Six Paths Sage Mode

Six Paths Sage Mode

Six Paths Sage Mode is a gift from Hagoromo Otsutsuki to his chosen heirs, both of body and spirit. Consequently, one of its slots is only available to those who were born with a Sage Bloodline (Kaguya, Uchiha, Hyuuga, Senju, Hozuki, Tetsudashi, Kazehana, Inazuma, and Uzumaki). The other must be taken by an individual not of these Clans. The resulting power represents a pinnacle of shinobi bloodline capabilities. At the height of this ability's power, the bearer will be able to choose between two separate paths. The first is the Path of Ashura which  adorns the user in a Chakra Cloak and grants the ability to wield the incomparable Truth-Seeking Balls. The Mode comes with massive Senjutsu chakra pools and transcends the known limits of human ability.

Note: Unlike other Sage Modes, the power of this one requires that it occupy an Entity slot.

One of the Blood, One of the Spirit

Two slots are available for Six Paths Sage Mode. One for his direct descendants, and one for the myriad of other people with which his chakra was shared. There cannot be two slots taken by a direct descendant or two taken by a non-descendant. Additionally, regardless of whether the Sage is made by Blood or Spirit, they can pick either the Path of Ashura or Indra. However in doing so, the alternate slot is then locked into the remaining Path.

Sage Perfection

Six Paths Sage Mode is considered a Perfect Sage Mode. They allow use of Sage Arts, Senjutsu Technique Enhancement, and Sage Kata. Also, the user's age is adjusted to their individual prime. In either case, they get a +Tier boost to Strength, Constitution, Speed, Coordination, and Perception while Sage Mode is active.

Note: Regardless of the boosts' sources, the user cannot have any stats above S++ while Six Paths Sage Mode is active.

Senjutsu Chakra Pool

The Senjutsu Chakra Pool is the energy reservoir drawn from when using Sage Mode and what is spent in the technique enhancement ability mentioned above. The amount of Senjutsu Chakra available is based on the amount of training put into Sage Mode. It takes a careful balance and is therefore difficult to expand, forcing Sages to spend 50 Experience Points to increase the pool by 10 points.  Every Sage's Senjutsu Chakra Pool starts out at zero points but then slowly grows as they invest experience. The absolute limit to their Senjutsu Chakra Pool is half of those granted by an S++-rank Stamina pool, unless their own base is higher.

Sage Mode Upkeep

While in Sage Mode, Sages use a constant draw of Senjutsu Chakra from their pool. This begins at the cost of 20 points per post, but by spending 500 Experience Points, Sages can halve that value to 10 points per post. Perfect Sages are able to do this again, spending another 500 Exp Points to bring the cost down to 5 points per post.

Sage Arts/Senjutsu Technique Enhancement

By mixing Senjutsu Chakra into a technique, Sages are able to enhance the power and effectiveness of that technique. This can create techniques referred to as Sage Arts, or can simply improve the power rank of a regular jutsu by 1. To do this, the Sage need only spend half of the technique's cost with the pool of Senjutsu Chakra, while using the normal chakra pool for the other half.

Gathering Senjutsu Chakra

Because of these costs, Sages may find themselves depleting their Senjutsu Chakra pool rather quickly, providing a need to renew that energy. By remaining completely still, the Sage can effectively become one with nature, allowing Nature Chakra to flow into his body that he immediately converts to Senjutsu Chakra. This is one of the hardest parts of mastering Sage Mode, but it does restore 10 points per post that it is done.

There are few workarounds to remaining perfectly still, which is practically impossible in battle:

-By implanting or being born with the Nature Clan Bloodline, Sages are able to passively absorb Nature Chakra, though this is less efficient than the traditional method. It adds 5 points of Senjutsu Chakra per post, regardless of what the Sage is doing.

-The user can make any number of shadow clones to remain still and gather the energy. So long as the clones are within viewing distance of the user, whether by being summoned to him or having been there the whole time, they can be dispersed by the user to transfer all of the Senjutsu Chakra they've gathered to the user. The maximum they can gather is the same as their creator.

Note:Six Paths Sage Mode does not grant unique summons.

Control

Six Paths Sage Mode requires the user to defeat the avatar of the Sage of Six Paths himself to precede acquiring advanced benefits. This fight can be initiated at any time of the user's choosing. If the candidate emerges victorious in their fight, they may then start developing use of the mode's more advanced abilities. The Sage, naturally, fully endorses the bonds of companionship and will allow allies to join the fight for up to six rounds each. The Sage's Avatar has the following stats:

Strength: A
Constitution: S
Stamina: S++
Speed: S
Coordination: S
Intelligence: S
Perception: S

They also have knowledge of all canon Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu techniques, and have access to a single Sage descended KKG of staff's choice.

