Decimus training thread[training]

[hoshisame]

0/10TP (first time learning)

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Impeccable Will
Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User has gained mastery over their own will power.
Special: ---
Drawback: May Learn at a maximum of 6 times.
Description: Each time learned the user gains 1 extra point to their Will. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points. This technique stacks with other Will bonuses.
Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

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A faint alarm can be heard in the distance, it was a somewhat similar alarm. One of those alarms you would hear to wake you up. It kept going and going as if no one turned it off or tried to solve the problem. But then Decimus remembered it was his alarm as he jumped out of bed to turn off his alarm. Decimus looks at the clock and found out it said ‘6:05 AM.’ It was time for him to wake up and start training. Decimus went to his bathroom and refreshed himself with some cold water, grabbed some coffee and got dressed. After finishing his coffee he would go out and find a quiet spot for his training.

After about 15 minutes Decimus found the perfect place where he could sit down for his training. Decimus had to train his mind to guard himself against GenJutsu. It was one of his weaknesses that needed attention. “Let’s just get over with this. I heard meditating tend to give one access to his mind. I suppose it would be a good first step.” Decimus said to himself to motivate him. He assumed a meditation pose and started to clear his mind. At least he tried to clear his mind.

Moments after closing his eyes the bugs and birds flying around posed to be a huge distraction. Decimus was following several bugs flying around him and started counting the birds that passed him. This simply because he was used to observe his environment. “Stupid head, empty yourself stop tracking everything!” Decimus shouted to himself as he shook his head and tried to clear his mind once again. The bugs and birds started to fade a little just in time for someone to pass by with a dog that would start barking against Decimus. “Argh! Concentration gone again!” Decimus yelled out loud at the dog.

Once the dog had passed Decimus would close his eyes and tried to concentrate again on emptying his mind. This time Decimus could not hear the bugs and the birds. Slowly he started to understand what people were saying about meditating. Time started to flow and more and more sounds started to fade from his mind. Only to be interrupted as more and more people started to wake up and shops started to open up. The area that seemed quiet no longer was. It became very difficult for Decimus to keep his concentration as this meditating thing was new for him.

[Madame Loki]

+8

[hoshisame]

Decimus got up and started to wander around town. He was looking for a new spot to meditate which was a little quieter but due to the fact it is a hidden village, it tends to be a little peaceful and therefor noisy. Eventually Decimus wonders into a pork and finds a new spot to sit down and start meditating. Of course there were more animals that could make noise compared to the previous spot but it was better considering how the last spot turned out.

Decimus closed his eyes and started to clear his mind causing the sounds around him to start fading once more. Decimus noticed people would walk by but he tried to keep his concentration as much as possible. It was fairly hard but after the fifth person passed Decimus was able to keep his concentration and have the sounds fade away from his head. With these results Decimus was satisfied and got up and returned home.

Decimus when he got home found out it was already time to prepare dinner which he did. After eating dinner he sat down in his house to start meditating as well. If only to try if he can. Due to the practice he had earlier it wasn't too hard but it still took some concentration. After meditating for about an hour Decimus decided to just go to bed.

[Madame Loki]

-learned-

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
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. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Today Decimus picked up a quest at the Kusakage Keep. It involved learning botany as after all this is the grass village therefor it would make sense for grass ninja’s to know something about botany. The classes were sponsored so Decimus headed to the academy and sat down in class. This class was about the plants in the grasslands around the village. Decimus grabbed some paper and a pencil and started to make notes.

