first of all, I was not aware that Sage mode had been quantified. So...
Secondly, I am not saying it won't work. I am saying it is a ton of work. You might want to check out a Naruto D20 system, instead of reinventing the wheel. I am not really happy with that system as it stands either because it is quite limiting when it comes to creativity.
Certainly in that system though there are many many buffs that simply do not stack upon each other. You can only take a buff to certain things at certain times, not have them running all together for a great bit 50x multiplier.
If you are going to figure this thing out, then start posting more ideas about how it might work. let's see the math. Let's see how it might work. then balances and checks to see what makes sense.
Oh wow...this buff actually makes you better than being a host. well that makes no sense.
then correct it.
It is very frustrating to be put into a situation where all the argument a person has is:
Well I had my force shield up. oh yeah? well I had my force field piercing sword in play. oh yeah? well I had my force field piercing proof long johns on under my force shield. Really? well I charged my force field piercing sword with energy that defeats your force field piercing proof long johns. Oh yeah? Well i bathed with my special anti- sword energy infused force field pericing proof long johns soap that cannot be beat!
Well you never said you put that soap on so i don't believe you. Well, duh. I thought the whole point of being a ninja was to do things in secret. >.>
While I love being creative and not being pinned down to a joy killing strict sense of fighting. While I certainly don't want to walk into the zones, see a list of someones buffs, and just feel likesaying, "Oh I walked into the zones and died. Why? well cause you can't look upon the face of God and live."
I sure would like to be able to point to something and say, "Well...I am stronger than you so at the very least if I slap you it ought to hurt!" and we all have faced people who will deny you have even that much ability over them and their actions. Kay is no weak creature, and yet...everyone around is so much stronger?
yeah...
TripleBlitz one day, when i asked him to tell me what was wrong with my zoning and why I never won, he said, "it's the people you play with."
hard truths. Cause you are the people I play with. But here it is. and how do we change that? I hear you laughing now. I don't see change going in the positive direction, but I still hope and long for it.
I want you to try one more time. I want you to to write this up and explain it to me. I want to be in on the alpha testing and see if it will work.
oh please...at least then we could point to it later and say, "Ok...it don't work"
but until we have really tried...its just opinion with no facts behind it.
I would wish for a system that relies on creativity first, then could fall back on stats if required.
--> and Kage, all chakra users are descended from the aliens. That is why we can use it.