The Boy from the Forest [Training]

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Mokuton Soutei Hashira (Wood Release - Binding Pillars)
Rank: "C", "B", "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where branches is pushed from the ground and wraps around an opponent.
Special: "Boar, Dragon, Ram, Boar"
Drawback: This technique is the basics of other techniques. The user must learn this technique multiple times in order for the distance of branches can increases.
Description: After using the seals the user uses the water and earth release in which branches crushes out of the ground to wrap around the user. When the user first learns this technique the user is capable of creating approximatly Six Different branches with a width of six inches, with the distance of Ten Meters From the user. Every time learned the distance may increase by an additional ten Meters. When the distance reaches up to a Hundred Meters the type of training becomes B-Rank Training. When the distance reaches Two Hundred Meters the Training becomes A-Rank. When the user reaches to B-Rank Training the width of branches is Twelve Inches if the user desires. When the Training Reaches A-Rank the width of the branches is Twenty Four Inches if the user desires. Each time learned the user is capable of creating another branch.
Limit: Must have the Wood Release

The Land of Earth did not have as much plant-life as Valerys expected, but compared to the desert the land was still fertile with life. At least there were forests and waterfalls and animals that did not creep on the ground. A forest is where Valerys found herself now. Looking at the trees made her envious and although she wasn't an artsy-type, the trees made her want to create. She had experience with flowers but wood was another matter entirely. The rough exterior and the forcefulness of the tehcniques -- well, they were blunt. Valerys had more of an interest in illusions. Tricks. Slights of hand and manipulation. But she knew that there were times when blunt force was the only alternative. She sat cross-legged and put her palms to the ground. Her energy system thrummed to the beat of the microbes. How they wanted to be dictated and moved. How the water wanted to join with the dirt. To become life. Valerys found it hard to deny them.

There was a scroll in the heart of the Land of Wind that held within it hundreds of wood release techniques. There was one that Valerys remembered on her way to the Land of Earth. A technique that could shoot branches from the ground. To tangle opponents. Although the method was still crude and ill-refined, Valerys knew she needed more techniques in her arsenal for live capture. Performing the handsigns, Valerys felt her way into the earth and the microbes that inhabited the subterranean world. All to pleased to help, the water and the dirt came together -- and Valerys breathed life into them with her energetic body. They began to form wood. Inches at a time, but eventually branches curled out of the soil and bathed in sunlight for the first time. But the trees cast the branches in shade. When Valerys demanded that they grow, the branches crawled from the earth and slithered across the ground. Valerys sent the branches toward a pocket of sunlight ten feet in front of her.

Although she felt drained, Valerys stretched the branches to the light and released them from her mental willpower. Valerys inspected the branches. The wood was fragile and the leaves brittle, quite unlike branches that would incapacitate an opponent. Deciding that it would do her well to observe the plants, Valerys began a stroll through the forest. As she walked, she inspected the twigs and the branches and the trunks of the trees. She asked herself, "Where do you come from?" "How does your life form?" "By what means does your strength continue?" The trees never answered her. But as she sat on a stone near the middle of the landscape, a boy came out from among the bushes. He appeared young, maybe five or six, and Valerys could not help but feel an odd sense of mother-like attachment when she asked, "Where are your parents?" He looked at her with blue eyes and a surprised expression.

"Where have you come from?"

The boy said nothing.

"You are like the plants," Valerys said, "For you must be tough to crawl among the trees, but you say nothing. Your silence is a gift." Valerys pondered her own words and felt a sentimental click in her mind. She formed the handsigns and showed the boy her powers. Branches sprang from the ground and wrapped around his feet. The technique was not malicious however, and although he was surprised at first the boy soon realized that he was not trapped. He was covered in the thick over brush of life, and how full of life it was. Valerys looked upon her creation and knew, perhaps for the first time, that not all life had to adhere to the principles of battle and death.

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+10, Learned.

