mask b. ANBU Cloak
5. Kage a. Kage Hat b. Kage Robes
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1. Genin
a. Forehead Protector
A rectangular piece of metal with your village's emblem
prominently engraved. When worn on the forehead, it blocks
the effects of the first Minor head wound you receive, but is
knocked off in the process.
Cost: Free
b. Exploding Tag
Rectangular slips of paper inscribed with special seals,
centered around the kanji for "explode". They're infused with
chakra, but normally inert. A tag can be "primed" by focusing
a small amount of chakra into them, at which point they can
stick to most surfaces (like walls, or the underside of bridges;
tags cannot be attached to people) and are ready to be
detonated; this doesn't take an action.
Detonating a tag is a Chakra 5, Speed 10 action which
requires you to physically touch the tag in question. You may
set it to detonate anywhere between 10 and (10 + your ranks
in the Chakra Control skill) IC afterwards. When a tag is on
its 'countdown' it begins sparking, smoking, and sizzling
distinctively; any shinobi will realize that it's about to go off.
Fire will not cause tags to explode, nor will they explode in
a "chain reaction". A tag that is blown up or burnt, even a
primed one, is just destroyed.
Tags do 5d20.open(10) damage, in Area 20. If multiple tags
are set off on the same IC (and someone is hit by them all),
their damage is combined for determining what wounds they
inflict; explosions inflict Blunt wounds.
When detonated, tags count as a Speed 8+2 per tags attack
that cannot be made faster by any means. This uses your
base accuracy, gaining no bonuses from anything, and anyone
caught in the explosion incurs a -5 dodge penalty, with an
additional -2 penalty per tag in the explosion and they add
half of your NDB to their damage. However, anyone who
escapes their area before they explode automatically avoids
all damage.
Certain jutsu may cause tags, in which the target must
defend against the projectile as well as the explosives when
appropriate.
Cost: 100 Ryo
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2. Chuunin
a. Flak Vest
Often referred to as 'chuunin vests', these are what many a
genin strives to be allowed to wear. There's a jounin version
as well, slightly different in appearance but functionally
identical.
Any time your torso or abdomen would be wounded, the
vest reduces the wound's severity by 1, and the final damage
by 25 (after determining if you're wounded). The next time,
this damage reduction is 20; then 15, and so forth. When the
damage reduction reaches 0, the vest is damaged too badly to
provide any protection and no longer reduces the severity of
your wounds.
Cost: 400 Ryo
b. Custom Smoke Bombs
Once someone's a chuunin, they have enough pull to get
these: smoke bombs designed to your own specifications!
Very nice, and such. For pricing, first determine the 'level' of
smoke bomb you want, which starts at 0 and is modified by...
Visibility Penalty: -4 (+0), -6 (+2), or -8 (+3) Duration: 5 IC (+1),
10 IC (+2), 15 IC (+3), or 20 IC (+5) Radius: 5 yards (+1), 10
yards (+2), or 25 yards (+3) Range: STR/5 yards (+0), STR/4
yards (+1), or STR/3 yards (+2)
Cost: Level*10 Ryo
c. Exploding Tag, Type 2
A more powerful version of the regular exploding tags, not
given to genin because experience has shown, time and
again, that genin really can't be trusted with high-end
explosives.
Chuunin, however, are more responsible--at least, in theory.
Therefore, they get to play with the big explosions! Type 2
tags function identically to regular exploding tags more
regards, though the deal 7d20.open(10) damage and have an
Area of 30. Additionally, they deal double damage to
inanimate objects (such as walls, but not including jutsu-
based defenses).
Cost: 250 Ryo
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3. Jounin
a. Hand Guards
Gloves (often fingerless) with a metal plate covering the back
of the hand. These allow you to parry weapon attacks
unarmed; however, if you do so, any wounds (if you fail) will
be applied to your hands (or arms, or whatever, as
appropriate for the rank of the wounds).
That said, the first two times you're wounded doing this,
the wound's severity is reduced one rank. The second time
that happens, the guard on the back of that glove will be
broken. Thus, if you wear both gloves (100 Ryo pays for a
pair), you could do it a total of four times.
You may also block with these guards, with the same
wound location and severity effects. This allows you to block
weapons without reducing blocking's effectiveness.
Cost: 100 Ryo
b. Exploding Tag, Type 3
The end-all and be-all of 'mundane' explosives, reserved for
jounin simply because of how difficult they are to produce,
which is in turn reflected in how troublesome they are to get
ahold of.
Type 3, like Type 2, deal double damage to inanimate
objects. They deal 10d20.open(10) damage, and have an Area
of 50.
Cost: 500 Ryo
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4. ANBU
ANBU Mask
Hand-crafted white ceramic masks featuring mono- or
bichromatic lines that make the mask resemble some kind of
animal's face. Technically there's nothing preventing you from
changing what animal it is each time you replace the mask,
but most ANBU members stick with a single choice and use
it as a distinguishing feature.
ANBU masks reduce the severity of head wounds by one
rank, a total of three times before being made useless. The
mask does crack, break, and fall off during this process.
Cost: 200 Ryo
ANBU Cloak
High-quality cloaks that wrap around a user's body to obscure
them from the shoulders down. They're practically
waterproof, and do a great job of keeping out the rain. Stains--
especially blood!--come right out in the wash!
Once per 100 IC you can make an automatic surprise
attack with any Small-size weapon, drawing it as a Speed 0
action, as long as you haven't used that weapon previously in
the fight.
They come in black (for most ANBU) and white (for
captains). Most ANBU captains stick with the black anyway
since it looks better. They're ANBU captains, they do what
they want.
Cost: 200 Ryo
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5. Kage
Kage Hat
Every village's Kage has a distinctive hat to go with their
formal Kage's robes. It's diamond-shaped with a pointed top,
sloping low enough to keep the sun from their eyes and
occasionally accompanied by a headdress to obscure the
sides of their head. If worn properly, it can also obscure the
upper half of their face from view, which looks really cool.
The hat is mostly a color corresponding to the country the
Kage is from, with a white portion at the front and a kanji
indicating their country of origin in the dominant color in that
section.
While not useful in combat, it is a VERY nice hat. What a sexy hat! Bitch would have to pry it from my cold dead
Cost: Priceless fingers!
Kage Robes
Formal attire for Kages, mostly white and off-white, with the
lower half (and some highlights on the upper half) being a
color corresponding to the village. They look bulky, but they
actually breathe very well! The robes are exceptionally
comfortable, and while not stylish they tend to swish and
swoosh dramatically.
The robes impose a -3 penalty on accuracy, dodge rolls, and
Athletics checks. However, because Kages are totally badass
they can shed these robes as a Speed -2 Interrupt. And yes,
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 You do not get XP for RPing during events, nor do you get
XP for any combat which takes place as part of one. Instead,
the GM who ran the event will tell you how much XP you
Experience have earned.
1. Gaining Experience Points a. Roleplay b. Combat c.
d. Training
Events d. Training e. Other
It's assumed that your ninja keeps themselves busy somehow
2. Spending Experience Points a. Attributes b. Abilities
when off-screen. Maybe they're doing missions for their
c. Jutsu d. Other
village, maybe they actually training, or maybe they're just
3. Experience Bonuses
laying in a hospital bed reflecting on their mistakes.
Realistically, however, you're not going to go over all these
things when playing the game; after all, your character is
==================== always a ninja, but you have a real life to worry about.
Whatever the reason, your character gets a small amount
of XP for each day the game's been going, representing this;
1. Gaining Experience with the way this works, it also helps characters made later in
Points the game catch up.
Because it can get a bit convoluted (but look on the bright
a. Roleplay side: free XP!) this has its own node; check "Training", also in
Roleplay is interacting with others while playing as your Chapter 9, for details.
character. Do note that this does have to be with other
people; playing with yourself may be fun, but claiming you e. Other
should be rewarded for it is just silly. You may get XP in some other fashion. Usually, this will
Every half hour of in-character activity awards 2 XP. You involve a GM telling you how much you got, and for what
must remain reasonably active throughout this. Thus, if you reason.
were playing for an hour and a half, but had to take a twenty-
minute break in the middle for whatever reason, you would
get 4 XP, counting only the hour and ten minutes during
which you were actually RPing.
When in doubt, use common sense.
b. Combat
As highly-trained (well, in theory), supernaturally-powered
fighters, ninja can learn a lot from combat, testing their
abilities against one another. Most of the time this is
(semi-)friendly practice rounds, or spars. Sometimes it's,
well... not.
You get 2 XP for every 30 minutes the fight lasts, though
you do not accumulate RP XP during that time. Additionally,
you may receive bonus XP for your fight depending on how
things went. Consult the lists below! Please do not use Fuumas in training against fellow mist
Bonuses: +1 per Fatigue level you end the battle at, to a ninja, we will take your swords! Leaf ninja who are sex
maximum of +5 +2 for every Major wound you acquire +4 for offenders are fine. - Office of the Mizukage
every Severe wound you acquire +6 for every Critical wound
you acquire
Penalties: -2 per Fatigue level you begin the battle at -1 per
Wound (regardless of level) you start the battle with
After fighting someone, you may not gain XP for fighting
that person for 24 hours. If you, however, are in a spar with
them and other people (who you haven't fought in the past 24
hours) you will still gain XP for it.
c. Events
Although the game revolves around the PCs, the world
they're in does not. Things are constantly going on off-screen,
separate from casual role playing. Sometimes, GMs will
make this known through an event.
These are often missions which the characters are sent on
by their village, with clearly defined objectives such as
delivering an item or protecting a person. However, this is by
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2. Spending Experience 3. Experience Bonuses

Points Clanless characters, and certain clans (which will say so in
their description), get what is called an experience bonus.
a. Attributes This is an amount beyond your Total XP which you can
XP can be spent to increase any of your five basic attributes. spend.
Starting out, the cost to do this is 4 XP per 1 point in any Experience Bonuses are given in percents--for example,
single attribute. Clanless characters have a 10% XP Bonus. Take, for
The primary restriction on this is the poorly-named 'rule of example, a clanless character who's earned 100 XP from RP,
3'. What this means is: the amount you have increased an 100 from fighting, and 23 from events, on top of his starting
attribute may not be more than 3 points higher than the next- 100 XP. This means that his Total XP is 323, just like any
highest amount you have increased an attribute by. normal character.
Because an example will make it clearer: You could raise However, he also has a 10% XP bonus; this means that his
your STR by 3 points (for 12 XP). To raise it to 4 points, a bonus XP is 32. Thus, in his Spent XP log (you'll read more
single other attribute would need to have been raised by at about logs later in this chapter) he would record XP Total as
least 1, for a total of (4+1)*4 = 20 XP. 323, "XP Bonus (%)" as 32 (and change the % to 10%), and
Say you had raised your STR and RES by 12 each, your "Total + Bonus" as (323+32) 355.
CHA by 9, your AGI by 6, and your DEX by 3. You could raise Your total amount of XP spent can go up to your Total +
your STR or your RES to 15 right away, but to raise both of Bonus.
them to 13 you'd need to raise your DEX, AGI, and CHA by 1 However, your bonus is not actually part of your Total XP.
each (in that order). Many things are based on your Total XP, such as bonuses to
And, to be clear, only the amount you have raised an Genjutsu rolls, your Skill Points, and Talents. XP bonuses
attribute by using XP matters; its starting value, or bonuses have no effect on these.
from uniques (or any other sources), is not part of this limit.
Aside from that restriction, raising attributes summons
from a degree of diminishing returns. The first 50 points in
an attribute cost, as stated, 4 XP; the next 50 cost 5 XP per
+1, the next 50 cost 6 XP per +1, and so forth. Thus, to raise
your STR by 62 points you would have to spend a total of
(504 + 125) = 260 XP... not counting what you'd have to
spend on other attributes to satisfy the 'rule of 3'.
Finally, you may spend no more than half your total XP on
stats. So, if you had 1000 XP, you could spend no more 500
XP on raising your stat points.
b. Abilities
The full details of spending XP to learn abilities are
discussed in Chapter 4. But, in brief: it varies from one ability
to another, with the costs being listed in individual abilities.
c. Jutsu
A ninja who intends to be successful would do well to have a
wide variety of techniques at their disposal. The actual
restrictions on what you can and can't learn are discussed in
detail in Chapter 6. Once you meet the requirements to
acquire a jutsu you want, to learn (or 'purchase') it you spend
an amount of XP determined by its rank, as listed... below:
E: 6 D: 8 C: 12 B: 24 A: 48
d. Other
Anything else you can spend XP on will likely explain the
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Training
1. Late Creation
2. Normal Training
3. Eventually...
====================
1. Late Creation
Because of this game's constantly-ongoing nature, a lot of
people will join after it starts; also, you might get tired of a
character and make a new one. Training gives 3 XP a day,
every day a character exists (see "Normal Training" below),
which would leave this people at a disadvantage. For
example, if you join 100 days into the game, everyone would
have 300 XP more than you.
However, there's a system in place to deal with this.
Essentially, you can "earn" all that XP you missed out on by
playing the game. The way it works is a little complicated, but
please bear with us--and look on the bright side, it means you
get more XP!
The first thing you need to do, when you make your
character, is type get_days on the server. This will return you
a message saying something like, "12 days have passed since
the beginning of the game." That's your Creation Day
(because the game started on day 0). You record this on your
character sheet, in Logs -> XP Logs -> Training. It goes in the
empty box on the "Creation Day" row.
Next, you calculate "Missed XP"; this is your Creation Day,
multiplied by 3. In other words, it's the amount of training XP
you would have received if you'd made on day 0.
The way the system works is that you get that missed XP
by playing. For every 1 point of XP you earn normally
(through RP, fighting, or events--as discussed in the
"Experience Points" node), you earn 1 additional point of XP,
until you've received all your Missed XP this way. That can be
complicated, so please, keep reading--a mostly error-proof
way of figuring this out follows.
Still in your Training Log, your "Earned XP" row has the
total of all the XP you gained from RP, fights, and events; just
use the totals from those sections (or your Total XP log) and
add them together. This is mostly just for reference.
Next is "Claimed XP"; this is the lower of your Missed XP
or Earned XP. To reiterate, in case there was any confusion,
this can never go above your Missed XP. Once they're equal,
that means you've "gotten back" all the training you missed
out on by starting late.
"Remaining" is also just for reference; it lets you know how
much more "double XP" you have available.
====================
2. Normal Training
As mentioned above, you get 3 XP for every day your
character exists. You do not, however, need to buy a calendar
just for this game!
When you type get_days on the server, you'll see how many
days have passed since the game began. If you subtract your
Creation Day (discussed above) from this number, that is how
many Training Days you get (filled out in your Training Log).
Multiplying that by 3 is your Training XP.
So, if you made on day 100, and it was currently day 124,
you would have (124 - 100) 24 days of training. This would
give you (24 * 3) 72 XP.
Finally, combine your Claimed XP and Training XP; this
will go in the row labeled "Total."
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3. Eventually...
After you have the maximum amount of Training XP--that is,
your "Remaining" row is 0, after everything has been properly
filled out--you can delete your Training Log.
1. Academy Student
2. Genin
3. Chuunin
4. Jounin
5. Special Jounin
6. ANBU
7. Missing Nin
8. Sennin
9. Kage
No matter what ranks or combination of ranks you obtain,
you may only acquire a total of 4 Unique Points from ranking
up. Thus, if you were promoted to Chuunin, then to Special
Jounin, and later transferred to full Jounin status, you would
have 2+1+2 = 5 -> +4 UP from your rank.
====================
1. Academy Student
Every ninja village has its own ninja academy. It's a lot like
you might expect a modern grade school to be, except instead
of learning math the students learn how to mold chakra, and
instead of mandatory sports programs there are mandatory
mock battles.
The ethics of training children of single-digit ages to be
effective killing machines is dubious at best; however, it's
been shown that shinobi who begin training from a young age
(younger than 10, older than 6, is the typical rule of thumb;
any younger and they risk stunting their development) have
significantly higher potential than those who begin later.
Players do not begin as academy students, though it's
presumed that their character was one beforehand, and only
recently graduated. The rank is included here for the sake of
completion.
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2. Genin
After graduating from their village's Ninja Academy students
are promoted to the rank of Genin. This is when they're given
a forehead protector with their village's emblem, worn to
identify them as ninja. They're also entered into their village's
Ninja Registry for identification purposes.
At the rank of Genin they will finally begin performing
actual missions for the village, usually of E- and D-rank,
though sometimes higher with supervision. Genin are trusted
to go on missions outside of their village.
While genin are typically the weakest ninja in their village,
it's a rank, not a measurement of power. It's quite possible for
a genin to be more powerful than their superiors.
Genin can learn E-rank Taijutsu and Ninjutsu techniques.
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3. Chuunin
Chuunin are shinobi who have proven themselves capable
leaders within their village, able to coordinate effective
strategies during missions and make intelligent decisions for
themselves and others, and make up the bulk of the village's
combat-ready forces.
The villages organize a semi-annual Chuunin Exam, with
candidates from all villages participating. This is used both
for the ninja involved to prove their worthiness of
advancement, but also as a way for the village to show off the
talents of their shinobi; Chuunin Exams are relatively public
affairs, with many nobles and potential employers attending.
While rare, at times exceptional shinobi will demonstrate
their ability consistently in missions and other situations, and
the village will choose to promote them without waiting for
them to pass the Chuunin Exams.
Chuunin are all issued, and most choose to wear, special
flak jackets when they're promoted. These identify them as
qualified as shinobi, and for many ninja wearing one is point
of pride. Some opt not to, instead preferring more distinct
robes or capes.
Promotion Requirements:
Be able to use D-rank Taijutsu and Ninjutsu.
Pass the Chuunin Exams.
Chuunin have access to C-rank taijutsu and ninjutsu
techniques. Upon promotion to Chuunin, you gain 2 Unique
Points.
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4. Jounin
Considered the elite ninja of the village, Jounin are ninja who
prove themselves exceptionally capable shinobi. Jounin
Exams do exist, but they are not as public or prestigious as
Chuunin exams, which are meant to be a show to the
country's daimyo of that village's potential. They are sent on
high-priority A- and S-rank missions, regularly dealing with
life-threatening situations.
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Jounin are often given squads of Genin to lead, training the
next generation as they had once done for them. While it
varies between villages just how important this process is,
usuually a genin's sensei is a lasting confidante and, at times,
someone to measure themselves against.
Promotion Requirements:
Be a Chuunin.
Never inflict a critical on a fellow village shinobi during
training.
Be able to use D-rank Genjutsu.
Pass a Jounin exam or be selected for advancement.
Jounin have access to B-rank techniques. When you're
promoted to Jounin to receive 2 Unique Points, and may
choose two of the following rank benefits.
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5. Special Jounin
Special jounin occupy distinguished positions in their village;
Genin and Chuunin typically think the rank is 'below' jounin,
while most jounin respect a special jounin's expertise.
Every special jounin has one field in which they excel.
When someone thinks of a special jounin they typically
imagine interrogators, trackers, and med nin, though many
work behind the scenes as strategists and administrators (a
few of them even have fearsome custom administrative
ninjutsu techniques).
Sometimes Jounin are promoted laterally to Special Jounin
status; similarly, ANBU may temporarily or permanently
'retire' due to the psychological stress of their work, and
become Special Jounin so that the village can still use their
talents. It's even possible for Chuunin to be promoted directly
for Special Jounin status, if their skills are valuable enough
but their overall performance doesn't merit Jounin status.
Promotion Requirements:
Be selected based on your specialized skills.
Already be Chuunin or higher rank.
Special Jounin have access to C-rank techniques.
Additionally, for a single category (such as Medical Ninjutsu)
they have access to B- and A-ranked techniques.
Upon promotion, Special Jounin receive 1 additional
Unique Point to spend.
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6. ANBU
The black ops division of every village, ANBU (Ansatsu
Senjutsu Tokushu Butai) are the most elite, competent, and
ruthless of their peers. They serve as the Kage's bodyguards,
and are entrusted with the most sensitive missions. ANBU
identify themselves (or, rather, hide their identities) by
wearing a unique face mask, white with a pattern in some
secondary color to make the mask resemble some type of
animal.
In terms of skill and power, ANBU are comparable to
jounin. The difference is the kind of missions they are
assigned. ANBU are promoted with personal approval from
the Kage, and are among the most loyal and dedicated
shinobi of their village.
They're also the ones most likely to be sent on high-profile
infiltration and assassination missions. Being ANBU is a
mixed blessing: they don't really have any more authority
within their own village, and while they are respected by their
peers there's also a certain stigma attached to ANBU.
Promotion Requirements:
Be a REAL Ninja.
ANBU have access to B-rank jutsu, and access to A-rank
jutsu of a single category (such as Combo Taijutsu). ANBU
members receive 1 Unique Point.
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7. Missing Nin
Not actually a rank, but rather a status. This is the term
applied to ninja who have deserted their village ("gone
missing") for one reason or another. Missing nin are, in
simplest terms, traitors. Most villages will, once they realize
one of their ninja has fled, promptly add that person to their
Bingo Books and, if the reason they left was sufficiently
severe, or if they knew village secrets, dispatch ANBU teams
to hunt them down and either bring them back to the village
or kill them.
Some missing nin may defect to other villages. However,
even if they're allowed to (many villages will accept, and then
promptly imprison the traitor) they are generally treated
poorly and disrespected--once a traitor, always a traitor, and
in the shinobi world loyalty is one of the most valuable traits a
person can have.
Requirements:
Desert your village. Harder than it sounds...
Rank benefits:
So, I've got good news, and I've got bad news...
The good news: You're your own boss! Nobody can tell you
what to do!
The bad news: Your village wants you dead or captured,
and everyone else wants the bounty your village put on
your head.
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8. Sennin
Calling this a rank is dubious, at best. Certainly, it's not an
official one. These are ninja who've reached a great level of
distinction in their village for reasons other than power in
combat, but who are also skilled enough to be more than a
match for most other ninja in battle.
Most sennin serve as personal advisors to the kage, and
potential stand-ins for the kage; many sennin would be
suitable kages (though perhaps not powerful enough, yet), if
not for personal issues, such as aversion to authority or a
strong preference for field work.
Sennin are often give free reign to leave their village and
undertake long-term personal missions--one of the defining
characteristics of them is that they're implicitly trusted by
their village to such an extent.
Rank benefits:
You can come and go from your village as you please,
without being labelled as a missing nin. However, you're
still expected to answer to the Kage, and not to act against
your village's interests.
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9. Kage
The highest rank attainable in any of the major shinobi
villages is that of Kage: the lead ninja in the village. Officially,
only the leaders of the Five Great Ninja Villages are
recognized as Kages: Raikage (Cloud), Hokage (Leaf),
Mizukage (Mist), Kazekage (Sand), and Tsuchikage (Stone).
The leaders of Otogakure have taken to styling themselves as
the Otokages, though they are not officially realized as such.
A village's Kage is not an autocrat; they are still
accountable to their village's ruling council. However, the
Kage is also more than a figurehead. They are one of the
village's most powerful shinobi, but also one who knows
when to listen to others and respect the needs of their people.
Though most Genin entertain dreams of one day becoming
their respective village's Kage, they generally manage to
outgrow those desires. Being Kage is hard work, and typically
painfully dull to the ones capable of doing it well (many Kages
have infamously short tempers for paperwork).
A Kage can either be appointed as successor by their
predecessor, or nominated by the village council. Once they've
taken the position, a Kage technically holds the title for life;
most step down in their later years and let a younger shinobi
take over, remaining Kage in name only.
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 Rank Benefits
1. Chuunin
2. Jounin
3. Special Jounin
4. ANBU
Rank benefits are specialized abilities acquired when one
ranks up. Each rank will have several for you to choose from;
you automatically acquire any two of your choice, for free.
These represent the fact that while all shinobi of a given rank
will have similar overall capabilities, there's room for
different ninja to have widely varying areas of expertise.
Some benefits can only be taken by members of certain
villages, as indicated by a label of "(village) Only".
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1. Chuunin
Choose two of the following bonuses when you become
Chuunin.
Leader
You're exceptionally good at properly using and allocating
your human resources. When you are the designated leader
of a group, you may activate this benefit up to XP/250 times
per in-character week.
When you do so, you can give an order to one person (or
use multiple activations to give orders to multiple people).
They have a +3 bonus to any relevant rolls to following that
order. If the order was to perform a specific action, if
applicable it will have +3 Accuracy.
These orders must be specific. "Do what you think is best"
would not qualify. If you told someone to "hold this position",
that would not give them the bonus to all combat rolls.
"Attack that person" wouldn't qualify, but "restrain them
somehow" would.
Generally speaking, a single instance of this benefit will
benefit only a single roll or attack.
However, if you ever act against your Nindo (even if it's the
best decision to make, or just following orders) you cannot
use its effects for three months (twelve real-life days).
Unrelenting
You profoundly don't like to give up; when you set your mind
to doing something, you do it as it has never been done
before. You can spend multiple points of Willpower (or
activations of Limit Break, or things that work similarly) on a
single roll. There is no limit to how many times you may do so
for one action, beyond how many Willpower you have to
spend.
Will of Fire - Leaf Only
What brings Leaf ninja together and in some ways makes
them the strongest of all the ninja villages--though none
would admit this--is their comraderie. That they are more or
less a giant family and protect one another as such is why the
Leaf ninja prospere, because they do so with a passion.
Whenever another Leaf ninja is Severely or Critically
Wounded, or brought to 0 HP, something sparks within you,
motivating you in the defense of one another and the village.
Starting immediately, and lasting for (maximum
Willpower)*5 IC after your next non-Interrupt action, you do
not accumulate penalties to Fatigue, and status effects which
you are currently afflicted with are ignored. Any Genjutsu
which is affecting you is purged altogether, and you have a +5
bonus to defensive Genjutsu rolls in this time. Multiple
instances of Will of Fire overlap, but do not stack.

Nindo
You have a nindo, or ninja way, that you hold as more
important than anything else. It gives you strength and
guidance when you find yourself in need of either. This can be
something like never leaving a comrade behind (even if they
promise they can, and probably can, handle themselves) or
never allowing yourself to have an unfair advantage (if a
stronger opponent is missing their left arm, holding yours
behind your back for the entire fight). The GMs must approve
your Nindo.
Once per two months (eight real-life days), while actively
following our nindo (such as fighting alongside that ally, or in
the battle with that enemy), you can activate this benefit.
Doing so resets your Chakra Exhaustion and Stamina
penalties to 0, and lowers your Fatigue by two categories.

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Mist Born - Mist Only
Training to fight in low-light environments is something that
every village's ninja academy and instructors covers at least
briefly. Mist puts more of an emphasis on that than others,
some say because of the thick, choking fogs that often engulf
their island home, others arguing it's a result of the networks
of caverns under the island that students and genin often
train under.
Many Mist shinobi train themselves to be particularly adept
at fighting with reduced, or even no, visibility. They adapt to
low-light conditions quickly, their eyes adjusting or other
senses taking over as necessary. Every 10 IC you spend
suffering from a visibility penalty of any severity, the
maximum visibility penalty you can suffer from is lowered by
1, applied after Blind Fighting, to a minimum of -2. For
example, if you were inside the range of a Hidden Mist
Technique for 20 IC, and had 3 ranks of Blind Fighting, the
maximum visibility penalty (from any source) you could suffer
from would be (10-3-2) = 5.
However, every 10 IC you spend not suffering from any
visibility penalties, this bonus decays by 1. In the above
example, after 20 IC your Mist Born bonuses would have
dissipates entirely.
If you have closed your eyes, blindfolded yourself or
something similar, Mist Born does not take effect. Wounds
and jutsu which temporarily blind you, however, still trigger it.
For area-of-effect visibility penalties, you must actually be in
the area.

Desert Adaptation - Sand Only

The desert is not a welcoming or forgiving climate. Those
who call it home do not consider it an enemy, but also harbor
no illusions about just how quickly their homeland will end
their lives if they let it. They learn to overcome adversity,
because in the desert, there is no other way.
As a Speed 0 action you can activate or deactivate this
village benefit. While active, you halve all penalties from
Fatigue and status effects. Thus, Immobilization 8 would give
you only -4 accuracy and defenses and -40% movement
speed; Visibility 6, however, would still allow people to hide
from you. This specifically does not apply to any damage-
dealing effects, such as Bleed, Ignite, and Poison.
You may maintain this effect for a total of 50 IC during a
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Experienced Shinobi
You've been doing this ninja thing for a while, and it's second
nature to you by now. If you could, based on only your DEX
and Uniques, reduce the Seal Speed of a ninjutsu you know
to 0 (not counting limited-use effects, such Single-Handed
Seals' "CHA/10 times per battle" reduction), then you can
perform that jutsu without needing to use handseals.
This doesn't apply to Genjutsu, Sealing Ninjutsu, or
Medical Ninjutsu.
3. Special Jounin
Skill Mastery
Choose a single skill which relates to your role as a Special
Jounin; Medicine for a medic nin, Survival for a tracker,
Chakra Control for a seal specialist, and so forth. You must
already have the Specialization ability for that skill. When you
roll below a 10 when using that skill, your d20 roll is instead
considered to be a 10. Your maximum skill ranks are also
increased by 3.
You must have GM approval for which skill you take this
for. You may take Mastery more than once, each time applied
to a different skill.

Mentor
Highly Talented
It's sort of expected that jounin will help teach the next
generation of shinobi; indeed, that's why many are given Whenever you spend a point of Willpower to reroll a skill roll,
teams of genin to watch over and train. Anyone can explain a you also add 5 points to the final result of the roll. You have
concept, but you can actually do so well. You'd make a great one point of "temporary" Willpower, which does not count as
instructor, truth be told. one of your maximum WP but is recovered normally, which
You can train other shinobi. This can be done with jutsu, in may only be spent to reroll skill rolls.
which case it takes one week per rank of the technique,
during which time you and the student can still go on
missions and about your regular business, but must be able Absurdly Prepared
to spend a reasonable amount of time practicing. This allows You take the concept of being prepared to its logical
a person to learn techniques of one rank beyond their normal conclusion, and then keep going. You don't just have the right
imitation, and can only be done with jutsu that you know tools for any given situation, you have more tools than you
yourself. know what to do with.
For example, if you knew a B-rank Katon jutsu, you could Whenever you spend requisition to obtain an item other
teach it to a Chuunin if they spent at least four weeks around than Exploding Tags, you get twice as many of that item.
you, learning it. Spending 100 requisition on lockpicks would get you two
You may also teach any talents under the "Capabilities" sets of +1 lockpicks. Buying 10 shuriken would instead give
heading which you already know. Doing this requires ten you 20 shuriken, and so forth.
weeks of training with your student. After training is
complete, they learn it normally. However, their next talent
must be spent to pay for whatever it was they learned, and General Expertise
they may only be one talent in "debt" at a time. For example,
say you were mentoring a student with 1100 XP, who used Pick a Chuunin or Jounin rank benefit; you receive it. This
their first talent to acquire Seal Training. After ten weeks they does not allow you to choose village-exclusive benefits from
would be able to learn, for example, Medical Training. At other villages.
2500 XP the talent point they'd normally get would be used
to "pay for" the Medical Training they received early.
Keep the GMs informed of who you're training, and with
what. There are Infamy gains associated, for both teacher and
student. And, notably, teaching members of other villages is
looked upon very poorly by your own village and, if they find
out, can be tantamount to treason.

Staying Power
All this ninja-ing has given you exceptional resilience. You
work yourself to the bone and fight against impossible odds
on a regular basis; it's not even really all that memorable
when you do it, any more! Your bonus to Chakra Exhaustion
and Stamina rolls from Fatigue is raised by +2 per category
(from a default of +5, giving you, under normal
circumstances, +7 per Fatigue level).
Back to the Basics
Pick one Chuunin rank benefit you don't have. You acquire it.

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4. ANBU Extensive Training
Pick a Chuunin or Jounin rank benefit; you receive it.
Assassin
When you attack an opponent who is completely unaware of
your presence (you are in Stealth and they do not know you
are hiding from them; thus, this cannot be used if you hide
from them mid-battle) your attack has +4 Accuracy and +25%
damage.
Additionally, you can prepare sneak attacks at twice the
regular speed. Thus, when aborting a Prepare Sneak Attack
action to perform a Sneak Attack, the duration of your
Perform Sneak Attack action only needs to be at least half
the Speed of the action you're using as a Sneak Attack.

Deadly Reflexes
It's impossible to catch you off guard. You react without even
needing time to think about what you're doing, letting yourself
process the situation and get your bearings mid-battle. No
matter what your Initiative roll at the start of battle, your first ANBU doing what they have done best in Naruto World's
action is always on IC 0. past, watching shit happen, or totally worfing it.

Critical Strike
You know the value of a single, decisive blow at the right
moment. It ends battles--and lives. When attacking, if partial
defense applies to your attack's damage you may spend 1
point of Willpower and cause all effects of partial defense to
be ignored for that attack.
This is declared before you roll damage, and does allow
your opponent to, in response, spend a Willpower point of
their own on their defense. If this causes them to avoid your
attack after all, your point of Willpower is not spent.
This may only be used successfully once per battle.
Remember, you can only spend 1 point of Willpower on a
single action; thus, if you had already used a point of
Willpower to roll your Accuracy, you couldn't spend a second
one for Critical Strike.

Hunter Nin - Mist Only

You may designate a single person as your quarry. Doing so
requires a week to study any available information on them
and to, through a mixture of not getting enough sleep and
mild meditation, get yourself in the proper mindset.
You have +6 to Survival rolls to track your quarry, and +5 to
Awareness and Espionage rolls made against them. Your
Accuracy for attacks made against them is increased by 3,
and your damage by 25% for the purpose of determining
wounds. When fighting them, you have 1 point of temporary
Willpower, and gain another point of temporary Willpower
every 50 IC.
It takes four weeks of mentally detaching yourself from the
hunt to end the quarry status of a person, be it because you've
killed them or given up the hunt. You may only designate one
person as your quarry at a time.

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1. Explanation
2. Gaining Infamy a. Missions b. Rank c. Experience d.
Killing e. Other
3. Effects of Infamy
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1. Explanation
The nature of the job is that ninja are seldom well-liked by
any village other than their own. Working together with
foreign nin is certainly not unheard of, and respect goes a
long way in the shinobi world, but trusting someone with your
life does not mean you should actually trust them.
Also part of the nature of the job is that anyone who
distinguishes themselves begins to get some sort of
reputation; you can be either obscure, or successful, and
despite how stealthy ninja try to be, being both has
throughout history proven to be an impossibility.
That is what Infamy is: how well and widely known you are,
the strength of your reputation. Infamy is a curse and a
blessing, and more the former than the latter. It can,
sometimes, be useful, especially if you have a reputation for
being honorable and need to convince suspicious adversaries
that you're trustworthy.
Most of the time, however, it's an albatross around your neck.
The more famous you are, the more every other village wants
you dead, because then you'll be one less advantage
possessed by one of their potential enemies.
To be clear, Infamy is fairly abstract. If you go on an E-rank
mission, chances are no foreign ninja are going to see you
doing it--but you still gain Infamy for it. If you kill someone
and nobody finds out about it, you still gain Infamy for it.
These Infamy gains are meant to be representative of your
character's overall renown, not the actual effect of one
specific action.
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2. Gaining Infamy Set v
if you
a. Missions you d
Completing missions awards infamy; the more active you are,
and the higher-profile the tasks you're completing, the more
likely it is that somebody's going to hear about you, or that
you'll develop a reputation.
Completing a mission awards 1 point of Infamy per rank; 1
for an E-rank, 2 for a D-rank, and so forth, up to 6 points of
Infamy for an S-ranked mission.
Although characters are assumed to be frequently going on
missions appropriate to their skill level off-screen, this only
applies for actual missions run by GMs. This is awarded
regardless of success or failure.
b. Rank
For every rank other than genin you obtain, you get +5
Infamy. If you're somehow demoted, you do not lose that
Infamy, and you do not get it a second time if you're
repromoted.
Thus, someone who was promoted to chuunin then promoted
to jounin would have +10 Infamy (total) from rank. Later,
they're selected for ANBU, and after a few years of that retire
to special jounin status; they're no longer a jounin or ANBU,
but still have a total of +20 Infamy from ranks.
The exception is Missing Nin. If you desert your village, you
acquire +15 Infamy. If you manage to be accepted back into
your old village or join a new one (good luck with that), and
then go missing again (...seriously?) your Infamy once again
increases by 15; for a total of, in that example, +30 from
having gone missing twice.
c. Experience
The more talented you are, the more likely you are to stand
out and be remembered. Accordingly, for every 500 XP you
have, you get a cumulative +1 Infamy. At 1000 XP you'd get
+2, at 1500 it'd be +3, for a total of (+1 +2 +3 = ) +6.
d. Killing
If you kill a player character with at least half your Infamy,
you gain 20% of their Infamy.
e. Other
GMs may award Infamy at their discretion for reasons that
don't fall into any of the above categories.
One notable thing that can result in Infamy: Certain jutsu,
abilities, and special techniques not necessarily listed in the
PHB may require "Training"--they're rarely, often closely-
guarded secrets. Knowing one of these is like adding another
ring to that bull's-eye on the back of your head: it's one more
reason for you to be an advantage your village has that
everyone else would just love to neutralize.
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3. Effects of Infamy
The biggest effect of Infamy is that it contributes to your
bounty, should you ever wind up in the bingo books of one or
more villages... and chances are you will wind up there,
eventually. Even if you don't do anything particularly
unforgivable, with high enough Infamy they'll probably just
add you as a matter of principle--though, by that point, just to
get your Infamy that high you've probably irritated them a few
times too many anyway. Bounties are, by default, Infamy*10
Ryo, once you actually have one.
Once you reach 25 Infamy, it's possible that anyone who
encounters you (and learns your name) has heard of you; a
result of (35 - your Infamy /10) or better on a Research roll
means they know basic information like your village, rank,
and bounty, and possibly a general idea of your reputation.
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Logs
1. Explanation
2. Spent XP
3. Infamy
4. XP Logs
5. Total XP
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1. Explanation
Logging certain things in this game is mandatory. It's
unfortunate, and undesirable, but it's also necessary for
everyone's sake.
Partly, this is for your own benefit. It helps you keep track
of things your character has gained, and makes it easy for you
to go back and check your work.
Also, as an unfortunate truth, some people will, when they
can't be held accountable, cheat. It has happened before,
frequently enough to necessitate the use of these logs. This
isn't saying that we distrust any one person in particular--but
rather, that the only fair way to handle this is to hold everyone
to the same standard.
The only mandatory part of the regular character sheet is
everything under the "Logs" tab. Below are instructions on
how to properly fill them out.
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2. Spent XP
This log tallies how you've allocated the XP you've earned. It's
divided into two columns: Categories, and each category's
responded "Allocation"--which is how much you've spent in
that category.
So, if you'd spent 200 XP raising your attributes, you'd
write "200" in the Allocation column, across from Attribute
Ability
The total XP you've spent on all your abilities, both standard
and clan. It should be autocalc the total on your sheet.
Jutsu
The total XP you've spent learning all your jutsu. This may be
modified by some uniques; use the actual, modified total
here.It should be autocalc the total on your sheet.
Attribute
The total amount of XP you've spent raising your attributesIt
should be autocalc the total on your sheet.
Other
Anything else which you've had to spend XP on. Your sheet
doesn't automatically keep track of this, but you should!
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XP Total
The total of how much XP you've earned. You'll calculate this
in the "Total XP" log; just copy the number from there over to
here. If you have an XP Bonus, you should make a note of
that instead, though keep in mind that your actual total is
important for calculating some limits. If you had 200 XP, and
a 10% bonus, a good way to fill this out might be "220
(200+20)". That way, you know how much XP you have to
spend (220), and also your normal Total XP (200), to use
when determining things like the max amount you can spend
on attributes.
XP Spent
How much XP you've spent on everything put together. This
is the total of your Ability, Jutsu, Attribute, and Other values in
this category.
XP Remaining
This is how much XP you haven't spent on anything--you can
hold onto it as long as you wish, or spend it as you please.
Subtract XP Spent from XP Total; the result is what you'll put
here.
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3. Infamy
How you can keep track of your infamy!
Infamy
Each entry should be fairly self-explanatory once you've read
the Infamy node in the PHB. In "Missions", use the total from
the Missions grid to the right. "Rank", "Experience", and
"Kills" are all explained in the Infamy node. "Other" is
anything which doesn't fall in those categories, such as GM-
awarded Infamy. And finally, "Total" is the sum of all those
boxes.
Missions
A short list of official missions you've completed for your
village. # Completed is exactly what it sounds like; how many
missions of that rank you've done. "Infamy" will be the
number of missions in that category multiplied by the Infamy-
per-mission for that rank.
Total has a box for your total number of missions
completed, and the total amount of Infamy earned from
missions.
Notes
What goes here is included in the node! But, in short, it's an
explanation for who you killed, and when, to get Infamy (and
how much it was), and a list of any "Other" Infamy
acquisitions. The GMs who awarded those, regrettably, don't
have perfect memories.
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4. XP Logs
a. Name
If a spar, list the people involved, if a mission, get the name
from a ST. If a RP, same as spar, list who was involved.
b. Type of Action
RP, Spar, Mission, or Other.
c. IC Location
The Village or outside the village the country unless ST
specifies.
e. Room Location
The room on discord this took place in.
f. Times
The start/end times, please list your local time (CST,EST,etc)
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5. Total XP
And so we come to the end! Here you'll find a column of
categories, and, opposite them, a column in which to enter
numbers!
For Battle, RP, Event, and Other, take the most recent
"Total XP" entry from the respective categories in XP Logs,
and copy them over.
Similarly, Training is just the "Total" number in your
Training Log.
Creation should pretty much always be 100.
XP Bonus is only important if you have one. Unless you are
a Clanless, a Juugo Suto, or a person with the Super Novice
unique, you probably don't have an XP Bonus.
You should rename "XP Bonus (__%)" to the actual percent
you have; for example, "XP Bonus (10%)". In the
accompanying box, multiply your Total by that percent. 10%
of 131, for example, is 13.
Total + Bonus is your Total XP, plus your XP Bonus.

