Ninja/Laws

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Although ninjas are wise and powerful, there are several basic principles, known as Ninja Laws, that ninja behaviour has been found to follow. (It was exceedingly difficult to research these laws, so we hope you're happy. Fred got a shuriken in the throat.)

[edit] Law of Inverse Ninjutsu

The Law of Inverse Ninjutsu states that the strength, stealth, stamina, etc. of any one ninja is inversely proportional to the number of that type of ninja in the area.

[edit] Equation

NP=(NT/NN)+NN

NP is the total power of all ninjas, taking into account the Law.
NT is the total power of all ninjas, disregarding the Law.
NN is the total number of ninjas.

If NN=NT, then the effectiveness of ninja squads remains constant.
If NN>NT, then the effectiveness of ninja squads decreases.
If NN<NT, then the effectiveness of ninja squads increases.

NP is always less than NT.

[edit] Example

Let us take the Foot Ninja in their never-ending quest to kill the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Since the Foot inevitably appear in numbers up to thousands at one time, it follows that their individual power is relatively small.
So we can conclude:

Number of Ninjas = Weaker Individual Power

[edit] Therefore

There are four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. By the Law of Inverse Ninjutsu, they have substantially greater strength than the innumerable Foot Ninja.

From this, we can conclude that the FEWER ninjas there are, the stronger they become

[edit] Exception

The only exception to this Law are the Ninjas in the popular series "Naruto". These ninjas have such a strong individuality that the Law of Inverse Ninjutsu is rendered ineffective (which is probably why so many "real" ninjas hate him so much). And EVERYBODY (except other ninjas) like Naruto anyways since it is a great representation of ninja awesomeness, unless ninjutsu isn't ninja enough. Besides, everyone knows Naruto is a real but dumb-ish ninja. He makes way too much noise to be smart but he is good at beating up people...when angry. Giant animals aren't very sneaky either.

[edit] Notes

Also note that small strike teams of Ninjas can be more effective than singular Ninjas. This is because the combined skill of a group of Ninjas can be enough that it offsets the Law of Inverse Ninjutsu. Once the group becomes too large, however, the Law causes the collective power to lower to the point where it's not worth adding more Ninjas.

[edit] Dissimilarity Paradox

The Dissimilarity Paradox, also known as the General Exclusion Principle or Red Shirt Effect, is closely related to the Law of Inverse Ninjutsu. The Dissimilarity Paradox states that the expendability of any individual is directly proportionate to the number of people in the area who look similar to that individual.

Here, expendability is defined as the difficulty of killing a person and the lack of sympathy when that person is killed.

The paradox lies in the fact that, in some cases, it may actually be easier to die the more armor you wear, if there are enough people nearby wearing that armor.

[edit] Example

For example, in the before mentioned best-known example of the Dissimilarity Paradox, in Star Wars: Clone Wars, General Kenobi’s expendability dropped significantly when he took off his clone helmet, despite the fact that he had been wearing a ragged cape at the time. This, combined with his extremely high survivability, as defined by the Law of Vitality to Plot, allowed his triumph over the nigh-invulnerable Durge. It is interesting to note that against the same foe, 1000 Naruto clones are often easy dispatched while 4 Naruto clones usually Rasengan people in the face.
The law also does not apply to Space Marines, due to the fact that many of them do not actually speak maths. No matter how many Space Marines look the same, only orcs die.

[edit] Law of Emotional Attachment

This law is closely related to the general exclusion principal, in that the greater emotional attachment to that person (measured in EAS, of course), the more powerful the attachment target becomes, for example a nameless samurai at -3 HP and falling. He talks about his wife and children and is spontaneously revived, claiming to "get better". Sometimes ninjas scream, "Farewell, goodnight; last one out turn out the lights."