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Improved Stonecunning Rank: "C" Skill: Supplementary Effect: User's sense to stonework is uncanny. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: User receives a +20 bonus on Observation checks to notice unusual stonework. Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous. Must know Geography (50 Points).
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For most people, this skill was sub-optimal, all but worthless in fact. Or that was at least what Yoko thought of it after all its applications were extremely limited and thus unlikely to be encountered on a regular basis. The youth could only really think of a handful of times in which it was useful, first and perhaps the most obvious of these was the use of stone traps. And in this case, the supplementary technique was quite the boon.
As for spotting a trap could have a myriad of benefits: evading a trap reduced the damage she took, and potentially lulled an enemy into a false sense of security. Under normal circumstances, one would be alerted when a loud trap activated, and thus if no traps were going off many would assume that this was because nobody was there to trip them. Through the use of this particular technique, Yoko sought to abuse this misconception and found that it would be particularly useful in her dungeoneering.
Another application that sprang to mind was the presence of hidden doors that were a part of a stone wall, dwarfs and other such creatures were well known for this type of shenanigans, so the youth stood to benefit should she come across one of these secret passageways. The use in this manner was—for the moment—greatly diminished by the fact that she had to actively observe the area to discover said doors. But alas, that was the price one had to pay.
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Sense Chakra Rank: "C" Skill: Supplementary Effect: User has a highly developed sensitivity to Chakra. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: User can sense whether an object they are handling or a creature they are touching is Chakra or under the effects of Chakra. The vary air might be Chakra in some places. As a full round movement, user can tell whether if an item is Chakra with a Chakra Lore check (+50 + 5 per Class Level). A success informs the user if there is Chakra present; a failure might indicate the presence of Chakra where there is none, or the lack of such if the item is Chakra at a Game Master's discretion. There cannot be a retry. Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.
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As with the previous training session this particular technique focused on being able to sense something, in this case, it was nothing to do with stone, or any physical element for that matter but rather Chakra. The ability to sense chakra, now what exactly did that mean, the chakra was all around us, and certain techniques made chakra visible to the naked eye, so did this technique cover the things that where in-between?
Well as it turned out it was something of this nature: the ability to sense whether something was created by chakra, or under the influence of such an effect. Quite the useful ability, through which the youth should be able to sense whether the environment around her was, in fact, a genjutsu or something of that nature, and in doing so plan out a method by which she could break it. Of course, the environment could also be just generated by an elaborate elemental technique, such as a wall created from chakra.
Another useful application of this technique was with regard to objects, by placing part of her body—namely her hand—the youth could detect the presence of chakra, through this she could sense if a weapon held some chakra related property—although she would not know what the specific nature of it was—and thus be able to make an informed decision on how to treat such an item. A magical door, perhaps it would be harder to pick? A magical tree, perhaps fey where in the area?
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Supreme Stealth Rank: "B" Skill: Supplementary Effect: User is adept at hiding and staying away from a target's Observation. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: User gains a +25 bonus to Stealth. Additionally, the user may move all movements without any penalties. At "C" Class this bonus increases to +50, and at "B" Class this bonus increases to +75. Limit: Must be an Alchemist. Must know Hide in Plain Sight.
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Often people made the mistake of believing that stealth granted a power akin to invisibility, that one simply had to weave a few signs and poof they were gone. When in actual fact this couldn’t be further from the truth, Yoko had seen the use of invisibility by genjutsu weavers and was disappointed, to say the least for by itself invisibility was a worthless skill, the youthful rogue knew this only too well. For without the skill to remain hidden all of your fancy illusions counted for nothing.
Yoko had met many shinobi in her time with the village hidden in the mist, and if you had asked most of them which skill they had augmented the most, which skill they had invested hours into, what they were best at, well most would say observation. Yoko knew this all too well, as a master of the stealth arts it was these honed senses that she needed to evade and invisibility, well it did not cut it. The use of invisibility gave a benefit no doubt.
But not nearly enough to overcome a trained user of the observational arts, Yoko had dug through research papers on the matter and found that the stealth benefit had been boiled down, distilled if you will to a statistic. Now, this did not account for random error, but in general, a stationary user of the invisibility could overcome a trained practitioner of observation, ninety-six-point-seven-five percent of the time, a seventy-five-point advantage.