The teacher started by writing down all the plants found on the chalkboard and Decimus did the same on his paper. They were writing down alphabetically: Acacia, Aconite, Alanal, Alecost, Aletris, Aloe, Angel Trumpet, Anyseed, Apples, Arenaria, Arkasu, Arlan, Arnuminas, Arrow Grass, Atigax, Balisse, Balm of Gilead, Barbary Fig, Barley, Bastit, Birthroot, Black Alder, Black Oak Tree, Black Rose, Blackroot, Blue-briar Root, Blue Hat Morel, Grassland, Candle Berries, Castor Bean, Celandine, Chameleon Bloom, Chicory, Chives, Climbers' Coral, Cowslip, Cow-Wheat, Dagmather, Dalatyl Grass, Dandelion, Dragon’s Blood, Druid Mint, Echinacea, Euphorbia, Everburn Pine, Everfresh Grass, Floure-de-Luce, Fool's Parsley, Fools' Weed, Fox-fire, Galangal, Garlic, Garthash Bark, Ghostly Wisp Coral, Golbahna, Gold-Ash Bloom, Grape, Gray Goblin Stools, Gray Stripey Cougher's Cap, Groundelder, Guardseye, Habsulara, Harfy, Harlequin Butter, Hazelnuts, Healwell, Hemlock, Hilly Sand Fungus, Hops, Horseradish, Horseweed, Hyssop, Kilmakur, Kizzle, Korstroff Root, Laspar Tree, Late Spider Orchid, Lavender, Lemon Balm, Lemon Tree, Leopard's Bane, Lepiota, Lungwort, Mantle Sage, Marjerome, Melka Plant, Mullein, Mustard, Needlegrass, Nettle, Stinging, Oats, Phandar, Pheasant's Eye, Pokeweed, Poppy, Potato, Pricklegrass, Raspberry, Rhubarb, Rice, Rielch, Rowan, Row-weed Resin, Saddilia, Sage, Serapias Turbith, Shepherd's Purse, Snakeberry, Sorghum, Sorrel, Springroot, Stomach Morel, Sunblossom Secretion, Sweetspire, Tarragon, Tobacco, Ur, Valerian, Vanilla Grass, Vinuk, Vunwood, Vyourin Root, Wolfsbane, Wyrmroot, Yaran and Yellow Morel. Which in total were 126 different plants with unique properties. The teacher continues his lesson about the different season. Certain plants only grow in certain seasons.

The teacher gave the example that Acacia grows year round but Aconite only grows during the autumn. The teacher used this example to continue explaining more details about both these plants what they do and how to identify them. The teacher describes Acacia as a smallish tree with thin bark, rounded compound leaves and it has clusters of small yellow-and-white flowers. Acacia can be used to improve your mental fortitude by inhaling the smoke. After that the teacher described Aconite as erect green stems covered by glossy dark green leaves with white undersides, and clusters of dark blue to purple flowers shaped like a monk's hood. Just touching it can cause rash and if you infused it into the food it can act as a highly deadly poison.

The teacher continued about Alanal which is a plant only found in the grassland. It is a succulent plant 6 to 18 inches high. It has a coarse root ranging from 0.2 to 1 lb. It grows up to 18 inches tall, with stiff, spiky, fleshy yellowish-green leaves. The plant has a coarse root shaped like a gnarled carrot with an average weight of 8 ounces. Alanal can be gathered year round. This is where the teacher started to hand out papers containing more information about all kinds of different plants found in the grasslands.

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP second time

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
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. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

The papers that got handed out served as homework for the students to study at home. The teacher only wanted to cover some basics for now and felt like he accomplished doing this. So Decimus grabbed the papers and went to a separate room to keep studying botany. As he sat down he looked and started reading about the different plants while making his own notes.

The first plant on the papers was Alecost which is also called Chrysanthemum Balsamita in latin. It is a leg-height plant with lanky stems, silvery green mint-scented leaves and heads of insignificant yellow flowers. It grows in full sun, rich, dryish, well-drained soil. The plant after this was the Aletris which is a low-growing plant with triangular fan-shaped leaves and stalk-growing clusters of pale blue-violent to white flowers. Which is then followed by Aloe, a stem-less or very short-stemmed succulent plant growing to 2 to 3 feet tall, spreading by offsets. The leaves are thick and fleshy, green to grey-green, with some varieties showing white flecks on the upper and lower stem surfaces. The margin of the leaf is serrated and has small white teeth. The flowers are produced in summer on a spike up to 3 feet tall, each flower pendulous, with a yellow tubular corolla about 1 and a half inches long.

Decimus had to turn the page and grab a new piece of paper to keep taking notes of the plants. The next on the papers given by the teacher was the Angel Trumpet. This ornament plant grows about 15 feet tall and has large white or peach colored flowers, the very aroma of which can be intoxicating. This unique named plants was followed up by the Anyseed. The Anyseed is a dense, thorn-covered bush with bright-red leaves to discourage any native creatures from approaching. The branches are more vine-like than branch-like, twisting between each other to form a dense network of thorns. Deep within this bush is hidden a single seed, which the plant attempts to protect.

