#magic powers

[inbarfink]

Congratulations! You are now a Magic-User!!

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[classycookiexo]

[journeytothewestresearch]

Oh no ...

Someone aware of my recently-finished catalog of Sun Wukong's powers and skills indirectly requested that I make a list of powers from Fengshen yanyi (封神演義, c. 1620).

But I don't have the mental energy for it. Plus, I am not as familiar with the book as I am JTTW. I'll pass the torch onto someone else ... COUGH @ryin-silverfish COUGH.

[thattallgoddess]

If I didn’t include the one you would choose pls reshare with your answer!

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[blackrosesandwhump]

Lab whump + magic whump snippet

I tried this method and got this :D

#3 Strapped down and #29 Laboratory, from this writing challenge

CW: 2nd pov, lab whump, magic whump, implied vivisection

Escape is impossible. You know that by now. But you still struggle, your resistance pitiful against the straps holding you down. The leather cuts into your skin, tight across your wrists and ankles, restricting your bare torso. But whumper ignores you, their black-clad figure lingering at the edge of your vision.

Something cold and metal touches your sternum. Your breath catches, and you crane your neck up and forward.

An array of instruments hovers just above your body, suspended in the air as if by magic.

“Beautiful, isn’t it?” whumper asks, voice slightly muffled behind their black beaked mask. One gloved hand is outstretched toward you, curling slowly, fingers tapping empty space. “Such power. And without ever having to dirty my hands or expose myself to my subjects.” Whumper leans back a little and flicks one finger downward. Pain flares at the base of your throat. You choke back a scream.

“The first incision,” whumper announces. Their mask cocks slightly to one side. “Impeccable.”

Another tap of a finger. Another sharp pain that lances across your chest. Your barely-contained scream escapes in a small whimper.

“So much power,” whumper murmurs. “This way, there’s no limit to what I can do.”

[jessi-skylark]

Frozen concept art: Elsa merges powers with Bruni and starts unleashing the Fire Spirit to Let It Go…

Check out rest of the Fire Chapter (still work in progress)

Art by @jessi-skylark

[patrickkyle]

Master of the Fiery Flame

[troythecatfish]

A simple guide to Nen ( Hunter x Hunter )

[azurewildflight]

Alex New Outfit and Fully Design concept: Ultra Alex

Ultra Alex is a heighten stated Alex can use enhancing his senses and abilities. It also allows for him to draw out more than 100% of his physical power

It’s split into three variants

Super Alex

Ultra Alex

Ultra Alex: Minus

Super Alex is a initial version which allows Alex to tap into some of the abilities of Ultra Alex without fully transforming

Ultra Alex heightens Alex’s abilities and gives all his energy a positive feedback

He trades off defensive abilities for offensive ones with the ability to unleash 200% of his power

He can easily perform Arts in the state, some autonomous

Ultra Alex Minus, similarly to Ultra Alex, heightens Alex’s abilities but instead gives all his energy a negative feedback

He trades off offensive for defensive and can only unleash 150% of his power

He can also create armored scales to protect himself and increase damage

[inbarfink]

Congratulations! You are now a Magic-User!!

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Lunaria 

[journeytothewestresearch]

Can you please tell me what abilities sun wukong have because am always confused about it i even hear some people says that sun wukong is omniscient and omnipresent and can control time or that he is is a boundless character

At no point in JTTW is Monkey ever depicted as a boundless character with omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time. Anyone claiming that has never read the novel. Never ever trust any online claims about Sun Wukong unless a cited quote is provided.

Having said that, I am slowly compiling a comprehensive list of all of Monkey's magical abilities and skills, complete with corresponding Chinese terms and citations. However, I am nowhere close to being done (and won't be for years), so I can only give you a general list at this time. But I will link to my past articles where applicable.

The following is based on a list I wrote a few months ago for someone looking to make their D&D campaign more authentic.

Immortality - He has six layers of immortality. But these are more like layers of invulnerability. As a "bogus immortal" (yaoxian, 妖仙) he is still susceptible to injury and death because he hasn’t yet achieved Buddha-nature and broken free of the wheel of rebirth (see note #1 here for an explanation).

Invulnerability - He has an adamantine hide that can't be pierced or hurt by earthly or heavenly weapons and elements (this doesn't count the times that he allows himself to be cut). This is thanks to all of the immortal foodstuff he had eaten in heaven being refined within his body by his samadhi fire, giving him a "diamond body" (jingang zhi qu, 金鋼之軀). Sometimes he uses this invulnerability to freak out demons by blocking a sword strike with his bald head. However, he can still be hurt. For example, he is twice wounded by special elements born from spiritual cultivation, samadhi fire and wind (the book treats cultivated and heavenly elements as two different things). Also, one villain, a scorpion demoness energized with Buddhist dharma power, is able to successfully penetrate his skin by stinging him in the face with her tail.

72 changes - He can transform into anything. The only flaw is his tail, which doesn't always change the way he wants it to. Or, a character recognizes him because of his red butt.

Cloud somersault - This allows him to fly 108,000 li (33,554 mi / 54,000 km) in a single leap. The skill is actually a metaphor for instantaneous enlightenment, for those who achieve it will immediately arrive in the Buddha's paradise.

Magic hairs - He can change any one of his 84,000 hairs into anything he wants (tools, random objects, living creatures, etc.) These include hair clones, which are autonomous copies of himself that can range into the tens, hundreds, thousands, millions, or even billions. However, he only deploys these on a small scale in the novel. He never uses the power to its full stated extent.

Super strength - His greatest feat is carrying two mountains while running "with the speed of a meteor." But there are characters physically stronger than him. For instance, Monkey cannot escape the grip of the Great Peng bird once he is caught in his powerful talons.

Martial arts - He is proficient in armed and unarmed combat, being able to go toe-to-toe with deities with centuries more combat experience than him. "Short Fist," a historical style, is listed as his preferred boxing method. But he mainly relies on his magic iron staff for fighting.

General magic - Monkey is shown capable of calling forth gods and spirits, growing or shrinking to any size, parting fire and water, creating impassable barriers, conjuring wind storms, casting illusions, freezing people in place, putting anyone to sleep, unlocking any lock, bestowing superhuman strength, bringing the dead back to life, turning invisible, changing someone's appearance, traveling to and from heaven and hell, etc.

Magic Eyes - He can see through illusions. But this isn't always portrayed consistently, for I know of several times where Guanyin fools him, and even a god of the soil, a lesser deity, is once able to do the same thing.

Medicine - He can diagnose maladies and concoct medicines to solve the issue.

You can see that omniscience, omnipresence, and control over time are not listed. I think the problem is that people are confusing Sun Wukong at two different points in his character arc. The powers listed above come from the journey itself (ch. 13 to 100). The omni-level powers would come after he achieves Buddhahood at the end of the novel (ch. 100). However, it's very, very important to know that the story ends before Sun Wukong, now the "Victorious Fighting Buddha," performs any feats (i.e. he has no feats as a Buddha). I'm sure people could assign him powers ascribed to other Buddhas in religious literature, but what happens after the story ends is beyond canon.

I hope this helps.

[potatothemouse]

This isn’t a redesign but I tried to give ash a magical design kinda like they did with luz and Anne boonchuy

[wfhandwatchingtv]

Daemon you’re so dumb. The only person who keeps hinting at your annoying dreams is Alys. Put your knife to HER throat