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Talents
1. Introduction
2. Acquiring Talents
3. Types of Talents
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1. Introduction
Talents are things which differentiate your character from the
rank-and-file ninja. Jutsu, skills, and abilities are all things
which are fairly common. True, most ninja won't know A-
ranked Suiton jutsu--but knowing them is less a sign that one
is "special", and more an indication that you're an advanced
ninja.
Talents are somewhere between uniques and abilities.
They're not fundamental aspects of your character--they're
things you've learned or developed over time, that are
genuinely hard to come by in an average shinobi.
In a more meta sense, talents are a way of getting rare,
exclusive abilities for your character. And the best part,
they're totally free!
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listed in "Capabilities" can be acquired through other
means--for example, some skilled shinobi might be willing to
mentor an up-and-coming student in how to perform medical
jutsu, or you could make a deal with a missing nin to help
them abduct victims for unethical experiments in exchange
for them teaching you how to use fuuinjutsu
(coughryuucough).
That said, those things are usually very difficult to acquire,
and may come with strings attached (which may not always
be visible).
Learning these things through talents carry no such
requirements or downsides. You can have any RP
justification you want (within reason), such as being the
student of a renowned medic nin in your village, but there are
no requirements beyond purchasing the talents.
1. Enhancements a. Celerity b. Generalist c. Multiple
Summoning Contracts d. Prodigy e. Skill Specialist
2. Capabilities a. Eight Gates b. Kage Bunshin c.
Summoning Contract d. Medical Training e. Natural
Chakra f. Rare Poisons g. Seal Training

2. Acquiring Talents
You get talents automatically as your character gains
experience. You get talents at the following XP milestones:
1000
2500
4500
6000
And every 1500 XP afterwards (7500, 9000, etc.)
Thus, a 3000 XP character would have two talents!
You don't have to choose talents as soon as they're
accessible. If you get to 1000 XP and aren't sure what you
want, it's perfectly alright to hold off until later. There are no
penalties for waiting until later to pick talents.
You can take "Enhancement" talents repeatedly, whereas
most "Capability" talents can only be taken once.
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3. Types of Talents
Talents are divided into two broad categories: Enhancements
and Capabilities.
Enhancements are ways in which your character is just
plain better than the rank-and-file ninja. They're things you're
able to do that can't be taught or learned, fundamental parts
of you. These are all passive benefits.
Capabilities are a bit different. They're things you've
learned how to do, rare or esoteric techniques that anyone
could, in theory, learn, if they had the opportunity and
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1. Enhancements
a. Celerity
All your actions have their Speed reduced by 2. This functions
exactly the same as spending AP to reduce their Speed, and
follows all the normal rules for doing so; it can also be
combined with AP to lower an action's Speed further.
However, because Celerity takes place automatically, it still
applies in situations where you're normally prohibited from
spending AP (such as Surprise Attacks). You may choose not
to apply this talent, or only partially apply it, to a given action
if you wish.
b. Generalist
You've got an astonishing array of skills, even for a ninja. You
gain any two rank benefits you currently or previously
qualified for.
c. Multiple Summoning Contracts
Ordinarily, a shinobi can only sign a single summoning
contract (at least, the ones listed in the PHB--special
summoning contracts don't typically count for this). With this
talent, you can have multiple! Not sure how you convinced the
various summon animals to be okay with this, but
congratulations.
d. Prodigy
You acquire a single rank benefit. This can be from a rank
you've never had, and even one exclusive to another village
(such as taking Hunter Nin when you're a Leaf Chuunin).
e. Skill Specialist
You have an additional XP/200 Skill Points. You may only
take Skill Specialist once.
Taking this multiple times allows you to apply it to a
different skill each time, or repeatedly to the same skill. If
applied to the same skill, each additional application of Skill
Specialist gives another daily reroll.
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b. Kage Bunshin
You learn martial ar--Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! It's a not-quite-
forbidden technique, and probably the most powerful of the
cloning techniques usable by ninja without advanced
bloodlines. Unfortunately, it's also very draining on the user,
almost prohibitively so.
See "Kage Bunshin" for the rules for this technique.
c. Summoning Contract
You've signed a blood contract with one of the various species
of intelligent, super-powered animals that ninja are able to
call upon. How this happens varies; some shinobi have
mentors who, as part of training an apprentice to be their
successor, will offer them the chance to sign one of these
contracts.
With this talent, however, you probably took the 'natural'
approach: a ninja who hasn't signed a contract and attempts
to performing the Summoning Technique will instead be
"reverse-summoned" to the home of whichever animal
species they have the strongest affinity for (which can change
over a ninja's life). There, they will usually be given an
opportunity to sign a blood contract before being sent back to
where they came from.
Pick a single summoning contract--you now have access to
it, as describe in "Summoning." To actually summon any of
the creatures, or use any of the techniques, provided by this
talent you first need the C-rank ninjutsu "Kuchiyose no
Jutsu." If you have this talent, you may purchase that
technique without meeting the normal requirements for
learning C-rank jutsu.

2. Capabilities
a. Eight Gates
In the human body, there are eight 'gates' along the body's
chakra circulatory system responsible for regulating the flow
of chakra, and by extension providing physical limiters to the
body for its own protection.
You may take this talent up to three times. Each time you
take it, you gain access to the hidden potentials of the gates.
The first time you take this talent, you gain the ability to open
the 1st and 2nd gates; the second time gives you access to the
3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th gates; and, finally, taking the Eight
Gates talent a third time changes the wounding equation in
gates to 3*(gate opened) + (base Speed of the action) + (AP
used) %
See "The Eight Gates" for more information about how
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 d. Medical Training
Medical jutsu are particularly difficult to learn compared to
normal techniques, due to the extreme amounts of precision,
and knowledge of the human body, they require.
You got someone to teach you the principles of medical
ninjutsu, or were one of the rare few who managed to figure
them out yourselves after months of exhausting study. This
talent allows you to learn Medical Ninjutsu of D- and C-rank.
e. Natural Chakra
In addition to the chakra within shinobi--and indeed, in every
living being--there is chakra permeating the entire world.
Normally, this matters no more to shinobi than the oxygen in
the air they breathe. It's possible to learn how to access this
natural chakra, which is what you've done with this talent.
Natural chakra use is broken down into three tiers:
Enlightened, Adept, and Sage. Each time you take this talent
you gain access to one of the tiers, in order; accordingly, you
can take it up to three times.
f. Rare Poisons
You have access to two of the rarest, deadliest poisons in the
world: that of the golden dart frog, and the blue-ringed
octopus. As the villages tend to have very small supplies of
these venoms on hand (if they even have any at all), this
usually involves shady contacts or harvesting the toxins
yourself.
You cannot take this talent before you have 35 ranks of the
Toxicology skill. With it, you are able to purchase doses of
Golden Dart Frog or Blue Ringed Octopus poisons (found in
Chapter 8) using Requisiton or Savings.
Each dose costs 1000 Ryo; unlike normal poisons, the
price does not go down for buying them in bulk. You can have
a maximum of two doses (of the same poison, or one of each)
purchased with Requisition at a time. After using one, you
must two OOC weeks before replacing it.
g. Seal Training
Seals as in sealing techniques (fuuinjutsu), not handseals!
These are advanced, highly specialized techniques; they're
not necessary to be a ninja, by any means, but they can be
useful.
You understand enough about the principles above
fuuinjutsu to use some of the more advanced techniques.
Most of the time, this is because you got someone (a sensei,
or a jounin who you did enough favors for) to teach you, but
some particularly eruditious students are able to piece
together what they need to do on their own.
This allows you to learn C- and B-rank Sealing ninjutsu.

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The Eight Gates
1. Introduction
2. Rules
3. Wounding
4. How to Read
5. Restrictions
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1. Introduction
Inside the human body there are eight gates which regulate
the flow of energy through the person's chakra circulatory
system. They have the function of self-imposed biological
limiters, preventing a person from catastrophically
overexerting themselves.
Ninja, however, are nothing if not cheerily self-destructive.
Inevitably, shinobi found the way to forcibly, temporarily
"open" these gates. The result is a surge of chakra flow
through the body, and an accompanying spike in physical
performance.
The downside is that accessing the gates pushes the
human body well beyond its tolerance. While being able to
access the gates for a brief surge of power does provide a
substantial tactical advantage, doing so for even a short time
can seriously injure the user.
As mentioned, there are eight gates, but learning how to
open each one is an endeavor unto itself; knowing how to
open the first and second gates doesn't mean you understand
the third.
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2. Rules
Each gate confers its own set of benefits and abilities which
you receive and can use while it's open, described under the
individual gate's effects.
When the gates are opened, you have access to a special,
second pool of Action Points, starting at 0 and with a
maximum of half your normal AP maximum (in other words,
AGI/4).
AP provided by the gates (listed under "AP Gain" in their
respective entries) goes into this pool. AP from the gates may
only be spent on the following things: > Reducing the Speed
of taijutsu attacks > Abilities provided by the gates > The
ability Principle of Motion > The ability Surge (though if
improving Accuracy, only for unarmed attacks)
Your regular AP may still be spent normally, as well as on
abilities provided by the gates.
Once you're able to access the gates, you gain the following
two actions:
Open Gates (Speed 5 + 3 X, Stamina 15 + 5 X) You open
one or more of the eight gates. By default, this opens only a
single gate; you may choose to open several at once, for a
total of 1 + X gates. Doing this, however, drastically increases
the strain put upon your body, causing you to immediately
suffer X wounds (as described in Wounding, below).
For example, if you had two gates open, and wanted to
open three more, it would be a Speed (5 + 32) 11 action, with
a Stamina cost of (15 + 52) 25, and you'd suffer 2 random
wounds.
Close Gates (Speed 5 + 5 * X) You take several moments to
calm yourself and stabilize your chakra flow before willing
your chakra gates shut. This shuts all open gates, with X
being the number currently opened. Unlike opening, closing
them is all-or-nothing.
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3. Wounding
As mentioned above, using the gates is devastating, in no
small part because doing so gives the user's body the ability
to physically tear itself apart.
Every time you take an action with a Stamina or Chakra
cost while using the gates, you have a chance to wound
yourself. That chance is:
5*(gate opened) + (base Speed of the action) + (AP used) %
For example, say you had opened the second gate and used
a basic unarmed attack (Speed 8), and spent 4 AP to reduce it
down to Speed 4. After performing your action you'd roll
1d100, and on a roll of (5*2 + 8 + 4) = 24 or lower, you'd
immediately suffer a wound.
These wounds cannot be prevented or reduced in severity.
The gates inflict Blunt wounds. When you suffer one, roll for
location.
The first wound you suffer on a given location in a single
week (OOC day) from the gates is a Minor wound. The
second is a Major, the third a Severe, and the fourth a Critical.
For example, if you wounded yourself using the gates six
times, and rolled head three times, left arm once, right arm
once, and chest once, you'd have: A minor, major, and severe
head wound Two minor arm wounds And a minor chest
wound
For a total of six different wounds.
Additionally, any wound-healing abilities (such as some
Medical ninjutsu, or Henzaki Organ Mobility) cannot be used
while the gates are still open: you have to close them first.
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4. How to Read
Each gate contains a brief description of what it does, an "AP
Gain" number, and an ability.
Every time the IC reaches a multiple of 10, you gain the
action points listed under AP Gain, added to your gates-
specific pool of AP. If that pool is full, any excess AP are
simply list.
You only receive the AP Gain of the highest gate you have
open.
Each gate also has a listed ability, such as the first gate's
Enhanced Strength and the second gate's Rejuvenation. You
have access to the abilities of all opened gates. For example,
with the third gate open you would be able to use Enhanced
Strength (first), Rejuvenation (second), and Enhanced Power
(third).
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5. Restrictions
The eight gates work poorly with weapons, much to the woe
of many shinobi. This has a great deal to do with their nature:
while they grant overwhelming power, the user's technique
tends to suffer as a result. Weapons simply aren't meant to be
used by a body tearing itself apart, or swung with that sort of
speed and force.
Accordingly, some of the abilities granted by the gates do
not work with weapons as well as they do with unarmed
attacks. Specifically...
Enhanced Strength: Cannot be used with weapons.
Enhanced Power: Cannot be used with weapons.
Enhanced Speed: Does not increase weapon Accuracy.
Extreme Speed: May not be used to raise weapon Accuracy.
Additionally, members of the Hozuki clan cannot open the
gates when using their Hydration Technique--their body has
no bones, muscles, or circulatory system to enhance.
Activating the technique will not close any open gates, but
will suspend all their effects (including AP generation, ability
to spend Gates AP, and the chance to wound oneself when
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The Gates
-= The First Gate =-
-= Kaimon - Gate of Opening =-
Located in the brain, opening this gate removes the body's
ability to limit the output of its muscles.
AP Gain: 5
Enhanced Strength You can spend AP to increase your
Physical Damage Bonus for a single attack, at the rate of 1
AP per 0.4. You may spend up to STR/10 AP this way.
-= The Second Gate =-
-= Kyuumon - Gate of Healing =-
Also located in the brain, the second regulates the body's
breakdown of stored energy. By opening it, the body gains the
ability to access its energy reserves faster than would
normally be physically possible.
AP Gain: 10
Rejuvenation You may spend AP at any time to reduce your
Stamina penalty. Every 2 AP spent reduces your Stamina
penalty by 1.
-= The Third Gate =-
-= Seimon - Gate of Life =-
Located on the spinal cord between the shoulders, opening
the third gate results in one's blood vessels dilating, causing
increased blood flow throughout the body.
Opening this gate also has the effect of turning the user's
skin a very marked reddish color.
AP Gain: 15
Accelerated Bloodflow The increased flow of blood to all
regions of your body keeps your cells oxygenated and able to
perform at their peak. You reduce your Fatigue penalties by
the number of gates you have open. Therefore, if you were at
Fatigue 4 with the third gate open, you would have only a -1
penalty to Accuracy and a -5 penalty to defenses.
Thus, if you spent 3 AP on Enhanced Power, you'd deal
(damage bonus)*(7) damage.
-= The Fifth Gate =-
-= Tomon - Gate of Limit =-
Located in the middle of the torso, the fifth gate is below the
fourth on the spinal column (which also serves as the body's
primary chakra meridian). Opening results in a marked
increase in speed and power for the shinobi who does so, but
begins tearing tendons away from the bones they're anchored
to.
AP Gain: 25
Enhanced Speed Every 5 AP you spend on attack
increases its Accuracy by 1. Every 5 AP you currently have in
your gate-specific AP pool gives you a +1 bonus to dodge
rolls.
-= The Sixth Gate =-
-= Keimon - Gate of View =-
Placed in the lower abdomen, the gate of view is responsible
for, relative to the previous five, gross regulation of chakra,
with the first five gates fine-tuning its distribution to one
extent or another.
Simply opening the sixth gate results in the body blasting
chakra out from every one of its tenketsu. While it's open the
user will radiate a strong artificial 'wind'; trees will bend
away, and water will rise form vortexes around them.
AP Gain: 30
Extreme Speed After making an attack or attempting to
dodge and seeing if it succeeds or fails, you may spend AP to
increase its result by 1 for every 10 points of AP spent.
Additionally, you may use Enhanced Strength or Enhanced
Power after determining if your attack hits.

-= The Fourth Gate =-

-= Shoumon - Gate of Pain =-
Located below the Gate of Life, the fourth gate got its name
for a very simple reason: beyond what's normal even for the
other gates, opening causes severe pain across the entire
body as the overwhelming flow of chakra begins physically
tearing the user's muscle fibers.
AP Gain: 20
Enhanced Power For every AP you spend reducing an
attack's Speed, you may spend another AP to "buy back" the
lowered damage bonus.
For example, say you spent 4 AP to bring a basic unarmed
attack from Speed 8 to Speed 4. Normally you would deal
(damage bonus)*(4) damage with this attack, because its
Speed is 4. However, with Enhanced Power you could spend
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 Note: The last two gates can only be obtained by GM
approval.

-= The Seventh Gate =-

-= Kyoumon - Gate of Wonder =-
Located near the base of the spine, at hip level, the seventh
gate results in the most marked physical changes since the
third. The user begins using glowing green sweat from their
pores; the amounts of chakra rushing through the user's
chakra circulatory system are becoming genuinely destructive
to the body, and so it tries to vent it out the only way it can...
resulting in glowing green, chakra-infused sweat.
Additionally, merely having this gate open results in
shredding one's muscle fibers. While chakra can make up for
lost functionality, even a light touch causes severe pain to
someone who's opened the seventh gate recently.
AP Gain: 40
Defiance So long as the Seventh Gate remains open, you
ignore the effects of all wounds you're suffering from (though
they will still accumulate normally)

-= The Eighth Gate =-

-= Shimon - Gate of Death =-
Located near the heart, this is the final option for any user of
the gates, when accomplishing their goal is more important
than their life. With all eight gates opened, there's nothing to
regulate the body's chakra flow, and since it's inherently tied
to every major organ in the body, there's very little to regulate
organ function either.
Opening the eighth gate will cause the user's death,
without exception. However, for those few minutes before
their heart literally pumps itself to death, before their raging
chakra system finishes tearing their organs into pulp, and
before they convert vital portions of their body into energy, a
user of the eighth gate has unrivaled power.
AP Gain: 50
Last Stand When you first open the eighth gate, all wounds
you are presently suffering from are removed. So long as the
Eighth Gate remains open, your HP cannot be reduced below
1.
However, when you fall unconscious or close the Eighth
Gate, or when you have a Blunt Critical Wound on every
location of your body (both arms, both legs, chest, abdomen,
head), you die.

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--( Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow 1. Consumable items (flash and smoke bombs, poison,
exploding tags, and so on). Anything which, after being
Clone Technique )-- used, cannot be reused.
Perhaps the pinnacle of development for the ninja replication 2. Chakra-infused items (such as storage scrolls) are
technique is this jutsu. Whereas bunshin creates what are physically replicated, but have no special properties.
essentially illusions, shadow clones use chakra to create a 3. No electronic items (cameras, comm devices) or items
perfect copy of the original person. with complex moving parts function.
Despite this, they are fairly delicate and unstable; a solid
blow will harm the clone as if it was flesh and blood, but
moments later the bunshin will vanish in a puff of smoke.
Speed: 5, +2 per clone
Seal Speed: 5, +2 per clone
Effects: You may create any number of clones; however,
each clone raises your Fatigue level by 1. You can't regain
Fatigue spent on clones so long as they exist. When created,
Kage Bunshin have all Wounds and Upkeeps you do, but not
status effects. Wounds gained, and Upkeeps activated, after
they're created do not automatically transfer to the clones.
Kage bunshin can perform any action other than creating
more clones; they can even perform handseals and use jutsu.
Kage Bunshin are always at Fatigue 1, and if they fail a
Fatigue roll or take any damage they're destroyed.
If a clone is destroyed, you do not get its Fatigue level back.
You may, as a Speed 5 + 2 * X action, end 1 + X clones.
Clones ended this way vanish in a puff of smoke, and you
regain the Fatigue level spent on them.
Although you do not have a mental link with your clones,
when one ceases to exist (either because it's destroyed or
because you voluntarily ended it) you gain memories of all the
experiences it had in the time when it was separated from
you. These memories, while 'legible', seem slightly unreal, the
mental equivalent of looking at a photograph's negatives
(meaning you can't confuse them with your own "real"
memories).
In combat, as mentioned, kage bunshin can act as if they
were you. If they are present at the start of battle, they use
your initiative roll; otherwise, they may act the IC after they're
created.
Mentally commanding your clones to act costs 1 AP per 5
Speed of the action they're going to use.
For example, say you made a Shadow Clone, and on IC 80
you wanted it to punch an enemy. This is a Speed 8 action, so
you'd spend 2 AP, and your clone couldn't act again until IC
88.
If, on IC 85, somebody attacked your clone, you could
spend 1 AP to have it take a Dodge action (Speed 2), after
which you wouldn't be able to give it another non-Interrupt
order until IC 90.
When Kage Bunshin attack, their actions are always
considered to be Held Back, as per the ability in Chapter 5;
they use half your damage bonus on your attacks, and the
severity of wounds they inflict is reduced one category. This
applies even if you do not have the Hold Back ability.
Clones do not accumulate AP, and you may not spend AP
to reduce the Speed of their actions. They do not have their
own Willpower, but you may spend your own Willpower for
them.
When created, Shadow Clones have all your equipment,
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Natural Chakra
1. Introduction
2. Learning
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1. Introduction
Chakra is everywhere, an intangible force permeating the
world. For the most part, ninja (and everyone else) ignore
this. It's like knowing that there's oxygen all around:
necessarily for life, but not particularly worthy of attention
since it's always there.
It does play an important roll for shinobi: they naturally
respire chakra from the environment, just like they inhale and
exhale air, but as chakra is omnipresent, it never matters.
It's called 'natural chakra'. Very rarely, some ninja manage
to learn how to access it. The scarcity of this ability has a lot
to do with the fact that in most situations, it's impractical:
accessing nature chakra requires one to be able to sit calmly
and undisturbed for a significant amount of time, something
which ninja rarely have the opportunity to do when under
pressure.
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2. Learning
Learning to access nature chakra is not something one
simply does: it takes months of slowly learning to harmonize
oneself with the world around them, gradually learning to
deliberately calm the flow of chakra within their own body.
Similarly, someone who can use nature chakra does not
progress in stages; it's a natural growth, a process of inner
learning.
However, that would be horribly difficult to represent with
game mechanics, so natural chakra is conveniently broken
down into three tiers! They are, in order: Enlightened, Adept,
and Sage.
Within each tier, there are several abilities (which can be
logged either under Other, or by creating a new ability
breakdown for nature chakra). By each ability there is a listed
XP cost, which you must pay to learn it. You can purchase any
ability within a tier you have access to, so long as you meet its
listed requirements.
Natural Chakra Abilities
1. Enlightened
2. Adept
3. Sage
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1. Enlightened
Meditation (10 XP)
The most basic ability someone seeking to harness natural
chakra must master, this is precisely what it sounds like. You
sit down, close your eyes, and become perfectly still, clearing
your mind.
Obviously, this is easier said than done; a novice will find
themselves thinking about not thinking, then their nose will
start to itch, they'll get fidgety... and that is where most give
up in frustration and go back to studying high-power ninjutsu.
When meditating you cannot talk, or even open your eyes
to look around, though you do remain aware of your
surroundings to the extent of what you can feel and hear.
Indeed, much of meditation is learning how to observe one's
surroundings impartially, without reacting. You cannot
maintain any Upkeeps greater than 0 while meditating.
In battle, you may declare Meditate as an action. When
meditating, you do nothing. Meditate as an action lasts until
you declare that you Abort it; you do not need to declare how
long you'll be meditating when you begin.
There are two ways to end meditation.
The first is with End Meditation, a Speed 5 action which
cannot have its Speed reduced.
The second is your meditation being disrupted. This occurs
if you take any action other than End Meditation, if you are hit
by any damaging attack, or if you are moved in any way. If this
happens, you have a -5 penalty to Chakra Exhaustion and
Stamina, Accuracy, and all d20 rolls, for the next 10 IC.
A Tranquil Body (10 XP)
As you meditate your body relaxes and is refreshed,
weariness ebbing away and pain fading. Every 10 IC you
spend meditating, your Stamina penalty is reduced by 1.
A Tranquil Mind (10 XP)
By emptying your mind, you reach a state of total serenity.
Your emotions fade away, letting you assess things calmly and
rationally. With that tranquility comes inner balance,
disturbances of the mind translating into disturbance of one's
chakra, and their absence doing the same. Every 10 IC you
spend meditating, your Chakra Exhaustion penalty is reduced
by 1
A Tranquil Soul (20 XP)
When your mind and body are in harmony, each completely
silent and at ease, your spirit becomes the same. Once you've
been meditating for 20 IC, you may sacrifice a point of
Willpower to lower your Fatigue level by 1. After doing so, you
must wait at least 20 IC before using it again.
Requires: A Tranquil Body, A Tranquil Mind
Path to Tranquility (10 XP)
If you spend at least 100 IC meditating, the first time you fail
a Chakra Exhaustion or Stamina roll in the next ten minutes
you advance one less Fatigue category; your Stamina and
Chakra Exhaustion penalties still reset to 0.
Requires: A Tranquil Soul
A Dream of the World (20 XP)
As one sinks into meditation, they become detached from
their worldly senses and the accompanying distractions. Only
by doing so can they notice the minute variations in the
world's own chakra, in all their subtle wonder.
While meditating, you can tell how many people are within
X yards, where X is the number of IC you've spent meditating,
up to a maximum of your CHA. This does not, however, allow
you tell anything else about them, even their direction or
distance.
Except in combat! In combat, this allows you to find hiding
enemies. Every 5 IC you spend meditating while a hidden
enemy is within your range, you may make a Chakra Control
roll against their Stealth TN, with a +2 bonus for every 5 IC
(total) you've been meditating. Requires: A Tranquil Soul
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2. Adept
One With Nature (20 XP)
Up until now, you've managed to 'sort of' meditate properly:
you're almost sitting still, you're mostly not distracted.
Becoming one with nature requires a higher level of
discipline.
The phenomenon commonly described as being 'one with
nature' is where a person is so still, so unresponsive, that the
world's ambient chakra can flow unhindered through their
chakra coils, as if they were just another tree or current of
wind.
As this takes place, nature chakra builds up within the
shinobi's chakra system. While there are dangers associated
with it, they don't manifest at this level. Every 5 IC you spend
meditating, you get one nature chakra counter (NC). You may
have a maximum of up to (RES+CHA)/4 nature chakra
counters.
However: If your meditation is broken through any means
other than an End Meditation action (or, once you have the
ability, activating Sage Mode), you lose all your accumulated
nature chakra counters.
Once a person stops meditating, this chakra is quickly
cycled through their system and disposed of. You lose one NC
every 5 IC when not meditating.
Requires: Path to Tranquility
Body of Metal (20 XP)
Nature is unyielding; it is powerful, and will crush any who
think themselves its better. For every NC you currently have,
your damage bonuses are increased by 0.1 with everything
but weapons; with weapons, your damage bonus is increased
by 0.1 for every 2 NC you currently have.
Body of Water (20 XP)
Nature is adaptable; it changes to meet the needs of its
current situation, not because it yields, but because it will
always be victorious under any circumstances. After seeing
the result of a Chakra Exhaustion or Stamina roll, you may
spend 3 NC to increase the result by 1; there is no limit on
how many NC you may spend this way on a single roll.
Body of Fire (20 XP)
Nature is furious; it destroys, it obliterates. It is the raging
wildfire, the roar of thunder. You may spend NC to increase
your damage bonus by a single attack, at the rate of 0.3 for
every NC spent, or 0.1 for each NC spent with weapon
attacks. You may increase your base damage bonus by up to
25% of its base value using Body of Fire.
Body of Wood (20 XP)
Nature is patient; it grows slowly, knowing that there is no
need to rush, that the destination is what matters, not the
time taken to get there. When taking any action, you may
spend up to 5 NC to improve the result of any Stamina or
Chakra Exhaustion rolls it causes you to make. Every NC
spent gives you +1 to that roll's result.
Body of Earth (20 XP)
Nature is gentle; it nourishes, it strengthens, and it protects.
While flowing through your chakra coils it infuses every bit of
your body, reinforcing your skin, bones, muscles, and nerves.
Every NC you currently have gives a Damage Reduction (DR)
of 2.
A Dream of a Dream (20 XP)
Every person alters the flow of chakra around them in a
unique, distinctive way; some people brighten the world
merely by being there, while others darken, and still others
are like deep pits from which no light can escape.
When you sense someone using A Dream of the World, you
can identify their chakra in the future. Having met someone
in the past doesn't mean you can immediately identify their
chakra.
Requires: A Dream of the World
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3. Sage
Path to Inner Peace (50 XP)
Before, your meditation was almost childish: what you
thought was perfection was in truth a tribute to its own
flawed nature. What you thought was a deep understanding
of the world was an immature attempt to define something
which no words could hope to describe. What you thought
was control of your own body was only ignorance of your own
lack of discipline.
You're not sure when you realized how wrong you've been--
it was simply... apparent, one day, an epiphany. Understanding
your flaws, you have not overcome them, but rather accepted
them, absorbed them into yourself, and in doing so let them
dissolve like shadows in the light.
All meditation effects take place twice as quickly: you gain
1 NC every 2 IC spent meditating, you may use Tranquil Soul
every 10 IC, A Dream of the World's radius increases by 2
yards every IC, and so forth.
Additionally, you can at this point talk to others without
breaking your meditation.
Requires: One With Nature, Basic Training 5, Hold Back 5
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 Sage Mode (50 XP) If you've previously located someone this way, during the
The pinnacle of senjutsu--"sage techniques"--is, appropriately current instance of Sage Mode, this bonus is raised to +1 for
enough, referred to as "sage mode". Activating sage mode every 5 NC you have (in other words, it's easier to find them
requires flawless self-control. after the first time, until your Sage Mode ends).
Sage mode requires perfectly balancing sage chakra with Requires: A Dream of a Dream
one's own "yin and "yang" chakra--two things that most ninja
never even need to concern themselves with. By drawing in
enough nature chakra and maintaining it in perfect harmony,
a heightened state of superhuman performance, the
eponymous sage mode, can be reached.
You may activate sage mode as a Speed 5 action once you
have at least 50 NC stored, and only if you are Meditating.
Doing so immediately ends your meditation, and you may not
meditate again until Sage Mode has ended.
Sage Mode lasts until you run out of NC; however, while it
is active you lose 2 NC every 5 IC (instead of 1). While in
Sage Mode, your current NC (for the purpose of determining
benefits from nature chakra's passive effects, such as Body of
Earth and Body of Metal) is always considered to be the
amount you had when you entered Sage Mode.
For example, if you entered Sage Mode with 60 NC, and
had spent 40 of them, you would still receive (60*2) 120
Damage Reduction from Body of Earth, until your Sage Mode
expired.
Requires: Path to Inner Peace
Awakening: Water (20 XP)
While in Sage Mode, you have a +1 bonus to Stamina and
Chakra Exhaustion rolls for every 10 NC you had when you
activated Sage Mode. After seeing the result of an attack
(whether it hits or not) or a defensive roll (successful or not),
you may improve the result by up to 3 by spending NC, at the
rate of 5 NC per +1.
Awakening: Fire (30 XP)
When using Body of Fire in Sage Mode, every 1 NC spent
increases your damage bonus by 0.5, or 0.2 for weapon
attacks, to a maximum of 50% of your base damage bonus.
Awakening: Earth (20 XP)
While in Sage Mode, your damage reduction from Body of
Earth cannot be bypassed or reduced by effects which would
normally do so. When an attack wounds you, you may spend
nature chakra counters to lower its severity, at the rate of 5
NC per level: for example, for 15 NC you could negate a
Severe wound entirely.
Awakening: Air (20 XP)
While in Sage Mode, you have a +1 bonus to Accuracy and
dodge for every 20 NC you entered Sage Mode with. For
every 10 NC, you have a +1 bonus to Athletics, Awareness,
Chakra Control, and Resistance rolls.
Awakening: Void (40 XP)
When in Sage Mode, A Dream of the World and A Dream of a
Dream are both automatically active at all times, with a
radius of your Sage Mode NC (if you entered with 54 NC, 54
yards). As a Speed 5 action you may make a Chakra Control
roll to locate all hidden enemies in range, with a +1 bonus for
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Summoning Contracts
1. Introduction
2. How They Work
3. Avatars
4. Limitations
5. How To Read
6. Breach of Contract
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1. Introduction
There are some things even stranger than ninja who can
manipulate chakra to give themselves superhuman abilities:
for examples, animals who can manipulate chakra to give
themselves superhuman abilities. These animals are
commonly called "summon creatures" by shinobi, as that is
how they will usually be encountered: by another ninja
summoning them.
Animals are summoned for numerous reasons, such as
aiding in battle or, more frequently, performing something
they can do better than the ninja calling them. The vast
majority of these animals have human-level intelligence and
performance well beyond what would be expected of their
species, and most of them can speak fluently. Exactly where
these intelligent, talking, chakra-manipulating animals came
from is a mystery even to shinobi.
That being said, ninja tend to be pragmatic about these
matters. There are two things a shinobi needs to summon:
knowledge of the technique (Kuchiyose no Jutsu), and a
contract.
A contract is exactly that: a piece of paper which the ninja
must sign their name to (typically in blood). Once the contract
is signed, they gain the ability to summon the corresponding
animal at will. In exchange, the ninja must give up some of
their own chakra whenever they call the animal.
These contracts are supernatural in nature; they cannot be
destroyed (rather, if they are, they'll reform without any signs
of damage). A ninja may summon any contract they've signed,
and dismiss it, at will; some carry the contracts with them as
a fashion statement or means of showing off, while others
prefer to keep them out of sight so as not to tip their hand to
prospective enemies. Either way, the physical contract is not
needed to actually summon the animal it corresponds to.
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2. How They Work
You get the contract by purchasing the Summoning Contract
talent.
After that, what exactly it allows you to do depends on your
XP total. In each contract's description there will be a section
labeled "Access", beneath which you will see XP amounts and
the names of individual summons and techniques granted by
the contract. Once you have the listed XP amount, you may
use the appropriate summon; there is no additional cost to
acquire them once you have the contract.
Once you have a contract and access to a particular
summon, you may call on it. To do this, you need to use
Kuchiyose no Jutsu (a C-rank ninjutsu); the Chakra cost,
Speed, and so forth, are all listed within the entries for
individual summons.
Summoned animals are not pets. At best, they are allies
who happen to be on friendly terms with their summoner. If
you summon a creature to perform its duty, it will do so
without (much) complaining. However, it won't casually "hang
around", train with you, or be eye candy. If you try to ask it to
do so, it will just leave.
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3. Avatars
As mentioned, these intelligent animals have their own social
structures; most are fairly loose, and not organized in any
fashion particularly recognizable to humans. One thing they
all have in common, however, is the presence of what ninja
have come to refer to as an "avatar-class" summon.
Avatars are the pinnacle of their species. They may not,
strictly speaking, rule the other animals summoned by their
contract, but they are universally revered and deferred to. In
most cases avatars are more intelligent, and vastly more
powerful, than any of the other animals of their species. They
also tend to grow to enormous sizes, even beyond what's seen
in other summon animals (though this is not necessarily
always true, and many avatars are not actually the largest
example of the species).
They're also astoundingly long-lived. Many of the avatars
have been alive for over a century, and are likely to live quite a
great deal longer still. It's even said that some of them have,
in the past, fought against the legendary bijuu--and while they
may not have won, the fact that they're still alive says a great
deal.
Avatars are also much more independent than the other
animals their contracts call. Summoning one does not mean
that it will help you. Certainly, some will; others may only do
so for certain requests, or under certain circumstances, or
with an expectation of something in return.
In game terms, what this means is that a GM must be
around whenever you summon an avatar; they will handle the
details of the above.
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4. Limitations
The greatest limitation in most summons is how frequently
they can be used. Each individual summon may only be called
upon once per week, unless specified otherwise. For
example, if you had the Bird contract and summoned the
Corpse-Devouring Crows, you coldn't use that particular
technique for an IC week (OOC day); on the other, you could
still summon an Owl Sage or Flawless Messenger.
Additionally, summons will not directly work against
someone with their contract. The techniques granted by a
summoning contract can still be used, but the full-fledged
"Summons" of the contract will refuse to act in a battle
between contract-holders.
Beyond that, you may under normal circumstances have
only one summoning contract, unless you take the Multiple
Summonin Contracts talent.
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5. How To Read
There are some similarities in most summoning contracts;
this is here to clarify what things mean, and help you
understand them better!
Contracts offer two things: Techniques and Summons. For
something listed as a Technique, you are summoning animals
to accomplish a single, specific task. For example, in the
Snake contract, the "Hidden Shadow Snake Hands"
technique: you summon multiple snakes, they perform an
attack, and then they are unsummoned.
Things listed as Summons are animals that will stay
around for longer. They'll take actions you ask of them (within
reason), and they'll fight alongside you or try to accomplish a
goal using their capabilities in less strictly-defined ways. Each
Summon will have its own node describing it. These are all
summoned by performing Kuchiyose no Jutsu (C-rank
General Ninjutsu). The Chakra cost, Speed, and Seal Speed
listed in these nodes are the ones used for Kuchiyose no
Jutsu's "Variable" values.
In each contract, the first node will be labeled "Info." This
gives a brief overview of the contract, including how it's
viewed and how the animals behave. While not mechanically
significant, this is important to understand their nature.
Below that, there will be a section labeled "Access"--this is
important. Simply signing a contract will not immediately
give you free reign to summon the appropriate animals at will.
Summons will only respond to shinobi who they believe are
worth their time, or whose chakra is of high enough quality.
You must meet the minimum XP listed to use a given
technique or summon a specific animal.
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...That is, aside from respect. Different animals have
different opinions, moods, desires, and idiosyncracies.
Powerful summons will often object to being summoned
trivially, and hardly any summon will put up with being openly
disrespected by its summoner in its presence.
Several behaviors constitute 'breach of contract'. For all
summons, regardless of contract, the ones below always
qualify: > Directly attacking your own summoned animal. >
Injuring it too badly in the crossfire (for example, catching
your summon as well as an opponent in an area-of-effect
technique). KOing your summon, or dealing enough damage
to inflict a Major or higher wound on it (counting any effects
that increase damage for the purposes of determining
wounds) will qualify. > Openly insulting or demeaning your
summoned animal. Frustration in combat is acceptable, but
berating it is not.
If a breach of contract occurs, the summoned animal will
promptly excuse itself from the battle. That entire
summoning contract will be completely unusable for the next
three OOC weeks.
Most summoned animals are fairly helpful and even-
tempered; in most cases, only the conitions listed above will
constitute a breach of contract. Some, however, can be testier.
In the individual descriptions of certain summons, there will
be a list of additional Breach of Contract conditions. Meeting
any of those conditions will constitute an immediate breach
of contract, with the effects described above.
Notably, all Avatar-class summons have special Breach of
Contract conditions, which are not listed. One must simply
assess their personality and, based on that, do one's best not
to offend them or earn their ire--sucking up to them may not
be all that good of an idea either, as some hate summoners
who aren't confident or who spend too much time simpering.