It also stated apples could be found but they had no further information as the teacher assumed you know how it looked like. So it continued with the Arenia which is a 1 foot high white flower. It is in flower in Summer. The entire plant is used as a pot-herb. Followed by the Arkasu a mildly enchanted milkweed originally native to mild, temperate tall-grass prairies, now widely cultivated that grows up to 5 feet in height. This plants is followed up by a tall, dark green grass, that reaches the height of 5 feet, related to darsurion and mountain arlan, native to cool, temperate tall-grass prairies. This plant was called the Arlan. At this moment a teacher walked up to Decimus requesting him to go somewhere else for his study. So Decimus grabbed his stuff and went home to continue studying.

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP third time

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
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. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Decimus got home grabbed something to drink and grabbed some snacks as he sat down at his desk to continue studying botany. The next plant sounded very romantic. It has a short wild rose originally native to mild, temperate short-grass prairies, now widely cultivated as an herb and ornamental. It has light pink to white flowers. It was the Arnuminas. Decimus took note and started reading about the next plant which had quite some more information compared to the rest.

As stiff plants, members of the bamboo family, Arrow Grass makes for hazardous foliage both in and out of the ground. The plant grows in loose clumps of around 20 to 50 individual plants. This ‘grass’ is from 18 to 24 inches long and is topped by a barbed seed head. Animals that pass through arrow grass patches are often impaled by the barbs, which break off, allowing the seeds to travel and new plants to grow. The last but not least of the plants starting with an ’A’ was the Atigax. Which is a carrot related to the Balkdakur but further has little to no information on the papers Decimus has before him.

Somehow while putting his stuff away the papers order got messed up and now Decimus started to read about the Yellow Morel while expecting a plants starting with the letter B. Described by those who hunt them as yellow pine cones with a stalk, yellow morels are a delicacy among mushrooms and are notable for not having a toxic analog, thus making them a safe first mushroom to seek out. It was then followed by the Yaran which is a flower on a cactus often used for alchemy and poisoning but that is again all the information stated.

Decimus turnsd around the page and sees the next two plants written down. The first one being the Wolfsbane. This small (15 cm) plant has black green leaves, sawed deeply several times, and three flower stalks with tiny white flowers and brown seed pods. The other plant on this page is the wyrmroot. This plant is some 2 feet tall with woody stems covered by fine hairs. The leaves are green on top and white on bottom and the flower-heads are also greenish-white. Wyrmroot grows in wild meadows and other uncultivated open spaces in temperate to cold climates. The plant blooms from mid-summer to early fall and the leaves and flowers have an extremely bitter taste, although the root is much less so.

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP fourth time

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
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. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

After the W it somehow ended up being in the right order again which made no sense to Decimus at all. Perhaps the teacher simply made an mistake in printing. Nevertheless it was time to continue studying. The next plants on the papers were: Balisse, Balm of Gilead, Barbary Fig, Barley, Bastit, Birthroot, Black Alder, Black Oak Tree, Black Rose, Blackroot, Blue-briar Root and Blue Hat Morel.

Balissa was a small herb found during the summer with purple hanging flowers. It was also known as the Blessing Fruit. The Balm of Gilead is an evergreen that buds in late spring with no common uses. The next plant the Barbary Fig also known as the prickly pear cactus, the Barbary fig grows to a variable height due to the plant's propensity to hybridize. The birthroot also known as “stinking Benjamin”, this plant has a single, reddish flower that gives off a horrible odor. Despite the less than pleasant smell of birthroot’s bloom the plant is considered to be of considerable value to herbalists.

The plants just kept going and going. So Decimus started eating his snacks and grabbed another drink as he continued to study where he left off. The black alder tree is characterized by rounded, heavily veined leaves and its drooping yellow blooms. Next on the list was the Black Oak Tree. This smoking weed is called the Toby’s Black Leaf. It was discovered by an Alchemist Toby Fastfoot. It is not a rare weed at all, one of the most frequently used by smokers. It has a rather rough taste because the leaf is taken right off the branches of the tree then cut, dried and then smoked.

The next plant on the list drew some extra attention. It was a black rose. A very rare flower that is easily identified by its black, velvety flower and long white thorns. Next on the list after looking at the black rose is the Blackroot. A tall plant with small, bell-shaped violet flowers and complex roots that are black on the outside and white on the inside. The blue-briar is a dense briar bush full of twisting, thorncovered stems. Its stems are a pale blue color while the leaves and thorns are a deep, luminous blue. The root of the blue-briar is about 3 inches in length. It is dark blue in color and has a faint glow to it.Last not least on the B list was the Blue Hat Morel. A fine morel that has a base coloration of bluish gray with no notable markings. Grows on moist, moss, and lichen covered rocks in temperate plains. A minute but easy to spot and grow morel, blue hat morels were mistakenly thought to be poisonous or trance inducing in the past due to their bluish gray coloration.

