YAMANAKA (Mind Manipulation)

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The Yamanaka are a close-knit family of ninja that specialize is mind-based ninjutsu. To those in the know, a Yamanaka clansmen can single-handedly change the complexion of a mission, for better or worse depending on which side they're fighting for.

Their clan has a longstanding alliance with the Akimichi and Nara Clans, and like the latter, the Yamanaka prefer to operate in the shadows, gathering intelligence and infiltrating enemy lines from afar using their hallmark techniques.

They are experts in infiltration and espionage, and can act as spies by literally hijacking their victim's bodies by transplanting their consciousness into their targets. They can probe an unwilling enemy's mind and scrape it for information, and can communicate with allies using nothing but their minds.

Yamanaka clan members are also taught at an early age to detect and decipher chakra signatures, making them some of the world's best sensors and excellent support units on the battlefield.

To the untrained eye there is nothing remarkable about them, but make no mistake, in a Yamanaka's presence, your deepest secrets, and even your own body, may not be your own for long.

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Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Switch Technique)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Supplementary
Description: The Mind Body Switch Technique is the signature technique of the Yamanaka clan. The user converts their consciousness to spiritual energy, which they send at a target. Their consciousness moves slowly towards the target and travels in a straight line. If the user misses their target, it will take some time for their consciousness to find its way back to their own body. To prevent this from happening, the Mind Body Switch should only be used against targets that are stationary or that are restrained. When their consciousness does successfully make it to the target, the user supplants the target's mind and takes total control of their body.

The Mind Body Switch is ideal for intelligence-gathering, and in fact that's why it was originally created, as the target's body can be used to explore locations that the user can't enter and read documents that the user can't access. Users can take advantage of the target's physical abilities, such as a bird's flight to better recon an area. Users can also perform their own jutsu while possessing another, notably their sensory skills. While possessing another's body, users can communicate with their targets.

Ordinarily, the Mind Body Switch lasts until the user chooses to release it. Targets with strong wills can force users from their body, something that becomes easier to do if the clan member is low on chakra. While a user is possessing a target, their own body is left inert. This isn't necessarily an issue in one-on-one encounters, but when facing multiple opponents this leaves their body vulnerable to attack. Furthermore, any damage the possessed body receives is done to their original body as well. It is for this reason that Yamanaka are so often teamed with others. Strategically, the user can eliminate a number of the technique's weaknesses by completely trading bodies with a target, transferring the latter's consciousness to the user's body.



Kanchi Denden (Sensing Transmission)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: By making physical contact with another individual, the clan member is able to transmit what they are currently sensing directly into the target's mind. The user's perception can then be further transferred to another individual that person is connected to, be it physically or through such means as their shadow.



Shinten Bunshin no Jutsu (Mind Clone Switch Technique)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: This technique allows the user to transfer their consciousness into more than one target by cloning their consciousness, giving them complete control of the bodies for a short period of time. Like the Mind Body Switch Technique, the user's body is left defenseless while the technique is in use. However, unlike the Mind Body Switch, this technique can travel in a curved line.



Shinranshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Disturbance Technique)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Description: The user sends their chakra into a target's nervous system, giving them full control over the target's body. Unlike the Mind Body Switch Technique, the user's consciousness remains within their own body while they use this technique, meaning that it can safely be used even when the user is outnumbered. It is when outnumbered that this technique is most useful, as the user's opponents can be made to kill each other. Because only their bodies are being controlled, targets remain aware of what their body is doing, though they won't understand why. Users can control targets even from a distance, allowing the user to sow confusion among the target and their allies.



Shinran Enbu no Jutsu (Mind Disturbance Dance Performance Technique)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Description: This is simply a large-scale version of the Mind Body Disturbance Technique, where the sheer volume of people affected in a given area is much greater. Like its parent technique, it causes the user to gain complete control of the target's body, which is then used to often force allies to attack each other.



Shindenshin no Jutsu (Mind Body Transmission Technique)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Supplementary
Description: The Mind Body Transmission Technique is a hijutsu utilized by members of the Yamanaka clan to telepathically communicate with people. With focus the user can communicate with multiple people at once and the targets can also communicate with one another while the technique is in effect. This technique is not limited to just transmitting thoughts. Images, such as memories, or even strong feelings can be conveyed. The more people that are connected through this technique however, the more a physical strain is put on the user, forcing them to keep the connection going for shorter periods to otherwise avoid sustaining injuries. Depending on the skill of the user, one may require the aid of a device to make use of this technique for connections to multiple people.



Shinten Kugutsu Juin no Jutsu (Mind Puppet Switch Cursed Seal Technique)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive, Supplementary
Description: The user of this technique firstly transfers their mind into a puppet laid somewhere in advance, near the vicinity of an enemy's predicted path, before manipulating it to attack an intended opponent. When the opponent counters and inflicts damage upon the puppet or the puppet inflicts damage on the enemy, the cursed seal will take effect, causing the kanji "curse" (呪, noroi) to disappear from the puppet's forehead and the two consciousness (that of the user's inside the puppet and that of the victim who countered) to switch. Consequently, the user will gain full control of the opponent's body, while the victim's mind remains trapped within the immobile puppet. Like the original technique, the clan member's body is left defenseless while the ability is active and any injury done to the victim's body is also reflected upon their true body, but this can be rectified if the user cancels the technique just before any damage is received. Unlike the original, the user does not have to worry about the target's will overpowering their own, as it is sealed away in the puppet.

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Chakra Transmission Communication Device
Rank: A
Type: Clan / Accessory
IP: --
Description: This device was developed by the Yamanaka in order to pass information to each other, be it from the headquarters to the field ninja or between battalions and vice versa. The stationary device, which is much bigger and can be found at clan headquarters, is attached to two batteries and has a headset that covers the upper half of the user's face completely. The portable version, however, is much smaller and only has a wire running from the device to the user's head, and can be carried on their back. Those outside of the Yamanaka clan can only use this device as a way to receive information, and cannot transmit anything with it.
Cost: 20,000 Ryou. This is available all Yamanaka clan members for free, but requires an active roleplay session in order to acquire a portable device from the clan elders.