Naruto Character Write ups

[nexus]

Has anyone done any? I checked Surbrook's stuff and came up empty. I'm mainly looking for the central cast.

[Susano]

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Never read it, probably won't read it, so sorry, unless someone sends some in [for me to post] I won't be able to help.

[nexus]

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I was talking about the anime. I've never read the manga (I really don't have that much interest in reading manga oddly enough) but I enjoy the show and planned to have some homages show up in a game eventually I figured you didn't have much interest in it or you would have done write ups or mentioned plans to do so at some point. I only noted that I had stopped by your site because it's often suggested as a first step (many times by me) and it's one I'd tried.

.

[Susano]

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No problem. I did do some updates of new stuff...

[nexus]

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No problem. I did do some updates of new stuff...

 

Cool, I hope I didn't give the impression I was belly achin' about the site. It's has a truckload of nifty stuff.

[Susano]

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Not at all. I skimmed Naruto and One Piece and found them both to be not as interesting as Bleach. All all three strike me as various types of DBZ knock-offs anyway (which isn't a bad thing).

[nexus]

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I think Naruto has more depth and characterization than DBZ (which I enjoyed as straight action show), never cared for One Peice (the anime at least was a little light for my tastes and seemed to be almost a comedy that occasionally tried to be serious). Bleach was interesting a first but I lost track quickly (missed huge numbers of episodes) and never felt the drive to try and catch up.

[The Arc]

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Yeah we're all waiting on Susano's take on Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, South Park, and Team Force America:hush:

[Susano]

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Yeah we're all waiting on Susano's take on Pokemon' date=' Yu-Gi-Oh, South Park, and Team Force America:hush:[/quote']

 

Ah, no.

[Susano]

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I think Naruto has more depth and characterization than DBZ (which I enjoyed as straight action show)' date=' never cared for One Peice (the anime at least was a little light for my tastes and seemed to be almost a comedy that occasionally tried to be serious). Bleach was interesting a first but I lost track quickly (missed huge numbers of episodes) and never felt the drive to try and catch up.[/quote']

 

Naruto struck me as some-what 'run-of-the-mill' action and I'd seen plenty of that in DBZ. One Piece was too silly for my tastes, even with pirates. Bleach had the whole ghost-hunter thing going for it (IMO). And, in all cases, I'm talking about the manga.

[CrosshairCollie]

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I could take a poke or two at it, if you want, nexus. Could you prioritize the characters you want, though? The 'Central Cast' is at least 16 characters (the Leaf Genin (and 1 chunin), Kakashi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru).

 

'Cause if left to my own devices, Neji's going first.

 

P.S. I'll be doing it properly Americanized, too ... given names first, English dub names for Jutsus, etc.

[nexus]

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Yeah we're all waiting on Susano's take on Pokemon' date=' Yu-Gi-Oh, South Park, and Team Force America:hush:[/quote']

 

Pokemon could be an interesting intellectual exercise....

 

 

I could take a poke or two at it' date=' if you want, nexus. [/quote']

 

Hey sure by all means if you feel the urge.

[CrosshairCollie]

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Hey sure by all means if you feel the urge.

 

I've thought about it, or similar, once or twice. The two big pains in the butt are going to be Naruto's Multi-Shadow Clone jutsu and the Sharingan (aka the Deus Ex Machingan). Emosuke really hit the superpower lottery ...

[Doug Limmer]

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I've thought about it' date=' or similar, once or twice. The two big pains in the butt are going to be Naruto's Multi-Shadow Clone jutsu and the Sharingan (aka the Deus Ex Machingan). Emosuke really hit the superpower lottery ...[/quote']On Multi-Shadow Clones: Wouldn't Summon work well? I suppose you could use some sort of Duplication, but Summon seems to fit better to me. And x1024 copies is only 50 points.

