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* [[Alchemy Is Magic|Alchemy]] |
* [[Alchemy Is Magic|Alchemy]] |
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* [[Animate Dead]] |
* [[Animate Dead]] |
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* [[Anti |
* [[Anti-Magic]] |
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* [[Armor |
* [[Armor-Piercing Attack]] |
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* [[Art Attacker]] |
* [[Art Attacker]] |
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* [[Art Initiates Life]] |
* [[Art Initiates Life]] |
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* [[Magic Kiss]] |
* [[Magic Kiss]] |
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** [[A Magic Contract Comes With a Kiss]] |
** [[A Magic Contract Comes With a Kiss]] |
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** [[True |
** [[True Love's Kiss]] |
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* [[Magic Enhancement]] |
* [[Magic Enhancement]] |
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* [[Magic Hair]] |
* [[Magic Hair]] |
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* [[Wild Magic]] |
* [[Wild Magic]] |
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* [[Wizards and Witches]] |
* [[Wizards and Witches]] |
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* [[Yin |
* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]] |
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== Ways of establishing and showing powers: == |
== Ways of establishing and showing powers: == |
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* [[Life Energy]] |
* [[Life Energy]] |
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* [[Magi Babble]] |
* [[Magi Babble]] |
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* [[Magic |
* [[Magic A Is Magic A]] |
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* [[Magic Dance]] |
* [[Magic Dance]] |
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* [[Magic From Technology]] |
* [[Magic From Technology]] |
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* [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep]] |
* [[Power Makes Your Voice Deep]] |
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* [[Power Overhaul]] |
* [[Power Overhaul]] |
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* [[Power |
* [[Power-Up]] |
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* [[Power |
* [[Power-Up Food]] |
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* [[Powers As Programs]] |
* [[Powers As Programs]] |
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* [[Powers in The First Episode]] |
* [[Powers in The First Episode]] |
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* [[The Rainman]] |
* [[The Rainman]] |
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* [[Religion Is Magic]] |
* [[Religion Is Magic]] |
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* [[Re-Power]] |
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* [[Rewriting Reality]] |
* [[Rewriting Reality]] |
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* [[Shaping Your Attacks]] |
* [[Shaping Your Attacks]] |
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* [[Addiction Powered]] |
* [[Addiction Powered]] |
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* [[Addictive Magic]] |
* [[Addictive Magic]] |
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* [[Bad Powers Bad People]] |
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]] |
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* [[Bad Powers Good People]] |
* [[Bad Powers, Good People]] |
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* [[Black Magic]] |
* [[Black Magic]] |
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** [[The Dark Side]] |
** [[The Dark Side]] |
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* [[Glamour Failure]] |
* [[Glamour Failure]] |
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* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]] |
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]] |
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* [[Good Powers Bad People]] |
* [[Good Powers, Bad People]] |
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* [[Healing Magic Is the Hardest]] |
* [[Healing Magic Is the Hardest]] |
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* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]] |
* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]] |
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* [[Magic Misfire]] |
* [[Magic Misfire]] |
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* [[Malfunction Malady]] |
* [[Malfunction Malady]] |
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* [[Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane]] |
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] |
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* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Read]] |
* [[A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Read]] |
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* [[Mind Over Manners]] |
* [[Mind Over Manners]] |
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* [[Magical Native American]] |
* [[Magical Native American]] |
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* [[Magic Mushroom]] |
* [[Magic Mushroom]] |
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* [[Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane]] |
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] |
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* [[Power Levels]] |
* [[Power Levels]] |
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* [[Power Perversion Potential]] |
* [[Power Perversion Potential]] |
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Revision as of 17:30, 8 January 2014
Tropes about powers and mystical abilities accessible to characters. Take a look at the article on Magic and consider what it is; some claim it's usually a kind of Applied Phlebotinum.
