Post by sutego on Jul 13, 2007 17:39:37 GMT -5
Clan Trait:
The Viscuss-perussi who're lucky, or unlucky depending on who you ask, enough to inherit the clan's bloodline limit possess what is called "confuto humanus". They hardly seem to get sick, remain injured or tire. Those who possess this can be spotted through their slit-pupils that always have a hungry gleam to them and the fact that almost all their teeth are slightly curved and pointed. However most of the bloodlines gifts are passive and aren't able to be viewed unless one could see into their biological systems. The downside of this bloodline is that the gifts that can be activated will rapidly drain someone of their energy, but they tend to boost some other facet of their existence to a degree high enough to finish a fight before they tire themselves out. The truly dangerous aspect of this bloodline is the hyper accelerated metabolism. Both a boon and a curse the possessor must feed fairly often and in large amounts of protein and a few other nutrients that are easily found in the human body. To try and solve this problem most members will carry around lunch packs with preserved meat stored inside, however a few of the more barbaric members simply carry around severed limbs or even a live victim to consume after they push their biological systems to the thresh-hold.
The clan's psychological beliefs and practices also mean that most shinobi, or imitators of such warriors, will eschew genjutsu almost entirely and rarely utilize ninjutsu. Taijutsu is still used however. In social situations they can function, knowing that outsiders do not practice their customs. But they are not above abducting a homeless person or a drifter to slake their hunger, and if it comes down to it they will devour any organism they can find if their biological system gets out of hand and begins to break down their own body for fuel.
Hunger for the Flesh
Confuto Humanus
The humans biological system adapts in such a fashion that they can consume other human beings without adverse effects overtime. It also enables them to injest things normally unhealthy for humans such as spoiled meat or parasite-infested water without fear. The subject also gains a psychological desire, and later on a biological need, to consume human flesh.
Cost: Passive/Always Active
Toxicity immunity response
Eating human flesh rife with disease can sometimes overwhelm their potent digestive systems, so in response their bodies evolved to have highly mutatable anti-bodies that respond within moments of a new infection. This does not however work if the virus should mutate or a new toxin be encountered.
Cost: 10,000 stamina/chakra/hp to become immune to a disease/toxin from then on.
Macabre Invigoration
By consuming some human flesh in the midst of battle, the viscus-perussi can gain a boost temporarily as well as satiate their destructive metabolisms. If they're allowed to consume several mouthfuls of flesh during battle, they get a +1,000 boost to ALL stats for 5 posts.
Cost: Roughly 1.5 pounds of flesh
Regenerative Metabolism
By kicking their unnatural metabolism into high gear, they gain rapidly recover wounds. The amount of damage and time healed doesn't matter unless it's regenerating a limb or something extreme like that, say a missing organ.
Cost: 2 Stamina/Chakra per 1 hp. One turn of non-combat.
Enhanced Scent Detection
To better track their prey the viscus-perussi are now capable of picking up on a scent in the method as a bloodhound. Their specialties however is human sweat and blood. If given an article of clothing or other biological piece of a target, they'll be capable of tracking them through any obstacle that lay between them and their targets.
cost: Passive/Always Active
Enhanced Ocular System
Through consumption of other human eyes and simple evolution, the viscus-perussi own eyes have enhanced to an inhuman degree. Now capable of seeing in nighttime, noticing details a little too small for the naked eye and capable of penetrating mind-affecting illusions.
Cost: Passive/Always Active
Hyperactive biological system
New organs have grown that are capable of storing up adrenaline while feeding off of the body. More akin to parasites than true organs, they're capable of giving an immense rush of energy for a limited time, but immediately start draining the user of their life-force.
Cost: For ever point added to Mobility/Strength, the user loses 2 points of stamina/chakra/hp.
Reinforced Physiological Structure
Pain receptors have been altered to simply be reports of damage. The viscus-perussi is aware of the damage done and the severity, but pain is no longer being sent and therefore no hindrance of the abilities occur. Able to ignore negative effects from pain, blood-loss, fatigue, et.c to a point. roughly -15,000 of the appropriate stat.
Cost: Passive/Always active
Increased Stomach-Acidity/Strengthened Oral Structure
The teeth and muscles in the mouth are now capable of biting through bone, and given time metal. In addition the lining of the stomach becomes more resistant to a more potent stomach acid that is now able to be used to dissolve whatever the viscus-perussi devourers. With given practice the flesh-consumer can even spit the acid at people.
