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Still here! (Just super tired. :) )

Here...ish. I get WiFi intermittently on my phone. Should be moving in to an apt within the next week.

I'm aware of your situation. I hope all is well. You're excused so don't worry about it.

I apologize I haven't been around this week! Been having some issues with computer time! I'll try to get updates in today or tonight!

So another roll call please!

I'll be removing inactive players today.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:08, Sun 21 Feb 2016.

If your group is closed, it means it's pending a reply from me. Group B has finished the water puzzle. Group C has been eliminated from the exams as a whole. Stand by. Once the other groups finish, I'll update all groups at the same time because I have one more challenge for you all.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:23, Sun 21 Feb 2016.

Waiting on the last group to finish and post their final post to solve so I can update all threads with the exception of Earth Squad. be on stand by. :] Hopefully we'll move on today.

It has been decided [since nobody really answered at all] that the third exam will have all the battles taking place all at the same time, in different groups, keeping the secrecy of your opponents' abilities. You all had the opportunity to vote and actually vote against my decision, but oh well.

I will have the tournament match-ups soon and posted by the end of today.

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Matches are not to be discussed in PMs or within the OOC.

Combat rolling system will be posted prior to the battles.
This message was last edited by the GM at 06:22, Mon 29 Feb 2016.

Once everybody collects themselves in the currently open thread, we'll get to the battles.

Before the threads open up, this is the time to ask any questions for me regarding the dice roller. I'm giving a small period of time of like 15 minutes IRL time before they open up.

Also, all dice rolls must be recorded in the log. I am monitoring every single battle. Violating this rule can have disciplinary action up to losing a turn and/or disqualification of your battle.

And one more thing, when battling, posts must be complete. This means your dice roll must be the first line and then your post. Your posts will detail what you attempted to do ect. because obviously that is the point of roleplaying. I will interfere if your post did not meet the requirements.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:27, Wed 02 Mar 2016.

Someone has brought up an important issue.



The answer is, most likely you won't. If your character is not skilled in genjutsu, it will be extremely difficult to break free from a genjutsu cast. As I have pointed out, only two players know the Kai Release so they will be able to break free from most little ones. However, that can make a battle one sided, so I will intervene so you won't be completely hopeless. Take in mind, genin are young and could not cast a genjutsu for a long time so you will have the opportunity to break free after a couple of posts.

Another concern had come across with another player.

Their question was asking how the arena layout was.

To keep it as simple as possible:

It is not out in the open. It is inside a building, similar to the one in the Naruto Anime when Naruto was doing the preliminaries. Open floor space and an upper floor to observe. No statue, no scoreboard screen. It's the preliminaries so these matches aren't battling in the better arena.

Final call for questions.

Battles are about to begin. To determine who goes first, roll a basic 1d20. Highest number between you and your opponent, gets to engage the battle first. I will be monitoring the dice roller history and will know who had rolled and who has not and who tried to re-roll.

Another question of concern from a fellow player is:





To answer honestly, nobody has an "HP" bar of some sort. But perhaps I need to implement one. But if I do that, that would mean jutsus need to have damage/attack numbers and then people need defense numbers and the list goes on, making it more complicated.

Nobody was able to see the ending of the sparring with the example battle I presented. That battle was put to an end on the players' decision because one player got stunk in a situation she couldn't get out of.

For these battles, I want to put the decision up to you, the characters/players. If your character gets stuck in a weird tangle, then yes, that probably will put the battle to an end. However, if people are not comfortable with this, I can implement HP for everyone and disregard defense and attack values ect. Doing so means your stamina would come into play because Stamina is vital with for your overall character's conditioning and being able to cast many jutsus in a short time. I leave it up to the players to give a vote I suppose.

Another player has brought another problem to my attention.



Unfortunately the answer is simple: there will be no rolls for these kinds of things. Reason being, I am forbidding the use of tools like these. The only tools you are permitted to have on you is kunai knives and shurikens.

I will have it this way because nobody has mentioned bringing these kinds of items prior to the exam start and there was no break to obtain these items. So sorry about that. Strictly combat of taijutsu, genjutsu, and ninjutsu only.