 

On the Sharingan: Step 1 - whatever you use in Champions to make someone who copies powers. Step 2 - Telepathy (based on CON?). Step 3 - Mental Illusions (based on CON?), maybe with linked STUN Drain or Ego Attack. [some of these Sasuke doesn't have (yet), in the English broadcast at least. I think.] What else am I forgetting?

[nexus]

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Re: Naruto's Shadow Clones

 

I'd be tempted to write them up partially with Duplication with the Limitation that they vanish if they take -any- damage but largely used them as a Special effect for things like bonuses to skills (like searching for thing), limited Clairvoyance, Area of Effect Probaby Selective or "Can be blocked") or maybe just OCV only levels due to "Team work" that Cost End, Visible/Physical Manifestation or Autofire attacks, etc with Physical Manifestation (again easily dispelled by inflicting damage). I'd probably lean more towards the latter solution in fact because it feels more "accurate" to how uses them most of the time than actual Duplication.

 

Edit: Seems like using SFX: Lots of Duplicates as much as possible would be easier to handle in game than actually running the small army he seems to be able create as individuals too.

[CrosshairCollie]

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Re: Naruto's Shadow Clones

 

I'd be tempted to write them up partially with Duplication with the Limitation that they vanish if they take -any- damage but largely used them as a Special effect for things like bonuses to skills (like searching for thing), limited Clairvoyance, Area of Effect Probaby Selective or "Can be blocked") or maybe just OCV only levels due to "Team work" that Cost End, Visible/Physical Manifestation or Autofire attacks, etc with Physical Manifestation (again easily dispelled by inflicting damage). I'd probably lean more towards the latter solution in fact because it feels more "accurate" to how uses them most of the time than actual Duplication.

 

Edit: Seems like using SFX: Lots of Duplicates as much as possible would be easier to handle in game than actually running the small army he seems to be able create as individuals too.

 

Indeed. It amuses me that Naruto is a living example of the Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu; one ninja is deadly serious, a thousand is a joke. When he Multi-Shadow Clones a small army, he's utterly useless. When he stops at around 5, he's frickin' dangerous (Na-Ru-To Uzumaki Barrage, anyone?).

[CoreBrute]

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For these characters, you might need to give them a Variable pool to represent Jutsus they have learnt. Ones they specialise in are outside the pool and cost more.

 

How many points we talking? Even though they are teens, I've seen Sasuke do some very powerful stuff against his older brother and when fighting Naruto. And don't even get me started on Naruto's Summoning. Oy vey. So Standard Superhuman level at least.

 

Neji might be easier to build. I just need to work on his martial arts. Then Sakura...What makes her special? She has good Chakra control. How do we represent that? Reduced Endurance? Increased Endurance on Naruto to Contrast, but he has a Huge END reserve.

[novi]

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Neji might be easier to build. I just need to work on his martial arts. Then Sakura...What makes her special? She has good Chakra control. How do we represent that? Reduced Endurance? Increased Endurance on Naruto to Contrast' date=' but he has a Huge END reserve.[/quote']

 

Depends when in the series you want to build the characters. It's official that Sakura was weak and underpowered during the first part of the show. Her role at that point is the Hermione-Grainger-I-Actually-Studied-Hard-and-Know-All-the-Book-Knowledge one, which does tend to be a little weak in a fight. Later on, after the story jumps past a year or so of training, she actually gets at least two levels in bada**. At that point, she's a crazy good medical ninja, as well as comic book level brick, with at least a few brick tricks, like punching down stone walls. Her chakra control makes her good at healing jutsu, which apparantly require a high degree of control to do at any combat useful speed. It also lets her have reduced END on her STR, as opposed to increased END costs like most characters would have to learn it.