Cost: Passive/Always Active
Predator's Gaze
The viscus-perussi's pupil changes from a normal circle into a cat-like slit. In addition to this physical change, the user can now cause someone to freeze in their steps with a glare. It is not a genjutsu or psychological manipulation, but a realization that their opponent is barely human and intends to devour their flesh, preferably while still alive.
Cost: Stuns the opponent for 1 round per 10,000 chakra/stamina spent
Clan History: The Viscus-perussi were believed to have originated from somewhere near the Fire country, at least until the migration. Rather unlike most clans they did not seek to become established in on village, but rather perfected human breeding so as to produce a pinnacle of people. Then these chosen-ones would then be inclined towards a specialized occupation, be it shinobi, samurai or something even more unique.
Seeking to find a place that could challenge their superior clan-biology, they journeyed far from actual civilization into the white wilds of the Snow Country. Needless to say, a clan whose existence was the majority in a place like the Land of Fire wasn't adequately prepared for life in the Snow Country. The harsh winter months forced them into desperate acts of cannibalism where the weak were killed and fed to the strong to buy sometime.
But when the winter let up and it would be possible to leave, they stayed. Something had either changed in their mentality or they'd just gone crazy, but they relished the so called "purgings" of the winters there and prepared to stay there longer and carry out life.
Overtime humans develop various health complications if they perform cannibalism, and this was also true for the Viscus-perussi. However, it never became debilitating. Over time their very biology began to alter and adapt, enabling them to consume human flesh without negligible effects on their health.
Eventually those who did not adapt were all consumed by their erstwhile brethren to feed the newly forged Viscus-perussi who emerged from their winter layers and journeyed south, back into the Land of Fire. As they began to interact with life again, their physiology continued shaping and twisting them into predators. Fairly soon they truly did become the pinnacle of humans.
However the cannibalistic practices the clan was taking out on those they were hired to track down and kill quickly disgusted the large majority of employers who were rapidly taking actions to crush the man-eating clan.
Rather than meet their demise, thusly making their ancestors hard-won experience and genetic data all for nothing, the Viscus-perussi scattered to the less morally-concerned countries about, such as Echo, Waves and Lightning.
A few members actively travel, often working with or as Hunter-nin for other villages who're willing to put up with their unique taste in...food.
The Viscuss-perussi who're lucky, or unlucky depending on who you ask, enough to inherit the clan's bloodline limit possess what is called "confuto humanus". They hardly seem to get sick, remain injured or tire. Those who possess this can be spotted through their slit-pupils that always have a hungry gleam to them and the fact that almost all their teeth are slightly curved and pointed. However most of the bloodlines gifts are passive and aren't able to be viewed unless one could see into their biological systems. The downside of this bloodline is that the gifts that can be activated will rapidly drain someone of their energy, but they tend to boost some other facet of their existence to a degree high enough to finish a fight before they tire themselves out. The truly dangerous aspect of this bloodline is the hyper accelerated metabolism. Both a boon and a curse the possessor must feed fairly often and in large amounts of protein and a few other nutrients that are easily found in the human body. To try and solve this problem most members will carry around lunch packs with preserved meat stored inside, however a few of the more barbaric members simply carry around severed limbs or even a live victim to consume after they push their biological systems to the thresh-hold.
The clan's psychological beliefs and practices also mean that most shinobi, or imitators of such warriors, will eschew genjutsu almost entirely and rarely utilize ninjutsu. Taijutsu is still used however. In social situations they can function, knowing that outsiders do not practice their customs. But they are not above abducting a homeless person or a drifter to slake their hunger, and if it comes down to it they will devour any organism they can find if their biological system gets out of hand and begins to break down their own body for fuel.
Hunger for the Flesh
Confuto Humanus
The humans biological system adapts in such a fashion that they can consume other human beings without adverse effects overtime. It also enables them to injest things normally unhealthy for humans such as spoiled meat or parasite-infested water without fear. The subject also gains a psychological desire, and later on a biological need, to consume human flesh.
Cost: Passive/Always Active
Toxicity immunity response
Eating human flesh rife with disease can sometimes overwhelm their potent digestive systems, so in response their bodies evolved to have highly mutatable anti-bodies that respond within moments of a new infection. This does not however work if the virus should mutate or a new toxin be encountered.
Cost: 10,000 stamina/chakra/hp to become immune to a disease/toxin from then on.