6. Breach of Contract
The "contract" between shinobi and summoned animal is, for
the most part, a one-sided thing. The ninja calls the summon
when they need its help, the summoned creature renders its
services and then leaves. In most cases they ask for very little,
if anything at all, in return, beyond the chakra used to call
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Summoning Contracts:
Combat 4. Fatigue
Summons do not have Fatigue levels, as such, though they
still make Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls, and
1. Introduction accumulate penalties to those rolls, normally. Instead,
2. Actions whenever a summon fails a Fatigue roll its penalties reset
3. Damage normally and it automatically loses 20% of its maximum
4. Fatigue Vitality.
5. Unsummoning This is part of representing how, as discussed in Damage,
summons disappear once they're no longer able to fight: it
doesn't really matter if they're worn out by overexertion or by
==================== being beaten on too heavily, one way or another they're not
able to go on.
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1. Introduction
Inevitably, ninja will try to call upon their summoned allies in 5. Unsummoning
combat, either against other ninja or to counter other
summoned creatures. Accordingly, the combat-worthy If you are ever in a position where you want to unsummon
summons have functional stat blocks for when this comes up. one of your summoned things, all it takes is a Speed 5 action
==================== and poof! You can unsummon any single summon, or even
multiple summoned things all at once.
2. Actions
When in battle with their summoner, a summoned creature's
actions should be tracked normally: if it takes a Speed 14
action on IC 50, it cannot act again until IC 64. However,
unlike a normal person, summons do not act automatically.
They will only take actions when directed by their summoner
(this can be the character doing it, by shouting out
instructions, or the summoned creature choosing what to do,
controlled by the player). Acting this way usually has an AP
cost: the summoner spends a certain amount of their own AP,
and the animal takes the appropriate action.
AP can be spent to lower the Speed of their actions, again
paid by the user. Summons to not accumulate AP on their
own. They do not have Willpower unless specifically stated,
and the summoner may not spend Willpower on their behalf.
If the summon is acting alone (for example, stalling
enemies) while its summoner is not involved in combat, it can
act without having to pay AP to do so. It accumulates its own
AP at the rate of 5 every 20 IC, which it can use normally.
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3. Damage
Technically, summons have HP. However, once they reach 0
Vitality they will automatically vanish in a puff of smoke,
being un-summoned. This means that it's impossible to
actually kill a summoned creature (they can die--you just have
to track them down "in person", which is typically more
trouble than it's worth).
Summons don't suffer from wounds.

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Bird Contract
In many ways, summoned birds are closer to their natural kin
than most of the other chakra-enhanced summon animals.
Few of them speak human languages, and in most cases they
are being called upon to do something birds already would,
just quicker and more effectively.
As a species, birds ard neither friendly nor kind--but
neither are they malicious or dismissive. They're proud, but
willing to respect anyone who will afford them the same.
While they are be no mean pacifists or even averse to
violence, they are not, as a whole, particularly well-suited to
combat, which is enough for many ninja to steer away from
them.
On the other hand, they can be quite useful in other ways,
in no small part because they can fly. Additionally, many of
the summoned birds bear a stronger resemblance to their
naturally-occurring brethren than other summon animals do
to theirs, which often allows summoned birds to go unnoticed
when other creatures wouldn't.
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Access
800 XP: Flawless Messenger
1200 XP: Corpse Devouring Crows
1600 XP: Summon: Raven
2000 XP: Summon: Owl
2400 XP: Graceful Sky Emissary
4500 XP: Summon: Amahaou
6000 XP: Summon: Garuda
Techniques
--( Kanzen Shisha - Flawless
Messenger )--
This summons a small to medium-sized bird, though not a
bird of prey. The bird will accept a written message from its
summoner, wait to be told where to delier that message to,
and then fly off to deliver it.
For obvious reasons, these birds are quite popular with
ninja who use the bird-summoning contract: they make
excellent, efficient, and precise messengers, with almost no
risk of being intercepted, and none at all of being bribed,
subverted, or double agents.
Chakra: 25
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 15
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: The bird will accept an envelope, a small scroll, or
sheets of paper. After taking the message, it will wait until you
instruct it where that message should be delivered, which can
be any person you know or place you've been.
The bird will then fly off. If in combat, it flies 5 yards per IC
for the first 100 IC, and can't be targeted by anything with a
range of less than 20. After that, the speed increases to 10
yardsper IC and it can't be reached by anything with a range
of less than 100 yards. (Other flying enemies, however, have
no such restrictions on attacking them)
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Out of combat, the bird flies at 30 miles an hour. If it's
attacked, it has +25 dodge, and can take only 50 damage
before being unsummoned. If it was sent with a handwritten
message, the message will disappear with it; anything else
(such as a sealed scroll) will be dropped.
The bird will, after circling aimlessly for a while, fly
towards its specified destination. Attempting to follow the
bird is impossible from the ground. If it cannot reach the
intended recipient (because they're dead, or in a jail cell with
no windows, for example) it will come as close as it can, wait
around for a week, and then disappear.
One of this technique's downsides is that there's no way for
the summoner to tell if the message was delivered
successfully. Furthermore, it may only be used once every
month (4 OOC days).
--( Shitai Musabori no Karasu -
Corpse Devouring Crows )--
A rarely-used aspect of the bird-summoning contract, though
one that's seen a fair deal of popularity among the ANBU
corps of various villages, it summons (despite its name) a
murder of crows, a wake of vultures, or group of other
appropriate carrion-eating bird.
The birds will swarm the area, devouring any recently-dead
bodies without leaving a single trace of their passing.
Chakra: 10 + 3 * X
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 15
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: The birds will completely consume 1 + X human-
sized corpses (or multiple smaller corpses, or part of a lower
number of larger corpses) in a matter of minutes. The birds
are incredibly thorough, and will leave absolutely no trace of
the individual behind, even cleaning up any blood that hasn't
had time to dry.
Thus, if you brutally murdered someone in their bedroom,
and got blood all over the inside of the place, you could open
a window and summon the birds, who would make it look as
if the murder never took place--as long as the blood hadn't
had time to dry and stain things. (Place might still be a mess,
though).
The birds can be summoned indoors, but only if there's
easy access to the outdoors nearby; an open window or door,
for example.
--( Yuugana Sukai-Shisha -
Graceful Sky Emissary )--
You summon a very large eagle or a giant hawk, which lifts
you up and carries you a short distance before leaving. While
certainly very showy, the situations where having a giant bird
carry you only a short distance is actually useful are fewer
than one may think.
Even so, it does have its uses, such as crossing chasms or
otherwise dangerous terrain. Also, the eagle will carry its
summoner to solid ground even if that would be beyond its
normal range, so it's pretty handy after getting thrown off a
cliff.
Chakra: 25 + 5 * X
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 20
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: The eagle (or giant hawk) will pick up you and up
to one other person to carry, who must be within 5 yards of
one another. You need to hold on, which means that for the
duration of the trip at least one of your arms will be occupied
at all times holding the eagle's legs.
Also, worth noting: the eagle can actually support the
weight of about four people, so one common trick is to have
two ninja hold onto the backs of two others, and then
summon the eagle to carry each pair.
The eagle flies up 4 + X - Y yards per IC, up to a maximum
of 6. Y is the number of people the eagle is carrying. Once it
drops its passengers off, it is unsummoned. The eagle will
cary its passengers for up to 50 IC (or until told it reaches the
summoner's destination). If it isn't over solid ground at that
point, it will fly to the nearest safe location before dropping
them off. On the other hand, if the summoner asks it to drop
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 The raven can act competently without guidance from its
Summon: Raven summoner. None of its actions require AP to perform, and
1. Summoning when given general instructions ("scout the area", "see if you
2. Behavior can find any clues") it will do so to the best of its ability.
3. Attributes Flight
4. Abilities By default, the raven is airborne; it may land or take off as a
5. Terms of Contract Speed 10 action. When airborne, it cannot be targeted by any
attacks with a range of less than 100 yards. After descending
==================== to Steal (see below) an item, it is effectively 0 yards from the
ground; it regains 3 yards of altitude every IC. Melee attacks
1. Summoning can reach it only if the attacker can move (i.e. jump) far
enough to reach the raven as part of their attack.
Ravens are known to be exceptionally intelligent for birds,
able to create tools and recognize faces, and summoned
ravens are even more so. Most subspecies are hard to
differentiate, and so they seldom look out of place when flying
over an area.
Chakra: 25
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 15
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2. Behavior
Despite being very clever, ravens don't talk. Or, it might be
accurate to say they don't speak.
They are able to communicate ideas to their summoner.
After returning from scouting, it will perch somewhere the
summoner can see it (on a tree stump, on a forearm if one is
offered, and so forth) and begin tilting its head, pecking
aimlessly with its peak, and shifting from side to side. Anyone
looking at it will be able to tell it's doing something unusual,
but the summoner will actually understand what it's "saying."
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3. Attributes
Vitality: 200
STR: 10
RES: 10
CHA: 10
DEX: 40
AGI: 50
Accuracy: 30
Dodge: +20
Movement: 5 yards per IC
Awareness: +20
Espionage: +25
Stealth: +30
Enhanced Vision
Ravens ignore bonuses to Stealth TNs based on Stealth level.
For example, if someone was in Stealth 3 with a Stealth TN
of 45, it would be treated only as 30 for the raven (as it
ignores the +15 from Stealth 3).
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4. Abilities
Standard Actions
Ravens may use Dodge and Move as described in the Combat
chapter of the PHB.
Scout (Speed N/A)
The raven leaves to scout the area. Depending on the radius
of the area it's told to scout, how long it will take varies. 25
yards: 30 seconds 50 yards: 2 minutes 100 yards: 5 minutes
200 yards: 10 minutes The raven will make an Awareness
check against everyone and everything in the area. It will then
report back to its summoner. It can communicate basic
concepts, such as number and location of people; presence of
buildings, carriages, and obvious traps; and so forth. It can
make basic guesses about people based on their appearance:
a group of four people leaping through trees are probably
ninja, the people working in the rice fields are probably
farmers, and so forth. It requires a break of at least twice as
long as it spent scouting before it will go scout the area again.
Spy (Speed N/A)
After finding something while scouting, or given instructions
by its summoner (like, "wait here"), the raven will go to an
area and do something appropriately bird-like, such as
perching nearby or pecking at the ground. It will wait there
until a condition, specified by the summoner is met, then fly
back and alert its summoner. A good example would be, "Go
watch the group you saw camped out in the woods, let me
know if any of them leave." Anyone being spied upon for more
than two minutes can make an Awareness roll against the
raven's Espionage to realize that it's behaving unnaturally for
a bird.
Steal (Speed 15)
Ravens may pick up any small, unattended objects, or minor
things like shiny buttons on people's coats or lightweight
pieces of headgear. If instructed by their summoner, they can
go for specific items; if not, they'll pick up whatever is most
useful (a discarded kunai to let their summoner know that
ninja are ahead, for example) or, failing that, shiniest.
Stopping the raven from stealing something requires an
Awareness roll (to notice it) and then an Accuracy roll against
its accuracy (to grab the item before it can), both of which are
allowed of anyone within 10 yards of whatever it's trying to
steal.
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5. Terms of Contract
When summoned, the raven will stay around until the next
time the sun sets (in other words, the rest of the day) or until
it's badly injured enough to be unsummoned.
If dispatched by being injured, another raven cannot be
summoned for two months (8 OOC days). If dismissed at
sundown or by the summoner, it can be called once a week
(OOC day) as normal.

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 Summon: Owl Sage
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
====================
1. Summoning
A large forest owl, about two feet 'tall' from its talons to the
top of its head when perched, with alert yellow-orange eyes.
The owl is quite wise, and moderately eccentric. It's also the
only summonable bird (aside from the avatar) which can
speak to humans.
Chakra: 25 + X * 3
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 20
The owl can only be summoned in areas where it can
reach the open sky (so, not in caves), and will only come if
there's somewhere it can perch above eye level for its
summoner (such as a tree branch or the top of a short pole).
However, this location must still be close enough for casual
conversations, without it or the summoner having to raise
their voices.
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2. Behavior
If the owl's summoner deliberately tries to "one up" it by
going higher or growing larger than the owl is high, it
becomes offended and flies away.
Unlike most birds, the owl is capable of speaking human
language. It actually claims that most of the other summoned
birds can, but choose not to (the validity of this claim is
dubious at best). It has a soft-spoken, cultured manner of
speaking, though it avoids sounding pretentious or trying to
talk over the head of its summoner (figuratively; literally, it
certainly does so).
Beyond its curious fixation on having the highest elevation
in any situation it finds itself in, the owl is quite agreeable and
helpful, if disconcertingly prone to turning its head upside-
down or in a full circle when talking.
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Awareness: +20
Espionage: +20
Medicine: +15
Research: +30
Stealth: +25
Toxicology: +20
Busy
The owl will perform a total of X actions (from Abilities)
before leaving. This can be the same action multiple times.
Standard Actions do not count.
Flight
By default, the owl will find somewhere to perch; it may take
off or land as a Speed 10 action. When airborne, it altitude
automatically increases by 3 yards every IC, to a maximum of
100 yards. It cannot be targeted by any attacks with a range
of less than its altitude. Melee attacks can reach it only if the
attacker can move (i.e. jump) far enough to reach the owl as
part of their attack. After using its Distract or Disarm actions
it is considered 0 yards from the ground, and will then regain
altitude accordingly.
Night Vision
Owls ignore all darkness-based visibility penalties.
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4. Abilities
Standard Actions Owls can use Move, Dodge, and Search.
Disarm (Speed 10, 6 AP)
The owl swoops down and tries to grab something an enemy
is holding, then fly away with it! The enemy defends against
this as if it was a normal disarm attempt. If they fail, the owl
takes whatever weapon they had and flies up with it. The owl
will drop it 15 IC later, at which point it can be retrieved.
Distract (Speed X, 5+X/2 AP)
The owl flies around someone's face, generally being a
nuisance! This imposes a -4 visibility penalty on the person
being distracted due to the large bird flapping in front of their
face and making obnoxious hooting noises.
This penalty lasts for X IC, or until the owl takes at least
100 damage. It can also be broken prematurely by moving 20
yards or more in 5 IC or less (by simply getting away from the
owl). Until the Distraction ends (for any of those reasons), the
owl will not regain altitude.

3. Attributes
Vitality: 600
STR: 20
RES: 40
CHA: 20
DEX: 60
AGI: 60
Accuracy: 28
Dodge: +32
Movement: 4 yards per IC

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Erudite (N/A)
You may ask the owl to make a Research roll for you on any
topic, either in place of making one yourself or in hopes of
getting a better result than you did with your own roll. It can
also make knowledge-based Medicine or Toxicology rolls
(though please don't try asking the owl to perform first aid on
someone--it never ends well).
Knowledge (N/A)
Owls are quite the impressive scholars (apparently), even
about matters related to ninja. After seeing any jutsu used, or
even hearing it described by someone who saw it, it can
identify the technique and all pertinent information about it
(rank, effects, possible workarounds, and so forth). The same
applies to the abiliies of any ninja clans and bloodlines. Each
technique it's asked about counts as one use of this ability,
each clan counts as two.
Note that for clans, it will provide general information:
"Yamanaka can enter the minds of their enemies and control
their actions, but the damage to the possessed individual
carries over to the original body," for example. It would not
provide an exhaustive breakdown of evey ability possessed by
the clan, unless each was asked as a separate question
(requiring the summoner to have at least enough familiarity
with the techniques to describe them to the owl).
Scout (Speed 0, 10 AP)
The owl will scout an area for its summoner. Out of battle this
has no Speed or AP cost, takes 10 minutes, and covers an
area with a 100 yard radius. The owl will report back with
what it found (it makes an Awareness roll against everyone
and everything in the area).
Used in combat, it uses the listed Speed and AP and
attempts to find a hidden enemy. It will continually perform
Search actions until the enemy (or enemies) it was asked to
find are discovered or break stealth. Once it finds them, it
will, as a Speed 0 action, Point Out whoever it found (as per
the rules in Combat -> Stealth).
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5. Terms of Contract
Normally, the owl can be called once every two weeks. If
involved in combat at all, it cannot be summoned again for
four weeks. If injured, this is raised to six; and if it loses all its
Vitality, it cannot be summoned again for three months (12
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 Whenever a Sky King attacks, everyone within its Shade
Summon: Amahou other than the target must make an Athletics roll against a
1. Summoning TN of 30 or be immediately Tripped, and Stunned for the next
2. Behavior 6 IC.
3. Attributes Flight
4. Abilities Unless they deliberately land (doing so, and taking off again,
are both Speed 15 actions), Sky Kings are always considered
==================== airborne, and as such ignore effects dependant upon the
condition of the ground. When they attack, they are
1. Summoning considered to be at ground level. Every IC which bases after
they take off or attack, they rise 5 yards straight up, to a
Sky Kings, as they are called, are tremendous snow-white maximum of 100 yards. Any attack from the ground must
eagles with wingspans of several hundred feet, capable of have sufficient range to hit them; melee attacks can be used
shadowing battlefields when they fly overhead. Each of their as long as the attacker can travel that far as part of their
feathers is as long as a person is tall, and they're strong attack (by jumping!).
enough to trivially lift up the largest of (mundane) land
animals. Of all the known summon creatures, they are by far Great Bird
the physically largest. The area beneath a Sky King in flight is subjected to heavy
gusts of wind every time it beats its wings. Within that area
Chakra: 50 (see "Shade") every time the IC reaches a multiple of 20 all
Speed: 40 clouds (such as from Mist Blaze Dance, or Hidden Mist
Seal Speed: 35 Technique) are removed.
The Amahaou can only be summoned outdoors, in areas Titanic
large enough for it to spread its wings and take flight. Amahaou cannot dodge area-of-effect attacks; instead, they
==================== automatically block them as a Speed 0 defense. Amahaou
cannot hide. Multi-throws inflict half damage to an Amahaou.
Amahaou are too large to be affected by any jutsu or effects
2. Behavior that work by binding or physically immobilizing them. They
As is the case with most summoned birds, Sky Kings cannot cannot be grappled by any enemies who are not Huge or
speak any language that humans will understand. Even so, larger.
they have at least human-level intelligence and can A Sky King cannot dodge any attack with a range greater
understand complex requests and plans. While it would not than its current altitude. This means that it is completely
be accurate to call them friendly, they willingly have a helpful unable to dodge any attack with a maximum range of greater
disposition. than 100 yards (its maximum atitude). This does mean that it
==================== cannot dodge while on the ground.
Attempting to parry the Amahaou's attacks requires either
a Strength of 100 or more, or an unarmed physical damage
3. Attributes bonus of 10 or greater, as well as both hands free.
Vitality: 6000
STR: 160
RES: 200
CHA: 100
DEX: 120
AGI: 100
Accuracy: 50
Dodge: N/A
Damage Bonus: 14
Movement: 6 yards per IC
Awareness: +30
Resistance: +25
Stealth: Yeah, no.
Bird of Prey
Any time an enemy in Stealth moves within a Sky King's
shadow (see "Shade"), it automatically sees them regardless
of their current Stealth level or Stealth TN. Making any
attack, even a ranged weapon attack, from stealth while in its
Shade is also enough motion to draw its attention this way.
Buffet
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Shade Usable while in flight. The Amahou rakes with its claws. It
When in flight, an Amahaou is considered to occupy an area may choose up to two areas ten yards across within its Shade
with a 100 yard radius centered on its "actual" location; to attack. This attack targets everyone within both those
anyone in that area is effectively in melee range of it (not areas, though is not treated as an area-of-effect attack. This
counting distance from the ground). Anyone below it is deals 4d8*10 damage to anyone it hits.
immune to any weather-based effects caused by
thunderstorms, rain, and so forth. Scratch (Speed 16, 10 AP)
Usable on the ground. The Amahaou scratches an area within
Talons 20 yards with one of its claws. This targets everyone in an
A Sky King may grab up to two individuals, one in each claw. area 10 yards across, though is not treated as an area-of-
It suffers no penalties for being in control of the grapple. effect attack. It deals 4d6*10 damage to anyone hit by the
Enemies using the Escape Grapple technique have the attack.
Speed, Delay, and Stamina cost doubled. ====================
Tireless
An Amahou does not need to make Stamina rolls for its
actions. If forced to for other reasons (such as Suffocation), it
uses +25 for its effective bonus to Fatigue rolls.
5. Terms of Contract
==================== An Amahaou can only be summoned once every three
months (12 OOC days).
When one is summoned, it will either aid the summoner in
4. Abilities combat, or allow itself to be used as an aerial ferry. In the
Standard Actions latter case, it will do so until sunset or sunrise, whichever
Amahaou may use Move and Search. comes first. It will carry additional passengers, if the
Crush (Speed 12, 10 AP) summoner wishes.
Usable while on the ground. This may only be used while Due to the Sky King's immense size, falling off isn't much
someone is Pinned by the Amahaou. It deals (damage), which of an issue--a large portion of its back is essentially "flat"
is doubled for the purposes of inflicting (Blunt) wounds, and when in flight, and its feathers are sturdy enough to easily be
applies a Suffocation 2 each time it's used. Crushing cannot used as handholds. Climbing down can be tricky, but not, in
be avoided, and deals no base damage. However, it uses most cases, dangerous.
double the Amahaou's standard damage bonus for Once either of those is accomplished, it will depart--it will
determining its damage dealt (making it, under normal not help fight off enemies and then carry its summoner to
circumstances, 14210 = 336 damage, raised to 672 for safety, nor will it stay around and help fight after delivering its
inflicting wounds). somewhere where they need to go... unless it's attacked, in
which case it will defend itself mercilessly.
Peck (Speed 20, 16 AP)
Usable while on the ground. It's not actually a peck. It's
actually a bite from a titanic bird's equally oversized beak. If
this wounds a victim it inflicts both a Blunt (from the
crushing force) and Slashing (from... being bitten) wound of
the appropriate severity. It deals 20d20 damage, but has a -5
Accuracy penalty. If used against a Pinned opponent, this hits
automatically.
Pin (Speed 14, 20 AP)
Usable while in flight. The Amahou simultaneously lands and
attacks a single target. If they're hit they must immediately
make an Athletics roll against 35 or be Grappled by one of its
talons. During this period they're prone and unable to form
handseals. The Amahaou may not move without ending the
grapple. Even after escaping, whoever was Pinned is prone,
as if by the Trip taijutsu.
Pluck (Speed 20, 15 AP)
Usable while in flight. The Amahaou swoops down and
snatches up an unfortunate victim. This may target up to two
people within its Shade at once, as a single action. People
grabbed this way are treated as if held by the E-rank Grab
taijutsu. Escaping the grapple results in one falling 5 yards
per IC (because calculating actual acceleration due to gravity
would not be worth the effort). For every yard they were above
20 when they escaped, they take 1d12+1 damage when they
hit the ground. Falling inflicts Blunt wounds. The Amahaou
may also drop one or both of the people it's holding, as a
(Speed 10, 5 AP) action.
Rake (Speed 24, 10 AP)

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 Avatar Summon: Garuda
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
====================

1. Summoning
The avatar of the birds, the legendary Lord Garuda, takes the
form of a bird of no clear species: an eagle-like body
structure, an owlish face, a pure-white raven's beak, and the
claws of a falcon. His plumage is similarly unique, brilliant
gold feathers along his leg, a red-feathered body crossed with
gold bands, white tailfeathers, a golden crest, and vibrant
blue pinion feathers.
Chakra: 60
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 40
Physically, Garuda is much less imposing than any of the
sky kings, though he is still quite large, with a wingspan over
a hundred feet across. He's not as large as some of the avatar
summons, but he's certainly large enough to dwarf any
summoner.
Garuda can speak--or, rather, Garuda can 'speak'. When he
does so it is in a soft-spoken, deep, noble voice which is heard
in the minds of everyone who he wishes to hear him. He does
not talk in the conventional sense, making no actual noise. In
short, it's telepathy, or something very much like it.
====================

2. Behavior
Garuda is calm, even-tempered, and noble. He is righteous,
but not kind. He will willingly lend his aid to those who need
it for a just cause, but will be reluctant to aid individuals who
are merely seeking to advance their own interests or use his
power for their personal benefit.
====================

3. Attributes
As the avatar of birds Garuda is without equal in the sky,
capable of flying with breathtaking grace. He is undoubtedly a
fierce combatant, though likely lacks the raw power of some
of the larger, land-bound animal avatars.
Legends claim that Garuda himself is genuinely divine to
some measure, though what the implications of this may be
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Canine Contract
Ever since they were domesticated from feral wolves, dogs
have been known as one of mankind's most faithful
companions. Even ordinary, non-shinobi dogs are fiercely
loyal to their masters, and in Konoha there's an entire clan
dedicated to the rearing of shinobi dogs.
This contract summons a variety of different dogs. The
lowest ranks (the ninken; literally "ninja dogs") are in fact
groups of dogs trained in the ninja arts that are loyal to a
small group of people. Each major village usually has a few
teams of ninken loyal to them, and even the minor villages
typically have their own team.
The two dog spirit summons are literally that: incorporeal
spirits, perhaps even ghosts, of dogs. Despite their rather
unsettling nature, they are, like the ninken, very helpful and
loyal summons, willing to engage in combat or assist as
necessary when working towards their summoner's goals.
That changes at the higher ranks of the contract. The
"Mountain Dogs" would be better known as giant wolves.
They, and the canine avatar Oguchi-no-Makami, are anything
but trusting or subservient. By signing the contract, the
summoner has in effect become a member of their pack.
With the dogs, the summoner is their master; with the
wolves, the summoner is a lowly member of their pack. The
wolves will fight to defend their pack, viciously and to the
death if necessary, but that pack member had best remember
their place.
====================
Once an enemy has blood on them, Tracking Fang can be
used; your ninken team appears by you and dives
underground. They will attack your target X/2 IC later, where
X is the number of yards that target is from you; if they move
away, the time until the dogs attack is increased, but no
matter what the ninken team will eventually find them. No
penalties other than Fatigue are applied to your Accuracy
with this technique. Similarly, you can use this against
someone who you can't see (because they're in stealth) as
long as they've been marked. Being hit by Tracking Fang will
immediately remove a stealthed individual from stealth.
When the dogs do attack, it is defended against as if it was
whatever Speed this technique was when you performed it. If
it hits, the target suffers a -8 immobilization penalty, and you
and they both roll Survival. The penalty lasts for 2 IC for
every point you beat their Survival roll by, with a minimum of
10 IC.
If the victim takes a total of 300 or more points of area-of-
effect damage (before reductions), the effect ends
immediately, and all of your ninken are unable to be
summoned for four weeks (as discussed in Summons ->
Ninken -> Terms of Contract).

Access
1000 XP: Summon: Ninken
1500 XP: Tracking Fang Technique
2000 XP: Inugami
3000 XP: Inugami Possession
4000 XP: Summon: Mountain Dogs
5000 XP: Summon: Oguchi
Techniques
--( Kuchiyose: Tsuiga no Jutsu -
Summoning: Tracking Fang
Technique )--
Summoning all 8 of their Ninken team, the shinobi uses a bit
of their own blood to give the dogs a scent trail. Following the
scent, the team dives underground and travels to its target.
Once there they burst up from the earth and bite down on the
target, keeping them immobilized for a short while.
Chakra: 30
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 15
Effects: Before this technique can be used, you need to get
some of your own blood onto the target. This can be
accomplished one of two ways. The first, if your opponent has
damaged you with a piercing or slashing weapon and is still
carrying it, there will be enough blood on it. Alternately, you
can cut your hand with a slashing weapon as a Speed 4
action that deals 10 points of damage (which cannot be
reduced) to yourself. After doing so, you have 25 IC to hit your
target with a basic unarmed attack; if it takes longer than
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 --( Kuchiyose: Inugami -
Summoning: Dog Spirit )--
The Inugami is said to be created by the death of a starving
dog buried up to its neck and left to die with food just out of
reach. As the myth goes, the spirit will then serve its former
master, but at times will remember how its life ended and
turn upon whoever bound it to that fate.
Whether or not there's any truth in that story, the canine
contract does provide the ability to summon these spirits.
They look like elongated, white-bodied dogs with brown
heads and paws. They don't speak, and aren't affectionate by
any means, but will serve the shinobi who summoned them
faithfully. After being called it flies towards its unfortunate
victim and vanishes into their body.
Chakra: 24
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 12 --( Inugami Hyoukyo - Dog Spirit
Effects: Choose a single target to be cursed by the Inugami. Possession )--
While cursed, the target suffers a -3 penalty to Accuracy and Not only is the Inugami able to curse an enemy but it can also
their d20 rolls. This includes Accuracy, defenses, skill rolls, take over a person's body. Ordinarily, this is incredibly difficult
and Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion--but not damage for to do; however, if a shinobi wishes it they may willingly give
attacks which roll d20s for damage. themselves over to possession by the Inugami. While
This penalty lasts until the target rolls a natural 15 or ordinary people possessed by an Inugami begin to act like
higher on one of their affected d20 rolls, at which point the dogs themselves, shinobi are able to stave off the worst of
curse is broken. If they roll a natural 20 while affected by the that.
curse, it is instead reflected upon the shinobi who summoned
the Inugami, who must then break it by the normal means. (If Chakra: 20+2*X
they in turn roll a natural 20, it is once more reflected upon Upkeep: 4
the victim, until someone breaks it without rolling a 20). Speed: 8
Notably, there is no defense against this curse; it cannot be Seal Speed: 20
dodged, blocked, or so on.
Effects: The severity of any Bleed, Paralysis, and Poison
effects you are suffering from is reduced by X for the duration
of the possession. If this reduces a Poison to 0, it will not
automatically negate any other effects of that poison. Every
10 IC you recover X Hit Points, or X Vitality if you aren't
missing any Hit Points.
Any time you take an action and roll a 5 or less on a d20,
you suffer from a Stun 5 effect after the action is completed,
as you must struggle to maintain control of your mind and not
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Summon: Ninjken Athletics: +10
1. Summoning Awareness: +10
2. Behavior Chakra Control: +10
3. Attributes Espionage: +10
4. Abilities Resistance: +10
5. The Eight Stealth: +10
6. Terms of Contract Survival: +15
==================== Ninja Training
Despite not having enough Chakra Control, each of the
Ninken has the equivalent of the abilities Wall Walking and
1. Summoning Water Walking.
Each of the ninken teams has a distinct uniform signifying Tireless
their village orientation, and yes, dogs wearing forehead Ninken do not need to make Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion
protectors or shirts with village insignia does look ridiculous. rolls when they act. If forced to by an outside force (such as
From there, each of the 8 dogs is usually of a breed that Suffocation), they have +5 to their rolls.
would be well suited to their chosen specialty. The ninken
teams seem to be separated by village and also by Tracking Fang Technique
generations. What this means is that the team of ninken your If the shinobi uses the Tracking Fang Technique jutsu while
grandpa summoned are not the ones you're going to be one or more ninken are present on the battlefield, they will all
summoning. burrow underground. They are effectively removed from
combat until the end of that technique's duration, at which
Chakra:15 + X 3 + Y 5 point they return to fight normally. Rather than immediately
Speed: 10 un-summoning themselves after taking 300 damage (as
Seal Speed: 15 would be normal for Tracking Fang), they take damage
"X" is the number of Ninken you are summoning at once, normally (though taking that much damage will still end
and "Y" is the number of times you have used Kuchiyose no Tracking Fang, as discussed in its effects).
Jutsu to summon your ninken in the past week (OOC day). ====================
====================
4. Abilities
2. Behavior Standard Actions (Speed as normal)
This Summon may use Dodge, Move, and Block as described
Ninken are some of the most loyal of all summons, and in in the Combat chapter of the PHB without spending any of
most cases are happy to help their summoners. Even if mildly the summoner's AP.
abused, the ninken will continue to do what their summoners Bite (Speed 10, AP 6)
ask. The standard method of attack for a canine is the bite and
They're talking dogs that use ninja skills, what's not to takedown, something they've been doing for millenia.
love?! Attacking at the feet and legs, this counts as a basic unarmed
No ninken are poodles, chihuahuas, or other small, attack and inflicts 4d10 Blunt damage. If the canine succeeds
annoying, yappy dogs. by 5 or more, it can make a automatic grapple check. If the
==================== canine wins the grapple check, the opponent does not suffer
the normal penalties for being grabbed, but may break free
3. Attributes using the normal methods; the main purpose of this is
enabling use of the Takedown ability (below).
Vitality: 600 Takedown (Speed 6, AP 8)
After getting a good bite down on an opponent, the canine
STR: 50 gives a good shake and tug, aiming to drag their target down
RES: 50 to the ground. This can be used while the canine is grappling
CHA: 30 a foe, make a grapple check, if succesful the target is knocked
DEX: 50 prone and still trapped in the grapple. A prone person has -3
AGI: 50 accuracy, -2 to defensive actions, and moves at reduced speed
(check grapple, or half if the canine loses the grapple).
Accuracy: 21
Dodge: +11
Damage Bonus: 3.3
Movement: 2 yards per IC.