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Woah, one might well exclaim that the stealth arts are all but redundant! Invisibility thwarts observational skill all by itself, but this is only in the case of standing still when moved—and they were quite likely to do so—then observation had the advantage, twenty-five points to be exact, this brought things down to around twenty-eight percent chance of being observed. This in and of itself simply was not enough for Yoko’s liking.
And on the battlefield, this was all too often the case, given that twenty-eight per cent chance was only given when a genjutsu was successfully used and maintained. No Yoko favoured the use of actual stealth. The art that revolved around muting one's presence in the area, it went over and above taking carefully measured steps and controlling one's breathing. In fact, once you became a master, these skills had become so basic, so fundamental that one barely needed to allocate any thought to them what so ever.
Instead, Yoko’s knowledge now revolved around game theory, the idea of looking at things from your opponent’s point of view, what would they be looking for, what are they listening for? If you were in the jungle guarding an outpost and hear the sound of gunfire and/or screaming you most certainly would be alerted. But what if you hear the mundane sound of say, wildlife a monkey jumping tree to tree. Perhaps not so much.
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It was this ability, this foresight, that Yoko was paid the big bucks for. As previously alluded to a genjutsu master with a little bit of training could evade quite a few people, but to truly break into a place under heavy security, or make your way through enemy territory you needed true stealth, not some imitation. Yoko had constantly trained to perform this skill to the best of her abilities and had long since become a capable ‘professional’, able to teach others the path.
In fact, she was now stood at the forefront and doubted very much if there were many who possessed more skill in this art than she, for if there did she would very much like to meet them and seek their council. That being said she had not allowed her skills to go to her head, to dull her sense. No, she remained ever vigilant reading through various journals, consulting with members of the underclass, and other rogues to establish a consensus of how various tasks should be carried out.
For if you asked twenty rogues how to break into a building, or twenty rangers how to navigate through a dense jungle, it was probable that they would all give you differing answers. This was to say they all had their own unique quirks or preferred methods of doing things, Yoko had spoken to one master of the stealth arts that loved to abuse one’s keen sense of smell. By masking his own scent and releasing a mind-numbing poison.
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Those with a keen sense of smell would have detected this poison and lost their edge—although not so much as to a point where they felt the decline. And due to the lack of scent from the rogue, they would be lulled into a sense of security, allowing him to go about his ways. It was an ingenious method in Yoko’s eyes and one that she was quick to incorporate. Carrying around a phial of scent killer with her at all times in case she should need it.
In fact, a big part of the skill that one often overlooked was knowledge, yes Stealth was listed as a task skill but one had to know their own capabilities and those of the environment around them. It was quite a simple and obvious concept once you stopped to think about it. The user had to be aware of their environment, in the forest, for example, they would have to know that moving through undergrowth and brushes could generate noise.
And that moving through different paths reduced this noise, that certain things granted cover like the aforementioned bushes, whilst others did not. That a tree was capable of supporting their weight: you would hardly be stealthy if you fell off the tree breaking the branch and landed in the enemy encampment now, would you? No, you had to build up an understanding, an awareness that became almost subconscious, one that needed no thought devotion.
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Yoko knew that when breaking into a house with wooden floors that there was the possibility of a squeak, so she might instead decide to move along the wall. In doing so she had avoided a potential giveaway. Another more simplistic one was how you entered the building if you climbed in through the window having the awareness to know that a strong gust of wind might blow a wooden blind, or shut a door was an important factor.
It was these qualities the youth believed set apart a skilled user of the stealth arts and a master, the master knew how to avoid being observed because they reduced the number of opportunities the opponent gained in their detection. Whereas an average member simply attempted to overcome them with what they believed to be an expression of skill, silent steps or something of that nature. The very notion to Yoko seemed rather foolish.
But she knew that it occurred all the time on a regular basis, someone would attempt—rather foolishly—to sneak past a series of detectors, magic eyes and the like to reach the contents of a shop perhaps the cigarettes. Whereas the most adept of stealth users would simply circumvent the need for this excessive use of skill by entering through the window right next to the items, whilst still evading the magic eyes. It was these small changes, that made a massive difference in the field of battle.