[薔薇語]

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Later on' date=' after the story jumps past a year or so of training, she actually gets at least two levels in bada**.[/quote']

 

The same thing that makes her a good medical ninja lets her use the super strength. In essence she can do like Neji and super focus chakra in her hands in order to manipulate her strength. Also something she was always good at but rarely comes up is with Genjutsu. She can normally recognize things as being illusions more readily than her classmates. Also she is more capable of dispelling such effects as well. She justly deserves many Non-combat medical skills. Such as, Knowledge: Poisons, Herbology, Bio, Chem, anatomy, SS: Pathology, Pharmakinetics, ect.

 

Also for Naruto I wouldn't use Duplication for the most part. Because (baring GM handw ave) if you lose your duplicate then it is gone forever. IE Duplicate have an actual final death. Summon doesn't have this limitation to my knowledge. Also in regards to the use of the clones. Naruto is somewhat of a special case in their use. As you rarely see a reduction is overall power / energy levels when he splits. Even when you see him split into large groups his loss in fighting ability is more a result in being crowded than actually not being capable. This is important because if you build the Clone as used by anyone else you might call it a Multiform with a triggered Summon. The multiform is just a half again as powerful and capable version of yourself but with a summon that is identical to yourself. This would also be capable of being presented as a limitation on the Summoning that stipulates a power reduction to all abilities in proportion to the number of clones generated.

Also I would recommend that you build a medium size cosmic VPP for him to represent various clone tricks. Like scaling a building. Or throwing himself back on a ledge or well you get the idea. It might also be recommended that he has a Multi-form as well. THis would be his Beast form. It might even be wise to build them as 4 (the max he has used) for each tail he grows. As his power levels changes drastically and some of the chakra powers he has access to change as well. At Level four he actually burns off his skin and becomes near pure chakra, for example.

 

 

I would normally work most of the powers as being VPP for Sasuke. He can use such a wide range that it is the only real way to mimic his Sharingan. I would also say you might need to build a lot of his normal powers on their own. As he has next to no limit to their use (with a possible exception of Raikiri, but it hasn't been confirmed if it is still limited). Rightly so he also deserves many combat skill levels. Also depending on what version of the character you still are working with, you might want to have a Multi-form. Although the most current character doesn't have the curse on him anymore so it all depends (or at least I think it was force off). It would be justified in giving him 'Find weakness' and various analyzes.

 

If you are interested in reading the Manga as it comes out, like I do, you can visit http://groups.msn.com/NarutoMangaREturns?PHPSESSID=747d1e20c288818b401c240d784206b3. They put out the next edition almost every Friday. Also there is a great place to download the episodes of Bleach and Naruto online as they come out in Japanese (english sub). If interested just PM me.

 

La Rose

[novi]

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On further consideration, I was wrong in my last post. The thing that Sakura's chakra control gives her in regards to super-strength is that she can just use it subconciously, without having to pull out the gestures, incantations, and extra-phase to activate it before each punch. The amount of chakra consumed by it is a secondary benefit, really.

[CoreBrute]

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Here's Neji!

Neji Hyuga

 

Alternate ID's:

Player:

Campaign:

Val

Char

Base

Cost

14

STR

10

4

20

DEX

10

30

15

CON

10

10

16

BODY

10

12

20

INT

10

10

20

EGO

10

20

15

PRE

10

5

12

COM

10

1

8/43

PD

3

5

7/42

ED

3

4

7

SPD

3.0

40

6

REC

6

0

50

END

30

10

31

STUN

31

0

STR Roll: 12-

Run:

6"

DEX Roll: 13-

Swim:

2"

CON Roll: 12-

Leap:

2 1/2"

INT Roll: 13-

EGO Roll: 13-

PER Roll: 13-

Disadvantages

Pts.