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 Track (Speed 20, AP 5) The Spy is a master of disguise and manipulation, having an
The canine uses their superior senses, usually those of smell, Espionage skill of +15 and also the unique ability to use the
to track down their quarry. This uses a survival roll with a +5 ninjutsu art of Henge no Jutsu, though doing so has a Chakra
bonus to follow tracks towards a target. The difficulty of the cost of 15, and it cannot be maintained for more than half an
check is based on the conditions. A standard non-ninja hour.
requires only a 15 to track. A shinobi normally requires a 20, ====================
but if they are trying to cover their tracks they get an opposed
survival check, or a stealth check at -5. For each day old the
track is the difficulty to track increases by +2. Rain or shifting 6. Terms of Contract
ground conditions imposes a +5. Heavy rainfall, mudslides, or The ninken are a very laid-back and devoted group of
tracking over running water imposes a +10. creatures, showing extreme loyalty in most cases to their
Used in combat, this is a Survival roll with a +5 bonus summoners. As such, they're usually fine with whatever task
against the Stealth TN of any hidden individuals. The dog needs to be done, unless the summoner wants one of them to
may then Point Out whoever they've found, as per the normal risk their life for the summoner's own material gain.
rules for that action. They're also one of the few summons that will fight other
==================== animals of the same contract. Ninken will work against
shinobi who've signed the canine contract, and even other
5. The Eight ninken teams, as long as they're from a different village; a
The Leader team of Sand ninken will have no problem fighting a team of
The most charismatic of most Ninken teams, the leader can Leaf ninken and their master.
act without using the summoner's AP. That said, regardless of village affiliations the ninken will
have nothing to do with the Mountain Dogs or Oguchi-no-
The Brute Makami. If either of those are summoned into battle against
Called for when a little muscle is needed, the Brute has a them, the ninken will promptly flee with their tails between
STR of 90, a Damage Bonus of 6.0, and a +5 bonus to grapple their legs and unsummon themselves.
rolls. Unlike most summons, you can also summon ninken
Bloodhound repeatedly in the same week (OOC day).
In addition to following tracks, the Bloodhound can also be If a dog has all its Vitality depleted, that particular ninken
given a bit of blood from a bleeding target or a garment of cannot be summoned for four weeks. The Tracking Fang
clothing with the target's scent to follow. Additionally, the Technique cannot be used if one or more of your dogs are
bloodhound can use survival instead of awareness to notice a recovering after such an event.
target in stealth. The bloodhound has a +10 bonus to its
Survival rolls, and in combat does not need to spend the
summoner's AP to use its Track ability.
Bombsniffer
The Bombsniffer can use Survival to check for traps rather
than Awareness or Espionage, and has a +5 bonus to doing
so. In addition, it can sniff the remains of a detonated
explosion and attempt to track the one who prepared or
detonated the explosive tags.
Scout
The Scout has an Awareness skill of +15. It may use the
Search and Point Out actions (as described in Chapter 3)
without using any of the summoner's AP. It uses Search as a
Speed 4 action.
Tiny
The Tiny dog has a Stealth skill of +20, and can use its Bite
attack without breaking Stealth, though each time it does so
its Stealth TN is reduced by 5. It may use the Hide and
Improve Hiding abilities as described in Chapter 3, without
spending any of the summoner's AP. It can hide from anyone
who is suffering from a -4 or greater visibility penalty.
Acrobat
The Acrobat is fast and agile, having an Athletics skill of +15,
a movement speed of 3 yards per IC, and a dodge bonus of
+16 (in place of the normal +11, not on top of it).
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Summon: Mountain Dogs
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
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1. Summoning
The Mountain Dogs (or wolves, as westerners know them),
are always summoned in a pair. They appear as two giant
wolves with grey coats and white undersides. While they're
capable of speaking, they prefer not to, instead usually opting
to growl their distaste. Unless the summoner is considerably
more powerful than them, they'll assertively bully their own
summoner around.
The wolves' shoulders reach the height of a single-story
building's roof, and they're nearly thirty feet long from the
nose to the tip of their tail.
Chakra: 45
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 25
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2. Behavior
If the summoner has less than 5000 XP, the Mountain Dogs
will view them as a lower member of the pack and expect
them to follow orders. At this level they won't be willing to do
much beyond protect the summoner; if called on when the
summoner isn't in genuine trouble or facing down another
summoned animal, it's unlikely that they'll help at all.
If the summoner has 5000 to 6000 XP, the Mountain Dogs
will view them as barely an equal. They'll look for reasons to
bully the summoner around and nip at them in a show of
dominance. They'll grudgingly speak from time to time, but
will avoid doing so more than they have to. At this point the
summoner is seen as a rival for dominance.
Above 6000 XP, the Mountain Dogs are subservient,
acknowledging the summoner as the leader of their "pack."
They still won't be quite as agreeable as the ninken, and will
expect to be treated reasonably well, but turnabout is fair play
in terms of them being bossed around.
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3. Attributes
Vitality: 2400
STR: 100
RES: 100
CHA: 100
DEX: 120
AGI: 100
Accuracy: 35
Dodge: +25
Damage Bonus: 6.6
Movement: 10 yards per IC.
Athletics: +20
Awareness: +25
Resistance: +20
Stealth: +30
Survival: +40
Hamstring
Whenever a mountain dog strikes someone with their Bite
attack, that person's movement speed is reduced by 5% for
the next 20 IC. This ability stacks with itself, up to a
maximum of 10 times. All stacks of Hamstring expire 20 IC
after the most recently applied one. For example, if you were
hit by Hamstring 12 times, once every 10 IC, the last time
being on IC 123, you wuold be at -50% movement speed until
IC 143. This does not stack with immobilization; whichever
provides the higher movement speed reduction overrides the
other (though this has no bearing in immobilization's
accuracy and dodge penalties).
Large
Anyone of human size attempting to maintain control of a
grapple with the Mountain Dogs has a -10 penalty to their
grapple rolls, and deals only half damage.
Pack Tactics
Wolves excel at attacking as a group. Whenever anyone with
the Pack Tactics ability acts on the same initiative count and
makes a melee-range unarmed, any number of them may
declare they are using Pack Tactics. When using Pack
Tactics, the target uses the Speed of the slowest attack (that
is, the one with the highest numerical Speed) to determine
which interrupts their target can use, but must defend against
each attack separately. The sum of the Speed of the defenses
that the target wishes to use must be valid to use against that
speed. For example, if both wolves attack with a Speed 10
Bite, the target's defenses cannot have a total Speed greater
than (10/2) 5. They could dodge and parry, or dodge both, but
two parries would be impossible (Speed 3*2 = 6).
Pack Membership
The summoner of the Mountain Dogs gains the Pack Tactics
ability as long as at least one of the wolves remains in battle.
Strength of Many
The Mountain Dogs are able to fight more effectively
alongside a worthy summoner. They add (the summoner's
unarmed taijutsu Accuracy bonus)/5 to their own Accuracy;
this does not include the base 10, and ignores Fatigue and
status effects. Similarly, they add (the summoner's Dodge
bonus)/5 to their own Dodge bonus, with the same rules.
Tireless
Mountain Dogs do not need to make Stamina or Chakra
Exhaustion rolls when it act. If forced to by an outside force
(such as Suffocation), they have +15 to their rolls.
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4. Abilities
Standard Actions The Mountain Dogs can use the Dodge,
Move, and Block actions as described in Combat without
spending any of the summoner's AP.
Bite (Speed 10, AP 6)
The preferred attack for a canine is the bite and takedown,
something they've been doing for millenia. Whereas a
smaller dog would go for the legs, the mountains wolves have
no need to do so. A bite is a basic unarmed attack inflicting
12d12 Blunt damage. If the attack hits by 5 points or more, it
may automatically use its Takedown attack (see below).
Intercept (Speed 20, 15 AP)
Wolves are already apex predators in their natural
environments; the summoned versions adapt most of the
techniques they would use for hunting prey when fighting
their enemies. This may be used as an Interrupt against
anyone who's spent 10 or more of the last 20 IC moving, with
a range of (5)*(the number of IC the target spent moving in
the past 20 IC) yards. The wolf lunges for them, attempting to
simultaneously bite and tackle them. This deals 6d20 Blunt
damage, receives only half the Mountain Dog's damage
bonus, and is an automatic Surprise Attack. If it hits, it inflicts
a Stun 12.
Takedown (Speed +6, AP 4)
After hitting with their bite attack by 5 points or more, the
mountain dog may attempt to savage its victim and throw
them to the ground. This requires an opposed grapple roll; if
successful, the damage from Bite is increased by 25% and the
target is knocked prone as if by the E-rank Trip taijutsu.
Notably, this cannot be used against someone who's already
prone.
Track (Speed 20, AP 5)
The canine uses their superior senses, usually those of smell,
to track down their quarry. This uses a survival roll with a +5
bonus to follow tracks towards a target. The difficulty of the
check is based on the conditions. A standard non-ninja
requires only a 15 to track. A shinobi normally requires a 20,
but if they are trying to cover their tracks they get an opposed
survival check, or a stealth check at -5. For each day old the
track is the difficulty to track increases by +2. Rain or shifting
ground conditions imposes a +5. Heavy rainfall, mudslides or
tracking over running water imposes a +10.
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5. Terms of Contract
The mountain dogs are feral wolves, and as such care
nothing for the world of ninja. Instead, they care only about
their own pack and territories. Generally speaking, they'll be
only minimally inclined to assist a summoner unless that
shinobi's wishes align with their own.
That said, if the summoner is in danger, they will generally
rush to their pack's defense. However, if the summoner bit off
far more than they could possibly handle, and should have (by
the wolves' judgement) realized that ahead of time, odds are
the wolves will let them get what they deserve. A member of
the pack who is a detriment to its safety will simply be left to
fend for themselves.
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For other issues, it's a matter of needing a connection to
pack or territory. Protecting prospective mates, hunting
grounds, prey, or fellow 'pack members' (which is to say,
allies) from assailants or outside interference are all
completely acceptable reasons to call on the Mountain Dogs.
On the other hand, asking them to show up to kill a random
bystander or an enemy who isn't worth their time, or to flaunt
their power for the summoner's sake, will typically earn the
summoner a bite for their insolence--and count as a Breach of
Contract.
Summon Avatar: Oguchi-
no-Makami
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
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1. Summoning
Oguchi-no-Makami, the "True God of the Great Mouth", has a
mythical status and is believed by some to be a force of
nature, or an incarnation of nature itself. Stories can be found
across the world of a giant wolf-spirit by that name guarding
an ancient forest. Of course, none can agree about the size of
guardian spirit, or which forest it's protecting, so most
shinobi concur that it's nothing more than a legend.
Even so, there's at least one very real being by that name.
Oguchi is a giant white wolf, more than fifty feet tall at the
shoulder and over a hundred feet long. Lending some
credence to the story, it's able to maneuver forests (and cities,
and similarly crowded areas) without disturbing a single leaf,
despite its incredible size. While Oguchi is dwarfed by many
of the other avatars in sheer size, it's still a powerful creature,
one that should not be underestimated.
Chakra: 55
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 25
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2. Behavior
Oguchi is fierce and powerful, bowing to no one. Its
summoners are members of its pack asking for help, not
entitled masters calling it into battle to serve them. Many
summoners with this contract can report Oguchi simply
ignoring their attempts to summon it; the common consensus
is that he'll only appear when his "pack" is in danger.
 What exactly this constitutes is unclear, but summoning
the Mountain Dogs into battle before it is likely to help. As
with all wolves, Oguchi is quick to show dominance, and does
not tolerate division among the pack. Oguchi is quick to quell
any disagreements, and always ready to protect his (or is it
her?) possessions.
Yes, possessions: Oguchi considers both the land and his
pack to be its rightful property, and will fight savagely to
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Feline Contract
The feline contract, to the chagrin of many a ninja, mainly
involves cats--as in, housecats. Not nearly enough panthers,
tigers, lions, and other great cats for most shinobi's tastes,
and fewer still summonable cats capable of holding their
own, let alone turning the tide, in battle between trained
shinobi.
In terms of personality, they're significantly more helpful
than their mundane counterparts. What they lack in useful
supernatural abilities they make up for with a startling array
of mundane talents. While they rarely make an appearance
on the field of battle, shinobi with the contract will
consistently describe their feline companions as being, if
nothing else, 'useful'.
That is not to say that the feline species have no combat-
worth specimens, just that the more powerful creatures who
answer the contract's call will come only for similarly
powerful shinobi. Their avatar, Byakko, is said to be feared
even by the avatars of other contracts.
Felines have an interesting relationship with the
summoned canines. The two groups have quarreled
frequently in the past, and it has without exception escalated
into a horribly violent mess. As such, the two groups have
established a truce: summoned felines and canines will never
attack or directly act against one another. The avatars of
those species, however, ignore this truce when it comes to
their opposites; Byakko and Oguchi-no-Makami have no
qualms about fighting each other.
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Access
1000 XP: Summon: Ninja Cat
1400 XP: Feline Chef
1800 XP: Feline Merchant
2200 XP: Summon: Nekomata
2600 XP: Lucky Cat
3000 XP: Cat Burglar
4000 XP: Summon: Rakshasa
5000 XP: Summon: Byakko
Techniques
--( Kuchiyose: Airuu - Summoning:
Feline Chef )--
Between one and five felines, all the size of large housecats
and capable of walking both on all fours on bipedally, appear
in front of the summoning. All show up wearing a cooking
apron, and one (the leader) will show up with a small chef's
hat.
These cats are expert chefs, and capable of preparing
excellent food literally anywhere. When summoned they'll
promptly run off to forage for ingredients; how they can make
a soup in the desert is a mystery, and just what's in the stew is
probably best not to ask, but their meals are always nutritious
and SO TASTY.
Somehow they will always produce the supplies they need
when people aren't looking (or even so much as blink), from
metal pots to grills to firepits.
Chakra: 10
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 25
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Effects: The feline chefs can be summoned up to three
times a day (rather than once a week, as with most
summons). The chef will cook a delicious meal for up to four
people. However, the chefs absolutely do not take suggestions
or requests, and if anyone tries telling them what to make
they'll pack their things up and leave in a huff, not returning
for a week.
It takes about half an hour for the cats to prepare the food;
anyone who isn't there waiting when the meal is finished
doesn't get anything to eat.
Once a month (every 4 weeks), the summoner can inform
the chefs that it's a special occasion (the justification doesn't
even need to be reasonable, as the chefs love the excuse to go
all out). The meal will take a full hour to prepare, but will be a
stunning gourmet feast. While the shinobi who partake in the
meal will be well-fed, this also gives the head chef an excuse
to experiment with dishes and seasonings in ways that may
not sit well with the stomachs of their diners--not that they
much care. After requesting a meal of this magnitude, one
has no choice but to eat every last bite.
When eating the gourmet meal, roll 1d6 twice; the frst roll
determines the benefits, and the second the side-effects. The
benefits all last for one day (in-character day, that is), as do
the side effects unless their individual description specify
otherwise.
Well-Fed
1) Brain Food: You have a +3 bonus to all skill rolls, as you
feel charged and ready for anything. 2) Complex Carbs: Your
Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls all have a +4 bonus. 3)
Protein Power: For the next 8 hours, you deal +10% taijutsu
damage. 4) Sugar Rush: You are wired, giving you a +2 bonus
to Accuracy and defensive rolls. 5) Surging Chakra: The
'secret ingredient' charged your energy reserves, and your
ninjutsu deals 10% more damage. 6) Great Meal: Your
Fatigue penalties are treated as being one level lower until
you reach Fatigue 3, at which point this benefit ends.
Food Poisoning
1) Double Vision: You suffer from a -2 visibility penalty for the
next day; everything's a bit blurry. 2) Upset Stomach: You
have Paralysis 1 for the rest of the day as you wait for your
stomach to recover. 3) Woozy: You lose concentration for the
next 2 hours, imposing a -3 penalty to Chakra Exhaustion
rolls. 4) Sweaty: You can't stop sweating, giving you a -3
penalty to all your Stamina rolls. 5 - 6) No downsides! You
lucked out.
When still feeling the effects of one such gourmet meal, an
individual will be too full to eat anything else.

--( Kuchiyose: Shounin Neko -
Summoning: Feline Merchant )--
The feline summoned by this technique stands upright on its
hind legs and is about two and a half feet tall. It carries a
cylindrical wicker basket on its back, strapped around its
waist and over its shoulders. Its waist strap doubles a belt,
where it has several money pouches.
Occasionally these cats will wear some sort of outfits,
usually just consisting of a tunic and a shirt, though hats
aren't entirely unheard of. Normally these will display a
pawprint somewhere on them, prominently.
Chakra: 20
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 15
Effects: This summon has two tasks it can perform!
The first, it can be called upon to run general errands
around a town or city. The cat will buy groceries and
generally do any shopping you need, assuming you provide it
with appropriate funds. It can also requisition items for you
from ninja villages, before a mission! It can be summoned to
do this once a day.
The second, it does a little bit of work as a merchant. You
can 'sell' any requisitioned items to it for half their value, and
'buy' any items listed under "Gear" (which it produces from
its wicker basket full of knick-knacks). For example, you could
trade in two explosive tags (200), a katana (150), and a map of
Wind Country (50); this would allow you to buy up to 200 ryo
of items from the cat--a telescope, for example. This may be
done once a week. Any more often than that and the cat will
have nothing but useless junk available in its basket (some
bits of string, a clawed-up piece of fabric, and so on).
Notably, it cannot provide you with poison smoke bombs--
while the smoke bombs themselves are in Gear, the
necessary poisons are not.
The cat cannot be summoned in battle, and flees if
attacked.
--( Kuchiyose: Maneki Neko -
Summoning: Lucky Cat )--
This summons a ceramic figurine of a cat, standing about
three or four inches tall. It's a calico bobtail sitting on its
hindquarters, with one paw raised up in a beckoning gesture.
These statues are said to bring good luck, and are often found
(albeit on larger scale) at the entrance to shops and gambling
halls.
This particular one actually does bring good luck to its
bearer! Or, so the felines claim, and some of the few shinobi
with this contract swear by its efficacy.
Chakra: 25
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: Whenever you roll a 5 or lower on a d20, your
Maneki Neko receives 1 Luck Counter. It may have up to
three Luck Counters stored at a time.
You may spend a Luck Counter at any point to reroll any
d20 roll you made, or replace an attack's Accuracy with an
accuracy roll, keeping whichever of the results you prefer
(typically the better one). This may be done at the same time
you would normally spend Willpower.
You get no Luck Counters from rolls you rerolled this way.
If you rolled a 3 on a dodge, and spent a Luck Counter to
reroll it and got a 2, you would not receive a Luck Counter
(and would still spend one normally). You may spend only one
Luck Counter per roll.
If the figurine is lost or stolen, you may not use its effects;
however, neither can whoever took it. Instead, whenever they
roll a 15 or higher on a d20 they must reroll until they get a
result below 15. Getting rid of, or even breaking, the figurine
won't do them any good--as soon as they look away, it
reappears in their possession, until the technique would
expire normally.
This remains around for a full day, or the duration of a fight
(if summoned during, or immediately before, combat) or
mission. You may summon this figurine once every four
weeks.
--( Kuchiyose: Akisu - Summoning:
Cat Burglar )--
Yet another bipedal cat, the Akisu is dressed in a black
turtleneck, beanie, and domino mask. The cat burglar
requires payment up-front in catnip, and once it's received its
compensation the summoner names their mark. After a
moment of preparation the cat burglar gets to work, and in
hardly any time at all the summoner will receive a 'brand
new' item.
Chakra: 25
Speed: 12
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: The cat moves unerringly towards its target, at the
rate of 4 yards per IC. Even if the target hides or moves
outside of the initial range, nothing will stop the cat, which
flawlessly dodges all attacks and crosses difficult terrain with
ease! Well, almost nothing. It won't cross areas with an
Immobilization penalty of -8 or higher, and if it's in a
damaging area-of-effect technique with an Area of 30 or
higher it will be blown comically out of the blast radius before
vanishing in a puff of smoke. Though you must be able to see
the target when you summon the cat burglar, it willt hen be
able to find them on their own no matter what tricks they use;
it will break the Stealth of someone who hides from it, and
clones created after the cat was summoned will be unable to
confuse it.
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 Upon its arrival, the cat scampers up the victim and begins
searching their possessions! When this happens, roll 1d4. On
a roll of 1-3, the user selects one item the target has; on a roll
of 4, the target makes things difficult for the cat, resulting in it
grabbing something less valuable (meaning, the target
chooses the item).
The cat takes all items of that type; for example, all Maps,
or all Katanas. The only exception is that it cannot disarm its
target. If used against someone with Full Pockets, they
cannot use their unique to produce any more items of the
stolen type until they have an opportunity to resupply. The cat
will even steal items inside Storage Scrolls! It's a very, very
good burglar, after all.
It then returns to its summoner, following the same
movement rules, though this time an attack which manages
to catch the cat in its area results in the cat, after flying
through the air yowling, hitting the ground at its summoner's
feet before vanishing. Upon arriving at its summoner (one
way or another), said summoner can take any items they wish
as a Speed X action, with X being the number of items, but
having a minimum of 5 (AP cannot reduce this action's
Speed). Any excess items are dropped on the ground.
A cat carrying more than 10 items drops one every 8 yards
it travels.
Out of combat, the cat can be instructed to steal either
from a person or location, though needs fairly specific
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 Your cat trains (sort of) hard to remain a valuable ally in
Summon: Ninja Cat combat! As your XP increases, so does its performance. The
1. Summoning bonus movement speed is calculated to one decimal point (as
2. Behavior is its increased damage bonus, as usual). The bonus to skill
3. Attributes rolls only applies to skills the cat already has. Accuracy,
4. Abilities Dodge, Parry: (XP/200) Damage Bonus: (XP/500) Skill Rolls:
(XP/250) Movement Speed: +(XP/1000) yards per IC Vitality:
==================== (XP/100)*10
Independent
1. Summoning Your ninja cat can act on its own. It does not require you to
spend AP for it to take actions unless the action itself
A two- to three-foot-tall bipedal cat, much like the merchant specifies that it does.
and chef cats summoned by this same contract. This one
appears wearing simple ninja attire, including a headband or Small
bandana; they even wear forehead protectors, with a feline If hit by an area-of-effect technique, the cat takes only half
pawprint in place of a village insignia. damage. However, it is blown clear of the area (usually in an
As the summoner trains and becomes a better ninja, so will over-the-top, and likely comedic, fashion), and suffers a
'their' ninja cat! Over time the cat will expand its arsenal, knockback equal to the attack's Area.
wearing handguards and a vest, along with holsters for Ninja Training
shuriken and the like. Shinobi cats train tirelessly in the ninja arts, up to two hours
a day! They'll work just hard enough to keep up with their
Chakra: 30 summoner; any more would simply be an unreasonable
Speed: 15 amount of effort. For every 500 XP, pick one of the following
Seal Speed: 20 improvements. You may not select any of them more than
Yes, there really are cat ninjas. They all have impressive once.
credentials, such as being masters of neko-ken ("cat fist") Armor: Your cat appears in appropriate ninja-armor, such
style martial arts. While their efficacy in battle leaves much to as handguards, a padded vest, and so forth. Whenever it
be desired, they do have the advantage of occasionally would take more than 25% of its maximum Vitality in
debilitating opponents with laughter. damage from an attack, that attack's damage is divided by 4.
A visual aid, for those having trouble picturing a ninja cat: Neko-ken: Your cat has mastered martial arts! This gives it
http://i43.tinypic.com/5ehe1x.png a +4 bonus to any unarmed parries, and improves its Cat Paw
==================== Strike action.
Ninja Combatant: Your cat shows up with smoke and flash
bombs! It has (XP/750) of each, to a maximum of 5.
2. Behavior Ninjutsu: Yes. It can perform ninjutsu, somehow. Despite
Each summoner calls upon their own shinobi cat, who will be the cats referring to these as "nyanton" techniques, they are
a faithful companion in times of need. While handseals are actually perfectly ordinary jutsu. The jutsu usable are
out of the question, these cats train diligently to master the explained below. The cat can use 4+(XP/2000) ninjutsu per
shinobi arts in their off-time! battle.
==================== Quick: Your cat is fast! It adds (XP/1000) to its Accuracy,
along with its dodge and parry rolls, to a maximum of +4.
Saboteur: Your cat shows up with a grappling hook, rope,
3. Attributes set of cat-sized lockpicks (with a +2 bonus, if it matters) and
(XP/1500) type 2 exploding tags.
Vitaity: 400 Shuriken: Your cat now shows up with holsters for
STR: 40 shuriken! This unlocks the "shuriken throw" ability below.
RES: 50 Your cat carries (XP/100) shuriken into battle with it.
CHA: 40 Sword: It's more of a knife, really, considering their size.
DEX: 60 But to them, it's a sword! Katanas are common, though some
AGI: 80 will use combat knives or straight-bladed swords. This
unlocks the "sword attack" ability below.
Accuracy: 15
Dodge: +6
Damage Bonus: 2.0
Movement: 3 yards per IC
Athletics: +10
Awareness: +5
Espionage: +5
Stealth: +10
Survival: +5
Devoted
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same contract will not work against one another, two ninja
cats, if summoned by enemies in a battle, will fight one
4. Abilities another!
Standard Actions
Ninja cats can use the dodge, parry, move, block, and hide
actions, as described in the Combat chapter of the PHB.
Agility (Speed 0, 5 AP)
This ability can be activated at any time, including after the
cat is attacked but before its defense has been declared. It
ends any immobilization penalties it's suffering from, and
makes it immune to that source (a specific instance of a jutsu,
for example) from then on. This does not apply to 'internal'
penalties--ones caused by poison, for example.
Cat Paw Strike (Speed 10)
Your cat punches, kicks, or occasionally claws, someone! This
is a basic unarmed taijutsu attack dealing 2d6 Blunt or
Slashing damage. If your cat has the Neko-ken attribute, this
is reduced to Speed 6 and adds a Stun 2, and its damage is
raised to 4d8. Its damage bonus is multiplied by 10, rather
than 6, even at this lower Speed.
Nyanjutsu (Speed Variable)
The cat can perform various ninjutsu techniques after it has
the "ninjutsu" attribute. They are as follows: Kawarimi
(Speed +2): This is declared after the cat is hit by a technique
and partial defense applies; its dodge is increased to speed 4
(and must remain a valid interrupt for this to be used), and
the cat dodges entirely, having left behind a wooden figurine
of a cat with its tongue stuck out in its place. Bunshin (Speed
6): The cat creates three clones, which follow the normal
rules in the E-rank Bunshin ninjutsu, with the following
exceptions. The cat is always hidden amongst the clones, as
each clone is capable of attacking, though only one may act at
a time. Henge (Speed 5): The cat may turn into any object of
approximately the same size, following the normal rules for
the E-rank Henge jutsu. Genjutsu Kai (Speed 10): The cat
may use this on itself or its summoner. Shunshin no Jutsu
(Speed 2): The cat may perform this as if it had (XP/200) AP,
a maximum of once every 20 IC. Utsusemi (Speed 0): The cat
can use this, for all the good it does.
Shuriken Throw (Speed 4 + X)
Your cat throws up to X shuriken. It may target up to X/4
people with this attack (dealing full damage), receives +X/5
Accuracy, and increases its damage bonus by X*0.2. X has a
maximum of (XP/250). Cats cannot use normal shuriken,
only special shuriken crafted to be usable by creatures
without opposable thumbs (which they acquire via the
"Shuriken" attribute).
Sword Attack (Speed 12)
Your cat attacks with its sword! This does require the
"Sword" attribute. This weapon deals 8d10 Slashing
damage, and follows normal rules for weapon attacks.
Additionally, it has a +3 bonus when being used to parry
other weapons.
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Summon: Nekomata
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
====================
1. Summoning
Legend says that once a cat has lived long enough its tail will
split in two and a nekomata will be born. Whether or not
that's the origin of these creatures is hard to say, but doubtful.
Nekomata are slightly bigger than a very large housecat,
and have the features and coloration of any ordinary breed of
cat, though grey and black are the most common colors. They
all posssess a pair of long, sinuous tails, and commonly walk
on air at face level. When not actively moving about they tend
to lounge on people's shoulders or heads, often in the most
awkward or uncomfortable way possible for the recipient.
Chakra: 30
Speed: 18
Seal Speed: 20
====================
2. Behavior
Nekomata are happy to assist in confusing and tormenting
the summoner's enemies. They're capable of deploying
mirages and illusions with skill rivaling most shinobi,
taunting and frustrating their victims. That said, they're much
more cat-like than some of the contract's other animals, and
will typically refuse to perform menial tasks. Nekomata are
highly intelligent and can understand human languages,
though cannot speak them.
If asked to engage in direct combat the cat will do so
reluctantly, and fight to the best of its ability. However, the
summoner runs the risk of it getting bored and leaving
without any warning.
====================
3. Attributes
Athletics: +10
Awareness: +15
Resistance: +10
Stealth: +20
Chakra Exhaustion: +12
Levitate
The Nekomata is capable of floating, and spends most of its
time walking or sitting on empty air. It ignores any effects
associated with the condition of the ground, or requiring it to
be in contact with it.
Small
The Nekomata is the size of a very large housecat. It takes
half damage of area-of-effect attacks, but any knockbacks its
suffers are doubled.
Trickster
By raising their Chakra cost by 10, the Nekomata can replace
its genjutsu roll with 1d20, and the defender's roll with
1d20+4; this is declared when an appropriate ability is being
used. Uniques, abilities, and doujutsu do not provide their
normal benefits. The Iron Curtain technique still works, and
similarly the Nekomata receives any bonuses specific to
individual abilities it uses. Additionally, the Nekomata itself is
immune to any targeted genjutsu.
====================
4. Abilities
Cremation (Chakra 16, Speed 6, 4 AP)
This applies an Ignite 1 to everyone present in battle, as pale
blue, ghostly flames briefly flicker over them.
Spirit Flame (Chakra 10 * X, Speed 14)
The nekomata creates Xd4 wisps of hovering blue fire. You
may pay 2 AP to have the Nekomata launch one of these at a
target, using its normal Accuracy +3. After somebody's been
hit by Spirit Fire, they can't be targeted by it again until at
least 5 IC have passed.
Anyone struck by a Spirit Flame suffers Ignite 5 and Burns
3. Both those statuses will stack with multiple uses of Spirit
Fire, increasing the victim's current severity (from this
source) appropriately. By raising the cost to attack with a
flame to 5 AP, you may use your Accuracy in place of the
Nekomata's; you may do this no more than once every 10 IC.

Vitality: 800
STR: 20
RES: 40
CHA: 100
DEX: 60
AGI: 80
Accuracy: 32
Dodge: +24
Genjutsu: +18
Damage Bonus: 4.0
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 Phantasmal Flames (Chakra 16, Speed 10, 8 AP) The movement occurs even if its genjutsu roll failed. To
This multiplies the number of Spirit Flames present by 1d4. anyone who passed their roll, or later finds it, the Nekomata
Any 'extras' created this way are just illulsions. For example, is fully visible; to anyone else, it remains invisible. The "Point
if there were 3 Spirit Flames, and you rolled a 3 on Out" action has no effect when used against a Nekomata
Illusionary Flames, you would wind up with 3 real flames, hidden this way. If it uses Spirit Flames or Cremation it will
and 6 illusions, for (3*3) 9 total. If you use this ability again, it immediately exit stealth; however, attacking with an already-
replaces (rather than adds to) any currently-existing created Spirit Flame only reduces its Stealth TN by 4.
phantasmal flames. As with an ordinary genjutsu, victims receive a cumulative
Whenever you attack with a Spirit Flame, after it's bonus to defend against this technique for each time they've
determined if your attack would have hit (and your opponent been affected by it in combat. Unlike normal genjutsu, this
has used, and paid for, their defense appropriately), roll 1dX, effect doesn't end if the people who the Nekomata is hidden
with X being the total number of flames. If it's in the lower from are wounded.
(number of real flames), a real flame hits--if not, the attack ====================
was an illusion. You do not pay the AP cost to attack with a
spirit flame, and the illusion is destroyed.
In the above example, you would roll 1d9. On a roll of 1-3, 5. Terms of Contract
an actual Spirit Flame would have been launched. On a roll of Of the animals summoned by the feline contract, nekomata
4 - 9, it would be an illusion. are the closest to 'normal' cats in terms of behavior. They're
Mirage (Chakra 25) fickle, lazy, easily distracted, and prone to randomly becoming
The Nekomata may perform the Double False Surroundings bored. Any time it uses one of its abilities (other than Mirage,
technique (C-rank genjutsu), with an additional +5 bonus to which has its own rules) there's a 5% chance that it will lose
its genjutsu roll. The Nekomata does not need to pay the interest and unsummon itself.
Upkeep for it, though it ends if the Nekomata is
unsummoned. This may only be used out of combat.
Whenever it uses this ability, there is a 25% chance that it
will, rather than accompanying the summoner, choose to
lounge nearby and watch its illusion for the next 2d8 hours
before unsummoning itself. If the illusion is dispelled before
then, the Nekomata will still unsummon itself, but the
summoner will somehow, intuitively know that someone
removed the illusion.
Illusion of Death (Chakra 16, Speed 10, 8 AP)
An illusion which causes the victim to suffer from, essentially,
a dangerously overactive imagination. Whenever faced with
an impending attack, they briefly imagine fatal or otherwise
crippling outcomes: senbon piercing their trachea, a sword
cutting their head clean off, a fireball leaving them a charred
corpse, and so forth. This applies a Stun 4 whenever they
take a defensive Interrupt action. This follows all normal
rules for genjutsu.
Displace (Chakra 15, Speed 4, 4 AP)
Rather than actually avoiding an attack, the Nekomata
confounds its assailant with a clever illusion. This may be
used as a defensive interrupt, in place of a dodge. The
Nekomata makes a genjutsu roll against its attacker; if it
succeeds, it dodges the attack. If it succeeds by 10 or more, it
may then specify a new target within the attacker's range
(including how far they can move as part of their attack), and
redirect the attack at them. Someone defending against this
technique does not receive the normal cumulative bonus to
genjutsu rolls from being affected by a technique repeatedly.
Vanish (Chakra 20, Speed 10, 6 AP)
The Nekomata makes a Genjutsu roll with a +10 bonus.
Anyone who fails their defensive genjutsu roll loses sight of it;
it immediately becomes invisible, enters Stealth 3, and moves
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Summon: Rakshasa Accuracy: 48
1. Summoning Dodge: +32
2. Behavior Genjutsu: +46
3. Attributes Stamina: +15
4. Abilities Chakra Exhaustion: +25
5. Terms of Contract
==================== Damage Bonus: 12.0
Movement: 2.6 yards per IC
1. Summoning Athletics: +30
Despite appearing in many myths, it's unclear what exactly Awareness: +35
rakshasa are; descriptions of their appearances and behavior Chakra Control: +35
are wildly inconsistent, from giant black tigers with vicious Espionage: +35
fangs and claws, to cannibals with flaming eyes and hair, to Research: +20
cruel spirits in human form. Of course, it's also possible that Stealth: +35
several of those depictions are true, as rakshasa are also Survival: +35
rumored to be capable of changing their form as easily as a
human would change clothes. Dark Mind
When called upon by shinobi, however, they tend to follow Though a Rakshasa's mind is not too different from a
a consistent appearance, that of a tall man (even 'female' human's to affect with genjutsu, doing so can be risky.
rakshasa apparently take on masculine bodies) with the head Attempting to influence its mind risks the person doing so
of a tiger, retractable claws at the ends of their fingers, and suffering a painful feedback through their chakra, typically in
orange-and-black fur across their bodies. Most are dressed in the form of a sudden wave of horror. If a Rakshasa is targeted
robes, typically red and gold in coloration. Some look noble, by a genjutsu and rolls an 11 or above on its defensive
others feral and violent. genjutsu roll, the person who targeted it automatically loses 1
Willpower. If they have no Willpower remaining, they instead
Chakra: 50 suffer a Stun 10.
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 30 Spirit Siphon
Unlike most summons, the Rakshasa may spend Willpower--
==================== or, more specifically, its owner's. This can be done any time
Willpower would normally be spent, with the usual effects. If
2. Behavior the Rakshasa betrays its summoner (see Treachery, below) in
combat, it will always use Spirit Siphon on the attack made
A rakshasa's behavior and demeanor varies as wildly as their against them.
appearance, and so there's no way of knowing whether the Treachery
creature summoned genuinely intends to assist the Unlike most summons, Rakshasa will sometimes turn
summoner to the best of their ability, or is only helping them against the ninja who called upon them--but there's no way of
for the opportunity to sabotage their goals later on. As such, knowing that one is planning to do so until it's too late. Every
summoning a Rakshasa is a calculated risk in most time the Rakshasa is given a task, or acts in combat, there is
circumstances. a 10% chance that it will somehow turn against the
All Rakshasa can speak any human language (and some of summoner. This could mean informing people who it was
unclear origin) flawlessly and without accent; while some sent to spy on that the summoner is nearby, or sabotaging the
sound refined and others harsh and guttural, these seem to path it was sent to scout; in combat, this check is made
be personal affectations on the parts of the rakshasa whenever it attacks. If the 10% chance takes place, it instead
themselves. attacks the summoner with the same technique. After the
==================== Rakshasa betrays their summoner this way, it will disappear
(often cackling evilly as it does so); after five checks have
3. Attributes been made without betraying the summoner, that particular
Rakshasa will not do so for the remainder of the time it's
summoned. Additionally, Rakshasa will not betray
Vitality: 2000 summoners with 6000 or more XP.
STR: 100
RES: 110
CHA: 140
DEX: 120
AGI: 130

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 ==================== The Rakshasa takes a step forward, then dissolves into wisps
of pitch black smoke and the smell of charcoal; moments
later it reappears with the same show of smoke, striking from
4. Abilities its own personal darkness. This augments one of the
Banishment (Speed 6, Chakra 30, 4 AP) Rakshasa's melee attacks (Rake or Soul Rot), and modifies its
This technique can be used in response to any attack which parameters accordingly. Between the time the action is used
targets the Rakshasa, including area-of-effect techniques and when the Delay ends, the Rakshasa cannot be targeted;
whose radius it's in. The Rakshasa traces a mandala in mid- after the Delay, it reappears on the battle field, in range of
air, the symbols etching themselves in ghostly flames, and the whoever its target is. When a Shadow Step attack is used, the
offending objects are removed. Used against ninjutsu, the Rakshasa does not need to specify its target. When the Delay
technique disappears completely, as if it had never been used ends, it appears behind its target; this can target anyone who
(though any costs are still paid). Against weapon taijutsu, the within 200 yards and not in Stealth when Shadow Step was
weapons vanish; unique weapons (ones not from the used. Entering Stealth, creating clones, or moving away
Equipment section of the PHB) reappear 2d100 yards away during the Delay will not prevent the Rakshasa from finding
from the Rakshasa, in the opposite direction from the its mark. When Shadow Step is declared, the Rakshasa can
attacker. Melee attackers instead reappear 2d20 yards in a either sacrifice 10% of its maximum Vitality for a +4 bonus to
direction of the Rakshasa's choosing. Accuracy, or 20% for a +8 bonus.
Burning Chains (Speed 12, Chakra 40, 8 AP) Soul Rot (Speed 18, Chakra 40, 15 AP)
The Rakshasa levels a gaze at a target and speaks in an The Rakshasa makes a melee strike against a victim, but
incomprehensible language; the flames around that person rather than dealing a vicious blow lightly rakes its claws
lift themselves off the individual's body and form chains of across them--and in doing so, bestows a potent curse upon
dark red fire and burnt iron, anchoring the unfortunate soul them. The unfortunate recipient will begin experiencing a
to the ground. This can only target someone suffering from horrid pain across their body--and, more pressingly, start
Ignite, and cannot be defended against, though the Rakshasa dying rapidly. Every IC that passes, they lose 20 HP. This
must be able to see the target, and it has a range of 50. All persists until the Rakshasa is unsummoned, the victim falls
Ignites on the target are suspended, and instead converted below 0 HP, or the Rakshasa's summoner orders the creature
into Immobilization penalties; Ignite 8 would become -8 to end the effect. If a Rakshasa uses this on the summoner
Immobilize. The "Ignite" continues to decay at its normal after betraying them, the effect instead persists until the
rate, but effects which remove or reduce Ignite don't work summoner's HP falls below 0 or a Contract Seal is applied to
(since it's an Immobilize, not an Ignite). Removing the them.
Immobilize penalty from Burning Chains causes the
Rakshasa's Upkeep to end, and the Ignite to return. If the
Rakshasa betrays its summoner when ordered to use
Burning Chains, it first transfers all Ignites from the target to
the summoner, and then uses Burning Chains.
Immolate (Speed 16, Chakra 50, 10 AP)
With a single gesture, the Rakshasa lights its victim ablaze.
This applies an automatic Ignite 10; it cannot be blocked,
parried, or stopped with ninjutsu-based defenses (such as
Ocean Shield). It can be dodged, though doing so is done at a
-10 penalty. If used against summons, this deals damage as a
percent of their maximum Vitality (as if it was damaging HP
under normal Ignite rules), rather than current, and is
reduced at half the normal speed (RES/40 rather than
RES/20). Immolate has a range of 40 yards, or 80 yards if
used against a summoned creature.
Rake (Speed 12, Stamina 15, 2 AP)
The Rakshasa slashes someone with its claws. This deals
12d20 Slashing damage, ignores armor, and inflicts a Bleed 8
status.
Shadow Step (Speed +4, +Delay 8, +6 AP)

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Summon Avatar: Byakko
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
====================

1. Summoning
A mythical creature, Byakko is said to be the guardian of the
west, and the symbolic representation of autumn,
righteousness, and iron. The actual, physical Byakko is also a
white tiger large enough to crush houses under a single paw,
possessing a roar that can flatten trees and a ferocious gaze
that can send all but the mightiest opponents fleeing in terror.
Chakra: 60
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 40
====================

