Doton Techniques

## E-Ranked Techniques

**▰ Rock Throw Technique [ Iwa Tounyuu no Jutsu ] | Rank E**

The user channels chakra into their hands, molding the earth into a stone measuring up to three feet in width. The user is then able to hurl this at a target within ten feet, causing mild bruising if defended with taijutsu.

**▰ Stone Bracers [ Ishi Yoroi no Ude ] | Rank E**

After forming the required handseals, the user strikes the earth to cause the earth to mold into bracers upon both arms. These braces cause abrasive damage to those physically contacting them while requiring a D Ranked amount of resources to destroy each of them. These bracers require five chakra per post to upkeep.

**▰ Earth Military Movement Technique [ Tsuchi Gunjikoudou no Jutsu ] | Rank E**

The user sinks into the earth and is able to move up to ten foot distances while underground. This technique requires an upkeep cost of five chakra per post to continue this movement under the earth.

**▰ Swift Earth [ Tsuchi Tou Tou ] | Rank X**

The user slams their hands on the earth below them. Doing so causes the earth to move as a conveyor belt measuring five feet and ten feet in length per rank of the technique, doubling at S and S+ Ranks. Advancing upon the user during this time negates all stat bonuses to speed and agility while upon the technique's surface.

## D-Ranked Techniques

**▰ Earth Clone Skill [ Doton Bunshin no Jutsu ] | Rank D**

Forming the required hand signs, the user forms a clone of themselves composed of earthen chakra. This clone remains active up to three posts and is destroyed by a technique of C Rank and potency or higher. Upon destruction. Upon destruction the clone explodes, sending chunks of earth flying within a ten foot area, causing mild bruising.

**▰ Rock Shield [ Doroku Gaeshi ] | Rank X**

The user channels chakra into their hands, gripping the earth below them as they manipulate it into rising before them. For each rank of the technique, the shield expands ten feet in height and width. This wall requires techniques of one rank above it in power to break through it.

**▰ Rock Hill Creation [ Sekkai Saka ] | Rank X**

With a simple stomp of their foot the user creates a steep slope that measures ten feet in height at it's lowest level and increases it's height by ten feet per rank until S Rank where it doubles it's size to one hundred feet.

**▰ Stone Shuriken Skill [ Doton Shuriken no Jutsu ] | Rank D**

The user forms the required hand sign which causes the dirt around them to rise and mold into up to four shuriken. These shuriken all require D Rank Techniques to destroy and have no duration. These shuriken do not freely levitate around the user without use of another technique.

**▰ Mud Interceptor [ Geigeki No Doro ] | Rank D**

The user forms the required hand sign, causing the before them to spew up to four balls of mud that impact targets, throwing them back twenty feet upon impact while coating them in mud. This coating of mud hardens quickly, reducing their agility and speed by [1] for the next four posts.

**▰ Mud Moat [ Gou no Doro ] | Rank D**

The claps their hands together as the ground surrounding them twenty feet in all directions is transformed into a ten foot deep mud pit, leaving them standing upon the single solid bit of land. The mud begins to harden after four posts, making it easily traveled over. Until this occurs, the walking on water technique must be used to travel within the area effected.

**▰ Hidden Earth: Instantaneous Body Skill [ Iwagakure: Shunshin no Jutsu ] | Rank D**

A variation of the standard Instant Movement Technique. The user sinks into the earth in an instantaneous action, masking their movement up to twenty feet away during combat when not fleeing. If used to flee a combat situation, the technique allows the user to travel to the next topic.

**▰ Rock Bump [ Iwane Banpu ] | Rank D**

The user forms the required hand signs, forming and launching a rock by throwing it at the earth near a target within twenty feet. Upon impact with the ground, the earth within ten feet of the stone's location blasts upward, slamming the user with a five foot pillar of earth that stuns the target, costing them an offensive activation their following post if successful and causing light bruising upon impact.

**▰ Dust Clone Technique [ Koujin Bunshin no Jutsu ] | Rank D**

Forming the required hand signs, the user forms a clone of themselves composed of dirt and debris from the surrounding area. This clone remains active up to three posts and is destroyed by technique of it's rank and potency or higher. Upon destruction, the clone releases a concussive blast of dust and debris in all directions spanning twenty feet wide, inflicting tier one blindness to those within range.

**▰ Ground Shaking Technique [ Rikujou Douyou no Jutsu ] | Rank D**

The user slams their open hand into the ground, sending chakra outward in order to cause tremors within a twenty foot range from all sides of the user. As the ground shakes about, the target is denied all reflexive bonuses within it's range and required to activate the Act of Surface Walking in order to retain their balance.

**▰ Stone Breast Plate [ Sekkai Koutetsuban ] | Rank D**

The user forms a single hand sign, drawing the earth around them to coat their torso. The earth hardens into a breastplate that withstands techniques of C Rank and lower without breaking. Additionally, the user's endurance is increased by [1]. This technique requires an upkeep of five chakra per post.