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Enchantment Perception
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: Jutsu allows the user to perform Enchantment Perceptions.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This technique does not count against the user's Perception Training Points. Enchantments affect the mind and cause the recipient to think and act in ways that the subject would not do otherwise. Jutsus from this Perception always have the mind-affecting descriptor. Consequently, Enchantments affect only creatures (and not all creatures). Enchantments are the "catch" all Jutsus that do not follow in the "Charm", nor "Compulsion" category and are the prerequisite Perception before moving into the 2 more advanced Perceptions.
Limit: Must know Pattern Perception and Phantasm Perception.

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The boy had scuttered off back to the forest for now. Valerys spent several nights alone under the stars and imagined that she was among them. How great it would have been to look down upon the earth and seen her past home and friends. But it seemed they were far removed, and there was naught to comfort her except for the boy and her training. After hours of contemplating her situation, Valerys decided that she needed to turn inward. So much of her strength was dependent on her body -- but there were certain skills she knew that could alter her opponent's minds. This inspired Valerys who relished an opportunity to mess with the heads of nearly everybody. Under the cover of dark she started to meditate with her legs crossed and thought about the minds of others that she had met. The mind of the boy. How quiet he had been, and how difficult it would have been to subvert his mind to the power of enchantments. After an hour of deep meditation, Valerys reflected on her own mind.

By focusing her awareness to different parts of her body and chakra system, Valerys could conjure images within her own head to change her psycholligcal makeup. She could inspire herself. Make herself afraid. Get angry. She carefully viewed these changes in emotion as if they were ripples on the face of a pond. They would come and go from her mind, conjured by nothing other than her subconscious at first -- but after a while by her direction of the chakra that flowed through her body. Genjutsu mentors had told her that there was a special type of genjutsu, Enchantment, which could be derived from the Phantasm and Pattern disciplines. It directly influenced the emotions and attitudes of others, manipulating them for the perfect benefit of the user.

Although she often toyed with the minds of her peers, imagine how much more powerful she could be by enchanting them through her chakra network. The same way that the energy flushed through her body, the same way that she could apply this to others -- and evoke the same emotional states. Although she had her eyes closed, Valerys began to feel the presence of another being at the grove. Was it the boy? Valerys wasn't sure and to keep her eyes closed would be to keep her defenses down. A task that she would not allow. Valerys opened her eyes and saw no one save the tree line. "Hello?" she said with confidence into the night, but no one rsponded. Valerys was not fooled. She had felt the prsence of another mind and knew that her training would aid her on her mission.

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

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Human Languages (Shadowtongue) [Total SP: 0/125]

Rank: "D"

Skill: Language Skill

Effect: The most common form of language on the surface world.

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: Relevant Abilities: Intelligence Skill. Die Rolls: 5 Die Rolls. Check Requirement: Never. There are countless human languages spoken on the surface of the world of Naruto Forum Roleplay. Basic Languages spoken throughout the known world spoken by the people of the world. Some are more rare than others however each Language is spoken by Humans that thrive in the world. The character with this skill has learned to speak a particular language. A successful skill check indicates that the character is able to speak and understand the language, while a failed skill check means that the user has forgotten the correct words –or cannot understand the words. For convenience's sake, the user can use the chart below to judge the level of communication possible by the character. Below are human languages spoken around the world:

Limit: Must learn from Skills.

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The night was still young as Valerys ended her meditations and decided to venture further into the forest. Strange rocks and outcroppings heralded her approach as she went further and further, wondering to herself how possibly the boy could live out in this place. For a long time Valerys only light was by the moon, but eventually she began to make out small orbs in the distance. The fabled will-o-wisps? Valerys pondered, but decided that it was much more likely to be another living soul. Not with the best intentions, Valerys snuck upon on the home and debated if she should break in. However, as Valerys approached she realized that the question was not necessary because whoever lived her was sitting out on their porch, staring at the night sky and treeline. As Valerys approached, the man on the porch yelled, “Who’s there?”

“Just a traveler, sir,” Valerys yelled back.

She inched closer to the man and noted that his eyes were all white. Blind?

“What do you want?” the man asked.

“I was training in the forest,” Valerys said, “Saw some lights in this direction.”

“Thought you’d just mosey on over?”

“Thought I’d share my company.”