Macabre Invigoration
By consuming some human flesh in the midst of battle, the viscus-perussi can gain a boost temporarily as well as satiate their destructive metabolisms. If they're allowed to consume several mouthfuls of flesh during battle, they get a +1,000 boost to ALL stats for 5 posts.
Cost: Roughly 1.5 pounds of flesh
Regenerative Metabolism
By kicking their unnatural metabolism into high gear, they gain rapidly recover wounds. The amount of damage and time healed doesn't matter unless it's regenerating a limb or something extreme like that, say a missing organ.
Cost: 2 Stamina/Chakra per 1 hp. One turn of non-combat.
Enhanced Scent Detection
To better track their prey the viscus-perussi are now capable of picking up on a scent in the method as a bloodhound. Their specialties however is human sweat and blood. If given an article of clothing or other biological piece of a target, they'll be capable of tracking them through any obstacle that lay between them and their targets.
cost: Passive/Always Active
Enhanced Ocular System
Through consumption of other human eyes and simple evolution, the viscus-perussi own eyes have enhanced to an inhuman degree. Now capable of seeing in nighttime, noticing details a little too small for the naked eye and capable of penetrating mind-affecting illusions.
Cost: Passive/Always Active
Hyperactive biological system
New organs have grown that are capable of storing up adrenaline while feeding off of the body. More akin to parasites than true organs, they're capable of giving an immense rush of energy for a limited time, but immediately start draining the user of their life-force.
Cost: For ever point added to Mobility/Strength, the user loses 2 points of stamina/chakra/hp.
Reinforced Physiological Structure
Pain receptors have been altered to simply be reports of damage. The viscus-perussi is aware of the damage done and the severity, but pain is no longer being sent and therefore no hindrance of the abilities occur. Able to ignore negative effects from pain, blood-loss, fatigue, et.c to a point. roughly -15,000 of the appropriate stat.
Cost: Passive/Always active
Increased Stomach-Acidity/Strengthened Oral Structure
The teeth and muscles in the mouth are now capable of biting through bone, and given time metal. In addition the lining of the stomach becomes more resistant to a more potent stomach acid that is now able to be used to dissolve whatever the viscus-perussi devourers. With given practice the flesh-consumer can even spit the acid at people.
Cost: Passive/Always Active
Predator's Gaze
The viscus-perussi's pupil changes from a normal circle into a cat-like slit. In addition to this physical change, the user can now cause someone to freeze in their steps with a glare. It is not a genjutsu or psychological manipulation, but a realization that their opponent is barely human and intends to devour their flesh, preferably while still alive.
Cost: Stuns the opponent for 1 round per 10,000 chakra/stamina spent
Clan History: The Viscus-perussi were believed to have originated from somewhere near the Fire country, at least until the migration. Rather unlike most clans they did not seek to become established in on village, but rather perfected human breeding so as to produce a pinnacle of people. Then these chosen-ones would then be inclined towards a specialized occupation, be it shinobi, samurai or something even more unique.
Seeking to find a place that could challenge their superior clan-biology, they journeyed far from actual civilization into the white wilds of the Snow Country. Needless to say, a clan whose existence was the majority in a place like the Land of Fire wasn't adequately prepared for life in the Snow Country. The harsh winter months forced them into desperate acts of cannibalism where the weak were killed and fed to the strong to buy sometime.
But when the winter let up and it would be possible to leave, they stayed. Something had either changed in their mentality or they'd just gone crazy, but they relished the so called "purgings" of the winters there and prepared to stay there longer and carry out life.
Overtime humans develop various health complications if they perform cannibalism, and this was also true for the Viscus-perussi. However, it never became debilitating. Over time their very biology began to alter and adapt, enabling them to consume human flesh without negligible effects on their health.
Eventually those who did not adapt were all consumed by their erstwhile brethren to feed the newly forged Viscus-perussi who emerged from their winter layers and journeyed south, back into the Land of Fire. As they began to interact with life again, their physiology continued shaping and twisting them into predators. Fairly soon they truly did become the pinnacle of humans.
However the cannibalistic practices the clan was taking out on those they were hired to track down and kill quickly disgusted the large majority of employers who were rapidly taking actions to crush the man-eating clan.
Rather than meet their demise, thusly making their ancestors hard-won experience and genetic data all for nothing, the Viscus-perussi scattered to the less morally-concerned countries about, such as Echo, Waves and Lightning.
A few members actively travel, often working with or as Hunter-nin for other villages who're willing to put up with their unique taste in...food.