**▰ Double Suicide Decapitation Technique [ Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu ] | Rank D**

While beneath the earth using another technique the user reaches up and grasps a target with both hands by the target's ankles. The user then pulls the target beneath the earth up to their necks. This causes tier one petrification to the areas beneath the ground.

**▰ Pebble Barrage [ Tamaishi Danmaku ] | Rank D**

The user forms the required hand signs to expel chakra over a five foot radius around them, launching any loose stones towards a target within twenty feet of the user. If the stones are from a previous technique, the user may apply one rank below the previous technique's rank to this technique for collisions.

## C-Ranked Techniques

**▰ Ant-Lion Technique [ Arijigoku no Jutsu ] | Rank C-S+**

The user forms the required hand signs, causing a sink hole to appear at the user's desired location within the topic, measuring fifteen feet wide at it's lowest rank and expanding five feet per additional rank. At it's lowest rank, a thirty foot area to each side of the sink hole begins to draw in towards the center, drawing targets to their doom as they are buried, the pit measuring as deep as it's width. Those trapped within the sink hole require chakra one rank above the technique's executed rank to escape it's hold. Utilization of the Act of Surface Walking is impossible upon this surface.

**▰ Explosive Stone Body Replacement [ Bakuyaku Iwa Kawarimi ] | Rank C**

A supplementary technique that has it's cost paid alongside the user of the substitution technique. The user substitutes with a boulder that is up to ten feet in width. Upon switching with the user, the boulder detonates, exploding and sending broken stones and shards of minerals out with concussive force thirty feet in every direction. These stones and shards bruise and shred anyone within it's range, requiring two activations to defend against it.

**▰ Underground Fish Projection [ Dochuu Eigyo ] | Rank C | Augment**

A supplementary technique that augments the user of techniques that allow the user to sink into the earth. By paying the cost of this technique alongside the activation of a parent technique, the user is able to freely move beneath the earth and breathe without restriction. This ability requires an upkeep of twenty chakra every three posts.

**▰ Underground Submarine Voyage [ Dochuu Senkou ] | Rank C | Augment**

This technique passively augments techniques that allow the user to submerge under ground. While moving within five feet of the surface of the earth, the user can forcefully throw dirt, rock and debris up to fifteen feet from the user's location above the surface, causing tier two blindness to those who are targeted by the debris and dust while causing deep bruising. This technique requires it's cost be paid every three posts.

**▰ Mud Overturn [ Doro Gaeshi ] | Rank C**

The user strikes the earth with their palm, summoning a large wall of soft mud to rise from directly before them. This wall is thirty feet in size and does not suffer elemental weaknesses. If the user applies a water technique to this wall, the mud becomes liquid, sending a surge of mud that expands over a thirty foot area, washing targets away.

**▰ Earth Flow Wave [ Doryuuha ] | Rank C**

The user forms the required hand signs to cause a wave of earth measuring thirty feet in size that the user may ride atop of, requiring an upkeep cost of twenty chakra every other post. Those caught beneath the wave of earth have tier two petrification applied and are held in place by the hardened earth that surrounds them to their necks.

**▰ Earthen Rising Spears [ Doryuusou ] | Rank C**

The user forms the required hand signs. From the earth around the target three spikes composed of earth explode that rise up to ten feet in height each to impale targets. Each of these spears require C Rank charka to defend. If a technique was used to create the earth this technique was used from the technique and it's defensive requirements are considered B Rank.

**▰ Mud River [ Doryuu Taiga ] | Rank C**

In this common stone jutsu, the user converts part of the ground that they and their opponent are standing on into a raging avalanche of mud and earth. The opponent, if caught, quickly loses their standing and starts sliding wherever the mud river takes them. This technique requires a single hand seal to use, and may be continued for half its standard cost, rounded up if not a whole number, per post.

**▰ Rock Spear [ Gansetsukon ] | Rank C-S**

The user forms the required hand signs, creating four spears at it's base rank that measure ten feet in length and may be launched at targets within thirty feet. For each additional rank these spears are doubled in number and require chakra equal to each individual spear to defend. Should the target be stricken by these spears undefended they are pierced, gushing blood and requiring medical attention within five posts at C Rank and reducing the length of time before going comatose by one for each additional rank.

**▰ Stone Spear [ Ishi no Yari ] | Rank C**

The user expels chakra from their desired hand to cause the earth to swirl up and form a spear measuring up to ten feet in their hand. This spear has B Ranked durability when defending and is able to apply it's ranking to collisions when using basic combat skills or bukijutsu. This technique requires an upkeep of five chakra per post.

**▰ Stone Avalanche [ Iwa Nadare ] | Rank C**

A technique designed to augment the Act of Tree Climbing. The user applies the chakra cost of this technique to the parent technique when scaling walls for no activation. While running along the rock formation the user is able to scatter a barrage of thirty boulders that are one foot in size a piece, falling to the earth below. Defending these boulders requires a cost equal to this technique's rank, even if defending only a single boulder.

**▰ Earth Tremor Sense Technique [ Jihibiki Kansei no Jutsu ] | Rank C**

The user touches the ground with the desired hand, allowing them to sense vibrations within the topic and a targeted topic within the subforum they currently reside in. If sensor class, the target may sense all movement within the subforum.

