The Wandering Path to Self-Discovery (training)

[Nickerly]

Impeccable Will
Rank: "D" (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 save against the opponent's Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "D" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "D" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "D" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points. This technique stacks with other Will saves.
Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

Post 1: 0/10

As an aspiring genjutsu specialist, it would be key that he learn to master gain control, if not mastery, over his own will power. By being able to keep control of his own mind and fend off mental attacks, he would be better equipped to face other genjutsu users and those who employed mental techniques.

To ensure that he had an ideal learning environment, he had moved out of the city and towards an empty plain of grass so that the only other lifeforms were the small animals that lived within the grass; they would be of no worry to his training. Initially, he planned his training to involve learning to being able to completely empty his mind from distraction; this had practical uses as well, for if he could push aside the distractions that generally came with a mental attack, he could focus on actually dispelling the jutsu.

To practice this, he planned to meditate first in an empty environment, which would allow him to grasp how to clear his mind, then he would move to a more distracting environment, but that for later. For now, he settled down onto the grassy ground, sitting cross-legged with his back perfectly straight, hands resting upon his knees. Closing his eyes, he began to slow his breathing to be shallow and slow to bring his heart beat down; by manually shutting his body down to a level just above that needed to survive, he would better be able to clear his mind. Or so he hoped.

For nearly thirty seconds he sat there, his mind empty of thoughts and distractions, but when an ant or something similar started to crawl up his leg, he couldn’t help but open his eyes and flick it off his leg. His first attempt at meditation ruined, he sat back down and took up his original position, planning to try again. Repeating the process of shutting down his body, slowly emptying his mind; the distraction and helped him realise that he couldn’t simply empty his mind on control, but it had to a slow process of letting go off thoughts, emotions and anything else. This time he managed to ignore the presence of the small animals that inevitably started to crawl up his leg and for several minutes, he managed to sit completely still, mind completely empty.

However, his meditation was once again interrupted as a cloud passed overhead, bathing him in a cold shadow that had him shivering. Once the shadow had passed, he started the process again, this time he ignored any cloud that passed overhead and the fresh breeze that started to pick up. Over the course of the next couple of hours, he meditated and focused on keeping his mind empty and shielded from the distractions of the outside world. It was a learning process that took time; he had to start his meditation over at least half a dozen times as various things broke his silence and mental inactivity.

Still, each time he started again, he could remain in the inactive, empty state for longer than before, until he reached a point where he was able to sit, unmoving and his mind completely empty for over an hour.
It was a period of time that in reality was far longer than he would need, but the practice it gave him in beginning to strengthen his mind and willpower would be useful, especially since he planned to now move to an area filled with far more stimuli than an empty field.

[Skulking Shinzu]

+10 TP. Learned.

[Nickerly]

Impeccable Will (2nd Time)
Rank: "D" (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 save against the opponent's Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "D" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "D" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "D" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points. This technique stacks with other Will saves.
Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

Post 1: 0/10

To continue his training in fortifying his willpower and mental fortitude, he had relocated to the top of a building in the centre of the city; the constant movement of people, the sounds and smells of a city, would all provide distractions and stimuli that he would have to push out of his mind if he was to truly begin to master his willpower.

As he had done in the field when he had begun this training, he took up his meditative position and closed his eyes, begging the process of shutting his body down. Almost immediately, he noticed the difference between trying to meditate in an empty field and in the middle of a bustling city. Even trying to slow his breathing and shut down his body was harder; there were simply too many things that disrupted the process for him to reach the level of meditation that he achieved out in the field, well at least with his level of ability.

Still, he didn’t give up. Instead he chose to focus on learning to ignore individual things before moving onto practicing pushing another distraction out of his mind. It was a laborious process, taking time for him to truly get used to clearly his mind in the face of so many distractions but slowly he reached the level of meditation as he had out in the field.

Next came staying in such a state while keeping a clear mind without being distracted by any new stimuli. Again, this was far harder than it had been out in the field. Everything was far more intrusive and though he had managed to clear his mind from distraction, it was hard to remain in such a state. There was a constant flow of new and increasingly distracting things that kept breaking his meditative state; what time he had been able to stay in his meditative state was cut down drastically and the more he tried to stay in his meditative state, the more frustrated he grew.