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The knowledge and foresight to time a loud manoeuvre with the environment, the chiming of a bell to mask their hammer swings, was a basic example, through which the youth and any other practitioner could reduce the amount of sound the guards could potentially interpret. She was, in essence, abusing the natural noise, to achieve her aims, were as an averaged or an advanced user might have just proceeded onwards taking smaller swings.
It was in her honest opinion the use of the mind that made a fantastic stealth user, innate talent could only get you so far, it took the right blend of innate skill and hard work to really call yourself a master. And with the completion of this technique, the youth thought herself well on the path to becoming a ‘grand-master’. The awareness that a guard would turn at a set moment, the knowledge that a candle’s light only extends so far, all key components to this endeavour.
And all key facts that the youth was quick to study and commit to memory. The correct management of these elements, knowing the opportunity cost of every action and being mindful of how you progressed, well that was what separated the master from the experts. Was it not?
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Duplicitous Rank: "C" Skill: Supplementary Effect: Because of their upbringing the user decides to hide themselves sometimes. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: Many prefer to avoid the attention they often attract from non nomadic neighbors and attempt to convince all around them that they are not nomadic. They gain a +10 bonus to Acting and Disguise. If the user has 50 skill points to either this bonus increases to +20. Limit: Must be an Inuzuka member.
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If Yoko was to continue on her mission to blend into other societies as a member of the village black ops team, then she needed to overcome her perceived nature as a nomad. As soon as most people met her they were, after all, able to determine that she was part of a nomadic lifestyle, and thus it gave away that she was in all likelihood an Inuzuka. After all who else would be accompanied by a hulking canine?
This was certainly the interesting point and one that she needed to break at a fundamental level, the youth decided that the best way to go about this was through the reviewal of her wardrobe, in short disguise. There had to be something about the clothes she wore, the way she had her hair, or maybe even her scent that gave her away. The youth consulted with other pack members with regard to this and started to collect what they found to be the most useful ways of blending in.
Apparently, the biggest indicator was Yoko’s unkempt hair, most of the females around the village and the like kept good care of their hair, some might even go so far as to say they prized it. Thus, to blend in Yoko needed to do just that, to follow suit as it were and start to maintain her hair. The youth, of course, responded to this well and started to shampoo and condition on a regular basis in the hope that she would now be all but indistinguishable from the other black op members, aside from the height.
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Elemental Attunement Rank: "B" Skill: Supplementary Effect: User's senses are honed to detect the dance of the elements, granting the user an uncanny sense for Chakra. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: Whenever Chakra is performed within 30 meters of the user's position, a Game Master secretly rolls a Will Save for the user as if they were the target of the Jutsu (even if the Jutsu does not normally target or require Will Saves). If this Will save is successful, the user is immediately aware that Chakra has been used and knows the location of the performer. This is the only brief flash of insight; if the user quickly moves or is concealed in some manner the user may not be able to identify them. Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.
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In much the same way that Yoko had just learned to sense chakra that is already present in the vicinity, she now sought to discover its creation: to be alerted to the fact that a Jutsu is being used. In order to achieve this goal, the youth had to venture to the library, upon reaching the large doors she entered and asked the librarian for some advice on where such a technique would be located. The young lady showed her to the appropriate section and the search began.
Yoko looked through a few scrolls, glancing at the information until she finally found the one she wanted, it was entitled ‘Elemental Attunement’ quite the interesting technique. By learning it Yoko intended to establish a vicinity around her in which she could sense things, much the same as her trap sensing ability. Only this time she would be alerted to chakra, the purpose for this should have been rather obvious to most, but as always, the youth had her own expectations of what was to be achieved.
She wanted to avoid being ambushed, someone lying in wait, reading a technique to blast her or disable her. Of course, the youth was aware that her stealth abilities were of a master level calibre but as ever there was no telling who was searching for her, perhaps they had some kind of augmented sense such as scent or blind sense, without countermeasures they would detect her. So, the youth sought this technique as a form of early warning.
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Perhaps her foe was preparing a fireball technique, or maybe a telepathic connection with someone else on pratol to alert them silently. All valid strategies, and possible outcomes that the youth thought she might encounter on a mission. As ever the key to being a successful ninja was being prepared. When the youth first started to conceptualise the technique, she thought of it as a subtype of the observational skill.
