Earthen Armor
Ninjutsu (Doton) [Earth]
Rank: 6 (B-Class);
Learn DC: 20, 3 success;
Perform requirements: 8 ranks (DC 21);
Time: 1 attack action;
Components: H, X, Mas;
Range: Personal;
Target: You;
Duration: 1 minute/level (D);
Saving Throws: None;
Chakra Cost: 12.
Using this technique, the user covers himself with an heavy earthen armor. The armor counts as a heavy armor that grants the wearer a +8 armor bonus to defense (+3 nonproficient), has a maximum Dexterity bonus of +1, an armor penalty of -6, speed of 20 feet and that weighs 80 pounds.
This armor can be removed by cancelling the technique, at which time the earth covering the user crumbles into nothingness. While worn, however, the Earthen Armor grants the user a DR 2/- (this damage reduction stacks with the one provided by the Fortify bloodline, and from that source only).
Mastery
With the fifth step of mastery in this technique, the armor doesn't count towards the user's carrying capacity (as though training weights with the appropriate Strength rank).
Expendable Components: 80 pounds of earth, sand, rock or mud nearby.