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Brilliant Ingenuity Description: Ingenuity is the third and final ideal for the Ayakoshi Clan. All members of the Ayakoshi Clan are encouraged to be creative and design their new puppet parts. Some of these best designs have been passed down from generation to generation. Effect: Gives this character access to attain the Heating Element, Weighted Appendages, and Intuitive Chakra Receptors puppet parts Requirement: Path of the Puppeteer; Ayakoshi Clan Member; Cost: -3 SP Relevant Parts: Heating Element, Weighted Appendages, Intuitive Chakra Receptors

Heating Element This is a small box placed at key points in the puppet with wires running to it from throughout the frame. Kinetic energy is transferred through the wires causing the boxes to reach high temperatures and burn your opponents. Any strikes (of any kind) made with this puppet afflict the target with 1 turn of the status effect ‘Burning; 6’. This effect stacks with itself to a maximum of ‘Burn; 60’. Additionally twice per battle, an attack made with this puppet that afflicts the status effect ‘Burning’ may also afflict the status effect ‘Scorched’ for x turns where x is equal to the number of instances of this part, to a maximum of four (4). Part Slots: 1 Size: Any Durability: +15 Cost: $150 Requirement: Ayakoshi Clan Member; Brilliant Ingenuity Relevant Skills: Brilliant Ingenuity Weighted Appendages The Puppeteer has filled the main appendages of this puppet with sand, adding weight to them. Two canisters of compressed air have also been added among the sand for an extra surprise. Basic weapon attacks made with a medium or large weapon by this puppet treat the target’s defense modifier as being 10% lower. Additionally twice per battle, a basic weapon attack made with this puppet may afflict the status effect ‘Blind’ for one turn and then ‘Impaired Eyesight’ for one turn. Part Slots: 2 Size: Medium or Large Durability: +50 Cost: $200 Requirement: Ayakoshi Clan Member; Brilliant Ingenuity Relevant Skills: Brilliant Ingenuity Intuitive Chakra Receptors This part strengthens the connection of the user’s chakra strings making it easier for the puppeteer to maneuver. When this puppet is used to intercept an attack, lower the Chance to Fail by 10%. Limit 1 per puppet Part Slots: 2 Size: Any Durability: +50 Cost: $150 Requirement: Ayakoshi Clan Member; Brilliant Ingenuity Relevant Skills: Brilliant Ingenuity

Big Things Come in Small Packages Description: By tweaking the Projectile Launcher just a bit, you are able to cram larger weapons into the part. Effect: When performing a Small Weapon Attack through the Projectile Launcher puppet part, the selected weapons may not have a base damage higher than 3x, rather than 2x. Additionally, the maximum base cost of a consumable item used through Projectile Launcher is increased to $30x. Requirements: Ayakoshi Clan Member; Path of the Puppeteer Cost: -1 SP Master Puppeteer Description: As an elite shinobi of the Ayakoshi Clan, you are a master of puppetry. You are able to catch your enemies off guard with the deadly instruments that you call puppets. Effect: All puppet attacks have a +15% chance to critically strike. Requirement: Path of the Puppeteer; Ayakoshi Clan Member; Effective Engineering; Efficient Engineering; Brilliant Ingenuity Cost: -2 SP Relevant Skills: Effective Engineering, Efficient Engineering, Brilliant Ingenuity

Born Puppeteer Description: Members of the Ayakoshi Clan are said to be born with a wrench in one hand and chakra strings coming out of the other. Effect: Once per battle as a Genin or Chuunin and twice per battle as a Jounin or Senin, the user may treat any puppet technique they perform as a Dynamic Trap with its conditions met if they also performed Kugutsu no Jutsu in that turn. Requirements: Path of the Puppeteer; Ayakoshi Clan Member Cost: -2 SP Effective Engineering Description: Effectiveness is the first of three ideals in the Ayakoshi Clan. Even the younger ninjas in the clan have figured out how to tweak puppet frames to make them more effective. Effect: Puppet frames have an additional 20% durability. Requirements: Path of the Puppeteer; Ayakoshi Clan Member; Cost: -2 SP Efficient Engineering Description: Efficiency is the second of three ideals for the Ayakoshi Clan. After some practice with basic puppet parts, Ayakoshi ninja tend to redesign them to work better. Effect: The user may treat Grappling Hook and Weighted Form as if they required one fewer Part Slot to a minimum of one Part Slot. The user may activate Grappling Hook puppet parts one additional time per battle. The user may treat Weighted Form as if it had the following effect in addition to its normal effects: “Once per battle as a Setup Phase action, the user may add one turn of Slow to an attack performed by this puppet.” Requirements: Path of the Puppeteer; Ayakoshi Clan Member Cost: -3 SP

