Kudzu Zassou

[Rainbot]

Basic Information

Name: Kudzu Zassou
Bloodlimit: None
Height: 5'7
Weight: 140lbs
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Alignment: Good, Chaotic
Birth Country: Land of Grass
Village: Amegakure

Special

Clan: Zassou

Ninjutsu Master

• Earth Release
  
• Water Release
  
• Wood Release
  
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Templates:

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Doton no Jutsu (Earth Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Earth. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Earth Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: ---

Suiton no Jutsu (Water Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Water. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Water Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: ---

Mokuton no Jutsu (Wood Release Skill)
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Wood. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Wood Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: Must have Doton no Jutsu (Earth Release Skill) and Suiton no Jutsu (Water Release Skill).

Weapons

Non Weapon Item (Primary)

Flute, Basic, Small (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Instrument, Wind Instrument
Effect: The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Some of these types are Fife, Piccolo, Western concert flute, Alto flute, Bass flute, Contra-alto flute, Contrabass flute, Double contrabass flute, and Hyperbass Flute. These Instruments range up to 2 feet in size.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Musical Shop.
Cost: 2,500 Ryo

Secondary Items:

Holder:

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Butt Bag Type 1 (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Tailor, Slot Holder, Holds 15 Slots (15 for Items of Scroll Length), Bag
Effect: A waist pack worn with the pouch in back.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture A pack worn at the back along a belt at the waist. Water repellent collar with drawstring pack with quick release closures attached to 1 inch cinch straps and a top carry handle. It has a vented bottom with keeper clips to attach to the belt, or straps to wrap around a belt. The compartment has the dimensions Height of 10.25 inches Width of 10.5 inches and Depth of 7 inches. The interior holds 15 slots of scroll length as well as main objects that fit in the same dimensions. Normally extra clothes is held in this spot as well as other non combative supplies.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Tailor Shop.
Cost: 5,500 Ryo

Slot 1: Hira Shuriken
Slot 2: Hira Shuriken
Slot 3: Hira Shuriken
Slot 4: Kunai
Slot 5: Kunai
Slot 6: Kunai
Slot 7: Disk, Small
Slot 8: Disk, Small
Slot 9: Disk, Small
Slot 10: Grenade: Smoke
Slot 11: Grenade: Smoke
Slot 12: Grenade: Smoke
Slot 13: Grenade: Stun
Slot 14: Grenade: Stun
Slot 15: Knife

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Hira-Shuriken (Overview)
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Secondary, 15 per Slot, Piercing, Shuriken
Effect: Is a concealed weapon that is generally for throwing, and sometimes stabbing or slashing.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Hira-shuriken is constructed from thin, flat plates of metal derived from a variety of sources including hishi-gane (coins), and kugi-nuki (carpentry tools), and generally resemble popular conceptions of shuriken. In modern popular culture, these are called "throwing stars" or "ninja stars". They often have a hole in the center and possess a fairly thin blade sharpened only at the tip. The holes derive from their source in items that had holes - old coins, washers, and nail-removing tools. This proved convenient for the shuriken user, as well, as the weapons could be strung on a string or dowel in the belt for transport, and the hole also had aerodynamic and weighting effects that aided the flight of the blade after it was thrown. There is a wide variety of forms of hira-shuriken and they are now usually identified by the number of points the blades possess.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,500 Ryo per Slot, or 100 Ryo Each.


Kunai (Overview)
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Secondary, 2 per Slot, Piercing/Slashing, Knife
Effect: A digging tool, a bit like a trowel. The blade was soft iron and unsharpened because the edges were used to smash plaster and wood, to dig holes and to pry. Also used as a knife.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The kunai is conventionally wrought in ranges from 6 to 8 inches, with the average at 7 inches. The kunai was used by common folk as multi-purpose gardening tools and by workers of stone and masonry. The kunai is not a knife, but something more akin to a crowbar. The blade was soft iron and unsharpened because the edges were used to smash plaster and wood, to dig holes and to pry. Normally only the tip would have been sharpened. The uses to which a kunai was put would have destroyed any heat-treated and sharpened tool like a knife. There could be multiple kinds of kunais such as handless ones, or even double sided kunais as long as they are within the same length.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each.

