Nin-Taijutsu?

Age : 31 Posts : 1118

Certain members such as Fox and Awesome have characters that don't specialize in Ninjutsu yet have Taijutsu techniques that revolve around the elements. I believe this term is called Nin-Taijutsu, the combination of Ninjutsu and Taijutsu. However, I believe our staff and I included have blindsided this matter. If a person does not specialize in Ninjutsu, they cannot have elemental techniques/combinations, or am I wrong?

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Something that certainly needs to be discussed. I'm kind of the fence, I thought that was the case too Deme but it seems like a common feature in a few shinobi.

Age : 32 Posts : 869

I don't think that you need ninjutsu to use elements for taijutsu. If that was the case than you would be limiting taijutsu greatly because they would need ninjutsu to make elemental attacks. So if they wanted a taijutsu and weaponry build for example, they wouldn't be able to use their elements which is not so great.

Age : 29 Posts : 3145

IF you are not a ninjutsu user, then in my book, you won't be able to use any elemental ninjutsu until you reach Chuunin. Sorry. And ninjutsu-taijutsu should only be used by characters who have both of those - making your fists lit up in lightning is not something one could do easily, unless they had experience in casting and using raiton in combat. (etc.) Then again at the rank of Chuunin, they can create all sorts of wondrous Nin-Tai D rank techniques.

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Does the same apply for Nin-Kenjutsu? Because I was planning to make some elemental Kenjutsu techniques. Just because you don't specialize in Ninjutsu doesn't mean your elemental affinities aren't there, and you're using them in a different way.

Age : 29 Posts : 3640

I was thinking the same thing, Outcast. I've had characters with Kenjutsu and Ninjutsu; never ones with them both linked and wondered if Nin-Kenjutsu was possible.

Age : 29 Posts : 4301

I was always on the assumption that one required Ninjutsu as a Specialty in order to collaborate Elements into their techniques.

Subject: Re: Nin-Taijutsu? Mon 12 Sep 2011, 5:03 am

	Ninjutsu	Taijutsu	Weaponry	Genjutsu
Genin	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chuunin	D	D	D	D
Jounin	D	D	D	D
S Rank	C	C	C	C

Regarding using elements in jutsu, the act of concentrating enough to unlock a character's elements, I don't it to be too difficult. Remember, when a ninja starts out, they begin to use their elements before they realize and recognize what their specialty is. If someone is above chuunin and can use D - Rank Ninjutsu attacks, I think we should allow them to mold those basic ninjutsu attacks with taijutsu. :/~

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I think, much like we have created weaponry as a specialty which encapsulates many aspects of weapons into one to make it easier, we should do the same with nintaijutsu. I can write up a wee thing on nintaijutsu soon if you like as I have some idea's around it. Although, the weaponry/ninjutsu issue probably still needs to be discussed further as to how we want to work it?

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

This is getting blown out of proportion, although we consider Medical a branch off of Ninjutsu so even if they don't have the Ninjutsu specialty, they can use elements for their medical techniques, to simplify this I just say we permit it, not restrict it even more. Having something like a NinTai specialty is an easy way to fuck over our system having NinTai as one spec and Genjutsu as another specialty and pretty much have three specialties, I don't think we need to make this more difficult for members.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Adam wrote:: This is getting blown out of proportion, although we consider Medical a branch off of Ninjutsu so even if they don't have the Ninjutsu specialty, they can use elements for their medical techniques, to simplify this I just say we permit it, not restrict it even more. Having something like a NinTai specialty is an easy way to fuck over our system having NinTai as one spec and Genjutsu as another specialty and pretty much have three specialties, I don't think we need to make this more difficult for members.

So are there any objections to this?

Subject: Re: Nin-Taijutsu? Sun 18 Sep 2011, 3:52 am

I can agree to this above statement as I have already given my input on it.

Age : 31 Posts : 8965

Solved.