**▰ Boulder Throw [ Maruishi Tounyuu ] | Rank C**

The user channels chakra into their hands as they form a boulder measuring up to thirty feet beside them. Using the chakra within their hands they hurl the boulder at a target, requiring a defensive technique B Rank or higher to defend against it. Those who are crushed by this technique have limbs broken with ease and serious internal bleeding.

**▰ Ram Head [ Ohitsuji Kashira ] | Rank X**

The user forms the required hand signs, slamming their open hand into the earth. At it's lowest rank the user creates a wall that measures ten feet in size and increases ten feet per additional rank, doubling at S and S+ Ranks. This technique requires chakra rank and potency one rank above it's own to break it.

**▰ Mud Needle [ Retsudo Tenshin ] | Rank C | Augment**

While the technique Earth Flow Wave is active, the user forms a spear measuring ten feet in length that flies at targets within thirty feet of the user. This spear is capable of causing petrification upon contact that spreads over the entire limb.

**▰ Revolving Split Earth Palm [ Retsudo Tenshou ] | Rank C**

The user slams their palm on the ground, causing the ground within thirty feet of their location in all directions to begin churning, breaking and crumblind the landscape which creates gaps in the earth up to fifteen feet deep. Those within the range of this technique require an additional rank of resources to utilize their techniques due to the broken concentration of the landscape crumbling.

**▰ Stone Needle Skin [ Sekkai Senbon Hada ] | Rank C**

The user forms the required hand sign, causing the earth to swirl around them and harden into a thin armor that is coated in three inch needles. The user suffers the effects of heavy armor while requiring a B rank amount of resources to shatter this technique. Bare skinned attacks against the user inflict deep piercing wounds that do not stop bleeding until medical attention is sought and the target is treated, losing consciousness after five posts.

**▰ Earth Mound Creation [ Tsuka no Tsuchi Souzou ] | Rank C**

The user slams their palm on the ground which causes the earth to rise up in a thirty foot mount that gradually slopes upward beneath the user. This mound is able to absorb any water from techniques up to C Rank potency. Once done, this technique turns to mud.

## B-Ranked Techniques

**▰ Ten Thousand Ri Earth Style Wall [ Banri Doryuuheki ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand signs and expel mud that quickly hardens into a stone wall formation that stands twenty feet tall and forty feet wide. This technique requires techniques one rank above it to break through. When Korabo'd with this technique from another user, even shadow clones, this technique triples it's size for each participant.

**▰ Spinning Peak [ Bouseki Take ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand signs and slams their hand into the earth while standing upon earth formed from Earth Mound Creation or Rock Hill Creation. The earth from these creations begins to churn and spin clockwise or counter clockwise, creating a single solid standing spot at the top where the user stands. Those caught within the spinning, churning earth have their bones crushed and insides begin to severely hemorrhage as they are buried beneath the earth.

**▰ Pulsating Earth [ Chikyuu no Myakuhaku ] | Rank B**

The user places their hand upon the ground and send strange pulses of chakra into the earth within forty feet of the user in all directions. Those in contact with the effected earth are unable to mold chakra without paying an additional rank per technique for the next two posts. Should contact with the earth continue, they find themselves losing consciousness and stay out for up to three posts without assistance.

**▰ Mausoleum Earth Dumpling [ Doryuu Dango ] | Rank B**

The user slams their hands onto the earth and pulls up a forty foot chunk of earth that is in the shape of a Dango dumpling. The user hurls this forty foot chunk of rock at their target, and hurl it up to one hundred feet. This boulder crushes anything it impacts, killing NPC B Rank or lower once it lands upon them and crushing bones of any RPC caught beneath it and causing intense medical treatment within five posts or the target becomes comatose.

**▰ Doryuu Heki [ Mud Slide Barrier ] | Rank B | Variable**

The user drags their foot across the earth before them, causing a thick wall of mud to erupt from the earth before the user measuring forty feet in size. This technique can be used at any rank above this rank, increasing it's size by ten feet at A rank and doubling between S and S+ Ranks. This technique requires resources equal in rank an potency to a single rank above this one to be destroyed.

**▰ Earth Style Split [ Doryuu Katsu ] | Rank B**

The shinobi performs the necessary hand seals, then places their hand to the ground. The ground rumbles and splits in half to reveal a forty foot long divide in the earth that measures thirty feet deep. The fissure remains open until the user removes their hand from the ground, then closes and swallows the target, crushing them. Foes trapped beneath the fissure have their entire bodies crushed, suffering tier three suffocation upon the first post and their four upon the third if not escaped.

**▰ Earth Dragon Projectile [ Doryuudan ] | Rank B**

The shinobi performs the necessary hand seals which forms an oriental styled dragon composed of mud from the ground. This dragon measures forty feet in length. This dragon carries a significant amount of momentum and will knock back a target twenty feet on impact. The dragon can perform basic combat biting techniques with an equivalent chakra cost paid by the caster. A D-Rank amount of chakra is used per post in upkeep if the dragon is sustained. Up to three additional doton techniques can be cast through the dragon as its "breath" for one rank less in cost.