Clan Rules: Clan Positions: The Ayakoshi clan has a maximum of 4 available positions at any time. Clan Character Rules: Ayakoshi clan members should be highly intelligent. They may not be created outside of Rai no Kuni. If they are then they are considered missing nin. Any missing nin of the Ayakoshi clan are marked for death by the village. The clan itself doesn’t wish to kill one of their own without provocation but will be intent on capturing and turning missing nin over to the village. Clan Roster: Position One: Position Two: Position Three: Position Four:

Clan Items: Heating Element (Approval Pending) Weighted Appendages (Approval Pending) Intuitive Chakra Receptors (Approval Pending)

Clan Techs:

Clan Skills: Born Puppeteer (Approval Pending) Effective Engineering (Approval Pending) Efficient Engineering (Approval Pending) Big Things Come in Small Packages (Approval Pending) Brilliant Ingenuity (Approval Pending) Master Puppeteer (Approval Pending)

Cultural Information: General Clan Info: They are considered to be a lesser shinobi clan in Kumogakure no Sato since their focus is placed more on civilian matters than military matters. The clan actually holds two estates, a smaller one in Kumogakure no Sato and a larger one in Stormhold. Although they are in different cities, the clan still holds one head who, despite being an accomplished shinobi, tends to be bogged down with red tape and paperwork. Life for clan members is very family centric and education driven. Parents start extra curricular education of their children as early as 4 and continue all throughout the child’s stay at either the Ninja Academy or the primary education of Stormhold. Most parents are strict about education but at the same time try to nurture a sense of imagination and creativity. The clan ideals are driven into member’s heads since birth and this results in producing some of the brightest individuals who drive most of the technological advances of Rai no Kuni as a whole. Ayakoshi shinobi make for deadly puppeteers as their efficient designs and propensity for modifying things makes their puppets more durable and their puppet parts more effective. The clan head is always a matriarch in honor of Ayakoshi Kumiko and individual families are often matriarchal in nature. Clan Traits: Members of the Ayakoshi clan are encouraged to partner with anyone that they choose. This has made for a veritable melting pot of physical traits. It isn’t uncommon for cousins of the same family unit to have different skin tones, varying heights, and even differing rates of facial hair growth. However, most clan members have very high standards when it comes to the intelligence of their partners which has caused Ayakoshi Clan members to share traits of high intellect and a curiosity for how things work. Clan Outlook: Clan Ideals - Effectiveness, Efficiency, Ingenuity. These are not only the core ideals that live in the heart of all Ayakoshi, but also the three steps to their design process. They are taught to ask themselves: “Could this be more effective?”, “Is it operating at maximum efficiency?”, “Is there a need that could be filled through a new approach?”. Heavy emphasis is placed upon Effectiveness and Efficiency at a young age because the clan elders firmly believe that a better society is built upon the shoulders of great individuals. Once a solid foundation has been laid with the first two ideals, instruction tends to switch towards Ingenuity as an individual reaches the end of their primary education. Critical thinking and creativity breed new inventions which are the lifeblood of advancing technology and therefore society. These ideals give the clan a unique outlook. Invasions and wars, though not looked upon with fondness, are sometimes viewed with a modicum of respect as long as they were executed effectively and efficiently. On the other hand, great deeds that have helped many people out can leave a bad taste in an Ayakoshi’s mouth if it wasn’t carried out in a manner that meets the standards of the first two ideals. Clan Professions: Ayakoshi Clan members gravitate towards professions where they can put their great minds to work. Many will be seen working as engineers, architects, and mechanics on a day to day basis. The Ayakoshi Institute of Learning in Stormhold also employs many of the clan as professors and administrators. Although not all clan members go this route, some of them choose the life of a professional shinobi and serve Kumogakure no Sato as accomplished puppeteers. Clan Estates: The clan has two estates. A smaller one in Kumogakure no Sato and a much larger one in Stormhold. The Kumogakure estate is located on the outskirts of the village but still within the walls whereas the Stormhold estate is integrated into the city design, making it more like it’s own neighborhood. Both estates have a very large community workshop at the center where all members are welcome to come work and help each other on various projects. It is the most highly guarded facility in both of the estates since a lot of sensitive information about the workings of Rai no Kuni can be gleaned by studying the blueprints and prototypes within. The homes at the Kumogakure estate are arranged in concentric circles around the community workshop so would-be invaders must pass through a gauntlet of accomplished puppeteers to reach the building. The Stormhold estate houses the Ayakoshi Institute of Learning as well as a community workshop. To the Ayakoshi Clan, both of these facilities are equally important but since the college is open to the public and the workshop is not, they are at opposite ends of the compound. The workshop, unlike the college, is guarded by troops from the Daimyo’s army since any Ayakoshi with skills of the shinobi are concentrated in the hidden village. The homes of this estate are organized in a manner that is consistent with the layout of the rest of Stormhold. Kumogakure no Sato Relationship: The clan has a very strong relationship with Kumogakure no Sato. The technological advances that have come from the Ayakoshi have helped the hidden village out in both times of war and times of peace. Those clan members that become professional shinobi are called upon to defend the village and are glad to do so.

