Clan: Kuma (Bear-クマ)

Kekkei Genkai: Taking on the qualities of thier bear companions.

Elements: Doton

Specialization: Seijutsu (Bears only)

Location: Iwagakure

Clan History: The Kuma were once proud warriors in the Snow country. Prounounced for their combat prowess they inspired fear in their enemies. Always on the front line of any battle they could make it to this proud clan defended their homes for 20 generations. Until one day their nation was burned away from under them by flames they could not withstand. Many of their clan was lost and all of them scattered to the wind. But all their proud eyes look back to the homeland. Eager to return.

In the meantime over the years they have taken to settling into the surrounding villages and making a more private life. While feared and scorned for their frightning appearances any attempts to run them off have been proven futile. A proud clan of people that stand even with nothing more then homes and a family. They strive to bring their clans name back to it’s original glory. Eventually moving as a group to the proud lands of Iwa.

Kekkei Genkai Description: The Kenkai Genkai Takes on the thick hide,claws and strength of their animal companions. They must choose strength as the stat boost from Seijutsu and their pets have to be combat pets. Along with their immense strength their nails have claws which rank up with them and a thick hide.

Their thick hide allows for A plus one tier to the endurance stat.The Claws start at E rank and go up one rank in damage when the individual does. The claws are only two inches in length ever. This means that E rank can only effect armor and other defenses like an E rank basic attack. And so on for each rank always staying a rank below the Clan member. The damage of the claws is equivalent to the minimum damage of it's weapon rank. (At E rank can only deal 1/2 inch cuts) Meaning even at Kage they are only considered 2 inch S rank weapons.
Must also take Mighty.(and Bulky)

Clan members get one free D rank bear at character creation.

Drawbacks: The clan has no understanding of Fuuinjutsu or Genjutsu. Also any attacks to parts of their bodies not covered in the thick flesh like the eyes and the insides are not resistant to damage.
+1 damage from Genjutsu and Fuuinjutsu, both ignore the thick hide.
They also refuse to be acknowledged as a higher rank as easily as others. Forcing themselves to do double any mission count requirements in order to rank up.

Must take a custom Negative Special characteristic “Beastly appearance”
Name: Beastly Appearance
Type: Negative
Description: This individual is a truly fearsome individual. Towering over others and built like Bears these huge individuals have been mistaken for Bears in the dark and even in the light are terrifying to behold. Due to this all prices are increased 10%

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[b]Name:[/b] Beastly Appearance
[b]Type:[/b] Negative
[b]Description:[/b] This individual is a truly fearsome individual. Towering over others and built like Bears these huge individuals have been mistaken for Bears in the dark and even in the light are terrifying to behold. Due to this all prices are increased 10%

Members: (Members of the clan can be updated here)

Kekkei Genkai Jutsu:
Name: Bear Shift (Shifuto o futan ~ シフトを負担)
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: C
Type: Offensive
Element: N/A
Range: Personal
Specialty: Seijutsu
Duration: Maintainable (Chakra cost depends on bears rank, D-B is 5 chakra per turn. A-S is 10 chakra per turn.)
Cooldown: 4 posts after jutsu drops.
Description: A modified version/mix of the Transformation Technique and clone technique, which is unique to the Kuma clan, allows a Member of this clan  through their close bond to be able transform into their animal companion as a perfect copy. Becoming virtually impossible to visibly tell apart, since both act equally animalistic as well as having the same combat abilities/ tools (claws, teeth etc.). Like any transformation, the technique can be broken by identifying and hitting the person who is transformed with a C rank technique or higher, thus dispelling the transformation. While the transformed person does transform into their bear they however keep whatever stats they had before the transformation. This means your stats remain separate even while transformed.