**▰ Earth Style Rampart [ Doryuu Jouheki ] | Rank B**

The user forms a series of required hand signs, creating a stone formation of forty feet and can take any basic form the user desires while standing upon it. The user may utilize two activations to double the size of the technique for no additional chakra cost.

**▰ Mudslide [ Dosekiryuu ] | Rank B**

The user punches the ground causing the earth to rise underneath them, which releases a wave of damp mud that washes away forty feet of landscape before the user at a twenty foot width. Those caught within the ten foot depth washes foes away causing tier two suffocation beneath the surface.

**▰ Earth Release Shell [ Doton Kaigara ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand signs, causing a dome to rise up just large enough to surround them that is three feet in thickness. This dome protects the user from attacks one every side up to A Rank potency.

**▰ Doton Katana no Jutsu [ Earth Element Sword ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand sign, causing earth to rise up from around the user and form a medium or large tier weapon measuring up to ten feet in length. This sword has A Rank durability and no upkeep. This sword's resources are taken in to calculation when the opponent is interacting with the user's bukijutsu or basic combat skills with this weapon.

**▰ Rock Plate Coffin [ Ganban Kyuu ] | Rank B**

The user forms the desired hand signs, causing ten foot tall stone walls to rise up around the target and trap them within the area, even curving slightly to prevent escape from above. Two of these stone walls then slam together with the target in their center, effectively smashing the target into a pulp. This technique kills NPC of B rank and lower while RPC have their bones shattered and require medical attention within five posts before going comatose.

**▰ Rock Pillar Prison Technique [ Ganchuurou no Jutsu ] | Rank B | Variable**

The user forms the required hand signs, creating prison bars with a solid roof that expand over a forty foot area. This prison requires an A Rank potency to break through form within while the outside is treated at B Rank. This technique may be executed at higher ranks, doubling the size of the prison and increasing it's durability rank by one per rank increase.

**▰ Rock Pillar Spears [ Ganchuusou ] | Rank B-S**

The user forms the required hand signs, causing earthen spears within a forty foot area the user targets to rise up, leaving no openings to stand upon. These spears easily impale targets if undefended, ensuring NPC B Rank and lower are vanquished if unblocked. NPC suffer severe hemmoraging and must seek medical attention within five posts. For each additional rank, the size of the field of spears is increased by ten feet, doubling at S Rank and S+ rank again.

**▰ Stone Lodging Destruction [ Iwa Yado Kuzushi ] | Rank B**

A situational technique that requires a stone wall or mountain to be within forty feet of the user. The user forms the required hand sign, causing the rock above them on this targeted area to loosen and fall to the ground. This is often used to seal passageways or entry points to specific areas, making passage impossible.

**▰ Shield of Stone [ Iwa no Yoroi ] | Rank B**

The user coats their body in chakra, causing the earthen minerals around them to compound upon their body with such force that they harden into a nearly invisible layer of hardened stone. This armor defends the user from A Rank and lower damage while requiring an upkeep cost of ten chakra per post. The user's striking basic combat techniques and taijutsu have their strength increased by [2] while this armor is active.

**▰ Volcanic Earth Clone Skill [ Karyoku Bunshin no Jutsu ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand sign, forming a clone that requires the user have access to the fire element as well. The earth around the targeted area molds into a perfect replica of the user. This clone can withstand up to A Rank damage without dissipating and is treated as a Shadow Clone with it's offensive and defensive capabilities as well as activation, drawing resources for it's techniques from the user. Upon contact with this clone, the target will simultaneously begin to suffer petrification, burning and burns at tier two.

**▰ Body of the Stone Warrior [ Kukan no Sekkai Senshi ] | Rank B**

The user sinks into the earth, rising from it again taking form of a giant earthen creation measuring between ten and forty feet in size with the user safely tucked within it, only revealing their face or head. This earthen creation is commonly a giant humanoid form equipped with a weapon and shield of the user's choosing, requiring an A Ranked technique or higher to shatter the armor. While within this encasement, the users actions are either elevated or reduced to B rank and their stats have no bearing on them. While within this gigantic form, the user is able to execute any known techniques and their physical techniques have the cost of this technique added into their collision costs. Finally, this technique has an upkeep cost of ten chakra per post.

**▰ Rock Clone Technique [ Sekkai Bunshin no Jutsu ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand sign. The earth around the targeted area molds into a perfect replica of the user. This clone can withstand up to S Rank damage without dissipating and is treated as a Shadow Clone with it's offensive and defensive capabilities as well as activation, drawing resources for it's techniques from the user. Upon contact with this clone, the target will suffer tier three petrification.

**▰ Stone Guard Creation [ Sekkai Keibou ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand signs, creating eight soldiers standing approximately ten feet in height. Each soldier appear almost statuesque, equipped with any tier weapon the user desires to each of them individually. Each head of the creations may appear beastly or human. These creations share their activation count with the user and must remain within forty feet of their creator to remain active. Each guard is able to withstand up to a B Rank amount of damage without breaking and can be repaired passively for a C Rank amount of chakra. Each post of this technique requires an upkeep cost of twenty chakra.