2. Behavior
Byakko is the Lord of Beasts, the apex predator of the land. In
his eyes, he is the almighty emperor of the world; all other
animals, and even shinobi, are his subjects. He is a stern, but
magnanimous ruler, free of contempt, scruelty, or scorn for
his 'subjects'--his lordship of them is only natural, in light of
his all-eclipsing power.
Even other summoned avatars are viewed not as equals by
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Summoning Contract:
Hare
Hares (including rabbits, but really, what ninja knows the
difference?) are the least adept in battle of all the major
species of summoned animals. Much like their wild
counterparts they are not predatory and have no natural
defenses beyond their ability to flee (which they are, to be fair,
quite good at).
That alone ensures that most ninja do not consider the
rabbits worth the time and effort involved in fostering good
relations with them. Still, some go to the trouble of doing so.
Hares are kind-hearted creatures, but not weak-willed.
They will not tolerate a master who takes delight in causing
others suffering, or who is unwilling to attempt to resolve
issues peacefully. Similarly, when confronting enemies who
they view as genuinely evil, the few combat-capable
summoned rabbits display a shocking degree of
remorselessness.
====================
Access
800 XP: A Small Rabit
1200 XP: Diplomatic Immunity
1600 XP: Summon: Jade Rabbit
2000 XP: Hare of Inaba
2400 XP: Summon: Yojimbo
3000 XP: Sanctuary
4000 XP: Summon: Satsu no Usagi
4500 XP: Summon: Tsuki no Usagi
Techniques
--( Kuchiyose: Chiisana Usagi -
Summoning: A Small Rabbit )--
It does exactly what it says: summons a small rabbit. These
are remarkably docile and friendly creatures, and an
exception to the standard that summoned animals won't
simply wait around at their summoner's leisure.
The rabbit cannot talk, and lacks any obvious supernatural
talents. It likes carrots and lettuce, and will allow itself to be
carried around and petted at the summoner's leisure.
Chakra: 10 + X/2
Speed: 5
Seal Speed: 10
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: If anyone attempts to attack the rabbit or its
summoner it flees immediately, leaping away before
disappearing in a puff of smoke.
However, whenever there is someone hidden within 10+X
yards who the summoner doesn't know about, the rabbit will
tense up begin shaking, going very still as its ears perk up.
--( Gaikou Tokken - Diplomatic
Immunity )--
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Attempting to negotiate as a ninja is a risky prospect, because
as often as not the people you try to talk to really don't care
that you have a white flag, and would rather jump and murder
you than listen to you explaining why violence really isn't
necessary.
This technique creates a wooden pendant, a circle with
three carved hares inside it forming a triskelion of sorts,
which can only be worn by the summoner (and, if not put on
within a minute, crumbles to dust). So long as it's worn, they
have significant protections against hostility, though in
exchange must live up to their own set of standards.
The pendant's design looks something like so:
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Chakra: 30
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 60
Effects: Anyone attacking, hindering, or taking other hostile
actions against you has a -15 penalty to any associated
Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls, and a -5 penalty to
their Accuracy and other offensive rolls against you.
Additionally, during this technique's duration you gain 100
DR.
However, you cannot attack anyone who hasn't attacked
you first or take other hostile actions that aren't in self-
defense. You may not hide (via Stealth) unless it's during
battle. You cannot enter any buildings, camps, or other
guarded areas without first making your presence known to
the owners, occupants, or guards (as appropriate) and
receiving their permission.
If you break the restrictions of this technique, the wooden
pendant shatters and its effects end immediately. When this
occurs you automatically advance two Fatigue levels; this
increase in Fatigue cannot be avoided.
You can also take the pendant off, in which case it simply
crumbles to dust. The pendant must be worn obviously; you
cannot tuck it into a shirt or otherwise deliberately hide it. If
you do so, or if you attempt to actively goad people into
attacking you (to inflict its penalties on them before you
retaliate), it breaks. The pendant will not last longer than 6
hours.
 Effects: Taking any sort of offensive action within the area
--( Inaba no Usagi - Hare of Inaba )- is prohibited, as is deliberately launching attacks into it.
- Offensive actions include all attacks and targeted genjutsu,
According to legends, the goddess Amaterasu was once whether or not they deal damage. Setting explosives and
wandering the land looking for a place to rest for the night. modifying the terrain for combat (for example, the A-rank
As the story goes, she was approached by a rabbit which took Yomi Numa, or Katon explosive clouds) are offensive actions.
her to the town of Inaba, and for its kindness she gave it her Breaking this rule carries a harsh penalty: Anyone who
blessings. does so has a -10 penalty to all their offensive actions,
It's rather hard to believe that the story's true, the rabbit including Accuracy, genjutsu, Stealth and Awareness rolls,
was real, and it's still alive and available to be summoned--it's Toxicology and Chakra Control rolls to inflict status effects,
more likely that 'Hare of Inaba' is the collective term given to and parry rolls made as part of 'counter-attack' moves (such
these large (for rabbits) white rabbits, though more as Halting Blow). This lasts for as long as they're in the
supersticious people are hesitant to harm them all the same, sanctuary field, and one hour afterwards.
as the myth claims anyone who does so will incur the sun Once a person has violated the sanctuary's restrictions,
goddess' wrath. they can be attacked and otherwise subjected to offensive
actions with impunity; anyone attacking them is not breaking
Chakra: 25 the rules of the sanctuary. Anybody who aids them, however,
Speed: 10 such as taking a hit for them or giving them supplies mid-
Seal Speed: 15 battle, is similarly affected if they do so within the field.
Effects: This summons a white rabbit which cannot speak. This lasts X/4 hours, to a maximum of 12. The summoner
When it's called, the summoner asks it to guide them to a may not choose to end it early, and is subject to the same
location of their choosing. This may be a place the summoner restrictions and penalties as anyone else.
is familiar with, or a descriptive (rather than specific)
location; "The other side of this mountain range" or "The
nearest town" would both be acceptable, but "The enemy
camp," or "The nearest group of shinobi hiding from us"
would not. In short, it could not be used to find a person or
group that doesn't want to be found or whose existence the
summoner isn't aware of.
However, it will then flawlessly lead the summoner and
anyone with them, at a pace equivalent to a brisk walk (or
slower, if necessary), to the chosen location so long as it's
within a week's travel. It will lead them around all ambushes,
traps, snares, hidden enemies, and so on. If it reaches a point
where this is impossible (there is only a single bridge
crossing a river and there are explosives planted on it, or
enemies waiting to attack on the other side) it will stop and
sit there, shaking, until either the threat is dealt with or it's
carried through the 'danger zone' by its summoner.
If the rabbit is attacked, it flees instantly, though there may
be more to this story of a 'curse' befalling those who attempt
to injure it than most shinobi believe. However, attempting to
use the rabbit as a 'shield' of sorts (summoning it in battle as
a deterrent to someone attacking you or the area near you) is
a Breach of Contract.
--( Seiiki - Sanctuary )--
Following the hare's ideals of nonviolent resolution of
conflicts, this technique facilitates peaceful negotiations by
ensuring that those who attempt to use diplomacy as a cover
to ambush or attack their enemies are punished for doing so.
How the technique works at all puzzles shinobi, as it doesn't
have similarities to any known sort of jutsu.
After the technique is completed, the entire affected area
somehow seems lighter and more peaceful. Anyone inside its
boundaries instinctively knows that hostility is not welcome,
and has a marked aversion to any such actions.
Chakra: 25 + X
Range: 0
Area: 100 + X*2
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 80
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 Summon: Jade Rabbit 4. Abilities
1. Summoning Standard Actions
2. Behavior The Jade Rabbit may use Dodge, Move, and Block as
3. Attributes described in the Combat chapter of the PHB, without their
4. Abilities summoner needing to spend AP.
5. Terms of Contract Blinding Flash (Speed 10, AP 12)
The Jade Rabbit is a beacon of hope but also one of light!
==================== This technique uses the C-rank Raiton Taiyoken

1. Summoning Bite (Speed 8, 4 AP)

Chakra: 15
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 12
====================
2. Behavior
Said to be the rabbit who lives under the moon, it only comes
out at night. One of the caste of direct minions of the avatar,
he is the moonlight to the avatar's moon in actuality. You
should not summon the Jade Rabbit during the day, it is too
busy sleeping and if you do it has dire consequences (Read
below). It actually floats around and can help you find
anything touched by the moonlight. It will not attack unless it
is attacked first.
====================
Not an amazing combatant, the Jade Rabbit usually gets out
of dangerous situations using it's teeth. A bite inflicts 4d6
piercing damage and is considered a basic unarmed attack.
The Jade Rabbit bite is far more painful than it is actually
damaging and if used in a grapple, it gets a +10 to the check
to escape the grapple.
Burning Brilliance (Special)
If you do, in fact, summon the rabbit during the day, it
appears in a spot 1d12 Yards away from you in a random
direction (Chosen by rolling a D8 and north, north-east, etc).
Once it appears there it bursts into flames and suddenly
combusts, unsummoning itself in a burst of fiery flames, the
blast counting as a C-rank Katon that does 8d20 damage in
an 8 yard AoE centered on the Rabbit. The Rabbits damage
bonus is trippled and if it hits the user, it deals double
damage.
====================

3. Attributes 5. Terms of Contract

The Jade Rabbits are a straightforward bunch and will stick
Vitality: 650 around with you as long as you need their light and as long as
STR: 20 it's not day time! If you do summon one during the day it will
RES: 40 stay for the duration of one combat and then not be
CHA: 100 summonable for 30 Days OOC.
DEX: 60
AGI: 80
Accuracy: 30
Dodge: +22
Genjutsu: +14
Damage Bonus: 3.0
Movement: 3 yard per IC, Floating
Athletics: +15
Awareness: +18
Resistance: +10
Stealth: +5
Chakra Exhaustion: +14
Shining Light
While under the moonlight the rabbit emits a bright light, this
shines out for 20 yards and anyone in stealth is revealed, but
while this light shines you cannot stealth either.
Elusive Target
The rabbit is small and has the luck of the moon! It has
access to the Ninjutsu, Kawarimi. It also takes no damage
from AoE attacks where it isn't the sole target.
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 For every Yojimbo after the first present on the battlefield, all
Summon: Yojimbo the others receive +3 Accuracy, an additional +2 to parries, +2
1. Summoning to Take the Hit, +1 to their damage bonus, and -1 to their AP
2. Behavior costs. This stacks up to five times (when there are six
3. Attributes Yojimbo present).
4. Abilities ====================
5. Terms of Contract
==================== 4. Abilities
Standard Actions
Yojimbo may use Dodge, Move, Parry, and Block as described
1. Summoning in the Combat chapter of the PHB, without their summoner
Literally meaning 'bodyguard', the yojimbo is just that. It's a needing to spend AP.
three foot tall bipedal white rabbit wearing a blue haori, black Iajutsu Strike (Speed 10, AP 15)
hakama, and straw sandals, with its ears tied together by The Yojimbo can make a quick strike as their first
white cloth an an imitation of a topknot. Yojimbo hares each unsheathing, it gains an additional +3 Accuracy
carry a single katana. They have hands, rather than forepaws, Defensive Formation (Speed Variable)
complete with opposable thumbs. Protecting a target is their bread and butter, well-trained
Chakra: 15 + X * 10 Yojimbo keep their targets alive, it is their honor and their life.
Speed: While there are two or more Yojimbo present, they can use
Seal Speed: 25 the ability Defensive Formation, Total Defense, and Guard, as
detailed in the Physical Abilities
You summon X Yojimbo, up to a maximum of 3. ====================
====================

2. Behavior 5. Terms of Contract

Breach of Contract: > Killing an enemy who surrendered or
Trained as unified bodyguards, the caste of Yojimbo are the has been rendered incapable of causing harm (i.e.
warriors who protect the lesser rabbits. They are trained in unconscious or otherwise incapacitated). > Threatening or
martial skills and despite their size can pack quite a punch. killing hostages or innocent bystanders. > Initiating combat. >
They each wear swords and will fight for you though will not Pursuing retreating enemies (unless they have, for example,
attack the innocent. stolen something or kidnapped a person, and you need to
==================== retrieve it).
An exception: If an enemy surrenders, and then turns on
3. Attributes whoever they surrendered to, the Yojimbo will not object to
their death. Indeed, the hares will fight fight to kill that enemy,
and any of that enemy's compatriots in that encounter, unless
Vitality: 850 explicitly told not to.
STR: 30
RES: 50
CHA: 60
DEX: 80
AGI: 70
Accuracy: 32
Dodge: +18
Parry: +26
Genjutsu: +10
Damage Bonus: 3.0
Movement: 3 yard per IC, Floating
Athletics: +15
Awareness: +12
Resistance: +15
Stealth: +10
Chakra Exhaustion: +12
Compatriots

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 Summon: Satsu no Usagi 4. Abilities
1. Summoning Sharp Teeth (Speed 8, AP 10)
2. Behavior And he can leap about! When you use this attack, you can
3. Attributes move up to 40 yards. This does 5d20 damage, and after you
4. Abilities calculate it fully out, you double the total. In addition, it
5. Terms of Contract counts 50% higher for the purposes of wounding. It inflicts
Slashing wounds and if it every inflicts a critical head, roll
==================== 1d20. On a 20, the opponent's head comes clean off and they
die.
====================
1. Summoning
From the deepest parts of the plains the hares roam, Satsu 5. Terms of Contract
no Usagi is a loner, a singular, powerful entity who has always
been a force to be reckoned with. The rest give him his space Summoning this creature is actually considered a Breach of
but he still manages to lash out occasionally. Contract for the hare contract itself; the Murder Rabbit can
still be summoned during the regular Breach of Contract
Chakra: 45 period, which does not count as a 'new' offense (the rest of
Speed: 10 the contract will be usable again after the three OOC week
Seal Speed: 25 period from the initial summoning of the Murder Rabbit).
==================== Once the Rabbit has been summoned it cannot be dismissed
until it has taken at least one human life.
2. Behavior
As soon as Satsu no Usagi is on the field, he will attack the
closest target besides you. If there is no other target? He will
attack you. He will continue to kill until he can't find anyone.
No one can escape his wrath.
====================

3. Attributes
Vitality: 1500
STR: 50
RES: 70
CHA: 80
DEX: 100
AGI: 150
Accuracy: 45
Dodge: +35
Genjutsu: +40
Damage Bonus: 17.0
Movement: 5 yard per IC
Athletics: +15
Awareness: +35
Resistance: +15
Stealth: +0
Chakra Exhaustion: +20
Bad-Tempered Rodent
The mind of this rabbit is very singular. It is immune to Stun,
Genjutsu, Immobilize, and takes half damage from Bleed,
Ignite, or any other damage over time type ability.
Elusive Target
The rabbit is small and has the luck of the moon! It has
access to the Ninjutsu, Kawarimi. It also takes no damage
from AoE attacks where it isn't the sole target.
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 More commonly, however, shinobi will call upon it for its
Summon Avatar: Tsuki no other famous skill: the rabbit is probably the greatest
apothecary alive. It can produce restorative elixirs, medical
Usagi poultices, antidotes for any known poison (and probably
1. Summoning some that aren't known), and, supposedly, that mythical "elixir
2. Behavior of immortality." The lack of immortal shinobi suggests that it
3. Attributes does not, in fact, confer immortality, however.
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
====================

1. Summoning
The Moon Rabbit is a large rabbit, though not in the same
way that most summoned avatars are: it's barely two feet long
from nose to tail. The rabbit has downy white fur, and keenly
intelligent jade-green eyes. When summoned, it typically
appears sitting upright on its haunches, with a mortar and
pestle in front of it (how it handles the pestle with its paws is
quite the mystery, though it seems to have no trouble doing
so). When the rabbit speaks, it does so with a soft, serious,
androgynous voice.
Chakra: 40
Speed: 40
Seal Speed: 40
====================

2. Behavior
The hare avatar is not exactly a pacifist, but it does refuse to
engage in combat (if it would even be able to defend itself is a
largely academic question). Some summoners claim that
they've been able to get it to negotiate with the avatars of
other contracts, both leaving the field of battle, but even if the
Moon Rabbit is willing to do that, it probably doesn't
appreciate being used as, essentially, a glorified bargaining
token.
The rabbit is not exactly friendly, though 'amicable' might
be a fair description. It's a fairly serious creature, and while it
will make an effort to be helpful to its summoners, it won't
appreciate being treated like their personal dispensary or
advisor on a regular basis. Despite its diminutive stature, it's
still a summoned avatar.
====================

3. Attributes
According to legends, the Moon Rabbit lives on, well, the
moon, where it prepares a magical elixir which grants the
gods their immortality. This is probably not that rabbit,
though there are certainly similarities.
The Moon Rabbit has extensive medical knowledge, and
can identify almost any malady which might be affecting
someone, and suggest treatments for almost any condition. If
called upon to provide consultation for medical matters, it
will freely do so, and its advice will almost always prove
excellent. Though it won't stay for more than a few hours,
that's enough time to coordinate the actions of an entire
hospital for maximum efficiency, and set up highly effective
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Summoning Contact:
Monkey
Primates are often seen as some of most intelligent of
animals, in part because of their human-like appearances and
mannerisms, a fact even more apparent in their shinobi
counterparts. At the same time, monkeys are also known to
be belligerent and irreverent, and prone to causing mischief
when it suits them... which is just as true about their more
intelligent, chakra-wielding counterparts.
Shinobi who form a contract with the monkeys need only a
great deal of patience, but a healthy appreciation for satire
and an ability to laugh at their own misfortunes (of which
there will likely be quite a few) are necessary to avoid going
mad with frustration.
What sets monkeys apart from most of the counterparts is
that they're capable of performing actual ninjutsu, complete
with handseals. Not all of them can, and they don't have as
wide a variety of techniques as actual shinobi, but it's still
quite an impressive accomplishment compared to other
animals (having human-like hands helps, no doubt).
The Avatar of the monkeys is the legendary Monkey King
Enma, known to command a great deal of respect even from
the avatars of other summonable species--other than the
Queen of Spiders, Tsuchigumo, with whom he has a long-
standing enmity. Among his more famous traits is his ability
to transform into the Adamantime Staff, a legendary weapon
said to be without equal.
====================
Access
800 XP: Monkey Messenger
1200 XP: The Threefold Tools of the Monkey
1600 XP: Partner Monkey
2000 XP: Substitution Monkey
2400 XP: Three Great Monkey Statues
2500 XP: Summon: Handsome Monkey Prince
4000 XP: Summon: Pillar-Supporting Monkey
6000 XP: Summon: Monkey King Enma
Techniques
--( Saru Tsukai - Monkey Messenger
)--
A small capuchin monkey dressed in a suit appears before
the summoner. He bows politely, and usually follows that up
with something bothersome, such as throwing a rock at a
bystander, poking someone in the leg with a stick, baring his
hindquarters at his summoner, or some other form of mostly-
harmless message.
Having done so, the monkey then waits to be a given a
message. The monkey can carry any small written document,
or even recite a verbal message--though it's best to be wary of
the latter. While the monkey will faithfully and accurately
deliver all the information, he'll also add plenty of extra
insults (directed at both the recipient and the summoner).
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As a messenger, Tsukai is reliable in the sense that
eventually he'll deliver whatever he was supposed to, and he's
incredibly hard to catch. On the other hand, he can be far
slower than most animal--for that matter, most human--
messengers, given his propensity for taking 'breaks' and
slacking off for upwards of a week at a time.
Once the message is delivered, Tsukai will 'inform' the
summoner of this in the form of a prank--usually getting
something shoved down the back of their pants or having a
banana thrown at the back of their head, before the monkey
vanishes. Now, if only he'd put that talent to use in delivering
his messages.
Chakra: 20
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 10
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: The monkey can carry a trio of normal-sized
scrolls, or any similar-sized objects--or even a small knapsack
or other container (meaning it's not limited to just messages),
and will bring it to a destination or person of your choice. If a
person, you must tell the monkey where to look for them.
In combat the monkey hides after receiving the message,
with a prodigious stealth bonus of +40. After hiding the
monkey will proceed to run away at a speed of 3 yards every
IC. If attacked it defends with a +20 to dodge, and has 100
Vitality.
Message delivery time is inconsistent at best, thanks to
Tsukai's nature. No matter the distance he's sent (within the
shinobi nations), the message takes 3d10 days to be delivered.
This has nothing to do with difficulty getting there, and
everything to do with Tsukai getting distracted and slacking
off whenever he pleases, regardless of how important his task
may be.
More than a few summoners are annoyed by Tsukai's
unreliability, but, well... what can you do?

--( Sarusanbaigu - The Threefold
Tools of the Monkey )--
A long time ago, there actually were three tools, each with
three abilities. Its was a catchy name, and accurate! Over
time the monkeys picked up more tools, but haven't seen any
reason to change the technique's name. A summoner trying
to explain to them that it should be changed will be treated as
if stupid by whichever monkey he happens to be speaking to.
Really, it's best to just not bring the subject up.
Chakra: 15
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 10
Effects:
This summons a single item from the list below. Unlike most
summoning techniques, there is no direct limitation on how
often you may perform this one. However, each of the tools
has its own duration (how long it will stay around before
vanishing in a puff of smoke, even if you were busy using it),
and its own amount of time you must wait before summoning
that particular tool again.
This does mean that you could, if you needed, summon all five
of the tools one after another in a single situation. Each of the
tools can be targeted even if you're carrying it (treated as a
called) shot. They have 100 Vitality and 100 DR, and vanish
when their Vitality reaches 0.
= Kinaikagi - Golden Skeleton Key
=
An ornate (really, gaudy) golden key with a handle sculpted to
resemble the face of a monkey, complete with two small ruby
eyes, and two prongs shaped like miniature grasping monkey
arms, with the keys of teeth being the monkey's fingers.
Curiously, it is able to fit keyholes of any size, though getting
it to actually open the locks takes a bit of work.
The key functions as a +5 set of lockpicks that is always
completely silent and never breaks. Additionally, it can be
thrown at a lock within STR/4 yards. Using it this way
requires an Espionage roll to "pick" the lock without the
normal +5 bonus, as well as an Accuracy roll needing a (20 +
1 per yard the lock is away) to actually hit the lock. If
successful, whatever was being targeted is immediately
unlocked--though the key must be retrieved (or
unsummoned).
The golden key can be summoned for up to an hour, once
every month (4 OOC days).
= Saruhisa - The Monkey's Gourd =
A small but highly polished and lacquered calabash gourd
with a cap at the top and a bright scarlet rope to secure it to
one's belt, the monkey's gourd doens't look like it should be
able to hold more than half a gallon of liquid. Sometimes, it
holds less; other times, it holds... much, much more. When
summoned, the user can choose one of three liquids for the
gourd to be filled with: water, sake, or an elixir. Regardles, the
gourd can be summoned once a week (OOC day).
Water: The small gourd actually contains 20 gallons of water
that can be used in jutsu, or for any normal purpose. The
gourd lasts for 1 hour and can be refilled, but anything other
than water put into it will curiously spill out despite the
holder's best efforts.
Sake: Possibly a good reason to sign the monkey contract on
its own, the gourd can pour out what amounts to one shot of
sake every minute for 12 hours straight. After taking a drink
(Speed 5) the user has to make a Resistance roll against 10 +
1 per drink after the first. Failure leaves them at a -1 penalty
to Accuracy and skill rolls, stacking with itself. It's not all bad,
though, as they gain a DR equal to the number of drinks
they've had. This lasts for one hour per drink, and after it
wears off leaves the most incredible, devastating, world-
ending hangover any human is likely to experience.
Elixir: Supposedly a magical elixir, maybe just a special
mixture of drugs. The elixir is meant for consumption by
monkeys (who often face retribution for their mischevious
pranks), but works for humans as well. Taking a drink (a
Speed 10 action) allows a Resistance roll with a +2 against
any status you're currently afflicted by which originally
allowed one, against the original difficulty.
This only works against things requiring a status roll, and
negates only the penalties caused from failing. Succeeding
against a poison would end its effect entirely, while
succeeding against Dragon Fire Technique would lower the
Burns and Ignite by half their original severity; any damage
already taken (or similar) is not undone.
The elixir lasts for 50 IC. Passing it on to someone else is a
Speed 5 action.
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 = Gentou - Magic Lantern =
An ornate golden lantern; the top and bottom are in the shape
of hexagonal cones, and the body has six gold-framed glass
faces, with golden designs of monkeys engaged in various
activities inlaid in the glass; when turned on in pitch
blackness, this produces crisp shadow-outlines of the
monkeys on nearby walls.
Inside the lantern is a golden flame that can be coaxed bright
or darker with a whisper. The bottom of the lantern can be
unlatched and opened, revealing some incomprehensible
mechanical devices which, with a bit of experimentation, will
raise internal shutters up to cover any combination of the
glass panes (though, really, those shutters shouldn't be able to
fit in there...). If you close all the shutters and ask the lantern
to help you, it will open the shutter that is currently pointing
north--letting it function as a compass. The light it sheds can
change to any color you request.
By manipulating the shutters this can act like a lamp, a
flashlight, or anything inbetween. It can illuminate a radius
up to 40 yards (as a lamp), or a narrow cone up to 100 yards
long (as a flashlight). It can shine in a smaller area by
dimming the flame.
Finally, if left in a spot and asked to look like a person it can
create a vague illusion of a general type of person, large man,
small child, thin woman; essentially a body shape and
age/gender. The illusion can be seen through with an
Awareness check of 10, +1 per yard away from it. This only
works in poor lighting (such as at night), and uses up the
lantern's duration 10 times as fast. The illusion can be
performing any basic physical task, but nothing elaborate and
nothing requiring it to move more than ten feet from the spot
the lantern was set down at.
Gentou lasts for up to 10 hours before vanishing in a puff of
smoke (or up to 1 hour if used as an illusion for the whole
duration).
The rope has a DR of 100, but can only take 10 damage
before snapping. The segment closest to the summoner
remains, while the rest vanishes in a puff of smoke. The rope
can be thrown up to 50 + (the results of an Athletics roll) feet.
Golden rope is also great for tying people up, giving a +20
bonus to the Espionage roll (instead of just +10).
Golden rope will last for an hour, or eight hours if
immediately used to tie somebody up. It can be summoned
against one month (4 OOC days) later.
= Maitatsu Tsue - Dancing Staff =
A long, gnarled walking stick, sturdy and sizable enough to be
used as a bo staff by the summoner. It has the normal
properties of a bo staff (from the Equipment chapter), plus a
few unique characteristics.
If disarmed or discarded, the staff hops back up to a vertical
position of its own volitiong and begins to pogo back to the
summoner. The staff starts moving 1 IC after it's been
disarmed, and moves 1 yard per IC; when moving like this, it
can be 'picked up' as a Speed 0 action. Immobilization
penalties slow it down normally.
If grabbed by anyone else the staff will wait 5 IC before
striking them in the face and bouncing free, applying a Stun 4
effect and resuming its trip back to its summoner.
Outside of combat, if propped up and told to 'stay' it will do
just that. The staff will stand straight up, or at any improbable
angle, as if held by an invisible force. It's virtually immovable
like this, and can be used in all sorts of creative ways--such as
hopping on top of it and posing dramatically.
The staff can be summoned for up to four hours, once every
two weeks (2 OOC days).

= Kinnawa - Golden Rope =

Created from golden monkey hairs braided into a thick rope,
the Kinnawa is long enough to be used as an improvised belt
when it appears. At the summoner's command it can extend
or shorten again, and despite it's gaudy tassels on the ends it
is very tough.
By far the best trick is that it can be thrown up into the air
will it will anchor itself to something handy (like the edge of a
roof) or absolutely nothing at all, at which point the
summoner can climb up it; alternately, it could be thrown
across an opening, and the other end anchored as well (on
the ground, ideally) to let it be used like a tightrope. The
summoner can cause the rope to un-anchor itself simply by
willing it to do so while giving it a sharp tug.

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--( Migawarizaru - Substitution
Monkey )--
Migawarizaru is summoned in response to an attack, the
monkey taking the hit for the shinobi. Or, rather, one of his
many clones does; a puff of smoke engulfs the 'ninja' who was
just hit, revealing them to be a monkey, before that monkey
vanishes in another puff of smoke. Moments later duplicates
of the summoner begin appearing across the battlefield, each
of them cloned monkeys disguised as the summoner via
Henge no Jutsu. One of them is the summoned monkey
himself, indistinguishable from the rest. In the ensuing
confusion the summoner is free to either escape the battle, or
take advantage of the situation to strike.
Chakra: 32
Special: Interrupt
Speed: +6
Seal Speed: 10
Effects:
Migawizaru functions similarly to Kawarimi. You may use it
after failing to dodge a technique, so long as partial defense
applies. So long as the dodge's new total Speed (including the
+6 from Migawizaru, and its Seal Speed) would allow it to be
used as a valid Interrupt, you may pay 10 AP to fully dodge
the attack and use this technique. As a reminder, while you
could use AP to reduce the final Speed of Dodge + Migawiaru
to 4 (2+6 = 8, to a minimum of half that with AP), the modified
Seal Speed, if above 0, cannot be reduced this way.
After the substitution is used, the monkey himself appears
along with seven more clones on the battlefield, each of them
disguised as the summoner and carrying on with some form
of obnoxious antics. The summoner may choose to either
immediately attempt to enter stealth (with their opponent(s)
receiving an immediate Awareness roll against their Stealth
roll), or automatically hide among clones as with a normal
Bunshin technique.
When the clones are targeted, roll 1dX; X is equal to the
number of clones remaining, plus 1 for Migawizaru, plus 1
more if the summoner is hidden among them. On a roll of 1,
the Migawizaru is hit and they all vanish. If the summoner is
hidden among the clones, 1 hits the summoner (and all the
clones vanish, along with Migawizaru) and 2 hits Migawizaru.
Each of these techniques has a "(30 - X)" in its Chakra cost. X
is the number of IC which have passed since the last time you
summoned one of the three statues, with a minimum of 0.
Thus, if you summoned one at the beginning of the battle, it
would be Chakra 30; if you summoned another 50 IC later, it
would also be Chakra 30; and if you summoned the last
statue 10 IC after that, it would have a Chakra cost of 50.
--( Iwazaru - Speak No Evil )-- The first monkey appears as 10
yard tall statue that looks to be made out of a gleaming metal
of some sort. The statue is that of a sitting monkey covering
its mouth with its hands.
Chakra: 30 + (30 - X)
Area: 100
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 20
Effects:
The statue has 1000 Hit Points, and a Damage Reduction of
200 which applies against all thrown weapons other than
Fuuma Shurike and Large Star Shuriken.
Anyone within the area who speaks, or spends AP to control
the actions of a summoned creature, loses half their current
AP (after any such expenditure) and gains no AP the next
time the initiative count reaches a multiple of 20. Taking any
action with a Speed above 10 also incurs this effect, unless
the shinobi is careful to be quiet, which amounts to taking a
-2 immobilization penalty for their action. After suffering the
statue's effects once, a shinobi will be able to figure out what
will cause them from then on.

--( Daisan Enchouzou - Three

Great Monkey Statues )--
Technically a trio of separate summoning techniques, each
one calling a separate giant stone monkey statue. The story
behind these statues varies depending upon who you ask, but
in the case of the actual summoning contract they serve as a
conduit for the summoning of the Handsome Monkey Prince
(or maybe he's just too vain to show up until the summoner's
gone through the effort of calling the statues; really, it could
be either one).

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 --( Kikazaru - Hear No Evil )--
Another 10 yard tall statue, this monkey seems to be crafted
of a solid white marble. It appears sitting atop the previous
statue, hands covering its ears.
Chakra: 30 + (30-X)
Area: 100
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 20
Effects:
When Kikazaru is summoned, everyone present on the
battlefield receives a "Curse Counter", with its value starting
at 0. Whenever someone takes an action, their counter is
raised by that action's Speed. Every time the IC reaches a
multiple of 10, the statue 'checks' to see who has the highest
Curse Counter. That individual (or those individuals, if there's
a tie) suffers a -4 immobilization penalty, and has their
Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion penalties doubled.
Appearing as a small brown capuchin, the Partner Monkey is
a simple creature summoned to provide assistance with
small tasks. Being of such small stature and with little to no
combat skills, the Partner Monkey is quite skilled at sneaking
into tight spots and stealing small objects.
Chakra: 25
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 10
====================
2. Behavior
One of the few monkeys that can't speak, the Partner Monkey
can easily understand most orders, and if treated well it will
be happy to follow any that don't put it into danger. Not
helping out of the goodness of it's own heart... the Partner
Monkey likes to be given treats. Fruits and candies are
usually enough to get it to perform most any task that it
doesn't think is immediately dangerous.

The immobilization penalty lasts until a new individual is

cursed (and the Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion penalties
double each time, if the same person is the victim repeatedly),
or the statue is destroyed or unsummoned.

--( Mizaru - See No Evil )--

The final statue appears atop any previous statues, creating
quite the impressive display being 30 yards tall when all three
are in play. Also 10 yards tall, the statue appears to be made
of a white wood, the monkey's hands covering its eyes.
Chakra: 30 + (30-X)
Area: 100
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 20
Effects:
Whenever anyone in Mizaru's area inflicts a wound on
someone else, they suffer a -8 visibility penalty for 10 IC, +10
per level of severity of the wound (20 for a minor, 30 for a
major, etc.). This ends prematurely if the statue is destroyed
or unsummoned.
Multiple afflictions from this statue don't stack. Longer
durations overwrite shorter ones.
Partner Monkey
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
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1. Summoning

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situation, the Summoner can send the Partner Monkey out to
scout an area. This works by giving the monkey a general
3. Attributes location to scout out and choosing how long they wish the
monkey to be gone. The Partner Monkey can move 3 yards
Vitality: 400 per IC towards the location. Once there the monkey does a
STR: 20 quick search(using up 0 IC), but can also use 6 more IC to do
RES: 40 a search actions. When declaring a scouting action you may
CHA: 20 choose to set a time for the monkey to return in which case it
DEX: 60 will only have scouted the area it was able to reach before
AGI: 60 have to come back... or you may have the Partner Monkey
Accuracy: 30 simply go to an area and search a few times(your choice)
Dodge: +20 before coming back. Note that the speed of the action is
Damage Bonus: 1.3 based upon how far the Partner Monkey has to travel(and
Athletics: +15 travel back from) as well as time spent searching. Upon it's
Awareness: +10 return, the Monkey will perform a sort of pantomime that for
Espionage: +15 some reason the Summoner is able to understand and gain
Resistance: +5 general details about the scouted area. These details include:
Stealth: +20 general terrain, prescence of enemies(that it saw using
Almost Tireless awareness), and any obstacles.
Partner Monkeys do not need to make Stamina or Chakra
Exhaustion rolls for their actions. Instead, they reduce their Monkey Mission (Speed Variable, 5 AP per action/skill use)
current Vitality by (Stamina or Chakra cost)*3. They do not Similar to the Scout action, the summoner sends the Monkey
normally accumulate penalties to Stamina or Chakra on a non-dangerous mission utilizing it's skills. This could be
Exhaustion; if they have penalties from an outside source as simple as hopping over a fence and undoing a latch from
(such as Suffocation or some poisons), add those to the the other side to as complicated as scaling a building,
effective Stamina or Chakra cost to determine how much unlocking a window, opening a safe, and finally stealing a set
Vitality they lose. of plans before coming back. Like scouting, the Partner
Monkey can move 3 yards per IC and requires 10 IC for each
Dextrous Fingers use of a skill other than awareness. The Monkey can be sent
A Partner Monkey has small hands with powerful fingers, on a wide range of missions, but be warned that if it senses
allowing it to pick locks without the use of any lockpicks. any danger it can't be sure to avoid it will abandon the
mission and return rather than braving the odds.
Extraordinary Reflexes Perform Ninjutsu (Speed Variable, Variable AP)
Given the monkey's agility, it can dodge attacks as a Speed 0 The Partner Monkey can actually perform a small selection of
interrupt. Ninjutsu, or be commanded to perform them at a set time.
The Partner Monkey has a Seal Speed reduction of 6, and
Small does not use Stamina or Chakra rolls when using the Jutsu it
The Partner Monkey is very small and light, being able to knows. Instead, subtract (Chakra Cost)*3 from the Partner
move while still maintaining Stealth 2. In addition, all Monkey's Vitality whenever it uses a Jutsu. The Summoner
knockback effects have their efficacy doubled. has to spend AP equal to 1/2 the speed of the jutsu(including
the remaining seal speed). =Jutsu Known= Ninjutsu: Henge
==================== no Jutsu : Limited to a small wind up monkey toy with
cymbals.
4. Abilities Ninjutsu: Genjutsu Kai : Can use on the summoner, but only
Standard Actions if commanded to.
Partner Monkey may use Dodge, Move, and Block as
described in the Combat chapter of the PHB, without their
summoner needing to spend AP. Fuuton: Soujikaze no Jutsu : Clearing out smoke and mist.
Bite (Speed 8, 4 AP) Fuuton: Kazekiri : Cutting ropes or making openings in thin
Not an amazing combatant, the Partner Monkey usually gets barriers.
out of dangerous situations using it's teeth. A bite inflicts 4d6
piercing damage and is considered a basic unarmed attack. Fuuton: Rakuyou Buyou : Escaping once it sees danger.
The Partner Monkey's bite is far more painful than it is
actually damaging and if used in a grapple, it gets a +10 to the
check to escape the grapple. Fuuton: Nagare : To leap down from extreme heights.
Scout (Speed Variable, 10 AP)

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5. Terms of Contract
The partner monkey has been known to refuse a mission if it
does not receive a treat or trinket as payment when
summoned or given particular taxing tasks (most ninja
capable of summoning it will keep a bag of peanuts or a few
shiny beads around, for just this purpose).
If the summoner knowingly sends the monkey into danger
(deliberate combat, or as a decoy), the partner monkey will
immediately leave, and this will be considered a Breach of
Contract. Even afterwards, the monkey will be grumpy when
summoned, and require heavy condolences (bananas work
wonders) before listening to the summoner at all.
Being summoned to help the summoner when they're in
genuine, dire need (meaning the summoner is already
fighting, and doesn't, for example, immediately hide or flee
once the monkey shows up) is acceptable, but the monkey
does not like it and will only perform up to four actions (be
they attacks or jutsu) before it protests and leaves in a puff of
smoke. Again, it will require an 'apology' in the form of gifts
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 In combat, the Monkey Prince actively mocks and humiliates
Monkey Prince his opponents, dancing around and delivering alternating
attacks and taunts. He expects his summoner to stand back
and simply watch as the Prince does his thing, unless the
1. Summoning Prince is being attacked by a summoner and a summoned
2. Behavior creature simultaneously--in which case he expects the
3. Attributes summoner to assist him.
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract ====================

