[GUIDE] WTF IS A NATURAL ABILITY and more!

[ramenli]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Yǐn Cáng
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Mantodae
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Shapeshifting (Advanced as of Y2)
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y3
Natural Ability Request: Flight~ Yin has wings, and now they are burdened with glorious purpose.  

[medigel]

Why haven't I done this yet? neutral

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Mortimer McNeal
Character Race: Undead
Character Subspecies: Zombie
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Death Grip, Iiiiit's Aliiiiiveeee
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y3
Natural Ability Request: Contagion Bite
Some students develop poison, zombies develop this. While this can't turn someone into a zombie themselves, the insidious virus in their saliva can cause a person to have duller thought processes for a while, and possibly even make them feel a little bit sick/nauseous. The symptoms would only last a couple of minutes, at the most, and upon wearing off have no lasting effects on the victim.  

[AyeAvast]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Belladonna Divine
Character Race: Reaper
Character Subspecies: Witch
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Broom Flight - With the use of a broom, Belladonna can fly. Another passenger can be carried, but occupancy stops at two.
Basic Spell Casting - Focusing mostly on elemental spells, Belladonna can create small sparks that might be used to catch something on fire (like a candle) and potentially animate small objects. These will be extremely small and used only for RP purposes. (And accompanied with a roll dice so there's the possibility of them failing.)
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y3/ Hob
Natural Ability Request: Intermediate Spell Casting: An upgrade to her Basic casting, Belladonna can now attempt more complex spells, such as ones that better animate objects, are more substantial in terms of elemental spells (actually look like the element attempted, not just pink), etc. All her spells have physical manifestations and the possibility of failure. They're also just for RP flavor with dice rolls, so there's that.  

[Seussi]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Alexander
Character Race: Undead
Character Subspecies: Zombie
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Death Grip, Contagion Bite
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y3
Natural Ability Request: Interchangeable parts: Just like a patchwork, Alexander is now able to swap out his limbs for other parts (will likely only be used when necessary)  

[Molten Tigrex]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Aymet
Character Race: Undead
Character Subspecies: Dracolich
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Skeletal Dragon Minion
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y3
Natural Ability Request:
Y2: Death Mask ~ Aymet can warp the illusory 'skin' in humanoid form to change his face and voice temporarily. He can mimic the faces of dead humans and humanoids (undead yes ghosts no, there's no transparency option) that he's seen before - just faces though (and only with OOC permission). Mimicked voices never rise above a whisper. Shock technique!

Y3: Untimely Death Mask ~ Aymet can warp the illusory 'skin' in humanoid form to change his face and voice temporarily. He can now mimic the faces of living humans and humanoids he's seen before - just faces though (and only with OOC permission). HOWEVER, any faces he mimics are warped to look like dead, zombified versions of the living. Mimicked voices never rise above a whisper.  

[Reeshie Hack]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Rosciel
Character Race: Demon
Character Subspecies: Incubus
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Need: Rosc has a natural ability to guess what others want, which allows him to be more appealing if he can supply it to them. Its strength is measured by the strength of a person's longing for something, be it an item, a person, a result, etc. The stronger the longing, the easier it is for him to come to a conclusion of what it is they want without any verbal communication.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Skin Deep: In order to attract others better, Rosc is able to layer illusions on himself to be more what others would desire to see (If a human woman preferred a red-head, etc.). This is based on his knowledge, so he could get it wrong.
As a basic ability, he can only make minor changes and they might be incomplete in certain ways. For example, he could add eyes but they would be mostly see-through and change the color of his hair or wings, but no more than those two things.  

[prolixity]

Natural Ability Change Request
Character Name: Obsidian
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Living Shadow
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Whispering Shadows - Siddie can project her voice through patches of shadow
Proposed New Natural Ability: Shadow Sight - Siddie can cause a small eye to open in a patch of shadow within 20 feet of her, and can look through this eye.
Reason: I thought up the Whispering Shadow ability early on, when FEAR and natural ability hadn't been well defined; I have been unable to effectively play it in RP as a natural ability, and I later altered it to be her Y1 FEAR attack under The Eye mechanics.