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP Fifth time

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Botany (Grassland)
Rank: "E"
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. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Decimus continued to study most of the day, evening and night as there was a test tomorrow already. He was able to work through all of the plants and went to bed to get enough sleep for the next day. The next day he woke up, grabbed his breakfast and once again continued to study. As some time went by he got up and grabbed his stuff to head to the academy.

At the academy he sat down and got some last minute peeks at the papers handed out by the teacher the day before. The tests got handed out to all students and the test had 50 questions. Each question was similar as the questions were formed according to: ‘Describe this plants: plant name here’. Decimus went ahead and started filling them in one by one. He started off with 10 plants he knew for sure.

He knew Dragon’s blood for sure as it was an evergreen palm tree of small to average height, with tough stringy bark that can be peeled off in strips and a thick amber to crimson resin that can be tapped in early autumn. The bark can be twisted into a rough cord similar to twine, though it also gets dried in small chunks for use as incense. The next one he knew for sure was Chameleon Bloom. These small, unassuming flowers are the color of their direct surroundings, making them particularly difficult to identify by any means other than careful inspection of their silhouette.

The next plants they asked for was a fungus with a gray green base coloration with no visible markings. They grow in moist acidic soil within Grassland regions. It was called the Gray Goblin Stools. Next on the list was Floure-de-Luce which is also known as the Blue Flag. It has broad and flat leaves shaped rather like a sword. The flowers are purplish blue and the roots which tend to stretch themselves along the surface of the ground are reddish brown on the outside. Next on the list was hops, this climbing herbaceous plant grows easily and quickly, its thick roots sending out shoots of climbing tendrils that wind in clockwise patterns around anything within reach of its heartshaped leaves. After the flowers bloom in late spring, the catkins at their centers mature into the tough buds used by brewers to help preserve their beers.

The test went on for another hour as Decimus tried to recall everything and write it down as fast as he could. When the time ran out he just finished it and he was able to turn in it while being fairly confident. While waiting outside for the results he discussed the questions with the other students which had very mixed responses as some of them did not get to finish in time. After an hour everyone was let in again and the results were given to the students. Decimus had passed with flying colors.

[Solus]

Learned 5 times: +25 TP

Lol, you come down to exactly 100 SP for this skill ^^

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP

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• Cultivation (forest)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Those with the Cultivation knowledge can cultivate, gather properties found in Plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Cultivator can gather the components inside a Plant. Mastery is dependent on what Rarity plant a user may cultivate. Novice can Cultivate Common Plants, Average can Cultivate Uncommon Plants, Advanced can Cultivate Rare Plants, Expert can Cultivate Very Rare Plants, Master can Cultivate Nearly Impossible Plants. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Botany.

Decimus just came back from the store and knew he had to study more to be able to finish his next mission. Sadly enough he wasn’t able to pick up all the books he wanted. Nonetheless he arrived home put down the book and started to study it. He first looked at all the plants this book covered.