==================== 3. Attributes
Vitality: 2200
1. Summoning STR: 100
The Handsome Monkey Prince (or, "Tansei Sarukou") has an RES: 100
almost human stature, bipedal and close to six feet tall, CHA: 100
resembling a man with the fur and tail of a monkey. He's also DEX: 120
possessed of incredibly good looks, disarming charm, and AGI: 120
phenomenal wit... or, so he tells it. He appears dressed in a Accuracy: 35
bright red breasplate, bracers, and greaves, along with fine Dodge: +30
black pants and a gaudy golden belt. Damage Bonus: 6.0
Athletics: +30
Chakra: 120 Awareness: +25
Speed: 30 Espionage: +20
Seal Speed: 15 Resistance: +15
The best way to summon the Prince is to first provide a Stealth: +25
fitting demonstration of one's admiration for him by Extraordinary Reflexes
summoning the Three Great Monkey Statues. If one is Given the Monkey Prince's agility, he can dodge attacks as a
present on the battlefield, his Chakra cost is reduced to 100; Speed 0 interrupt.
if two are present, it's reduced to 80. If all three statues are Golden Flip
present in battle, it only costs 40 Chakra to summon the The Monkey Prince suffers no penalty to dodge area of effect
prince. techniques, and upon succesfully dodging one can move to
any edge of the area automatically.
When he's summoned, the statues vanish. The statues Tireless
themselves cannot be summoned while he's present on a The Monkey Prince does not need to make Stamina or
battlefield. Chakra Exhaustion rolls when he acst(other than performing
jutsu). If forced to by an outside force (such as Suffocation),
==================== they have +10 to their rolls.
Independent
2. Behavior The Monkey Prince is too vain to be given orders by the
Summoner. Instead the Monkey Prince will simply attack
Most believe the Monkey Prince added the 'handsome' to his anyone immediately hostile to his loyal subject(the
own name, a testament to his own pride and vanity. summoner). In addition, the Monkey Prince acts of his own
volition, not requiring AP from the summoner.
When summoned, he will 'politely' ask the summoner to
stand back and watch him handle the problem at hand. The
more of the statues that were summoned before he was, the
more politel he'll be. With all three having been used to
summon him he'll show up ready and enthusiastic to jump
into a fight, so long as the summoner doesn't try to boss him
around. Without any having been used the Monkey Prince
will be positively snobbish, and will only fight on the
summoner's behalf if said summoner shows him great
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 Mountain-Conquering Pride
If pitted against another summoned creature, the Handsome
Monkey Prince receives a bonus to his Accuracy, dodge, and
skill rolls equal to (the minimum listed XP needed to
summon that creature)/500, and an increase to his damage
bnous equal to (that amount of XP)/1000, to one decimal
place as usual. If its XP level is 4000 or higher, he does not
pay any cost when using his ninjutsu against them.
If fighting a person, these bonuses instead come from that
individual's actual XP (sub-total XP, in the case of clanless). If
fighting both people and summons (or multiple of either), he
only uses the highest bonus.
Peerless Champion
The monkey prince uses only a fraction of his real strength in
order to give his opponents a sporting chance, and if
someone exceeds his expectations will raise them
accordingly. Every time one of his attacks misses, he gains +2
Accuracy for the rest of the battle. Every time he fails to
dodge an attack, he gains +1 dodge for the rest of the battle.
Finally, every time the damage from one of his attacks is
completely prevented (such as by DR, or the Earth Shore
Return technique) his physical and ninjutsu damage bonuses
are both increased by 2 for the remainder of the battle.
====================
4. Abilities
Standard Actions
The Monkey Prince may use Dodge, Move, and Block as
described in the Combat chapter of the PHB.
Strike (Speed 8)
Skilled with using his hands, feet, tail, and most other parts of
his body as a weapon the Monkey Prince can strike pretty
hard when he wants to. While he could hit much harder than
he does--he's strong enough to lift mountains overhead, he'll
assure his summoners--he prefers to goad his opponents with
weaker, glancing blows. A strike from the Prince does 10d10
Blunt damage, as a basic unarmed attack.
Golden Cloud (Speed 4)
The Monkey Prince is well known for his flying Golden
Cloud, and for the listed speed he can summon it to his side
and hop on. It is, as its name suggests, a small opaque golden
cloud, about four feet across. The Prince can sit or stand on
it; anyone else simply falls through. On the cloud the Monkey
Prince has a +3 bonus to dodge and can move 5 yards every
IC. If he makes an attack or uses a jutsu he dismounts from
the cloud, and has to call it again to receive its benefits.
Despite its ability to fly, the cloud can only reach an altitude of
30 yards. The Prince claims this is an arbitrary limit he has
imposed upon it in combat, to make fights more fair for his
opponents.
Decoy (Speed 5, Interrupt)
When attempting to dodge against a melee-range attack and
gaining only a partial success, the Monkey Prince can spend
50 Vitality to avoid the attack entirely and leave a clone
behind. The prince immediately makes a Stealth roll with a
+15 bonus, opposed by his opponent's Awareness. On
success, the Prince is hidden and the opponent thinks the
clone is the prince.
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The clone will call the opponent names, taunt them, and
dodge attacks until it's hit--at which point it's destroyed, as
with a normal clone, and the enemy will realize what
happened. However, the Prince will still be hidden!
Perform Ninjutsu (Speed Variable)
The Monkey Prince knows ninjutsu! It's mostly something he
learned because it was interesting, but he got bored and
stopped learning jutsu after picking a few Katon and Fuuton
techniques. He could learn all the ninjutsu if he pleased, but it
would be much too troublesome.
He reduces Seal Speeds by 12, and does not make
Stamina or Chakra rolls when using jutsu. Instead, his
current Vitality is reduced by (Chakra cost)*3 whenever he
performs a jutsu. The Prince knows the following techniques:
=Jutsu Known= Fuuton: Wind Release Stream Fuuton: Great
Breakthrough (generally used to knock people away before
they get close, for harassment purposes) Fuuton: Violent
Wind Palm (he doesn't carry any throwing weapons) Fuuton:
Wind Turtle's Shell Fuuton: Vaulting Leap Katon: Flame
Flower Katon: Sticky Fire Technique Katon: Grand Fireball
Katon: Great Dragon Fire
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5. Terms of Contract
The Handsome Monkey Prince is extremely vain and self-
important. If the summoner doesn't show him proper respect
and deferential treatment (flattery always helps), the Prince
will get annoyed and leave. There are many nobles who
aboslutely abhor sycophants, but the Handsome Monkey
Prince is not one of them. The more the summoner praises
and fawns over him, the more the Prince will like the
summoner and enjoy being called out to assist them.
In combat, once the Monkey Prince is summoned he will
expect the summoner to stand aside and let the Prince fight.
If the summoner tries to help the Monkey Prince will tell him
to stop, and step aside; if the summoner continues, the
Prince will get angry and leave.
That being said, if his enemy goes out of their way to attack
the summoner, the Prince won't object to them defending
themselves or retaliating. Similarly, if he's fighting a
summoner and their own summoned creature, he won't mind
his own summoner helping him. However, in other situations
he'll want to fight alone (or possibly with the help of other
summoned monkeys), even if outnumbered.
Pillar Monkey
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
====================
1. Summoning
Guardians against evil, Munamochisaru ("Pillar-Supporting
Monkeys") are strong enough to act as pillars and hold the
roofs of massive shrines up. They're enormous, more than
forty feet tall and rippling with muscles; despite being often
mistaken for apes, they are, in fact, giant monkeys. These
enormous, brown-furred creatures are far more serious than
most of their kin, some of the most dutiful and honor-bound
of their species, and prove quick to defend their summoners.
That said, they're not much use for anything that doesn't
involve brute force. Being a forty foot tall monkey sort of... has
that effect.
Chakra: 40
Speed: 25
Seal Speed: 25
====================
2. Behavior
Supposedly, the Munamochi-saru can speak and perform
handseals like other monkeys can--however, none of them
ever seem to do so. They understand orders, and seem to be
quiet intelligent, but say nothing in response, usually just
gruffly nodding their heads, occasionally grunting in
affirmation, and solving problems with their muscles.
They're quick to use their size and strength to defend the
summoner and any of the summoner's friends or allies.
They'll also actively defend the pure and innocent, even
without orders (this almost always includes children; adults
are another matter entirely). They usually have no qualms
about attacking the summoner's enemies, but will try to
minimalize collateral damage, as they're very capable of
tearing up massive areas of the landscape when they fight.
====================
3. Attributes
Vitality: 4500
STR: 180
RES: 140
CHA: 100
DEX: 120
AGI: 120
Accuracy: 46
Damage Bonus: 20.0
Athletics: +30
Awareness: +35
Espionage: +15
Resistance: +25
Stealth: +10
Extended Range
Munamochi-Saru have a 10 yard attack range, which is still
melee due to their large size.
Huge
Munamochi-Saru cannot be tripped or knocked airborne, and
any knockback effects have their efficacy reduced by half.
However, they also cannot dodge or block.
Tireless
Munamochi-Saru do not need to make Stamina or Chakra
Exhaustion rolls when they act. If forced to by an outside
force (such as Suffocation), they have +25 to their rolls.
====================
4. Abilities
Standard Actions Munamochi-Saru may use Move as
described in the Combat chapter of the PHB, without their
summoner needing to spend AP. They may use Take The Hit
normally, but commanding them to do so costs 4 AP.
Monkey Smash (Speed 10, 4 AP)
The giant monkey punches, claws, or kicks those that it's set
against. This deals 14d20 Blunt or Slashing damage, and is
considered a basic unarmed attack.
Ground Pound (Speed 20, 8 AP)
Balling up both fists, Munamochi-saru slams both hands into
the ground or upon a downed opponent in a hammering
motion. Chakra is poured into the ground and it shatters,
opening up around the monkey before it hops back out of the
area. This strikes an area of 40 yards with a penalty of -2 to
accuracy. It deals 28d20 damage and is considered Unarmed
Taijutsu. If used on a prone target, Ground Pound's damage
is considered 150% higher for inflicting wounds. th a -2
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As Munamochi-saru are such a huge and imposing monkeys,
most think of them as apes. However, they are in fact still
monkeys, and as such have tails. A tail sweep usually involves
the monkey feinting forwards ominously with one arm, then
whipping their tail out to sweep an opponent off their feet.
This attack only does 6d12 damage; if it hits, the victim next
gets an Awareness roll against the monkey's Accuracy. If they
pass, they suffer a Stun 2. If they fail, they're left prone as per
the E-rank Trip taijutus.
Tail Sweep always rolls Accuracy, using 1d20+36. If it
knocks someone prone, the Munamochi-saru can pay 5 AP
and immediately follow up with a Ground Pound (at its
normal AP cost, and adding its normal Speed to when the
monkey will act next) at that target, using its Tail Sweep
accuracy wi
Monkey Pillar (Speed 3+X, Interrupt, X AP, Chakra 10+2*X)
In addition to acting as living pillars, the Munamochi-saru are
quite capable of creating them. Driving their hands into the
ground (be it loose earth or solid stone), they can lift a solid
wall or pillar in front of them. Even if used on dirt or sand, the
pillar will be hardened into solid stone when it's raised this
way.
This is used as a defensive Interrupt, automatically
succeeding and blocking up to X*100 damage. Any damage
over thi amount carries through to the Munamochi-saru. This
is treated as a Doton ninjutsu, and takes double damage from
Raiton, but only half from Sution. Anyone within five yards of
the monkey will also be protected by this wall. It can only be
used against attacks originating 10 yards or more away from
the Munamochi-saru.
====================

5. Terms of Contract
The pillar-supporting monkeys are not dim-witted, but are still
fairly simple creatures. As long as the summoner doesn't ask
them to do more than use their brute strength and size,
they'll get along just fine.
The one thing they will never do is harm pure-hearted
innocents, and attempting to convince one to do so knowingly
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Summon Avatar: Enma
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
====================

1. Summoning
Enma is an eight foot tall, white-furred monkey with a body
structure similar to a human, allowing him to walk upright
and swing from limbs like an ape. He wears a black suit with
mesh armor underneath, and to top it off a sleeveless kimono
made of tiger fur with white trim and held closed with a sash.
He usually has a very grumpy look on his face.
Chakra: 65
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 35
====================

2. Behavior
Monkeys are somewhat fickle and it can be quite a
complicated process to gain their trust. That said, once the
Monkey King has grown fond of someone (a long process) he
will treat them as a member of his monkey troop and fight
fiercely to protect them. That said, Monkeys have plenty of
better things to be doing with their time and Enma doesn't
like being summoned for frivolous purposes.
Having grown quite old and cantankerous, Enma will only
answer a summons if the summoner's life is on the line.
Where that line is drawn is dependent on how well he knows
the summoner in question. He also has a long-standing
unfriendly rivalry with the Spider Queen Tsuchigumo, and
will answer any summons to fight her.
Enma does not generally take orders. He'll do what the
summoner needs, but will usually decide for himself how he
wants to go about accopmlishing their goal. The better the
summoner's rapport with Enma, the more closely he'll
cooperate with them. If Enma has faith in his summoner's
abilities, he may even use his ability to transform into the
legendary Adamantine Staff, a weapon said to be
indestructible and possessed of numerous supernatural
capabilities, for his summoner to wield.
In addition, Enma is well-schooled in the ninja arts and has
an extensive suite of ninjutsu he can perform. He actually
outclasses many ninja with his jutsu use. While other Avatars
are immense beasts capable of causing destruction on a
massive scale, the Monkey King Enma is smarter, more
skilled, and able to become an undefeatable weapon in the
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Salamander Contract
Unlike many of the other creatures a Shinobi might form a
contract with, Salamanders care little for the summoners.
They come when called, but that's about it; they can't (or at
least don't) speak, and while they're never reluctant to help in
battle, nor are they eager. They go about it as a matter of
course, suggesting perhaps a still very bestial nature.
While this means that a summoner doesn't have to worry
about offend their summon or incurring its animosity, it also
means that salamanders don't particularly care about looking
out for their summoner. In combat they can be frightening
indiscriminate in the devastation they unleash. An
unprepared summoner can easily get themselves or their
allies wiped out by collateral damage.
To counteract that, and perhaps as an indication that the
salamanders do have something resembling good will
towards those who call on them, before being able to
summon any of the creatures themselves a summoner will
first gain the ability to summon the blood of the beasts, which
has various effects which, when properly applied, can give
them some degree of protection from the creatures they call.
====================
Access
1000 XP: Red Blood
1500 XP: Black Blood
2000 XP: Blue Blood
2500 XP: Summon: Chameleon
3000 XP: Summon: Basilisk
4000 XP: Summon: Ibuse
5000 XP: Summon: Ka Riu
--( Kuchiyose: Akachi - Summoning:
Red Blood )--
You summon a small clay jug filled with thick, viscous red
blood. The blood from this particular salamander species is
known for its incredible flame-retardant properties.
Chakra: 20
Speed: 5
Seal Speed: 15
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: If you take a Speed 8 action to smear the blood
over yourself, you become highly resistant to heat and fire.
For the next 200 IC, you are immune to the Ignite status
effect and any ongoing Ignites will end. You become immune
to Burns, but existing Burns won't be removed. You cannot be
wounded by Katon, and the severity of wounds from para-
elements based on Katon (Shakuton and Futton) are reduced
by one category. Finally, you take 25% less damage from
Katon or its advanced elemental forms.
--( Kuchiyose: Kurochi -
Summoning: Black Blood )--
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You summon a small earthenware decanter filled with a
pitch-black liquid the consistency of water. The blood of this
species of salamander is poisonous--but, a single whiff of the
stuff would be enough to convince most people not to even
consider drinking it.
Chakra: 20
Speed: 5
Seal Speed: 15
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: If you take a Speed 4 action to drink the blood,
you... are poisoned!
This has a Poison 1 effect, with a Duration of 1000 IC.
However, the black blood blocks the action of any other
poisons: while you can be poisoned, so long as the black
blood is coursins through your veins you will ignore their
effects, and their own durations will expire normally.
You may purge the black blood from your system as a
Speed 10 action, by "unsummoning" it.
--( Kuchiyose: Aochi - Summoning:
Blue Blood )--
You summon a small wooden bowl with a tepid, syrupy
substance inside it. If you hadn't figured it out yet, it's
salamander blood, said to have mystical properties!
Chakra: 20
Speed: 5
Seal Speed: 15
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: You may close your eyes and take a Speed 5 action
to coat your eyelids in the blue blood.
For the next 100 IC, or until you open your eyes or wipe the
blood away, you can 'see' despite your eyes being closed,
viewing the world as black and all objects as chalky white
outlines. While disorienting, it's quite effective.
You halve all visibility penalties for the duration, and are
immune to any effects requiring eye contact. Additionally, you
have a +5 bonus to all your Awareness rolls, as this unnatural
sight eliminates most visual distractions.
Summon: Chameleon Vitality: 1000
1. Summoning STR: 100
2. Behavior RES: 60
3. Attributes CHA: 40
4. Abilities DEX: 80
5. Terms of Contract AGI: 80
====================
Accuracy: 35
Dodge: +30
1. Summoning Damage Bonus: 6.6
Even normal chameleons were, in the past, thought of as Movement: 6 yards per IC.
being supernatural monsters, so finding one among the ranks
of summoned animals shouldn't be surprising. Why the Athletics: +15
salamander contract covers something which is technically a Awareness: +25
lizard, and not an amphibian, however, remains mysterious. Resistance: +15
Aloof and uncaring like the other animals it shares a Stealth: +30
contract with, the chameleon serves as ask and then leaves
promptly. The chamaleon is fairly small by the standards of Agile
summoned animals, "only" big enough for two people to The chameleon does not suffer AoE penalties for dodging
crouch fairly inside its mouth with moderate discomfort. area-of-effect techniques, and indeed has a +5 bonus to dodge
With long limbs, a tail that ends in a curling spiral, and some them.
of the strangest eyes of any creature, the chameleon is Bestial
certainly a unique sight. The Chameleon isn't driven by higher desires, and as a result
While regular chameleons can blend in with their it cannot be negotiated or reasoned with. It has a +10 bonus
surroundings, this one can alter the color and reflectiveness to its rolls against genjutsu.
of its skin so well as to be virtually invisible. It can walk
across virtually any surface, and while it prefers to avoid Expert Climber
combat its long, sticky, extendable tongue can be wielded Due to a combinatino of chakra control, grasping claws, and
with stunning speed and deftness. small sticky pads on its feet, the chameleon can climb along
any wall or surface, even upside-down, without any effort. Any
Chakra: 25 immobilization penalties it suffers from the condition of the
Speed: 20 terrain are halved.
Seal Speed: 20 Flee
==================== When the chameleon is fleeing (see "Terms of Contract"), it
has a +5 bonus to dodge, cannot be stunned, reduces all
immobilization penalties by 3, and moves at full speed when
2. Behavior in Camouflage.
Like most creatures summoned by the salamander contract, Large
the chameleon really doesn't care about its summoner. Unlike Given the chameleon's size, it can make melee attacks at a
the others, it's typically not willing to risk injury in battle, range of up to 5 yards.
either. It has no problem being near or even in a battlefield, so Tireless
long as it's not taking any sort of damage or having to defend Chameleons do not need to make Stamina or Chakra
itself. Exhaustion rolls when they act. If forced to by an outside
When it's summoned, the summoner may choose to "bribe" force (such as Suffocation), they have +10 to their rolls.
the chameleon by increasing the Chakra cost by 15. If this is
done, it will stay and fight in combat, albeit reluctantly.
If not, the chameleon will flee as soon as it's injured. It will
gives its summoner up to 10 IC to climb into its mouth before
doing so; if carrying a shinobi, it will turn invisible and try to
run away. If it's not carrying anyone by the end of those 10 IC,
it will simply un-summon itself.
If ever left to wait around (say, outside a building while the
summoner infiltrates it), the chameleon will wander up to
5d10 yards in any direction looking for insects and small
animals to eat.
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3. Attributes

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for every 5 IC the chameleon spends moving, and it cannot
make tongue attacks (Tongue Lash and Wrap-Up) while
4. Abilities carrying someone in its mouth.
Standard Actions Being inside the chameleon's mouth makes it generally
This Summon may use Dodge, Move, and Block as described impossible to affect the outside world, and imposes a
in the Combat chapter of the PHB without spending any of complete loss of visibility, with one exception. Someone using
the summoner's AP. the blue blood can see through the chameleon's mouth, and
Camouflage (Speed 20, 10 AP) view the outside world.9
The chameleon blends into its surroundings, turning almost ====================
completely invisible. While camouflaged it can move at only
half its normal speed, and is in Stealth 2. A camouflaged 5. Terms of Contract
chameleon can Hide as a Speed 10 (5 AP) action, even if the
normal requirements for hiding are not met. When rolling for The chameleon will flee under the following circumstances:
stealth, and dodging in camouflage, the chameleon rolls It wasn't bribed, and it takes any damage.
2d20.takeHighest(1) rather than 1d20. Its Vitality falls below 25%.
Swat (Speed 8, 5 AP) Its tongue is cut off.
Using one is its legs or tail, the Chameleon swings at an
enemy as a last resort to get them away. This inflicts 8d10 When it decides to flee, the summoner has 10 IC to get into
Blunt damage and counts as a basic unarmed attack, which its mouth before it does so. If it has no passengers at that
knocks whoever was hit 3d6 yards away and. point, it un-summons itself. If it does, it enters camouflage as
a Speed 0 action and will no longer take orders from the
Tongue Lash (Speed 10, 8 AP) summoner, and does not use the summoner's AP.
Spitting out its tongue in a frog-like fashion, the chameleon If the chameleon has its tongue cut off while using its
lashes out and smacks a target with blinding speed. This Wrap-Up ability, that summoner cannot summon a
inflicts 6d6 Blunt damage, a Stun 5, and trips anyone who chameleon again for the next 2 OOC weeks, although this is
doesn't pass an Athletics roll against the chameleon's. Used not considered to be a Breach of Contract for salamanders as
against any form of bug or insects (including Aburame a whole.
swarms and Spider summons) this attack inflcits double
damage. This attack has a 20 yard range.
Wrap-Up (Speed 15, 10 AP)
The chameleon attempts to capture and enemy with its
tongue. This attack has a 20 yard range. If this hits, the
opponent has an Immobilize penalty of 1 for every point their
defense failed by (if their dodge was a 31 against the
chameleon's 35 accuracy, they'd be at Immobilize -4).
Someone hit this way cannot move more than 20 yards away
from the chameleon; the chameleon can move only at half
speed while someone is wrapped this way. This lasts until the
chameleon takes an action other than moving or dodging.
The other way to escape is to hit the tongue with a slashing
or piercing attack that does more than 100 damage in a
single hit, which will slice off its tongue (and cause it to flee;
see "Terms of Contract").
Carry (Speed 20 / See Text, Variable AP)
The chameleon is large enough to fit two people inside its
mouth and carry them around; in combat, climbing into its
mouth is a Speed 10 action that requires the person to be
standing directly next to the chameleon, while it's a Speed 20
action for the chameleon to safely close its mouth around
them. There's enough air to last one person ten minutes, or
two people five minutes. After this time is up, the people
inside suffer a Suffocation 1 every 5 IC until the chameleon
opens its mouth.
With its mouth open, the benefits of camouflage are
suspended (reduced to stealth one, doesn't roll 2d20, cannot
hide in plain sight, but it does not break stealth if already
hidden) and the chameleon can only move at half speed to
avoid spilling its passengers out. Out of combat this takes
less than a minute; in combat, it takes 30 IC for the air supply
to be replenished.

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Summon: Basilisk
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
====================
1. Summoning
Basilisks bear a very strong resemblance to the very much
mundane komodo dragon, four legs bowed out nearly parallel
to the ground, leaving it to drag its belly across the ground for
most of its movements while also able to rise up for a
shockingly fast run.
The first difference is that the basically is about as tall as a
shed, and proportionately longer. The second is its coloration.
The basilisk's hide, while leathery to the touch, is iridescent
in coloration, ranging from midnight blue to nearly shining
cyan depending on the angle one views it from. It is, most
people agree, and incredibly beautiful sight to behold... for the
few moments one can view it.
Legends say that the basilisk's gaze can turn a person to
stone, and in reality it at the very least causes a disturbingly
similar effect. Nobody's sure exactly what causes this (it
being rather difficult to test without... turning to stone), but
what is known is that not looking at the creature, and
specifically avoiding seeing its eyes, is able to prevent this
effect.
Chakra: 35
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 20
====================
2. Behavior
Like most salamanders, the basilisk is uncaring in combat.
The deadly gaze of the beast is as harmful as the summoner
to all others, and the basilisk won't take any special care to
avoid petrifying the one who called it into battle.
In combat its preferred tactic is simply to petrify everyone
in sight, but if anyone gets too close or attacks it, it's capable
of lashing out with tooth, claw, and tail. Additionally, people
failing to meet its gaze can make it irritable and aggressive
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3. Attributes
Vitality: 1800
STR: 100
RES: 120
CHA: 60
DEX: 80
AGI: 80
Accuracy: 32
Dodge: +22
Damage Bonus: 8.3
Stamina: +15
Chakra Exhaustion: +10
Athletics: +20
Awareness: +20
Resistance: +20
Bestial
The Basilisk isn't driven by higher desires like many other
summons (and ninja), as a result it cannot be bribed or
reasoned with. It has a +10 bonus to its defenses aginst any
form of genjutsu.
Thick Hide
Basilisks have a Damage Reduction of 60.
Large
Given the Basilisk's building-smashing size, it can make
melee attacks at a range of up to 10 yards. Humans, and
summons without the Large or Huge attributes, cannot
grapple the basilisk.
Obvious
Basilisks are giant amphibians with iridescent skin. They
cannot hide.
Petrifying Gaze
Anyone within 50 yards of the basilisk is vulnerable to being
petrified by its gaze, includin the summoner. Whenever
someone see it, they begin to turn to stone. Every 10 IC they
have their Petrify status increased by 1; there is no direct
defense, resistance roll, or immunity allowed to this, except
as described below.
There are three ways to avoid this. The first is to keep one's
eyes closed, applying a -10 visibility penalty. The second is to
keep one's eyes focused on the basilisk's feet, applying only a
-4 visibility penalty, though comes with a risk. If a ninja is
damaged by an attack while doing this, they have a (damage
taken /10)% chance to have their Petrify status increased by
1. The final method is for the basilisk or the summoner to be
at a -6 visibility penalty.
If one stops using one of those methods, their Petrify
immediately increases by 1, and the "every 10 IC" for that
individual begins taking place based on that time.
Petrify
This is a special status effect. Petrify also applies an
Immobilization penalty equal to its rank, which cannot be
reduced by effects which explicitly reduce immobilization.
Once a person's Petrification status reaches 10 they turn to
solid stone over the next several seconds, killing them
irrevocably. At lower ranks its manifests as an increasingly
severe stiffness and numbness across one's entire body.
In addition, once Petrify reaches 3, the victim's Elemental
Affinity is shifted to Doton. If this was already their elemental
affinity, it has no effect. If it was not, they also receive a
penalty equal to their Elemental Affinity rank to all non-Doton
Chakra Exhaustion and Chakra Control rolls.
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 For example, if you had rank 4 Elemental Affinity: Fire, once
your Petrify reached 3 you would have a +4 bonus to Chakra
Exhaustion and Chakra Control rolls with Doton, and a -4 to
all others--including those related to non-elemental jutsu.
After 50 IC of not having one's Petrify status increase, it
begins to fade at a rate of 1 per 20 IC. Once applied, the
change to elemental affinity will take 24 hours to be reversed.
====================
Removing the bodies also counts as trying to stop it. Doing
this, in addition to causing the basilisk to try to eat the
offending party, constitutes breach of contract if the
summoner is involved in it or fails to help the basilisk drive
off whoever's interfering.

4. Abilities
Standard Actions (Speed as normal)
A Basilisk may use Dodge, Move, and Block as described in
the Combat chapter of the PHB without spending any of the
summoner's AP.
Fang and Claw (Speed 6, 5 AP)
The Basilisk charges, moving up to 10 yards and making a
melee range attack with its fangs or claws inflicting 10d10
Piercing or Slashing damage. This counts as a basic
unarmed attack, and may target up to three people in its
range. If directed against a single target, the basilisk's
damage bonus is increased by 50%.
Stone Glare (Speed 10, 25 AP, Chakra 25)
The basilisk's eyes widen, its scales shimmer, and...
something, happens. Everyone within 50 yards of the basilisk
has their Petrify status raised by 1, even if they're not looking
at it. This will also turn small animals and plants to stone;
after three uses, an entire area is petrified: the ground has
become solid rocks, trees are stone through and through, and
any low-flying birds will fall from the sky. Water is safe from
the effects, but aquatic life is not.
Tail Sweep (Speed 10, 8 AP)
Swinging its large and powerful tail like a scythe, the Basilisk
clears the area behind and around it. This counts as an Area
10 attack that deals 15d8 Blunt damage and inflicts Stun 6,
as well as a 12 yard knockback. The basilisk will often lunge
forwards (moving as part of the attack, in this case, not being
limited to "directly towards" the target) before using this,
allowing it to catch people who were directly to its sides.
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5. Terms of Contract
The basilisk is a fairly simple creature, showing up and
causing havoc; it's intelligent, but without complex desires. It
requires little of its summoner, but its gaze is as liable to
destroy its summoner as it is their enemies.
There is one condition that can be troublesome. If the
basilisk is present when a fight ends (it cannot be dismissed
after one side has surrendered or stood down, or the last
blow has been dealt), it will not be possible to de-summon the
creatures until it's had the opportunity to consume the flesh
of its foes, preferring the living-but-injured over the dead (and
it will eat corpses of allies as well). The basilisk will only leave
after eating 2d10 people, or running out of appropriate food.
It won't eat anyone who is alive and also never injured it
during battle. Anyone who tries to stop it, including the
summoner, will become next on the menu.

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Summon: Ibuse Athletics: +20
1. Summoning Awareness: +25
2. Behavior Resistance: +20
3. Attributes Stealth: +30
4. Abilities Toxicology: +35
5. Terms of Contract Stamina: +15
==================== Chakra Exhaustion: +15
Amphibian
1. Summoning Ibuse takes only 25% damage from Suiton techniques; any
techniques or advanced elemental natures incorporating
Ibuse is an enormous purple-grey beast, large enough to Suiton deal only 50% damage.
swallow a small house between its jaws. He has a pair of
small, dark, beady eyes that often go unnoticed, and his skin is Spongey
always slightly moist. His thick, damp hide has an almost Ibuse has very slippery skin, as well as pourous, spongy flesh.
flabby texture. Blunt attacks deal only 25% damage, Piercing attacks do only
What's particularly unusual about Ibuse is that he is, so to 50% damage, and Katon does 75% damage (though advanced
say, 'unique'--in the same sense that there is only one avatar natures using it still deal full damage). He is immune to
for any given contract, there is only one Ibuse; it's a name, not Burns and Ignite. He cannot be grappled, even by summons
a title or a description. Additionally, of all the salamander prodigiously large enough to accomplish that feat.
summons he is the least bestial in outlook, demonstrating Huge
genuine good will towards his summoner, and even growing Ibuse cannot dodge area-of-effect attacks; instead, he
attached to those who call on him frequently (without abusing automatically blocks them as a Speed 0 defense. Ibuse
that good will). cannot hide (via stealth) due to being enormous. He cannot
be knocked airborne, and any knockback effects have their
Chakra: 45 efficacy reduced by half.
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 25 Thick Skin
Ibuse has a Damage Reduction of 100.
==================== Tireless
Ibuse does not need to make Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion
2. Behavior rolls when it act. If forced to by an outside force (such as
Suffocation), they have +15 to their rolls.
Ibuse is far more agreeable than other salamanders, doing ====================
his best to follow the summoner's orders to the letter. Unlike
other salamanders he will actually form a bond with its
summoners, though he still can't communicate... and given 4. Abilities
the standoffish nature of salamanders as a whole, this means Standard Actions
that Ibuse is agreeable and willingly helpful, not actually Ibuse may use Dodge, Move, and Block as described in the
'friendly' by most standards. Combat chapter of the PHB without spending any of the
Unfortunately, he's still a large, clumsy beast, and still summoner's AP.
incapable of speech. Furthermore, his main method of attack Block (Speed 4, 2 AP)
is fairly uncontrollable, meaning that there's actually very Ibuse may use Block as a Speed 4 Interrupt, even when he
little Ibuse can do to avoid inadvertently harming a hasn't declared that he's blocking for a period of time.
summoner who isn't sufficiently prepared.
==================== Burrow (Speed 10, 5 AP)
Ibuse dives underground, making a Stealth roll with a +10
bonus. From there, Ibuse can move underground, covering 3
3. Attributes yards every IC spent moving; area-of-effect techniques can't
damage him at this point. Once he's been located, an attack
Vitality: 2400 dealing at least 500 base damage will break through to the
depth he's at, ending this technique; he'll automatically block
STR: 100 the technique used against him this way.
RES: 100
CHA: 100
DEX: 100
AGI: 100
Accuracy: 45
Dodge: +30
Damage Bonus: 11.5

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 Smash (Speed 12, 5 AP)
Using his mass, Ibuse aims to stomp a target, slap his tail
down on them, or attack in a similar fashion. This is treated
as a basic unarmed melee attack with a range of 15 yards,
dealing 10d12 Blunt damage and inflicting a Stun 6 if its
victim is wounded by the attack.
Swallow Whole (Speed 8, 10 AP)
If underground and within 5 yards of an enemy, Ibuse can be
commanded to try to swallow them. This counts as a Area 10
attack, and if it hits, the enemy is swallowed up and trapped
inside Ibuse's stomach. While inside, the enemy is subject to
stomach acid that inflicts a Poison 10 status as long as they
are trapped inside. An enemy traped inside Ibuse can try to
force their way out, damaging the stomach as a target that
can't defend itself but with all actions they take having their
normal Speed doubled (which does not increase their
damage). Once at least 1000 damage has been dealt to the
inside of Ibuse's stomach, anyone alive inside has broken out
and can escape. After someone has escaped from Ibuse's
stomach this way, Swallow Whole cannot be used for the
remainder of the battle. This damage is not actually dealt to
Ibuse's Vitality.
Poison Mist (Speed 20, 10 AP, Chakra 25)
Ibuse opens his mouth and exhales a cloud of powerful,
paralytic poison, in the form of a frothing purple mist.
Everyone in a 100 yard radius of Ibuse has to make a
Resistance roll against Ibuse's toxicology, or be poisoned.
Whenever someone enters the cloud, and every 10 IC they
spend in it, they also need to make a Resistance roll. The
cloud itself lingers for 30 IC, after which time it disperses.
Ibuse can only store so much poison at once, and it takes a
while for the chemical reactions that prime it inside his body
to take place; once this ability is used, Ibuse can't utilize it
again for another 100 IC.
Paralytic Poison
Poison: 8
Paralyze: 5
Duration: 50
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5. Terms of Contract
Ibuse is a very kind and caring summon, for a Salamander.
So kind in fact, that Ibuse doesn't even get mad if the
summoner includes Ibuse in area of effect attacks. Ibuse just
takes the hits and keeps on following the summoner's orders.
In other words, catching Ibuse in the crossfire of the
summoner's attacks will not constitute a breach of contract.

