Well of course you can. It's your jutsu. Take in mind though summoning does take a lot of chakra, so do know you can only summon once per battle.

Questionnaire is now closing. Threads will now be opening. Roll to see who goes first and label it as 'coin flip.'

Secondly, before engaging in battle, write a post about what's been going on. Meaning, you need to respond to the Raikage's post and Fujii's (mine) all in one as will your opponent. Once that's done, the person who won the coin toss/die roll, will begin the battle and it goes from there.

I will be monitoring the battles. I will intervene when needed. I am trusting players to battle fairly and reasonably. Die rolls will be logged and recorded and if I see that is not happening, disciplinary action will be put in place.

These battles are all based on your own pace. There is no rushing so take your time.

Any other questions or concerns, well, keep it quick and post it in this thread for any Chunin Related things.

Let the battles begin!
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:39, Wed 02 Mar 2016.

Just reposting my question here since I think it got missed in the OOC thread:

I noticed you said that you can use ninjutsu or taijutsu to defend against taijutsu, but can only use ninjutsu to defend against ninjutsu.  Is it possible to try and, for example, dodge a ninjutsu attack or defend against it with taijutsu?  (Assuming it makes sense in context.)

Unfortunately no. The die roller is set the way it is.

I realized that it was an afterthought, but what happens in combat involving ninjutsu that focus more on effects instead of damage? Would such ninjutsu be able to stay around for longer than a turn?

Depending on the roll, yes.

After observing the dice roller log, two problems have been brought to my attention.

First: NO SECRET ROLLS! It's misleading to your opponent and it is a way to cheat against your opponent. You will receive a penalty even though I can see the secret rolls, your opponent cannot.

Secondly: NO REROLLS if you forget to put the reason for the roll. That is no need to reroll because it can change the outcome of battle, ether giving you an edge or even a disadvantage. As long as you label it within your post, you're okay. Just try to make sure it doesn't happen again. If you reroll, you will receive a penalty. The only time it is okay to reroll is if you literally forget to add a modifier ect or you and your opponent decided to break a tie breaker.

DO NOT FORGET THESE NEW RULES!

Out of curiosity - what happens to your rolls if you decide to focus entirely on defense and not roll anything for attack?

Then that means your defense roll becomes your attack roll and your opponent has to have a higher attack for their post in order to succeed.

In the battle between:

The winner is: Kazoro Kurochi

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In the battle between:

The winner is: Hikawa Chisame

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In the battle between:

The winner is: Hagane Jhinsokyo

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In the battle between:

The winner is: Senju Katsumi

In battle between:

The winner is: Nara Nanami

In the battle between:

The winner is: Yamada Nori

Just waiting on the last battle to finish up so we can move on to the finals!

Sorry for being the slowpokes.  Battle will be finished today.  I only have 1 class today so my last combat post will be up in a few hours

The battle between:

The winner is: Akitoki Sigmund

The preliminary battle winners are:

• Akitoki Sigmund
• Nanami
• Yamada Nori
• Hikawa Chisame
• Hagane Jhinsokyo
• Senju Katsumi
• Kazoro Kurochi
• Kotatsu
• Kyo
• Aorin

Battle threads won't open until finalists post in the Chunin Exam Thread. Until then, the game will stall.

Let the battles begin!

In the battle between:

The winner is: Senju Katsumi

In the battle between:

The winner is: Kotatsu

In the battle between:

The winner is: Yamada Nori

In the battle between:

The winner is: Kotatsu from the Land of Snow in a death match.

Senju will be missed and is mourned by his family, friends, Jonin leader, and the remaining squad mates he left behind.

In the death match between:

The winner is: Akitoki Sigmund from the land of fire.

Nobody died in this death match.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the GM at 14:21, Thu 26 Jan 2017.

The next semi-final match will be between:

Both from the Land of Fire.

This is the last semi-final match.

Winner of this match will face Kotatsu in the finals from the Land of Snow.

Semi-Final Match will begin hopefully tomorrow to move things along.