The Hagane Mtns [Closed]

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Once he had found himself kilometers away from his home village of Kumogakure, Ranmaru had readily traversed a great deal of the countryside by means of his ability to blink, and his natural speed. He moved nimbly across the mountainous terrain with his longsword and large disc strapped to his body, as the additional weight did little to encumber the taijutsu master. With a tactical vest outfitted to its brim with hundreds of star-shaped shuriken, the youth would tackle any adversary head on using electrical and quick tactics to rectify the situation. In time, using the compass and map given to him by Sebastian, Ranmaru was miles north east of Kumo, and on his way to the forlorn Hagane mountain range... It has been rumored for centuries to have been the home of the Oni tribe located in Lightning country. These non-human threats held the key to new forms of power that he sought... regardless of the consequence. Thick sheets of rain pelted down on him, but given his over cloak, which was water proof, Ranmaru was free of feeling wet in the torrential environ.

A bolt of lightning cracked through the dark gray clouds in the upper atmosphere and brought to his electric blue eyes a towering silhouette of jagged spires. Out of all the surrounding mountains, these seemed the most perilous; it was evident that he would reach the foot of the Hagane mountain range in a day or two's time. The Genin found an abandoned cave somewhere close to an encompassing forest and would rest a while there to restore what ever chakra he expended to make it thus far. The natural darkness of the cave was not at all unsettling, but a comfort in the weather. He would slowly begin to nod off... possibly from the sound of crashing rain outside, or perhaps he found the terrible striking of thunder and lightning to be so natural that it was actually soothing. Before long, though, he found himself asleep, seated upright just in case he had to spring back to life if a threat presented itself. But this cave had been abandoned and no other would disturb him. 

...Perhaps because of his aura of misfortune, Ranmaru was altogether saved from the vicious animals that lived in the countryside. From within the cave that he slept, a rhythmic humming could be heard, and a noxious energy felt for meters around his general location. 

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Jump Good 1

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Jump Good
Rank: "E"
Skill: Sophisticated Skill
Effect: User can jump longer distances and survive from higher falls.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Relevant Abilities: Might Skill. Die Rolls: 1 Die Roll. Check Requirement: Never. Jump Good is a skill to make jumps or to soften a fall. No Die Roll is needed for Jump Good. There is no Difficulty check with Jump Good. Normally targets may only jump horizontally or vertically 10 meters. All Jumps are assumed with a 6 meter straight line running start before jumping. If user does not run this distance Jump Good is cut in half. Jump good depends on user's Skill + 10 meter base Jump. Successful Jumps allows the user to land prone or any other variation. There are 2 types of Jumps. Long Jump and High Jump. Long Jump is a Horizontal Jump. At mid-point of the jump user's vertical height is equal to 1/4 of Horizontal Jump Distance. Every 5 skill points increases Base Jump by +2 meters. High Jump is a vertical leap. For every 5 skill points increase Base Jump by +1 meter. Base Falling distance is 10 meters. For every 5 skill points, the user can increase their fall distance by +2 meters. For High Water Jump the user incurs -50 penalty when making a high jump out of water.
Limit: Must learn from Skills.

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Blink
Rank: "B"
Skill: Chakra Trait
Effect: The user can teleport a brief distance.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user has experienced or traveled through different planes of existence at a young age, and so formed an attunement with the fabric of space. Once per day per class level, the user may teleport 3 meters per Class Level in any direction. The blink teleport may be used in the air or underwater, but it doesn't teleport the user through or into solid spaces unless the user is incorporeal. This brief teleportation takes a weaving movement to use but is an instantaneous action. This trait replaces 2 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 2 Freebies.

