Ninjutsu (Requires Epic Technique (Fushi Tensei no Jutsu) (f)) [Orochimaru Hijutsu]
Rank: 17 (Epic);
Learn DC: 41, 9 success;
Perform requirements: 25 ranks (DC 47);
Time: 5 weeks (35 days of 8 hours);
Components: C, X, XP;
Range: Personal;
Target: You;
Duration: Instantaneous;
Saving Throws: None;
Chakra Cost: See text.
It was always Orochimaru's dream to achieve immortal life, and this technique is the
result of his researches. Through inhuman experiments, he has found a mean to possess
another creature's body permanently, thus acquiring the target's powers and bloodline.
The Learn DC of this technique represents the extensive research for the process of
immortality. The user gains a +2 synergy bonus to Learn checks made to learn, create,
develop or master this technique if he is able to practice on a well-preserved body of the
same race as he, of 12 HD or higher.
The perform time is the actual transformation process, and requires 5 well-preserved
corpses of the same race and gender as himself, of creatures that had 12 or more hit dice
in their lives. The user gains a +1 synergy bonus to Perform checks and skill threshold for
every creature used that once was 18 hit dice or higher (maximum +5).
Upon completion of the technique, the user gains the Corpsewalker template. Each day
spent performing the technique requires an amount of chakra equal to a day of training.
Expendable Components: Bodies of 12 hit dice or more creature of the same gender and race as the user.
XP Cost: 5,000 XP.