Deciding to take a short rest, he mulled over what he was doing wrong. Part of it probably had to do with his growing frustration, so stopping for a while would probably help, but he had to figure out how to not let the constant flow of new distractions disturb his meditation. There was no way he could keep an empty mind if he continued trying to ignore such distractions; such an act inherently meant he no longer had a truly empty mind.

Maybe he didn’t have to ignore the constant distractions, he realised, that he was going about this process the wrong way. Maybe he had to simply accept that there were going to be distractions and allow let them wash over him, instead of him trying to ignore them; it would actually require more discipline and when he was trying to improve his will power, discipline was key.
Deciding to give at go, he started to meditate, letting the noise and constant movement just wash over him, as if he was a rock. He stayed like that, mind empty and unmoving, letting the world pass by around him. This was what his training about; mastering his willpower.

[Skulking Shinzu]

+10 TP. Learned.

[Nickerly]

Night Owl
Rank: "D"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User only needs a minimum amount of sleep to stay active and alert.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A benefit to any adventurer, user only needs minimal amount of sleep to stay active and alert. Without this technique a user requires 8 hours of sleep to awaken refreshed. The user only need half the usual amount of sleep or trance to awaken fully refreshed and recovered from fatigue penalties. Still need 8 hours of restful calm in order to restore chakra and Armour Points even if you have a lesser sleep requirement to stay refreshed.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.

Post 1: 0/10

The nomadic nature of his upbringing had prepared him for a life of hardship and of constant movement; he could walk for leagues without pause, navigate terrain like it was the back of his hand. It also meant that he was slowly adjusting to a lessened need for sleep; as a child, he had slept in the wagons while they had moved at night, but now he was expected to walk during the night with the adults who led the family during its travel. To help him prepare for this lessened amount of sleep, which would generally be half of the normal eight hours of sleep that people required, he was to practice performing tasks well into the night and to get his body used to operating on little to no sleep.

To this end, he started to stay up until the early hours of the morning, all the while performing tasks or exercises; multiple kilometre pack marches, which taxed the body greatly, would help simulate the conditions of the leagues that would be covered during the night, while practicing constructing tents and readying campsites in complete darkness, familiarised him with what he would have to do at the end of a twenty-hour day. Of course, he made sure to slowly build up to this level of the course of a couple of weeks; cutting down half an hour or so each night, while also increasing the tasks he was to complete.

He also made sure to learn to be capable of fighting at full capacity with shorter amounts of rest; he roped in a couple of the older members of the family into having him constantly sparring for extended periods of time, with only short breaks in which he was to recover and prepare himself to continue fighting. It was brutal in nature, but as the family members he had helping him, told him, being able to go from bone tired, to completely fresh and ready for combat with a shorter amount of rest, was a skill that could save his life.

Deciding to step things up a notch, he combined both of his training methods into a single punishing regime that saw him, for a week, constantly awake and moving for twenty hours. During this time, he not only hiked and performed tasks, but also sparred constantly with family members. It was to be a final test; by subjecting himself to such gruelling demands, he would be able to adjust completely to operating for around twenty hours a day.

The first three days here hell; despite his previous preparation, he was in no way truly prepared for what he was planning to subject himself to, and he struggled constantly. By the fourth, his body was adjusting and he was less lethargic than before. On the last days, he was able to complete everything and stay awake for a full twenty hours. Despite it being something he never wanted to do again, he felt that he was truly prepared for operating on a schedule of greatly reduced sleep.

[Skulking Shinzu]

+10 TP. Learned!

[Nickerly]

GenJutsu Kai (Dispel GenJutsu)
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: A Jutsu that allows the user to force chakra to flow through their body (or another body) to disrupt the flow of chakra within them that is caused by GenJutsus.
Special: ---
Drawback: This technique only works against GenJutsus.
Description: The user needs to stop the flow of chakra in their body, and then apply an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the caster's chakra; this is called GenJutsu Kai (Dispel GenJutsu). This can also be done by an unaffected characters by applying a sudden surge of chakra into the affected person. The unaffected character must know GenJutsu Kai (Dispel GenJutsu) in order to perform it on an affected person. The affected getting out of a GenJutsu is dependent on the knowledge of the unaffected. Depending on the rank the user knows depends on the amount of extra points they gain on their Save.