The man sneered and pulled up his robe to reveal a longsword at the hip. Valerys looked at it, uninterested.

“Is that supposed to scare me?”

In an unexpected turn of events, the man started to laugh. His booming laughter filled the night air and seemed to scare away anything or anyone else that might have been in the vicinity. “I like you,” the man said and put out his hand. “Gilbert.” Valerys shook and told him her name. The two of them exchanged trivialities, mostly lies, and Valerys watched him closely. The man seemed to be a liar by trade, well-versed in body language and scanning her own. But of course, her Kedoin bloodline prevented him from detecting her motives (she hoped). Eventually the sound of movement in the brush made the man stop speaking and stare off into the woods. “Let’s get going inside,” he said and brought me into his home. The inside was well-illuminated with lamps and torches. A bear head hung on the wall and I was immediately drawn to a bookshelf right below it. The man saw me scanning the bookcase and asked, “A reader, huh?”

“I love books,” Valerys said, which was only partially true. She loved powerful books.

She saw one tome titled Shadowtongue Dictionary. Valerys asked the man if she could pull it down and he nodded. In the dim lamplight of the cabin, she felt the leatherbound book and looked upon her first sight of an ancient, dark speech. The words seemed to speak to her, not only because of their symbolic value but of an ancient tradition lost to man. But within the pits of her evil soul, Valerys noted that a voice spoke to her in the back of her mind. It wanted her to read the book. Gilbert sat with Valerys at the table as she read and she asked questions, trying to decipher the code of Shadowtongue. Gilbert was fluent and offered his assistance, taking an unusual interest in Valerys’ black soul. After an hour of reading the dictionary and asking questions, Valerys had mastered some of the rudimentaries of the language. Gilbert was fond of saying the phrase, "Coal is black as men are sheep to the salughter." He taught her this in the Shadowtongue and said that Valerys had to keep it in mind -- that it would aide her on her quest. This was one of the great pieces of advice that she was given before her lonely trek through the Land of Earth. 

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

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+10 TP. 31 SP total.

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Human Languages (Shadowtongue) [SP: 31/125]
Rank: "D"
Skill: Language Skill
Effect: The most common form of language on the surface world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Relevant Abilities: Intelligence Skill. Die Rolls: 5 Die Rolls. Check Requirement: Never. There are countless human languages spoken on the surface of the world of Naruto Forum Roleplay. Basic Languages spoken throughout the known world spoken by the people of the world. Some are more rare than others however each Language is spoken by Humans that thrive in the world. The character with this skill has learned to speak a particular language. A successful skill check indicates that the character is able to speak and understand the language, while a failed skill check means that the user has forgotten the correct words –or cannot understand the words. For convenience's sake, the user can use the chart below to judge the level of communication possible by the character. Below are human languages spoken around the world:
Limit: Must learn from Skills.

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The rest of the night Gilbert drilled Valerys on the letters that made up the shadowtongue alphabet. It was hard work but as she spent some more time with Gilbert, Valerys got a better look at him. He had long black hair that fell across his face and a scar on his chin. His skin was rugged, like he had done hard work for a long period of his life. Something about the man unsettled Valerys, but it was this very quality that she respected and enjoyed. By the end of the night Valerys was worn out and had learned so much that she felt like her head was going to explode. She said goodbye to Gilbert and left by the thin light of morning. The walk back was nice, without much pain, except that as Valerys was getting close to her grove she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. She whipped her head quickly, but it must have been her imagination because nothing was there. Valerys let the thought leave her and crawled among the rocks and dirt, ready to fall off to sleep.

Valerys slept most of the day away and if the wild boy did come back to her camp then she missed him. By the time she woke up, the sun was already past its zenith and the day was winding down. She had just enough time to hunt down a quick meal, cook, and bathe before the sun was beginning to set again. Strange how my natural rhythms have been thrown off, Valerys thought. As the sun set and the world became dark, she was more awake then she had been all day. As she let her fire die out to small embers, Valerys packed her things and got ready to move out into the woods and back to Gilbert’s home. The trail was not easy to follow and Valerys only had the broken twigs and faint footprints that she had left the previous night to guide her. Eventually, however, she did see the dim lights and once again discovered Gilbert sitting alone on his porch. This time he knew she was approaching.