Heart of the Mountains
Rank: "C"
Skill: Regional Trait
Effect: A trait that aids the user to manipulate around the Mountain with no restriction while able to stay within the high mountains.
Special: ---
Drawback: Cannot gain any other Heart Traits.
Description: Must be raised in Mountain Regions. Humans born in the mountains are skilled at negotiating heights and precipices. They gain the ability to move on narrow surfaces and uneven ground without any movement restrictions. Users are able to Shunshin around the mountain without taking techniques that would stunt movement. Furthermore, they are considered acclimated to the effects of high altitude. User also gains a +10 racial bonus to Jump Good. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

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The base of the mountain rose into a looming set of spires before Ranmaru as he rushed towards his point of interest. The rain had now begun to pelt the countryside of Kaminari in torrential patterns, yet the Cloud shinobi had been prepared for such weather. With one look up, he sprung upwards to a cliff ledge some four meters above him. Due to his intense training as a shinobi, he had been capable of maintaining his balance in the rugged wilderness by harnessing sources of chakra to his feet in order to grip the slippery rock successfully during his acrobatic plight. He had continued to leap to and fro from rocky appendages located on the southern mountain face in order to reach the pinnacle, where he hoped to find the demon offspring of the Mabuki ichizoku. Like a goat, he smoothly sailed from platform to platform, despite the difficult weather. Being of Fulgurian birthright, he had naturally been acclimated to these rough passages of mountainous terrain, and so was capable of navigating across the wet and crude earth much easier than a foreigner would have been. Ranmaru reached a point on his way to the top of the mountain where the rock ledge jutted out at a peculiar angle in juxtaposition to his current location. He thought for a moment on how to navigate further towards his objective, and almost immediately decided on teleporting to that sought-after destination.

With a burst of chakra, much akin to one utilizing the Body Flicker technique, Ranmaru disappeared from his starting location towards that one which lay higher, at about three meters to the right, with respect to an oblique disposition. His quick timing and usage of the Blink ability had saved him from the crumbling stone wherein he previously stood. He looked down and noticed just how high he had already climbed. Smirking, he pushed onward, still; there was a midpoint and he had yet to even reach that checkpoint on his way to the top of the Hagane mountain range...

[Waru]

Dice

Lightning Bolt Guy: +5tp (Skill:7) Overall

[tentacruel]

Jump Good 2

[0000] // [0005]

The Cloud ninja had indeed the alacrity of a bolt of lightning. In time, he had been jumping in rapid succession towards higher planes of elevation and was doing a good job at maintaining a cool poise and pace in which his stride always carried him higher to the next destination. Soon, though, the rocky composition of the mountainside turned from flat into sharp and strange angles. Now, most of the Saigo youth's movements had to be calculated to carry him to a strange spire which would require him to grab hold of its queer ledge and pull himself up upon it. There was no truer obstacle than nature itself to test the abilities of man: he coated both his hands and feet in his adhesive chakra in order to latch onto the slippery wet stones of the mountain range. Bursts of lightning surrounded him now that he soared at an elevation above the land, where clusters of clouds cuddled around the mountain face. He had to be very cautious at this height because of the frequency in which lightning struck down the natural climbing platforms into crumbling remnant. Ranmaru's patience and stamina seemed to be in perfect harmony, as he showed no wear in this feat. In lieu, he seemed to welcome the challenge, and during some of his jumps would guess where the lightning would strike next.

He had made an outstandingly courageous jump at some seven-meter gap across the mountain to reach a set of stones that would allow him to climb using his hands and feet as he clung to the wall. During his steady ascension, he had absent-mindedly reached for a root that had become exceedingly loose during the downpour in northern Lightning Country. The ninja had slipped back down the mountain, and following that had been an eruption of thunder. Perhaps it had been the boisterous laughter of Raijin laughing at him? His aura of misfortune had seeped from his body and caused more strange occurrences to take place once he regained himself and pressed onward still. 