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[b]Name:[/b] Bear Shift (Shifuto o futan ~ シフトを負担)
[b]Canon/Custom:[/b] Custom
[b]Rank:[/b] C
[b]Type:[/b] Offensive
[b]Element:[/b] N/A
[b]Range:[/b] Personal
[b]Specialty:[/b] Seijutsu
[b]Duration:[/b] Maintainable (Chakra cost depends on bears rank, D-B is 5 chakra per turn. A-S is 10 chakra per turn.)
[b]Cooldown:[/b] 4 posts after jutsu drops.
[b]Description:[/b] A modified version/mix of the Transformation Technique and clone technique, which is unique to the Kuma clan, allows a Member of this clan  through their close bond to be able transform into their animal companion as a perfect copy. Becoming virtually impossible to visibly tell apart, since both act equally animalistic as well as having the same combat abilities/ tools (claws, teeth etc.). Like any transformation, the technique can be broken by identifying and hitting the person who is transformed with a C rank technique or higher, thus dispelling the transformation. While the transformed person does transform into their bear they however keep whatever stats they had before the transformation. This means your stats remain separate even while transformed.

Name: Roaring Armor (Gōon yoroi~轟音鎧)
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: A
Type: Defensive
Element: Doton
Range: Personal
Specialty: Seijutsu
Duration: Maintainable (-10 per turn)
Cooldown: 6 posts after jutsu drops.
Description: In a pure rage a member of this clan lets out a roar which is returned by his companion forcing their Doton chakra out in a burst to reinforce their skin. An armor like jutsu. This armor can block two A rank jutsu and three B rank jutsu before breaking. Anything less is ineffective.

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[b]Name:[/b] Roaring Armor (Gōon yoroi~轟音鎧)
[b]Canon/Custom:[/b] Custom
[b]Rank:[/b] A
[b]Type:[/b] Defensive
[b]Element:[/b] Doton
[b]Range:[/b] Personal
[b]Specialty:[/b] Seijutsu
[b]Duration:[/b] Maintainable (-10 per turn)
[b]Cooldown:[/b] 6 posts after jutsu drops.
[b]Description:[/b] In a pure rage a member of this clan lets out a roar which is returned by his companion forcing their Doton chakra out in a burst to reinforce thier skin. An armor like jutsu. This armor can block can block two A rank jutsu and three B rank jutsu before breaking. Anything less is ineffective.

Name: Roaring shift(Gōon shifuto~轟音シフト)
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Element: N/A
Range: Personal
Specialty: Seijutsu
Duration: 5 posts
Cooldown: Once per thread
Description: A member of this clan and their animal companion move together and their chakra collides. Their animal companion temporarily fuses into them combining their physical abilities. Their hide is twice as thick, Their chakra is combined and so is their strength. Their endurance is now at a plus 2 tiers instead of plus one. They also grow three feet in size. However both the Clan member and the Animal companion must pay 30 chakra each. Any wounds on either of them now become the wounds of both even after separation. Once separated the remaining chakra is split evenly between the two.

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[b]Name:[/b] Roaring shift(Gōon shifuto~轟音シフト)
[b]Canon/Custom:[/b] Custom
[b]Rank:[/b] S
[b]Type:[/b] Supplementary
[b]Element:[/b] N/A
[b]Range:[/b] Personal
[b]Specialty:[/b] Seijutsu
[b]Duration:[/b] 5 posts
[b]Cooldown:[/b] Once per thread
[b]Description:[/b] A member of this clan and their animal companion move together and their chakra collides. Thier animal companion temporarily fuses into them combining their physical abilities. Thier hide is twice as thick, Their chakra is combined and so is their strength. Their endurance is now at a plus 2 tiers instead of plus one. They also grow three feet in size. However both the Clan member and the Animal companion must pay 30 chakra each. Any wounds on either of them now become the wounds of both even after separation. Once separated the remaining chakra is split evenly between the two.

Kekkei Genkai Description: Can you clarify 'all attacks' being one level lower in damage? Is it for jutsu or for physical attacks? If it's for jutsu, it might be pushing it, as it's basically negating Nin, Tai, Buki, Iryou, and Kugutsu.