Tropes
Subcategories
Kinds of powers:
- Adaptive Ability
- Alchemy
- Animate Dead
- Anti-Magic
- Armor-Piercing Attack
- Art Attacker
- Art Initiates Life
- The Assimilator
- Barrier Warrior
- Black Mage
- Black Magic
- Blood Magic
- Call On Me
- Came Back Strong
- Celebrity Power
- Chain Lightning
- Clarke's Third Law
- Combined Energy Attack
- Curse
- The Dark Arts
- Electronic Telepathy
- Elemental Punch
- Emotion Bomb
- Emotion Eater
- The Empath
- Energy Absorption
- Energy Ball
- Enlightenment Superpowers
- Entropy and Chaos Magic
- Functional Magic
- Fusion Dance
- Geas
- Hellfire
- Hollywood Voodoo
- Holy Hand Grenade
- Identity Absorption
- I Know What You Fear
- I See Dead People
- Intangible Man
- Invisibility
- Ki Attacks
- Kill One Others Get Stronger
- Kung Fu Wizard
- Living Battery
- Made of Phlebotinum
- Magic By Any Other Name
- Magic Kiss
- Magic Enhancement
- Magic Hair
- Magic Is Mental
- The Magic Touch
- Magitek
- Make a Wish
- Marionette Master
- Master of Your Domain
- Mental World
- Merlin Sickness
- Mundane Utility
- Musical Assassin
- No Eye in Magic
- Open Sesame
- Parody Magic Spell
- Power Copying
- Power Nullifier
- The Power of Creation
- The Power of Love
- Power of Trust
- Power of the Void
- Psychic Link
- Psychic Powers
- Psychic Radar
- Psychic Surgery
- Pure Energy
- The Red Mage
- Sentient Cosmic Force
- Solar and Lunar
- Speak of the Devil
- Spell Construction
- Sphere of Destruction
- Summon Magic
- Summon to Hand
- Supernatural Sensitivity
- Technopath
- Turn Undead
- Unblockable Attack
- Unholy Nuke
- Utility Magic
- Voluntary Shapeshifting
- Walking Wasteland
- Whatevermancy
- White Mage
- White Magic
- Wild Magic
- Wizards and Witches
- Yin-Yang Bomb
Ways of establishing and showing powers:
- Aura Vision
- Background Magic Field
- Become Your Weapon
- Body Snatcher
- Blasting Time
- Blood Bath
- Boxing Lessons for Superman
- Brainwashed
- By the Power of Grayskull
- Celestial Body
- Celestial Deadline
- Charles Atlas Superpower
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe
- Coconut Superpowers
- Crystal Ball
- Disability Superpower
- Discard and Draw
- Eleventh Hour Superpower
- Emerald Power
- Full Contact Magic
- Fireballs
- God Test
- How Do I Shot Web
- Instant Runes
- Lamarck Was Right
- Ley Line
- Life Energy
- Magi Babble
- Magic A Is Magic A
- Magic Dance
- Magic From Technology
- Magic Meteor
- Magic Mirror
- Magic Missile
- Magic Music
- Magic Staff
- Magic Wand
- Mana
- Mineral MacGuffin
- Mystical Plague
- Neck Lift
- New Powers As the Plot Demands
- Ninety Percent of Your Brain
- One Hero Hold the Weaksauce
- One Person One Power
- Our Ancestors Are Superheroes
- Personality Powers
- Place of Power
- Post Modern Magik
- Power Born of Madness
- Power Echoes
- Power Makes Your Voice Deep
- Power Overhaul
- Power-Up
- Power-Up Food
- Powers As Programs
- Powers in The First Episode
- Pstandard Psychic Pstance
- Psychic Nosebleed
- Real Life Super Powers
- The Rainman
- Religion Is Magic
- Re-Power
- Rewriting Reality
- Shaping Your Attacks
- Shockwave Clap
- Signature Move
- Simplified Spellcasting
- Spell Book
- Sufficiently Analyzed Magic
- Summoning Ritual
- Supernatural Is Purple
- Superpowers for A Day
- Super Serum
- Technicolor Fire
- Thought Controlled Power
- Un Equal Rites
- Upgrade Artifact
- Voodoo Doll
- Wing Pull
- With Great Power Comes Great Perks
- Wizard Beard
- Wizards Live Longer
- Wonder Twin Powers
- Your Mind Makes It Real
Power limitations and catches:
- Addiction Powered
- Addictive Magic
- Bad Powers, Bad People
- Bad Powers, Good People
- Black Magic
- Cast From Hit Points
- Celestial Deadline
- Curse Escape Clause
- Death Activated Superpower
- Defence Mechanism Superpower
- Equivalent Exchange
- Fighting Spirit
- Fights Like a Normal
- Flight Strength Heart
- Glamour Failure
- Gods Need Prayer Badly
- Good Powers, Bad People
- Healing Magic Is the Hardest
- Heart Is an Awesome Power
- Heroic RROD
- Hour of Power
- Hulking Out
- Inept Mage
- Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress
- Involuntary Shapeshifting
- Lethal Harmless Powers
- Long Range Fighter
- Magic Is a Monster Magnet
- Magic Misfire
- Malfunction Malady
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing To Read
- Mind Over Manners
- Muggles Do It Better
- Mutually Exclusive Magic
- No Self Buffs
- Only the Pure of Heart
- Power Crutch
- Power Incontinence
- Power Limiter
- The Power of Blood
- Power Strain Blackout
- Psychic Block Defense
- Psychic Static
- Psychoactive Powers
- Randomly Gifted
- Required Secondary Powers
- Restraining Bolt
- Situational Sword
- Squishy Wizard
- Superpower Meltdown
- Superpower Silly Putty
- Swiss Army Tears
- Sympathetic Magic
- Un Sorcerer
- Useless Superpowers
- Virgin Power
- What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway
- Willfully Weak
- Wishplosion
- Words Do Not Make the Magic
See also:
- As Lethal As It Needs to Be
- Apothecary Alligator
- Cats Are Magic
- Children Are Special
- Cosmic Entity
- Fantasy Character Classes
- The Force Is Strong With This One
- Genie in A Bottle
- Inverse Law of Utility and Lethality
- Inverse Law of Complexity to Power
- I Thought Everyone Could Do That
- Made of Magic
- Mage Killer
- Magic Carpet
- Magical Girl
- Magical Native American
- Magic Mushroom
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
- Power Levels
- Power Perversion Potential
- Reality Changing Miniature
- Ring of Power
- Secret Art
- A Wizard Did It
- Wrong Context Magic