Puppetry Questions

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Many of the puppetry jutsus are suggested requiring existing items to utilize the technique. i.e Light Shield Seal Mechanism requires your puppet I assume to have an existing shield attachment to utilize. Similarly, the jutsu requiring two puppets to spin around an enemy and make them into a poison cloud.

However, some of the Jutsus perplex me. Senju Soubu - Thousand Hands Manipulation Military Art seems like an impossible Jutsu to do if this is true. Why? How is anyone going to get a Puppet approved that has an army that contains a thousand expanding arms? In this case, it suggests to me that the technique can be used without having a thousand arms, but simply used in any extendable limbs. Alright. Is it really right for a C-rank technique to be able to enable a single extendable limb to multiply into a thousand arms coming at an enemy? I mean I'm fine with having my puppet win, but I just wanna clear up these matters ^.^

Secondly, what are the guidelines concerning puppets and scrolls? Can I assume all my puppets are contained in scrolls? Do I have to put them down in equipment, or in the puppets descriptions that they're contained in scrolls? Do I have to have some specialty or something? Is there chakra costs involved in the releasing of puppets? Do scrolls have to be a certain size?

Subject: Re: Puppetry Questions Fri 17 Feb 2012, 3:39 am

The Jutsu in question, as well as several others within the encyclopedia, are all being re-evaluated with removal being considered. In the meantime, any applications for them won't be denied by their effects will be limited.

Regarding puppets, all of them are considered to be unsealed and physically carried by the character unless stated otherwise. There aren't any specialties required to seal them and the only chakra costs involved in releasing them comes from the usage of this:

Quote :: Name: Chozou no Jutsu (Storage Technique)
Rank: E
Type: Fuuinjutsu, Supplementary
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: N/A
Description: A simple jutsu that allows a ninja to seal or unseal any item, mostly weapons, from scrolls or from their body. After forming the necessary handsigns, the ninja will seal the item into a scroll etc. Scrolls can also be used as ammunition for other weapons or have other seals inside of them, which expands the number of potential tricks a shinobi can use. The items themselves are unaffected by time. Ninjutsu can also be stored in scrolls, to be released when the scroll is opened.
Chakra Cost: 2CP

As for the size of the scrolls, you can assume that they don't matter until further notice.

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But if its a fuinjutsu, doesn't that mean I can't use scrolls unless I have Fuinjutsu as a speciality? Why the exception for storage technique?

Subject: Re: Puppetry Questions Fri 17 Feb 2012, 4:38 am

Genin are allowed E Rank Jutsu that fall outside their areas of expertise.

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It doesn't say that in the system rules. It says N/A. It also suggests that you can't take E-Rank Medical, Puppetry, or Sealing Jutsus even if they are E-ranked.

Subject: Re: Puppetry Questions Fri 17 Feb 2012, 5:07 am

Hmm my mistake. I suppose that means that Genin are unable to seal their puppets within scrolls.

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No one is able to without the sealing Specialty more like...

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The Storage Technique is a supplementary, regardless of speciality it can be used. In regards to actually sealing your puppets into your scrolls, I'd like to think people would carry their main puppet if they had more than one puppet as its how we saw Kankuro travel until he reached the rank of Jounin.

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Well. My "Main" puppet is a steel puppet that weighs more than my character is physically able to lift. So. Somewhat necessary for my character to be able to store him o.o

And we never actually saw Kankuro as a Chunin ever, so its hard to make the assumption he didn't seal his puppets while he was a Chunin.

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Shiro wrote:: Well. My "Main" puppet is a steel puppet that weighs more than my character is physically able to lift. So. Somewhat necessary for my character to be able to store him o.o

And we never actually saw Kankuro as a Chunin ever, so its hard to make the assumption he didn't seal his puppets while he was a Chunin.

I was going to mention your second point but it obviously skipped my mind when I got around to writing the post, it should be fine to seal your puppet them, Jake. :]

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Solved?

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I suppose :0 At least when you guys revamp the puppetry techniques anyway ^.^

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Solved.