Noteworthy Clan Members: Ayakoshi Kumiko - Deceased Alias: The Great Innovator Gender: Female Shinobi Rank: Sennin Specialization: Puppets Info: Kumiko was the founder of the clan as well as the Bunraku. She was responsible for gathering the group of engineers that eventually became the first clan members and were responsible for maintaining the generators that kept Rai no Kuni running before the invention of the Stormshield. Ayakoshi Mai - Deceased Alias: Professor Gender: Female Shinobi Rank: Jounin Specialization: Puppets Info: Mai was the second head of the clan and the one responsible for establishing the Ayakoshi Institute of Learning. As one of the first professors, she was responsible for designing the curriculum. Ayakoshi Yuto - Alive Alias: None Gender: Non-binary Shinobi Rank: Jounin Specialization: Puppets Info: Yuto was the third head of the clan. Their most notable accomplishments are helping Tokeiza Jishin design the Stormshield and designing much of the architecture that is still used in the village today. Ayakoshi Aoi - Alive Alias: None Gender: Female Shinobi Rank: Jounin Specialization: Puppets Info: Aoi is the fourth and current head of the clan. Unlike most of the Ayakoshi, she places Ingenuity above all of the other ideals. This has ruffled a lot of feathers among the clan elders. She is currently in the process of creating a ruling council for the clan instead of a singular head that makes decisions unilaterally.

Clan History: The clan was founded in the fall of 1925, shortly after the end of the first Great Shinobi War. The Raikage approached Ayakoshi Kumiko and tasked her with creating and implementing technological advances for the village and the country as a whole. Taking this duty very seriously, the Ayakoshi have had a hand in developing many of the technologies that have kept the village safe and functioning. The great Tokeiza Jishin had the help of many of the clan’s engineers in the years that it took him to develop the famed Stormshield. Many Ayakoshi also helped in the effort to create a transportation system that involved setting up a railroad system that tumbled through the mountains and although that project ultimately failed, there are still some in the clan who continue to try to make the design a reality. At the beginning of the Second Great Shinobi War, Ayakoshi Kumiko was called upon once again. Though she was no longer the head of the clan, she still held great sway over the clan as a whole and was approached to help found the Bunraku. This was a specialized force of puppeteers that is called upon in times of need to help defend the village. During the Kumogakure invasion, the Bunraku stayed behind in the village to guard against any attempt at a counter attack. Many other talented members of the clan, however, were assigned to the invasion force and some even served in the NCIA. The Ayakoshi clan was instrumental in helping develop the technology for the naval fleet that ultimately led to a victory against Kirigakure. Many engineers from the clan were also sent with the naval fleet to ensure that the vessels were running at peak condition.