“Hey there,” Gilbert said.
“How can you see me with eyes so blind?”
“You’re loud.”
As I followed Gilbert into his cabin and opened up some of the old books, beginning with the dictionary, I noticed the tiny bumps underneath all the words. For the first time I noticed that Gilbert was reading with his hands, pronouncing the strange, hiss-like syllables of shadowtongue from his hands.
“What is this?” I asked.
“Braille,” he explained, “How I read.”
I pitied Gilbert. Losing his eyesight like this, how difficult it must have been.
As if reading my mind, Gilbert started to laugh.
“What?” I asked.
“You say so much when you say nothing at all.”
It was that night that I discovered how much Gilbert could truly see despite his blindness. His handicap didn’t make him frail, it made him strong, and it was lucky that Valerys learned this now before she tried to take advantage of his disability.

Gilbert continued with his course, teaching Valerys several new words and for the first time how to construct a sentence in the shadowtongue. The sentences were crude and had little word order, unlike her native tongue, which made it a skill in cognition as well as memorization. After studying for several hours, Gilbert taught Valerys some of the culture that birthed the shadowtongue. Gilbert set up a circle and performed an initiative ceremony — speaking only the shadowtongue. Valerys caught glimpses of phrases but could not put together the prayer. Despite this, she could feel the power that these words held and looked forward to the day that she could speak the language fluently among her own rites and rituals.

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Botany [Underworld]. [SP: 0/125]
Rank: “E” Rank (5 TP at all times).
Skill: Skill.
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific region each time they go up this skill. A successful botany skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. This knowledge is broader than the agriculture skill, as it extends to plants (including trees) without obvious food or textile uses. Each skill level allows the user knowledge of each herb category (Example: Novice can identify common herbs, master can identify nearly impossible herbs) within a region. Here is some difficulty examples.
Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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As Gilbert was finishing up their lesson on language, Valerys noted a book that was not written in the shadowtongue. This one, in fact, had very little writing at all and was mostly illustrations of various plants in their natural habitats under the earth. “And what, pray tell, is this?” Valerys asked, letting Gilbert know that she was aware of the power behind these pages.
“A book of plants from the underground,” Gilbert explained, “I could tell you their uses, which ones you could eat and which ones would kill you.”
Valerys was suddenly more intrigued. “KIll someone, huh? You’re quite the interesting man, Gilbert.”
“Like this one,” Gilbert said pointing to one of the front pages, “the black rose — It is a very rare plant that has thorns that when placed into a person’s body will drain them of their blood.”
“And how does one detect such things?”
“Careful observation. And knowledge. I’ve spent most of my life reading these books and picking out these various herbs in their natural settings. Throughout my studies I’ve encountered numerous plants and used them for all sorts of trickery. After a while, noticing them becomes second nature.”
Valerys wondered to herself how long the man had been blind. He seemed to know so much of the world of sight, it seemed strange that he was so enthralled with these books and the pictures.
“I see,” Valerys said, no pun intended, and attempted as Gilbert suggested to memorize this black rose. It stuck in her mind, soaking from it the energy as if it were blood from a torture victim.

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Alchemy [SP: 0/125]
Rank: "D"
Skill: Artisan Skill
Effect: Users with this skill can combine strange ingredients in secret ways to make marvelous substances.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Relevant Abilities: Intelligence Skill. Die Rolls: 5 Die Rolls. Check Requirement: Always. Alchemy gives a character the ability to mix compounds and to know what those compounds do. An alchemist can mix up medicines and healing potions. The user can even mix a mean Long Island Iced Tea. Alchemists have long sought out to know the secrets of the world. For most other chemical mixtures, an alchemist can do the trick. Creating Items the user must first have the ingredients which is listed in every creature, plant, mineral, and mixtures. Then the user must craft the item based on the item's Cost. Calculate 1/3 of item's cost. Write a crafting post equal to a Search Creature/Plant post. If a staff member is satisfied with the post a Craft check will be rolled. The staff member will roll a 1d100. Once the number is determined from the roll add the number to the user's skill plus any additional bonuses or penalties. Subtract the calculated bonus skill from the 1/3 price of the item. Continue with this process until you have reached 0. Once you have reached 0 you have created the item. Synergy: A user with Mathematics gives a +5 Mastery Level Synergy Bonus to Alchemy.
Limit: Must learn from Skills.