Six Paths Kata

Six Paths Sage Mode, unlike other Perfect Sage Modes, can grant a full +Tier to two stats. Namely: Perception and Speed. However, it does not have any special aura effects. It costs 5 SCP per post. In any case, the Control fight must be completed in order to unlock this ability.

Knowledge of All Chakra

Once the Control fight is completed, the user of this mode has access to one B-rank technique from all Basic and KKG Elements while the Chakra Cloak (detailed below) is active. Elements and techniques gained must be declared in an update and may only be changed once per Activity Check. These techniques are not grounds for customs within their respective Elements, nor can they be modified except by abilities granted by Six Paths Sage Mode. The following elements are excluded from this ability: Yin-Yang, Dust, and Blaze.

Ashura & Indra

After the Control fight is won, the user will have a choice to make. They can choose to walk the Path of Ashura or the Path of Indra. It was said that during a lecture one of the Sage's younger students asked him if he had any children to which he mirthfully replied in the negative. Not long after that however, the Sage began incorporating the idea into his teachings. He crafted a story involving a hypothetical set of progeny known as Ashura and Indra to communicate a myriad of concepts involving inheritance, family, bonds, friendship, duty, and legacy. This lesson became known as "The Parable of the Two Brothers." Those who choose Six Paths Sage Mode as their Entity Restricted must likewise choose which brother their journey embodies.

Path of Ashura - Chakra Cloak + Truth Seeking Balls

The Path of Ashura grants the option to unlock a Chakra Cloak. This cloak grants pierce immunity and 2 Tiers to Strength, Speed, Constitution, and Perception once it has been invested with 3500 exp. As with the Jinchuuriki Chakra Mode, this Cloak has S++ Tier defense and grants a bonus Chakra Pool of 10 CP per 100 Exp invested, up to 250 CP. The cloak's colors are determined by the chakra nature of their bearer, and has 9 contrasting magatama arranged in a 3x3 grid on its back. With this Cloak active, a user of this mode is capable of flight without reductions to their Speed or Coordination. Maintaining this mode costs 30 CP per post.

Note: The stat bonuses are not available until the bonus Chakra Pool has been fully unlocked. Unlike the Jinchuuriki equivalent, this bonus Chakra Pool cannot be restored within a thread. Also, obviously, there is no equivalent to the "Tailed Beast Mode".

Note: The human body cannot withstand the power of combining Perfect Sage Mode with that granted by the Chakra Cloak, and thus these two features cannot be active at the same time.

After paying 1,000 Experience, this pathway also grants access to Truth Seeking Balls (assuming there is an open slot for it). The TSB must both have the slot open AND the user must have an open restricted tech slot.

Truth Seeking Balls:

Path of Indra - Rinne-Sharingan

The Path of Ashura grants the option to unlock the Rinne-Sharingan. This special dojutsu manifests within a single eye and grants 2 Tiers to Strength, Speed, Constitution, and Perception once it has been invested with 3500 exp. The Rinne-Sharingan grants a fully matured Tomoe 3 Sharingan (with the opportunity to advance to MS/EMS pursuant to the Uchiha Clan Rules). The Rinne-Sharingan also grants access to two General Rinnegan Techniques of the user's choice (any EXP costs must be paid).

Note: The Rinne-Sharingan is a direct product of the Sage of Six Paths blessed chakra and thus it cannot be implanted nor removed. If the user loses their eye, it will merely regrow in roughly the same time as it takes to refill one's chakra reserves (it is essentially a small but indeterminate period of rest and healing).

Note: The Rinne-Sharingan Path ability cannot be stolen by other Ōtsutsuki nor can the user acquire more Paths from other Ōtsutsuki. They are locked to one and only one.

After paying 1,000 Experience, this pathway also grants access to a single duplicate Rinnegan Path (assuming no one has taken it yet). This means that someone can copy a Rinnegan ability so long as there is no Ōtsutsuki registered to it. If there is an Ōtsutsuki registered to it then that Path is unavailable. The Rinne-Sharingan Path is a mere copy of this ability meaning that it is still available for an Ōtsutsuki to take by way of registration.

Note: For Rinne-Sharingan and the Chakra Cloak it is the boosts that require the 3,500 EXP investment not the ancillary abilities.