• "D" Rank Technique - 1 Point
• "C" Rank Technique - 3 Points
• "B" Rank Technique - 5 Points
• "A" Rank Technique - 7 Points
• "S" Rank Technique - 9 Points

Depending on the amount of points the user wishes to add into their save depends on the amount of time it takes to perform the Jutsu. If the user knows and wishes to add in 5 points to their save they must take the same amount of time as if performing a "B" Rank Chakra Jutsu.
Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

Post 1: 0/10

The next step in his training was to begin learning how dispel genjutsu, a vital skill that would allow him to combat genjutsu specialists; if he was trapped within a genjutsu and couldn’t escape, then he was finished.

The first part of his training involved recognising that he was caught in a genjutsu; as he very well knew, many genjutsu were subtle enough to avoid detection if people didn’t know what they were looking for. To help him learn to identify various subtleties of different genjutsu, he had some of the more skilled genjutsu practitioners place under him a variety of genjutsu that tested his skills of observation to their limits. Some involved a slight, almost unnoticeable to his perception of reality: another involved a slight shift to his perception of the passing of time, and one even targeted his sense of smell. Naturally, it took him time to notice these affects and at first, he was all but hopeless, though the more he trained, the better he got at detecting the presence of such subtle genjutsu; he still would need to vastly improve his detection skill to be able to detect the genjutsu of more skilled practitioners.

The next step in his initial training in how to break a genjutsu, involved actually learning the ways that one could free themselves and allies. There were, he was told, a number of methods that could be utilised and these generally were: disrupting one’s own chakra flow through the actual technique of genjutsu kai or by pushing chakra into a victim, pain; which if not caused by the genjutsu would break it’s affect over the victim and if the genjutsu was ocular in nature, by breaking vision in real life. His initial training would involve learning to use pain to break out of a genjutsu; the more complex methods would be learnt later on.

Though it sounded simple, the actual breaking of a genjutsu through pain was a fairly unreliable method if not executed properly. Given that a large number of genjutsu created pain within a victim’s mind through a whole range of methods, the type of pain being used to break out of a genjutsu had to be different, otherwise it wouldn’t work. He also knew, from speaking to various members of the family, that it was wise to choose a particular method of inflicting pain and to stick to it. For that reason, he had chosen to simply bite down on his tongue.

Deciding to give his chosen method a go, he had himself placed under a genjutsu and practiced biting his tongue to break himself out. When he failed initially to break out, he quickly realised that he had to actually bite hard, hard enough to draw blood. This time it worked and he managed to break himself out. He practiced several more times, making sure that he could reliably break himself out of lower level genjutsu. Happy, he decided to stop; he would return to learning the next stage later.

[Shallistera]

+10

[Nickerly]

Ninpou: Shuriken Souki (Ninja Art: Shuriken Recall)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu.
Effect: The user causes a thrown shuriken to revert it’s path.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The shuriken can only follow the exact path they were thrown along.
Description: The user forms the hand seal, focusing chakra through any number of thrown shuriken. These shuriken will revert their paths, flying back to the original point from which they were thrown, following their original flight paths to an exact reverse.
Limit: Universal Ninjutsu.


Post 1: 0/10

“Watch,” his uncle instructed as he threw a handful of shuriken at down an empty target range.

Supposedly, he was to learn a fairly basic jutsu that would allow him to recall a shuriken he had thrown if it missed its target. It wasn’t the most exciting thing he was ever going to learn but he could see why it was a useful jutsu.

About half way down the range, his uncle made a hand sign and the shuriken jerked back, as if being pulled on by string, and started flying back towards them down the exact path that they had been flying on. Catching the shuriken, his uncle sent him a look.

“How did I manage that?” His uncle asked.

Thinking about what he had seen, he started to put together what he believed the jutsu entailed.

“You embedded your chakra in the shuriken to give yourself a level of control over them.” He guessed. “That or you were using a form of chakra threads to reverse the path of the shuriken; but if you were using such a method you’d probably be able to actually control their path.”

“I would.” His uncle agreed. “However, the technique uses something similar to the first method you described; you don’t so much as embed your chakra within the shuriken as create a chakra anchor that allows you to stop and call back the shuriken by pulling your chakra back towards your own body.”


“So, you put enough chakra in that you can act upon it?” He guessed. Pulling out own of his own shuriken, he started to channel chakra through the shuriken stopping when he felt he had enough.