Knife (Overview)
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Secondary, 2 per Slot, Piercing/Slashing, Knife
Effect: A knife is any cutting edge or blade, handheld or otherwise, with or without a handle.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The knife is conventionally wrought in ranges from 6 to 8 inches, with the average at 7 inches. Originally made of rock, flint, and obsidian; knives have evolved in construction as technology has with blades being made from bronze, copper, iron, steel, ceramics, and titanium. Many cultures have their unique version of the knife. Due to its role as humankind's first tool, certain cultures have attached spiritual and religious significance to the knife including the La Hu Si. There could be multiple kinds of knives such as throwing knives, curved knives, combat knives, or retractable knives.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each.

Disk, Small (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Bludgeoning/Slashing, Disk
Effect: A bladed or blunt circular weapon that measures in all kinds of sizes from small to large used for throwing, or close combat. Disk weapons can be complete like a Frisbee or hallow like a hoo-la-hoop.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Types of weapons that are small disks. These weapons range in the length of between 1 to 2 feet in diameter. These weapons are plentiful and diverse when it comes to mid range. Different weapons with different styles of blades with disks are still part of the Disk Overview.
Limit: These types of weapons may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop
Cost: 2,000 Ryo



Grenade: Smoke
Rank: "C"
Type: Secondary, 1 per Slot, Explosive, Grenade
Effect: A Grenade that gives off thick smoke when it explodes; used to make a smoke screen or to mark a position.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not thrown right.
Description: Smoke grenades are used as ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling devices, target or landing zone marking devices, and screening devices for unit movement. The body is a sheet-steel cylinder with emission holes in the top and bottom. These allow the smoke to be released when the grenade is ignited. Two main types exist, colored smoke (for signaling) and screening smoke. It fills an area radius of 15 meters with thick smoke. The smoke may come in different colors if the user wishes. Different color smoke could be used for information value if need. It takes 6 seconds before it explodes.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,500 Ryo Each

Grenade: Stun
Rank: "C"
Type: Secondary, 1 per Slot, Explosive, Grenade
Effect: A stun grenade, also known as a flash-bang, is a nonlethal weapon. These grenades are used to temporally neutralize the combat effectiveness of enemies by usually disorienting their senses.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not thrown right.
Description: A stun grenade, also known as a flash-bang, is a non-lethal weapon. These grenades are used to temporally neutralize the combat effectiveness of enemies by usually disorienting their senses. When making contact it releases a flash of light that momentarily activates all light sensitive cells in the eye, making vision impossible for approximately 5 seconds until the eye restores itself to its normal, un-stimulated state. The incredibly loud blast produced by the grenade adds to its incapacitating properties by disturbing the fluid in the ear which also lasts approximately 5 seconds until the ear restores itself to its normal, un-stimulated state. The flash bang has a radius damage of 15 meters. It takes 6 seconds before it explodes.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,500 Ryo Each

Character Depth

Personality:

Kudzu is a kind, brave and quiet individual but he occasionally suffers from bouts of sadness. Kudzu is kind to all strangers he meets, and wouldn't do anything to hurt anyone unless it was self defense or his mission required him to. Although he is kind and quiet, he is brave too. He won't stand down from a battle unless it is impossible odds, and he won't even stand down from impossible odds if it was to save his village or friends.

Kudzu is quiet because of his origins, he is a Zassou of Kusagakure. He manipulates vines in his body and he was nearly killed for this. His parents and brothers certainly were and that gives Kudzu the quiet personality he maintains today. He also has a musical side, he always carries around his flute which was a gift from his mother, and often plays it in times of sadness. His slow and sad melodies have been complimented on.

