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afterthemoment) wrote2020-01-31 04:26 am
afterthemoment) wrote2020-01-31 04:26 am
[OOC] Canon Abilities
Abilities:
Mundane Abilities
- Highly skilled in the "six arts" of ancient China: poetry, music (flutist), archery (one of the best of his generation of cultivators), calligraphy, mathematics, and horseback riding
- Leadership: Particularly in crisis situations or around people with less knowledge or life experience. Includes mentoring.
- Innovation: Invented an entirely new way to cultivate as well as an assortment of magical tools that continued to be used by cultivators long after his death.
- Survival: Managed to survive for substantial lengths of time under harsh, dangerous conditions in inhospitable places. Includes hunting. Also has some basic knowledge of farming and building basic shelters.
- Swimming: He's a pretty strong swimmer, or at least, he was in his previous life. His current body is weaker than his original one was, though.
- Swordsmanship: Highly skilled swordsman in his youth though he's been out of practice for 13+ years.
- Accuracy: On top of being a good archer, he's also good at aiming just in general.
- High Tolerance: Specifically to alcohol and strong spices.
- Art: Very skilled at drawing.
Mystical Abilities
- Demonic Cultivation: He's a top expert at gathering and using resentful energy (aka negative energy given off by dead or supernatural beings). Tapping into this source comes with a hefty price, however; the more he uses it, the more it clouds his mind and corrupts his body and soul. His ability to control resentful energy is also tied to his emotional state. If Wei Wuxian loses control of himself, he loses control of the resentful energy which has often ended in catastrophes where people died. For this reason, he's careful to only use it sparingly in situations where he has no other option.
- Summoning/Controlling Undead: Demonic cultivation ability. By manipulating resentful energy, Wei Wuxian's able to summon the undead, spirits, and other supernatural entities to his present location. He mainly does this through flute music but it's demonstrated in canon that he can do it to a less reliable extent through whistled tunes. He's also able to train them as if they were an animal to responds to direct, verbal commands.
- Creating Animated Corpses: Demonic cultivation ability. By raising their level of resentful energy, Wei Wuxian's able to animate corpses. They can be created from one complete cadaver or one that's been assembled using spare parts from different incomplete ones. Canonically, he's able to animate literal hordes.
- Musical Influencing: Wei Wuxian's able to influence the moods of specific targets through his flute playing. Most of the time, he uses this on the undead but he's able to use it on the living as well. The type of influence depends on the tune; faster, chaotic tunes agitate and invoke hostility in the subject while slower, softer melodies relax and soothe them.
- "Evocation" and "Rest": These are two special songs from MDZS canon that can be played by a flute and guqin player as either individual solos or as a duet that specifically effect spirits. "Evocation" is a song that uses a spirit's corpse, a piece of its corpse or a personal object in order to summon it to the person's location. "Rest" is a song that's played to calm or suppress a spirit. They're a little different from previous abilities listed in that it's the songs themselves that hold special power here and they're stronger when played as a duet. Wei Wuxian knows the flute parts of both of these songs so even if they don't work in this setting or ever come up, I still wanted to mention it.
- Summoning of Painted Eyes: Demonic cultivation ability. Basically, it's a specific spell that summons a spirit to possess and animate a puppet or doll. Unlike the walking corpses that require more direct, hands on control, the puppets just need to be instructed once and they'll carry out their task until completion. In the novel, the puppets are supernaturally stronger and more durable than the materials they're made of.
- Paper Metamorphosis: Demonic cultivation ability. Wei Wuxian can place his soul into a paper doll he can then animate and control for a limited amount of time. While he is possessing the doll, his real body is unconscious and completely vulnerable to danger. Any damage that's done to the paper doll is transferred over to his soul, which can result in him falling comatose for a year or rendering him insane for the rest of his life. Given the amount of risk involved, Wei Wuxian uses this ability mainly for spying on others.
- Talisman Magic: Essentially, these are magical symbols drawn or painted on various materials in order to produce a wide assortment of effects. They can draw or repel spirits, produce light, serve as an alarm if a perimeter has been breached, teleport the user, explode, etc. Most talismans burn up after just one use, requiring the user to create additional replacements so it's heavily dependent on resources. The more powerful a talisman is, the more spiritual power it requires. Given that Wei Wuxian's current body has limited spiritual power, he's not able to actually use any powerful talismans himself but he may be able pass on his knowledge to others.
- Empathy: A special technique used by Wei Wuxian in order to channel spirits and experience their memories as if they are his own. It's risky to use because it's possible for him to lose himself in the spirit's emotions if they are abnormally strong and become unable break the link on his own. The spirit being Empathized with may also simply possess him and take over his body as his own. Aside from these risk factors, Wei Wuxian is also vulnerable to physical harm during these trances whenever he uses it.