Social Limitation: Branch member of the Hyuga Clan (Frequently, Severe, Not Limiting In Some Cultures)

15

Unluck: 2d6

10

Dependent NPC: Hinata Hyuga 14- (Slightly Less Powerful than the PC; Useful Noncombat Position or Skills)

10

Psychological Limitation: Must change his destiny and prove himself (Very Common, Total)

25

Psychological Limitation: Air of Superiority (Very Common, Strong)

20

Enraged: When his philospohy is questioned, (Uncommon), go 11-, recover 8-

20

Physical Limitation: When a member of the Main house commands it, he will suffer great pain or die (Infrequently, Fully Impairing)

15

Hunted: Sound Ninjas 11- (As Pow, NCI, Harshly Punish)

20

Distinctive Features: Cursed seal (Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)

15

 

 

 

XP

0

Base Points : 250

Disads Total + 150

Experience Spent + 0

Total Cost = 400

 

Portrait

 

Powers

Pts.

END

70

Gentle Fist Style: Multipower, 70-point reserve

3u

1) Eight trigrams Palms heavenly Spin: Force Field (35 PD/35 ED) (70 Active Points); Restrainable (-1/2), Instant (-1/2)

7

3u

2) Chakra Coil Suupression: Suppress 9d6, Costs END Only To Activate (+1/4), Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 5 per Minute; +1/4) (67 Active Points); Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2), No Range (-1/2)

6

6u

3) Organ Strike: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 2d6 (2d6+1 w/STR), No Normal Defense (Not having/need vital organs; +1) (60 Active Points)

6

12

Kekki Genkai Byakugan: Elemental Control, 24-point powers

13

1) Byakugan Vision, See through all but chakra: N-Ray Perception (Sight Group), Discriminatory, Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Tracking (25 Active Points)

0

16

2) Detect Chakra Coils A Single Thing 13- (Unusual Group), Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Microscopic: x10, Range, Sense, Targeting (28 Active Points)

0

18

3) Byakugan Sight: Clairsentience (Sight Group), +7 to PER Roll, Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Rapid: x10 (35 Active Points); Blind Spot (-1/4)

3

12

4) Find Weakness 11- with Gentle Fist Style (20 Active Points)

0

22

5) Catching Kunai: Missile Deflection (Arrows, Slings, Etc.), Missile Reflection, Reflect At Any Target (40 Active Points); Costs Endurance (Only Costs END to Activate; -1/4)

4

12

Kunai: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 1 1/2d6 (2d6+1 w/STR) (25 Active Points); OAF (-1)

2

 

Skills

Pts.

3

Analyze: Combat 13-

3

Bureaucratics 12-

3

Breakfall 13-

3

Acrobatics 13-

3

Climbing 13-

5

Cramming

3

Concealment 13-

3

Fast Draw Kunai 13-

3

Interrogation 12-

3

KS Hyuga Clan 13-

2

KS Konoha 11-

3

Shadowing 13-

3

Tactics 13-

3

Sleight Of Hand 13-

3

Stealth 13-

5

Survival (Mountain, Temperate/Subtropical Forests, Urban) 13-

3

Teamwork 13-

 

 

Perks

 

Pts.

 

5

Contact: Guy Sensei and the rest of Team Guy (Contact has very useful Skills or resources, Very Good relationship with Contact) 8-

 

 

Talents

 

Pts.

 

3

Absolute Range Sense

 

 

187 : Powers Cost

62 + Skills Cost

151 + Characteristics Cost

400 = Total Cost

Base OCV:

7

Base DCV:

7

Adjustment+

 

Adjustment+

 

Final OCV:

 

Final DCV:

 

 

 

 

 

Levels:

Roll:

DCV:

Name

Phase

OCV

DCV

Effect

Block

1/2

+0

+0

Block, Abort

Brace

0

+2

1/2

+2 vs. Range Mod.

