Post by songstress on Nov 10, 2006 3:40:30 GMT -5
The fortunate Sharingan users of the clan are somewhat required to use this style in the copying of other Taijutsu to incorporate them into it. They are allowed to copy a Taijutsu, but in doing so, they turn it into a stance instead of a separate style. The stance is placed here and the user may switch to their copied style stance. Clan and bloodline styles cannot be copied*.
The number of stance sets are limited by ranking. Genin may have 1 stance set, Chuunin may have 2, and Jounin may have 3. Thus, the sets are the amount of styles that are allowed to be copied into a set.
When copying a stance, the copier starts at the beginning of the style no matter what stage the copied user was currently at. Thus you may fight a Stage 5 user and only copy Stage 1 of their style. The user then continues up the ladder of the style by copying more, or training using the basics they learned from their copy.
Switching styles require a post, just like switching stances. When copying the levels of a style, the bonuses add up just like they would in a normal style, but only when you switch to the style do the stat bonuses apply. Also, when using a copied style, then they cannot use it for the amount of posts they used it for when they switch back.
The user, once copying the stance, has a choice. They can choose to simply use the style in its copied form, or learn the actual real style (by paying points of course). Copying is free, but it has its disadvantages.
When copying, the user copies only the basics of the style, thus they haven't trained for it. The user of the copied style then has a disadvantage, only being able to keep up with the physical capabilities granted for a certain amount of time, which is 1 post times the stage they are currently in. (So one can be at Stage Five, and even if using the bonuses from Stage 1, they can only use the style for 5 posts.) After going past their max posts, they lose their stat gains. However, they can still use the style. But then, after a certain amount of time, they automatically stop using the style and gain negatives. Genin 2 posts, Chuunin able for 4, and Jounin hang on for 6 posts until the negatives kick in. The negatives are equal to the highest amount you gained using the stance. (Ex. Using Stage 1, but used Stage Four after one post. Even if going back down to Stage One, going over will make the negatives equal to the Stage Four stat boosts.) If the base stats are reduced to 0, you become immobile. The negatives kick in after you lose the stat bonuses, so the negatives will affect the base stats directly. Negatives last until the end of battle.
Once copying a stance, though, the user can also learn the style completely, by training for it and buying it. Then the style's bonuses become permanent, and the basic techniques that go with the style are learned. When buying the stances, you must buy them in Stage order. So you could copy up to Stage 4 of a style, but you buy Stage 1. You get the permanent bonuses from Stage 1 and you don't have a time limit for the stat bonuses, but you get temporary bonuses for stages 2-4. Then the original copy stance rules apply. When learning copies they use their Taijutsu training points into the stance to level up the stance. The stance cannot go higher than the current level of the user's copied Taijutsu.
There are "super styles", or, in literal terms, styles that use super points. With these styles, the super points are gained, but when going over the limit, in addition to the negatives, the user loses 1 point in each stat that gained a bonus permanently.
Styles that focus in manipulation of a certain thing or element such as the Sabaku-kenfu are only able to be copied if the required item is not unique, such a special weapon of some sort.
*Note: That includes the Uchiha Taijutsu, as it is a Clan Taijutsu. To gain it, sacrifices to the copying ability must be made.
The number of stance sets are limited by ranking. Genin may have 1 stance set, Chuunin may have 2, and Jounin may have 3. Thus, the sets are the amount of styles that are allowed to be copied into a set.
When copying a stance, the copier starts at the beginning of the style no matter what stage the copied user was currently at. Thus you may fight a Stage 5 user and only copy Stage 1 of their style. The user then continues up the ladder of the style by copying more, or training using the basics they learned from their copy.
Switching styles require a post, just like switching stances. When copying the levels of a style, the bonuses add up just like they would in a normal style, but only when you switch to the style do the stat bonuses apply. Also, when using a copied style, then they cannot use it for the amount of posts they used it for when they switch back.
The user, once copying the stance, has a choice. They can choose to simply use the style in its copied form, or learn the actual real style (by paying points of course). Copying is free, but it has its disadvantages.
When copying, the user copies only the basics of the style, thus they haven't trained for it. The user of the copied style then has a disadvantage, only being able to keep up with the physical capabilities granted for a certain amount of time, which is 1 post times the stage they are currently in. (So one can be at Stage Five, and even if using the bonuses from Stage 1, they can only use the style for 5 posts.) After going past their max posts, they lose their stat gains. However, they can still use the style. But then, after a certain amount of time, they automatically stop using the style and gain negatives. Genin 2 posts, Chuunin able for 4, and Jounin hang on for 6 posts until the negatives kick in. The negatives are equal to the highest amount you gained using the stance. (Ex. Using Stage 1, but used Stage Four after one post. Even if going back down to Stage One, going over will make the negatives equal to the Stage Four stat boosts.) If the base stats are reduced to 0, you become immobile. The negatives kick in after you lose the stat bonuses, so the negatives will affect the base stats directly. Negatives last until the end of battle.
Once copying a stance, though, the user can also learn the style completely, by training for it and buying it. Then the style's bonuses become permanent, and the basic techniques that go with the style are learned. When buying the stances, you must buy them in Stage order. So you could copy up to Stage 4 of a style, but you buy Stage 1. You get the permanent bonuses from Stage 1 and you don't have a time limit for the stat bonuses, but you get temporary bonuses for stages 2-4. Then the original copy stance rules apply. When learning copies they use their Taijutsu training points into the stance to level up the stance. The stance cannot go higher than the current level of the user's copied Taijutsu.
There are "super styles", or, in literal terms, styles that use super points. With these styles, the super points are gained, but when going over the limit, in addition to the negatives, the user loses 1 point in each stat that gained a bonus permanently.
Styles that focus in manipulation of a certain thing or element such as the Sabaku-kenfu are only able to be copied if the required item is not unique, such a special weapon of some sort.
*Note: That includes the Uchiha Taijutsu, as it is a Clan Taijutsu. To gain it, sacrifices to the copying ability must be made.