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“So then tell me Gilbert,” Valerys went on. “What does one do with many of these ingredients? Do you know that too?” Gilbert stared out me for a long time with his lifeless eyes and then said, “Of course, Valerys. Come with me.” She followed Gilbert into one of the accompanying rooms, which had been locked and required Gilbert’s key. Once inside she could see a large chamber with several counters and tables. In the middle was a stone table where several mortars, pestles, and herbs rested — along with bottles all sizes. The bottles were of various hues and indicated that some were more dangerous than others. “You’ve been holding out on me Gilbert.”
“Can’t reveal everything right away.”
As we stepped farther in Valerys noticed that the shelves were lined with several crystals. So then this too was part of it? Gilbert stepped over to the table and grabbed some of the herbs. “These are ingredients,” he explained, “Like we are the ingredients that make up something greater, so can these ingredients make things that are even greater than your weapons.” He pulled down one of the crystals began to imbue it with his energy. Her soul seemed to shake and hum to the sight — it felt like a long lost memory had come back to me.

“Come here and I’ll show you how to prepare the herbs,” Gilbert said. Valerys did as he told, although it brought her no joy. He showed her how his hands rubbed over the stems and picked at the leaves, preserving as much of their weight as possible. He showed her how to hang the herbs to dry so that they would receive the best level of light. He showed her how to grind all of the herbs together, and how to choose different herbs for their flavor in smoking blends and food. However, these tedious tasks meant little to Valerys and she was upset that she had spent so much time learning about these common tasks. Although Gilbert assured her it was all a process, Valerys was not sure why alchemy had to be so boring — was Gilbert just a boring man? But she had faith for a little longer and allowed Gilbert to take her to his herb garden. This did appear quite beautiful — bulbs and shoots in the ground as well as potatoes and carrots. A pile of salt was in the corner, heaped on the dirt, and Valerys could note rosemary, oregano, and roses as well.

“You must tend them with care,” Gilbert explained. “Each plant will one day serve you, just as servants of the mind or by force, but you must make sure that they grow. In that way it is more of an agreement than servitude.” Looking at it that way did give Valerys some perspective, and she looked down on the little minions wondering what one could make out of rosemary, potatoes, and roses? “What alchemy would you have me learn?” Valerys asked, “There seems to be so many options.
“I guess that’s up to you,” Gilbert said, “It matters not to me. I’m a jack of trades and know a little here and there. What has spoken to you and to what do you feel inclined?”
Valerys thought about it for a minute. The herbs and the gardens had suggested something to her, but it had been the crystals that had really intrigued here. Perhaps in time she would master more, but for know she could not turn her eyes from the crystals. “Teach me to be a crystalmancer,” Valerys said. Gilbert seemed to approve and told her to follow him and they went over to one of the shelves that housed all of the gems and crystals. 

[Madame Loki]

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Cultivation (Underworld) [SP: 0/125
Rank: "E"
Skill: Sophisticated Skill
Effect: A character with this skill knows the proper procedure to slaughter creatures of all kinds within a specific region and how to carefully remove yields of plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Relevant Abilities: Perception Skill. Die Rolls: 5 Die Rolls. Check Requirement: Normal. Characters with this skill can train 1 Region (declared when the skill is chosen) to cultivate Creatures, Plants, and Undead. A character may acquire additional Regions to cultivate by choosing this skill again. The user may cultivate any creature, plant, or undead so long as they know the Lore to the same region. For example: If the user knows only knows Forest Creature Lore, but knows Grassland Creature and Plant Lore, the user can only cultivate from Forest Creatures, but can Cultivate from both Grassland and Plant creatures. A character with this skill knows the proper procedures to slaughter creatures, cut parts of plants, and to cut up a carcass to provide the most out of it without risking injury. User knows how to trim, if desired, and get rid of everything that is unneeded. User must have at least a sharp knife, and a Creature, Plant, or Undead to perform this skill. How much the user can cultivate is dependent on each Creature, Plant, and/or Undead. Each Creature, Plant, and Undead has a Cultivation Difficulty found their description. User must beat their Difficulty in order to gain the yields of each Creature, Plant, and Undead. If the user succeeds they gain the yields. If user fails by 20 or less they do not gain the yields and are unable to try again. If the user fails by 21 or more, any yield the user is trying to obtain that has a poisonous effect will affect the user. User must perform a Cultivation check per Yield Type as some Creatures, Plants, and Undead have multiple yield types.
Limit: Must learn from Skills. Must know Creature Lore, or Undead Lore, or Plant Lore.

