Techniques

Techniques are the diverse powers that ninjas utilize in the ninja world. These mystical arts tap into energy, the main force that governs the world’s power structure, produces a vast array of effects. With training, one can learn to harness their energy effectively to unleash techniques and become a daunting ninja in their own right.

## Overview

### Normal Techniques

The most versatile category, it encompasses elemental manipulation and more. In this category, ninjas may go as far as whipping up spinning whirlwinds, summoning towering fireballs, or cloaking themselves in invisibility.

### Illusion Techniques

This art delves into the realm of illusions, manipulating the senses and emotions of one’s opponent. Whether the user plants the target in a dreamscape or paralyzes them in fear, illusion techniques can turn the tide of battle without brute force.

### Martial Arts

The art of hand-to-hand combat, martial arts emphasize physical prowess and agility. Honed through rigorous training, it allows ninjas to unleash devastating punches, kicks, and throws, often surpassing the limitations of techniques that require energy.

### Sword Techniques

No ninja's arsenal is complete without weapon techniques, the art of wielding weaponry with deadly precision. Swords, daggers, and staffs all become extensions of the skilled ninja's will.

### Medical Techniques

Not all techniques are meant for combat. Medical techniques utilize energy to heal wounds, manipulate bodies, and even create potent poisons.

### Regen Techniques

Regen techniques, also short for regeneration, offer incredible healing capacities. They enable users to heal themselves from inflicted injuries. The potency of these techniques varies, with some having the power to purge internal toxins like poison. While some regenerative techniques draw upon the principles of medical techniques, others rely on channeling vast amounts of energy directly to repair the body, demonstrating the diverse approaches within their category.

### Nature Techniques

Drawing upon the natural energy of the world, nature techniques empower average techniques. They push the boundaries of a ninja’s abilities, giving them unusually new traits and enhancements, such as sensing.

### Ancestral Blood Techniques

Ancestral bloods are abilities are also techniques, but they are also inherited bloodline traits that unlock distinct fighting styles. These can manifest as elemental manipulations beyond the basic five elemental naturals, specializing in different prowess like the night-eyes or even perfecting over other elements like vapour.

#### Ancestral Lifeblood

Surpassing even the intricate ancestral blood techniques, lifeblood techniques represent a transcendent form. They combine elemental manipulation into a devastating force that redefines the boundaries of ninja arts.

## Levels

Techniques are meticulously classified by a ranking system reflecting their complexity and potential power.

* First Level — Learned by academy students, encompasses fundamental skills like wall climbing.
* Second Level — Techniques accessible to officers include elemental manipulation basics like the fireball technique.
* Third Level — These techniques delve deeper into elemental manipulation and introduce more intricate strategies when fighting.
* Fourth Level — Reserved for colonels, unlocks powerful techniques often requiring precise energy control and more hand signs.
* Fifth Level — Wielded by lords, this level represents the pinnacle of conventional techniques, often causing widespread destruction or defying elemental limitations.
* Sixth Level — Exclusive to legendary figures, they are unparalleled in their potency and hold the potential to reshape entire battlefields.

## Hand Signs

Each technique requires varying levels of mastery and energy control. Hand signs, often intricate sequences of gestures, channel energy and shape its release, while ranks categorize the difficulty and power of each technique. These hand signs correlate with earth’s planetary solar system:

* Earth
* Europa
* Io
* Jupiter
* Mars
* Mercury
* Moon
* Neptune
* Pluto
* Saturn
* Uranus
* Venus