Underneath all the quietness however is a deep seated hate for Kusagakure. Kudzu didn't know if the village planned the massacre on his clan but that didn't matter, even if they didn't plan it.... they didn't protect the Zassou clan when they were attacked. Either option was a crime to Kudzu and some day he planned to get revenge. He also loves plants, as all Zassou do. He has no problem with talking to plants even if they don't respond, he knows they are listening.

Appearance:

Kudzu has medium length brown hair, the same color of healthy wood. His hair reaches the bottom of his neck and the fringe reaches half the length of his forehead. Kudzu's eyes are bright green, eyes that are full of ambition. His nose is regular and it lies just above his mouth. His mouth is normal, with skinny lips. Kudzu has a strong jawbone but his cheekbones don't stick out from his cheeks.

Kudzu has a skinny neck but strong shoulders which he gained from tree climbing without his vines. His hands are callused for the same reason. His torso is average, he can take a hit there but the muscle isn't very visible. He has strong thigh muscles for the same reason as the hands and shoulders. There is vine growing inside of him and since he is a Zassou he has holes in his body to manipulate this. He has a small hole on each shoulder, one on his forehead, one on the tip of each finger on both hands excluding his thumb, three holes at the bottom of each foot and finally a large hole in the middle of his stomach.

Kudzu generally wears a plain white shirt with the emblem of Amegakure on it which is beneath a large pale green jacket that is specially made. The jacket's fabric is thinner around the spot where Kudzu's vines are, to put less strain on the vines if he needs to use a large amount of them at once. He leaves his hands bare. He wears regular grey pants. On his feet are special made shinobi sandals, they are blue with 3 holes at the bottom in the exact spots where the 3 holes in Kudzu are, to allow vine manipulation there.

Background:

Kudzu was born in Kusagakure to the clan of Zassou after the first massacre of the Zassou clan. He loved his parents very much and his father was training him in Mokuton and the techniques of the Zassou. He wrote him a journal of all the techniques he knew and ideal ways to train them, this would prove to be more useful than Kudzu could predict. Of course, the inevitable did come.....

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It was a windy day, Kudzu was cold but he had to keep training. He swung up onto the next tree using the vines on his left hand, and repeated this process. By the time it was done another five times, he was sweating and panting under a large Oak tree. He could see the entire village from this spot. That was when he saw it, the smoke erupting from his clan's section of the village. Kudzu hoped it was a house fire gone out of control, he knew inside that this was false hope.

He was rushing through the street towards Zassou section when he was grabbed from behind by the back of his jacket. He felt a sharp pain on the back of his head and then fell unconscious. He woke up in the forest outside Kusagakure. He was being dragged by someone, a large man.

Kudzu elbowed towards the man's legs and the man let go of him. Kudzu jumped up, a bit dizzy from the pain in his head. The man turned around, most of his face was hidden beneath a black rag but Kudzu could see his eyes. They were grey and had a vacant look about them. "Hey!" the man shouted, it was slurred and Kudzu figured out this man was big and stupid. Kudzu smiled, "Sssh" he said to the man before raising his hand and shooting out 3 vines from his 3 holes in his hand. Kudzu willed the vines to wrap around the man's neck. The man was confused, he clearly hadn't been informed of Kudzu's ability. The vines squeezed and the man started to gasp, he fell to the ground after a few more seconds as Kudzu squeezed tighter. He retracted his vines. The man was clearly still alive.

He immediately recognised his position and knew that he could never come back. Tears streamed from his eyes as he realised that his friends and family were dead. He walked along slowly through the forest in sadness. He grieved for hours before deciding his next move. The land of rain, his ambition of becoming a shinobi won't die. He took one bitter look at the direction at of Kusagakure before setting off.
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He eventually did become a shinobi, re-doing the academy and becoming a genin in his first year. He was old for a genin, if he was extremely talented he could be a Jounin at his age. He knew he was talented and so he set off to take his first mission.