**▰ Earth Holding Technique [ Tsuchi Shouaku no Jutsu ] | Rank B**

The user forms the required hand signs, causing hands formed of the earth to rise up and grab the target by their legs. To break free of this grasp, the target must combat the action with a technique of A rank or higher. For evasive purposes, this technique is considered C Rank. The target is submerged within the earth, causing tier three suffocation upon the first post. If the user is below ground after three posts they suffer tier four suffocation.

## A-Ranked Techniques

**▰ Rock Golem [ Iwa Gōremu ] | Rank A**

Forming a single hand sign while spewing malleable rock from their mouths, the user forms a golem that stands up to fifty feet in height. The golems are commanded by word of mouth or telepathic communication. These Rock Golems are treated as Shadow Clones for activation systems and are able to execute basic combat strikes and known Doton the user has by drawing from their resource pool. These golems require an upkeep of twenty chakra every post and require an S Rank technique or higher to defeat them. Additionally, basic combat strikes they deliver are considered one rank higher for collisions.

**▰ Landslide [ Dochūbaku ] | Rank A**

The user forms a single required hand sign, causing the land twenty feet around them to fly into the air. This loosened earth begins to flow forward, creating a landslide that washes over an area spanning fifty feet in the desired direction. Those caught in the landslide are burried, suffering tier two suffocation and tier two paralysis. If undefended, this technique has the force to topple even the mightiest of armies.

**▰ Mud Wolves [ Dororou ] | Rank A**

This technique requires no activaiton of it's own and is cast along side any technique creating mud that the user knows. When a target stands within the area of mud the user created or is contacted by the user's mud style technique three wolves are formed of the user's original technique. These Mud Wolves pursue targets up to fifty feet away and are granted their own single independent activation. These wolves are capable of using basic combat attacks on targets. If destroyed, these wolves automatically drain the user's chakra at C rank potency to resurrect themselves up to once each. After destroyed a second time, they do not revive.

**▰ Earth and Stone Dragon [ Dosekiryuu ] | Rank A**

An advanced variant of the Earth Dragon Projectile. The shinobi performs the necessary hand seals which forms an oriental styled dragon composed of mud from the ground. This dragon measures fifty feet in length. This dragon carries a significant amount of momentum and will knock back a target forty feet on impact, it's hardened body shattering bones and causing hemorrhaging, requiring medical treatment within four posts if unblocked. The dragon can perform basic combat biting techniques with an equivalent chakra cost paid by the caster. An upkeep cost of twenty chakra is used per post in upkeep if the dragon is sustained. Up to three additional doton techniques can be cast through the dragon as its "breath" for one rank less in cost while the dragon is treated as a shadow clone for it's activations. This dragon can endure S Ranked techniques without being destroyed.

**▰ Hardening Technique [ Kyouka Jutsu ] | Rank A**

The user expels chakra from their entire body, drawing rock, earth and debris into them that hardens into a very durable stone. The user's new stone body remains humanoid but resembles the user, keeping their facial structure although it has become larger. The user's body is able to withstand S Rank techniques without breaking the armor. Their forearms are able to morph for an additional C Rank amount of chakra to take the form of any stone weapon proportionate to their fifty foot body. In addition, the user gains a [2] point increase in strength but a [1] point decrease in speed.

**▰ Rock Hiding Technique [ Iwa Inpei no Jutsu ] | Rank A**

The user forms a single hand sign, melding their body with rocks upon the surface of the earth. This stealth technique requires the Special Operations Profession to learn. The user remains undetectable to Chakra Sensory techniques, Visual Sensory techniques, dojutsu and the like for the following five posts. Upon demand or the end of the duration, the user seems to appear as though they had always been present.

**▰ Covering Lid [ Otoshi Buta ] | Rank A | Variable**

The user forms a string of required hand signs, summoning a fifty foot giant dome formed of stone to fall from the sky that is a faded emerald color and resembles a pig in design. This dome falls directly atop of the target. Intended for summoned creatures specifically, this technique is treated as one rank stronger for summoned creatures it's rank in execution, and an additional rank stronger for those in lower rank. When used at S Rank, this technique increases it's size to one hundred feet, and at S+, two hundred feet in size, allowing it to even to subdue bijuu for a time but does not gain bonuses to rank at S+.

**▰ Earth Shift Core [ Chidoukaku ] | Rank X|**

The user forms the required hand signs, placing their palm upon the earth. The user is able to target a location within the topic and change the targeted lands height up to ten feet per rank of the technique, effecting an equal area of width potentially. At S and S+ Ranks, the size of the effected area is doubled.

**▰ Volcanic Dragon Blast [ Kazangan Doryuudan no Jutsu ] | Rank A**

This technique requires the fire element. The user forms the required hand signs, grasping earth with their chakra that is deep beneath the surface of the earth near the mantle. From beneath the earth erupts a fifty foot long bronze dragon's neck with a ten foot head nestled upon it's peak. The dragon's head spews molten earth at the area around them, degrading items as though they were stricken three times over. In addition, those hit by the thirty foot blast of molten earth are ignited, causing burning and burn damage tier two. This dragon remains active for three posts, spewing it's molten earth once per post. Upon it's final post, the dragon collapses and does the same status damage to those beneath it's form.