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Valerys and Gilbert went over some preliminary work with the crystals and when they were done, Gilbert told her to tend to the herb garden. He informed her that there was another section outside underneath a wooden hatch door. “Herbs underneath the ground?” Valerys asked. Looking back on it, this was a funny statement to have made. Gilbert laughed and said, “Of course. Take a walk down there and you’ll see. Pick me a bit of all of them.” Gilbert loaned her sharp knife and said, “Be careful. Some plants can be difficult to cultivate properly.” As Valerys worked her way down into the wooden hatch, she looked around and saw all sorts of herbs growing inside of a large 30 x 30 feet stone chamber. Moss and lichens formed in the wall and different plants, some of them glowing, littered the ground and made it difficult to even walk without stepping on something. Valerys decided to start with some of the easier herbs and work her way up.

Valerys started with moss and cut off some of the tips of the grass. Her the color was the most rich and seemed to contain many of the necessary nutrients. But for what Valerys was not sure? She hoped that Gilbert would tell her when this was through. After she had picked the grasses of several mosses the bag she’d been caring began to fill with different hues of green and brown. With the knife it wasn’t easy to collect the ingredients, requiring close examination and cutting of the tips. The blade, while sharp, still had difficulty and took her some time. The lichens were a little bit easier, as they just required brief grazes along the side of the leaves that separated them from the reproductive stalks. Many of the seeds fell into the bags as well, and Valerys separated and labeled all of them so Gilbert would know their contents. She named only those she recognized from Gilbert’s illustrated book on herbs. The rest she left of to him, waiting to learn their secrets.

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

+5 TP 14 SP

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Cultivation (Underworld) [SP: 14/125]
Rank: "E"
Skill: Sophisticated Skill
Effect: A character with this skill knows the proper procedure to slaughter creatures of all kinds within a specific region and how to carefully remove yields of plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Relevant Abilities: Perception Skill. Die Rolls: 5 Die Rolls. Check Requirement: Normal. Characters with this skill can train 1 Region (declared when the skill is chosen) to cultivate Creatures, Plants, and Undead. A character may acquire additional Regions to cultivate by choosing this skill again. The user may cultivate any creature, plant, or undead so long as they know the Lore to the same region. For example: If the user knows only knows Forest Creature Lore, but knows Grassland Creature and Plant Lore, the user can only cultivate from Forest Creatures, but can Cultivate from both Grassland and Plant creatures. A character with this skill knows the proper procedures to slaughter creatures, cut parts of plants, and to cut up a carcass to provide the most out of it without risking injury. User knows how to trim, if desired, and get rid of everything that is unneeded. User must have at least a sharp knife, and a Creature, Plant, or Undead to perform this skill. How much the user can cultivate is dependent on each Creature, Plant, and/or Undead. Each Creature, Plant, and Undead has a Cultivation Difficulty found their description. User must beat their Difficulty in order to gain the yields of each Creature, Plant, and Undead. If the user succeeds they gain the yields. If user fails by 20 or less they do not gain the yields and are unable to try again. If the user fails by 21 or more, any yield the user is trying to obtain that has a poisonous effect will affect the user. User must perform a Cultivation check per Yield Type as some Creatures, Plants, and Undead have multiple yield types.
Limit: Must learn from Skills. Must know Creature Lore, or Undead Lore, or Plant Lore.