Throwing them, he waited until they had reached a similar point as his uncle’s shuriken had reached, before he made the same hand sign and pulled back on the chakra within the shuriken. Annoyingly, his own shuriken simply halted and fell to the ground in a clutter. They hadn’t even started back towards him. There were two clear reasons why, he felt; either he had too little chakra in the shuriken or he had too much chakra in them.


Given he didn’t know which reason was reasonable for his failure, he decided to go with pumping less chakra into the shuriken. This time when he threw the shuriken and pulled back on his chakra, it simply slowed down slightly but continued on its path. Realising what he had to do, he pulled out another shuriken and pumped more chakra into it than he had done with the first.


It still took some time to work out just how much chakra he needed to form the anchor but after a while, he got a hang of it and was reliably able to recall his shuriken mid-flight. Happy, he gathered up his shuriken and returned to his uncle. It was time to move onto something else.

[Shallistera]

+10

[Nickerly]

Phantasm Perception
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: Jutsu allows the user to perform Phantasm Perceptions.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Phantasms can only be perceived by the user and target, unlike the previous 3 Perceptions. The impression created by a Phantasm exists only in the mind and is personalized for everyone perceiving it. All phantasms are therefore, Mind-Affecting Jutsus. Nightmare is a good example of such a Phantasm. If you want to keep your actions secret from everyone but your subjects, Phantasm is a good choice, whether you want to frighten or to deliver a message.
Limit: ---

Post 1: 0/20


He was asleep when the torment started. His dreams – which, up until then, were pleasant – turned to dark, into the stuff of nightmares and his deepest fears. He saw his parents, though they were horrid imitations, with distorted, demonic faces and twisted bodies; he saw the family slaughtered by beasts of myth, demons and other ill-folks. Looking around him, the land had turned into a misty swamp; the waters, lit by pale fires, were filled with bodies, whose heads followed him as he moved.

He soon found himself in another place, otherworldly and looking like a grassy field, though the grassy was brown and diseased, thoroughly sodden with blood. What few trees there were, were in fact, stitched together bodies. It was a horrid sight and he was sick. At least he thought he was sick. Whatever this reality was, it was wrong.

‘Wait,’ he thought to himself. Of course, it was wrong; it wasn’t actually reality, it was a genjutsu. Granted, it was far different from any he knew or had heard about, but it was still a genjutsu and therefore could be escaped from. Biting down on his tongue hard enough to draw blood, he broke himself out of the genjutsu and found himself in his tent, soaked with sweat. Footsteps heading away alerted him to the presence of whoever had put him in the genjutsu. Pushing himself to his feet, he chased after the person but to no avail; whoever they were, they were quick and escaped. Grumbling, he returned to his tent, vowing to find out what type of genjutsu he had been caught in.

So, the next day he trawled through the family’s collection of genjutsu, looking for details on just what type of genjutsu he had been trapped in. He knew for a fact it wasn’t a glamour or pattern genjutsu. Maybe it was a figment, though it seemed unlikely. No, now that he thought about it, figments were altogether different – though he knew none, he knew the basics about the perception – so what was it? He found his answer deep within the collection of genjutsu scrolls that his family had collected throughout the generations.

Phantasms, that was what the type of genjutsu he had been caught in was. A mind-affecting type of genjutsu that was perceivable only by the user and their target, Phantasms were, from the looks of it, a very nasty and dangerous type of genjutsu; ravaging the minds of victims with nightmarish images and illusionary creatures.

So, he had found what he was looking for, now what else could he learn?

[Nickerly]

Post 2: ?/20

Continuing his study on Phantasms, he continued to dig through what the family had in way of information. Most important, was information on how to detect and tell that one was trapped in a Phantasm and also the basic theory behind what Phantasms entailed. To such an end, he continued to trawl through as much information as he could, pulling out scrolls and texts, anything even remotely related to Phantasms.

He continued his study for some time; day had passed into night before he stopped, though his determination to find information had yielded results. From what he had learnt, given that Phantasms were only perceivable by the user and the victim, if the genjutsu didn’t overly distort reality, then one could generally figure out that they were caught within a genjutsu and break free; of course, one had to remain calm and be capable to actually break free, but that wasn’t of much concern at the moment. Phantasms could also be detected by actually interacting with whatever image the genjutsu created and showed to the victim; of course, this again relied upon the victim staying calm enough to interact with whatever they were being shown and the genjutsu creating something visual. Still, the information was useful and would equip him with some of the knowledge he had been looking for.