[Rainbot]

Technique Post

Zassou


Ishoku Puranto (Plant Life)
Rank: "C"
Effects: Surgically implants vine seeds into a body. As the body grows the vines will too, allowing the recipient of this to use the vines in combat.
Special: Requires 24 sacred vine seeds (or more if necessary) and two "B" Ranked Medics, one of which is a Zassou Clan member.
Description: Upon acceptance into the Zassou clan the one who is accepting the ritual will be put into a subdued state by one of the "B" Ranked Medics to where they will not feel anything, and that medic will maintain the state for the whole ritual. The Zassou medic will carefully cut holes in certain portions of the user's body, implanting the 24 seeds, after which they will cause the skin to heal back over the area. Three seeds will be planted into the soles of each foot, and three into the palm of each hand. A seed will be implanted into the tip of each finger, excluding the thumbs. Also seeds will be planted into the front parts of each shoulder, as well as one within the belly button, and one in the forehead. After the operation complete the Zassou medic will focus their own chakra into the seeds, stimulating growth. As the vines would begin to grow they would pierce through the skin where they had been planted as well as anchoring themselves within the flesh. Then the Zassou medic will continue healing the areas where the vines burst forth until they heal properly but leave a hole into the body in those areas. At this point the recipient will look rather odd, with vines extending out of each of the holes with a length of several inches. After receiving the ritual clan members must immediately learn to manipulate the length of the vines, which allows them to be completely retracted into he user's body but leaving the holes intact. This also serves to anchor the vines more securely to the user's internal body, as the vines will seek out bones and muscles to bond with in a symbiotic way. Then the user can learn to cause vines to fire out from any of the holes the user has trained to use, which can then be manipulated up to a certain distance depending on the rank the user knows.
Drawback Vines cannot be used until 'Vine Length Manipulation' is learned.
Placement Requirements: Must satisfy all requirements of being able to enter into the Zassou Clan before being allowed to receive this ritual. If starting out in the clan this ritual takes up three 'starting slots'. If received after character creation this must be role played out to the satisfaction of staff.
Cost: 25,000 Ryo


Vine Length Manipulation
Rank: "E", "D", "C", "B", "A", "S" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu; Supplementary
Effect: Allows a Zassou member to freely manipulate the vines implanted in their bodies within a certain distance.
Special: ---
Drawback: Cannot manipulate vines at all without this technique.
Description: Must gain the lowest rank of this technique along with receiving the ritual
E Rank - Able to manipulate the vines in body to a maximum of 10 meters.
D Rank - Able to manipulate the vines in body to a maximum of 20 meters.
C Rank - Able to manipulate the vines in body to a maximum of 40 meters.
B Rank - Able to manipulate the vines in body to a maximum of 75 meters.
A Rank - Able to manipulate the vines in body to a maximum of 150 meters.
S Rank - Able to manipulate the vines in body to a maximum of 300 meters.

Limit: Zassou members only, can only use with holes that have been 'unlocked' through training


Dokuyaku Teikou no Jutsu ("Poison Resistance Technique")
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu; Passive
Effect: This technique protects the Zassou member’s body from the poison that is inside the vines, which are inside the Zassou member. It makes is so the poison does not harm their body.
Special: ---
Drawback: Until they have this resistance they will be constantly affected by the poison as it flows throughout the vines in their bodies.
Description: Protects the Zassou member’s body from the poison within the vines.
Limit: Must be a Zassou.

Mokuton

Mokuton: Ooeda Souken No Jutsu (Large Branch Creation Technique)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user will create a large branch to use as a club or weapon.
Special: Handseals “Snake” “Monkey” “Ram”
Drawback: None
Description: The user does the handseals and then puts out his arm. The user gathers chakra in his arms and a large branch grows from the user’s hand. When the branch is created the user can grasp it and swing it around like a large club. It can break like any normal piece of wood.
Limit: Mokuton Jutsu