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While she was down in that underground grove, Valerys looked everywhere for a black rose but was unsuccessful in finding one. If Gilbert did have one then he was hiding it well. She saw some beige fey cups, which she recognized from his studies, and attempted to cultivate these for what was becoming her new mentor. She had to make sure to cut the head of the mushroom perfectly from the stalk without injuring any of the major parts of the mushroom cap. This was a difficult task, and on many of the first mushrooms Valerys did not succeed. She cut part of the stalk or too far into the mushroom and butchered the cap. If she got part of the stalk she had to scoop the stalk out, also risking injury to the cap. The tops of the mushroom were fragile and a broken one had no use she knew — at least a dried cup as they were often used by fey. After having succeed at a few of these mushrooms Valrys felt as if she was beginning to understand the basics of underground cultivation. Although, it was still just a preliminary, and she continued with her work.

Many of the plants this far in the underworld were mushrooms, and she got experience cultivating several of them. Some of them had the nasty habit of bursting into large clouds of powder (poison or not Valerys did not know) which risked getting inside her nose and mouth. Some of them looked almost psychedelic, with their various hues and glows, but she forbade herself from eating them until she knew which were poisonous and which were enlightening. As night was droning on and Valerys released she didn’t have much time left, so she finished by cultivating some of the bite guardian’s fungi, a bright orange and red puffball fungi that was growing all over the walls. These were as hard to get as the mushrooms had been, if not more so. Luckily, however, when one burst in her face she did not get ill — what she considered a blessing and a warning for her future line of herbalism work. As she was leaving, Valerys finished separating out these plants and put them into her butt bag before going off to meet Gilbert. It was time to leave soon. She had other business to attend to.

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Boost of the Sage
Rank: "D"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: This Jutsu allows the recipient to tap hidden reserves of reasoning power through sheer mental power.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects 1 creature. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 7 meters plus 6 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 2 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. The GenJutsu Master sat in his library. Ever since he had learned the Jutsu, he had used it when push came to shove. He could remember the most obscure comments and passages written in the ancient texts… This Jutsu allows the recipient to tap hidden reserves of reasoning power through sheer mental power. The subject believes in this so strongly that the effect actually manifests. Through use of this Jutsu, the user is able to raise the Intelligence of one subject by +1 per Class Level (+5 maximum boost).
Limit: Must know the Enchantment Perception.

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That night Gilbert finished his teachings early. It was not the middle of the night when Valerys was told to go back, but Gilbert did stop her in the doorway and give her a look with his sightless eyes. “Be careful on your way back,” he said, “There are others here in the dark.” Valerys wasn’t sure if he was being metaphorical or literal, and decided it was better not to ask. Valerys said goodnight to the man and continued on her way back to the grove. Along the way she began to hear things like the previous night, but this time she was not so close to camp. It sounded like twigs breaking and Valerys wondered if she was alone. By now she was half a mile from Gilbert’s home and refused to turn back, allowing herself to be tracked for a short distance. But after it became too much, Valerys started trying to think of a way out of this situation. She channeled chakra to her psyche through her genjutsu skills and attempted to manipulate her intelligence. Perhaps a buff to her mental prowess could come up with a solution? However, Valerys found that concentrating on her mind and hand seals was difficult in the middle of a possible ambush.

After some moments without success, Valerys stopped and waited. The creatures that had been following her stopped moving, or so it seemed. No longer could she pick up on the sounds of her stalkers. Valerys took the opportunity to concentrate more directly on her awareness of her mind and tried to strengthen her intelligence. It was by meditating upon her own abilities that Valerys found the plot that would help her discover her followers. She walked over to a tree and the opposite side of where she had heard the sounds coming from. As quietly as she could, Valerys began to climb the tree. She kept her awareness as sharp as possible, looking for any opportunity to get an advantage among the trees. The chakra and slight genjutsu that she was weaving over her mind was helping her to see more clearly. Every limb, every leaf, and every bug that she could see in the dim moonlight stood out as if they had big red markings on them. My intellect must be improving.

