inner focus, (personal)

[KEITH]

Hotokegokoro (lit. the mind/heart of Buddha)
Rank: S
Range: ---
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: ---
Chakra Consumption: x2 Highs

[/b] This technique can only be used once per thread, though the effect of the technique can last for a duration of three turns. After the three turns are up, the user will suffer from mental exhaustion for three turns. Leaving them unable to perform Any B-rank or above jutsu of any kind.[/ul][/font][/justify][/blockquote][/blockquote]

[Exar Kun]

Interesting technique.

Two questions; how does meditating (read: thinking very hard) in itself allow you to notice that you're in a genjutsu? And as well, why would this be a secret ability known only to you? It seems like a deuce ex machina, and I imagine most people attempt to do something akin to this when trying to figure out if they're in a genjutsu anyway.

[KEITH]

Dec 30, 2012 12:22:02 GMT -8 Exar Kun said:

Interesting technique.

Two questions; how does meditating (read: thinking very hard) in itself allow you to notice that you're in a genjutsu? And as well, why would this be a secret ability known only to you? It seems like a deuce ex machina, and I imagine most people attempt to do something akin to this when trying to figure out if they're in a genjutsu anyway.

1.) Well, it's not like I am simply just thinking on the matter, I am trying to concentrate my chakra to heighten my senses. With my mental abilities heightened, I figured that my awareness and such would also be increased and I can see and feel my own chakra flow within my body. Genjutsu is created when an outer chakra is mixed with your own, and I would be able to see and feel that. So, I would know that I am in a Genjutsu. Breaking out of it, the technique does not allow, I have to break out of it like everyone else. But, this does give me the ability to not to simply succumb to special Genjutsu, like Sharingan's Hypnosis technique (providing I am already within the mediated state of mind).

2.) Well, I mentioned within the technique itself that my character had now taken up meditation and such as a new way to train himself and how he dealt with things. I believe that this technique is unique in the sense that it was created by him for him to get a better grasp on things instead of simply rushing in. I know that I could probably do that normally through RP, but the effects of this technique wouldn't come into play. And, I think it can help me develop more plot and story with my character. But, if you want me to make the technique even more unique to be restricted to my character, then I can.

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[Exar Kun]

Well, to be completely honest, I just plain don't like "auto" abilities, even if it's something as small as figuring out you're in a Genjutsu.

That said, I have to admit that with the drawbacks and limitations it has right now, it's hardly a game-breaking technique from a balance perspective. So, yeah.

Your explanation for its origin satisfies me, so on to critiquing the actual effects. To start off,

Also, if not under the influence of a Genjutsu, the user will simply prepare himself for a technique that usually requires some sort of meditation and preparation to be performed instantly after.

Could you clarify what this means? I'm assuming you mean that you can use this technique in place of the meditation required for something like Sage Modem but I'd like to be certain. Secondly,

This technique can only be used once per thread, though the effect of the technique can last for a duration of three turns. After the three turns are up, the user will suffer from mental exhaustion for three turns.

You mention in the description above that when meditating, the user is capable of standing instead of sitting, but not much else. Does that hold true for the entire three turns, or just the turn that you activate the technique?

[Comatose]

I'm gonna go ahead and slap the denial, because auto-sensing abilities are never gonna fly regardless of drawback — especially against genjutsu. This technique feels through and through like some sort of mini metagaming, because it is. Consult the thread on genjutsu and it says that if you can manage to figure out a technique without metagaming, logically, you can simply harm yourself or kai out of it.

Likewise, there are ways to avoid things like sharingan hypnosis. 1 / 2

[Nirvana]

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