It was a rather massive list: Acacia, Aconite, Acorn, Agrimony, Alchemy Marsh Cup, Alecost, Aletris, All-Heale, Angel Trumpet, Anyseed, Apples, Asarabacca, Ash, Athelas, Balisse, Balm, Bard's Jelly, Bastit, Belladonna, Belramba, Berilik, Betony, Billberry, Black Alder, Black Dogwood, Black Locust, Black Oak Tree, Black Poplar Buds, Black Rose, Blackroot, Blackthorn, Bloody Scab Crust, Blood Tainter's Fungi, Blostberry, Blue Ash, Blue-briar Root, Bookshelf Emptier, The, Borage, Breeam, Bryony, Candle Berries, Cat's Tail, Chameleon Bloom, Chameleonwood, Cherry Tree, Chervil, Chestnut Tree, Chimera's Fang, Climbers' Coral, Colewort, Conkers, Cornucopia Fruit, Cow Parsnip, Cowslip, Dandelion, Danistor, Darnell, Deadly Nightshade, Delrean, Destroying Angel, Devil’s Blood Weed, Dill, Doshenkana, Dreamweaver, Dryad's Saddle, Dryad’s Tears, Durken Flower, Duskberry, Duskwood, Elderberries, Elpequir, Elven Redwood, Euphorbia, Everburn Pine, Everfresh Grass, Fanosel, Fetherfew, Firesnap, Fool's Parsley, Forax, Fox-fire, Fox Grape, Garden Flax, Giant Ground Peach, Gisson, Goat's Rue, Goat Willow, Golden Goblin's Goblet, Golden Lungwort, Grape, Hart's Tongue, Hawkweed, Hawthorn, Healwell, Hellebore, Hen of the Woods, Holly, Homura, Honeysuckle, Hreyochor, Hyssop, Icy Dye Cup, Indigo Eucalyptus, Iridescent Herb, Ironwood, Kargele, Kelventari, Klathar, Lactarius, Laishaberries, Land Caltrops, Laumspur, Leortevald, Lotus Flower, Golden, Mandrake, Mantle Sage, Marjoram/Oregano, Martyr's Blood, Mastic, Melka Plant, Mistletoe, Muskroot, Naematoloma Fasciculare, Narger, Nettle, Stinging, Norbane Mushroom, Noxious Towering Stinkhorn, Okora Leaf, Olibanus, Olrui, Orach, Orange Fairy Orbs, Pattran, Peach Shelves, Perigwar, Pickle Makers' Silver Teeth, Pine Tree, Pokeweed, Potato, Preserver's Buttons, Puckerberry, Purple Alder, Purple Log Coral, Purple Venom Crust, Rampalt, Ranogrin, Rasakile, Raspberry, Red Mold, Rhododendrons, Rielch, Root Twigs, Rosemary, Rose Campion, Rot Moss, Rowan, Rye, Saffron, Sanicle, Scarlet Tufted Lady, Scented Mayweed, Shadowtop, Shagbark Hickory, Silverbark Tree, Sinister Green Pluteus, Sleeper’s Herb, Spanish Nut, Spider Milkweed, Spiny Blackberry, Splochy Hag Parchment, Stalked Forest Lanterns, Striped Candy Parchment, Suaeysit, Suth Tree, Sweet Trefoile, Sweetberry Bush, Tamarindes, Tempin, Teranya, Terbas, Throw-Waxe, Thurl, Tirageyth, Udak Root, Uthwyll, Ven Moss, Venus Hair Fern, Waltzing Matilda, Weaver’s Moss, Weir Tree, White Bryony, White Walnut, Whitecandle, White Snakeroot, Willow-Herb, Winclamit, Witches' Icicles, Yellow Abjurer's Brain, Yellow Heather, Yellow Morel, Young Lad's Love and Yucca. It was a total of 202 different plants that can grow and be cultivated in forest regions. It would be a long day for Decimus but he grabbed some snacks and some drinks and then started to study.

As usual Decimus started at the front with the plants starting with an A. He recognized some as he learned about them during his classes for botany in the grasslands. The very first in the book was the Acacia plant. It reads the following: The viscous sap flows easily out of the tree when the bark is scored, and many collect it for a variety of uses. Collecting and preserving acacia flowers, leaves, and bark takes no special methods, though the gummy sap can only be tapped after midsummer and must be stored in airtight jars to prevent its drying to a hard crusty lump. Acacia gum is a primary component for many ointments and salves.

The next plant on the list is the plant called Aconite with the following information: Wolfsbane is always harvested by itself (no harvest of other herbs that day) and the user must wash carefully said harvest to prevent aconite poisoning beyond the rash from touching the plant. While chewing on dried or fresh Aconite can induce the special properties vs "The werewolf's curse," most imbibe a decoction of Wolfsbane in a Syrup form to disguise the unpleasant taste. While reading Decimus continues to drink and eat.

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Book: Textbook: Cultivation Studies volume: forest
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Textbook that discusses the different ways of gathering Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Cultivation Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the gathering of Plants without harming the user, nor destroying what is needed from the plant. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Cultivation Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Cultivation Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 5,500 Ryo

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP second time learning

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• Cultivation (forest)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Those with the Cultivation knowledge can cultivate, gather properties found in Plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Cultivator can gather the components inside a Plant. Mastery is dependent on what Rarity plant a user may cultivate. Novice can Cultivate Common Plants, Average can Cultivate Uncommon Plants, Advanced can Cultivate Rare Plants, Expert can Cultivate Very Rare Plants, Master can Cultivate Nearly Impossible Plants. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Botany.