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Obsidian
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Living Shadow
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities:
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Minor Shapechange - Siddie can make small changes to her extremities at will, such as elongating her fingers into sharp talons.  

[Bloodlust Dante]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Damien Gavenkrantz
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Hellhound
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Shapeshifting Polycephaly (lvl 2)
What Year Is Your Character Now?: YR3
Natural Ability Request: Brimstone Shroud: The ability to convert all or partial amounts of Damien's fear into brimstone, suitable for espionage situations, stealth. cannot carry individuals or items in this state, only usable in 30 second increments with a cool down of 12 OOC hours. Ability is unstable in high adrenaline situations (aka. not accessible in battle.)  

[poke mattix]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Pokerus
Character Race: Monster
Character Subspecies: Water Dragon
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Shapeshifting (Y1)
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Draconic Strength - Pokerus can harness the strength of her natural form in her humanoid form. Note that she tires quickly using this ability, and she cannot exceed the strength capacity of her natural form (also note this ability has no barring in a battle situation).  

[PhiferWolf]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Uru'baen
Character Race: Demon
Character Subspecies: Hellhound
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Shapeshift
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y1
Natural Ability Request: Shapeshifting - Being able to turn into his natural quadraped form (bearing his skull, scarf, and shackle). Nothing special other than being able to run on all four.  

[Pales]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Kettil Blacke
Character Race: Reaper
Character Subspecies: Muut
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities:
Shared Sight – A Muut can see through the eyes of their owls by closing their own eyes and concentrating. Through the shared vision they get the perks of the owl’s vision (night vision) and other similar vision based perks. This way a Muut can scout ahead to feel out a dangerous situation or to simply spy on others. Abrupt break in this connection can be painful for both owl and Muut resulting in headaches and momentary disorientation. During this sharing of sight the Muut can only move very slowly and usually with the aid of a guide that they can trust.

FEAR Ability:
Unseen Mayhem - Kettil can go invisible, however, he cannot be in eyesight of his chosen victim and also if he bumps into something, trips, or physically touches (or hits) his victim then he becomes visible again. Kettil is allowed to speak or make noises as much as he pleases (to further unnerve his target before he strikes). This ability will improve as he grows. (Using Battle Mechanics: The Mind)

Newák'a (My Wing) - Kettil taps into Endzela's ability to fly in a sort of cosmetic way. It lends him an extra bit of momentum and height as he leaps forward to pummel his enemies as he swoops in for a stronger hit. Onlookers might note that there is the illusionary lightly glowing purple outer shape surrounding him looking similar to a fierce owl going in for the kill.

What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request:
Speak as One - Muut can speak through their owl. This helps with timing in chants for spells and helps with harmonizing, but it also requires that both Muut and Owl are in good standing with each other. If an owl and their summoner are having issues then there is an inability to truly synchronize.  

[Seiana_ZI]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Serafina Arai
Character Race: Ghost
Character Subspecies: Kuchisake-onna
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Alluring
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: Blink
Serafina can teleport short distances, appearing to "blink" from one location to another one nearby. Kuchisake-onna typically use this to get in front of people who are attempting to escape them.

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Wikipedia Entry on Kuchisake-onna

If the child answers no, he/she will be cut in half. If the child answers yes, then she will slit his/her mouth like hers. It is impossible to run away from her, as she will simply reappear in front of the victim.

 

[LOLTERNATIVE]

Natural Ability Addition Request
Character Name: Sophie Van Rotte
Character Race: Undead
Character Subspecies: Zombie
Character's Natural Ability/Abilities: Death Grip;; When a zombie wants to hold onto something, they really hold onto something. Due to their reanimated nature, zombies posses a degree of physical strength that doesn't necessarily match their body or build.
What Year Is Your Character Now?: Y2
Natural Ability Request: I'd like to upgrade this so maybe Sophie can now pin down those that are her size and hold back those larger than her? Or something like that idk.