After all her prior sensory type abilities, had been based off this, but perhaps this was something more? After all, senses alone had managed to imbue her with three-metre radius in which she could sense traps, but this? Well, this was talking about an area ten times the size, some thirty metres surely acute senses could only get you so far? There had to be something else, something she was missing. The youth read through several pages in an attempt to find this.
The process took several hours, during which the youth started to build a better understanding of what she needed to do. The technique was not a part of the universal ninjutsu tree nor universal genjutsu, it was, in fact, part of the Miscellaneous tree, a tree accessible by all. This was of particular importance for working out how a technique functioned as these techniques could be used by Taijutsu masters who were unable to mould chakra.
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Thus, one could conclude that the moulding of chakra was not an integral part of the technique, instead, something else acted as the catalyst. Yoko thought long and hard about this and even attempted to employ its use in the library. The youth rose to her feet and began to concentrate on the environment around her, she was sure that several spells and chakra incantations were being employed all around her after all the library was the place of the scholar.
Unfortunately, she was unable to sense them what so ever, which was well, quite the shame. Surely she was missing something the technique could not be powered by pure hatred of chakra alone, for it would have mentioned this critical detail if it were. No there was something, something she didn’t quite grasp. She started to listen, and just listen, no other sense, she even closed her eyes, trying to pick up on a particular sound being generated by chakra.
But what could this sound be? A fireball along with almost all fire technique had the familiar burning sound, and with water came a slosh. The youth studied her environment for a brief moment and was able to sense the all too familiar noises. But they were just that, noises, plural: there was no universal sound, they all had a different tone for each element and could be confused with the innate natural element. After all fire and water existing in the world without being created by fire, what was to say she wasn’t simply hearing the crackling of a torch.
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The sound could have also originated from a glass of water or a running tap. This sufficed to say, that simply hearing the element was not enough to determine that it was created by chakra. So, she was back to the drawing board for the moment; however, this hadn’t been a total failure, instead, she had eliminated something from the potential list. And thus, by extension came closer to her ultimate goal, so all in all progress was made.
Next, she thought of hand seals, people frequently used seals to form their chakra and thus give life to their Jutsu. If she listened carefully she could hear the sound of fingers moving, flicking through complex patterns and seals. For the time being, she was unable to note the exact seals that were being formed but could establish the general length of the pattern and thus from that establish the rank of the technique being formed.
But in there lied the problem, seals weren’t always performed with two hands, nor did they have to be performed at all in some circumstances. Also, there was no guarantee that the presence of hand seals meant the activation of a Jutsu, she had just heard a series of seals which by her count amounted to an S rank Jutsu but as of yet had seen no destruction to the property. So perhaps this was an example of such an occasion—or at least she hoped it to be.
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Well, what about the presence of both aspects? A situation in which Yoko could hear a series of seals being formed, and then the sudden presence of an element that was not there before. Well, this was certainly a more robust theory, after all the movement of hands and then a new element indicated a half-seal Jutsu or the like. And the simple creation of an element that was not there before was most likely due to chakra means.
Perhaps Yoko had hit the nail on the head, but there was a problem. Not all techniques revolved around an element, namely genjutsu, which manipulated the mind. How was Yoko expected to sense a genjutsu being cast in an area? Normally one would know if there was a genjutsu afflicting them by the sudden change of environment, but even this could be overcome by a skilled user of the art form, no the problem extended further than this.
For once one was hit with a genjutsu it could bind their movements as well, sometimes being in a genjutsu was rather obvious but one faced great difficulty when it came to breaking it. Furthermore, this technique allowed Yoko to sense the effects even if they were not cast at her, thus if a partner was the target she would know of the Jutsu. Normally one would have to figure this out by the sudden change of movements, however, this technique postulated that one would know before the technique hit.
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That Yoko would be able to sense the use of the Jutsu before it hit someone, else this whole technique was completely worthless. The moulding of the chakra had to be the detectable component for if it was not there would be no change from the norm, one would have to see the effects of a genjutsu to determine its use for example which clearly should not be the case. As there would be no point gaining such a technique in the first place.
At the same time, there would be no point training this technique if you had to wait for the element to be created after all the fundamental use of the observational skill would have allowed one to sense the new creation, just as you could a falling tree. Thus one stood to gain no true advantage if you had to wait this long, no this technique had to function akin to a ‘spider-sense’ warning the user of a potential threat. Thus the technique at its core allowed the user to be proactive rather than reactive.
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