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Jump Good 3

[0000] // [0005]

On the final leg of his perilous plight, Ranmaru leapt with good strength to a large platform that seemed sturdy enough for several men. However, as he walked over its length, he noticed that it was beginning to give way underneath his lithe bulk; could it be that the higher he got within the Hagane mountains, the stronger his misfortunate aura flourished? He was roughly thirty meters away from his mark and sprang to life before the platform disintegrated under his weight. With a display of keen vision, alacritous awareness and smooth speed, he jumped in zigging and jagged manners to ascend to the top of the mountain range. As his hands latched onto the plateau portion of the mountain of the top, he felt a very ominous energy vibrating around him.

As he pulled himself up and looked around, the genin noticed a club-wielding behemoth before him. The monster would rush him immediately, and utilizing his good jumping ability, Ranmaru bounded to his right and rolled away from the unknown attacker. The clouds had cleared and the rain ceased on his peculiarly hollowed ground, and he could hear the red-skinned demon calling for its kin. One. Two. Three other oni jumped out from shadowed regions of the surrounding and began to close in on the unsuspecting Cloud low-ninja. Given the massive bulk of these creatures, it was not difficult for Ranmaru to duck, jump and roll over their individual attacks. He kept at it for a while, as he possessed stamina higher than an average human's. The oni men finally grew tired of the jumping flea and their red-skinned leader slammed his club-shaped hand into the ground. "Enough, human!" he and his comrades stood around catching their breath as Ranmaru stalked around them like an inquisitive cat. They would ask him of his business here, and how he had heard about this dangerous mountain range.

"Teach me the techniques of your clan, the Mabuki... my father, Saigo Katsuro, told me to seek out the Hagane Demons to learn how to blend with steel."

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The ten foot tall red-skinned Oni laughed in a like manner of a thunder strike. 

"Your father is Saigo Katsuro?! Hahaha!!" his club-formed hand slowly turned into a crude broad ax and he gained a wicked smile. "Well, it's no wonder how you made it all the way up here... and come to think of it, you do look just like that bastard, boy!" His oni kin joined in on the mocking, yet stood back as their leader approached Ranmaru.

"Tch.." the genin hissed as he clenched the hilt of Shuurai, the longsword that was attached underneath his cloak to his right hip. Upon seeing the electric blue hilt of the blade, the red oni stopped in his tracks. He spat a curse and then his ax-shaped hand returned to a standard set of large fingers. "He's even passed down that damn blade to you, eh? Damn it all---I have no choice but to give you the Mabuki ritual," he snickered; "Hopefully you survive~" Ranmaru released his grip on his weapon and bowed before the oni, yet was immediately scorned for showing any sort of pleasantry towards the leader of the gathered demons. The red oni had sent his three henchmen off to fetch the requisite tools for the ritual. As the time passed, the large red Jotun shared some information with Ranmaru.

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Once, years before Ranmaru's birth, his father, Katsuro, had scaled the same mountain range in search of a means to become a better samurai. The red demon, known as Kuwabara Kuwabara, had encountered Katsuro and challenged him to a one versus one battle in order to obtain the Mabuki ritual secret and the ichizoku's hidenjutsu prowess. The oni had suffered a great gash across his chest and lost sight in his right eye, due to Katsuro's exceptional kenjutsu abilities using the very same blade that was passed down to his son, the Shuurai katana. It had been no wonder, now to Ranmaru that Kuwabara Kuwabara had wished to attack him, that is, until he was about to unsheath the very same sword that caused his handicap. 

The Oni went on to explain some origin points of the Mabuki. It has been told through millennia that the clan is only a bastard offspring to an even more powerful clan, which held the true powers of the Kekkei Genkai. As a secondary trait, those of Mabuki heritage lacked the ability to do most things these beings known as Proteans could. Kuwabara Kuwabara also shared with Ranmaru several capabilities of becoming a Demon Weapon, including an array of weaponry transformations that could be at his disposal, as well as the ability to transform into an entire weapon that another entity could wield in battle. It did not take the Cloud ninja long to understand the concepts the Oni spoke of, but he had rather put such things into practice and find out for himself. The three other oni returned to the hallowed area and presented a vial filled with a crude and corrupt looking liquid to their leader. Kuwabara Kuwabara smiled wickedly once again.