In addition, as far as I'm aware, no one can start with claws or any other body part which gives them an edge over others. They have to either be apped as a weapon or specially requested from the admins. I'm not too sure about this, so I'm going to leave this to someone more experienced.

Drawbacks: Can the negative SC 'Beastly Appearance' be countered by a positive SC?

Jutsu: Remove 'physical' from 'physical jutsu' in Roaring Armor. Offensive jutsu below two ranks of the defensive jutsu used seldom dent the defensive jutsu, so just remove it to avoid future debates or arguments.

For Roaring Shift, how will the chakra cost be splitted when they separate? Please specify. Plus, I'm not too sure about the 'Defense +1'. From what I know, there's no 'Defense' stat and defense against all jutsu and attacks is somewhat OP.

The Defensive stat is a clan trait.

The rest of it is edited.

I'm leaving the Defense +1 for now since I honestly don't know what to do about that.

The thing with the claws also has to be cleared up.

Other than that, 1/2 Approved, I guess.

bring the duration down on roaring shift. i'd prefer to see it at five posts.

done

What does ranking up the claws do? Detail this.

As shown below, you need different drawbacks to balance a -1 to all damage, since some aren't really drawbacks.

'Must take Bulky' isn't a clan drawback. It's a drawback of Mighty, so you don't have to detail it here.

'Cannot use Fuuinjutsu or Genjutsu' is not a drawback. Restricting specs is usually not a drawback due to either your character or the clan build in general not needing them. Taking more damage from these is still OK though.

The jutsu look good; even the iffiness on Roaring Shift is dispelled by it being a co-op technique.

Ok. Claws are described in depth.

The bulky is stated in the drawbacks so no one confuses this as a free chance to take mighty without bulky. As that is not what the clan does. And it does not say they can't use Fuuin or genjutsu. It says they don't understand it so as to explain their weakness to it.

If you have other drawbacks that you can suggest that don't shut down the clan. I am willing to listen.

Also beastly appearance is a clan drawback. Everything costs more and they scare people.

I'm....not sure I get the point of scaling the damage of the claws if they can only ever cut 2 inches (the limit of their length). If you mean they have the armor-cutting properties of their rank, say that instead.

For Mighty, just put next to it that you still have to take Bulky, since that's more where it should be than in Clan Drawbacks.

Must have misunderstood the wording on Fuuin and Gen, sorry.

I'm not sure what would or would not 'shut down' this clan, so I'm not sure what to suggest. Even with Beastly Appearance, you need one or two more drawbacks to balance the ability of -1 damage from everything not covered by your skin. Even the clan with -2 had a huge drawback plus some other lesser ones.

Alright.
Moved the bulky next to the mighty.
added a double mission requirement to rank up.
and the claws are in detail that they act like basic attacks of so and so rank against armor and defenses.

Up for review~

-Please clarify the part about their thick skin. In one sentence you say it only reduces damage by one rank, in the next you say it counts as armor equal to the character's rank. One interferes with the other.

-With the reduction of mission requirements that drawback about requiring double missions is no longer as impactful as it once was. You'll probably need to add a drawback, especially if you expect your skin to count as armor. One that has IC combat ramifications, not simply OOC inconvenience.

Warning: Failure to act on the requested edits may result in the archiving of this clan.

Then archive it. No one is playing anyway and none of the staff has time to edit it. Or they just don't care to.

This is your clan. It's not our job to edit it for you. I'm only forcing edits onto clans with inactive creators.

edited the jutsu as requested and to reflect changes to the clan.

Reduced damage has been changed to a simple plus one to the endurance stat. Kept current drawbacks and added a starting seijutsu pet like the Inuzuka get.

All clan jutsu are fine, so are the KKG things.... Just mention that the piercing depth of your claws are capped to be the same as a weapon of equal rank. And then you're good~

added the weapon thing.

The first jutsu: there needs to be a cap to how powerful you can become using this jutsu; even if you become your bear, you should not be able to, for example, freely copy its stats. (just making sure)

Edited

Can this be moved back to the clans then please?