The next in the book is the Acorn. It can be cultivated by simply picking them up as they fall from the tree. Short and simple which is how Decimus likes it the most. However Agrimony is a lot longer as it reads: they grow in waste ground, roadsides, along field edges, and in hedgerows. Its dried leaves must be boiled in a pint of red wine for 5 minutes, and then left to stand for an hour. It should then be used on sprains and bruises in a compress. A successful application will cure sprains and bruises in half the normal time. They can be used as a beneficial eyewash, soothing gargle, and digestive tonic. The on the list is the Alchemy Marsh Cup, these tiny little marsh cups are a rather useful form of fungi for Alchemists. When allowed to dry and then later crushed up, the marsh cups lend their selves to a wide variety of alchemical experiments, especially those that need an active ingredient for principles of light or matter change.

It is followed by how Alecost can be cultivated. Infuse leaf as a tonic for colds, catarrh, upset stomach and cramps. Also eases childbirth. A crushed leaf will relieve bee stings, and leaves can be added to a salve for burns and stings. Minty scent of leaves repel insects for 1 to 6 hours—used with fabrics and as strewing herb. Small amounts of leaf used as flavouring. Leaves and flowering tops used to clear, flavour and preserve beer. Decimus was studying for a while now so he got up and grabbed another drink. After finishing it he started to walk around outside. Sadly enough there was no forest in the village to look at the plants in person.

After clearing his head Decimus headed back inside and sat back down to continue reading and studying. Next on the list is Aletris which is a small and delicate plants but beyond that have no special instructions written in the book. Next in the book is a very useful herb called All-Heale. The instructions are as followed: When All-heale is mixed in a pint of olive oil and applied to a wound, the recipient will heal even if still working as normal. With rest, the recipient will heal at an incredible rate. All Moderate Wounds within 1 to 8 hours will be completely healed.

Books used:

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Book: Textbook: Cultivation Studies volume: forest
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Textbook that discusses the different ways of gathering Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Cultivation Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the gathering of Plants without harming the user, nor destroying what is needed from the plant. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Cultivation Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Cultivation Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 5,500 Ryo

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP third time learning

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• Cultivation (forest)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Those with the Cultivation knowledge can cultivate, gather properties found in Plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Cultivator can gather the components inside a Plant. Mastery is dependent on what Rarity plant a user may cultivate. Novice can Cultivate Common Plants, Average can Cultivate Uncommon Plants, Advanced can Cultivate Rare Plants, Expert can Cultivate Very Rare Plants, Master can Cultivate Nearly Impossible Plants. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Botany.

Decimus was nowhere close done with studying the book itself therefor he continued to study. Unlike the previous plant, this plant was poisonous. It was the Angel Trumpet and the instructions read: All parts of the angel's trumpet are toxic including the flowers, seeds, bark, leaves, and roots. Eating this plant causes blurred vision, disorientation, headache, mild nausea, fever, intense thirst, hallucinations, cardiovascular disturbance, burning, and possibly coma. This plant is sometimes brewed into a tea and used as an intoxicant. It was quite interesting to see them both on the same page making a very interesting contrast of a healing herb versus a poisonous herb.

The next page was talking about the Anyseed. It was a rather long page as there is much to tell about the Anyseed. The page reads the following: Anyseed bush rarely produces more than a single prickly seed – once the bush dies the single seed gives rise to another bush. Very rarely an additional seed is found, perhaps in response to an evolutionary requirement, and this seed can either be left to sprout another bush, or harvested for its properties. It is believed that once an Anyseed is removed from a bush, that it can be replaced without causing any harm to the seed or bush. Harvesting involves approaching the bush and seed from its root end, where the poisonous thorns can be avoided. Characters that fail may be subjected to the poison of the thorns. Some Alchemists harvest surplus seeds themselves, and offer them to those interested in buying, hoping to prevent unscrupulous individuals from driving the species to extinction by harvesting single seeds and destroying rare bushes. So far it is one of the more difficult plants Decimus had encountered for cultivation.

On the next page there were a lot of details about apples. This surprised Decimus as he was not expecting it. The page read the following: The fruits can be buried in the ground over winter and will have lost much of their acidity by the spring. Rich in pectin, so it can be added to pectin-low fruits when making jams or jellies. Pectin is also said to protect the body against radiation. Contain the toxin hydrogen cyanide in their seeds and possibly also in their leaves, but not in their fruits. Hydrogen cyanide is the substance that gives almonds their characteristic taste but it should only be consumed in very small quantities. In small quantities, hydrogen cyanide has been shown to stimulate respiration and improve digestion, it is also claimed to be of benefit in the treatment of cancer. In excess, however, it can cause respiratory failure and even death.