Mokuton: Kodate No Mokuzai No Jutsu (Buckler of Wood Technique)
Rank: D, C
Skill: Supplementary Ninjutsu
Effect: The user makes a small buckler type shield that is connected to the user’s forearms.
Special: Handseals “Ram” “Snake” “Ram”
Drawback: None
Description: The user will perform the handseals and create a small circular buckler-type shield that will be attached to the user’s forearm. This shield is normal wood so it can break if it is hit with sufficient force. The “C” Rank jutsu is when the user creates two shields, one on each arm.
Limit: Mokuton Jutsu

Kinrui: Oishigeru (Fungal Technique: Overgrowth)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes the growth of a possibly larger-than-usual fungus on a nearby plant or dead creature.
Special: "Handsigns" Can hold the Boar handsign.
Drawback: Funguses can be destroyed with enough damage. Can only be used on plants or dead creatures. Fungus created are useless for herbalist. Can only create one fungus or mushroom at a time.
Description: With the use of chakra, the user stimulates the growth of a mushroom using plants or dead creatures as fuel and a base. The fungus will grow quickly, almost instantaneously, and can serve many different types of purposes. The type of fungus grown ranges from simple, stalked mushrooms to ones without stalks to even types of mold but is not simply limited to simple funguses. Fungus grown with this technique can not be used for mixtures due to the contaminated growth of the fungus and any types of fungus that may have natural poisons or other uses are not given their natural poison due to the hasty growth of the fungus. At D rank the fungus grown are of common size. At C rank the fungus increase to twice their regular size. At B rank the fungus increase to four times their regular size. At A rank the fungus increase to eight times their regular size. At S rank the fungus increase to fifteen times their regular size. B and A rank sized fungi can withstand a D rank amount of damage before being destroyed, except by fire style attacks, and S rank sized fungi can withstand a C rank amount of damage before being destroyed, except by fire style attacks. Holding the final Boar handsign allows the user to continue to create fungus for as long as they hold the handsign.
Limit: Wood Release.

Suiton

Suichuu (Underwater)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user stay underwater for some time.
Difficulty Class
D Rank Difficulty Class - 20 minutes
C Rank Difficulty Class - 40 minutes
B Rank Difficulty Class - 80 minutes
A Rank Difficulty Class - 120 minutes
S Rank Difficulty Class - 180 minutes
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: After returning to surface the user must rest half of the time used underwater. As example, if the user has stayed under for 20 minutes, he’ll have to rest 10 minutes before the jutsu can be used again.
Description: Simple technique used by channeling chakra to mouth, lungs, ears and eyes. With chakra moved to mouth and lungs the user gathers air from the water and is able breath underwater, chakra guided to ears protects from the aching caused by pressure, lenses of chakra protecting eyes work like swim goggles.
Limit: Must have Water Release

Suiton: Mizutsume no Jutsu (Water Style: Water Claw Technique)
Rank: D Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes pressurized water to wrap around the users hand, forming a claw.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: None.
Description: Creates a claw around the users hand which is pressurized and will allow the user to cut with their "bare" hands. Acts as if it were metal, as the water is both highly pressurized and infused with chakra. Lasts two posts, cannot form handseals with the claw "on".
Limit: Must know Suiton no Jutsu (Water Release). Must have a water source.

Deido Nohara no Jutsu (Mud Field)
Rank: D
Skill:Ninjutsu
Effect:Causes the area(10m x 10m) around the user, given that it is some sort of sand, dust, dirt, or weak stone, to become mud.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: It doesn’t work in certain environments, such as tile and metallic floors.
Description:After the hand signs are performed, the user slams his/her hands into the ground. If the environment allows it, the area around the user will become a thick and heavy mud. No chakra is required to maintain the state of the area.
Limit: Earth Release, Water Release

[Mist]

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[Fui]

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Your ritual takes up three of your free techniques, please remove two

[Rainbot]

Feb 27, 2013 16:43:51 GMT -7 Fui said:

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Your ritual takes up three of your free techniques, please remove two

Done.

[Umehara]

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[Fui]

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Please resize your avatar it is stretching my page

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