The rest of what he had been looking for came shortly afterwards, though most of it should have been common sense. Phantasms worked by controlling the chakra within the brain of a victim and was instigated through visual, audio or other sensory means. Where they differed though, was that they made use of innate fears that the victim held within their subconscious and made use of imaginary terrors, illusionary demons and the like.

It was an area that held great potential for him, he felt, and as such he decided to see if he could use the basic principles he had learnt to mimic the effects of phantasms before he moved onto actually learning the genjutsu of the perception. He found a suitable test subject after some searching; a bird in a nearby tree; in no way was he sadistic, so he wanted something that wouldn’t be overly affected by what he was about to attempt. Channelling chakra into his vocal cords, he whistled and gained the attention of the bird, which allowed his chakra – being carried by the sound waves – to enter the bird’s mind. Experimenting, he controlled the chakra in the bird’s mind and directed it towards the lateral amygdala and amygdala; the parts of the brains associated with emotions and the like. As he hoped would happen, as soon as his chakra came into contact with the specific parts of the bird’s brain, it acted as stimuli and set the conditioned response ingrained within the bird’s mind, sending it fluttering about.

Letting go of his chakra, he released the bird from its torment and returned to his tent; his experiment had proved highly successful and now it was time to get started learning actual genjutsu.

[Shallistera]

+20

[Nickerly]

Glimpse of Fear
Rank: "D"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: User plunges the subject directly into a waking nightmare, immersing it in a world of fear for a brief instant.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A Fear, Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects 1 creature. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 6 meters plus 7 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. User plunges the subject directly into a waking nightmare, immersing it in a world of fear for a brief instant. The change happens so fast that many creatures do not consciously sense it all, but a failed save means the sudden shift in perception registers long enough to leave the subject shaken for 5 round per Class Level. Sightless creatures and creatures immune to fear effects are not affected by this Jutsu. In addition, a target that fails the save to resist this Jutsu also takes a -4 penalty on all saves made to resist Jutsus with the fear descriptor for the duration of this Jutsu.
Limit: Must know the Phantasm Perception.

Post 1: 0/10.

To find something suitable for him to learn as his first Phantasm genjutsu, he had returned to his family’s collection and found something that he felt suitable. After some searching, he had found one that he felt suitable; a genjutsu called ‘Glimpse of Fear.’ The jutsu involved drawing upon the target’s latent fears and plunging them into a world of such fears for an instant; the speed of at which the jutsu was executed was such, that they were unable to consciously sense it but would still be shaken by the experience.

Taking the scroll with him, he made his way back to the surrounding woods to practice the technique, reading all the while. The hand signs for the jutsu were nothing special and he practiced them as he walked; working on the speed at which he performed them so that he could perform them in the midst of combat. Once his speed was good, he allowed his chakra to flow and be moulded by the hand signs, getting used to the feel of the jutsu.

Once he was happy with the speed of his hand signs, he started to flesh out the actual technical details of how the jutsu actually worked. Surprisingly, the details of how the jutsu worked were remarkably similar to his earlier test; by drawing up any subconscious fears of the target, the jutsu affected the lateral amygdala and prompted a panicked reaction if the target failed to break the genjutsu. Most of it was an automatic process and all he had to do was to direct his chakra into the lateral amygdala of the target once he had cast the genjutsu.
With all the technical aspects of the jutsu under his belt, he felt it prompt to test the jutsu out and to get used to how it worked in real life. Unlike last time, he went looking for a human test subject to try out the genjutsu on; he felt that a human test subject would better allow him to see the true effects of the genjutsu. Still, he had to actually find someone and he ended up having to fork out some ryo to one of the family members his own age before they allowed him to test the genjutsu on them.

Running through the hand signs, he readied the genjutsu, letting his chakra flow into his hands and eyes, from which it would latch onto the mind of the family member. With his genjutsu ready, he nodded at the family member, and when they nodded back, he locked eyes and activated the genjutsu. Opposite him, the family member stiffened momentarily before they slackened but he was more focused on the eyes of the family member; clouded and unfocused, they showed that the genjutsu had taken full affect. Dispelling the genjutsu, he allowed the family member to recover for a couple of minutes before they repeated the process several more times, making sure that he could perform the genjutsu reliably and by the time they stopped, he could easily perform and trap the family member within the genjutsu

[Nekomata Minh]

This fits well enough for me to grant the full score.
+10/Learned.

