Truth Seeking Orbs [v7.2]

Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:03 am

\Name: Truth Seeking Orbs
Element: Earth/Water/Fire/Lightning/Wind (All Five Basic Elements)
Rank: S-rank
Specialty: Explained Below
Special Jutsu Type: N/A
Backstory: --

Appearance: Orbs of pure chakra, pitch black, and 5 inches in both height and width

Example:

Handseals: N/A
Duration: 5 Posts / Indefinite
Cooldown: Posts used +2
Range: 35m radius with the user as the center
Power: Stat [Attack Form]
Speed: Stat
Health: Stat [Defense Form]
Stat Boosts: N/A
What it does:

Passive Form:

Once this technique is activated, 10 Truth Seeking Orbs will form in the air behind the user in a circular formation, levitating there without any input from the user, maintaining a distance of 30cm between themselves and the user at all times unless actively controlled to move further, in which case it cannot move further than 15m from the user. The user can manipulate each of these ten orbs independently of the others. Upon creation, all spheres start in ‘Passive Mode,’ in which the user can freely control them, moving at a speed equal to jutsu speed and having an impact force of jutsu power. In Passive Mode, the user cannot shift the shape of the orbs themselves. Once used for the first time, these orbs will remain permanently active in Passive Mode. Any Orbs destroyed will be regenerated in the user's next topic. Once the form of a ball has been chosen, it is unable to be changed during that use of the technique.

Attack Form:

In Attack Form, the orbs lose all defensive properties and become purely destructive, mechanically translating to the Orb having no Health and instead possessing Power. The range it can move in this form is increased from 15m to 35m. The damage dealt by this variant of the Truth-Seeking Orb is purely elemental, and it will 'attack' everything that comes into contact with it saving the user and their techniques. It will deal 'damage' depending on the HP remaining on those attacked. Those with HP higher than the technique's power will be left with severe chemical burns covering whatever portion of the body is hit by the orb. Those with HP lesser than the orb's power will instead find that portion of their body destroyed.

Truth Seeking Orbs in Attack Form can destroy techniques they encounter with lesser power, placing them on cooldown. However, if a method is superior or has equal power, it will break through the orb and, in the process, destroy it. In this form, the user can have the spheres expand to 10 cubic meters in size (m³) and cannot become smaller than the base size of the orbs, with the user choosing geometric shapes that can be formed. The user can even have the balls take the form of weapons they wish to wield, and they can freely touch and hold the ‘weapons’ without suffering the adverse effects of contact.

The Attack form allows the user to pay 50AP (per orb) to have their Truth Seeking Orbs explode, rapidly expanding 20m in all directions (40m sphere) and destroying anything that comes into contact with the orb in the process. Once this is done, however, the ball will be ruined.

The user, anything they are wearing or wielding directly, is entirely immune to the damage dealt by the Attack Form of the Truth-Seeking Orbs.

Defense Form:

In Defense Form, the Orbs lose offensive power and instead become purely defensive, mechanically translating to the Orb having no Power and rather possessing Health. The range it can move in this form is increased from 15m to 35m. Defending against techniques, both physical and intangible (aside from Genjutsu). Truth Seeking Orbs in Defence Form can defend against techniques they encounter with equal or lesser power to the health of the Orb, in the process canceling the technique in question and placing it on cooldown. However, if a technique is superior in terms of power, it will break through the orb and, in the process, destroy it. In this form, the user can have each sphere expand to 20 cubic meters (m³) in overall size and cannot become smaller than the base size of the orbs, with the user choosing geometric shapes that can be formed.

In this form, the Truth-Seeking Orbs gain an elemental advantage against all techniques composed of basic and advanced elements and an elemental disadvantage against any techniques bolstered by Natural Energy (Ie: Sage Art: Amplifier).

Enhanced Attack Form:

By paying 25AP (per orb), the user can enhance an Attack Form orb, giving said orb power greater than others of the same variety. Truth Seeking Orbs in Enhanced Attack Form can destroy techniques that come into contact with equal or lesser power, placing them on cooldown. Although in the case of techniques of equal power, the orb will be destroyed as it destroys the opposing technique. Techniques of greater power will break through the orb without issue and eliminate the orb in the process. Up to 3 Attack Form Orbs may be turned into Enhanced Attack Form Orbs per topic.

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It should be noted that the Truth Seeking Orbs will remain entirely unharmed by any techniques used by the user and will not nullify or destroy them.

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This technique is a unique category of jutsu that doesn't fall under any of the specialties. As such, it can be learned without meeting specific spec criteria, provided that the user knows all five essential elements and meets the requirements listed below. Upon learning the technique, the user selects one of their stats which will scale Truth Seeking Orbs. This must be listed in the character's stat page, and once the choice has been made, it's locked in.

Character Specific: N/A
Wordcount to learn: 10,000
Action Cost:
Activation: 100
Upkeep varies on how many orbs are 'active' 1 = 50, 2-3 = 60, 4-5 = 70, 6-7 = 80, 8-9 = 90, 10 = 100
All additional costs explained above (Additional Costs cannot be discounted in any way)
Mastery: No
Bonus Requirements:
Rinnegan | Sage Mode (Or a variant)
Rinnegan | Bijuu
Tenseigan | Sage Mode (Or a variant)
Canon, Custom, Bloodline, or Village Exclusive: Canon

Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:05 am

Went to edit this and for some reason it will not allow me to actually send the final message, so made a new topic entirely

Updated the forms to have a minimum size, removed additional costs for base forms, made the Enhanced Forms a max of 2 each be per topic rather than per use.

Sat Dec 04, 2021 3:03 am

Trial Approved

Sat Dec 04, 2021 11:12 pm

Approved

Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:45 pm

Edit to the creation upon consideration, making Truth Seeking Orbs the first "specless" jutsu of the site.

"This technique is a unique category of jutsu that doesn't fall under any of the specialties. As such, it can be learned without meeting specific spec criteria, provided that the user knows all five essential elements and meets the requirements listed below. Upon learning the technique, the user selects one of their stats which will scale Truth Seeking Orbs. This must be listed in the character's stat page, and once the choice has been made, it's locked in."

Finally, "Tenseigan | Sage Mode (Or a variant)" added to the requirements

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