Limbs of Stone
Ninjutsu (Doton; Requires Chakra Control 6 ranks) [Ishimaru Hijutsu, Earth]
Rank: 1 (C-Class);
Learn DC: 14, 3 success;
Perform requirements: 4 ranks (DC 14);
Time: 1 full-round action;
Components: C, H;
Range: Personal;
Target: You;
Duration: 1 round/level;
Saving Throws: None;
Chakra Cost: 30.
Through usage of this technique, the user modify his body so that his forearm, hands, shins and feet become stone. Doing so increases the user's unarmed damage by 1 die size (1d4 becomes 1d6, 1d10 becomes 1d12, etc), in addition to a +2 bonus to Break checks, Climb checks and a -5 penalty to Move Silently and Swim checks.
On the round the technique should end, the user may spend a move-equivalent action to sustain the technique and renew its effect on the same round, instead of having to spend another full round action; doing so still costs the user the same Chakra Cost as it would if he used the technique normally. Unarmed damage dealt via use of this technique is lethal damage.
Earth Shield Spell
Ninjutsu (Doton) [Earth]
Rank: 1 (D-Class);
Learn DC: 13, 1 success;
Perform requirements: 3 rank (DC 12);
Time: 1 move-equivalent action;
Components: C, S, F;
Range: Personal;
Target: You;
Duration: 1 round/level (or until discharged) (D);
Saving Throws: None;
Chakra Cost: 10.
Using this technique, the user covers himself with a thin sheet of dirt that provides a +1 natural armor bonus to Defense as well as a +1 armor bonus to Defense against the next melee or ranged attack aimed at him. The shield will crumble once it has been used, cancelled or the duration expires. The shield weighs 1 pound per size category of the user (5 pounds for a medium-sized character) or 10 pounds per size category of the user if the user is of Large size or larger.
Material Focus: A sufficient mass of earth, sand, rock or mud nearby to form the shield (see above).