Mundane Abilities
- Highly skilled in the "six arts" of ancient China: poetry, music (flutist), archery (one of the best of his generation of cultivators), calligraphy, mathematics, and horseback riding
- Leadership: Particularly in crisis situations or around people with less knowledge or life experience. Includes mentoring.
- Innovation: Invented an entirely new way to cultivate as well as an assortment of magical tools that continued to be used by cultivators long after his death.
- Survival: Managed to survive for substantial lengths of time under harsh, dangerous conditions in inhospitable places. Includes hunting. Also has some basic knowledge of farming and building basic shelters.
- Swimming: He's a pretty strong swimmer, or at least, he was in his previous life. His current body is weaker than his original one was, though.
- Swordsmanship: Highly skilled swordsman in his youth though he's been out of practice for 13+ years.
- Accuracy: On top of being a good archer, he's also good at aiming just in general.
- High Tolerance: Specifically to alcohol and strong spices.
- Art: Very skilled at drawing.
Mystical Abilities
- Demonic Cultivation: He's a top expert at gathering and using resentful energy (aka negative energy given off by dead or supernatural beings). Tapping into this source comes with a hefty price, however; the more he uses it, the more it clouds his mind and corrupts his body and soul. His ability to control resentful energy is also tied to his emotional state. If Wei Wuxian loses control of himself, he loses control of the resentful energy which has often ended in catastrophes where people died. For this reason, he's careful to only use it sparingly in situations where he has no other option.
- Summoning/Controlling Undead: Demonic cultivation ability. By manipulating resentful energy, Wei Wuxian's able to summon the undead, spirits, and other supernatural entities to his present location. He mainly does this through flute music but it's demonstrated in canon that he can do it to a less reliable extent through whistled tunes. He's also able to train them as if they were an animal to responds to direct, verbal commands.
- Creating Animated Corpses: Demonic cultivation ability. By raising their level of resentful energy, Wei Wuxian's able to animate corpses. They can be created from one complete cadaver or one that's been assembled using spare parts from different incomplete ones. Canonically, he's able to animate literal hordes.
- Musical Influencing: Wei Wuxian's able to influence the moods of specific targets through his flute playing. Most of the time, he uses this on the undead but he's able to use it on the living as well. The type of influence depends on the tune; faster, chaotic tunes agitate and invoke hostility in the subject while slower, softer melodies relax and soothe them.
- "Evocation" and "Rest": These are two special songs from MDZS canon that can be played by a flute and guqin player as either individual solos or as a duet that specifically effect spirits. "Evocation" is a song that uses a spirit's corpse, a piece of its corpse or a personal object in order to summon it to the person's location. "Rest" is a song that's played to calm or suppress a spirit. They're a little different from previous abilities listed in that it's the songs themselves that hold special power here and they're stronger when played as a duet. Wei Wuxian knows the flute parts of both of these songs so even if they don't work in this setting or ever come up, I still wanted to mention it.
- Summoning of Painted Eyes: Demonic cultivation ability. Basically, it's a specific spell that summons a spirit to possess and animate a puppet or doll. Unlike the walking corpses that require more direct, hands on control, the puppets just need to be instructed once and they'll carry out their task until completion. In the novel, the puppets are supernaturally stronger and more durable than the materials they're made of.
- Paper Metamorphosis: Demonic cultivation ability. Wei Wuxian can place his soul into a paper doll he can then animate and control for a limited amount of time. While he is possessing the doll, his real body is unconscious and completely vulnerable to danger. Any damage that's done to the paper doll is transferred over to his soul, which can result in him falling comatose for a year or rendering him insane for the rest of his life. Given the amount of risk involved, Wei Wuxian uses this ability mainly for spying on others.
- Talisman Magic: Essentially, these are magical symbols drawn or painted on various materials in order to produce a wide assortment of effects. They can draw or repel spirits, produce light, serve as an alarm if a perimeter has been breached, teleport the user, explode, etc. Most talismans burn up after just one use, requiring the user to create additional replacements so it's heavily dependent on resources. The more powerful a talisman is, the more spiritual power it requires. Given that Wei Wuxian's current body has limited spiritual power, he's not able to actually use any powerful talismans himself but he may be able pass on his knowledge to others.
- Empathy: A special technique used by Wei Wuxian in order to channel spirits and experience their memories as if they are his own. It's risky to use because it's possible for him to lose himself in the spirit's emotions if they are abnormally strong and become unable break the link on his own. The spirit being Empathized with may also simply possess him and take over his body as his own. Aside from these risk factors, Wei Wuxian is also vulnerable to physical harm during these trances whenever he uses it.