Thread:SixpathsofSamoa/@comment-3403804-20140323010608

Hoy there Samoa. This is regards to what we talked about earlier. I'm making this Message to help you determine just what it is I want you to do, so that the terms are easy to understand and your efforts aren't wasted due to some misunderstanding. The Rinnegan is completely invalid to use in roleplays due to a number of reasons. The primary being that the Six Paths are extremely arbitrary, in that nobody have a clue about how they work. The reason the whole name of this mission is "Demystifying the Rinnegan" is because the goal for you to do is to explain each of the six paths in such a way that other users can understand them pretty easily. The intent is to remove the Rinnegan's status as being "overpowered" so that people can more easily justify it's use in a roleplay or a story.

I'll list a few general questions here which I expect you to answer for each of the six paths. They're quite basic, really. But in addition to these general questions, some of the paths will have special questions which you also must answer. These special questions regard special cases in regards to the relevant path.

I'd suggest you devote around five paragraphs of information to each of the six paths for the best results.

1. What are the precise mechanics behind the abilities demonstrated by this path? This one is quite straightforward. It goes to the surface Level of HOW the abilities work. For example, how does the Deva Path manage to control gravity? The term mechanics mean that I want you to explain this in detail, in a manner that makes sense and is concise enough for newer users to understand it well. When answering this question be very specific, ideally we should be nodding our heads in agreement at this point. This is the most important part. An example of what I'm looking for is this excerpt taken from the gentle fist article.

"It inflicts internal damage through attacking the body's Chakra Pathway System, subsequently injuring organs which are closely intertwined with the area of the network which has been struck. To do this, the user surgically injects a certain amount of their own chakra into the opponent's chakra pathway system, causing damage to surrounding organs due to their proximity to the chakra circulatory system. Even the slightest tap can cause severe internal damage, hence the name "gentle" fist."

2. Why does it work like this? This is a follow up question to the above, and this might seem like the same thing, but it really isn't. Once we know HOW it works, we would like to know WHY it works. This is where you explain what the chakra does for the technique, if and how chakra control is relevant, how it matters in the long run. But primarily it regards to why each of the paths function as they do, what is the symbolism in the path? Why does the Asura path make the user into a literal killing machine? Why does the Deva path use gravity and not some other equally mighty Power like Reality Warping or some such?

3. How does Buddhism influence this path? This is the last question, explain in short what the influence is, the symbolic connection between the concepts and similar things. To be more specific, determine the relationship between each of the six paths and their respective realm in Buddhist teachings.

Now, since I've heard that you want to do the Animal Path first. Here's the specialized questions for that path, tell me once you're done with it and I'll post my special questions for the next path you pick.

'''1. The Animal Path demonstrates the ability to summon more than one type of summon. Explain why it can do this.

2. During Pain's battle with Jiraiya, the Animal Path was capable of summoning creatures remotely. How is this possible?

3. Furthermore, the Animal Path never needed to make blood offerings to summon. Explain why.'''

That's all I've got for now, and for future Reference. You're permitted to ask for assistance from other users in explaining this, particularily in regards to chakra and mechanics and such. Sainami will Co-judge this process together with me, just so you know. 