Equipment Limits

[Kenchiro]

Okay, so these are questions that probably have semi-obvious answers, but I can't seem to find them in the rules. They concern the limitations on ninjas carrying around weapons. To wit, Genins:

May carry up to two (2) Main Weapons on their person, without any extensions, at any given time!

May carry up to three (3) Secondary Weapon Packs on their person, without any extensions, at any given time!

May carry up to three (3) Accessories on their person at any given time!

First off, can these limitations be circumvented in any way by techniques like the Item Summoning Jutsu, and if so, to what extent? In canon, for instance, Ten-Ten used the Summoning Jutsu as part of a technique to positively spam all manner of weapons, the amount of which far exceeded the limits on secondary weapons as the rules allow them. The trade off for this kind of variety, naturally, is the fact that one has to spend chakra to bolster the amount of weapons they can field at once.

Secondly, can I assume that since we start out with more weapon packs than we can field from the very beginning (5 Secondary packs vs. 3 carried on their person at Genin), one could take that to its logical extreme and collect as many weapons as their little heart desires? I had an idea that my character could change up his overall strategy based off whatever weapons he randomly decided to take with him to battle from his arsenal.

[adero]

You can only start w/ 3 secondary packs. 5 was the old number.

[Kenchiro]

Duly noted. My questions still stand, however.

[adero]

Secondly, can I assume that since we start out with more weapon packs than we can field from the very beginning (5 Secondary packs vs. 3 carried on their person at Genin), one could take that to its logical extreme and collect as many weapons as their little heart desires?

Since that entire train of thought is negated - no, you cannot carry more than the allotted weapon spaces.

Exceptions ofc would be summonings from scrolls etc.

[Kenchiro]

So that's a yes to the first (with the logical limitation of chakra and scroll capacity), but a no to the first then? That's good to know.

But, on the subject of carrying more than you can, I just found another little thing. Suppose I wanted to make a Craftsman. It says that without the tool box, a Crafstman's tools take up five (5) Accessory Slots. A Genin only has three, and doesn't actually gain five slots until Jounin level. Since anyone (of any rank, presumably) could become a Craftsman, what exactly does this mean for our heroes? Does that mean they can only have them in non-combat scenarios, or they need a scroll to hold them all, or they need the Tool Box item to function, or what?

[adero]

It means you need a tool box...