Very close, but not... quite how it works.
Look at it like a wargame - such and such a unit has these given powers and costs that many points, and you can spend other points to upgrade it if you like.
TGNH!Neshan is a very cheap unit with a few minor upgrades and a very, very sneaky plan.
Hell!Sakura is a very expensive unit, who was chosen on the basis of the idea that, in order to accomplish their goals, the Black Champion had to be capable of at least competing with the local heavy hitters.
The question is, did dropping N. in there move the TGNHverse from where it originally was to where he had some DCs? Not that it really matters...
Anyway, the initial divergence sounds good.
Ummm... politics, as promised.
Konoha politics revolve around two essential conflicts - the first is between Leaf loyalists and Fire loyalists, over exactly how closely the village associates with the country, how integrated it should be into national politics, how subject to the general laws, etc. Basically, it's over whether Konohagakure no Sato is Hinokuni's standing professional army, or a seperate entity working as a contractor.
The second conflict is entirely internal to Konoha, and it's basically over what sort of ninja Leaf-nin should be. On the one hand, you have the faction that traces its roots back to the Shodaime Hokage and his personal followers, who think that ninja are people and anyway a unified whole is stronger than the sum of any backbiting pack of heartless killers, and on the other you have the traditionalists from the old bloodline clans who think that strength is strength and that it's the only virtue that's of any worth to a ninja - the most recent manga chapters illustrate this very well indeed.
The Reform faction has had a death-grip on the formal leadership of the village pretty much since the get-go. Out of the department heads, two are Reformists - Neshan extremely, Anko slightly less so - and the other four are all moderates, with Genma and Hayate literally fence-sitting and Ibiki and Ebisu leaning Traditional.
The clan heads, OTOH, tend to be hardcore Traditionalists, and throughout this entire struggle, there's the wildcard of Hinokuni's civil government waiting in the wings and trying to build its own influence. The Daimyo really doesn't have any way to directly affect anything, but OTGH, he's also got a hell of a lot of money to throw around.
And then you get into the localism question and not only do all the factions and alignments change, but there are ten times as many answers to the question too, so I won't even try to go into it beyond noting that it is there.
One of the reasons I suggested the climate thing is that, well, it actually doesn't require changing anything, so I'm glad you like it. ^_^
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
Look at it like a wargame - such and such a unit has these given powers and costs that many points, and you can spend other points to upgrade it if you like.
TGNH!Neshan is a very cheap unit with a few minor upgrades and a very, very sneaky plan.
Hell!Sakura is a very expensive unit, who was chosen on the basis of the idea that, in order to accomplish their goals, the Black Champion had to be capable of at least competing with the local heavy hitters.
The question is, did dropping N. in there move the TGNHverse from where it originally was to where he had some DCs? Not that it really matters...
Anyway, the initial divergence sounds good.
Ummm... politics, as promised.
Konoha politics revolve around two essential conflicts - the first is between Leaf loyalists and Fire loyalists, over exactly how closely the village associates with the country, how integrated it should be into national politics, how subject to the general laws, etc. Basically, it's over whether Konohagakure no Sato is Hinokuni's standing professional army, or a seperate entity working as a contractor.
The second conflict is entirely internal to Konoha, and it's basically over what sort of ninja Leaf-nin should be. On the one hand, you have the faction that traces its roots back to the Shodaime Hokage and his personal followers, who think that ninja are people and anyway a unified whole is stronger than the sum of any backbiting pack of heartless killers, and on the other you have the traditionalists from the old bloodline clans who think that strength is strength and that it's the only virtue that's of any worth to a ninja - the most recent manga chapters illustrate this very well indeed.
The Reform faction has had a death-grip on the formal leadership of the village pretty much since the get-go. Out of the department heads, two are Reformists - Neshan extremely, Anko slightly less so - and the other four are all moderates, with Genma and Hayate literally fence-sitting and Ibiki and Ebisu leaning Traditional.
The clan heads, OTOH, tend to be hardcore Traditionalists, and throughout this entire struggle, there's the wildcard of Hinokuni's civil government waiting in the wings and trying to build its own influence. The Daimyo really doesn't have any way to directly affect anything, but OTGH, he's also got a hell of a lot of money to throw around.
And then you get into the localism question and not only do all the factions and alignments change, but there are ten times as many answers to the question too, so I won't even try to go into it beyond noting that it is there.
One of the reasons I suggested the climate thing is that, well, it actually doesn't require changing anything, so I'm glad you like it. ^_^
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."