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"You are your father's son. Hope that like he, you, too, survive the rampages of the Mabuki ichor..." he beckoned Ranmaru to strip naked and step forward. The human male did not falter or question the demon's methods and did as he was instructed. 

[Waru]

Dice

Lightning Bolt Guy: +10tp (Skill:24) Overall

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Demon Weapon Gene
Rank: "C"
Type: Creation
Effect: A specialized ritual that harnesses the weaponized and absorption aspect of the Protean Blood Limit.
Special: To perform: 6 hours; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: Demon Weapon Gene impose a -1 penalty to Will Saves and -5 to Intelligence Skills because being a Demon Weapon brings them closer to Insanity.
Description: This Ritual can be performed at any time of day or night. The Weapon Gene is what gives the Demon Weapon the ability to transform. There are two ways a member gains The Demon Weapon Gene. 1) By being a descendant of a family line that has the Demon Weapon Gene (Start Up Ryo is still Deducted). 2) By receiving the Demon Weapon Gene later in life. The Ritualist creates a concoction, using the flesh of Protean, and injects the blood of Protean into the target of the Ritual. The target of the ritual then makes a Pact with Death himself asking for further power as the blood and flesh overtakes the body of the target. The subject dies and is ritually buried in hallowed ground. After the interment, the Ritualist invokes a prayer to Death asking him to bestow a power of weapon and steel. At the conclusion of the ritual the subject is unburied as life is restored. There are no Type nor Subtype alterations to the target. After the Ritual has been performed the target is able to maintain all of its Bloodlimit Attributes if it has one. It can no longer take any additional Creation Rituals. The Target may learn all techniques in the Mabuki Clan. If the user learns a "Weapon Form" they may "Partially" transform a portion of their anatomy (usually the arm) into a single Non-Chakra Weapon within 1/2 a round. The Limb remains transformed for a number of rounds equal to 3 + Impeccable Will, and cannot change back until the duration ends. User may perform this technique a number of times equal to 5 per Class Level. The transformed limb has all the properties of the Weapon Form, but is considered a Natural Weapon for all purposes. This ritual is ruined if a Raise Dead Ritual is performed on the subject or if the Subject is beheaded before they are brought back as a Demon Weapon. Performing the Ritual leaves the Ritualist weakened for 1d10 days.
Limit: Must be a Mabuki. Must be a Ritualist for Creation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 12,000 Ryo Performing Price: 12,000 Ryo

[Ritual]

Ranmaru had been commanded to lay on the ground in the center of the hallowed plateau at the apex of the Hagane mountain-range. His immaculate and naked body lay at ease as four Oni, easily capable of consuming him and going on about their lives surrounded him in the four cardinal directions. To the north position stood Kuwabara Kuwabara, he then would kneel down and comment on the perfectness of Ranmaru's anatomy. Just then, he made a small knick in the boy's left forearm and spoke of "the beauty behind the madness," which indicated that a small wound was a minute price to pay for the power he would receive in the ritual was a success. The Kumo-nin did not grimace under the sharp nail of the red Oni; yet as the black colored ichor poured down his bicep, he could immediately feel an intense evil lurking within the vial. Judging by the lengths of the ritual and how the other oni acted currently, Ranmaru canceled out the thought that this may be a quick way to poison and kill him. It would seem that these beasts of the wild were truer to their word than even most men in the Ninja Nations.

A sharp and cold pain shot through Ranmaru's arm as the ritual concoction seeped into his open wound; all of the oni men then held him down as he fought against their strength to escape the now burning and intense pains that came with the seemingly possessed ichor coursing through his veins. He felt lengths of pain that were incomprehensible to him; during this period of time, he had focused as best as he could on making a plea offer to the Shinigami to save him from death. Yet as the ichor mixed and conquered his blood, the whites of his eyes turned deep black and he faded into a dangerous and deathly sleep. In his floating state that lay between unconscious and deceased, one of the oni men performed a Doton technique and uncovered the earth wherein Ranmaru was soon buried. For several hours, the four demons sat in the north, east, south and west directions around the hallowed ground where the dead body of the Saigo youth lay in meditation, while casting hand seals to conjure chakra to offer as a sacrifice to the Shinigami that held Ranmaru's soul captive.