After reading about apples Decimus continued to study and he started to make more progress. After several hours, drinks and snacks he was half way the book. He learned a lot but it was time for bed. Perhaps tomorrow it is smart to go to a class to help him study.

Books used:

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Book: Textbook: Cultivation Studies volume: forest
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Textbook that discusses the different ways of gathering Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Cultivation Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the gathering of Plants without harming the user, nor destroying what is needed from the plant. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Cultivation Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Cultivation Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 5,500 Ryo

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP fourth time learning

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• Cultivation (forest)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Those with the Cultivation knowledge can cultivate, gather properties found in Plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Cultivator can gather the components inside a Plant. Mastery is dependent on what Rarity plant a user may cultivate. Novice can Cultivate Common Plants, Average can Cultivate Uncommon Plants, Advanced can Cultivate Rare Plants, Expert can Cultivate Very Rare Plants, Master can Cultivate Nearly Impossible Plants. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Botany.

The next morning Decimus woke up, had breakfast and refreshed himself. He proceeded to grab his stuff and went towards the ninja academy. Once he arrived he said hi to the teachers and chunin running the academy as he asked if he could join one of the cultivation classes for the forest region. Decimus was lucky and he was indeed able to join today’s class that started in roughly an hour. However if he were to take this morning’s class they also advised him to take the class during the evening as they are having exams in the evening.

Decimus waited for an hour and went to the class. He sat in the back so he could not disturb the students. The teacher started to talk about the seasons. The teacher explained the seasons are very important as they indicate which plants grow therefor you can find the plants. Without the proper season you would not be able to find the right plant and therefor you will not be able to cultivate the plant you need.

The teacher then proceeded to explain how to cultivate different plants from the book he had himself. The teacher started to explain about the Devil’s Blood Weed. He started to talk about travelers that manage to scrape some of the dense ground-growth of the weed from these undulations will find the half-rotten body parts and bones of long-dead victims of the Devil’s blood weed. Devil’s blood weed looks very similar to yellow heather, and many travelers have met their fate at the hands of this weed as a result. Legends tell that a once feared devil prince got killed in the ancient forests, spilling his blood on the forest floor. Yellow heather in the area absorbed the tainted blood, and mutated into the dangerous Devil’s blood weed. Intelligent creatures of the forest, such as goblins, often use Devil’s blood weed coated forest floor as an ambush site. Devil’s blood weed is a dangerous hazard to those traveling the ancient forests. It emits a fragrant perfumed scent, which not only lures travelers to rest nearby, but also serves to hide the stench of the weed’s decomposing victims.

The teacher proceeded to start talking about the Martyr’s blood. Martyr’s Blood is a perennial herbaceous wildflower that blooms in uncultivated ground, often near woods, hedges, or other growth which shelters it from constant sun. The flowers bloom in mid- to late-summer and are followed by small round crimson seeds that have a resinous smell when crushed. Martyr’s Blood derives its name from the legend of Saint Cilihud, the Martyr. It is said that the flower sprang into existence from the drops of blood shed by Saint Cilihud after the treacherous Bishop Vendakin struck him down as he tried to stop the mad cleric from summoning the avatar of Cruak the Many in the Deep Wood. Freshly picked Martyr’s Blood acts as a ward to repel evil spirits. If displayed prominently on someone’s person it acts as a continuous protection from evil Jutsu. When used as a material component it doubles the duration of any Warding Jutsu. It seemed today’s theme was herbs with the name blood in them as the teacher continued discussing those.

Books used:

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Book: Textbook: Cultivation Studies volume: forest
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Textbook that discusses the different ways of gathering Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Cultivation Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the gathering of Plants without harming the user, nor destroying what is needed from the plant. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Cultivation Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Cultivation Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 5,500 Ryo

[hoshisame]

0/5 TP fifth time learning

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• Cultivation (forest)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Those with the Cultivation knowledge can cultivate, gather properties found in Plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Cultivator can gather the components inside a Plant. Mastery is dependent on what Rarity plant a user may cultivate. Novice can Cultivate Common Plants, Average can Cultivate Uncommon Plants, Advanced can Cultivate Rare Plants, Expert can Cultivate Very Rare Plants, Master can Cultivate Nearly Impossible Plants. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Botany.

The teacher continued until the class was over. After the class Decimus continued to study in the academy. AS time passed Decimus was able to work through everything in the book just in time for him to get to the evening class. The teachers said Decimus could take the test to see how much he had learned as long as there was space. Lucky him not a lot of people showed up so he was able to get a spot.

