Generations/Lore/Abilities

This is a list of the abilities that one can possess in the game/story Generations.

Defensive Abilities

Abilities that lend to the defense or evasion of a being.

Armored Skin: The skin of the being acts as armor due to its nature.
Glamored: Appearing as a different type of being when one is in one's natural state.
Immune to Flame: The being is immune to the detrimental effects of flames and heat.
Immune to Poison: The being is not affected adversely by any toxic substance.
Stretchy: They ability to stretch instead of breaking when force is applied.

Divine Abilities

Abilities related to godhood.

Divine Spark: The remnants of divine power for being possessed by the last vestige of a god's soul.

Learned Abilities

Abilities that have been learned.

Alchemy: The ability to craft magical materials from ingredients.
Bardic Magic: Songs that cause magical effects by resonating magical energy with their vibrations.
Magitech: The ability to create hybrid magical technology.
Runic Magic: Inscribing runes on things to imbue them with magic.
Shamanism: Producing magical effects through the manipulation of natural spirits.
Technology: The ability to craft technological devices.
Wizardry: Learning and casting spells.

Magic Potential

Natural spellcasting ability.

Djinn Magic: The magic of the djinn.
Elemental Magic: The magic of the raw elements.
Fey Magic: The magic of the mystical fey.
Sorcery: Innate understanding of raw magical energy.

Magic Resistances

Natural resistance to magical effects.

Compulsion Resistance: A resistance to magical compulsions.
Magic Resistant: A natural resistance to magic that also impairs spellcasting.

Movement Abilities

Abilities that deal with a being's ability to move.

Fast Swimming: The ability to move quickly and efficiently through the water.
Winged Flight: The ability to fly using wings.

Offensive Abilities

Abilities that lend to the offensive or hunting ability of a being.

Claws: The being has claws with which to slash prey.
Horns: The being has horns with which to bludgeon or skewer their prey.
Flame Breath: The ability to breath fire on one's enemies.
Sharp Teeth: The being's teeth (or beak) are sharp to rip into the flesh of prey.
Weaponized Tail: The being's tail can be used as a weapon.

Sensory Abilities

Abilities that enhance the senses.

Enhanced Hearing: The ability to hear much more accurately than humanity.
Enhanced Sight: The ability to see much greater distances than humanity.
Enhanced Smell: The ability to differentiate smells at a much higher level than humanity.
Infrasonic Hearing: The ability to hear tones that are lower pitched than humans can hear.
Infravision: The ability to see in the infrared spectrum (heat).
Low-Light Vision: The ability to see well in low light conditions.
Ultrasonic Hearing: The ability to hear tones that are higher pitched than humans can hear.

Situational Abilities

Abilities gained through the storyline.

Faith Magic: A nearly extinct field of magic. The power of a deity channeled through a mortal.
Witchcraft: Power granted by a powerful (often evil) being in exchange for souls or deeds.

Other Abilities

Abilities that don't fit elsewhere.

Air & Water Breathing: The ability to breathe water as well as air.
Dragon Gold: Gold in a dragon's horde is slowly cursed by the dragon's presence. The gold instills greed in the owner, and if their is enough will slowly turn the owner into a dragon themselves. Small amounts of dragon gold have a very diminished effect.
Dragon Sleep: Dragons can hibernate at will to stave off the need to hunt. Most dragons spend the majority of their time hibernating. The older the dragon, the longer they can hibernate.
Iron Allergy: Almost all fey are allergic to iron, this includes the blood of mortal beings which contains a lot of iron. Fey blood is copper-based, and is therefore green instead of red. Iron causes skin irritation and discomfort, but can also lead to a severe, even life-threatening, allergic reaction.
Pixie Dust: Some fey naturally produce a powerful magical dust called pixie dust (or less commonly fairy dust). Pixie dust is the dried sexual fluids of specific fey.
Water-breathing: The ability to breathe water instead of air.

Sources

These are the available as templates for ability pages:

*'''Source''': Divine.  The power derives from a divine source, and is therefore unaffected by areas with no magic.
*'''Source''': Magic Skill.  The power is a type of magic.  It must therefore be mastered, and has a range of 1-10.  Levels 1-9 roughly equated to a level of power equal to the same level spells from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.  Level 10 denotes an extremely rare mastery that is nearly divine.  Magic is mystical, and therefore useless in areas with no magic.
*'''Source''': Magic Skill (Innate).  The power is a type of magic, but the character cannot simply learn it.  The character must be born to it.  It must however also be mastered, and has a range of 1-10.  Levels 1-9 roughly equated to a level of power equal to the same level spells from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.  Level 10 denotes an extremely rare mastery that is nearly divine.  Magic is mystical, and therefore useless in areas with no magic.*'''Source''': Mystical.  The power derives from a mystical source, and is therefore inert in areas with no magic.
*'''Source''': Natural.  The power derives from a natural source, and is therefore unaffected by areas with no magic.
*'''Source''': Skill.  The power derives from intensive training of natural ability.  It must therefore be mastered, and has a range of 1-10.  These range from novice at 1 to nearly perfect at 10.  It is unaffected by areas with no magic.

Template

== Ability ==
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*'''Benefits''':
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