**▰ Fist Rock Technique [ Kengan no Jutsu ] | Rank A**

The user forms a single required hand sign as the earth around them swirls around their arm and creates a thick sturdy gauntlet. This gauntlet increases the strength of the user's physical strikes utilizing that fist by adding it's rank to the calculations during collision. This gauntlet requires an S Ranked amount of damage to break it.

**▰ Earth Plate Barrage [ Tsuchi Zuhan Danmaku ] | Rank A**

The user forms a single hand signs as the earth around them breaks apart and flys at a target in large chunks. Up to sixteen chunks can be thrown at a targets, each measuring ten feet in size. The number of projectiles may be halved to double the size of the earth chunks being thrown. If these chunks of earth target separate individuals they are required to be defended by the equivalent of that chunk of earth. Each chunk of earth has the potential to slay NPC A rank and lower while RPC will easily have their bones snapped upon impact.

**▰ Sudden Earth Strike [ Kyuu Tsuchi Dageki ] | Rank A**

The user forms the required single hand sign, causing the earth up to twenty feet around a target to suddenly and violently launch upward. This sudden force throws the target(s) fifty feet into the air, causing tier three vertigo.

**▰ Swamp of the Underworld [ Yomi Numa ] | Rank A**

After forming the required string of hand signs, a vast swamp forms that covers up to a fifty foot area the user targets. Trapped enemies find it hard to move through the thick goop that comprises the surface, reducing anyone within the swamps agility and speed by [2]. The sludge of the swamp negates the Water Walking jutsu within its bounds, and persists for five of the user's posts. By paying an S+ amount of chakra, the user can morph an entire topic into a swamp.

**▰ Mud Rush Wave [ Deido Sattou Nami no Jutsu ] | Rank A**

The user forms a rapid succession of hand signs, gathering chakra within their chest, expanding out their torso farther out than naturally possible. The user opens up their mouth and releases a rushing wave of mud from their mouth. This incredible mass of mud that covers a fifty foot expanse is devastatingly powerful and easily consumes it's targets, drowning them in the process, causing tier four suffocation. After the jutsu is used, the mud hardens to trap anything within it. The mud quickly hardens by the following post and is no longer malleable. If this occurs, targets beneath the surface require an S Rank amount of resources to escape.

**▰ Earth Barrier Raging Wave [ Tsuchi Shouheki Gekido Nami no Jutsu ] | Rank A**

The user expels chakra from their hand as they slam it into the earth. The targeted area of fifty feet or less has it's surface weakened as it becomes unstable, preventing the user of "Act Of" techniques within it's area of control. While the user's hand remains on the ground, the target is required to pay an additional A Rank amount of resources for attacks due to the loss of concentration. This effected area acts like water in form as it moves freely, also reducing activations by one of each target.

**▰ Earth Dragon God Blast [ Shindoryuudan no Jutsu ] | Rank A**

Another advanced variant of the Earth Dragon Technique. The user stomps their foot, using the chakra pushed into the earth to reach deep into the earth and draw molten minerals from below to form a fifty foot dragon's neck with a ten foot head atop it. This dragon peers at it's target upon creation before diving beneath the surface again, unable to be detected by sensory techniques or dojutsu while underground. The dragon may remain dormant beneath the surface up to three posts. Upon command, the dragon emerges, barreling into it's target as it's body cools just before exploding and sending smoldering metal chunks of its body flying in a fifty foot area upon contact. Those directly impacted by the dragon have bones shattered upon impact and are knocked back forty feet.

**▰ Clay Barrier Prison [ Kekkai Doroudomu ] | Rank A**

The user strikes the earth with their open palm, expelling chakra to form a forty foot dome to engulf the targeted area. This dome requires an S Rank amount of resources to break free. Additionally, the user is able to place their hands upon the side of this dome while it's victims are within it, drawing chakra from it's inhabitants equal to the rank of this technique. This chakra is used to automatically repair the dome while any excess may be granted to the user. Breaks in the wall are only created as large as the surface striking it despite the chakra applied, allowing it's A Rank chakra consumption to repair small holes before they may be monopolized. Finally, those within the dome have tier one petrification applied to them and continue to amass higher tiers every other post.

**▰ Iron Fist Prison [ Tekkenrou ] | Rank A**

The user forms a string of required hand signs as a fifty foot center becomes barren, killing all plant life with chakra equal or lesser to it's own within it. From the radius of this circular area rise walls that stand thirty feet tall to form an arena. Melee combat within the arena is given the overwhelming property, if already obtained, the melee techniques are treated as one rank higher in potency and disregard the overwhelming trait.

**▰ Chasm Creation [ Wareme Souzou ] | Rank A**

The user places their hands upon the earth, causing a chasm that has an endless bottom to form that stretches fifty feet and is twenty feet wide. This chasm remains open so long as the user keeps their hands on the ground. Activations may be sacrificed to double the size of the chasm, requiring no upkeep cost.

