You act like these jutsu animations just happen when you hit a key!! It takes time to program the animations and stat values for a single jutsu!! Let Alone multiple animations and dynamic stat values that shift the animations on key command!! I like the idea it's just not realistic to implement!!

So you want to give every jutsu in the game stats/ I'm not aposed to the idea but it seams like a lot of work and as far as chakra efficiency go's I think that's should happen on the character stats side instead of the jutsu.

This is a good system for the change in form skill of jutsu!! It dose leave out the effects of jutsu clash and  collaboration. And that is a stat the jutsu will need to have!!

Personally I would like 2 characters one that owns and operates a poison shop and is a Genjutsu medical ninja. But I also would like to play a Long rang ninjutsu, Fuinjutsu sage!!
So I think 2 characters is good unless your saying it's possible to be a Genjutsu medical ninja, poison expert, longrange ninjutsu, Fuinjutsu master, with sage mode!!? In witch case never mind!! I'll just be unstoppable!! Lol

Sjones you just don't know how!!
But what would make it better is the targeting image be a half formed dome and let the scroll wheel move the quick rise side of the dome around the x axis!!

the risk is 50 50 because the attackers are still under the protection of the safe zone until they take down the outposts.

If you count the kill zone they have to cross to get to the village taritory then its more like 49/51 in faver of defenders. but its basicly the risk every assult has even in the board game risk the defenders have a higher % then attacks

It would be way too complicated to do.. but I would rather you have to train your cloneswith spacific attack patters and jutsu combinations, so that when you use it in battle they performed the trained attack sequence set to a Ui command. For example
If you want to have a clone kick them in to the air, you have to (in training) Manuelly move them through the attack agenst your bass character blocking!! It could take several try's  to connect through your defense, but ones done it will connect on a character with less defense then yours!! Then you can attack them in the air with your main character.  But this assumes a lot about stats , targeting and how in depth jutsu skills will be!!

@Sjones that works for FPS but for a 3rd person arpg it would be problematic.

It's only a safe zone for the defending village!! It would work like everywhere else the defenders would choose to kill or capture the attackers.

These would be outposts!! Simaler to the ones the sand defended when Gara was talkin from the sand in shappuden!! They would not always need to be heavily gaurgded, but that is why information is so important. Presumably a village would have spy's in major orginazations and villages that could report back if a mission came along with this objective!!

Also @Manuster I was just trying to clarify with this thread if "safe zones" extended to players of a different village automatically with out some form of treaty or alliance?

We have come to an understanding that safe zones should be able to be deactivated to allow tactical strikes on targets normally within a safe zone!!