Once the test was handed out the first thing Decimus would notice was the fact it was a huge and long test. It started off with general botany questions about the forest region which he was unable to answer. Which already proved to him he is learning things out of order. This would mean his grade would be lower versus what it could have been.

After the botany part, the cultivation part arrived. The first question asked for all the information for Purple Venom Crust. Decimus grabbed his pencil and started to write the following down: This poisonous variety of crust fungi has a rather inviting aroma, smelling much like raspberries. It is perhaps this aroma that causes so many creatures, intelligent or otherwise, to fall sick from consumption of this fungus. If eaten it will poison the person. Symptoms are severe stomach cramps, mild internal bleeding, and sudden bouts of nausea the victim of this mycotoxic poisoning also may suffer from a weakened ability to process complex thought in a normal, coordinated fashion.

The next question was about Yellow Morel and Decimus wrote the following down: yellow morels are a delicacy among mushrooms and are notable for not having a toxic analog, thus making them a safe first mushroom to seek out. One unit of yellow morels can be cooked and served to a group numbering up to 2 per Cultivator's Mastery Level. Cooking yellow morels requires one unit of trail rations or an equivalent amount of fresh produce, as well as 10 minutes of cooking time.

The test continued and after Decimus finished he turned it in and waited outside for the results. When the results came in the result he had was pretty low. He scored well on the cultivation part but because the botany section was not up to standards he only got a passing grade. However Decimus was satisfied with this and went home.

Books used:

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Book: Textbook: Cultivation Studies volume: forest
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: A Textbook that discusses the different ways of gathering Herbs found in a single Region.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Large Leather-bound book with "B.I.N.G.O. Productions" written on it. No Authors are listed within the book. The Cultivation Studies is a multi-volume of books pertaining to the gathering of Plants without harming the user, nor destroying what is needed from the plant. Each Volume discusses the plants found in a specific Region. Each volume gives a +5 Competence bonus to the user's skill pertaining to that region, and the user gains a +1 Competence bonus per die roll when learning the skill according to the specific region. Example: User has a volume on the Forest Region. They will gain a +5 Competence bonus towards their Cultivation Forest skill, and gain a +1 Competence bonus to every die roll when learning the skill for Cultivation Forest.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop within the Region. 25% chance finding Outside Region.
Cost: 5,500 Ryo

[Cacophony]

Rolls

+25 TP

+118 SP

[hoshisame]

0/10TP

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Glaze Lock
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User coats a lock with ice making it extremely difficult to lock pick.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is touch. Target of this technique is a lock. Duration of this technique is 50 minutes per Class Level. This technique requires a small source of snow or ice nearby. User jams a locking mechanism with ice, raising its Lock Picking Difficulty by +50 and the Lock's hardness by 5. Fire attacks against the lock deal double damage. In cold or lower temperature bands, this Jutsu lasts 5 hours per Class Level.
Limit: Must know Ice Release.

Decimus back at home had a few old locks laying around that needed to be dumped. However instead of dumping ti right away, Decimus grabbed an old book to practice some of his ninjutsu. The book shows a technique describing a way to freeze locks. Not to crack them open but to jam the locking mechanism itself. The book shows the required handseals, all that is required now is a water source or to use the water condensing technique from the Hoshigaki clan.

Decimus decided the grab a bucket, filled it with water and started practicing. Creating ice was easy through the techniques he already knew, therefore all he had to do is get the locking mechanism to jam. For the first attempt, Decimus dunked one of the locks into the water and froze the water. It had a very similar effect to the jutsu but not quite the same as described in the book. After observing the lock a bit more, Decimus grabbed another lock.

This time Decimus performed the needed handseals and tried freezing it with the jutsu form the book. However rarely does anything ever work the first time. It froze a little, but the previous lock was more frozen and harder to open versus this one. Decimus analyzed the lock and grabbed another one.

After several more failures, one of the locks was about the same as the first one. It was still not sufficient but it was a good start. After a few more attempts it became harder to open. At this point it was time to start testing the hardness as well. The first one shattered with a simple blow, which again was not as described in the book. It was time to increase the hardness. After a few more tries and nearly running out the hardness of the lock became more satisfactory.

(OOC: apologies for the necroing but did not feel right to make another thread either)

[Skulking Shinzu]

Learned.

[hoshisame]

After finishing training at home, Decimus got up and left to continue training outside. The things he wanted to practice next were to dangerous to practice at home. He took with him his usual gear, some scrolls and book and headed towards the Meadow.

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