With each branch, Valerys felt as she was getting closer to freedom. When she had got high enough she began to put her plan into action, standing on one of the thickest branches and funneling more energy to her brain. As she looked out over the forest, she attempted to scan every direction for moving bodies or oddities. As she was peering over the landscape and using her genjutsu to increase her ability to formulate a plan, Valerys did spot some figures to the west. There seemed to be three dark bodies lurking below one of the trees. Now, how to get them? She wasn’t particularly good at running across trees, but there were ways of flying over there if she allowed her soul to do so. Her intellect had kicked into high gear — the gears in her head churning and spinning at speeds that she had not quite known possible. Several options began to flash before her mind’s eye and even choosing one became difficult. Before she could settle on a plan, Valerys was presented with several new ones. With this great intellect seemed to come a great wealth of decisions, and Valerys realized that she was going to have to become more adept at analyzing them all. She calmed her breathing and looked inward and the images slowed down.

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[Flower]

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Evil Eye
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: The user focuses malevolent wishes through her gaze and curses someone with bad luck.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: Affects 1 creature. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 7 meters plus 6 meters per class level. The duration of this technique is instantaneous. This technique may be negated. The user focuses malevolent wishes through their gaze and curses someone with bad luck. The subject takes a -4 luck penalty on all Attack Damage, Saves, and -20 to Skill Checks. The Jutsu ends at the next sunrise, when dismissed, when a Cleanse Curse is performed on the subject, or when the user takes at least 1 Armour Point of damage from the subject.
Limit: Must know the Enchantment Perception.

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Valerys moved down from among the trees and slowed her breathing. She used her Kedoin bloodline abilities to help herself blend in with the surroundings and maneuvered her way to where she had seen the group of three entities. She was not, however, quiet enough and one of the creatures noticed her. It snuck up behind her and Valerys just caught a glimpse of the sound it made as it snapped a twig. Valerys flipped around and saw a wolf with red bloodthirsty eyes staring at her in the light of her LED flashlight. It growled menacingly, with more ferocity than the wolves that she was used to. Valerys stared the creature down with an evil look in her eyes. It continued to bear down on here, making her twist and turn to keep her front to the beast. Valerys started pushing chakra to her eyes in an attempt to make her glare even more intimidating. As she did, she began to weave handseals that she had seen from her old mentors when using genjutsu. She had never mastered this technique, but still her eyes began to burn and Valerys tried to connect with the wolf — imbuing it with her energy through her eyes.

From her training in Dian Xue Shu, Valerys knew that the eyes were connected to the brain and so she moved chakra through her brain first. This seemed to be the right thing to do as her mind twisted the chakra coming through her gaze into a malevolent force — the core of her being. As she stared the wolf down, it began to back up a bit and growl as if it had been injured. Then the wolf started to sway as if it had been drinking alcohol or ingested poisonous herbs. The creature still tried to attack Valerys but now it was too late. She had done something to the beast and it could not snap out of its stupor. After swiping her polearm at it a couple times, the wolf became weary and took off for the rest of the pack. Valerys followed the creature from the shadows and watched as it rejoined its pack. The creatures must have known she was there, but the did not try to attack her after seeing their brethren. I wonder if those were the beasts that Gilbert mentioned? Valerys wondered.

Being overly cautious the rest of the way to her camp, Valerys finally arrived at her grove and readied herself for bed. At least tonight she could readjust her sleep schedule. As she was laying down to enjoy the rest of her night, Valerys heard something from the trees. It seemed to be a whisper. She strained to hear or see anything, once again working to push chakra to her eyes in an attempt to protect herself in case anything went wrong. After several seconds of intense listening Valerys began to pick out words. “The wolves…” “The eyes…” “An illusion…” Finally she heard, “The wolves have feared the eyes, and illusions save us.” Valerys jumped from her makeshift bed and yelled at the trees, “Hey, yo, who’s there.” Chakra flared in her eyes, ready to cast yet another curse on someone. Good, more training, was Valerys attitude. But alas, nobody revealed themselves and she could no longer hear the whispers. Valerys laid back down and fell asleep, letting her energy fade from her eyes and her eyelids close.

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

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