[Nickerly]

Phantasmal Force
Rank: "D"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: With this Jutsu the user can create a phantasmal image that torments the foes.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A Fear, Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects 1 creature. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 30 meters plus 15 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. The phantasmal force has the same movements as the user while it deals "D" Rank of subdual damage on each successful attack. Note that because the phantasm is inside the creature's mind the phantasm can always make a full round attack of 3 movements per round. If disbelieved or if the creature leaves the user's line of sight the phantasmal force immediately dissipates.
Limit: Must know the Phantasm Perception.

Post 1: 0/10

Having started down the path of learning to utilise Phantasms, he felt the next genjutsu he should learn was one that could be used over a longer range. After some searching, he had found one he felt that would be quite useful; Phantasmal Force. Unlike the previous genjutsu, this one affected the mind of the target and created a phantasmal spectre that tormented the target and attacked the victim alongside the user. It did still have the drawbacks of most genjutsu, in that, if could be disbelieved or dissipated if the creature, which the user still had to control mentally, moved outside of the line of sight of the victim.

The first step in his training of learning to utilise the genjutsu was to learn how to use his chakra to fashion the phantasmal image used to torment the victim. Naturally, the first step – as in any genjutsu – was to trap the victim within the genjutsu and that wasn’t a problem. The problem came after he had trapped the victim in the genjutsu; he hadn’t a solid understanding of how to activate the next step of the jutsu to actually create the phantasmal image.

After getting nowhere for a while, he returned to the scroll, looking for details on how to solve his problem. As it turned out, he had missed notes scribbled at the bottom of the scroll, which outline what hand seals were needed and how these allowed the shaping of the spectre; through the moulding of the chakra in the hand seals, the user could manipulate the chakra within the victim’s mind and thus create the image. Upon releasing the hand seals, the image would be controlled through thought by the user.

Now understanding how to fully utilise the genjutsu, he started to practice the genjutsu, once again using a volunteer to help him. Running through the hand seals and allowing his chakra to mould before he activated the genjutsu, allowing the chakra to infiltrate the brain of his volunteer. Manipulating it, he started to create the phantasmal image, using the feedback of the volunteer to shape it and make it more imposing like he wanted. For ease to mentally and intimidation, he had decided upon a phantasmal image that was a shadowy figure, not quite human and appearing as if made of smoke and shadows. It was an image, he hoped, that was terrifying enough to work effectively without being pushed to the side.

It took some time to get the genjutsu and the phantasmal image up to a usable level and reliable enough that he could perform the jutsu under combat control; even with a volunteer helping him, he was working on the genjutsu for several hours before he reached where he wanted to get to. Still, once he achieved such a level of control, he stopped; he was happy with how he was progressing and it was time to move onto something else.

[Shallistera]

+10

[Nickerly]

Phantasmal Force
Rank: "D"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: With this Jutsu the user can create a phantasmal image that torments the foes.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A Fear, Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects 1 creature. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 30 meters plus 15 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. The phantasmal force has the same movements as the user while it deals "D" Rank of subdual damage on each successful attack. Note that because the phantasm is inside the creature's mind the phantasm can always make a full round attack of 3 movements per round. If disbelieved or if the creature leaves the user's line of sight the phantasmal force immediately dissipates.
Limit: Must know the Phantasm Perception.


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Having started down the path of learning to utilise Phantasms, he felt the next genjutsu he should learn was one that could be used over a longer range. After some searching, he had found one he felt that would be quite useful; Phantasmal Force. Unlike the previous genjutsu, this one affected the mind of the target and created a phantasmal spectre that tormented the target and attacked the victim alongside the user. It did still have the drawbacks of most genjutsu, in that, if could be disbelieved or dissipated if the creature, which the user still had to control mentally, moved outside of the line of sight of the victim.

The first step in his training of learning to utilise the genjutsu was to learn how to use his chakra to fashion the phantasmal image used to torment the victim. Naturally, the first step – as in any genjutsu – was to trap the victim within the genjutsu and that wasn’t a problem. The problem came after he had trapped the victim in the genjutsu; he hadn’t a solid understanding of how to activate the next step of the jutsu to actually create the phantasmal image.

