Duplication, but there are penalties for losing a clone using that. (part of it is losing the 35 points you spent on the duplicate since it is now dead and cannot be re-created)
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Bay Grabowski <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hal wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Troy Guffey >>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:48 AM >>> To: GURPSNet >>> Subject: [gurps] Kage Bunshin no jutsu >>> >>> I've been reading a little bit of Naruto fanfic and this >>> technique sounds >>> AWESOME! For those who don't know, it's a chakra technique >>> where you >>> create duplicates of yourself from manifested shadow. The >>> drawback in combat is that they're kind of fragile: One solid >>> hit and they dissipate. >>> >>> However, the NON-combat uses are rather more nifty: Because >>> when the Shadow Clones disperse you gain their experience! >>> So if you are trying to learn something, you just create >>> several Shadow Clones and have them all go and try the >>> technique. If one gets popped, you now know what DOESN'T >>> work, and when they succeed and get dismissed you know what DOES work! >>> >>> Naruto has a BIG advantage for learning stuff fast: He can >>> create at LEAST 100 of them at a time! >> >> So what you'd need to do is quantify how quickly someone using this >> "technique" can learn something, as well as add in the actual advantage of >> being able to create illusionary duplicates dispersed with only 1 hit of >> damage... Sounds simple for GURPS 4e *snickering slyly* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> >> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > > Wasn't there some sort of specific advantage for the clones part, Clone > or Combat Fugue, something like that? I don't have my books with me. > > Bay Grabowski > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAknVA84ACgkQpCY9FhclFk7hXgCgkoJzUaOYAYBd3u59NwjItC77 > RPcAnAz5sZki2xJQCcV4sfwddHRjWBlI > =ICv3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> > http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l > -- The man that holds fast to his bitterness will eventually be consumed by it, but if you let it go, your arms will be free to seize the glory that is life. -Terwin _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
