Wood Clone Technique

Ninjutsu (Wood); 
Level: 	S (9)
Hand Seals: 	Tiger → Dog → Snake
Casting Time:	1 standard
Range: 	Short (50ft)
Area: 	1 Clone/caster Level
Duration: 	Permanent,
Saving Throw 	None
A clone that is created by using chakra to alter the user's own cells into vegetation. The clones can be as simple in function as a wooden dummy for use in the Body Replacement Technique or completely mobile and able to perform jutsu. They have the ability to travel far from the user and are able to communicate with the original. Moreover, since the wood clone has the ability to merge with plants and trees, it is also great for reconnaissance missions. By directly touching the wood clone with his hand, the user can change the shape of the clone. Unlike other clone techniques, the wood clone doesn't disappear when hit and takes the damage to a certain degree.
 This Jutsu creates an exact copy of the caster at the time of casting, similar to the shadow clone Jutsu. However, wood clones have a number of HP equal to the caster level of the user. The wood clone is an exact copy of the caster, but can be made to look like any person the character is familiar with. Each created clone has 1/3 the chakra of the caster at the time of casting the Jutsu, but the chakra of the clone does not return to the user upon the clone's destruction. The clone can also not retain any chakra past this value, though it can regenerate chakra with absorption techniques as normal.