**▰ Stone Pillar [ Sekkai Zanchuu ] | Rank A**

The user places their hand on the ground, forming a pillar that is no more than ten feet wide and fifty feet tall. This pillar remains dormant, requiring no chakra upkeep or additional activation. When an enemy enters a twenty foot radius of the pillar, an additional eighty chakra is taken from the user in order to spew sixteen senbon at anyone within it's range. Each of these senbon inflict tier one petrification on targets. For each additional senbon successfully making contact, the target has an additional tier of petrification applied. This technique will continue to fire in this manner, robbing the user of an activation and their A Rank chakra once every post of the target, not requiring them to be present in the location of the target.

**▰ Rock Army Shield [ Iwa Guntai Tate ] | Rank A**

Slamming their hand into the earth, the user creates a fifty foot wall that forms around them and their allies that may curve to create a half circle or half dome. This technique requires techniques S rank or higher potency to destroy it. The user must keep their hands upon the earth to keep this technique active, requiring an upkeep of twenty chakra per post. Once hands are removed, the earth is standard in quality.

**▰ Earth Sandwich [ Chikyuu no Sandoichi ] | Rank A**

The user forms the required hand sign, causing the ground to split open beneath a targeted area spanning fifty feet maximally. The depth of this opening is twenty feet. At any time during the next five posts, the user may form a single hand sign for no additional cost, causing the chasm to slam shut, crushing the target within. This technique ignores armor and crushes bone and flesh alike, requiring medical treatment before comatose within four posts, killing NPC within it.

**▰ Earth's Disembodiment [ Chikyuu no Tachikirumono ] | Rank A**

The user forms a single hand sign, spewing mud at a high velocity that has the ability to slice anything within it's fifty foot range as though it were done by a blade. This technique can be sustained for two posts before requiring an upkeep cost of twenty chakra per post.

**▰ Complete Body Vanish [ Kyouzamashi ] | Rank A**

The user channels their earth chakra into their hand in order to disintegrate objects and persons it comes in contact with. Acts as having struck three times for degradation. Disintegrates things entirely if degraded to it's limit. Due to it's potency and small size the technique is treated as C Rank for evasion purposes. Preforming this technique allows the transfer of knowledge, techniques, bloodlines, ect for five posts, allowing them learning reductions during that time.

## S-Ranked Techniques

**▰ Dragon Explosion Technique [ Bakuha no Jutsu ] | Rank S**

The user forms the required hand signs to activate this technique. If used in collaboration with another doton technique, this technique is considered S+ Rank in collisons. The user causes an oriental style dragon to form that rushes forward and smashes through the defenses of anything A Rank and below without degrading the force of this technique. Upon the same post it was made, this dragon may be detonated by a single hand sign, causing a one hundred foot explosion of earth and debris that shreds flesh, breaks bone and throws those stricken by it to it's furthest range.

**▰ Stone Castle Creation [ Sekkai Daichi Souzou ] | Rank S**

THe user forms the required hand signs, causing the earth within a two hundred foot area to take the shape of a castle to the user's designs. This castle may be as complex as desired so long as it is formed from rock alone. These castle walls require techniques of S+ Rank to destroy them and are permanent fixtures.

**▰ Earth Corridor [ Tsuchi Kairou ] | Rank S | Learned as A**

The user slams their hands onto the ground, causing earth to rise up and create a tunnel like corridor that is enclosed upon both ends. This corridor is capable of expanding between fifty feet in size to one hundred. This technique requires an S+ amount of resources to destroy.

**▰ Earthen Tsunami Technique [ Dosei Tsunami Technique ] | Rank S**

The user forms the required hand signs, causing the earth in the targeted area to begin rumbling before it breaks apart and forms a one hundred foot tall wave of rock and rubble around them that seems nearly liquid due to it's malleable state. With a stop of their foot, this wall washes over a two hundred foot expanse, devastating anyone caught in it's wake. This leaves a ten foot deep coating of rubble over the existing landscape, causing tier four suffocation to those beneath it while they suffer shattered bones and hemorrhaging. The target must gain medical treatment within three posts or become comatose.

**▰ Impermanence [ Uitenpen ] | Rank S**

Utilizing a scroll, the user prepares an artistic rendition of a one hundred foot area before them. After this prepatory post, the user forms the required hand sign, causing the earth to morph into it's new formation. This is often used to change the landscape to confuse and disorientate foes. When used without design, this technique requires no prepatory post but is capable of creating earth in a one hundred foot mass that bulldozes structures before it with ease.

**▰ Mountain Creation [ Yama Souken ] | Rank S**

The user forms the required hand signs, slamming their hand upon the earth. The following post the landscape within the topic begins to morph as a the earth is brought to heel at the user's command. The earth rises up, forming a mountain that is approximately one thousand feet in height that devastates the landscape. This technique has a cool down of two posts.