After getting nowhere for a while, he returned to the scroll, looking for details on how to solve his problem. As it turned out, he had missed notes scribbled at the bottom of the scroll, which outline what hand seals were needed and how these allowed the shaping of the spectre; through the moulding of the chakra in the hand seals, the user could manipulate the chakra within the victim’s mind and thus create the image. Upon releasing the hand seals, the image would be controlled through thought by the user.

Now understanding how to fully utilise the genjutsu, he started to practice the genjutsu, once again using a volunteer to help him. Running through the hand seals and allowing his chakra to mould before he activated the genjutsu, allowing the chakra to infiltrate the brain of his volunteer. Manipulating it, he started to create the phantasmal image, using the feedback of the volunteer to shape it and make it more imposing like he wanted. For ease to mentally and intimidation, he had decided upon a phantasmal image that was a shadowy figure, not quite human and appearing as if made of smoke and shadows. It was an image, he hoped, that was terrifying enough to work effectively without being pushed to the side.

It took some time to get the genjutsu and the phantasmal image up to a usable level and reliable enough that he could perform the jutsu under combat control; even with a volunteer helping him, he was working on the genjutsu for several hours before he reached where he wanted to get to. Still, once he achieved such a level of control, he stopped; he was happy with how he was progressing and it was time to move onto something else.

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Learned!

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Phantom Threat
Rank: "D"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: User creates the sensation in the subject's mind that they are threatened by more foes than they are actually facing.
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 5 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. A creature affected by this Jutsu is considered flanked, even if not threatened by other creatures. No amount of convincing by others can help the victim of this Jutsu avoid its effect--only a successful save against the Jutsu when initially performed can help the target.
Limit: Must know the Phantasm Perception.


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The entire premise of phantasm genjutsu was the creation of illusions and the like that caused terror, or so he thought. From the scroll he was reading, phantom threat was a genjutsu that was simply based around the creation of a mere sensation, that tricked the subject’s mind into believing that they were threatened by more foes than they were actually facing. It wasn’t the flashiest of phantasm genjutsu but it held a large number of uses; he could use it to trick an opponent into thinking they were outnumbered and trick them into disengaging from a fight. With such usefulness, he decided to learn it.

The first step, like with any jutsu was the practising of the handseals; there was nothing particularly special with the handseals for the jutsu, so he did was he always did when it came to practising his hand seals. He would spend ten or so minutes practising the seals at a slow pace, getting used to how the sequence came together and how it felt. Then he’d move onto practising speeding up the speed with which he formed the handseals, practicing for an hour or so. Once that was done, he’d start to channel chakra through his hands, letting it be moulded by the handseals, so he knew how the jutsu would manipulate his chakra so that he could best utilise the jutsu; it would be unwise to not be familiar with how his chakra had to be moulded by the jutsu before attempting it. Like many of the phantasm genjutsu he had learnt, the handseals shaped his chakra in a way that it was concentrated at his finger tips, ready to be used as the anchor for the chakra that would target the victim of the genjutsu.

After he had practiced with the handseals, he moved onto learning how the genjutsu actually worked – no two jutsu were exactly the same – and then he’d practice using it on a real target. Referring back to the scroll, he reread the section that described how the jutsu worked; unlike some of the previous genjutsu he had taught himself, only part of his chakra would enter the subject’s brain, and that was to stimulate the parts of the brain which regulated the body’s unconscious actions. The stimulation would work in conjunction with the rest of the chakra used by the jutsu, which targeted the sense – primarily hearing – to create the feeling in the subject that they were outnumbered. It was somewhat more complex than how other genjutsu worked, but it was fairly simple to comprehend.

The final step was to actually practice the jutsu on a live target to see the jutsu’s effects. Luckily, there were a couple of family members sparring just outside the main camp; they’d be the perfect subjects to practice on. Making his way to the edge of the area, he went through the handseals and let his chakra flow through his hands before he activated the jutsu, focusing on the family member he had chosen. Nothing happened for a couple of seconds, probably because his chakra was still working its way through the man’s brain.
Finally, the man’s eyes widened and he started to twist his head round, clearly looking for something that wasn’t there. He said something to his sparring partner, though he couldn’t hear what was said; he didn’t need to, he had seen enough to know that the genjutsu had worked.