Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]law (“rule”) + of + conservation (“preservation”) + of + ninjutsu (“a martial art used by ninjas”)
The law implies that each team of ninjas has the same finite amount of "power" of martial arts, therefore a team with fewer ninjas has more powerful ninjas.
Proper noun
[edit]the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu
- (narratology, fiction, informal, humorous) The ability of one or few people to win fights against many opponents.
- 2007 December 3, sw <sw@eyrie.org>, “Re: Why so few creative aliens?”, in rec.arts.sf.written[1] (Usenet), message-ID <slrnfl8dbu.6gg.sw@haven.eyrie.org>:
- > The more creativity and ingenuity you give your aliens, the less is
> available for your humans, generally the protagonists, which means
> things will end poorly for Our Heroes. [...]
Sort of like a SCIENCE application of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu?
- 2008 May 19, Nockermensch <ralgomes@gmail.com>, “Re: Ampersand: The Scoop on D&D Insider”, in rec.games.frp.dnd[2] (Usenet), message-ID <11398510-50ce-4342-a223-ca68b86c8b89@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>:
- In other words, if I can tweak the minion->normal->elite->solo system into a[sic] in-game representation of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu, there will be much win.
- 2011 February 19, Andrew Perron <pwerdna@gmail.com>, “LNH/RACCies: Just Imagine Saxon Brenton vs. Andrew Perron in the Return of the RACCies! #10: Poledancing Phantoms of Limbo”, in rec.arts.comics.creative[3] (Usenet), message-ID <1hmvlegtnnkih$.1p14289mto1ro.dlg@40tude.net>:
- The Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu was working in the main characters' favor, but even so, it was hard going.