## S+ Rank Techniques

**▰ Rock Finale [ Iwa Finaru ] | Rank S+**

The user crosses their arms, stomping their foot to cause hundreds of rocks that measure up to ten feet in size to rise up into the air and seem to hover for but a moment before plummeting to the earth. This barrage of rock falls for a total of three posts. These rocks devastate the topic, causing explosive and concussive force upon impact that terraform the are and leave nothing in it's wake. If physical contact with a rock is directly made, these rocks cause tier four petrification.

**▰ Corpse Soil [ Shishi Dojou ] | Rank S+**

A forbidden technique requiring the user be of S+ Ranked body to learn. The technique requires a set up of corpse collection. Each corpse collected in role play allows the user to seal the bodies in a scroll using the basic sealing technique. This scroll may have nothing else sealed within it and is listed on their inventory. The user forms the required hand signs after unrolling the scroll. The user's scroll sinks into the earth as the bodies are released into the topic. For the next ten posts, the corpses attack any who are not allied with the user without discrimination, clawing, tearing and chomping their way from the earth and into their victims. For each corpse released in this manner the user must pay ten chakra per post and each corpse is considered C Rank in body, able to use only basic combat attacks in the form of bites, physical striking and grabbing. If these bodies are destroyed they are reduced to a pile of earth before disintegrating. The user must remain within twenty feet of the scroll or their control over the technique is negated.

## Augment Lines

Description: Augments are techniques which are required to learn the parent jutsu. Those of the Ninjutsu class may learn all techniques in an Augment line where only the parent jutsu consumes a slot. Non ninjutsu classes must spend [1] slot per technique in the line only after learning the parent technique unless otherwise stated.

### Ground Shaking Technique [ Rikujou Douyou no Jutsu ]

**▰ Ground Shock Wave Technique [ Rikujou Shougekiha no Jutsu ] | Augment | Learned as C**

An upgrade of Ground Shaking Technique [ Rikujou Douyou no Jutsu ], this technique unleashes larger amounts of chakra into the ground to cause a more violent shock wave. The force of the wave is enough to knock a few opponents down and perhaps even toss them [30] feet. This technique is activated by simply landing on the ground. As an upgrade of Ground Shock Wave Technique, this technique takes the same slot as the D-rank version once learned.

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### Earth Style Rampart [ Doryuu Jouheki ]

**▰ Earth Style Wall [ Doryuu Heki ] | Augment | Learned as B**

After the shinobi performs the necessary hand seals, they spew a line of mud onto the ground from their mouth. The mud then grows into a large mud wall to help defend against incoming attacks. The wall is thirty feet tall, eighty feet wide, and is a permanent structure unless destroyed. This wall blocks up to S-Rank suiton techniques and up to A-Rank techniques. This is a mud-based version of Earth Style Rampart [ Doryuu Jouheki ] and takes the same slot as the original. Either version can be used. The mud is very slick, making the wall hard to climb.

**▰ Earth Dome [ Iwa no Doomu ] | Augment | Learned as A**

An extension of Earth Style Rampart [ Doryuu Jouheki ], this jutsu retains its predecessor's characteristics and more. Instead of forming a single, straight wall which can protect the user from only one angle, this jutsu enables the user to create a wall not just all around themselves, but also from above. This dome protects against up to A-Rank techniques and up to S-Rank suiton. This technique can occupy the same jutsu slot as either of the jutsu that are a requirement for it.

> -Requires knowing Earth Style Rampart [ Doryuu Jouheki ] or Earth Style Wall [ Doryuu Heki ]
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### Stone Avalanche [ Iwa Nadare ]

**▰ Rock Avalanche Technique [ Dosekiryuu no Jutsu ] | Augment | Learned as B**

A powerful technique, the user molds their chakra to cause an avalanche off the side of a mountain, destroying everything in its path. Obviously, the user must be near the side of a mountain or a cliff face, either natural or created by another Doton jutsu. There is also a chance that the user gets caught in the avalanche as well. Requires several hand seals to perform, a large grouping of rocks will fall, dislodging those underneath, until ground level is reached.

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### Rock Bump [ Iwane Banpu ]

**▰ Rock Wall [ Iwane Wooru ] | Augment | Learned as A**

Starts out exactly like Rock Bump [ Iwane Wooru ], by performing the same hand seals and grabbing a much larger rock or another large object instead. Wherever it hits, a large rectangular prism-shaped formation rises up out of the ground, approximately three feet in width/depth and six feet in height, stopping the enemy completely. Requires several hand seals. This is an upgrade of Rock Bump [ Iwane Wooru ] and takes the same slot as the D-rank version once learned.

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### Rock Army Shield [ Iwa Guntai Tate ]

**▰ Stone Shell [ Sekkai Suke ] | Augment | Learned as S**

This technique protects an ally or allies with a three-sided stone shell. Up to three shells can be created at once at any point within one hundred feet of the user. The user placing hands on the ground causes the walls to shoot up, blocking all elemental attacks. Lasts one post. This is an upgrade of Iwa Guntai Tate and takes the same slot as the A-rank version once learned.

*Rock Army Shield [ Iwa Guntai Tate ]*