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Summon Avatar: Ka Rui
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
====================

1. Summoning
The beast known as Ka Riu is literally legendary--and
according to the legends, is a dragon made entirely of living
flames, a literal force of nature. While very few shinobi have
seen the Salamander Avatar, the general opinion is that they
simply share a name. It's probably not actually an immortal,
primal incarnation of fire.
It does, however, very definitely breathe fire, and there are
certainly people who claim that it can, and does, fly.
Considering how little information salamanders generally
share about themselves, the avatar probably just 'inherited'
the mythical dragon's name due to similarities (flying,
breathing fire, being phenomenally powerful, those things).
Chakra: 50
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 40
====================

2. Behavior
In Ka Riu's eyes, all are equal. It torches anything and
everything in the vicinity where it's summoned. About the
best a summoner can hope for is that the resulting devastaion
will be more damaging to their enemies than themselves or
their allies.
It will accept its summoner's requests for where it should
direct its flames, but will plainly ignore any requests about
trying to avoid certain individuals or minimize collateral
damage. Anyone foolish enough to personally attract the
"dragon's" attention by injuring it will similarly have
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Slug Contract
Slugs are a rarely-seen contract for several reasons. The first,
their temperament doesn't lend itself well to the shinobi
lifestyle; while they aren't pacifists, they're kind-hearted
creatures that feel violence should be used only after all other
reasonable options have been exhausted. The second, they
don't tend towards spectacular displays of violence and
power, which are things virtually all shinobi love. And finally,
they're slugs. Seriously, who wants to brag that they can
summon giant slugs into battle?
All that aside, the slugs themselves tend to be wary of most
summoners' intentions at first. Once they're convinced that
the person summoning them is similarly kind-hearted (which
is not, by any means, the same thing as "unwilling to fight" or
"unassertive"--though it may in some cases go hand-in-hand
with those two) they become some of the friendliest
summons, not concerned with relative status or power like
animals of some others species.
====================
Access
1000 XP: Slug Slime
1500 XP: Summon: Leech Swarm
2000 XP: Medicinal Leeches
2500 XP: Summon: Slug Swarm
3000 XP: Acid Shot
3500 XP: Snail Shell Sanctum
4000 XP: Summon: Rock Snail
4500 XP: Slug Body
5000 XP: Summon: Katsuyu
Techniques
--( Neba no Namakuji - Slug Slime )-
- no detrimental effects from the poison, though this Bleed
The summoner secretes a thin layer of clear, slightly glossy
liquid from their pores, covering their body with it. Despite
being criticized as a 'gross' technique, most users agree that
it's really not that bad, and just feels like being slightly wet,
like having recently come out of a shower. Then again, they
summon slugs, so it's questionable how reliable they are to
begin with.
Chakra: 20
Upkeep: 4
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 10
Effects: All offensive grapple rolls involving you, including
ones to remain in control of a grapple, have a -X penalty; it
does not matter whether you are making them, or the other
person in the grapple. Similarly, any Immobilization penalties
you suffer from for reasons other than poison are reduced by
2.
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While not particularly dangerous to living tissue (which is
good, since the user is covered in it), this slime is highly
corrosive to certain other materials. Any time a weapon
strikes you, its damage dice are reduced by 1; when they
reach 0, the weapon is useless and breaks the next time it's
used to attack anything.
--( Kuchiyose: Yakuyou Hiru -
Summoning: Medicinal Leeches )--
You summon a number of large leeches, which adhere to
either your skin or that of someone willing to have half a
dozen giant leeches sucking their blood (a rather small
portion of the poulation). These leeches perform two
functions: the first, they return some of the extracted blood to
the host, but do so after filtering it, cleansing the recipient's
system of toxins. Additionally, they convert some of the
drained blood into chakra, which the person covered in
leeches is able to draw on in order to rejuvenate themselves.
Chakra: 15+X
Range: Touch
Speed: 8
Seal Speed: 20
Effects: A number of leeches appear on you and begin
draining your blood. You acquire a Bleed X status, which does
not decrease so long as this techniques is maintained.
However, you receive a +X/2 bonus to Chakra Exhaustion and
Stamina rolls. The Bleed status from this effect of Medicinal
Leeches does not impose a Stamina penalty. X has a
maximum of double your ninjutsu damage bonus.
So long as this technique is in place, more leeches will
automatically be summoned if you are poisoned. If you are
suffering from a poison, you suffer a Bleed Y, with Y being
equal to the severity of the Poison status itself; they persist
until the poison is cured (either by reaching its normal
duration, or through other means, such as an antidote), and
then unsummon themselves. While this is in place, you suffer
status does impose its normal Stamina penalty.
You may apply this to another person only if they are
willing or helpless. You, or the recipient, may end the
technique at will. The two possible Bleed effects from
Medicinal Leeches (one to improve your Stamina and Chakra
Exhaustion, and one to negate poisons) are considered
different sources of Bleed.
 The technique persists until the user ends it, or someone
--( Kakusan Satsusei - Acid Shot )-- breaks a hole in the shell from the inside (requiring a total of
Much as it would suggest, you spit out a high-velocity ball of 2000 non-Piercing damage to be done to it). In the former
acid at a victim. Contrary to popular beliefs, and all overused case, everyone appears within 10 yards of them, or the
jokes aside, this actually leaves the ninja using it with nearest safe terrain. In the latter, the snail shell itself appears
incredibly clean teeth and minty fresh breath. there, complete with gaping hole in the side; it vanishes
several seconds later, leaving the passengers behind.
Chakra: 15 + X * 2
Damage: (2+2*X)d12 --( Karada o Kyouda - Slug Body )--
Range: 15
Speed: 8 Not really a summoning in the proper sense, the user causes
their body to take on the spongey quality of a slug's. In
Effects: Unlike other summon techniques, you may use this addition to their skin feeling rubbery, their muscle fibers and
any number of times within a single battle. X is the number of bones become slightly elastic. The effect isn't extreme enough
times it has already been used in that battle; thus, the third to allow things like squeezing through doorways, or prevent
time you used it, it would have a Chakra cost of (15+2*2) = normal combat, but does soften blows relying on the
19. In addition to its listed damage, each hit also applies Acid application of brute force, and the user's rubbery body
5 (described below) to its target. The damage, and severity of becomes more prone to being pushed aside by dangerous
this satus effect, are reduced by partial defense normally. injuries rather than giving way.
Acid Shot deals Energy damage.
Acid (Status Effect) You have acid on you, eating away at Chakra: 30
your body! There's not much to be done about it, and it's more Upkeep: 4
painful than dangerous. Not to say that it isn't dangerous-- Speed: 10
chemical burns suck like that. Whenever you take damage Seal Speed: 22
from something capable of inflicting wounds, its damage is Effects: You reduce all Blunt damage by 25%, and stuns
considered (X*5) points higher for the purposes of caused by attacks inflicting Blunt damage are halved.
determining whether or not you're wounded, and what Additionally, attacks which deal damage types other than
severity the wound is, where X is the severity of your Acid Energy do not benefit from effects which increase their
status. Acid stacks with itself; two Acid 5 hits become Acid damage for the purposes of wounding when used against you.
10. This increase is applied after all other alterations to
damage, including blocking, DR, and percent-based increases
(or decreases) in effective damage for dealing wounds.
--( Kuchiyose: Katatsumari
Butsuden - Summoning: Snail Shell
Sanctum )--
You summon the entrance to an enormous snail's shell (the
entrance well over ten feet around), which generates a vortex
that sucks anyone nearby into it! Because it's actually
possible for even an untrained human to resist the pull for the
few seconds its takes for the shell's entrance to disappear
again, this technique is mostly used when keeping someone
safe from collateral damage is of paramount importance.
Chakra: 27
Upkeep: 4
Range: 25
Area: 2
Speed: 18
Seal Speed: 25
Effects: This can target any number of people within its
area, but they all must be willing or helpless. They're
transported to the inside of the inside of the snail's shell.
There's enough air to breathe indefinitely, and fit a few dozen
people comfortably (far more than could realistically be fit
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Summon: Leech Swarm
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
====================
1. Summoning
Leeches are nasty little bloodsucking things, their rare and
dubious medicinal purposes aside. Nobody likes leeches;
then again, nobody likes slugs, either. While these summoned
leeches are oversized, they aren't absurdly so; a single leech
could probably fit on an average shinobi's palm with some
difficulty.
Of course, this doesn't summon a single leech. It summons
dozens, if not hundreds, of them.
Chakra: 10 + Special (see "Swarm" under Attributes)
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 16
====================
2. Behavior
When it comes to following orders, the leeches have
something approaching human-level intelligence. They can't
communicate, sadly (or perhaps thankfully), but can be
directed to prioritize specific opponents or lie in wait in a
trap.
In combat, they tend to swarm a single target and adhere to
them, at which point they begin consuming the victim's blood.
====================
3. Attributes
Vitality: 150
Movement: 1.0 yards per IC
Anesthetize
As is the case with many leeches, these ones suck blood! And,
when they do so, they secrete a mild anesthetic that prevents
the bite from hurting. Except these are ninja leeches, so
everything's more extreme! Someone affected by the leech
swarm's Hemophagy ability reduces the distance they can
move in 1 IC by 0.1 per point of Bleed status caused by that
ability.
Horde
The leech swarm takes only 1/4 damage from single-target
attacks, and is immune to genjutsu. Area-of-effect techniques
do full damage. They're also immune to status effects other
than area-of-effect Immobilization, all single-target non-
damaging effects (such as Trip), and grapples. Finally, they
treat the severity of AoE Immobilization effects afflicting
them as being 6 lower.
Revitalization
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Keep track of all the damage done by the Bleed status caused
by the leech swarm's Hemophagy ability. When the swarm is
unsummoned for any reason other than a breach of contract,
the summoner is healed for that much. This healing will first
fill their HP, then begin restoring lost Vitality. It will not,
however, take them above their maximum Vitality.
Swarm
For combat purposes the swarm is treated as a single entity,
its Vitality total representing the amount of damage that
needs to be done before the leeches all unsummon at once.
Additionally, by using more chakra in the summoning, more
leeches can be summoned. A maximum of (XP)/200 can be
added to the Chakra cost. Every +1 Chakra cost gives the
swarm +30 Vitality and +0.1 yards per IC movement speed.
====================
4. Abilities
Standard Actions The leech swarm may use the Move action
as described in the Combat chapter of the PHB without
spending any of the summoner's AP.
Hemophagy (Speed 8, 10 AP)
This attack only be used when the leeches are at 0 yards
range from the target, and have been there for at least 5 IC.
Leeches crawl up onto the victim's body and begin draining
their blood! The target acquires a Bleed status that starts at
Severity 1 and increases by 1 every IC until they've moved at
least 5 yards away. This Bleed has a maximum severity of
(the swarm's maximum Vitality)/50. If the swarm catches up
to an unfortunate victim again, another activation of
Hemophagy will cause it to resume increasing the Bleed's
severity.
This Bleed status does not decrease normally, and ignores
effects that prevent, remove, or reduce the severity of the
Bleed status effect. There are two ways to get rid of it! The
first, every 50 damage the victim takes from area-of-effect
attacks, before reductions are applied, will reduce the Bleed
by 1. Secondly, the swarm leaving the battlefield will cause
the Bleed to end immediately.
====================
5. Terms of Contract
Knowingly ordering the leeches to attack civilians constitutes
a breach of contract, as does attempting to use them to
torture captives.
 For combat purposes the swarm is treated as a single entity,
Summon: Slug Swarm its Vitality total representing the amount of damage that
1. Summoning needs to be done before the slugss all unsummon at once.
2. Behavior Additionally, by using more chakra in the summoning, more
3. Attributes slugs can be summoned. A maximum of (XP)/200 can be
4. Abilities added to the Chakra cost. Every +1 Chakra cost gives the
5. Terms of Contract swarm +30 Vitality and +0.1 yards per IC movement speed.
====================
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4. Abilities
1. Summoning Standard Actions
Slugs are the center of the contract and they work well as a The slug swarm may use the Move action as described in the
team. They have a powerful acid a when they swarm together Combat chapter of the PHB without spending any of the
they are a force to be reckoned with. summoner's AP.
Of course, this doesn't summon a single slug. It summons Acid Shot (Speed 8, Range 15, 10 AP)
dozens, if not hundreds, of them. The slugs may all together fire their acid at a target. This uses
Chakra: 14 + Special (see "Swarm" under Attributes) the Technique Acid Shot from the slugs.
Speed: 16 ====================
Seal Speed: 17
==================== 5. Terms of Contract
Knowingly ordering the slugs to attack civilians constitutes a
breach of contract, as does attempting to use them to torture
2. Behavior captives.
When it comes to following orders, the slugs have something
approaching human-level intelligence. They can
communicate simple motions by a team effort of motioning
around themselves.
In combat, they tend to swarm a single target and adhere to
them, at which point they begin melt them down.
====================

3. Attributes
Vitality: 150
Movement: 1.0 yards per IC
Burning Bodies
The slugs are coated with the same kind of acid they spit out
and it burns! Anyone who attacks the slugs with a melee
unarmed attack gets a little bit of the acid on their skin! This
inflicts an acid two effect as described in the Technique Acid
Shot.
Horde
The slug swarm takes only 1/4 damage from single-target
attacks, and is immune to genjutsu. Area-of-effect techniques
do full damage. They're also immune to status effects other
than area-of-effect Immobilization, all single-target non-
damaging effects (such as Trip), and grapples. Finally, they
treat the severity of AoE Immobilization effects afflicting
them as being 6 lower.
Burrow
Using their acid the swarm of slugs can burrow slowly
through objects. This counts as using the C-rank Moving
Underground As If Swimming but leaving it open long
enough that one person can travel through it besides them.
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 Summon: The Rock Snail
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
3. Attributes
4. Abilities
5. Terms of Contract
====================
1. Summoning
Only found in the deepest and widest caves, this snail seems
to be the thing that carves the passages itself. It pushes it's
way through whole mountains and creates a labyrinth of
caverns. Deep in the center is it's home. A sentient creature,
it can't exactly speak but can feel it's summoner's mind and
communicate with them through a telepathic link. Naturally it
is a gentle creature but when summoned it can be a force to
be reckoned with, mostly because of it's size.
It's towers over two story buildings and can basically move
through them, it's mighty shell being a dark, nearly metallic
brown color and etched like the rocks in the mountains it
breaks through. Gemstones and geodes poke out from the
different parts of it as they've been ground into it's corners, a
shimmering shell showing such splendor.
Chakra: 40
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 20
====================
2. Behavior
The Rock Snail has a bit of a personality to it, it will help the
user but will not go into salt water, nor will it go through fire.
Despite it's immense size it has simple fears.
In combat its preferred tactic is to mentally stun it's
enemies, charge any the ones it can and crush them. If it
becomes the focus of attacks that actually begin to hurt it, it
will withdraw into it's shell. If someone ignites it, it will stay
withdrawn until the ignite goes away.
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Athletics: +10
Awareness: +10
Resistance: +50
Titanic
The Rock Snail cannot dodge area-of-effect attacks; instead,
they automatically block them as a Speed 0 defense. The
Rock Snail cannot hide. Multi-throws inflict half damage to
The Rock Snail. The Rock Snail is too large to be affected by
any jutsu or effects that work by binding or physically
immobilizing them. They cannot be grappled by any enemies
who are not Huge or larger.
The Rock Snail cannot dodge any attack
Attempting to parry the Rock Snail's attacks requires either
a Strength of 80 or more, or an unarmed physical damage
bonus of 10 or greater, as well as both hands free. It can also
make it's attacks at a range of 15.
Tireless
The Rock Snail does not need to make Stamina rolls for its
actions. If forced to for other reasons (such as Suffocation), it
uses +25 for its effective bonus to Fatigue rolls.
Bestial
The Rock Snail isn't driven by higher desires like many other
summons (and ninja), as a result it cannot be bribed or
reasoned with. It has a +10 bonus to its defenses aginst any
form of genjutsu.
Slimy Exterior
When you roll to hit this creature with a taijutsu attack
(Ranged OR Melee) you have to roll 2d20 and take the lowest
one for your attack.
Gooey Center
Basilisks have a Damage Reduction of 40.
Telepathic Bond
The Rock Snail cannot talk but can feel the mind of the
summoner. This way it can still communicate and will stay in
contact with you at any distance after being summoned until
dismissed. This allows you to give commands without
breaking Stealth

3. Attributes
Vitality: 3200
STR: 100
RES: 200
CHA: 90
DEX: 90
AGI: 30
Accuracy: 32
Dodge: +0
Damage Bonus: 12.0
Genjutsu: +25
Stamina: +25
Chakra Exhaustion: +25

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4. Abilities
Standard Actions (Speed as normal)
The Rock Snail may use Move and Block as described in the
Combat chapter of the PHB without spending any of the
summoner's AP.
Mental Blast (Range 40, Speed 8, 10 AP)
The Rock Snail has an incredibly powerful mind for a
creature that seems huge and lumbering, it can reach into the
minds of ninja and disorient them. This isn't an exceptionally
powerful technique but using the Snail's genjutsu roll you
make an attack that if successful inflicts the target with a
Stun 10. This has a -2 to it's attack every time you use it on
the same target in a combat, cumulatively, but each time it's
successful on the same target the Stun becomes 5 higher
(Stun 15, Stun 20, etc.)
Withdraw (Speed 4, 5 AP)
This action can be used to bring the Rock Snail's head into
it's shell. It's Awareness rolls gain -10 and it triples it's
damage reduction. It can still attack but cannot move and if it
uses Lurching Crush, Withdraw ends and Lurching Crush's
line attack is doubled in length. Otherwise you can end
Withdraw by using this action again.
Lurching Crush (Delay 5,Speed 15, 12 AP)
The Rock Snail dives forward as fast as it's slimy underside
can carry it. Making a rampaging charge, the Snail crushes
anything that gets in it's path. It runs in a 20 yard straight
line, that is 7 yards wide, dealing 6d20 damage to anything it
goes over. If the terrain it moves through is rocky then it gains
5 DR every time it uses this.
Like a Rock (Variable)
Being almost a part of the mountains, the snail can use all E-
rank, D-rank, and C-rank Doton Techniques. It cannot wield a
weapon.
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5. Terms of Contract
The Rock Snail is slightly a coward and will keep itself away
from some situations, but it will never abandon you until you
dismiss it. It is a loyal creature and feel that if you summon it
you really need it's aid. It still cannot be convinced to go into
saltwater or to go through fire.

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 Summon Avatar: Katsuya
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
====================

1. Summoning
Katsuyu, the lady of the slugs.
Chakra: 50
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 30
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2. Behavior

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Snake Contract
Snakes are one of the most maligned summoning creatures.
They are not, however, misunderstood in the least. Snakes
aren't so much actively malevolent or subversive as they are
disdainful of all other creatures (and even some of their own
kind). They're quite honest on the matter, too; while the
weaker summons at least won't be openly disrespectful, the
more powerful they become the more likely they are to berate
and insult their summoner.
The current avatar-class summon of the snake contract is
unknown. A hundred years ago it was Manda, a tremendous
cobra who is said to have died in the Fourth Great Shinobi
War. Since then, nobody has mastered the contract to the
level necessary to summon the current avatar...
...Or if they have, they just got eaten.
Snakes do that, as it turns out.
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Access
1000 XP: Hidden Shadow Snake Hands
1500 XP: Vanishing Python Technique
2000 XP: Summon: Cobra
2250 XP: Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands
2500 XP: Suicide Shedding
3000 XP: Summon: Hydra
4000 XP: Superior Suicide Shedding
????? XP: Summon: ?
Techniques
--( Sen'eijashu - Hidden Shadow
Snake Hands )--
This technique is one of the reasons people who use a snake-
summoning contract prefer to have long sleeves on their
garments. You summon up to three snakes which appear
coiled around one of your arms and leap from your sleeves to
strike at an opponent.
It's much more visually impressive if they seem to leap out
of nowhere beneath the sleeves of your shirt, coat, or similar
garment.
Chakra: 10 + (Variable)
Damage: (Total Chakra cost /4)d12
Range: 10
Speed: 12
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: You may use this technique twice per day; the first
time it's used in a given combat, it's an automatic Sneak
Attack. In future uses, it's an automatic Surprise Attack. The
damage dealt by Hidden Snake Hands inflicts Piercing
wounds.
The effects of Sen'eijashu are variable: you choose which
varieties of snakes to summon, and modify its Chakra cost,
damage, and effects accordingly. By default, you summon
zero snakes; you may summon up to three, applying the
Chakra modifiers for each snake chosen.
These snakes inflict multiple status effects; all of these
effects are caused by that specific poison, and if it's cured
they go away with it. Unless otherwise specified in the
individual descriptions, there is no benefit to summoning
multiples of the same venomous snake (their effects and
bonuses do not stack; Python and Black Adder are
exceptions).
If you hit, make a single Toxicology skill roll using your
XP/200 in place of your Toxicology skill ranks, opposed by
your opponent's standard Resistance. An opponent who fails
is poisoned by every snake you used (but please review the
rules in Status and Conditions -> Poison before using this
technique). Without further ado, the snakes:
a. Black Adder (Chakra +5)
Your Toxicology roll with Sen'eijashu has a +3 bonus for each
Black Adder summoned. Poison 1, Duration 100
b. Black Mamba (Chakra +5)
This technique begins with Suffocation 0. Every 25 IC, the
Suffocation status increases by 1 (provoking a Stamina 15
roll, as is normal for Suffocation, from the victim). This
suffocation penalty begins decreasing only after the poison is
cured or has expired (i.e. the end of its Duration) Poison 2,
Duration 250, Suffocation (Special)
c. Blue Krait (Chakra +10)
Your victim suffers an Immobilize with a severity equal to the
total of all Poison statuses they're suffering from. Poison 2,
Immobilize (Special), Duration 150
d. King Cobra (+10)
For the duration of the poison, the victim has a -4 penalty to
Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls, and a -4 penalty to all
their non-Resistance skill rolls. Poison 2, Paralysis 3,
Duration 200
e. Pit Viper (Chakra +10)
For the poison's duration, any Bleed effects on the victim will
not decrease naturally. Poison 1, Bleed 3, Duration 200
f. Puff Adder (Chakra +10)
The puff adder's venom has the unusual, and fairly terrifying,
effect of causing widespread cellular death near the site of
the bite. If the victim is poisoned, roll for location (unless a
wound was inflicted using Sen'eijashu, in which case use that
location), for a Piercing wound. 50 IC after being poisoned,
the victim suffers a Minor wound on that location. 100 IC
later, they suffer a Major wound; another 100 IC later, they
suffer a Severe wound. Poison 1, Duration 250
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 g. Python (Chakra +5)
This snake has no venom. Instead, your various summoned
snakes bite into the opponent and don't release them (or
disappear immediately after attacking, as the snakes created
by this technique normally do). The opponent cannot move
beyond Sen'eijashu's range from you, and you may, as a
Speed 10 or Speed +5 (when used alongside a melee-range
attack) action reel them in, instantly bringing them into melee
range with you. Check for location if this hits (or use the
location of the wound inflicted by Sen'eijashu, if any); if it's a
leg or an arm, that limb is in a Leg or Arm Lock, as
appropriate, as per the D-rank Grapple Taijutsu. A person
bitten by the snakes may attempt to escape via the Break
Grapple (but not Escape Grapple) action, which is raised to
Speed 6; you do not have to make a Stamina roll when
someone is struggling free, and use your CHA in place of
your STR (as the "attacker"). Each python summoned beyond
the first gives you a +5 bonus to your "grapple" rolls.
h. Taipan (Chakra +5)
Sen'eijashu has a +2 Accuracy bonus. You may make
Sen'eijashu a Called Shot, with no Accuracy penalty. Poison
4, Duration 50
--( Sen'ei Tajashu - Many Hidden
Shadow Snake Hands )--
An advanced version of Sen'eijashu, this summons a huge
quantity of snakes, usually on the order of dozens, which will
intimidate, divert, and attack their opponents.
Chakra: +5 per additional target
Accuracy: +2
Range: 25
Speed: 16
Requires: Sen'eijashu
Effects: This is essentially an upgraded version of
Sen'eijashu, with increased range and Speed. As noted, you
may further increase Sen'eijashu's Chakra cost to target any
number of additional people within range with your snakes.
Otherwise, all effects (base Chakra cost, costs to add
snakes, number of snakes that may attack any given target)
are the same as Sen'eijashu. Each target is attacked with
every variety of snake you paid for.
However, this is still considered a separate technique from
Sen'eijashu.
--( Uwabami no Shoushitsu no Jutsu
- Vanishing Python Technique )--
A technique many users of the snake-summoning contract
are hesitant to use, mostly because it involves getting
swallowed by a type of animal known to have absolutely no
compunctions about eating their masters. Nonetheless, the
snakes ensure their summoners that stories of fatalities
resulting from this technique are entirely fabricated. Maybe.
Only one way to find out.
The head of a giant python rises up from the ground
(without causing any damage to it, even! how convenient) and
either opens its mouth allowing the user to step in, or just
snaps its jaw shut and swallows them before retreating back
into the morass of chakra from which it came, and vanishing
as if it had never been there.
Chakra: 20 + X 2 + Y 5
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Range: 10
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 24
Requires: Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Effects: Oh my god two variables in the chakra cost it's
algebra all over again.
Y is the number of "passengers", people other than the
user. If they are willing or unable to resist, it's a simple matter
of them entering the mouth. If they try to avoid it, the snake
swallowing them has only Accuracy 20. All passengers must
be within 10 yards of each other when the snake is
summoned.
X hours later, the snake's head will reappear within 50
yards of the location it was summoned at and its mouth will
open, allowing passengers to leave (or just spitting them out,
if they don't). To the passengers, it will seem as though no
time at all has passed. For all intents and purposes, they did
not exist for the past however-many hours. Attempts to reach
them, communicate with them, or forcibly end this technique
early will all fail. If the area they disappeared in is no longer
safe, the snake will instead deposit them on the nearest solid
ground.
X has a maximum of (summoner's total XP)/100, and a
minimum of 1.
--( Kuchiyose: Kaikou Jisatsu
Youshiki - Summoning: Suicide
Shedding Style )--
You summon a giant, forty-or-more foot long snake which
coils itself around you in the blink of an eye, forming a
protective living barrier of sorts. By the time an enemy's
attack actually arrives the snake has already shed its skin and
returned to wherever it came from, leaving the discarded skin
to crumble shortly afterwards
Chakra: 25
Special: Interrupt
Speed: 10
Seal Speed: 15
Effects: This protects everyone within 5 yards of you from
whatever attack it is used to interrupt. All damage and
secondary effects which require you to have been hit are
negated. Suicide Shedding may only be used against attacks
used from more than 5 yards away.
However, this summon may not be used again for (damage
of the attack it was used to stop)/100 weeks (OOC days), with
a minimum of 1.
--( Superior Suicide Shedding )--
The delay before you can use Suicide Shedding again is
reduced to (damage of the attack it was used to stop)/200
weeks (OOC days), still with a minimum of 1. This is a
permanent, passive upgrade to Suicide Shedding, not a
separate technique.

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 Summon Cobra Chakra Exhaustion: +15
1. Summoning
2. Behavior Enhanced Smell
3. Attributes The cobra halves visibility penalties to its Awareness rolls
4. Abilities and Accuracy.
==================== Hypnotic Gaze
The cobra must be able to make eye contact to use any of its
Serpent Illusion abilities. As such, they can be avoided by
1. Summoning someone who shuts their uses. Never looking directly at the
cobra works... sort of. This afflicts them with an effective -4
A large purple cobra, with a body a bit over a foot and a half visibility penalty, but snakes are highly agile, and able to move
in diameter, and well over thirty feet in total length. The in ways people wouldn't expect. This doesn't confer immunity
upper side of its body is dark purple, and its underbelly (along to its genjutsu, but does give a +10 bonus to any defensive
with the inside of its hood) a pale, striated purple-gray. rolls against it.
Chakra: 30 Sly Mind
Speed: 15 Cobras have a +5 bonus to their defensive rolls against
Seal Speed: 20 genjutsu, raised to +10 for rolls to see through already-in-
They look kind of like this: place static genjutsu. Anyone who fails to affect one with a
http://i41.tinypic.com/2pyw0zk.jpg But somewhat less genjutsu must immediately defend against one of the cobra's
adorable. Serpentine Illusions (at the summoner's choice) with a -5
==================== penalty, with the cobra paying no cost (in Speed or Chakra)
for this.
Snake
2. Behavior Because they are snakes, cobras cannot be tripped. Any
The cobras can talk, and they totally don't hiss their S-es. immobilization penalties are reduced by 5, and any
Well, some do, others don't; it varies from one to the other. reductions in movement speed from other sources are halved.
Some summoners find themselves summoning the same Venom
cobra time and again, while others call a different one each As might be expected, cobras are venomous. Certain of their
time. The common theory is that this is the snakes just attacks have a chance to poison their enemies, as will be
screwing with people (though they resent any such described in Abilities. It has the following statistics.
accusations). Emperor Cobra Venom (Injury, Ingestion, Contact,
Cobras are highly critical of their summoners, in a smug Inhalation)
fashion, but will ultimately still fulfill their summoner's Poison: 4
requests. Paralysis: 2
==================== Duration: 250
Toxicology: 25 (to be used by a human)
3. Attributes ====================

Vitality: 600 4. Abilities

Standard Actions
STR: 60 Cobras may use Dodge, Move, Block, and Parry (unarmed
RES: 70 only) as described in the Combat chapter of the PHB, without
CHA: 90 their summoner needing to spend AP.
DEX: 80 Bite (Speed 10, 8 AP)
SPD: 80 The cobra bites someone! This does 5d6 damage. If partial
defense does not apply, the opponent must also defend
Accuracy: 32 against the cobra's venom, with the cobra receiving a +5
Dodge: +26 bonus to its Toxicology roll.
Genjutsu: +20
Damage Bonus: 6.0
Movement: 2 yards per IC
Athletics: +10
Awareness: +30
Resistance: +15
Stealth: +25
Survival: +20
Toxicology: +20

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Constrict (Speed 14, 6 AP)
A cobra can grab someone and wrap them in its tail. This is
treated as a grapple, but the cobra suffers none of the normal
penalties for being in a grapple; however, it cannot move
while holding someone this way. Every 10 IC, the person
being constricted suffers a Suffocation 1 and takes 5*(cobra's
damage bonus) damage. The cobra has a +5 bonus to its rolls
to maintain the grapple. Escape Grapple cannot be used to
escape from a cobra's coils. If the cobra chooses to Bite the
person it's constricting, their defense has a -6 penalty.
Devour Illusion (Speed 15, 5 AP, Chakra 20)
When confronted with a genjutsu, cobras can siphon the
chakra sustaining it out of the air and "eat" it. This works
against area-of-effect genjutsu as well as genjutsu affecting
individuals, though in the latter case whoever has the
genjutsu on them broken also advances 1 Fatigue level. This
may only be used on willing individuals.
Serpentine Illusion: Bottomless Abyss (Speed 15, 10 AP,
Chakra 30)
An illusion which plays on two of the most primal, instinctive
human fears: falling, and darkness. The victim of this
technique feels as if they're falling down a dark, bottomless
pit, the terror rising as they anticipate the inevitable impact at
the bottom.
It never comes, of course--but the illusion is enough to
leave people reeling.
If this technique hits, it inflicts a Stun 10 + 5 * X, where X
is the number of Willpower the victim is missing. Someone
with 6 maximum willpower who had 4 remaining, thus, suffer
a Stun 20. If they are missing at least half of their maximum
Willpower (thus, someone with 3 out of 6 WP left would be
affected, but not someone with 4 out of 7), they also advance a
Fatigue category.
However, for every time someone has been affected by
Bottomless Abyss they have a +10 bonus to future defenses
against it in that battle.
Serpentine Illusion: Coiling Horror (Speed 10, 10 AP, Chakra
15 + 5 * X)
This is a genjutsu which targets up to X people. Those
affected are placed in a trance-like state and unable to take
any actions whatsoever (with their IC advancing normally) so
long as this jutsu lasts; while it does, the cobra may not break
eye contact or take other actions.
Anyone held this way may make another genjutsu roll every
50 IC, against the cobra's original result, with a cumulative +2
bonus. They also break free automatically if they are the
target of any attack. However! This only applies to attacks
from which they can feel genuine malice ("killing intent", in
shinobi terms)--a friend punching them to try to free them
will, unfortunately, not free them from the illusion. Anyone
trapped by this technique may spent a point of Willpower at
any time to make another roll, with a +5 bonus (which is
added to their cumulative bonus for future rolls as well).
Against anyone with 2 or fewer maximum Willpower
(which includes virtually all non-shinobi), the cobra does not
need to maintain eye contact to maintain the hypnotism, and
can in fact mentally give the victims any sort of non-combat
commands (such as "go wander out of town instead of
guarding this building"). Against non-shinobi, suicide is a
valid command. (Certain exceptionally strong-willed
individuals may be able to resist that--but this is a very, very
small percent of the population).
Serpentine Illusion: Spiral Grave (Speed 25, 25 AP, Chakra
40)
This jutsu drives its victims slowly, if temporarily, insane. It
begins with a sense of impending doom, moving on to cold
sweat and steadily-mounting anxiety, then ringing noises and
flickers of motion at the edge of one's field of view, then
difficulty breathing--and, finally, the body begins simply
shutting down.
However, so long as this technique is in effect the victim
knows the direction and distance of the cobra who placed it
upon them; it's impossible for the cobra to hide from that
person.
Every 10 IC, the victim suffers a Suffocation 1, loses 5% of
their maximum Vitality (or HP if they have run out of Vitality),
and suffers a cumulative -1 penalty to defend against
genjutsu. This will continue indefinitely until the victim falls
unconscious or the cobra is unsummoned (due to taking too
much damage, or for any other reason). There is no other way
to break this technique.
Venomous Spit (Speed 12, 10 AP, Chakra 10)
High-velocity projectile poison! It deals 2d4*5 damage,
ignores damage reduction and blocking, and may be a called
shot--if used as a called shot, it has +1d6 accuracy. Someone
hit by the spit must make a Resistance roll with a +3 bonus or
be poisoned. It does not inflict wounds. However, if it's a
called shot made at the victim's head, they suffer a -8 visibility
penalty which is reduced by 1 every 10 IC, to a minimum of
-4. Afterwards, it is reduced by 1 every week, finally fading
entirely after a month. As it turns out, having poison in your
eyes sucks.
====================
5. Terms of Contract
A summoner may ask the cobra to provide some of its venom.
It will offer enough venom to provide three doses. However,
this is all it will do--after providing venom this way, it will
unsummon itself (not staying around for combat, or to help
otherwise); if it's already performed some other service for
the summoner, it will refuse.
This venom will last for three weeks, after which time it is
no longer toxic.
After being milked for venom, the cobra cannot be
summoned for four weeks.
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 The hydra halves visibility penalties to its Awareness rolls
Summon: Hydra and Accuracy.
1. Summoning Extended Range
2. Behavior The snakes have a 30 yard attack range, due to their
3. Attributes immense size; these are still considered melee attacks.
4. Abilities Hard Scales
==================== Hydras have a Damage Reduction of 40.
Huge
1. Summoning Hydras cannot dodge area-of-effect attacks; instead, they
automatically block them as a Speed 0 defense. Hydras
The term is something of a misnomer. This actually cannot hide (via stealth) due to being enormous. They cannot
summons individual giant snakes, each several hundred feet be knocked airborne, and any knockback effects have their
long and capable of crushing wooden buildings beneath them efficacy reduced by half.
as they travel. These are long, brown, non-poisonous snakes, Snake
resembling giant boa constrictors. Because they are snakes, hydras cannot be tripped. Any
The name comes from the fact that these snakes are able immobilization penalties are reduced by 5, and any
to fuse their bodies together, while maintaining multiple reductions in movement speed from other sources are halved.
distinct heads.
Tireless
Chakra: 25 + X * 10 Hydras do not need to make Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion
Speed: 15 + X * 5 rolls when they act. If forced to by an outside force (such as
Seal Speed: 30 Suffocation), they have +15 to their rolls.
You summon X snakes, up to a maximum of (total ====================
XP)/1500.
In addition to the once-per-week limitation on using a
specific summon, you may only summon a total of (total
4. Abilities
XP)/1000 hydras in a two month (8 OOC day) period. Standard Actions
Hydra may use Dodge, Move, and Block as described in the
==================== Combat chapter of the PHB, without their summoner
needing to spend AP. They may use Take The Hit normally,
2. Behavior but commanding them to do so costs 5 AP.
The snakes are intelligent, but cannot speak. They Combine (Speed 0)
understand directions well enough, however, and are This requires the hydras to all be within 50 yards of one
reasonably obedient. They may ignore troublesome orders another. They physically combine into a single being, their
(like telling them not to attack that random civilian who just bodies seeming to melt together while maintaining however
threw a rock at them), but won't be deliberately contrary. many distinct heads. This has the following effects: > Damage
==================== reduction, remaining Vitality, and maximum Vitality is
combined. > Their Extended Range is changed to 20*
(number of snakes) yards. > Whenever they attack, thay may
3. Attributes choose up to (number of snakes) different targets. > +4
Accuracy, defensive rolls, grapple rolls, and skill rolls, for
Vitality: 1500 each snake beyond the first > Smash deals +5d12 damage
per snake, and their damage bonus is increased by 2 per
STR: 150 snake.
RES: 100 Constrict (Speed 10, 6 AP)
CHA: 50 A hydra can grab someone and wrap them in its tail. This is
DEX: 120 treated as a grapple, but the hydra suffers none of the normal
AGI: 80 penalties for being in a grapple. Every 10 IC, the person
being constricted suffers a Suffocation 1 and takes 10*
Accuracy: 40 (hydra's damage bonus) damage. The hydra has a +10 bonus
Dodge: +25 to its rolls to maintain the grapple. Escape Grapple cannot be
Damage Bonus: 10 used to escape from a hydra's constriction.
Movement: 2.5 yards per IC Reflexive Block (Speed 4, 4 AP)
In addition to being able to declare blocking normally, hydras
Athletics: +15 may do so reflexively as a Speed 4 Interrupt if their
Awareness: +35 summoner spends 4 AP.
Resistance +25
Survival: +20
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Serpent Strike (Variable AP)
When directing the hydra's action, you may spend up to 10
AP improving its Accuracy; every 2 AP spent this way
increases its Accuracy by 1.
Smash (Speed 14, 5 AP)
The hydra tail-smashes, head butts, or just slithers over
something, with destructive force! This deals 15d12 Blunt
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 Summon Avatar: ???
Presumably, there is an avatar-level snake summon. They're
one of the most powerful summoned species, and respect
power (mostly just their own) above all else, so certainly one
of the creatures would have asserted its dominance over the
rest. Those few individuals who have contracted with the
snakes and gotten them to talk on the subject have been able
to confirm that the snakes do have an avatar, but nothing
more.
It's reasonably well-documented (to the extent that
anything about summons is) that the previous avatar, Manda,
required live human sacrifices in exchange for not devouring
his summoner--not because he actually needed them, but
simply because it pleased him to exert his authority that way.
Whether that will hold true for his successor, however, is
anyone's guess.
Any information about this summon is probably going to
have to come from summoning it first-hand.
Good luck.
====================

