Summoning Technique
General Info:
Before a summon can be performed, a prospective summoner must first sign a contract with a given species. The contract can come in the form of a scroll or a tattoo. The summoner then signs the contract in their own blood. After this, they need only perform the hand seals, offer an additional donation of blood, and use the same hand they signed the contract with to summon the creature. The amount of chakra used during the summoning determines how big the summoned creature can be. It should be noted that anyone can summon the animal as long as they have the blood from someone who has made a contract, along with sufficient chakra of their own.
When an animal is summoned it is transported from its place of residence to the summoner's location. Once summoned, the animal can perform a task or help the user in battle. The summon is not required to help the user, and may be more of a hindrance than an ally. In addition, summons are able to summon their summoner. They may also wear a forehead protector, suggesting a loyalty to only one village.
Summoning can serve as a base for other jutsu, as is the case with Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique and Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance. In these cases, summoning may not be restricted to creatures, Orochimaru also summoning corpses or defenses. Items can also be "summoned" from scrolls. Because the items are not summoned from anywhere, instead only being released from storage, no blood is needed and thus it is not a conventional summoning. If a user attempts to summon an animal without first signing a contract, the user will be teleported to the home of the animal they have a natural affinity for.
Rules:
• To become a summoner of a particular animal you must be of at least Chuunin rank.
• Claiming a summon as your own requires you to face off against the Boss Summon.
• Animal Sage's must be Sannin rank! Not every summoning will have a Sage.
Summoning List:
• Toads (Leaf Only)
• Snakes (Various)
• Slugs (Various)
• Birds (Leaf Only)
• Dogs (Various)
• Fish (?)
• Wolves (Rain)
• Bears (Cloud)
• Cats (Various)
• Monkeys (?)
• Crickets (Sound)
• Spiders (Cloud)