Kuwabara Kuwabara, in the sixth hour, prayed to the Shinigami and requested that it bestow reanimation, steel and weapon manipulation into the fragile body of the sunken Ranmaru. With one final clasp of the hands and an equal distribution of chakra, a chime reacted within the elevated area of the Hagane mountains. Soon, a dark grey cloud formed above the usually dry plateau and unleashed its watery contents on the land that held in its navel, the husk of Ranmaru. 

The Cloud shinobi had been dreaming... he had seen swords, spears, axes, and other steel weapons forming at his hands and feet; there had been a ghastly cackle emanating in the background of his subconscious and as he turned around, he noticed that his aura of misfortune had taken on a strange and animated form. The dream had been so eye-opening, that Ranmaru jolted awake and his arm erupted out from underneath the moist soil. The Mabuki ichor had resonated with his blood type and as he crawled from the pit in which he had been buried, he felt a difference in the weight of his body. Despite being weakened from the process of the ritual, Ranmaru had noticed a robust and keen strength within his bones. He barely had the energy to pull his entire body from his ritual grave and fell unconscious again from the struggle.

"Haha!... Indeed, just like his father, this boy." the red Oni commented as he allowed Ranmaru this respite to regain himself thoroughly. 

[Waru]

~Approved

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Following his reawakening, Ranmaru had received several scrolls containing various low- mid- and a high-ranking hidenjutsu of the Mabuki. Once he took these items into his wares, he had departed the height of the mountain at a rapid speed; his steel body gave him additional weight that was not deterrent; it had instead grown more fluid, as to where he may need to swiftly maneuver to avoid falling down the oblique face of the Hagane mountain.

He had wasted enough time in the countryside of the land of Lightning, and by now, his Raikage must have certainly been pressed at him. Without using a Shunshin, he moved at top speeds to the eastern parts of the country, where lay the capital. By utilizing mundane landmarks, he would make it there in a day and a half's journey.

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exit w/ mabuki tech scrolls x3

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if i need to purchase for character development purposes.


2700+4900+4900=12500

Scroll (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Secondary, 1 per Slot, Parchment, Scroll
Effect: A scroll is a document which a seal, or a number of seals, has been placed in a special way.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Identification: Average; Hardness: Dependent on Carrying Case; Armour Points/Inch: Dependent on amount of Parchment; A scroll always have seals using an expensive and heavy surface of Parchment; they are reinforced with leather boundaries for protection, or even metal rods for larger scrolls. Scrolls are usually 8 inches by 12 inches in size. Scrolls are often rolled from both ends to create a double tube for easier unfurling when they are needed for using. The leather boundary or metal rods cost as much as a helmet depending on the material used (2,000 Ryo for Metal Rods). A single scroll uses 1 Parchment Sheet. More Parchment sheets may be attached to make a longer scroll. Typically a scroll is sold in a bundle with 10 Parchment Sheets with a wooden boundary. These bundles are considered Tiny Scrolls and fit 1 per Slot. 20 Parchment Sheets are considered Small Scrolls and fit 1 per Slot, any more Parchments added are considered Main items. 80 Parchment Sheets are considered Medium Scrolls. 320 Parchment Sheets are considered Large Scrolls. 640 Parchment Sheets are considered Huge Scrolls.
Cost: 2,700 Ryo per Tiny Scroll(x1); 4,900 Ryo per Small Scroll (x2); 18,100 Ryo per Medium Scroll; 70,900 Ryo per Large Scroll; 141,300 Ryo per Huge Scroll.