1. Summoning
Chakra: 80
Speed: 40
Seal Speed: 30

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Spider Contract
Of all the widely-known summon creatures, spiders have the
greatest stigma attached to them. Of course, that's in part
because as a species even ordinary spiders are much
maligned. While normal spiders are entirely undeserving of
their reputation, being helpful by killing off all manner of
verminous insects.
It's hard to say whether summoned spiders actually are as
malevolent as they're made out to be. They're certainly not
friendly, and seem to be utterly devoid of ethics or morals
(amoral, not immoral)--they'll just as gladly protect a village of
innocent civilians and eat them all. Even shinobi who can
summon them are incapable of giving any meaningful
characteriations of the creatures they call on; more than any
other summoned animal, the minds of the spiders are alien to
humans.
That, really, is what makes them so frightening.
Though the poison plays a role too, to be fair.
====================
Access
1000 XP: Web Weaving
1500 XP: Summon: Spider Swarm
2000 XP: Trap Door Minefield
2500 XP: Summon: Kyodaigumo
3000 XP: Spider Bite
3750 XP: Summon:
4500 XP: Discard the Dying Husk
6000 XP: Summon: Tsuchigumo
Techniques
--( Orisu - Web Weaving )--
You summon a supernaturally resilient, sticky, and large
spider web. In the case of (relatively) smaller ones, the user
actually spits these out as projectiles towards the targets.
Larger ones appear above, and fall down onto, the area being
covered in webs.
Chakra: 20 + X
Range: 10 + X
Area: X*2
Speed: 14
Seal Speed: 10 + X
Effects: This technique does not affect you or any of your
spider summons. Anyone hit suffers a -4 immobilization
penalty, which increases by 1 every 10 IC, to a maximum of
-10, so long as they remain in the affected area. Anyone who
dodges, or enters the area after it's been created, starts with a
-2 immobilization penalty (as they are still inside the webbed
area) which then increases normally.
Every 10 IC spent outside the web, its immobilization
penalty decreases by 1.
Alternately, you can remove the Area from this technique
and target a single person who is already suffering from this
technique's immobilization penalty. If they're hit, they're
pulled X yards towards you and their immobilization penalty
is increased by 1.
Unlike normal techniques, this may be used more than
once per week (OOC day). The total X values of all uses of
Spider Web in a given week cannot exceed CHA/2; thus, with
40 CHA, you could use X = 10, X = 2, and then two X = 4, in
the same OOC day. After each use, it cannot be used again for
X*4 IC.
X has a minimum of 1.
--( Hikimado Jiraigen - Trap Door
Minefield )--
You summon a number of giant burrowing spiders beneath
the battlefield, which lie in wait for an enemy to pass over
them. When someone does, the ground collapses and they
fall onto the waiting, more-than-man-sized spider, which
delivers a bite of potent venom before disappearing.
Chakra: 30
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 25
Area: 20
Effects: When you use this technique you make a Stealth
check with a -5 penalty; anyone watching, or who approaches
the area, makes an Awareness roll against that. If they
succeed, they'll notice that something is wrong with the area
(and could reasonably surmise that avoiding it would be a
good idea). If they fail, they don't know that there's anything
unusual.
While in the area, any time anyone other than you moves as
part of an attack, or spends 5 IC or more moving (total, in the
latter case; 2 IC of movement, followed by 3 IC of movement,
would trigger it), they must roll 1d3. On a roll of 1 they've
walked over one of the traps, and immediately make an
Athletics roll as their 'dodge' against your Accuracy (this does
receive any bonuses and penalties to defensive rolls), with a
penalty to their roll equal to their current Immobilization
penalty (if any). If they succeed, they can continue normally. If
they fail, they fall in and are attacked by the spider.
Falling in does interrupt whatever action they were taking
(unless they were just moving), in which case no costs are
paid, the trap leaves them stuck at their original location, and
their IC is not advanced based on the attack's Speed. The
spider bites them before being unsummoned, afflicting them
with a Stun X, where X is the amount they failed their
Athletics roll by. You then make a Toxicology roll, using your
XP/200 in place of your Toxicology skill ranks, against their
Resistance. If they fail, they're poisoned; the venom of these
spiders is Poison X/2 (maximum 8), Paralysis X/4 (maximum
4), and Duration X*5 (with no maximum).
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 If used on an area where a web of Area 10 or greater has
already been created, the trap field has a +10 bonus to its
Stealth instead of a -5 penalty, and its Area is changed to that
of the web. A single use of this jutsu has Y traps in it, where Y
is the number of spider summons you have access (up to a
maximum of, normally, 4). You can perform this technique
from stealth without revealing your location.
--( Kumo Koushou - Spider Bite )--
This technique temporarily transforms your canines (teeth,
not pet dogs) into a pair of large fangs and briefly 'summons'
the venom glands of a giant spider inside them. Then, in a
rather unorthodox combat move you bite down on your victim
and inject them with the toxin; this lasts only long enough for
a single attempt, before the venom glands disappear and your
teeth revert.
Chakra: 45
Damage: 15d12.open(6)*1
Accuracy: -10
Range: Melee
Speed: 15
Effects: Every point of Immobilization penalty that your
target is suffering from reduce this technique's Accuracy
penalty by 2, to a minimum of -0 (if they're at -5
immobilization or higher), and it's damage for the purposes of
inflicting wounds is increased by 10% per point of
Immobilization (to a maximum of +100%). They still suffer all
the normal penalties for being immobilized.
This is a taijutsu attack which inflicts Piercing wounds and
ignores DR and armor.
If this hits, it poisons the enemy with either Black Widow
or Brown Recluse poison (chosen when you declare the
attack). For your Toxicology roll, use (XP)/200 in place of your
Toxicology skill ranks. If Brown Recluse poison is used, it's
raised to Poison 3, and its Duration is lowered to 500. If
Black Widow poison is used, it's raised to Poison 4 and the
penalty to Stamina and Chakra Exhaustion rolls is raised to
-6. Antidotes for those poisons still work normally.
--( Shindakara Haki - Discard the
Dying Husk )--
You 'shed' your skin and in a blur of motion escape from your
'shell', which is left infused with chakra and capable of acting
independently, as if nothing happened. This technique is best
used to beat a hasty retreat when in danger, as it leaves you
vulnerable and also buys time until your opponents realize
what happened.
Chakra: 60
Speed: 30
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Effects: You are moved up to (CHA)*(0.6) yards away in any
direction, and immediately make a Stealth roll with a +15
bonus; enemies who fail their Awareness roll do not realize
anything happened. You are then immediately raised to
Stealth 2. When you use this technique you lose half
(rounded up) your remaining Willpower, have your current
AP set to 0, and automatically advance an additional Fatigue
level (though not if doing so would render you unconscious)
after the Chakra Exhaustion roll has been resolved. At the
same time, all ongoing Immobilization, Ignite, and Burn
effects you are suffering from are removed.
Your 'old' body is left behind to fight. It functions exactly as
you do, but you have no mental link with it. It retains all your
equipment, but cannot benefit from any consumable items
(such as soldier pills).
This technique can be used from stealth, without breaking
your stealth (though it will remove you from level 3 stealth). If
an enemy finds you while you're still hiding after using this
technique, roll 1d2. On a roll of 1, they found you; on a roll of
2, they found your shell and believe it to be you.
Your shell has all your traits along with Vitality equal to
how much Vitality or HP you had remaining when you used
this technique (whichever was higher), and is at the same
Fatigue level you were at before performing this technique. It
can use any jutsu you knew, but cannot spend Willpower and
is considered to be Holding Back (as per the ability) at all
times (even if you normally lack the ability to do so). It does
not receive a bonus to Stamina or Chakra Exhaustion rolls
based on its Fatigue. On the other hand, it's immune to
poison, bleeding, and suffocation. When its Vitality reaches 0,
or it reaches the point of passing out from Fatigue, it breaks
apart and crumbles into a pile of brittle chitin.
This technique's Speed cannot be reduced. So long as the
shell survives, neither you nor it gain any AP.
 The spider swarm takes only 1/4 damage from single-target
Summon: Spider Swarm attacks, and is immune to genjutsu. Area-of-effect techniques
1. Summoning have their damage reduced by (Swarm size)%, to a maximum
2. Behavior of 50%. They cannot be grappled and are immune to status
3. Attributes effects other than area-affecting immobilization and visibility
4. Abilities penalties. They are also immune to any single-target non-
damaging effects (such as Trip and Feint).
==================== Swarm
For combat purposes the swarm is treated as a single entity.
1. Summoning It has a bonus to Accuracy and d20 rolls of (Swarm sze)/8.
Swarm size is determined when the spiders are summoned,
While still terrifyingly large, these spiders aren't "giant" by the and raised by repeated use of this summoning technique.
standards of most summoned creatures--a person could fit Rather than having Vitality like a normal summon, every 10
three or four of them on the palm of their hand without too points of damage reduces the Swarm size by 1. A single-
much difficulty. However, also unlike most summons, these target attack may not remove more than half (rounded up) the
calls forth dozens of the creatures. Rather than appearing in Swarm's size in a single attack.
a puff of smoke, they will, if the terrain allows for it, come
crawling out from under rocks, down from the branches in Unnerving Presence
trees, burrowing up from under soft soil, and so on. The spiders are constantly creeping around, sneaking up on
unsuspecting foes--and have some eerie way of never being
Chakra: 10 + X too far from their summoner. Rather than moving, the swarm
Speed: 8 can attack (and be attacked) from anywhere within (DEX /2)
Seal Speed: 14 yards of their summoner.
This calls 20+CHA/10 spiders; this is your Swarm size (see Web Body
Attributes, below). You may use this technique multiple times Despite being spiders, they're also ninja spiders! When these
in the same day, with subsequent uses adding 2d20+CHA/20 creatures 'die', they explode into a burst of extremely sticky
spiders to your existing Swarm. You cannot create multiple webbing. Any melee attack which reduces the Swarm size
spider swarms. The X in the Chakra cost is (your current causes a -2 Immobilization penalty on the attacker which
Swarm size)/4. fades at the rate of 1 point per 10 IC. Any area-of-effect
This technique can be used multiple times in the same day, technique which reduces the swarm size instead inflicts this
unlike normal summons. However, once the swarm departs penalty on everyone within (number the Swarm was reduced
or is wiped out you cannot call another one for 3 OOC days (3 by) yards. Anyone who has the Spider contract is immune to
IC weeks). this immobilization penalty. The penalty from Web Body
==================== spiders stacks additively with any other Immobilization effect
caused by some portion of the Spider contract. If someone
already suffering from Web Body's immobilization is afflicted
2. Behavior by it again, their existing penalty is instead increased by 1, to
Despite being far more intelligent than they should be for a maximum of -6.
something of their size, these creatures are still mostly ====================
animalistic, and are incapable of conversation or meaningful
independent action. They can understand and follow orders,
and execute them rather cleverly, but not much else.
4. Abilities
==================== Standard Actions
The spider swarm may use Dodge as described in the
Combat chapter of the PHB without spending any of the
3. Attributes summoner's AP; however, since it cannot actually move on its
own, it is likely to suffer massive dodge penalties against
area-of-effect techniques.
Vitality: N/A
Detonate (Speed 4, X AP)
Accuracy: 20 Spiders explode into a mess of sticky webbing! This reduces
Dodge: +8 your Swarm size by X, and has an Area of X; it can be
Damage Bonus: 4.0 centered on any location in your Swarm's range. If the
Movement: N/A swarm's last action was to use Poisonous Bite on someone,
and that person is the target of their Detonate, they will be
Athletics: +5 automatically hit. Detonate causes no damage, but inflicts the
Awareness: +10 Web Body immobilization penalty on anyone who fails to
Resistance: +1 defend themselves.
Survival: +15
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 Gnaw (Speed 12, 4 * X AP)
The spiders swarm over the user and gnaw off anything that
may be hindering them. Their super chakra-enhanced
mandibles can break through chains, vines, or even webs.
This lowers an existing Immobilization penalty on the user or
someone within the swarm's range by X. This cannot remove
Immobilization penalties based on the terrain (such as Yomi
Numa) or caused by wounds. "X" has a maximum of the
Swarm size.
Poisonous Bite (Speed 6, 6+X/5 AP)
The spiders swarm a victim and bite them, injecting venom
and causing a surprising level of immediate physical harm
(they are, after all, ninja spiders). This deals (X/3)d20 damage,
ignores armor, inflicts Piercing wounds, and causes a Poison
(X/5) effect which lasts for 25 IC. X has a maximum of the
Swarm size.
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5. Terms of Contract
Unlike most summoned creatures, Spider Swarms will not
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 Every Spider Swarm active while Kyodaigumo is present
Summon: Kyodaigumo needs to be dealt twice as much damage to reduce its size,
1. Summoning and has its Swarm size increased by 1d10 every time the IC
2. Behavior reaches a multiple of 10. The first benefit is lost if the
3. Attributes Kyodaigumo is unsummoned, but the increased size remains.
4. Abilities Exoskeleton
5. Terms of Contract When blocking, the Kyodaigumo reduces incoming damage
by 75% (as opposed to 50%). Blocking is not less effective
==================== against weapons (normally, it is 25% less effective).
Web Body
1. Summoning If the Kyodaigumo takes 75% or more of its current Vitality in
Chakra: 30 a single attack, it explodes into massive cloud of spider
Speed: 20 webbing. The Area is equal to (Kyodaigumo's remaining
Seal Speed: 20 Vitality before being hit with that attack)/10 yards. Everyone
in this area suffers a -6 Immobilization penalty. Individuals
==================== with the Spider contract suffer only a -4 penalty.
Web Walker
2. Behavior If the Kyodaigumo is suffering an Immobilization penalty
caused by spider webs, that penalty is instead a bonus to its
While terrifyingly intelligent, the Kyodaigumo isn't able to Accuracy, Dodge, and Athletics rolls. It has a bonus to its
make much use of that in battle: it's much too large to hide Awareness rolls against anyone suffering from such a penalty
itself, and not particularly well-equipped for direct combat. It equal to the severity of that penalty (so, if they had a -6
compensates for that by calling more spiders into battle for it, Immobilization penalty from webs, it would have +6
and seeking to overwhelm enemies through sheer numers. Awareness against them). Its movement speed is increased
While it will willingly participate in setting up traps and by 10% for every point of web-based Immobilization applied
ambushes for its summoner, and has no objections to to it (rather than reduced).
patiently laying in wait to attack, the Kyodaigumo is reluctant ====================
to use its Brood Mother attribute or Egg Sac abilities outside
of combat. It will do so if asked to by its summoner, but 50 IC
later if battle has not begun it will unsummon itself. 4. Abilities
(As a note from the editor: Do not try to find ways to abuse Standard Actions
this by being "technically" in combat. I will not be amused, The kyodaigumo may use the dodge, block, and hide actions
and the spider's smarter than that anyway.) as described in the Combat chapter of the PHB without
==================== spending any of hte summoner's AP.
Egg Sac (Speed X5, X3 AP)
3. Attributes The spider summons an egg sac filled with baby spiders,
which immediately bursts and releases the creatures onto the
battlefield. This may either create a new Spider Swarm,
Vitality: 2400 containing Xd20 spiders, or add to an already-existing
swarm. This cannot take a swarm above 100 spiders (any
STR: 80 'extra' are simply lost).
RES: 120
CHA: 60 Poisonous Bite (Speed 14, 10 AP)
DEX: 80 The spider bites someone, and injects them with venom! It's
AGI: 40 not strong enough to be lethal to most shinobi, though it's still
far from harmless. This deals 6d20 Piercing damage, ignores
Accuracy: 30 Armor and DR, and inflicts a Poison 4 status for 100 IC if it
Dodge: +10 deals damage--there is no Toxicology or Resistance roll
Damage Bonus: 7.5 involved.
Movement: 1 yard per IC Web Spinning (Speed 20, 15 AP)
The Kyodaigumo may perform this tehcniques (listed in the
Athletics: +25 Techniques section of the contract), though it uses the listed
Awareness: +25 Speed, has no Seal Speed, and may only use it once per time
Resistance: +25 it's summoned.
Stealth: +5
Survival: +25
Bestial
The Kyodaigumo isn't driven by higher desires, and as a
result cannot be negotiated or reasoned with and has a +15
defensive bonus to Genjutsu rolls. They are, however, fairly
intelligent.
Brood Mother
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5. Terms of Contract
If there are any active Spider Swarms, it is possible to cause
a Breach of Contract with the Kyodaigumo.
Specifically, if the summoner completely wipes out one of
their swarms, or a swarm summoned by another creature
called by the Spider contract, it will be considered a Breach
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 If the Assassin Spider is suffering an Immobilization penalty
Summon: The Assassin caused by spider webs, that penalty is instead a bonus to its
Accuracy, Dodge, and Athletics rolls. It has a bonus to its
Spider Awareness rolls against anyone suffering from such a penalty
1. Summoning equal to the severity of that penalty (so, if they had a -6
2. Behavior Immobilization penalty from webs, it would have +6
3. Attributes Awareness against them). Its movement speed is increased
4. Abilities by 10% for every point of web-based Immobilization applied
5. Terms of Contract to it (rather than reduced).
====================
====================

1. Summoning 4. Abilities
Standard Actions
Using a series of tricks and illusions, the assassin spider is no The Assassin Spider may use the dodge, block, parry, and
minor inconvenience. It can make the safest place feel hide actions as described in the Combat chapter of the PHB
dangerous, or the most dangerous areas appear safe. It is without spending any of the summoner's AP.
small, smaller than even some of the swarming spiders, only Trap Illusion (Speed 10, 20 AP)
about a foot long, but it's bite is not to be trifled with. It has This is a genjutsu that causes the target to 'want to be alone'
immense front eyes because of the way it hunts, it is a for some unknown reason. They will not disclose the reason
jumping spider! It's favored prey is the sneaky kinda...other to others, they feel compelled to keep it to themselves. Every
spiders...or ninja. 30 IC, or 5 Minutes OOC, the target gets another chance to
==================== roll against the spider. The target will go as far as to escape
their allies as fast as they can to get alone.
2. Behavior Fangs of the End (Speed 5, 8 AP)
It keeps to the shadows, moves to stealth whenever it gets the This spider has very specialized fangs, they are almost 2/3rds
opportunity. It uses illusions to separate people and then the size of it's body so it packs quite the bite. Dealing 12d10,
when it has the opportunity to get someone alone, it if this is a sneak attack it inflicts a Poison 50 that lasts 20 IC.
STRIKES trying to finish them. ====================
==================== 1. Terms of Contract ------------------------------
This spider is simple, give it a target and it will follow
3. Attributes through in finishing them. It will accept as much as a second
target, but no more. After defeating two targets it will dismiss.
Vitality: 2250
STR: 65
RES: 95
CHA: 60
DEX: 80
AGI: 100
Accuracy: 36
Dodge: +40
Parry: +45
Damage Bonus: 10.5
Movement: 3 yard per IC
Genjutsu: +40
Athletics: +45
Awareness: +45
Espionage: +50
Resistance: +45
Stealth: +50
Survival: +45
God of the Shadows
Any attack the Assassin Spider makes from stealth is
automatically a sneak attack, and after making any attack the
spider can roll a new stealth and re-enter stealth, though at a
-5 penalty.
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 Summon Avatar:
Tsuchigumo
Tsuchigumo, also known as Yatsukahagi and Ogumo ("Great
Spider"), is an individual or a position among the spiders; it's
not clear if there's only one Tsuchigumo, or if the title is
passed from one spider-ruler to the next. In mythology,
Tsuchigumo appears as a usually malevolent trickster who is
confronted and ultimately defeated by various heroes;
sometimes they kill the spider, and in others they demand a
boon in exchange for enduring its trials (and usually surviving
one or more attempts on their life). Its actions are typically
presented less as the result of genuine malice, and more a
case of a spider simply doing what spiders do.
Though Tsuchigumo takes the form of an enormous spider
broodmother (at least, in the memory of shinobi), it's said she
can also assume human form. She rarely likes to intervene
directly in combat, preferring to send her subordinates and
children to handle those matters for her. Tsuchigumo likely
has strong associations with the earth (the name, after all,
literally means "Earth Spider").
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
====================

1. Summoning
Chakra: 50
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 40
====================

2. Behavior
It's no secret among holders of either the Spider or Monkey
contract that Tsuchigumo and Enma have a long-standing
enmity. More serious than rivalry, but not quite intense
enough to constitute hatred, the two will go out of their way to
confront one another when present on the same battlefield,
and will refuse to fight on the same side.
While Tsuchigumo would be malefic by human standards,
a more accurate understanding of her behavior might be that
she is amoral, or at best has a sense of right and wrong
incomprehensible to her summoners.
====================

3. Attributes
What's known of Tsuchigumo's capabilities come from a
mixture of hearsay and legends.
It's said she's a shapeshifter and illusionist, with some
degree of command over the earth. If not wise, she is
certainly cunning. She has a reputation for being extremely
difficult to reason with, not due to stubbornness, but because
her whims or reasons for acting are virtually
incomprehensible.
When she does fight, as Queen of the Spiders she is
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Toad Contract
The toads are a misunderstood group as a whole, alternately
referred to as a gang of thieves and ruffians by some, and
being valorous and noble protectors of the weak who're just
rough around the edges.
Both are somewhat accurate. The social structure of the
summoned toads bears more than a passing resemblance to
a Yakuza 'family'. Much like an actual crime syndicate the
toads usually want nothing to do with outsiders, but are more
than happy to help one of their own. They have no problem
carrying weapons, and make use of them extensively in
combat; where exactly the toads are getting a supply of giant
weapons is a mystery to this day.
And, much like the idealized versions of Yakuza syndicates,
they do have a code of honor. They don't prey upon the weak,
they stand up for the 'little guy', and so on. Most toads,
despite being perfectly okay with the sort of work ninja might
call upon them to do, won't harm the innocent or do have
anything to do with genuinely 'evil' or malicious actions. They
tend to fit the cultural stereotype of the "gangster with a heart
of gold."
Like any well-organized group, they are expressly
concerned with the well-being and advancement of their own
interests. A summoner is tasked with become a fitting
member of the 'family', and if he upholds the same standards
and ideals as the toads he'll be sure to rise within ranks,
gaining greater standing, prestise, and responsibility.
====================
Access
1000 XP: Summon: Guardian Toad
1500 XP: Scroll Toad
2000 XP: Hiding in a Toad Technique
2500 XP: Toad Mouth Bind
3000 XP: Summon: Kyodai
4000 XP: Barrier Gourd Prison
5000 XP: Food Cart Destroying Technique
6000 XP: Summon: Gamabunta
Techniques
--( Kuchiyose: Fukugama -
Summoning: Scroll Toad )--
Scroll Toads are an anatomical impossibility even among
summoned creatures, which says a great deal. They're tall
and appear seated upright, and seem to be wearing an obi.
Upon being asked, the toad rises up and reveals that the
middle of its body is actually a rolled-up scroll; that scroll can
then be extended and have any number of important things
inscribed upon it, usually summoning contracts, important
seals, secret information, or forbiden techniques. Once the
summoner no longer needs the scroll any more, it can be
unsummoned.
Alternately, the toad can climb into the summoner's mouth
and somehow reside in their stomach indefinitely, to be called
out again when the scroll is needed. How this works is
unclear, and probably best not dwelled upon.
Chakra: 25
Speed: 20
Seal Speed: 50
Effects: Each summoner with this contract is assigned
their own unique scroll toad, and unless a special deal is
made with the toads only ever has that one scroll toad to call
upon. The scroll toad sticks around to do its job (having
things written on it), and then leaves or climbs into the
summoner's stomach (inflicting a Stun 40 on the summoner).
Retrieving a scroll stored this way is a Speed 20 action.
Nobody but the summoner themselves can retrieve the
scroll from their stomach; if the summoner is killed, the toad
will simply unsummon itself. Normally, information on the
scroll will be stored indefinitely, but the toad can, at the
summoner's request, wipe part or all of the scroll clean.
Once the summoner has decided he no longer needs the
scroll, the toad can climb out and will head home. After being
unsummoned, the Scroll Toad cannot be called upon again
for eight weeks.
--( Gamagakure no Jutsu - Hiding in
a Toad Technique )--
A spectacular infiltration technique, if one that gives most of
its users some serious second thoughts the first few times
they find themselves using it. The shinobi summons a small
toad and climbs (or leaps, or jumps, or dives) into it;
somehow the toad is able to bend space in such a way that
not only can the summoner fit into its mouth, they can stay
comfortably inside until the air supply runs out.
All forms of detection and communication fail to penetrate
the toad's stomach; as a result the user is almost impossible
to detect, but also unable to tell what the situation in the
outside world is.
The toad gives the summoner a ride to a pre-specified
location, and once there (or upon a trigger condition) spits
the summoner out before unsummoning itself.
Chakra: 35
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 60
Effects: A small diving toad is summoned.After giving it
instructions the summoner hops inside its mouth
(...somehow) and loses all contact with the outside world.
Inside the toad the summoner cannot perceive, or be
perceived by, the outside world. Communication devices won't
work, Chakra Sensing will fail to penetrate the toad's
stomach, and so on.
The interior is humid and unpleasantly warm, but
tolerable. There's a 48 hour supply of air, but the summoner
will need to bring their own food and water (drinking a toad's
stomach acid is not particularly advisable). While inside the
toad's stomach the summoner will not recover Fatigue or
Vitality.
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 The toad can be told to release the summoner on a number The linings of the esophagus are extremely resilient, with
of conditions (given to it before the summoner hops inside): it each square meter (an area large enough for a person to
reaches a set location, a certain amount of time has passed squeeze out of) having 500 HP, and a DR of 200 which
(or automatically after air runs out), a specific person applies against Katon, Blunt, and multi-throwing attacks, as
described in detail is standing in front of the toad, or well as regenerating 200 Hp every 10 IC. Toad Mouth Bind
automatically if the toad is attacked (in which case the can be used once every 2 months (8 OOC days).
shinobi will be spit out and the toad will unsummon itself).
More than one condition can be set, either in combination
("at that place and at that time") or as alternatives ("at that
place or in front of that person").
A small creature, the diving toad is just slightly too large to
fit on someone's hand. It can dive up to 100 yards in fresh
water, and can stay submerged in mud or fresh water
indefinitely. If attacked it unsummons itself immediately.
While being capable of speech, diving toads will frequently
complain that people "all look the same" to it. If told to
release its passenger in front of a person, that person must be
standing directly in front of it, in plain view, and within two
yards. Additionally, the summoner must be able to provide a
picture of them or have a very good description with two or
more unique, identifying features (which can lead to mix-ups,
on rare occasions). Otherwise, the toad won't be able to
recognize them.
The diving toad can only be summoned once every four
weeks.
--( Kuchiyose: Gamaguchi Shibari -
Summoning: Toad Mouth Bind )--
Classified as a partial summoning, the shinobi summons the
esophagus of a great fire-breathing toad said to live on Mount
Myoboku. This is only usable inside buildings, caves, or other
confined areas; the esophageal lining covers the floors, walls,
and ceilings in their entirety, and seals up any remaining
exits. If deployed properly, there will be hardly any time at all
for the victims inside to escape, leaving them trapped inside--
a very unfortunate situation, as the summoner can then
control the toad's esophagus to move and ensare their
enemies.
Chakra: 40
Upkeep: 6
Area: 50
Speed: 20, Delay 10
Seal Speed: 25
Special: Can only be used in confined areas/indoors/caves
Effects: The stomach lining of a giant toad appears and
begins growing to cover all passageways, extending outwards
from the summoner to the full Area of the technique. Anyone
who hasn't exited the area by the time the Delay ends is
trapped inside; anyone able to leave before then escapes
automatically.
By spending 5 AP, the summoner can direct the esophagus
to ensnare any number of targets trapped within (extending
'whips' of flesh from the lining to restrain them if necessary),
increasing each of their immobilization penalties by 1. This
may be done up to once every 5 IC, and does not require any
actual action on the summoner's part, though does
necessitate a Chakra 10 roll.
Those trapped can take a Speed 10, Stamina 15 action to
pull themselves free, reducing the immobilization penalty
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 It is unclear where this technique earned its name, as using it
--( Kekkai: Gama Hyoro - Barrier to destroy a food cart would be overkill of the highest degree.
Gourd Prison )-- A giant, several-story-tall toad is summoned in mid-air above
This technique generates a powerful spatial barrier centered the unfortunate victim of this technique, and proceeds to fall
around the user which transports anyone caught in it on top of them. While this isn't the quickest method of
(including the user themselves) into the stomach of a gourd deploying a summon, or attacking an enemy, available, it's
toad: a massive, cavernous area filled with a lake of corrosive hard to rival its ability to cause wide-area destruction.
gastric acid, and, for some reason, many small partially- Chakra: X (Minimum 30, Maximum 60)
digested buildings still standing within it. Speed: X/2, Delay X/3
The only way to escape is to defeat the summoner, Damage: Xd12.open(6)*1
convince them to end the technique, or wait until its duration Range: 100
ends--and neither of the last two tend to be all that effective. Area: 80
At the location where this technique was used a large, Seal Speed: 50
black kanji for "oil" is imprinted on the ground; when the
technique ends, that mark vanishes and the stomach's Effects: This may only be used if a Kyodai is available to be
previous occupants are deposited in the nearest relatively summoned. It replaces the normal Speed and Seal Speed for
safe (so, not on fire, covered in spikes, directly under a net, or doing so.
so on) area within a hundred yards. A Kyodai is summoned X*5 yards above the target (make
the Chakra Exhaustion roll for the summon after Food Cart
Chakra: 45 Destroyer's); from there gravity does its thing, and the toad
Upkeep: 4 falls. This technique has a damage bonus of 0, but anyone
Range: 50 who is still in its area when the Delay ends is automatically
Area: 20 hit. The summoned toad takes no damage, and may act after
Speed: 15 they hit the ground.
Seal Speed: 30
Effects: As soon as it activates, this technique automatically
transports anyone within its Area, centered on the user, to the
gourd toad's stomach; the user may choose not to activate
this aspect of it (though they will always be transported there
themselves), but it's all-or-nothing; they can take everyone
within 20 yards of themselves, or nobody.
Additionally, they may target up to one person within its
range, with +4 Accuracy and ignoring any Fatigue penalties
the user currently suffers from. A giant toad's tongue lashes
out from the spot the summoner vanished at, snatches that
person up, and pulls them into the spatial distortion.
This technique will last a maximum of five minutes. Until
then, it is impossible for anyone to enter or exit the toad's
stomach.
As long as this isn't the summoner's first time being inside,
they have a home field advantage. This gives them a +3 bonus
to Accuracy, defense, Awareness, and Stealth while inside the
stomach. If somebody is knocked back or thrown more than 3
yards they'll be knocked into the acid, suffering a Stun 10 and
taking Xd10 energy damage (with no damage bonus applied),
where X is the number of IC which pass before their next
action (at which point they are assumed to pull themself out
of the acid). Water walking does not function on this stomach
acid.
Toad Gourd Prison may only be used once every 3 months
(12 OOC days).
--( Kuchiyose: Yatai Kuzushi no
Jutsu - Summoning: Food Cart
Destroying Technique )--

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 Summon: Guardian Accuracy: 20
1. Summoning Dodge: +10
2. Behavior Damage Bonus: 3.0
3. Attributes Movement: 2 yards per IC.
4. Abilities Athletics: +10
5. Terms of Contract Awareness: +10
==================== Resistance: +15

1. Summoning
Guardian Toads are chest-high on a man, which, given the
squat nature of the species, makes them quite bulky. They're
large enough for a person to ride on, at least in theory, though
will not allow their summoners to do so; it would be
disrespectful, and they're guardians and enforcers, not
horses.
Guardians can range in color from bright orange and green
to washed-out browns and yellows, and any number of shades
inbetween. More often than not Guardians are summoned
into battle, so they come appropriately equipped for combat,
outfitted in metal armor and ready to exhibit their exceptional
taijutsu skill.
Chakra: 25
Speed: 15
Seal Speed: 20
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Armor
The Guardian is heavily armored, having a DR of (Damage
Bonus*10).
Big Mouth
The Guardian has a large enough mouth that it can fit many
small objects within it, keeping them protected from harm
and outside influence. The object can only be removed by
inflicting a called shot to the toad's mouth that does 500 or
more damage in a single strike(it doesn't inflict a wound, just
frees the object). The toad can hold about the same amount
as a single sealing scroll in its mouth (or a Scroll Toad).
Shatei
The Guardian Toad works hard to keep up with its
summoner, gaining a bonus of (Summoner's XP)/250 to
accuracy, defenses, and skill rolls. In addition, the Guardian's
damage bonus is increased by (Summoner's XP)/500. Finally,
their Vitality is increased by (Summoner's XP / 500)*100.
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2. Behavior
The Guardian are quite smart--smarter than most people,
though that's not necessarily saying much--but aren't much
for conversation. They fill the role of a low-level enforcer or
bodyguard for a minor official, being called on to provide a bit
of extra muscle when the summoner needs backup. If they're
not given all the information they need to perform a task,
they'll fill in the blanks to the best of their judgment.
Communication will usually involve affirmative grunts and
the occasional wordless grumble.
As this is one of the more commonly called-upon summons
of its contract, many summons will call the same Guardian
for backup in most situations, and build a stronger
relationship with them. Eventually this leads to actually
getting monosyllabic verbal responses from the toad ("Yup"
and " 'Kay," being close to the limit of their willingness to
converse), and the toad actually, occasionally, asking for
elaboration when it needs it.
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4. Abilities
Standard Actions
Guardian Toads may use Dodge, Move, and Parry as
described in the Combat chapter of the PHB without
spending any of the summoner's AP.
Defend (Speed 1 or 6, Interrupt, AP 1 or 6)
Guardians can block as a Speed 1 Interrupt by spending 1
AP. Alternately, they can use Take the Hit as a Speed 6
Interrupt with a cost of 6 AP; after taking the hit they are
considered to be blocking if they succeed by at least 1 point.
Toad Strike (Speed 10, AP 4)
The toad leaps forward and delivers a powerful palm strike
inflicting 10d10.extra(6) blunt damage. This counts as a basic
unarmed attack.

3. Attributes
Vitality: 1000
STR: 60
RES: 50
CHA: 60
DEX: 50
AGI: 50

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Tongue Lash (Speed 4, AP 8)
Once every 20 IC, the toad may lash out with its tongue; this
has a range of 10 yards and +2 Accuracy. Used as an attack,
this deals 5d20.extra(12) blunt damage. Alternately, it may be
used to retrieve an object on the battlefield and hide it in their
mouth. This can also be used to strike a weapon or object
someone is holding, making a disarm check (with no penalty
for large or small weapons). If successfully used as a disarm
the toad may either toss the object aside (as per normal
disarm rules) or immediately retrieve it and store it in its
mouth. Tongue Lash cannot be used while the toad already
has something stored in its mouth.
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5. Terms of Contract
As mentioned, the Guardian is a bodyguard and enforcer,
ready to protect its summoner and any important
'acquisitions'. They'll gladly jump in front of an attack aimed
for their summoner if the need arises (though will only do so
for things which seem like they'd be an actual threat to the
summoner's well-being), and will gladly bring up the rear in
an escape.
Tha said, they expect to receive an appropriate amount of
respect for their efforts, and be treated as a valued underling,
not a disposable thug. Bringing up the rear in an escape is
one thing, but asking them to hold enemies off until they
succumb to their wounds is another entirely. Leaving them in
combat while you flee (which is not the same as having them
cover your escape, then unsummoning them once you've got
a head start) constitutes a Breach of Contract.
Additionally, if the Guardian is unsummoned due to
injuries (vitality dropping to zero) it cannot be summoned
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 Summon: Kyodai STR: 140
1. Summoning RES: 100
2. Behavior CHA: 60
3. Attributes DEX: 120
4. Abilities AGI: 100
5. Terms of Contract Accuracy: 40
==================== Dodge: +25
Damage Bonus: 10
Movement: 4 yards per IC
1. Summoning
Within actual yakuza organizations, the rank of "Kyodai" Athletics: +25
refers to senior enforcers of individual gangs, leaders in their Awareness: +20
own right. Within the mob-family-like organization of the Espionage: +20
toads, these giant specimens occupy the same rank. Each of Resistance: +30
them is truly massive, towering above most trees and
buildings and approaching the Toad Avatar, Gamabunta, in Giant Weapons
size. On top of that, every one of them is a skilled combatant, Parrying a giant toad's weapons is not generally advisable. It
often bringing appropriately scaled-up weapons into combat can only be done by someone with at least 140 STR, and they
with them. Their coloration varies wildly from one to the suffer a Stun (200 - their STR)/10 whether or not they
next, encompassing just about every coloration found in succeed. Otherwise, all normal rules for parrying weapons
actual toads, and several not encountered in any natural apply.
species. Huge
Chakra: 50 Kyodai cannot hide, due to their size. They cannot be
Speed: 20 knocked airborne or tripped, and any knockback effects have
Seal Speed: 30 their efficacy reduced by half. Additionally, their attacks have
a range of 20 yards, though are still considered to be melee
==================== range.
Jump
2. Behavior Being toads, they're quite adept at jumping, and frequently do
so when they need to cross large distances in a pinch. When
Kyodai are quite capable of conversation, though how a Kyodai moves as part of an attack, they may a distance
talkative they are varies greatly from one to the next; they all equal to the full Speed worth of movement--in other words, if
have distinct personalities, and so summoners will tend to using a Speed 12 attack they may move up to (12 * 4) 48
call upon the same few repeatedly to build a greater rapport-- yards as part of it.
much like people, they get along better with someone they
see more often.
That said, how they react to the summoner depends largely
upon that summoner's 'rank' within their organization.
If a summoner can't call on Gamabunta, they're viewed as
an underling, or at best a not-very-respected equal, who needs
some extra muscle to bail them out of a tight situation.
Assisting them is a necessary evil, and the toad will do what it
needs to to finish the job and head home as quickly and
efficiently as possible.
If the summoner has summoned Gamabunta in the past
and has at least a passing degree of respect from Mount
Myoboku's Oyabun, the toad warriors treat summoners as
respected peers as long as they get a similar degree of
respect in return.
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3. Attributes
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Kyodai
As befits their rank and skill, the giant toad warriors all bring
some form of weapon to battle. When you summon a warrior,
choose which of the following weapons they'll be equipped
with. You may summon a different sort of weapon-user each
time, if you please.
Mancatcher and Shield: The toad's mancatcher is a
vaguely Y-shaped metal weapon, with short spikes
covering each prong. The shield allows this toad to block
attacks as a Speed 5 Interrupt by paying 5 AP, which
reduces damage by 60% and is fully effective when
blocking weapons. The shield will break, however, once
the total damage of all attacks it's been used to block
reaches 3000. The mancatcher can be used as a Speed 14
attack dealing 16d10 Blunt damage, and has a +1 bonus
to Accuracy. Used against human-sized opponents, they
suffer a -4 immobilization penalty until their next action.
Against Large summons, they suffer a -4 immobilization
penalty that does not reduce their movement speed until
the Kyodai attacks with it again or they move outside of its
attack range. Their movement speed is reduced by
(Kyodai's STR - that summon's STR)/10 yards per IC. Any
summons with a size description other than Large suffer a
Stun equal to however many points they were hit by.
Twin Katana: The toad appears with two katanas. Using
them is a Speed 14 attack dealing 28d8 Slashing damage;
if used to parry, they have a +2 bonus. Whenever the toad
attacks with these weapons they may select two targets
who are both in range, attacking one with each weapon.
Both katanas may be used to simultaneously attack any
Large or larger summon, in which case the number of
damage dice remains unchanged but the toad's damage
bonus is increased to 15 for that attack.
Wakizashi: The Wakizashi deals 14d12 Slashing damage,
and is a Speed 12 attack with +2 Accuracy. The toad may
use it to attack without spending the summoner's AP, but
if it does so it cannot attack again for 20 IC (instead of 12
IC, based on the attack's Speed); this does not actually
change the Speed of the attack.
Tetsubo: Yes, a huge wooden club, probably made from an
actual tree trunk and fitted with metal studs. This attack
has -4 Accuracy, but cannot be parried. It is a Speed 20
attack dealing 20d20 Blunt damage, with a damage bonus
of 20. If it hits, in inflicts a Stun 8. However, the AP cost to
attack with it is increased by 5 (to 10 for Skillful Strike,
and 15 + X for Leap Attack).
Twin Sai: A paired set of sai; while they do have a +4
bonus to parrying weapons, it's usually not all that useful
for a giant toad. Attacking with them is a Speed 12 action,
and they deal 14d10 Blunt damage. If an attack with these
weapons misses, the summoner may spend 5 AP for the
toad to make a strike with the second sai, in which case an
Accuracy roll replaces their normal Accuracy.
Bare Hands: Yes! This toad knows martial arts! They
make Speed 10 attacks dealing 10d12 Blunt damage.
However, if their attacks miss they do not expend any of
the summoner's AP. If their attacks hit, the summoner
may immediately spend another 4 AP to have the toad
perform a flashy series of blows which inflicts a Stun 4 on
the victim.
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4. Abilities
Standard Actions
Kyodai may use the dodge, move, and block actions as
described in the Combat chapter without spending any of the
summoner's AP.
Leap (Speed 5, 10 AP)
The Kyodai can leap up to 300 yards horizontally, or 150
yards vertically, or any combination of the two (so, at
maximum, a 300 yard horizontal leap that carried them in an
arc which, at its highest point, reached 150 yards off the
ground). For determining how long this takes to cross the
entire length, use whichever distance is greater; during the
leap, the toad travels at a rate of 10 yards per IC. While in
mid-air the toad is free to take other actions, but cannot
move, change direction, or dodge area-of-effect attacks.
Leap Attack (Speed X + Variable, 10 + X AP)
The toad lunges for its target with incredible speed! This can
attack anyone within Leap's range. X is how many IC it would
take to reach their location with Leap; if they're 120 yards
away, X is 12. The "Variable" value is the normal Speed to
perform Skillful Strike. This takes place immediately (unlike
Leap, where the movement happens over time). For
determining damage, and valid defenses, the toad's weapon's
normal Speed is used.
Skillful Strike (Speed Variable, 5 AP)
The toad uses its weapon of choice (as described under
"Kyodai", in Attributes) to attack.
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6. Terms of Contract
Kyodai have little objection to being called into battle to
protect the summoner or other members of the toad 'family';
it's part of their job as mob bosses, and while they may not be
totally agreeable or treat the summoner with all that much
respect, they won't let those sort of attitude issues get in the
way of doing their job.
Of course, they're also part of an idealized version of the
yakuza, and as such think of themselves as valorous
champions of the weak and downtrodden. They'll go out of
their way to help anyone who falls into the category (so, not
any shinobi, not nobility, and not wealthy civilians), and will
refuse orders to harm them or disregard their safety.
Convincing them that somebody is actually weak and being
abused is a reliable, if difficult, way to get their full
cooperation.
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 Summon Avatar:
Gamabunta
1. Summoning
2. Behavior
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1. Summoning
To shinobi, Gamabunta is the Toad Avatar; to other toads he
is the Oyabun, the head of their Yakuza-like 'family'. He's one
of the larger summoned avatars, tall enough that the great
forests covering most of the Fire Country are barely tall
enough to reach his hip. While he's not that much larger than
the toad Warriors (the 'Kyodai' among the toads), his skills far
surpass theirs. He's boss for a reason.
Gamabunta has dull, rust-red skin covered in warts. His
'chest' is brightly tattooed in red ink, though those markings
are partially obscured by the blue happi vest he wears; his
other identifying feature (aside from being, you know, a giant
toad) is the vertical scar across his right eyelid, where he was
presumably slashed (and fortunately not blinded) by some
large blade.
When Gamabunta appears, it is with a a slim (for him)
metal pipe in his mouth; he does, indeed, smoke. He carries a
blade holstered at his back which to him is a tanto--though in
shinobi terms, the blade is the size of a tower, and large
enough to cleave rivers into the ground.
Chakra: 70
Speed: 30
Seal Speed: 50
====================

2. Behavior
Gamabunta is usually grumpy and apathetic; being
summoned is not something he's every very pleased about. A
summoner who's managed to earn his personal respect has a
better time of things, but for the most part Gamabunta is the
Boss of a massive organization and has much better things to
do with his time than be forced into a conversation with a
random underling, let alone help bail said underling out of
trouble.
That said, Gamabunta does have a strong (if somewhat
warped) sense of right and wrong, and will fight valiantly
against genuine, serious threats. Usually refusing to be
anywhere he hasn't chosen to, his opinion can be skewed one
way or the other based on the nature of his 'family's'
involvement.

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