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Literally touching one or more mundane objects (weapons, sticks, rocks, etc.) to transform them into awesome objects by infusing them with magic.
To repeat, it's just as easy as touch and go. You can, for example, make your pointy stick [[Vibroweapon|vibrate for extra killing potential]] or make your [[Blade
You may also ask how is this different from [[Magic
See also: [[Elemental Punch]] and [[Spell Blade]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'': Cinque's Inherent Skill "Rumble Detonator" in ''StrikerS'' turns any metallic substance she touches into high-grade explosive. Combined with her other special ability to summon any number of steel throwing knives, it turns her into one of the most dangerous girls around.
** See Gambit, below.
* ''[[Slayers]]'' has [http://inverse.org/e/bkg/magic/sp1.shtml#astralvine Astral Vine] to enchant anything sharp {{spoiler|including corporeal spell effects}} to damage targets immune to normal weapons.
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Gambit of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' has the ability to turn anything he touches into an explosive. Although he prefers to [[Death Dealer|charge and flick playing cards]] at his opponent.
* The Silver Samurai of [[Marvel Comics]], after his reveal as a [[Mutant]] with [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]] as his power.
* Another [[Marvel Universe]] character, Harpoon, could charge a metal spear with his own bio energy and use it as a devastating weapon.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Ghost Rider (
* ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'': The pumpkin <s>king</s> coach and partially the nifty dress.
== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''The Chocolate Touch'' a boy has the same gift as Midas but with [[
* {{spoiler|Michael}} in the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' develops the ability to 'enhance' the properties of things, making water more effective while fighting fire, giving his horse [[Super Speed]], and on one occaison making the air thicker to break his fall.
* Berserker, the resident [[Hero
== [[Mythology]] ==
* Midas thought this was a good idea, [[Blessed
== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==
* ''[[Dungeons
** Or for a less flavorful version you could learn the magic weapon/fang spell and hope the enchantment lasted long enough.
* A Feat sorcerers can pick up in the tabletop game ''[[Pathfinder]]'' lets you make your normal weapon into a magic plus 1 weapon by channeling magic into it.
* ''[[Werewolf: The Forsaken]]'' has the rite of <s>dedication</s> pants. Interestingly enough, most Klaives don't count since they require the outside influence of a spirit and a great deal of time/effort.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* ''[[Warhammer
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'', you learn the "Enchant Item" spell quite early on. While it can be used to power up weapons, it's also used to repair broken (by plot events only) items and at one point near the end {{spoiler|make a C4 bomb powerful enough to destroy some catacombs full of [[Eldritch Abomination
* In ''[[The Elder Scrolls]] [[Oblivion]]'', poisons work this way. If you make a potion with only negative effects you can apply it to your weapon. While you're technically just using [[Poisoned Weapons]], the poison is alchemical in nature, has most of the same effects as magic and allows the poisoned strikes to affect incorporeal creatures (magical weapon) regardless of type.
* In the ''Makin' Magic'' expansion pack of ''[[The Sims]]'', any Sim with magical powers can use the Enchant spell to temporarily bring a garden gnome or lawn flamingo to life — or even just make the fridge open and close by itself as it pleases, or make the checkers on the checkerboard dance around.
* In the ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' series, Dante can shoot enchanted bullets, shotgun blasts and grenades when using his Devil Trigger. It's impicitly his touch that makes this possible.
** Similarly, in ''[[Devil May Cry]] 4'', Nero charges his shots by holding the [[Hand Cannon|gun]] with his [[Red Right Hand|demonic arm]].
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[The Non
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': Apparently, [[Kill It
* In ''[[The Smurfs]]'' episode "Smurfette's Sweet Tooth", Smurfette gained the power of turning whatever she touched into smurfberry candy.
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