Disarm

1/2

-2

+0

Can disarm

Dodge

1/2

---

+3

Abort, vs. all attacks

Grab

1/2

-1

-2

Grab two limbs

Grab By

1/2

-3

-4

Move and Grab

Haymaker

1/2*

+0

-5

+4DC to attack

Move By

1/2

-2

-2

STR/2 + v/5

Move Through

1/2

-v/5

-3

STR + v/3

Set

1

+1

+0

Ranged attacks only

Strike

1/2

+0

+0

STR or weapon

Range

0-4

5-8

9-16

17-32

33-64

65-128

RMod

0

-2

-4

-6

-8

-10

DEX: 20

SPD: 7

ECV: 7

Phases: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12

8/43 PD (0/35 rPD)

7/42 ED (0/35 rED)

MD: 0

END: 50

STUN: 31

BODY: 16

Roll

Location

STUNx

NSTUN

BODYx

To Hit

3-5

Head

x5

x2

x2

-8

6

Hands

x1

x1/2

x1/2

-6

7-8

Arms

x2

x1/2

x1/2

-5

9

Shoulders

x3

x1

x1

-5

10-11

Chest

x3

x1

x1

-3

12

Stomach

x4

x1.5

x1

-7

13

Vitals

x4

x1.5

x2

-8

14

Thighs

x2

x1

x1

-4

15-16

Legs

x2

x1/2

x1/2

-6

17-18

Feet

x1

x1/2

x1/2

-8

Character Information

Height: 2.00 m

Hair: Brown

Weight: 100.00 kg

Eyes: Brown

Appearance:

Background:

 

 

Personality:

Quote:

Tactics:

Campaign Use:

 

 

He doesn't have any combat skill levels, partly because I forgot, partly because his find weakness should make up for it.

 

Is this the kind of thing you were looking for?

[nexus]

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Looks good to me.

[薔薇語]

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Here's Neji!

 

Gentle Fist Style: Multipower, 70-point reserve

3u

1) Eight trigrams Palms heavenly Spin: Force Field (35 PD/35 ED) (70 Active Points); Restrainable (-1/2), Instant (-1/2)

7

3u

2) Chakra Coil Suupression: Suppress 9d6, Costs END Only To Activate (+1/4), Delayed Return Rate (points return at the rate of 5 per Minute; +1/4) (67 Active Points); Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2), No Range (-1/2)

6

6u

3) Organ Strike: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 2d6 (2d6+1 w/STR), No Normal Defense (Not having/need vital organs; +1) (60 Active Points)

6

12

Kekki Genkai Byakugan: Elemental Control, 24-point powers

13

1) Byakugan Vision, See through all but chakra: N-Ray Perception (Sight Group), Discriminatory, Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Tracking (25 Active Points)

0

16

2) Detect Chakra Coils A Single Thing 13- (Unusual Group), Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Microscopic: x10, Range, Sense, Targeting (28 Active Points)

0

18

3) Byakugan Sight: Clairsentience (Sight Group), +7 to PER Roll, Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Rapid: x10 (35 Active Points); Blind Spot (-1/4)

3

12

4) Find Weakness 11- with Gentle Fist Style (20 Active Points)

0

22

5) Catching Kunai: Missile Deflection (Arrows, Slings, Etc.), Missile Reflection, Reflect At Any Target (40 Active Points); Costs Endurance (Only Costs END to Activate; -1/4)

 

 

You might even want to make the chakra suppression require a successful detect roll. [edit] May also link it to a HtH attack as it can deal damage as well [end edit] Also the Blind spot on the Byakugan is very hard to get. I don't know if it is really a limitation greater than 0. But those are just my views. Also is suppress naturally AOE? I don't have my book near me and as such lack anyway to double check that.

 

Great Job!

 

La Rose

 

 

[nexus]

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He doesn't have any combat skill levels, partly because I forgot, partly because his find weakness should make up for it.

 

Not certain if was your intent but Find Weakness doesn't make it any easier for the character to hit they may do more damage when they do though.

[CoreBrute]

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eh. I ran out of points. You can all improve on him if you want.

 

suppress is Range: 5” x Active Points, according to the rule book, so no range means he has to touch the person. Who knew you could suppress powers from a distance and not be the Haitian?